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Volume 50.
Rock Eagle Adds
Nature Trail As
New Attraction
Walking along a newly complet
ed nature trail, which winds along
creeks, valleys, and hills, and which
has over 100 varieties of trees,
shrubs, and floyers, marked with
signs for identification, will be a
new thrill for adults and 4-H’ers
attending meetings or on weekend
retreats this year at the Rock
Eagle 4-H Center, near Eatonton.
Dogwood, Redbud, Flowering j
Crabapple, Azales, Sweetshrub, |
Holly, Mountain Laurel, Hyrangea,
Rhododendron, and Grancygrey
beard are just a few of the plants
to be seen on the trail. Extension
Landscape Specialist T. G. Williams
says many o fthe flowers and
shrubs along the trail grow native
in the area. Others were obtained
from different parts of Georgia
and transplanted.
Four-H’ers who attend camp at
the Center this year can plan to
take wildlife and nature study
classes in which the rtail will be
used, according to State 4-H Leader
Tommy Walton. Two classroom
areas have been prepared on the
trail for this purpose.
Another new attraction at the
Center, only a few paces off the
nature trail, is a beaver dam.
Frank W. Fitch. .Tr.. Extension bio
logst, says seven beaver dams have
been built on the 4-H Reserve. One
is about 50 yards long. About 15
beavers are living in the area.
Quail, muskrats, raccoon, foxes,
rabbits, snakes, deer, and a few
other wildlife species also are
found in the area. Food patches
are prepared for the wildlife, and
Fitch says when these are in full
growth about 20 deer will live on
the 4-H Reserve, which covers
1,276 acres.
One thousand acres at the Center
are in timber, and to keep it in
top condition Extension foresters
have begun a management program
of thinning and improvement cut
tings and a full harvest cutting
every ten years. About four-fifths
of this land is in pine. The other
is in hardwoods.
Dorsey Dyer, Extension forester,
reports the present rate of growth
of the timber is increasing its value
about sl6 per acre each year. At
present there are 5.360,450 board
feet of sawtimber on the area and
3.650 cords of pine pulpwood. By
1969 the sawtimber volume is ex
pected to reach 10 000,000 board
feet.
A Christmas tree plantation is
included in the forest management
program. About eight acres are
planted in Arizona sypress and red
cedar. Extension foresters plan to
harvest and sell the mature trees
each year. Money received for the
Christmas trees and the timber
will be reinvested in the forest
management and other activities
of the 4-H Center.
A pecan orchard on the 4-H land
will interest many farmers, states
Extension horticulturist, Ray Liv
ingston. The orchard will test var
ious tyes of pecan trees in this
part of the country. Livingston
says about 150 trees will be planted
There will be two each of 15 nam
ed varieties, and two each of 60
seedlings being collected from var
ious parts of the Southeast.
DAY CAMP NEWS
The Kiwanis Club and P. T. A.
have agreed to run the Day Camp
again this year. The P. T. A. wiii
handle Pre-school children and the
larger children will have about the
same program. The camo will open
on June 15th and end 26th of June
We expect to have the best swim
ming course to date. Roger Shad
burn and Jane Carroll have had
special training in college, on how
to teach, so all campers should
benefit.
Special help will be given small
boys in baseball, who are going to
play in the New Pony League this
summer.
Please include Camp in your
Summer program. We hope to
have one of our best camps. All
the details will be announced later.
The English word, cotton, came
from the Arabic word, Qutun or
Kutun, according to D, L. Branyon
agronomist-cotton.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON, CHICRO RICE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN. HAM. AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
CtTMMINQ :METHODIST NEWS
Sunday, May 24th, will be Mem
bership Sunday in the Cumming
Methodist Church. It will be ob
served by the local congregation
recalling the Condition, Purposes,
and General Rules of the Church.
During the service there will be
a ROLL CALL for every member
of the church.
Part 111 of the church-wide study ■
course on “Methodism in Alaska j
and Hawaii” will be given Wed- j
nesday night, at 7:30.
