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Cumming, Georgia.
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
EMTAHMSHED 1908
Circulation over Forsyth, Fulton. Cherokee, Dawson, Lumpkin,
Hall and Qwtnnett Counties
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Published Every Thursday at Cumming, Georgia
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY
AND CITY OF CUMMING
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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DULLES’ CONTRIBUTION
There is no delaying the fact -as President
Eisenhower stated in a recent press conference
that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has
rendered an outstanding service to his country
in the past six years.
No editor probably agrees with everything
Secretary Dulles has done in this period - per
haps they have reservaions about our dealings
with Egypt. But the fact remains, and it is a
fact, that Dulles has stood up to the Communists
firmly, and in recent years there certainly has
been no vacillation on our policy toward summit
meetings, eßrlin, trade with Russia, and general
foreign policy regarding Moscow.
There are people, of course, like George Ken
nan, an acknowledged expert in the Russian
field, who have disagreed with the State De
partment on its dealings with the Soviet Union.
There may be points on which Kennan is partly
right. But we suspect that Kennan has been in
Russia too long, and has been at least partially
infected by some facets of Russian propaganda.
Dulles, on the other hand, has been the Rock
of Bibraltar -with Great Britain, France and
other Western allies, who have, at times, been
tempted by Soviet duplicity and propaganda,
to waver on the firm front Dulles advocates in
dealing with Russia.
Thus Secretary of State Dulles has probably
rendered his greatest service in standing up to
all false propaganda and promises of Russian
officials. Sometimes he has seemed too uncom
promising, but in the end, looking back over
his decisions, they have proved sound in the
great majority of cases.
A WORTHWHILE TIP TO CITIES
Cities and towns, all over the United States,
are competing in a feverish race for size, and
the chief goal of many communities, it seems,
is the persuading of industries to settle within
their gates.
Civic organizations give most of their time
and thought to the concoction of “dope” which
they hope will persuade somebody to come in
and build up their municipality for them. Much
effort along this line is inevitably wasted.
It may be a rather revolutionary idea, but we
wonder if the people of any sizable city have
ever tried giving their time and attention to the
development of the “best place” in the world
for a family to live. There are in GUMMING
enough people to get together and make this
twon attractive to the home-builder. Properly
coordinated local effort can make CUM MING
ideal in appointments for the proper education
and development of children, which, we submit,
ought to be considered a real asset.
IS YOUR HOME DANGEROUS?
We have called attention many times to the
danger that lurks in the average American
home, pointing out that statistics show that
about half of all the accidental deaths in the
nation are due to mishaps within the home.
One survey of a large city reveals that more
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than half of such deaths are caused by falls.
Analysis reveals that nearly half of the falls
occurred on the same level, more than one-third
of them on stairs, and about one-sixth from one
level to a lower level.
The safety experts suggest that the number
of accidents caused by tripping over objects
and rugs on floors is of such size as to suggest
caution in every home. Moreover, the need for
well-lighted stairways is important, and every
one should exercise care and patience in using
stairs.
We call these facts to the attention of the
residents of FORSYTH COUNTY in the hope
that we may help prevent accidents in the home.
It will take only a few minutes to look over your
home and eliminate some of the accident haz
ards. Parents who do this may save their chil
dren from suffering and themselves from un
necessarymeddical expenses. In addition, they
may save their own lives.
IKE’S JETS DUE
The Air Force will deliver President Eisen
hower anew jet transport in latte April. It will
be a Boeing 707 jet, of the same type which has
been used recently by Pan American and the
American Airlines.
The 707 will be the first jet transport the
President has had at his disposal, and he will
get two others, in the spring and summer, for
other executive purposes. The first jet, to be
delivered in April, will probably not be ready
for use until June, because of tests and finishing.
After delivery, the President will then have
plenty of automobiles, a helicopter, a jet trans
port, a fine four-engine propeller transport, a
yacht, and other means by which to travel.
As far as we are concerned, we hope the next
jet going to the White House gang goes to Se
cretary of State John Fostter Dulles. The
amount of travelling he is doing, and has done,
makes a jet of dire necessity tto this hard-work
ing Secretary of State.
In acquiring jets, the top executive official
of the U. S. government is still far behind his
Russian counterpart, Nikita Khrushchev. Khru
shchev has been travelling m jets for years, as
have Soviet air travelers, for this is a field in
which U. S. industry has lagged - compared
to Russia. „
We are glad to see President Eisenhower
about to receive his jet. If he goes to Russia,
and there may be little chance of this, he cer
tainly should travel in first-clas sstyle. It is
almost like the old days, and the competition
about the fastest gun, except today the com
petition involves leaders of countries and the
fastest aircraft.
