TAUGA DEMOC
Second Section
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNT?, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY U, 1>57
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tState 4-H Club Leader
During the period of March 2-8,
North Caroline'. 153,208 4-H mem
ben, their perenta, leaden, and
friends, will join with two million
other 4-H members throughout
the nation in the observance of
National 4-H Club Week, a period
set aside to bring to the attention
of the public the significance in
its program to improve family and
community living.
The chief objectives for the ob
servance of National 4-H Club
Week are to provide members a
special occasion for evaluating
past achievements and making
plans for future activities on their
farms, in their homes, and in their
communities; to inform the pub
lic, including parents, of the value
of 4-H training; to interest young
people in enrolling in local clubs;
to recognize the important part
played by local leaders, and to
enlist more ptablic spirited youth
minded citizens in volunteering
for this service.
Here In North Carolina special
emphasis will be on providing op
portunities for a larger number of
boys and girls to participate in
the program and on the expansion
of the local leadef program. Every
farm boy and girl not already en
rolled will be encouraged to join
the '4-H Club during National 4-H
Club Week. Activities in the vari
ous bounties will include special
feature articles, special editions of
local papers, talks and demonstra
tions by 4H club members and by
county -winning demonstration
teams, television programs by 4-H
members, window displays and ex
hibits, special 4-H Club Week
posters, the presentation of special
programs at school assemblies,
special 4-H programs at home de
monstration meetings, banquets
honoring parents, adult leaders,
and donors, tours to observe pro
jects of outstanding members and
the erection of highway welcome
and safety signs.
In helping to "improve Family
and Community Living", 4-H has
provided for the economic, social,
physical, and spiritual growth and
development of its members,
through its program of training in
better practices in agriculture and
homemaking, programs in recrea
tion and community development,
and health improvement.
The 19S6 record achievement
shows that North Carolina's 193,
208 members completed a total of
160,977 projects. 19,544 members
completed 4-H project* i4 field
crops, involving 10,118 acres; 19,
783 members completed projects
in gardening and fruits, involving
6,292 acres; 3.092 members com
pleted forestry projects, involving
6,684 acres of forest land, 6,018
members completed poultry pro
jects, involving 770,743 birds; 4,
021 members completed dairy pro
jects, involving 6,109 animals; 11,
306 members completed livestock
and meat animal projects involv
ing a total of 28,633 animals.
In food preparation and selec
tion, 22^80 members planned and
served 841,064 meals; 12.629 mem
bers in food preservation conserv
ed 309,006 quarts and froze 108,
670 quarts and 187,794 pounds of
meat, fruit and vegetables; 28,690
cituning ciud memocn maae a 10
U1 oI 104,412 garment* and M,
•14 article*.
In other rtSses of the program
17,706 members received training
in livestock Judging; 21401 in 4-H
team demonstration; 22,727 in re
creation leadership; 21,0*4 in
music appreciation; 32.286 in
money management; 70,002 in
farm safety; 64,639 in citiienahip;
60.209 in personality improvement;
23,143 in soil and water conserva
tion; and 00,988 in health, first
aid, and related activities.
The economic objective of 4-H
developed through better practices
in agriculture and homemaklng
by thrift, money management, and
wise spending.
Through the encouragement of
good food, health, and clothing
habits, improved sanitation, more
adequate housing, physical train
ing, and recommended medical ex
amination, the 4-H program serves
to improve the physical condition
of 4-H Club members.
The teacfiing of proper ideals
and attitude* tor wholesome rela
tionships in the home, neighbor
hood, and communities, through
family living, club meetings, 4-H
camp, achievement days, picnics
and community organization acti
vity serves to develop the social
objective of 4-H.
Four-H Sunday program, vesper
services, the development of chari
table attitude* and a greater ajv
preciation for the finer things in
life serve to emphasize and deve
lop the spiritual growth and de
velopment objective of the 4-H
program. Coupled with the other
three objective*, 4-H serves "to
train farm youth Id the art of liv
ing."
Says Fish Ponds Not
Properly Fertilized
By H. J. WILLIAMS
Hut farm pond* in the Watauga
Sail Conservation District are Dot
being properly fertilized and are
growing only a portion of the fiah
that they are capable of producing.
