5143,9401 s Earmarked
For Research Work In
Field Os Agriculture
Another “Nickels For
Know-How” Referen
dum October 25
Meeting at State College during the
recent Farm and Home Week, the ex
ecutive committee of the North Caro
lina Agricultural Foundation approv
ed allocations totaling $143,940 from
“Nickels for Know-How” funds to fi
nance research and education pro
jects at N. C. State College during the
1954-55 fiscal year.
Agriculture Commissioner L. Y.
Ballentine reported at the same meet
ing that the “Nickels for Know-How”
program had brought in a total return
of $342,472.10 from its beginning in
January, 1952, through March 31,
1954.
The program was approved in a
special referendum in the fall of 1952,
when farmers voted by a heavy major
ity to contribute five cents a ton on
feed and fertilizer purchases to a fund j
to be used or promoting agricultural'
research and the dissemination of re
search information.
E. Y. Floyd of Raleigh, director of
the Plant Food Institute of North
Carolina and Virginia and chairman of
arrangements for the next “Nickels
for Know-How” referendum to be held
October 25, told of plans to hold the
referendum and said an effort is be
ins: made to inform the farmers of
the accomplishments already made.
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Drunken Driving Costs
4,577 Driving Licenses
Liquor-—whether transported or im
bibed—cost the greatest number of
Tar Heel drivers their driving privi
leges for the first six months of the
year the Motor Vehicles Department
reports.
In June 668 drivers were required to
surrender their drivers’ license, bring
ing the half-year’s total of drunken
driving offenders to 4,557.
Speeding was in second place with
3,852 convictions, most of them the
results of speeding over 70 mph in an
automobile.
Driving after license revoked result
ed in additional penalties for 308 mo
torists during the first half and two
offenses of reckless driving got 179
more.
The six month’s report showed mis
cellaneous violations and subsequent
convictions as ollows: habitual vio
lators 318; larceny of auto 71; im
proper use of driver’s license 47; and
unsatisfied judgment 267.
The “D. T.’s” Maybe
“What is it that has horns, a long
pointed tail, and carries a pitchfork?”
“T give up.”
“I don’t know either, but it’s been
following us ever since we left that
last bar.”
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The Right And Wrong Way To "Cheer” The Sick , ||]
' To visit a sick friend is a most thoughtful thing to do—and yet many i
of us are thoughtless, or mistaken, in our notions of how to cheer the sick,' i
according to a recent article in The Canadian Medical Association <
Journal. As authority, they quote Florence Nightingale, the revered 1 <
“mother of nursing.” Though she lived almost a century ago, her keen! <
and sympathetic observations are still worth listening to, the Journal 1 i
pointed out
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■ “I would appeal most seriously
to all friends, visitors, and attend
ants of the sick to leave off this
practice of attempting to ‘cheer''
the sick by making light of their b
danger and by exaggerating their I
probability of recovery,” wrote
Florence Nightingale in 1859. In
other words, though well-meaning,
a hearty “Oh, you’ll be good as new
in no time” only depresses and.
wearies the patient. “He feels what
a convenience it would be if there
were any single person to whom
he could speak simply and openly,
without pulling upon himself . . .
this shower-bath of silly hopes and
encouragements.” •„
Perhaps, with equally good in
tentions, you may tell your ill
friend of some new treatment
you’ve just read about, or urge
j him to see your doctor. The result
Is that “everything is upset, con
fidence is destroyed or disturbed,
everybody is annoyed, but only one
person is injured, and that is the
patient.” The treatment you’ve
read about may not be feasible or
safe in that particular case and,
much as you trust one physician,
don’t forget that your friend may
feel the same way about his—and
with as much right. »
ANSWERS
Question: Seme of my Irish potato
plants not only have potatoes grow
ing underground, up on the stems,
too. How do you explain this ?
Answer: What you see forming on
the stems of the Irish potato plants
are the true seed balls of the plant
and are not uncommon at all. These
seed halls invariably form in years
when the weather is cool and moist
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What Sick People Injoy
But Nurse Nightingale's advice ,
is not confined to “Don’t*.” “A sick
person does so enjoy hearing good
news, for instance, of a love and
courtship, while in progress to a
good ending”— not, she hastens to i
add, with an unhappy ending. “A j
sick person also intensely enjoys j 1
hearing of any material good, any ( |
positive or practical success . .
He has so much of books and fiction
... tell him of one benevolent act
which has really succeeded prac
tically, it is like a day’s health to
him.” And, unless it is against
doctor’s orders, you might take a
child along for a short visit. “It,
freshens up a sick person’s whole
mind to see ‘the baby’,” Florence
Nightingale says..
during the blooming season. This oc
curs more often in Western North
Carolina than in the Coastal Plain.
Question: What is 2,4, 5-T?
Answer: The chemical 2,4, 5-T
(2, 4, 5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic) is
similar to 2, 4-D weed killer in com
mon use in North Carolina at pres
ent, except that it is more effective
than 2, 4-D on some plants and less
effective on others. It appears to be
particularly more effective on some i
woody species such as Blackberries,
poison ivy, sweet gum, some oaks,
rose and ribes. The chemical is more
expensive than 2, 4-D. In some cases
increased concentrations of 2, 4-D will
do the job nearly as well and more
economically than 2,4, 5-T. The 1
chemical is available as amines and |
esters. Esters are generally more ef
fective.
Question: What are the plant di
seases which most often attack al
falfa grown in North Carolina ?
Answer: Downy mildew, leaf spot,
leaf blotch, black stem, anthracnose,
and rust. But there recently has de
veloped another serious threat to al
falfa in this state —the alfalfa stem i
nematode which has spread into North i
from Virginia.
I Question: Is it advisable to store
unshucked corn?
| Answer: Generally speaking, no.
It is very difficult to control insects
in unshucked corn, unless it can be
put into a tight area for fumigation. |
Dusts containing synergized pyreth
rum may suppress the spread of in
sects from ear to ear in unshucked
corn, but will not control weevils
within unshucked ears. Some of these
, dusts, however, when used on shelled
corn that is dry, uninfested, or very
slightly infested, appear to prevent in
sect damage for two or three months.
It must be noted that a few of the
different dusts on the market cause a
down-grading of the corn.
Question: Do legume crops require
large amounts of lime in the soil?
Answer: Legumes generally have
a high lime requirement. Ladino
clover, a legume, showed an increase
in value of S4O per acre after one ton
of lime was added cn highly acid soil,
$49 when two tons were applied, and
$52 when three tons were added. The
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soil being highly acid insured a re
turn from money spent for lime over
a longer period.
Question: How should I fertilize
my soybeans without a soil analysis?
Answer: The soil analysis would
have been your best bet. The phos
phate application should range from
0 to 40 pounds and the potash from 0
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to 80 pounds. On the basis of soil
samples received, the most common
fertilizer needed would ho medium in
phosphate and high in potash, such as
400 pounds of 0-10-20, or 300 pounds
of 0-9-27. You don’t usually get a
yield increase from fertilizer on soy
beans following heavily fertilized
crops or on soils with very high phos
phate and potash levels.
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