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ROOTING CUTTINGS OF YOUR
FAVORITE PLANTS
Gardeners are unique in that
they are always trying some
thing that is new to them. Such
is the case with the rotting or
propagation of a few cuttings
of their favorite plants. Cut
tings can be rooted in the sum
mer from what is termed soft
wood cuttings. This means
stems that have grown this
year and have begun to mature.
A guide to taking the 4”-6”
cuttings will be to take the stems
between the thumb and fore
finger-bend-it-if it breaks or
snaps clean then the stem is
mature enough for rooting. If
the stem bends or splits it is
not quite ready for rooting.
June, July, August and Sept
ember are generally considered
to be good months for the pro
cedure.
Cuttings should be made from
healthy vigorous stem tips ar
ound four inches in length. Cut
the base of the stem smooth
and angular and slanting. Use a
box or bucket with damp news
paper or cloth to protect the
cuttings from excessive wilting.
Strip the foliage from the lower
two or three inches of the stems.
The bottom two or more inches
will be inserted into the rooting
media.
The rooting media may be one
of many materials. Sharp co
arse sand, peat moss, mix
tures of the two, Vermiculite
(horticultural grade) and other
mixtures will give good results.
Soil is generally not recomm
ended as a rooting media since
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it will often contain disease
organism. Use a grape box or
fruit box of any type. Large
flower pots with bottom drain
age holes will also serve as a
good container. For a large
number of cuttings you may use
several boxes or construct one
large one. Make it 6 to 10 in
ches deep, three to four feet
wide, and as long as you like
or have space and building mat
erial.
Stick the bottom 2 inches in
the rooting media, firm the soil
around the cuttings and water
thoroughly. You may use a sheet
of plastic or a sash of windows
to cover the box. This will help
prevent drying of the cuttings
and the media which is essen
tial for success. Keep the fol
iage of the cuttings moist dur
ing the first few days and after
that you will want to check daily
to determine the need for mois
ture. The cuttings may root in
6 weeks to several months, de
pending on plant type and care.
Try a few cuttings, you will
find it rather fascinating.
ORDER PECAN TREES IN
JULY
Demand for pecan trees has
been more than the supply in
recent years. This will pro
bably be true again during this
coming year. July is a good time
to place your order for the trees
you will need, and you would do
well to inquire if the nursery
man would like to have a de
posit to insure delivery. Some
good varieties include Wichita,
Desirable, Cape Fear, Kernodle
and others.
DR. W. R. HUGHES
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Soil Conservation Service
J.T. Coots
District cooperators of the
Upper Chattahoochee River Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
trict who keep rain gauges have
reported rainfall for the month
of June 1972. They are M. E.
Jennings 4.9 Inches; Fred Haw
king 3.7; C. L. Collett 4.2;
E. W. McConnell 4.6; W. E.
Holcomb 3.7; Emory M. Mar
tin 3.8; Mrs. Curia.* 5 Ma
■ Yeson 4.7; W. H. Grindle SJ;
Jack Milford 4.8; C. A. Bag
well SJ; S. R. James 6.0; and
Miles Wolfe 3.58 inches. The
average rainfall for June is
3.81 inches. The average rain
fall for the first six months
for 1972 is 30JO inches. The
overall average for the first
six months is 31.63 laches.
Royce F. Bennett and J. B.
Mooney are improving a stream
that runs through their pro
perty. J. C. Nix is the con
tractor.
Perhaps the most significant
recent development in the field
of soil-erosion control is
greater public interest. In four
decades much of the time with
only limited interest o the part
of urban - oriented voters and
legislatures, 2 million conser
vation district cooperators have
brought soil and water conser
vation practices to three-fourth
of a billion acres. In the pro
cess they have prevented an
estimated 25 billion tons of
sediment from reaching Amer
ica’s waterways.
Those interested in securing
blueberry plants through the
Upper Chattahoochee River Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
trict for winter planting should
get in touch with T. Kenneth
Orr, Soil Conservation Service,
Cumming, Georgia. Those who
have previously inicated a de
sire for plants should also get
in touch with Mr. Orr to be
sure their name is on the list.
BUY WANT ADS
203 Main St. Gumming
Phone 887-7551
ASCS News
By: Edsel Martin
Feed Grain and Wheat far
mers in Forsyth County are
receiving farm set-aside pro
gram payments during the first
week of July, according to Edsel
Martin, County Executive Dir
ector of the ASCS.
We expect most payments to
be made in July and August.
