Agriculturally
Speaking
By L. B. HARDAGE
_y County Extensión Chairman
Much of what was called
"Modern Farming" in the
flO's is called "outdated" in
the 70's.
Future agnculture leader*
must learn to recognize
•nd evalúate modern technology
in a changing agriIjusiness
environment
This short course deals
WÍth the oíd reliable. the
modern new and. at times,
Ukes a peek at the future
Students will have the
opportunity to learn hovs
their School of Agriculture
and Life Sciences serves
tbem
Tht» Prograni
The program covers areas
of broad interest to agric ultural
leaders as well as
specific commodity Information
The first two hours
of each day will be devoted
to topics of broad interest
such as
-Commodity Legislation
-Lssues and Choices
-Estate Planning
-Farm Planning
-Producer Marketing
-Pesticide Use and Management
-General Agricultural
Economic Situation
-Farm Income.Tax
-Using Farm Records
-Farm Financial Management
-Real Property
-Soil Fertility Manage
nu'iit
Farm Safety and \lechanization
Managing Agricultural
Wastes
Énvironmental Quality
The remainder of eaeh
day spent at the eampus will
he devoted tu specifie commodity
sessions including
tobaeeo, feed grains. soyheans.
forests, forages.
heef. hogs. dairy. poultry.
íruits, vegetables and
others.
Two days will be devoted
to tours. One v\ ill be a tour of
loeal researc;h stations and
tarnis The seeond tour will
foeus on product ion and
practices used hy outstanding
farmers De legales will
he able to exploré their
particular commodity interests
in depth in elective
sessions.
Information To Applicants
This eourse is open to a
seleeted group of young
\orth t'arolinians involved
m agriculture who. because
of their interest. have been
chosen to attend from their
i'ounty.
How To Apply
Each person desiring to
attend this Short Course
should request an application
from their county
extensión chairman or
hanker. F^ill in the necessary
BULK ^ ^
LIME > lOn\
FOR
SPREADING
CALL 257-1115
Kerr-McGee
FARM CENTER
E. Macón St. • Warrenton
information and return the
application to the eounty
extensión chairman.
Expenses
John B. Burgess. vice
president of Branch Banking
and Trust Company of
Warrenton and key banker,
announces that local banks
will furnish scholarships in
the amount of $200.00 to
cover the expenses for the
Short (,'ourse
Kach participant will be
expeeted to pay a $48
registration fee which includes
handouts. insurance,
tour transportation and
banquet. The cost of the
motel room will be $8.50
plus tax per person nightly
tdouble occupancy). The
balance of the scholarship
will be used by the
participant as needed.
Scholarship recipients
w ill be individuáis who plan
to íarm or engage in agribusiness
closely related to
tarm production. They must
aíso show leadership abilities
in which 4-H or FFA
activities may be used as
criteria.
The class will be held at N.
(' State l'niversity from
Jan. l.-Feb. 10. 1978. If
selected. each scholarship
winner will be expeeted to
attend. •
Completes Training
Private Gordon J. Christmas.
son of Ella M.
Christmas. Rt 1. Norlina,
recent ly eonipleted seven
weeks of advanced individual
training at Ft. Benning,
Ga.
The training included
weapons qualifications.
squad tactics. patrolling,
landmine warfare, field
communications and combat
operations. This qualified
him as a light weapons
infantryman and as-áñ*
indirect fire crewman.
He was taught to perform
any of the duties in a rifle or
mortar squad.
Pvt. Christmas entered
the Army last July.
He is a 1976 gradúate of
John Graham High School,
Warrenton
Members of the four-countv Golden Belt Dairy Herd Improvement Association met
in Warrenton last week to diseuss the dairy business. Those attending included from
left t» right. L. B. Hardage. county extensión chairman; Mal Paschall, secretary-treasurer;
and Alvis Fleming, president. Not pictured was another officer, VVilliam F.
Rooker, vice-president.
