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PAGE FOUR Time At Hand To Combat Blue Mold In Tobacco Beds County Agent C. W. Ov erman Releases Time ly Advice “Now is the time to begin if tobac co growers expect to control the blue mold disease in plant beds this sea son,” says County Agent C. W. Over man. .Blue mold takes a heavy toll of tobacco plants every year in Cho wan County. Last year there was a serious shortage of plants making it necessary for many growers to'bring in plants from other bounties. Bring ing plants from counties is danger ous, as disedse may be brought in al so and be implanted in the soil. Blue mold can be controlled. The control is preventive and not a cure. Therefore, it is most important to be gin spraying or dusting plant beds when plants are size of a dime. Beds should be treated every 3 to 4 days until the plants are set in the field. Thorough treatment twice each week keeps a covering of the fungicide on the plants so that as the disease is blown in it is killed before the spores take effect on the leaves. Fermate is the fungicide generally used in this i County. For spraying, about 2 pounds < of Fermate will be sufficient for 100 1 square yards of plant bed for the sea- ' son. Fermate should be mixed at the ’ rate of 1 pound to 25 gallons of water i or 5 level tablespoonfuls per gallon of ] water. To mix, place the Fermate in : a jar, pqur in about twice as much i water as you have Fermate* screw 1 on the top and shake well until thoroughly mixed, then pour this into i the correct amount of water. • For spraying the first 4 applica- j tions will require about 3 to 3% gal- ; lons per 100 square yards. This may 1 be sprayed through the cover on the j bed. The fifth and sixth applica- ] tions will take about gallons per 100 j square yards. The seventh and other * applications will require 5 to 6 gal- < lons per 100 square yards. “If some j blue mold should appear in sprayed j beds don’t give up,” says Mr. Over man, but continue to use the 5 to 6 gallon rate regardless of plant size.” For Dusting the beds instead of spraying use a 1591 Fermate dust. It will require about 25 pounds of dust I per 100 square yards of bed for the j 1 U"*** 1 1 *'lr *» , n ttiwfl ; ‘ MORE PLANTING KERNELS PER BAG j Hancock Sheller In Edent on, N. C. Peanut Farmers! Hancock Shelters DO NOT SPLIT YOUR SEED . . . SAVE YOU MORE PLANTING KERNELS PER BAG. ALL PEANUTS HAND-PICKED AND READY TO PLANT. — — ■ Hancock Shelters BUILT AND MAINTAINED BY EXPERT PEANUT MACHINERY MECHANICS TO SHELL ALL TYPES AND SIZES OF PEANUTS. Hancock Seed Shelters ARE NOW SHELLING A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE PEANUTS PLANTED IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. □ GIVE US A TRY .. .WE ARE SURE YOU WILL BE PLEASED Mack Ward Located Mack Ward’s Cotton Gin A Vti VIi — V?i Vlr —VI — Vt —rV|f - n n g|||p H nf|>i season. The first 4 applications of dust will require 1 to 1% pounds of dust per 100 square yards; sth and 6th applications will require 2 to 2% pounds per 100 square yards, and oth er applications 3 to 3% pounds per 100 square yards. Dust should be > applied early in the morning while I the dew is on and the air is quiet. “It is most important to do a thorough job with each application,” Mr. Overman advises. “In spraying use as much pressure as possible and a nozzle that will give a fine mist, . permitting thorough and even cover age. When dust is applied you should be able to see the coating of duet on the leaves. Growers who start in time and do a good job of controlling blue mold should have no loss of plants from the disease.” About 50 Attend Tractor School Practices Pointed Out For More Efficient Operation Approximately 50 farm boys and farmers attended the two farm tract or card and maintenance schools held last week. One of these was held at the Agricultural Building of Chowan High School and the other at S. John’s Negro school at Yeopim. These were so arranged to permit vocational agri cultural students, older 4-H Club mem bers and farmers to attend. J. C. Ferguson, Extension