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Volume 47.
“Broiler Day” At Ag
College To Be May 10
Efficiency in a Georgia industry
that produced a $125,284,000 income
last year and led the state’s other
agricultural enterprises by a wide
margin will be the keynote in
Athens, May 10, when the poultry
division of the College of Agricul
ture holds its annual broiler short
course.
An added attraction will be a
chicken supper for breeders and
hatcherymen participating in the
Georgia “Chicken of Tomorrow”
contest, at which 1956 winners in
the program will be announced.
The poultry Science Club will be
in charge of this event.
Several hundred persons repre
senting all phases of the poultry
industry are expected to converge
on the campus for “Broiler Day.”
No less than 13 experts have
been lined up to participate in the
short course, with Silas McHenry
the featured out-of-state speaker.
Extension poultry man at the Uni
versity of Delaware, McHenry will
discuss “What’s Happening in the
Delmarva Area?” at 10:15 a. m.,
then will talk on “How to Save
Labor in the Broiler House” at
1:30 p. m.
Dr. H. L. Fuller, associate pro
fessor in the College of Agricul
ture poultry department, will kick
off the short course program at
9:45 with a discussion on “Mash
vs Crumbles vs. Pellets in Feeding
Broilers.” He will present facts
gathered from experiments con
ducted on these feeding practices.
“Brooding Systems for Broilers”
is the subject of a panel discussion
to be moderated by Arthur Gan
non, Extension poultrymen, at
11:15. Panelists include E. K.
Davis, Franklin county agent; Tom
Folger, Dahlonega Feed and Hatch
ery; Fred Haley, W. L. Lawson
and Son, Canton; Willard Strain,
Strain and Coal Co., Dalton, and
J. T. Thompson, J. D. Jewell, Inc.,
Hiram.
Of his panel participants, Gan
non said: “Here we have a panel
of feed dealers and experienced
broiler growers who can give you
the answer, but they do not all
agree.”
In addition to McHenry’s talk,
other after-lunch topics are “Should
Broiler Chicks be Debeaked?" “The
Role of the Diagnosis Laboratory”
and “What’s Wrong with our Vac
cination Programs?.”
Discussing these, respectively,
will be C. K. Laurent, chairman of
the poultry division, College of
Agriculture; Jack Palmer, Ex
tension veterinarian, and Dank
Mor r i s , veterinary pathologist,
Georgia Poultry Laboratory,
Gainesville.
A tour of the Broiler Center and
Regional Poultrrry Testing Station
will conclude the program. The
Center, near Whitehall, is operated
by the poultry division. It consists
of four houses, 26 by 210 feet, di
vided in pens to grow 500 broilerM
in each. Feeding and management
experiments are carried on here,
and this is the site of the 1956
“Chicken of Tomorrow” contest.
The Testing Station is a U. S.
Department of Agriculture project,
under the supervision of a com
mittee of geneticists from 12 South
ern states and Puerto Rico.
Short course delegates will re-,
gister at the Poultry muikbng at 9
a. m., and will be welcomed to the
campus 30 minutes later by Dr.
C. C. Murray, dean and coordinator
of the College of Agriculture.
Laurent will be chairman of the
morning meeting. Till M. Huston,
assistant professor in the poultry
department, at the afternoon ses
sion.
WATER USE STUDIED
The Georgia Water Use and Con
servation says the 1954 drought
highlighted the immediate need for
a study of water problems and
for possible legislative action. But
officials add that one of the basic
causes of the state’s water prob
lems has been developing for years. j
It is the increased use to which
water is being put in all segments
of our economy.
House rejects program for stock
piling of minerals.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON. CHISRO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
French Frying
Can Be Easy,
HD Agent Says
Partial frying or “par-frying” of
potatoes before meal time and then
finishing the cooking process just
before serving time gives a good
product and also is more con
venient for the homemaker, accord
ing to Mrs. Zelma Bannister, home
demonstration agent.
