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Volume 47.
Tests Compare
Fertilizer Use
On Two Bermudas
Ability of Coastal Bermuda
grass to make significantly better
use of fertilizer than common
Bermuda in the Piedmont area was
emphasized this week in a report
of preliminary results of a com
parative study of the fertilizer re
quirements of the two Bermuda
grasses. The study is being con
ducted at the U. S. Department of
Agriculture’s Southern Piedmont
Experiment Station §t Watkinsville.
While results of only one year
are available, Agronomists W'. E.
Adams of the Agricultural Re
search Service and Dr. Mathias
Stelly of the College Experiment
Station said that the response of
Coastal and common Bermudas to
various rates of fertilizer has prac
tical significance to forage and
pasture farmers in the Piedmont.
Earlier, the agronomists pointed
out that Coastal out yielded com
mon by about 80 percent in these
1955 tests. When no fertilizer was
applied to a Cecil sandy loam, the
total yields of Coastal and common
Bermuda following Crimson clover
were 2.30 and 1.32 tons of dry for
age per acre respectively. When
200 pounds of nitrogen and 800
pounds of 0-12-12 fertilizer were ap
plied per acre, the respective yields
were 5.51 and 331 tons of forage
per acre, the agronomist said.
When 400 pounds of nitrogen and
1,600 pounds of 0-12-12 were ap
plied per acre, the respective yields
became 7.14 and 3.81 tons per acre.
Adams and Stelly noted that doubl
ing the fertilizer to the highest
rate increased the forage yield of
common Bermuda by only one-half
ton, but the Coastal yielded an ad
ditional 1.63 tons of forage due to
the extra fertilizer.
Similar results were obtained
when Coastal and common Ber
muda were not preceded by Crim
son clover, they added.
When 50 pounds of nitrogen with
400 pounds of 0-12-12, and 200
pounds of nitrogen with 400 pounds
of 0-12-12 were used, an increase
of seven-tenths of a ton was ob
tained with both Coastal and com
mon, they continued. However,
when 200 pounds of nitrogen with
800 pounds of 0-12-12 were used,
the common gave no increase due
to nitrogen above the 200 pound
treatment, while the Coastal gave
an additional one-half ton increase
due to the extra nitrogen.
The agronomist said that, on the
Piedmont area soil, it appears that
in order to obtain the greatest ef
ficiency of the nitrogen used, phos
phorus and potassium must be ap
plied. Generally, the increases in
yield due to the addition of a given
amount of phosphorus and pot
assium was almost twice as great
with Coastal as with common at
the highest rates of nitrogen fer
tilization.
When an application of no
0-12-12 with 400 pounds of nitro
gen was compared to one of 1,600
pounds of 0-12-12 with 400 pounds
of nitrogen, the increase in yields
due to the 012-12 were nine-tenths
of a ton for the common and 1.90
tons for the Coastal, they ex
plained. When only 50 pounds of
nitrogen were used, the increase
due to 0-12-12 were about the same
The agronomist said another ex
periment in which Coastal Ber
muda only was used with 64 dif
ferent fertilizer treatments sup
ported these findings. They said
that on the basis of these prelimi
nary results, Coastal significantly
outyields common Bermuda in the
Piedmont area and that approxi
mately 200 pounds of nitrogen, 50
pounds of phosphorus and 50
pounds of potassium are good
treatments for Coastal. They em
phasized the need for a soil test
to determine accurate fertilization
recommendations for a particular
farm.
CHICKEN SUPPER
Pleasant View Sunday School is
sponsoring a Chicken Supper in
the lunchroom of Cumming Gram
mar School on May 26, 1956. Serv
ing from 5:30 to 9:00 p. m. Adult
Plates sl-00 —Child’s Plate $.50.
Tickets may be purchased at the
door. Benefits will be used for
furnishing new Sunday School
Rooms.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORG AN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CIIEKQ KEE. DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Sen. Walter George To
Be Honored At Poultry
Festival Sat., May 19
The Dean of the American Sen
ate, Georgia's Senator Walter
Georg, will be honored at the
Fourth Annual Georgia Poultry
Festival in Gainesville, May 19.
