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The Forsyth County News
Volume 33.
Gov. Talmadge Calls
Attention To Speaking
Dates Over WSB.
There will be a series of broadcasts
over radio station WSB with the fol
lowing speakers:
Charles D. Redwine May 30 at 6:45
to 7 P. M.
Gov. Eugene Talmadge, May 31 at
10 to 10:15 P. M.
James S. Peters, June 2 at 6:45 to
7 P. M.
Gov. Talmadge urges his friends
to tune in on this station and hear
these programs.
Announced Prices
For Products Are
Floors, Says Agent
The average at which the United
States Department of Agriculture re
cently announced it xvould support
prices for poultry, dairy, and pork
products, as part of the food-for-de
fense program, is in no way a ceiling
over form prices, says County Exten
sion Agent B. T. Brown.
Mr. Brown this week received a
copy of a letter written by Leon Hen
derson, Administrator, Office of Price
Administration and Civilian Supply,
in which he assured Representative
Cannon of Missouri, that he concur
red with Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard on steps to increase immedi
ately the price of hogs and at the
same time give a long-time guarantee
of prices for pork products, dairy pro
ducts, and poultry products.
Mr. Henderson said: “On anything
so vital as our food supply we can
afford no gamble with an underesti
mate of our needs Our policy here
parallels that which has been follow
ed by the Government inminimizing
the risk of industrial plant erpansion
for defense purposes—in other words
the Government rather than the indi
vidual farmer is underwriting the risk
of the expansion of output.
“This is not a price-fixing measure
The guaranteed prices are minimum;
prices, andno maximum prices have
been agreed upon. Should there be a
speculative advance in these or any
other prices which unreasonably anti
cipates heavy domestic or British buy
ing, then action will be taken. We
will take it with the speculator rather
than the farmer in mind.”
Growers Undertake
Plan To Sell More
Georgia Vegetables
Growers of Georgia’s fresh fruits
and vegetables—a 115,000,000 industry
watched with interest this week the
inauguration of a nation-wide drive to
sell a greater volume of the state’s
fruits and vegetables.
While a food distributor launched a
campaign to place more of the state’s
perishable products In 'the market
baskets of the nation’s housewives, a
committee of Georgia farm leaders
prepared to cooperate in the program
which will last well into the summer
months.
With L. E. Farmer, marketing spec
ialist of the State Extension Service
as chairman, the group will coordi
nate and pass on all available infor
mation on the situations in the vari
ous commodities to the A & P Tea
Company, which began the campaign
and its buying affiliate, the Atlantic
Commission Company. Farm leaders
pointed out that Georgia growers
would be -especially interested since
the campaign was begun by a nation
ally known buyer and seller of fre-sh
fruits and vegetables.
Mr. Farmer pointed out that more
than 200,000 acres of perisable pro
ductcs, not including peaches, will be
ready for market during the intensive
campaign. A large crop is expected in
Georgia’s peach growing regions, he
added.
In addition to peaches, other coml
modities expected to be on the mark
et in Georgia during the intensive
campaign include watermelons, lima
beans, pimento pepper, lettuce, green
beans, cabbage, tomatoes, Irish pota
toes, cucumbers, cantaloupes, straw
berries. and sweet potatoes. Mr. Farm
er pointed out that these crops paid
the state’s farmers more than $15,000-
000 in 1940.
Mr. Farmer also declared that this
committee stands ready to cooperate
with all food distributors in promotin
the sale of Georgia products.
Official Organ of Forsyth County and City of Cumming
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHEROKEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES
(City Population 1,000)
Cooking School Will
Be Held At School
Auditorium June 10
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MISS BETTY PARKER
“Give Wings to Work” will be the
theme of a Homemakers’ Conference
which will be held at Cumming High
School on June 10 and 11 under spon
sorship of the P. T. A. of which Mrs.
Wm. J. Poole is President.
