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SECTION TWO — l —- l i i l ■ I "> '!—- SDL CONSESVATWN NEWS - By JAMES H. GRIFFIN, Soil Conservationist - J I r '«, ~Ct*v •> ** M| '* *** L * n *bo abova picture Ed Karnowski (right), Albemar’e Soil ■. Conservation District soil scientist, is explaining to George < Conner. Conservation Aid of Chowan County, some of the ‘ .PJTaieal properties of a soil-profile on the John G. Wood \ 'Hay *s) farm. Ms. Wood is in the planning stage of working up a complete soil and water conservation plan on the Haye3 . farm. — (Photo' by James Griffin). 5 'Quite frequently a farmer will ask “What good is a soil map of ftiy farm?” The primary pur pose of a soil survey is to fur nish the farmer basic physical land, information to guide farm planning for proper application Os soil conservation practices. The : soil scientist identifies and maps the significant land type of entire farms occurring within tjio’ Albemarle Soil Conservation District. Each soil in the district has been classified. These capabil ity classes represent summariza tion?. .for practical use, of the interpretations of the land facts ascertained and recorded by the spjl scientist and other Soil Con servation Service technicians, pitis any available helpful infor mation from fanners’ experience. .The work unit conservationist Will use the land-capability maps to' guide him in developing, co operatively with the farmer, a scientific plan for the proper uise and protection of ,aU ,itog land on the farm— est land, pasture, idle land, etc. Their job, in other words, is to the PEOPLE’S BANK ~ 3% Interest Paid On Savings Accounts , > (Compounded Semi-annually) eermae/ _ ~ ! I I*JJ| ] J I f H|PMMM(MRjHi| EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA jI 1 ’ Formerly The Bank of Edenton T Af£J*B£R FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION I DEPOSITS INSURED TO slo^ol^ I LISTEN TO, PEOPLES PROFILE EACH MOMtIMO AT 9:20 O'CLOCK OVER THE LOCAL RADIO STATK?I| i/3 , l[ ▼ PROFILE mi WEEK ENDING JUNE 30.-lIM REV. GEORGE HOLMES 1 I WINNERS &«£ Luther Keeter, $5 00 Bryant White, Theatre Ticket. 'm W- F. V. White, Sr., Theatre Ticket. Mrs. J. G. Campen, Theetre Ticket. | j Mrs. E. L. Spivey Ticket. Artie^Fances f Q t Elliott, Jr., Theatre .Ticket. * . ■ , ? help farmers to use their land, all of it, according to its capa bility and treat it according to its needs. When the soil scientist makes a survey or an inventory of a farm, some of the characteristics which he will observe directly or may be inferred from observable indicators are: effective depth of soil, texture of surface soil and subsoil, permeability (hy draulic coefficient) and natural inherited drainage, indicated usually by the profile coloring, especially gray mottlings. Other significant characteristics ob served are: thickness of surface soil or subsoil layers, character of underlying material, avail able moisture capacity and the amount of organic matter. The effective depth of soil re fers to the depth of soil ma terial which plant roots can penetrate readily in search of water and plant nutrients. It is the .itepth or layer of soil which is iridsF favorable for growth of roots and for storage of plant usable moisture and is above a THE CHOWAN HERALD layer that differs from the over lying material in physical or chemical properties sufficient to precent or seriously retard the growth of roots. Effective f depth of soil should not be con fused with such measurements as thickness of surface soil, or depth to the water table. There are only two soils found in Cho wan County which have a “hard pan.” They are Leon fine sand and St. John fine sand. Soil texture refers to the j I relative proportions of the vari. I ous size groups of individual I soil grains in a mass of soil. ! Specifically, it refers to the I proportions of clay (.002 milli f meters or less in size) silt (.05 to | .002 millimeters in size) and • sand (.05 to 2.0 millimeters in [ size). Texture of surface soil is 1 characteristic closely associated | with workability of a soil. An example of this might be the i ease at which a Woodstown f loamy fine sand found in the ’ Valhalla and Rocky Hock com munities will cultivate before or after a rain as compared to an Elkton silt loam found in the St. John’s and Greenfield com munities. Texture