National political figures, lead by
Georgia’s Junior Senator Richard
Russell, will fly to Gainesville on
that day to euologize Georgia’s
leading statesman. These national
figures are expected to ride in the
“Poultry Parade Progress,” which
will wind its way through down
town Gainesville beginning at 10:30.
Over forty creatively designed
floats will be featured in the pa
rade. The floats are being built by
A. Wolf Davidson, Art Director of
Bureau College, and Charlie Black
wood, head of the Art Department
of Furman University. In addition,
fifteen outstanding bands and
marching units along with clowns
and other comic characters will al
so participate in the honoring of
Senator George.
The celebration was originally
scheduled by the Georgia Poultry
Federation as its annual festival
affair, with Senator George as
honored guest and the late former
Vice President Alben Barkley as
principal speaker. The event is ex
pected to draw thousands. The
crowds will pay tribute to the
stately Senator for his past service
to the state and nation and wish
him well in his future service to
the world.
Entries of floats in the gigantic
parade have been made by: Ala
bama Flour Mills, Decatur, Ala
bama; Anderson Box Company,
Indianapolis, Ind.; Athens Milling
Company, Athens, Ga.; Automatic
Poultry Feeder Company, Zeeland,
Michigan; Athens Poultry Com
pany, Athens, Ga.; Banks of Gaines
ville; Bolton Broiler Company,
Commerce, Ga.; Chamber of Com
merce, Gainesville; Flowers Bakery,
Gainesville.
Cotton Producers Association, At
lanta, Ga; Dalton Poultry Co., Dal
ton, Ga.; Dixieland Hatcheries, Inc.,
Gainesville; Fair-Acre Feeds, Roa
noke, Va.; Georgia Broilers, Inc.,
Gainesville; M. C. Gainesville; J. D.
Jewell, Inc., Gainesville; Jackson
R. E. A., Jefferson, Go.
Indian River, Lancaster, Pa.;
McMillen Feed Mills, Fort Wayne,
Ind.; Marell Farms, Inc., Gaines
ville; Marshall Laboratories, Inc.,
Hamden, Conn.; Merck and Com
pany, Inc., Rahway, N. J.; Pills
bury Mills, Inc., Clinton, Iowa;
Poultry Federation of Georgia;
Poultry Enterprises, Inc., Gaines
ville.
Press Radio, Gainesville; The
Quaker Oats Co., Chattanooga,
Tenn,; Ralston Purina Company,
Atlanta; Springle Lumber Co.,
Gainesville; Allied Mills, Gaines
ville, Colonial Stores, Gainesville.
The bands and marching units
in the parade include: Gainesville
High School Band, Fair Street
Band, Riverside Military Band, all
of Gainesville; North Georgia Col
lege Band and North Georgia Col
lege Marching Unit, Dahlonega;
Shrine Orential Band and Shrine
Horse Brigade, Atlanta; Monroe
Drum and Bugle Corps, Monroe,
Ga.; Canton Band, Canton; Bowden
Band, Bowden; Navy Float; Boy
Scouts, Cub Scouts, Brownie Scouts
Girl Scouts, all of Gainesville;
Gainesville Fryers, Inc., and Blue
Bird Body Truck Company of Ft.
Valley. Also an Air Force Jet
Fighter plane flyover.
REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW
APPLICABLE TO ALL COUNTIES
The real estate license law is
now applicable to all counties in
Georgia effective April 1, 1956. The
law provides far the regulation and
licensing of real estate brokers and
salesmen and seeks to establish a
standard of efficiency. The law has
had years of testing an dthe stand
ards in the profession have advan
ced and the law has been helpful
in bringing about this advancement
The general purpose of the law is
that the public and the brokers
and salesmen shall be protected. It
is now unlawful to operate as a
real estate broker or salesman
without obtaining a license under
Code Section 84-1401.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, May 17, 1956.
Soil Conservation
District News
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JAMES T. COOTS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
Crayton J. Lankford Joins Soil
Conservation Service in Forsyth
County.
