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TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBftPAftY 26, ISS2 Poultry has been added to many where commercial and hatching North Carolina farms to increase eggs and boilers have been added. farm employment, volume of busl- - ness, .and farm income. The great- Crop rotation Is the most effec est increases have occurred in the tlve measure to use in controlling Piedmont and mountain sections blight on cotton. n * gives Conway tobacco grower fXlKAlSSprxftiKf OMvar Hard**, Conway, South Caro- , lina, says D-D* treated tobacco was undamaged by root-knot nematodes . .. / • untreated, as much as 25% duinageJt t ' Read Mr. Hardee’s letter: I .i > “During the 1951 season, 1 fumigated ■Pyk.d eight of my thirty-two acres of tobacco JM&r with D-D. The treated tobacco did not iF have any damage from ‘root-knot’ A while some of the untreated suffered as i M much as twenty-five per cent damage. 1 firmly believe that this treatment brought me an additional $250 per acre. | “I used the row method of application which coat m* 9 s l6 per acre. Thia gave me a net profit of $235 per acre (abJTe the cost of the D-D and the application) in the treated over the untreated tobacco. “I plan to treat every acre I plant in 1952. 1 feel that i any farmer who haa any‘root-knot trouble should con sult his county agent and use this material next year. ( Signed) Oliver Harder Conway, 8. C. t BUT THE BEST...IT COSTS TOU LESS • I Last y«ar, as in previous years, your neighbors used D-D wiih spectacular success . . . why don’t you plan to use it this year? See your dealer today and arrange for soil fumigation with D-D There Is No Sub -Btxtute! Here are advantages of D-ET , n ] 1 1. Controls root knot and othar nematodes. B« Improves quality through healthy root system. iffTTbh I. Easily applied by gravity flow plow equipment or £V\\j \Jf\ simple tractor attachment. SB&X)luaßp I. It’s ECONOMICAL! D-D more than pays for itself by ■RSR® Increased yield. Manufactured By: MULL CHEMICAL CORPORATION WUrkut.d By? \ * |fe- •• •! *Qofr*it£x~- - C '»'f' »' ' FRANK REID COMPANY .. Kml’s Warehouse Greenville, N. C 1 SS , McCORMKiT Farmall Super A has more PULL-POWER 1* Pulls two 12-inch bottoms ... plows 6to 8 acfes per day, up to 8 inches deepl (1 2. Butts or rebusts 14 acres per day. i*v O 3. Double-disks from 18 to 21 acres per day. m * 4. Mows 35 acres a day. 5. Does every power job on an average 80- acre farm. Prove to yourself the Super A it th* _ tractor to do all your work. Ask for a ip^V demonstration. Call us today. Ask Ar*wT?\ g about the Income Purchase Plan. Kf\ MW jbH 4JN C^^N.v/B fl 1 1 m ,w % .. • J ■ ■- I B I AAJL AAK MM A (§ IftCLAmB IvIAvUIRCKi vWlvli AN I SPI Benson Hwv - Inc - Dunn N C / 1950 Ooiry Preduets Cattl. and C.Km Livestock 11 ■ ■ Other 1M6.707.000 Total Income SOL. ai Cotton 5795,503,000 3 ' „ Crops v OEZZI. Peanuts 5648,796,000 - - ». ° th * r NORTH CAROLINA’S CASH FARM INCOMF. depends upon many factors r.nd vr.ries widely from year to year. But by 1950 it had reached $195,503,000 more than triple what it had been 10 years earlier. About four-fifths of the total came from crops. Livestock accounted for less than 20 per cent. The chart is taken from “North Carolina Accepts the Challenge,” which outlines the long-range farm program sponsored by the North Carolina Board <f Farm Organisations and Agencies, How to make farm income more stable is one of the problems dealt with in the book. STATE FARM Briefs WILKESBORO.—A tobacco va riety demonstration will be con ducted this year by Ted Somers, Clingman community, in coopera-, tion with the State College Exten sion Service. .According to O. G. Farthing, epunty agent in Wilkes, Somers will tfst 15 varieties on 0.2 acre of land. He will keep records on yield, qual ity, disease resistance, price per pound, and other factors. The varieties to be tested are Dixie Bright 101. Dixie Bright 101-2, Dixie Bright 102. Oxford 1. Oxford 1-181, 400. 