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September 2010

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Before I give you an update on FFA, let me say THANK YOU to Berry Publications, Brent Davis and the staff at InTheField Magazine. I have received many positive comments about the FFA journal and related articles found in the past issues of this magazine.

Your support of agriculture education is appreciated.

It’s September. Can you believe that we have been back in school for almost a month? Every year during this time, FFA advisors make a big push to our students to pay their FFA dues and become an FFA member. Repeatedly, for the last quarter century, many students will ask the question, “What’s in it for me?” Space does not allow me to tell you all the positive reasons for membership.

The National FFA Organization has a great website www.ffa.org which lists countless reasons.

There are three components that make up the Ag Education program at each school. They are classroom and/or laboratory instruction, Supervised Agricultural Experience Programs (SAEP) and FFA. Each student enrolled in the agricultural classes at your school should be involved in all three of these components to receive the most benefit from the class.

Suppose that you are interested in livestock. In the classroom, we learn how to select it, take care of it, and market it. If you are lucky, your class may participate in some hands on learning activities such as giving injections or applying ear tags. The SAEP component occurs when you learn outside of the classroom on your time. You may choose to either work for someone that has livestock or buy some animals to raise for yourself. FFA allows students to compete with other FFA members across the district, state, and nation in many different events. To use our example of livestock, a student may choose to be a part of one of several career development events which could include livestock judging, meats

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evaluation, dairy cattle judging, dairy foods evaluation, poultry judging and horse judging. Also, a student may choose to show their animal at a livestock show. The three components of ag education overlap. You can’t have one without the other. That is why FFA is not considered extracurricular, it is considered intra-curricular.

During the summer, FFA members from all across the nation were involved in leadership development workshops and training so that they can make their chapter the best one yet. The Brooklyn FFA chapter of Forrest County Agricultural High School is no exception. Chapter officers have been busy. They attended the Mississippi FFA State Convention and the summer Leadership Conference during their summer vacation. Now it is time to see if all the hours of training and networking with other FFA members will produce results.

I tell my students that not being a FFA member is like practicing a sport and not playing a game. If you don’t compete against other teams, how will you know how good you are? Do your part. Support Agriculture Education in your school.

Get off the fence and get involved with FFA.

Mike Dale is beginning his 28th year teaching at FCAHS. His complete title is Agriculture and Natural Resource Teacher and Farm Manager. Mike and his three sons are also very involved in the Lamar County 4-H program.

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Hello Mississippi. I hope all is well in your great state. As a Kentuckian, transplanted to Florida, I have had to do my research when it comes to agriculture in Mississippi. I have to tell you, I like what I have learned so far! How exciting to live in a state with agriculture as the number one industry with approximately 42,000 farms on 11 million acres.

As a history buff, it has been exciting for me to study and learn about the colorful history of your great state. I would love suggestions on books based on historical facts.

We are always on the look out for great story ideas. What would you like to see in these pages? Do you know of someone with an interesting story? Please let us know! We are always looking for feedback from our readers.

It is our hope that, as we bring the agriculture community closer together, we will also help educate the general public about agriculture, the importance of Mississippi’s commodities and those who produce them. Remember, No Farmers, No Ranchers, No Food! When you are shopping to feed your family, remember the Mississippi Department of Agriculture program, “Make Mine Mississippi,” and support your state.

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Clayton Rouse

Lamar County Extension Agent, Retires After 33 Years Covering What’s Growing

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Clayton Rouse Retires After 33 Years 18 4 FFA It’s Not Just A Club Mike Dale 6 Pine Belt Observation Foxhole Buddies 9 The Garden Calendar: September 11 The Whipping Bowl

Senior Managing Editor Sarah Holt

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12 Forrest County 4-H Team Takes First Place

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14 Hold On, I Need to Harvest My Farmville Crops

Terry L. Davis Brent Davis Barbara Huckabee Keith Naquin

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28 Mississippi Peanuts are Growing Value

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Brent Davis’

I am proud to say my wife Lynn and I were able to get away this summer and have a little vacation. Vacations are good for the soul. We spent some time in east Tennessee and western North Carolina. Lynn and I both love the mountains. God was having a really good day when he created the Appalachian Mountains, the mountain views, the cascading rivers and the cool summer air.

During this trip we had a chance to spend some time with some of our best friends, what I like to call my “foxhole buddies.”

A foxhole buddy is someone that will jump in a foxhole with you at anytime, without question. The term comes from the foxholes that infantry men dig during wartime. There are usually two men to a foxhole. Each man guards the other man’s back. The two men can take turns catching some sleep. Each man keeps a vigilant eye out while the other man sleeps. A foxhole partner that cannot be depended on will eventually get both men killed. An undependable foxhole buddy is a bad situation, to say the least. Our “Foxhole Buddies” that we visited while on our vacation were Johnny and Molly Merrill in east Tennessee and David and Cathy Outlaw in western North Carolina. I would jump in a foxhole with these folks any day of the week and they would do the same for us. These four folks are our best, good friends and best good friends just don’t come along every day.

Johnny and Molly Merrill are a couple straight out of MGM central casting. They are a hoot! Both Johnny and Molly come from generations of large east Tennessee families (great grandma had 12 children, grandma had 10 children, mother had 8 children...). Their family reunions are so large they have to rent Neyland Stadium in Knoxville to have one!

During our visit Johnny asked me if I wanted to see his new water well that had great tasting water and lots of it. When he told me that he dug this water well with a pair of post hole diggers and his total cost was about $75 for the entire well, including the hand crank

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pitcher pump, well I just had to see that. (The last east Tennessee water well that I put down cost over $8,000!) We went out to his garden and he showed Lynn and I his $75 water well. Without any need for priming, he started hand pumping his $49 water pitcher pump and out came cool, clear, fine tasting water. I asked him why he started digging a well with a pair of posthole diggers and he said, “Well, I just had a feelin’ there was some water right there!” As I drank another cup of that cool, crisp water I just shook my head thinking that Johnny Merrill is an amazing fellow!

Johnny is one of those guys that will tell you, “We got some weather a coming,” without ever looking at the Weather Channel.

Johnny has hunted and fished the east Tennessee mountains all his life and you do not want to try to keep up with him on a mountain trail while on foot. It is nothing for Johnny to walk 30 miles on a daily hunting trip with most of the walking being straight up or straight down a mountain. Johnny Merrill is a modern day mountain man and I love him dearly. I would jump in a foxhole any day of the week with Johnny and he would do the same for me.

In western North Carolina we visited with David and Cathy Outlaw. Outlaw is their last name not their profession. David and Cathy are Lynn and my oldest, dearest friends. We were best friends in high school in Plant City, Florida, many years ago. Lynn and I married in June of 1979 and David and Cathy married a week later in July of 1979. David and Cathy stood up with us at our wedding and Lynn and I stood up with them at theirs. For over 35 years we have been very close friends.

