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Use for lining lanes, corners, ¯ or to serve as screen or wind- ¯ F~ral electric leaders can sym- breaker Thrives almost every- EACH p:~hize with the quarrel in the where, Matures at heights up to ¯ ~V.~51e East. It has a familiar ~0 feet (Minimum 5 for $ !.451¯ Nursery Grown-- Fully Guaranteed ¯ Fall planting stock is nursery grown from hardwood cuttings. ¯ ~rae! exists. Its culture flour- 1 yr. old, 2 to 4 ft tall, never transplanted. Be satisfied on ¯ ~,(~.~. Its people have made a inspection or return within 10 days for purchase price refund. [] Any tree not growing replaced free (5 year limit). A great ¯ 5~se~t bloom, have turned dark- coupon bargan. Rush order. ¯ nu,s ~nto light. Yet the Arab 5 Lombardy Poplars-- $1.45 ¯ l0 Lombardy Poplars--S2.75 tk)~ surrounding Israel refuse to 25 Lombardy Poplars--S5.95 ¯ to, admit its existence. Rather than 100 Lombardy Poplars--S22.95 1 Send C.O.D. plus postage. ¯ a(ccpt the fact that Israel is a Remittance enclosed. Add 50¢ and we ship postpaid. nab%n, they harrass her, try to ¯ ¯ NAM E ¯ h~vade her territo~, and keep ADDRESS [] tbe United Nations tied up in parli- CITY STATE ZIP. ¯ an~entary procedures over her. MICHIGAN BULB CO., Dept. LP- 1581, Grand Rapids. Michigan 49502 ¯ A~ i say, rural electric leaders ¯ und e~stand. Our rural electric sys- ¯1111111111111111111111111111111111¯ tems also exist. Yet many neigh- bor~ag investor-owned utihties fus( ~o accept this fact. They, too, h~r~ass, invade, and involve the (,_.TTENTION LOT OWNERS!I rura~ electric systems in purpose- le~ l~tigation. Some IOUs sent agents among m Permit No 7, ¯ co,op members to convince them m Hendersonville.| to se~l out their co~p. Some IOUs Tenn. have built their lines parallel to ¯\’o post,,ge stamp necessa,-) 1/ mailed it, the lb,,ted 5tares ~ I co~.~p lines, as ~ those lines sim- ply did not exist. Some IOUs have erc~Aed spite lines across coop righ(-of-ways. Some IOUs have fastened wholesale power con- tracts on isolated co-ops that POSTAGE WILL BE de~k.d these co~ps the right to .. ~er~, ~ all the needs of their mem- be~-~. The IOUs have distorted co~ ( op F’~rposes and intentions in re- port~ to their stoc~olders, law- " I mak~rs~ and the public. I~ areas where states have terri- ~or~a~ ~egislation, co-ops and h~v( ~to~-owned uti~ties both oper- ate ~ccessfully. They both exist. Nehher ignores the other. Both co~)~e.~trate on the business of doh~g the job they set out to d o~fm’nishing power. The IOUs are not diminished in any degree by the existence of r~rai electric co-ops. After all, th ~ ,~ ~ps buy much of the power ~hey distribute from the IOUs. We need to work together to develop r~:,:)g interties throughout the na- ~~:~:~ t~, protect people from power {’ailures. We need to accept our ~o,...~ ~n responsibilities. The first Rural route at street address ...... ~tep. ~t seem to me~ is for the [0~.~ to accept the fact that ~he Phone ...... If you would like e Jones Home Representative to col( on you, Were bore to stay. Let’s get on ~ecessarv, LL check here ~ and attach directions. ,v~ti the job of improving the COLLECT ~24 6S34 ~ J OWe ~ Jot ~ J ~n ~ ~ Vol. 10 No. 10

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Family Fare ...... 3 To The Point ...... 4 Dig Earlier, Ship Later ...... 6 Foods, Facts, Fashions ...... 8 Food Is A Bargain ...... 10 Uncle John’s ...... 11 Your Coop Section ...... 12 Timely Topics ...... 14 Clarksville Take Over ...... 17 A National Asset ...... 18

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OCTOBER, 1967 Electric Coolers ".Extend" Winter Season Making It Possible For Nursery To... DIG EARLIER, SHIP LATER By Clarence Redmon Electrification Advisor Caney Fork Electric Co-op

