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Volume 50.
Research Shows
Covering Azaleas
Can Harm Plants
Considerable damage can occur
if azalea plants are covered during
the winter, even for only a few
days.
That is one conclusion drawn by
Gerald Smith, horticulturist, AES,
after completing some research
as part of the requirements for a
Master’s degree recently.
Materials such as boxes, plastic
bags, and various other fabrics are
sometime ued to cover valuable
ornamental plants during cold
spells. The objective of the work
was to find out if these materials
are detrimental if left over plants
for extended periods of time.
Three year old azalea plants
which were grown outside in a slat
house were selected as test plants
by Smith. He conducted tests dur
ing February and March, 19V).
Some of the plants were covered
with clear polyethylene plastic,
others with black polyethylene
plastic and still others with alumi
num painted boxes. The covers
were used to similate a variety of
light and temperature conditions.
Plants were covered for periods
varying front three days to 28
dajs. Freezing conditions were ac
complished by means of a portable
cold chamber which was placed
over the plants without any dis
turbance to the root system.
Smith made temperature read
ings each day for a perio-d of six
weeks at 8 o’clock in the morning,
at noorr and at 5 p. m.
No difference was noted between
the covered and no-covered plants
as far as leaf injury was concerned
“It was necessary to use very
low freezing temperatures to ob
tain cold injury to the flower buds
and this resulted in severe leaf
injury on all plants,” Smith ex
plained.
“A striking difference was noted
n the percentage of flower buds
killed however,” Smith pointed out.
He reported an average o f all the
tests showed 62 percent verekilled
on plants covered by black plastic.
51 percent under clear plastic, 48
percent under the boxes, and only
15 percent were killed on the non
covered plants.
Damage increased according to
the length of coverage time, the
horticulturist said. Even three days
of covering caused damage One
week caused considerably more in-,
jury. In this test 30 percent of the
flower buds under black plastic
were killed, 35 percent under clear
plastic, 17 percent under cardboard
boxes, and only one percent on
the non-coveped plants.
Considerably less variation, in air
temperature occurred than was ex
pected due to the cover materials.
Smith declared. The greatest dif
fenrence occurred at noon when
the temperature under the clear
plastic was on an average four
degrees higher than the outside
temperature, the black plastic
three degrees higher and under the
cardboard box it was on degree
less than that of outside temper
ature.
“It it possible that other shrubs
would react in a similar fashion
to these covers.” Smith said. He
cautioned against leaving covers on
plants for extended lengths of time
“If covers are used at all they
should be removed during the day,”
Smith said.
Taxe* Take Fourth
Of All Earnings
ATLANTA, (GPS) So you think
you are well off financially. Well,
maybe so. But if you are an aver
age citizen, your tax bill amounts
to a little more than one-fourth of
your lifetime income.
That's what Raoul Archambauit
Jr., assistant director of the U. S
Budget Bureau said in Atlanta the
other day. A study of an average
taxpayer revealed he has a wife
and two'children, a low-priced car,
mortgaged home, and an annual
Income of $5,183.71. He’s 29 years
old.
"This fellow, from 29 to retire
ment at 65, will have to round up
$47,221.18 in various taxes, not in
cluding state income tax, Archam
bauit said. _, v
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF IOBBYTH COUNTY * CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON, CHKRO WEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HAIL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Corn Shows Value
White Countain’s
Of Weed Control
Frank Black of White county has
demonstrated that chemical weed
control fits in well with other good
corn production practices, accord
ing to Kenneth Chambers, county
agent.
The 30 acres of corn were spray
ed with one-half pound of 2, 4-D
acid equivalent per acre in 12 to
15 gallons of water. Mr. Black left
a check plot so his neighbors could
see the difference. Borning glories,
cockleburs and ragweeds thrived
in the check plot.
The corn was cultivated twice.
The sprayed area was almost com
pletely free of weeds, making mech
anical harvesting easy.
This White county farmer plant
ed Dixie 22 and Dixie 29 corn on
well prepared land which had re
ceived a heavy application of chick
en litter. He used 400 pounds of
4—12—12 fertilizer at planting and
side dressed with 50 pounds of
nitrogen per acre.
Mr. Black made 75 bushels her
acre. He estimates he increased his
yield 10 bushels per acre by using
chejnical weed control. Since the
spraying cost only S3O Mr. Black
feels it was a good investment.
White county farmers have four
sprayers and plan to obtain four
more, according to Mr. Chambers.
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Forester Tells How To
Plant Trees That Live
Planting a tree is a simple act
of faith in the future which is
practiced by thousands of Georgia
landowners each fall and winter.