David worked at the Tampa Tribune with me. While working full time and supporting his family he earned his two year (associate) degree from Hillsborough Community College. One day David told me, “I’m leaving the Tribune and I’m gonna finish my schooling and become a high school soccer coach. It is what I really want to do

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with my life.” Working at night and going to college during the days and evenings David earned his degree and teaching certificate. He taught high school and coached soccer in the Tampa, Florida area for almost 10 years.

About five years ago David told me, “Cathy and I are selling our Florida house and we are moving to the North Carolina mountains.” While trying to hide the fact that I was turning green with envy, I congratulated my best friend and wished him and Cathy the best of luck.

Naturally, the transition from the hustle and bustle of Tampa, to the more laid back pace of Whittier, North Carolina was a blessing. They started raising a garden right away and they now have chickens, goats, and a donkey named “Chuck”. However, the change did not come without sacrifice. David had to take a night shift job for about a year until a teaching position came open 30 miles from his house. Try driving 30 miles on an icy, winter mountain road twice a day. But David Outlaw has never been afraid of hard work nor has he ever faced a challenge without a smile on his face. David Outlaw is an amazing individual and I strive everyday to be more like my good friend.

Now he has a teaching and coaching job much closer to his home. David and Cathy have built a beautiful new home, their dream home with porches on all four sides! He and Cathy have done most of the work on the new home with their own two hands, hiring very little outside help. By the time this article hits the streets in September, they will have moved into their new home. Congratulations and good job, David and Cathy.

Lynn and I really enjoyed our visit with our “foxhole buddies” and we are already counting the days until they can come visit us or we can go visit them again.

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Garden Calendar: September Prepare

Make sure you’ve ordered daffodils and other spring bulbs for October planting. Build or buy compost bin in anticipation of autumn leaves.

Plant

Plant cool season leafy root vegetables: Carrots, Beets, Turnips, Lettuce, and Spinach. Sow hardy annuals: Sweet Alyssum, Calendula, Annual Pinks, Snapdragon, and Sweet Peas. Sow rye grass seed in winter lawns.

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Sonya Conerly, Rebecca Ferguson, Carly Odom, and Lexie Sholar

Forrest County 4-H Team Takes First Place in Jackson

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By: Sarah Johnson Gatwood Congratulations to the Forrest County 4-H Senior Horse Judging Team! The team, consisting of Sonya Conerly, Rebecca Ferguson, Carly Odom, and Lexie Sholar, took home a first place State Champion title from the 2010 4-H State Horse Show. These young ladies competed with other youth from around the state of Mississippi in the Horse Judging competition held in July in Jackson, MS. Although it was a long day of placing halter, western pleasure, English, reining and western riding classes. in addition to giving oral reasons, the girls stuck with it and brought home a State Champion Horse Judging title and a berth to attend the Western National 4-H Round-Up in Denver, CO. While attending the Western National 4-H Roundup 4-H’ers are provided with opportunities to meet fellow 4-H’ers from across the United States, participate in educational and social workshops, continue with the development of their leadership and citizenship skills, and share personal experiences with others

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attending the competitions. While attending this competition, Mississippi 4-H’ers experience and foster a greater personal growth and learn about career ideas in the fields of business, agriculture, science, industry, education and the arts.

We are so proud of these young ladies and their accomplishments! Please wish them all the best in hopes of bringing home a National Horse Judging Team title! Way to go girls!

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By: Lauren Pace Normally, I’m not the kind of person that takes part in Facebook applications.

However, when the buzz started about the newest app called Farmville, I was curious as to what it was. After watching a friend play it, I saw absolutely no point to the game.

Keeping up with a virtual farm by harvesting virtual crops, animals, and trees? No fun there. After ignoring request after request for me to join Farmville, I got really annoyed with how everyone seemed to be obsessed with this senseless game. I told myself, along with everyone else, that I would never fall into participating.

Who started the Farmville world in Oak Grove?

I decided that I would try to start an application frenzy myself. So, I chose the Happy Aquarium application, which consisted of feeding and training fish while cleaning their tank. I wasn’t entertained at all and no one caught on to it like I had hoped. After a while, I finally decided to get a Farmville to try and experience it for myself. It’s wrong to judge something before you’ve actually tried it, right?

I can now say that I only check my Facebook account to get on Farmville. I check it religiously at around 10:30 p.m. to harvest my crops, animals, and trees. I caught on to the rhythm of the game and I passed level after level like it was no one’s business.

I started sending all my neighbors gifts and helping with their farms.

Farmville is not just a game though, it also teaches responsibility.

If you don’t harvest crops soon after they are ready to harvest, they wilt and you earn absolutely no profit. It’s rewarding to gain

experience points and coins. It also teaches me how to manage money and how to be a good neighbor.

Farmville fanatics also strive to get ribbons. There are many ribbons that you can achieve and you gain experience and coins each time you get one. From being a “pack rat” to harvesting trees, there is a ribbon for almost everything. Some ribbons are more difficult than others, however, like the Flower Power ribbon, for example. You have to harvest 25,000 flowers to get the blue ribbon.

Ever since I started Farmville, people have been criticizing me with rude comments. I understand completely. They probably just don’t see a point to the game. They were just like I was before I actually tried it. So, I ask all of you to at least try the game before you judge it. If you’ve tried it and you didn’t like it, props to you for at least attempting to get into it. But the others who hate on it without trying, give us Farmville addicts a break will you? Farmville is merely what we like to do in our free time.

Lauren Pace is a graduate of Oak Grove High School. This article originally appeared in the Oak Grove High School newspaper “The Warrior Beat”. This article is being reprinted with the permission of Oak Grove High School Principal Wayne Folkes.

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Lamar County Extension Agent Clayton Rouse Retires After 33 Years

By Brent Davis

Clayton Rouse’s official title at his retirement was “County Extension Director,” but he will quickly tell you titles are a dime a dozen. “I have always considered myself a county agent,” Clayton said.

After graduation from the University of Mississippi in 1977, Clayton joined the extension service as the Lamar County 4-H Agent. In 1987, he became the Lamar County Agricultural Agent. “When I started in 1977, you cross I-59 on Hardy Street and at that time you left Hattiesburg and crossed into the country, many of Lamar County’s roads in 1977 were gravel. In the past 33 years Lamar County’s population has tripled, from 16,000 to over 50,000, and now most all of our roads are paved!”

At a recent retirement party at the Lamar County Extension Office, Clayton was recognized by both the Lamar County Board of Supervisors and the Director of the Coastal Extension Center. Joe Bounds, President of the Lamar County Board of Supervisors presented Clayton with a plaque proclaiming a resolution honoring the 33 years of service Clayton Rouse has given Lamar County.