The Cumming Methodist Church |
wishes to congratulate every grad
uate of the Elementary and the I
High Schools upon their successful
completion of the required subjects ;
and desires for them continued suc
cess throughout their lives.
The Methodist eMn’s Club will
meet Tuesday night, May 26th, at
7:00 for their supper meeting.
107 Students At
Reinhardt College To
Deceive Letter Aw r ards
WALESK \, GA„ May 12. \
total of 107 Reinhardt College stud
ents will receive letter awards at
the annual Honors Day ceremony
[ Friday, May 22. At Reinhardt
awards are given for scholarship,
music, debating, drama, and journa
lism, as well as athletics.
Speaker for the occasion is a
Reinhardt alumnus, the Rev. J.
Sanford McDonald, pastor cf the
First Methodist Church of War
renton. Everyone is invited to at
tend the program in the College
Chapel at 11 a. m.
The Reverend McDonald, a native
of Pendergrass, Georgia, a gradu
ate of Jefferson High School, and
an Army veteran, graduated from
Reinhardt in 1948. After receiving
his A. B. degree from the Univer
sity of Georgia and his B, D. de
gree from the Candler School of
Theology, Emory University, he be
came a full-time pastor in the
North Georgia Conference of the
Methodist Church. Prior to going
to Warrenton he served as pastor
of the Tate and Jasper Methodist
Churches. He is secretary of the
North Georgia Conference Town
and Countrv Commission and is
active in young people's work.
Married to the former Miss Sara
DeFreese of Hiram, he has two
daughters, Brenda, 4, and Donna 3.
Gumming College
Students At North
Georgia College Cited
Two NGC students from Cum
ming were cited for outstanding
scholastic achievement during an
Honors Day Program in the col
lege auditorium last week. They
were Mattie Sue Worley and Char
les Nicholas. Students honored
made a “B” average for both Fall
and Winter Quarter while carrying
a normal class load.
Miss Worley is a Sophomore at
North Georgia and is active in the
Women’s Recreation Association,
she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Redgor R. Worley of Route 3,
Cumming.
Mr. Nicholas received special re
cognition for making an “A” aver
age in all academic subjects during
the Fall and Winter Quarters. He
graduated at the end of Winter
Qurter from North Georgia where
he had been a member of the Nu
Gamma Scholastic Honor Society,
recipient of the Public Speaking
Award, listed in Who’s Who
Among Students in American Uni
versities and Colleges, recipient of
the Forensic Senate Award, and
President of the Phi Alpha Theta
Honorary History Society. He is
married to the former Miss Eliza
zeth Cooper, and they reside on
Roue 1, Cumming.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, May 21, 1959.
Woodys Of Fannin
Win Grazing Honor
In North Gco/gia
Foy and Troy Woody, Fannin
county beef cattle growers, this
week were named top winner
among the 18 north Georgia county
entries in this year's Georgia Graz
ing System and Feed Production
program, by 11. E. Chastain, Ex
tension district agent.
The Woodys have a 325-acre
farm with 24 acres in cropland and
74 acres in Fescue, orchard grass
and white clover pastures, accord
ing to E. M. Jordan, Fanning coun
ty agent. These pastures are fer
tilized with 500 pounds of 412 12
fertilizer and 33 pounds of nitro
gen per acre each year.
For winter grazing the Woody
farm has oats, rye grass and Crim
son clover which is fertilized with
500 pounds of 4—12—12 fertilizer
and 66 pounds of nitrogen per acre
The statewide Grazing System
and Feed Production program is
conducted annually by the Agri
cultural Extension Service, Univer
sity of Georgia College of Agricul
ture. It is sponsored by tha Geor
gia Plant Food Educational So
ciety. The program’s purpose, ac
cording to Extension Agronomist
J. R. Johnson, is to recognize
those farmers who have done sup
erior jobs of establishing and main
tainiug good grazing systems and
feed production programs.
