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Volume 46.
Bulloch County
Family Named
Master Farm Family
Birmingham, Ala—He followed in
his father’s worthy footsteps—the
William H. Smiths, Bulloch Coun
ty Master Farm Family for 1954,
are featured in this month’s issue
of The Progressive Farmer.
The Smiths are Georgia’s seventh
Master Farm Family for 1954 to
be named by The Progressive Farm
er and Georgia Extension Service.
In 1927 when Smith’s father,
Bulloch County, was named in the
first group of Georgia Master
Farmers, Smith, then a 12-year old
bol, promised himself that he
would be a Master Farmer, too,
someday. This past year his family
reached that goal.
Today Smith has 4,000 laying
hens, 50 acres of pecans, 130 beef
animals, 200 top hogs grown out
per year, 40 to 50 acres of cotton,
100 acres of oats, 60 acres of pea
nuts, and 4 acres of tobacco as his
major income producers.
“Pecans are our best money pro
ject,” according to Smith. They
are Stuarts and yields have aver
aged 600 to 800 pounds- per acre.
During the past three dry years,
income from pecans helped over
come the loss in yields of other
crops. When oats are planted on
this land, they get 500 pounds of
4 — 12 —12 per acre, then each tree
gets about 50 pounds of 4—12 —12
in March.
Crop yields other than pecans
have increased, too, and in 1951
Smith’s 11,770 pounds of seed cot
ton on 5 acres made him the South
east Georgia champion cotton
grower.
Smith has been county and com
munity farm Bureau president and
director of the Georgia Farm Bu
reau, member of the Pecan Ad
ministration Committee for the
Southeast, member of the board of
directors of GEA Peanut Associa
tion, member of the board of dir
ectors of the Cotton States Mutual
Insurance Cooperative, and a dea
con and president of the men’s club
in the Statesboro Presbyterian
Church. He is president of the
PTA of his children’s school.
Mrs. Smith has held just about
every office in the West Side Home
Demonstration Club, including the
presidency. She has also been
county and state poultry chairman
of the home demonstration council,
president of the West Side Ssso
ciated Women of the Farm Bureau
and secretary and treasurer of the
local/ Parent Teachers Association.
She teaches in Sunday school and
vacation Bible school and is her
church’s extension chairman.
The children in this family are
Bill, 10 and Lugenia, 7. They are
learning to do many jobs around
-the farm and home.
ASC NEWS
The County Committee gave ap
proval to 26 farm ponds requested
during the initial sign-up period
for 1955. Approvals were given for
the other practices requested to be
carried out during the year with
ACP cost sharing assistance.
To this date 173.9 acres of cot
ton have been released by the farm
ers not planning to plant their al
lotment for 1955 and will be reallo
cated to the farmers who have
filed a request for additional acres.
We realize that this acreage con
stitutes only a small part of that
which will not be planted and
would like to insist that each farm
er decide just how many acres he
will plant and release any acreage
not needed for 1955.
May we insist that all the farms
havjng wheat planted will have
someone to go with the reporter
to the area where the wheat is
planted in order for the reporter
to make the necessary measure
ments at the time he visits the
farm.
CAKE WALK AND
BINGO PARTY AT
SILVER CITY ON sth.
40 HOME BAKED CAKES
FREE BINGO PARTY PRIZES
AT SILVER CITY CLUB HOUSE
SATURDAY, MARCH 5, at 7:30
PROCEEDS GO TO HEART FUND
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500) Cumming Georgia, Thursday, March 3rd, 1955.
GOLD, SILVER
OR DROSS
I am interested in the matter of
right and wrong, which seems to
puzzle many people. The answer
to this question can make quite a
difference in where I go, with
whom I play, what I shall say, and
what I shall do. Is it right? Is it
true? Is it the best? Is it gold or
is it dross?
The line between them may
seem to be very dim, but right is
always gold, and wrong is always
dross. T must be able to see the
line between them. My friends may
confuse my thinking and dim my
sight. So I must have a safer guide
And I am glad to say that there
is a safer guide. God has given us
his Word in which there is no un
truth. He has given us his Holy
spirit, who has never deceived us.
By reading meditation, and prayer
we can find the way to invest in
the treasures of eternity.
“Ye cannot serve God and Mam
mon’’ “But seek ye first the
kingdom of God, and his righteous
ness; and all these things shall be
added unto you”.
i These thoughts were taken from
“The Sunday School Builder”.