Dr. Patricia Knight, Director of Coastal Research and Extension Center, presented Clayton with a plaque thanking him for his 33 years of service to the people of Mississippi. At the retirement party Clayton said, “I am pretty overwhelmed. It is really 18

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beginning to set in that I am really about to retire”.

In an interview a few days after the retirement party Clayton shared that he graduated from Poplarville High School. “My dad was an Ag teacher and I always enjoyed working with the cows and working the crops on our family farm so I decided to go to college at the University of Mississippi and major in agriculture.” During the interview we rode out to a 148 acre farm just south of Purvis and visited with Mr. J.D. Keith and his wife of 59 years Mary Lee. Mrs. Mary Lee was busy canning wild dew berry jelly, fig preserves, tomatoes, salsa, dill pickles, peach jelly and green beans. Everything she was canning was grown right there on their farm.

Mr. J.D. told me he had farmed as much as 500 acres at one time during his 76 years of farming.

“We are slowly retiring,” he said. “This year we had 25 acres of corn and 14 acres of watermelons, plus our garden, of course.” When asked about Clayton Rouse’s retirement Mr. J.D. said, “I know one thing,

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we are gonna miss him. Clayton has been a big help to many a farmer here in Lamar County. He has always been a big help to me, an asset to my farm. I’m gonna miss him.” On the ride back to Purvis Clayton said, “This retirement thing might be harder than I expected. I am really going to miss working with folks like Mr. and Mrs. Keith.”

Back at his Lamar County office, Clayton shared that he earned a master’s degree from MSU. “Working for MSU for 33 years gave me more appreciation for education,” Clayton said. “I highly recommend to the young people of today to take advantage of all the educational opportunities available. The young people graduating today are facing a much different world than 30 years ago. Higher education in the field of agriculture opens up so many more doors for the young people of today.”

When asked what he felt that his role for the people of Lamar County has been over the past 33 years Clayton said, “To help them to answer their agriculture related questions. When a person’s livelihood depends on the success of his

What exactly is the county extension service all about?

After doing a little research, you find that the answer dates back to the mid 1800’s.

In the mid 1800’s, 98 percent of Americans were mainly involved in agriculture. These folks were not really making a living producing agriculture. Their goal was to keep food on the table and feed themselves……..... and the industrial age was a comin’! How could Americans build cars, airplanes, and ships if all of America spent all their waking hours growing stuff to feed themselves?

The government’s answer was the Hatch Act and the Morrill Act. Both were federal acts that established a university system to teach agriculture. The plan was for universities like Mississippi State, LSU, Auburn, Florida and Texas A & M to teach young people how to farm smarter and more efficiently.

Surprise, surprise, the government acts failed miserably and did not achieve the goals they were intended to reach. Farmers couldn’t send their youngun’s off the farm to go to some college, they were needed to stay and help on the farms. Many a farmer said, “This way worked for my granddaddy, worked for my daddy, our way of doing things will work just fine for me. Thank you very much but we don’t need any advice from you college boys.”

Then in about 1907 a guy named W.H.“Cornclub” Smith started a club for the young folks. The “Corn Clubs” were for the boys and the “Tomato Clubs” were for the girls. Yes, folks…. that was the granddaddy of today’s 4-H programs.

Then the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 created the extension service. The extension service was created to bring the information to the farmers on a local level. But it really wasn’t until county agents and local leaders began organizing 4-H clubs that the idea of Extension Service advice and help caught on with the local farmer. When their parents saw what these young folks could accomplish with the crops they were growing and the livestock they were working with, well, lo and behold the ideas and suggestions of the extension service agents caught on with the local farmers.

There are many old words of wisdom that I could wrap this article up with, such as: ”From the mouths of babes,”…….”Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth,”……Just because that’s the way we always done it doesn’t mean it’s the best way to do it ”…..But I will just let you pick your favorite words of wisdom and insert them here……”________________________ _____________________________.”

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By Ben Willoughby The bobwhite quail has been an important part of the hunting history of the south for generations. There was a time in the not too distant past when most everyone had a bird dog or two. Those that didn’t actually own a dog knew where they could borrow one for an afternoon hunt.

Most country folks didn’t bother to keep their bird dogs penned up. The dogs roamed freely around the yard and usually slept on the front porch or under the house. These dogs served as watch dogs and family pets. When the dogs were called on they could usually find a covey or two.

A few folks still have bird dogs and there are still some hard core bird hunters left. They continue to tramp through the game reserve land and national forest land searching for something that simply isn’t there any longer.

Sure, there are a few bobwhites around, but think hard…when was the last time you saw a covey fly across the road? Last year, the year before that? When was the last time you saw a pair of quail in the springtime or heard the clear call of a bobwhite from a thicket or fence row? What has become of the wonderful little bird we grew up with, the one our fathers and grandfathers hunted long ago?

Well, things have changed….the farming we once knew, the small cornfields, pea patches, etc., that provided food and cover for the birds has mostly faded away. The ditch banks and fence rows that provided cover and food are mostly gone. What farming there is now consists of fence row to fence row with heavy pesticides all bad on ole bobwhite. Few people burn their land anymore, allowing the bushes and grass to become too thick for the birds.

Predators run rampant through the countryside. Fox, bobcats, coons, wild house cats, possums, armadillos, etc. not to mention fire ants and the avian predators, hawks and owls all are deadly on quail.

In fact, I am amazed there are still any wild quail at all left in the Pine Belt. However, all is not lost. If you would like to go bird hunting and follow some excellent well trained birddogs through outstanding quail habitat, keep reading.

The two places that I have personally hunted are right here in the Pine Belt. It’s not wild birds….the birds are pen raised, but are well flight conditioned and believe me there won’t be any easy shots. One of these hunting spots is Davis Quail Hunts located on the Highway 63 Bypass just south of Lucedale in George County.

Richard Davis runs this operation and does an outstanding job. The

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quail habitat is some of the finest I have ever seen and the dog work will have you saying, “Look at that!” He has beautiful pointers and Brittney’s that know what it is all about.

The rates are $200 per person for a half day. This includes eight birds, clay target shooting and of course the dogs are provided or you can bring your own dogs if you would like. For those that can’t walk or don’t want to walk, Bad Boy Buggy transportation is included.

For additional information call Richard Davis at 601-766-9579 or 601-508-2754 or visit his website at DavisQuailHunts.com. Please note that Mr. Davis offers free advice on improving your land for raising quail.

If you would enjoy a morning or afternoon in the field in beautiful terrain behind some outstanding bird dogs and some fast flying quail, do yourself a favor and contact Davis Quail Hunts. If you are a first time quail hunter, it will be a great experience. If you are an old, experienced hunter like yours truly, it will bring back a lot of wonderful memories of how it used to be. Davis Quail Hunts, Lucedale, Mississippi!

