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■ # M - Orange County farm Agent's Column By Don Matfieson & Ed Barnes TART Orange County farmers eady indicated their will t0 join with farmers e other surrounding coun launch two Feeder Pig in(l Sales next March. ave indicated that they breed one or more sows September to produce pe pig? and enter the re litters in the two shows orpose of these shows and f'o emphasize the need for .pe animals and to point desirability of developing feeder pig market in this t the shows next March, nhich is to be held in early and the other the latter March, pigs Will be exhibit litters by their respective These litters will be Judged, and a Grand and Reserve' Champion litter selected tor each event. Suitable prizes will be awarded the winners. Following the show a special' sale of all the pigs in the show will be held. The following persons have en tered the contest: R. F. Poythress, Ronald Kennedy^ Will Walker, C. M, Walker, Jr„ Bob Strayhorn,’ Reid Roberts Cooper Compton,1 and “Sonny” Sharpe. Other Orange County farmers interested in this show and sale are asked to see their - County Agents. , ENTER SWINE Ann Crabtree, Hillsboro Junior 4-H Club member and daughter of j Mr. .and Mrs*. Walter Crabtree of Route 3, Hillsboro, entered a pen of three hogs in the Second Art-' nual North Carolina Market Hog Short and Sale held at the State Fair Grounds on August 22. Thes^, three Yorkshire animals were entered as a pen of three in the Junior Division of the show and competed with other entries from all over North Carolina. The show was judged by E. H. Hostet ler an A. J. Clawson, Professors of Animal Husbandry at N. C. State College. Several hundred market hogs were shown in this Second An nual N. C. Market Hog Show and Sale.... „ OUTLAY LEGHORNS Wallace Bacon, poultryman from St. Marys Community, has kept an accurate eight months record —November 1955 through June 1956—and finds that his 600 hy brid hens layed 1,538 dozen more eggs than his QOO Leghorns: In this length 6f time the hybrids consumed 4,264 pounds more of feed and made a return of $466 more than the Leghorns. Sere is the summary of his records. The 600 hybrids produced 92,585 eggs, consumed- *24,600 pounds of mash and 12,236 pounds of grain, and lost through death and culling 141 birds. The 600 Leghorns, for the same period of time, produced 74,132 eggs, consumed 21,000 pounds of mash and 11,972 pounds of grain, and lost through death and cull ing 241 birds. The hybrids cost 21 cento more per baby chick, but had a salvage for meat value ampunting to $129* more than the Leghorns. The fig ures -which he used in determining how much more profit were 42 cents per dozen fjor eggs and $4.25 per one hundred feed cost This. Save him a $466.46 larger return ■om the hybrids for the eight month period. _ > * " HAIL HITS AREA i A severe hail shorn destroyed about $30,000 worth of tobacco in the Caldwell Community one af ternoon last week. Some crop* were almost totally destroyed. Those suffering severe damage to their tobacco were j. W. Berry, W. L Claytoh, Ben Davis, Fred Mangum, Dorsey" Ramsey, Jeff Gates, John Parker, and Lewis Blaylock. No insurance was re ported on any of these crops. - --^-5—-3— —- - TO SEED ALFALFA Farmers have tlready begun seeding alfalfa Indications are that a larger acreage will be seed ed this fall than ever before. Here is a list of sdme of the Orange County farmers who are seeding alfalfa this fall: P. W. Scott. J. M. Snipes, James Snipes, Jr., W. G. Carruthers, C. W. Stanford, Clyde Roberts, Vernon Sykes, D. E. Hol lands worth, Ava P. Mebane, Gaines Liner, Henry Hogan, Charles Snipes, George Lasley, Cecil Craw ford, J. I. Dickey, Bill Dorsett, Tom Watkins, W. J. Reitzel, JR. Webb, A. B. Lloyd, A. W. Womble, and John W. Cates. SEEN AROUND THE COUNTY Several farmers In Cedar Grove township are ° building handsome new homes. Wyatt Phelps and Mel vin Ward have already moved into i their new brick homes and Jim Monk and Gordon Liner have theirs about one-half completed. Roy Woods of Caldwell Com munity has just filled his new 67 ton concrete stave silo? with jflve acres of corn wbiclt: averaged over 13 tons per acre- Bobby Col lins of New Hope! Community has ■ ' ■ » ' ~~ recently erected a-v similar site concrete stave silo on big dairy farm. _Jule Allen’s tobacco fumiga tion experiment was checked by the State College Tobacco Spec ialist and no appreciable differ ence was noted between the plots fumigated for the control of nema todes and the check plots. Another examination will be made later on in tbth season. The recent moving picture made of some of the community activi ties in Orange County began w!th a panoramic view of the Kirk settlement in the Orange Grove Community. This view enabled the camera to catch the dairy farms of John Kirk and Joseph Eubanks and the large broiler operation of Jack Kirk. ,./ ■■■»■■ .. in * t • •• J KINDERGARTEN NOTICE ,Thf Patterson Kindergarten wili open on September 10. A Reading Readiness program has been prepared for older chil dren who are unable to attend public school, on account of age restriction. Hillsboro Social And Personal AT BEACH Mrs. Chandler Cates and chil dren and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Thom as of Mebane are spending this week vacationing at Myrtle Beach. On Trip i J. L. Rosemond, Luther Boggs, Eddie Hines and Arthur Crabtree left Sunday for a fishing trip to Morehead City. GUESTS < Guests in the Charlie Mincey home Sunday were Mrs. Eugenia Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dixon and Mrs. Thelma Dixon and son, Billy. RETURN “ • 'Mr. and Mrs. Milton Mincey and children have returned to their home in Swantboro after spend ing the earlier part of thi* week with Mr. and Mrs. Lone Mincey of the Schley Community. * , CARRBORO MAN IN PACFIC pacftc Fleet cphtno — Clemeth E. Head, metalsmith air man, USN, of Carrboro, ia attached to PatrM Squadron 1, presently based oq Kwajalein Island. The utt. which operates the "Neptune’^long range patrol bomb er, is engaged in “Operation Red wing.” the atomic testa being con ducted in the South Pacific. After the tests thi squadron will return to its home base at Whid bey Island, Wash. Where flies are DDT-resiatant, • the most effective sprays for kill- H ing flies on the wing contain pyrethrum as an active ingredient. BRAKE Adjustments May Save Your lift At Harring-Connars Hillsboro * _____LI_" ~ ~ ^ - ALL FLAVORS PACKAGE Swift's 12 oz. 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