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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - AUGUST 31. 1972 -
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WINTER GRAZING
Many of our cattlemen are
busy getting; ready for winter
grazing crops.
Rye, oats and wheat, either
alone or mixed with ryegrass
and an adapted legume, does
provide high-quality forage for
cattle feeding during the cool
season.
Here are a few tips from
W.H. Sell, one of our Exten
sion agronomists, on how to
get these crops off to a good
start and keep them producing.
First, good seedbed prepara
tion is Important in order to get
good germination, rapid growth
and early grazing.
SOIL TEST
Sell says the basic fertilizer
and lime should be plowed in as
the land is prepared. A heavy
disk harrow is usually suffi
cient for preparing soil for
winter grazing crops.
A soil test, of course, is
the best way to determine lime
and fertilizer needs.
Annual winter grazing crops
should be planted when good
Ed Pullen, Soil Conservation
Service Area Engineer assisted
local SCS technicians with sev
eral engineering problems 'n
Forsyth County last week.
Dean Summers, district
cooperator In the Drew Comm
unity was furnished technical
assistance last week by SCS
technicians for lake locations
and open channel Improve
ments.
H.L. Meyer, west of Camm
ing expects to complete a dam
RE-ELECT
G.H. LEDBETTER, JR.
MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SAWNEE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP
CO-OP
DUCKTOWN DISTRICT - THURSDAY SEPT. 7, 1972
I had hoped my physical condition would not become an issue in this campaign
but my opponents continue to try to make this a major issue against my re-election.
I assure you my doctor has encouraged me NOT to withdraw from this
campaign. I certainly have his permission to continue as a member of the
Sawnee EMC Board of Directors if you, the members set fit to re-elect me
to continue the progress we have worked to accomplish.
Your vote and support appreciated.
G,H, Ledbetter
ELECTION TO BE MELD AT HOLBROOK CAMPGROUND.
REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 6:30. VOTING AT 7:30
BY WALTER RUCKER
County Agent
moisture is available. These
crops can be planted on up to
mid-September In the northern
half of the state. Late Septem
ber to mid-October Is the best
planting time In the lower half
of the state.
AVOID SHADING
When small seeded plants
such as ryegrass and legumes
are used in a winter grazing
mixture, a tall shading growth
of the small grains in the early
fall must not be allowed to
develop. This shading growth
will destroy the small seed
lings.
Avoid high rates of nitrogen
in the early fall and use early
light grazing to aid the rye
grass and legumes in becoming
established.
A good sod of winter annuals,
intensively grazed, can use 150
to 200 pounds of nitrogen. Apply
the nitrogen in split appli
cations.
High quality annual winter
grazing crops usually average
18 to 20 per cent protein and
contain about 75 per cent total
digestible nutrients.
SCS News
By J.T. Coots
this week that will Impound wa
ter for a one-acre lake that
will be used tor fishing and
recreational purposes.
Frank Smallwood on the Ben
tley Road is ready to begin
construction of a small lake
for livestock purposes.
Today is the last day that
orders win be taken for blue
berry plants. See T. Kenneth
Orr, SCS, Camming, Georgia.
National Hunting and Fishing
Day Is Saturday Sept. 23, 1972.
PAGE 12
Because paymeat deductions
for less-than-average-quality
set-aside land are being Incre
ased for the 1973 programs,
producers can be better assu
red of equitable application of
set-aside provisions In the 1973
wheat, feed grain and cotton
programs, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture announced today.
For wheat and feed grain fa
rms, when low-quality acreage
Is offered for set-aside--that
is acreage not representative
of land on which the farm’s
crops are grown—the entire p
ayment will be based on the p
roductlvlty of the set-aside 1-
and.
For cotton, the deduction rate
will be comparable on a per
acre of set-aside to that app
licable to wheat and feed grain
set-aside.
This announcement was made
as a result of a study of 1971-
72 program operations which
revealed that a. few producers
with farms having both poor
quality and quality cropland h
ave offered the poor-quality for
set-aside and accepted deduct
ions from their farm payments.
The deductions were not enough
Conservancy Supports
Cohutta For ‘Wild Area’
Calling the Cohutta Mountains
a “very special place/* the Ge
orgia Conservancy today regis
tered its support of aWlldArea
alternative for the future use
of these beautiful North Georgia
mountains.
In a statement prepared for
the U.S. Forest Service by Mayo
Livingston of Balnbridge, eh- .
airman of the Conservancy’s s
tatewlde Woodlands Committee,
and Professor Philip Greear of
Shorter College, president of
the Rome Chapter, the 3,000-
member group rejected alter
natives calling for emphasis on
to offset the monetary advan
tage gained by producing crops
on the quality acreage rather
than setting it aside from pro
duction.
The great majority of par
ticipants in the set-aside pro
grams have offered quality set
aside acreages In both 1971 and
1972, and the increased deduct
ion rates tor 1973 will affect
relatively few producers.
In both 1971 and 1972, quality
of set-aside have been empha
sized, with a requirement that
set-aside acreage be represen
tative of cropland acreage on a
participating farm. Deductions
of set-aside payments are made
in cases where set-aside land
Is not representative. County
ASCS offices will make avail
able set-aside inspection and
measurement service to 1973
program participants.
This service, which Is off
ered at cost, can provide ass
urance to farmers that their
set-aside acreage is acceptable
for quality and quanlty.
The set-aside Inspection ser
vice was first offered In 1972.
It is available now to any far
mer who wants an early deter
mination and will continue as
timber and wildlife production.
Instead, It endorsed a plan
of restricted management acti
vities and resource developme
nt. Alternative two of five “A
lternatives for the Managemant
of the Cohutta.Mountains Unit/’
prepared by the Forest Service,
calls for minimum management
with emphasis on “providingo
pportunlties for primitive re
creation like hiking and fish
ing.’’
The area would consist of a- -
pproximately 34,500 acres In
the Jacks and Conasauga Ri
ASCS News
long as needed.
Set-aside land representative
of cropland on which crops are
normally produced Is needed to
assure achievement of effective
production adjustment, accord
ing to officials of USDA’s Agr
icultural Stabilization and Con
servation Service, which admi
nisters set-aside programs.
Under the Agricultural Act of
1970, participating wheat, feed
grain, and cotton producers set
aside a percentage of their cro
pland, diverting It into conser
ving uses and generally are free
to produce as they choose on
their remaining cropland. Un
der this program more decis
ion-making has been returned
to fanners. The program pro
vides freedom to plant crops
which are to their economic
advantage. This has enabled
them to make the most effic
ient use of their land, labor,
and machinery, and has resul
ted in Increased farm Income.
The recently announced 1973
wheat program offers wheat f
armers an even greater degree
of flexibility In planning their
1973 cropping operations. They
will have the added choice of
voluntarily setting aside addi-
ver watersheds. The land was •
logged extensively in the 1920 s
and 30s, but since the lumber
industry’s transition from tr
am rail-roads to truck transp
ortation, the mountains have re
verted to an almost pristine
state..
The Georgia Conservancy, r
epresenting conservationists f
rom all over the state, feels
It should be allowed to stay t
hat way.
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