HOME DEMONSTRATION CORNER EWLY BALLINGER, County The home agents ar.nouuce the following schedule: Monday, April 8: The Agri cultural Workers Council will meet at 3:45 p. m. in the assembly room of the county agricultural building. Tuesay, April 9: Office. Wednesday, April 10: Rid peway Home Demonstration Club will meet at 2:30 p. m. nt the home of Mrs. Frank Kilian. Vaughan Home Demonstra tion Club will meet at 2:30 p m. at the home of Mrs. Elsie Shearin. Thursday, April 11: Shaw Springs Home Demonstration Club will meet at 2:30 p m. at the home of Mrs. Walter Kidd. Friday, April 12: Johnston Home Demonstration Club will meet at 2:30 p. m. at the home of Miss Mary Hope Haithcock. Inez Community 4-H Club will meet at 2 p. m. at the home of Terry Mustian. GET YOURSELF A GREEN THUMB If your house plants show signs of trouble?and you know what causes it?the plants can very often be re vived and made to flourish. And you are credited with a "green thumb." Poor plants sometimes are the remit of nothing more j serious than improper water ing or a cold draft. Lack of ? fertilizer and insect attack! are other frequent causes. I Here are some of the symp toms of unhealthy house plants?and some of the causes?as listed in "Select ing and Growing House Plants" (HG-82), a new book let prepared by scientists of the U. S. Dept. of Agricul ture's Research Service. Loss of leaves may be due to a sudden change in temp erature, transplanting shock, change from strong sunlight to a dark location or from dark to sunlight, or over watering. BroWnlng of leaf tips may result from improper water ing, exposure to '.old drafts, insect attack, or excess fer tilizer. Loss of normal foliage color overwatering, lack of fertili zer, insect 2ttack Spotted foliage ? Overwat ering, burning from direct sunlight. If your plants are bothered by insects, USDA has an an swer for that too?in another booklet, entitled "Insects; and Related Pests of House Plants" (HG-67). Single copies of both book lets may be obtained free from the Office of Informa tion, U. S. Dept. of Agricul ture, Washington 25. D. C. Send a post card with your name, address, and the title and number of each publica tion. Announcement By Negro Agent Phone 204-1 MRS. BERTHA FORTE, Negro Home Ec. Agent Telephone 953-1 Home Demonstration Clubs Monday, April 8: Office. Tuesday, April 9: 11:30 a. nt., Longs-Arcola Home Dem onstration Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Victoria Williams. 1 p. m., Thrift Hill Home Demonstration Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Janet Wilson. Wednesday, April 10: 1 p. m., Coley Spring Home Dem onstration Club will meet at the home Of Mrs. Lugenla Kearney. Thursday, April 11: 12:30 p m.. Fork Chapel Home Demonstration Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Ethel Alston. Friday, April 12: 1:30 p. m., Vaughan Home Demon stration Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Mable Rich ardson. 4-H Meetings Wednesday, April 10: 8 p. m., A general 4-H Club meet ing will be held in Vaughan Community to discuss the Community 4-H Club Concept. Thursday, April 11: 8 p. m., A general 4-H Club meeting will be held at Russell Union IT'S TIME TO GET GROWING with the world's first and finest ... the MERRY TILLER! SELECT FROM 5 great new models: SCOTSMAN ? GARDENMASTER ? SUBURBAN ? PROFES SIONAL ? EXPORTERI Merry Tiller*! exclusive patented chain-drive transmission delivers an equivalent of S mor* horsepower ever worm-drive units of equal power rating I Sturdy, long lasting construction. Wide selection of rotors and tractor tools 1 TILLS! MULCHES! CULTIVATES! WEEDS! COME SEE THE MERRY TILLER THAT'S JUSTSRIGHT FOR YOU... NOW! BENTON FURNITURE CO, WAMINTON, N. C. Church to discus* the Com munity 4-H Club Concept. FHday, April 12: 8 p. m, A training meeting (or Adult 4-H Leader* will be held at Snow Hill Church. Community Development Meeting* Monday, April 8: 7:30 p. m., Mayflower Community Development meeting will be held at St. Stephen Baptist1 Church. 