402, Vesta 30, Vesta 47, Vesta 64, Golden Harvest, Oolden Cure, Hicks, Virginia Gold, and Yellow Special. ROXBORO. Plans are being made to start a pullet chain this year for 4-H Club members in Per son County, according to C. C. Jackson, assistant Person, farm agent for the State College Ex tension Service. ed to receive TOO pullet chicks each from the Sears Foundation. When the birds are six months of age 1 each member will return 12 of the choice pullets to be judged and sold j at auction. Cash received from the ale will be used to finance the . THE DAILY RETORO. uuim. N. ft project in 1953. WADESBORO. Eddie Lee, 4-11 Club boy of Route 2, Polkton, likes feeding out fat calves at a 4-H project. r According to J. W. Cameron, An son farm agent so rthe State Col lege Extension Service, Eddie fed out one calf in 1951 and is feeding out seven this year. The animals are making good gains. Eddie and his father are very much interested in the project. If they make a reasonable profit this / year, they plan to increase the number to be fed out next season. ROCKINGHAM.—Treating farm fence posts has become a sizable business for John W. C. Entwistle of Rockingham, according to N. L. Hendrix, Richmond County farm agent for the State College Exten sion Service. Last year Entwistle treated more than 10,000 posts for local farmers. ' He also treated and sold more than 50,000 posts. Six-and seven-foot lengths are most popular. The posts are peeled . with mechanical equipment which ; will handle lengths up to eight . feet. The treating vats will handle poles up to 25 feet in length. TRENTON.—J. K. Dixon, Jr.. even better with more rain. ' Dixon's average was about 20 bushels per acre higher than the . 1951 State average. According to Wayland J. Reams, , Jones farm agent for State Col lege Extension Service, Dixon fer tilized his corn with 400 pounds of 5-10-10 fertilizer and top dressed it with 150 pounds of Cal-Nitro per acre at 2',i feet high. He culti vated the crop with a rotary hoe powered by his tractor. The corn was planted 18 inches apart in 31*- foot rows. NASHVILLE.—The new analysis tobacco fertilizer, 4-8-10, is proving quite popular with farmers in Nash County, reports B. H. Taylor, as sistant Nash farm agent for the State College Extension Service. Many growers are asking about the new fertilizer and are plan ning to use it on their tobacco. They are interested mainly because the fertilizer contains no organics and is cheaper. The higher analysis also means less volume to handle. Reldsvllle, Poultry is a goo sideline for tobacco, says T. W. Powell of Route 1, Stokesdale, and he .has figures to prove it. Last year the Rockingham County far mer made more money from his poultry flpck than he did from his tobacco crop. According to Frank Wood, as sistant county agent for the State College Extension v Service, Powell now has a flock of 676 New Hamp shire hens laying 215 ' dozen eggs Here’s the secret of Powell’s suc cess. Wood says he starts off with good Chicks and uses good feed ing and .management practices all the way through. Marshall, Some of Madison Comity’s youngsters are taking a double barrelled approach to fann ing. They’re not only outstamjing 4-H Club members, but they're do ing a good Jdb in vocational agri culture work .as wait A. F. Weaver, assistant county agent for the State College Ser vice, points out two brothers as an example. They’re Donald and Sid ney Fox of tha Mars Hill Club. They carry but a number of pro jects, including, baby beeves and electricity. Murphy A lot of knfi helps, but It isn’t necessary to have a kit ii'yjm'gi'ajLgT star? Sttvk** ° oU ** e teten ' Ray 1« talking about W. J. Weils, TO STUDY "WT BILL Lillington Methodists will devote > ; the Sunday fellowship hour next 3 Sunday, March 2, at 7:30 pun. to a [ discussion of,the Universal Military . Training bill now before the U. S. - Congress for consideration. The . Federal Council of Churches has ex j pressed disapproval of the measure f and church groups throughout Am s erica have been asked to oppose, the pending legislation. The pasior, the y Rev. W. L. Loy, has asked all in f terested citizens in the community s to join the forum which he said will e examine both sides of the issue. i. n There are more than 3C commer i clal cottonseed treating and delint e ing plants in operation in North e Carolina. New - Type Mounted Transplanter 1 For The John Deere Model M Tractor j* (Mounting Brackets and Barrel Back can bo suppl ied for Ford and Ferguson Tractors AC & Super A) » f !t V' • * The Ellis- Transplanter can be mounted on the tractor or takon off so the tractor can be used for .Po .... I.i ■..'.pi.— I ■ lH ft fl| fl i Sot plants ail uniformly as tha host pull type transplanter. The Ellis Transplanter combines die uniform depth of planting and flexibility of the pud type transplanter with the desirable advantages i of a mounted implement. * The ENs Transplanter it raised clear of the ground by the hydraulic lift so it is a fixed implement , mounted on the tractor for turning, backing or transporting. : When ih operation the connection between the tractor and transplanter is flexible, so the toons planter ««h fellow the ground independent of the tractor. Th# depth of the runner et pressure of the tevetiaf t!Mos Is net affected by the tractor going over a ridge or into lew ground. 