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Cutnming, Georgia.
With Your Coumy
Agent
Waller 11. Hui'kcr
One out of every three acres
of Georgia forests is growing low
quality trees, says Dorsey Dyer,
forester with the Georgia Agricul
tural Extension Service. These "cull
trees" as Dyer calls them, are not
growing enough merchantable wood
to pay land taxes on them. With
just a little hardwood control work
on these acres, Dyer says ,the more
vigorous top-quality trees would
be released. This timber stand im
provement would result in more
merchantable timber for the grow
er. Hy removing low-quality hard
woods and brush, Dyer points out,
we could double the production on
many of our small farm woodlots.
He also recommends a good insect
and disease control program to go
along with improvement of the
timber stand..
Trees must have sufficient space,
light and soil nutrients to produce
at their maximum, Dyer says. He
suggests a good thinning practice
that will remove overcrawded
stock, and in many cases, yield
products that can be sol data pro
fit. This is very important in in
creasing the productivity of every
acre as wel las the income that
may be received by the product
removed.
Dyer contends that many of our
forest landowners who have timber
in these overcrowded and low
quality conditions could carry out
a good timeber stand improvement
program in forest management and
soon realize profitable forest pro
duction rather than losses.
BI<; CREEK COMMUNITY CLUB
Big Creek Community Club met
in January at 7:30 o’clock with
22 members present.
The meeting was called to order
by our President Mr. Ben Hulsey.
Prayer was offored by Mr. G. C.
McGinnis.
Our new officers for this year
are as follows:
President Mr. Ben Hulsey
V. president Mr. Horace Boling
Second V. president and Treasurer
Mr. C. B. Herring, Jr.
Secretary Mrs. G. C. McGinnis.
The officers appointed chair
mans for the new year.
Mr. D. E. Nalley presented a
beautiful set of China Service for
8 to Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Fagan
for the excellent work they did
Clubfor the two years of service
to our club.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. G. C. McGinnis and Mrs. R. J.
Kupper was enjoyed by everyone.
Mrs. Bertie Fagan, Reporter
IN MEMORY
In memory of my Dear Mother
in-law Mrs. Lucy Wallace who
passed away two years ago.
We will always miss you dearly.
Mrs. C. B. Elrod
Card Of Thanks
We wuld like to express our ap
preciation and heartfelt thanks for
all the kindness and sympathy
shown to us during the death of
our dear Husband and Father,
Oscar Padgett.
May God’s richest blessing be
showered upon each of you.
THE FAMILY
Roofs Help Levitt Build
Better-Looking Coimuunity
Model home in Levittown, N.J., Illustrates how roof design,
color and texture can benefit the exterior appearance of a house.
A green blend of asphalt shingles is used on this unique roof.
The house has four bedrooms and two complete bathrooms.
It sells for $11,990 on a large, landscaped lot.
How important to the appear
ance of a house is its roof?
“It certainly is one of its most
distinctive features," says Wil
liam J. Levitt, builder of the
famous Levittowns.
In Levittown, N. J., a 15,000-
home community, Levitt is cre
ating attractive neighborhoods
by building houses varying in
size, price, and appearance,
with different roof designs,
right next to each other within
the same section.
Levitt, who has became a na
tional pace-setter in develop
ment construction, points out
four ways in which roofs con
tribute to the overall improve
ment of a neighborhood:
1. Pitch In planning the com
munity in New Jersey, Levitt
We earned the
if
LETTER AWARD
as an OUTSTANDING
FORD DEALERSHIP
in 1958 P
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OTWELL MOTOR COMPANY
“The House Service Built”
Gumming, Georgia
BROWNIE SCOUTS
The Brownie Scout Troop No. 2
held its weekly meeting at the
home of the Scout Leader, Mrs.
Bruce Boggan, with the following
Scouts present: Susan Bagley, Gail
Bramblett, Nancy Boggan, Elaine
Coots, Treina Dunn, Susan Gravitt,
Joan McCarty, Judy Smith and
Peggy Sudderth.
Elaine Coots was in charge of
the Devotional.
Mrs. Boggan gave an interesting
lecture on Scouting and our gly-up
party.
Nancy Boggan served refresh
ments of cookies and cakes which
everyone enjoyed.
Judy Smith, Reporter.
Soil Conservation
District News
:
JAMES T COOTS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
William J. Orr, member of the
Board of Supervisors, Upper Chat
tahoochee River Soil Conservation
District, passes January 16, 1959
at age of 633. Orr had been a
member of the board for approxi
mately twelve years. Orr succeeded
the late M. A. Smith at his death.
John Rogers, district cooperator,
in the southwest section of the
county visited in the SCS office
last week and discussed his soil
and water conservation farming
with SCS technicians.
Jerry Byers in the northwest
section of the county reports that
he has covered 60 acres of per
manent pasture with 600 spreader
loads of chicken compost since the
first of December. Byers also re
ports that he seeded six acres of
permanent pasture last fal. This
acreage make a total of 155 acres
•of permanent pasture for the farm.
