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Among Friends Of The Soil This is No. 6 continued articles ^" ,0 along with > *?" ?" U ?rvice technician. ? and future viats 9 vour farmer-man ..^servation district it can likely help week we "1'standing in a field i r* ? ???= used for growing tobacco and the ] new string method of laying off ! rows was advised as a substitute Ifor the straight rows on a mild | slope. Terraces would, according | to the technician, be needed, but would be broad and fairly flat? the ridge not steep enough to in terfere with use of machinery in | the field. Farmer A said he 1 would accept the technician's ^re now in a position to take care ol orders for lumber, building supplies and % jllTH BUILDERS SUPPLY, Inc. j Castle Hayne Road y 2-3339 Wilmington, N. C. 'OD PLACE ?TO STOP you ?ant to have your car serviced where quick i . service is waiting and where your business is toted . ? ? ? ? IS LONG SERVICE STATION lT. S. No. 17 Supply, N. C. FOR COMMISSIONER I am seeking the Democratic Nomination for Mem ber of the Board of County Commissioners in the Pri mary Election on May 29. Your vote and active support in behalf of my candi dacy will be greatly appreciated. R. L- (Rob) RABON 20' x 50' HOME $29500 As Is! Where Is! A COMPLETE BASIC HOME IN a HURRY" UNIT! Economically-Moved Complete with Floor Covered with Roll Roofing Contains 12 Windows Large Floor Space Built of Quality Materials we is ?cethefPfnCe|that anyone can meet! Th is building offers a chance for you to be k0f vouTfte ?Wner of your home w'ithout Puttin? yourself in debt for the bor pians V With this basic unit you can comPlet? your home to fit your own Have a h ?r r*6 man who 13 handy with too,s this is a wonderful opportunity ?me Me he wants by putting in his own finishing touches. Ue Will Dismantle in Sections for $75.00 we Will Deliver within 100 Miles Radius for 540.00 X4 Elding1 contains 1" T & G Wall Sheathing over ?or i U?S an(* ^ ^ ^ Sheathing- over 2x4 Rafters. L. , and 1x6 Pine over 2x6 Joist. All material is dry lidino- o er' we^ Protected by the heavy roll Roofing r 6. bee this Sensational Buy Today! Millions of Feet of Lumber building material "homes in a hurry" Jeveland Wrecking Co. ^ camp Davis ' Holly Ridge, N. C. ^ *7, Half Way Between J acksonville and Wilmington ? Gate 27 SALESMAN ON PR EMISES 8:00 to 5:00 MONDAY THR U SATURDAY suggestion about the terraces andi contour rows on tobacco land.) BY FRANK GLOVER Technician. "I notice you have, rye growing as a cover crop, j That Is a good practice." i Farmer A. "I'm sure glad I'm doing one thing right from the: conservationist viewpoint. 'Most' 'everything so far has been wrong." ] Technician. "Oh, no. I've been looking at other things too. I no-! tice you have in several places! lespedeza or something left to be turned into the land. That's an absolute necessity for best conservation and for the most profitable crop yields. Organic I natter?plenty of it?is one of ithe first needs for conservation. 'Land needs to be productive enough so it can quickly grow a good cover?the more productive it is the least loss of soil may be expected. And while all that is being done, it is putting money in the bank for such farmers who practice turning good amounts of cover crops and re sidue from crops harvested back to the soil. You seem to be do ing this on most fields. Why not work out a system of crop ping this tobacco field so it won't have to be in tobacco every year ?." Farmer A. "I'm not sure of a crop anywhere else. I can't af ford to take a gamble on a whole S tobacco crop, and I know I can depend on a fair crop here." Technician. "The way I see It, you are taking a considerable ?gamble as it is. Pretty soon you ? may have bad trouble with ne matodes. They came root knot or i swelled stem. This field is defin Bellamy Urges Civic Action On Waccamaw Plan Candidate Sees Need For Federal Aid In Develop ment Of Eastern North j Carolina Hargrove Bellamy, Wilmington wholesale druggist who is a can didate for Congress from the seventh district, recommended "united civic effort" in support of the Waccamaw River flood control and drainage project in1 his message to the Whiteville Ro , tary Club Thursday evening. The Wilmington man reviewed! the status of the Waccamaw pro-1 1 ject and gave his unqualified en- > dorsement to the proposal for the! | construction of a canal to re claim the farm lands now under j water or too wet for cultivation, i He urged that all civic clubs get j together and back the proposal. Mr. Bellamy voiced the opinion i that Eastern North Carolina had been sadly neglected in the m&t , ter of federal aid for develop ? ment and pledged himself to rem-| jedy the situation "if the oppor | tunity presents Itself." Calling attention to the sec tion's dependincy on tobacco, the j candidate declared it the re sponsibility of leaders and think jers to promote, not only diversi fication in agriculture but new industries." itely losing soil because of the high percentage of the time when it has no cover, besides the way the rows are now being run. Rye: puts a little organic matter into the soil, but not enough for best conservation." J By this time they had walked across the tobacco field and stood looking at the one across the field ditch. The technician was looking at his photographic map. Farmer A (looking at map also.) "I notice your map is col ored?one field in one color and others in other colors. Makes It look pretty, but what are the colors for?" Technician, "I-conored it in the office, following the findings of the soil survey. By doing that I can tell at a glance the use ca pability of each place. Now take this field - in front of us. That field is where you could really get advantage from .tile drains. Then it would probably make better tobacco than this other field. Certainly just as good. 1 would say put in a line of tile with a few laterals, grow your tobacco here one year and on the other field the next. It would be better to have a third field so any one of them would be in tobacco only once in three years, but the map doesn't show another that would be safe to use. What say we use some tile here instead of out by the road where you first suggested want ing some?" Farmer A. "That's a deal. That is, if you can show me where it should go and how to put it