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-FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1985
Rural Living
Find a tax preparer
that can fill your needs
Now is the time when many of us
are looking for help from an income
tax preparation service. These serv
ices may vary greatly in accuracy
and cost. To find the preparer that
can best help you, call several and
ask:
What is your training or experi
ence in preparing tax returns?
How do you check for accuracy?
Will someone else double-check my
return? If so, will it be reviewed for
arithmetic errors only or also for
errors in tax-law interpretations?
Thinking through remodeling
Remodeling a house can be a very
rewarding undertaking or it can be a
mess. One reason for a mess is lack of
planning toward a definite goal. With
out a goal, remodeling is likely to be
haphazard and unsatisfying. So why
do you need it? Is it to eat, sleep,
cook, bathe? For children, adults?
Try to pin down your needs and
then decide how you are going to
fulfill them. How are you going to get
extra space? Think of the alterna
tives adding on, re-arranging, en
closing a porch or carport, finishing
an attic or basement. If you plan to
add one, where will it be done? Will
the roofline allow it and can it be done
Ben Overstreet has yet
another high corn yield
Dawson County’s Ben Overstreet
has been named a regional winner for
non-irrigated division with 159 bush
els per acre of com, according to the
Georgia College of Agriculture in
Athens.
Overstreet has been among the top
com producers in the Northeast
Georgia area for the past several
years, taking honors during the an
nual contest.
Jimmy Dixon of Burke County
broung in the top figure for the
Georgia com yield contest with 258
bushels per acre. He and other grow
ers who produced 200 bushels or more
per acre were honored in Perry last
month.
The contest drew 237 entries. It is
coordinated by the Georgia Exten
sion Service and supported by agribu
siness concerns across the state.
Troy Johnson, Georgia Extension
agronomist, said the 1984 season was
“a good year for com producers. We
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Approximately how much will
preparing my taxes cost? How is that
fee determined?
Where can you be reached later
in the year, if I need help with an
audit?
Can you represent me if IRS
audits my return? What will you
charge?
When you visit the preparer, expect
certain practices. A preparer should
go through a checklist of deductions
to see if any apply to you. A preparer
should also sign your return and enter
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without ruining the lines of the house?
Perhaps better arrangement is
your problem, but before you decide
on a solution, decide why you think it
is needed. Do you have to do too much
walking, or do you not use some of the
rooms as they are? Does it just seem
inconvenient or does traffic move in
the wrong places? Now, how are you
going to alleviate the problem? Will
had more growers making 200 bush
els per acre than last year.”
Herbert Jacobs of Screven County
placed second this year with 253 bush
els per acre on irrigated land. He is
currently president of the Georgia
Com Growers Assocaition.
“Herbert was number one last year
and Jimmy Dixon was in the top
three,” said Johnson. “They are both
very consistent growers.”
Regional winners in the irrigated
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his or her name and social security
number (or federal ID number).
A preparer should not guarantee
you a refund before completing your
return or suggest that you take non
existent deductions or commit other
improprieties. A preparer should not
ask you to sign a blank return or one
completed in pencil.
Source: “Facts for Consumers,”
FTC, 2/7/84
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removing or adding walls do the job?
Would additional storage solve the
biggest problems? Could the plan be
turned around and change the uses of
some of the rooms?
This latter suggestion may seem
radical at first thought, but it has a lot
of merit.
Is it appearance of your house that
bothers you? What is wrong with it?
Dowdy? Blah? Fussy? Too short and
boxy or too long? Does it have too
many materials? It is in poor repair?
Out-of-date? Poorly proportioned?
How about it? Now, consider these
methods of solution. Paint covers up
a multitude of sins, especially if it is a
fairly deep color. Consider the pretty
category included Fred and Ted Col
lins, Grady County, 230 bushels; John
and Johnny Davis, Berrien County,
228 bushels; Walter Gillis, Wheeler,
204 bushels; Donald Baker Sr., Lee
County, 233 bushels; and Sunfield
Farms, David Harbage, Mgr., Macon
County 209 bushels.
Vernon Biggers of Irwin County
won the non irrigated division with
184 bushels per acre only 25 more
than Dawson’s Overstreet.
Erosion can be cause
of management problems
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Soil erosion is to some extent a
serious problem in Forsyth County.
Many farmers try to maintain
yields by replacing the fertility lost to
erosion by using more and more
fertilizer. That costs money, of
course, and may be one reason some
of them are in a financial bind.
As topsoil erodes away, more and
more subsoil is brought into the plow
layer creating a more harsh environ
ment for plants.
Subsoil seldom makes a satisfac
tory substitute for topsoil, according
to Bob Wilkes, one of our soil scien
greens, blues, browns and greys
rather than white. Make the most of
attractive trim but play down that
which is ordinary.
Perhaps new windows, doors or
roof are what it needs. Tearing off an
ugly porch may work wonders or
adding a porch, terrace, wing, car
port, wall or fence may do the trick.
You may decide to change the style of
the house completely or ignore the
style (or lack of it) and concentrate
on making the interior attractive and
workable.
Just taking the time to thoroughly
think through and consider a number
of alternatives may make the differ
ence between a treasure and a mess!
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PESTICIDES
When applying pesticides, use the
right pesticide and the correct equip
ment for your pest problem. Read
and follow all label directions, and
wear protective clothing to prevent
contact with the chemicals
COTTON ACREAGE
Cotton acreage in the nation should
be up 35 percent over last year,
according to the Cooperative Exten
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tists in Athens. Subsoil has a lower
capacity to hold water, so plants wilt
sooner. Irrigation is the best solution
for that more costs.
He says that soil structure changes
also cause a lot of other problems. It’s
even worse because the field does not
erode evenly. For example, a herbi
cide may work well with one soil
structure but poorly with another in
the same field where it has been
changed by erosion; likewise, equip
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Seedlings have a hard time pushing
up through subsoil. Perhaps you’ve
seen these spots that didn’t come up.
You can bet that plants that don’t
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come up don’t make much.
Wilkes says that erosion just acce
lerates erosion. As soil degrades, the
surface crusts and seals to restrict
water intake. The result is more run
off and more erosion. It is a sad story.
I think E.H. Reid, a supervisor of
the Upper Chattahoochee River Soil
and Water Conservation District, has
figured all of this out as well as
anybody. He said that we just can’t
have erosion and still be competitive
in agriculture.
Erosion causes management prob
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economy of the entire community.
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