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PAGE TWO L L Ward Finds Right Kind Grass To Improve Farm Says New Method Is Far Ahead of Old Prac tices He Used E. L. Ward of Edenton believes he’s found the right grass and clover mix ture to fit wet land on his Greenhall farm. It’s Kentucky 31 Fescue and Ladino clover. “They are so far ahead of my old native grass pasture that there is no comparison,” Mr. Ward declared. The Edenton farmer planted six acres of the big fescue and clover last September. He fertilized the land with 850 pounds of 2-12-12 and spread one ton of dolomitic limestone an acre. “I only wish I had 100 acres of that kind of grazing,” Mr. Ward said. And he backed up the wish by making ar rangements to put in 40 more acres of ladino clover and Kentucky fescue. I Pasture building is only part of the I complete farm soil and water conser vation program Mr. Ward is carrying out. I Back in 1946, Mr. Ward got R. C. Jordan, soil conservationist, to help him work out the plan, in cooperation with the Albemarle Soil Conservation District, One of the Soil Conservation Service technicians made a conservation sur vey of the Greenhall farm. Most of the farm, it was learned from the sur vey is made up of what is called Class 11-A and Class 111-A lands. These are good lands that need drainage and the right kind of management, in cluding soil improving crops. More than 180 of his cultivated acres and 50 acres of his pasture are nearly flat. As another part of Mr. Ward’s farm conservation plan, Mr. Jordan worked out details for improving farm drainage. Mr. Jordan recom mended V-type ditches which Mr. Ward constructed with an old road grading machine. He liked the V type ditches so well that he purchased a new Husky No. 33 grading machine to maintain his ditches. Today . Mr. Ward is very enthusiastic about V type ditches. “Not only are they adequate,” he said, “but they are most adaptable for use in fields where hog grazing is practiced. Also they are cheaper and , easier to maintain and you do not have the trouble with brush as you do in the- old straight-sided ditches.” To help get the surface water to the ditches ho breaks his land to the cen ter of the fields, with a disc tiller. This practice builds the soil higher in the center. You can see the elevation by looking across his fields. He is keeping in cultivation most of his Classll-A land, which is the best on his farm. The Class 111-A land is better suited for gra2ing crops, and that’s the way Mr. Ward is using it. He has 50 acres of temporary grazing crops for his hogs. “Small grain and lespedeza are excellent for this use,” he said. By the next spring he will have 46 acres of Kentucky 31 fescue and La dino clover which Mr. Ward—and his 60 beef cattle —like so well. 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And, of course, they grow well on my wet land.” Holton Speaker At Meeting Os Rotary Tells Rotarians Some thing About Ports Authority Rotarians at their meeting last week were told something about the operation of the State Ports Author ity, the speaker for the occasion be ing David Holton, who was recently appointed a member of the Authority by Governor Kerr Scott. Mr. Holton briefly referred to the [purposes of the Authority, primarily !to develop deep sea port, as well as | feeder ports in an effort to keep shipping money in the State which is now going to other states where fa cilities are more conducive to do business. Mr. Holton stated that education is of primary importance in the develop ment of ports, pointing out that it is the purpose to try to get business concerns to locate near port terminals so that shipping will be done at a FOR SALE 1947 Dodge Pickup TRUCK Good as new. Less than 8,000 miles. Used for service truck in town. Chowan Motor Co. West Water Street EDENTON, N. 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