; ; CHRISTMAS TREES GROWN IN LENOIR
The Scotty Dawson family began a Christ
k'mas tree farm in 1976. This year is the
second Christmas season the Dawsons have
sold trees from their farm in Albritton and
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(hey have served customers from Duplin,
Jones, Onslow and Lenoir counties. Pictured
above, Greg Dawson prepares to cut a
customer's Virginia pine Christmas tree.
Moore Named Local
NCSU Alumni Fund
Campaign Chairman
J. Michael Moore of
I Warsaw has been appointed
;to head the North Carolina
?State University Alumni
" Association's 1983-84 Loyal
Ity Fund Campaign in Duplin
j County.
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? NCSU Alumni have set a
I national goal for 1983-84 of
;more than $1 million to
? Support academic programs
at the school.
Moore and a staff of
volur..eers will be calling on
the some 220 NCST alumni in
the county in the next few
weeks asking them to help
Expand the endowment sup
porting the John T. Caldwell
Alumni Scholars program
and seeking their support
through membership in the
association.
? ."The NCSU Alumni Assoc.
established the Caldwell
Alumni Scholars program in
1975. Forty-four Caldwell
Scholars are studying on
campus this fall, each having
received an annual scholar
ship award of $3,000 which is
renewable for the student's
four years of undergraduate
study. The awards are based
totally on merit. The alumni
association has set a goal to
support 100 scholars by
NCSU's centennial in 1987.
Bryce R. Younts, executive
secretary, said the associa
tion will work to further
support academics through a
variety of programs to attract
top scholars and to reward
outstanding teaching and re
search and extension acti
vities.
Joseph A. Powell of
Raleigh is nationwide chair
man of the campaign. He and
William M. Barnhardt of
Charlotte, association presi
dent, will be directing efforts
within the next month to
contact the more than 60,000
ajumni throughout the
country.
Powell said support in
Duplin and the surrounding
area will be an important
factor in the association's
ability to meet the SI-million
goal.
Murphy
Appointed
Representative Wendell
H. Murphy of Duplin County
has been appointed by House
Speaker Liston B. Ramsey to
a special commission to
study the Sate laws providing
liens for real estate builders
and workmen.
The Legislative research
commission study will con
sider whether existing laws
are adequate to ensure pay
ments to contractors, la
borers and material men.
Murphy, a Rose Hill agri
businessman. represents
Duplin and Jones counties in
the 19th House District.
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Lenoir Farmer Grows Christmas Trees
The Scotty Dawson family
of Albritton is harvesving (he
second yield from a crop they
began planting in 1976. The
crop is Christmas trees!
By December 1, the cut
your-own Christmas tree lot,
a variation from the pick
your-own produce fields, had
sold over 100 trees, said
Joyce Dawson, Scotty's wife.
The Dawson Christmas tree
farm is one of two in the
county; according to Dawson
another Christmas tree farm
is located in northern Lenoir.
The Dawson farm grows
eight acres of Virginia and
white piles for use as Christ
mas trees. The Virginia pine
is a three-to-one favorite for
use as a Christmas tree and
Joyce Dawson said they have
planted according to
customer demand.
"I never realized so many
people had six-feet ceil
ings," Joyce Dawson said.
"We have been turning
people away who are looking
for big trees," Scotty
Dawson added. "We haven't
anything left over si* feet.
Demand has been very good
for Christmas trees and
many people know the farm
is here and have realized we
tag trees and they came out
early in order to have the
best selection." During the
first year of public Christmas
tree sales on the Dawson
farm, only two trees were
tagged and not picked up,
the Dawsons said. The farm
opened three acres for public
sales in 1982 and Dawson
said three acres make up this
year's selection lot.
The Christmas tree farm
began in 1976 with one acre
and each year the Dawson
family has added an addi
tional acre lot. This spring
three acres will be added and
in the future the Dawsons
plan to expand to about 18
acres. Each year the cut trees
are replanted and Dawson
said about 900 trees are
planted per acre.
"I do not plan to get much
larger than 18 acres,"
Christmas tree farmer Scotty
Dawson said. "1 don't want
to get any bigger than what
my family can work. Going
real big would be getting
back into the same rut as
eluded each acre requires
about 30 hours work per
year, Dawson said.
"Here we are three lawn
mowers later," Dawson said.
"Even though 1 don't really
know what kind of return the
Christmas tree business will
make, I think they will be
better than most field
crops." Like most crops
planted in eastern North
Carolina, Dawson explained,
the Christmas trees grow
faster on the best soil and
once at about four feet, the
pines advance about a foot
per year. And, while losing
field crops to the drought
conditions this summer, the
Christmas tree farmer said
the lot of pines survived with
little or no damage.
Selling trees direct to the
public cuts out two or three
tobacco ? paying out most of
the profits for labor costs."
The field is currently worked
by Dawson, his wife and son
Greg. According to Dawson,
seedlings are planted in the
spring, all trees are pruned
once or twice a year, fer
tilized, sprayed with pesti
cide every two weeks during
the summer months, and the
fields mowed. All labor in
t
of the middlemen and re
duces the price customers
have to pay, Dawson said.
The height and the shape
determines the price of the
Dawson Christmas trees and
each is cut at the time of
purchase. Christmas trees
shipped to the area have
been cut for at least a month
if coming from the North
Carolina mountains and trees
from Canada are cut in the
late summer, Dawson said.
The average size three
sold on the farm this year is
about six feet tall, the
Dawsons say. But the sizes
have ranged from four to 12
feet and Dawson said the
most charged has been $35
for the tallest tree.
Extension Tips
On Selecting
A Christmas Tree
With the coming of the
holiday season, there is
nothing like a Christmas tree
to give you that special
holiday spirit. Selecting a
live tree can be an enjoyable
as well as rewarding family
experience. By taking a few
precautions, you can have a
safe holiday as well.
Be sure to select a fresh
tree and keep it fresh. To test
for freshness, gently bend a
needle; if fresh, it should not
break. Also, lift the tree a
few inches off the ground,
then bring it down abruptly
on the stump end. The out
side needles should not fall
off.
To keep your tree fresh,
make a fresh cut two inches
above the original cut. This
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allows the uptake of water.
Immediately put the stump
end in water. Never let the
tree stand run out of water.
Check it daily since your tree
may use over two pints of
water per day.
Finally, avoid cumbustible
decorations and lights with
worn or frayed cords. Place
the tree away from fire
places, radiators, television
sets and other heat sources.
Be sure to unplug tree lights
before retiring at night and
any time you leave home.
Precautions such as these
ensure a safe and happy
holiday.
For more information,
contact Phil Denlinger at the
Duplin County Agricultural
Extension office. The phone
number is 296-1996.
CARD OF THANKS
Thank you to your many
friends for your kindness
shown to Witlard during his
sickness and Margaret's
accident. May the Lord bless
each of you.
Margaret & Willard Johnson
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