Agricultural Engineer, conducted the discussion and demonstrations. Mr. Ferguson pointed out the vital parts of the farm tractor, explaining l the necessity for proper care and maintenance and how it may be accomplished. Different make tractors used on the farms in each community were avail able so that the information could be given on each different make. Those attending indicated considerable in terest and many questions were asked and answered concerning their prob lems with farm tractors. Mr. Fer guson clearly pointed out practices to be followed to make the farm tractor operate most efficiently, last as long as possible and save the farm time and money. Big Increase Noted In Auto Licenses Approximately 915,000 motor ve hicle licenses have been issued by the THE CHOWAN HHRAtP EDENTON, W. G, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1960. \ Department of Motor Vehicles since • December 1, *he Department has re ! ported. The figure represented nearly a 818,000 had been issued. Motor Vehicle officials expect reg ? istration to exceed the million mark ! by the end of June if the present trend contiues. Figures did not pass the million mark in 1949 until the lat ter part of October. The all-time high figure of 1,030,000 set last year is expected to be broken by that time. Mrs. Horace C. White Elected Representative Os Pocahontas Council At Friday night’s meeting of Cho wanoke Council, No. 54, Degree of Pocahontas, Mrs. Horace White was elected to represent the Council at the Great Council meeting which will [be held at Carolina Beach June 12 and 13. Mrs. E. J. Pruden of Merry [ DEFINITELY 1 DOUBLE I MEASURE! I m jij i \\m Hsjgl 11 Bp4 HB i cFV 1 r s Hill was elected as alternate. With the local Council 1n existence only several months, this will be the first time Edenton will be represented . by the women’s branch ot the Fm . proved Order of Red Men at the Great ‘ Council meeting. Tobacco Leaders Seek No Allotment Change Tobacco leaders of the flue-cured area agreed at a meetng in Raleigh, March 11, that no change should be DON’T MISS! t T ' j Frigidaire Night I EDENTON HIGH SCHOOL FridayNight,March3l-7:30 I Lots Os Free Prizes! , %w Frigidaire Iwo-Ov&L Electric Range You Cmb%A ! ■■ NEW full-width Fluorescent Cooking-Top NEW 6-60 Time-signal times cooking ac i curately from 1 to 60 minutes. New Radiantube Cooking Unite « ► u-u, e . ~ ... x , —are faster than ever, yet use less NEW Storage Drawers gl.de silently on current The / re flatter and wider so t triple Nylon rollers. more heating surfqce comes in eon- I J .j.u,..... , , „ , tact with utensils. Eoch has 5 exact NSW h.gh back-panel protects walls from heats> Swing up for cleaning . I splashing. , ► NEW Raymond Loewy styling. "• Lux * **- 75 Shown * NEW switch knobs are easier to read and $349.75 i to reach. 9 other Models from $149.75 RALPH E. PARRISH! "YOUR FRIGIDAIRE DEALER ” ■ - r • v EDENTON, N. C. , » !U * Jt ut ■ » "V-- -«ft -|f|, |f| iff, t ||| v —wy — vy ■»— '-wy ■ — -wy — vy —v«r ' ■■w f WILL START SHELLING MARCH 27tH 1 sought in the 1950 allotments. At the meeting, presided over by , J. Henry Vaughan, Elm City, N. C., chairman of Tobacco Associates’ Board of Directors, the flue-cured to bacco situation was reviewed in de tail. “It was developed in the meeting that the report demand for cigarette grades appears to have strengthened smce the 1960 quota and allotments ■Were reviewed last December,” the leaders said in a statement after the session. “There were differences in opinion 1 as to the extent to which current and prospective supplies would satisfy the export demand for cigarette grades. “However, it was generally agreed at the meeting that no effort should be made to change tile 1950 allot ments. Planting has already begun in the Southern part of the 'belt and the uncertainty of trying to bring about any change would cause con siderable confusion among growers.” The Cherokees of North Carolina do root know what the name of their tribe means. They call themselves “Ani-Yunwiwa” or “real people.”
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