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-THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1*73
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COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN
November Is The Proper Month
For Planting Southern Magnolias
By Walter H. Rucker
County Extension Chairman
The Southern Magnolia,
with its large white blossoms
and glossy evergreen foliage,
is one of Georgia’s most
handsome native trees.
November is a good time to
plant balled or burlapped
trees from the nursery. Here
are some basic tips on
planting. For more in
formation on the Southern
Magnolia, contact the
Extension office at 887-2418 or
come by our office in the
County Office Building.
SELECTING
THE TREE
Obviously, all mature
magnolias do not look alike.
This is due to a normal
genetic variation that occurs
when the plant is propagated
GEORGIA CONSERVATION
Plant Explorers Are Still Busy
By WAYNE HANLEY
The Georgia
Conservancy, Inc.
Declining—if not gone—are
the days when the plant ex
plorer returned from foreign
climes with his arms loaded
by 210 plants new to science
and his bloodstream bur
dened by five new tropical
diseases.
Yet, plant exploration
continues, and exists today in
Georgia if one counts the
work of students of plant
distribution as “exploration.”
In fact, the work of such
scientists as Wilbur H.
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from seed. Variations in leaf
size, shape, color and tree
shape are the most
noticeable.
The velvety brown un
dersurface of the leaves of
some trees is also a genetic
characteristic. If you want a
Duncan of the Botany
Department of the University
of Georgia properly falls
within the definition of ex
ploration, even though he and
similar investigators of plant
distribution may have
traveled no farther than a
day’s drive by auto while
seeking new data.
In fact, some of the work
being done today in deter
mining plant distribution is
more valuable to man than
the early explorations that
uncovered the existence of
previously unknown species.
Plants are not the stay-at-
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ERNEST HESTER
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“brown back” magnolia, buy
a three-to four-foot tree; the
condition is usually not
evident on smaller plants.
WHERE
TO PLANT
When planted and main
tained properly, magnolias
are fast growing trees. It is
possible for a four-foot
magnolia to grow into a 20-
foot tree within 10 years under
ideal conditions. Keep this in
mind when selecting a
location for your tree.
Magnolias are occasionally
used as espalier plants.
Unless you have a very large
expanse of wall, espaliering a
magnolia is not suggested
since a great deal of pruning
will be required after five or
ten years.
If you want maximum
homes that persons from
unfamiliar with them would
suppose. Plants travel by
many means, from the
wafting of air-borne seeds to
the scattering of seeds that
have passed through a bird or
mammal’s digestive tract.
The shifting of gravel from
place to place gives mundane
passage to plant seeds or
dormant roots. And, at a more
exhilarating level, planes
undoubtedly scatter some
seeds as they travel.
In other words, the plants of
Georgia no longer are
distributed exactly as they
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growth, prepare the soil well
before planting. A hole ap
proximately four feet across
and two feet deep is desirable.
Mix some form of organic
matter with the soil that was
removed from the hole. A six
cubic-foot bale of peat moss
may be necessary to provide
this amount of organic
matter.
PLANTING
After preparing the soil,
firm it below where the root
ball is to be placed to prevent
the plant from sinking. Be
sure to plant so the tree is no
deeper than it grew in the
nursery. This means that
after planting the top of the
burlap should be visible on a
balled and burlapped plant.
Water thoroughly to settle the
soil around the roots.
were when John and William
Bartram made their great
explorations in this region in
colonial days. Some plants
now are more numerous and
others more scarce. And
many alien plants unknown in
Georgia in the Bartram days
now are among the more
common roadside vegetation.
What these changes in plants
mean is that Georgia has
changed. For plants are much
more sensitive to the en
vironment than most other
biological indicators.
Indeed, the spread of a
plant into a field or marsh
that it formerly did not oc
cupy can have great meaning.
It has some meaning, even in
this era when we cannot read
the message too clearly
because we live in the midst
of the change. One can
imagine that someday in the
future, some ecologist not yet
bom may look through
reports and wonder why no
one took alarm on Oct. 13,
1979, when Duncan or some
other distributionist reported
the presence of some common
plant in a location where it
previously was unknown. The
reason would be that hind
sight had determined that the
presence of the plant in that
location indicated a turning
point in land productivity
about which man should have
been concerned.
It is doubtful that Duncan’s
“Preliminary Reports on the
Flora of Georgia, No. 2,
Distribution of 87 Trees” will
ever have the widespread
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SCS NEWS
Minimum Tillage
Use Is Growing
By J.T. Coots
Soil Conservation Service
Minimum tillage gains
favor. We hear a lot these
days about the use of various
methods of minimum tillage
in the production of row
crops, such as com, soybeans
and grain sorghums.
Minimum tillage really
boils down to the least
number of times a farmer can
go over his fields and get the
desired efficient production
from his land.
We now think of minimum
tillage as a method by which
we can shorten the old tillage
process by combining the
different operations such as
turning, seedbed preparation
and planting, by eliminating
the operation such as disking
and narrowing, and by sub
stituting the use of herbicides
instead of cultivating.
One of the most used in this
section is the mulching
planting method. By using
this method, with proper
equipment, you can break the
ground, prepare the seedbed,
apply fertilizer, open a seed
furrow, plant the seed, apply
an insecticide and apply a
chemical weed killer all in
ASCS NEWS
Conservation
Is Essential
By GORDON L. BRUCE
With the current emphasis
on increased agricultural
production, farmers must
also be mindful of the equally
imperative need to conserve
our land and water resources
for this and future
generations, according to
Ivan F. Orr, Chairman of the
Forsyth Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Committee.