“Par-fries may be held as long as
four hours at room temperature or
24 hours if covered and kept in the
refridgerator,” she said. “For long
er storage period the par-fries
should be frozen and stored at
zero degrees F.”
The HD agent said the potatoes
should be warmed to room tem
perature before the final frying.
The reason for this is that, if
frozen, or even cold-potato strips
are put directly into the hot fat,
their chill will cause too great a
drop in fat temperature. “Potatoes
should be cooked at 360 degrees
for four minutes, or until they are
cooked but not browned. For finish
ing the potatoes, fry them in 375
degree fat for about a minute, or j
until golden brown.”
Except for a slight increase in
tenderness and less uniformity of
browning, frozen par-fries heated
in a 500-degree oven for ten min
utes or in a broiler at 500 degrees
for five minutes compare favorably
with those browned in deep fat,
Mrs. Bannister stated.
Potatoes which are to be french
fried immediately after they are
pared, should be rinsed quickly in
cold water to remove surface
starch and then dried thoroughly
with a towel.
“Never soak potatoes because
they will absorb water and that
prolongs frying tim and tends to
make the potatoes oily and soggy,”
she cautioned.
“Fill the fry-kettle one-third full
of fat or oil and heat to 370-385
degrees, keeping the fry-basket in
the fat. Raise the basket to add
just enough of the raw potato
strips to cover the bottom. (This
size load of potatoes does not cause
the fat temperature to drop too
much and assures a fairly quick
return to correct frying tempera
ture.) Putting in too many pota
to strips at once brings down the
fat temperature so much that it
not only prolongs the cooking, but
allows the potato to absorb more
fat.”
Mrs. Bannister said the basket of
potato strips should be lowered
gently into the fat. Moisture of
the potatoes will cause the fat to
bubble. If this bubbling is exces
sive lift the basket several times
until the bubbling subsides. “If the,
right quantity of potato strips are
put in they should fry golden
brown in about five minutes. Re
move the basket from fat, drain
the potatoes briefly and serve at
once.”
PROCLAMATION
SOIL STEWARDSHIP WEEK
By The Governor
WHEREAS: Good soil is the first
requisite for successful farming
and it is essential that soil con
servation be emphasized and prac
ticed if we are to continue to main
tain and improve good land; and
WHEREAS: We realize the need
of cooperation in movements to j
improve and protect our farm land
and to support the program of
the State Soil Conservation Com
mittee and other groups engaged I
in this activity; now
THEREFORE: I, Marvin Griffin,
Governor of Georgia, do hereby
proclaim May 6-13, 1956 as Soil
Stewardship Week in Georgia and
urge our citizens to cooperate in
every possible way to aid this
worthy movement which means so
much to all our people.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the Seal of the Executive Depart
ment to be affixed. This 26th day
of March 1956.
Marvin Griffin, Gov.
SPECIAL NOTICE
There will be a working at
Corinth Church Saturday, May sth,
1956. Each member is urged to
come and bring something to work
with.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, May 3, 1956.
Soil Conservation
Service News
JAMES T. COOTS
SOII, CONSERVATION SERVICE
Jay L. Holbrook and William J.
Orr supervisors from Forsyth
County of the Upper Chattahoochee
River Soil Conservation District at
tended their regular monthly board
meeting in Gainesville last Thurs
day April 26, 1956. Plans were
made for them to appear on the
radio from station WGGA Gaines
ville, Georgia May 7th from 6
A. M. to 7 A. M. as a part of
Soil Stewardship and Soil Conser
vation week.
T. K. Orr SCS technician and
WAE laborers working with land
owners in the Cross-Roads com
munity have assisted in land pre
paration, fertilizing and seeding on
critical areas for permanent cover.
Sericea, fescue and lovegrass have
been seeded for the vegetative
cover. Many critical areas had
been previously planted to pine
seedlings in this community.
Patton Bros, contractors from
Roswell, Georgia have begun the
construction of structure number
4 on Shop branch in the Setting
down creek watershed. Plans call
for the completion of this structure
by November 15th.