The Pine Belt is blessed with another outstanding quail operation just east of Collins. Steve Pickering runs Full Flight Hunting Preserve located at 154 Watts Road, Collins, Mississippi.

Steve has several outstanding bird dogs that are a pleasure to watch and the habitat is excellent. Steve raises his own birds and they are well flight conditioned. They offer half day hunts for $170 per person. This includes 20 birds, a guide, dogs, drinks and snacks.

Additional birds are $7.00 each (no limit). The charge is $1.00 per bird for cleaning at your request. If you have dogs and wish to use them, there is a $75.00 field rental and $7.00 per bird charge.

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Ole Bob may be fading fast in the wild but both these gentlemen run first class bird hunting operations…it’s not wild birds BUT an experienced bird hunter will be hard pressed to tell the difference.

So plan a trip to take a son, grandson, or someone that used to enjoy bird hunting. It will be an experience they won’t forget.

Until next time, be sure to keep your hooks sharp and your powder dry!

Ben Willoughby is a native of Liberty, Mississippi where he grew up on the family farm. Today Ben lives in the Oak Grove area of Hattiesburg, Mississippi with his wife, Tommie. They have two daughters and three grandsons. Ben writes for several outdoor publications and newspapers. He can be heard each weekday morning at 7:45 AM on ROCK 104 RADIO with his outdoor report. Ben is an avid hunter and fisherman. He also enjoys looking for Indian artifacts.

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livestock or his crops, I felt that it was very important that I did all I could to help that person succeed.”

“There is no particular part of agriculture that I enjoy more than any other,” Clayton said.

“I enjoy crop production, horticulture, livestock, forestry, managing wildlife, but what I have enjoyed the most about my job has been the people I have had the pleasure of working with here in Lamar County, real salt of the earth, good people. It has been the best part of my job. Many of our farmers may not know this, but I learned a lot more from them than they learned from me!”

InTheField Magazine would like to take this

opportunity to thank Clayton Rouse. Clayton was very helpful when we started our South Mississippi edition back in April of this year. Clayton always took the time to talk when we called or came by. He was more helpful that he will ever know. Thank you, Clayton Rouse. Along with the people of Lamar County and the Citizens of Mississippi, InTheField Magazine, South Mississippi edition, will really miss you at the extension service office. Good luck with your retirement.

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The second longest word in the English language is “antidisestablishmentarianism”.

The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

The youngest Pope was 11 years old.

The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven is $6,400.00.

Reindeer like to eat bananas.

The amount of tropical rain forest cut down each year is an area the size of Tennessee.

If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.

The Amazon rainforest produces half the world’s oxygen supply.

Armadillos can walk under water and can be house broken.

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Mississippi are Growing Value

By Royce Armstrong

Boiled, roasted or raw, for Mississippi, peanuts are a growing crop, with acres planted increasing each year since 2002. That was an important year for peanut farmers.

Peanuts were grown in Mississippi during the 1800s, but with federal farm subsidy guidelines what they were in the last century, Mississippi peanut acreage dropped to almost nothing. Most peanuts were grown in Georgia, Texas, and Alabama. By the turn of the current century, only a couple of thousand acres of peanuts were being grown in Mississippi, and most of those were being boiled or roasted and sold locally.

When the farm subsidy quota was lifted, peanut production in Mississippi surged. This year the state has about 20,000 planted acres and will likely produce 70,000,000 to 75,000,000 pounds of the nuts with a market value of nearly $18 million.

One of those farmers is Hugh Pierce, who farms COVINGTON COUNTY, MS in George County. “I have been growing peanuts since the farm bill changed 430+/- acres: Sumrall School District, excellent hunting, beautiful property, pine plantation, never been thinned, ingreat 2002,” Pierce “We$4,000/ac. started out with about 600 acres in investment, county said. road frontage, 2003 and we plant about 1,500 year now. Peanuts are a 118+/- acres: good hunting, mature timber, someacres has just every been planted, $3,500/ac. good (hurricane) won’t 110+/-crop acres: for matureGeorge timber, goodCounty roads, great because hunting, must asee,storm $3,500/ac.

10+/-them. acres: Sumrall School District, homethem. site, $6,000/ac. hurt All it does is great water With cotton, you don’t have 15+/- acres:until Sumrall you Schoolget District, home site, $6,000/ac. anything it great harvested.

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have anything until you get it picked.”

Peanuts also work well in a crop rotation program, according to Mike Howell, the Extension Service Peanut Specialist. “The main reason that peanuts have taken off in Mississippi is that farmers were looking for a crop to rotate with cotton,” Howell said. “Corn is not really a viable option, especially in the southeast part of the state because we just do not have the irrigation we need to make corn successful. Peanuts have really fit into that niche, and people are really doing quite well with peanuts.”

Howell said that 90 percent of the peanuts grown in the state are shipped to shellers and processing plants in Alabama where they are used in candy bars, packs of peanuts or in peanut butter.

“Peanuts grown in the Southeastern United States have the highest quality and the best flavor of any nuts grown in the world,” Howell said. “We consistently have the best flavor and quality of Continued on page 40

400+/- acres: Purvis area, timber, good hunting, great investment, frontage on 3 country roads, $5,000/ac.

74+/- acres: Sumrall School District, creek and good timber, 1/4 mile black top road, $4,000/ac.

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FORREST COUNTY/HATTIESBURG, MS 48+/- acres: Sumrall School District, timber and pasture, log and cedar home, large barn and other storage, 19+/- acres: North Forrest School District, great home sites, large pecan trees, pasture, a lot of road frontage, pond, mature oaks, located on Phillips Road, $365,000. $171,000.

MARION COUNTY, MS 8+/- acres: frontage on Hwy. 49 North (across from auto auction), 2 houses, great commercial location with 40+/acres: Bunker Hill, 5 yr planted pines, pond, food plot, shooting house on property, good roads, great crossover, $560,000. investment, $3,500/ac.

2.84+/- acres: frontage on Hwy. 49 (old location for Jays Discount Builders), office, large metal building, storage building, another great commercial location, $275,000.

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History of the Extension Service in Mississippi 1862 - Morrill Act - Land-Grant educational system begins

Congress authorized the establishment of a land-grant institution in each state to educate citizens in agriculture, home economics, mechanical arts, and other practical professions. The land-grant philosophy has been the foundation of America’s agricultural productivity for over 130 years. The three cornerstones of the land-grant approach--teaching, research, and extension--have improved the economic well-being and quality of life for millions of Americans.

1871 - Alcorn University established as a land-grant institution.

1878 - Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College established in Oktibbeha County as a land-grant institution. Alcorn University renamed Alcorn Agricultural & Mechanical College.

1887 - Agricultural research stations created. The next step in building the land-grant system was taken in 1887 when the U.S. Congress passed the Hatch Act to create agricultural research stations at the land grant colleges.

