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THE CHRONICLE, APRIL 7, 1966 Top Quality Leaf Brings Top Price, Deep Run Farmer Says By ROGER KEARNEY Warren L. Harper, prominent Deep Run farmer and civic lead er, believes farming will be come much more automated In the next five years, and he Is prepared for the change. Harper, who Is known as “Bud dy” to his friends, does almost all of his own work on his equip ment. He also designs gas rigs and equipment of that nature to Improve working conditions on his farm. Harper commented that he has worked on equipment belonging to other farmers In the area, but he doesn’t have time now. Har per does do some work on his rr OmkiYm F&iMi&i Ea/Sj! But be sure it’s FCX FERTILIZER 3408 RICHLANDS RD. KINSTON, N, C. brother’s equipment, but his farm keeps him busy most of the time. Harper Is also very optimis tic about this year’s tobacco crop. He commented that he looks forward to good prices” on the tobacco market this year. He added that as long as the farmers produce high quality tobacco, they will get good pr ices. One phase of farming that does bother Harper Is the labor problem. This labor problem will result In “fewer laborers and more equipment” In his opinion. The prominent farmer also sees bulk curing in this area In future years. He added that he believes farms will tend to be larger In the future. Harper, a native and life-long resident of the Deep Run area, stated that the poundage control system “ Is one of the best moves in favor of automation.” He also commented that he be lieves the system will be ac cepted by the majority of the farmers. Harper owns over six acres of tobacco and rents six more acres. He expects his crop to be “earlier than usual” this year. He hopes to begin trans planting by the middle of April. He chose a good wind-protec ted field to plant his tobacco In this year. He commented that it had probably been 20 years sin ce tobacco has been planted In this field. He expects to plant his plants about 22 Inches apart and have his rows about 42 Inch es wide. Harper explained that he has enough land and hopes to be able to set up a three- year rotation system for his tobacco. He also commented that he is running his rows In an east - west direction, because he has OUR BIG SPRING SALE Our sales yard is packed with plants to beautify your yard. THE PRICES ARE RIGHT, THE WEATHER IS PERFECT. Our Azaleas are ready to burst into bloom in your yard . . . give them a chance, let them be a part of your Spring! You’ll wonder how anything so nice could be so cheap . . . Come in and see! 20% OFF PLANT NOW & SAVE OPEN 1 P.M, SUNDAY ^ast Ocast NURSERY-GARDEN SUPERMARKET PINK HELL found that the sunlight reaches his plants better when the rows run in this direction. In addition to his tobacco. Harper also grows corn, hay, and soybeans. He also owns a few cows. Harper Was born In the house In which he presently resides about four miles from Deep Run and two miles from Wood- Ington. His father, the late Bl- ackledge Harper, built the house In 1898. Harper was the State Winner as a 4-H Club leader in 1963 and won a trip to Chicago. He Is still active in 4-H work. He Is also president of the South- wood P. T. A. Fishing Is his main hobby, but he finds little time from his farming and civic activity to Indulge In hobbies. The 45 - year - old Harper is married to the former Frances Rouse, from LaGrange. The Harpers have four children, Mrs. Roscoe Whitfield, who was married on March 12, Barbara, Susan, and Frances. He has al so served In the Marines, sp ending much of his service time In the Pacific. Cubs See Skits At Pack Meeting Den Mothers Mrs. W. E. Br ewer and Mrs. Haywood Stroud presided over Pink Hill Cub Pack 244’s meeting held recent ly In the Pink Hill Methodist Church. The Den Mothers pre sided In the absence of Cub Master Haywood Stroud. Den 3 was in charge of flag ceremonies for the meeting. Den 1 presented a skit “Br ave Knights to the Rescue.” Participating in the skit were John Brewer, Cliff Tyndall, Jer- ry'Tyndall, Garry Murphy, Ric ky Thigpen, and Macon Turner, and Kelvin Tyndall. Den 2 presented a skit on “March Wind.” participating in this skit were Jerry Taylor, who portrayed March Lion; Fr eddie Howard, March Lamb; Frankie Howard, March Wind, and Rodney Smith, Mr. Sun. Awards were presented to the following: Rodney Dean Smith, Wolf Bad ge; Freddie Howard, Bear Bad ge; Keith Stroud, Russell Simp son, Jeff Hill, Bruce Hill, Don ald Taylor, and Frankie How ard, Lion Badges; Russell Si mpson, Gold Arrow under his Wolf Badge, Scouter Billy Bli zzard of Den 2, Den Chief Cord. Jaycee Lynn Turner visited the meeting and asked the Sc outs to assist the Jaycees In selling tickets for a pony to be given away on May 7.' He told the P ack that they would re ceive a percentage of the sal es. The Jaycee proceeds will go toward construction