Nationwide, approximately
750 cotton, feed grain and wheat
producers were mailed a total of
SBSO million in expedited pre
liminary payments in time for
the checks to arrive in pro
ducers’ hands on July 1.
Payments under the set-aside
programs are made to farmers
who agree to set aside part of
their land from production in
order to meet a national objec
tive of balancing supply and de
mand in certain commodities.
These payments help to off-set
the loss of returns from crop
land that otherwise would be
used for income-yielding pro
duction, and on which the far
mer is obligated to continue to
pay taxes and apply needed con
servation seps, according to
officials of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. Payments
to producers are limited to
$55,000 per person for each of
three crops feed grain, wheat
and cotton under the Agri
College Honors
Two Alpharetta students re
ceived the Associate in Arts
Degree from Reinhardt Coll
ege in the June sth Graduat
on Exercises. They are Ken
neth James Anderson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James G. An
derson, and Miss Holly Ander
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul R. Hochstetler. Holly al
so earned a place on toe Re
inhardt College Merit List for
the Spring Quarter.
Mr. Charles Anderson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle And
erson of Alpharetta, has earn
ed a place on the Spring Qu
arter Dean's List at Reinhardt
College in Waleska.
Miss Deborah Kathryn Lum
mus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
cultural Act of 1970.
Nationally total payments are
expected to be about $3.7 bil
lion.
Feed grain producers in the
nation ultimately will receive
about $1.9 billion, cotton pro
ducers about $825 million, and
wheat producers about $1 bill
ion.
Preliminary payments to
wheat producers are limited by
law to 75 percent of final pay
ments. Final wheat certificate
payments will be made after
December 1. Feed grain and co
tton farmers may or may not
get a final payment, depending
on market conditions.
The expedited farm program
payments are made possible by
streamlined procedures inau
gurated in 1970 by ASCS. The
action enabled farmers to re
ceive toe entire payment due
them in toe 1970 and 1971 pro
grams six to eight weeks ear
lier than ever before.
These early payments help
many producers reduce their
need for long-term credit and
cut toe amount of Interest paid.
The flow of cash at this time
will again be of major signi
ficance to rural communities
and the U. S. Agricultural Ec
onomy, USDA officials said.
John Hunter Lummus of Cumm
ing, has earned a place on toe
Spring Quarter Merit List at
Reinhardt College in Waleska.
Miss Brenda Cochran, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett
Cochran of Cumming, has earn
ed a place on toe Spring Qu
arter Dean’s List at Reinhardt
College in Waleska.
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• Experienced the greatest growth in the history of Forsyth County
in the last four years -• forty-nine new teachers and seven hundred
new students.
Developed a school building program of five additions and a new
Middle Grade School for a total of $2,421,400.
Increased County-owned buses from four to twelve buses.
Aided in the greatest expansion ever in vocational education
from grades one through twelve.
Installed new programs in reading, speech correction, music, early
childhood development, classes for trainable mentally retarded
and educable mentally retarded, the gifted, career education and
the home bound students.
Experienced in working with the State Department of Education
and the Georgia School Building Authority.
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REWARD
for information leading to conviction
of person(s) unlawfully sabotaging property
of Georgia Power Company.
Vital electric service has been interrupted at several locations in the
past week, due to malicious damage to company substations. This
willful sabotage by high-powered rifle fire endangers the lives and safety
of many people, and is a threat to the general public. Also, shots have
been fired at unarmed personnel working at company substations.
A hospital near Atlanta had to resort to emergency power genera
tion when the substation supplying it was hit by gunfire. Damage from
high-powered rifle fire shut off electric service to a nursing home in
Conyers. Georgia Power and Civil Defense workers cooperated to pro
vide temporary power desperately needed in the care of sick and
elderly patients.
Still other attacks on substations forced police and fire stations to
use emergency generators. Large numbers of local motorists were incon
venienced and endangered because traffic signals were not operating.
Information regarding suspicious incidents on company property
may be furnished to any law enforcement agency of the State of Geor
gia or of the Federal Government, or to the sheriff of any county, the
police of any municipality or other subdivision of government, or to
any person in charge of any office of Georgia Power Company or
otherwise representing the company. Identity of persons furnishing
information will be kept strictly confidential, if requested.
Georgia Power limits the total of the reward hereby offered to
not more than SIO,OOO and reserves the right to determine the person
or persons entitled to such reward and the proportionate share to which
each is entitled in each conviction.
Information may be furnished to the company
by calling 404 * 521-3400
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RE-ELECT
CLARENCE N. LAMBERT
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS
SOLICITS YOUR VOTE AND HELP
AUGUST 8.1972
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