1890 - Second Morrill Act creates 1890 land-grant institutions Not everyone benefitted from the land-grant system.

1862 - Morrill Act - Under the conditions of legal separation of the races in the south, African-Americans were not permitted to attend the original land-grant institutions. Although the Morrill Act of 1862 authorized “separate but equal” facilities, only Mississippi and Kentucky established institutions for African- Americans under this law. Only Alcorn State University in Mississippi was designated as a land-grant institution.

1900 - First corn club for boys, forerunner of 4-H Clubs, established.

1903 - Seaman Knapp begins boll-weevil demonstration project, an inspiration for extension education.

1907 - Mississippian establishes first corn club sponsored by the federal government. W. H. “Corn Club” Smith established a boy’s corn club in Holmes County. Eighty-two of the 120 boys who participated exhibited their corn at the county fair in Lexington. The highest yield was 120 bushels on one acre.

1914 - Smith-Lever Act establishes Cooperative Extension Service. County agents and local leasers begin organizing 4-H Clubs.

The last major step in creating the land-grant system was passage of the Smith-Lever Act in 1914. This act established the Cooperative Extension Service Extension is the communication link between people in counties and the land-grant university.

4-H club meetings and projects were made major requirements.

1924 - Clark-McNary Act provides for forestry extension work.

1941 - Extension agents are at work in every rural county in the nation, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.

1964 - Antipoverty programs lead to expansion of extension education programs in inner cities.

1976 - New Bost Extension Service building opens at Mississippi State University.

1977 - Congress broadens scope of Extension programs.

In the Food & Agriculture Act of 1977, amended in 1981, Congress set forth a broadened scope for Extension programs.

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I have eaten many a po-boy sandwich from all over (including New Orleans) and the Po-Boy Express on 4th Street in Hattiesburg has the best po-boy sandwiches around, very possibly the best po-boy sandwiches I have ever put into my mouth.

Their sandwiches are tasty to the point of being of what dreams are made. In other words, my better dreams have been about going to Po-Boy Express to have lunch……..I know I need help, but these po-boys are just that good!!!

The shrimp po-boy is a must if you are a shrimp lover. The po-boy bomb has thinly sliced steak, cheese, tomatoes, onions, peppers, AND shrimp on it and is possibly the best tasting sandwich I have ever eaten. The Po-Boy Express motto is “You’ve tried the rest - now eat the best.”

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The hamburger basket is a hamburger lover’s delight. A freshly cooked hamburger, freshly fried crinkle cut french fries and a drink for around $5.00. It really doesn’t get any better than that, does it???

Probably due to the fact that the food is great and that Po Boy Express is on 4th Street right on the edge of the University of Southern Mississippi, many of the Southern Miss coaches, administrators and former baseball and football players can be found talking and munching on a sandwich around noon time. Many alumni that now run their own businesses eat their often. Sometimes the stories are as rich as the history depicted in the plaques and the photos that hang on the wall at Po-Boy Express.

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Every now and then I have one of those so-called “Bad Days.” You know the kind, where everything seems to go wrong. The car won’t crank. You spill gravy on your new tie. You misplace your cell phone and can’t find it when you call on another phone because it’s on vibrate.

I was having one of those days last week, or at least I thought it was a bad day until I received e-mail from Mac Smith. He wrote about the average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska being $80,000. He said he read, at a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. No sooner had the seals been released, in full view, a killer whale ate both of them.

And if that wasn’t enough, there was the story of a woman who came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of a wire running from his waist over the electric kettle and into his ear. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a plank of wood, breaking his arm in two places. Up to that moment her husband had been happily listening to his iPod. Some time back the New York Times had a story that would tend to make anyone unappreciated. The owners of a publishing company are trying to figure out why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting dead at his desk for five days before anyone asked if he was feeling bad. The 51 year-old man was a proofreader at the New York publishing company for 30 years, when obviously he had had a heart attack in the open-area office he shared with more than 20 associates.

He passed away on Monday, but no one noticed until Saturday morning when an office cleaner asked why he was working during the weekend.

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His boss said, “George was always the first guy in each morning and the last to leave at night, so no one found it unusual that he was in the same position all that time and didn’t say anything, He was always absorbed in his work and kept pretty much to himself.”

A post mortem examination revealed that he had been dead for five days after suffering a coronary. George was proofreading manuscripts of medical textbooks when he died.

Did you hear about a doctor that was addressing a senior citizen audience in Lakeland? He said the material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here years ago. Red meat is awful! Chinese food is loaded with MSG. High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. However, there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all, and we all have eaten, or will eat it. Can anyone here in the audience tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it? After a few seconds an elderly gentleman on the front row raised his hand, and said, WEDDING CAKE. I don’t know about you, but as for me I can’t figure out why all the fuss over showing your ID! After all, if you are pulled over by the police you show your ID. Also, I must show my ID when I show up for a doctor’s appointment, when renewing my driver’s license, applying for insurance, donating blood, collecting my boarding pass at the airport, making a debit purchase, especially when out of state. I have even had to show my ID to a new teller at my bank. My point is, we citizens are required to prove who we are nearly every day.

Why should we exempt anyone? Just a thought…

Do you remember, “Kids Say the Darnest Things?”

For those who do not, it was a comedy series hosted by Bill Cosby that aired on CBS from January 1998 to June 2000. The show was based on a popular feature of Art Linkletter’s television series, Art Linkletter’s House Party, which aired five days a week on CBS for more than 20 years. If that show were still running today my cousin Susan Waitley’s granddaughter would be a perfect candidate for the show. One afternoon as Miranda drifted off to sleep to take a nap, she said, “I miss Aunt Net…when will she come to visit us? I love it when we have customers!”

Have you heard the story of Gertrude, the church gossip and selfappointed monitor of the church’s morals, who always kept sticking her nose into other people’s business? Several members of the church did not approve of her extra curricular activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence.

Gertrude made a big mistake when she accused Fred, a new member of the choir, of being an alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the towns only bar one afternoon. She quickly told Fred and several others that every one seeing it there would know what he was doing.

Fred a man of very few words, stared at her for a moment, turned and walked away. Later that evening, Fred quietly parked his pickup in front of Gertrude’s house, walked home, and left it there all night.

I’ll close with a short quiz. Go to page 26 for the answers.

1 - From which animals do we get catgut?

2 - What is a camel’s hair brush made of?

3 - The Canary Islands in the Atlantic are named after what animal?

4 - What color is a purple finch?

5 - What country do Chinese gooseberries come from?

By: Dr. Larissa Heinz, DVM

Now is the time of year to put hay in the barn!! Lots of factors play a role in purchasing a quality product to feed your horses throughout the winter months when the grass is scarce.

First factor to consider is how many horses you are feeding, considering their needs of intake due to job and performance.

