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By Wilborne Harrell
Today —Among other things, I’m
an amateur kitchen mechanic, I
like to cook. Currently I am ex
perimenting with Southern style
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HARRELL
spoon bread.
Egg bread,
Southern style
bread, corn
meal bre a d—
call it what you
will, it is basic
ally the same
thing. And I
have learned
there are as
many ways of
preparing it as
there are cooks.
I have tried several recipes and
ready-prepared mixes, and a few
experimental recipes of my own.
They proved fairly good, some
very good, but none improved on
the bread our mothers and
grandmothers turned out. By
rule of thumb, seldom measuring,
and with a brand of culinary al-1
MOUND THE FARMS IN CHOWAN
By C. W. OVERMAN, Chowan County Agent
Sheep Raising in Chowan County
Several Chowan County farm
ers have small flocks of sheep.
Bembry Wood of Greeenfield has
a flock of approximately 300,
ewes which is the largest.
Sheep raising fits in well as one
of the cash enterprises on many.
farms. Each ewe requires about,
one-half acre of good pasture, one,
bushel of corru and one bushel of.
oat s and about 300 pounds of t
good hay per year. Sheep can|
also be used for grazing in barn|
yards and other small areas which I
may otherwise have to be mowed.
The wool crop from each sheep'
should sell for enough to take care
of the feed cost. One or more
lambs per year is usually consid
ered the profit.
While sheep are not considered
a highly paying enterprise on a
small scale, they do fit into the!
farming operation as one of many,
cash enterprises. It is necessary |
to hare a good ram. One ram i
should take care of up to 25 ewes, j
To justify a good ram, we feelj
that the sheep flock should consist
of at least 16 ewes.
Orders are now being taken at
the county agent’s office for good
western ewes. The ewes will cost
approximately twenty-five dol- ]
lars each. A five dollar deposit
for each ewe is required. There!
is a limited number of ewe s al
ready bought by the N. C. Depart- j
ment of Agriculture, so farmers
who are interested in purchasing
ewes should get their orders in as
soon as possible.
Soils and Fertilizers in
Chowan County
The outlook for agriculture for
1958 is no better than it was this
time last year for 1957. This
means that farmers cannot expect
any higher prices and may re
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chemy all their own, these grand
old-timers were unexcelled. They
could whip up a batch of spoon
bread that would melt in your
mouth . . . I’m still looking for
the perfect recipe. What’s yours?
Yesterday —Edward Zane Carroll
Judson, playwright and novelist,
better known as “Ned Buntline”,
was the original “dime” novelist.
He i s credited with over 400
Western novels, which also makes
him the first “Western story”
writer. Buntline led a very col
orful life and often made use of
his own adventures as material
for his stories. A close friend of
Wyatt Earp and Buffalo Bill,
Buntline also made use of their
experienc in his novels, and was
probably responsible for the pop
ularity of Earp and Buffalo Bill.
Buntline was also the creator of
the Buntline Special, the 18-inch
gun that Wyatt Earp carried
throughout his career and subse
ceive some lower prices. The
only way to maintain or boost the
farm income is by most efficient
management.
Since we are largely a crop pro
ducing county, with livestock de
pendent upon crops and pasture,
anything we can do to our soil to
bring about more efficient pro
duction will necessarily help in- j
come. This refers to more effi
cient fertilization.
At a meeting of farmers, fer
tilizer dealers, agricultural work
ers, and others on January 17, Ex
tension Agronomist W. C. White
pointed out some important things
to consider. Based on soil sam
ples sent to the soil testing lab
oratory from Chowan Countj
during the years 1952-53-54 som
important facts were revealed.
Approximately 90 per cent of our
soils are testing high to very high
in phosphorous (phosphates are
the middle item in the fertilizer
analysis. Approximately 70 per
cent of our soils are testing low
to very low in potash (the third
item in the fertilizer analysis).
As you know, our fertilizer analy
sis shows the per cent of nitro
gen, phosphorus, and potash, in
that order. Many of our soil tests
showed a need for lime and many
did not.
The only way that anyone can
determine what fertilizer needs to
produce a given crop is by a soil
analysis. The soil testing service
is free and the only cost to the
farmer is about 30 minutes time
for taking the sample in the field
and possibly ten cents postage for
each field.
