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U-SECTION ONE
SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS
By JAMES H. GRIFFIN. Soil Conservationist
This is a busy time of the year
for all farmers. A's one farmer
stated it, “There are a thousand
and one things to do every day.”
He is almost right about farming,
the year around. Good farmers
always are busy and if every job,
that needed to be done was done
a farmer would work many more
than 10 hours per day, six days
& week.
Conservation farming is the
major job of almost all farmers.
It is necessary because conserva
tion farming means, “to use ev- 1
fry acre of land within its capa
bility and treat it according to its
seeds.”
* Conservation plans were pre
pared on four farms last month.
J'hey were the farms of T. C.|
Roberts and Clarence Holley of
preenhall and R. T. Harrell of
Valhalla. Planned on these farm;
Were drainage systems, conser
vation crop rotations, woodland
practices, pastures and wildlife
conservation practices. In plan
ning a farm all factors are con
sidered such as the need for the
practice, the economics, feasibili
ty, and the personal preference of
.the landowner. The conservation
?>lan is what the farmer or dis
rict cooperator decides for his
farm. These plans are really
plans of operations for the dis
trict cooperator to follow in op
erating his farm at maximum ef
ficiency.
‘ Others who have conservation
.plans prepared on their farms this
year are Gilliam Wood of Eden
ton, Ralph Van Matre of Green
field, Clarence Lupton and A. C.
Griffin of Edenton, Lynn Perry
and T. S. Leary of Valhalla. Jim
my and Yates Parrish of Edenton.
J. B. Holloweli of Crossroads.
Soil survey maps have been
prepared on a number of farms,
among them are: T. E. Ward, J.
D. Ward, G. S. Goodwin, Harry
A. Davenport, John E. Cope'and,
T. R. Harrell, Gilliam Wood,
'Leary Bros., T. L. Evans, Charlie
Roberts, C. Edna Asbell, O. C.
Coffield, E. D. Byrum, J. H.
! Bunch, J. B. Bunch, W. L. Peele,
Dr. H. E. Nixon and many others.
Conservation plans will be pre
pared on these farms as soon as
time permits.
T. O. Asbell has carried out
part of his conservation plan even
before the plan is completed. He
has installed most of his open
ditch drainage system and pre
pared a sod waterway. This sod
waterway is the first such prac
tice in Chowan County. A sod
waterway is a sod stripe seeded
where surface water accumulates
and runs off the field. These are
the spots in the field where rows
break during heavy rains. The
sod protects the ]r 'd by prevent
ing erosions or washing. Many
other farmers in Chowan County
could use these sod strips. Mr.
Asbell’s sod strips is 0.3 acres in
size. He fertilized it heavy using
500 pounds of 5-10-10 fertilizer.
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For sod he used Kobe lespedeza,
Sericea lespedeza and Pensacola
Bahia grass. This should pro
vide a dense sod quick.
Thomas Wood of Mulberry Hill
is having an irrigation pond dug
[on his farm. This pond will pro
vide 2.8 acre-feet of water. With
a good re-charge rate, as expect
ed, 8-1 acres can be irigated from
this pond. Mr. Wood is going to
build a diversion to keep surface
water from running over the sides
of the pond and filling the pond
j with silt.
A grass border will be seeded j
around the pond. Ponds and
ditches will quickly fill with
washed-in soil if water is allow
ed to flow from the field into the
pond or ditch. Many farmers are
finding this to be true.
Good planning pays ... so let’s
do some planning of the conser
vation practices needed on your
farm.
Students Given
Varsity Club Trophies
Continued from Page I—Section 1
Henry Overton. reportedly |
having only a slight lead over
Bruce White and “avid Fletch
er, was awarded the trophy for
being the most outstanding foot
ball player during the year. The
trophy was presented by Nick
George.
Billy Cook Griffin won the
basketball trophy for his per
formance on the court, with the
presentation made by Alton
Brooks.
Claude Barnett was voted the
most outstanding in baseball and
the troDhv was presented by
Coach Bill Billings.
1 ,
Rosa Hol’owell won the gir's
basketball trophy, which was
presented by William Cozart of
(the Varsity Club.
During the program certifi
cates of participation were
awarded athletes by Coaches
IBiiiings, Brooks and Miss Col
jleen Ward, and the champion
|ship football team received a
I gold football.
Mrs. Wood Privott, regent of
the Edenton Tea Party Chapter
'of the DAR. presented the junior
high citizenship award to Jean
ette Ashley and an award to
Neb, Lowe of the seventh grade
i'pr excelling in American his
tory. Attendance certificates
were also presented by Princi
: pal Gerald James,
j Jack Bunch, student govern
: mer.t president, presided and the
| invocation was by John Mitch
ener.
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
Town Council will hold its
June meeting Tuesday night.
June 10, at 8 o’clock in the Mu
nicipal Building. The Council
men met in special session Wed
nesday night of this week to
consider the 1958-59 budget.
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