To help these tree planters, espec
ially beginners, to “reap” living
trees instead of dead seedlings
Forester G. D. Walker of the AES
this week offered a few simple
rules for successful tree planting
Walker listed improper, or care
less, handling of seedlings and
planting too shallow as two major
mistakes of unsuccessful tree
planters.
"Probably the main reason for
poor survival is improper, or rare
less, handling of seedlings,” the
Extension forester for the College
of Agriculture declared. He explain
ed that seedlings have tiny hair
roots which can easily be killed by
just a few minutes of exposure,
especially in wind or sunshine.
“Once these hair roots have been
j killed the seedling has two strikes
I against it before it even reaches
•the ground.”
To avoid exposure Walker recom
mended keeping seedlings in a con
tainer of moist material such as
soupy mud, or water, until ready
to plant.
The best way to avoid mistake
No 2—planting too shallow—said
Walker Is to place the seedling at
least as deeply, or a little deeper
than it grew at the nursery.
| “Be sure you have the roots in
a vertical position, avoid crooks in
the seedling and make sure the soil
is packed firmly around the roots,”
he suggested.
With more than a million acres
of idle land in Georgia, Walker
said many more Georgians should
be planting trees. He suggested
that owners of unproductive land
consider putiing it back into pro
duction by planting it to forest
tree seedlings. Reforestation of idle
land is one of the six steps of good
forestry management emphasized
in the forestry educational program
of the Extension Service.
Walker said that plenty of seed
lings are available this year, any
one interested in obtaining seed
lings should place his order thru
either his county agent or county
ranger. Orders can be placed dir
ectly with the Georgia Forestry
Commission, Box 1183, Macon, Ga.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
There will be a Cake Walk at
the Brandywine Community Club
house on Saturday, December sth,
beginning at 7:30 P. M. Proceeds
will be for benefit of the Club. The
public is cordially invited.
Ben-Gurlon’s party takes lead
,in Israel.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Dec., 3, 1959.
Talmadge Makes
Plea For Atlanta
ATLANTA, (GPS) Georgia’s U. S.
Senator Herman E. Talmadge is
urging Uncle Sam to select Atlanta
for an income tax processing cen
ter. It is, he reasons, the most |
logical site because it is the com- j
munications center of the South.
Atlanta is among several cities
under consideration for a South
eastern electronic center for the
processing of tax returns, Senator
Talmadge made his plea for the
for the Georgia capital in a letter
to Dana Latham, internal Revenue
Commissioner.
Atlanta, the senator contends,
would afford advantages not to be
found in any other Southern city
for operation of such a center. Of
fice space and trained personnel
are available In Atlanta, he said.
Senator Talmadge also has writ
ten Secretary of the Treasury An
derson requesting reconsideration
of a decision to close the Treasury’s
regional office in Atlanta next
June 30. He told Anderson that
other cities could not offer the
Treasury the advantages which At
lanta possesses.
Lockheed Plant News
As niimrods flocked to the fields
last week, officials of the Georgia
Nuclear Laboratory at Dawsonville
issued a reminder that hunting in
the fenced area surrounding the
Air Force facility is strictly for
bidden by federal regulations.
“It’s a matter ol safety,” said
Walter Johnosn, manager of the
facilities service department of the
laboratory. “Our men are constant
ly roaming the area in performance
of their checking and monitoring
duties. One could easily be acci
dently shot if hunting were per
mitted.”
The nuclear laboratory, which is
operated by Lockheed for the Air
Force, Is enclosed by a heavy wire
fence and conspicuously marked
with No Trespassing signs.
Mr. Johnson said he trusts that
hunter will understand why it is
necessary to forbid hunting on the
reservation and will co-operate in
the interest of safety.
Farm Loan Assn.
Names Fieldman
W. Sam Edwards has been nam
ed assistant secretary-treasurer and
fieldman of the Gainesville Nation
al Farm Loan Assn. The announce
ment was made by S. Kinningham.
general manager of the association.
Edwards, a native of Barrow
County and graduate of the Univer
sity of Georgia College of Agricul
ture, has served as county super
visor of Farmer’s Home Adminis
tration in Rome since 1949, making
and servicing loans to farmers in
Floyd and Gordon counties.
He and his wife, the former
Kathleen Aaronof Royston, have
one son and are members of the
Baptist Church.
The National Farm Loan Assn,
is a farmer-owned corporation and
a part of the Land Bankk System.
Long term leaps are made to
farmers and part-time farmers. In
his new job, Edwards will assist
in taking applications, making in
spections on loans and in the col
lection of loans.
Vandiver Sees
No New Georgia Laws
On Segregation
ATLANTA, (GPS) Regarding state
administration plans concerning
the ever-present segregation issue,
Governor Ernest Candiver said he
anticipates no new segregation le
gislation at the upcoming session
of the General Assembly.
