PAGE TEN Com Demonstration Being Conducted Four Farmers Trying To Find Out Best Corn To Plant Although none of them are gamb , lers, four Chowan County farmers are determined to find out what their lucky number is. The lucky number refers to the number of the best kind of seed com to plant. The following farmers are conducting com variety demonstrations this year: Marcell Ward, who lives on the Suffolk High way; Tom Asbell, who lives near Cen ter Hill; William T. Forehand, who lives in Cowpen Neck community, and J. D. Swindell, who lives in Yeopim community. All of these farmers planted two rows each of 18 different varieties of com. Each variety was planted the same day, received an equal amount of fertilizer and conditions for all va rieties are as near alike as possible. Regular open pollinated com varieties are in each test as well as several hybrid varieties. This week signs were placed be tween the rows of each variety so vis itors can identify them. Some of the varieties are early maturing, others are medium maturing, and still others are late. Observation made this week shows that the G-704 is completely tasselled and 26% of the silks are showing. Hackett, which is an open pollinated variety, is 95i% tasselled, with 36% of the silks showing. V-25 Y is the earliest maturing com in the demonstration, and it is completely tasselled and part of the silks are beginning to dry. Chowan farmers who are interested r in observing these com test demon strations should have no trouble in finding them. Further information about these corn varieties can be ob tained from the county agent’s of fice. i— -BNHB Amu By T§d Ksstmg This is for the man trying for the first time to catch trout on flies. But before we start, let’s remember that trout aren’t complete nitwits—they are shy, timid. So walk lightly and don’t let them see you. But the first step is to find them. The most generally productive spot and the most easily fished is a narrow tongue of current entering a pool from a swift, shallow stretch. The greatest amount of food will be con centrated there. And trout will be watching the current, ready to dart out and grab an enticing morsel. If you can cast down there, well and good. But you can get just as many trout by merely stripping line from the reel and letting the current wash the fly down to the good spot. It calls almost for a sixth sense to hook trout with a fly drifting nat A^/'^^AA^ U. S. MILITARY ACADEMY 150 YEARS OLD IN 1952 The United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., has announced plans for the celebration of its sesquicentennial through the period from January to June 1952. Maj. Gen. Byrant E. Moore, super intendent of the Academy, in a gen eral order proclaiming the ob servance, has directed all personnel at West Point to lend their sup port to activities commemorating the founding of the institution through an act of Congress in March, 1802. The school, which has been the alma mater of so many of Amer ica’s greatest military leaders, was established through the efforts of the founding fathers of the repub lic who emphatically urged upon the government the necessity for such an institution. In his annual message to Congress in 1797 Presi dent Washington said: “The institution of a military academy is recommended by cogent reasons. However pacific the gen ; eral policy of the nation may be, it ought never to be without a stock of military knowledge for emer i gencies.” The garrison site at'West Point, j which nad been occupied by the I Army since 1778, cohsisting of j 1,796 acres, was purchased in 1790, j and was available when the school : was opened during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, July' 4, 1802. 1 Maj. Jonathan Williams, grand j nephew of Benjamin Franklin, was { the first superintendent His i faculty consisted of five officers, with ten cadets present The War of 1812 gave an impetus I to the growth of the Academy and ' effected its educational aims in the period of peace which followed. Na tional Interest called now for canals, roads, river improvement, railroads, and the exploitation of ! soil and mineral wealth. There I wi s a wide call for engineers, and I 1 Col. Sylvanua Thayer, snperin- I tendent from 1817 so 1888, set out to give the country trained men of I excellence in knowledge and leader ' through the years the Academy has kept pace with the times and there has bean a gradual liberaliza > tion of the curriculum and training. Today 2,400 cadets are organized j into 24 companies at about 100 men | 'YOUR CAR IS ESSENTIAL ) I Emphasizing the essentiality of the tag, drugs and other necessities; 19% I family automobile, the National Auto- for driving children to school, going nubile Dealers Association proves its to church, participating in civic affairs* r cast by pointing out that 52% of all car ate* This leaves only 16% of pesstQ trips are for the purpose of maki- 7. a gar car usage in the social and rears** living, 13% are for buying food, cloth- tional category. - * f. WKI.HS i ' j 52% I | —' ■ 1111 11 urally on a slack line. Jason Lucas cautions beginners to remember this: When working the fly, keep the rod tip low, with leader and line straight from fly to rod grip where the line passes under a finger of the right hand. Let the line slip in and out un der that finger or you’ll be in trouble. Use your left hand, not the rod tip, to give the fly little jiggles. When your left hand gets back too far, reach out and take a fresh hold be hind that forefinger, forming a coil in your left hand with the slack. Thus, when a trout takes the fly, your fingers can feel him instantly and before he can turn, it’s pure reflex action to jerk back your hand and set the hook. Don’t give a hard jerk—a quick little tug does it. As soon as you’ve hooked him, raise the rod to the verti cal, to play him against its full spring. 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Ellis says that both labor and ma terials are becoming scarce as a rqpult of the nation’s defense activities. This, he points out, makes it more important than ever that farmers re pair existing structures and carefully plan buildings they are about to con struct. Well-planned buildings not only re duce labor requirements, says the specialist, bnt also make it possible ~i for the farmer to produce more and \ better crops and livestock. Priority, he says, should be given to repair and existing structures. A little extra bracing and the making of minor repairs now, he points out, may save costly repairs later. Protection from fire hazards should also be emphasized, since farm fires cause an annual loss of about SIOO,- 000,000. This is a serious problem at LIVE BY PHONE, CLOCK, (CALENDAR According to one doctor —the tele phone, clock and calendar are three of today’s most potent killers. 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