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FERTILIZING OF AZALEAS
AND CAMELLIAS DISCUSSED
By Charles Hudson in
The Atlanta Journal
This is a rather unusual time
to talk about cold weather, but
from the timeliness standpoint
it is an ideal time to discuss the
use of fall conditioner fertilizer
for camellias, azaleas and other
shrubs partially susceptible to
winter cold damage.
Ever since the disastrous
freeze of 1950-51 we have been
somewhat weather conscious es
pecially during the winter mon
ths., And since that time many
experiments have been con
ducted to determine how we can
condition our camellias and aza
leas against extreme cold da
mage.
This has resulted in the wide
spread use of a fall conditioner
type fertilizer. Its use last fall
has brought many fine reports
as to its effectiveness, although
we cannot tag it as a guaranteed _
cure against winter damage. It
just helps to harden off growth
early enough so that plants are
better able to withstand winter
extremes.
Added to the fact that such a
fall conditioner fertilizer has per
formed so well, we should heed
another situation which has de
veloped this season whereby the'
same type fertilizer will be most
helpful. We all know how shrubs
have taken a beating from our
extremely hot, dry sumer. Some
plants have gone into a semi-
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to a newspaper taking advantage of something nice said
about the profession. With this explanation, we reprint a
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Journal, formerly Pathfinder Magazine. The editorial was
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ment individuals into a community. The paper drums up
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wins, and helps get the crowd out for each neighborhood
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BRANTLEY COUNTY
Please let me thank you for the wonderfut
vote of confidence you gave me in the re-^n*
Democratic Primary. The results of the election
have, of course, made me very happy, but I am
extremely mindful of the responsibilities in.ohed
in representing you in the Congress.
These responsibilities I want to meet to the
fullest ertent, and I pledge you my utmost effort
in serving the people of the Eighth District in the
manner that they deserve, and have every right to
expect. But the job isn’t all mine. Each one of you
has an investment in the office that did not end
when you went to the ballot box. I need and want
vour help, and I feel sure that I can count on you
for it.
-•r-, ‘nV’ • ratefu’ to the citizens of my home
Cm t’' of Clinch for the wonderful celebration and
con- ?nti ns they hJd in my honor. And I appre*
ciate the presence there of so many people from
ever-’ county in the Eighth District. Each of you
provided an inspiration to me that I shall never
forget.
Let us all work together to be better citizens
of the land with which God has so richly blessed us.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Publishd weekly on Thursday at Nahunta. Georg*.
CARL BROOME
Entered at the Post Office at Nahunta, Georgia as secorn
class matter under the act of March 3, 1879.
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THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE NAHUNTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, SEPT. 23, 1954
TO THE PEOPLE OF
Sincerely yours,
IRIS BLITCH
dormancy as a result.
Now, with the fall rainy sea
son soon starting, these shrubs
will begin to go into active
growth again much like they do
in early spring, but not at as fast
a rate. This could result in bushes
being covered with soft, succu
lent new growth that will be in
jured by the first hard freeze
in November or December.
Again, the use of a fall condi
tioner-type fertilizer now will
help to prevent excessive pro
duction of soft new growth.
What is a fall conditioner fer
tilizer? It is simply a formula
of phosphate and potash without
nitrogen. Nitrogen is the princi
pal growth element that pro
motes the development of heavy
leaf and stem growth. This is
what we don’t want this fall, so
the incomplete fertilizer is used
instead.
With an 0-14-14 formula, a fall
conditioner fertilizer supplies
ample amounts of phosphates
and potash to plants to help
harden-off tissues to make them
more resistant to winter damage.
Last year an 0-10-10 formula
was mostly used, but many fer
tilizer manufacturers have more
or less standardized the formula
to an 0-14-14 for the sake of uni
formity under varying state
laws, and also in order to pro
vide gardeners with more of the
needed plant food per ton or per
EDITOR and O’A ?• £
100 pounds.
In addition to the very useful
part of hardening-off growth
for the winter season, the phos
phate-potash combination also
has a remarkable effect on im
proving foliage color and general
vigor of the plants. Treated
plants will develop deeper green
leaves, denoting greater health
in the plants. Flower colors
sometimes are deepened with
such a combination. In fact,
everything is supplied in such a
formula except rapid growth
which we don’t want at this
time.
A fall conditioner fertilizer
does not replace regular feeding
with complete fertilizers, so con
tinue „ following the standard
feeding schedule with an aza
lea and camellia fertilizer as
usual, but supplementing it with
the fall conditioner now to pre
pare plants for the coming win
ter weather.
I find that an 0-14-14 fertilizer
has many other uses, particularly
when we are building soils for
bulb planting time. It is the high
phosphate and potash content in
the soil that helps to produce
the finest bulbs. It is not a new
system of feeding, for gardeners
have used this type fertilizer
for years when soils tend to run
too high in nitrogen. You should
see what it does to potatoes, too.
Still another good use for a
fall conditioner-type fertilizer
is for feeding pecan trees when
they develop poor crops of nuts.
Instead of fussing with the un
certain method of burying cans
of lye in the soil around pecan
trees, the 0-14-14 fertilizer is
easier and more effective to use.