Horses that are regular athletes need more roughage and higher quality roughage. Your average 1,000 pound horse needs 20 to 40 pounds of roughage per day, approximately two to four flakes per day. Therefore, each horse would need two bales a week, or eight a month, or 40 bales from November to March. This is just a guideline. Some owners feed higher quality and more roughage with less grain, others feed lesser quality roughage and more grain to meet the horse’s nutritional requirements. It depends on your management system which direction you need to go for your horse. HORSES NEED ROUGHAGE!! More than grain, horses need roughage. Their digestive system was not designed for grain. In order for the horse’s digestive system to flow properly it must have good quality roughage. Filling in the gaps with grain is fine, small meals frequently rather than large meals is preferred.

There are older horses that cannot eat roughage due to dental issues. These animals are the exception, not the rule. Complete feeds, senior feeds supply the roughage and are formulated for aged individuals. They normally require large amounts of feed and frequent small feedings to maintain them comfortably.

When choosing hay it is important to pick a product that is baled frequently, most grass species are at their highest quality to cut at approximately 28-32 days. Go for QUALITY not quantity. Some horses and owners have preferences of species of grass, Crabgrass, Bermuda, Bahia, Rye . . . It is more important

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Y HA to me how it has been managed, preserved, and stored. I prefer a fertilized product, because that gives the hay more nutrients. I don’t have a problem with hay that has been fertilized with chicken litter, so long as there was enough time for it to breakdown and be absorbed on the field. Litter that has a lot of trash will end up in your hay bale.

The first cut of hay off a field tends to have more trash and weeds. The second or third cutting tends to be better quality for horses. Some toxic weeds are more palatable when they are dried in hay, therefore check the hay and ask the producer if they spray to kill weeds. As it gets later in the season hay can be harder to find as more folks are stocking up, and baling is dependent on the weather. Round bales are suitable to feed horses if put up properly, as if you were square baling it and stored in a barn until use. Round bales make feeding large numbers of horses easier, but horses are wasteful. Due to weathering of the hay, a horse won’t voluntarily eat every last scrap of hay, which is good because a horse is much more sensitive to sickness and colic due to spoiled hay than other species. As a rule don’t let a horse eat a round bale to the ground, or run out of hay. As we get close to winter, and progress through it, hay gets scarce, especially if you want a particular kind or quality, it is better to stock up what you need to maintain your horse with a little extra so that you don’t run out.

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Lamar County 4-H

Turners and Burners

By: Kimberly Sullivan

Horse Club

The Lamar County 4-H Turners-N-Burners Horse Club is extremely active and successful. Mrs. Lisa Cox, club leader, devotes untold hours to the success of the club but more importantly to the club members. The club meets every Monday night to work on leadership, projects, education, and community service. The club officers are very diligent in their responsibilities and take their duties as officer and member seriously. The Turners-N-Burners annually host a “Buckle Series” shodeo in which members compete and earn points throughout the year. The winner of each event at the end of the shodeo year receives a buckle, as do the “Little Britches” (those seven years old and under) that meet designated requirements. It takes a lot of work to conduct a shodeo and is a strong effort from not only Mrs. Lisa and the club members, but also parents and volunteers. The 2009-2010 “Buckle Series” had 339 participants to whom 80 buckles and 58 participation awards will be presented at this year’s award ceremony. Sponsors for the Turners-N-Burners Buckle Series include Water Flow Productions, Triple J Western Wear, Farm Depot, A & R Farm and Garden, Dr. Heinz, and a host of volunteers.

This year Lamar County 4-H had more riders attend the Southeast District 4-H Show than in years past. Members also participated in non-riding events at the district and state level. Three of the Lamar County members, Breana and Britannie Johnson and Shelby Wilborn, qualified for the Regional 4-H Horse Championship in South Carolina where Britannie won the championship in the Stake Race.

Congratulations to the Turners-N-Burners 4-H Officers for this year: Senior Officers: President - Morgan Saucier, Vice-President – Lowery Massey, Secretary – Stephanie Bryant, Treasurer – Amber Mooney, Reporter – Brandi Korbe, Recreation Leader – Derick Bounds, Historian – Emily Burkes Junior Officers: President – Ryan Weekly, Vice-President – Christian Weekly, Secretary – Erin Booth, Reporter – Toni Turner, Recreation Leader – Kirsten McGill, Song Leader – Samantha McGill, Historian – Caleb Crunk.

For more information please contact Kimberly Sullivan, Lamar County 4-H Agent at (601) 794-3910 or Lisa Cox at (601) 4418993 or come by the Lamar County Extension Service in Purvis.

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54 Little Britches Buckles 2010

Peterman, Adrian Favre, McKenzie Anderson, Laken Peterson, Anna Kate Gentry, Eli Anderson, Landen Peterson, Dylan Head, Macey Baker, Presley Peterson, Janna Herrington, Gage Barber, Peyton Powell, Jacob Jackson, Alyssa Barnett, Anna Royals, Landry Johnson, Brennan Blackmon, Sydney Royals, Rivers Johnson, Emma Kathryn Boone, Nathan Saucier, Steven Korbe, Kyrsten Booth, Emma Kay Sellers, Gracen Ladner, Anna Grace Bracey, Jayden Smith, Aidan Ladner, Cassidy Burge, Chett Smith, Barrett Ladner, Hunter Burge, Garrett Team Roping 14-20 yrs Header Justin Johnston Smith, Briar Ladner, Julianna Burge, Wyatt Team Roping 14-20 yrs Heeler John Lee Smith, Heidi Ladner, Tucker Carr, Allyssa (Ally) Team Roping 13 yrs & under Headers Gavin Turner & Logan Pitfield Carr, Ty Smith, Houston Lawler, Austin Team Roping 13 yrs & under Heeler Garrett Jackson Thompson, Hailey Lawler, Kyleigh Davis, Ava Claire Breakaway Roping 14-20 yrs Jake Keith Traylor, Dylan Long, Katelyn Davis, Conner Breakaway Roping 13 yrs & under Ryan Persick Turner, Cannon Newell, Emma Eure, Logan Tie Down Calf Roping 14-20 yrs Cody McMahon Wilson, Gentry Patterson, Billie Susan Favre, Madison Tie Down Calf Roping 13 yrs & under Trey Turner The Lamar County 4-H Junior Livestock Association Pole Bending Ponies Raven Jackson Wishes to express a huge THANK YOU to our Pole Bending 8yrs & under Jessica Smith 2010 LAMAR COUNTY 4-H LIVESTOCK Pole Bending 9-11yr Jessica Swan Pole Bending 12-14 yrs Katelyn Guy BUYERS/SUPPORTERS Pole Bending 15-20 yrs Mary Catherine Reynolds Pinehaven Memorial Gardens Goat Tying 14-20 yrs Amber Mooney Tommy Reeves Circle D Tire Store Goat Tying 13 yrs & under Monica Pullen Howard Reeves Stake Race Ponies Hannah McClendon Stake Race 8 yrs & under Hannah Spiers Joe Johnson Stake Race 9-11 yrs Kaitlyn Barber Keith’s Superstore B & B Construction Stake Race 12-14 yrs Kennedy Baker L.B. Saucier Ben Winston Stake Race 15-20 yrs Steven Yawn M. Ray & Cindy Cole Circle D Tire Store Barrel Racing Ponies Kylee Ladner Mac’s Construction Darlene ter Huurne Barrel Racing 8 & under Candi Spiers Marvin Breazeale Dr. Authur N. Fokakis Barrel Racing 9-11 yrs Lauren Swan Michael Hyde Dr. Lester Spell Barrel Racing 12-14 yrs Montana Prejean Oak Grove Feed & Seed Dr. Ron Mozingo Barrel Racing 15-20 yrs Sarah Cerise PierCon Construction Gawn Showing Cattle Pearl River Valley EPA Havard Pest Control Southeast Mississippi Livestock A.A.L. Lawler, Dawson 58 Participation Awards 2010 Hub City West Farm & Garden Southeast Construction Lee, Jasy Irene Dale Southern Tire Mart Long, Kalie Anderson, Shelby Jeff Dickens The First, A Banking Association Massey, Lowery Barnes, Collins Jeff Jones Insurance McClendon, Haley Barnett, Ross McGill, Kirsten Boone, Carlie The Lamar County 4-H Junior Livestock Association would also like to invite McGill, Samantha Booth, Erin you to participate in our livestock project. Please see upcoming livestock Parker, Nicholas Bounds, Chloe related deadlines and dates that are extremely important. If you are interested Peterman,Jill Bounds, Daniel in the 4-H Livestock Program please call immediately! Kimberly Sullivan, Lamar County 4-H Clubs, (601) 794-3910.