Fertile water* produce the moat
pounds of fiah per acre. Fertile
water is colored, usually green. It
shades the pond bottom, and thus
prevents and controls the growth
of most waterweed in ponds. Pond
water needs fertilizer when you
can see a white object more than
12 to 18 inches under the surface.
A fertilizer for water needs large
amounts of nitrogen and phosph
ate, with less potash, such as an
8-8-4, 10-10-9, or similar analysis.
You usually need 6 to 12 applica
tions each year during the warm
growing season; beginning in early
spring (March) and continuing to
October. One application is about
100 pounds per acre if you use
8-8-4 or similar analysh.
Bluegill grow best in the 100
day spring period before spawn
ing. Thus, to grow big bluegill, you
must raise the fertility level early
(March and April). Add an appli
cation each week or ten days until
proper color is produced. Applica
tions once-a-month or two or three
times yearly are too infrequent.
Many fish ponds have failed be
cause the owner started too late
in the spring, and used too little
fertilizer.
The purpose of fertilizing a
/
pond i« too (row plant* which feed
worms that feed fish. It take*
about 5 pound* of worms < usually
the larvae of midges, moths, and
other winges insects) to grow 1
pound of Muegill. Most of the
worms live in the bottom of your
pond. The green color of your
water is ficroscopic plants (algae)
which drop to the bottom to feed
the worms. Thus the high fertility
means a heavy poundage of blue
RETURNS FROM CRUI8E
Norfolk, Vs.—James B. Steel
man, gunner's mate seaman, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Steel
man of Deep Gap, N. C. returned
to Norfolk, Va., Feb. 12, from a
six-month cruise in the Mediter
ranean aboard the attack aircraft
carrier USS Coral Sea.
During the cruise the Coral Sea
spent 27 consecutive days' at sea
off the coast of Egypt at the time
of Hie Suez crisis. Air cdVer from
the ship aided in the evacuation
of American civilians from the
Midle East area.
Distinguished visitors to the
ship included the King and Queen
of Greece and Deputy Secretary of
Defense Reuben Robertson.
Visits were made to Italy, Sicily,
Greece, Turkey, France, Majorca
and Gibraltar.
Zionville News
Mill Hettie Greer suffered t
broken hip Wednesday night in a
fall and is ■ patient in Watauga
Hospital. Boone
Mrs. Charles G. Lewis returned
last week from Charlotte where
she had spent the past two months
with her daughter, Mrs. James
Geer and Mr. Geer.
Mr. and Mrs Orville Pardue and
family of Shouns, Tenn., spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Clay
Reece.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilson,
Becky and Kareen, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Norris at
Bethel.
Mrs. Edna May, Mr. and Mrs.
Mack Brown and Mr. and Mrs.
Burl Brown of Washington, D. C.,
spent the week end with relatives
here snd at Trade, Tenn.
Odell Perry of Salem, Va., spent
the week end with his family here.
Sfc. and Mrs. Amory Hall and
family of Alexandria, Va., spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Wsrreh.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Greer were
dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy Wilson.
Mr. snd Mrs. Henry Miller and
Dora Dean visited with Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Wilson at Meat Camp
Saturday afternoon. The Millers
had as dinner guests Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. Alec Wilson and family
of Perkinsville.
Former President Harry Tru
man recently said a strong defense
is more important to this country
than a balanced budget.
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Youths' Chances In Agriculture To Be Studied
Opportunities for young people
in the field* of agriculture and
forestry will be studied by 88
Northwest North Carolina school
superintendents and principals
during a visit to the School of
Agriculture College, March 1 and
2.
D. W. Colvard, Dean of the col
lege's School of Agriculture, says
the trip was planned to acquaint
the school officials with oppor
tunities for college graduates In
agriculture and related fields
Citing the expanding need for
trained scientists in agricultural
marketing, sales and food process
ing as an example, Colvard points
out the jobs by far outnumber the
people available to fill them. Ex
panding production of agricultural
chemicals and wood products de
mands people who have training
which will enable them to keep up
with an ever ch|nging economy,
he says.
Colvard declares that the train
ing program in the State College
School of Agriculture offers the
best in agricultural and biological
sciences and the college welcomes
the opportunity to show the school
official* the facilitie* of the col
lege.
The visit i* sponsored jointly by
the School of Agriculture and the
Northwest North Carolina Develop
ment Aaaociation.