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THREE
jms. AROUND THE FARMS
SggllN CHOWAN COUNTY
By C. W. OVERMAN, Chowan County Agent
1 Mulch Planting Demonstration*
following ■ small grain harvest
jPver# conducted on Thursday and
df last week. Eden ton
Trtdtof and Implement Company,
JByrtim Implement and Truck
Company rendered excellent co
operation by furnishing various
type* of equipment for this work.
V On Thursday morning we used
Lloyd fiimph’s farm in Enterprise
Community .{or trial and error
wofk. Here the different kinds
pf equipment were tried and ad
justments made to get good per
formance- On M.r Bunch’s farm,
about, half of the field was work
ed with'.a 'rotavator, a ibtotiller
type machine. This power driven
rijuipment l thoroughly pulverized
|he upper six inches of soil, chop
ping the spaw up and mixing it
quite uniftirm.lv in the soil. We
dbund that this machine did bejt
*er work, uihen a stalk mulcher or
Shredder was run ahead of it to
se*r lib the straw.
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was used for shredding the straw.
This did a very satisfactory job
in light straw but more than one
trip was necessary to do a good
job in heavy straw. A double
blade rotary mower, or stalk
mulcher, did a very good jot
tearing up the straw and stubble
in both light and heavy straw
A forage Chopper was also dem
onstrated for Chopping up straw
and this did a very good job.
With Bertram Hollowell at
Oho wan Cross Roads two type,
of planting were used. A portior
of the field was rototilled for
planting flat or in a slight fur
row. The remainder of the fielc
was planted in the stubble sod.
Sod planting was accomplished
by using a row opener in front of
the planter and then planting in
the furrow. The aim in sod
planting is three-fold: First, to
cover the straw so that it will
tot; second, to plant the seed
doWn in moist soil to get quicker
germination; and third, to do the
\ ABUNDANT LIFE §|7
ROBERT!
Ate YOU LETTING YOUR LIGHT SHINEt
A famous man once pur
chased an eld abandoned farm
house Which was situated on
the slope of a mountain in a
sparsely settled area. The man
and his wife' wanted seclusion
from the world, and this place
offered it. No “nosey” neighbors
to pry, no noisy traffic, no
neighborhood children to
tnunple die. flower garden! They
truly wanted to be alone.
But after the man and his
wife had repaired the house
and had become settled, they
both admitted reluctantly that
things were “too quiet.” They
were bored.
“Let’s take a walk down into
the valley and see what’s down
there,” said the man. So he
and his wife started exploring
their “neighborhood.”
When they got down into the
valley, they came, quite sud
denly, upon a tiny house situat
ed on a slight rise on the side
of a ravine.
- “Hello,” they called. No an
swer. “Anybody home? YohooH
they cried and pounded on the
door.
They were met by a little old
lady, hobbling with a cane.
“Glory be!” the old lady said,
“and welcome to me little
home. Be yours the window
with the light across the
valley?”
The man and his wife admit
ted that it was their light the
old woman had seen. "Yer light
sura has meant much to me,”
entire job at one operation. I
At Hutch Winborne’s, near
Cross Roads, we delivered the
field into three plots. The plot
next to tiie road was sod plahted.
The center of the field was roto
tilled and planted in a slight fur
row. On the remainder of the
field the straw was burned off
and the soil prepared and plant
ed just as' Mr; Wjnborne had in
tended. This field should give us
a very good test on the three dif
ferent methods used. At S. J.
Bunch’s field on the George
Bunah farm we used a rototiller
compared with the sod planting
method.
The purpose of mulch planting
is to keep the straw on die land
for its organic value. Most often,
farmers burn the straw off their
small grain fields to get rid of the
straw. In the last couple of
weeks I have observed at least
ten to fifteen farms in this coun
ty and others where the straw
has been burned. This is a very
destructive method when the or
ganic matter is so much needed in
the soil.
Good Laying Flock Manage
ment is very important all of the
time, and especially so with the
present low egg prices. This in
volves proper feeding and water
ing, good ventilation in the house,
Sanitation and disease and para
site control.