W. R. CALLAWAY
With Y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
According to information just re
leased by Agronomists of the Uni
versity of Georgia Agricultural Ex
tension Service, farmers who pro
duce less than 20 bushels of corn
per acre are wasting their time
and money growing corn. They
would be better off by buying all
of the corn that they need.
, In a summary of some 11,000
result demonstrations carried out
| during the years 1946-49, made by
Agronomist Ralph Johnson and As
distant Agronomists W. H. Curley
and J. Frank McGill, this material
shows that yields of below 20 bush
els of corn per acre cost $1.47 per
busbel to produce.
Yields of 30 to 40 bushels per
r acre cost $0.83 per bushel wliile
, those who produced 60 or more
i bushels per acre made their com
for around $0.60 per bushel, ac
cording to this summary.
Since corn yields below 20 bush
els per acre are not economical,
' every farmer should start out with
land that with adequate rainfall,
i will produce at least 30 to 40 bush
els per acre.
1 Fertile, loamy soils that are well
■ drained will usually produce eco-
I nomic yields of com. Poor, drough
ty, or wet land should be improved
before planting com or it should
be used for crops that are better
adapted to such conditions.
Once land with a potentially
J good yield is selected it should be
well prepared, adequately fertilized
1 and planted with adapted hybrid
corn seed. At planting the corn
should be spaced according to fer
! tility of the soil, the fertilizer used
land expected moisture conditions.
Farmers who are interested in
I increasing their corn yields can get
i a lot of valuable information from
j the new Extension Service bulletin,
“Growing Corn”, now available free
at your county agent’s office for
i the asking.
Agents of the U. S. De
j partment, office of Internal Re
venue Service wiii be at Cumming
Post Office on March Bth from
1:30 to 5:00 p. m. to advise and
assist taxpayers in making their
returns. Please meet them prompt
ly on the above date.
for
mercy's
sake
Join
and
serve
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
DESCRIPTION OF CLASS VI
LAND CAPABILITY CLASS
Class VI land is not suitable for
any cultivation, and it is limited
somewhat for grazing or forestry
by such features as shallow soil,
steep slopes or erosion. Whereever
the rainfdll is adequate for corp
production, the limitations of Class
VI land are most likely to be steep
slope, shallow soil, or excessive
wetness that cannot be corrected
by drainage to permit us for crops.
This is good land for forestry or
for grazing, although not so good
as parts of the cultivable land
classes.
Several farmers who are cobper
ators with the -Upper Chattahoo
chee River Soil Conservation Dis
rict have reported that they have
made an application of fertilizer
to their permanent pastures re
cently as an annual maintenance
fertilizer. Now is the time to ap
ply fertilizers to the permanent
pastures to get the most from the
fertilizer and to best control ero
sion.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
OUTSIDE OR INSIDE?
The newspapers and radio are
bombarding the already distraught
nerves of the public with warnings
of how we may be destroyed from
the outside—atomic dust, etc. And
there is every reason that we
should be thus forewarned.
But the question may well be
asked, Will we be destroyed from
the outside before we are destroy
ed from the inside? Or, maybe the
question should be, Will we be de
stroyed?
Few civilizations have been de
stroyed by outside forces. Could
! you name one? Gibbon keeps re
minding its that the Roman Em
pire went down from forces with
in, and l this fact is attested by his
torians regarding all the other col
lapses of civilization. Not the bat
tering rams from without, but the
insidious termites from within.
Still, our concern is chiefly in the
forces without. Congress is foreign
minded —how to deal with commun
ism. And I am not quarreling with
that. My point is, Are we suffi
ciently concerned about what is
happening within?
Take the recent session of the
Georgia General Assembly. The
motif running through the 40 days
of the General Assembly was mon
ey—'how are we going to get mon
ey enough to grow strong? Little
was said about the moral equations
that are so clearly drawn. We were
reminded again and again that we
must have more paved roads, more
schoolhouses, more space in the
prisons and asylums, hut the Gen
eral Assembly refused to look at
the basic moral issues.
An effort to get strengthened
legislation to cope with the men
ace of drunkenness, though passed
unanimously in the Senate, was
smothered promptly every time it
came up in the House. It was as
if to say, Let them pass whatever
they want to across the hall, we’ll
take care of it when it gets to us.
And every time the second hand
jumped on the watches of the leg
islators, crime was mounting in
Georgia. A juvenile judge reported
during the closing week of the Gen
eral Assembly that our boys and
girls are buying liquor at an alarm
ing rate, but that didn’t seem to
bother the lawmakers. They were
concerned about things, not human
personalities.
