AROUND THE FARMS jfbdilN CHOWAN COUNTY i By MELBA DuBOIS, Extension Secretary Corn Variety Results: Results on the two corn variety test demonstrations conducted in 1960 have been completed. Hurricane Donna tangled the com so se verely that we did not try to make evaluations on ear height, standability, stalk rot, weevil re sistance or grain quality. Our printed results will show evalu ations on these factors taken from our 1959 work. In our computation all yields were adjusted to 15.5 percent moisture. Average yields in bushels per acre of the two dem onstrations are as follows: Funks G-96, 132; G-702, 127; DeKalb 803, 122; Pioneer 309A, 123; Pio neer 345A, 122; G-83, 120; G-144, 1119; G-76. 119; N. C. 288, 119; Woods V-51A, 118; PAG 434, 117; G-72, 116; Pioneer 3098, m 114; Speight D-4, 112; G-730, 110; D-8, 108; N. C. 46, 108; PAG j .487, 108; Dixie 18, 108; Dixie 82,! 108; DeKalb 1051, 107; G-711AA, 106; Riemers 302, 106; Watson 516, 104; Pioneer 342A, 103; De- Kalb 633, 100; Coker' 67, 100; V-26Y, 99; DeKalb 837, 99; N. C. 27, 99; PAG 488, 99; N. C. 42, 98; Riemers 204, 97; McNair 444, 96; G-710AA, 96; Coker 66, 92; D-11, 86; Woods S-210, 85. The average yield of all varieties was 108 bushels per acre. The demonstration with Gil liam Wood of Edenton was in 38 inch rows with plants averag ing 14 inches in the row. The fertilizer was 500 pounds of 3-9-18 side-dressed with 100 pounds of nitrogen per acre. The demonstration With Preston Monds of Center Hill was in 41 inch rows with plants averaging 12 inches in the row. The fer tilizer was 400 pounds of 6-6-12 side-dressed with 80 pounds of pitrogen per acre. Planting dates were April ,19 and 20. Good Sweet Potato Yields: Re- i suits on an All Practice Sweet Potato production demonstration i was conducted with J. D. Peele of Rocky Hock were checked on October 14. Production practices involved fumigating plant bed with Methyl Bromide, proper plantbed fertilization, seed selec tion, seed treatment, proper seed spacing and soil coverage, water-! HEARING AID CONSULTATION Virginia Dare Hotel Elizabeth City, Friday, Oct. 28th Hotel Joseph Hewes Edenton, Saturday, Oct. 29th Our hearing aid users and prospective users have asked us to hold regularly monthly meetings at the above places. Our first one, last month was so successful that we have decided to hold them every month. Free Hearing Tests and Evaluations Demonstrations Service COME IN FOR IMPROVED HEARING JANE SMITH, Consultant Beltone Hearing Service / 4s §2o?jf Old. Gold - % * jS-.-t' v ‘;^- ; .*? ?$ M .‘/j4 1 *:Wi;' % - ) Straight sOi2s BOURBON ,3*- Whiskey sssatnssr ing bed as needed and nitrogen application as recommended. In the field, the soil was fumigated for nematode control. Fertiliza tion consisted of 450 pounds of 6-12-6 fertilizer applied in the row plus one side-dressing of 350 pounds of 8-0-24 as plants start ed growing well and another side-dressing of 350 pounds of 8-0-24 at hilling time. One acre was set Gold Rush variety and another acre to his bunch-vine Porto Rico variety. Rows were 40 inches wide. The average plant distance in the row was 10 inches. The Porto Rico variety yielded 294 bushels of U. S. No. 1, 13 bushels of No. 2 and 8 bushels of jumbos per acre. The Gold Rush varie ty yielded 283 bushels of U. S. No. 1, 24 bushels of No, 2 and 6 bnshels of jumbos per acre. An adjoining acre of the Porto Rico was side-dressed with 400 pounds of 14-0-14. This acre yielded 268 bushels of U. S. No. 1, 12 bushels of No. 2 and 4 bushels of jumbos per acre. Community Progress Contest: Monday of next week, October 31, ends the 1960 Community Progress Contest in Chowan County. You families in the participating communities please give your leaders full coopera tion in getting your community progress records. You leaders remember that your community records must be completed on or before Novem ber 15. Judging will take place on November 17. Hornets Defeat C. S. Brown Tigers 48 To 6 Coach Walter Hunter’s Eden ton Hornets defeated the C. S. ! Brown Tigers of Winton by a I score of 48-6 on Hicks Field Friday night. | The Hornets outplayed their opponents