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I—SECTION GHZ
WITH THE FARM WOMEN ’
By MAIDRED MORRIS
Rwd Ag A Hobby |
Miss Katherine MiHsaps, home!
economics agent in Alamance I
County, reports the Home Dem
onstration Club women in her
county do find time for read
ing.
Recently the Highland Club
met with Mrs. H. C. Walker, ■
Burlington, Rt. 1. She had a
basket of library books on dis
play so the women could easily
pick up their books. She tries
to have books available at each
club meeting.
Good Management Practices
Could one be more economical
than Mrs. Joe Davenport of Ro
per? Mrs. Frances Darden, home j
economics agent in Washington!
County, says Mrs. Davenport has!
good- - ideas about conserving
food.
Her daughter sent her some j
oranges and grapefruit from Cal- i
ifornia. Some of the fruit was j
eaten, some made into marma
lade, some of the rinds were
candied while some were grat- j
ed and dried to flavor cookies, ‘
cakes and sweet potatoes.
Furniture Arra.ngeoi.ent
Is your problem furniture ar
rangement? If so, why not try
arranging it for convenience and I
best use of space. Mrs. Ruby
Corpening, assistant home eco
nomics agent in Madison Cc n
ty, says “livability is the first
and final rule of furniture ar
rangement.”
Mrs. Corpening has been en
couraging the homemakers to
group their furniture according
to activities followed by family
members such as reading, sew
ing, and television viewing.
Make Use of Paint Samples
Have you tried painting sam
ple boards before painting the
Plant Specialist Outlines Six
Paints To Cut Annual Losses
Disappointed with your vege
tables last year? Were tlu v
hit by some disease? Could
very well have happened. J. C.
Wells, extension plant patholo
gist at N. C. State College, savs
vegetable diseases cause a multi
million dollar loss in North Car
olina each year.
Wells believes, however, that
much of this loss can be pre
vented by following a few pro -.-
en disease control practice-.
Here are some of the practices
that Wells suggests:
(1) Seed Selection Obtain
seed from seedsmen that have a
reputation for selling high quali
ty, disease-free seed. Use cer
tified seed whenever available.
Good examples of seed-borne
diseases that can cause severe
damage when conditions are
favorable are anthracnose and
bacterial blight of snap beans,
black rot of cabbage, bacterial
spot of pepper and anthracnosq
of watermelon, cucumber and
cantaloupe.
To prevent diseases of this
type, buy seed grown in the
arid regions of the West where
these diseases do not develop.
In the case of pepper and cu
curbits, treat seed with bi
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rooms in your home? Realizing
that paint sometimes looks dif
ferent after it is put on the wall,
Mrs. Virginia Evins, home eco
nomics agent in Sampson Coun
ty, decided to do something
about it.
Mrs. Evins had some samples
of wall board painted by one
of the local stores so she could
show the samples when working
with families in planning color
schemes. You may want to try
this method before investing in
paint.
County Women Honor
Homemaker
The Pitt County Home Dem
onstration Club women honored
Mrs. J. Brantley Speight recent
ly at a reception at the home
of Mi’s. Obed Castelloe, Winter
ville, Rt. 1.
Mrs. Sue May, home economics
agent, says the women were
honoring Mrs. Speight for hav
ing won one of the A & P
leadership awards. Mrs. Spei,ght
won for showing outstanding
leadership in her club, church,
and community activities.
Why Grow Slrawbarries?
Mrs. Fetzer Blalock cf Nor
wood, Rt. 1, has adapted a
unique system for growing
strawberries. When she desires
strawberries for breakfast, she
goes only a few feet from her
back door to reach her straw
berry garden.
Mrs. Rebecca T. Mooney, as
sistant home economics agent in
Stanly County, says the portable
strawberry gardens are grown
in three metal rings which are
graduated in size and stacked in
tiers. The plants require little
care and furnish enough berries
for Mrs. Blalock’s use.
chloride of mercury if they were;
not grown in arid regions of the
West.
