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Page 12-Tht Perquimatw Weekly, Hertford, N.C., Thursday. Juhr 25. 1974 County Farmers U j ' j Urged j Farmers and ranchers, get ready for the 1974 Census of Agriculture! Keep good records of your farm ing operations this year! this is the request of the bureau of the Census, the federal agency that will conduct the 20th nationwide Census of Agriculture -Airing the first part of 1975. The Bureau is part of the U.S. Department of Com- ftierce's Social and Economic Statistics Administration. Fanners will receive their report forms by mail early ki January. They should fill them out and mail them back promptly. Having ac jeurate and detailed records Will make it easy for far piers to do this. Questions will be much like those in flie last previous agriculture gensus which covered -farming and ranching during 1969. Questions will ask for acreage of cropland har vested; quantity and mar ket value of major crops produced; acres irrigated and means of irrigation; jtcreage treated with pesticides, lime and other ehemicals; acreage fer jfilized by kind of fertilizer dry, liquid, gass). 3 Questions on livestock and poultry will cover the number of each kind on the term as well as the number Sold and the sales value. -Quantities and sales value of the products will be sought. Details will be requested $bout farm products produced or marketed nder contract. A few Questions will be included Shout hired and contract labor, the number of fyorkers and cash wages 1 '11 j Federal Assistance To Be Awarded A recently announced federal assistance program and rising timber prices are expected to encourage North Carolina land owners to intensify efforts to im prove unproductive woodland. North Carolina State University extension forest resource specialists said an estimated 7 million acres of Tar Heel woodland are producing less than 70 per cent of capacity and could be improved. Federal financial' assistance is now available up to $2,500 per owner to pay a major part of the BIG BUSINESS The pork industry is big business in Perquimans County. These porkers' raised on a pig farm in Belvidere, is a new venture for two Perquimans County ', pork profitors. ;' ' paid; also about any injuries to workers. Further expenditure questions will cover amounts spent for feed, fertilizer, pesticides, lime, gasoline and other farm fuels, mac hine hire, and livestock and poultry purchases. There will be questions about the various types and uses of land, such as crop land not harvested, other pasture and woodland, and about the value of land and buildings on the farm. Operators will be asked about farm related income such as recreational ser vices, customwork provided other farmers, or payments for participation in Government farm programs. Two types of report forms are being prepared: one for farms with sales of $2500 or more, and another less detailed form for places with sales of less than $2500. No matter which form a farmer receives, he need answer only those questions that apply to his operation. He should skip questions that apply only to other types of agricultural operat ions. By Federal law, every report is confidential. It may be seen only by sworn Census employees and may be used only for statistical purposes. The mail method reinforces confidentiality. It also allows the farmer to complete the report at his convenience with accurate information from his records. SPINACH TIP Spinach is used most as a cooked vegetable, but it also makes a delicious sal ad. Most of the fresh spin ach sold is a crumpled leaf or savoy type. Look for rich, dark green color and clean, fresh leaves with no decay, advises Rachel Kin law, extension food spe cialist, North Carolina State University. LESS FAT ' ' ; Diet, rather than drugs, , may hold the key to lower ing blood pressure, ac-. cording to a study just re leased by the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture. The' research concluded that blood pressure can be re-' duced by decreasing the fat content of an other wise normal diet. v 3 CAROLINA FEED AND SEED COMPANY FCX FEEDS HOME OF VIRGINIA DARE FEED, CUSTOM GRINDING and MIXING FEED POWER MCMK BETTER FARM SUPPLIES STOCK SVi DAYS PER WEEK SELDBN ST. . 335-5481 SEED POWER HEADS BETTER CROPS J y ". ' u frT : CUSTOMER W CARE... i. service r , EVERYWHERE J GOOD SERVICE..: Another reason why CE is Africa's 1 r.. t r c '.:r.c3 vc.'jo. a costs for planting trees and improving forest land. The Forest Incentives Program XFIP) is directed only toward timber production,, according to Ross Douglass, NCSU specialist. Fifty to 75 per cent of costs will be paid by federal funds, with the owner paying , the balance. The total of all cost-share funds under Rural Environmental Conservation Program (RECP) and FIP, paid to an owner for 1974 must not : exceed $2,500. - ' . No cost-sharing will be allowed on the same acre twice. Payment for prac tices "substantially com pleted" by Dec. 31 may be delayed until March 31, 1975 to allow time for com pletion. TV - Forest land owned by individuals, groups, associations or corporations is eligible if it is a private, f non-industrial . ownership -) not exceeding 500 acres in . the qualifying tract. 2 TO THE COUNTY'S s Young Farmers & Ranchers WE WISH YOU THE VERY BEST. W. M. DIVERS & SON JEWELERS WE SELL AND REPAIR JEWELRY To The Perquimans County Young Farmers Ranchers We express our sincere gratitude for being ah asset to the community. We take this time to thank you and wish you the best of luck. . ONE STOP SERVICE STATION Bill & Jesse Cox Hertford, N.C. ' Phone:426-7986 Salutes the YOUNG FARMERS AND RANCHERS ASSOCIATION FOR An outstanding achievement 'in PROMOTING 4 6 Harvest Days 99 SHOP tftcTyfer L EDENTOX, N.C. We salute the Young Farmers and Ranchers Association of the county! YOU'RE INVITED TO COME BY AND SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW SHOWROOM. B 5 -CiC i : r: .yc:t::t FEATURING FINE QUALITY FURNITURE M la:z-coy , sEnTnr.::.nntSSzSv crisETt GEDr.co:.! Ct di::i::" suites V 7.2 v.ii!i sTr.::i!iv r:z:r:::.i That's not all! There are many more items. TTO? BY TODAY AT '
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