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PlmeiyQuestions On Farm Answered -4 —* 'Question: My chickens are six months old. Should they be vacci nated for chicken pox ? Answer: At this age, leghorn pul lets are about to come into produc tion and vaccinating with chicken pox virus will set them back. It is best, therefore, to use pigeon pox virus when birds are to be vaccinated at this age. This virus does not produce as lasting immunity as the regular chicken pox viru3 but neither does it have so severe a reaction on the birds. Best results will be secured when the vaccinating is done at the age of 10 to 12 weeks. Question: I. uwi silage should be stored to cfSy a dairy cow through the winter? Answer: This, of course, depends , upon how long you want to feed the r animal but the usual way is to figure three pounds of silage a day for each 100 pounds of live weight. A dairy oow weighing one thousand pounds will consume about thirty pounds of silage a day in addition to the hay and grain feed. This is a most eco nomical feed and should be used lib erally during the winter months. Question: When should the crops I grown for winter hay be planted ? Answer: The best time for planting barley, rye, vetch, Austrian winter peas, and crimson clover, when planted as hay crops, is be tween September 15 and October 15. This will allow for harvesting the next spring so as not to interfere with the principal summer crops. Oats should be sown between October 1 and November 1 with wheat being put in just fifteen days later. Extension Circular No. 187 the seeding rates of the various crops together with date of maturity and copies of this circular will be sent free upon re quest to the Agricultural Editor at State College, Raleigh. Question: If I cut my lespedeza by September first, will it make suffi cient growth to produce seed? Answer: Yes, the common Kobe and Tennessee 76 varieties will. August 15 is about the last date for cutting Korean for hay if you expect the crop to reseed itself. Leave a stubble about three to four inches high. Question: I have some pullets hatched out in April that are begin ning to lay. Should I change these from the developing mash to a laying mash, or should this he done later? k Answer: These pullets were hatched Tather late and it would be best to continue them on the developing mash until at least 25 percent production is reacched. The higher protein con tent of the laying mash would force the birds and, at this time, a large percentage of your pullets have not ‘ attained full body yeight. Forcing such early matured birds without full body weight would probably lead to a severe neck moult in the late autumn and this condition should be avoided if possible. Question • T a.u thinking of buying some purebred beef cattle this fall and starting a beef herd on my farm. I have a good pasture. Who can ad vise me about this? Answer: Take up your problem with your county farm agent and if he i 3 busy with the cotton and tobacco pro gram write directly to L. I. Case, live specialist at State College, Raleigh. Mr. Case is an experienced ■* beef cattle and sheep man and will be glad to advise with you. Plant Austrian Peas Advises Agronomist Austrian winter peas make an ex ■lellent fall legume for improving al most any North Carolina soil, says E. C. Blair, extension agronomist at State College. The peas are equal to crimson clo ( ver or vetch in soil building qualities and the seed is comparatively cheaper to sow although more seed i 3 requir ed, the planting rate being 30 pounds to the acre. The best time for sowing is in Sep tember, preferably before the 15th, ■Blair said. The Austrian winter pea /«-*ed may be obtained from almost a> y seed dealer. The seed may be broadcast in . standing corn, cotton, or tobacco and peered with an ordinary walking cul ' -vator. To avoid lose of cotton, the mowing 3hould bo just before the bolls •open or right after the first picking. Another way of seeding is to pre pare the seed bed by shallow plowing ■or disking, then sow the seed and cdeer with a section harrow, Blair re commended. The peas should not be sown with rjp, as the two crops will not be ready to turn under at the same time. But they may be mixed with vetch or crimson -citfvevA©. got-good results. Sown fey themseivee, the peas may . se turned under earlier in the spring <Ujep eithevetch or crimsoiFclorer. Blair said that although this gripe is hew to this" section' of the cojfitry, it.feas proved te be an excel lint legume ami wifi probably Increase in popularity at more fanners learn •es Its merits. _ I ** 1 This Bank Welcomes All New Business In Edenton 1 3 * I! "5 p*y | Therefore . . . . I =—- WE WELCOME j I The Chowan Herald I The Bank of Edenton congratulates the publishers of this new ■ newspaper for their optimism, and hope their efforts will be ■ crowned with success ... May this new newspaper be the means I of disseminating news and information through which other J■ businesses will be started in our community. H VITT E invite you to make our Bank your depos itory. We welcome deposits whether they i be large or small, and we are large enough to give our customers every assistance and consideration consistent with good banking. We provide De ll posit and Checking facilities of the highest order, s w a i ... OFFICERS ■ . JULIEN WOOD, President W. A- LEGGETT, Vice President J. A. WOODARD, Vies President \ D. M. WARREN, Cashier W. BL GARDNER. Assistant Cashier I L—— * I The Bank of Edenton I “SAFETY FOR SAVINGS SINCE 1894” • fl Member Federal Reserve System Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation jH THE CHOWAN N. C„ THURSDAY, AUGUST^ These Officers and Directors wel come interviews with those inter ested in opening new accounts, or desirous of establishing additional banking facilities. and we should like to have the privilege of serv- 9 ing you and of demonstrating the fact that a H Bank as large as this one is not too large to give H individual attention to all its patrons. If you are H not banking with us, we invite you to take advant- H age of our facilities. * ■ DIRECTORS 1 JULEEN WOOD J. C. BOND W. A. LEGO KIT W. H. WINBORNE |h ’ IB J. A. WOODARD W. Di WELCH 8 J. C. WOOD G- C. WOOD K W. D. PBUDKN JL EL * £
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