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Thursday, April 8. 1982 i Catfish Farming Is An Emerging Industry • L Believe it or not, catfish fanning is booming! And : ; w ßobert Bey of Lake Wac . ..eamaw, North Carolina is about that. Robert . .-and Neil Allen own Buck < Trail Aquafarm. Kent Allen :;n is farm manager. Together ,;,they sold in excess of 8,000 pounds of farm • raised /-.-catfish in 1961. t jj “We aim to sell a premium quality product,’’ Bey states. “Quantity is less j -important to us.” Suprisingly, when people try farm - raised catfish they -are almost always pleased. . Some people around here .. have negative ideas about --eating catfish. But, at a ..catfish farm, highly ■ . developed pelleted feed eliminates any muddy or - “off flavor.” Ponds are carefully managed to jj~ produce consistently high - \ quality fish. Each batch is : taste - tested at harvest. If : an off flavor is present, the | fish are not harvested. Buck Trail Aquafarm has : just added four new ponds to | give them a total of twelve : ponds, 40 feet wide and 300 l feet long. “We use well ; water, constant aeration, • and can now produce our : own fingerlings in our new [ hatchery,” Bey says. [ He is understandably I enthusiastic. Catfish far ming is an emerging in i' dustry. According to the U.S. E Department of ' Agriculture’s Economics : and Statistics Service, E 76,680,000 pounds of cultured 5 catfish were sold in 1980 for Ea value of $53,572,000. The I average weight per fish was J just over one pound and the l average price to the far* f mers was 70 cents per r a I 7 1 ! Via Vllilllr Our health j insurance } may help \ you feel better. Call: : ’•{ • -> ' : HOK | Mnmns Jo* M. Thorud j S. Broad Straat. edanton 5 . 481-2 1 1 1 • Ml NATIONWIDE i II INSURANCE : Vj* n..00_.a. . on w mam - Nation**)* Mutual insurance Company | * Nation**)* Mutual Fee momanc* Compan, ; Nation**)* lit* tnamanca Company i Horn# office Columbus 0»*o < iBHHH : DELANEY JETHRO r f i = Announces The Opening Os His ' ' < ) HEATING 1 AIR CONDITIONING * 1 - | ; APPLIANCE AND | REFRIGERATION ! SERVICE ! < I service and repair all types of ( heating and air conditioning systems - central or window units. I also repair household appliances/ ‘ 1 including refrigerators, freezers, electric ranges, washers and dryers. Licensed Refrigeration contractor , for industrial, commercial and residential service. State Lie. No. 2252. I Delaney Jethro > Rt 1 Box 179 K Eiienton, NC Res. Phone 22U730 24 Hoar Senice pound. About 3,000 pounds per acre of pond is the average yield. Somewhere between 1.5 and 2 pounds of feed are required to produce a pound of fish. The undisputed catfish • farming capital of the world is Mississippi. Almost 25,000 acres of ponds were in production in 1979. That was a ten - fold increase in the last 15 years. The average farm is 160 acres and most ponds are about 20 acres each. The industry in Mississippi is experiencing an explosive growth with UNC Students Recognized CHAPEL HILL-Minority students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel . Hill were recognized for outstanding academic achievement here Thurs day, March 25, by the UNC CH chapter of the Pre- Professional Health Society. The society, an un dergraduate organization for students pursuing degrees in health-related fields, honored 118 black and American Indian un dergraduate students who have maintained a “B” average or better. Brenda McClain, a UNC CH medical student, was the featured speaker. Students honored include: Sherrod Ranks, freshman, of Edenton; Mitchell Vann, junior, ofoGttkos; and'-Aw-* thony Baker, freshman, of Elizabeth City. Weather Service Continued From Pago 7-B The service has been used by many radio stations from across the state with many more planning to come on board as the season warms up. These radio stations do recorded or live reports over their local airways with the assistance of the Chamber staff. Television stations and printed news medias have also taken advantage of the service in the past and are expected to do so again now that the number has been reinstated. new markets being established by producers and processors. During the past 15 months, catfish pond acreage has increased 25 per cent. The projected growth by 1965 is 43,000 to 45,000 acres. Alabama also has a large catfish farming industry. They are third behind Mississippi and Arkansas. But, in Alabama the ponds are much smaller, seldom 1 larger than 2 to 5 acres. The average catfish farm is 30 acres, and nearly all of the 1 By Johnny Foster UNC Sea Grant producers are “part - timers.” They either farm other crops or have other occupations. Nevertheless, 8,500,000 pounds of catfish were grown in Alabama in 1980. Most cultured catfish is sold to restaurants. That is precisely where Buck Trail Aauafarm plans to market I Tyler downtown kSedenton | M clearance \ V / Men S and Ladies' Reigning Beauty® Panty Briefs! mmlMm Wm. 1 Boys ' LEVrs * ! mm&'W 2.66 I JB Select Ladies'lß-Hour® Playtex® Bras I 14 OO MB s S ,r r aps h E S^ b y a^ Bn p d ric.lo.oo and 10.80 I \JfijC ® E Ladies'Bikini Panties, First Quality! Ij 1.22 I Look Sharp in a Handsomely Sundresses and red terry dresses. 17 88 I Ml 11.88 / N Toddlers' LEVI'S® Denim Jeans l l knit. shirts wkh fashion ..n' style,' slirtic back. gg I l Terrific Price on I- —, -7 j 1 j R\V 'Silhouette®ll' Luggage! 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Regulations Are Designed For Sweet Potatoes _ I RALEIGH - Growers, packers, and processors who intend to bring sweet potato roots, vines, or plants into North Carolina should understand the intent of the regulations regarding their movement. Regulations administered by the N. C. Department of Agriculture's Plant In dustry Division are designed to ensure that sweet potatoes from other states are free of injurious diseases and insects, Dr. Marcel W. Brooks OPTOMETRIST Wishes To Announce The Opening Os His Practice Medical-Optics, P.A. 1403 Parkview Drive Elizabeth City, NC 27909 For Eye Exam and Contact Lens especially the sweet potato weevil. “Under the Vegetable Plant Regulations, any sweet potato plant material for the purpose of growing a crop must be certified in the state of origin to meet North Carolina’s requirements,” said state Agriculture Commissioner Jim Graham. There are, however, certain areas from which, movement into North Carolina of sweet potato material for any purpose (planting, bedding, packing, processing) is prohibited due to the danger of in troducing the sweet potato weevil. Most states are only partially infested so they are only partially quarantined. The entire state of Florida is under quarantine. According to the For Sale Frame House 3 bedroom*, Uvingroom, den, kitchen and Mobile Home ..1978 Champion Double wide 54 x 24. Brick underpinned on corner lot, 100 x 258 atxe. Completely set up. Home Realty Dan *lB3 3158 Night *lB3 3375 Page 9-B regulations, sweet potato roots can be moved from a quarantine area only if they are for packing or processing, and have been fumigated and specially handled to prevent in festation. In this case, the Plant Industry Division must be notified at the time of shipment. Graham stressed that if Continued On Page 10-B
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