in." Technician. "We will do that if we can agree on these terraces and the way you run your to bacco rows back there. Here the rows could and probably should run about straight. There's just about enough natural fall and the land will not wash. You have a ditch here deep enough so that it will make a good outlet for the tile drains. "Now that you are going to fix this field up for tobacco with tile drainage, let's see if we can figure out a good tobacco rota tation or cropping system. Some farmers like to plant tobacco one year followed by a winter cover and corn the next year, while others like to plant tobacco two years straight and put in other crops for two years. Which would you prefer?" Farmer A. "I believe I would like to plant tobacco two years with winter cover between to bacco, and plant other crops for two years." Technician. "That being the case, how does this sound to you?Plant tobacco in this field next year, followed by winter cover, tobacco again the second year, followed by small grain and lespedeza the third year, follow ed by corn the fourth year and then back <to tobacco. The com will use up the nitrogen put in the ground by the lespedeza." Farmer A. "I've been wanting to change my tobacco around but I never thought about fixing this field for tobacco with tile. I'll be glad when that tile is in the ground and running water. That rotation sounds good. I'll use it." (Editor's note: Next week Farmer A will complete the planting on his farm, putting each acre to its best use and for treatment of each according to its needs. Don't miss the visit next week.) CARLYLE (Continued from page one) viewed as a business greatly en vied by citizens of other states. "I Shall do all in my power to help with the expansion of this industry," he promised. Mr. Carlyle was presented by E. J. Prevatte, Southport attorney and native of Robeson county. Read The Want Ads I D. J. Smith Family Moves To Durham Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Smith are moving to Durham, their former home, this week. Mr. Smith's health has been failing for a year or more and this fact prompted their return to Dur ham. Moving here about four years ago, Mr. Smith has been very ac tive in the business life of the town, engaging in the real estate i business so long as his health I permitted. Both he and Mrs. J Smith have also been very active in the civic life of the town. Their removal to Durham is a matter of general regret among Southport people. Production Of Pigs Is Urged Department Of Agriculture Recommends 10 Per Cent Increase For Thi* Year j The nation needs more pigs. Growers are being urged by the 1 U. S. Department of Agriculture to increase production this fall by at least 10 per cent to pro vide a minimum of 34,400,000 pigs?3,000,000 more than the total produced in the fall of 1947. These pigs would be mar keted as hogs in the spring and summer of 194?). Officials also pointed out that with prospective smaller output of other meats and continued high consumer demand in 1949, an increase of even more than 10 per cent In the 1940 fall pig crop would be desirable. Indivi dual producers having favorable conditions are urged, therefore, to expand farrowing by more than the 10 per cent increase re quested as a national goal. The increase sought in 1948 fall pigs, together with a larger spring pig crop in 1949 would help to offset the declines ex pected in the output of beef, veal, lamb and mutton in 1949, and to keep the total supply of all meats from falling below about 140 pounds per capita for U. S. consumers. This compares with 143 to 146 pounds per capita available this year and a 35-year peak of about 155 in 1947. A more favorable hog-feed ra tio is in prospect for 1948-49 than during the past several months. Prices of feed grains are expected to be somewhat lower ip the 1948-49 feeding year which begins next October, and there is the further prospect that hog prices will continue relatively high. Read The Want Ad* IMPROVING ROAD A state highway force is now engaged in widening, with plans to pave, the stretch of road lead ing from Route 130 to the State Prison Camp at Shallotte. From there on the road will be widened and paved to Route 17 in Shal lotte. The total distance is said to be something over a mile. Mrs. Hufham Is Club Hostess The Mill Creek Home Demon stration Club held its regular monthly meeting with Mrs. Helen Hufham. Ten of the fifteen mem bers attended with everyone par ticipating in the discussion on the "Finishes For A Dress" was given by the leader, Miss Corinne Green. Delicious refreshments were served those present by the hos tess during the social hour. AT HOME ON LEAVE S.Sgt. Harold M. Holmes of the U. S. Army air forces, sta tioned at Bergstorm Field, Texas, is spending a 30 day leave at home with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Holmes, in Shallotte. Rotary Meeting Opened In Rio RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 16 (Special)?With an at tendance of more than 3,500 Ro tarians and members of their families from Europe, Asia, Af rica, the Islands of the Pacific, and North, South and Central America, the 39th annual conven tion of Rotary International con vened here today. Two chartered steamships and many special airplane flights brought 1.500 convention attend ers to Hio from thp U.- S. A. in what was perhaps the greatest mass civilian movement ever made from North America to \ Brazil. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER I am a candidate in the Republican Primary in May for the nomination as a member of the Board of County Commissioners. Your Vote and Support WiH Be Appreciated I. E. REYNLDS SHALLOTTE, N. G. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER As a candidate for the nomination for member of the Board of County Commissioners on the Republican ticket. I will appreciate the vote and support of the j men and .women voters of Brunswick county. LONNlE EVANS ASH, N. C. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT I am a candidate on the Republican ticket for the office of Register of Deeds, subject to the will of the voters in the Primary Election on May 29. Your Vote And Support Will Be Greatly Appreciated. B- A- RUSS Longwood, - - - N. C. SCOTT The People's Candidate For GOVERNOR
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