C. J. Broome Jr.
Os Alma Heads
Bth District Press
By Laurie Lee Sparrow
(From the Waycross Journal
Herald)
Eighth District Press Associa
tion members meeting in Way
cross over the weekend elected
C. J. Broome, Jr., editor and
publisher of Alma Times, presi
dent, and called for drought aid
for South Georgia counties omit
ted from Federal disaster assis
tance with subsidized feeds and
loans.
Shelby Davis, editor of the
Coffee County Progress, Douglas,
was elected as vice-president and
Jack Williams Jr., of the Way
cross Journal Herald, was elected
as secretary-treasurer.
Newspaper editors, publishers
heard about the Adequate Pro
gram of Education for Georgia
from Dr. Wiliam S. Smith, presi
dent, South Georgia College; con
gratulated Congresswoman-elect
Iris Blitch; welcomed Jim Pinson,
former Constitution writer, and
recently appointed associate
editor Waycross Journal-Herald,
back to South Georgia, and hon
ored Jack Williams, Journal-He
rald editor and publisher, by
making him permanent honorary
life president.
APEG, the adequate education
program was explained in what
was described as a comprehen
sive manner by Dr. Smith the
educator pointing out that the
first plan of the program “is
evaluation, to find out what we
have in education, what we
need, and what we are willing to
pay to set up a decent basis for
legislation for an adequate pro
gram of education in Georgia.”
To get a picture of projected
school enrollment for the next 10
years an extensive study will be
made on population and school
enrollment trends.
Dr. Smith warned that “unless
we meet the needs we will be ed
ucationally bankrupt.”
Senator Lawton Ursrey, Hazle
hurst farmer, and Albert S. Jen
kins, publisher and editor, Baxley
Banner introduced evidence of
need for Federal assistance in
drought disaster areas other than
the 70 recognized that brought
about action of the association to
protest the omission of counties
in the Eighth District.
Messages were sent to Gov.
Talmadge, Sen. Dick Russell, Sen.
Walter George and Congressman
Wheeler urging that these areas
be included in the Federal aid de
signation.
Braswell Deen Jr., Bacon repre
sentative urged support of legisla
tion he has proposed for freedom
of the press.
Jack Williams, Journal-Herald
publisher was toastmaster for the
banquet occasion held in Hotel
Ware. Jack Williams, Jr., made
the address of welcome, boosting
Waycross as an agricultural and
industrial area. Baxley publish
er, Albert Jenkins made the re
sponse.
Flowers arranged by Mrs. Jack
Williams, were appropriately in
terspersed with pine for the
newsprint idea.
J E Baynard, Jeff Davis Coun
ty Ledger publisher received
praise as outgoing president
Attending from Blackshear
were Dean Broome, Blackshear
Times editor, Mrs. Andrew
Clough, society editor, and Mr.
Clough.
Rabies Rate
Falls During
Last 10 Years
Georgia’s dogs, cattle, and
people have much less to fear
from rabies today than ten years
ago. It’s going to cost less, too.
Through July, 1954, there have
been 106 animal brains found to
be infected compared with about
500 during the first seven months
of 1944, according to Dr. L. E.
Starr, State Health Department
veterinarian. He says that there
were 2800 human beings in Geor
gia who took the Pasteur treat
ment in 1944, while at our pre
sent rate, only about 500 people
will need to take the antirabic
treatment this year.
Dogs’ brains are tested for ra
bies at the Health Department’s
central laboratory in Atlanta, as
well as at branch laboratories at
Macon, Albany, and Waycross.
County-municipal laboratories
in Augusta, Columbus, and Sav
annah also examine heads of
dogs that are suspected of being
rabid.
Dr. Starr says conservative
cost figures on the preparation
and distribution of antirabic vac
cine for human use in Georgia,
combined with cost of adminis
tration and value of farm animals
that died of rabies in 1944 totaled
not less than $250,000. Compar
able figures for 1954 are expected
not to exceed $24,000, a saving
of $226,000 to tax payers of the
state.
Only one person—four-year
old Darrell Hayes of Winder—in
Georgia has died of rabies this
year. In 1944 rabies claimed the
lives of five persons in the state.
“Rabies is now at its lowest
ebb in Georgia for many years.
The disease is still present, how
ever, in some areas. Therefore,
it is essential that dog vaccina
tion be maintained until the dis
ease can be completely wiped
out”, Dr. Starr says.
Dr. Starr advises that if you
have been bitten by a dog you
suspect of being rabid, do not
kill the dog but put him in a pen
or tie him up. If the dog dies
have the head examined and if it
is found to have rabies, you still
have time for treatment. Other-
to Tax Payers of
Brantley County
DEAR FRIENDS:
WE HAVE THE 1954 TAX DIGEST COMPLET
ED AND WE ARE READY TO START COLLECT-
ING TAXES
PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAVE 1953 TAX
FI FAS IN MY OFFICE WILL PL ASE COME IN
AND GET THEM AT ONCE. THE C TUNTY NEEDS
I'll
THE MONEY.
TION, I AM YOUR FRIEND,
John M. Wilson
THANKING YOU FOR YOUR COOPERA-
TAX COMMISSIONER BRANTLEY COuFTY
wise you will over know if the >
dog was infected with rabies and
may have to take antirabic treat
ment unnecessarily. Foxes or
other species of wild life can
not be handled, therefore, if
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