of a community building for Pink Hill. Nematodes, tiny ell- shaped worms which multiply even fas ter than flies, cause diseases costing flue-cured tobacco far mers in North Carolina more than five million dollars annual ly. The root-knot nematode Is the most serious of several kinds found throughout. North Caro lina, according to Dr. N. T. Powell, associate professor of plant pathology at North Caro- There is no quick, easy way to reduce, according to the North Carolina Heart Association. It is best to avoid extreme reduc ing diets, Tobacco Field Fumigation Let us treat your tobacco fields with PENPHENE PENPHENE causes no toxic build-up of harmful chemicals in the soil. With PENPHENE, chlorine added to the soil is only 1/25 of that added by other well-know fumigants. There is no chlorine or bromine residues left In the soil or plant. T. A. TURNER & CO., INC. Mercha)its I’honc .S68-4251 or 568-4346 I’ink Hill. N. C. EDWARD EARL HILL Custom Applicator Phone 568-.3242 RFD No. 1, Pink Hill, N. C. The Deep Run Branch of the Bank of Mount Olive opened Its doors for business recently. Deep Run’s first banking facility is housed In a remodeled build ing next to Davenport’s Super market and a lO-foot addition. The bank Is located on prop erty owned by Liston Daven port, of Deep Run, and was er ected by N. A. Sloan Contrac tors, of Calypso. Construction on the building began approxi mately three weeks ago. The facility operates with two employees, Mrs. Earl Harper, from Deep Run, and a repres entative from the Seven Springs INDUSTRIOUS FARMER — Warren L. Harper, prominent Deep Run farmer and civic leader. Is shown here with his son- in-law, Roscoe Whitfield, as they work on a tractor In Harper’s garage. Harper com mented that he believes automation will become more a part of the farmers’ lives In the next five years. An expert mechanic. Harper also just recently finished a welding course at South Lenoir High school and Is now taking an advanced course in electric welding at the school, (photo by Roger Kear ney.) Tobacco Root-Knot Increases Chances Of Other Diseases lina State University. This nem atode causes the formation of galls or swellings on roots of plants. The microscopic root - knot nematodes can cause double tr ouble for the tobacco farmers. Powell points out that, where root-knot nematodes are foimd other diseases are more dam aging Intheir effects on tobacco. For example, black shank Is much more severe if It occurs DEBEAKING — Is one of the first steps taken to assure the consumer of a top quality broiler for the dinner table. The small chicks are debeaked to prevent cannibalism. Stale Farmers Market Facing Future With Brightest Look in combination with root-knot. This appears true,Powell says, even though the variety involved may be black shank resistant. Studies in the Department of Plant Pathology at NC State University have shown that los ses from black shank may reach as high as 75 percent in resist ant varieties if root-knot nem atodes and black shank fungus are present together. The loss may be 100 percent if suscep tible varieties are planted wh ere a combination of the dis eases are present. Similar situations exist with Fusarium wilt In tobacco, pow- wll adds. Root-knot nematodes may do even more to increase Fusarium wilt than black shank. A total tobacco crop loss might result If high nematode popula tions are present in the soil along with Fusarium wilt fun^ gus, even though the variety Is resistant to Fusarium wilt. Granville wilt, a bacterial dis ease, Is affected in much the same way by root-knot nema. todes. Powell says that research to dlcates that something to the root - knot galls greatly pro motes development of fungi and bacteria. This attraction great’ ly Increases the danger of dis eases caused by fungus and bac teria. Since nematodes Increase da^ mange from other diseases, control in tobacco culture is very important, Powell adds. “In addition to toe damage they can do alone, their effect on toe expression of other diseases make their control mandatory.” NC State plant pathologists recommend toe following meth ods to aid to controlling root- knot nematodes to tobacco; (1) choosing root - knot resistant varieties, (2) rotating tobacco with nematode resistant crops, such as corn, fescue, and small grain, (3) fumigation of soil where the nematode population appears high or nematode dam age was present in previous years, and (4) plowing out to bacco roots after harvesting and exposing roots to toe drying action of the sun and wind, A combination of these prac tices is necessary for long - range effective control, Powell adds. Ten years of full operation finds the State Farmers Mar ket facing the future with toe greatest outlook for service to farmers and consumers of No rth Carolina it has experienced, market officials say. “In toe past ten years,” mar ket management says,” oar