The meetings will reveal the many
ways in which the homemaker may
lighten her burden by bringing new
efficiency to herdaily tasks and learn
ing to accomplish with greater speed
the household duties which consume
so much of her time.
Members of the home service staff
of the Georgia Power Company will
give their services in the presentation
of timely trends in homemaking, the
general idea of which will he to show
how the various phases of housework
may be done in easier ways with even
more pleasing results.
One section of the program will be
devoted to the planning and prepara
tion of food, during which the conven
ience of time-release cookery will be
demonstrated. Baking and broiling
will receive particular attention.
Other parts of the program will
show how laundering can be made
easy and how housecleaning can be
taken out of the category of drudgery.
They will show how all household
tasks can be done more efficiently
and simply with the aid of proper
lighting and how a homemaker may
add much to the economy of her home
by knowing the best methods of can
ning and preserving. *
Throughout the sessions the pro
gram will be presented in an interest
ing maner, giving homemakers an op
portunity to acquire a wealth of prac
tical ideas while -enjoying pleasant en
tertainment.
And the conference will reveal to
them many ways by which they may
increase their leisure, through simpli
fying their household tasks, so that
they may have greater opportunity in
the future for the other things they
would like to do if only they could
spare the time.
STYLE REVUE TO
BE HELD MAY 31st.
The sixth Annual Style Revue will
be held at the Cumming High School
Auditorium on the 31st of May. The
tevue will begin at 2:30 o’clock
Thisrevue will be the climax for
the years work done in clothing by
the Home Demonstration Clubs and
the girls of the 4-H club in the county
The women in Forsyth County have
cooperated with the “use more cotton’
program by using cotton material for
their dresses, childrens clothing and
household linens. This revue will
feature house dresses, sport clothes,
dress up dresses and children cloth
ing in cotton.
Three prizes will be awarded to the
women’s division.
First prize to be a trip to “Farm
and Home” week in Athens, Ga.
Three prizes will be awarded t]je
4-H Club Girls division. The first
prize to be a trip to leadership con
ference in Carolton, Ga.
The judges will be Miss Frances
Manry, Home Demonstration Agent in
Cherokee County and Mrs. J. A. Crum
rine, Home Supervisor with Farm
Security in Cherokee County.
The County Council extends an in
vitation to the people of Forsyth
County to attend the Style Revue.
Marketing clean seed gives both
producers and buyers the a-ssurance
! that the seed are free of wild onions
! and other noxious weed seed
~~ Cumming Georgia, Thursday, May 29, 1941.
AAA Changes Allow
Full Speed Ahead
To Tomato Growers
Changes will be made in the 1941
AAA Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram to allow tomato growers “full
speed ahead" in expanding their pro
duction in response to the food for
defense program, T. R. Breedlove.
Georgia AAA Administrator, announ
ced this week.
AAA provisions will be amended so
that farmers who contribute to the
requested expansion will not incur de
ductions from their farm program
payments because of increases made
this year in acreage of tomatoes
ggrown for processing, he said.
Breedlove pointed out that changes
in the program are beingmade parti
cularly to assist farmers in increasing
the production of tomatoes for can
ning, for which a 50 percent increase
has been asked for 1941. The amend
ments will also apply to corn, peas,
and snap beans grown for processing,
since the t>od for defense program
calls for some increases of these
crops.
In general, the amendments pro
cide that:
(1) In determining comppliance
with vegetable acreage allotments in
1941, acreage of tomatoes, corn, peas
and snap beans grown for processing
in any form will not be considered as
commercial vegetables. In effect, this
encourages such expanded production
of these four vegegtables for proces
sing as farmers find possible to fit in
to their farming plans.
(2) Acreages of these four crops
grown for processing will not be class
ified as soil-depleting in 1941. This
change will enable growers in areas
where total soil-depleting allotments
are applicable to expand the acreages
of these crops without incurring de
ductions from their payments.
