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I— SECTION TWO PAGE TWO AROUND THE FARMS IN CHOWAN By C. W. OVERMAN, Chowan County Agent Top Dressing Pastures Now is the time to wish all our perennial pasture plants a pros perous and prolific New Year. This can best be done by giving them an ample application of fer tilizer as top dressing. No plant, just as no animal, can perform at top and most efficient produc tion unless it is properly fed and managed Cool season pasture plants do not give the best response unless they are topdressed before ihe period of lush growth in the Spring. Since this is usually one of the busiest times of the year, it is generally conceded that top dressing should be put on just before growth starts in late win ter. Soil test recommendations are preferred in suggesting amounts per acre, but some top dressing usually should be ap plied if the soil test is not avail able. To ladino grass pastures ap ply 400-700 pounds of 0-10-20, 0-9-27, or 0-14-14 per acre. To tall fescue use 300-600 pounds 0-10-20 plus 100 pounds nitrogen top dressing. Warm season perennial plants such as Coastal Bermuda grass,! sericea lespedeza and kudzu j should be top dressed just before t growth starts in the spring. I To Coastal Bermuda grass ap- 1 ply 250-500 pounds 0-14-14 or 0- 10-20 per acre plus 50-10 pounds nitrogen. Small grains should receive 30 pounds of nitrogen per acre in late February or early March. Plan now to make use of some of the summer annual plants that do well in your area. There are essentially none of the basic permanent type pasture mixtures that will consistently provide good grazing during the summer months in this State. These plants just don’t grow during those months, as a rule. Some of the plants that will usually grow in summer are: Pearl or Starr Millet—seed April 15-July 1 with 6-10 pounds per acre in rows or 20-25 pounds broadcast. Fertilize with 300-500 pounds per acre of 8-8-8 or 10-10- 10 at planting, and top dress with 25-50 pounds nitrogen per acre when six inches high and again after first grazing period. Sudangrass—same as Millet ex cept use 10-15 pounds per acre of seed in row or 30-40 pounds broadcast. Use Sweet or Tift va rieties. Annual lespedeza—seed in Feb ruary or March at 20-40 pounds per acre. Fertilize with 300-400 pounds 0-14-14 or 0-10-20 when not grown in small grain. Use Rowna lespedeza on nematode infested soils. Soybeans—seed in late April to July 1 at one-half to one bush el in rows or two bushels broad cast. Fertilize with 300-400 pounds 0-10-20 per acre. Use va rieties that are used for seed or hay in your area. Do you know what is in the fertilizer you buy? If not, you should. The pi ice paid for ferti lizer should be related to its plant-nutrient content. All fer tilizers do not contain the same amount of plant nutrients. Be sure to look at the analysis on the fertilizer bag in comparing fertilizers. The grade or analysis of the fertilizer shows the percentage of nitrogen (N), phosphorate (P 205), and potash (K2O). For exam ple, a 5-10-10 contains 5% nitro gen, 10% phosphate, and 10% potash. Compare this with an 8-8-8. which contains 8% of each of the three major plant nu trients. This analysis is guaran teed by the fertilizer manufac- S Where dining , is a delight L Every meal here it a treat I 'uM We go all out to make you H happy with your favorite foods, prepared and served to perfection a friendly Come in anytimt. You'll find our portions generous, our VI: ( prices mod tit. Vi W/ Edenton Restaurant j f For goodness so ko, oat horo ofton JJI turer. Which fertilizer are you going to use? This should depend on the crop you are planting and the plant-nutrient level in the soil. Crops vary in their require ments for nitrogen, phosphate and potash. The amounts of these nutrients already available in the soil vary, also. In order to make the most efficient use of nutrients supplied in fertilizers, you should know the level of these nutrients already available in the soil. This can be determined from re liable soil tests. I suggest that questions regard ing fertilizers and fertilization practices be brought to the at tention of my office. Aii Institute For Vacation Schools In Elizabeth City An Institute for Vacation Church School workers will be conducted at First Methodist Church, Elizabeth City, Monday, March 3. Beginning at 9:30 A. M., the Institute will provide an op portunity for children’s workers to become acquainted with new materials for vacation schools, and to begin formulating plans for this summer’s activities with j children in their local churches. Mrs. James A. Auman of Hert ford, district director of children’s work, will be in charge of the day’s activities, and will also lead the kindergarten workshop. Oth er workshop leaders are: Mrs. Senah Pulliam, Seven Mile Ford, Va„ Primary; Mrs. Harry L. Mitcham, Atlanta, Ga., Junior; Rev. Owen Fitzgerald, Murfrees boro, Intermediate. A workshop group for those responsible for planning and directing vacation schools will be led by Mrs. Chas. Saunders, Elizabeth City. The conference director of children’s work, Mrs. V. E. Queen, Durham, will probably be present and will serve as resource person for this group. The 1958 theme for vacation church schools in the Methodist Church is “Jesus”. Persons at tending are asked to bring sand wiches for lunch. Drink and des sert will be provided. A new feature of this year’s In stitute will be the presentation of an introductory film, proposed by the Children’s Television series, entitled “Run Away Home.” This film will be for information and evaluation and will help to pre pare for sharing projects in Va cation Church School this sum mer. Vernon L. Moore Dies In Norfolk Vernon