Joe L. Spooner, Waycross, Geor
gia reported for duty with the
Soil Conservation Service Monday
of this week. Mr. Spooner is an
agricultural engineer.
used contrasting roof pitches to
help give the neighborhood
more variety and interest.
2. Color. In the new Levit
town, the firm will use the fuTl
range of colors available in
asphalt shingles. A variety of
roof colors, when used in the
right combination, improves the
appearance of an entire street,
while individual colors help
give each house a distinction all
its own.
3. Texture. Blends of asphalt
shingles give texture to a roof,
adding more interest and char
acter to the entire house.
4 Overhang. Wide over
hangs combined with interest
ing pitches not only provide
protection from sun and rain,
but create attractive shadow
lines on exterior walls.
The Forsyth County News
Georgia 4-H Girls Win 1958 State Award
A well-stocked larder of home
canned foods leads to year-round
nutritious and versfttllfc meals.
That is the contention of Hellon
Barrett, J 7, of Cornelia, who won
the state 4-H Canning award and
an all-cxpem n trip to the Na
tional 4-H Cl Congress, held in
Chicago the 1. week in Decem
ber. The award donor was Kerr
Glass Manufacturing Corp.
Hellon Barrett Betty Jo Lupo
This young homemaker has
helped to can more than 2,000
quarts of fruits, vegetables, Jelly,
jam, preserves, pickles, sausage
and meat.
' Popular Demonstrator
Miss Barrett has given demon
strations on canning to home
demonstration clubs and the com
munity 4-H Club. In 1954, she was
awarded first place in the county
and district junior canning
events. In 1957 she won first place
in the state senior canning con
test.
Junior leader of the South
Habersham Senior 4-H Club, she
is also vice-president in the
county 4-H Club and secretary of
the county camp.
' Garden Brings $2,000
Jack and his giant bean stalk
had nothing on state garden win
ner Betty Jo Lupo, 18, of Omega.
In fact, her running pole beans
gave Jack some competition
when they outgrew poles taller
than she is.
Miss Lupo also received a trip
to the congress, provided by the
Allis-Chalmers.
In her four years of gardening,
Miss Lupo’s profit, has totaled
more than $2,000. These earnings
are especially helpful, she says,
now that she is a freshman at
the Medical Center in Columbus.
Her seven-acre plot produced
over 4,000 pounds of vegetables
this year. A'
Miss Lupo won first place in
gardening at community and
county events in 1956. Last year
she added a first place in the dis
trict to her long list of awards.
She has given some 42 demon
strations on “Treating Garden
GAME V
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By FULTON LOVELL
Director, Georgia Game & Fish Commission
THE DART AND THE DEER
AN idea borrowed from hostile Indians is steadily in
creasing Georgia’s deer population from Rabun’s Gap
to Tybee’s light.
The drugged dart method of capturing deer,
I,. <> ne of the sanest innovations to come along in
the field of game management in some time, is
Mir.. responsible r the annual increase in deer.
The originator of the technique. Jack
g| Awl Crockford, says he applied not much thought
but considerable elbow grease before the
\ 1 technique was perfected.
• Actually, the idea is as old as the hills,
1? >Hi r Crockford told me recently. “The Indians used
i ; to use a drugged arrow or dart when they
Fulton Lovell went after an enem y- Except for a few minor
changes, that’s the same thing we do.”
A Spotlight and a Dart Gun
Deer are hunted at night on some of the Islands off the coast.
With the aid of a spotlight mounted on his head, a Commission
trapper fires a syringe containing nicotine, the drug used in the
technique, into the shank of a deer.
Usually, only about two minutes elapse before the deer
severe lethargy and falls into a deep sleep. It is then that the
victim is corralled and placed into a crate for transporting into
an area where deer are scarce.
Before it is shipped, though, the animal gets a shot of peni
cillin to ward off infection, protection from screwworm and other
medical attention. Actually, the animal is in better shape after
its capture than before due to the medical attention it receives.
When it arrives at its destination, the deer is in first class shape
and capable of replenishing the area into which it is stocked.
Cattle Headed for Last Roundup
While Crockford and his mates on the project, Drs. Frank
Hayes, Jim Jenkins and Seldon Feurst of the University of Georgia,
set out to discover an easier way to trap deer the dart gun
technique mushroomed into a useful item elsewhere.
Cattle-owners in all parts of the nation are using the same
gun and drug, with a stronger dose, to round up strays
during round-up time.
There is talk of a safari into Africa to test the equipment and
drug on really big game, elephants, rhinos and the like.
Veterinarians around Atlanta are using the technique for cap*
turing stray dogs, those suspected of having rabies. So far, it
has worked fine.
But its biggest contribution, as far as the sportsmen of the
state are concerned, has been toward disbursing and increasing
the deer population.