The honesty and integrity of the Boyd brothers, Kalb coUrities, the nursery industry is a big and third generation owners and operators of a huge important business. Approximately two-thirds of nursery business near McMinnville, goes without all the nursery stock in the state of Tennessee challenge among their many personal and business is produced in these three counties. This huge friends. But tha .Boyds, themselves~ admit that the_y, production makes it the largest shipping area in with the he!p of electricity, are playing some tricks the entire nation. In Warren County alone some on Mother Nattire. 3,600 persons look to the nursery industry as their In essence, what ~he Boy~ls a~e doing--with the principal source of income. This same county con- help. of two 10-ton cooling units~is making Mother rains 162 certified shippers, most of whom total Nature think it’s wintertime when it really isn’t. in the millions the number of plants, shrubs and Relating this ’’ deception" to nursery stock, it speeds trees which they ship each year. Most of the busi- the flow of sap to plant roots once it has started ness coming out of the area is wholesale, with in the Fall and it prolongs the length of dormancy more nurseries growing than selling stock at the long after the sap would normally begin its upward retail level. climb in the Sp~ing. The three counties of Warren, Franklin and De The full in, pact of this "extended winter", during Kalb were ear-marked by Nature as an ideal area which time temperatures of storage sheds are held for nursery production lorlg before man entered the at from one to four degrees above freezing, may scene. Located in a strip approximately 50 miles not be reached for a number of years, but its im- wide running from the Alabama line to the Great portance already has been established in obvious Smoky Mountains, these three counties are in an and important ways: area in which there is a greater variety of de- 1. Permits digging and cold storage of a number ciduous (leaf shedding) trees than any similar sized of plants tabbed for early shipment as soon area in the world. At least 153 species, or varie- as sap begins downward flow rather than wait ties, of such trees are known to grow in this strip for complete dormancy, winch t~sually doesn’t against, for example, only 85 in all of Europe. come until after the middle of October. This Generally credited for this abundant production is lengthens and thereby tends to level the work altitude (much of the three counties is on the sec- involved during the digging season. ond step of the Cumberland Plateau), limestone 2. Prolongs dormancy well past the time when the soil, sufficient rain fall of more than 51 inches per sap normally begins to rise (around the first year, and favorable temperatures. of March) so that shipments may be made to The uridisputed founder of the nursery industry northern customers whose planting season is in Warren Country was J.H.H. Boyd. It was m as much as six weeks later than that of cus- 1887 that what amounted to a not~too-small dis- tomers in the southern areas. This, of course, aster struck Mr. Boyd’s modest farming operation also levels out the shipping season to a con- in the loss of some cattle, accidentally self-poison- ed. Mr. Boyd sought the aid of agricultural ex- siderable degree. perts who determined that his loss of livestock was To fully appreciate what any major development the result of the animals having eaten the seed might mean to a given industry in a given area, pods, buds and foliage from "Sweet Shrubs" we first must understand the importance of the (Calycantus Floridus), a plant native m the area. industry itself. In Warren County, and to a lesser But out of disaster came victory, for Mr. Boyd was but still an important extent in Franklin and De- further advised that the seeds and young plants of this variety were in considerable demand--and thus it was that the nursery business in Warren County was begun. Mr. Boyd began th.e harvestin_g of these seeds, and later of other seeds, f13 seasot* for the market and also for planting in ~3ursery rows in order to market the young plants. Mr. Boyd lived more than long enough co see his own business in particular and the ~ursery business in Warren County in general thrive and

Henry N. Boyd, right, President and Manage~ of Boyd Nur- sery Company, McMinnville, explains to CLarence Recmon. Electrification Advisor of Coney Fork Electric Co-op, some of the advantages of piacing dormant or near-dc:man~ stock Fork s the supplier of power to huge nursery operu

TENNESSEE MAOAZIN£ feet high) is kept at ~grees above freezing, stock ro, spriiflded when dry. We that we have put ’els out our digging and us to deliver more over a longer ever been able to do b begins " frost. -after sap for early Novem- bet is~ ,nth for the Boyds, Around the first of and fo )t Here is an evaporator unit in the Boyds’ 120-by-50-by-20 in cooling barn which helps keep room temperatures at from tures are dor- one to four degrees above freezing. The cooling process mancy in continue wil! speed dormancy in the Fall, prolong it in the Spring. through s wh~ emperatures are above must be completed on deciduous stock befo :arch 1st, at approximately which time the sap starts up, and placed in cold storage if )ns. F.C. Boyd deliveries are not made by that date. and J. F.C. Boyd, Evergreens may be dug almost any time when who family, four dormant. broth~ present Stock which has been kept in dormancy by cold after opera- storage will remain (even after March lst) dor- .C. Boyd, for comp any, heads as and most credil its imp( by many long time members of which supplies power the electrical cooling 100 varieties of stock pro- cedure lear ~ Say Manager, ~ We process and find :s so long cooling bar (which is 12, long, 50-feet and 20-

legrees,

noval from cold time for ship- ~e seasons are several or any other and storage de- ~wn in Warren ;4-million in sales ~s one which is certain factor in keeping the area top. are all of Tennessee’s elec- The Boyds’ cooling room runs 120-feet in the direction faced ~d to be a working part- and is 50 feet wide. From floor to ceiling is 20 feet. Note ne which help Ten- bins on either side and abundance of overhead fluorescent :e in the world to live lighting. work.

