Agriculturally Speaking
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■ Grass Tetany Poses
Threat To Cattlemen
By L. B. HARDAGE
With the upcoming spring
grazing season, beef cattle
producers should be aware of
the threat of grass tetany in
areas where forages are short
in magnesium mg. Generally
lactating cows, shortly after
calving and/or grazing young
tender grasses have the highest
risk of tetany.
If in the past, you had a
problem with grass tetany, a
nutritional program should be
designed to provide 22 to 25
grams of mg. per day to lessen
the risk of tetany.
Several options are available
for supplementing mg.
1. Mix 1 pound magnesium
oxide (mgo) with 15 pounds of
grain (corn) and feed at a rate
of 1 to 2 pounds per head per
day. It is important that
feeding space be adequate for
all cows to eat at one time.
2. Soft palatable mineral
blocks containing 14 to 15
percent m have been used to
provide supplemental mg. to
grazing cattle.
3. Provide a free choice
mineral mix containing mgo —
dicalcium phosphate—and trace
mineral salt in the ratio 1-1-1.
This mix could be fed the entire
year as a good management
practice.
4. Some cattle farmers use
loose white salt free choice and
any good livestock mineral free
choice year round and do not
have a grass tetany problem.
This is one of the things that
should be used anyway.
Most farmers are using liquid
nitrogen on pastures. This
might tend to cause your ph to
drop faster than it would with
dry nitrogens. A soil sample
should be taken for lime,
probably every third year if the
above practice is followed.
Stocker cattle need to be
consigned at once, if this has
not been done.
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FARM & GARDEN
WARREN FCX SERVICE • WARRENTON
Mrs. Roxie Carter holds two Araucanas Breed hens called the
Easter Egg Fowl. The one on the left lays green eggs and the
one on the right lays pink eggs. Really Mrs. Carter has no need
for traditional egg coloring for such is an inside job or maybe a
hen special.
Colorful Eggs Arrive
In Time For Easter
By G. W. KOONCE
Extension Agent, 4-H
After observing the true
meaning of Easter inclusive of
the power of Christ's resurrection,
what then — will it be joy
and feasting with colorful eggs
for the kiddies. Perhaps this
will be the occasion with Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Carter and
family of Bethlehem. The
Carters have several rare
breed hens called Araucanas
that are beautiful to look at plus
they go around laying blue,
green, gold, deep pink and light
pink eggs. Mr. Carter reportedly
ordered his chicks a year ago
from a catalog received in the
mail. Below is information on
the Araucanas Breed as quoted
from the Hatchery Catalog.
"These birds called the
Easter Egg Fowl, vary a great
deal as they hatch out in a wide
assortment of colors and types,
black, buff, cinnamon, brown,
red and white along' with
various combinations of these
colors. Some may have top
knots, some may have whiskers
and others have bunches of
feathers growing from each
side of the head near the ear
region. All the hens are good
layers with eggs medium to
large in size. The color varies in
shades from pale to deep, blue,
green, pink, plus a few olive
drab and an occasional
antique-goid. The Araucanas is
a hardy, vigorous fowl,
resistant to disease and easy to
raise. They seem to do well in
all types of climate. More
intelligent than other poultry
breeds, they are very easily
tamed to become pets. Besides
being colorful and unusual, the
eggs have almost 10% more
nutrition than ordinary eggs,
according to a laboratory
report. They are also said to be
lower in cholesterol. The meat
is delicious and has a taste
similar to quail."
Two years of participation
in the 4-H Pullet Chain has
increased the Carter family's
interest in poultry production.
Ridgeway 4-Hers
Meet On Thursday
By RANDY HOLTZMANN
; Ttep&ter ' ' '
The Ridgeway Community
4-Hers met on Thursday night
at the clubhouse. Danny
Bender, president, presided
over the business session which
followed the Pledge of
Allegiance, the 4-H Pledge and
devotion.
Mr. G. VV. Koonce presented
Danny a certificate of State
Recognition in the National 4-H
Safety Program. The club won
this for their work in the safety
program in 1976. Best wishes
were extended to the club from
Mary C. Nesbitt, 4-H Specialist
with the state office. National
4-H Service Committee and
General Motors Corporation.
Richard Matthews of Henderson
gave a program on
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
and the cough-saving technique.
He brought with him his
best friend, Ann, a doll
designed after a 15-year-old girl
that had drowned. With this
doll he showed how to perform
these techniques and explained
them. We hope to have him
back again.
We were glad to have 4-Hers
from Zion and Wise-Paschall
clubs as our guests.
Refreshments were served
by the Ridgeway club members.
Hardened paint brushes can
often he made as good as new
bv simmering them in boiling
vinegar for a few minutes and
then washing them in soapy
water.
