THE FARMS
fg-JliN CHOWAN COUNTY
By MELBA DuBOIS, Extension Secretary
, Chowan County'* 4-H Slate |
Fair Booth: Chowan County
Staged a 4-H booth at the State
Fair last week. The title of
tljis booth was "Use 4-H Lombs
iit : Community Development.”
Tbe purpose of the booth was
to depict the importance and
place of 4-H Club members and
oljher rural youth in success
fid community development.
A community building was
suspended on an improvised
atomic bomb mushroom, indi
cating the power of eominunity
development. The first scene
was a community , planning
meeting in Which youth and
adults were making their com
munity development plans to
gether. The second scene por
trayed landscaping the home
grounds. The third scene exem
plified organized community rec
reation. Roadside and general
community clean-up were shown
in’ the fourth scene. Four-H
Club members, 4-H leaders and
adtiltS were shown working to
gether in all of these scenes.
We‘ still think the power of
4-H bombs in community de
velopment was and is a won
derful idea. Our booth compet
ed- with eleven other booths.
The judges placed the first four
booths. Our booth did not place
in; the first four, .so it was
somewhere in the other eight
We still think we had an ex
cellent booth, certainly judging
by. the number of people who
stopped and studied the exhibit.
SeVeral of us made observations
of visitors’ stops and it Appeared
to us that more people stopped
at the Number One booth which
was on Farm Pond Safety and
the Chowan booth than any of
Ihe^others.
Ohowan County Farm Bureau
Membership Drive: The annual
Chowan County Farm Bureau
Membership Drive is under way
with Bristoe Perry as chairman.
Some over 100 memberships
have been received by mail, ac
cording to Mr. Perry and Secre
tary Lester Copeland. Solicita
tion is being done on a com
munity basis with Home Dem
onstration Club members and
farm leaders working together
in their respective communities.
Executive Vice President Alon-
Z(j r C. Edwards gave some out
standing figures on financial
benefits Chowan County farm
ers.-are receiving annually as a
result of legislation sponsored by
the-North Carolina and National
Farm Bureau organizations. The
three ■ cents per gallon Federal
tax refund on gasoline used for
non-highway purposes on the
farm amounts to approximately
$15,000 per year to Chowan
County if they apply for it. The
State tax refund on gasoline
used for non-highway purposes
on- the farm amounts to over
$30,000 per year if farmers will
apply for it. The exemption
from the three percent sales tax
on farm machinery and parts
amounts to approximately $50,-
000 per year. These three items
alone are saving Chowan Coun
ty farmers over $90,000 per year.
In addition to this, the North
Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance
organization is bringing mem
bers participating insurance. The
organization is working on farm
commodity legislation continual
ly. The peanut program was
saved by the Farm Bureau or
ganization’s efforts and actions.
We pould continue to enumerate
things that your farm organiza
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tion is doing for you in this!
great agricultural community of
Chowan County.
Yet, last year we went along
with less than one-fourth of our
farmers being members of the
Farm Bureau organization. Are
you willing to ride the train and
reap the benefits and not pay
any of the fare? This is a
question it seems to me every
farmer should ask himself, Bris
toe Perry says. As your Agri
cultural Agent, I want you to
consider very seriously what
your farm organization is doing
for you and then renew your
membership or join, as the case
may be, according to your own
conscience. I agree with Lon
Edwards in that we should have
at least six or seven hundred
or more Farm Bureau members
in Chowan County if our peo
ple really appreciate the organi
zation that is working for them.
The larger the membership, the
greater is the moral backing for
legislation and for other things
the organization works for. Cer
tainly the financial backing is
also needed. There is a com
mittee working memberships in
your community and if they
don’t contact you, if you are
sold on Farm Bureau, then 1
urge you to contact them.
Community Progress Year Ends
October 31: The Community
Progress Contest year in Cho
wan County ends on October 31.
This means there is only a little
more than one more week to
finish the activities that you are
working on and have planned
for this contest year in your
home, on your farm and in your
community. I am sure that you
have made improvements in
your home, on your farm and in
your community this year. These
~annot count for your communi
ty unless they are reported so
that they can be included in
your community summary.
Most likely someone will con
*act most every family in your
community if your community is
oarticipating. This person will
present you a score sheet to re
cord ftie improvements and im
oroved practices you have em
ployed this year. I would like
to urge you to fill out this re-
Dort and return it to your com
munity committee immediately.
Community reports must be
completed and a cooy in the
County Extension Office by No
vember 15. We plan for the
communities to be judged on
November 17. The time is short
and I trust that vou will finish
this year’s community progress
contest in an outstanding way
in your community.
Burning Permits
Are Now Available
Roger Spivey, Chowan Coun
ty Forest Ranger, calls attention
that purchasing burning permits
began in October and will con
tinue through June 1, 1961. Mr.
Spivey urges everybody to be
careful when using fire in or
der to help keep Chowan County
green.
Burning permits may be ob
tained from the following: W.
H. Bond, L. C. Briggs, Bunch’s
Grocery, G. D. Cale, Melvin
Evans, H. Goodwin, A. C. Grif
fin, Morris and Hinton, M and
R Grocery, W. L. Miller, C. C.
Nixon, H. R. Peele, Earl Smith,
Troy Toppin’s, Edna Tynch and
Frank L. Williams.
TUB CHOW AH HERALD. EDENTOH, NORTH CAROLOtA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1960. ;
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