Annual Dairymen's Meet Held
Dairymen from Warren
County were awarded milk
production plaques during
last weeks annual meeting
jf the Golden Belt Dairy
Herd Improvement Associa:ion.
held in Warrenton
The association is comprised
of Grade A dairymen
from Warren. Vanee, Halifax
and Northampton counties.
Warren County dairymen
noted for their achievements
ineluded Alvis Fleming,
for the high cow in milk
production A Holstein cow.
she produced 26.496 pounds
of milk in 305 days.
Also receiving an award
was Hal Faschall s cow
which produced 1005 pounds
of butterfat in 305 days
Fred Newton's hcrd in
Vanee Gounty took top
honors in high herd average
milk produetion with a
yearly average of 17,520
pounds of milk and 694
pounds of butterfat per cow.
The Broun and Jenkins
herd of George, N'orth
Carolina made an average
increase per cow in milk
production of 932 pounds per
eow and won a plaque for
this increase.
ReCently two new herds in
VVarre i County joined the
a..socidtion They are the
herds of Travis White and
Hal White. Jr.. and the herd
of Billy Joe Burrows.
The members pay a fee to
hire a tester who checks
each eow once a month for
milk production and several
other records
All dairymen have made
much progress in production
of their herds over the
past few years.
New Flue-Cured Varieties
Available For '78 Planting
i-ci iui manee iniurniaiion
on 18 tobacco varieties, including
two new releases, is
being made available to
flue-cured growers by North
Carolina State University
through the N. C. Agricultural
Extensión Service.
The variety data, collected
from test plots grown last
season at five scattered
lócations. is being offered
growers as an aid in
selecting seed for the 1978
crop.
Detailed information on
the 16 established varieties
and two new ones is
available at county Agricultural
Extensión Service
offices in all flue-cured
growmg couiuies.
The new varieties are NC
89. developed by N. C.
Agricultural Experiment
Station plant breeders at
North Carolina State University.
and Coker 48. a
high-yielding variety froni
Coker Pedigreed Seed Co..
Hartsville. S. C
Both varieties in 1976 tnet
the rigid mínimum standards
set for new releases by
the Five-State Regional
Variety Evaluation Committee.
They were included
in the NCSl official variety
tests in 1977 at Whiteville.
Kinston, Rocky Mount.
Oxford and Reidsville.
Dr. John Rice, head of the
variety testing program,
said Coker 48 and NC 89
eompared favorably with
others in the tests, ineluding"
NC 2326 and NC 95. which
are used at standards for
comparing new varieties.
Coker 48 produeed an
average yield of 2.995
pounds per acre in the North
Carolina tests, second only
to the established Coker 86
variety. NC 89 produeed an
average of 2.858 pounds per
acre. By comparison. NC
2326 produeed 2.573 pounds
per acre and NC 95 produeed
2.620.
Rice pointed out that
tobáceo in the official
variety tests consistently
had higher yields than
farmer-grown tobacco in the
same area.
Coker 48 led all entries in
dollar valué per acre with
an average valué of $3.697.
Market price average was
$123.06 per hundred pounds
NC 89 had a per acre valué
oí s.5.53» ana an average
market price of $123.77 per
hundred.
Rice said both new
varieties offer growers
múltiple dtéease resistance.
■N'C 89 is regarded as_
as resistant to the most
prevalent species of rootknot
ilematode in flue-cured
tobáceo. It is moderately
resistant to black shank, has
tolerance to brown spot and
has a low level of resistance
to Granville wilt.
Coker 48. while susceptible
to root knot and sensitive
to brown spot, has demonstrated
a high level of
resistance to both black
shank and Granville wilt.
The new Coker variety
has an appearance similar
to Coker 319, one of its
parents, and produces about
20 leaves per plant with a
stalk height of about 45
inches. The bloom date and
ripening dates are similar to
those of Coker 319.
NC 89 produces excellent
quality leaí. Rice said. It is
slightly later maturing than
most of the familiar
varieties and flowers about
65 days after transplanting.
It produces very few ground
suckers - an average of 0.2
per plant in last season's
triáis.
Some of the varieties
widely planted in recent
years by North Carolina
farmers continued to show
up well in the 1977 variety
comparisons. Speight G-28,
Coker 319 and McNair 944
had the highest grade index
scores among the 18 in the
tests.