Atlanta Chosen For
Good Drivers League
Finals July First
Georggia statefinals for contestants
in the 1941 Ford Good Drivers League
will be held July 1, atA'tlanta, it was
announced today from Dearborn,
Mich., national headquarters of the
League
Selection of sites for state finals
was revealed as thousands of boys
and girls -enrolled inthe Good Drivers
League throughout the nation hurried
to complete the required written tests
and road tests on automobile safety.
In a last minute -warning to enrol
lees, League officials said that these
tests must be completed and results
mailed to the League national head
quarters at Dearborn before midnight,
June 2. Entries postmarked later than
midnight, June 2, will not be eligible
for the state contests.
Boys and girls competing in the
good driving contests are shooting at
high stakes. Winners in the national
contest will be awarded 98 university
scholarships amounting to a total of
$28,000 by Edsel Ford, president of
the League.
From the results of tests submitted
byeach League member, judges will
select 12 leading girl contestants and
121eading boy contestants in each
state and the District of Columbia
to compete in state finals. Separate
contests are held for boys and girls.
The boy andgirl champions from
each of the 48 states and the District
[ of Columbia, togeather with sponsors
I of their own choice, will receive free
i trips to Dearborn in August for the
national finals.
A $5,000 university scholarship will
be awarded in national competition to
the best girl driver andanother $5,000
scholarship to the best boy driver
Ninety-six other scholarships will go
j to finalists. Runners-up in both the
. boyand girl divisions each will re
ceive $2,000 scholarships.
Important Notice
The News urges its correspondents
and Advertisers to cooperate with
i them for the next three months in
order that they may half a half holi
day each Wednesday afternoon begin
ning next Wednesday June 4th. We
would like to have the correspondents
copy miailed to us on Monday so that
we can get same not later than Tues
day morning. Advertisers can let us
have their copy not later than Tues
day afternoon so that we can meet all
mails each Thursday as usual We will
appreciate your cooperation.
Farmers Urged To
Side Dress Corn
For Higher Yield
IVhen 'ihe phosphate and potash
content of the soil is kept up, through
direct applications to the corn crop
itseif or to other crops, the most
profitable fertilizer for corn is a side
application of some quickly available
iiitrogeue fertilizer about the time
corn on average land is knee high
or 4oto 50 days after planting, in
opinion of E. D. Alexander, Extension
Service agronomist.
“Good applications are from 100 to
150 pounds of nitrate of soda or its
equivalent per acre. Some good corn
growers use up to 200 pounds per
acre and find that it is profitable.
This, of course, will depend upon the
price of corn and the need for feed.
“It is usually considered that 100
pounds of nitrate of soda or its equi
valent will give an increase of 7 to r
bushels of corn per acre. If the
amount is increased 100 pounds, mak
ing the application 200 pounds per
acre, the increase in yield will be
somewhat less for the second 100
pounds but it is usually profitable.”
Georgia farmers have possibly plant
ed as much as 4,250,000 acres of corn
in 1941. If an increase of 7 bushels
per acre could be gotten by properly
supplying nitrogen, the total produc
tion would be 72,350,000 bushels for
the 1941 fall harvest as compared to
46,849.000 bushels in 1940, Alexander
said. This extra corn produced about
30 cents per bushel would be very
valuable in Georgia’s Food and Feed
Program 1 for National Defense, he
stated.
If good growths of winter legumes
have been turned under in most cases
enough nitrogen is present to make
good corn yields, the agronomist ad
ded.
Forms For Cotton
Classing
Forms for filing applications for
free classification service by organ
ized one-variety cotton communities
have been forwarded all county
agents
The final date for filing applicat
ions is Augustl, but communities
should get in their applications at
once in order that the necessary sup
plies and instructions may be sent to
the communities before the ginning
season begins.
A total of 129 one-variety communi
ties who have organized to standard
ize on and maintain the purity of a
superior variety of cotton that is suit
ed to the local conditions and meets
the quality demands of the market
for both lint and seed, and to promote
the use of all other production prac
tices that will tend to increase yield
per acre and improve quality eco
nomically, thereby making it possible
for the members to realize the larg
est possiblt net income from their
cotton crop.