This progiam is spear-heading
the Extension agronomy work
throughout Tie state to increased
acreages in feed crops and higher
I production per acre, according to
Charles P- O’Kelley, Extension ag
ricultural leader. Asa result, ade
quate fertilization liming and use
of efficient pastures and feed pro
• ducing plants are being used by
' leading farmers in the state.
Ranger, Edward L. Wright
Undersirable or cull hardwood is
one of Forsyth County’s greatest
forestry problems. This does not
mean all hardwood areas but in
cludes those logged out or burned
over areas where trees can never
be expected to yield number two
common lumber or better, where
culls have been left to occupy the
land. Shade from these culls keep
better formed pines or hardwoods
from developing.
Aerial spraying contracts for
control of hardwood invasion of
pine sites are being accepted for
the next few days where it is ad
visable to use this method. The
minimum acreage that can be
sprayed is 20 acres, and the maxi
mum 400 acres. The cost is $B.OO
per acre. The ground crew method
will be advisable on small tracts,
which make up a larger percentage
of the areas in Forsyth County.
This is done by spraying the base
of the tree. I will be glad to de
monstrate proper techniques for
anyone wanting to use this method.
Land in cull hardwood is com
pletely unproductive, therefore par
ticipation in weed tree control is
a future source of sound econo
mics for Forsyth County.
For further information come by
the forestry unit on Canton high
way or call Tu. 7 —2950.
PONY LEAGUE
BASEBALL
A four team league is being
organized in Cumming to play
Fony League ball this summer.
Any boy in the county, who wants
to play, please contact D. B. Car
roll immediately. If you have al
ready signed, disregard this notice.
Any boy who will not be fifteen
before August Ist is eligible in this
county.
The Kiwanis Club is sponsoring
and some good managers have
been chosen to teach basebabll and
citizzenship. The schedule will be
announced later, so come out boys
and have lots of fun and learn lots
of baseball too.
Truman declines invitation to
White House.
WITH YOUR
COUNTY AGENT
Walter 11. Itucker
Georgia's various wood using in
dustries offer Forsth County forest
owners diverse and profitable mar
kets for almost any size and quali
ty of product. The development of
these industries depends upon the
development of our timber resour
ces.
Economist predict that within
the next 20 years our sawlimber
requirements will increase by 30
percent, pulpwood by 130 percent,
and other forest products by 50
percent. To meet these increased
demands, we must begin now to
bring our timber lands to full pro
duction. The latest U. S. Forest
Service survey shows that our al
most 90,000 acres of present tim
ber land is producing at less than
half its capacity.
Small land owners should begin
now to apply Georgia’s six step
program of (1) prevention and con
trol of fires, (2) reforestation of
idle land, (3) timber stand improve
ment, (4) diversified utilization,
(5) good harvesting practices, and
(6) wise selling practices.
Many of our acres of forest land
here in Forsyth County falls far
short of bringing in maximum re
turns in dollars. One of our big
gest problems is land on which
cull trees are growing and which
prevent any young marketable
trees from coming through.
This is not a problem which can
be licked overnight but the battle
can easily be won by making some
definite plans to cut or kill these
trees and. where necessary, plant
some young trees that can be sold
in the years ahead.
Cutting only cull trees for fire
wood is one good way to get rid of
some of the bad trees, while others
can,be poisoned rather cheaply.
By meeting the demands for tim
her, we can double our income
from forestry. Further information
on forest management can be ob
tained at the offices of the various
Agricultural Agencies.
BASKET BALL
The Spring basketball practice
has ended with much improvement
being made bv the placers.
Carolyn Holbrook. Shirley Whi't.
and Joy Housley have shown mark
ed improvement. Flbie Welch. Jan
et Henderson. Carolvn Pulliam,
Betty Swartwoed. Helen Gilbert.
Diane Tallent, Linda Hughes. Betty
Perry, Regina Hughes, Martha
Samples and Opal Mundav will be
ready, come November 7th to lend
a hand. We do not promise another
State Champion, but these folks
will make an interesting team.