With no set-aside or con
serving base requirements
for 1974 farmers may destroy
vegetative cover practices
before the expiration of the
lifespan of the practices.
REAP maintenance checks
for practices performed in the
last five years will soon be
made. There will be no
relaxing of the policy that all
or part of the cost-sharing
must be refunded where the
farmer fails to maintain a
tram’s “Travels” achieved.
But, perhaps, someone in less
than 100 years will be over
joyed to find a report that
nailed down their distribution
in our era. Duncan is among
the persons that one might
meet on an outing of the
Georgia Botanical Society or,
perhaps, on a field trip of the
Georgia Conservancy.
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one trip over the field. It
works on most soils.
Some of those who use the
no-till method in this area
include Roy G. and L.T.
Holtzclaw, Edmond Harold
Reid, Ben Overstreet, and
others on a smaller scale.
A recent release indicates
that Ben Overstreet of
Dawson County produced
204.6 bushels of corn per acre
using this method.
Reports indicate that ap
proximately fifty people will
be planting blueberry plants
this winter in Forsyth County.
practice for the lifespan of
that practice.
If you plan to destroy a
vegetative cover on which you
have received cost-sharing
please check with this office
to see if the lifespan of the
practice has expired.
WATSON REALTY m
212 Dahlonega Road
LAKE PROPERTY
Bavarian Chalet 3 BR, 3 Bath Built in kitchen wall to wall carpeting. Dual
central heating and air conditioning. 2 rock fireplaces, wet bar, intercom,
redwood decks. Situated on nearly level, wooded waterfront lot.
$9,500 Waterfront Lot on Lanier! Just off Pilgrim Mill Road, ideal for young or
middle aged couple. Excellent Terms.
These two beautiful lake front lots lay nearly perfectly level, with 100’ lake front
age and 100’ on a good road, over 300’ deep. They ran from road to water’s edge.
There is no government land between them and Lake Lanier. There is a beautiful
view from each end. No where can you find a combination like this.
100’ x 150’ water front lot on Lake Lanier. Hall County. City water, natural gas
and paved street, in area of nice homes. $4500.00.
5 room house on 100’ x 200’ lot in walking distance of Lake Lanier. Price reduced.
Owner says sell. $7800.00.
RESIDENTIAL
3 bedroom, 2 bath brick colonial home on 2.80 acres of beautiful level land. This
lovely home has fireplace large rooms and 345’ on paved highway, plus outbuild
ings. Close in with large garden spot.
Nearing completion. Beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath home off Hwy. 20 west of
Cumming in Friendship Estates. Completely carpeted, central heat and air,
large bedrooms, full basement. Assumable loan on this home.
2 bedroom home on 1.66 acre lot also has 2 insulated broiler houses with auto
matic feeders, drinkers and brooders, all on winches. 41’ x 130’ each, priced to sell.
Beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on Heardsville road on 1+ acre of land in For
syth County. Assumable loan on this home. Basement, intercom, central heat and
air.
3 bedroom mobile home on 100’ landscaped lot, with 12 x 22 storage building.
Has natural gas, city water, well, 1 mile from Cumming on main highway.
Double wide mobile home with 3 room addition and double carport less than year
old on 1.1 acres. Large woik shop and storage building. City water. Located 3Vi
miles West of Cumming on Hwy. 20.
Looking for a home in the country away from busy city life. Then this recently
remodeled 3 BR, 1 B home is for you. Located 4 miles west of Cumming on level
one acre lot. Priced to sell.
2 bedroom, 1 bath, living, dining and kitchen with utility building. Located in the
southeastern part of Dawson County on Hwy. 318. Close to Lake Lanier. $10,700.
2 bedroom Ift bath home located on 2'A acres, Hwy. 369 1 mile west of Coal
Mounain. Priced to sell.
LOTS
4.3 acres located in good community with 262’ frontage on paved road. Has
septic tank and bored well. Perfect for mobile home.
Beautiful wooded lot in Deerwood Subdivision, Restricted $3900.00.
Nice building lot in Mountainside Subdivision with 350’ paved road frontage,
paved drive and septic tank system. Contains 1.4 acres. F 8
Mobile home lot south Forsyth County.
FARMS AND LANDS
21.1 acres on paved road off Hwy. 20. Cherokee Co. Near Forsyth Co. line. Has
bored well, pump and septic tank on property.
77 acres in southwestern part of Lumpkin County. 1300’+ frontage on paved road.
Interest only terms.
Acreage in Forsyth and Dawson Counties.
PRIME DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY
43.88 acres near Cumming in Foisyth County. Has been approved for Subdivision
zoned R-l. Beautifully wooded with clear Mountain stream. $2500.00 per acre.
FULTON CO 19.166 wooded acres with 1750’ frontage on Kimball Bridge road
near Ga. 400 Expressway.
9 acres on Cloverieaf Hwy. 400 and Hwy. 20. Approximately 1 mile south of
Cumming.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
14 acres across road from new shopping center south of Cumming. Has good road
frontage on Hwy. 19 and Old Atlanta Road, just off Hwy. 20 and Hwy. 400. Has
city water and natural gas. Zoned, neighborhood shopping
If you have a home, farm, acreage or Uke Property for sale, please contact us. We
have customers ready to buy. 1
For information on above property, call: 887-7758 - 688-6371
WANSLEY WATSON Res. 887-5277
LARRY WATSON 887-7758 NANCY ELZEY 887-4096
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