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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, October 2, 1959
Scuppernong Grape Vine,
Itself, Cannot Bear Grapes
has
Here is a question which
been asked by our readers;
Q—I have a Scuppernong grape
vine which is 12 years old and has
never borne fruit? What can I do?
A—This question has been an
swered many times but keeps pop
ping up. The Scuppernong (still
the most popular variety of the
Muscadine family) is, by itself, un
fruitful and must have pollen from
a source other than its own flow
ers. This was when pollen was in
plentiful supply from male vines,
growing wild in the woods, and
was transported to the Scupper
nong flowers by bees. Heavy cut
ting of timber and expanding vil
lages and suburban areas removed
so many of the male vines that
this source of pollen can no longer
be depended upon.
Through breeding, varieties
have been developed which are
selfpolinating (self-fruitful) and
will also furnish pollen to fertilize
the flowers of Scuppernong, James,
Thomas and other old varieties of
the Muscadine group which are
self-polinating. The most popular
Specialist Releases Guide
Tips on Buying Feeder Pigs
What are feeder pigs worth?
The answer to this question de
pends on the price of feed grain
and market hogs, says Fred Mang-
um, farm management sp.ecialist
Tor the N. C. Agricultural Exten
sion Service.'
Before buying feeder pigs this
fall, Mangum suggests you esti
mate what you can afford to pay
in the light of expected hog prices.
It will take about nine bushels
of corn and 60 pounds of supple
ment to turn a 60-pound feeder pig
into a 200-pound market hog. With
corn at $1.20 per bushel this rep
resents an investment of $14.28.
Other costs amount to about $2 per
hog.
With these expenses and hogs
selling for $14 per hundredweight.
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you can afford to pay no more
than $11.75 per head for feeder
pigs.
“Even at this price you will on
ly break even,” Mangum added.
“You’ll get no return for your la
bor and management.”
Mangum suggests using this pro
cedure in figuring how much you
can afford to pay for feeder pigs
at different com and hog prices.
Your figuring will show, for ex
ample, that if market hogs drop
to $12 you can pay no more than
$9.75 per head and break even.
A little figuring before you buy
feeder pigs, Mangum concluded,
will go a long way in determining
whether or not you make money
on hogs.
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of these new varieties are Burgaw
(B), Wallace (W), and Bearing (W).
H you have any of the older va
rieties, which have bloomed but
have never borne fruit, buy plants
of either Burgaw or Bearing from
your nurserj)man and plant near
the unfruitful vines. When these
are large enough to bloom, your
problem should be solved.
Under commercial conditions,
we recommend that every third
vine in every third row should be
a pollenizer.
HINTS TO
HOMEMAKERS
Make sure hands are dry before
connecting or disconnecting electri
cal laundry equipment or touching
light switches.
Follow manufacturer’s directions
for proper removal of lint from
dryer.
Store equipment and supplies as
close as possible to work area in
which they will be used to avoid
unnecessary carrying of heavy ar
ticles.
Have sturdy stepladder or safe
stepstool handy for reaching high
places.
Close cupboard doors and draw
ers immediately after use.
Fasten shelves securely to walls.
Have shelves sufficiently strong
to hold stored material without sag
ging or collapsing.
Electric Heat for
Curing Some Weed
Scientists are finding that stand
by electric heat eliminates some of
the risks in curing arom^ic tobac-
The U. S. Bepartment of Agricul
ture reports that cooperative en
gineering studies with two Vir
ginia farmers are showing how the
heat can be used.
The tobacco, arranged on racks,
can be moved outdoors in the sun
and air when the weather is favor
able. Sometimes, the tobacco can
be left to cure in the barn without
heat.
But the Virginia farmers are also
finding that good curing conditions
can be created indoors by insulat
ing the barn and equipping it with
automatically controlled electric
heaters and circulating fans. The
heaters and fans are only used
when needed.
The Virginia Agricultural Exper
iment Station is cooperating with
USBA on the study.
Social Security Disability
Protection Now for Farmers
Beginning in October, 1959, most
farmers will have social security
disability protection for the first
time. That date can be an impor
tant one for any farmer who is
severely disabled in October or
later months.
Although many severely disabled
people in the Raleigh area are now
receiving disability insurance bene
fits under social security, a majori
ty of farmers have not been able
to qualify up until this time, ac
cording to John Ingle, manager of
the local-social security office.
To be eligible, a disabled person
has to have social security credit
for five years in the 10 years im
mediately before he became disabl
ed. Because farmers were not cov
ered under the law until January,
1955, they could not meet this test.
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five years beginning with the
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This does not mean that farmers
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the month of October because the
law requires that a person be dis
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