OCTOBER, 1 967 The bottom is well-insulated to protect the ( Foods, Facts and Fashions top or table. A tight cover is designed to heat loss. A high dome lid is available for models and this allows for an extra cod~in~ capacity for big family occasions. Another featur in some models is the tilt top cover--holds co~er out of way when basting or turning foods. Be sure to look for the UL seal of approval on the fry pan before purchasing. The fry pan would need to be plugged into a 110-120 volt wall or base outlet. Most frypans on the market today are com- pletely immersible for easy cleaning. The thermo- static control is also removed for easy storing. Following are a few recipes for your enjoyment as you use your electric frypan. COFFEE CAKE

Makes: 16 servings Batter: 1 pkg. yellow cake mix Topping: 1/~ cup brown sugar, packed 4 T. fine graham cracker crumbs i T. grated orange rind ~ cup coarsely chopped nuts Skillet 2 T. melted margarine 1 -~ tsp. cinnamon Combine topping ingredients in small electric mix- er bowl. Beat on low speed until, blended. Nuts may be sprinkled on top. Prepare 1 pkg. yellow cake mix as directed on label adding: 1 T. grated orange ¥ind. Lightly grease frypan. Bake at 280° about 30 minutes, or until dry and done on top. When baked, Cookery uncover, quickly sprinkle topping evenly over cake. Cover, turn dial to "off", let stand 10 minutes longer before cutting. This sets the topping. Uncover, cut into squares and serve warm directly from fry-

SKILLET HAM SALAD ~ cup chopped green onions By LIBBA MORRIS ~ cup chopped green pepper Home Economist 2 cups diced cooked ham Chickasaw Electric Cooperative 1 T. fat There are 30 million fry pans in use today. Are 3 cups diced cooked potatoes you using yours or is it shoved so far back into the ~ tsp. salt cabinet you can’t f’md it? These fry pans brag in Dash pepper roasting chicken, baking cakes, preparing cas- ~ cup mayonnaise or salad dressing seroles, frying and roasting meats. 1 -~ cup diced sharp American Cheese With our casseroles and complete meal dishes prepared in the buffet style frypan we can go right Cook onions, green pepper, and meat in hot fat, to the table for serving. The buffet frypan can be stirring occasionally, till meat is lightly browned. used to cook food right at the table. This conveni- Add potatoes, salt, pepper, mayonnaise. Heat, ence lets the hostess enjoy her guests, lets Mother mixing lightly. Stir in cheese; heat till it begins to enjoy the family before dinner. melt. Garnish with green onions. Serves 4. Chicken, pork chops, fish and hamburgers are tastier, more flavorfulwith their natural juices sealed QUICK TUNA MEAL in. The highly accurate thermostatic control main- Temp. about 220° tains the proper temperature for perfect cooking and Time: about 15 minutes frying results without constant watching. The short- Serves 4 ening is always at just the right temperature, re- 1-7 oz. can tuna fish drained sulting in less grease absorption into the foods. 1-10-1,,~ oz. can condensed cream of mushroom soup Different models vary according to shape. They may be round, rectangular, or square. The controls 2/3 cup milk are easy to read, handles are heat-resistant and all ~,~ tsp. salt models have knob and table rests for safe handling. k~ cup crumbled potato chips

TENNESSEE MAGAZINE Grease frypan with butter or margarine. Separate tuna and spread over bottom of frypan. Blend mushroom soup, milk and salt in blender until mixed or beat with mixer. Pour over tuna. Sprinkle potato chips over top. Simmer at about 220°, with vent open, until well heated. Recipe may be doubled. BARBECUEDFRANKFURTERS 3/4 cup catsup 1 T. sugar or sorghum molasses 1 T. Worcestershire sauce ~ cup vinegar 1 tsp. chili powder or 1 cup water 1 tsp. dry mustard ~ tsp. salt I med. onion, chopped fine 1 package Franks

Place all of the ingredients except the franks in the skillet. Cover. Set heat control at 360° and let it come to a boil, then reset for 200 degrees, Mrs. Charles Key and her small son, Gary, can hardly wait and simmer for 8 minutes. Add franks and simmer for supper. Mrs. Key has prepared a tip roast in her electric for 15 minutes. Will serve 6. skillet which she uses in preparing almost every meal. After browning the roast on both sides, Mrs. Key adds 1 BAKED APPLES can Cream of Chicken soup which simmers with the natural juices and makes an unusual, delicious gravy. Try it some- 8-~ 0-apples, cooking variety, 8 tsps. brown sugar time. number depends on size 1 cup water 1 cup granulated sugar 4 T. butter Now, if you never intend to use your electric cinnamon or nutmeg, skillet for preparing meals, try this neat trick for Wash and core apples. Arrange in skillet. Combine Health’s sake. This really takes the cake but it granulated sugar and water. Pour around apples, really works. Steam bath! You’re kidding! You can place a teaspoon of brown sugar and butter inside purchase the zip up bags without the heating each apple, sift cinnamon or nutmeg over all. Set elements as for steambaths. Secure your skillet heat at 320° when syrup boils, cover with vent inside the bag, add water and have an extra closed. Reduce heat to 225°. Bake 20 minutes or supply on hand; place stool over skillet and devour until apples are tender. Varieties of apples make the steam. Steam baths are healthful for many ~ difference in cooking time. persons and it will sure save you a trip to Hot ’ Apples may be filled with mincemeat, dates, Springs. chopped nuts, raisins, or orange marmalade before cooking the apples. BAKED POTATOES Scrub potatoes well, grease skins slightly if they are not to be wrapped in foil for the cooking. Place greased potatoes on a rack. Cut a crosswise slit in top of each potato. Cover. Set dia! at 320°. Cook for 1-~ hours. Foil wrapped are placed on the bottom of the skillet at 380°. Cook for 30 minutes and turn over, keep lid on with vent closed, and cook 20 minutes more.