The Vandiver administration, like
the two previous state administra
tions, reportedly is still banking on
school-closing and private school
laws already enacted by the Legis
lature as chief weapons in the in- !
tegration fight.
The Atlanta Board of Education
is under federal court order to I
submit a desegregation plan.
SOCIAL SECURITY
HEWS
If you are a self-employed busi
nessman or farmer, you realize
that you must keep good records
in order to make out proper social
security tax returns on your em
ployees. You need to have an exact
account of all wages paid, the full
name of the employee, and his
correct social security number. The
worker is then assured of social
security protection for himself and
his family.
But are you, the employer, watch
ing out as carefully for your own
social security protection? Each
year, all over the country, social
security offices are notified that
self-employed people in ther areas
have not put their own social se
curity numbers on their tax re
turns. Without the social security
number the self-employment in
come cannot be credited to Ihe
social security account of the per
son who has already paid for it.
Social security offices follow up
on all of these cases, but sometimes
either receive no reply or cannot
locate individuals who have chang
ed their addresses. The best solut
ion to this problem? Be sure to
enter your social security number
on your tax return. Keep as good
social security records for yourself,
and your family, as you keep for
your employees.
Another social security records
and benefit problem often concerns
the Dart-time or small-income self
employed person. He must file a
self-employment tax return for any
year that his net profit reaches or
exceeds S4OO. Although he may not
be liable for income tax on such a
small net, he nevertheless must file
an inpome tax return In order to
receive social security credit. Again
he must have good records to prove
that his net profit is at least S4OO.
Some of you may not have rea
lized that you should have filed
income tax returns for past years
In which you netted S4OO or more,
and have already missed social se
curity credits that you could other
wise have claimed. What should
be done?
Here is the answer. At the pres
ent time you can go back to 1956,
file tax returns, and get credit for
all the years beginning then. But
all years before 1956 that you fail
ed to report are lost to you so far
as social security credits are con
cerned. If you need further infor
mation, get in touch right awa/
with the nearest office of the So
cial Security Administration or the
Internal Revenue Service.
' Basket Ball News
F. C. H. S. PLAYS ROSWELL
The Roswell teams come to Cum
ming for the first Home games on
December 4th. Milton comes hero
on December Bth. These teams are
coming out of football and we do
not know their strength or ability.
They have always given us good
games, to good, sometimes.
Last week the Buford teams were
beaten on their court. Their girls
lost 31—51, with forwards Gilbert,
Whitt and Housley playing well
enough to win, most anywhere.
Guards Henderson, Pulliam and
Welch did an excellent job.
The local hovs were plaving their
best game of the seaason until
David Thompson went out on fouls
in the third quarter. David had 10
points when he retired by the foul
route. Russell Buice hit for 14
ooints and Sanie Carroll 17, James
Hammond 8. Charles Goff six and
Freddie Klein 4 in the 59-48 win
for the Forsyth hoys.
East Hall lost two games to the
locals on their court on November |
24. Helen Gilbert had 21 points, j
Shirley Whitt 12, Joy Housley 8, j
and Carolyn Holbrook 4 in the 45
22 win.
Their hoys lost 45—21, not being
able to hit the basket when oppor
tunities came our points were
j bunched pretty well together.
[James Hammond 3 points, Russell
Buice 8, David Thompson 11, Char- j
lies Goff 9. J. W. Trammell2 and
Sam Carroll 12.
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County Population 15,000. Number 49.
Future Growth Depend
On American Business
Ford Executive States j
ATLANTA—The future economic ,
growth of the nation will depend
largely on how imaginative and |
creative American business enter
price can be, an executive of Ford
Motor Company’s Ford Division •
said tonight. (
I
Charles R. Beaeham. company j
vice president and assistant gener- ;
al manager of Ford Division, said ;
goods consumption is the key j
growth factor and “we can fairly j
place upon business the primary i
responsibility for increasing con- j
sumption provided, of course, 1 hat
we create conditions that encourage |
business to do so.”
Mr. Beaeham made his remarks
before a gathering of some 300 J
prominent Atlanta and Georgia (
civic and community leaders al
tending a celebration of the 50th
anniversary of Ford in Atlanta.
He stated that there is no doubt !
of the nation’s economic "growth
potential’’ because of the solid
facts of a growing population and
a record of rising personal incomes.
“How far and how fast we go,” ■
he added, “depends largely on how
well all of us in business, in labor,!
in agriculture and in government
understand and accept the process
of economic growth in a private
enterprise economy.”
No economic group should try
to take out of the economy more
than it puts in, he said.
“When that rule is violated,” Mr.