Leigh Moore, 79, died Friday morning in Norfolk,' Va., A pative of Edenton, Mr. Moore lived Here aTj'Tus TTfe until3“few years ago. He was a retired Nor folk-Southern freight agent and a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal ! Church. He is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. Dorothy Moore Ballen ger of Norfolk and two grand sons. Funeral services were held at the Ziegler Funeral Home Sun day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by the Rev. R. N. Carroll. Inter ment was made in Beaver Hill Cemetery. ' i Pallbearers were Bill McCabe, ' Walter Bond, Leon Leary, Sidney Smith, John Lee Spruill, Pete Dail, Johnnie Curran, Tom Good win and Skinner White. THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1958. pSTATE INCOME TAX FACTS-i North Carolina Individual Tax Changes (This is one in a series of three articles prepared by the Commit • tee on State Taxation, North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants, in co-opera - T ===== =C~fe s^C^ lion with the North Carolina De partment of Revenue.) '-!r<fegoL State Tax Returns Required j From More Individuals , The 1957 General Assembly! made a number of changes in the North Carolina individual incom.:- tax law, with most of the chang es made in the reporting of in come and allowable deductions. This article deals with the new filing requirements, changes in personal exemptions, and the new system of tax credits for those individuals having income in both North Carolina an-1 in some other state. The provisions discussed are effective for the calendar year 1957. Who Is Required To File An Income Tax Return? Under the old law. North Caro lina required an income tax re turn from every individual whose “net income” exceeded his per sonal exemption and also from a self-employed or professional in dividual whose "gross income” exceeded $5,000. Effective this year, North Carolina requires an income tax return from every in dividual whose “gross income” exceeds his personal exemption, not counting additional exemp tions for dependents. Regardless; of the nature of his income or! his deductions or dependents, a, married man living with his wife is now required to file an income tax return if he has gross income in excess of $2,000; and a single person or married woman is re quired to file a return if he or she has gross income in excess of sl,- 000. If this test is met, a return is required even though no tax is due. Personal Exemption Changes Married Women Head of Household: Since 1953, a married woman furnshing the major support for herself and her husband has been 1 allowed to claim the head of household exemption of $2,000, provided her husband had gross income during the year of less Picture yourself behind the wheel of this Plymouth Savoy it s _ n ! THE LOWEST PRICED HARDTOP 1 IN THE LOW- PRICE T! Car “C” costs HOk more-Car “F” H 9 more than Plymouth* A IV W " " u *'"*"**"••• You wouldn’t think it possible to find so much difference in the prices of similar models in the low-price 3 ! But it’s a fact that the long, low, graceful Plymouth Savoy costs far, far less than any hardtop made by the “other two”! Just ask your Plymouth dealer to show you the facts and figures. And in the Plymouth Savoy, you get features— important engineering advances —that the others can t offer you at any price. You get a revolutionary new suspension system as standard equipment in the Plymouth Savoy at not one penny extra cost to you! Torsion-Aire gives you the world’s smoothest ride— level at all times, with no nose-dive, no sway, no roll. See your Plymouth dealer today-he’s trading high and on your terms! Far cleaner, saferused cars— Plymouth TIP-TOP uoefl carat CHOWAN MOT OR COMPANY, Inc. Water and Commerce Sts. N. C. STATE LICENSE NO. 829 EDENTON than SSOO. The 1957 General As sembly increased to SI,OOO the amount of gross income which the husband may have and his wife still be permitted to claim the head of household exemption. Dependent Children of Di vorced Parents: Under the 1957 Revenue Act, a divorced parent furnishing the major support of a child of a for mer marriage may claim the S3OO personal exemption for the child, * even though he or she ,£lid not have custody of the child during the year. - V*. Right To Exemptions: Under old law, the the last day of the year determined the right to exemptions in all cases except where af'spouse or dependent died during the year. Under new law, the status dbring the major part of the year deter mines the right to dependency and head-of-househoiri tions. Now, a parent furnishing the major part of the support of a child during the income year may claim the child as a depend ent for that year, even though the exemption status of the depend ent has changed before the last j day of the year. In the case of individuals sepa rated during the year, the indi vidual who was the head of household is entitled to that ex emption for that year, provided his or her status was unchanged for the major part of such in come yera. An individual is still entitled to the exemption for his spouse or dependent who died during the year. The new law permits a tax payer to qualify as a “head of household” if he mairftains a household for a dependent wheth er in North Carolina or not. Pre viously, the household was re quired to be maintained in this State. Tax Credits Allowed Residents And Non-Resident* Residents of North Carolind: Under prior law, residents of North Carolina who were requir ed to pay an income tax in other states were permitted to deduct the income so taxed under cer-1 tain circumstances. The new law no longer permits i a North Carolina resident to de duct income taxed in another state but allows him to claim a credit