also influ ences erodibility, permeability, subsoil structure and other soil characteristics. The permeability or hydraulic coefficient may be defined as the capacity of a soil to transmit water and/or air. It can be ex pressed quantitatively in terms of rate or flow of water through a unit cross section of saturated soil in unit time under specified hydraulic conditions. Soil tex ture and structure are the two most important factors which in fluence permeability of a soil. Light textured soils, i ea soil with a light friable sandy clay subsoil will have a higher rate of permeability than a soil with a clay loam subsoil. Soil struc ture is a condition of the soil material in which the primary particles like sand, silt and clay are arranged into aggregates. Aggregates differ in shape, in size, in stability and in adhe sion to one another. As far as hydrological and soil studies have gone, seven degrees of permeability will express the most significant variations of this factor in agricultural soils. These r ranges of permeability are from- very slow (less than .05 imrhes, of water per hour a—.fdk— - j which percolates through a sat r urated- undisturbed core under } Vfe inch head of water) to very , rapid (more than 10 inches of ' water which percolates through a saturated undisturbed core un , der Vi inch head of water). The natural innerited drain > age, as stated before, can be by the quantity of gray mottlings in the subsoil. Mot tling, especially mixtures of grayish, pale yellow or brown the soil profile are common i indicators of restricted or poor | aeration caused by presence of excess water. Brighter yellowish : or reddish colors and absence, or I near absence, of gray mottling , indicate much better aeration and drainage. Relief, soil tex ture, permeability and structure of the subsoil influence the de gree of drainage of a soil. The 'soil scientist recognizes five de-| Igrees of drainage. (1) Well drained, (2) Moderately wellj drained, (3) Somewhat poorly: drained, (4) Poorly drained and (5) Very poorly drained. Soils in Chowan . Couunty which have a surface thickness from 18 inches to 30 inches are mapped as “thick surface phase.” Usually the texture of these thick surface soils will range from loamy sand to a loamy i fine sand. As a result, a soil with a thick surface is placed in a different soil class from, that of a soil with a normal sur-' face thickness. This is duel largely to the fertility problem the thick surface creates. Continued on Page 6, Section 2 1 Non) coooi-sti|fed hyi I oven, l,ooo t)e«M! |4|SMDRN< VINYL FLOOR COVERING ml _n • NEW) Navar naadi tcrubbingl Like magic, a quick swish Jf ... * m Mdlf % " _ _ , of a sponge mop and Sandran'* sparkling clean! * u • NEW) It’s MainUnl Dirt, grease, acids, even ly# cal'! ■££/ J waxing! Sandran* built-in vinyl gloss resists scuffing, ItPK. . : m covering material known today! vinyl, won't wear or wash »way! too! M • NEW 1 Gsnuina 100% Vinyl Waar layar! Longest wearing I j Uifl t' ) M floor covering material known! Flexible won't chip! wttSSm* ,I '' v- '; s K-/- r to collect dirt! 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Doan’s Pills * Ad No. 117-41 line* * f WITH THE FARM WOMEN ) !, J By VIRGINIA M. NANCE, Extension Home Economics Editor i jail- I-,,-. , - I-I -I -.1-, -.1-o—-a-,-..- I- I -I- - - - - - ~ - - - - - - One of the newest home dem- 1 j onstration curb markets in the j state was opened recently in ! MARTIN County, according to j j Home Agent Helen L. Hoskins. “The public was highly campli j mentary about our opening day,” ! she said, “especially about the , women in their uniforms and the : fresh appearance of the produce i One woman at West End even I Treat Your Car to a Beauty Treatment! For a “clean as a whistle” CAR WASH, and a POLISH that protects the finish...come in and see us today, J. C. PARKS SERVICE STATION ( Phone 9732 Edenton, N. C. Thursday, July 10,1958 EDENTON, N. C. . used her daughter's bicycle to go from house to house reminding her neighbors about the market.” 1 . . . BURKE County home dem onstration club members have a special spot in their hearts for Bolivia, says Evelyn W. Watson, home agent And all because an International Farm Youth Ex | change delegate came to the coun Continued on Page 6—Section 9
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