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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 f' .j-... •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