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PAGE 5 TIMES-NEWS, Rich Square. N. C.. August 12, IMS Cotton Varieties Planted In County; Acreage Down Plow Out Tobocco Stubbles Immediately After Harvest JACKSON-Northampton Coun ty tobacco growers can be dol lars ahead in 1966 by plowing out their old tobacco stubbles im mediately after harvest, accord ing to B. H. Harrell, County Ex tension Chairman. “By getting rid of the stubbles farmers will also be getting rid of damagingnematodes," Harrell said. Research has shown that plow ing out stubbles immediately aft er harvest reduces the nematode population by 75 to 90 per cent. Cleaning up old tobacco fields will also cut disease losses from brown spot and mosaic, and re duce next year’s insect popula tion, Harrell said. Statewide, nematodes cost to bacco growers over $6.5 million in 1964, which made them the most expensive of all tobacco pests. The damage in Northamp ton County alone this year was around $40,000, Harrell esti mates. Nematodes can continue feed ing on tobacco roots and multiply ing until December if the roots are left in the ground. If the roots are plowed out early, however, and exposed to the drying action of the sun and wind the nematode build-up will be greatly reduced. Harrell stressed that it is ex tremely important to get the roots plowed out as soon after the last leaf has been put in the barn as possible. Not only will this prevent sev eral generations of nematodes from developing, but it also will lessen the chances of those al ready present surviving the win ter. ' Research workers have found, for example, that less than 2 per cent of the nematode eggs buried in August survive the winter. Ov er 11 per cent of those burled in October make it until spring. Harrell also urged growers to examine the roots of their old to bacco plants as soon as they are plowed out and plan their future nematode control program ac cordingly. Roots that are galled from ejrtensive nematode dam age indicate that the field should be fumigated before tobacco is grown there again, even if a ro tation plan is followed. HOME OF WEEK—The home and yard oi Mr. and Mrs. Harlee Harrell on W. Jackson St. in Rich Square received the Home of the Week honor in the Jaycees' sponsored beautification project. A panel oi judges eacn week selects a home and yard that are well-kept for the honor. Second honors went to V. E. Boomer, whose house is located on W. Jackson St. Gay Is Aboard USS Oriskany Elderly May Be Eligible To Secure Housing Loans USS ORISKANY - Seaman Ben jamin T. Gay, USN, son of Mr, and Mrs. Millard T. GayofRoute 1, Jackson, is serving aJx)ardthe attack aircraft carrier USS Oris kany which recently departed Ja pan after a two-week visit. Oriskany is presently operat ing in the South China Sea as a unit of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, supplying air support for Ameri can and South Vietnamese opera tions in both North and South Viet Nam. The two-week import period in Japan was used for needed re pairs on the ship and rest and relaxation for the crew after prior operations In the South China Sea. FOREST OWNERSHIP Twelve Southern Pine produc ing states contain 201,000,000 acres of commercial forestland, according to the Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agri culture. On the total, 79 million acres are owned by farmers, 68 million by miscellaneous pri vate holders, 38 million by for est industries and 16 million by federal and state agencies. The HD Meetings Scheduled JACKSON - Mrs. Autrey B. Jenkins, HomeEconomicsExten- sion Agent, has announced the following home demonstration club meetings are scheduled for the remainder of August: August 13, Conway Club’s Rec reational meeting at home of Mrs, Janice Vann, 3:00 p.m. August 16, Gaston Club meets at Home Economics Building at 8:00 p.m. August 18, Garysburg Club meets at Educational Building at 2:30 p.m. August 19, Galatia Club meets at clubhouse at 2:30 p.m. August 20, Pleasant Hill Club meets at Educational Building at 2:30 p.m, August 23, Rehobeth Club has annual picnic at home of Mrs. James A, Gray at 6:00 p.m. figures reveal the predominance of private ownership. The good job of forest management being done by private owners is also evident from the record. Current annual growth of Southern Pine sawtlmber is 16 billion board feet - well above the rate of har vest and three times the growth of any other species in the na tion. RENT WITH A WANT AD RALEIGH - Farmers in North ampton County planted 42 per cent of their cotton acreage with the Rex variety this season, ac cording to E. C. Hanson of the Raleigh C lassing Office, USDA. In the recent survey conducted by the Consumer and Marketing Service, Carolina Queen account ed for 38 per cent of the planted acreage, followed by Coker 100 with 20 per cent. This distribution of varieties changed somewhat from last year when 52 per cent of the acreage was planted to Rex, 29 per cent for Coker 