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t it*, ■ Second Section •. ■■■■■■■■[ B«# stn f£! Farmers To farticipate In Nickelslote Next Frida ' ' (■ • . \ is Back in 1901 a group of hard , working farmers, farm leader*, and businessmen sat down to discuss North Carolina agriculture. They soon settled on the main problem —research. What in the world could be done about it? Federal and state appropriations were do ing a Job, but not enough, and not fast enough. North Carolina's ag riculture, it was agreed, needed a quick shot in the arm. The answer was perhaps one of the most daring plans ever at tempted with so broad s group of Local Polling Places Listed L. E. Tuckwlller, county agent, reports that twenty-three differ ent polling places throagho«t the county will be open from (:M s. m. to 6:M p. as. Friday. These are located at: Booae-AJIX. office, FCX store. Bald Maantain—Voting place. Beaver Dam Dean Reese's store, Harold Farthing's stare. Blowing Bocfc—Ranch Motel. Bine Ridge—8heeler Grocery. Brushy Fork—Vilas Service station. Cove Creek—Miller's store, Owen Little's store, Cable Broth ers store. Elk—Simmons' store. Laurel Creek—V. a Ward's store. Meat Camp—Dayton Wine barker's store, Davis Furniture store. New River—Basil Smith's store, Cook-Criteher Produce. North Fork—Ellison's store. Mack Thomas' store. Shawneehaw—Sterte's store. Stony Fork—Deep Gap post office. Watauga — Church's store, Howard Mast's stere. citizens as farmers. It called for s statewide referendum in which farmers would vote on whether to pay a nickel extra for each ton of tead and fertiliser they bought over a three-year period. The mosey would bo turned over to the N. C. Agricultural Foundation at State College which In turn would funnel it into vital agricultural re search and education projects. The plan was quite naturally called "Nickels for Know-How." The name stuck, and so has the pro gram. North Carolina farmers and other users of food and fertiliser have gone to the polls on two oc casions anc voted overwhelmingly in favor of the "Nickels" ap proach to agricultural research. The gamble with the attitude of North Carolina'* fanners wasn't really a gamble at all. The farm ers liked the program from the very beginning. They were getting tired of being accueed of accept ing handouts from the Federal government. Here was a chance to show the state and the nation, even the world, that they were willing to help pay directly part of the cost of a program for their primary benefit The entire citizenry of the state jumped on the bandwagon. They too were pwttt that a program of this nature had orginated in North Carolina. Not a dime of tax payer*' funds has been used in the entire program, including the two previous elections. These refer endum* have been conducted in every county In the state with voluntary help; the same will be true of the third "Nickels" refer endum, scheduled for Friday. The support which "Nickels" voters have given the program dur ing the past five years has en abled agricultural researchers at State College te explore many areas of immediate concern to Tar Heel farmers, and indirectly to every merchant In the state. / Problems of plant and animal di sease, poor crop stands, insect con trol and many others which are presently under investigation are the problems currently plaguing REAL ESTATE 71—PINE STREET—• room framed dwelling, 3 bed rooms, heat, 2 bath rooms. Very large lot within sight of college—$8,000. 77—FAIR VIEW—3 bed room framed dwelling, 5 rooms in all. 10 acres good land. Some good saw timber — $4,000. 79—LEGION PARK—7 room framed dwelling, 3 bed rooms, 2H bath rooms, hot air heat, oil furnace, garage and utility room, V4 basement. About 3-4 acre fertile land. The price right 78—2 NEW FOUR-ROOM APARTMENTS, 4 rooms and bath up. and 4 rooms and bath down. Fronting oa Howard St., Good investment ...'. *8.300. 92—MAST—3 acres fronting on highway 421, grocery store and filling station. Now doing good business. IS—STATE ROAD—New house, 4 rooms, hall aad bath. City water, oil furnace, large lot. 1—GRAND BOULEVARD—9 room brick dwelling, bath, full size basement, large lot > 90—S bedroom framed dwelling, 13 acres land located on old Shulls Mills Road. 78—New 3 very large bed rooms, bath, ample Closet apace all cedar lined, basement, large scenic lot located near highway 421 in East Booae. 