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BY: WALTER H. RUCKER
COUNTY AGENT
Cool weather is here.. That means it’s time to stop thinning
planted pine stands. To many people, especially those who have
always heard that thinning should be done In the winter, this
doesn't make sense.
But as George D. Walker, one of our Extension foresters,
points out, "Planted pines present a new twist."
In planted stands a disease knows as "pine root rot" demands
greater consideration than insects. Insects, primarily pine
bark beetles, are potential problems during the warmer months,
but they can be controlled. But there is no control at the present
time for pine root rot, which spreads primarily during the cooler
months of September to March.
Walker explains that this fungus disease enters the freshly
cut pine stumps and spreads to the roots of nea.rby health}
trees.
Trees growing on sandy or less fertile soils are more sus
ceptible to root* rot, but it is a potential threat in any planted
pine stand.
If summer cutting in planted stands is not practical, a pre
ventive application oi do rax or a new Dioiogicai control snouid
be made on freshly cut stump surfaces.
For additional information on this disease, come by or call
for a copy of Circular 579, "Annosus Root Rot in Planted Pine
Stands."
PECAN COUNTY
Most of our name (papershell) varieties of pecans were found
growing as wild native trees.
Jackson County, Miss., is the home of some 35 known pecan
varieties. In fact, 80 to 90 percent of the cultivated pecan acre
age in the Southeast is made up of these varieties. Some of the
more famous ones are Schley, Stuart, Success, Desirable, Dep
endable, Pabst, Delmas, Alley, Candy and Russell.
WINTER GRAZING
Temporary winter grazing crops are excellent sources of
forage for producing dairy cattle and growing-finishing beef
cows. These crops should be top-dressed with 60 to 90 pounds
of actual nitrogen during mid-winter and early spring for best
utilization. One application of nitrogen in early February and
another in mid-March usually gives best results.
The stocking rate of animals should be sufficient to consume
the forage as it is produced. If cattle are unable to consume all
of the forage when rapid growth begins in the spring, you can
fence off part of the area and harvest it for hay or silage.
Hay or silage should supplement grazing during the winter when
grazing crops make little growth or the fields are too wet. This
practice means better growth conditions for the plants, and it
also improves animal performance.
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Artists conception of the Georgia float in the 1972 Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year’s
Day in Pasadena, California. (PRN)
“Georgia On My Mind” Is
Rose Bowl Float Theme
ATLANTA, GA. (PRN) -
“Georgia On My Mind” is the
theme of the State’s float in
the Tournament of Roses
Parade on New Year’s Day in
Pasadena, California.
The entry will feature a
suspended sculptured fountain
which seems to have no
support and spiral antebellum
columns that are cantilevered
from two off-set gardens of
roses and orchids. Graceful
peacocks will be perched on
the tops of the columns. Miss
See Georgia First, Sharon
Musselwhite of Decatur, and
Miss Georgia, Cynthia Cook of
Christmas Greetings
It wouldn’t be Christmas without any snow.
Without lighted windows that sparkle and glow;
The laughter of children, the tree plump and tall.
The fresh bit of mistletoe hung in the hall.
It wouldn’t be Christmas without friends so dear
To share in our happiness, year after year;
A hearth brightly glowing, with smiles sweet and fair,
The music of Christmas on crisp wintry air.
Smyrna will be dressed in
antebellum gowns and will
ride on the float.
More than 100,000 live
blossoms will cover the
State-sponsored entry. The
columns and the fountain will
be covered with white iceberg
chrysanthemums, while blue
delphinium and vanda orchids
form the water spilling from
the fountain. The peacocks
will be fashioned from petals
of white orchids.
The 1972 parade marks the
fifth consecutive year that the
State of Georgia has entered
It wouldn’t be Christmas if faith didn t live,
If peace wasn’t ours and if hearts didn't give
Without warmth and gladness, to brighten the day,
And no dear old Santa, so jolly and gay.
It wouldn’t be Christmas, without those we love,
Without angel voices we hear from above;
The sweet friendly greetings of holiday cheer
In our words, “Merry Christmas” and a blessed New Year.
Lad ’N Dad Slacks, Inc.
Cumming , Go,
the annual event. In the 1971
parade, Georgia became the
first State in history to receive
the coveted Sweepstakes
Award, the highest honor
given a non-commercial float.
