Jf wenty-F our W atauga Farmers Aid In Testing TV A Materials T w e n t y-four "experimental" farms In Watauga County are co operating in testing new T. V. A. fertilizer material!, N. C. Experi ment Station Recommendationa for fertilization, and N. C. Exten sion Service advice in managing their farm operations. David 'Farthing of the Beaver Dam Community, who operates a 110-acre dairy and beef farm, is the newest addition to this group. David agrees to follow N. C. ex periment Station recommenda tiona in fertilizing his crops, and to test new fertilizers produced by T. V. A. at their Muscle Shoals, Alabama, plant. The fertilizer now undergoing test in Calcium-Mela phosphate, which analyes in excess of 61 percent phosphate. When compared with regular 20 percent auper phoshphate this la a very high analysis fertilizer. David wllU be well prepared to take advant age of the new provisions of the Social Security law inasmuch as he will keep an accurate record of his expenses and receipta aa a part of the Unit Test Demonstration l*arm program during the five year period he ia a demonstrator. Other T. V. A. Test Demonstra tion farmers are D. F. Greene, Otto Thomas, W. R. Vines, Ferd Michael, A. C. Moretz, Milton Mor etz, Ernest Hillard, Hiram Brooks, Sanford Creed, Ned Glenn, Cecil Swift, R. G. Shipley, Joe Wilson, Howard Edmisten, Royce Perry, Hade Smith, W. C. Smith, Victor Farthing, Roy L. Moretz, Mrs. Janie Dishman, Ivan Dishman, Bill Krider and Lester Warren. All these farmer? will partici pate in the U. T. D. program (or five yean except aix, who are selected as "long time" farmers, and all are required to keep farm records. These farmers are "experimen tal farm" operators in another sense* also, as they are asked to carry out the improved cropping and livestock practices advocated by the N. C. Extension Service, and to test new varieties of corn, tobacco, forage crops and vege tables under practical farm condi tions. The farm record books of these men for 1954 were recently sum marized, and, as you might guess, many were victims of the cost selling price squeeze and dry weather. However, these farmers are studying their farming opera tions from an income standpoint, and many will not only do a bet ter Job with older accepted prac tices in 1053 but will be trying in ? practical way other means of ad ding to the family income. Honey Bees Need Feeding In Winter Don't forget your honey bee* this winter because there's a chance that they (like the old story of the grasshopper) didn't provide adequate food for them selves to survive the winter months. W A. Stephen, extension bee keeper at State College, says that last fall many colonies stored lit tle honey and no pollen and may starve if they don't get an assist from their keeper. Stephen suggests that on the first nice day, the beekeeper look into his bee hive and take out some comb* to see if there is a brood in the center of the brood nest. When checking it is a good idea to aee how much honey and pollen is in the combs. There may not be any! On Tar Heel beekeeper discov ered that the honey was gone from his hives as early as November. Since that time he has been feed ing sugar syrup made by dissolv ing two parts of sugar to one of water. This particular beekeeper says that if no pollen comes in from the alders, willows, and red maples, pretty soon he will have to feed a substitute for pollen ? a soybean brewers yeast mixture available from bee supply houses. Stephen says that although it costs something to feed bees, the beekeeper stands to make a. good return on his investment. Besides, wouldn't it be tragic to let hard working little characters like bees starve? The U. S. Far East air chief says the Reds have a big air force. DON'T COUGH ? YQUt BEAD OFF ASK FOE Mentho-Mulsion U it falls to stop your cough due to colds, ask for your money back. * BOONE DRUG CO. TW EEXALL Store Dr. Grahajn Takes Red Cross Post DR FRANK P. GRAHAM Dr. Frank P. Graham of Chapel Hill, prominent educator and statesman, has accepted appoint ment as a national vice-chairman of the 1955 Red Cross campaign for members and funds, according to Stanley C. Allyn of Dayton, Ohio, national campaign chairman. Dr. Graham, United Nations ii one of 90 volunteer vice-chair men, selected from eminent na tional leaders, who will serve. He will advise and assist Red Cross chapters in North Carolina in plan ning and organizing for the 1955 campaign, which gets under way March 1. mediator for India and Pakistan, ent figure In public life for the Dr. Graham has been a promin past 25 years. He served as presi dent of the University of North Carolina from 1930 until 1949, when he was named to the United Slates Senate. He has served in his present capacity with the Uni ted Nations since 1951. $700 IN SHAVING KIT Hot Sprinks, Ark.? After a stay of several days in this resort city, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilliaret checked out of a motel and headed for Mexico City. A few miles out of town, Mr. Gilliaret remembered he had left his shaving ki( behind They raced back, but the shaving ?cit was gone and so was the $700 hidden in it. TVA Test Farms In Burley Tests ? Three T. V. A. Unit Test De monstration farmer# conducted to bacco experiments in 1954 in Wa tauga County. Sanford Creed and lot M. Wilaon conducted experi ments testing 15 varieties of Bur Icy, and Otto Thomas conducted an experiment testing various analyses and rates of fertilization. Although official results of these experiments are not yet available, I it appears that Burley 21, a new 'vaflcty resistant to Root-rot, ; P'oraic, and Wildfire, will be high ly desirable when seed are com . r ercially available. Farmers who have had good suecess with Ken tucky 16 are advised to continue 'fljnti.ng it for the present I y (11 means secure a soil test cn your tobacco fields before transplanting time. Use these re commendations and good manage ment practices for highest returns Good tobacco fertilization starts in the plant beds, where 1V4-2 lbs. of 4-0-3 tobacco plant bed fertili zer per square yard is recommend ed for beds not fall treated with cyanamid or 16-6-2, with which we should use 3-41 pound 4-9-3 at seeding. | DRUNK DRIVING COSTLY St Paul, Minn.? Earl M Lari mer, State Safe Driving official, recently reported that motorists driving while under the influence of alchohol were involved in more than 2,600 accidents on Minne sota's streets and highways last year, with 46 fatal accidents. Lights Deadly To Hani Mites Ham mite* can be controlled easily with ordinary electric light or daylight, according to results of tests at the North Carolina Ex periment Station. That's good newt to farmers. locker3plant operators and meat packers, because mites will de stroy all the lean meat in a ham in an estimated four to six months under ideal conditions. They al ways work in the dark. To kill the mites, light must shine directly on the hams. Yet they should be covcred by a paper or cloth or both to protect them from skippers. When exposed to light, the ham is left open to skip per damage. The simplest way around this problem is to put the hams inside a recommended cover immediately after curing to protect them from skippers They should have no mites then because the curing salt keeps them from getting into the meat. Then put a strong eleetric light in the ham storeroom for 24 hours, once every two* weeks, to kill any mites that get in there. Another way to keep mites away is to build a wooden frame for a cage and cover it with 30-mesh screen (much finer than ordinary window screen) and store the ham inside Hardware dealers can order the screen. 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