Agriculturally Speaking
Hardage Discussed
Fumigation Of Soil
By L. B. HARDAGE
Extension Chairman
(1). Methyl bromide volati
lizes at 43 plus decrees F.
(2). Acceptable temperature
range of soil is 50 decrees F.-80
degrees F.
(3). Do not treat if the soil
temperature is below 45
degrees F. at the five inch level.
(4). "Dry running" the bed
mixes warm and cold soil,
distributes soil moisture, leaves
bed in better seeding filth—is
recommended.
(5). 4 to 6 inches should be
application depth at point of
injection.
(6). Exposure Period After
Application.— For soil temper
Estate Planning
Is Scheduled
Bv MISS EMILY BALLINGER
Home Extension Agent
A meeting "Estate Planning
for N. C. Families" is scheduled
for Monday. Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.
m. in the courtroom of Warren
County Courthouse. Dr. R. C.
Wells, Extension Economist
and Dr. Justine Rozier. Special
ist. Family Resource Manage
ment, N. C. State University,
will present the program.
The program is sponsored by
the Warren County Agricultur
al Extension Service. All
interested persons are invited
to attend.
atures above 60 degrees F.
leave the treated soil covered
for at least 48 hours to insure
maximum fumigant diffusion.
For soil temperatures below 60
degrees F. extend the exposure
period to 3 or 4 days for
best results.
School Site
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property because of availability
to water and sewage, but was
not wedded to the site. Dr.
Henderson said that he would
like to see the school placed on
M. C. Hicks land beside the
Durwood Johnson home be
cause it was such a pretty
location, but did not know
whether or not it was available.
The consensus of the board
following a lengthy discussion
was that they thought it time
that the board of education
acquire a site for a consolidated
high school, and that either of
the proposed sights would be
satisfactory, and therefore the
choice should he based on price
of the .site and cost of
preparation.
Sale of the Littleton High
School had placed the board in a
position where it could
negotiate for a site, and the
members were unanimous in
their view that a site should be
chosen at this time.
"Good things, when short,
are twioe as good."
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James B. Brinkley, Gene Richardson
and Thurston T. Pulley
Chief A. A. Wood of the Warrenton Rural Fire Department (left) accepts a $100 check from
Lion's Club President Jimmy Roberts. The donation to the local fire company is an annual project
of Warrenton Lions.
Conservation Practices Are
Essential To Warren County Farms
a Tti .• nr ii i
By MICHAEL P. McKINNEY
Soil Conservationist
Each year in the spring and
fall, landowners contact our
office about the installation of a
vegetative waterway or a
parallel terrace system or a
farm pond. Any One of these
practices is very important, but
just one of the practices on
sloping land is not enough.
Many of the farms inWarren
County having rolling land and
without conservation practices
farm land can he ruined in a
short time. I have been on
many fields in Warren County
that are losing on the average
12 to 18 tons of soil per acre per
year. However, this is not a
problem that is unique to
Warren County since this
problem exists over the entire
4-H Program Is
Given A Boost
By GEORGE W. KOONCF.
Extension Agent, 4-H
The 4-H program in Warren
County has again been given a
significant boost, thanks to the
generosity of the Warrenton
Rotary Club.
Rotarians recently donated
$48.00 to pay for subscriptions
to the "National 4-H News"
magazine for each 4 H Club in
the county. Each monthly issue
contains project ideas, craft
suggestions, tips from exper
ienced 4-H leaders, and advice
from professional youth special
ists.
The generosity of the
Warrenton Rotary Club gives
our 4-H leaders an opportunity
to use this valuable program
aid. and is appreciated bv the
County 4-H Office, the
volunteer 4-H leaders, and by
Warren County 4 Hers.
nenmont. 1 he soils in Warren
County have a thin layer of
topsoil and can not tolerate this
amount of erosion on a year to
year basis. Most Warren
County soils can tolerate four to
five tons of soil loss per acre per
year and still carry on a
productive farming operation.
In order to reduce the soil
loss to a tolerable level, the
total conservation system must
be observed. We as conserva
tionists must know the type
farming operation of the
landowner we are working with
at the time. We must know the
type soils on the farm, the slope
of the land and the length of the
slope. With this information,
we try to fit a conservation
system to the farming opera
tfon.
The total conservation
system has many variahles.
One is farming on the contour, a
practice that is old as
agriculture itself. This lone
practice will reduce the soil loss
by one half on an average
Warren County field. Another
is vegetative waterways. This
practice is generally located in
a low lying area of the field and
is needed to safely dispose of
runoff from fields and terraces.
Terraces and diversions are
needed to intercept surface
runoff and reduce the slope
length on many fields. Other
practices such as minimum
tillage and strip cropping are
very important in the conserva
tion effort. Anv one of these
practices will he helpful hut for
a total conservation system, a
combination is generally need
ed to reduce the soil loss to a
tolerable level.
In this time of mechanized
farming with large fields and
long rows a good conservation
system is essential where row
cropping is done. The Soil
Conservation Service will assist
lauwuwiiris auu upci fliurs ill
planning and installing; conser
vation practices on their land.