BISCUIT PIZZA 1 pkg. biscuits or home made biscuits ~ cup dried milk 1 cup tomato sauce- 8oz. can 2 cups sharp American cheese (~ lb.) grated !-~ tsps. oregano 2 T. butter

Press biscuits flat and thin, on each biscuit spread tomato Mrs. Robert Russell says her skillet never burns her food. sauce, then sprinkle dried milk, add the grated cheese, and This is because of the automatic heat control. She also season by shaking oregano over the top of each one. Dot ° stated, ’~ln frying chicken in other skillets, they would be each one with butter and cover the skillet. Cook at 250 nice and brown but not fully cooked around the bone. This -~igh~ minutes. Serve hot. never happens in an electric skillet."

)CTOBER, 1967 Food is a Bargain Farmers in ’Squeez of each dollar of averagepersonal cessing and. distribution business inconqe is spent for fbod, comp a red have fared. to 25.7 cents 2(f years ago. The farmers’ share of the con- Farmers today are in a squeeze. sumer dollar spent for food has By Eugene Gambil! They are caught between the high- been dropping for over 20 years. Associaie Agricultural Economist er prices of essential products they His share was 46 cents h~ 1947. Univ. of Tenn. Extension must buy and farm prices thatare In 1957 it ~ras 35 cents and drop- lower today than they were 20 ped as low as 31 cents i~ 1964. years ago. The production items Right now it is around 52 cents. farmers must buy have increased Farmers’ gross income has been Food is a bargain, despite some in price about one-third in this rising in recent years but their grumbling from consumers. period. expenses have risen even faster. Food is one of the best bargains Processors, wholesalers and re- Farm production expenses have of all products which consumers tailers also find heavy pressures been gaining about $1 billion each buy and use. And the improve- in their business. The persistent year for the past 10 years. This ment of food as a bargain has been attitude is that someone is making increase will likely exceed $1 bil- going on for at least 20 years. too much money atthe consumer’s lion this year and these higher Most people are surprised when expense but few realize how farm- costs cut down ~et incomes. ers and others in the food pro- Most industrial workers and they learn that only 171/2 cents many other consumers do not have the large expenses connect- ed with their jobs ~hat farmers have in producing our food. I tO_.T OWNE RS...MAIL_..It can be said that America’s _.. _ _ ._TO DAY!_.I_ _ _ farmers are subsidizing the food consumers. Farmers have re- ceived less and less of the con- II Permit No 7. HendersonwNe,~ sumer’s food dollar and have had [ ""~T

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10 TENNESSEE ~4A GAZ1NE Tommy Montgomery, Age: 10 Rt. 2, Bethel Spring, Tennessee Pickwick Electric Cooperative

Louis Bledsoe, Age: 15 Rt. 1, Humbold|, Tenn. 27232 Gibson County EMC Carrie Frye, Age: 12 721 Holston ST., Kingspert, Tenn. F~olston Electric Cooperative

Frankie Haskin, Age: 12 Rt. 4, Jackson, Tennessee Southwest I’enn. EMC Sarah DeLacey, Age: 13 Baxter Lane, Rt. 1, Brentwood, Tenn. Upper Cumberland EMC

Connie Lynn Whitworth, Age: 15 Adams, Tennessee, Roule t Cumberland Elec*,ric Memb. Carp.