(2) Seed Treatment —The prac
tice of treating seed will often
prevent failure to get good
stands and avoid cost of replant
ing. The objective of seed treat
ment is twofold: first, to kill
iiseuse-p reducing organisms in
or on the seed; and secondly, 1
to protect the seed and young
seedlings against disease-produc
ing organisms in the soil—pri- |
marily those organisms capable
of causing damping-off and seed- -
ling blight. In treating use a
recommended chemical such as
thiram according to manufactur
er's directions. I
(3) Rotation and Sanitation —
Remember seed treatment is not
a cure-all. It is of little value
to treat seed and then plant
them in the same spot where
the crop was planted the year
before. As soon as each crop
U. .harvested, old plants should
be plowed under or removed and
burned to destroy the disease or
ganisms.
(4) Healthy Plants and Resist
ant Varieties Many diseases'
start in young seedlings in!
greenhouses or plant beds and
Jeanette Perry Weds Jack Nixon
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Miss Marion Jeanette Perry
became the bride of Jack Lin- j
wood Nixon on Sunday, June 4,'
at 4 o'clock at the home of the
bride at Hobbsville.
The ceremony was performed 1
by the Rev. Carl Hart, pastor of
Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. 1
and Mrs. John E. Perry, Jr., of
Hobbsville. The bridegroom’s,
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Kermit!
L. Nixon of Edenton.
Given in 'marriage by her
father, the bride wore a bal-:
lerina length dress of white silk;
organza with matching acces-j
sories. She carried a white
later cause heavy losses in field.
Always purchase plants from
reputable growers who have;
1 practiced disease control in their j
own plant beds. The best bet
is to produce your own plants,
j Plant varieties resistant to di
seases when they are available.
(5) Dusting and Spraying-
Many diseases have to be pre
vented by dusting or spraying
the plants with fungicide. Ex-
I amples are early and late blight
of tomato and downy mildew of ,
cucurbits (cucumber, squash.
cantaloupe). Sprays and dusts
are preventive treatments and
are most successful when the
following points are carried out:
(a) select the proper chemical
for the particular disease; (b>
! use the chemical at the right
time (before the disease be
come-; severe and at recommend
ed intervals); and (c) do a thor
-1 ough job of spraying or dust
ing.
(6) Root-knot Control by Fu
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prayer book topped with a white
i orchid and showered with steph
' anotis.
Miss Carole Perry, sister of
I the bride, was the maid of honor
and only attendant. She wore a
dress of nylon organza and had
matching accessories.
1 Belinda Perry, cousin of the
bride, sang The Lord’s Prayer
i for the benediction.
David Nixon, brother of the
i bridegroom, was the best man.
After a reception in the home
| of the bride, the couple left for
; a wedding trip to Nags Head.
| When they return they will re
side in Rocky Hock.
migatio nand Rotation Root
knot nematodes is perhaps the
major disease problem confront
ing commercial vegetable grow-,
ers. All summer vegetable crops!
are susceptible to severe dam- |
age.
Nematodes can be controlled'
to a large extent if the proper j
crop rotation is practiced. Root
knot resistant crops include cro
talaria, fescue, oats, millet and
Sudan. Soil treatment with|
ethylene dibromide (EDB), DD
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Census Reports
Pickup In Trend
To Big Farming
Average Size Farms
In U. S. Over 300
Acres Compared to
215 In 1950
The trend toward big farm
ing in the United States, accom
panied by a growing concentra
tion of agricultural production
and marketing of farm products,
has picked up momentum since
the middle Fifties, according to
preliminary findings made pub
lic from the 1959 Census of
Agriculture.
Some of the highlights in a re
cent summary of the U. S. Bu
reau of the Census are:
The number of farms dropped
by more than a million or over
a fifth since 1954, and by close
to 1% million or nearly a third
for the 1950-59 period as a
whole, with the predominant
part of the decline occurring in
the small farm.
Average Size a Record
The average size of farms in
the United States is now more
than 300 acres as against 243
acres in 1954 and 215 acres in
1950. The 1954-59 rise in this
respect was the biggest on rec
ord, and reflected the accelerat
ed trend toward farm enlarge
ment in an era of increasing
mechanization of farm produc
tion.
The average value of land and
buildings per farm exceeded
$23,000 in 1959, over three-fifths
greater than in 1954 and close
to 2*2 times the 1950 figure.