in every , department of the game with thrilling runs accounting for some of the scor ing. One of these was a pass interception by Sherman Horton, who raced 65 yards to score. Johnny Bond also tore loose for a 65-yard touchdown jaunt. TKB CHOWAK HERALD, EDENTOW, WORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1988. Maj. Bailey Guest At Rotary Meeting ■VuihATUM Continued trom Page 1, Section 1 ganizations, high school and col lege audiences,: and on radio and! television. Prior to her present assign ment, Major Bailey was engaged in intelligence duties with Headquarters, Military District of Washington, whpre she serv ed for four years. A native of Kinston, North Carolina, she graduated from Grainger High School there in 1936 and entered Flora Macdon ald College, Red Springs, North Carolina. She received a bache lor of arts degree in 1940 from the Woman’s College of the Uni versity of North Carolina, fol lowing this with graduate work in languages at the University of North Carolina. Before entering the military service, she taught French and English at the Taylorsville, North Carolina, high school. Her language training provid ed valuable background for an early military assignment as a member of the French Training Program. This operation brought members of the French Army of Liberation from North Africa for specialized training by the Unit ed States Army. She was en gaged in this assignment from 1943 until 1945 at Craig Field, an Army Air Corps installation at Selma, Alabama. Other assignments during her early years of service were at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where she was a counselor for military personnel being discharged from the service. Vocational guidance was an important part of her work in this assignment. From 1947 until 1949 she was assigned to the Military Liaison Office in Miami, Florida. The following four years were spent overseas in Germany with as signments at Munich and Stutt gart. Major Eailey, married since March, 1943, has successfully combined a military career and marriage. Anyone interested in speaking to Major Bailey about enlisting may see her at the Parish House at 2 o’clock. Zackie Harrell ‘Talent For Service’ Scholar North Carolina State College has released the 1960 list of “Talent for Service” scholars who entered the freshman class last September. “Talent for Service” scholars are | selected from finalists in annual [scholarship competition for out standing North Carolina high school seniors who have achiev ed a superior academic record, have earned distinction for good citizenship, and are interested in a field of study offered at State College. Freshman scholarship recipi ents in the School of Agricul ture include Zackie Webster Jarrell of Edenton. jvho received a 4-H scholarship. I David Bradley Grar-Dmcn Lhain Saws PggEKCUT >43.62 ' (IINCI> Mor)EL __ $192 50 SAVE $48.50 on 20-in. Saw and Extra Chain Combination EXTRA-SPEED GEAR-DRIVE SAWS FOR BIG TIMBER 6-BIG Features: Counterbalanced crankshaft of drop-forged steel spins on two sets of bearings to transmit full engine power, smoothly and with minimum of friction. 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Coaches Bill Billings and Billy Hardison, as well as the Aces themselves, anticipate a hard fought game, so that they have been practicing hard in order to down the Indians and thus maintain a clean record. The Edenton Band and cheer leaders will also be on hand to add 'color and entertainment to a game which should prove to j be very thrilling. Bradley Williford Lions Club Speaker Featuring the Lions Club meeting Monday night was an address by Brad Williford, who was introduced by his grand • father, T. B. Williford. Young Williford gave a very interesting! I account of his trip to the na tional Boy Scout Jamboree held ! last summer at Colorado Springs. I | Oscar Duncan informed the! I club that the White Cane Sale went over the top with over 1 SSOO collected. He said he want ed to thank everybody who i helped and contributed in the drive. It was also announced that the club will sponsor its an | nual bread sale Monday