Jerry Blevins~ Age: 16 Shady Valley, Tenn. Mountain Electric Cooperative

OCTOBER, 1967 the weather--or at least guide it extremely complex problem. It was Mark Twain, supposedly, govern- who said: "Everybody talks about more in accordance with the needs This year the Federal of man and other living creatures ment will spend only $7-million the weather but nobody does any- on various weather modification thing about it." on eartb--is rudimentary. In gen- eral, the foundation’s report is a programs, a relatively tiny sum Actually, as H. L. Mencken in a budget well in excess of $100- points out in his "A New Diction- combination of hope that much can be done and caution that billion. In its report, the founda- ary of Quotations," the saying is tion lays out possible plans for the not found in Mark Twain’s pub- nothing be attempted before its possible effects are clearly under- fulmre which include a steady lished works and its author is un- crease in the amount of money identified. That may be just as stood. In recent years, the largest being spent and some sor~ oi cen- well, since the saying isn’t true tral any longer. amount of scientific and public agency to coordinate govern- Recently, the National Science attention has focused on rain- ment programs. making. Here is what the founda- At the same time, the repom Foundation submitted to the Presi- stresses the necessity for the dent its eighth annual report on tion had to say about that this year: greatest care in sizing up the "Weather Modification." The re- potential hazards in weather mod- port attracted little attention, in "While the evidence is still some- part because it contained no what ambiguous, there is support ification: startling new statements, in part for the view that precipitation "Weather and climate condi- from some types of clouds can be tions are among the major de- because 1967’s rainy summerput terminants of economic activities an end to the drought that had increased by the order of ten per cent by seeding. If the results and social structure. No o~her afflicted the Northeast the pre- aspect of the environmem has as vious five years. are confirmed by further studies Yet the weather affects every- they would have great signi- many pervasive relations w ~he body, in both obvious and not-so- cance." pattern of human activity on obvious ways, and many Federal Statements about other kinds of globe. Any substantial change m agencies are trying to better weather modification are even precipitation, temperature or understand how the weather less positive: wind, whether deliberate or in- works and how men and their On hail: ~ Results from attempts advertent, is likely to have a machines can regulate it. to suppress hail in the United significant effect upon society, as The Bureau of Reclamation, for States are as yet inconclusive but the public and private expendi- instance, would like to find ways more promising results in other tures for hurricane, droughl and countries are leading to the estab- flood disasters dramatically ill to increase the amount of water trate." that flows into its reservoirs. It lishment in this country of a pro- Putting it another way, can you is the water, spinning the tur- gram that should provide a more bines, that generates much of the definitive answer." make it rain at the right time nation’s hydro-electric energy. On lightning: "Experiments in Kansas and know for sure d~at The Forest Service would like to lightning suppression are begin- it won’t diminish the rainfall in know if it is possible to "seed" ning to show some promise." Illinois? thunderstorm clouds in such away On hurricanes: "Modification of Would more reliable to prevent lightning, the cause of hurricanes has reached the stage forecasts benefit the farmer and of preliminary field experimenta- his crops more in the long run innumerable forest fires. than actual weather modification? The Agriculture Department tion but the results, so far, are Can air pollution be diminist~ ed would like to find ways to reduce inconclusive." by building a city in one place hail The National Science Foun- On large storm systems: ’~ Changing the course or intensity rather than another? d.ation report notes that farmers These are just a few of the maay annually buy about $2.8-billion in of extratropical cyclones and al- questions that, scientist, s in the insurance against this phenom- tering climate over large areas United States and in many other el]orl. remain as problems for the fu- And the Weather Bureau, of ture.;’ nations around the world are tO Summed up, the situation is that ing to solve. But it promises r,o be course~ is Mways trying to find a long time before they’\~" dom~ so out how to tell fewer fibs. "the nation’s scientists and en- At this point in history, though, gineers are only in the initial much about the weather that the knowledge needed to control stages of attacking a large and isn’t worth talking abouL

