SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS
*T jXmES H. GRIFFIN, Soil Conservationist
Robert Francis has just com
pleted his soil and water -con-1
servation plan tor his farm in the
Pollock Swamp watershed. His J
entire farm is planned for wood
land. Loblolly pines will be set
on the 11 acres of open land on >
the farm this spring. He Says, i
“I might as tffell put the open
land in pines because by the
time the raccoons, squirrels and
birds set their share of the crop
there is not much left for me.”
Furthermore, he is more inter
ested in growing pines than field
crops anyway.
At the present time Mr. Fran
cis Is busy poisoning the “weed
trees” on 40 acres of cut-over
woods. . He is using a homemade
tree injector to apply a mixture
of % pint 2-4-5 T to one gallon
of kerosene. Loblolly pine seed
lings will be set in February in
“spots” where no natural re
seeding has occurred in the last
Hfew years. In 1961 he plans to
cover the other 50 acres of cut
over woods, poisoning the “weed
trees” and setting pine seedlings
as needed.
One 20-acre field has abmit a
20% stand of saleable trees,
mostly gums, maples, oaks and a
few pines. This is being har
vested now. This coming 'sum
mer (July) a disc or K-G blade
will be used to remove the re
maining trees and brush in pre
paration for setting pine seed
lings in February, 1962. Drag
line ditches will be dug around
the field for firebreaks and
drainage. Road firebreaks have
been planned for most of" the
farm. The upcoming Pollock
Swamp watershed project will
provide canals on two sides of
the farm for fire protection and
drainage. Mr. Francis says,
“Protection of the trees from fire
kis just as important as getting
*them.” His conservation plan
includes protection, too. Tech
nical assistance has been fur
nished by the Soil Conservation
Service and N. C. Forest Service
through the local soil conserva
tion district.
Soils on Mr. Francis’ farm are
Bladen silt loam with smaller
amounts of B ertie fine sandy
-loam and Athello fine sandy
loam. These soils with proper
woodland management will grow
loblolly -pines at the rate' oil two
inches of growth every five
years or a 10-inch tree will be a
12-inch tree in five years. Site
index is 95-105 or an excellent
site.
Gilliam Wood is re-planning
the Hayes farm. It was first
planned in 1948 but is out-of
date for today’s operation. Mr.
Wood is especially interested in
increasing the wildlife popula
tion on the farm. This is being
considered in advising on the
t'new plan. Several wildlife* food
borders have been planned' and
some were established thig>year.
Some old food borders were en
larged. A trial planting of Dil
len’s tick clover and wild soy
beans has been established.
Prospects look good on this
planting. Farm Foreman Earl
White reports that quail are
using it. r
Sericea lespedeza is being a'dd
ed to the multiflora rose ftnees
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Not a creature
vvas stirring «»•
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ROSE’S 5 -10-25 c STORE
for wildlife cover and erosion l
! control. Grass waterways have
been planned using fescue for
| nesting cover and erosion con
, trol.
i Crop rotations have been plan
jnad to meet the land capability
'of the soils found on the farm
according to the soil survey map.
Ed Kamowski, SCS soil scientist,
made the soil survey after Mr.
Wood requested technical assist
ance from the Chowan County
district supervisors in re-plan
ning his farm last year,
j A four acre impounded farm
pond has been planned. SCS
engineers completed the field
work and prepared a blueprint
for constructing the pond. It is
located in a bottom unsuited for
cultivation near the house and
barns. The dam will serve as a
farm road. Water from the pond
' can be used for fire protection,
■ irrigation and recreation.
1 1 A large acreage of the wood- j
land haa Deen cut over, leaving |
. less than a 10% stand of pines, j
This woodland has been planned i
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—for re-forestation. First, the
saleable wood will be sold. Next, I
the land will be prepared for I
tree planting, using a heavy I
tractor with the K-G blade and '
disc as needed.
' Complete drainage systems of
open ditch and tile has been i
planned in the new conservation
plan according to the conserva
tion needs. Field surveys were
run to determine if adequate
outlets were available. With
all the information available, Mr.
Wood made the decisions on
which conservation practices he
would carry out, when and how
much. Technical assistance was
furnished him by the Soil Con
servation Service working with
the Chowan County unit of the
Albemarle Soil Conservation Lis
trict. You, too, can receive this
service by requesting it from
your district supervisors of the
local soil conservation district.
Chowan County .District super-
I visors are L. C. Bunch, H. F.
' Byrum and J. A. Webb, Jr. |
E. Z. Evans of the Rocky j
Hock community has a new con
servation farm plan. His plan
I includes crop rotations to fit the
l land capability, winter cover
crops, a -complete drainage syd-
I tern of open ditches and tile,
(woodland weeding (poisoning of
weed trees) and three acres of
Coastal Bermuda grass on deep
Sandy land (class'llls). He plans
to establish the pasture this
spring.
R. E. Forehand had about 12
acres of young pines (4x16 in.)
marked for thinning on Decem
ber 7 as part of his conserva
tion farm plan prepared in 1958.
These trees will be sold along
I with the scattered saleable trees
on 100 acres on the farm. The
] 100 acres will be cleared after
i the harvest for re-setting pine
seedlings. Most of the area is
covered by brush and unsaleable
hardwoods. In 1958 he planned
to re-establish it in 1961. Trees
in the 12-acre tract were marked
for cutting by David Bobbs of
N. C. Forest Service and work
unit conservationist James H.
! Griffin.
THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1960.'
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LION-SITTER —“Just mind
ing her for a friend,” was
Anthony Ortolano’s explana
tion for a 125-pound lioness
found in his car by Brooklyn,
N.Y., police. Anthony and
lioness, Cleo, above, answer
summons to police court.
