Early Plantiag For |
Large dnin Yields
Early planting of small grains la
one of the most important factors is
production, say Extension
ists at State College.
With the same land rest, ?
same fertilizer, and same labor?a
delay of about one month In the
planting of oats will, on the average,
cut yields about one-half.
On many farms time of planting
small grains is a farm i
problem and until this is worked out,
relatively small' yields of grain per
acre will continue.' What about the
farmer who says that he cannot plant
his small grain until he has finished
harvesting cotton? Well, the crop is
planted entirely too late for maximum
yields^.
Here's what happened at Statesville
over a period of three years with
oats; planting on October 1 gave 61.2
bushels per acre, while planting on
November 16 gave 26.4 bushels. All
other conditions than date of seeding
were exactly the same.
The differences in favor of early
planting for wheat and barley were
not as large as for oats but still they
were considerable and a real factor
in determining profits.
Wheat planted on October 16 pro
duced 7.1 more bushels per acre than
that planted on November 15, In
seeding wheat, it must be remember
ed that the crop should not be seeded
ahead of the Hessian fly-free date.
The yield of barley was increased
by approximately one-half by Octo
ber 1 seeding as compared with No
vember 15 seeding. The gain was 13.6.
bushels per acre in favor of early
seeding.
Tobacco Barn Fire
Losses Are Studied
Any farmer who lost a tobacco barn
by fire this year should report thus
fact to his county agent or AAA
committeeman because a study is be
ing made into the cause of the un
usually large number of fires experi
enced during the past season.
They would like to make a detail
ed report on the loss, with such in
formation as the type of bam, fur
nace construction, fuel and heating
equipment, how the furnace was
constructed, and what caused the fire,
if this can be determined.
When all of these reports have
been received by the State College
Extension Service, they will be
thoroughly studied and plans may be
worked out to "greatly reduce these
losses in the future.
"It is very important that we have
all of this information," Director L
O. Schaub said, when he sent a letter
to the county agents telling them of
the plans for the survey of the entire
tobacco bolt "With the
prices of tobacco and the
where barns are horned, it i
advisable for est to sM*Wi? to get as
the -**??**??? *Vi.
"We should study types of barns,
what kinds of equipment up being
used, how the furnaces were con
?trusted and by whom, what waa the
of the fire, how ?}W H occur,
and other such factors. We should
do everything possible to prevent such
large loess* as we have
this yean"
CHOICE OF JOB
A farmer was trucking a load of
livestock to the market and had a
blowout just as he was passing the
state insane asylum grounds. As
he repaired the tiro two inmates
watched him from the ether side of
the road fence.
"Are you a farmer?" one called to
him.
The farmer replied that be was,
without looking up from his work.
"Hero you aver been crasy?" ask-,
ed the second inmate.
At that the fanner turned around
to- face hia questioner. "Not that it
know of," said he.
"Well," and the second inmate
nudged the first, "you better try it,
'cause it's a sight easier than farm
in'."
Canning meat in the home is a safe
and profitable practice for spreading
the meat supply throughout the year,
say specialists in food conservation
at State College.
Uncle Sam Says
I doff my hat to labor, Labor Day,
Mt only for doing a grand Job for Ml
uo?try la ttaaa of war feat far Ha
I tense in MnllualH to invest
I mt tto earn tags inU. 8. Savings
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of U. 8. Savings BMds is an
effective, profitable way to woo for
their fptare. Savings
dswSlsSs aaLabor Day HaoH. Bote
step Wt today's parados mt poyroB
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Two the moat outstanding demonstrations daring the recent 4-H Course at
the dairy production demonstration, upper left^and the dairy foods demonstration,
from all sections of North Carolina competed in these events. At lower left, club a
the handling and grading of eggs under the direction of Poultry Specialist T;
orderly plan of registration and room assignment, lower right
CHOSE FLOWER NAMES
Sapphire Ann, the colored
washlady, was very proud of her
children, of which she had "rais
ed eight head," as she put it, and
all of them were girls. When she
was asked one day to give the
names of her children, she en
plained that she had chosen flow
er names for all of them.
Then she proceeded: "De old
est one is named Gladiola, de nex'
one is Pansy, de third one is Helio
trope, de fourth . <me is Violet, de
fifth one is Daisy, de sixth is Pe
tunia, de seventh is Morning
Glory, an' de las' one is Arti
ficial
104 W. 5th St.?At Five Fatal*
Greenville, N. C.
