Friday, November 20, 1959
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Page Sevea
Farm Census Field Work for
This Area Now Under Wa
Field work in the 1959 Census of
Agriculture gets under way locally
Wednesday when a force of census
takers will start visiting every farm
in the area, it was announced yes
terday by Field Director Joseph R.
Norwood of the Census Bureau’s
regional office at Charlotte.
Farm census questionnaires have
been mailed to all farm operators.
The census takers will visit ail lo
cal farms to collect the question
naires and, if necessary, assist the
farmer in filling out the Report
form.
The 1959 Census of Agriculture
is the 17th in a series of nation
wide farm canvasses, the first of
which was conducted in 1840. The
Census of Agriculture is taken at
five-year intervals to provide up-to-
date statistical information about
the nearly five fillian farms which
supply food and raw materials for
manufacture of goods used -by the
people of the United States, now
numbering 178 million.
The current census will yield in
formation on the number and size
of farms, acreage and harvest of
crops, livestock production and in
ventories, selected farm facilities
and equipment and selected farm
expenditures.
The farm director emphasized
that all information about individu
als and their farm operation fur-
• AWNINGS
• BOAT COVERS
• CANOPIES
• TRUCK COVERS
• VENETIAN BLINDS
• YACHT WORK
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nished to the Census Bureau is held
in absolute confidence under Fed
eral law. It is used only to provide
summary figures such as totals, av
erages, and percentages. The in
formation on an individual report
cannot be furnished to any one oth
er than sworn census employees
and thus cannot be used for investi
gation, taxation, or regulation.
GARDEN
TIME
By M. E. GARDNER
N. C. State Colltfl#
forestry Specialist Gives
Tips on Timberland Profits
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I received a call this week about
some holly plants (Ilex rotundifolia)
which were turning yellow and
looking “very unhappy.” The caller
suspected poor water drainage and
after asking a few questions, I was
sure that this was the trouble that
I did not think it necessary to see
the plants.
Poor drainage is a very common
trouble in many locations. If you
have a problem, be sure to take
care of it right away, even if you
have to resort to a shallow drain
age ditch. If, after opening, it looks
unsightly, fill it with coarse gravel
and cover with pine needles. If
you have strawberries, it is espe
cially Important that you not allow
water to stand around the plants.
The peach tree borer will weak
en or may kill trees around the
home unless controlled. The dam
age is caused by the larva, or worm,
which eats the plant tissues just be
low the surface of the soil.
Under commercial practice, the
trunks of the trees are sprayed
during the summer season with
either DDT or Parathion. Around
the home ethylene dechloride emul
sion is effective if treatments are
made in November. Use according
to directions.
The borers may be destroyed by
hand methods. Dig the soil away
from the base of the tree and lo
cate the feeding tunnels. When this
is done, insert a flexibie wire in
the tunnel and kill the worm.
If you want to see a borer, fol
low the tunnel with a sharp knife,
removing as little plant tissue as
possible, until located.
You should apply a dormant
spray to your fruit trees as soon
as the leaves have been shed, to
control scale (sucking) insects. I
suggest the use of lime sulphur be
cause it will control sucking in
sects on apples, plutiis and peaches.
In addition, it will control peach
leaf curl. Use either dry or liquid
lime sulphur, winter strength, and
according to directions. Spray thor
oughly because the spray must cov
er the scale insects fo be effective.
FOR FINER SEAFOOD
IT'S
Warner's Restaurant
ON
TRYON PALACE DRIVE
(Formerly South Front Street)
Are you a woodland owner? Do
you plan to sell timber in the near
future?
If so, John H. Gilliam, forestry
specialist for the N. C. Agricultural
Extension Service, has developed
these steps for adding extra money
to your pocket:
First, let a forester help you de
cide what timber products you
have for sale. 'The forester can
make a visual inspection of your
woodland and tell you if your tim
ber stands needs thinning or a
clearcut.
Second, if thinning is needed, let
the forester mark the trees to be
cut. Let him also determine the
amount of timber you have for
sale.
If you know the kind of timber
product you have, and the amount
for sale, you’ll be in a much better
bargaining position.
As a third step, advertise your
product. Contact ■ prospective buy
ers. A list of timber product buy
ers can be obtained from your
county agricultural agent. Invite
buyers to inspect your timber and
make, an offer.
Fourth, draw up a legal sales
agreement. A sample sales agree
ment can be obtained from your
county agricultural agent’s office.
Include in the agreement such
things as (1) length of cutting time,
(2) how timber is to be cut, (3) the
right of way, (4) and ownership of
laps and slabs, etc.
Be sure to include everything
in the sales agreement. But be
practical. Don’t discourage prospec
tive buyers.
As the fifth and final step, sell
to the highest bidder. And make
sure the buyer understands the
sales agreement.
Gilliam is convinced that these
steps will no4 only assure a wood
land owner of a more satisfactory
sale, but that the buyer will be bet
ter satisfied too. He will know what
he is buying, and under what con
ditions.
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Let us give thanks
Dear Father, as we bow our heads in thanks
For these Thy gifts so bountifully bestowed:
Our daily bread, and work that satisfies,,.
And love that lights the way and shares the load-
Help us to look beyond the feast for ways
To bring all men the blessings that we know—
Thy peace, and freedom to enjoy its boons;
To move, unchallenged, safely to and fro,
Freely without fear to speak and teach,
To worship Thee as conscience points the way.
Lord, give us grace to know how blest we are
And make our lives one long Thanksgiving Day.
MAUREEN MURDOCH