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SOIL CONSQtVATHM NEWS By JAMES H. GRIFFIN, Soil Conaervationiat Chowan County fanners are be coming very concerned about the erosion on their farms. Jimmy Parrish came by the office not long ago and told me about a piece of land he now owns that did not have a cover crop on it. He said that the wind had blown i a number of truck loads of soil I from it. Ditches had been filled with sand and in one place a sand pile had formed. Jimmy said the wind erosion had cost him extra plowing to stop the erosions a few days. He is also losing moisture from the soil due to plowing and j wind drying. Others have lost newly-planted crops due to wind erosions. Fields j that have been rowed-up and planted have been smoothed-ones , in a few hours by wind erosion. At Rocky Hock school this year during the conservation poster contest (March) the students in the fourth and fifth grades stated that when their daddies planted winter cover crops their mother’s house didn’t fill up with dust and sand during the windy season. Erosion is costly. Dr. Nixon, who owns a farm near cross roads, has spent a number of dollars this spring constructing new drainage ditches. His old ditch es were filled with top soil that “washed” out of h l is fields over a period of years. The new drain age system will fill-up unless con servation is practiced on the farm. Farmers in the sandy area of the county, 'Rocky Hock, have found out that leaving a strip of oats, wheat, or rye between the rows of crop helps to prevent wind erosion. Gilliam Wood has set out hedge in the field at Cherry Point to help control wind erosion. Mr. Wood is also using multiflora rose fences to help control erosion. West Leary has a pine wind *break started on the Oakridge farm. This windbreak is about three years old and about 30 feet wide. Also he has a windbreak of rTTTTI EXCESSIVE WEAR! Let us align your wheels AS ACCURATELY AS A with our new Hunter "LITE-A-LINE” Equipment You can actually extend the life of your tires up to 50% by driving with accurately aligned wheels. And, you’ll also add greatly to your driv ing comfort and safety. To assure tire-saving, life saving accuracy, our amazing Hunter equipment actually checks your wheel alignment with beams of light! Stop by soon for a complete Hunter Front End Safety Check. It takes only a few minutes. Service Garage •mmmm, W. Queen Street HUNTER PHONE 3410 Authorized HUNTER Sender .. .j' I ] x Ilv/ii Sl* i3o'« «■ • JB»jMS#J#xN AV/iN v^^Hl^Winr/ . %£f* - , *N ,#’ j, VWi^^ATv pine and bicolor lespedeza on the south side of the field. Now, Mr. Leary is planning to start irrigat ing the truck crops on this farm. Construction will start soon on digging ponds. All of these prac tices are planned in his soil and, i water conservation plan number | | 382 with the Albemarle Soil Con servation District. His irrigation! system will be planned by SCS engineers to fit the needs of the j farm. Tom Asbell has prepared an ex-, cellent sod waterway on j j Nixon farm. It is being seeded to * | Pensacola Bahia grass, Kobe les j pedeza and Sericea lespedeza. A ; sod waterway is used to carry surface water from the • farm without causing a “wash”. Sod waterways are used in natural de pression or placed where water usually runs off the farmland. Claude Small, Jr., has about an acre of cropland seeded in sericea lespedeza to prevent erosion. This land is sloping and needs a sod or close-growing crop to prevent erosion. Mrs. Maybelle Winslow of Gli den has.a severe gully erosion problem. In the past, tires, logs and other junk has been used in the gully to stop it but all have failed. This year she set the two acres to Coastal Bermuda grass. In addition to stopping the‘gully, she will use the grass for sheep grazing. McCoy Spivey of Gliden seeded an acre of sloping land on his farm to Pensacola Bahia grass to stop erosion. This area was on the edge of the field beside the woods. As in many cases in Cho wan County this area should not j have been cleared for crops be | cause of the steep slope. Now, it i is in grass. Fahey and Carroll Byrum are | using multiflora rose fences on ; their field boundaries to prevent erosion and to furnish wildlife shelter and food. A number of other district cooperators are us ing the same practice, Bicolor les pedeza strips serve dual purpos es when used to control erosion and furnish food for wildlife. Bis: Shipping Lasses Come Early In Year Only recently, Tar Heel farm ers were being urged to protect their livestock from cold weath er. Now, all at once, it’s the heat they’ve got to worry about. Jack Kelley, in charge of ani mal husbandry for the N. C. Ag j ricultural Extension Service, says that hog producers planning to market hogs for the next two months should watch the weather forecast for “hot spells.” He says that greater losses occur when hogs are shipped early in the season than in the hotter months of July through September. Ap parently the hbgs “get used” to the heat or develop a tolerance for it later in the year. Relatively slight rises in tem perature early in the season can result in extreme increases in deaths per thousand of hogs be ing shipped, according to Kelley. For example, at one market last April, the death rate averaged nearly three times as high for days when the temperature reached 75 degrees as for days the thermometer stayed below 65. Kelley says that if you want to cut down on hog deaths which result from shipping hogs during hot weather you should follow these precautions: Sort out the hogs early to permit ,them to cool off and quiet down before loading, load them quietly, load fewe/ hogs per truck, use wet j sand for bedding, and finally, use only a reliable trucker. Every man 'is useful to his kind by the very fact of his ex- I istence. —Thomas