TENNESSEE ~,~,AG AZt NE i2 operatives~provided by all co- operatives is that they [urnish a RURgl.e way for people to freely pool their energy and talents and resources to make life better for each other. A cooperative means the kind of grass roots democracy by which ELE(TRI(5 people, equally, by their votes, determine their destiny andthe des- The best elements of this Nation’s tiny of their organizations. This, after aer]tage and history are its best all, is our greatest national asset. assets. These elements are fused Rural electric and other coopera- :.~,~. our cooperative programs. tives, with great success, are help- Wherever you find cooperatives you ing to export it to under-developed !ind people working together to lift countries throughout the world. As ~.~e~ standard of living~creating an example, rural electric coopera- ~rosperity and opportunity for them- tive experts have helped and are :~e~ves and for the Nation. helping to establish and improve Since the rural electrification pro- rural electric systems which will gram began more than 30 years ultimately benefit 1.25 million ~go, rural: electric cooperatives~ people in 50 countries. As part of ct~rai electric people~have provided our foreign aid program, coopera- ~[ectricity for 20 million persons tive projects are teaching people ~ing ~n about 80 per cent of the how to work together to more fuIly N ation~s landmass. They have pro- utilize their resources to achieve a v~ded a way for people to move better standard of living for them- ~:~emselves out of the last century selves and their nations. ~mply by beh~g able to utilize all They are doing this under the ’, ~e tools and conveniences powered sa-me democratic structure---the by electric energy. same h~volvement in democracy~by Evidence of the economic impact which the cooperatives oftheUnited e~ectrk~ cooperatives is States function. ~cat:ed by the fact that rural elec- So, in the long view~ cooperative ~-~c consumers purchase more than programs represent not only a na- ,5~ billion worth of electrical applb tional asset, but also an asset for :.~r~ces and equipment every year. free people everywhere. ,~ ~reover, rura~ electric cooperative By CtydeTEllis people have helped prov~dethetead- General Manager, NRECA g ~l~gV ~-ship in creati~g 135,000 jobs ~>w businesses and industries in ~:al America during the past six TO mneE But ~he most importa~t national ~:s~[: provided by rural electric LIFE BETTER FARM LABOR ONE OF MOST averaged about 0.2 pounds per day in favor of the creep fed calves, he explains. In addition, creep-fed calves av- CHALLENGING PROBLEMS eraged about one-third condition grade higher at weaning Farm labor is one of the most challenging management time. problems in agriculture, according to Eugene GambiH, Uni- Creep feeding may be justified under the following sit- versity of Tennessee Extension associate agricultural uations, according to Williams: pasture production severely economist. diminished by dry weather, resulting in insufficient grass "Farm labor is as vexing a problem in virtually every for the cow; cow not giving enough milk to support good county in Tennessee as it is over the entire country," he gains by her calf; calves dropped in the fall ar~ need sup- says. "Farmers are having increasing difficulty in competing plemental feed; calves grading low and sold shortly after with industry for competent, reliable farm workers. The weaning; and when grain is relatively cheap. situation is so acute in many places that one wonders how "If the decision is made to creep feed, good quality grain the full volume of farm production can be maintained." or grain mixture should be used," he says. ~’Shelled corn A significant influence is that many young men are leaving alone will be adequate up to about four months of age. the farm for higher paid jobs in industry, he explains. Wages An alternative is to feed three parts by weight of shelled in many of these jobs are higher than most farmers feel corn and one part whole oats." they can pay, although this might not be true in every After four months of age, feed seven parts shelled corn instance. When the worker’s house is furnished, along with and one part supplement, or five parts shelled corn, two other things, his pay may be considerably higher when all parts whole oats and one part supplement. benefits are counted. A good creep feeder should be constructed near the place Frequently, these younger men who do stay on the farm where the cows loaf, usually in the shade near water and may have inferior skills when it comes to operating the salt, suggests the animal husbandman. The creep should expensive machinery found on so many farms today, he have openings about 36 inches high, 18 inches wide and continues. They may become a heavy source of expense the trough constructed to avoid excess waste. when they are working where a skilled tractor driver or other machine operator is needed. OAT VARIETIES This same weakness also applies to farm workers who RECOMMENDED FOR are caring for farm crops or livestock which requires careful FALL SEEDING and intelligent attention. Caring for a dairy herd is a good example. The selection of a proven, adapted variety of oats is as "Another consideration which is possibly more influential important for profitable yields as other recommended pro- than any already mentioned is the age of the average duction practices, says Raymond Cobble. University of Ten- farm operator -- now 51 years," points out Gambill. "Also nessee Extension assistant agronomist. a high percentage of farm owners are now approaching BIount and Forkedeer are the oat varieties recommended 65 and do not have many years remaining in active farm by the University of Tennessee. work." Blount oats have produced the highest average grain and While it is true that there may be more labor than is forage yields in the U-T variety tests. In addition to being needed on many small farms, when the whole situation a high yielder with good winter hardiness, Blount is more is assessed, labor uncertainty is one of agriculture’s most resistant to lodging because of its large, stiff straw. This challenging management problems, he says. lodging resistance makes it best suited for soils with high ’~The problem will not diminish as the minimum wage natural fertility with adequate fertilization. Blount is also less rules continue to raise wages and increase labor costs and susceptible to barley yellow dwarf virus disease. competition," he adds. Forkedeer is slightly more winter hardy and matures a few days earlier than Blount. However, Forkedeer has a tendency SHOULD YOU CREEP to lodge under high fertility conditions. Tennessee certified seed of both varieties are available FEED BEEF CALVES? through local seed firms~ says Cobble. Additional information It generally does not pay to creep feed beef calves in on performance and production practices can be obtained Tennessee. especially those born January through March, from your county Extension agent. and when they are nursing cows which milk well and are on good pasture. FARM BRIEFS "Pastures have been exceptionally good this year, and Water and shade are important to the efficient utilization this lessens the chances of profit from creep feeding," says of pastures by beef cattle. John N. Williams, II, University of Tennessee Extension assist- ant animal husbandman. ~’Howevefl this does not mean that Clipping of pastures two or three times a year removes creep feeding may not be justified under some conditions/’ mature parts of plants, helps control weeds and encourages The difference between creep and non-creep fed calves new growth. in herds on the Tennessee Performance Testing Program has

