SECTION TWO S
PAGE SIX
SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS I
i “ Bv JAMES H. GRIFFIN, Soil Conservationist
Soil and water conservation
plans are being prepared on the
farms of A. C. Griffin, T. S.
Leary, Luther Bunch and Gilliam
Wood. These plans are a part of
the local soil conservation district
program. First, the farmer signs
an agreement with the district
stating that he wishes to use his
land within its capability and
treat it according to its needs.
After the agreement, a soil sur
veyor makes a soil map of the
farm placing each type of soil in
its capability class. All soils are
placed jn one of eight classes de-!
pending upon the conservation
problems of the type of soil. Most
of the soils farmed in Chowan j
County are Class II or Class 111
soils, meaning that a moderate
erosion, water or sandy condition j
is present. This problem will be
planned for in preparing the soil j
and water conservation plan j
with the landowner later.
The work unit conservationist,
will then make an appointment j
with the landowner and together j
they prepare the soil and water ;
conservation plan. Really, the j
conservation plan is a plan of j
operation for the landowner to
carry out in order to meet the ca
pabilities of his soil.
Tommy Leary is finishing in
stalling tile on his farm today
(Tuesday). This tile is being in
stalled on the Lynn Perry farm
which Tommy is cultivating.
Next tile to be installed is on
W. P. (Spec) Jones’ farm at
Smith’s store in Rocky Hock.
Mr. Jones is having 1,300 feet six
inch tile put in this year. From i
the Spec Jones farm the tile ma- j
chine will go to Milton J. Evans’ i
farm at Bandon and install about
WASHINGTON REPORT
I
Some days ago Mr. J. George
Stewart, Architect of the Capi
tol, told the Senate Public Works
Subcommittee on Public Build
ings that plans for extending the
East Front of the Capitol "do not
belong to the public”, which
would pay the slO.l million bill,
and that the plans “are not for
publication.”
He said it wasn’t a matter of
secrecy—it was just "the way
things are done on the Hill.”
He sure told the truth.
Secrecy is what I often sus
pect Washington has the most of,
except waste paper, maybe. This
secrecy thing, this all-to-fre
quent business of “executive ses
sion”, is something that merits
scrutiny.
Since Mr. Stewart's remark
about “the way things are done
on the Hill,” I’ve done some look
ing-back into the record. I find
that while there are too many
executive sessions, to my way of
thinking, amongst Senate com
mittees and subcommittees, the
situation hits been Worse and the
incident of such sessions appar
ently is falling off.
Executive sessions are as old j
as the Senate itself. From 1789 1
to 1795 all Senate business, with l
one exception, was done behind
closed doors. The t xception was ,
in February, 1794, in debate over
the seating of Albert Gallatin I
when, by vote of 19 to 8, specta-1
tors were admitted.
But the situation is improving.
Congressional committees last
year held fewer closed-door ses
sions than in any year since 1953.
on a percentage basis. Senate
committees closed only 33 per
cent of their meetings to the pub
lic last year, four per cent fewer
.than in 1956.
Committees and subcommittees
I am on are holding fewer execu
tive sessions. Forty-nine per cent
of the Agriculture Committee’s
sessions were closed-door in 1950;
' there were but 41 per cent last
year. Thirty-two per cent of the
Post Office and Civil Service
Committee sessions last year were
closed, four per cent less than in
1956. On Public Works, 45 per
cent were executive sessions in
1956, but only 2 7per cent last
year.
What happens in executive ses
sions? Well.
When we take up the agenda
on the Agriculture Committee we
automatically go into executive
ses»ion. Some days ago the only
business involved watershed pro
jects, two in Piedmont North Car
olina. Abbott’s Creek and Deep
Creek, and Senator Ellender. the
chairman, said at the outset that
all aeencies concerned had en
d-'rsed them. Thev had com
from county and state levels add
beer •'proved here bv the de
partment V * grieulture and the
Bureau of tl:e Budget without
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L 1,300 feet of six inch tile.
' j Around, 25,000 feet of six-inch
I drain tile will be installed this
!' spring. This is some less than
j the amount 'installed last spring,
i M. J. Bunch is planning to seed
Pensacola Bahia grass on his farm
next month for summer grazing.
Milton and Marvin Evans of Ban-
J don are also seeding some Bahia
grass pastures for summer graz
i ing. Ben Wood of Greenfield is
! seeding five acres next month to
j graze his sheep on this summer,
i Another good summer grazing
crop is Starr Millet or Pearl Mil
let if you prefer Pearl Millet to ■
j Starr. Starr Millet placed in nar
row rows (18-24 inch) and a good ;
season will yield around 6 to 7
I thousand pounds per acre dry
; matter —that’s a lot of feed for,
j cattle in July and August.
