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P"'j P-1" :. Perquimans County has benefitted considerably, ' dorir 7 t" past' 16 months, from the re. 1 1 being carried out under the 8-.. rvision-,of the State Highway Commission; - A comparison of reports issued by the Commission reveals that during this past 16-month-period Perquimans County has had a greater number of miles of highway paved, widened or resurfaced than during any recent three-year period. , Projects completed or scheduled dur ing this period called for 74.2 miles of roads in the county to be improved. During the period from January 1, 1949 until September 30, 1952, which was a period during which the Com? mission was carrying out an exten sive program on secondary roaas, rer quimans County had 42 miles of high ways :. paved, widened' or : resurfaced. An additional 16 miles was scheduled , for completion prior to January 1, 1963. :.vV- v,: :::.. Resurfacing projects, expected to be carried out in the very near future in clude the re-paving of Church and Edenton Road Streets in Hertford and the resurfacing of N. C Route 32 from the causeway, north of Hertford, via Winfall and Belvidere to the Chowan Perquimans county line. . , SOIL CONSERVATIONNOTESdf A. T. Lane recently had one of his lead ditches enlarged and cut to grade with a dragline. Mr. Lane reports that he can tell a difference now in the way the water gets off after a rain. He is trying some sericea les pedeza on the side slopes of the ditch as a vegetative cover to help prevent -.Ropes from erodingy'i; A. H. Edwards had several of his tap ditches enlarged and cut to grade with a backup blade on a bvlldoser. Mr. Edwards has set Out some Bicolor lespedesa and several Sericea lespe desa on some sloping" land around the edge of his fields to prevent erosion and to provide food for quaiL Ditching has about come to a stop now due to cross in the fields, but several farmers are planning to start . construction on ditches as soon as they can get crops harvested from fields this f alL J. M. Fleetwood, Jr., is planning to complete his farm pond this summer. He is planning to dig a deep ditch from his pond to near his buildings to provide a water supply in case of a fire. - " SPIVEY FAMILY REUNION T The family'' of Mrs. R, L. S&ivey celebrated Mother Day at a family reunion at the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. W. B; Clark on, Perquimans River. ' CATHOLIC SERVICES On the first Sunday In every month; first mass is in Palace Theatre, Wind sor, at 8 A. M. Also mass at 10 A. M., on that Sunday in St Ann's Church, Edenton, stated Father John Beshel, pastor,; All other Sunday masses in Edenton will be at 9 A, M, and 7:30 A. M., on week-days, he-said. r i Futile To yield a woman that "last word" may seem to men - time-thrifty; but when has one word been enough T The least shell need is fifty. yiWIWIWMWWM)!,!'.,.,,, -ini-ii-ijuuui DEPENDABILITY 4 'AWKWARD. gly.imaeJniy. 'tfe-AJpof medetMHle W Mend of Men. IWgh M surest breeze e fee ',Mitwetati iscii csfemoey csegucrea Ca erscious mysw. mm W ere eUed to eK.cUf. Cswtent . efoCcatioa . enel , yn cereM study aeve 'woe t our reputatioelor jsV JYj? rsXe IT Hi; In Prcd cirr; Yc: This year's North Carolina sweet potato acreage is expected to be about the same as last year.Prices received by farmers at harvest will remain about the same also, says Henry Cov ington, horticulture specialist for the State College Extensionservice.'' Covington says that for farmers to make a "reasonable1 prof if they must pay particular attention to farming practices so they will produce high yields of U. 8. No. 1 potatoes, or bet ter. ' "V. : ;C'';,;-v "It costs alm6st as much to produce and market an acre with a low yield as one with high -yield," says Cov ington. "Recent field records show that it costs $1.25 per bushel to pro duce and deliver sweet potatoes to the market if the field was 180 bushels per acre. At the same time it costs $1.86 per bushel if the yield was only 100 bushels per acre (state average.' Covington recommends the follow ing: l. use highly productive, wen drained, sandy loam soils. Avoid coarse sandy , or dark, heavy, poorly drained soils. 2. Rotation Is also im portant the best crops to follow arej cotton and corn. - Avoid following spring planted truck crops such ; as Irish potatoes and also legumes such as lespedeza, soybeans, peas, and al falfa. 3. Use rows 3 feet wide or as near that as mechanical equipment will permit 4. Have your soil tested if you must guess, use 1,200 pounds of 3-9-9 fertilizer per acre (in eastern North Carolina) in the row and mix it thoroughly with the sofl before ridging. 5. Make ridges high (12-14 inches) and broad. One secret , In sweet potato growing is high ridges. Many farmers make the mistake of starting potatoes on a low ridg and during cultivation gradually develop a high ridge. ; i, , w ; Spacing plants in the row Ja also very important if high yields are to be obtained. - For a fall , harvested crop, it should vary between eight and 12 inches depending" upon planting date. Average recommendations are. if planted May 15 or earlier, debt inch spacing; if May 15 to June 1, eight-10 niches; and from June 10 to June 80, 12 inches. It is not recom mended that potatoes be planted after juiy l. 7. Use-. healthy, vigorous plants discard the small weak, slen der-stemmed ones. To reduce scurf and black rot, and also improve shape of the potatoes produced from early set plants, cut the stems of the plants above ground rather than pulling them. With or without coots, use plenty of water when settinsr in tiw field. , It'o 4 ' - Ltfluenc;3 I The hatching egg business in North Carolina goes en the year 'ro one of the problems of producers and hatcherymeB alike is that of maintain ing a high rate of hatchability. . R. S. Beawtyne, head of the de partment of poultry science at N. C State College, says many things go to I make a high rate of hatchability. In heritance and, individual characterist ics of birds, the diet, management practices, all are important, But there is another important factor the care and storage eggs receive ' until they are placed in the incubators. Deairstyne explains that when hot weather, seta in, maintaining a suit able temperature and humidity for eggs is a real problem. This is es pecially true in Eastern North Caro lina where the water table ia high and where It is difficult to construct an egg-holding room six to eight feet below ground level, . The best temperature for holding hatching eggs is from 45 to 55 de grees, says Dearstyne, Fertile eggs start to germinate at about 70 de grees. , J he relative humidity should be about 75 per eent " ' As suitable below-ground egg-hold ing rooms are difficult to construct in Eastern North Carolina some other V. M. Orcrs & Sen JEWELERS HERTFORD, N. C BniMBSBvnMiBsneBsvBsneMBsesM No work..! No worry... and No wonder! rnn nn . " Come see how it feels to be Number One on the road ; I with America's , ;, : : hicstr&ted engine: Chrysler 235 IfP FirePoer V-8! Drive with Cbycl . , PowcrFUte . 1 . most automatic no-clulch drive ia any car. And with tha : . ' sure esse of Full-time Power Steering plus' Power. Eral:c3. Ccr.3 f::l, . ; . new personal power that proves why anythisj jeca is ,4ycctr::7'a" tfxl ' -. f. 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