During the last few days I wasi
called to a farm where low egg'
production was occurring. I j
found that one year, two year and
three year-old birds were al
housed in the same house togeth
er. The production was down to
about thirty per cent. I advised
rigid culling to remove the non
layers and poor layers. This was
done and the rest of the flock re
maining should give economical
egg production.
Flocks must be watched care
fully for parasites and disease.
Lice and mites are quite preval
ent and multiply very fast dur
the old woman said. “It’* been
so lonely out here in lire dark.”
Then she asked them: “Ba
ye agoin’ to stay on your fide of
the valley and keep yer light
bumin’ nightly?”
The man and his wife then
realized that the old lady was
depending on their light. Just
to know that someone was
near—even though on the far
side of the valley—gave the old
woman comfort.
“We’ll keep our light burning
every night, just for you, dear,
and you re welcome to visit us
anytime,” the man’s wife laid.
Then they went heme and
pulled back the curtains so their
fight would shine brighter
across the valley.
Are you letting your own
light shine?
There are many who des
perately need and want the
tight that shines from the win
dow of a Christian experience.
Sometimes people will tell U*
how they are West through our
own individual testimony or in
fluence. Sometimes they do not.
We may be assured, however,
that somewhere someone “on
the hillside across the valley”
is watching for our light.
If we radiate our light to
people can see what God has
done for us, we can serve a* a
guiding light for those who
need help, particularly when
those people are depressed apd
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• ing summer weather. When these
appear, they must be checked
promptly or else egg production
will fall. Any birds showing
signs of disease should be pull
ed out, housed separately for ob
servation or, better still, just
killed and thoroughly destroyed
First Cotton Blooms Reported
at the County Agent’s office have
been made. Lester Harrell of!.
Rocky Hock community reported
a bloom on Monday, June 22. C.
H. Fain on Jesse Lane’s farm, in
Center Hill community reported'
a first cotton bloom on Tuesday,
June 23. There are possibly oth
er blooms showing up in the
county.
Examine your plants and
squares carefully for any sign of
boll weevils or boll weevil punc
tures. When you begin to find
them start your dusting program.
I hope to get time to make the
first weekly cotton survey some
time this week.
Buy Grain On Basis
Os Cost And Energy
Many Tar Heel turkey growers
are now asking themselves these
questions: How much is oats
worth as a turkey feed, How
many tons should I buy?
. You can answer these ques
tions, says W. C. Mills, Jr., tur
| key specialist for the N. C. Agri
cultural Extension Service, by us
jing the following system:
Since com is used as a basis
for comparing other grains, give
it a value of 100. When compar
ing grains, several factors should
be considered; but the most im
portant is the energy value of
grains. Consider this value and
.forget the others at this time.
Based on energy value per 100
pounds of grain, mjlo is worth
about 98 per cent as much as
corn, barley about 87 per cent,
and oats about 84 per cent as
much as corn.
Translated into dollars, if oats
I is 65 cents per bushel or 2 cents
per pound, you can afford to pay
2.5 cents per pound for com and
2.44 cents per pound for milo to
get the same energy value.
If com is costing $154 per bush
el or 2.75 cents per pound deliv
ered to your bam, then milo is
worth $2.68 per 100 pounds, bar
ley $2.63 and oats $2.52 per 100
pounds.
Mills says other considerations
in purchasing grains are the qual- 1
ity, ease of handling, trash con-'
tent, moisture content, ease of
storage, and the feeding program
for the season of year. For ex
ample, during the hot weather a
farmer can utilize more oats in
his feeding program than he can
in cold weather. Whereas, during
cold weather he will want to use
mostly com or milo.
It pays to know how-much en
ergy you get when you boy grain.
Mills concluded. Buy right and
make more profit
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SOL CONSERVATION NEWS -
I By JAMES H. GRIFFIN, Soil ConsarvaMoiiist \
Mulch plantings were miade on
the farms of J. B. Hollowell, W.
H. Winbome near Cross Roads
and S. J. Bundh on River road,
Ist Thursday and Friday.
Farmers who attended these
demonstrations seemed to like
this type of planting because it
saves labor, conserves moisture
and straw doesn’t need to be
burned. Some concern was ex
pressed about cultivation. I’m
sura these plantings will be
I watched this summer.
Several farmers and agricultur
al workers from neighboring
counties attended these demon
strations. C. W. Overman, Cho
wan County Farm Agent, was in
oharge of the demonstration.
Byrum Implement & Truck
Company, Hobbs Implement
Company and Edenton Tractor &
Equipment Company furnished
the tractors and implements fori
these mulch plantines. Several j
company representatives were |
present in the fields to answer
farmers’ questions concerning the|
equipment. Regular equipment
was used except a “Rotovator”
was used on part of the field.
This tool is like a rotary weeder
except it has knives that break
about six-inches of the soil plus
destroying the wheat straw.
W. H. Winborne had heavy i
straw on his field. He mulch
planted pfart of the soybeans and
burned the straw off the other
part of the field. This should
give a good comparison of the
two planting methods.
Conservation needs for Chowan
County were prepared last week
by the agricultural workers.
Agencies who assisted in this sur
vey were C. W. Overman, County
Farm Agent; H. O. West, ASC
office manager; J. H. Griffin, Soil
Conservationist, 'and the N. C.
! Forest Service. Reports show
that at the present time we have
! 37.7Q0 acres of cropland and by
1975 we will have 40,186 acres.
Pasture will remain about the
same, 2,500 acres. Woodland is
now 68,355 acres and will be 65,-
433 acres in 1975. The loss in
woodland acres will go to culti-
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vated land and urban building
sites.
. Chowan County has three wa
tersheds and seven small water
sheds within the three major wa
tersheds. The seven small water
shed projects are Burnt Mill
Creek, Queen Ann Creek, Pol
lock Swamp, Rocky Hock Creek,
Dillard Creek and Warwick
Swamp and Bear Swamp. These
projects will need group action to
solve their conservation prob
lems, mostly drainage and flood
prevention. As you know. Burnt
Mill is already organized in a
watershed group and Pollock
Swamp has started organization.
A new postage stamp on Soil!
Colservation will be released by]
: the Post Office Department on
; August 27, 1959. Details can be|
obtained from the Edenton Po?t|
[ Office or the local office of the
Soil Conservation Service in the
j basement of the Post Office
i'i building in Edenton.
National Association of Soil
i J Conservation Districts has a
t “First. Day Cover” available for
1 stamp collectors and others who
. desire it. See the local Soil Con
• servationist for details. Th : s spe
; rial postage stamp is part of the
i hard work and effect of the Na
tional Association of Soil Conser
’ivation Districts. It’s the world’s
i first, special soil conservation
I stamp. It is being issued as a
• tribute to conservation farmers,
I their Soil Conservation Districts
■ and the professional conserva
tionists and other agricultural
i Workers who have helped make j
the United States a world leader
in soil conservation.
Cyril Winslow, Gliden com
munity, is preparing his soil and j
water conservation plan. Tech-|
nical assistance is being furnished:
. by the Albemarle Soil Conserva
■ tion District through the Soil 1
. Conservation Service. Soil sur
vey maps have been prepared by
Ed Karnowski, SCS Soil Scien
i tist. Soil information will be
i given to Mr. Winslow and he will
decide what practices he will
i carry' out on his farm. Conserva
• tion farm plans are farmers’ de-
EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA
Thursday, June 25,1959.
risions or a plan of operation for j
the farm. Why not plan your j
farm within its capabilities and |
treat it according to its needs.
CENTER HILL CLUB MEETS
Center Hill Home Demonstra
tion Club met Tuesday night,
June 16, at 8 o’clock with Mrs.
E. P. Jones. The feature of this
meeting was a clothing demon
stration given by one of the lo
cal Center Hill 4-H Club girls,
Sunny White. In her demonstra
tion, Sunny compared a cheap
bought blouse with a better grade
blouse as compared with a home
cade blouse of the best grade ma
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| Final plans for the variety
show were made and committees
named for the last minute details.
The Home Demonstration Club is
very well pleased with the Vari
ous acts which have been engag
ed. The purpose of this show is
for the benefit of Tyner Explorer
Post 154, since the club is the
sponsoring organization.
Mrs. B. P. Monds, president of
the club, presided at the meeting
and the meeting adjourned after
a social period. Mrs. Hallett
Hobbs will be hostess in July.
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