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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - JAN. 4, 1973 -
County agent’s
column
By Walter Rucker
Did you have a problem with
weeds this past year? Most
Forsyth County farmers could
answer that question with a
loud YESI
Did you know that this is
about the best time of year
to look over your fields and
see just exactly WHAT and
WHERE your biggest weed pro
blems are?
With many of the plants kill
ed by frost, weeds such as
cocklebur, coffeeweed and
johnsongrass tend to stand out
above the smaller plants.
You may want to leave VERY
Weedy spots follow for a year,
with frequent discing or chemi
cal treatment of problem weeds
like johnsongrass.
How can johnsongrass be
controlled? Well, don’t over
look winter freezing tempera
tures as an effective way to
kill johnsongrass rhizomes
here in Forsyth County. Disk
the land to break up and ex
pose rhizomes; disk again
after each freeze if the soil
isn’t too wet. Research shows
that rhizomes are winter-killed
at or below 24 degrees Fare
nheit.
Spring or summer treat
ments for johnsongrass control
include: (a) Fallow land, and
disk as necessary to prevent
johnsonerass eroth taller than
i!2 to 20 inches, (b) Fallow
land and treat the johnsongrass
ilants with MSMA when the first
■;eedheads are seen, and then
disk the land 10 to 14 days
later to expose the buried rhi
zomes. Repeat the chemical
treatment and discing proce
dure as required by the john
songrass regrowth, (c) Apply
the preplant dalapon (Dowpon)
treatments as outlined in Ex
tension Circular 552, '‘John
songrass Control.” Your copy
>t this circular is available
free of charge at our office.
This procedure is the most
effective one if followed with
careful attention to tempera
ture and moisture conditions
(warm, moist conditions). Late
crops may be planted after
these preplant treatments, (d)
COME TO WHERE THE CHOICE IS
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Treflan applied at twice the
rate of 1-1/2 to 2 pounds of
active Ingredient trlfluralinper
acre. This must be done for
two consecutive years, with
supplemental cultivation to up
root escaped johnsongrass clu
mps. This method continues
to show promise for johnson
grass control throughout the
state. However, at this rate of
chemical application, small
grains cannot be successfully
grown the following fall.
CHRISTMAS CACTUS-
A CHALLENGE
How often have you heard this
one? “My Christmas Cactus
blooms at Thanksgiving or at
Easter time.” That may be
true except the plant should
not have been given the name
Christmas or more likely the
necessary cultural conditions
have not been provided. To
flower, the “Christmas” cactus
must be grown under certain
conditions for part of the year,
allowed to rest, then the flo
wers will be produced. In ot
her words the plants require
a period of semi-dormancy or
rest for them to flower. Gen
erally dormancy is brought a
bout by withholding water (not
to the point where the plants
shrivel) beginning late Septem
ber or early October when flo
wer buds are noticeable. Wat
ering, plus watching tempera
ture and light, will bring on
flowers in profusion. Immedi
ately after flowering watering
is again limited until new lea
ves are visible. These plants
are grown out-of-doors in par
tial shade during the frost free
months and in a east or west
window during the winter mon
ths. During flowering, light wa
terings are best with heavy
watering and feeding with a li
quid or soluble fertilizer at
2-3 week intervals during the
spring, summer and early fall.
Dropping of flower buds before
opening, a major complaint, is
often caused by too much or
too little water, too high room
temperature or too little light.
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Mr. Walker
ATHENS—A Cooperative
Extension Service forester,
George D. Walker, has been
re-elected chairman of the
Georgia Environmental Educa
tion Council. The U. Ga. staff
member served as treasurer of
the Council before being elec
ted chairman last year.
Walker will serve during the
coming year with the following
new officers:
C h a i rman-elect—George
Sturgis, Twin City, science
Soil and Water
Conservation
By J. T. Coots
There is a soil survey for
Forsyth County that was issued
in February 1960. Copies of
the soil survey are available
at the Cumming Field Office
of the Soil Conservation Ser
vice.
This Survey of Forsyth Co
ounty will serve several groups
of readers. It will help farmers
in planning the kind of manage
ment that will protect their soil
and provide good yields; it will
assist engineers in selecting
sites for roads, buildings, and
other structures; and it will
add to the soil scientist’s know
ledge.