The classification service gives the
grade, staple and preparation of each
bale of cotton, in accordance with the
official cotton standards of the United
States, which enables the. grower to
sell to better advantage or place his
cotton in the loan when properly
identified. The market news service
furnished the communities gives infor
mation in regard to prices on various
markets.
instructions and additional forms
for making applications can be secur
ed from the office of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, Agricultural
Marketing Service, 441, West Peach
tree Street, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia.
Lighting The Porch
Every porch should be lighted. These
lights should be turned on by a switch
located at some convenient point in
side the hou-se. If the porch is used
for a living room in summer, outlets
should be installed for reading lamps
and radio. Where back porches are
used for washing, ironing, or eating,
a convenience outlet should be install
stalled.
The location of the porch fixtures
is of importance. The place chosen
should supply good illumination on the
steps as well as in the yard. If it is
decided to use only one bracket light
beside the door, it should be on the
hinge side, as this will minimize the
number of insects getting into the
house when the door is opened.
(County Population 12,000)
Gardens Are Key To
Better Health For
Georgia Families
Georgia gardeners are going to get
a bonus this year, according to Miss
Ruby Thompson, associate state di
rector of the Farm Security Admini
stration in charge of home manage
ment, who pointed out that the $3 i
in AAA payments available under the
supplementary cotton program will
prove especially helpful to the FSA
families in buying a larger variety of
garden seed, spray equipment and
other material.
The supplementary cotton program
payment, Miss Thompson pointed out.
is in addition to the $1.50 per garden
payment already available to farmers
carrying out conservation practices.
The large assortment of garden
seed bought cooperatively by the FSA
families has already been planted in
most sections of the state and will
produce some 20 different kinds of
vegetables, enabling many families to
have varieties never before grown.
“What we would like to see our
families do is to have lear round
gardens,” Miss Thompson said.
“Spring gardens are common enough,
butmost Georgia farm families fall
short on their summer, fall and win
ter gardens.
“The all-year garden helps with the
food presevation program since the
housewife need not reach into her
pantry as often for vegetables, and
also adds a greater variety thereby
improving diets andhealth. When
rural Georgia wakes to the fact that
many things other than corn, potatoes
beans and peas can be raised to eat,
then their health will improve corre
spondlingly with their gardens.”
June 15 Last Day
To Sign Up Under
New Cotton Program
Cotton growers planning to partici
pate in the 1941 supplementary cot
ton program have only until June 15
to file their intentions. County Agri
cultural Agent B. T. Brown, warned
thi-s week.
Issuance of cotton order stamps,
which farmers may earn by voluntary
reduction of 1941 cotton acreage, is
expected to begin late in June, though
the majority willnot be distributed
until July, August, and September.
Issuance of the stamps will begin as
soon as possible after performance is
checked under the AAA farm program
The stamps to be issued can be
used to purchase cotton goods in local
retail stores. Farmers may earn them
at the rate of 10 cents a pound on
their normal cotton yield on the acre
age reduced. Also, an important
reason for signing an intention sheet,
apart from geting stamps, is the fact
thatcotton allotments for future years
are protected by signing the sheet
by June 15, 1941.
A farmer interested in only one
farm, Mr. Brown pointed out, may
earn a maximpm of $25 in cotton
stamps, except that an operator with
two or more tenants or sharecroppers
may earnup to SSO. A farmer interest
ed in two or more cotton farms also
may earn up to SSO. A farmer inter
ested in two or more cotton farms
alsomay earn up to SSO, he said, but
not more than $25 of this amount can
be on any one farm.
Farmers who take part in the pro
gram, hesaid, are eligible to receive
a $3 payment for carrying out speci
fied food production practices, thus
enabling many small farmers to grow
family gardens and set aside addition
al acreage which heretofore they
could not afford to spare from cotton
production.