The boys did not get to work
as long, but should have an inter
esting team too. David Thompson
6—2 will probably be the Center.
Sam Carroll. Ronnie Roper, James
Hammond. Charles Goff and J. W.
Trammel should compose most of
the starters, with lots of help from
Horace Johnson and Jim Benefield.
FORSYTH COUNT AIN
WINS AWARD
At a special Ceremony held in
Cumming, Georgia, May 12, 1959,
Miss Barbara Brannon .Chief Clerk
of the Forsyth ASC County Office
was presented a Certificate of Ap
preciation and an Award of $50.00
cash. The Certification of Appre
ciation was approved by the State
Office Incentive Awards Commit
tee and signed by Mr. John F.
Bradley, State Administrative Offi
cer.
The Presentation was made by
Mr. J. E. Dallas, Wieldman of Dis
trict No. 11, which Forsyth County
is a part of. Mr. Edsel Martin is
Office Manager of the Forsyth
County Office.
We extend our congratulations to
Miss Brannon on this accomplish
ment. Her suggestion for work
improvement provides for anew
record keeping method which saves
time in prep-’rinv th° ACY Per
formance and CMS Progress Re
port.
The predator is probably a fox
if several ch'"kcr>s ar° killed each
night and partially buried, declares
Dewev McNiece, poultryman. Ag
ricultural Extension Service.
County Population 15,000.
M iss Lurline Collier To
Conduct Work Shop
Here On June 8
The Garden Club Council of
Cumming will sponsor a flower
arranging workshop in the base
ment of the Methodist Church.
Miss Lurline Collier will bo the
instructor on June 3, 1959 (Wed
nesday) from 1:00 o'clock until
4:00 o’clock. P. M. There will be
a charge of $2.00 per person.
This workshop is for beginners
as well as advanced arrangers.
Anyone interested in attending
should contact the president of one
of the Garden Clubs to get a list
of materials needed.
Nitrogen Lack
Reduces Yield
Of Coastal Grass
Coastal Bermuda grass, bred and
developed by Dr. Glenn W, Burton
of the Coastal Plain Experiment
Station near Tifton, has been the
key to the rapid development of a
healthy livestock industry in Geor
gia, but many farmers are not
utilizing Coastal Bermuda to its
full capacity.
That’s the opinion of P. J. Ber
geaux, Extension agronomist for
the University of Georgia College
of Agriculture. Coastal Bermuda is
a hybrid plant, Bergeaux points
out, and, therefore, has hybrid
vigor and responds to hgh rates of
fertilizer, particularly nitrogen.
The average amount of nitrogen
used on Coastal Bermuda pastures
in the state is about 25 pounds of
actual nitrogen per acre, says Bcr
geaux. Research shows that it pays
to use as much as 200 pounds of
nitrogen per acre on Coastal. Re
cent research conducted by Agro
nomists J. L. Stephens and W. H.
Marchant of the Coastal Plain Ex
periment Station shows the follow
ing results:
With 50 pounds of nitrogen per
acre average beef gains over a
seven-year period were 256 pounds
per acre. When 200 pounds of nilro
gen were applied the average per
acre beef gain was increased to
620 pounds. This is an increase of
364 pounds of beef for 150 pounds
of nitrogen or about 2.5 pounds of
beef gain for every pound of nitre:
gen anplied. Bergeaux points out
that this is a good return 53.50
for every dollar invested in addi
tional fertilizer and nitrogen.
The agronomist savs that Coasta'
Bermuda is a versatile grass, hardy
and drought resistant, which, when
managed properlv will provide graz
ing from April through September.
Some farmers are extending this
grazing season even longer by sod
seeding Coastal Bermuda fileds
with oats or rye.
grass management. Bergeaux says,
The key to Coastal Bermuda
is anplication of adequate rates of
: fertilizer, especilly nitrogen. Dr.