against Ijis North Carolina income tax if (1) the income tax ed in the other state was derived from sources within that state and was taxable there without regard to the residence or domi cile of the taxpayer, and (2) that state would not allow him a cred it for income taxes paid to North Carolina. The credit allowed to the North Carolina resident is the lower of (1) the amount of in come tax paid to the other state on income reportable to North j Carolina, and (2) the total Northi Carolina income tax multiplied) by the fraction of the gross in come reportable to North Caro lina which is subject to tax in the other state. For example, if a North Caro lina resident earned two-thirds of his income in North Carolina and one-third in Georgia and isj taxed by Georgia on the one third earned there, he may deduct from his North Carolina tax the lower of the tax actually paid Georgia or one-third of the tax due North Carolina on his total income. Non-Residents: Non-residents of North Caro lina whose states of residence permit tax credits to North Caro linians earning income in those states may now deduct from their North Carolina income tax the amount of income tax paid to their state of residence on in come derived from sources in and taxable to North Carolina regard less of the source of the North Carolina income. Under prior law, the tax credit did not apply to the tax in income from an es tablished unincorporated business in North Carolina. General: In order to receive the tax credit, the taxpayer must furn ish a true copy of the return made to the other state and substan tiation of the amount of tax paid. The North Carolina Revenue Department has prepared a “Re ciprocity Memorandum” which You get Total-Contact Brakes—safer, surer, smoother-exactly the same design as those used on America’s costliest car! You get crowd-stopping Silver Dart Styling that a leading auto magazine calls .. the newest, clean est design”! You get the biggest windshield, the greatest total glass area, the best visibility, and more over-all roomi ness and comfort! But just words can’t describe the Plymouth Savoy Hardtop. You’ve got to see it—sit inside it—drive it to appreciate all the advantages it offers at savings of from U 9 to slol*l * Bated on factory retail price s, Detroit, Midi. sets forth the extent to which re ciprocity of fax credits is prac ticed by North'Carolina with oth er states. This memorandum is available upon request to the North Carolina Revenue Depart- I ment, Individual Income Tax Di vision, Raleigh. T Husbands Guests Os Byrd HD Chib Husbands of the members were guests when the Byrd Home Demonstration Club held its an nual dinner meeting February 19 at the home of Mrs. George Smith. The meal was preceded by thanks returned by C. W. Ov erman. After the dinner a landscap ing program was given by Miss Maidred Morris, assisted by C. W. Overman. With the use of charts and a flannel board they showed how a farmstead may be made more attractive at small cost by placing buildings, driveways and shrubs in appropriate places. The meeting was closed by singing led by Mr. Overman. Those attending the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Jack son, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Over ! man, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Speight, Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Barrington, Mrs. J. D. Swindell, Mrs. Dan Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Phthisic, Mr, and Mrs. Earl White, Mr. and Mrs. James Griffin, Miss Maidred Morris and Van Jenkins of Greenville. GUM POND CLUB MEETS On the night of February sth members of the Gum Pond Home Demonstration Club along with their families gathered at the Rocky Hock School for their an nual supper meeting. All the ladies came in with large quantities of food. Ellie NOTICE I will not be respon sible for any debts made by my wife. Signed W. F. Daughtridge Bunch returned thanks and ev eryone just helped themselves to the food. After supper C. W. Overman lect tne group in sing ing songs. Miss Maidred Morris, along with Mr. Overman, gave a dem onstration on landscaping home grounds. “Take a good look at your place, see what you need to do,” said Miss Morris. “The first step is to draw your plans, let our WSB heating service assure your Home Complete Protection naointf ati wrt wdWr I f\\ SWlJlclean-burning I\\ GULF SOLAR HEAT V SBffi-scientifically I regulated deliveries * * (fully automatic ... dependable) and -satisfactory call 34ii i burner service aAI Coastland Oil Co. IpSp Distributor Gulf Oil Products IWWiWWJ hV.rin. oil A Motion Pictoro Jhot CoM Hove Been Mode ot YOHRBoots... "Tims Choice" A Story Built Around Our Remarkable, Unpredictable Rural Youth, Their Anxieties and Triumphs. ★ A New Gordon Family Hit ★ * 'ODDITIES in FARMING” ★ "Proof off Tractor Quality” ★ and Added Short Subjects an iftTuCfe co&>* You'll enjoy every minute of this, interest-packed pro gram . . an entertaining and infcymotive program that will delight young and old alike . .-and it's ALL FREE. March Jc ' The "Day 6th | fc His Entire Family l J Edenton Elementary School 7:30 P.’ M. Hobbs Implement Co.; Inc. GUY C. HOBBS, Mgr.. ’ EDENTON, N. C. . f “YOUR JOHN DEERE DEALER” AOMISSION BY If you haven't received yovj tickets or # THEY RE yipK£j ONLY * Beed mor *’ be sun a,k as ior tbem - FREE fixing walks and driveways. The next step would be to decide what and trees you will need irf the different areas.” With charts of a home Miss Morris how homes could ' be mudtfcVery attractive at. little cost. For most homes a gopd lawn is£a must. The club was glad to- have Mrs. C. W. Over man as j. guest at this meeting.
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