7:30 p. m., Embro Commun ity Development meeting will be held at the home of Mr. W. H Fitz. Tuesday, April 9: 7:30 p. | m? Fork Chapel Community j Development meeting will be I held at the school. Wednesday, April 10: 7:30! p. m., Shocco Community De- j velopment meeting will be; held at the clubhouse Thursday, April 11: 7:30 p. , m., Ridgeway Community De- j velopment meeting will be i held at the church. All club members and fam- j ilies are asked to please ob serve the schedule of activi-1 ties above and make plans' now to attend. Negro FARM AGENT NEWS LEONARD C. COOPER Negro County Agent I. W. MURFREE Asst. Negro County Agent PEPPER GROWERS Here are seme timely sug- j gestions for growing your 1963 pepper crop: 1. Select a well-drained, | easily worked loamy soil. Do not select a soil that had cot ton, tobacco, tomatoes, egg plant, peppers or Irish pota toes last year. Practice crop rotation to control root knot,: bacterial spot and other dis eases. Fumigate with EDB or DD if root knot is severe at least two weeks prior to planting. 2. Take a soil sample early | to find out your lime and fertilizer needs. 3. Be sure that the land is I plowed early and deep to in sure that trash and other or ganic matter are well rotted, j Addition of 5-10 tons of { stable manure before plowiug j is very desirable. Plowing Ihiii# manure crops j Soil Conservation News Farmers And Contractors Busy With Soil Conservation Work By NAT B. WHITE Soil Conservationist For the past week farmers and contractors have been busy on Conservation work on farm lands. In some cases the earth is being moved with heavy equipment; in some cases the job is being done by farm tractors. For. four months the land was too] wet to work. Now that soil' conditions are right terraces; are being built, grassed water-j ways shaped, and farm lands; smoothed. During the past week par-, allel terraces were staked for J P. Williams of Norlina, M. F. Hartin of Oine, Fred rick Hardy near Areola, Ed ward Carroll of Warren (cover) early will result in increased yields. 4. Have rows 3H feet apart and set plants 1% feet apart in row. This row width helps for later cultivation (6500 plants per acre). 5. Apply the recommended fertilizer in two bands, each located 3 inches to the side' and 2 to 3 inches below the plant roots. On average soils, 800 pounds of 5-10-10 per acre I should be used (if soil was! not tested.) Where banding is impossible, mix the fer tilizer thoroughly with the soil before ridging, since pep pers are very susceptible to fertilizer injury. (Sidfdress 3 times, at 2 to 3-week ir.ter vals, with 10 to 15 pounds of Nitrogen per side dressing (such as 65 to 100 pounds of nitrate of soda, 33 to 50 pounds of ammonium nitrate, etc.). (Apply the first side dressing 3 to 4 weeks after setting in the field.) 6. Set plants in late after noon or on cloudy days to prevent wilting. Use a trans planting solution that con tain:: a complete fertilizer plus Terrachlor to help the plants get an early start and to control Southern Stem Rot. If you need additional in formation, contact experienc ed growers and agricultural worker*. Plains, James Rivers of War-, ren Plain*, and Melvin Ab bott of Vicksboro. The par-] allel terrace systems are re placing the old type terraces in fields where they are practical. The advantage of the parallel terraces is that they eliminate short rows I between the terraces. Several farmers are plan-i ning to leave large fields out; so as to install land smooth ing, grassed waterways, and parallel terraces during the! summer and early fall. During Henderson Policeman Acts As Babysitter HENDERSON ? A rookie Henderson patrolman offered j to watch a woman's car Wed- j nesday and wound up a babyj sitter. Policeman R. G. Mathews, j directing traffic at a busy j intersection agreed to look; after the car while the wo-i man went shopping. By the way, she told the officer, her baby was asleep this season the farmer can get heavy equipment to move in and do the job when they are not having to rush to get land ready for row crops. Robert Turner, Fredrick Will iams, Sidney Fleming, and Malvin Hartin are planning to do land smoothing work this summer or fall. "I know we don't have time to fix that field this spring" said Robert Turner. Turner is moving all row crops to other fields ^nd planning on land smoothing work this summer. on the seat. 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