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Answers Timely
Farm Questions
QUESTION: How can I ptwMrt
leaf and stem diseases in my pas
tures? ?
ANSWER: Proper timing of graz
ing or cutting of pastures and hay
crops is an effective means of
e checking these diseases before they
- cause severe losses. Delay permits
the disease organism to build up,
resulting in severe leafspotting.
stem blighting, and general defoli
ation. '
QUESTION: When is the best
time te plant soybeans?
ANSWER: There's no definite
date for planting soybeans. It de
pends on the length of days and
soil temperature. Don't plant them
until t^e temperature gets up to at
least 09 degrees and the days
stretch to' 14V4 hours per day.
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Woodlands
Need Proper
Management
Br DON VAKNER
N. C. Division of forestry
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Wo might toy to prod ice forest
management is to properly manage
a forest or farm wood lot in order
to have a sustained yield. We can
not continue to draw on our bank
account unless we put something in
from time to time, nor can we har
vest a corn crop or other farm
crops .without planting and treating
the soil from year to year.
The sgme 1s" true with our ever
increaslngly valuable timber. We
must properly manage it to have
economic stability and, prosperity
for our forest industries upon
which so many of our people de
pend for their livelihood.
We have pulp mills, sawmills,
furniture factories and other wood
using industries that must have
the; forest for their raw materials
and to keep them operating we
must practice good forest manage
ment in order to have sustained
yield - that will insure these wood
using industries the necessary
wood and saw logs. The continued
operation of these industries gives
economic stability and prosperity
to our towns and communities.
Man used to look at the vast
forests and think they would last
forever. Even now It is hard for
us to look 20 years in the future
and imagine what will come about
if we do not protect our forests
and take out only as much as we
put back in. We must not harvest
over the amount we are growing.
That is forest management.
How many of us have seen the
towns built up around a large saw
mill and prosper, only to turn Into
a ghost town after the mill cut all
the timber In the area and moved
out? How many of us want to
hlvest in homes, businesses, church
es and schools when our industries
on which the people depend for a
living are built on such unstable
footing? Our forest is the only
renewable and natural resoruce
and we can keep our forest pro
ductive by assisting nature in pro
tecting our forest from fire and
cutting our trees wisely. This way
we keep our towns and communi
ties prosperous, which affects aach
of us either directly or indircetly.
There are a lot of Mwmills, pulp
mills and other wood-using indus
tries that now see they cannot con
tinue the old methods of "cut-out
and get-out" for there is nowhere
left for them to go. They are
now starting to practice forest :
management and are buying their
own forests to insure themselves
of raw materials in the future
through sustained-yield or forest
management program. We should
all assist these industries for our
own good by trying to educate our
children and the public to the ex
treme Importance in establishing ,
and maintaining a program of good
fftrest management for our timber
lands to insure a livelihood and
prosperity for ourselves and the
future generations.
Kow, we may ask ourselves not
only why we practice good forest
management, but how we can help
but practice forest management if
we expect to hold up our standard
of living?
For Safe Transplanting,
Lessen Shock to Plants
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Mix plant fond with coil in bottom of the hole, and
cover with fresh soil.
wnenever a growing piani j?
uprooted and moved to a new
location itsutlers a severe shock.
Woody plants usually die from
this treatment, and many ma
ture herbacious plants as well.
Wliile very young herbacious
plants should survive it. the
shock always sets them baek.
It pays to take precautions to'
increase the percentage of sur
vivors, add speed recovery ftom
transplanting shock.
If you have grown your own
plants under protection, give
them an extra feeding a week
before the operation.
In a bucket Of water (2V4 gal
lons) hang a cloth bag contain
ing 10 ounces of your regular
plant food, let it soak over
night, then water the flat with
the solution.
The night before transplanting,
prepare another bucket of water
in the same way; or use a sol
uble plant food according to in
structions for a starter solution.
Take it to the garden along with
the plants.
Disturb the roots of plants as
little as possible.
Dig a hole large enough to
hold the plant roots with room
to spare, and deeper than neces
sary. Mix a teaspoonful of plant
looa W1U1 SOU Ht Uie uunum v?i
the hole; and throw on an Inch
of fresh soil. Now hold the plant
where it is to stand, aod pour
into the hole, over the plant
roots, half a pint of the starter
solution. While the water re
mains in the hole and around the
plant roots, draw in toil to All
the hole completely.