Pitfield, Bergen Bounds, Derick Pitfield, Mason Bullen, Hannah Pitfield, Preston Burch, Leissa Pounds, Kayla Burkhalter, Ashley Powell, Caroline Burkhalter, Dustin Royals, Rayne Burkhalter, Jessica Saucier, Morgan Cagle, Tyler Sellers, Colby Carr, Kelton Shiyou, Shobi Childs, Megan Shiyou, Siera Douglas, Alexis Slade, Kristin Eure, Cole Smith, Brianna Head, Mallory Smith, Carly Head, Morgan Smith, Cody Herndon, Tyler Smith, James Holifield, Garrett Sullivan, J R Hutson, Destiny Taylor, Nikki Johnson, Chelsey Wheat, Kaden Johnson, Emily Williamson, Cheyanne Korbe, Brandi Williamson, Lincoln Korbe, Crystal Woods, Stuart Lambert, Carlie

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Outdoor

First This Fall

SEE AND BE SEEN

By Phil DiFatta About 15 feet up a slender pine, my right knee locked up, so I couldn’t go up, and I couldn’t get down. Well, actually I could have gotten down, but NOT the way I would have wanted to. For the first time in a long time, I was a bit afraid of what might happen if something didn’t give ... or DID give!

That happened the early archery season of 2009, and the incident certainly taught this “old dog” some “new tricks.” The first was simply to practice what I preach.

You see, I’m a crusty old outdoor writer who’s been preaching outdoor safety for years - hunting, fishing, boating, hiking, it doesn’t matter which. Stuff like making sure your gun is unloaded, wearing your life jacket, having a first-aid kit or wearing a safety harness when hunting from an elevated stand were just a few of my sermon topics.

But I must have bored myself to sleep when I talked about tree stand harnesses. Oh, I was wearing one that day for sure. I won’t climb a tree without it. It’s just that I didn’t have it attached to the tree as yet, which left me in a pretty precarious position, to say the least, especially considering I was using a climbing stand that requires substantial bending at the knees.

The pain in my old bum knee eventually subsided, so I attached my harness to the tree and continued my ascent. I even managed to collect a fine doe for freezer meat that afternoon. But, as I look back, I’m thankful I only have one bad knee. If I had taken a tumble to the ground, even at 15 feet, I might now have two bad knees ... or worse.

With archery season fast approaching, it would behoove (I like that word - behoove) you deer hunters to think seriously about this: I know it’s a pain in the rear end and often makes it harder to climb, but consider attaching your safety device to the tree when you step on the stand, and don’t take it off ‘til you have climbed down.

I have found that there are two most likely times you’ll take a tumble from your tree stand. One is when you reach your preferred height and then attempt to secure your safety device to the tree. The other is when you stand to unhook your harness or belt to make your descent.

And the bad part about this is that you are at your peak height above the ground.

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For those like me who start out the fall hunting seasons by taking on the fast-flying grey darters we call doves, the time is nigh to make sure all your gear is in top shape, starting with your gun. Make sure it is unloaded, of course, and then give it a good cleaning. Check parts for wear. For instance, I already know that my dove gun needs a magazine spring, and that’s on my list of things to repair or replace.

Next you’ll want to test fire it a few times ... unless there is something obvious you might deem dangerous. Any number of things can wear out over the course of several years, so make sure your gun is safe before taking it afield. But don’t tear into your gun if you know not what you are doing. When in doubt, take it to a reputable gunsmith.

Yes, autumn is a wonderful time of year, perhaps my favorite. Dove season is upon us, archery deer will be soon, followed by gun deer and small game. But things can turn ugly in a heartbeat if you are not prepared.

And danger is not restricted only to hunters. Many feel that fall is the best time of year to fish, whether in salty waters of the Coast, or on some nearby lake or stream. Just remember, a fall in the water can be just as deadly as a fall from an elevated stand.

So, check boats, motors and trailers for worn parts before each outing as if your life depended on it ... because it does. And though your life might not depend on how well your reel works, or if there’s a gaping hole in the landing net, be sure to check those things, too. The little things, as well as the big things, can make or break a day on the water.

Properly working, safe gear will make for a more enjoyable outdoor adventure. Common sense will be your greatest ally.

It’s going to be a glorious autumn after a long, hot summer. So get out and enjoy what Mississippi’s great outdoors has to offer. And when you do get outdoors to hunt or fish, be sure to take a kid with you ... EVERY TIME YOU CAN. Phil DiFatta is a veteran outdoor writer who now resides in Purvis, Mississippi. He writes for numerous regional and national publications, as well as a weekly column for The Hattiesburg American and The Clarion Ledger Online. Phil may be reached for questions, comments or story ideas at pdifatta@hotmail.com.

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Royce Armstrong is a freelance writer from South Mississippi. Royce and his wife Linda live on a small farm with their dogs, horses and other farm livestock. He is a regular contributor to the George County Times, Sun Herald, and Hattiesburg American. His stories also appear regularly in The Journal of South Mississippi Business, Beach Boulevard and Our South Magazine.

