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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 v ' ■ ’ WmmM .■ v-.- • ...■ ••. ■ *£& 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’’ ■ ■■ i in. ■■■ n. 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