William J. Orr reports that he
recently seeded four acres of Ar
lington sericea.
Wheeler Raps Bradley
Report on Vets
Lashing out at the recent Brad
ley Commission report on veter
ans benefits, Pete Wheeler, Di
rector of the Georgia Department
of Veterans Service, said this week
that “this commission of many
starred generals is again trying to
cram another ecenomy report down
the throats of America in the at
tempt to balance the National bud
get at the expense of our veterans,
their dependents and survivors.”
The first report by the Presi
dent’s Commission on Veterans
Pensions was handed to President
Eisenhower this week for his ap
proval and ultimate submission to
Congress. The Commission, head
ed by General Omar Bradley, four
former general officers of the
Army, and others, has recommend
ed that the Veterans Administra
tion benefits awarded to veterans
be gradually reduced and ulti
mately brought to a close.
Wheeler rapped the Report as
being “another Hoover Commis
sion in disguise, designed to slice
up the Veterans Administration
into many pieces to add confusion
to the veteran seeking legal bene
fits under the program.
The Bradley report recommend
ed placing the G. I. Home Loan
program under the control of the
Federal Housing Administration;
placing all pensions and compen
sation under the direction of the
Social Security Agency, and vir
tual elimination of the G. I. In
surance program.
Wheeler stated that “he feels
sure that the Congress will see
to it that the Bradley report meets
the same fate as the recent Hoover
Report recommendations, most of
which was not acted on by Con
gress. We must never forget that
the care and treatment of disabled
war veterans is as much the total
cost of war as is the purchase of
planes, ships and other weapons.”
HIGHER FARM PRODUCTION
Thirty years ago one farmer
could feed about seven people. To
day he can feed about 18 people.
Eight million farm workers now
feed 165 million Americans. A gen
eration ago, more than 13 million
farmers and helpers worked to feed
our 100 million people.
Life insurance in force reported
to be largest in history.
Hardship & Suffering
Nowhere in the scripture can
one find that there is any promise
of ease or special physical com
forts for those who follow Christ.
On the contrary, we are told that
in the world we will have tribu
lation. but be of good cheed I have
overcome the world. We are told
mat even Jesus, the captail of our
salvation was made perfect through
suffering. We do not escape suf
fering and temptation by becoming
Christians but we do receive
strength to endure suffering and
power to overcome temptation
through Christ our Lord.
The more suffering we endure
for the cause of Christ the strong
er Christians we become. As Jesus
bore His cross and died on the
cross for us, we are to bear our
cross and be faithful to him, even
unto the point of dying. Jesus
said, “Blessed are they which are
persecuted for righteousness sake:
for theirs is the Kingdon of
Heaven.”
Wemust expect persecution and
suffering if we are genuine Chris
tians. Jesus was misunderstood,
mistreated and nailed upon the
Cross. He bore it all for us,
through his resurrection he won
the victory over death, hell and
grave. “The suffering of this pres
ent time is not worthy to be com
pared with the glory that shall be
revealed to us.”
Christianity is always at its best
when the followers of Christ
chooses death, itself, rather than
to deny their Lord. Learn how to
endure hardness as a good soldier
of Jesus Christ.
W. R. Callaway
With y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
The week of May 6—13, 1956
has been proclaimed by Governor
Marvin Griffin as “Soil Steward
ship Week” in Georgia. All citizens
of the State of Georgia have been
urged by Governor Griffin to co
operate in every way possible to
aid in this worthy movement which
means so much to all our people.
In focusing attention on our soil
this one week of each year, it is
hoped that everyone will be en
abled to realize a greater responsi
bility for this great heritage of
ours and will join hands with his
neighbors in protecting it from the
ravages of rain, wind and destruc
tive uses by our people.
When it is realized that nature
requires from 300 to 1000 years
to build just 1 inch of topsoil and
when we realize that abusive prac
tices can cause an inch of topsoil
to be lost almost overnight, when
we begin to see the importance of
saving the soil that we now have.
