| AROUND THE FARMS
ifoJlN CHOWAN COUNTY
■ By C. W. OVERMAN, Chowan County Agent
Th* Peanut Variety Teat Dem-
C onstraticm with Thomas E. Cor
#re*r of Cross Roads communi
ty was dug on Tuesday morning.
This work comprises toe foLow-!
ing varieties: LS-1, N.C.-2, N.C.|
4X, Georgia 119-20, Experiment
13, Virginia SSR and Jumbo
Runner.
These plots were affected by
Weather conditions which has re
sulted mainly in a tap-root crop.
Georgia 119-20 is looking espe
cially good. Yields at picking
time will tell toe story.
A Com Variety Taat Demon
stration with Gilliam Wood of
Eden ton involved forty-five va
rieties. Early maturing, mid
season, and full season varieties
were used, lihe average yield o'
the plots was 115.9 bushels per
acre.
For a desirable corn we look
for certain characteristics. The
stalk must stand well and be re
sistant to stalk-rot. it must
fruit well and have a good ear
tip cover. The ear must be rea
sonably low on toe stalk. It
must be reasonably weevil re
sistant and have good grain
quality. It must yield well.
• The following varieties me
these qualifications reasonable
well in this demonstration: Early
maturing varieties: Pfister 487.
yield 145 bushels; Funk’s G-144
yield, 136 bushels; Colonial 84156
yield 131 bushels. Medium sea
son maturity: Pioneer 309A
yield 115 bushels; Funk’s G-730
yield 129 bushels; Funk’s G
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710A, yield 123 bushels. Full
season varieties: Coker 71, yield
137 bushels; Coker 66, yield 145
i bushels; Coker 911, yield 143
I.bush els; Speight D-4, yield 140
bushels; NC-42, yield 134 bush
els; McNair 444, yield 142 bush
els per acre.
1 The average yield of these
twelve varieties was 135 bushels
per acre. The average stand was
nine inches in toe row. The
average ear height was 53 4nch
es. All varieties rated good in
other qualities.
This field received 400 pounds
of 3-9-18 fertilizer at planting
time. A side-dressing of 100
pounds of nitrogen was applied
as liquid nitrogen. The row
width was 38 inches. The com
was planted on April 17 and re
sults were checked on September
3 and 15. All yields were ad
justed to 15.5 percent moisture.
Lions White Cane
Drive In Progress
Continued from Page 1. Section 1
aided by the association.
The association renders many
services such as providing
glasses and other visual aids;
radios for shut-in blind; eye
care: medical services; white
Cane walking sticks; express
-■harges on talking book ma
rines; dental care; hearing aids;
funds for the visual aids clinic,
etc. All these services are es
rential but the association feels ;
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDEWTOW, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1. 1959.
jthat an expanded prevention of
blindness program will be the
l greatest service that could be
rendered to the citizens of North
j Carolina and hopes to continue
Ito provide funds for eye re
search and county eye clinics.
The Lions Clubs of North
Carolina sponsor the White Cane
Drive. The Lions Club of Eden
ton will offer each citizen of the
community an opportunity to aid
in the prevention of blindness by
joining the White Cane Drive.
Memberships in the association
will be sold as well as tiny
White Cane Bangles. No one
would condemn his fellowman
to a life of darkness. Join the
White Cane Drive. Help prevqpt
blindness and so thank God foi
your good eyes.
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AID SOCIETY MEETS
The Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Providence Baptist Church heir
its final meeting for the month
of September at .the home of
Mrs. Odessa Beasley on North
Granville Street.
The .meeting was called to or
derby the president and open
ed by singing “I Am Thine C
Lord”. Scripture and praver by
Miss Jessie Ellis. The minutes
were read and approved. v
The sick committee reported
(hat four ladies in the communi
ty were ill.
The Personal. Service Commit
tee reported get-well cards had
been sent to four persons. A
card of sympathy was sent to
one person.
Plans were continued for the
turkey dinner on November 8.
A box raffle was held among
the ladies of the club.
Mrs. Carri Freeman won the
door prize. The meeting was
adjourned with a song and the
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GETTING A HANDOUT —Joining the deer to beat the heat,
Diane Duprey, 9, extends a goodie at the watering trough to
Birch Hill Game Park, Brewster. N.Y.
lub motto.
