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onh PAGE 5 TIMES-NEWS, Rich Square. N. C., Auguil 5, 19«S Home, Lawn Potecasi Project Is Cotton Newsletter From B. H. HARRELL County Extension Chairman Northampton County Reports from the several cot ton growing areas of the state in dicate that the current crop rang es from "the best crop we ever had” down to "the sorriest crop we ever had.” The best crop re ports coming from parts of the Piedmont and upjJer Coastal Plains but generally from com munities within counties where excess rain hasn’t been so se vere. The "sorriest crop” is reported from low-lying fields with limited drainage from all sections of the cotton growing areas of the state. Let’s not get too worried though, because in the first place it won’t do any good and in the second placewe’ve all seen worse conditions before and still came out in pretty good shape. Remem ber just last year when we heard the same statements from farm ers in numerous counties when a late planting season, poor stands and early drought condi tions caused quite a bit of con cern. As long as cotton is still green there is still a chance of a good crop. Also rememberthatAugust and September, the two big months are yet to come. Doug Worsham, extension spe cialist in weed control, has this to say about the weeds. "This year certainly separated the herbicide users from the non herbicide users in cotton. Fields which had a good early chemical weed control program came through the rains of June and July in good shape. In most cases a luxuriant crop of broadleaved and grassy weeds came in. In some instances some fields have been abandoned. There are no magical chemi cal cures for cotton with weeds as tall or taller than the cotton. The arsonate herbicides are not cleared from over-top applica tions and cannot be used after first bloom. Materials which may be used at lay-by are; (1) DCPA (Dachthal), (2) diuron (Karmex), (3) prome- tryne (Caparol), and linuron(Lo- rox). Dachthal may be applied any time after a clean cultivation but before bolls open. Use three lbs. (DCPA - 16 lbs. Dacthal W-50) per acre. Reduce rate propor tionately for band treatment. Soil residues would not be expected. Use 1 Ib./A diuron (1 1/2 lbs. Karmex wettable powder) per acre after last cultivation. If some weed growth is present after last cultivation, add a suit able wetting agent at 1 pt./25 gal. spray mixture. This should kill weeds less than 4 in. tall. Direct spray under cotton. If diuron is used as a lay-by appli cation, band or broadcast, do not plant fall seed crops. The fol lowing spring plant only cotton, corn, or grain sorghum. Prometryne (Cararol SOW) may be used as a lay-by spray when weeds are no more than 2 in. tall. Use 0.8 to 1.6 lbs. active ingredient per acre (1 to 2 lbs. Caparol) per acre. Add surfactant at 1 pt. per 25 gal, spray mixture. Direct spray un der cotton. Keep off foliage. Do not plant fall seeded crops. Use 1.5 lbs. active ingredient linuron (3 lbs. Lorox) per acre as a directed lay-by spray. If weeds are emerged at time of application, add surfactant (1 pt, /a gal. spray). Apply before weeds are over 4 in. in height. Do not apply within 60 days of harvest. Do not plant any crop within 4 months of a lay-by application of linuron. Fields with a good stand of cotton are less likely to become grassy and need a lay-by chem ical. Grass can easily come in cotton with a poor stand or with skips. Remember that one crab- grass plant per 20 ft. of cotton now can reduce the quality of machine picked cotton by one grade. About the boll weevils, all we can do is agree that they’re ex tremely bad in some areas and strongly urge following a 5 day application as near as possible with an insecticide that has a quick and residual kill combina tion of chemicals and tostaywith the applications through squar ing. HOWEBWft CHEMICALS Mr. Peanut Grower Spray this year with the only Recommended Liquid Spray! TC-90 Liquid Copper Fungicide Controls Leaf Spot • Ends Dusting Problems! • Economical Liquid Spray! • Sticker and Spreader Built-In! • No Agitation! • Non-Corrosive See Your Dealer or call us for additional Information. Howerton Gowen Chemicals Industrial — CHEMICALS — Agricultural Box 247 Roanoke Rapids, N, C. Tel. JE 7-3537 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY Soil Conservation Notes By JOHN B. LITCHFIELD Soil Conservation Service Frank DeLoatch, of Jackson, says the terraces he built last year have made a big improve ment in the field where they were built. Water was controlled so that he could work in the ter raced field when other fields were too wet. Grassed waterways pro vide protected outlets for water to run on when It leaves the ter races. He has another