Do not prune the toots or top i
of the plant in any way.
Experiment stations who have j
studied the matter advise that
the plant needs all the roots and
leaves it has, and will recover
faster if you leave them intact.
Pouring water into the hole
and drawing earth into the water
excludes air pockets, and insures
good contact between roots and
soil. Do not pack the wet soil;
it will settle down by its own
shrinkage.
Plants set out in this way sel
dom wilt but in case they do, no
harm is likely to result. They
soon recover and begin growth
as soon as the shock has worn
off. There will always be a check
in the rate of growth as a result
of transplanting. But because
you start the seed indoors several
weeks before it can be sown in
the garden, you get an earlier
harvest by transplanting.
Conservation Of Soil Seen
As A Moral Responsibility
By D. A. WILLIAMS
Administrator
V. S. Soil Conservation Service 1
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Something more than material
benefit is Impelling American land- *
owners and operators to become I
conservation farmers or ranchers, i
Something more than the estab
lished fact that soil and water con
servation increases farm buying
power is motivating businessmen
and countless others to support
conservation work.
A farmer or rancher finds pleas
lure in the beauty of his conserva
tion-Wealed fields, pastures, wood
lands, and wildlife areas. And I
feel that all the rest of us share
his pleasure as we drive by or fly
over his acres: or. when we're extra
fortunate, have a chance to feel
healthy soil or vigorous sod be
neath our feet, or join the owner j
in harvesting a wildlife crop more j
abundant now than a few years ago.
But here is another important
motivating force for conservation.
I believe it is the fast-growihg
realization in every community I
know about that wise use and treat-1
ment of soil Is a moral responsibil
ity?that soil is a gift of the Cfe
ator, and that we. all of us. have
a steward's responsibility for it.
Unless we pause to consider the
spiritual man, we may be amazed i
by this spread of the soil steward-1
ship concept in a time when we ,
are troubled by temporary crop
surpluses and when only one per-1
son in 25 actually tills the soil for .
a living.
Unless wc accept as a fact that
men do recognize the spiritual val
ues of soil and water conservation,
we are unable to explain fully the
personal sacrifices thousands of
them make to serve as members
of the governing boards of nearly
2,700 locally-organized and man
aged Soil Conservation Districts.
These men ? and there are some
women on these governing boards
?already are conservation farmers
or ranchers. They already are, j
personally, reaping the material
benefits of greater net income. low-1
er production costs, and greater ef
I
Sclency in the u * of labor and
machinery that comes with con
servation.
But these local leaders cannot,
and do not, expect material gain
from their services as district
supervisors, commissioners, or di
rectors. They receive no salaries.
In some states, they are not even
reimbursed in part for their ex
penses.
They surely must be motivated
by the truth' of the Psalmist's
words: "The earth is the Lord's and
the fulness thereof . . They are
heeding the Creator's command,
when He placed man in the Garden
of Eden, "to dress it and to keep
it."
I believe that the technicians of
the Soil Conservation Service have
this same conception. How else
could we explain the countless ex
tra hours, beyond the call of duty,
which they# devote to soil and water
conservation?
And. throughout the nation, min
isters are providing the spiritual
leadershp of soil stewardship.
Thousands of them each year take
soil stewardship as the text of ser
mons, and provide a continuing
leadership among their congrega
tions for recognition that the earth
truly is the Lord's.
To those of us who are soil con
servationists by profession as well
as by conviction, this expanding
conception of soil stewardship is
indeed heartening.
For we know that man and thb
soil remain inseparable, all tech
nological and cultural advances
notwithstanding.
Man still obtains his food and
most of his clothing and shelter
from the dust of the earth. And
this "dust of the earth," when
kept In the balance in which it
was created, is a wonderful com
posite of minerals and myriads of
living, decaying plants and ani
mals. It is a storehouse of abund
ance for past, present, and future
generations^a tremendous reser
voir to trap and store for use more
of the water which at one time may
^-.y
pome in raging floods and at an
other season become insufficient
for the needs of thirsty crops, ani
mals. cities, and industries, and
man himself. '
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BbCt.-.r,': >u*. L'Ji iwng^'l "fir -
Egg production in S< rth Caro
lina during March wax estimated
at 181 million?about 10 per cent
above production during March a
year ago.
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