Tn the United States we have
more than 50 million acres of form
er cropland that is now virtually
useless for further production be
cause it has been stringed of top
soil or riddled with gullies. Another
150 million acros of cultivated land
has declined far enough to make
difficult or unprofitable. Still anoth
er 680 million acres have been af
fected to some extent by the rav
ages of erosion by rain and wind.
Figures as such mean very little.
Yet when we realize that the en
tire State of Georgia has just und
er 37 1-2 million acres in total
farmland, then v;e r 9n see lust a
little clearer how the above figures
can and are affecting our nation s
economy.
Compared to world history, the
civilized age of the United States
is very young. Our farm land has
been cultivated a relatively few
short years. If we continue to lose
of soil at the present rate for the
next hundred years, just what will
our future generations find that
we have left them?
Generally, the loss of soil is
difficult to see. So difficult, in fact,
that very few people other than
the people who farm our land and
those who work very closely with
it, realize the importance of its
losses. However the loss of each
inch of topsoil directly affects the
lives of all of us.
As topsoil is lost, the cost of
food production increases. As the
cost of producing food increases,
we certainly see the prices in our
grocery stores progress accordingly.
County Population 15,000. Numbar 18.
Club Projects Help
Budding 4-H Engineers
Among Georgia’s 139,275 Four-
II Club members are alot of budd
ing engineers, and two projects of
fered this year will help them
along.
As announced by Mifes Rhonwyn
Lowry and L. R. Dunson, 4-H lead
ers for the College of Agriculture
Extension Service, the projects are
electric and tractor maintenance.
Miss Lowry said the electric pro
gram is sponsored by the Westing
house Educational Foundation and
the Georgia Electric Membership
Corp. Tractor maintenance, accord
ing to Dunson, is sponsored by the
American Oil Co.
The electric project is designed
to help 4-H Club members learn
more about electricity and to prop
erly use and care for electrical
equipment, and to interest the
4-H’ers and their clubs in helping
others learn more about electricity
and its uses.
Through the maintenance project
4-H members are trained to op
erate and care for tractors and
other farm machinery skillfully,
safely, and economically. They also
demonstrate to others the proper
care of farm impliments.
Miss Lowry and Dunson ex
plained that junior and senior
members can participate in both
programs.
Each junior who presentss an
electric demonstration at his dis
trict project achievement meeting
will receive a recognition card.
Senior awards include four gold
filled medals per county, the Na
tional 4-H News for each district
participant, a trip to the State 4-H
Congress for the boy and girl win
ner in each area, and a trip to Na
tional Congress for the two state
champs. National prizes are six
S3OO college scholarships.
Junior awards in tractor main
tdhance Include the National 4-H
News for district participants, and
cash awards of $3, $2, and $1 for
district winners. Awards for
seniors are four gold-filled medals
per county, trips to State Congress
for six district winners, a trip to
Chicago for the state champ, and
S3OO scholarships for 12 national
winners.
Extension Service agricultural
engineers, G. I. Johnson, Paul
Crawford, Willis Huston, and H. B.
Goolsby, furnish county and home
demonstration agents and local 4-H
leaders up to-date research informa
tion for use in the two programs.
Last year 2,569 boys and girls
completed the electric project, with
Jeannie Underwood, Emanuel coun
ty, and Johnny West, Lumpkin
county, emerging as state winners.
More than 3,000 boys were en
rolled in the tractor program, and
the 1955 state champion was Carl
Hood, DeKalb county.
ASC NEWS
Prices for 1956-crop upland cot
ton will be supported at a maxi
mum level of 28.85 cents per pound,
gross weight at average location,
basis Middling 7-8-inch, according
to Mr. James L. Morgan, Chair
man of the State Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Com
mitt. This level reflects 821-2 per
cent of the current parity price.