field picked to build terraces on after crops are harvested this fall. He is looking forward to getting a bet ter row arrangement along with the protection afforded by ter races and contour cultivation. SCS technicians will help him lay out the parallel terraces. Small grain and tall fescue will be planted on part of the field that already has terraces. This is scheduled along with other practices in the conservation farm plan he worked out in co operation with the Northampton Soil and WaterConservationDi.s- trlct. The plan sets up a co ordinated program of soil and water conservation practices to be applied over a period of sev eral years. Claude B. Askew, of Conway, says he got an unexpected return from drain tile he in.stalled last year. The tile was put in, of course, to drain a piece of wet land. It did a good job of that. In addition, it supplied water for his livestock most of the year. The outlet end of the tile sys tem Is in his pasture. Except for a period of less than a month it furnished a supply of clear, cool water. He figures that It will pay for itself in a few years time as a source of livestock water supply in addition to its drainage benefits. P. A. Bullock, of Seaboard, uses grass field borders to pro tect the edges of his fields. The borders were seeded to tall fes cue next to the woods and along other edges. A rotary mower helps maintain a neat border that affords protection from ero sion and a good turn row. A Memphis, Tenn., hospital can move 60 babies at one time, in their bassinets, from the ma ternity wing by means of four stainless steel, wheel-mounted conveyors. Sanitation Workshop Conducted JACKSON - On Thursday night, July 29, Mrs. Clarice P. Hawk- Ins, Supervisor of the Home En richment Program of the Proj ect Head Start, held a workshop on home sanitation in the North ampton County Courthouse. Reese. Bullock, County Sanitar ian, acted as consultant for the workshop. Mr. Bullock reviewed some of the dangers of having unsanitary conditions around the premises. He mentioned unclean, cluttered surroundings as a harboring place for rats, mice, mosqui toes, flies, and diseases. He urged everyone to clean and pre pare their premises for better sanitation. He stressed the importance of locating the well or pump up hill so as to prevent polluted wa ters from draining into them. He also mentioned the proper disposal of human and domestic waste. A highly recommended method of disposing of cans and garbage is by the trench method where all unburnable materials Two R-C Teens At Music Camp GREENVILLE—Lonny Blumen- thal of Ahoskie and Margaret Ann Long of Severn were among 354 music campers at East Caro lina College. The I3th Summer Music Camp ended Friday with all the stu dents participating in a concert. Blumenthal, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Blumenthal of Lib erty Street, is a tympanist and studied band and piano. Miss Long, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ardell Long, a trumpeter, studied band and chorus. READ AND USE THE CLASSIFIED WANT ADS can be covered by dirt. On the common house fly two films provided Ehe highlight for the night. They showed the dan gers spread by the house fly and how these could be controlled. A question and answer period fol lowed the films. Nurse Drewette gave remarks about various defects found by the health examinations in the Head Start program. Over 200 people attended the workshop. Jaycees' Aim RICH SQUARE - A home and lawn beautification program is being launched here this week by the Rich Square Jaycees, who are sponsoring the program as a community development project. Each week, beginning this week, a home and lawn within the town limits will be selected by a panel of judges for the "home and lawn of the week” honor and a picture of the judge’s decision will appear in the fol lowing week’s Issue of the TIMES-NEWS. Judges will be looking for "well manicured” lawns and houses with "well-kept” exteri ors, according to Billy Ivey, chairman of the project. Points for jud^ng will include; cleaning all grass from between the shrubbery and around tree trunks, keeping shrubbery pruned in proper proportions to the house, obtaining proper balance as in flower arranging, a "not- congested” look, and neatness. August, National Sandwich Mouth, is one of the best times to enjoy cool, quick and nutii- tionally-complete sand w 1 c h meals. Sandwich meals are rated tops by everyone, nutritionists, mothers, fathers, little leaguers, major leaguers — both players and audience. Busy mothers es pecially love those sandwich meals that cut down on kitchen time without sacrificing good nutrition. GAY Implement Co. JOHN DEERE Milwaukee Gin Company It Pays To Gin Here JU 5-4416 MILWAUKEE For All Your PRINTING CALL Times-News LE 9-2859 WANTED Extro $1 Million from Peanut Soles In Northampton In 1965 BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE FOLLOWING: PEANUT INSECTS 1. Southern Corn Rootworm Adult—12 Spotted Cucumber Beetle A light green beetle Vi" long, with 12 black spots on back CONTROL—Thimet 10% at rate of 20 lbs. per acre applied over row in 14” band and cultivated in soil, (also controls leafhopper) Diazinon 14% Granules at 15 lbs. per acre. Applied over row in 14” band and cultivated in soil. NTRAN lOG at 20 lbs. per acre. Applied over row In 14” band and cultivated in soil. These materials should be applied prior to last cultivation. 