THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1939
PAGE EIGHT
This Month
On the Farm
State College specialists recom
mend the following good farming
practices for the month of May:
Agronomy
Enos Blair, agronomist of the
State college extension service, says
May Is the best month to plant
soybeans. If planted during this
. month, they will . make a better
growth and yield of hay than if
planting is delayed until June or
July. Blair also .reminds farmers
that small grain which is to be
used as hay should be cut during
this month. Best time to cut is
when grain is in milk stage. Fin
ally, Blair suggests that if you
have turned under a crop of crim
son clover, vetch, or Austrian wint
er peas, wait at least two weeks
before planting another crop on
the land.'
Cotton
Paul Kime, the experiment sta
tion's cotton specialist, says cotton
should be chopped as soon as the
1 grower considers safe. If the
plants grow tall and slender before
chopping, they tend to fall and do
not grow off rapidly. On the other
hand, it. is not advisable to chop
during cold, damp weather or while
the plants are dying in great num
bers. Side applications of nitrate of
soda should Be applied .soon after
chopping.
... Good Seed
t A. D. Stuart, seed specialist of
( the North Carolina Crop Improve
ment Association, states that the
'opportunity of the season for pro
ducing .small grain seed of purity
and quality will te on hand in
.May. Farmers producing small
grain seed of purity and quality
will be on hand in May. Farmers
producing small grain seed for sale
should rouge seed plats and fields
of noxious, and . common weeds.
With due respect to the modern
improved seed cleaning equipment,
Stuart says, rogueing the fields still
offers growers their greatest - op
portunity . to put clean seed on the
market and at the same time bene
fit the farm in keeping down and
destroying noxious . and common
weeds. j
Disease Control
Dr. R. F. Poole; plant patholo
gist of the experiment station, re
minds farmers not to plant water
melons, sweet potatoes, tomatoes,
tobacco, and other crops on the
same land where wilt diseases caused;-severe
losses last year. Plant
Marglbbe, Pritchard, and other re
sistant tomato varieties on soils
. where the fusarial wilt is common.
. Arid in peach orchards, especially
those with early varieties, where
brown rot has caused heavy losses
in other years, add one of the wet
tatle or colloidal sulphur mater
ials to the shuck fall spray.
Fruits and Vegetables
The federal law relating to ex
cessive poisonous spray residues on
fresh produce shipped to market
refers , to vegetables .as well . as
' . fruits, warns Robert Schmidt, ex-
periment station horticulturist. He
goes on to say that early cabbage
and snap bean growers should be
careful in the use of arsenical
sprays or dusts just before harvest.
Rotenone dust has given good con
trol of cabbage worms, and bean
beetles arid is a non-poisonous in
secticide. - '
Livestock
May is a busy month for the
livestock grower, says Earl Hos
tetler, professor of animal hus
bandry at State college, because
, several changes in feed and. man
agement are necessary. For ex
ample, permanent pastures are
about ready for grazing through
out the state. This means that
beef cattle will go out of winter
quarters to the summer range
where less labor and no feed ex
cept grass are required. However,
regular " inspection and salting
should not be overlooked. Then
too, the bull should be turned with
the herd so that the next calf
crop will be early and uniform.
May is also the month, Hostetler
says, when the earlier Iamhs should
be sold and the balance of the
flock sheared and dipped.
Bees
. C. L. Sams, extension apiarist
of State college, gives North Caro
lina beekeepers these four ..sugges
tions: (1) Check on the food sup
ply in the hives; (2) ascertain
whether the colony has - a laying
queen; (3) see if queen is failing;
and (4) look for disease in brood.
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If any defects are found, they
should be corrected at once.
Poultry
Roy Dearstyne, head ofr the
State college poultry department,
cave rhirk 1 coccidiosis will prob
ably reach its worst stage during
this month. The disease does it
worst damage among birds 4 to 12
weeks old, although older birds may
be infected if they eat enough of
the coccidiosis parasite eggs, lhe
most effective means, of control
ling this disease is rigid sanita
tion. Chicks that seem , undersized
or sick .should be killed and burn
ed or buried deeply. Ordinary dis
infectants don't help a great deal
in controlling this disease, but it's
a good idea to clean the feed and
water containers every few days
with boiling water.
MAY MORNING
x no ia nw uajr iiiv -vv
made,"
In it,' let us be glad
Of glowing sun and rippling shade,
Of singing leaves, and calvacade
Of flowers on the wind ...
"This is the day the Lord hath
made,"
And joy with tambourine
Is .straying through the light green
fields
With laughing eyes and blowing
hair ...
"Arise and shine, for thy light is
come"
Lo, music everywhere !
BESS H. .HINES
Kenansville, N. C. "
CONGRATULATIONS TO
THE FRANKLIN SCHOOL
The school days are over once
more,
No more loud voices and .school
buses roar;
They are leaving contented, sad
. hearted and sweet,
For the future has scented a
wonderful treat.
And calling them out to dine in the
rough,
They are beautiful and stout and
they really are tough
For the last recollection of school
in the west , '
Was to do or to die and they all
did their best.
Till the call for service took to its
flight .
The school folks were ready and
they stood for the right.
So we hope in their mission wher
ever nhey stop
That they reach a bright decis
ion and live on the Sop.
TROY F, HORN
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