STATE COLLEGE
ANSWERS TIMELY
FARM QUESTIONS
QUESTION: What is inflation?
ANSWER: When 21% pound# of I
bacon at the store cost as much mon
ey as the farmer received for a 260
pound hog si* years ago, that's in
flation. The Farm Management De-I
pertinent of the Extension Service \
at Stats College says that now is al
good time to pay up all debts and
retire mortgages. It's a dangerous
itime to buy land on a credit or to
make any other long-time commit-j
ments. Change the old saying, "In I
time of peace, prepare for war" to I
read, "In time of inflation, prepare |
| for deflation."
QUESTION: Can you give me in
I formation on weed and disease cqn-l
Itrol in the tobacco permanent plant
? bed?
ANSWER: The State PriMme Ex
I tension Service has just JwMphed a I
Ismail pamphlet, Folder NaJ*0, tha
(gives this information. It record1 I
I mends the use of cyanamid and ura
1 mon and gives full instructions fori
I its use. The chequcals must be ap-1
[plied 90 days before the bed is sown,
I or some time in October. Farmers I
I with stiff clay soils in the Piedmont
[and dark, organic soils in Eastern
Carolina should test the plan before
[ attempting to put R into effect on
la wide scale. Just write the Agri
cultural Editor, State College, Ral-|
[eigh, for a free copy of the folder.
QUESTION: It is true that Si
I bushels of green sweet potatoes are
[equal to 1 bushel of corn in feeding
lvalue? ?
I ANSWSR: Yea. When you de
[ hydrate 3 bushels of yams, you get
[the feed equivalent of one bushel of I
\ corn, according to X Y. Lassiter, Ex
| tension horticulturist at State Col-1
[lege. He predicts that there will be I
[small processing plants in all the
[major sweet potato areas in the near I
! future. The smallest of these
I can take care of the culls from 8001
to 600 acres, and turn them into valu-1
able feed for dairy cows and poultry.
1 The vines can also be processed into I
hay, 1% tons of which is equivalent
[to 1 ton of alfalfa hay.
Towns and rural areas in many]
|! counties are cooperating in rat era
cation campaigns. A rat killed
^pved. ?
NOTICE OF
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and
mi
the
Rod and
For fishermen,
good fishing news,
off early in the month, is thf
word for anglers this wsffc.
A, big boom is reported from]
Pisgah National Forest
Forest Banger W. W. Huber an
nounces that the IMS season al
ready has produced new reeocda.
Within two months of the spans
ing, Hhiber said, 5,132 fishermen
went into the streams of the area I
and took 23,112 fish. During thf I
entire sepson last year, the totals I
were 5,092 fishermen and about {
23,00Q fish. Last year was thf
best sinee 1941, when 18,000 werf
In Wake county, fishermen arf
doing well at Lake Johnaon, Sun
set Lake, and Beal Johnson's lakf
in the southeep part ef the coin*
ty. A number of baas- are being]
taken at Johnson, Protector]
|B. D. Perrjr Jays, and many crapt
pih and wS^perch from the oth
er two
They carrt-get that smile off thf
face of. Ben Perron of Morgan
?because he cant forget that
pound large mouth bass he
At the mouth of MeGi
Creek. He used a plain
pole audi* siee three hook,
roff's was that section's i
big catch of the year." The
was Lawrence Beaoh's niee-npuud,
six-ounce large mouth taken at
Fox Den near McGalliard.
Protector Bufus E. Ratcliffe
reports a spurt in Sherwood For-||
est, with most anglers catching
their limit Rainbows make up
about half of the fitch, he says.
Fishermen who have been go
ing after roek in Scuppernong
River are hav&g good days, ac
cording to information from that
section. Sportsmen also an tun
ing in for word from Alligator
River, where it's approaching the
time for news that rock are strik
ing too.
On the coast . , . They are still j
catching them big at Topsail. 1
Wilmington party ineludi
Wylie Baker, Bill Gnlledge, H.
Jones, and Louis Keith did ve
well with channel baas the othe
day. Largest of their catch of d
was a 30:pounder caught by
Jack Cowie of Wilmington m-f
mill lot
III 111 lOt^
Ames of Wrightsville thlt611
party ;
that
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