Newspapers / The Franklin Times (Louisburg, … / Jan. 21, 1965, edition 1 / Page 10
Part of The Franklin Times (Louisburg, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Conservation Is Important To Community Future This Is the first In * series of articles on Conservation pre pared and presented by the Con servation Committee of the Loulsburf Garden Club. We hope you will find them In teresting as well as informa tive. It has been said that "Ameri ca is do stronger than its na tural resources." This also applies to our state of North Carolina and to our county, Franklin. Our state and coun ty agencies keep us . supplied with our facts and figures, so let's take a look at the what,' why and how of Conservation. What are our natural re sources? Soil, water, forest and wildlife are the renewable ones. These may be replenish ed In a relatively short period of time. There are others", coal, oil, gas and minerals, which once used cannot be re plenished except over a period of a thousand years. Since we are dependent upo unnatural resources, what tool can we use to work with them? The tool *?, now use Is conservation. Conservation means wise use. Why Is there today a need tor conservation? Early sett lers In America cleared away trees and planted big fields. Soon the crops had taken a great deal from the soil. The settlers' solution was to move on to new land. There i was plenty of new land! - Pfalrle lands were plowed up and plant ed In wheat. Previously, the thick roots of prairie grass had held the precious top-soil and kept it from blowing away, but with the plowing up of land.be gan dust, storms and wind eros ion, which ruined much fine lands of the Great Plains. The story of these planters has been told In Just a few words. "Cut down, wear out, walk off." The extraction of wealth from the earth has often followed the least economical pattern tor a particular time and place. The wealth has often been taken without regard to future yield. As a result the productivity of the land deterlorated--de foresutlon by weakening thl power of the soil to retain water, led to erosion; erosion, In turn, led to the clogging and silting down of waterways and reser voirs. The wasting of land went on for more than 200 years . It had taken years of unrecog nized ^ TnlsuseTnirilXySTsWOrB some Individuals at the begin ning of the 1900's began to rea lize that Some action needed to be taken to replenish what had been taken from us. In 1908 Theodore Roosevelt took the word "conservation" from the dictionary and placed It be fore the American' people, by creating the National Conserva tion Commission. The following year the commission publlched an Inventory of national re sources, the first of Its kind In the world. This report toitought to public notice the condition of the natural ' wea>& of America. Many vital substanc es were being exhausted while others were deteriorating In quality. ? Wfr are not the flr3t to rccoj" nlze the need for Conservation for at the beginning Adam and Eve were told "Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth." - In the Book of Isaiah' we are warned, "Woe unto them that Join house to house ,r that lay field to field, til there be no place." The Bible also .gives a reason for the practice of Conservation. "One genera tion passeth away and another generation coment ? but the earth abideth forever." , Much of 4he land in our coun ty has been handed down from previous generations of our families' to us. It will be tip to. us as to the condition we leave our earth In for our chil Tlrerrand grandchildren, a look at your last year's fer tilizer blll--what kind of con dition Is your soil in? ? rt Our late president, when a Senator, said that our resource program needs rebuilding. He described! the development, conservation and preservation of our national heritage as a "new frontier." Let's face it with courage, knowledge, and most important, love of our land. FOR SALE AT AUCTION SATURDAY, JAN. 30th 10:00 A. M. AT CHARLES LLOYD PLACE AT/ MAPLEVI LLE 5 MILES FROM LOUISBURG. N C. (TURN LEFT AT STORE AT MAPLE VI LLE GO ly^MILES) Auctioneer PERCY JOYNER ; Cub Tractor, Single Fast Hitch?,~ Cultivators, Fertilizer Distributor; ! Bog Disc, Plow, Cotton, Corn, and ? Bean' Planter.-^" $ Gibson Rotiller Tractor with ?>lows 3/4, Cu. Ft, Cement Mixer Lawn Roller a,r\?l Aerator Bars 2000 Ft. of Lumber, all sizes includ ing Moulding, Lot of Cedar r 3 Rolls Insulation ? ' * 50 Steel Posts and Ass'ortrflentof Wire Electric Fence and Transfer mer 1963 Homelite Riding La*ji Mower 1962 WestinghOuse- Deep Freezer 1964 Oil Heater - Many other useful items too num erous to list ? Chains. Heaters. Fans, etc. Join The Drive For More Income The All-Practice Cotton Club of Franklin County extends an Invitation to all cotton pro ducers to Join the drive for more Income by Increasing cot ton yields. Persons interested may contact members of the club for requirements or the County Extension Office, states Luthei Baldwin, negro County Agent. " * . Examples of requlreipNents ir:e as follows: t . 