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' • - V • . ■■Bi Second Section i . J: {;' r ■■ VOLUME LXH. no. a. jwom. ^3111151^ : - -*J : trv KsgT «i-: v;. * Sgjr,• Practices May Solve Many J J ft Many of the problems and needs on the majority of farm* in W» tauga county in 1987 may be wived by conservation practice* ia tlx Agricultural Conservation pro gram, Dwight Cable, county ASC chairman, advises. Especially il is desirable for farmers to con sider those practices which they will.be unable to carry out with out the aid of federal cost-sharing. Payment rates have been increas ed on most practices to off-set the labor involved in their perform ance. No farmer should let the sign up period, January 10 to 25, pass by without calling at the ASC office and finding out Just what some of the most needed practices on his fsrm will cost. Following is a liit of the ap proved practices for Watauga county: Permanent Pasture or Bay The initial establishment of a permanent vegetative cover for soil protection or as a needed land use adjustment. The following ma terials are required in the per formance of this practice: Lime, as required by a soil test, or 1 ton per acre if land has been limed in five years, or two tons per acre if land has not been limed in five years; federal cost-share, $3.25 per ton. Fertilizer, as required by a soil test, or 10 cwt. 2-12-12! per acre; federal cost-share, 6.5 cents per pound of plant food, not to exceed $14.30 per acre. Seeds, a mixture of adaptable legumes and grasses net to exceed $3.90 per acre. Vegetative Cever ia Crop Rotation The establishment of a vegeta tive cover in crop rotation in ex cess of normal plantings of eligible crops under the rotation system on the farm. The purpose is to re tard erosion or to improve soil structure, permeability, or water holding capacity. Requirements and federal cost-shares are the same at permanent pasture or hay. Llmlaf Farmland This practice la for the initial treatment of farmland to permit the use of legumes and grasses tor soil improvement and protection; and ia applicable to farmland de voted in 1037 to legumes and per ennial graaaes and to farmland which will be devoted to such uses in 1908. Limestone requirements are the aame aa for those in the other two practices above. Federal cost-share ia $3.23 per ton. Fares* Tree Planting ' The initial eatablishment of a stand of trees od farm-land for erosion control, watershed protec tion, and forestry purposes Max imum federal cost-share, $12 per acre. Permanent Pasture or Hay Improvement This practice is for the initial improvement of an established permanent vegetative cover for soil and watershed protection. The following materials are required in the performance of thia practice: Lime, 1 ton per acre if land has not been limed in the past five years, no lime ia required if land has been limed in the past five years; federal coet-share, $3.29 per ton. Fertilizer, S.9 cents per pound of plant food in either 9 cwt. 0 10-20, S cwt. 0-9-27, or 9 cwt. 0-14-14. Seeds, if required, not to exceed $3.90 per acre. Open Ditch Drainage This practice ia for constructing permanent drainage^ ditches for draining cropland or"pasture land. Federal coet-share, 10c per cubic yard of material moved. Tile Drainage This practice is for the instal lation of underground drainage systems to dispose of excess water. Federal coet-share per lineal foot Captain Mack G. Ban, pilot for the Armjr National Guard, and SFC Robert R Rogers of the North Caro lina National Guard, loading a helicopter with March of Dimes Blue Crutch** for delivery to variout centers in the State last Saturday. The helicopter delivery highlighted the opening of the January. driv< to give continued support to polio victims in Nortli Carolina and the nation.—Photo by Overton, Public Information Office, North Carolina National Guard. ia, 4 inch—10c, 5 inch—19c, 6 inch —18c, 8 inch and larger—29c. Winter Caver Crops For the establishment of a veg etative cover (or winter protection from erosion. Federal coat-share, $2 per acre for small grains and $2.90 per acre (or crimson clover, hairy vetch and ryegrass. Nearly one-fourth of the (arm wives in the United States were in the labor force in 1996, report economists with the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture. Chainsaw Jamboree Set ] Gales W. Scroggs, manager of the Watauga FCX Service, has an nounced that a big "Chainsaw Jamboree" will be held at the local cooperative on South Water Street on Wednesday, January 18. The event will begin at 10 a. m., and will last all day, said Mr. Scroggs, with (ree coffee and doughnuts for everyone who at tends Practical demonstrations of the use of the chainsaw will be given 8y Watauga FCX Service by experts, he uid, and will be participated In by farmers and logger* who attend the jamboree. Everyone is invited to come and share in the refreshments and fun, he added. Government program raises cot ton exports sharply. Windy Gap News Mr. Juw Presnell of Cleve land, Ohio hat been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mr*. Sherman Presnell during the holidays. He will return to Cleveland early next week. Mr. and Mr*. Ottie Presnell of Winiton-Salem spent the holiday! here Waiting relatives. Mr. and Mr*. Ray Harmon apent the holidays in Aufuata. Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Comb* have returned to their home here after (pending the lalt year ia Ohio. Mr. and Mr*. John Hagaman have moved to their home in Beaver Dam. Mr. Cecil Mait ha* returned to hi* job in Buffalo, N. Y. after (pending the holiday* here. Mr. Clint Ward ha* gone to Cleveland, Ohio where he ha* em ployment for the next *everal months. . , Mi** Ida May Pretnell ha* re turned to Ea*t Carolina College where *he i* a sophomore Mr. Don Trivett remain* ,*er iously ill at hi* home here. Mr. Dan Trivett of Indianapoll*, Ind. it vititing relative* here. Mr. and Mr*. Jone* Harmon have returned to their home here after apending tome time viiiting in Florida. CARD OF THANKS May we express our deepeat gratitude to our many relative* and friend* for their kind expres sions of love and sympathy during the illness and death of our dear husband and father, Abner Alfon so Gretr.—Mrs. A. A. Greer and children. t DEMOCRAT ADS PAT — ' ■ vxm % Postal Fee Change b Noted For Rural Patron* Rural mail route patrons are asked to note that the five cents Insurance fee has been discontinu ed and the raimimum fee is now ten cents and pays indemnity up to $10.00. No receipt is required on the 10 cent fee. If a signed receipt from the patron is desired, the smallest fee is IS cents and car ries an indemnity op to $23.00 This information jp given Is view of the fact that many patrons teave,-j parcels at the mail boxes and the carrier does not have an oppor tunity to explain as do the clerks st the post offices.
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