Agriculturally
Speaking
By L. B. HARDAGE
County Extension Chairman
Congratulations to Mr.
Hal Paschall, Norlina,
Route 2. Mr. Paschall is a
dairy man and a real good
one. Mr. Paschall won the
honor of having the third
highest cow in butterfat
production in North Caro'
lina for one year ending in
June of 1977.
The cow is a holstein. Was
nine years of age and
produced 23,389 pounds of
milk testing 4.6 percent
butterfat or a total of 1075
pounds of butterfat. This
was based on a 305 day
record, ending in June.
Most sections of the
county have finally had
good rains. However the
Drewry section to Palmer
Springs around the Lake
has not had enough to
really do any good. Crops
are critical in that section
of the county, today
August 11th.
Tobacco has improved
and looks good in general.
However quality especially
in late tobacco and in
early, where too much
nitrogen was used may not
be too good.
Prices of timber are
always important to those
who are selling. Below is a
range of prices in the state
as reported by N. C. State
Extension Forestry De
partment.
There are many factors
which influence the prices
paid to landowners for
their standing timber
(stumpage). These variable
factors are species,
quality, quantity, logging
conditions, available markets,
competition and how
well informed the seller is
as to what he has and what
the market is. Therefore,
stumpage is usually quoted
as a range of prices.
The latest quoted ranges
for coastal plain area
southern yellow pine is
from $80 to $150 per
thousand board feet, Scribner
Rule. Piedmont area
range is from $60 to $120
per thousand board feet for
southern yellow pine. In
the mountain area, white
pine ranges from $70 to
$105 and black walnut from
$100 to $500 per thousand
board feet. In the coastal
plain area, yellow poplar
range is from $45 to $100,
oak from $35 to $60, and
mixed hardwoods from $37
to $80.
Farmers Asked To
Check Market Cards
Marketing of the 1977
tobacco crop is underway.
Producers are encouraged
to check their marketing
cards after each sale for
errors. If an error is
discovered at the time of
sale, it may be corrected
by the marketing recorder
at the warehouse. Errors
found after the day of the
sale should be brought to
the county office. Marketings
in excess of 110
percent of the farm's quota
could result in penalty at
the rate of 83c per pound on
each pound over 110
percent of quota, regardless
of cause of error.
Report Crop Acreages
All farm operators who
have not already done so,
are encouraged to certify
the acreage that they have
planted to corn, grain
sorghum and all other
crops to the county ASCS
office by September 1. The
information is needed and
may be used as a basis in
administering future farm
programs.
Disaster Feed
Grain Program
If drought conditions
have affected corn to the
degree that it will not be
harvested - farm operator
should come by the
office and file an application
for an appraiser to go
to the farm to appraise
potential production before
destroying any of the
crop.
If corn crop will be
harvested, and if the yield
is abnormally low—application
must be filed not
later than 15 days following
the completion of
harvest, and the crop
residue must be left so the
acreage can be determined.
Operator must certify
the total acreage planted,
tenant shares and the
acreage in each field.
Production evidence must
be furnished as to the
number of bushels harvested
for each farm serial
number.
Tobacco Truckers
Persons who truck or
haul tobacco for producers
or any other persons are
required to maintain records
that would show: 1.
Name and address of farm
operator. 2. Location
where picked up. 3. Date
tobacco picked up. 4.
Pounds picked up. 5. Place
to which tobacco was
delivered.
Records of hauling shall
be maintained for three
years after the end of the
marketmg year or such
longer period as may be
requested in writing. Severe
penalties are provided
by law upon conviction
on the failure to keep
records required. These
records should be kept so a
report could be furnished
the State ASCS Office upon
request.
Two Clubs Take
Part In Workshop
About Terrariums
By SUE SALMON
The Busy Clover and
Shining Star 4-H Clubs
participated in a Terrarium
Workshop at the
Warren County Agriculture
Building in Warrenton
on Tuesday, August 9 at
8:00.
