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Extension Service plans Soybean Production meeting ?
The 1986 SOYBEAN PRODUC
TION MEETING will be held on
Tuesday, February 18th at the
Hertford Fire Station. It will be
gin promptly at 7:00 p.m. Grow
er* and spouses are cordially in
vited to attend.
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AGRICULTURAL
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Speakers for the evening will
be Dr. Alan York, Extyension
Weed Scientist, and Dr. Don
Schmitt, Extension Nematolog
ist. Dr. York will discuss pos te
rn ergence control, weed thresh
olds and tailoring herbicide
rates. Dr. Schmitt will up-date us
on his work with estimated cost
of production budget.
This will be sponsored meal by
the Hertford Volunteer Fire De
partment, therefore reservations
must be made.
PERQUIMANS-CHOWAN
VEGETABLE MEETING on
Monday, February 17th at 7:00
p.m. at the Rocky Hock Commu
nity Center. Information pre
sented will include: the latest in
formation on Sweet Corn
Varieties, Melon Trial Results in
Chowan County, Up-Date on Veg
etable Herbicides, and Vegetable
Crop Production Budgets.
If you wish to attend this meet
ing, please contact the extension
office. There will be a sponsored
meal.
MURRAY GOODWIN'S RE
TIREMENT? Many of you know
Murray Goodwin and know that
he will be retiring from the Agri
cultural Extension Service effec
tive March 1st of this year. Mur
ray has bee'n the 4-H
Horticultural Agent in Chowan
for the last IS years. The Chowan
Extension Office is planning a
dinner to honor him on Friday
night, February 28th. The dinner
will be held at the American Le
gion Building in Eden ton. It will
begin at 7:00 p.m. You must have
a ticket to attend. Please call the
Chowan Extension Office to re
save your ticket (482-8431). All
payments must be in by Feb
ruary 24th.
PESTICIDE CERTIFICA
TION CLASS-Thursday, Feb
ruaay 20th from 9:30 a.m.? 3:30
p.m. at the Perquimans Agricul
tural Extension Office. This class
will certify you for a private ap
plicators license only. It is crit
ical that you get certified if you
have not already done so. Deal
ers are required by law to have
your personal license number on
file. You are not supposed to pur
chase restricted use pesicides
under someone else's card? even
your father's or your son's. Seve
ral pesticides have recently been
re-classified as restricted use for
1986. These include: Furadan,
Counter, Thimet, Lorsban and
Mocap. Please call the office to
let us know if you can attend this
clan.
FARM BILL? Everyone it
concerned about the new FARM
BILL and what it will mean to
them for the IMS and future plan
ning seasons.
For this reason, I have asked Dr.
Everette Nicholos, Extension
Grain Marketing Specialist and
Tommy Lynn Riddick, County
ASCS Director, to meet and dis
cuss the Farm Bill with you on
Thursday, February 27th. The
meeting will begin at 1:90 in the
afternoon at the Agricultural Ex
tension Office and last until all
question are answered. Tommy
Lynn will have Just returned
from a training ?wion on how
the new programs will be admin
istered and hopes to have definite
answers to give you.
This meeting is very important
to all FARMERS IN PERQUI
MANS COUNTY, so please plan
to attend.
CRAWFISH TOUR-The Soil
Conservation Service is holding a
crawfish production tour on Feb
ruary 13th. They will visit Carl
ton James' crawfish 1 pond in
Creswell. This pond was built
and stocked with crawfish about
a year ago. This will be an out
side "hands-on" tour, so bring
hip boots if you can and drees
accordingly. A short discussion
about crawfish will be held at the
Extension Office beginning at
8:30 a.m. Departure will be at
9:00 a.m. The tour will end
around 12:00. Anyone interest in
attending should call the Soil
Conservation Office by noon on
February 12th. (426-5545).
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PERQUIMANS-CHOWAN
NO-TILL MEETING? will be
held on February 24th from 10:00
a.m.? 12:00 noon, at the Albe
marle Commission Building on
Church Street Extended. Speak
tn will be Dr. John Van Duyn,
Extension Entomologist and Or.
George Naderman, Extension
Soil Scientist in Tillage. This
meeting is co-sponsored by the
Agricultural Extension Servide
and the Soil Conservation Serv- (j
ice. Tliere will be a sponsored
meal so please call the Soil Con
servation Office (426-5545) by
Wednesday, February 19th to in
dicate if you will be in atten
dance.
Gardener advises planting quantities ?
Watch for bulb leaves. After
they attain one inch of height add
nitrogen, at the rate of two
pounds per 100 square feet. Even
better is 2 bushels of dried ma
nure or compost.
Herb seeds which may be
broadcast in the garden now in
clude caraway, chervil, co
riander, dill, cumin and parsley.
Thompson & Morgan is offering
'Afro,' ? parslely with tight,
curly leaves.
Check indoor plants for var
mints.
Members of the ficus group
(Mulberry Family) include ficus
benjamina, or Benjamin Fig,
Creeping Fig, and the ever popu
lar rubber-plant All may become
infested with red scazle, soft
brown scale and-or mealy bug.
Any product containing mal
athion may be used. Those who
prefer more natural products
may rely on insecticidal soups,
such as Safer's, or cleasing
leaves with alcohol and cotton
swabs. If it isn't too odd, the
plants may be cleansed by hosing
thoroughly.
Plant, per person:
Livestock show set for April
March 15 is the final deadline
for lambs and pigs to be on the
farm for the 1966 Albemarle 4-H
north Carolina
AGRICULTURAL
Livestock Show. This show in it's
41st year will be held April 29 and
30 at the Livestock Pavilion in
Elizabeth City.