In making this survey, soil
scientists walked over the fields
MUSTANG MACH 1
Forester heads environmental council
consultant with the State De
partment of Education; secre
tary—Miss Frances Huntress,
Blairsville, forester with the
U.S. Forest Service, and trea
surei—Charles B. Place Jr.,
Macon, forestry education as
sistant with the Georgia Forest
ry Commission.
New members of the GEEC
Board are Mrs. George Ray,
Savannah, president of the
Garden Clubs of Georgia; Phil
lip Greear, Rome, head of the
department of biological and
earth sciences at Shorter Col
lege, and Dallas Stewart, At
lanta, science coordinator with
the State Department of Ed
ucation.
Walker said one of the main
projects of the Council is
sponsorship each summer of
Environmental Education In
stitutes for Georgia teachers.
The Institutes were started at
Shorter College and Valdosta
State College in 1966, and
and woodlands. They dug holes
and examined surface soils and
subsoils; measured slopes with
a hand level; noticed differen
ces in the growth of crops,
weeds, and brush; and, in fact,
recorded all things about the
soil that they believed might
affect suitability for farming,
engineering, forestry, and re
lated uses.
The scientists plotted the
boundaries of the soils on aerial
photographs. Then carto
graphers prepared from aerial
photographs the detailed soil
map in the back of the report.
Fields, woods, roads, and many
other landmarks can be seen n
on the map.
added to the summer program
at West Georgia College,
Carrollton, in 1972.
The GEEC chairman said the
Institutes will be held at all
three colleges again in 1973.
The dates are June 11-29 at
Shorter, June 11-29 at West
Georgia, and June 18-July 6 at
Valdosta State.
“The Environmental Educa
tion Institute brings together
teachers, administrators, re
searchers in ecology and pro
fessionals in environmental
management,” Walker ex
plained. ‘Teachers experience
the vastness and variety of the
environment and learn the
dangers of depleting irretriev
able resources.
“We seek to develop positive
attitudes toward environmental
quality,” the Extension forest
er continued. “And of course
we expect participants to
convey their expanded know
ledge to theirjtudents.”
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Information leaflets explain
ing the Institutes and scholar
ship funds which are available,
along with application forms,
may be obtained at any inter
ested teacher’s school or by
writing to Walker at the Co
operative Extension Service,
Athens, Ga. 30601.
In addition to serving as
Extension forester and as chair
man of the Environmental
Education Council, Walker is
also one of the instructors in
the summer Institutes.
A native of Conyers, he
attended Presbyterian College
in Clinton, S.C., for two years
and in 1952 received his
bachelor’s degree in forestry
from the University of Georgia.
U. Ga. awarded him the
master’s degree in 1965.
Walker joined the Georgia
Extension Service in Septem
ber of ’56 and has been
working as a professional
forester since that time.
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HOLBROOKS
Fourth survey
timber resources
complete
Macon. Ga. ...The field work
for the fourth survey of Geor
gia’s timber resources Is com
plete according to the Novem
ber report of Nolan Snyder,
field supervisor for the sur
vey.
Snyder saldthatthe fieldwork
was completed approximately
seven months ahead of sche
dule. Snyder attributed the early
completion date to the excel
lent cooperation of the Qpor
gla Forestry Commission and
a 10 percent reduction In the
anticipated forest plots to be
surveyed.
The field force used to com
plete the forest survey con
sisted of 12 men employed by
the Southeastern Forest Exper
iment Station. U. S. Forest
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I. 10 years of artificially breeding and man
aging beef cattle.
11. A Complete Breeding Service
1. A good settling rate usually means suffi
cient energy prior to breeding season
grains, molasses, etc.
2. Portable corrals furnished if needed.
111. Farm visits and inquiries welcomed.
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CHICKEN BREASTS
FROZEN
HAMBURGER STEAKS
1 Lb box
U.S. # 1
WHITS POTATOKS
10 Lb. BAG .69$
GOLDEN RIPE
BANANAS
Service, Ashville, N. C. In
addition, the Forestry Commis
sion contributed county person
nel that accounted for more
than 7,800 man hours.
The statewide survey re
quired visiting and tabulating
conditions at 6,100 forest plots.
The reduction from 6,796 plots
was due to acreage losses In
the southwestern and southeas
tern sections.
The forest survey was con
ducted by the Southeastern For
est Experiment Station, Joe P.
McClure, project leader.
McClure said the prelimin
ary report for the Mountains
and Foothills Section is slated
for completion by March 1973.
The final state report is ex
pected by November 1973.
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