night, ! November 7. The meeting for I that night will be called off and members are urged to meet at i George Chevrolet Company at 7 o’clock to help in the bread sale, j Almost 50 Enroll In Classes For Adults In the neighborhood of 50 people met at the John A. i Holmes High School Tuesday j night when three night classes ( for adults were started. These classes will be taught i for adults which includes typ- j ing, bookkeeping and art. There ■ were 25 enrolled in the typing class, 11 for bookkeeping and six in the art class. The classes will begin Tues day night, November 1 and will j be in session from 8 to 10 o’clock. Tuesday in Edenton Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Cope land of Pantego spent Tuesday ip* Edenton ..visiting Mrs. Nor man Lane. New John Deere I Tractors Displayed i i Local farmers have an op 'l portunity to see John Deere’s New Generation of Power—a | new line of John Deere tractors I which represents one of the most j thorough tractor design and de j velopment programs ever ach ieved. The new line is now on dis play at Hobbs Implement Com pany. ! The new tractors are designed jto provide farmers with the ' most precise control of power farming they have ever had, while bringing comfort and con venience to a new peak. Company product engineers, in designing the New Genera tion of Power, were instructed to ‘‘throw the book away” and de velop an altogether new line to meet the power demands of to day and tomorrow. The new line, with a back • ground of field-testing for five ; crop years and thousands of hours of laboratory testing, re . fleets the decision to increase BICYCLE LAY - AWAY BIKE DELIVERED ANY TIME NOW UNTIL CHRISTMAS NO DEPOSIT REQUIRED SELECT YOURS NOW WHILE OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE Any Boy or Girl Will Be Proud To Own A Bike Made By J. C. Higgins. SEARS CATALOG SALES OFFICE 325 S. Broad St. PHONE 2186 Edenton, N. C. placement and efficient air-vane governor. Chain driven through strong, quiet helical-cut gears at low ratio of 2.29 to 1. 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Fac tory-observed maximum horse power at the PTO is 35 horse power for the “1010”, 45 for the “2010”, 55 for the “3010”, and 80 for the ‘‘4010”. There will be a choice of gasoline or Diesel engine in each power size and LP-Gas engines available also for the three larger sizes. In addition to the line of wheel tractors, a new track-type tractor is offered as the “1010” Crawler, with 35 horsepower Diesel or gasoline engine. Mrs. S. X. Stephenson Dies Very Suddenly In Norfolk Hospital Mrs. S. X. Stephenson, 88, died suddenly in a Norfolk hospital Wednesday of last week. She was a native of Suffolk but liv ed in Edenton over 50 years. She was the widow of Captain S. X. Stephenson, for many years conductor for the Norfolk Southern Railroad. She was al so a member of the Edenton Methodist Church, where for many years she was very active in church affairs. Surviving are two sons, Joe Stephenson of Norfolk and Stu art Stephenson of Montgomery, Ala.; four daughters, Mrs. West Byrum, Sr., of Edenton, Mrs. Katie Mae Williams, Mrs. Mar- i garet Gordon and Mrs. Mildred ! Widdiford, all of Norfolk, and a sister, Mrs. Kate Mullen of Rich mond, Va. Funeral services were held at a funeral home in Norfolk Sat urday and the body was brought to Edenton where a graveside HEATER HITS hi muni! FOR ONE LOW PRICE $74.95 ONLY ,85.00 DOWN ' FOR (CNF LOW FIUCE $69-95 ONLY" 85.00 DOWN Buy Before November 15th No Monthly Payments til Next Year, On Sears Easy Payment Plan. ❖ SEARS CATALOG SALES OFFICE 325 S. Broad St. PHONE 2186 Edenton, N. C. PAGE FIVE section ©sig 1 service was held in Beaver ms Cemetery. The Rev. Ralph Fowlkes, pas-, tor of the Methodist Church, of, ficiated. [ ? Miss Brenda Mooney Chosen As Instructor Friends will be interested to learn that Miss Brenda Mooney, former resident of Edenton, has been selected as an instructor for the physical fitness class' at Shenandoah Conservatory at Winchester, Va. Miss Mooney is a student at the Conservatory. TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED