Blue Mold Expected To Cause Late Tobacco Crop In Columbus County farmers forced TO REPLANT beds Demonstrations In Use Of Fermate Dust And Spray Have Been Arranged WHlTEVILLfi, Marcn 30 — Re ports of the existence of blue mold in tobacco beds are coming in to the office of Columbus County Agent Charles D. Raper from practically every section of the county, he has reported. In a recent report to Stale College officials the Extension farm agent said that a survey made last week revealed the fact that tobacco plants are extremely small. There are from two to three sizes of plants in the beds, since many farmers have ben forced to replant their beds due to cold weather. Columbus County’s tobacco crop may not be ■ set until the latter part of May, according to present indications, Raper said, a factor that will throw Columbus growers into a late season. Checking ■vyith the various fer - mate dealers in the county, Raper learned that farmers are treating their beds and have created a big demand for suitable spraying equipment. The majority of farm ers are buying the wheel barrow iype spray, he said. Farmers are adding extra hoses and nazzles in order to complete the job more quickly. Blue mold demonstrations have been arranged with the following farmers, all of whom will use fer mate spray: E. Q. Nance, Chad bourn, Route 2; Bud Stephens, Eoardman, Route 1; Wilbur Smith, Nakina, Route 1; Delmas Hooks, Whiteville, Route 1; 2. L. White, Jr., Whiteville, Route 4; P i n k e y Williams, Clarendon . Route 1; Arthur Davis. Whiteville, Route 4- and C’-arun krzor, Fair Bluff. W. J. Fisher, Whiteville, Route 1; and Percey Williams! Clarend. n, Route 1; will use fer mate dust. RURAL WOMEN TAKE - PART IN TRAINING MEETINGS IN STATE In recent weeks throughout North Carolina the County Councils of Home Demonstration Clubs have oeen holding fheir regular winter meetings. The county council is the Executive Board of the County Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs and is composed of the of fieers of the local clubs, County Project Leaders, and County Com mittee Chairman. Its function is primarily for the purpose of for warding Home Demonstration Work and developing leadership. It acts as an advisory council to the home agent in determining plans, policies and programs. Generally, at the winter meeting of the council, plans are made for obtaining results in different phases pf the home demonstration program, training the various of ficers and local leaders in their responsibilities, and explaining the relationship and responsibility of the club members to the State Federation of Clubs. Shark hides make leather of fair quality, but manufacturers have difficulty maintaining an assured supply. WHO . LEADS THE FIELD IN FARM RADIO SALES? SENTINEL WHO-FOR NINE YEARS HAS SOLD THEM IN WILMINGTON? I RELIABLE SERVICE AT FAIR PRICES BUDGET TERMS ON RADIOS ^-- ' ■ -- Go modern when you buy a water system — plan running water service for ALL your farm and home needs. Come in and see the new Myers "H" Series Ejecto. Gives you plenty of water at low cost Has many unusual features. R. F. HALL & SON, INC. ft Mile Out Castle Hayne Highway bigger yields of Storm, Drought, & Disease-Resistant Corn Since 1927. Wood has bred and grown Hybrid Corns in the South. Now we offer strains adapted to every soil in the South and East. Wood's odapted Hybrids mean bump s' crops, strong stalks, deep r''°ts. sound ears, no barren stclks. Ask for beautifully illustrated catalog describing Hybrid Corn, full line of field, '■egetable and flower seeds. * GARDEN TOOLS J AND SUPPLIES •WOOD S SEED STORE” Seedman Since 1879 317 North Front Street Dial 4620 New Hanover County Of fers Ye&r-Round Crops °f cabbaSe.b.ein/ harvested,in February when snows blanket many farms of the nation. This particular field is located in the Castle Hayne area and Is typical of the rich farming a rea abounding in Southeastern North Carolina. DISEASES CAUSE CUCUMBER LOSSES Downey Mildew And Leaf Spot Infections Cited By Dr. Jenkins Dr. J. M. Jenkins, Jr., Horticul turist in charge, Vegetable Re search Laboratory here, states that last year cucumber growers in the Wilmington and other Caro lina areas suffered serious losses in some cases as a result of downy mildew and angular leaf spot infection in their plantings. Although the spread of the organ isms causing these diseases is much influenced by weather condi tions, they can usually be fairly well controlled by the use of seed treatments and dust applications. Dr. Jenkins further advises that angular leaf spot appears first as water soaked spots on the leaves which later turns a tan or chalky color and are angular in appear-1 ance. Young infected fruits will drop off of the vines. The disease spreads fastest in rainy weather and may be transmitted from plaint to plant by pickers. The original infection in the field usually comes from infected seed. Therefore, an important control measure is the treatment of the seed prior to planting. The treatment recommended for the control of angular leaf spot by Dr. Jenkins consists of soaking the seed for five (5) minutes in a 1-1000 solution of bichloride of mer cury. Then the seed is washed for at least two (2) minutes in three (3) washes of clear water to re wards it is spread out to dry in a shady place, but care must be taken to see that it dries quickly. One tl) bichloride of mercury tab let to one (1) pint of water makes a 1-1000 solution. It