FARM PLANS SIGNED
BY PERSON MEN
1781 Growers Will Cooper
ate With The 1940 Agri
i cultural Conservation Pro.
gram.
Raleigh, May B —A total of 1781
growers of Person County will
cooperate with the 1940 Agricul
tural Consevation Program, E. Y.
Floyd, AAA executive officer of
N. C. State College, announced
following receipt of signed Farm
plans signifying such intention.
The Triple-A lists 1817 farms in
this county.
The “sign-up” for the 1940 pro
gram is an increase over the 730
Person farmers who earned pay
ments under the 1939 Agricultu
ral Conservation program. Floyd
expressed himself as highly pleas
ed over the participation indicat
ed in this county..
Every farmer in the county was
given an opportunity to sign a
Farm Plan, on which he listed soil
building practices he intends to
carry out. He received a copy of
the Farm Plan which showed the
type of practices in the program,
and how much he could earn
from each. The Plan also listed
the individual grower’s allot
ments for soil depleting crops,
which he must plant within to
earn payments.
Floyd said that in the State as
a whole, Farm Plans were signed
by 223,104 out of the 236,546 elig
ible farmers. This is an approxi
mate 94 percent “sign-up” and is
a decided contrast with the 113.-
598 farms on which payments
were earned in 1939.
“A preliminary check of the
Farm Plans shows that more
farms will be operated under con
servation methods than ever be
fore,” Floyd declared. “The ap
proved practices, such as the ap
plication of lime and phosphate,
seeding legumes and grasses, the
use of cover and green manure
crops, and tree planting will liave
their greatest use m the State
this year.”
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A decade or more has been cut from the apparent age of this home by well-planned modernization.
Tli. ,mt porch was removed, shutters were added, and the front exterior was generally remodeled.
Pain, has played an important part here, while poorly located shrubbery has been moved to places of
Letter advantage.
Owned by an HOLC mortgagor, this home increased in valde to "the extent of $3,385 after the
reconditioning, which cost'only $2,265. Improvements of this kind may be financed under the Modern
ization Credit Plan of the Federal-Housing Administration. Actual funds fdr the work are obtained
from private lending institutions qualified by the FHA.
Infertile Eggs Keep
Best In Summer
Raleigh, May B.—Get rid of,
or pen up the .roosters and pro
duce only infertile eggs, says C.
F. Parrish, head of the Poultry
Extension Office at N. C. State
College, in his suggestions to
poultry-raisers for the month of.
May.
“The male birds are of no use
in the flook after hatching is com
pleted, so sell them, eat them, or
at least separate them from the
hens,” the specialist said.
He pointed out that infertile
eggs keep much better than fer
tile eggs in the summertime.
Gather the eggs often in wire|
baskets, especially in the broody |
hen season, and this" will help to J
cool the eggs quickly. The eggS|
should be left in the wire baskets
overnight, (before packing in
cartons or cases for marketing.
Continuing his advice. Parrish
Said: “If a cool moist room is'
not available for holding the eggs,
until marketing time, construct (
an egg cooling rack. It cosnsists
of a framework covered with
burlap on one or more sides with
provision being made for water,
pan or can on top to .keep the
burlap curtain saturated with
water. The evaporation keeps the
eggs cool and moist.”
As other suggestions for work
in the poultry yard this month,
the specialist said a soybean
patch should be started now to
provide green feed and shade
for the pullets this spring and
summer. It is better to plant the,
beans in rows.
Also, in many farm flocks there (
is more than normal mortality at
this season of the year where dirt j
floor hen houses are used and
filth is allowed to collect. Fowl
typhoid and other diseases usual
ly get a start under such condi
tions as these, Parrish declared.
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SILAGE
R. D. Goodman, Cabarrus coun
ty farm agent, says that L. N.
Overcash at near Kannapolis fed
his cows bn Silage all winter, and
lute enough left to feed his herd
oi 30 dairy cows all summer.
PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C
Treatment For
‘Frozen’ Trees
Released Recently
Raleigh, May B—Coal piles arc
net the only thing that suffered
from the freezzing weather of
the winter just past. The unusu-j
al cold periods were especially
hard on fruit trees, says H. R.
Niswonger, horticulturist of the
State College Extension Service,
who has prepared some recom
medations fcr treatment of in
jured, or “frozen,” trees.