Henderson Tobacco Market
A Progressive Market
For Over 76 Years
22/040/641 LBS. OF TOBACCO SOLD IN 1976
FOR AN ALL TIME HIGH AVERAGE OF *106"
We Offer Seven Warehouse Firms To Serve
Growers With Efficient, Fair, and Courteous
Service Throughout The 1977 Selling Season.
For A Good Sale Every Day
DESIGNATE
MARCH 7THRU APRIL 8
Your Choice of One or More of The Following
Warehouse Firms To Sell Your 1977 Tobacco Crop.
Alston-Farmers Warehouse Phone 492-0256
"Jeffs" Big Banner Warehouse... Phone 438-5015
Big Dollar Warehouse Phone 492-2901
Ellington Warehouse Phone 438-3553
High Price Warehouse Phone 438-8192
Liberty Warehouses No. 1 & 2... Phone 438-7212
Golden Leaf Warehouse Phone 492-7490
We Will Sincerely Appreciate Your Choice Of
Henderson As Your Tobacco Market Again In
1977.
W.H. "BILL" HOYLE
Supervisor of Salei
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Making Own Shampoo
Can Save Homeowner
By BERTHA B. FORTE
Home Extension Agent
Suds away spring cleaning by
making your own shampoo for
upholstered furniture. It can
save you money.
A quart of cleaning shampoo
at the store may cost $2 or
more. But you can make the
same substance at home for
about a dime.
First, dissolve a third of a cup
of soap flakes in a quart of
boiling water and let it cool. It
will form a jelly after it's
cooled.
Then put about a cup of this
jelly in a bowl and whip with a
rotary egg beater until it forms
a stiff, dry froth—and no water
remains.
Clean a small area at a time
by rubbing the suds against the
upholstered fabric. It's a good
idea to do this first on a part of
the furniture not seen by
everyone. That way you'll make
sure you don't have any
bleeding of colors.
If the colors don't run—you
can go ahead and shampoo the
whole piece of furniture—rubbing
the suds in a little area at a
time.
So remember—just a third of
a cup of soap flakes dissolved in
a quart of boiling water. Cool
it—whip it—and you'll have
upholstery shampoo for less
than the cost of a commercially
prepared formula.
Birds Are Pests
For Some Farmers
By L. C. COOPER
Extension Agent
Sprout pulling of corn by
birds is serious and has become
a persistent problem for some
corn producers in Warren
County according to L. C.
Cooper, Agricultural Extension
Agent.
Cooper says a very promising
product has recently received a
North Carolina label for use in
repelling birds from newly
planted corn fields. The product
is Methiocarb. marketed under
the trade name of MESUROL
by Chemagro. Several years of
research and testing by the
Fish and Wildlife Service have
revealed Mesurol to be highly
effective in protecting corn
sprouts from bird damage. In
one study damage in untreated
fields was 28 times that in
treated fields.
Mesurol is added to the filled
seed hopper at planting at rates
of one pound per 100 pounds of
seed corn or nine ounces per
bushel. The approximate cost of
Mesurol is $11.00 per pound.
Assuming 100 pounds of corn
will plant seven acres, the cost
of this product should be
between $1.50 and $1.75 per
acre.
Frees Rider
A mountaineer, seeing his
first motorcycle on the road,
raised his rifle and shot away.
'Did you get that varmit?" his
wife asked.
Hit it, but didn't kill it," he
said. 1 can still hear it growlin"
—but I shore made it turn that
pore man loose!"
Memorial Banquet Set
The Vance County Chapter of
the Nation*] Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
will sponsor a "Martin
Luther King Memorial Banquet"
on April 3.
The guest speaker for the
Kilian Completes
Course With Honors
Army National Guard Lt.
Col. Leonard A. Kilian, Jr., son
of Mrs. Maude H. Kilian of
Norlina, recently completed
with honors the command and
general staff officer course at
the U. S. Army Command and
General Staff College at Ft.
Leavenworth, Kan.
The graduates complete the
first half of the course by
correspondence or through U.
S. Army Reserve School
attendance. They then attend a
period of resident instruction at
the CGSC.
The course is designed to
prepare selected officers for
high positions at division and
command levels.
Col. Kilian and his wife,
Laura, live in Wake Forest.
banquet is Mr. William 'Sonny"
Walker, director of the
Community Services Administration
of Region IV. Walker
formerly served as director of
the Arkansas Office of
Economic Opportunity.
Other guests will include Dr.
John Larkins, special assistant
to Governor Hunt; Harold
Webb, director of State
Personnel, and John Edwards,
director of the State Economic
Opportunity Office.
The banquet will begin at 3 p.
m. at the Greystone Restaurant
in Henderson. Tickets are
priced at $5.00 per person and
may be secured from members
of the N.A.A.C.P. Executive
Board, various local businesses
and at the door on the day of
the occasion.
Norlina Lady Returns
Miss Sue Donnell spent the
winter in Alabama with the
Peterson family. She was
accompanied. home by them
recently.
South Dakota has 8 Indian
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