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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 .* 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 and |f|| •c c J&, JIL JL t - H 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 ' ' 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.