The Forsyth County Work Unit
of the Soil Conservation Service
has added Crayton J. Lankford
to its staff here.
Mr. Lankford comes to Forsyth
County from Cendartown, Georgia
where he was assistant to D. G.
Williams, Work Unit Conservat
ionist. Mr. Lankford was raised on
a farm in Hart County Georgia
and then attended the University
of Georgia, Athens, Georgia gradu
ating in the class of 1950. After
spending two years in the United
States Army as an instructor in
the Quartermaster Corp, he worked
with the Florida Game and Fresh
Water Fish Commission for one
year and with the Universal Credit
Corporation for one year before
he was employed by the Soil Con
servation Service in Polk County
Georgia in November of 1934.
The Soil Conservation Service of
Forsyth County and the City of
Cumming welcome Mr. and Mrs.
Lankford and their two sons, Cray
ton, Jr., and Mark Neal. Mrs. Lank
ford was the former Virginia Lit
tle of Carnesville and Athens. Mr.
and Mrs. Lankford are members
of the Presbyterian Church.
With Y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
If you dislike the job of chop
ping cotton —as most folks do—
then you will be interested in pre
emergence weed control for cotton,
a relatively new practie for Geor
gia farmers.
Chloro IPC has been the most
satisfactory material used so far
in pre-emergence control of weeds
in cotton. If properly used, Chloro
IPC will control annual weeds for
four to six weeks after planting.
In using Chloro IPC, cotton can
be planted with a conventional type
planted equipped with a roller be
hind to break up the clods and
leave a smooth bed. The spray is
then applied directly behind the
planter in the same operation. The
material should not reach depths
greater than one-half inch. Other
wise, damage, to the cotton seed
may result.
After planting, the middles can
be plowed but the tow should not
be disturbed nor should fresh dirt
be allowed to fall on the- row while
plowing the middles.
If sprayed in 12-inch bands dir
ectly over the seed and in 36-inch
rows, a three pound application
will be enough to control annual
weeds. For complete ground cov
erage, requirements will be appro
ximately three times that amount.
Manufacturers recommendations
should be followed in mixing and
applying.
The use of pre-emergence weed
control measures in cotton will ne
cessitate that the seed be planted
with a dropper, using the correct
amount of seed. Since the row can
not. be disturbed during the control
period, thinning cannot be done
satisfactorily. The seed should be
dropped six to eight per hill in hills
12 to 14 inches apart and covered
one to one and a half inches deep.
After the end of the chemical
I control period, complete cultivation
should be practiced until lay-by
time.
CUMMING ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
The public is cordially invited to
i attend the Promotion Exercise of
1 the Cumming Elementary School to
be held in the Gymnasium Thurs
day night, May 24, 1956 at 8 o'clock
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
ENDURING DIVIDENDS
Georgia is bound, I fully believe,
to collect enduring dividends on
one of the most attractive and ag
gressive spots in this or any other
state. I refer to the State 4-H Cen
ter at Rock Eagle, a few miles
from Eatonton.
The property was held by the
Federal Government for sometime,
and some five years ago it was
turned over to the University of
Georgia for its Extension Depart
ment, specifically as a state center
for 4-H work. A Foundation was
established, through which many
individuals and organizations and
corporations have made contribut
ions in the development of a three
million dollar installation.
Down there last week for three
days, I marvelled everywhere I
went about the fourteen-hundred
acre reservation. The natural set
ting is excellent—rolling hills, well
timbered with pine and hard woods
and a lake covering 110’ acres in
the very heart of the tract.
The buildings are well designed
and constructed. A central kitchen
and dining hall provides for 1,200
people, and an auditorium of the
same capacity is nearby. Across
the road is a charming little Chap
el, given by the City of Eatonton,’
its spire serving as symbol of the
spiritual overtone of the entire pro
gram at Rock Eagle.
Some 58 cottages, with accom
modations for 18 persons per cot
tage, provide comfortable and plea
sant living quarters for the thous
ands of 4-H boys and girls who
annually spend a week at Rock
Eagle. Everything is beamed to
ward the boys and girls.