1 This special feature insures uniform depth of planting, also that the soil will be property firmed about the sliats and reet* of each plant. i . ' . No plants orb missed with the Ellis Transplanter. f: aye. ,y- . I • tafir . * t •, jig Negro School Maps Projects A series of meetings by parents, teachers and friends, designed to appraise the needs and work out methods of filling them, have been held during this month at the new Erwin Consolidated, Negro School. The Erwin Consolidated Elemen tary -School held open house Sun dny afternoon. February 3 from 3 until 5 o’clock. Although there was a continuous downpour of rain until 2:30 n. m.. manv parents, patrons and friends turned out to inspect the modern nlant and eoidmnent. This was a evond oonort unity for many par ents to meet the superintendent. Sunerintendent O. T. Prof lit. I spoke h' i-flv of the advantages of consolidation of schools. He ooinUa sived the onport.unit.ies consolida tion offers in developing good oHi zenship and improving human rela tions. Reverend I ovie. native of Afrioa and now nostor of Humble Memo rial Church, Erwin, expressed his appreciation for the work of our country in providing educational facilities for all pupils, regardless of race, rolor. or creed. * uareot of each of the five school communities pxnressed his annreciation of the new school pl<>nt. In addition to Supt. G. T. Prof fit., a few others who attended were Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Spivey. Lilling ton: Dr. C. B. Codrinaton, Dunn: Mr. W. E. Patterson. Hickory: Rev. Jacob K. O. Lovie. Livingston Col lege, Salisbury: Elder J. A. Brown, Henderson, and Mrs. Lina Faison, Wilson. P. T. A. MEETING Approximately one hundred eighteen parents attended the first consolidated Parent Teacher Asso ciation Tuesday night. February 12. The main purpose of the meeting was to organize and develop plans for meeting the many needs of the school. The newly elected officers are as follows: From the Beaver Dam community, Mr. Johnnie Orady. president, and Mrs. Estlne McNeill. Princess Victoria 29th, above, a heifer bred by Gr-r- — Pastures Farms of Kli/übethlown, is the new grand champion of the Polled Hereford section of the Southwestern Fat Stock tUiow, held recently at Fort Worth, Texas. Her present owner, M. P. Moore of Senatobla, Miss., bought her at Statesville last spring lor 54.150, the highest price a Polled Hereford female has ever brought in North Caro'ina. To win the championship at Fort Worth, the North Carolina-bred animal beat the champion of the National Western Polled Hereford Show held at Denver, Cota., in December. The Denver champion later sold for $13,000. the highest price ever paid Tor any Palled Hereford female. Greene Brothers Lumber Company, Inc., is owner of Green Pastures Farms, with S. L. Thornton as manager. secretary, and from the Mount Pis gah community. Mr. Sandy MeKoy. vice-president, and Mr. Nathan McKoy, treasurer. The crowd was filled with en thusiasm and many fine sugges tions came from the parents. Fol lowing are the highlights of the address given by the principal, Mr. W. N. Porter: “Our welcome to you is extended with the same degree of happiness and sincerity that was ours on Monday morning. January 14, when we moved into this building. “We wanted you to come first to see what, in our opinion, is one of the finest buildings in the state and certainly the finest in Harnett County in terms of the physical plant. Secondly, we wanted you to see our many needs. To mention a , SECOND SECTION PAGE ONE few, there is a neea tor luncheon • equipment, library books, play ground equipment.” Following adjournment the group was served refreshments. The Harnett County Teachers Association held its professional meeting Friday afternoon, Febru ary 15, 1952 at 4 30. Mr. Taylor Dodson, physical edu cation adviser of North Carolina, gave a brief synopsis of the new Physical Education Bulletin. He # gave several demonstrations on the elementary level. STEWARDESS SURVIVES Shock written on her face, stew ardess Nancy Taylor of the Ill fated airliner that crashed at Elizabeth, N. J, is shown shortly after she escaped uninjured.
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