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THE PEROVIMAHS WEEKLY. HERTFORD, HORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MARCH U. 1958.
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l.any Accomplishments Ut Soil
Conservatid Service In 1957
returned to the land on 219,000
aeres '.The use of crop rotations,
land and: conditions the soil; all
of which enables water to go in
to the soil, readily without run
Ding off the land and contributing
to flood.
i According Jb.'tyie report, district
cooperating farmers, with the' as
sistance of the Sod Conservation
Service! employees, constructed
4,635 farm ponds as water storage
reservoirs for irrigation, livestock
watering, fish production and rec
reation. . According to a survey
recently made, there are about
39;0OD farm ponds, in the state.
. Earl B. Garrett, North Caro-,
Una) leader oK the SotljCojLseijva
tloniSertf Sli toilrtrtnVeht nf
Agrkrulturt, Tiag announced trial
M . J . !. . : . il 1 1. tin
. lurmers cuoperuuiiB wivn me o
soil conservation districts made
gains fn, protecting and improv
ing "land and in managing the
i water on their farms. .These
: .gains are shown in a report just
released by Garrett on the accom
plishments from January 1 to De
cember 31, 1957. It reveals that
district cooperating farmers con
tinue to give practices and meas
ures Involving water their major
attention..
, The report shows that conser
, vation crop rotations were ' ap-
, plied on the 148,000. acres during ; There wereVi million feet of
tfie. period and cover crops for t;le installed and 1,626 miles of
land protection were apped 'on. open .ditches (Jug benefitting 82,
174,000 acres.: Crop residue was 349 acres.' A neater bart of the
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Service in, making these surveys
Farmers in districts improved 2,
835 acres of land for wildlife food
and shelter. This consisted of
planting ant., managing woods
field boVders,' odd,, corners ,.in
(.father areas,..
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Nd Time Fbr Recess Com
v pletely . surrounded by . text
books used in spare time study,
Capt. John J. Scott of the Cher
ry Point Marine Corps Air Star,
tion. works toward his Master's
degree in Education. : yVi'.'
... The captain enlisted uv l938 as
a private without a high school
diploma. Since 1946, when he de
cided on getting aii education he
has' attendedi schools after .work-
' i'ng hours An' Hawaii pnd,' North
Carolina, , receiving. , his high
school diplomj, Jt Bachelor's de-
I gree in history1,1 and completing
' most of the work toward a Mas-
tpr's degree. . '
After retiring from the Marine
Corps immune, Capt SopU;ill:
Irom J!.ast Carolina College in
Greenville. He then plans to de
vote twb years of full time study
toward a Doctor of Philosophy
degree and accept a position on
the staff of a North Carolina col
lege.' '
drainage work was done in the
eastern part of the state, but the
farm ponds were in all parts.
Farmers in districts applied 7,
476 acres of strip cropping, con
tour farmed 69.684 acres of land,
and ; constructed 1,680 miles of
terracefr. . ',!. i
j Terraces and strip chopping
made' it easier for these cdbperat
ing 'i farmers to follow contour
farming. Contour farming, strip
cropping' and terracing retards
soil' washing and enables, watot
to soak :in to the land. Improve 1
pastures which are designee! i tp
keep ?npugh live vegetation . on
the land to protect the soil and
reduce runoff , were; applied . on
58,000 acres. Tree ''planting' for
the purpose of . protecting the and
from erosion and .heavy runoff
was applied on,?0,374' acres.
Garrett pointed out that-: soil
surveys to obtain soil , data ton
WhiR soil and water conservation
plans'' and programs are based
f have been completed on over 14,-
500,00 acres. , The N. C. Agricul
tural Experiment Station coop-
a
criplantj fields ahd
The Service alqo assisted 11
087 farmers in" th Agricultiira7!
Conservation Prbgrajn at the re
quest of ihe ABC County Cqn-
LmUtees. This assistance consist1'-
ed of site selection and supervis
ion of construction of permanent
type practices such as drainage
facilities, terraces, and farm
ponds. " ,.r.;5'"-
There are 89,000 farmers coop
erating with districts in protect
ing and improving their lands and
in managing water on their
farms. AU of the J,(I0 counties in
the state are organized sqjl
cunservaiion aisiriois. f
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preciation for your . cooperation j
and support.
Sincerely yours, '
Gladys Cropsey,
Exequtiye.TB Worker
yyj i i ' Pasquiat)nPerqdimans-
Camden 'TB Association
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"How come?" ' . .' .
. "He -.was caught counting his;
ribs in a physiology exam." '
I Lettm To The .
Union Schodl PTA
In Meeting Monday
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School presented its Founders
Day program 'during a .meeting I
held Monday night in the school
library. The meeting opened
with the group singing PTA An
niversary song after which Selena
Baker recited a poem, "I Am A
Child." A sketch of the life pf
A. N. Holland was given by Mrs.
Lucy. Johnikins and a tribute to
past PTA- presidents was given by
H, E.'i Daughtry. Mrs. W, C.
Stroud gave, a reading, "Builds
ers". A discussion on the subject..
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operation and effort you have
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so urgently needed to 'continue
our work in Health Education,
Case Finding ahd Rehabilitation
in the Tuberculosis program. ,
' This year Perquimans County
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