100 and 19 per cent for Carolina Queen. R. Charles Brooks, extension economist atNorthCarollnaState University, indicated that cotton merchants, shippers and textile mills are interested in cotton varieties and variety - quality relationships, and many firms use this information in making their purchases. Cotton acreage in Northampton is down from last year, largely due to less acreage avallableun- der release and re^)portlonment provisions. Farmers in the coun ty requested over 15,000 acres from the state ASCS Committee this year. They received about 6,400 acres, less than one-half of their requests. Feeder Calf Sale Set RICH SQUARE - The Rich Square regional feeder calf sale will be held September 15 at Benthall’s Stockyards near Rich Square, at 1 p.m. Cattle will be checked in on Tuesday the 14th for grading, etc., and the animals will be accepted at the stockyards from 6:30 a.m. to4:00p.m. There will be no animals accepted on the day of the sale. Consignments for the sale must be made by September 1. This is done by signing a sales s^ree- ment and can be done through your county agents' office or Benthall’s Stockyard. A total charge for sale and advertising will not exceed $3 per head of which one dollar per head will be collected at time of consign ment. No calf under 300 pounds nor over 700 pounds will be accepted and yearling cattle are not eli gible for the sale. All bull calves must be castrated and completely healed and all horned animals must be dehorned and healed. All heifer calves are guaranteed to be open. For more details on rules and regulations and consignment blanks contact your county agents’ office. 92,000 North Carolinians par ticipated In the statewide Heart Fund campaign this past year, according to the North Carolina Heart Association. Receipts of the 100-co\mtydrive totaled more than $640,000. JACKSON - Elderly people, if they live in rural areas, need not give up the idea of building, buying or repairing their homes on credit. This word comes from Samuel J. Walker, Farmers Home Ad ministration county supervisor, serving Northampton County. Walker said citizens who are 62 years and over, living in a rural community of 2,500 or less, may be eligible for a 33- year loan bearing a four per cent interest to buy an older home or build a new one. The FHA supervisor said eld erly residents may also be eli gible for smaller loans for home repairs. He pointed out the increasing demand in small towns for rental units designed to meet the hous ing needs of older folks. The Farmers Home Adminis tration can loan direct funds to nonprofit drgahi^tions for c6n- steuetlon-Of Senior citizen rental housing units designed for Inde pendent living. Funds for construction of sen ior citizen rental housing units may also be provided by private investors with FHA guaranteeing, repayment. This fiscal year through April 30 Farmers Home Administra tion has advanced $5,586,876 to senior citizens for construction, buying and repairing of individ ual homes. The total loaned is up 17 per cent over a similar peri od last fiscal year. In North Carolina Farmer’s Home Administration has loaned $480,000 to Individual citizens to meet rural housing needs during the first 10 months of fiscall965. Over 1,200 elderly people in the 20 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were able to get loans for new or Improved housing through the senior citi zen rural housing program of Farmers Home Administration. Another $1,248,510 was ad vanced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture agency for the con struction of rental housing units for senior citizens during the same period, July 1, 1964, through April 30, 1965. In a similar period $126,000 was advanced by. FHA for con struction of senior citizen rental housing units in North Carolina. “Farmers Home Administra tion’s senior citizen housing loan program offers citizens, 62 years and older, an opportunity to have housing suited to their needs in the community in which they have spent their working years,’’ Walker said. “This program also stimulates the local economy by providing jobs for workers en gaged in 'the construction indus try and customers for local trades and services.” In 1962 Congress authorized Farmers Home Administration to make direct loans and Insured loans to individuals and corpora tions to finance rental housing for the elderly. FHA direct loans for senior citizen rental housing in rural communities bear 3.75 per cent interest, with up to 50 years for repayment. But loans insured by the agen cy for rental housing currently bear 5.75 per cent interest. Bor rowers have up to 40 years to repay. Additional information about the senior citizen rural housing loan program is available at the Farmers Home Administration office. Courthouse, Jackson. Electric Corp. Has Filed Civil Rights Compliance RICH SQUARE-RoanokeElec- tric MembershipCorporationhas filed with the Federal Govern ment a Compliance Assurance