Cake and ice cream was ser
ved. The next meeting will be
it the home of Mrs. Cleo Blount
jn West Gale Street.
Dr. Murray Kantor
Ladies* Night Speaker
Continued from Page 1, Section l
where they -cannot spell God be
cause they have the wrong
blocks.
Dr. Kantor, a dynamic speak
er, held his audience spellbound
during his address, winding up
his remarks by saying “Peace on I
earth we have not yet attained,)
but it is costlier to win the j
peace than a war. By the grace i
of God, and that is the summit. I
and the grace of Rotary, we will
finally attain peace on earth,
good will to men.”
| The arrangements committee
for the affair included Thomas
Byrum, Bill Cozart, R. F. Elliott
and Jim Wood.
Fire Prevention
Week Oct. 4-10
Continued from Page 1, Section )
“In recognition of the import,
ance of this observance, I an]
glad to designate the week of
October 4-10 as Fire Prevention
Week in North Carolina, and
urge that all North Carolinians
participate in this special event
by cooperating with their local
fire departments and making
their own homes and businesses
safer from fire.’”
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will cooperate with
the Fire Department in observ- j
ance of Fire Prevention Week.
Fire Chief W. J. Yates is plan- 1
ning to have a parade of all the j
fire fighting equipment Monday
to call attention of citizens of the
observance.
SPECIALIST GIVES TIPS
ON BUYNG FEEDER PIGS
What are feeder pigs worth?
The answer to this question
depends on the price of feed
grain and market hogs, says Fred
Mangum, farm management spe
cialist for the N. C. Agricultural
Extension Service.
Before buying feeder pigs this
fall, Mangum suggests you es
timate what you can afford to
pay in light of expected hog
prices.
It will take about nine bushels
of corn and 60 pounds of supple
ment to turn a 60-pound feeder
pig into a 200-pound market hog.
With corn at $1.20 per bushel
this represents an investment
of $14.28, Other costs amount
to about $2 per hog.
With these expenses and hogs
selling for sl4 per hundred
weight, you can afford to pay
no more than $11.75 per headj
for feeder pigs.
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“Even at this price you will
only break even,” Mangum add-!
ed. “You’ll get no return foil
your labor and management.” |
j Mangum suggests using this
procedure in figuring how much
I you can afford to pay for feeder
: pigs at different corn and hog
prices.
Your figuring will show, for
example, that if market hogs
drop to sl2 you can pay no
more toan $9.75 per head and
break even.
A little figuring before you
buy feeder pigs, Mangum con
cluded, will go- a long way in
determining whether or not you
make money on hogs.
POOR MANAGEMENT LEADS
TO LOW TIMBER RETURNS
Nearly every acre of timber
growing land in North Carolina
is capable of producing $lO
worth of timber annually.
That’s tlic opinion of R. S.
Douglass, forestry specialist for
the N. C. Agricultural Extension
Service.
Tar Heel timber land owners
are falling way short of $lO
per acre. In 1958 they averaged
less than $lO per acre.
Douglass attributes this low
average to poor management.
“Any farmer who treats his
field crops like most timber
| owners do their woods would
J soon be out of business,” Doug
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lass said. ‘This is exactly wh£t ;
has happened to many timber
owners. They have mismanaged
their woodsland right out of the
timber proucing business.”
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I Lunch Room Menu •{ j
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Menus at the Edenton Eiemejj- f,
tary School’s lunch room for tha
week of Octoper 5-9 will be ds
follows:
Monday: Weiners, vegetable |g
salad, peach pie, baked beans,.:!
rolls and milk.
Tuesday: Meat balls and spa
ghetti, school baked rolls, turnip
greens, cheese slices, butter, ap
ple sauce and milk.
Wednesday: Ravioli, candied
yams, cherry pie, cheese slices, I
cornbread, butter and milk.
Thursday: Macaroni - Cheese,
buttered corn, butter, green
heaps, cornbread, pineapple and
milk.
Friday: Meat loaf and gravy,
creamed potatoes, butter, black
eye peas, school baked rolls,
fruit cup and milk.
It Was
Patron (at lunch counter)—
“Take this coffee away, sister ’
It tastes like mud.’’
Waitress: “Wo.I, it was 1
ground only this morning.”