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.
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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.
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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.
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On a street corner in Cobourg,
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Salvation Army officers who did
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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.
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The Tar Heel Gardener
BY JOHN H. HARRIS
N. C. STATE COLLEGE
In my opinion, nothing adds as
much to the appearance of a
home as does an attractive lawn.
A good lawn is hard to obtain,
takes lots of work and know how.
Two grasses that may help us
nave better lawns are Centipede
and Zoysia grass. Both these
grasses may be planted now. The
Centipede grass is more or less
a substitute for Bermuda as Cen
tipede is a low creeping grass that
does w-ell on almost any kind of
soil. 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.
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may write for a free lawn bulle
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Department. State College, Ra
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A1)—Police Chief John 'M. Gold to
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idditional duties ae municipal
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