Youth from Kindergarten to
twelth grade living in Perqui
mans, Gates, Currituck, Pasquo
tank and Camden counties are el
igible to participate. It is the
responisbility of the participants
to notify their respective county
extension office prior to March
15th of their plans to show. Our
office is located on Edenton?
Hertford Highway (phone 426
Be it a card, some perfume,
a box of candy or two
WOODARD'S PHARMACY
Has the Valentine gift for you
AUCTION SALE
OF VALUABLE FARM EQUIPMENT
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* John ONn Tractor ? 4230 ?
Dieaei ? Quad-Rang*, with Cab,
Air, Haat, Radio ? 2653 Hrs.
* John Dear* Tractor ? 4020 ?
Dieaei ? Power-Shift /
* 2 ? John Oaara Tractors ? 3020
? Ga? ? Power-Shift
* Dual Wheals - 18.4-38 - Snap
On
* Dual Wheals ? 18.4-26 ? For
* Tractor Weights
HARVESTING EQUIPMENT
* Aflis-Chalmers Qraln Combine ?
F2 ? Otaaal ? Hydrostatic ?
With Cab, Air, Haat, Radio - 4
Row Com and Bean Header ?
7*4 Hts.
* Long Peanut Combine
* ? ?Long Peanut Trailers ? Doo
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* Drying T unnai ?? Aero vent Fan ?
* Q.T. Grain Dryer ? 570
* K.M.C Paanut Digger ? 2 Row
* K.M.C. Vina Cutter
* G.T. Auger ? SO Ft. x 8 inch ?
P.T.O. on Rubbar
* Auger ? 40 Ft. x 8 Inch ? 10 HP
* Hobba Peanut
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* K.M.C. Danleh Tine <
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John Dim Beddera ? 4 Row
John Omn Cultivator ? RG4 ?
John Deere Auger Grain Cart ?
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Gregory Double Stalk Cutter ? 4
Row on Rubber
John Deere Bottom Plow ? 4
Bottom 16 Inch ? Flip Typo
wonn uwre oonom kiow ? 9
Bottom 14 Inch
K.M.C. Ripper ? 4 Row
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noruec i/iicn mower
King CMaal Plow ? 11 Tong
Gandv Aoolicator ? 4 Row ? a
John Deere V Ditch Plow
John Doer* Rotary Cutter ? 7 PL
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Rhino Tractor Blade? 6 n.
McCteaky Dlac ? 2 Row ? 3 PL
W * A Hyd. Row Martera - 4 or 6
Row_
Land Plaatar Sowar ?4 Row
HogjnnHar with Cylinder Dump
Auger Grain Cart
Agrotec Sprayer - 300 Gai. -
Hyd. Boom ? 3 PL Hitch
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WINSLOW AUCTIONS
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Some of the changes exhibitors
can expect for 1966 include: sales
of all animals will be assessed 5
percent; a donor has offered
cash awards of 100, 75, 50 and 25
dollars to the first four steer
places; and one exhibitor will be
r
able to show two pigs provided
they are in different weight
classes (only one pig is to be sold
in the ring.)
Raffle tickets will be sold by
participants to raise money; and
county pigs will be ear tagged
similar to last year.
NOTICE OF BIDS FOR
DEMOLITION WORK
TOWN OF HERTFORD
Notice is hereby given that information may be ob
tained on or after Thursday, February 13, 1986,
during normal office hours at the Hertford Town
Hall for the demolition of two (2) structures.
Bids will be received and opened on Thursday,
February 20, 1986, at 3:00 P.M. at the Hertford
Town Hall. This work is funded through the State
of North Carolina, FY 1983, Small Cities Community
Development Block Grant Program.
The Town of Hertford is an Eaual Opportunity
Employer and encourages bidding by Small and Mi
nority Contractors. Inquiries should be directed to
the Town of Hertford at 426-531 1 .
This m a FREE WORKSHOP, presented by Doris
Martin, Early Childhood Consultant, Greensboro,
NC. For more information, call 335-0821, ext. 231.
Topics Include:
? Business principles for Day Care
? Taxes, legal consideration s, and licensing
? Sources of technical and conunanfty
assistance
? Financing, budgeting, and bookkeeping
? Marketing Day Care
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Carrots, V? packet; 'Spartan
Bonus.' New varieties include 'A
Pius,' proven to contain more vi
tamin A than any other.
Lettuce, head, 15 plants;
Great Lakes,' Ithaca.' Park
Seed is offering 'Nancy O', a very
sweet butterhead. Southern gar
deners can depend on 'Avenue,'
developed at the University of
Hawaii, good for hot weather.
That name, by the way, means
"rainbow."
New gourment lettuces from
Shepherd's are 'Lollo Rossa,' an
Italian lettuce, and 'Bruce
d'Hiver,' a French lettuce with
smooth leaves. The bronzy red
rosette are more intense in
spring, so southern gardens
should try it now instead of fall.
Send $1.00 for catalog to Shep
herd's Garden Seeds, 7389-FG W.
Zayante Road, Felton, California
96018.
Chicory, or radicchio, Mi
packet. This is a wonderful salad
green that has been difficult to
grow in the South until now. A
new variety has now been devel
oped called 'Chioggia,' offered
by Nichols Garden Nursey. Al
most as good are 'Giulo' and 'Au
guslo,' from Johnny's Selected ?
Seeds.
Spinach, V* package, 'Hybrid
7,' Longstanding Bloomsdale
Dark Green, 'America.'
Back inside for something new
in indoor gardening, order a Bel
gian Endive (Witloff Chicory)
Forcing Kit from Vermount
Bean Seed Co. You will receive a
self-contained kit containing a
forcing chamber, 20 imported ((!
roots, and complete instructions.
You need no extra light or elec
tricity. It's fun.
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