PAGE FOUR I—SECTION TWO I AROUND THE FARMS |IN CHOWAN COUNTY By C. W. OVERMAN. Chowan County Agont | Light Management tor Laying f Stock: We have been artificial ly lighting the laying house for jaany years. At first it was thought by poultrymen that the value of artificial light was that it gave the chicken more time to eat. Actually, light is bene ficial because of the stimulation which it produces of the pitui tary gland. This gland releas es hormones necessary in the production of eggs. . Once production has started to peak (about 70-75 percent production), natural daylight or natural plus artificial light should provide at least 14 hours per day. Decreasing light pro duces slumps in egg production. Increasing light stimulates egg production. For optimum production and j to provide one-foot candle of light at the floor level, one 60- watt bulb with a reflector locat ed seven feet above the floor space should be used. Dirt and for each 200 square feet of floor dust will drastically reduce the light output below the desired level. It is necessary to clean the fixture every two weeks to maintain adequate lighting. Sufficient light should be re- j fleeted on all portions of the, floor to stimulate the entire flock. In houses 36 feet wide, a row of lights should be placed down the center with a row 8 feet on either side of this cen ter row Space the bulbs ap proximately 16 feet apart in the rows. Place nests in an area that is not brightly lighted in the fringe areas of lumination. Place feeders and waterers in the well lighted areas. Under this system, when the chicks arrive, the date when the pullets will be 22 weeks old must be determined. Using a table of daylight hours, figure i the number of hours of natural | daylight when the birds will be 22 weeks old. To this figure add seven hours. This latter figure is the hours of light giv en the chicks in the first week of brooding. The light period is reduced each week thereafter by 20 minutes until the 22nd week of age. Then the light period is increased 20 minutes each week until twenty hours of light is reached. The amount' FOR SALE FORD FERGUSON TRACTOR AND EQUIPMENT C.AN BE SEEN AT Edenton Tractor & Implement Co. Mrs. Lloyd Parrish ROUTE ONE EDENTON •®®®*2>®Sxs)SXSXSXsxiX!>SXjD(sXsxSXsX^®®(S)®<^»xSXft)Cs)^»xS)®(sfx*xsXsXsXg)®®®®®®® Os Seeds In This Area! \ I (< | irvwu- ~ 1-1 -'- r^~---r^-'-n '******************^***** , U HYBRID FIELD CORN—SOY BEANS—COTTON SEED | CABBAGE AND LETTUCE PLANTS | ONION SETS SEED POTATOES | “QUALITY SEEDS OF KNOWN ORIGIN " | Distributed By jj E. L. PEARCE, Seedsman PKOHE SMS EDENTON Os daily light is then held con stant. Crabgrass Control on Lawns: If you have a pretty lawn and want to fight craibgrass and win, here are some rules for the battle. First, make sure you are growing an adapted grass for your area. Consult your County Agricultural Agent or write for Bulletin No. 292, “Carolina Lawns”. Second, make sure you are cutting your grass at the proper height and fertilizing it at the proper time. This information is also in the above- bulletin. Now after do ing these two things you may still hape some crabgrass, but it can be controlled —even elim inated.. Here is how: | In late March or early April, | before crabgrass seed starts ger minating (about corn planting time) apply a pre-emergence weed killer. Research work at State College shows that Sima zine, Dacthal, Zytron, Triflura lin, give good control. Triflura lin gave the best control, but it is not commercially available this year. The next best was Dacthal. Dacthal, sold under 1 various trade names, was ap | plied at the rate of 10 lbs. of , active material per acre. In two experiments it gave 92 and 82 per cent control of crabgrass at the end of six months. 2,4-D and Chlordane were much less effective than the three herbi cides mentioned. Simazine was applied at the rate of 2 lbs. active material per acre and gave effective crabgrass control for three to four months. After six months’ time it was still providing 80 to 82 percent control. Zytron was applied at the rate of 20 lbs. of active material per acre, and at the end of six months gave 78 to 92 per cent control. None of these chemicals dam aged the existing grasses which' were Bermuda, Zoysia and Fes cue. Until further research is done it would be best to apply Simazine to Bermuda, Zoysia, and Fesiue lawns only. Zytron lan be applied to St. Augustine, Centipede and Bluegrass lawns in addition to Bermuda, koysia and Fescue. Dacthal is safe to apply to Bermuda, Zoysia, Fes cue, Bluegrass and Bentgrass. THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTOn/ NORTH CAROLINA, THOBffiDAT. APRIL 12.~ I** The chemicals all gave' around Dallisgrass that is already up. 80 percent control on annual Home Fruit Sprays For Di broadleaved weeds. sease and Insect Control: Home You will, of cohrse, have some growers who plant a few fruit crabgrass to come through. ITiis | trees, raspberries, grapes, blue can be removed by hand or you i berries, strawberries, etc., would can spray with disodium-methyl-! like to produce fruit as pretty arsonate. This material is sold as that pictured in the catalog, under various trade names such j Such is rarely accomplished. In as Sodar, Methar, DSMA and j fact, to produce disease and in others. This material may tern- | sect-free fruit of highest quality porarily discolor your sod, but one would have to follow the it will soon recover and little same kind, of exacting, compli damage is done to Bluegrass, cated spray schedules required Fescue, Zoysia, or Bermuda. Do by commercial growers in pro not use this material on Centi- 1 ducing fruit for market. How pede, Carpet, or St. Augustine I ever, fairly satisfactory results grass. DSMA will also control in home plantings can be ob- uMtfiAUfiV i ———■ » ■ ■ ■ - - ’ J 181 NP BACK THIS EDGE HERE TODAY! NO-WAX CARTON HALF G ALIfMU 5|S? ... WAX-FREE MILK ... Now you can " W ” **tLOn| /§£* enjoy the best milk .... Maola Fresh milk .• •. in the best carton .... Maola’s new , plastic-coated Twin-Pak half gallon. The Twin-Pak’s the truly modern half gallon mi that twists apart into two easy-to-handle mnWmm quarts. You pour 0ne.... store one! HUragX Here’s the milk container homemakers . . HSjBB have wanted for years. Modern plastic A PASTEURIZED replaces old-fashioned wax-coating. No h 9enized more wax to flgke off in the milk. Maola’s VITAMIN D sturdy new carton looks better.... feels SSjj better.... gives better protection. 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'Ready-mixed commercial pack ages of these pesticides gan be purchased under various hrand names, or, the separate mate rials can be purchased and com bined as listed above. In eith er case, read the labels on con i tainers for content of ingredient and directions for use. Spray all fruits every two weeks with the same mixture. LACK OP STORAGE COSTS j FARMERS MANY DOLLARS, I Hundreds of dollars are j by Chowart farmers each year', ! due to th* lack of adequate) storage facilities. . Loans for purchase of storage bins and drying equipment arej i available through the local! j ASQS office. These loans arej : repayable in , four annual in-1 stallments for drying equip-! ! ment. The interest rate for i j bo‘.h types of l loans is 4 per-j j cent. j ■ TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED! AT GREAT LAKEB i I J Robert F. Privott, sob qtf Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Privott of ft. .1, Edenton, completed recni* training March 23, at the Navai Training Center, Great Lakt*, Illinois. ■ The nine-week training jtt [ eludes. instruction in such natal j topics as seamanship, ordnance | and gunnery, v damage control I and military customs and cow-* tesies. ■ L.,.. A full-dress parade and bc j view before military officials | and civilian dignitaries marked the end *f the training period.