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From March until May, several farming communities will
experience blowing sand or wind erosion.
Conservation Practices Reduce Wind Erosion
By Tony Short
Oistrict Conservationist
siis is the time of the year
whin we begin Jo see a lot of
soil blowing around. It is
called wind erosion.
‘the amount of wind
erosion that happens to a
section of land depends on
several factors. One factor
is prodibility, simply said,
sandier fields are more
enjdible than clay or silty
fields. Field roughness also
determines the degree of
eroidibility. A ridged up field
blows less than a flat, one.
Wind velocity and soil
moisture are other factors.
Hie higher the wind speed
the more soil is lost and the
wetter the soil is the less it
moves. Wind speeds less
than 12 miles per hour are
considered non-erosive.
Also to be considered is the
length of the field. Soil is
blown away, more the fur
ther it is from the windward
side. The last and most
effective factor is
vegetative cover. Living or
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dead cover reduces wind
speed and prevents the
winds force from reaching
the soil particles. It also
traps soil. Protection
depends on quantity and size
of residue present. Wheat
stubble is better than com.
All these factors can be
grouped together to make
an equation. Wind soil loss
can be measured by using
all these amounts.
There are farms locally
that have broad flat sandy
soils and they have a wind
problem. Standard Soil
Conservation Service
recommendations are
windbreaks, wind strip
cropping, crop residue use
and cover crops to combat
blowing soil.
Windbreaks are not
widely used in this area but
they have a (dace, certainly.
They are mainly used
around buildings here. But
roads beside ditches offer a
good place to establish a
tree windbreak as well as
| Truck farmer, Milton Evans, knows the value of small
grain strips planted between his melon rows.
open field property lines. An
added benefit is that it
provides wildlife much
needed cover. Wind strip
cropping involves sowing
wide strips of grain and
planting com or other crops
in strips between the grain.
Some truck crop and
tobacco farmers use this
principle when they leave a
strip row of rye in their
fields to protect the young
crops from blowing sand.
Cotton farmers have also
found these small grain
Jernigan Cited
GREENSBORO Don A.
Jernigan, local sales
representative of Southern
Life Insurance Company,
has been selected to receive
the Southern Quality Round
Table citation. The citation
is awarded annually to
Southern Life represen
tatives who achieve exac
ting standards of excellence
in sales and service to
policyowners.
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strips to be effective.
Cover crops are very
effective for reducing both
Vocational Ed.
Continued From Page 1-B
preciable factor in the
state’s economy,” observed
Clifton Belcher, State
Director of Vocational
Education. ‘“Moreover, our
surveys show, most of these
students will continue in the
fields of employment for
which they have been
preparing in the cooperative
programs.”
Belcher described the co
op programs as “a very
vital ingredient of the total
curriculum.” Students gain
on-the-job experience
combined with classroom
instruction under dual
supervision of their em
ployer and their teacher
coordinator. “This affords
an unusual opportunity to
assess the students’ per
formance and their
potential,” Belcher said.
“Cooperative programs are
especially valuable in the
way they orient students to
the realities of the
marketplace and the
specific business or industry
in which they intend to
become employed,” Belcher
said. “They get a good
chance to observe our free
_ enterprise system in action
and to become aware of the
importance of positive work
attitudes and productivity.”
Surveys of employers have
indicated general
satisfaction with the
arrangements and super
vision worked out by
coordinators. Follow-up
studies show that where
long-standing, well
organized cooperative
programs are in effect, the
rate of employment of
student completers in the
field for which they are
prepared is quite high.
Altogether, about 29 per
cent of the students in oc
cupational skill develop
ment courses across the
state are participating in
such cooperative programs.
Marketing and Distributive
Education and Trade and
Industrial Education are the
program areas most heavily
involved, claiming 45 and 42
per cent of the co-op
students respectively.
Business and Office
Education has 8 per cent,
Agricultural Education 2
per cent, and Disad
vantaged and Handicapped
Special Programs about 2
per cent of the co-op
enrollment.
Well over half of the
546,754 students enrolled in
grades 7-12 in North
Carolina’s public schools
were enrolled in one or more
: vocational courses during
the 1979-80 school year.
Altogether, about 200
courses were being offered
iir schools across the state,
with some 4600 teachers
instructing some 26,300
classes.
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Edenton, A. C.
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Multiflora rose and loblolly pines serve as a windbreak
and a wildlife area on this open field property line.
wind and water erosion.
Hiis practice is widely used
in the area, particularly in
Chowan County where there
is rolling sandy farm land.
Rye is the most popular
cover sown, however,
wheat, oats, and barley can
also serve the purpose.