Sue Salmon, leader for
the workshop, told the
4-H'ers how to make a
terrarium and keep it
growing. The 4-H members
learned which plants
and animals could be kept
in a terrarium and how to
give the animals the
special care they needed.
Then the club members
made their own terrariums
with the help of Sue
Salmon and the assistant,
Sabrina Williams from the
Shining Star 4-H Club.
Afterwards, the 4-H'ers
completed and turned in
their terrarium project
records and worksheets.
Others who participated
in the terrarium workshop
from the Shining Star 4-H
club were: Consherto
Williams and Josephine
West, from the Busy
Clover 4-H Club were
Kimmerick Vick and Vanessa
Williams. Also participating
were Jimmie
West, Steven West, and
Yarbough Williams.
Care Needed
In Freezing
Vegetables
By EMILY BALLINCER
Extension Agent
No matter what you've
heard, vegetables need the
proper protection to keep
their garden freshness in
the freezer. That's the
purpose of blanching. This
brief precooking impedes
the action of enzymes the
culprits that play
havoc with the color,
flavor, and texture of
vegetables.
Most vegetables call for
blanching in boiling water.
Use a wire or metal basket
that fits down into a large
kettle or saucepan with a
tight-fitting lid. Bring a
minimum of one gallon of
water to boiling. Place
about one pound of the
prepared vegetables in the
basket and lower it into the
rapidly boiling water.
Cover and start counting
time immediately. Blanching
time varies with each
vegetable (a chart giving
the specific times may be
secured from the Home
x Economics Extension
Agent's Office.)
Cool vegetables as quickly
as possible by plunging
the filled basket into a
large pan of ice water.
"This prevents the food
from overcooking. Add ice
to the water as needed to
keep it cold. It will take
about the same time to
cool the vegetables as it
did to blanch them. Drain
the vegetables thoroughly,
pack into moisture-vaporproof
containers, and
freeze at 0 degrees or less.
Refrigerate Cream
Pastries
Because cream pies and
cream-filled pastries get
soggy if refrigerated too
long, it's a temptation to
leave them at room
temperature.
Don't. This' encourages
bacteria to grow and is
why cream pies and cream
puffs are foods often
involved in food poisoning.
Soybeans Must
Have Water At
Pod Fixing Time
By L. C. COOPER
Extension Agent
Soybeans haye the remarkable
ability of being
able to compensate for just
about any misfortune so
long as the basic management
plan is right. But one
key ingredient for which
there is not much compensation
is water.
Soybeans have got to
have water at crucial periods
during the season and
the period is no more crucial
than the months of
August and September.
These are the months
when normally most planted
soybeans are in the
flowering, pod setting and
filling stages.
Yield may not be affected
greatly by the drought in
June and July in as much
as soybean roots are able
to go deeper fast enough to
avoid much stress on
some few early soybean
fields. Nevertheless, the
June-July drought did last
long enough to reduce the
size of the soybean plant
"factory" and consequently
yields will be greatly
affected on most normally
planted to late planted soybeans.
Dry weather also did
cause and will continue to
cause soybean plants in
the blooming stage to
abort flowers. The critical
period is yet from pod
setting, through the first
few weeks of pod filling
and there is no compensation
for adequate moisture
and yields will suffer. Few
plants including weeds
require more water than
soybeans at the stage of
the plant maturity.
Keep scouting for the
corn earworms. Spray
with Lannate, 1 pint to the
acre, or Sevimol lvt pints
per acre, if you find 2 or
more worms per foot of
row.
When you taste food, ui
the tasting spoon only one*
i then wash it before you ui
It again to avoid trouble wit
food poiaoning.
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MURRAY WILKENS RICHARDSON
Warren County Boys And Girls
Participate In Poster Contest
By GLENN WOOLARD
Assistant Extension
Agent, 4-H
Sixty-two fourth, fifth
and sixth grade boys and
girls from Warren County
participated in the 4-H
Dairy Poster Contest. The
purpose of the contest was
to learn more about milk
and milk products and to
encourage greater use of
these products. The county
winner in each grade-JoAnn,
Kristina, and LeRoy
-received a blue ribbon
and a $5 check from the
Warren County 4-H Club
Fund.