In the first place, he explains
that the most common form of
injury was the killing of the thin
layer of bark, known as the cam
bium tissue, wjhere all growth
starts. The frozen areas can be
detected by noting places cn the
tree where the bark is split all
the way to the heart of the tree;
where the bark takes on a dark
color, especially at the base of
the trunk; by sunken areas of|
the bark; and by separation of
the thin bark from the sap and
heart wood.
“Trees which are not tcO|
severely injured should have all
the loose bark of frozen areas re
moved,” Niswonger advised. “Cut
back to the live wood, and make
tapering cuts of wedges in the
live tissue above and below the,
w:und. This will leave a boat
shaped scar. The wound or scai-|
should be painted, with Bordeaux ,
paste or with white lead paint,
in order to prevent entrance of
wood-rotting fungi.
“Large damaged parts of the
l body of the tree may be bridg-|
, grafted next spring, thereby
providing a flow of sap past the.
wounded area. When the entire j
body of the tree has been girdled,
by sloughing of the bark, and
when the loose bark has been re
moved before there is much fer
mentation of the sap. a new cylin
der of sapwood is formed, some
times resulting in the movement
of water and nutrients to the top
of the tree.
“Application of nitrate fertili
zers to the trees often results in
mow rapid recovery from cold
weather damage in the orchard.”
Save Clover And
Vetch Seed, Says
State Agronomist
Raleigh, May B—-Farmers who
have crimson clover and vetch
now growing have the opportun
ly will have to pay more for
war; those who don’t undoubted
ly will have ao pay more for
seed of those two important
winter cover and green manure
crops next fall. That is the advice
of E. C. Blair, Extension agrono
mist of N. C. State College, who
explained that more than half of
the crimson clover and vetch seed
used in the United States have
been imported from Europe, and
the war threatens to cut off the
supply.
“We urgently recommend that
farmers with crimson clover and
vetch on their land this spring
make arrangements to save seed
from at least a part of the crop,"
Blair declared. “Such farmers
will have the opportunity to sell
clover and vetch seed at good
prices next fall and they will be
doing other farmers of the State
a good turn by providing a source
of supply.”
The agronomist said that the
largest yield of crimson clover
seed are obtained on soil of me
dium fertility, where the crop
does not grow very rank. “There
fore,” he stated, “the more fertile
areas should be turned under at
usual time, and the growth on
the poorer lands shquld be lelt
to ripen for seed.”
There are several practical
methods of harvesting clover seed.
Blair said, one of which is with
a comb stripper, which is essen
[ tially a wooden comb which is
j drawn through the crop after the
heads are dead ripe. The comb
is attached to a box into which
the seeds fall. The lespedeza seed
pan also may be used with minor
changes in the lid.
The combine and common
practice of cutting and threshing
seed, also work to advantage in
saving both clover and vetch
seed.
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FARM
QUESTIONS
ANSWERED
Question: How much com
should I plant to provide silage
for my dairy herd?
Answer: This depends, of
course, upon the number of ani
mals in the herd. The average
size Jersey ‘or Guernsey cow will
consume from 30 to 35 pounds of
silage each day and the Ayrshire
and Holstein animals will take
from 40 to 50 pounds. For a feed
ing period of six months it will
be necessary therefore t'o provide
from 3 to four and one-half tons
for each mature cow in the herd.
As the yield of silage is about one
ton to each five bushels of grain
produced it will'be necessary to
figure how much silage is requir
ed and then plant sufficient acre
age to produce this amount bas
ed on the average grain produc
ed on the land per acre in past
years.
Question: What is the best me
thod for controlling plant lice and
other insects on rose bushes?
Answer: A forty percent sol
ution of nicotine sulphate spray
will take care of the plant lice and
also the thrips. The red spider,
rose scale, and slugs require dif
ferent treatments and these are
given in Extension Circular No.
200 on “Home Culture of Roses”.
This circular also gives control
methods for diseases affecting the
rose. Copies of the publication
may be had free upon application
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Quesion: What is the best age
to .breed heifers?
Answer: No arbitary age can
be. set for breeding heifers as
this depends to a large extent
upon the maturity of he indivi
dual. Heifers which are fed grain
liberally in addition to their
roughage will mature rapidly and
naturally will be ready for breed
ing before these receiving a li
mited grain ration. As a general
rule, however. Jersey and Guern
sey heifers should 1 be bred to
freshen at from 24 to 30 months
of age and the Ayrshire and Hols
tein at from 27 to 30 months of
age. The maturity lof each animal
will be the final determining fac
tor.
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