75—POPLAR GROVE—4 room cabin, 3 acre tract $2*00 74—RUTHERWOOD—10 acres, good road, 8 room dwelling, bath, outbuildings, some good pine timber. 72—VALLE CRUCIS—300 acre farm, 2 good dwellings, all farm machinery, some good saw timber, all fully fasted, 28 head good cattle. Now is the time to boy good farm land. 87—JUST EAST OF BOONE—8 acres fertile land, 8 room dwelling, bath, all fully furnished. Immediate occupancy $18000. i 100—5 room dwelling located on banks ef Watauga river, 280 feet on paved road — . $3*00 98—About one acre level lot located on peved read in Perkins ville $2780 2—PINE STREET—1 bedroom rock dwelling, full siw base ment, bath on main floor and in basement, large lot oa peved street. 87—MAIN STREET near college—4 bedroom framed dwelling, bath, basement, furnace hot air heat Lot 75 * 110. New $12*00—a real buy! 77—HARDIN PARK-Vuw 8 room brick dwelling, both, base ment, oil furnace, car port, lrage lot, beautiful setting. 87—TODD—Good 7 room house and 30 acres land, seme good sew timber. Fronting orf peved read $10*00. 93—NEAR HIGHWAY 321 oa Aho Road—8 mom dwelling, 2 acres land with good trout stream Just back of house, bath aad outbuildings $8800. 58—HOWARDS CREEK- 18 acres good level land, 8 room dwell ing, oak floors ..... $5*00 99—MIDDLE FORK—3 bedroom cottage, bath, 1 acre lot.... $5000 13—SILVERSTONE—4 acre tract with 8 room dwelling. 8-10. - tobacco base, barn X — $9800 8—STATE ROAD—5 room framed dwelling, bath, city water, large let $8280 81-82—GOOD 8 ROOM FRAMED DWELLING, bath. 1 acre lot fronting highway 421 near Cera Creek High School. Also 15 acres located oa Isaacs Branch Mar Cera Creek. $-10 HOME REALTY CO. ■. GRADY FARTHIW WATT U. OKAQO TELETHON «. .AM 4-3881 - BOONE, N. C af'/ffiftf, SAVINGS AND LOAN BUILDING i Sample Ballot "'Nickels for Know-How" Program for Expanding | • Agricultural Research (As authorized by the 1951 session of the General Assembly of North Carolina) * ([X] VOTE FOR ONE) □ For continuing the present program of adding five cents (5<) per ton to the price of feed and fertilizer for an additional period of three (3) years (beginning January 1, 1958) for supplementing an expanding agricultural Research and educational program in North Carolina. » « □ Against continuing the present program of adding five cents (5^) per ton to the price of feed and fertilizer for an additional period of three (3) years (beginning January 1, 1958) for supplementing an expanding agricultural research and educational program in North Carolina. KNOW-HOW BALLOT.—Here's the ballot feed and fertilizer users will mark on August 23 in the state wide "Nickels for Know-How" referendum. The program helps support more than 80 varied agricultural research and education projects in North Carolina. It costs the average farmer about 80 cents a year. North Carolina farmers. At the tame time they cut into the farm er's spending power, resulting in reduced sales in thousands of stores across the state. And in North Carolina this is important, for here more people depend <}'• rectly and indirectly on the farm er's welfare for their own living than in any other state. From the bank executive to the department store cleric, they depend on the farmer. Concrete results that have meant millions of dollars to North Caro lina farmers have already been realized from the program. Just one of these. occurred recently when the college's pesticide resi due laboratory, supported in part by "Nickels" funds, was able to check and recommend a certain chemical for control of the destruc tive alfalfa weevil. North Caro lina farmers have approximately 70,000 acres of this highly import ant forage crop. .If the wrong chemical, or one less effective, had been recommended the state's hay crop would have been lost The livestock industry would have been seriously crippled. Tar Heel farm ing would have hit a new low. Merchants would have felt the blow immediately. Thanks to work of thfe laboratory the insect pest was quickly and efficiently brought under control. Some of the more than 90 re search programs currently under way include: The reaction of boll weevils to different varieties and genetic strains of cotton. The results may be useful in developing strains oi cotton with