Nutritional Benefits of Peanuts

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Peanuts are not really nuts, like walnuts, pecans or hickory nuts which grow on trees. Peanuts are a legume, more closely related to soybeans, peas and beans.

Peanuts are found in thousands of products. The recall of salmonella contaminated peanuts caused by a breakdown of sanitary conditions in one U.S. processing plant in early 2009, had nearly 3,900 products being taken off of stores shelves. Most of these products were made with peanut paste, more commonly known as peanut butter.

“There has been a lot of work done to make sure that the peanuts getting out on the market meet USDA safety standards,” Howell said. “That was just one very small buying point that gave everybody a black eye. Less than two percent of the U.S. peanut production was involved in that scare.”

With the recall behind the industry and more safeguards in place, Americans are eating more peanuts than ever before. Consumption this year is expected to be 28 percent greater than in 2009.

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Peanuts are a whole food that packs a lot of nutrition in just one serving. Peanuts are used throughout the world for thousands of food products. Peanuts are eaten raw, boiled, roasted, made into peanut butter, and added to various delicacies.

Peanuts are a rich source of protein. They are rich in almost all minerals. Peanuts contain excellent levels of manganese, copper and magnesium. It is also a very good source of iron, phosphorous, potassium, zinc, selenium and tryptophan. Peanuts contain traces of sodium.

Peanuts are a good source of Niacin and folate. Peanuts also contain thiamin, vitamin E, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6 and riboflavin. They are a very good source of monounsaturated fats.

Peanut is very low in cholesterol and sodium

Peanuts contribute to brain health, brain circulation and blood flow. In addition to that, peanuts are also good antioxidants.

Other health benefits of peanuts include protection against colon cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, heart disease, and high cholesterol.

One hundred grams of peanuts contributes 567 calories of energy.

Living a healthy lifestyle or trying to lose weight is challenging. Often people restrict certain high calorie or high fat foods, such as peanuts. Numerous diets that incorporate peanuts, however, show that people do better on diets that don’t cut out such wholesome foods or healthy fats. Eating recommendations set by different health authorities also factor in peanuts, as the benefits of consuming them are clear.

From the healthy fats, protein, and fiber in peanuts to their micronutrients and bioactive components, peanuts can help improve how you perform each day. A majority of the food pyramids that have been developed for various cultures and population groups to help us apply healthy eating on a daily basis include peanuts.

Source: The Peanut Institute

Peanut History

• Peanuts came to North America by a route nearly circling the globe over the course of several centuries.

• Most archeologists believe that peanuts probably originated in Bolivia or Paraguay when two ancestral legume speciesnaturally cross-pollinated.

• Peanuts, which are a legume, are unique in that they flower above ground and fruit beneath the soil surface.

• Archeologists have found cultivated peanuts depicted in Peruvian art that was created more than 7,600 years ago. Cultivation spread among ancient people in South America and into Central America and Mexico.

• The Spanish Conquistadors discovered the delicious nut in Mexico and took them back to Spain and Portugal where cultivation spread to Africa. Portuguese traders introduced peanuts to Asia in the 1600s.

• The versatile nut came to North America from Africa in the 1800s.

Source: The Peanut Institute

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Our dogs become so much a part of our lives that we often take their presence for granted. The same cannot be said for our dogs. They are watching our every move. They know when we are about to go to bed, about to eat, about to go to work, and everything else we do. In most cases our dogs know much more about us and our lives than we know about them. They know our mood, how we are feeling, what we had for lunch, and what we are doing, everything.

Dogs are so perceptive of our lives that at times it appears they have some sort of sixth sense. And while that might be a possibility, dogs pick up most of their information about us through a combination of excellent hearing, sense of smell, learning by association, and memory. Our dogs watch, hear, and smell what we are doing. We most often have a lot going on in our lives that take up time and energy. Our dogs only have us. We are the center of their world. Their lives are uncluttered with jobs, social activities, civic obligations and the like. So they are free to focus completely on our every move. People are largely creatures of habit and ritual. We have the same daily routines. Most of us do the same thing and go through the same motions every morning when we are getting ready for work. It might be picking up a briefcase, a purse or the jingle of keys, but our dogs know we are leaving. When they hear the kitchen cabinets opening and closing they know we are likely going to have food. Dogs read our every move and store away when and why we make that move.

Some things our dogs pick up on are much more mysterious.

My dog Merlin regularly competes in various dog events. I don’t know how he knows but Merlin is well aware when we are on our way to a competition. I am pretty sure it is not my routine before we leave the house. I know it is not the fact that he is getting to go with me. Merlin often goes places with me. He accompanies me to the office, goes to visit friends and relatives, and virtually any place a dog is welcomed. On routine trips he simply gets into my vehicle and sits down. He is calm and relaxed. When we are on our way to compete he paces back and forth, makes noises, pants and generally acts excited. I have never been able to determine what he is picking up on but it is certainly something. I have a very competitive nature. So naturally my excitement and stress levels will be elevated. I cannot be sure but that is likely what he is pick-

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ing up on.

But how would a dog sense mood changes so easily? The answer is not nearly as mysterious as it may seem. The answer lies in a dog’s senses of smell and hearing. Dogs hearing and sense of smell is so much more sensitive than ours that it can be difficult for us to comprehend. Our bodies change depending on our mood.

There are chemical changes, our heart rate changes, our blood pressure changes, our rate of breathing changes, and our muscles tighten and relax. Dogs can hear our heart beat, they can hear the blood rushing through our veins, our breathing rate, and may even be able to hear our muscles tightening and relaxing. And they can certainly smell the chemical changes. The old saying that dogs can smell fear is actually very true. When we are angry or scared our bodies release adrenaline. It is the odor of adrenaline that lets dogs know someone is afraid or angry.

The ability to smell and hear change in someone’s body has some uses far more important than our dogs being able to know what kind of mood we are in. Dogs have been taught to smell for cancer and other diseases in humans. And although I have never heard of anyone actively working with dogs detecting heart issues, they can certainly hear blockages in the heart. There are documented cases of pet dogs acting strangely or attempting to alert their owner a short time prior to the owner having a heart attack. Many times dogs can detect changes in human bodies that are serious health risks before the onset of symptoms. There are service dogs trained and living with owners with medical concerns that sense all sorts of medical issues. Dogs can detect changes in blood sugar, a coming seizure, and other medical issues. In most cases dogs are capable of alerting their master of these changes or coming episodes far enough in advance of onset that the owner has the opportunity to take action to prepare or even prevent it from happening.

So the next time you notice your dog looking at you or feel his stare as you walk about the house, remember he is taking it all in.

Your dog knows your habits, moods and why you do everything you do. He knows how you are feeling and notices any changes in your health. Chances are, your dog knows more about you than you know about yourself.

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