Outside or inside?
Let this question follow you
around for a day or so, and you’ll
probably agree that we need to be
as concerned about what is going
on in the back alleys here at home
as we rightly are concerned about
what is going on in Asia and Eu
rope.
Smarmy Notice
SUPPER AT 6:30
Everyone has a special invitation
to attend the singing at Shoron
Baptist Church Saturday night,
March sth. Supper will be served
at 6:30 and singing will begin at
7:30. Make your plans to attend.
D. J. Whitmire, president. Bobby
Whitmire and Boyd Brown.
Kiwanis Club Will
Sponsor A Day Camp
For Children 4 To 16
The Kiwanis Club has voted to
sponsor a Day Camp for the child
ren of Forsyth County between the
ages of 4 and 16 for six weeks
during the coming summer.
The camp will be held five days
per week from 9:00 A. M. to 4:00
P. M. for six weeks beginning af
ter vacation Bible Schools are over
It will be under the supervision of
Coach Henderson, chairman of the
Boys and Girls committee, who will
have a staff of 11 qualified super
visors to help carry out the pro
gram. Each camper will be requir
ed to participate in two active and
one passive activities including
swimming, baseball, softball, hiking
tennis, badminton, handicrafts and
many other forms of recreation
including a program of less strenu
ous activity for the mailer children
Each child must bring his own
lunch, but milk will be provided
and required. A one hour rest
period each day will also be re
quired. A small charge will, be
made for each camper to take care
of operating expenses and equip
ment, and any profits will be turn
ed over to the swimming pool.
This charge will include swimming,
insurance and milk.
This is an excellent opportunity
for our young folks to learn to
play and work together, and is a
project which is badly needed in
the county. The camp will be open
to any child meeting the age re
quirements and all parents inter
ested in sending their children are
asked to contact Coach Henderson
or other members of his committee
Ed Otwell and Royston Ingram.
Keep Insurance
At State Level,
Is Cravey Plea
State Insurance Commissioner
Zack D. Cravey today publicly
thanked the executive committee of
the Georgia Association of Insur
ance Agents for their commendat
ion of his “impartial and forth
right approach to the problems of
the insurance industry.”
He also concurred with their
statement that “the only ills of the
business have been created by a
small minority of companies and
agents who have taken advantage
of the absence in Georgia of prop
er laws fo rtheir regulation.”
Speaking for the committee,
President James P. Walker had
predicted that “unless the states
regulate insurance as provided by
fedeal law, the Federal Govenment
will assume the task.”
Declaring the Legislature and
the public apparently do not rea
ize the full import of the federal
law, Mr. Walker also deplored ac
tion of the recent Legislature in
defeating bills which would have
given the insurance commissioner
necessary powers to carry out the
intent of the federal law.
Mr. Cravey pointed out that he
has always been on record as ad
vocating state control of insurance
business within its borders.
“It has been my policy to act
with the mutual benefit of the in
sured and the company paramount
Mr. Cravey declared. “Aand, I
have had the unstinted cooperation
of the majority of the 630-odd com
panies licensed in Georgia. They
too, as well as the policy holders
feel sure, do not desire federal
insurance control in Georgia.”
f Chestatee 4—H Club
i
The Chestatee 4-H Club 7, 8 and
19 grade girls and boys met in the
f auditorium at 11:30 February 22.
' The meeting was called to order
(by the president Morris McClure.
The club members stood and re
peated the 4—H Pledge. The meet
ing was then turned over to the
secretary, Mildred McNeal. The
miutes were read from the last
meeting and the roll called. Mrs.
Bannister and Mr. Rucker were in
charge of the meeting. They taught
us some 4-H songs. Everyone en
joyed singing them.
Nancy Cross, Reporter
1 Canned vegetables should be
heated quickly in their liquid while
home canned vegetables should be*’
boiled 10 to 15 minutes
County Population 15,000. Number 9.
Learning To Save Lives
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A Red Cross Aquatic School studenr learns newest method of
artificial respiration at one of 30 Red Cross Aquatic Schools con
ducted throughout the nation last year. Through schools like this,
about 3,000 young people each year spend ten rugged days learning
to teach swimming, boating and Qjtt aid techniques that help them
save lives. e ~
SOCIAL SECURITY
SHORT COURSE IS
SET FOR MARCH 10
Why social security is being
made available to faxmers, what
they put into the program, and
what they can expect to get out
of it, are questions which will be
answered at a social security short
course in Athens, March 10.