This State 4H Center at Rock
Eagle is something we can be just
ly proud of. It is a cooperative
effort on the part of the state and
of many individuals and organiza
tions to build men and women of
character and intelligence. It will
yield enduring dividends through
all the years to come. I am glad
to see the announcement that a
State 4-H Center for Negro boys
and girls will be built near Dublin.
Lamb Sales Begin
May 28 In Georgia
Spring lamb sales will be held
in six Georgia cities beginning
Monday, May 28, R. O. Williams,
Extension animal husbandman at
the University of Georgia College
of Agriculture, announced this
week.
The May 28 sale will be in Ca
milla at the Mitchell County Live
stock Co. It will be followed with
one on Tuesday, May 29, in Cor
dele at the Cordele Livestock Com
mission Co., and another on Wed
nesday, May 30, at the Swains
boro Stockyard in Swainsboro.
Others are scheduled for Friday,
June 1, at Ragsdale McClure Com
mission Co., Atlanta; Monday, June
4, at the Northeast Georgia Live
stock Auction, Inc., Athens, and
Friday, June 8, at Coosa Valley
Commission Co., Rome.
Sheep Specialist Denis C. De
loach and Livestock Marketing
Specialist Harold V. Clum explain
ed that there will be a sale in each
Agricultural Extension Service dis
trict. They added, however, that
sheepmen can sell lambs at the
place of their choice.
It was pointed out that there
will be no other organized lamb
sales in Georgia this spring, and
farmers were urged to sell their
animals at the scheduled events.
Each sale will begin at 3 p. m.
Upon arrival at the sale barns,
lambs will be graded, weighed, and
given a three percent shrink Wil
liams said they will be cooperat
ively pooled in graded lots and sold
at auction after they have been
processed.
COMMUNION SERVICE
Sunday, May 20th will be an all
; day service at Cross Roads Church,
;it will be our regular communion
\ day. You are invited to enjoy the
fellowship service. A cordial invi
tation is extended to each and
everyone.
County Population 15,000. Number 20.
ROME STUDIES
NEW ORDINANCES ’
ROME, Ga., May 9 The Rome
City Commission gave first, reading
to separate ordinances prohibiting
loitering by persons under 21 and
barring persons under 17 from play
ing pinball and similar machines.
The ordinances were introduced
by H. A. Braden who headed a
special committee on juvenile de
linquency.
A recent Floyd County Grand
Jury recommended adoption of j
such ordinances as an investigation i
might justify. The jury specifically
suggested a teen-age curfew.
While not an outright curlew,
the proposed ordinances authorize
police to make arrests after warn
ing individuals or groups after 11
p. m.
College Park and Fulton County
also have something similar to the
Ordinance passed by the City of
Cumming some months ago.
HOW IMPORTANT
ARE YOU?
No one liveth to himself and no
one dieth to himself. One wonders
why the Almighty does not rely on
his own unfailing powers of might
or miracles rather than on the
frailties of humanity. But he has
chosen us as his instruments. He
will not work without us, though
we are vessels of clay. God is count
ing on you!
Jesus has something to say about
your importance. He said,, "What
shall it profit a man if he gained
the whole world and lose his own
soul or what shall a man give in
exchange for his soul.” Your soul
is far more important than all the
wealth of all the world With # pro
per relationship between the crea
ture and the Creator you can be
come a great power for good.
Every follower of Christ has a very
definite task of representing him
on earth and winning others to the
Saviour. If we fail in this, we fail
in the purpose for which God gave
us life.
We are not to crawl up in our
little shell and hold ourselves aloof
from others. Jesus said, “Let your
light so shine before men that they
may see your good works and glori
fy your Father which is in heaven.’
For what are we living? to glorify
our F'ather which is in heaven.
How can we glorify our Father
which is in heaven? by carrying
the reflected light of the Son of
God to others.
According to The Hightower As
sociation Minutes the average gifts
through the churches to all pur
pose representing the Cause of
Christ was $2.00 per member per
year. Is that all the Cause of
Christ means to the Christians who
are members of the churches of
the Hightower Association? We are
saved to serve not just to sit down
and do nothing.