CASTRO TAKES OVER
It is time to take a second dlook at Fidel
Castro - the new boss' in Cuba. While the af
fairs are not as all-important as some newspaper
headlines lead the reader to believe the behavior
of Castro and the rebels has been of great
interest. .
When Castro forces rounted Dictator Batista
in January, it took the world by surprise. Many
thought the rebel forces had a chance, but they
did not expect them to win out so soon. There
is evidence to indicate that Castro himself was
surprised by the suddenness of the fall of the
government.
In the immediate reaction Castro stepped
aside and did not seek to become Premier or
President. He was then termed the most un
selfish leader in history - or one of them -but
it appears that he has taken a second look, or
thought, himself, and figured that - since he
led the fight to take over, he might as well sit
in the driver’s seat.
Of course, he has really been in the driver’s
seat all along, for he controlled the revolution
ary army that overthrew the government. But
now that he has been made Premier, he has the
power, officially and legally. Maybe it will
make him salm down to the extent of slowing
up or stopping the executions which have been
giving the new Cuban Government a bad name.
Castro could be a dangerous ruler. He is
young, and while many of the world’s greatest
leaders have been young men, if Castro does
not demonstrate maturity and restraint, his gov
ernment might become shot through with some
of the same vices and evcesses that plagued
Cuba under Batista.
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CUMMING, GEORGIA
The people of the world, unlike Gaul, are
divided into only two parts; those who want
publicity yand those who get it.
What has become of the man who planned,
ten years ago, to work hard, save his money
and then take a long vacation?
To increase your business you have to per
suade other people, not yourself; newspaper
advertising is a great persuader.
EFFICIENT FEEDING
amd LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT
By Dr. Gustav Bohstedt
Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry
University of Wisconsin \
Block Salt Versus Loose Salt c
I have frequently been ques
tioned about the merit of block
salt, and whether one can de
pend on dairy cattle getting
enough salt from licking salt
b! icks.
In answer it may be said
that milking cows do not con
sume enough salt that way to
satisfy the Babcock specifica
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three
tenths of an Dr. Bohstedt
ounce of salt
for every 10 pounds of milk
produced.
This means that a cow
weighing about 1100 pounds
and producing 40 pounds of
milk daily should consume 2
ounces of salt per day for best
results.
But in recent Cornell Uni
versity tests it was shown that
while cows and heifers ate
considerably more loose salt
than they did block salt, they
seemed to get along all right
on the block salt. The experi
menters concluded that dairy
cattle “will consume all they
need from block salt.”
In an open meeting at which
Professor F. B. Morrison pre
sented these findings, if was
brought out that the Cornell
tests with block salt were con
ducted in the summer time,
with cows and heifers on pas
ture. Milking cows under these
conditions consumed voluntari
ly a litile over two ounces of
- salt as compared to the
i consuming about one ounce
■ cn-'h'f test of the same
, dairy heifers on a
Thursday, February 26, 1959.
variety of different pastures
“showed an over-whelming
preference for loose salt. The
average intake approximated
one ounce of loose salt as com
pared to 0.07 ounce of the
block salt per head daily,” or
only one-fourteenth the amount
consumed as loose salt.
This raises the question
whether under all conditions,
such as during northern win
ters, with block salt as the only
source of salt, perhaps located
outdoors, and in subzero weath
er, the blocks would be licked
readily enough to satisfy the
salt needs of the cattle.
Many of us recall from our
early youth the horrible ex
perience of being enticed to lick
a metal doorknob in freezing
weather. Licking a salt block
may not be as bad, but one
cannot help agreeing with Pro
fessor Morrison when at the
time of the meeting he said, “It
is a good plan to have one per
cent salt in the grain mixture
and a salt block in the stall or
stanchion or anywhere, or loose
salt, either one.” In this way,
with block salt fed merely in
a supplementary way for dairy
cattle, we are far more certain
that the cows will not be short
changed in this essential min
eral.
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Question: Why is it that fall
pasture never seems as palat
able or nutritious as spring
pasture? Has it something to
do with the temperature?
Anttcen Somewhat, but mere
with the length of the days and
brilliance of sunshine in the
spring. This favors the process
of photosynthesis of sugars and
other nutrients. It was found
at the Ohio Station that grass
growing in the shade, for in
stance, as in a woods pasture,
had less sugar in it and was
jess palatable than grass grow
ing in the open where it was
much more exposed to the sun.