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Registered trademark for DuPont TFE finish first with the features women want ~Price and terms optional with dealer except where fair traded. agreement or any procedure by which annexed consumers could be acquire& Instead, they have tried in each annexation to beat the coopera- tive down to the lowest possible sale price and have even indicated °The Clarksville that they should not have to pay anything for the going business value of such consumers. The Clarksville dilemma was Takeover" aptly described to members of the Legislative Council Committee at a recent hearing by a man who was certainly in apositiontoknow where of he spoke-Mr. John (Editor’s Note: As most readers little to offer them in return for Dolinger, manager of Cumberland of the Tennessee Magazine know, the considerably higher taxes Electric Membership Corporation there is a bill pending before the they would have to pay. It was and President of the T.E.C.A. General Assembly to protect the not surprising, then, that citizen Mr. Dolinger cited a super- property and customers of elec- leaders of the community took market example to illustrate the tric cooperatives. The legislators their case to court. It went to the plight of his cooperative. will return to Nashville Feb. 13 United States Supreme Court, but, "Picture if you will," he said, for the Concluding 30 days of the because of the 1955 act, the high "a Kroger store next to an A & 85th General Assembly. It is very court had no legal basis for pro- P store. Suppose we had a law likely that the Legislature will viding relief. which said the Kroger store could take final action during this time Cumberland Electric is one of move in and take over one or more on our bill, which is House Bill the biggest and most efficient in of the best revenue-producing de- 500 (duplicated by Senate Bill the State. It serves rural areas partments of the A & P store. 472). In response to requests that in five Tennessee counties and Even if the A & P man were our readers (some 700, 000 strong) border sections of two Kentucky paid the fair marketvalue of these be given more specific information counties. It has invested more departments, he’ d lose avaluable concerning the nature of ourpro- than $17,600,000 in electrical source of income; and if this pro- blem along with advice on what plant. cess were repeated many times, they can do to help, the Tennessee Some of this investment is tied he would soon find himself com- Magazine will run a series of four up in 2,872 idle services through- pletely out of business." articles beginning with this issue. out the system, reflecting the gen- Here are some of the effects It is hoped ~hese articles will both eral decline in farm and other that sale of its New Providence enlighten and provide you with rural population. The system has facilities will have on Cumberland some of the facts you may need 3,900 miles of line and 29,570 Electric Cooperative: in discussing our situation with rural customers - - - or rather 1. A loss of 16 per cent in per- members of the Legislature and it had that number before the city sent revenues. other important leaders. We have of Clarksville decided to reach 2. A loss of 10 percent in con- decided to call article No. 1 - -- out and take in 4,000 of them sumer density. °~The Clarksville Takeover." It in one swoop. 3. A loss of more than one-fifth follows: Nor were they 4,000 "run-of- of its energy sales. the-mill" customers. They were 4. Loss of benefits that accrue "high-use" customers, both res- from a growing area. In November 1964, the city of idential and commercial, account- 5. A higher investment per kwh Clarksville adopted an ordinance ing for a much larger percentage sold on the left-over system, which gave it legal possession of of the total revenues than their possibly approaching three an area as large as Clarksville numerical size would indicate. times as great as on the ex- itself. Records for the past fiscal year panded city system. It was legal because a lawpass- show that these 4,000 consumers While the New Providence an- ed by the 1955 Legislature gave paid $651,576 or 15.6 per cent nexation was the largest, it was cities the authority to take in of the system’s total revenues. by no means the only one that adjacent areas without regard to But that isn’t the whole story, has been carried out to the de- the wishes of the residents of those either. Because they were the triment of Cumberland Electric. areas. "cream" skimmed off the top, their There have been nine others-- Many citizens of this area, loss did very little if any, to lower by Clarksville, Springfield and known as the New Providence such overhead expenses aspower Gallatin~taking away more than community, objected strenuously cost from TVA, debt service cost, 1,400 additional consumers from to the takeover. After all, they taxes, personnel and operating the system. were being quite adequately pro- equipment. All of these have been what vided with electric service from The result is that Cumberland’ s might be termed "wholesale land the Cumberland Electric Member- net margin of $252,038 (for i966) mass takeovers". There are other sMp Corporation, they were re. will drop--not 15.6 per cent--but types that have proved equally ~ eiving water and working toward by an estimated $125,000 or 50 disturbing and disrupting to the sewer service from the New Pro~ per cen~ cooperatives and these wil! be vidence Utility District (which the Further complicating the situa- dealt with i_~n subsequent install- city is also in the process of ab- tion is the fact that the city of merits. (Next: Corridor Annexa- sorbing). Clarksville has never agreed with tions-Is This Orderly Develop- So, the city of Clarksvflle had the cooperative to any territorial ment?)

