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Thursday, April 3,1969
GARDENING TIME
Spring is in the air, and that
means gardening time. Folks in
Newton County are well under
way with their plans. In fact,
I don’t believe I have ever seen
as much gardening activity.
I hope everybody is planning
to maintain his garden through
out the season. A garden is a
lot like an automobile. No mat
ter how good it is in the be
ginning, it will run down without
proper maintenance.
What is proper maintenance?
Well, some key words are soil
moisture, weed control, and in
sect and disease control.
A constant supply of soil mois
ture is very important. If there
is not enough rainfall, water the
garden about once a week. Be
sure to wet the soil through
out the root zone of the plants.
Frequent shallow waterings pro
mote shallow-rooted plants that
produce poorly.
Weeds take moisture and fer-
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County Agents
Column
By Ed Hunt
COUNTY AGENT
tilizer away from the garden pl
ants. One way to control weeds,
and at the same time conserve
moisture, is by mulching. Shallow
cultivation with a plow or scrap
ing with a hoe is also a satis
factory weed control method.
Os course, insects and diseas
es must be controlled. The var
ious recommendations for doing
this are too long to be discussed
here. I suggest you stop by my
office and ask for copies of Cir
cular 373, “Insect Control in the
Home Garden,” and Bulletin 667,
“Control Diseases in Your Home
Garden.’ ’
* * *
WEEDS GET AROUND
Weeds are a lot like insects.
We see one today, and then tomor
row it looks like there are thou
sands of them. Well, this is
not far from the truth. Consider
the growth characteristics of Te
xas millet, for example. Seedl
ings emerged when seed were as
deep as three inches. Plants
produced an average of 118 heads
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per plant, with 195 seeds per
head. That comes to 23,010 seeds
per plant.
* * ♦
NITROGEN FOR LAWNS
Most of us are aware of the
benefits of applying ammonium
nitrate or nitrate of soda to our
lawns. The grass quickly greens
up and grows.
However, therearesomepro
blems that go along with these
inorganic sources of nitrogen.
P. J. Bergeaux, one of our Ex
tension agronomists, pointed out
some of them.
First, if the nitrogen is not
watered in, the grass may be
burned. Also, frequent small ap
plications are necessary to main
tain the desirable dark green co
lor and lush growth. This is be
cause there inorganic sources of
nitrogen are easily leached from
the soil be rainwater.
New sources of nitrogen are
now on the market that tend to
overcome these problems. They
are called ureaform. According
to Mr. Bergeaux, they are made
by mixing urea and formaldehyde
in proportions which react with
each other to form a material
containing about 38 percent nitor
gen. About two-thirds of this
nitrogen is water insoluble.
There are two advantages of
ureaform nitrogen: (1) Because
most of the nitrogen is not wat
er soluble,, it does not burn
the foliage and consequently does
not have to be watered in. (2)
The nitrogen Is released slowly,
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By Mrs. W. T. Thompson 4
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Reynolds
of Forest Park were spend the day
guests of Miss Ruth Reynolds and
Ray on Monday. Guests in the
afternoon were Mesdames Kyle
Allen and Gene Osburn of Mont
icello.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Stubbs were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Moore and Charles and Mrs.
Clyde Yancey in Covington, Sun
day.
** * *
Mrs. Wilbur Johnson spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Pope.
♦* * ♦
Mrs. Elwood Parker visited
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry
Campbell at Hilltop Cottage Nurs
ing Home near Forsyth on Sun
day.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Darby and
children spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Stubbs.
** ♦ ♦
Last week visitors in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Stubbs
were: Mr. and Mrs. Julian Wash
ington of Morrow, Ed Stubbs, of
Augusta, Mrs. John Smith and
Mrs. J. T. Smith.
** ♦ *
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sykes of
Atlanta visited Mrs. Franklin
Parker and children on Sunday.
** * *
Mrs. Billy Joe Turlington and
Donna were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Elwood Parker on Fri
day.
** * *
Visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Bailey the past week
were: Mr. and Mrs. Spencer
Wicks and Kathy of Clarkston,
Mrs. Emma Moore of Mcßae,
Miss Helen Pruitt of Oxford and
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Parker.
♦* * *
Mrs. Jones and great grand
daughter Melissa Parker spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Cunningham, Sherrie and
Scott of Atlanta.
** * *
Visitors in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Thompson the
past week were Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace Aiken, Miss Ruth Rey
nolds and Ray, Mesdames Herbert
Fincher, Vallie Aiken, John
Jones, Pauline Turlington, Paul
Aiken, Messrs Troy Stubbs, El
wood Parker, and Chester Bailey.
thus eliminating the necessity for
frequent applications.
But there is a disadvantage.
This is the relatively high cost
of ureaform nitrogen compared to
Inorganic water soluble sources
such as ammonium nitrate or nit
rate of soda.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Parker
visited Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe
Turlington and family Sunday
evening.
♦* ♦ *
Mrs. Franklin Parker and Mike
visited Mrs. Elwood Parker
Thursday morning.
** * ♦
The community was saddened
last week by the death of Mrs.
Lerna Johnson, a former resident
of the community. Sincere sym
pathy is extended to the family and
to all who have lost loved ones.
Get well wishes to those who are
ill at home and in the hospitals.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Pippin,
Dana, Darrell and David of Oxford
visited Mr. and Mrs. w. T.
Thompson Monday afternoon,
Mrs. Pope Was
FHA Speaker
Mrs. Walter Pope, former
Home Economic teacher at New
ton County High School, spoke
to the Newton FHA. She was
introduced to the 160 members
by Vice President, Gay Banks
ton, after an inspiring devotional
given by Cathy Lowery. The devo
tional brought out the point
“FHA’ers are you doing your
best?”
Mrs. Pope presented a “pep
py” program, “What king of
FHA’er am I?” Officers and
members were confronted with
thie question. She added a little
zest to the program by teaching
an FHA song.
Club members were also re
minded of future plans such as
the Spring Picnic to be held at
Jackson Lake and FHA-FFA
Camp to be held June 23-27.
NEW BREED
(From Front Page)
value Is likely to soar In the
years ahead. Even though the lot
may be remote from the job or
city, the logistical problem has
been minimized by the constru
ction of Interstates, freeways and
the like.
According to the Southern Pine
Association, the investor-buyer
gives just as careful attention to
the design and construction of a
home he will occupy for just a
few years as he would to a life
time investment. The reason Is
simple:—the price he will event
ually be able to command at re
sale depends on his having the
kind of house whose value is sure
to increase with the passage of
time.
Os special importance is the
quality of the framing lum
ber which holds the home to
gether. The investor-buyer never
cuts corners or otherwise stints
in this vital respect.
The safety of a home in vio-
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lent winds and its resistance to
normal wear depends largely on
framing lumber. It’s important
to use a lumber species of high
natural strength and nail-holding
ability. The grade should be ap
propriate and the lumber should
be properly dried and pre-shrunk
before being surfaced to final
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and if the occasion arrives to
sell.
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