Art Of Hanging Wall Covering
By MRS. BERTHA FORTE
With the know-how, proper
tools and many beautiful
wall coverings from
which to select. Mrs. A B.
Hair presented a demonstraron
on hanging
wallpaper to a speeial
interest group. The demonstraron
was held at A. B.
Hair Carpets, Inc., in
Norlina, last Tuesday.
Mrs. Hair included in her
presentation the prepararon
of walls to be covered.
how to measure for the
amount of wall covering to
purehase and correet measurements
in hanging it. She
stressed the need for using
proper tools and materials
and cutting and matching
designs.
After the demonstration.
the group enjoyed brousing
through the firm and looking
at the many patterns in wall
covering and floor covering.
A. B. Hair,' étoner and
operator afr4he firm,
assisted Mrs" jfoir with the
program.
Participating in the program
were Mrs. Marcellious
Boyd. Mrs. LaVern
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. E. N.
Baskerville of Wise; Mrs.
Willie A. Williams and Mrs.
Murphy Alston of Inez; Mrs.
J. B Russell and Mrs. J. B.
Wilson of Cool Spring; Mrs.
J. E. Rooker of Norlina; Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Davis of
Rt. 3. Warrenton: Mrs. Judy
Lewis of Warrenton; Mrs.
Willie J. Williaips of Ridgeway
and Mrs. Robert L.
Suitte of Manson.
Mrs. Bertha B. Forte.
Home Ecenomics Extensión
Agent. was program coordinator.
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Christmas Is The Time
For Family Traditions
By BERTHA FORTE
Home Extensión Agent
In spite of all our public
functions, Christmas is
primarily a family affair.
The things that make it most
meaningful are those that go
on at home.
One of our happiest traditions
is decorating the
house. Almost everyone has
a tree. And many happy
hours are spent decorating
it with lights, balls, snow
and homemade decorations.
The giving of presents
gets cióse to the heart of
Christmas. Of course, small
children tend to emphasize
what they get rather than
what they give. But the
season gives their parents a
good opportunity to teach
them the joys of giving. By
our gifts we say to our
children that we love them.
And they can learn to say
the same thing in the same
way.
Christmas is a great time
for family reunions that
recapture some of the joy of
the past. For many families,
the big Christmas dinner,
with its traditional menú, is
one of the happiest events of
the year. Eating together is
one of the oldest and best
expressions of unity.
Family traditions have
great valué. They help give
families a sense of continuity.
They help families hold
on to valúes from the past.
Traditions help us teach
our children what we really
believe to be important.
That is why many of our
family rituals, including
those associated with
Christmas, are basically
religious. As visible expression
of our faith. they say to
our children and to the
world at large that we are a
believing people
We are dominated by our
emotions. We like to think of
ourselves as essentially
rational creatures. We think
that we act most humanly
when we act intelligently.
But it is our emotions, not
our mind, that are the
unifying forcé in our life. We
act on the basis of what we
feel more than on the basis
of what we think. As
emotional experiences,
therefore, our Christmas
traditions actually strengthen
family ties.
Family traditions are fun.
The closer Christmas
comes, the more we look
forward to them. Children
are anxious to hang their
stockings for Santa Claus to
fill. Parents enjoy stuffing
stockings year after year;
and everyone enjoys the >
excitement on Christmas
morning.
The family that is poor in
traditions is poor indeed. If
you have no distinctive
family traditions, you would
do well to begin to develop
some. Experiment with
holiday activities. Try out
many things. Make a mental
note of what the family
enjoys most; and next year
do it again. Soon you will
find vour family anticipating
doing again "what we
always do at Christmas."
Promoted
The U. S. Air Forcé has
promoted Ned Campbell.
,ír.. whose parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Ned Campbell, Sr..
of Nortina, to the rank of
staff sergeant.
Sergeant Campbell is
serving at Langley AFB,
Va., as a jet engine
mechanic.
The sergeant is a 1972
gradúate of Nortina High
School.