Friday, December 18, 1959
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
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Insects Plague Farmers Who
Try to Save Their Own Seed
planning to keep sortie home
grown beans and peas until plant
ing time? If so, you may have com
petition from two pecky insects—
the bean .weevil and the cowpea
weevil.
Don’t give up, however. H. Eldon
Scott, entomology specialist at
State college, says these insects can
be controlled.
If the beans or peas are to be
used for seed only, DDT 5 per cent
dust at a rate of one ounce per
bushel will prevent infestation.
If, however, the seed are already
infested, it is best to fumigate first
Heat is one thing that will kill
weevils already present. Place Seed
in shallow pans and heat to 140
degrees. If the seed are dry, the
140 degree heat should not affect
germination. After heating, place
the seed in a tight container.
Chemicals are another means of
treating seed. Place seed in a tight
container and fumigate. Any good
fumigant may be used.
Be sure to air the seed after
fumigating. This is very important,
says Scott; otherwise germination
may be effected.
After fumigating, store seed in
tight container and keep checked
for re-infestation. If re-infestation
should appear, treat again.
Seed that are to be used for food
may be placed in a freezer locker.
The cold will stop insect develop
ment and prevent further infesta
tion.
“Be sure,” Scott emphasized, “not
to use DDT on seed that are to be
used for food or feed.”
The bean weevil is dark grayish-
brown, thickly covered with gray
ish-yellow hairs with darker bands
across his back. He is wedged shap
ed, measuring about one-tenth of an
inch. His legs are reddish-brown.
Cowpea weevils are about the
same size as the be.an weevil. They
are usually more brown in color
with darker marking in four spots
on their wings.
Research Shows Pasture Has
Place in High-Quality Beef
Don’t overlook the value of a
good pasture in producing high-
quality beef.
Research at North Carolina State
college shows that under some con
ditions pasture can put weight on
steers cheaper and faster than the
dry lot.
In fact. Dr. R. E. Barrick, animal
nutritionist at the college, says
that in a recent test pasture-fed
steers gained 15 per cent faster
than the dry-lot fed steers.
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Pasture steers were provided an
acre of Ladino clover-grass each,
plus a self-fed mixture of corn
and fat.
Lot-fed steers received ground
ear corn, protein supplement and
roughage.
“Not only did the pasture-fed
cattle gain faster,” Dr.' Barrick
said, “but they made 100 pounds
of gain on 360 pounds less grain
and 85 pounds less protein supple
ment than the lot-fed steers.
“In addition, the pasture steers
did not require any hay or rough-
age while the dry-lot steers requir
ed 250 pounds for each 100 pounds
of gain.”
Carcasses of the pasture-fed and
dry-lot cattle graded about the
same.
Dr. Barrick thinks test results
make pasture feeding look very
promising for North Carolina
farms to which it can be adapted.
“I know modern-day cattle are
commonly finished for markets by
confining them and feeding them
liberal amounts of grain,” he add
ed. “This system works fine on
farms that have an abundance of
grain, such as those in the Corn
Belt. But many farm in North Car
olina have plenty of good pasture
but only limited grain.”
For farms with limited grain.
Dr. Barrick believes pasture can
be best used in a cattle fattening
program by (1) purchasing good
and choice steers in the fall; (2)
wintering them on pastures and
roughage: adding enough concen
trate to get a one pound of gain
per day; (3) feeding grain on pas
ture during the spring and summer
and (4) marketing the cattle in the
fall.
“In our tests, we found it pays
to restrict grain feeding during the
pasture seasim to about three-quar
ter pound per 100 pounds of body
weight,” Dr. Barrick added.
“We also found that we could
self-feed this grain if we added 10
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Twenty-four milligrams of stil-
bestrol implanted in each steer at
the beginning of the grazing sea
son increased the rate of gain by
one-half pound daily. ’The addition
of about 70 milligrams of the an
tibiotic chlortetracycline daily also
increased gain and reduced the
amount of grain required per
pound of gain.
Treat Pine Cones
For Colored Fires
During Holidays
At this Christmas season, one of
the loveliest fireplace gifts is a
suitable basket filled with chemi
cally treated pine cones.
According to Miss lola Pritchard,
food conservation and marketing
specialist for the N. C. Agricultural
Extension Service, the treating of
pine cones for colored flames is
simple.
In preparing cones for burning,
use 2 tablespoons of powdered
glue in one gallon water. Dip the
pine burrs and drain. Sprinkle va
rious chemicals, finely powdered,
on them and let dry.
Powdered strontium chloride
yields a red flame. For a green
flame, try barium chloride. Copper
sulphate yields a blue glow while
a lavender flame is produced from
potassium chloride. Sodium chlo
ride (table salt) gives a delightful
yellow flame. For a sparkle, just
sprinkle steel dust which has been
saved when tools were filed, over
the flame.
Another method that may be used
is to dip the cones in self-polishing
wax and drain. Sprinkle the finely
powdered chemicals on them and
let dry.
Chemicals can be purchased from
local craft or hobby shops or from
some drug stores.
Just a little time spent in treat
ing your pine cones can give a rain
bow of colors in your fireplace this
holiday season.
CHICKENS CAUSE TROUBLE
Casstown, Ohio — A neighbor’s
chickens caused Carl Kirk a lot of
trouble.
The chickens run loose through
yards in the neighborhood, he told
sheriff’s deputies, but this is not
what bothers him. His garage is full
of bullet holes from the other
neighbor’s shooting in the direction
of the chickens.
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Purebred Hog Breeders Set
New Sales Record for State
Breeders of purebred hogs in
North Carolina are taking the lead
in furnishing commercial growers
with foundation animals of high
type and quality, reports Jack Kel
ley, in charge of animal husbandry
for the N. C. Agricultural Exten
sion Service.
The breeders are following a pro
gram of on tlie farm testing in or
der to select high producing ani
mals and to cull low breeders. Ani
mals meeting requirements of pro
duction and type are being sold to
the commercial breeders to im
prove their herds.
Kelley says that during 1959
purebred breeders held 45 sales,
selling a total of 2,174 animals for
$210,991.50 or an average of
$97.05 per head. This is the largest
number of purebred sales that have
ever been held in one year in
North Carolina.
The sales are sponsored by the
different breed associations with
eight purebred breed associations
being organized for this purpose.
The different breed associations
sponsor type conferences each year
in order to keep their members in
formed as to the best type of ani
mals to produce. “Commercial hog
producers are fortunate in having
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