Dr. Burton recommends all 2
ratio of nitrogen, phosphorus and
potassium on Coastal. This means
that for every 100 pounds of nitro
gen 25 pounds of phosphorus and
50 pounds of potassium should be
, applied.
Bergeaux points out that the
ibest way to determine lime and
fertilizer needs of Coastal Bermuda
is by soil tests. General fertilization
recommendations are 400 to 600
pounds of o—lo—2o or 5—10—15
fertilizer per acre plus 100 to 200
pounds of nitrogen.
Mixed fertilizer should be ap
plied tn early spring and the nitro
gen in split applications—the first
in early spring when growth be
gins and the second in mid July.
COMMUNION DAY AT COAL MT.
BAPTIST CHURCH, MAY 24TH.
Sunday May 24th is Communion
Day at Coal Mountain Baptist
Church. All Sister Churches are
’cordially invited to come and be
Iwith us.
Due to certain existing conditions
there will not be any service in
the afternoon.
Too short a feeding period is a
common mistake that is made in
a 4-H Club steer feeding project,
according to Ralph Williams, ani
mal husbandman, Agricultural Ex
tension Service.
Number 21.
Russian Language
! Will Me Taught At
INGC This Summer
A course in the Russian Lan|w~
(age will be among the 68 courses
offered by North Georgia College-
I this summer, according to Dcaa
| Will D. Young. Courses will fee
j offered in the fields of Art, flo
' logy, Business Administration.
I Chemistry, Education, English, His
|tory, Home Economics, Math,
■sic, Physical Education, Physrs*
[ Political Science, Psychology, ani
I Sociology.
The North Georgia College Sum
mer School will be divided into tw
; sessions: the first session lasting
from June 15 to July 24 and the
second session from July 27 te>
August 14. Students may enroll
for two courses during the first
session and one during the second
and all courses carry full academir
credit.
Summer School students are re
quired to submit their applications
on or before May 25 for first
session and on or before July I
for second session.
Soil Conservation
District News
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•TAMES T COOTS
SOU, CONSERVATION 2KRVW9B
SCS technicians have staked an
area for tile drainage on the Dr.
Robert Dunn home farm The ASC
County Committee is cost-sharinjr
with Dr. Dunn on this tile drainage
job.
Fish received by lake owners
last week were from the US Fish
and Wildlife Service in cooperation
with the Upper Chattahoochee Rhr
er Soil Conservation District.
Francis Storza near Brookwo©*?
Church recently planted 15 arres
of Coastal Bermuda grass. To date
a to'al of 105 acres of the grass
his been planted in the county
this spring.
Eleven 247 Referrals have been
received from the ASC County
Commi'lee bv the Soil Conserva
tion Service for technical determi
nations. These referrals are for
ACP practices for which the SOI
has responsibility for technical
phases of applying these practices.
SCS responsibility includes A
finding as to whether or not the
practice is needed and practical on
the farm. Necessary site selection,
other preliminary work, and layout
of the practice. Necessary super
vision of the installation. Necessary
checking and certification of per
formance.
A. S. C. NEWS
The Forsyth ASC County Office
has begun cotton performance. In
the next few days a field reportrr
will visit cotton farms to determine
performance. If you have cotton
planted, you should plan to avail
able to show the reporter the
acreage you have planted to cotton.
If you work away from home or
do not plan to be there, please
authorize someone to go with the
reporter to check your cotton acre
age.
The County Office mailed each
cotton producer a card to report
the acreage of cotton planted on
the farm. If you have failed Te
report your cotton acreage on this
card, please do so immediately.
HOMECOMING A- COMMUNION
AT ROANOKE SUNDAY, MAY 24
Sunday May 24 is our Home
Coming and Communion Day at
'Roanoke Bartist Church.
There will be Preaching and
Communion in the morning and
Singing in the afternoon.
All Sister chird"- are cordially
invited along with the general pub
lic.
EARLY DAY, Pastor