Chowan is a peanut county and
we also grow a lot of soybeans,
which are both legumenous crops
I feeding heavily on potash. This
means that the correct amount of
quently made famous.
An interesting fact about the
Old West: The purpose of the
high crown of the ten-gallon hat
of the early cowboys, was to give
greater coolness to the head and
to provide a receptacle for the
cowboy to feed and water his
horse when on the trail.
Tomorrow —Give a kid toys and
he will play with them. Give an
aggressive dictator weapons,
power, technical know-how and
the will to make war, and s ooner
or later he will play with them.
The analogy holds true in the
case of Russia. Conquering the
world has all along been the
avowed objective of the commun
ists, and nothing will deter Rus
sia from some- day making the
mad gamble. Khrushchev has
told us, “We will bury you!” We
made the mistake of not believing
Hitler when he said he was out
to conquer the world. Let’s notl
make the same mistake twice.
potash used in our rotations will.
improve the yield and quality of
these crops. Mr. White urged
everyone to do everything possi
ble to get farmers to make u*e
of the soil testing and to follow
the results of the soil testing re
ports. Agricultural worker s are
also in a position to aid farmers
in determining the type of fer
tilizer needed for crops to be;
grown. We urge farmers to make
use of these services in 1958 and,
in years to come, for more effi
cient fertilization, to bring about
better yields and higher quality.
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MOST EASTERN CAROLINA I
FARMS ARE FIRE HAZARD
Unless your farm is different!
from most other Eastern North:
Carolina farms, you have a fire \
hazard on your hands.
That’s the opinion of R. S. j
Douglass, forestry specialist so
the N. C. Agricultural Extension j
Service, who advises that the cost j
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THE MISSILE WATCH- -United Press photographers test the positions of their long-range
cameras at Cocoa Beach. Fla. Their target is the missile-testing center at Cape Canaveral. A
tightening up of security regulations forced the cameramen tc move back to approximately six
miles from the launching site. Adding to the difficult assignment is a new policy at the missile
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SERMONS
By—
l-RED DODtiK
TEXT; . “Much talk, much fool
ishness”. —The Talmud
Three old ladies in a home for
the mentally unbalanced, were
sitting on the porch, talking to
gether. Finally one said,
“I wish that a big, strapping,
he-man would come along and
make love to us!”
One of the other old ladies lean
ed over to her friend and whis
pered,
j “Poor Gertie. She won't be
I with us long. She’s beginning to
talk sense.”
While we are urged tr> “talk
| sense,” it i s as important to listen
| sensibly. One of the greatest ad
| vantages to be gained from a
of preparing and maintaining
firelanes with a farm tractor is
low compared to what a bad
Toastmasters’ Club is the knowl
edge of how to evaluate speakers.
As one learns to speak in public,
he knows what other speakers ex
perience in preparing and pre
senting their ideas. He learns
•hat words are used to cover a
lack of thinking as well as to con
vey thoughts. It is easy for a
skilled evaluator to strip away th
- utterances of a dema
gogue. It is startling and em
barrassing to see how mentally
naked some speakers can be,
A listener gains knowledge and
understanding. The listening man
is thought to be .wise. To earn
such a reputation is worth a lit
tle listening.
Yes. it is as important to listen
with sense as it is to "talk sense”.
fire can cost a farmer.
Douglass says that if you have
a rough area, you may need to
get the N. C. Forest Service or a
heavy equipment operator to
prepare your firelanes the first
time. Then you can maintain
them with a farm tractor.
Old lanes thatwere made with
a heavy fireplow can be main
tained as combination roads and
firelanes if they are worked with
a bush and bog harrow reversed
to null the dirt in until they are
level, and then maintained with a |
gang disk to leave them level.
D mglass warns that often a
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prepared and maintained firelane
is the difference between stop
ping a serious fire and losing a
stand of timber that would take
25 years or more to replace.
“Fire is a serious hazard in tim
ber growing, and spending a lit
tle money to. reduce the hazard
is an excellent investment." he
concludes.
Just The Reason
Mrs. Goofus (to hired girl)-
What are you leaving for?
Haven't we always treated you
just like one of the family?
Ethedberta—Yes. and I'm tired
of it.
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