in which it assures the Rural Elec trification Administration that it will comply fully with all re quirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Rules and Regulations of the De partment of Agriculture issued thereunder, to the end that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise sub jected to d 1 s c r i m Ination in the conduct of its program and the operation of its facilities. Under this Assurance, this or ganization is committed not to discriminate against any person on the ground of race, color or national origin in Its policies and practices relating to applications for service or any other poli cies and practices relating to treatment of beneficiaries and participants including rates, con ditions and extension of service, use of any of its facilities, at tendance at and participation in any meetings of beneficiaries and participants or the exercise of any rights of such beneficiaries and participants in the conduct of the operations of this organi zation, explained V. E. Taylor, manager of the local REMCO office. Any person who believes him self, or any specific class of in dividuals, to be subjected by this organization to discrimination prohibited by Title VI of the Act and the Rules and Regulations is sued thereunder may, by himself or a representative, file with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Ru ral Electrification Administra tion or this organization, or all, a written complaint. Identity of complainants will be kept confi dential except to the extent nec essary to carry out the purposes of the Rules and Regulations, stated Taylor. Jackson Man Hurt; U.S.158 Auto Wreck GARYSBURG - A one-car acci dent Thursday night, August 5, three miles east of Garysburg on Highway 158 left the vehicle a total loss and the driver listed in satisfactory condition. Wilbur Lee Goode, 27, of Jack- son, listed as the sole occupant and driver of the 1957 Chevro let that failed to negotiate a, curve, was described Friday morning as being “satisfactory” by a hospital spokesman. Patrolman BobbyEdwards said the car had left the roadway at. an apparent high rate of speed I and crashed Into a large pine ^ tree. The front of the vehicle,' according to the investigating officer, was “wrapped around the tree and pushed back several feet,” No charges have been fileo pending a further investigation into the matter, the patrolman indicated. Grant Named Rail Director JACKSON - R. L. “Skinny” Grant of Jackson was notified Saturday he had been appointed one of eight directors for the state-owned Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Co. Gov. Dan Moore made the one- year aF^iointments, making the announcement at Uie directors' meeting at Atlantic Beach. JOHNSON MFG. CO. Manufacturers of JOHNSON SPRAYERS JU 5-4212 PENDLETON SEPECO BRAND SEED PEANUTS Certified Non-Certified QUALITY SEVERN PEANUT CO. SEVERN kS5-7811 — 585-7821 MEHERRIN Agricultural & Chemical Co. Red Kay Insecticides For All Field Crops Tel. JU 5-2366 SEVERN Farmers Bank of Seaboard COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE LU 9-2351 SEABOARD GAY Implement Co. JOHN DEERE Ai- FARM EQUIPMENT Milwaukee Gin Company It Pays To Gin Here JU 5-4416 MILWAUKEE RALPH C. ASKEW Buyers of Peanuts teller of Peanuts and Stwage Agent for ROBERTSON’S PROVEN FERTILIZER JU 5-3666 MILWAUKEE HALL OIL CO. 539-2754 MAIN STREET Rich Squore For All Your PRINTING CALL Times-News LE 9-2859 WANTED Extra $1 Million from Peanut Sales In Northampton In 1965 BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE FOLLOWING: PEANUT INSECTS 1. Southern Com 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. NIRAN lOG at 20 lbs. per acre. Applied over row in 14” band and cultivated in soU. These materials should be applied iH'lor 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—Scvin 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 earl.y 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 landplastcr (split applications). 3. Collar Rot SYMPTOMS—Whole plant withers and dies, turning a soot black in color, with the presence of a green cheese like mold on the stems. No treatment known. 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 V4 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 Vk lb. of Boron. A red tag attached to bag will identify Boron. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT YOUR COUNTY AGENTS OFFICE LOANS of ALL TYPES Roonoke- Chowan Bank ROXOBEL, N. C. Planters Hardwore Co. FARMERS TRACTOR MASSEY FERGUSON EQUIPMENT LE 4-2936 JACKSON KEEL PEANUT CO. CERTIFIED SEED PEANUTS GREEJW/tX^. AT. a. THE Farmers Bank of Woodland For All Your BANKING NEEDS JU 7-3161 Woodland Armour Agricultural Chemical Co. by J. Guy Revelto CONWAY JU 5-3201 ROANOKE FARM EQUIPMENT i LEWISTON. N. C. Since 1922 Service and Fa'lr Dealing HARRINGTC MFG. CO HOWELL Equipment Co. Peanut Horvesting and Drying Equipment LU l-mt Seaboard
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