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Thursday, December 9, 1982 fN:C. Dept. Os Agriculture Survey < A total of 9911 feeder pigs were sold on 13 of the state ,Ij. graded sales during week of (November 27, according to the Market News Service of i the Norn Carolina Depart * ment of Agriculture. Prices j. were weak to $3.50 lower per weight. US 1-2 pigs •i weighingV , 40-50 pounds & averagedsll2.B9 per hundred V pounds with No. 3s $92.35; i' 50-60 pounds 1-2 averaged ~ $103.89, No. 3s $86.49; 60-70 ?~3>ound 1-2$ $87.40, No. 3s £ hundred pounds with No. 3s } $70.29. v At 10 weekly livestock au ctions held Within the state the of , November 27, 6423 and 2185 hogs were •J sold. Utility and Commercial (slaughter cows brought $34 to 3.342 with Canner and Cuttler at to $39. Choice slaughter (from $44 to $54.50 with good igrade at S4O to $47. Choice -(slaughter steers above 800 .pounds brought $52 to $57 with '-(Good at $50.50 to $55.75. Few (Good slaughter heifers above (700 pounds brought $46 to ($51.25. Slaughter Bulls yield grade 1&2 above 1000 pounds , sold from $42 to $49.25 per -cwt. Medium Frame No. 1 thickness 400-500 pound feeder steers brought $54 to $63 with (Small Frame No. IS at 49.75 to 159, same weight Medium iarrame No. 1 heifers brought $44 to $52.50 with Small -Prame No. Is at 38 to $46.50. jßeef type Feeder Cows carry ing average flesh brough $36.50 to s4l with thin flesh at ~?$30 to $36.50 per hundred pounds. Baby calves under three weeks of age brought S2O to $62 per head. Market hogs 200-240 pounds sold from -$53 to $54 with sows 450 pounds up at $47.25 to $52.30. Heating LNo. 9953 Refrig. LNo. 2252 DELANEY JETHRO Service For All Types Os Heating Systems t* Commerical Rt. 1 Box 179 K Phone: 221-8730 Edenton, N.C. 27932 24 Hr. Service Armstrong At m MM |B raPOgak isaiS Every Solarian sheet floor is now on sale! Over 135 beautiful colors and pat terns. All at terrific savings. $5 off every square yard of Solarian Supreme. $4 off every square ' yard of Designer Solarian and Designer Solarian 11. And $2 off every square yard of Premier «Sundail Solarian and Studio Solarian. And,ss of Sundial Solarian. Os cours, all Solarian floors have Armstrong’s exclusive Mirabond no-wax surface. So they keep their “like-new” look without waxing far longer than vinyl no-wax floors. There’s never been so much selection—or so much savings! But hurry; this sale ends very soon. hOttM^D^ Right now, get a genuine Armstrong Solarian floor for as little as $8.50 sq. yd. C^UINN7MW(V^ Os EOBHTON. INC. Market hogs at daily cash buying stations about the state during the week of November 29 ranged mostly $54.00 to $55.25 per hundred pounds. Sows 500 pounds up ranged $47 to SSO per hundred. The North Carolina FOB dock quoted price on broilers for the',Week December 1-December is 39.25 cents, with a preliminary weighted average on December 3 of 38.35 cents. The market is steady, and the live snpply is; moderate for a moderate demand. Heavy type hens were higher this past week. Sup plies were light and demand moderate. Heavy type hen prices 25 cents per pound at the farm with buyers loading. Egg prices were lower com pared to those of the previous week. Supplies were moderate. Demand was moderate. The North Carolina weighted average price quoted on December 2 for small lot sales of cartoned grade A eggs delivered to stores was 70.22 cents per dozen for Large, Medium 59.61 and Samlls 48.30. No comparison on corn and soybean prices due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. For the period November 29 through December 3. No. 2 yellow shelled corn ranged mostly $2.41 to $2.56 in the Eastern part of the state and $2.37 to $2.60 in the Piedmont. No. 1 yeilow soybeans ranged mostly $5.48 to $5.69 in the East and $5.25 to 5.48 in the Piedmont; No. 2 red winter wheat $3.03 t 053.15; No. 2 red oats $1.20 to $1.45. Soybean meal for the processing plant ranged $188.20 to $196.50 per ton for 44 per cent. New crop prices quoted for harvest delivery wheat $3.05 to $3.23. Sweet potato prices were steady this week. Demand was light. Fifty pound cartons of cured uncured US No. Is on December 2 were quoted at $5.00 some lower, few $5.50. Jumbo $2.00 to $3.00. Prices paid to growers for No. Is packed out at the end of belt were $2.50 to $2.75 per bushel. Squirrels Can Cause Damage ATLANTA GA.