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County Agents Column
By Ed Hunt
4-H Club Week
Young Citizens in Action . . .
That’s the theme for Na
tional 4-H Club Week which
is now being observed. There
are 400 4-H Club members in
Newton County, and each one
invites you to pause a minute
and reflect upon the oustand
ing work going on in the 4-H
Clubs. There are 4-H Clubs at
Ficquett, Palmer-Stone, Mans
field, Livingston, Heard Mixon
and Newton High Schools in
Newton County.
WE SALUTE THE
4-H CLUB MEMBERS
OF NEWTON COUNTY
NATIONAL 4-H
CLUB WEEK
MARCH 2-9
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OXFORD. GA.
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TONY WILKIE
STATE FARM
INSURANCE COMPANIES
Covington, Georgia Phone 786-2017
4-H IS A GOOD
INVESTMENT
We've Been In The Feed Business For Years, And
We Think We Know A Sound Investment When
We See One — And 4-H Club Work Is Such An
Investment. It Pays Off In Better Homemaking,
More Efficient Farming, And In Citizens Who Are
Alert To The Interests Os Their Community,
County, State, And Nation. wiSr
A 4 H BOOSTER
Patrick Feed & Seed Co.
Phone 786-3220 Covington, Georgia
fOnr Advertisers Are Assured Os Results)
May I take this opportunity
to pay my appreciation to the
members, parents, local lead
ers, and business concerns here
in the County that have made
the 4-H Club program what it
is. Special displays at schools,
appropriate posters and pro
grams on 4-H activities will be
carried out this week in ob
servance of National 4-H
Club Week.
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Liquid Complete Fertilizer
It’s fertilizer buying time
once again, and today let's dis
cuss the liquid complete fer
tilizer.
Aocording to recent research
there is no difference in per
acre yields of the major crops
in this County between com
pletely water soluble and par
tially water soluble sources of
phosphorus.
These liquid complete ferti
lizers are a good source of fer
tilizer elements, however, when
compared to solid fertilizers on
a POUND FOR POUND basis
of NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS
and POTASH, they offer no
advantages in increased per
acre yields.
Advantages for using liquid
fertilizers are custom applica
tions, elimination of bag cost,
and labor saving in some in
stances.
In determining if you should
use liquid fertilizer or solid
fertilizer, take in to account
the cost per pound of nitrogen,
phosphorus, and potash.
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Cotton Plant Spacing
Spacing of those cotton
plants is most important if you
want to obtain economical
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Davis at Hardman's Prescription Shop where Mr. Davis is
instructing Grant in how to properly file prescriptions.
Grant has been employed by Hardman's for about five
months. The DCT program at Newton High provides stu
dents an opportunity to work in a trade of their choice.
yields.
Closely-spaced plants, 40,000
per acre, bear few vegetative
branches and bear their fruit
ing branches higher on the
main stem. Usually, these fruit
ing branches are short and
produce only one or two bolls
each.
Closely-spaced cotton usual
ly yields higher than widely
spaced. By widely spaced we
mean in the range of 10,000
per acre. Close spacing allows
the boll size to be smaller, but
it allows more bolls to be pro
duced.
Machine harvesting works
best with a uniform stand, pre
ferably with 40,000 to 60,000
plants per acre.
Contact me for additional
material on cotton spacing.
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Small Grains Weed Control
You need to eliminate those
weeds from your small grains
so the grains will have the
proper plant nutrients and
moisture. Also, weed seed may
be difficult to remove from the
grain.
You may use 2,4-D to give
you economical and effective
control for weeds in am all
grain.
Remember that temperatures
in the range of 50 to 80 de
grees are required to achieve
the best results when using
2,4-D.
May I suggest that you con
tact my office for information
on controlling weeds in small
grains by using 2,4-D.
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Sweet and Roasting Ear Corn
Planning on growing sweet
and roasting ear corn this year?
If you are there are certain
varieties that you should plant
in order to get the best results
from your labor.
Sweet corn varieties for the
state are Aristogold Bantam
Evergreen, Calumet, Florigold,
Golden Security, Staygold, and
Senaca Chief.
Other varieties may be
grown, but the ones we men
tioned are the best.