built-in resistance to boll weevil attacks. Corn breeding experiments to determine the inherited resistance to brown spot. Early experimenta indicate a complex relationship among the inheritance factors, but investigators have pointed the way to other experimenta which may produce success. Nematode research indicates that certain strains of the root knot nematode vary in their abilty to attack tobacco. Early evidence indicates single crop culture builds up these strains, and changes in crop sequence are helpful in bring ing about shifts in the character and composition of existing popu lations. Pesticide residue investigations continue to determine safe levels of use of insecticides and fungi cides. These studies insure pro ducers. 'and the general public, that pesticide recommendations sent out from the N. C. Agricul tural Experiment Station fall well within legal residue limitations. Poultry raisers can find en couragement in a series of experi ments seeking to improve their product by breeding better qual ities into the birds. In addition to attempts to breed greater feed efficiency Into broilers, studies are under way in an effort to breed disease resistance into chickens. Blueberry growers will benefit from rtuirch into (HueOerry w •eases which has already discov ered • method te speed up the testing pf seedlings for their re sistance to stem canker diseases. The research hat alao turned up a new type of atem blight and lo cated item fleck, a disease not previously described. Marketing programs are being actively supported In all major commodity areas. The objective is to expand the market for all farm products and to reduce market ing costs. Working both with fanners and marketing firms, spec ialists are bringing the know-how of marketing methods to the pro ceasing, packing and sale of agri cultural commodities. Other projects have included studies of chemical weed control, vegetable and fruit production, ornamental horticulture, tobacco curing, soil chemistry, forage crops, dairy cattle breeding, ani mal feeding, tobacco insects, to bacco and sweet potato diseases, poultry feeding, tobacco sucker control, small, grain breeding, for age preservation, and witchweed. There are many others Just as im portant. Through the "Nickels" program the North Carolina farmer is as sured that research ia being con ducted in his own statd, on prob lems that concern him directly, by highly trained agricultural scient ists who know the problems of North Carolina. The Tar Heel farmer alao gets the protection of new scientific discoveries against future income loas. And last, but surely not least he gets the satis faction of knowing that he and his fellow farmers are playing an im portant part in trying to improve not only his own economic posi tion, but that of the entire atate. SCHOOL AID President Eisenhower has called again for Federal aid to education as the House Eduction subcom mittee approved a compromise version of the five-year $2,000,000, 000 program. The President said schools were more important to national defense than anti-aircraft missiles and radar more powerful even than the eilkerg? it the atom." yMfcifeKFfiiM Scouts From Sweden Stop In Watauga On Way Home • Three Swedish Explorer Scouts *nd their Scoutmaster were In Boone' a short white last week on their way home, after a camping trip at Phllmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. They were met in Boone by Roe coe Stevens, Winston-Salem, Scout executive of the Old Hickory Council, who carried them to Wln ston-Salem for a day's stay, by way qf, North Wilkesboro. Joe Ed wards, former field Scout execu tive in this county, but now of the Daniel Boone Council in Asheville, accompanied them from Asheville where they had ipent a day. The Semite were Coras Grimvall, Iage-Bert Taljedal and Rune Han» ion. Their leader was Gunoar Persson. The viait to the Statea is a part of "Exchange Air Lift," a program in which Scouts of this country and Sweden viait each other and take part Iq Scouting activities in for eign land. Scouts from Region VI, of the Boy Scouts of America, vis ited in Sweden. Watauga county is a part of Region VI. The boys flew home during the week end.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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