The number of farms with
sales of SIO,OOO or more of agri
cultural products annually in
creased by more than a third
since 1954 while there was a
general decline elsewhere, par
ticularly in farms with sales of
under $4,000 a year.
In keeping with this trend, an
increasing proportion of farm
ers have been supplementing
their income with off-the-farm
work, the ratio reaching 45 out
or Nemagon is effective and eco-l
nomically practical. If root knotj
is severe and is the major di
sease problem, soil treatments
pay large dividends in the form
of markedly increased growth
and yield. For most materials,
it is safer to treat in the fall
several months before planting
in the spring. Follow all direc
tions in land preparation, time
of treatment and materials used
for best results.
Tips on Sowing Scods Indoors
Planters? For sowing; seeds Indoor*, yon can use practically
anything from regular flats to strawberry box?* lined with foil,
hothouses made of bottles, milk cartons, coffee cans or cake tins.
One look at the new seed
catalogues and you’ll want to
start gardening immediately.
Start your seeds indoors and
you’ll have blooms earlier and!
they’ll last longer. Indoor plant
ing is also excellent for seeds
that take longer to mature.
! 1. Seeds can be planted in
doors in practically anything
from a conventional planter to
a coffee can or half of a miik
carton. An excellent little hot
house can be made by cutting
off the bottom of a gallon or
half-gallon bottle and putting
it over a coffee can. The cir-
Iculation of air is excellent as
I it comes in under the bottom of
the bottle and goes out through
I the top.
2. Planters should have sub
ilrrigation to prevent damping
off of tiny seedlings.
3. Vermiculite and sphagnum
moss are excellent for starting
seeds, as they are disease-free.
4. Soluble plant foods are
ideal for giving young seed
linurct afarwath and stamina .
of every 100 farm operators in
reau stated that 36 out of every
100 farm operators reported that
the income they and their fami
lies received from other sources
in 1959 exceeded the value of
all farm products sold during
the year. The comparable pro
portions were 30 out of every
100 farm operators in 1954 and
29 out of 100 in 1950.
Rise in Federal Aid
While farms were getting few
er and bigger and production
surpluses of principal agricul
tural commodities were increas
ing, Federal expenditures under
agricultural programs were
showing a big increase, rising
from $2% billions in the 1950
fiscal year to a record $6% bil
lions in the 1959 fiscal year.
Reflecting the declining number
of farms, Government agricul
tural outlays were the equiva
lent of around $1,150 per farm
in 1959, more than three times
the comparable figure in both
1954 and 1950.
A breakdown of the figures on
5. Good health for seedlings
depends on adequate light, tem
perature control and proper
watering.
6. Seeds dp not need light
tp germinate. However, as soon
as the seedlings are up, give
them full light at a warm
window. In weak light they
stretch and ges apindly.
7. Temperatures should be
from 60 to 70 degrees until
seeds sprout. After that, 55 to
65 degrees is best. If it gets
too hot next to the window,
shift the planter to a cooler
place to keep the seedlings
from getting soft.
g. Too much water rots tiny
plants; not enough water will
cause them to shrivel. Dampen
them lightly but don’t soak
them.
9. In fodfr weeks or so, young
seedlings will be ready to be
thinned out and transplanted tq
other boxes, cold-frames or a
protected place outdoors.
10. Seedlings should be “har
dened-off’ before finally being
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the number of farms shows that
over half the decline between
1954 and 1959 came in farms un
der 50 acres, and that an ad
ditional fifth of the drop was in
the 50-99 acre classification.
Part of this decline was due to
a change in the definition of a
farm since the previous Census.
The only groups of farms to
show gains in the period were 1
those above 500 acres in size, 1
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and as a result they represented
about one out of every 11 farms
in 1959 as against one out of 15
in 1954 and around one out of
18 in 1960.
CENTER HILL CLUB MEETS
", I
The Center Hill Senior
Club held its regular June met
ing at the Center {HU Com
munity Building. The meeting
was opened by Emmett Jones,
Jr., with a devotional.
Harry Venters discussed the
Senior 4-H Camp which is be
ing held at Manteo June 26
throufh July 1.
Emphasis was placed on more
recreation. The members tried
several new folk dances.
Refreshments were served by
Jakie Boyce, after which the
meeting adjourned.
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