For roasting ear com you
may plant Hybrid Truckers
Favorite, Truckers Favorite,
Silvermine, or Snowflake.
Here, too, there are other
varieties, but these are the
beet adapted. For more infor-
TH! COVINGTON NEWS
mation for this particular area
contact my office.
NASCAR Awarded
'Stay-in-School'
From Labor Dept.
Secretary of Labor W. Wil
lard Wirtz has awarded to the
National Association for Stock
Car Auto Racing (NASCAR)
and its executive manager, Pat
Purcell, the Department of La
bor’s Award of Merit.
The framed citation waa giv
en in recognition of the Asso
ciation’s role in urging youth
to continue their education and
will be presented to Mr. Pur
cell at Daytona on Saturday,
February 23 by the Secretary’s
representative.
The citation reads:
The United States Depart
ment of Labor, The Secretary
of Labor, AWARD OF MERIT.
Official Commendation and
Praise are Tendered to PAT
PURCELL—NASCAR, in re
cognition of his significant and
outstanding contribution to
ward furthering the work of
the Department of Labor “to
foster, promote and develop
the welfare of the wage earn
ers of the United States.”
"Take Your Son
Fishing" Is
Good Advice
The waters are full of ad
vice-givers who continually
tell fathers to take their sons
fishing.
“Teach them to love the
outdoors,” they say. “Introduce
the boys to nature, show them
the joys to be had in the per
fect contemplative sport,
“It is part of the duty of fat
herhood, to take your sons on
fishing trips. You owe it to
them.”
And on and on and on, unti’
the point and the listener’s ear
are well belabored. But never
a word about taking daughters
fishing, which could possibly
be far more significant than
taking along the sons.
“Do not be ridiculous,** they
say. “Fishing is for men, not
women, and has always been
throughout history. Do not
waste your time teaching a
daughter to fish as she will not
get the chance to use the skill
anyway.
“And besides,” they usually
conclude, “women are not
strong enough to do the hard
work that sometimes enters the
fishing picture.”
There is a flaw in this jewel
of reasoning however. Women
DO use the skill of fishing, as
witness the nearly seven mil
lion of them that fish and fish
well, freed from any hint of
drudgery by modern techology.
They use spin-cast reels and
crank in fish as easily as any
man. They launch light boa's
that weigh 100 pounds or less,
attach lightweight fishing mot
ors like the little Merc 60 or
featherweight Merc 110, fish
with limber rods and light lines
and see absolutely no reason
why they should not enjoy the
sport as much as any man does.
There is another rather im
portant facet to the diamond.
Little girls grow into big girls,
fortunately, and sooner or later
begin to angle for husbands.
And who among us can den}’
that a fishing wife isn’t a good
catch lor any man to net, with
Choose the Right Kind of
Fertilizer for Farm Job
“Too many farmers are play
ing the fertilizer numbers game
—and losing.
“They buy a fertilizer by the
numbers on the bag, figuring
that one bag of 12-12-12 is just
like any other.
“But that just isn’t true any
more,” according to Dr. L. E.
(Louie) Haley, agronomist for
International Minerals & Chem
ical Corporation, which sup
plies the fertilizer industry
with basic materials.
The grade just doesn’t re
flect the kind of job the fer
tilizer will do, Haley insists.
For instance there are three
main forms of nitrogen fertili
zers — ammonia, nitrate, and
amide. And each goes to work
at a different time.
The nitrate form is imme
diately available to the plant,
generally speaking. Ammonia
into nitrate form by soil bac
teria before the plant can use
it, and goes to work as nitrate
nitrogen. Amide nitrogen is a
delayed-release material, which
becomes available to the plant
after the ammonia leaves off.
Cheap fertilizers usually
contain just one form. Premi
um fertilizers may contain all
forms, for continuing nutrition.
But the nitrogen “number” on
the bag is the same regardless
of the form.
There are also several forms
of potash and several levels of
solubility of phosphate, which
the bag numbers on the bag
don’t reveal. The big numbers
also don’t show whether the
fertilizer contains vital sec
ondary and minor elements —■
or the forms these are in.
The form of potash can also
make a big difference at har
vest time, Dr. Haley notes.
Potassium chloride is the most
commonly used form. But many
heavy fertilizer users should be
careful of it because too many
chloride ions in the soil ham
per the uptake of phosphorus.