] R. C. Privott of Rocky Hock is
the first farmer to request ACP
assistance in establishing a sod
j waterway in Chowan County. A
sod waterway is a gradual grass'
i strip used by surface water to :
prevent further erosion or soil
j washing. This sod waterway was i
| planned last year jn his soil and
Water conservation plan. Mr.
Privott has conservation plan No.
580 and has carried out part of
the plan. This year he plans to j
establish the sod waterway, re
locate the farm road and con
struct an open ditch.
Frank Williams has recently <
signed an agreement with the lo- 1
| cal soil conservation district.
Last week the soil surveyor map
| ped the soil on his farm. Mr.
Williams will consruct a main
! drainage ditch on his farm this j
1 spring.
j dissent.
So, somebody in our executive
; [ ses.-ion moved that they be au
thorizi d by the Agriculture Com
-1 mittee and I seconded the motion
and it was done. Our “execu
tive session” didn't conduct any
secret business, after all, ar.d last
ed about two minutes.
In my many years in public !
life, I have heard a great many
excuses for secret aovernment
meetings. There are plenty of
excuses given for conducting the
public’s business in secret, but I
know of no real justification.
Nurture your mind with great j,
thoughts.
To believe in the heroic makes
heroes.
—Benjamin Disraeli.
When men put their trust in
God and in knowledge, the gov-1
ernmeht of the majority is, in the '
end. the government of the wise;
and good.
—William) Spalding. |
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Rock of Ages
By 1.. D. Warren —COUBTESY OF CINCINNATI ENQUTKEtt
TIMBER A > AI.l ABliidiOP
By JAMES H. GRIFFIN, Soil Conservationist j
Chowan County farmers have
the best opportunity of any group
on the east coast of the United
States to increase their income.
This area is one of the best sites
i found for growing loblolly pines,
cypress, tupelo gums and other
species of timber trees. We have
the sites, or nature-given charac
teristics. Therefore, what we do
with the natural resources is
most .important on management.
What are we doing about man-1
agement? Most nothing except !
on a very few farms. Ralph Van i
Matre of Greenfield has requested j
the supervisors of the Albemarle
Soil Conservation District to fur- j
nish technical assistance for pre- j
paring a woodland conservation '
plan for his farm. A soil survey i
was made last month and on,
March 10 John E. Wiggins, SCS
woodland conservationist, along 1
with Mr. Matre and myself will ;
start planning the woodland on i;
the farm. Recommendations will !
be made on the needed practices 1 '
to bring his woodland into high- j i
est production. Part of the j
young pines will need thinning, i '
some of the “weed trees” will ; i
need poisoning. (Weed trees are|l
trees that cannot be sold, such I i
as hollow, limby and undesirable i <
species). The total woods (700! 1
acres) will be divided into fields |
for ease in management and j I
treatment will be given tor eacn j 1
field. Other farmers can obtain j 1
this same service by requesting it. ' 1
What do you do when your cot- . i
ton or other field crops are too '
thick? Os course, you thin by j ■
chopping out the excess plants. | <
What if you don’t have a stand? j |
You either plant again or .replant,
where needed. What if your field j.<
crop is weedy? You use chemi- 1
cal methods or mechanical meth
ods to destroy the weeds. After
your field crop is ready for har
vest you harvest it and sell it
by the pound, bushel or other
types of measure. Right? Now,
how do you manage your woods?
Unfortunately, most farmers in
Chowan County and the rest of
eastern North Carolina don’t con
sider the woods a crop. We don’t j
plant trees enough, don't control
i the weeds, don’t thin to a stand,
don’t harvest to get the most for
what we have or sell by a meas
ure and in most cases to the high
est bidder. Most of you sell to
the first man to offer you what
you think might be in the woods. |
There are three or four different
types of lumber sticks or rules
for measuring board feet of lum
ber in a log. Which one do you
use in selling timber? Most i
people in Chowan County sell
and buy using the Doyle rule
which is all right providing you
understand the rule. The point
I want to get across is that your
woods are very valuable, more so
than you think, and deserve bet
ter treatment than most people
have been giving it. Yofir woods:
is a crop the same as your field j
crops Such as peanuts, cotton,!
truck and others.
The most common excuse used |
by small woodland owners is that i
I can’t eet x anything myself—the
time of harvest is too. far away.
These same people admit that !he
timber they have sold grew in |
when somebody else owned the
woods. Also most owner’s have
children who can benefit by their
parents’ good management today.