Carlyle. THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MAY 8, 1958. " New Com Variety Demonstration In Chowan County Two corn variety test demon strations were planted in Chowan County last week, according.to County Agent C. W. Overman. One of these was planted with Eugene Jordan of Ryland com- I munity and the other with Gil liam Wood of Yeopim community, i Varieties used in these demon jstrations are those recommended I for this area plus some additional I new ones. ' They include early | maturing, mid-season maturing, and full season maturing varie- I ties. The purpose of these demon strations are two fold. First, it enables farmers in Chowan Coun ty to observe how the various va rieties perform in our county. Second, it enables us to learn which varieties are possibly best suited for our county here, yield and all other factors included. The demonstration at Eugene Jordan’s is located in a field just across the road from his home. The one with Gilliam Wood is lo cated on Hayes Farm about in the middle of the field toward the i livestock pasture. As soon as cul tivation is complete, each variety will be labeled so that they can be easily identified for visitors. Churches Join In Soil Stewardship Churphes of Chowan County are cooperating with the local Albemarle Soil Conservation Dis trict in the observance of Soil Stewardship. The local district supervisors purchased the sup plies necessary for 15 churches to conduct services on soil ste wardship. Most of the churches will have their programs on Sun day, May 18, but one or two will hold services in June. Each church worked out its own sched ule to fit the needs of the church. Churches Who are planning programs are: Rocky Hock Bap tist (June). Great Hope Baptist, Edenton Presbyterian, Edenton First Christian, Center Hill Bap tist, Center Hill Methodist, Mace donia Baptist, Warwick Baptist. Ballard’s Bridge Baptist, Saint Paul’s Episcopal, Evans Metho dist, Yeopim Baptist, Edenton Methodist, Warren Grove Bap tist and others. To these churches and their pastors the Chowan County Su pervisors say thanks for their splendid cooperation in the Soil Stewardship observance. The equipment dealers of Edenton are helping by using their usual ad space this week on a soil stewardship message. These dealers have helped the soil consrvation district program considerably by cooperating with the district. So have many oth er people and businesses in Edenton and Chowan County. “Together we can be good ste wards of our natural resources and make Chowan County a bank of natural resources,” says James Griffin, soil conservation ist. TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIEPt W : MORE ; MILEAGE for your auto # insurance dollar! \ New FAMILY AUTO POLICY gives broadened coverage to owners of private passenger cars . . . with no increase in Nationwide's low, low rates. For you, your wife and any relative living with you ... better protection against bodily injury and property damage liability. Liberalized medical payments coverage, too. COLLISION INSURANCE? * Ask about the ohoice of collision coverages available. Broad protection, low premium . . . no matter what deductible amount you select. Remember, with Nationwide Auto Insurance, you can count on Fast Claims Service. „ For full details, see vour nearby Nationwide agent. TOORUD GEO. H. BROWN. JV Edenton Colerain * Hertford Windsor TeL 2429 TsL 2631 TtL 2051 ifjj ATIONWIDB "" 1.1 J' WWrnm MM nr, ta»a t» »»-•*«• , . 3*oa. j «• ._ Raoional office* HMiRIGH ' Farmers, Commercial Growers Warned Against Illegal Child Labor Employment • Farmers and commercial grow ers whose produce is ~sold or | shipped in any form out of the State a,re cautioned to check carefully the ages of youngsters hired to tend their spring crops. This advice, timed to coincide with the spring strawberry har vest, came from State Labor Commissioner Frank Crane, who administers the Federal Wage and Hour Law in North Caro-1 lina under special. agreement with the ,U. S. Department of Labor. i Commissioner Crane pointed out that farmers can avoid con flict with the Federal law by obtaining and keeping on file age certificates from all youngsters employed by them. “Under the Fair Labor Stand ards Act (Federal Wage and Hour Law), boys and girls must be at least 16 to work on farms during school hours,” Crane said. “The law applies to children of migrant families, as well as local residents. It does not apply, ! however, to children employed on their parents’ farms, or by a farmer whose crops are sold and consumed wholly within the State.” The child-labor provisions of Nature’s Thinning Method Expensive Nature has its own pine thin ning method—survival of the fit test. But the process of the strong er trees gradually forcing out the weaker trees is slow, inefficient and expensive, according to R. S. Douglass, forestry specialist for the N. C. Agricultural Extension I Service. . ' Douglass says that surplus j trees should be thinned and uti lized as pulpwood, fence posts or other products. After the initial thinning, other thinnings should follow every five years, more or less, depending upon the growth rate. In natural stands, the first thinning can be made when the trees are 15 years old. Planted pines have more space and may be ready for pulpwood thinning in 10 to 12 years. Douglass says that the trees themselves are the best indica tion of when thinning is needed. Shade causes the lower limbs to die and fall off. When the pines become so crowded that less than 40 per cent of the total height of the tree has green limbs, di ameter growth is seriously re duced. An example: a pine 20 feet tall should have eight feet of green limbs. In very crowded stands, the per cent of green limbs may be-' come too small before the trees reach pulpwood size. When this happens, the surplus trees should be cut, even if you can’t sell or use them. Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, while /alive, would part with nothing. —C. C. Colton. the Act protect the rights of farm children, to an education, Crane stated. He cited U. S. Labor Department figures for last year, showing that out of the 5,500 American children found working illegally on farms throughout the nation, over half were below the normal grade for their age in school. More than fifty per cent of these children were between 10 and 13 years of age, and twenty per cent still youngster, the Labor Commis sioner said. “I am sure that the parents and teachers of North Carolina will gladly cooperate with the farmers in helping to prevent il legal employment of children,” Crane declared. “Certificates of age can be obtained from local County Welfare Superintend ents.” Commissioner Crane noted that the Federal child labor provis ions apply to a farmer, whether he himself ships the products out of the State, or whether he de livers them to a warehouse or wholesaler who handles the in terstate shipment. Fruit and vegetable growers who sell to canneries or processing plants have the same obligation under the law not to employ children under 16 during school hours. Those in doubt about the appli cation of the law should consult the North Carolina Department of Labor at Raleigh for an au thoritative answer to their prob lem. Legal Notice I NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION I Having qualified as administra , trix of the estate of John A. Rob j erts, deceased, late of Chowan | County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersign ed at Edenton, N. C., on or be fore the Bth day of May, 1959, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This Bth dav of May, 1958. ELIZABETH ROBERTS Administratrix of John A. Roberts May8,15,22,29,Ju5,12pd NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE North Carolina, Chowan County. Under and by virtue of a Deed of Trust executed to the under signed by A. R. Valentine and wife, Leora Valentine, dated August 17, 1953, and recorded in DT Book No. 65, page 428-429, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Chowan County, North Carolina, default having been ; made in the payment of the in debtedness secured by said Deed pf Trust, and said instrument be, ' ing by the terms thereof subject to foreclosure, and the holder of the indebtedness thereby having demanded aforeclosure thereof for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness, the under signed, Trustee, will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the Court House door in Edenton, North Carolina, at 11:30 A. M„ Saturday on the 24th day of May, 1958, the real estate in First Township, Chowan County, North Carolina, to wit: Being two acres of land, more or less, at Hancock Station, bounded North by a lane be tween this land and the Cherry Capehart-Sheppard land; South and East by tne Bonner Small- Robert White land; and West by the William Forehand -C. D. Webb land; and being the same land conveyed to said parties of tne first part by deed from Myra V. Holland and Jennie P. Vann, Executrices of C. S. Vann, Trustee, to which deed reference is hereby made for fuller de scription and chain of title, said deed recorded in Public Registry of Chowan County, North Caro lina. Dated and posted this 21st day of April, 1958. WELDON A. HOLLOWELL, may.l,B-15,22 Trustee. ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE Having qualified as Adminis tratrix of tne estate of Margaret D. Hollowed, deceased, late of Chowan County, North Carodna, this is to notify all persons hav ing claims against tne estate of 1 said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at Edenton, North Carolina, on or before the 24th day of April, 1959, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This April 24th, 1958. MINNIE HOLLOWELL, Administratrix of Margaret D. Hollowed Estate. Apr24may 1,8,15,22,29 pd ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as Adminis- 1 trator of the estate of M. Everett Haste, deceased, late of Chowan County, North Carolina, this is to notify ad persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at Edenton, North Carolina, on or before the 3rd day of April, 1959, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This April 3rd, 1958. T. E. HASTE, SR., Administrator of M. Everett Haste Estate. Apr3,10,17,24,May1,8c ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE Having qualified as Adminis tratrix of the estate of T. D. Boyce, deceased, late of Chowan County, North Carolina, this is Ito notify ad persons having claims against the estate of said j deceased to exhibit them to the j undersigned at Tyner, North Carolina, on or before the 24th day of April, 1959, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make [immediate payment. This April 24th, 1958. CASSIE B. BOYCE, Tyner, N. C. Administratrix of T. D. Boyce Estate. Apr24,May1,8,15,22,29 MARSHAL'S NOTICE SEIZURE WHEREAS, on the 22nd day of April, 1958, the United States filed a libel in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Caro lina, in the Elizabeth City Divi sion, against One 1956 Ford Pickup Truck, Motor No. F 35- V6N-14514, described therein, al leging the right of forfeiture, Look how much more you can carry in a NEW A TRAVELALL! Huge 147 CU. ft. load space! The new International Travelall® gives you nearly twice the load space of a conventional station wagon. And it’s available with four-wheel drive to take you places no station wagon could go! "~^ N \■ - *'*'- 'Rlflflßßttl $ wSWwSwwvvww _ T-- ri .. ii SBBB iv " i Comfortable seating for 8 large people—or a whole bevy of kids! You’ll find the seats wider—hip, head and |2| leg room greater. 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