If you are interested in a
Total Conservation System for
your farrfi, contact your local
Warren Soil and Water
Conservation District office in
Warrenton.
Promoted
II. S. Marine Sherman W.
Harprove, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Freddie L. Hargrove of Rt. 1,
Norlina. has completed infantry
training school at Camp
Pendleton. Calif., and has been
promoted to PFC. He has been
assigned to Camp Barrett in
Quantico, Va.. to headquarters
and service battalion as an
enlisted instructor.
He was a student at Norlina
Hitrh School and entered the
Marine Corp. in August, 1976.
Hospital Patients
Patients in Warren General
Hospital on Tuesdav at 5 p. m.
were listed as follows:
little Ft. Rovd. Johnny P.
Robertson. Mary A. Branch.
Robert D. Bolton. Beatrice J.
Spruill. Michael D. Bolton.
l<etha P. Solomon. Julian R.
Creech. John N. Robinsoh.
Nora B. Overbv. Charles E.
Swenson. Marv C. Wortham.
Henrv Dickerson. Jacob Marks.
Willie Swinson. Paul L. Eason,
Annie R. Heitrle. Fannie R.
Raltrip, Johnnie D. Whitfield.
Eva R. Hovle. Hattie B.
Johnson. Bessie R. Richardson,
Mvrtle L. Serls. Ethel B.
Hudirins. Essie W. Williams,
Jack A. Dowtin. Frank
Wortham. Marv 0. Fleming.
John B. Stansbtirv. William H.
Ritrean. Imoeene 0. Arnold.
Ella V. Carter. Emma H.
Stevenson. Annie S. James.
Melvin I,. Jones. Jr.
Broken, Frozen Waterpipes Cause Problem
frozen, broken water pipes
are no stranger to" the South
this year.
North Carolinians are re
porting pipe problems in record
numbers. Because this problem
is not a usual, yearly
occurrence many people are
unfamiliar with actions to take
and steps which could prevent
the problem from happening in
the first place.
Once a pipe has frozen or
broken the first step taken
must be to shut off the water
flow into the house, says
Charlotte Womble, extension
specialist in housing and home
furnishings at North Carolina
State University. This can
usually be done at either the
meter or at a cut off valve near
the outlet to the outside.
If washers in this valve have
worn out they may have to be
replaced before the valve can
cut the water flow.
Pipes which have frozen
must be thawed before they
break. The safest way for the
homeowner to do this is by
covering the pipes with rags
and then pouring hot water
over them. A warm heating pad
might also be wrapped around
the pipes, suggests Miss
Womble.
When using this method,
first open a faucet and begin
thawing at that point. The open
faucet will permit steam to
escape, thus reducing the
chances of a build up of
dangerous pressure. Do not
allow steam to condense and
refreeze before it reaches the
faucet.
Thawing pipe with a
blowtorch is dangerous and not
recommended for the inexper
ienced. The water may get hot
enough at the point where the
torch is applied to generate
sufficient steam under pressure
to rupture the pipe. Steam from
ihe break could cause severe
scalding.
A plumber also has several
wavs to thaw pipes, most of
which are unsafe for the
average homeowner. He may,
for instance, pass a low-voltage
electric current through under
ground metal pipes. The
current will heat the entire
length of pipe through which it
passes. He will make sure that
both ends of the pipe are open
to prevent the build-up of
steam pressure.
If the pipe has broken, the
best action is to call a plumber.
One of the easiest ways to
prevent pipes from freezing is
to leave a small amount of cold
water running into a sink at all
times.
Homes with underpinning
will have vents which can be
closed in extremely coJd
weather, advises Miss Womble.
The vents are normally kept
open to keep water from
collecting underneath the
house, but if closed temporarily
they will cut down on heat loss
Remember to reopen them
when the weather warms up.
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PRIDE OF PLACE
Tips On Gracious Living
MAKE YOUR OWN FURNITURE
Thp ufav tn Icppn fluhoY and rrf»at.pri
inr mwsi way iu ivtrt
up with the modern, mobile
American lifestyle is with
fine design-it-yourself fur
niture from Denmark.
Now it comes in sophis
ticated, elegantly turned out
modules that you can turn
into fine and functional fur
niture easily and without
raising a hammer to a nail.
You start with wooden
rectangles and bases which
can be gently tapped to
gether by hand, through the
use of attractive black con
nectors. Then you can turn
them into cubes or rectan
gles and combine, rearrange
and supplement those to
make bookcases, display
shelves, desks, planters, ped
estals, tables, dressers and
dozens of other furniture
forms.
They come in either
scratch-proof white lacquer
or a rich and rustic blond
pine, treated with an acid
fast varnish for a long-last
ing finish. The sliding doors
come in two sizes in white,
black, red or brown. They
can blend well with almost
any kind of decor from
early American to ultra
modern.
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company, Cado, they are
finished on all sides to en
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Functional sophistication
you can create yourself is
essential for your moving
lifestyle.
made to come apart with
ease so you can change and
rearrange your furnish
ing when your family
moves, grows, changes or
redecorates.
It would seem that the
elegance of contemporary
Danish design matched with
modern materials and in
novative ideas makes for
some fine and functional
furniture.