fac ilities have served toe farmers and consumers wall.” Charles Murray, to charge of toe operation, points out that the market is public owned and is operated by the N. C.Depar tment of Agriculture. “This makes it unique InNor- th Carolina,” he says. “Not costing the taxpayer one cent, toe market accomplishes this feat by renting space for 36 wholesale units to private dealers who handle commod ities from both Tar Heel far ms and others to season.” “We also make a ‘gate char ge’ for everyo.ne who sells on toe market,” Murray says. An indication of toe service to the food >commodltles industry in North Carolina is found to toe “volume” figures to foods flowing through toe market. “Sold wholesale and through the modern farmer’s shed sp ace to 1965 were: 398,000 fifty pound bags of Irish pota toes; over 356,000 fifty pound bags of cabbage; 150,000 bush els of apples; 230,000 canta loupes; 385,000 watermelons; 66,000 bushels of peaches; ov er 200,000 bushels of tomatoes and over 101,000 hampers of string beans,” Murray said. “As a partial list of toe vol ume of produce moving through toe market, those items form toe bulk. But trucks brought to a wide range of fruits and veg etables needed to feed this east coast area. Soma 91 commodit ies are sold on toe market. Lo ads of produce coming onto toe market included apple cider and] fishing poles.” ' Last year 6,382 loads of pro duce were unloaded to toe who lesalers on toe market. Local produce flowing through toe market facilities reaches a peak between June and October, but an ample supply of produce is available at all times. Included among the 91 com modities handled by the market are such foreign items as tasty Spanish melons from Spain, gr apes from South Africa, coco nuts from South America, toma toes from Mexico and pineapp les from Puerto Rico and Haw aii. Recent snowfall, measurtogup to eight inches, found toe mar ket operating with shipments of fresh fruits and vegetables goi ng to local and area stores Murray said: “Last year, 8, 500 farmers and truckers paid gate fees to come and sell on the market. Of course, many of these were here every day for a period of about four months. Market commodities include not only fruits and vegetables but Christmas trees to season and nursery stock toe year - round. The market is known as toe Christmas tree captial of the state, for last year’s figures show that more than 25,000 tr ees were moved through toe fac ilitles there. “Christmas may be a long way off for some people, but we’re preparing for tree stocks now. Fruits and vegetables from Tar Heel farms are getting lined up for sales here too. We think we have a pretty efficient operation to toe State Farmers Market, Murray said. Bank Of Mount Olive Opens In Deep Run branch. The interior includes a small lobby, a business counter with two teller cages and a pri vate office to the rear. The bank is air-conditioned and contains approximately 440 square feet of space. The Deep Run Rurltan Club headed toe various community organizations who were respon sible for bringing toe facility to Deep Run. £ft^a^eme/U Announce Birth Mr. and Mrs. Raeford Taylor of Snow Hill Route 3 announce the birth of a son at Lenoir Memorial Hospital Tuesday, March 22. Mrs. Taylor is toe former ;“)zcl Lee of pink Hill. The engagement of Elizabeth Roelle Walker, daughter ■ of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Walker of Alber tson Route 1, to Airman Third Class Billy Wayne Tyndall of toe U. S. Air Force, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Tyndall of Deep Run Route 2, is announced by her parents. A spring wedding is planned. SOOD SEEDS... Basis For Any Good Crop And You Can Depend On FCX SEEDS Every 24 hours, an estimated 60 persons to North Carolina succumb to heart diseases, ac cording to the North Carolina Heart Association. In a year, the total reaches mores than 22,000 persons of all ages. You just can’t look at seeds arid be sure 6f'the^'quality. You have to depend on toe reputation of toe-seller and ' toe breeder. Farmers of toe Carolines have relied on FCX for more than 31 years to bring them toe kind of seeds which produce top yields and outstanding quality. They know that good seeds are toe best investment they can make. See toe FCX early ... so that you may be sure of getting exactly what you need. Order ing or buying now means being sure of having toe var ieties and quantities you want at planting time. Lenoir 1408 Richlands Rd. Service KINSTON WELCOME HEHRICK MFC. CO. Charting the course to greater gains • • • The trend is up! As always when people work to gether with a will to do and to succeed, our com munity shows a record of development and accom plishment. /Is altvays, we’ll join in to make sure of more expansion, more rewards to come, more benefits for each and every one of us.
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