Chairman Morgan explained that
the level of support will be in
e/easc-d m the event that 821-2 per
cent of the parity price for up
land cotton on August 1, th be
ginning the 1956 marketing year,
is higher than the level announced.
Appropriate differentials will be
in effect for other qualities of
cotton, and these differentials will
be announced later.
The maximum level of support
for 1956-crop extra long staple
cotton will average 55.65 cents per
pound, net weight. This reflects 75
percent of the current parity price,
and also will be increased if
parity is higher at the beginning
of the marketing year.
Important Notice
I have a New POWER DIGGER
for all Types of Sewerage and
Septic Tanks. -In fact any kind of
ditch digging. Contact me by phone
or see me J. C. VAUGHAN, Cum
ming, Georgia.
Soil Stewardship
Week Observance
Set For May 6-13
Soil Stewardship Week in Geor
gia will be May 6 13, :-io | proi^lru
ed by Gov. Marvin Griffin.
“Good soil is the first requisite
for successful farming,” the pro
clamation points out, “and it is es
sential that soil conservation be
emphasized and practiced if we are
to continue to maintain and im
prove good land.”
Griffin has urged all Gergians to
cooperate in every possible way in
observing the special occasion.
In Athens, E. H. Thomas, Ex
tension Service soil conservationist
at the College of Agriculture, and
Frank T. Denham, field secretary
for the State Soil Conservation
Committee, explained that two con
servation weeks of former years
have been combined for 1956.
There will be no Soil Conserva
tion Week in September this year,
Thomas said. The idea is to have
one big observance, May 6-13, as
Soil Stewardship Week.
County agents of the Agricul
tural Extension Service have been
asked to call the first planning
meeting in each county. Repre-i
sentatives of community clubs,
churches, civic groups, farm or
ganizations, Home Demonstration
Clubs, 4-H groups, schools, and
county and district soil conserva
tion organizations are being called
on to help develop programs, pro
jects, tours, demonstrations, and
other activities for the observance.
Extension agents and district soil
conservation supervisors have re
ceived copies of the governor’s
proclamation, a list of suggested
activities, windshield stickers, and
window display posters for use dur
ing the Week.
The Soil Stewardship observance
is being sponsored jointly by the
State Association of District Su
pervisors and the State Soil Con
servation Committee.
North Georgia
Set For Record
Tourist Trade
ATLANTA, JGPS) Most people
as a rule think of tourists as vis
itors from outside their home state.
But that isn’t necessarily so, ac
cording to the Georgia Department
of Commerce.
“Tourists from one section of
Georgia to another are just as good
as tourists from Yankeoland,” says
Commerce Secretary Scott Cand
ler.
And right now the Commerce
Department is directing particular
attention to North Georgia’s recre
ational areas as an ideal place for
Georgians and out-of staters alike
to visit and stay awhile.
One reason is that the natural
beauty of the picturesque Blue
Ridge Mountain region soon will
be at a seasonal peak. For example
the laurel usually is in full bloom
the latter part of May, and the
rhododendron in full bloom during
the first week in June and up un
til July. In fact, some people say
it’s the season when North Geor
gia is even more romatic and
breath-taking than “Paris in the
Spring.”
But no matter when one may
go, the Blue Ridge is a mccca for
vacationers, fishermen, hunters and
beauty-seekers from early Spiring
to late October, according to its
promoters.
Among the diversions are boat
ing, swimming, fishing, hunting,
hiking, picnicking, camping, square
dancing, horseback riding, handi
crafts, summer theater, gold-pan
ning and many other ways of re
laxing.
In addition to many commercial
resort developments, there are five
well equipped State Parks and 16
U. S. Fc-est Service recreation
areas within the high-altitude area
lof more than 3,000 square nodes.
Attractive hotels and lodges, mod
ern motels, vacation cottages and
fishing camps are available
throughout the area.
And so, with Georgia’s cool Blue
Ridge beckoning, the state’s
mountain area is anticipating a re
cord tourist season, not only from
out-of-state visitors but from Geor
gians as well.