—Squirrels, those reportedly dependable predictors of an approaching freeze, are storing their winter supply of nuts higher in trees than in previous years. If the squirrels and other, more scientific forecasters are correct, this winter could be one of the coldest of this century - 10 degrees below normal in some sections of the country. The Insurance Information Institute says it’s more im portant than ever before that people using wood burning stoves as a primary or secon dary source of home heating exercise all the proper precautions to make sure that their lives and property will remain safe. Since 1976-77, when the use of wood burning stoves started to soar as home owners sought an alternative to rising heating oil prices, there has been a steady rise in the number of residential fires caused by wood stoves as well as an increase in peo ple killed and injured. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), 112,000 fires in 1980 were caused by solid fuel bur ning heating equipment, resulting in the death of 350 persons. Both figures repre sent an increase of approx imately 60 per cent over the prior year. And, while figures for 1981 are not yet available, CPSC estimates that they will show another increase in the number and deaths. approximated 9,800, an in crease of more than 80 per cent over the 1979 total. Continued On Page 12-A THE CHOWAN HERALD Aquaculture by Johnny Foster UNC Sea Grant Clam hatcheries are nothing new to Carteret Coun ty, where clam aquaculture has existed for over ten years. Now, as the value of high quality clams increases, more people are realizing North Carolina’s potential for the development of commer cial clam aquaculture. Gams require salt water between 18 C (65 F) and 30 C (85 F). With North Carolina’s long growing season, clams grow to commercial size in two to three years. While most of northeastern North Carolina is unsuitable for clam farming except along the Outer Banks, sites stret ching from Cedar Island in Carteret County to Brunswick County are quite suitable. Among the Carteret County aquaculturists are Monroe Willis and Earl Huskey. They moved about eight million seed clams from nursery raceways onto a leased bed. The raceways allowed the baby clams to grow large enough to deter attacks from predators. Recently profiled in Coastwatch, Sea Grant’s monthly newsletter, Willis said, “We figure the larger they are when we put ’em on the lease, the less likely they’ll be eaten by crabs. Crabs don’t bother ’em much once the clams get some size on ’em. We’ve had a few crabs get through our water filtering system and before you know it, they’ll have a big pile of empty shells over in one of the raceways.” Now, Pete Peterson and his students at the UNC Marine Science Laboratory in Morehead City have iden tified another clam seed predator. Snapping shrimp, only 1 >/2 inches long, can crush year-old clams which are 3 centimeters wide. The culprits are common in Back, Bogue and Core Sounds. Even though the clam seeds are often protected with coverings -of crused shell, gravelorplastie mesh, the "very small seeds suffer ex-” treme mortality rates from predators. Since large clam seeds are relatively expensive when purchased from a hat chery, most growers now either hatch their own seeds or buy very small seeds and grow them in tanks or raceways before planting them in the leased bed. Because the state is revis ing the lease regulations, a lease-letting moratorium is in effect. In the future, leases will probably be more expen sive and require mor inten sive management. Marketing clams is simple. Just wait until the price is high. Then harvest and sell. And, there’s never a pro blem with packaging since the clam shell is its own effec tive package. Just keep the clams in a plastic bag and keep them cool. For more information: - Clam Gardening by John E. Foster. UNC Sea Grant, 105 1911 Building, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650; Intensive Hard Clam Mariculture: A Primer foi South Carolina Watermen bj John J. Manzi and Jack M Whetstone, South Carolin; Sea Grant Coknsortium. 22 Fort Johnson Road Charleston, SC 29412; - Manual For Growing tin Hard Clam Mercenaria b; Michael Castagna and Johi N. Kraeuter. Sea Grant Pro gram, VIMS, Goucestei Point, Va. 23062. IRS GREENSBORO-The an nual interest rate charged b; the Internal Revenue Servic on tax underpayments am overpayments will decreas from 20 to 16 per cent oi January 1, 1963. The rate on the underpay ment of individual and cor porate estimated taxes wil also slide into 16 per cent, th< IRS said. The interest rate is changec simi-annually by October l£ and April 15, and based on the average prime interest rate for the 6-month period ending September 30 and March 31, respectively. The next change in the interest rate, if any, will be made next April. The IRS cautions that tax payers who are now delin quent in their taxes will be charged the 20 per cent rate. Program To Protect Tobacco Future WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.