When Paul was converted he
asked, “What wilt thou have me
do?” He spent the remainder of
his life in doing what God wanted
him to do? “He said, toward the
end of life, “For me to live is
Christ and to die is gain.” We have
inescapable relations with our fel
lowman What are you doing
about it? The great Commission
is for you and me and every other
Christian to obey because of our
love for Jesus. Every individual is
important in the sight of God.
W. R. Callaway
Singing Notice
Everyone has a special invitation
to attend the annual Home Coming
Singing at Shady Grove Church
Sunday, May 20th. A lot of good
singers have promised to be with
us.
All singers and everyone else
come and help make this a won
derful day.
There will be plenty of lunch for
everyone.
Fay Martin Pres.
Broughton Wallace, Vice-Pres.
FELLOWSHIP MEETING
There will be a Fellowship meet
ing at Cross Roads Baptist church
Saturday night May 19. Everyone
is invited to attend.
Water Use Group
Recommendations
Cited By Murray
The Georgia Water Use and
Conservation Association, which
made its initial report last week,
has requested that the data, sug
gestions, and recommendations in
it be considered by the Georgia
Water Law Revision Commission
and the General Assembly.
The study covered two years and
included the historical, physical,
and legal aspects of water prob
lems in the state. “We have de
veloped a broad understanding of
the fundamental questions involved,
and have brought together for the
first time many pertient data,” said
R. D. Tisinger, Carrollton, former
chairman of the Association.
In Athens, Dr. C. C. Murray,
chairman of the group’s Informa
tion and Education subcommittee,
and dean and coordinator of the
University of Georgia College of
Agriculture, said success in mod
ernizing water laws depends very
largely on the understanding and
confidence of the people generally.
For that reason, he continued the
Association is making every effort
to inform the public of present
and potential problems and exist
ing conditions before attempts are
made to draft and enact new legis
lation.
Calling attention to some of the
conclusions reached by the two
year study, Dr. Murray said annual
rainfall in the state averages 50
inches or better However, this
I often is not adequate in many
areas at certain seasons.
It was pointed out that droughts
and periods of low rainfall occur
each year. The Association’s report.
"Water in Georgia,” cites 1954,
when the rainfall was only 31
inches, farmers lost slrto million in
drought damages. 18 Georgia cities
lacked water, industries were handi
capped, and thousands of individ
uals hauled water to keep their
families and their stock alive.
Similar conditions exist to a lesser
extent somewhere in Georgia last
year.
The Water Use and Conservation
Association, which includes repre
sentatives of all water-using in
terests in Georgia, believe the
remedies include: (1) maximum
conservation and wise utilization of
water throughout the state; (2)
balancing supply and demand for
water within and between physical
areas of the state, insofar as prac
ticable, and this may involve in
terstate streams, and (3) an ad
justment and modernization of ex
isting water laws to more ade
quately meet present needs and fu
ture trends.
Dr. Murray said he would dis
cuss next week the Association’s
six recommendations for getting
these remedies applied.
—r
TO THE PEOPLE OF FORSYTH
COUNTY
Due to requests from hundreds
of my friends in Forsyth County, I
am considering very seriously of
being a Candidate for State Sena
tor in the September Primary.
My decision in this matter will
appear in the Forsyth County
News at a later date.
Respectfully,
A. R. HOUSLEY. !
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Cecil P. Nelson, Field Deputy of
the Georgia Department of Labor,
; will be at the Courthouse in Cum
! ming Georgia from 8:30 a. m. to
11:00 a. m. on May 25, 1956 to dis
cuss with employers the amend
ment to the Employment Security
Law, which brings under the law
employers who employ four or
more workers. The law became ef
fective January 1, this year.
Commissioner of Labor Ben T.
Huiet said the Field Deputy was
being sent to Cumming, not only to
assist employers of four or more
workers in respect to the amended
law, but to furnish any other in
formation to the Employment Se
curity Program.
Georgia leads the nation in re
forestation with more than 100 mil
lion seedings planted each year,
j says C. Dorsey Dyer, Agricultural
Extension Service forester.