PAGE FOUR
I—SECTION TWO
I AROUND THE FARMS
|IN CHOWAN COUNTY
By C. W. OVERMAN. Chowan County Agont
| Light Management tor Laying
f Stock: We have been artificial
ly lighting the laying house for
jaany years. At first it was
thought by poultrymen that the
value of artificial light was that
it gave the chicken more time
to eat. Actually, light is bene
ficial because of the stimulation
which it produces of the pitui
tary gland. This gland releas
es hormones necessary in the
production of eggs. .
Once production has started
to peak (about 70-75 percent
production), natural daylight or
natural plus artificial light
should provide at least 14 hours
per day. Decreasing light pro
duces slumps in egg production.
Increasing light stimulates egg
production.
For optimum production and j
to provide one-foot candle of
light at the floor level, one 60-
watt bulb with a reflector locat
ed seven feet above the floor
space should be used. Dirt and
for each 200 square feet of floor
dust will drastically reduce the
light output below the desired
level. It is necessary to clean
the fixture every two weeks to
maintain adequate lighting.
Sufficient light should be re- j
fleeted on all portions of the,
floor to stimulate the entire
flock. In houses 36 feet wide,
a row of lights should be placed
down the center with a row 8
feet on either side of this cen
ter row Space the bulbs ap
proximately 16 feet apart in the
rows. Place nests in an area
that is not brightly lighted in
the fringe areas of lumination.
Place feeders and waterers in
the well lighted areas.
Under this system, when the
chicks arrive, the date when the
pullets will be 22 weeks old
must be determined. Using a
table of daylight hours, figure i
the number of hours of natural |
daylight when the birds will be
22 weeks old. To this figure
add seven hours. This latter
figure is the hours of light giv
en the chicks in the first week
of brooding. The light period
is reduced each week thereafter
by 20 minutes until the 22nd
week of age. Then the light
period is increased 20 minutes
each week until twenty hours
of light is reached. The amount'
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Os daily light is then held con
stant.
Crabgrass Control on Lawns:
If you have a pretty lawn and
want to fight craibgrass and win,
here are some rules for the
battle. First, make sure you
are growing an adapted grass
for your area. Consult your
County Agricultural Agent or
write for Bulletin No. 292,
“Carolina Lawns”. Second,
make sure you are cutting your
grass at the proper height and
fertilizing it at the proper time.
This information is also in the
above- bulletin. Now after do
ing these two things you may
still hape some crabgrass, but
it can be controlled —even elim
inated.. Here is how:
| In late March or early April,
| before crabgrass seed starts ger
minating (about corn planting
time) apply a pre-emergence
weed killer. Research work at
State College shows that Sima
zine, Dacthal, Zytron, Triflura
lin, give good control. Triflura
lin gave the best control, but
it is not commercially available
this year. The next best was
Dacthal. Dacthal, sold under
1 various trade names, was ap
| plied at the rate of 10 lbs. of
, active material per acre. In
two experiments it gave 92 and
82 per cent control of crabgrass
at the end of six months. 2,4-D
and Chlordane were much less
effective than the three herbi
cides mentioned.
Simazine was applied at the
rate of 2 lbs. active material
per acre and gave effective
crabgrass control for three to
four months. After six months’
time it was still providing 80
to 82 percent control. Zytron
was applied at the rate of 20
lbs. of active material per acre,
and at the end of six months
gave 78 to 92 per cent control.
None of these chemicals dam
aged the existing grasses which'
were Bermuda, Zoysia and Fes
cue. Until further research is
done it would be best to apply
Simazine to Bermuda, Zoysia,
and Fesiue lawns only. Zytron
lan be applied to St. Augustine,
Centipede and Bluegrass lawns
in addition to Bermuda, koysia
and Fescue. Dacthal is safe to
apply to Bermuda, Zoysia, Fes
cue, Bluegrass and Bentgrass.
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTOn/ NORTH CAROLINA, THOBffiDAT. APRIL 12.~ I**
The chemicals all gave' around Dallisgrass that is already up.
80 percent control on annual Home Fruit Sprays For Di
broadleaved weeds. sease and Insect Control: Home
You will, of cohrse, have some growers who plant a few fruit
crabgrass to come through. ITiis | trees, raspberries, grapes, blue
can be removed by hand or you i berries, strawberries, etc., would
can spray with disodium-methyl-! like to produce fruit as pretty
arsonate. This material is sold as that pictured in the catalog,
under various trade names such j Such is rarely accomplished. In
as Sodar, Methar, DSMA and j fact, to produce disease and in
others. This material may tern- | sect-free fruit of highest quality
porarily discolor your sod, but one would have to follow the
it will soon recover and little same kind, of exacting, compli
damage is done to Bluegrass, cated spray schedules required
Fescue, Zoysia, or Bermuda. Do by commercial growers in pro
not use this material on Centi- 1 ducing fruit for market. How
pede, Carpet, or St. Augustine I ever, fairly satisfactory results
grass. DSMA will also control in home plantings can be ob-
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tained with a less complicated
spray program than is required
in commercial ones.
Repeated applications of cer
tain “all-purpose” spray mix
tures should give a fair degree
of control of most common di
seases and insects that attack
the fruit crops in the home
plantings. One fairly effective
and safe “all-purpose” mixture
may be prepared as outlined be
dew. These chemicals will not
leave harmful residues, if used
according to the label on the
package.
Mixture: Captan 50% wet
table Powder plug Methoxychlor
50% Wettable Powder, 3 table
spoonsfuj of each per gallbbjf&£
water or 3 ouftces of each - per
10 gallons of water. - Malathion 1
25% Wettable Powder, 4 table- j
spoonsful per gallon or 5 ounces!
per 10 gallons.
'Ready-mixed commercial pack
ages of these pesticides gan be
purchased under various hrand
names, or, the separate mate
rials can be purchased and com
bined as listed above. In eith
er case, read the labels on con
i tainers for content of ingredient
and directions for use.
Spray all fruits every two
weeks with the same mixture.
LACK OP STORAGE COSTS j
FARMERS MANY DOLLARS,
I Hundreds of dollars are
j by Chowart farmers each year',
! due to th* lack of adequate)
storage facilities.
. Loans for purchase of storage
bins and drying equipment arej
i available through the local!
j ASQS office. These loans arej
: repayable in , four annual in-1
stallments for drying equip-!
! ment. The interest rate for i
j bo‘.h types of l loans is 4 per-j
j cent. j ■
TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED!
AT GREAT LAKEB
i I
J Robert F. Privott, sob qtf Mr.
and Mrs. Carlton Privott of ft.
.1, Edenton, completed recni*
training March 23, at the Navai
Training Center, Great Lakt*,
Illinois. ■
The nine-week training jtt
[ eludes. instruction in such natal
j topics as seamanship, ordnance
| and gunnery, v damage control
I and military customs and cow-*
tesies. ■ L.,..
A full-dress parade and bc
j view before military officials
| and civilian dignitaries marked
the end *f the training period.