is deadly poison. In combating downy mildew Dr. Jenkins states that consideration should be given to the fact that the foggy weather favors the de velopment of the disease. At pres ent, the best control consists of dusting the plants with a mixture of six (6) pounds of cuprocide to 94 pounds of clay or Py 'ox at in tervals of five (5) to (10) days, depending upon the weather. Other dusts are available and may be satisfactory. Varieties of cucumbers that are resistant to downy mildew have been developed and should 'be available to growers in about two years. These do not have to be dusted for mildew and should, therefore, be given a thorough trial as soon as seed become avail able. ARMY ENGINEERS MAP OF PHILLIPPINES NOW UNDER PREPARATION MANILA, March 30 — (JF) - U. S. Army engineers disclosed today that they were well under way with a project to map the en tire Philippines, something never before attempted. The late Gen. Tomoyuki Yama shita remarked during the trial that led to his death last year that anyone who fought on Layte in the future should have better maps, as “both I and MacArthu? used the same American maps and thus lost a good deal of time.” The mapping project is being pushed by planes of the 13th Air force, taking bombsight readings and making photographs of Hither to unknown mountain and jungle areas. Some of these regions are within 40 miles of Manila. The Army also is training two companies of Philippine scouts as surveyors for on - the - ground measurements of all the republic’s 7,000 islands. Date of completion and scale of the map are military secrets, but engineers said that it would show every large building in the Philip pines. During the Civil War, 350 Southern oficers and midship men remained in the United States Navy to serve with Union forces. SINKS PAINT SPRAYING EQUIPMENT For Automobiles And Houses GREGG BROS. MARKET & FRONT Dial 9655 FARM NOTES BY EULALIE McDOWELL United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (U.R)—Five signifi cant changes in the 1947 cotton crop insurance program have been ordered by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to put the plan on a sounder basis. The changes include higher premi um rates. * The recent activity of Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Ander son in halting payment of insur ance claims has focused attention on the unbusinesslike nature of the cotton insurance program. Of the insured commodities, only cotton is operating in the red. Anderson’s action in halting payments was due to the simple but real fact that there was no money to meet claims for loss. Cotton farmers who suffered loss es will have to await a new ap propriation before they can col lect. Congressional leaders have prom ised early action. Loss claims for last year’s crop exceeded premiums by 300 cr 400 per cent. In fact, meeting cotton claims just about put the entire government crop insurance pro gram in the red. Reduced Premiums Out Besides increasing the cotton premium rates, the FCIC has elim inated the reduced-premium plan which was offered to farmers in 1945 and 1946. Another of the significant con templated changes is the lower ing of the amount of protection annliraVilo tn oarlv.coQcnn stages of production. For example, for a farm with an average yield of 250 pounds of cotton, the amount of insurance per acre this year will be 47 pounds for the highest level of in surance per acre in the earliest stages of production. The corre - sponding amount of protection last year was 75 pounds. At the same time, the amount of protection this year has been increased somewhat on acreage carried to harvest. By cutting the early season protection and in creasing the harvest protection, FCIC hopes to discourage aban - donment of crops and encourage carrying them to harvest. A third change is the establish ment of earlier 1947 closing dates for filing applications. It became apparent in 1946, according to the FCIC, that in some areas the prospects of producing a crop were indicated before the closing date, thus causing more farmers to insure in areas where prospects were poor, and vice versa. Insurance Levels Changed A fourth change effects the levels of insurance available to the farmer. The fifth change is so-called simplification of the program. It means that this year the amount of insurance per acre will be stat ed as a definite number of pounds for each stage of production. For example, the amount of protection per acre for a 250 pound average - yielding farm for the highest level of insurance is as follows: 47 pounds before the first (culti vation. 75 pounds after the first cultiva tion, but before laying by; 141 pounds after laying by, but before harvest begins; and 187 pounds after harvest begins. Last year the amount of insur ance per acre was not stated in terms of pounds but on various percentages of the average yield. As the FCIC admitted, the per centages were not too understand able from the farmer’s point of view and he can be expected to welcome this change. CARE ADVISED IN COTTON PLANTING Plant Industry Specialist Offers Pointers In Seed Selection C. A. McLendon, senior agrono mist of the U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry, working out of Atlanta on the cotton improvement pro gram, offers these pointers on cotton seed plantings. An ample supply of ptft-e, sound seed of a superior variety is all important. One variety is suffi cient for a farm community, or