Help is available from profes
sional foresters. Soil Conserva
tion Service, the County Agent
AROUND THE FARMS IN CHOWAN
By C. W. OVERMAN, Chowan County Agent
Fruit Growing Interest
in Chowan County
Several Chowan County farm
ers have started commercial fruit
orchards this winter. Bennie
Bateman of Crqss Roads com
munity has set about two acres of
apples and peaches. Vandy Nix
on of Center Hill community has
set two acres of peaches. H. M.
Nixon of Rocky Hock community
is setting about three acres to ap
ples and peaches.
The climate and soil of much
of Chowan County is well suited
to fruit production. With reduc
ed acreage of allotted crops, fruit
growing fits well as another cash
enterprise to maintain farm in
come: There is an abundant
open market in this area for the
fruit we produce.
Forestry Demonstration I
North Carolina Forest Serivce |
and others. Use these people.
They are here to assist you and
are waiting for an opportunity to
help you.
j Pruning Can Prevent
j Spreading Os Disease
Late winter months are a good
time to prune shade trees. j
R. S. Douglass, forestry spe-1
cialist for the N. C. Agricultural
Extension Service, says that i
pruning diseased or damaged j
limbs can prevent the spread of |
disease, improve the appearance
of the tree and increase the use
fulness of a tree as an ornamental
shade tree.
Douglass says to be sure to
[ make a neat cut as close as possi
j blc to the trunk. He says the
best way to do this is to cut part
way through the limb from the
underside about six or eight ineh
les from the trunk. Then remove
the limb by cutting from the top
a few inches father out. This will
prevent the weight of the limb
i from tearing a strip down the
side of the tree. The stub should
be removed by cutting close to
the tree.
Wounds over two inches in di
ameter should be kept covered
with asphalt, heavy paint or spar
varnish until they heal over. •
Otherwise, rot fungi may become
established in the exposed dry
wood and the tree will eventually
be hollow.
Douglass concludes: “A nice
shade tree requires many years j
to grow. Any reasonable amount,
of care is a paying proposition.” J
Perhaps the reward of the spirit t
Who tries 1 1
Is not the goal but the exer
cise. —E. V. Cooke. i
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Wolf or weed trfces iq wood
land shade and crowd out young
pines and Qther desirable trees.
A farmer would not let weeds
crowd out a corn stand and if the
stand was too poor, he would
plant over. Doesn’t your wood
land deserve as good attention?
Good trees grow adding interest
day and night.
Poisoning weed trees and other
woodland management practices
will be demonstrated at Marvin
L. Evans’ woods in Rocky Hock
next Thursday afternoon at 1:00
'o’clock. James Griffin, the Soil
Conservationist, and the County
Agent will cooperate in conduct
ing the demonstration. We will
show how easy and inexpensive it
is to make your woodland more
I profitable.
Co-op Plan Urged
To Beat Russians
In Science Race
Rural and small-town schools
, aren’t doing a good enough job
teaching science and mathematics
to their students. It’s one reason
why the United States is lagging
i behind Russia in 'today’s age of
Sputniks and missiles,
i That’s what leading educators,
businessmen and government of-
I ficials agreed recently at a na
tional industry-education confer
ence at Laoe Arrowhead, Cal.,
sponsored by the National Acade
my of Sciences and Hughes Air
craft Company.
schools came in for
their share of criticism, too. The
problem: How to interest and
train more • talented students in
scientific careers.
School-Industry Plan
To remedy the situation the
conference delegates recommend
ed joint industry-education coop
eration that includes:
1. Using industry scientists and
engineers as guest lecturers in
science classes.
2. Hiring science and math
teachers for summer jobs that will
give them first-hand experience
. dn applying the principles that
they teach their classes.
5. Loans by industry to the
schools of scientific equipment too
expensive for purchase by the
schools.
4, Vacation work by talented
i high school students in science
related industry jobs.
5. Permanent area councils to
encourage industry-school coop
eration in science teaching.
The program already is in op
eration at Hughes Aircraft Com-
pany which is cooperating closely
with schools near its main facili
ties in Culver City, Cal.
| “Hughes feels that every com
pany which hires scientists and en.
gineers should do its part in help
ing the schools train them,” says
Dr. Lester C. Van At'ta, a former
professor at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, who now
heads the Hughes education pro
gram.
Dramatize Science
Company scientists lecture to
high school chemistry and phy
sics classes on such subjects as
color television, electronic brains
1 and space flight. In addition to |
getting first-hand information,
students have a dhanee to discuss
career plans with the scientists
after class.
“It’s important for a student toj
I begin preparing for a scietifie
. career early,” Dr. Van Atta says.
, “Some colleges no longer will ac
cept students for science and en
gineering training unless they
have taken extensive math and
science courses in high school.”
Several states already have in
dustry-education programs in op
‘ eration. State educational offices
have information on them.
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