The supplementary cotton program,
the county agent declared, gives to
farmers a timely opportunity to con
vert many thousands of acres of erod
ing lands from cotton to soil-protect
ing crops.
The Justices of the Peace of this
County as well as all counties all over
the State are urging their friends to
turn out next Tuesday June 3rd and
vote for all amendments. This will in
crease the Justice pay from SIOO to
S2OO each year. Be sure you go out
to the polls and cast your vote for
i all amendments June 3rd.
ttfr
Prof, and Mrs. D. B. Carroll and
daughter of Canton were in Cumming
Wednesday.
Number 22.
, U. S. Court Cases
Reveal Teeth Of
AAA Farm Program
A ruling and four consent judge
ments in federal courts today had
forcefully demonstrated the “teeth”
in Agricultural Adjustment Act pro
visions, according to T. R. Breedlove,
Georgia AAA administrator.
Thoguh the cases determined were
in other states. Breedlove said, a num
ber of similar cases are awaiting act
ion ni Georgia.
In Middle District court in Opelika,
Ala., which is about 40 miles west of
Columbus, Judge C. B. Kennamer up
held (he validity of AAA marketing
quota provisions requiring each farm
er to file an operator’s report with
the county AAA committee. J. W.
Dow, of Randolph county, who alleged
ly failed to make such reports In
1938 and 1939, was ordered to file
them and also to pay penalities due
on excess cotton marketings.
Federal Judge E. Yates Webb, in
Western District court in North Caro
lina, signed consent orders directing
Balus F. Lee Jr., Worth and Dathia
H. Spangler to file 1939-40 reports on
their cotton crops. Judgements in
the four cases totaled $1,266.52. Suit
for recovery of penalties on the
marketing of excess cotton was filed
after the defendants claimed the cot
ton on their farms was marketed for
cash and that they were without re
cords as to whom it was sold.
A Good Cannery
For Forsyth County
Aid and assistance is being offered
to the citizens of this county through
thedepartment of vocational educat
ion whereby a portion of extra equip
ment may be purchased forus, also
anoperator may be supplied to carry
out the canning program under the
supervision of the teacher of vocation
al agricultural.
- Mr. J. 11. Mitchell, assistant Super
visor of Vocation Agriculture made
•the proposition recently that if a 30
foot by 20 foot framed building was
constructed at a cost of about S6OO
that the State Board should find
means to aid in securing a boiler or
other needed equipment and then pay
a full time assistant tooperate the
cannery and to assist the vocational
teacher withother work.
If we just had the building there
should be no trouble in getting a
well equipped sanitary cannery set
up and successfully operated.
The farmer could grow out an ex
tra beef or porker to be canned, also,
enlarge the garden and grow more
fruits andberries to be canned.
Because of a need of equipment for
the vocational department of your
school to work with the phe people
of this county are being deprived of
this great service which this depart
ment is capable of rendering.
Extension Service
Reports Increased
Screwworm Damage
Reports to the Agriculture Exten
sion Service indicate that screwworm
infestation is beginning earlier than
usual in Georgia and that infestations
are being reported farther north In
the state than in any previous year.
R. E. Davis, Extension beef cattle
and sheep specialist, points out that
the damage done by screwworms in
Georgia is enormous. He asserted that
farmers would do well to use caution
and begin treatment before the worms
get started to any great extent
“Early treatment of livestock wound
whether infested or should be
made with diphenylamine,” the Exten
sion livestock specialist said. "If ani
mals are infested with screwworms.
benzol should be applied first to kill
the worms.”
Davis explained that diphenylamine
is anew screwworm treatment devel
oped by the Bureau of Entomology
and Plant Quarantine and is effective
in protecting wounds against inlesta
| t.ion for at least three days.
Screwworms are often spread by
| the shipment of infested animals, and
1 Davis urged farmers to exercise care
ful inspection and treatmtent at load
ing points of all livestock
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Board of Registrars will meet
Monday morning June 2 to finish con
solidating and the Managers in each
District are requested to come Mon
day afternoon for their ballots.