- Tobacco farmers must arm themselves through educa tion, new production tech niques and a strong commit ment to protect the future of America’s S6O billion tobacco industry, Edward A. Hor rigan Jr., chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company said Monday. “The messasge is very clear. Those of us who depend on tobacco for our livelihoods had better be prepared well prepared to fight for its future, or there will be no future,” Horrigan told 66 North Carolina tobacco farmers and farm women. “You are showing your commitment by your par ticipation in this program,” Horrigan said. “And, I assure you, Reynolds Tobacco would not be building plants at a cost of nearly $1 billion if we did not have faith in tobacco’s future.” Horrigan’s remarks came during the last in a series of executive development seminars for key North Carolina tobacco growers and tobacco farm women. The seminars were funded under a four-year, $1 million Reynolds Tobacco grant to North Carolina State Univer sity for agriculture research and extension programs. “During this program, you have been exposed to the latest thinking and informa tion about techniques and developments in farm management and tobacco production research,” Hor rigan said. “And, you have had the added benefit of get ting it from the best-qualified people in the world in this field the faculty of North Si . Creywood Oil Company’s "Fp 1 ‘Holiday Specials —W »■* —c: li ■=4» -cm -ww a> w •*»-» ■*** *• m jj| jH SURE : 1 STARTS) I AND A WHOLE LOT fSirSf MORE' msSHsss* IllUllhi m BATTERY llfif In today's cars and trucks, the battery has \\\ V 111 111 | many jobs to do i\' [ j ■ RADIO POWER WINDOWS -/ > TAPE DECK POWER MIRRORS headlights cruise control Delco Battery Bonanza DASH LIGHTS POWER DOOR LOCKS ( POWER ANTENNA WINDSHIELD WIPERS ° REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER Delco Freedom II 30 Series Delco Freedom I Batteries do all these jobs Series superbly and, oh yes. one other: They 40/$49.95 T have plenty of reserve power to start your 50/559.95 £ car, time after time And they never need water. 60/$69.95 £ • Pnce shown is an seii og pr,ce baseo upon d *AII Freedom II batteries are maintenance recent independent s^vey,,»ten AC Dele6 .-ut'ets .n th-s f r pp_nPVPr need water' 3 area selected at random Each AC-Deleon.net iisiea Tree never neeu waici below «s an independent business and charges wnateve- *SizeS tO fit mOSt U S. Cars, many import Cars prices if Chooses for-IS prrxJoClS Pr.ces wilt and we 'a mviie you to shop aroutK3 for ihe best pnees qualify and and light tTUCKS tO V 2 ton. Y service you can find ALL p RICES INSTALLED EXCHANGE UNIT REQUIRED GROUP SIZES 27 & 27F EXCXIJDED alHla] AC-Delco is the way to go General Motors Corpora®! Available at these participating AC-Delco outlets c Creywood Oil Company i Coke Avenue, Edenton Plymouth, Corner of Main and Washington u s M By pass, f»per Phone: 482-7401 Phone: 793-9161 Phone: 793-30 K More Than Just A Tire Store...Creywood Means Service » Carolina State. “Now it is up to you to use their knowledge to its best ad vantage, for yourselves and your tobacco-growing neighbors.” » The development program was designed to provide ad vanced training in all phases of tobacco production and farm management. Two-day sessions were held separate ly for the men and women on fClothesfcrthe dficcniing^onvm Pre-Holiday ‘ • SALE 20% . designer clothes at Elliott Company Downtown Edenton w the N. C. State University campus in Raleigh during Oc tober and November. The final session, combining both groups, was held at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem. Participants in the program were selected for their leader ship and innovative tobacco production practices. Last year, 64 tobacco farmers and farm women were recognized Page 11-A by Reynolds Tobacco and N.C. State for their role in strengthening the tobacco industry. Reynolds Tobacco, working closely with N.C. State, developed the program to: * Reduce the time between development of new tobacco production technology and its implementation by the tobac co grower. Continued On Page 12-A
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