Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

The United States Department of
Agriculture expresses the opinion
that the farmer should know more
about fertilizers and be certain of
what he is using. In statement
written by DIR. C. C. Fletcher of the
Bureau of Soils, and scientific in
vestigator of fertilizer resources, he
emphasizes the Importance of al
knowledge of soils. "For example"
he says, "for some crops a quick-act-
ing nitrogen carrier is essential; for
others a slow-acting one, becoming
available gradually through the sea-
son, is better. The home mixer can
purchase nitrate of soda or ammo
mum sulpAate and be certain that ne
is using high grade materials. but in
factory goods the nitrogen is not al
WAYS in the form wanted"
DR.. Fletcher adds the following,
which will be of interest to farmers
everywhere: Commercial fertilizers
are usually mixtures of materials con-
tanning nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash. These so-called complete fer
tilizers may be bought ready mixed,
or the ingredients may be bought and
mixed at home. Very much greater
quantities of the factory mixed goods
are sold in this country, but the prac-
tice of home mixing is growing, es-
pecially among the large users and
farmers organizations" The gov
eminent statement Of which DIR.
Fletcher is the author, emphasizes
profits for home mixing fertilizers as
against the purely commercial ferti-
lizers.
Radio Regulation
President Coolidge is evincing
New England determination to have
Secretary Hoover placed in charge of
radio control. Mr.. Hoover doesn't
seem to care for the job but he is
theoretically supported for the place
by the big groadcasting interests who
have developed the art and who know
that Hoover would protect them in
what they call their rights. The in
dependents want commission to
work apart from the Department OF
Commerce. Boiled down the whole
fight is between the big interests and
the little ones. In tn end Congress
will likely take care of them all.
Keep the Child Well
The public health officials at Wash
ington are putting forth constant eff
forts to increase cheil health and a
great amount of literature is being
distributed by the government for
that purpose. Leading health Off
Gals in Washington and elsewhere
throughout the country have con-
cluded that it is better to keep the
children healthy and alive than to
keep on with Investigations to find
out why they die.
Grow Black Walnut Trees
| A valuable tip to farmers in the
upland hill sections of the South, the
Ohio river basin, and the Central
Mississippi regions, has been issued
by the United States Forest Service.
The Bureau advises farmers to plant
a bushel of black walnuts this fall.
1t says that it will prove good in
vestment There are about 1900
nuts in a bushel, and the farmers are
told to plant them about two inches
deep in waste strips, in corners or
along fence rows. The bulletin on
the subject goes on to say that the
walnut in a tree that requires good
soil and the nut should not be plant
ed in shallow, dry or poor land. If
hogs or squirrels are running over
the land the nuts should be buried in
soil pit or kept in a damp cellar
until spring and then planted.
Walnut Is one of the two finest
cabinet woods known to the world,
and it is widely KNOWN that logs or
stumps have a market value of from
$3.50 to 5000 thousand feet.
No More Congressman
House leaders of the present Con-
gress have agreed that there will not