Beaeham emphasized, “when we
try to increase incomes faster than
the growth in production and real
wealth, we create only distortion,
inflation and instability."
The only answer to increased
living standards and higher incom
es is increased total production of
goods and an increase in the
amount of goods produced per man
hour of work, he stated. To in
crease production, he said, con
sumption of goods must be increas
ed.
The Ford executive pointed out
that the problem of stimulating
! consumption is one of bringing to
the buying public significantly new
and different products, products
that are exciting and attractive,
products that represent greater
values for money spent, products
that contribute significantly to the
comfort and quality of life.
To achieve the best possible fu
ture growth, Mr. Beaeham 'con
cluded, “we are going to have to
make a national fetish of innova
tion and technological develop
ment.”
Health Department
News
by T. E. Nelms
The local healtli department wish
es to urge everyone to make a
careful checkup around homes,
poultry houses and barns for the
presence of wharf rats and mice.
All rats carry disease germs that
are dangerous.
As winter is coming on now they
are coming in from outdoors seek
ing food and shelter. While you
may notice signs maybe of only a
few rats now, three months from
now you may notice a large num
ber of rats because they do raise
ail through the winter and by
large numbers.
Don’t be afraid to put out poison
fearing that you may kill a dog
or cat. Any ybrand of poison con
taining warfarin is considered safe
to use around pets, but should al
ways he kept away from the reach
of children.
Keep bait before rats where signs
are seen or where they are doing
some damage until they cease to
eat it. You can tell when you have
killed out a colony of rats by mak
ing some cross marks in the feed.
I Poison is more effective when
some water is kept near by for
rats to drink. This keeps their
mouths moistened and they will
naturally seat more bait.
Remembebr a few rats can be
destroyed cheaply, but it is expen
sive to board a large number that
[you can never really know just
where and how much damage is
being done until it is to late.
War Orphans Fail
To Use Benefits
ATLANTA—About one-third of the
young people eligible for benefits
under the War Orphans Education
al Assistance Act are failing to
take advantage of its provisions,
says Pete Wheeler, director of the
State Department of Veterans Ser
vice.
They fail to do so, said Wheeler,
because of lack of understanding of
the law.
There are three major miscon
ceptions about its provisions, he
said. These are:
Many eligible young people do
not think of themselves as orphans
because one of their parents is
still living. They are eligible for
benefits if either parent died from
a wartime service-connected injury
or illness.
Eligible young people who have
married often consider themselves
no longer eligible for the educat
ional privileges, but the fact of
marriage has no bearing on their
eligibility under the law.
Some think they can get o«ly
college training, but the law pro
vides that institutional training
jmay be obtained for various occu
pations in the vocational and tech
nical fields.
In addition, an otherwise eligible
orphan who serves in the armed
forces for a period preceding his
23rd birthday anniversary may still
take advantage of the pprovisions
iof the War Orphans program, with
in five years alter his first release
of discharge, and prior to attaining
age 31.
Wheejer said offices of the State
Department of Veterans Service
will be glad to furnish additional
I information regarding this program
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Ranger, Edward L. Wright j
Have you ever considered just
how vital the forest of our nation
effects you? You do not have to
own a single acre of land to feel
the effects.
I Georgia is proud of its modern
up-to-date Forest Research Center,
located at Macon, Georgia, on the
old Camp Wheeler site. Through
the Forest Research Council and'
the best professional help available;
forestry has become a fast growing
industry. In forestry research field,
chemistry and industry Georgia
ranks second in the nation today.
Today the hope of the Southland
lies in reforestation and the plant
ling of pine trees. Our trees should
|be treated as money crops. Trees
Ido need room for growth, sunlight
and moisture, if expected to grow
ito maturity.
| We realize -that good silviculture
practices alone will not achieve
our goal of high quality trees and
top qualiy lumber. We gain high
quality improvements In growth of
forest trees by the application of
forest genetics. This is a cycle of
selection, breeding, growth, super
vision, management, protection, and
harvesting.
"Like father, like son," is the
old adage applied to heredity. It
holds true to a large degree wheth
er we are speaking of humans,
vegetables, animals, or to be sure,
trees. It means the characteristics
of parents and their ?02erunners
are transmitted through genes -
hence "genetics” to their offspring.
All things grow and thrive best in
environments most suitable to its
own individual needs and develop
ment.
Selection, Is one of the major
phases of genetics, this consists of
going into the forest stand and
finding superior trees by listing
and comparison to others. When
the superior parent trees are found
they are protected, tested and ob
served over a period of time and
development.. If through close ob
servation the parent trees and their
offspring prove superior, the new
stand is preserved and reproduced
in quantity and recommended for
general use. Our trees give to us
many wonderful and useful things.