1* Each member shall have soil tested and follow recom mendations far lime and ferti lizer. 2. Each tnember will furnish and arrange for recommended jnaterlals such as lime fer tlflzenand Insecticides. 3. Participants may plant total allotment to all recommended practices or* a known acreage, measured by a competent per son. ? * These are samples of rules and requirements for member ship. Become a member and get all rules, regulations and benefits. Results last year shfw that Increased cotton yields can sub stantially replace Income loss resulting from tobacco acreage reduction. Results of last year's pro gress through the club and through sponsored* Interest were as follows: A lint yield of 1,05) per acre was produc ed by Arthur Wright of Route 1, Loulsbijrg, who received the $ 56 million in' 6 5 S k< ' to help the Carolinas groty... , The Carolinas are moving ahead so rapidly on so many fronts that an essential industry jsuch as purs has to run pretty fast to stay ahead. " To provide for your growing electrical needs, plus an adequate reserve, CP&L will be making capital ex penditures of $56,000,000 in 1965* # Part of this money will be invested in a new generating plant at Roxboro. Only last year we dedicated our Asheville plant,, but before it was finished construction was under way at the- Roxboro site. Part of our spending in 1965 will be to build new lines to serve the ever-growing needs of horrfes and businesses^. Part will go to build 230,000 volt transmission lines that will strengthen the interconnections between our system and neighboring companies. ' . , \tfljere will the money come frojn? From the Company's earnings and from the saving^ of thousands of people who invest in this business. ** . Who will benefit? Many people ? for as the money is spent through businesses, it will help to create jobs and wages. \ . u But the main purpose is to provide you ? in your home or on the 40b ? with the best possible electric serv-' ice at reasonable prices. This is one of the ways ?P&L is "helping to build a Finer Carolina. CAROLINA POWER A LIGHT COMPANY Ah inveslor ouned, la t paying, public utility company ?4 Meet The Budgie A baby parakeet^wlll sleep with botWeeton the perch, his head tucked under his wing. According to Purina Pet Care Center experts, an adult bird,- on the other hara^Tests on one loot with his head in the usual position. Kan adult parakeet sleeps the way a baby bird normally does, the experts say, It's quite possible tie has a cold. Treatment? Place him In a warm location, if you see no ltnmedlate results, put an antibiotic in his drinking water. Don't, Incidentally, worry about your bird getting tired, holding on to his perch all night. His feet go Into automatic lock-. Of course" .he's cramped when he wakes up; thus thfi systematic stretching of his feet and wings each morning!* champion prize. The champion prize was two-fold; more In come. from the cotton crop and a cash prize of $150.00 donat ed by AJlen Gin Company of Loulsburg; Bragg Gin of Frank llnton, N. C., L. H. & L. K. Dickens Gin of. White Level Community; Franklin Seed Go. of Loulsburg, Stalllngs Milling Company of Cedar Rock Com 1 munity and Youqgsvtlie Qln of Youngsville, N. C. A lint yield of 923 pounds was produced by Otis Fogg of Route 1, Kittrell, N. "C.; who received a caSh award ip the amount of $50.00 donated by Franklin Milling Company of Louisburg, and the Cottrell Brothers, Fertilizer Dealers of Louisburg. A., gift certifi cate for plant bed fertilizer was donated also for this yield by Johnson Cotton Company of Louisburg. A lint yield of 860 pounds was produced by Bonnie Harris of Route 4* Louisburg. . For this yield a cash award of $50.00 was- donated by Farmers Trac tor and Truck CompaJiy and the Louisburg FCX. Other good lint yields as re corded were as follows: 837 pounds by Percy Massenburg of Route 4, Louisburgf 8f7 pounds by Clinton Richardson, Route 1, Castalia;.79S pounds by B. L. Bragg, Jr., Of Frank - linton, 792 pounds by John Dun ston of Route 3, Louisburg; 780 pounds by 1C." A. StrotlTer of Route- 1, Franklinfon; and 744 pounds by Alphonzo Hall of Route 2, Zebulon, N. C. / Gift certificates for plant bed fertilizer were ?presented ?to four of these producers who werg <Uub members. Cotton fertilizer and a distributor were donated by the Fuller?md Hayes Grocery Store of "Loulsbufg, as door prizes to training 'meet Ing*. THe ^OHN PRICE ^ n - ... , SHOW Monday-Friday 6:30 A M -8 A M On wrzs ! 1450 , ; _ On Your H*nd*raM Dial 1000 Warns WIZZZZZZ. Tha Beat Thara la SHORT SHANK EXTRA LEAN 4 to 3 Lb. Avg. POUND ARAPAHOE SAUSAGE FRESH SPARE RIBS CHICKEN BACKS 5 .%S9* HUNT'S SLICED OR HALVES ? ^ AVE 25c _LARGE Ho. V/i ? CANS SWIFT'S CHUCK ?ro - jonowdrift SHorrt"^*^ r JSNOW DRIFT ISHORTENINGI Q Lb. U CAN . 0 GOLD SEAL FLOUB 2S $I.B9 PILLSBURY OR BALLARDS BISCUITS 10. 89 c PET MILK 3 tali , CANS 43$ liT? Lb. BOX 101
The Franklin Times (Louisburg, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 21, 1965, edition 1
10
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75