The most effecitve
practice is residue use.
Leaving mowed corn stalks
or soybean stubble on the
land is simple and it does the
job. If this residue must be
disked, a cover crop should
be planted. The vegetative
matter serves to blanket the
land and keeps it in tact.
If you are seeding part of
a field and notice that a
cloud of dust is blowing from'
it, don’t look for the “Lone
Ranger”, look instead for
one of these missing con
servation practices.
ESC Recovers
Overpayments
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or currently are claiming
unemployment insurance
benefits. Os that number, 97,
or 70 per cent, were found to
have been overpaid $31,916.
The commission classified
75 of those cases,
representing $21,058, as non
fraud and 22 representing
$10,858., as fraud.
A claimant must be
proven to have knowingly
made a false statement on a
claim for resulting over
payments to be classified as
fraud cases. Non-fraud
overpayments generally
result from non-intentional
filing errors where
fraudulent intent cannot be
shown.
During January, 20
persons were tried in state
courts for unemployment
insurance fraud and all of
them were convicted.
Os the overpayments
recovered $24,210 was
recovered through refunds
to the commission and
$167,900.64 was recovered by
withholding new benefits to
claimants who had been
overpaid.
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1905, weighed
3,106 carats. The
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was found in 1934. i
As the supply of
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creasingly rare.
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Missionaries
To Address
Presbyterians
Dr. and Mrs. Sandy
Marks, former missionaries
to Zaire and Korea, will be
at First Presbyterian
Church in Edenton Sunday
speaking at 11 a. m. and
showing slides of their work
at 7:15 P. M. after the
Church Family Supper.
Dr. Marks was in den
tistry in Zaire, using a plane
to fly to remote villages. He
and his wife, Kitty, were
serving during the turbulent
times when the Congo
became Zaire. After retiring
from there, they again
volunteered in May, 1980,
for a short term in Korea,
arriving in Kwangju just as
the riots began.
In Japan they met Rev.
and Mrs. H. L. Mallinson,
now of First Presbyterian
Church, and were with them
again in Korea. So next
Sunday will be a reunion at
First Presbyterian.
They are currently in
Chapel Hill, where Dr.
Marks is teaching in UNC
Continuing Education
Extension in Dentistry.
Rate Reduction
Motive Questioned
Continued From Page 3-B
Utilities Commission’s
Public Staff will carry
through on its plans to have
extensive input into the
process.”
Meanwhile, Parker said
Operation Overcharge will
have something to say about
the ‘‘economic
discrimination being ex
perienced by the people of
Northeastern North
Carolina because of high
electric rates.” “We cer
tainly plan to discuss this
problem with members of
the General Assembly,”
Parker said.
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Rep. Evans Is Appointed
RALEIGH —Rep. Charles
D. Evans of Dare County
has been appointed to the
N. C. Legislative Services
Commission by House
Speaker Liston B. Ramsey.
The commission is
responsible for managing
the operations of the
General Assembly, staffing
and maintaining the
Legislative Building and
contracting for services and
materials required by the
General Assembly. It is
made up of House and
Senate members appointed
by the presiding officers of
the two legislative bodies,
with the House Speaker and
Senate President Pro Tem
PUBLIC
AUCTION
The Edenton-Chowan Board of Education and
Chowan County Board of Commissioners will
hold a Public Auction on Friday, February 20th at
12 o’clock at the School Maintenance Shop
(beside Walker School) on Dick Street in
Edenton. Items include:
1. 1970 Van
2. Old International Tractor
3. Creosote Posts (90)
4. Sheets of Tin (200)
5. Table Saws (2)
6. Radial Arm Saw (1)
7. Sander (1)
8. Typewriters (Manual & Electric)
9. Student Desks
10. Stoves (2) - (Gas & Electric)
11. Audio-Visual Equipment
12. Old Athletic Equipment
13.1977 1 Ton Truck
14. Sewing Machines (2)
15. Shotguns (12)
16. Rifles (9)
17.1 Desk and 6 old chairs from the
old courthouse
18. Burroughs Posting Machine
Both agencies reserve the right to refuse bids. Items
may be viewed on the morning of Feb ruary 20th
before the auction.
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serving as co-chairmen.
Evans, a Nags Head at
torney, is chairman of the
House Committee on
Governmental Ethics, vice
chairman of the Insurance
and Judiciary II committees
and a member of the
committees on the Ap
propriations Base Budget,
Appropriations Expansion
Budget, Highway Safety,
Legislative Redistricting,
State Government and
Rules and Operation of the
House.
Evans was mayor of Nags
Head in 1975-78 and a
member of the Board of
Commissioners for five
years.