larger area, and experiment sta tions of the various states deter mine by comparative tests the varities best suited to the dif ferent conditions. To be pure, seed must be not more than three years removed from the breeder and its purity safeguarded each year in the fields, handling, ginning, and storage. If seed is to be sound enough for planting purposes, it should show at least 80 per cent germination by competent testing. All planting seed should be re cleaned and graded, reginned, and treated for seedling diseases. Out fits for processing planting seed in this way are now available to most cotton farmers and the charge for this seed service is negligible considering its value in obtaining a good, even stand of healthy plants. Plant seed at a rate sufficient to insure a good stand. Skimping on planting seed is poor economy regardless of the cost of the seed. Usually the yield of cotton in creases as the stand approaches thirty thousand plants per acre. The highest yields on rgcord were made with thick stands in closely spaced rows. Consult your county agent for further information on any or all of these points and for sugestions on other important cotton produc tion practices. Although world-famous En rico Caruso once sang for $70.36 —he didn’t even get the money. On a street corner in Cobourg, Ontario, he joined a little band of Salvation Army officers who did not know his indentity until the tambourine was passed and filled with large contributions. COUNTY 4-H GIRLS JOINING IN REVUE State Winner In National Contest To Get All Expense Trip 4-H Club girls over New Hanover and other counties in the State are participating in the 1947 National 4-H Dress Revue as one of their projects again this year, according to Miss Nancy Ingram, assistant home agent. The girls participating must make and model their dresses which they wil wear in the revue. New Hanover 4-H’ers will hold a dress revue probably in May, Miss Ingram said. Last year’s county winner was Mary Alice Kerr. The winners of each county will enter District revues. Those be tween the ages of 14 and 21 who have completed three years in club work may compete in the State Dress revue which will be held later. The State winner will receive, from the Simplicity Pattern com pany, an all-expense trip to the 1947 Nation 4-H Club Congress in Chicago next November. In this activity, which is conduct ed under the direction of the Ex tension Service, participants’ out fits are judged on style and design, suitability of material to purpose and workmanship, becomingness of color and fit, and cost. Admits Guilt WARSAW, March 30 — UP) — Rudolf Hoess, former Nazi com mandant at the Oswiecim concen tration camp, today admitted be fore the Supreme National Tribunal full responsibility for putting over 4,000,000 prisoner to death in gas chambers. » “As commandant I was respon sible for all that happened in Os wiecim and carried out the orders of my superiors,’’ Hoess said. MR. TOBACCO GROWER! Why Not Build Your TOBACCO BARN With CONCRETE POINT PETER CONCRETE CO. Wilmington, N. C. 1502 N. Tth St. Dial 2-8430 uLOTHES The great heavy duty fabric, deeptone denim “Blue Buckle” overalls. Sanforized shrunk, double stitched. “Efird’s A-l” Overalls Jumpers Uitlined.$2.95 Lined.$3*95 Sanforized shrunk, full cut "Efird’s A-l” overall jumpers. Strongly sewed, long wearing. WORK PANTS $1.79 Is $4.45 Full cut sanforized work pants in khaki, coverts, moleskins and blue jeans. Sizes 29 to 50. 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It stays flat on the ground and requires little mowing. This grass does well in sun or reasonable shade and will grow throughout the central and east - ern part of the state. Centipede grass is started largely from roots planted in April and May. As compared to Bermuda, Centipede is about as thrifty, makes a den ser sod, requires less mowing, chokes out other grasses bettei1 , ' grows better in the shade, and is 1 not as hard to eradicate from cul- i tivated areas. It is, on the other , hand, more expensive to establish. , Manila grass (Zoysia matrt’la) has not been tried extensively ir> North Carolina, but the few plant-; ings that are being observed look promising. Manila grass, often called Zoysia, is a fine leaf, low growing grass somewhat resem bling bluegrass. Zoysia grass 1 forms a dense turf sod that' :i'owds out most other grasses and requires little mowing. It be gins growth early in the spring and is the last to die in the fall. It will grow satisfactorily through out the state in either shade or direct sunlight. Zoysia grows slowly, requiring about two years to establish a good lawn. It has ;o be started by small pieces of sod. This sod about two inches square, should be planted approx mately 12 inches apart, either in the fall or spring. For further information, you may write for a free lawn bulle tin. Address your inquiry to The rar Heel Gardener, Horticulture Department. State College, Ra teigh, N.C. JAILER RELIEVED WINSTON-SALEM, March A1)—Police Chief John 'M. Gold to iay relieved the city jailer of his idditional duties ae municipal :ourtroom officer after a prisoner vas found intoxicated before his icheduled hearing on robbery :harges. Although about a quarter of Rangoon was destroyed in World Var II, the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, >ne of the famed tourist sights of he Orients, escaped destruction. 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