I Histories are more full of ex- 1
amples of the fidelity of dogs
than of friends
—Alexander Pope.
(Minutes Os Ronrd 1
Os Public Works!;
Edenton, N. C. j
December 6, 1960.
The Board of Public Works
met this day in regular session’
Christmas For A Dollar
Toys Novelties Ceramics Clothing Shoes
Housewares Hundreds of Other Items
AT THE
DOLLAR STORE
NOTHING OVER A DOLLAR
204-206-208 NORTH POINDEXTER STREET ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
OPEN NIGHTLY UNTIL 9
01/30
UQOQG3O9
i ' ' Ml the world renews the story
of Peace. Ibis renewal of faith
ageless ... grows brighter
jJgf J %S:: «** gives ho pete
all who hear it. 7m this season
o/4/ad tidings, we find an
extra measure of gratitude
v in our own hearts for everyone.
BEST WISHES FOR,
Edenton Tractor & Implement Co.
And EDENTON MARINA
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at 8:00 P. Ivl., at the Edenton
Municipal Building with the fol-.
lowing members present; Thom
as C. Byrum, chairman, Jesse
L. Harrell, Ralph E. Parrish, J..
P. Ricks, Jr., and J. H. Conger,;
Jr. - j
The minutes of the regular
meeting of November 2, 1960, |
were read and approved. ,
Electric Commissioner Parrish
was requested by Chairman By
rum to contact the first custom
er on the delinquent account list I
and get committeement from the!
customer as to the payment of
this account.
Superintendent Hines reported
that the sewer pumping station!
located on U. S. 17 North is in!
operation and that Seabrook
Blanching Corportation will very
shortly make connection to the
city sewer system, the basic ar
rangements for this connection
having already been made with
them according to letter directed
to them on November 28, 1960.
On motion by Jesse L. Harrell,
seconded by J. H. Conger, Jr.,j
and carried, E & W Dept, bills'
in the amount of $15,512.00 be
paid. This entire amount was
for .general operating expenses
as no payments were made this
month for sewer extension.
On motion by Jesse L. Harrell,!
seconded by Ralph E. Parrish
and carried, the regular em
ployees of the department be
given cash Christmas presents.
The amount not to exceed 20%
of the regular weekly base pay,
shall be the same percentage
used by the Town Council to
determine the Christmas pres
ents for their employees.
On motion by J. H. Conger,
Jr., seconded by Jesse L. Har
rell, and carried, Electric Com
missioner Parrish and 'Superin
tendent Hines were requested
to work out a new monthly min
imum electric charge and pre
sent schedule at the next meet-!
ing; this is to be done with the
; idea in mind of increasing the|
j minimum charge to $1.50, butj
| make no change in the other i
rates.
1 The proposal of the Virginia
Electric and Power Company t
dated November 9, 1960, directed
to Chairman Byrum and signed!
by Mr. C. L. Sale, District Mana
ger for VEPCO. was discussed
and considered in detail and the
Board looked favorably upon
this proposition; however, it was
decided to await a reply to our
letter requesting more detail be
fore definite action would be
taken.
The bills ordered paid for the
month of November were as
follows:
Eastern Electric Supply, Inc.,
$173.08; Norfolk Southern Rail
way Co., $109.00; Graybar Elec
tric Co„ $120.76: Electrical
Equipment Co., $1,412.62; East
Carolina Supply Co.. $223.85;
Thurston Motor Lines, $9.56;
The R. S. Jordan Co., $30.64;
Charleston Rubber Co., $58.46;
Coastal Electronics, Inc., $10.60:
Bunch’s Garage. $77.31; Wil
liamston Office Supply; $36.00;
Railway Express Agency, $7.72;
Edenton Ice Co., Inc., $10.10;
Byrum Hardware Co.. $15.71:
R( T. Mills, $8.12; M. G. Brown
Co., $3.00; National Committee
for Utilities Radio, $12.00; Ash
ley Welding & Machine Co., 75c;
Hughes-Parker Hardware Co.,
p)RKI^
80c; The Chowan Herald, $265.80; j
Edenton Furniture Co., $3.25; ;
P & Q Super Market, $1.50;!
Jackson’s Radio & TV Service,;
$1.00: Hobbs Implement Co., 35c;
Coastland Oil Co., $75.57; West
ern Gas Service, $2.06: Virginia;
Electric & Power Co., $10,774.40;'
American Creosoting Corporation,
$864.00; Gulf Oil Corporation, '•
$101.98; Edwards & Broughton
K \// Edenton, N. C. || ||
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R E S ER V E I
SOSO iii® $095
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• SCHENLEVDISTtLLERSCO.N » C ■ BLENDED WHISKY, 86 PBOOE. «5* GRAIN NEUTHAL SBIBTO
Co., $5.25; Gallant, Inc., $51.00;
Carolina-Norfolk Truck Line,
$5.74; Portable Light Co., Inc., j
$34.92; Tidewater Supply Co.,i
$15.45; Morton Salt Co., $760.74;.
Motorola C. & E., Inc., $46.75;:
Edwards Body & Fender Works,
$12.75; Norfolk & Carolina lei.;
& Tel. Co., $53.65; Gulf Oil Cor
poration, $2.48: Tom Goodman, 1
$55.00; Postmaster, $53.28; Ernest
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PAGE THREE
: Sanchez, $5.00; total, $15,512.00. «■’ ■
Salaries paid in November, $3,-
’ 024.11.
j Received for current, water
and merchandise, $16,734.50.
Disbursements in excess of re- .
ceipts, $1,801.61. J
There being no further busi
ness the meeting was adjourned. * '*
RALPH E. PARRISH,
Secretary.