2. Aphids (Black lice) Check base of plant for a greasy, sticky substance on leaf and stem. CONTROL—Ethyl Parathlon 3. Leafhopper—A small, light green, jumping insect that feeds on the underside of the peanut leaf causing the leaf to curl downward and turn yellow. CONTROL—Sevin dust. Cnn be purchased already mixed with copper sulfur. 4. Army Worm—This is the same thing as the boll worm in cotton that feeds on the peanut leaf. Eggs are deposit ed on foliage by small white and brown moths. CONTROL—Sevin in copper sulfur. DISEASES 1. Southern Stem and Root Rot SYMPTOMS—plant withers usually on one side in the early stages, finally killing the entire plant. A white mold is always present in the base of the peanut plant accompanied by small brown seed-like fruiting bodies. TREATMENT—Terraclor 2. Pod Rot SYMPTOMS—Plant has a dark green color; blooms profusely 'ate in the season. Young peanuts rot before reaching maturity. Caused by several soil borne fungi. TREATMENT—1500 to 2000 pounds of landplaster (split applications). . Collar Rot SYMPTOMS—Whole plant withers and dies, turning ; like mold on the stems. No treatment known. soot black in color, with the presence of a green cheese- 4. Fusarium Wilt SYMPTOMS—Plant withers and turns a whitish green in color. Brown streaks appear in the tap root running throughout the plant. No known treatment. 5. Leafspot SYMPTOMS—Small brown to black spots on the leaves caused by an air-borne fungus. Can be controlled by using copper sulfur, Cyprex 65W, Dithane M22, Miller 658, Mandate, or Liquid Copper at 10 to 14 day intervals. 6. Blackheart—(nutritional problem) SYMPTOMS—Peanut kernel has a brown to black spot in center. Caused by Boron deficiency. TREATMENT—Use Vz lb. of actual Boron per acre. Apply July 15 to August 1. Boron will be available in copper sulfur. Use 15 lbs. per acre to get Vi lb. of Boron. A red tag attached to bag will identify Boron. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT YOUR COUNTY AGENTS OFFICE LOANS of ALL TYPES Roanoke- Chowan Bank ROXOBEL. N. C. Planters Hardware Co. m RAMBLER AUTOS FORD TRACTORS LE 9-2277 RICH SQUARE By GEORGIA POWELL Mrs. Raymond Sheely and daughters of Elizabeth City spent Thursday with her mother, Mrs. A. L. Lassiter. Martha Murphy of Ahoskie spent several days last week with her grandmother, Mrs. E. B. Lassiter. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Outland and family of Severn and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Askew ofMurfrees- boro were Sunday visitors ofMr. and Mrs. Newlin Outland. Mrs. Helen Stevenson of Sev ern is sfjending a few days with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lassiter. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ray Lew- ter and daughter of Suffolk were Sunday guests of Mrs. Ray Lew- ter and other relatives. Maxie Britt is a surgical pa tient in McGuire Hospital at Rich mond. Mrs. Bobby Nowell and family of Fort Campbell, Ky., are spend ing the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Brickie. Mr. and Mrs. John Galloway visited Mrs. James Davis and Mrs. Ruby Draper in Windsor Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Martin and daughter, Janice, of Gates were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Moody Howard. Tony Hill, Dorothy and De- vonne Woodard of Grifton were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Beale. Everette Doffermyre and son, Randy of Dunn were Sunday vis itors of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Las siter and other relatives. HIRE WITH A WANT AD FARMERS TRACTOR MASSEY FERGUSON EQUIPMENT LE 4-2936 JACKSON KEEL PEANUT CO. CERTIFIED SEED PEANUT? GREENV/LLE. JV. C. THE Farmers Bank of Woodland For All Your BANKING NEEDS JU 7-3161 Woodland Armour Agricultural Chemical Co. by J. Guy Revelle CONWAY JU 5-3201 ROANOKE FARM EQUIPMENT LEWISTON, N. C. Since 1922 Service and Fa'ir Dealing HARRINGTON MFG. CO. HOWELL Equipment Co. Peanut Harvesting ond Drying Equipment Seaboard
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