OCTOBER, 1 967 17 "Cooperatives-- A National Asset"

mately 400 miles above the Arctic that 5.7-million people, united in Circle. Barrow Utilities Inc. at seeking the same goal, can Point Barrow, Alaska, was es- achieve what they could no~ Nearly 20-million American tablished by Alaska natives to achieve by themselves. But the c~ families share ownership in one provide natural gas and electri- operative movemen~ is hardly or more cooperatives. That’ s more city. limited to cooperatives providing than have invested in the nation’ s These are just a few of the more electric or telephone service. stock markets. striking aspects of Amerihan co- In the big and relatively arid One of the earliest large-scale operatives, whose contributions Western states, for instance, far- instances of peaceful cooperative to the economic security and wel- mers join together to own and endeavor in the United States fare of millions will be marked operate water irrigation com- occurred in 1794. Farmers from during October’s "Co-op Month" panies. These associations ac- the Carolinas and Virginia group- celebration, entitled "Coopera- count for almost on,fourth of all ed their cattle together and drove tives- A Nat~nal Asset~" the land irrigated in the country. the herds to markets in Baltimore, Members of the 990 rural elec- To avoid the often exorbitant Philadelphia, and New York. tric cooperatives finances by the cost of credit, some 18-million per- The most northerly cooperative REA are familiar with the under- sons have joined together in credit in the United States is approxi- lying p[~!clple of cooperation-- unions, of which there are now

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~8 TENNESSEE ~AGAZINI: serving their needs. if they did it in corporate form ~2, ~ 00. In this century, no one was a and they are simply transferring On the coastal shores, fishermen greater believer in free ~nterprise the profit prinqiple from joint re- unite to buy large boats and to than Herbert Hoo~er. ~e critics turn m individual returrL Their build processing plants. of cooperatives might do wel! to only success l]~s where they eli- American Indians on reserva- ponder these words of his: minate waste either in production tions form cooperatives, among "Those who either congratulate or distributior~--and they can do other reasons to provide a more themselves or those who fear that neither if they destroy individual efficient way to sell pottery and cooperation is an advance toward initiative." blankets and other examples of socialism need neither rejoice nor And Mr. Hoover added these h~dian craftsmanship. worry. Cooperation in its current words, ones which believers in People in all walks of life--about economic sense represents the ini- cooperatives might do well to keep 45-million of them--depend on tiative of self-interest blended with in mind: gruup health plans to pay for a sense of service, for nobody be- "Indeed this phase of develop- their hospital and medical ex- longs to a cooperative who is not ment of our individualism pro- penses. striving to sell his products or mises to become the dominant Families and individuals who services for more or striving to note of its 20th Century ex- otherwise would have a hard time buy from others for less or striv- pansion. But it will thrive only finding decent housing become ing to make his income more se- in so far as it can constructleader- members of cooperative housing cure. ship and a sense of service, and projects, descendants of frontier "Their members are furnishing so long as it preserves the initia- times when members of a com- the capital for extension of their tive ai~d safeguards the indi- munity joined together to build activities just as effectively as viduality of its members." homes for newlyweds or replace a cabin destroyed by fire. Farmers, of course, band to- gether to provide themselves with a21 kinds of services necessary if they are to survive in atimewhen farming operations continue to get bigger. By means of cooperation, farmers market their crops, obtain machinery, buy seed, and insure against fire and weather hazards, among other things. The value of cooperatives to the people who belong to them can be measured in terms of money: A farmer who, by himself, could hardly afford some expensive piece of machinery, can get the use of that equipment by ~oining ~dth other farmers in the same p re dicament. ¯ A consumer who, on his own, would have to pay a high rate of interest for the money he bor- rowed, can pay less for it by borrowing through his credit union. ¯ A rural wife saves time and Do Not C~t Here . , . Just Fold Over, Seal and Mail This Repl,/ Envelope . . . No Stamp Necessary energy for other tasks when her home is connected to a power line erected by her local electric co- operative. ¯ The cooperatives themselves can remain in operation even though they fail to make a profit. .And if the cooperative does take in nlore money than it needs, that For as low as money r~turns to the members Ample Funds For rather thah being drained away PERMANENT FINANCING from the community to some- body’s pocket hundreds of miles away. ~¥hat it means, in a nutshell, is that a man or a woman or a family is not at the mercy of economic forces over which they have no control. By uniting with others like themselves, they in rmcessary, or CALLj check here ~ ~nd attach directions, fact retain their ~ndependence. ~ IownaIot ~ ’ can get a lot ~h~y become partners in an as- ~ TM-IO sociation devoted primarily to L ~ Please send floor plan and prices on all Jones Homes j

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22 TENN ESSEE MAGAZINE

Fall’s in the air and Tennessee’s Upper Cumberlands are gorgeous.

’Tis Autumn--a time when splashed in the light of crystal- Tennessean and non-Tennessean clear sunshine. alike is wont to pile into the Whether your particular brand family auto and drive into of Fall fun lies in the solitude of mountains and along plateaus the forest, the pop of football to observe Mother Nature at leather, or the bright click of a her most beauteous time. fishing reel on a splashy lake, The gold of maples, the bright there’s no end to the pleasure red of gum trees, and the tawny you can find in Autumn in brown of hickory and oak are Tennessee. Write for the folder. "The Fabulous Upper Cumberlands."

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