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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.
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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
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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
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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.
To do this, of course let the line slip
freely under that finger of the right
hand; when there’s enough out, a
gentle pressure of the finger against
the cork grip stops it, or causes a mild
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brake to slow him. A small trout is
played by stripping in line with the
left hand. A big fish can be'handled
best by playing him from a single
action reel.
Suggestions Given
On Farm Buildings
More and more farmers are ooming
to realize that properly designed and
constructed buildings can play an im
portant part in their farm operations,
believes H. M. Ellis, extension agri
cultural engineer at State College.
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
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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
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any time but it is doubly seripus now,
Ellis asserts, because the country can
ill afford the cost of materials and
manpower needed to reolace such loss
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Steps should be taken to minimise
such hazards as defective chimneys
and heating systems, sparks on com
bustible roofs, lightning, spontaneous
ignition, careless use of matches and
smoking in buildings, careless use of
gasoline and other fuels, and faulty
wiring and misuse of electrical appli
ances. These are the principal causes I
of farm fires.
The average person is a sucker if
you make him think he is getting in
on the “ground floor” while others
are paying a higher price.
Whodunit?
(Continued From Page Nine)
murderer, and the game of wits be
tween reader and author that gives
| the detective story its wide popu
larity. Morbidness or sadism, or an
undue interest in murder as murder,
on the part of the reader, do not en
ter into the picture. Folks who would
faint at the sight of a cut finger are
avid detective story fans, and can
take on the goriest and grisliest plot
without batting an eye. No matter
how graphically written or gruesofne
ly portrayed, it never fazes them. It
is the intellectual and not the emo
tional angle that interests your true
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whodunit fan. It is not the blood
SpUtaft or persona killed, but the prob
lem of the plot, the deductive game
they play'with the author.
But a well written detective story
should con tain, something more than
plot. Plot alone won’t swing it. The
characters, should be well developed
and should be people we can like or
love or hate, each to his own deserts.
The bare bones of plot and construc
tion should be clothed in atmosphere,
background, good characterization and
all of elements that make up a
good novel.
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