"Because farm families become
eligible for social security benefits
in 1955, it is important that each
farmer and his wife, together with
others serving in the field of agri
culture, understand the provisions
of this programe,” Dr. C. C. Mur
ray, dean and director of the Col
lege of- Agriculture, said. “Farmers
their wives, and others interested
in social security for the farmers
are urged to attend.”
Hugh F. Hall, assistant legisla
tive director of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, Washington, D.
C., will explain why the program
is being set up. Eligibility, contri
butions, and benefits- provisions of
j the social security act which affect
farmers—will be discussed by
James W. Murray, regional repre
sentative of the Social Security
Administration, Atlanta.
The Third speaker for the morn
j ing session will be S. J. Brannen,
! assistant economist, Agricultural
Extension Service. He will outline
steps farmers must take in. order
to participate in social security.
Reviewing the facts brought out
by the three speakers and answer
ing additional questions from the
audience will be the task of a pan
el during the afternoon session.
J. W. Fanning, associate director
of the Center for Continuing Edu
cation of Georgia, will be moder
ator. Others on the panel will be
H. L. Wingate, president of the
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation;
Roy E. Proctor, acting head of the
Department of Agricultural Econo
mics, University of Georgia; A. B.
Cochran, district manager, Social
Security Administration, Athens;
Murray, Hall and Brannen.
Wrestlers To Help
Heart Fund Drive
Saturday March 12th.
Wrestling return to Cumming
Saturday night March 12th for the
benefit of the Heart Fund Drive.
Two matches have been arrang
ed, bringing together for the Main
Event, Dizzy Davis, 223 rough and
tumbler from Houston Texas,
against Harry (Hercules) Smith,
216 pounds of Atlanta. This will be
a one hour limit, 2 out of 3 falls.
The opening match will be a read
thriller, with the Swedish Angel,
weighing 232 pounds against Chris
Averoff of Athens, Greece, who
was the champion of Greece and
also their entry in the Internation
al lympic Games.
This will be a sell out event and
tickets for Ringside seats can be
obtained in advance from Wing’s
Department Store, beginning next
Saturday.
Future Homemakers
Given Award at The
Spring Meeting, Feb 26
At the annual spring meetting
of the Georgia Association FHA of
District 111, the Cumming chapter
of FHA was awarded a Camera
set including attachments for the
service it had rendered by contri-
buting 100 per cent to the FHA
Building Fund. Each Future Home
maker in the Chapter raised SI.OO
and contributed a total of $135.00
to be used to build cottages for
girls at tl*> State FHA - FFA camp
The spring meeting was held at
the Gainesville High School on
February 26 with over 1,000 FHA
attending. The theme for the meet
ing was “Spring Inspirations," and
Patricia Venable, Vice president
presided. Jane Otwell, secretary
was in charge of the minutes and
roll call. Bobble Gail Bishop was
program chairman.
Twenty Future Homemakers re
presented the Cumming Chapter.
They were accompanied by Mrs.
Edwin Otwell, Chapter Mother and
Miss Wilma Ivie, Chapter Adviser.
GEORGIA 4-H’ERS
PLAN OBSERVANCE
OF SPECIAL WEEK
Georgia’s 135,337 Four-H Club
members will join jn observance
of National 4-H Club Week, March
5—13.
Governor Marvin Griffin this
vifeek issued a proclamation noting
the special week and urging “all
of our people to support and en
courage the work of this organ!
zation that has as its motto ‘To
Make the Best Better’.”
The governor’s proclamation
read, in part:
“Whereas: The 4-H Clubs com
pose Georgia’s largest youth or
ganizzation, and its purpose is to
give equal training to the head,
heart, hands, and health, being
conducted by the University of
Georgia College of Agriculture Ex
tension Service through the county
agricultural agents and home de
monstration agents, along with the
help of 14,848 volunteer local 4-H
leaders who are leading men and
women in the local community, and
“Whereas: Georgia’s 4H Club
members, working with over 400,
000 projects, apply the latest farm
ing and home making information
in these fields, keeping records, ar
ranging displays and giving edu
cational demonstrations to pass
this information on to others, and
“Whereas: The leadership and
citizenship training which 4-H
Club members receive in this pro
gram is a valuable asset to our
democratic way of life, now
“Therefore: I, Marvin Griffin,
governor of the State of Georgia,
do hereby proclaim March 5—13,
1955, as National 4-H Club Week’’
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NOTICE—AII Communities please
turn their Heart Fund Drive mon
ey over to A. C. Smith Jr, or to
the Bank of Cumming by March 12