Jo Ann Murray's poster
was judged the fourth
grade county winner.
JoAnn, age 10, is the
daughter^ of Jimmy and
Peggy Murray of Route 2,
Macon and goes to
Vaughan Elementary
School in Vaughan.
Kristina Wilken's poster
was the fifth grade county
winner. Kristina., age 10, is
the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Carey of Soul
City. Kristina attended
Mariam Boyd School last
year, but will be transferring
to North Warren
Middle School this year.
LeRoy Richardson's poster
was judged the sixth
grade county winner.
LeRoy, age 12, is the son of
Mr. and Mrs Phillip
Champ of Route 2, Warrenton.
The 59 other boys and
girls received iron-on
decals entitled "Milk Measures
Up!" Those receiving
decals were as follows:
Eric Palmer, Reuben
Clayton, Patrick Jordan,
Sarah Milam, Roslyn
Alston, Pamela Leonard,
Andrea Richardson, Tina
Harrison, Rebecca Taylor,
Maggie Patrick, Sallie
Durham, Frasier Williams,
Christine Jiggetts,
Brenda Durham, Clarence •
Watson, Michael Moseley,
Dorothy Foster, John
Plummer. Wilbert Terry,
Annie Bullock, Yvette
Roberts, Evette Manson
and Stevie Henderson
Also, Wayne Durham,
Phillip Jones, Shelia
Davis, Wendy Howard,
Mary Young, Jamie Tid
well, Telvin Hargrove,
Robert Bullock, Robert
Peace, Johnny Bowman,
Shirley Thomas, Maurice
Ivory, Darlene Lewis, Erik
Hawkins, Ulysses Bullock,
Peverly Yelity, Tony Majors,
Malcum Massenburg,
Linnie Walters, Stantina
Evans, Donna Grissom,
Casey Williams, Justina
Powell, Richard Alston,
Georgette Tally, John
Williams, Paul Greene,
Gerald Neely, Lawrence
Harrison, Jr., Gayle Newsome,
Victoria Manley,
Carrie Williams, Cassey
Milan, Tonygia Burgess
and Linda Hicks. The
names on several posters
could not be identified.
Our thanks go to Mrs.
Clint Hege for judging the
posters. Mrs. Hege is the
Chief Program Assistant
with the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation
Service in Warrenton.
We also thank the school
principals, James Bridgers,
Otis Hawkins, Winford
Rose, and Michael Williams,
for allowing us to
have the contest in the
local schools.
4-H Clubs
Meet For
Workshop
By SUE SALMON
The Warrenton, WiaePaschall,
Norlina Youth
Improvement, Maconeers,
and Embro 4-H Clubs met
at 8:00 Friday morning,
August 12, at the Warren
County Agriculture Office.
Jeffrey Bender of the
Warrenton 4-H Club was
assistant and Sue Salmon
was leader for the club.
Thp 4-H members were
first taught how to make a
terrarium and maintain it.
Then Jeffrey Bender
taught them how to find
and keep suitable plants
for a terrarium. Then the
4-H members made their
own terrariums using such
plants as turkey-tail fungus,
pincushion and fernleaved
moss, seedlings,
and rattlesnake orchid.
Those who attended
were: Embro-Lisa Reavis,
Shirley Hudgins,
Gaynall Hudgins; Maconeers
- Gladys Banks,
Sylvia Dunston, Sonya
Dunston; Norlina Youth
Improvement — Charlie
Fields, Jr.; Wise-Paschall
-Gary Paynter; Warrenton-Henry
Pulley,
Tammy West, Paula Pulley
and Kathy Cooper.
Shearin Announces
Market Schedule
George W. Shearin, Bales
supervisor for the Warrenton
Tobacco Market, announced
the following
schedule for the warehouses
for next week:
Monday, August 22, Centre,
first sale; Thompson's,
Fanners', Currin'ft
and High Dollar.
Wednesday, August 34Thompson's,
first sale;
followed by Farmers'
Currin's, High Dollar and
Centre.
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