As a result, many agrono
mists recommend the use of
potassium sulfate, which is
virtually free of Chloride and
contains sulfur that the plants
a future all lined up for two of
them. ..fishing their way
through the stream of life, with
the hope of eventually prod
ucing some little fishermen
themselves.
So teaching little girls the
difference between a Royal
Coachman and a Black Gnat
better outfits them for the task
of hooking a husband, in the
long range of view.
Legion's Spring
Conference Was
Held at Macon
Spring Conference of the
American Legion and Auxilia
ry Department of Georgia, was
held in the Dempsey Hotel,
Macon, on March 2nd and 3rd
1963.
Highlights of the Conference
was a visit from the National
Commander of The American
Legion, James E. Powers, na
tive of Macon; National South
ern Vice President of the Au
xiliary, Mrs. Robert T. Barretit
from Ashland, Ky. National
Security Forum conducted at
the Auxiliary meeting.
Those attending from Cov
ington, Newton County Post
and Unit No. 32, were Com
mander Lewis White and Mrs.
White, Mr. and Mrs. C- T. Bo
hanan and Charles, Mr. and
Mrs. Luke Hill and Mr. and
Mrs. Ty C. Cason,
CONGRATULATIONS
NEWTON COUNTY 4-H CLUB MEMBERS
DURING
NATIONAL 4-H WEEK, MARCH 2-9
HAYES-WILSON
FURNITURE COMPANY
(Laroest Coverage Any Weekly In The State)
need. Sulfur is a basic part of
plant proteins, and plants can’t
live without sulfur in the soil
to draw on.
Another form of potash is
sulfate of potash-magnesia.
This contains not only potash
and sulfur, but also magnesium.
Together with sulfur and cal
cium, magnesium is classified
as a secondary element.
But they are “secondary”
only in the sense that great
quantities aren’t needed, the
IMC agricultural expert warns.
Magnesium is the central atom
in chlorophyll, the green ma
terial at the heart of the plant
food “factory”. However, mag
nesium must be in soluble
form, as it is in sulfate of
potash - magnesia, before
plants can use it.
Then come the minor or
trace elements. And don’t take
“trace” to mean insignificant,
Dr. Haley says. A shortage of
a trace element can be just as
disastrous to crops as a short
age of a primary or aecondary
nutrient.
Minor or trace elements in
clude manganese, boron, zinc,
iron and copper. Mort prem
ium fertilizers include these as
insurance, to prevent a lower
ing of yields.
And there are even differ
ences in the forms of these
elements. Iron sulfate, for in
stance, is easily converted by
soil into an insoluble form that
crops can’t use. In the iron
chelate form, however, the iron
is held for the plant by the
chelating agent, and isn’t grab
bed off by the soil phosphorus
or aluminum.
“These are big differences,
which make big differences in
yields and profits,” Dr. Haley
says.
“Fertilizer is an Important
farm investment," Haley points
out. “Don’t buy by the num
bers. Before investing, talk
your specific situation over
with the farm advisor, county
agent, fertilizer dealer or man
ufacturer.”
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
Our Best Wishes
to Newton County
4-H Members
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4-H CLUB WEEK
MARCH 2-9
"4-H Points the way to
SUCCESS"
The Covington
Tire Service, Inc.
PHONE 786-3737
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ALLGOOD'S GROCERY
Oxford, Georgia
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CONGRA TULATIONS
NEWTON COUNTY 4-H CLUB
MEMBERS AND LEADERS
TO OBSERVE A \
NATIONAL 4-H *
CLUB WEEK
MARCH 2-9
Covington Furniture Company
Phone 786-7707 19 E. Square Covington, Ga.
WE SALUTE NEWTON
COUNTY 4-H MEMBERS
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Happy Hands Make Happy Homes
4-H boys and girls take an eager interest In making their
homes attractive and comfortable . . . and as e result bring
joy to their parents and themselves. Through 4-H Club work
they learn skills of lasting value In later life.
During 4-H Club Week, March 2-4, we salute them for
their many accomplishments in the homo, on the farm, and
in leadership and citizenship.
MEADORS FREIGHT LINE
"Fast Freight Service”
PHONE 786-7042 COVINGTON, GA.
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