Deer captured by Commission trappers are used to establish
more game management areas where controlled hunts will be held
in years to come. And areas where deer were once as scarce as
hen’s teeth now teem with them due to restocking and management.
Primitive tribes of South America and Africa didn’t know
it at the time hut they have made a sound contribution to game
management, particularly of deer in Georgia. 9
In the past four years, over 500 deer have been captured, doc
tored and restocked. The results have been encouraging. Each year
the population trend has been upward and Georgia is rapidly reach
ing its potential as a deer state.
Seeds” before local, county, and
state groups. President of her 4-H
Club twice, Miss Lupo has par
ticipated in health, safety, citi
zenship, leadership, and public
speaking activities.
Tops in Homemaking
Nelda Pic-kern, 18, of Fortson
won the state award in 4-H Girls’
Home Economics and a trip to
the congress, provided by Mont
gomery Ward,
In eight 4-H years, Miss Piek
ern has compiled an Impressive
record with 1,400 quarts of can
ned goods, 2,600 frozen items, 148
garments, and 31 home improve
ments. She has given more than
200 demonstrations, principally
on canning, clothing and home
improvement.
Miss Piekern is now president
of the Willing Workers 4-H Club
and treasurer of the Muscogee
County 4-1 J Council.
Expert Seamstress
Jo Nan Freeman, 18, of 5109
LaVista Road, Tucker, was win
ner in the 4-H Clothing program.
She also was awarded a congress
trip by Coats & Clark.
Miss Freeman had only made a
few doll dresses when she de
cided to take clothing for her 4-H
project. Now she feels that she is
capable of tackling anything.
Last year she made her first for
mal, and it was so successful that
she made another one for this
year’s prom. Fifty yards of white
net and taffeta were used.
Miss Freeman has received
clothing achievement medals for
three years, as well as medals for
leadership, dress revue, and home
Nelda Picitern Jo Nan Freeman
economics. She has given demon
strations on dress designing and
construction at the "Miss Tuck
er” and “Miss Teenage Georgia"
contest.
She has been active as an offi
cer and committee member in
her district and DeKalb County
4-H Clubs. She is presently mu
joring in home economics at
North Georgia College.
These 4-H programs are con
ducted by the Cooperative Ex
tension Service.
The young people of the present era, we aie
happy to report, are doing quite well despite the
fear of the older generation which remembers
its childhood.
Criticism of government officials is not al
ways to be condemned, but when one becomes a
perpetual critic, nobody should pay any atten
tion to his grumbling.
Pcop! 2, Spcis in ihoNcv"*
elephant at London circus \v
is obviously impressed as v '
he peeks at his folks' act. 1
Ft Victor ilitrns
/ Ip' . •'< - Schenley Industries ponders some
f -Jw- -of 37.495 tax returns federal,
# 1@; ? state and local company made
for 1958. an average of 150 every
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' NETTED in sun-soaked hammock instead of jungle vines,
I statuesque Irish McCalla vacations in Havana from her
I duties as "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.”
Queen Salutes Wife
Whether the farm homemaker is a better cook than her
urban counterpart is one of those questions interesting to
discuss but impossible to resolve.
But many a visiting city cousin who has feasted at a farm
table will admit that there’s a lot to be said in favor of
the farm wife.
Even statistics support the
belief that there’s no cook
ing like farm cooking.
'Like the city homemaker,
the average farm wife will
plan and prepare more than
55,000 meals in her lifetime.
But the extra demands on
the farm homemaker over
and above the regular three
meals a day are further
fodder in her behalf.
A recent survey' showed
that the little woman on the
farm is called on to:
1. Feed unexpected guests
like county agents, cattle
buyers and veterinarians
more than once a week.
2. Feed an average of
seven invited guests a week.
3. Take food to community
parties or supper an average
of 15 times a year.
In any event, General
Mills’ Larro Feed division
and Betty Crocker feel the
nation’s some million
farm wives deserve a special
salute and an opportunity to
share 'with other home
makers exainpies of their
Thursday, January 29, 1959.
farm product-farm kitchen
cookery.
A national, farm kitchen
recipe round-up open only to
those owning or living on a
farm or ranch will offer
$17,000 in prizes for the best
recipes prepared from farm,
products in seven categories: ]
chicken, turkey, dairy prod
ucts, pork, eggs, beef and
lamb.
Another aim is to empha
size to rural people the part
that processors of farm prod
ucts are playing to help the
farmer sell a lot of the <hings
he produces.
Minneapolis Aquatennial
Qugen Sharon Bigalke dram
atizes the event in the pic
ture above by posing with
some of her barnyard friends.
Queen Sharon will wel
come the seven top winners
to Minneapolis during a two
day visit at Aquatennial time
next July.
The round-up will last for
2 months starting February 1,
1959. Entry blanks are avail
able at most feed dealers.