Mrs. Jane Grogan of
Columbus will serve as official
chaperon for Miss Georgia and
Miss See Georgia First.
Representatives of the
Georgia Department of
Industry and Trade are
coordinating activities of the
Georgia delegation and the
State’s float at the
Tournament of Roses.
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS, DEC. 23, 1971, SECTION A
PLASTIC SPELLS SAFETY IN CHRISTMAS TOYS
Key words in picking
Christmas toys this year are
safety and durability. And,
the new breed of toys mar
keted today are manufac
tured specifically with these
qualities in mind.
From toy cars and trucks
to children’s space vehicles
and game parts, the emphasis
in manufacturing is on safety
for children’s play and tough
ness to withstand lots of wear
and tear. Sharp edges have
given way to pliable plastic
comers and easy to break
toys have been pushed aside
by more durable plastic
varieties.
Why has plastic been the
chosen material for today’s
newest toys? Simply because,
according to a major supplier,
Eastman Chemical Products,
• Inc., plastics, unlike metal,
wood and other traditional
materials, can be molded to
almost any size or shape.
And, plastics offer endless
possibilities for color variety
they can be bright, and
even transparent.
One particularly popular
plastic for toys is Eastman’s
Tenite propionate. You can
find this easily molded
material at many toy
counters in the form of
brightly colored cars and
trucks designed to prevent
damage to your children and
your best furniture too.
The latest developments in
space toys lend themselves to
plastics as well. For example,
the versatile Crater Crawler
toy will allow children to
navigate moon-like terrains
YOUR CAREER IN THE
PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT
The personnel department
is, in many ways, the very
heart of a company. For it is
here that hirihg, training and
wages are controlled.
And as our economy ex
pands, and our thriving busi
nesses grow--more and more
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Safe, strong and colorful,
The “Crater Crawler”
manufactured by Tonka Toys
of Mound, Minnesota, is
designed specially for young
space adventurers featuring
several plastic parts of Tenite
propionate.
with ease. The plastic parts of
the Crater Crawler are
designed to endure even the
roughest treatment they
receive from young space
adventurers.
The variety of plastic toys
on the market these days is
limitless. And, when you buy
a toy made from plastic, you
are sure to get one that will
be safe as well as durable to
give a Christmas bonus to you
as well as your children.
When it comes to safety, toy
manufacturers don’t play
around.
women are becoming part of
this vital organizational area.
Here’s a simple little guide
to this fascinating career.
BEGINNING POSITIONS:
Office assistants; secretaries;
personnel trainees; typists.
TRAINING AND QUALI
FICATIONS: College degree
in social sciences - r business ex
perience; good memory;
knowledge of people.
PREPARING NOW: Social
science and business practices
courses; any job working
with people.
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IJ& HELP YOURSELF
TO A
better m
A. tOCKMIUBt
Do you like to be where the
action is? Then consider a
career as a bookkeeper or ac
countant.
These people handle the
paper work that keeps our
trillion dollar economy mov
ing. They pay our 80 million
workers and see that bills get
collected and paid. They also
calculate whether a business
is making a profit or loss,
and how many dollars each
firm owes in taxes.
A bookkeeper (perhaps a
whole staff of them) keeps
track of the day-to-day trans
actions of a business, money
coming in and going out
There are something like
1,200,000 bookkeepers at work
now, and about 75,000 job
openings a year.
An accountant analyzes the
records kept by bookkeepers
and decides if the business is
making money or losing, how
much is owed in taxes, where
there is waste and provides
other kinds of financial analy
sis. Accounting jobs come at
several levels; they require
more training than bookkeep
ing and usually carry better
salaries. There are about 25,-
000 job openings a year for
accountants.
Thousands of bookkeepers
and accountants working to
day have qualified for their
jobs by studying at home,
sometimes while working at
other, lower-paying jobs. Most
high schools and business
schools teach bookkeeping.
Accounting is generally con
sidered a college-level subject,
and in some states a college
degree is needed to qualify as
a Certified Public Account
ant.
If studying at home sounds
best to you, you might like to
have the “Directory of
Accredited Home Study
Schools,” available free from
the National Home Study
Council, 1601 18th St. N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20009.