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PAGE SIX b Around The Farms In Chowan Hy C. W. OVERMAN How An You CTrop Fowling? This is an im pel tant question. Every crop grower, be he a back yard gardener, a nursery man, a flower grower or a larmer, should consider it very carefully. There was a time when hog and poultry growers had an idea about the only feed they needed was corn or some other grain. Re search found that it takes ai least 12 bushels or more of corn and at least 50 per cent more time to put a 100 pound gain on a 50 pound shoat. On the other hand, by feeding balanced ration, only about five bushels of corn is needed and two thirds the time to put a 100 pound gain on a 50 pound shoat when properly fed. Today we are growing crops perhaps to some ex tent because we love to see them grow, but very | Tylers* EDENTON BRING US YOUR FILM FOR PROMPT PROCESSING EXTRA LOW New and Old Gas Customers See STEVE HAMPTON For Easy Terms... 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In surveying the copies of the soil test re ports coming to my office, the level of plant foods is somewhat as follows: One-third of the fields are low in potash, about half of them are medium in potash and the remaind er is high in potash. About 20 per cent of the fields need 1,500 pounds or more lime per acre. Well above 90 per cent of the fields are high in phosphorus but occasionally there is one that is medium or low. About 5 per cent of the fields have a low manga- THK CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. APRIL 1L 1968. nese level, too low for other plant foods to per form properly. This year I have been observing the soil test re port copies very carefully. In every instance where tne mangenese level is be low 8 and where the pot ash level is low, I am mail ing a letter of recommend ations to the farm operator. I hope you operators are finding this information worthwhile for you, and if so, I would appreciate your letting me know or if you are not, also let me know and I will stop wasting my time. Peanuts, soybeans, cot ton, cantaloupes, watermel ons and other vegetable crops are fairly heavy pot ash feeders. In many in stances I am recommend ing that the operator broadcast muriate of pot ash at the suggested amount per acre prior to land - preparation. Potash does not move very free ly in the soil, therefore, if ! it is plowed under and ; worked well into the root zone area, it will be much ! more helpful to the crop. j Also, potash and nitrogen : are the salts that often j damage young seedlings j when applied too heavily too closely. It is recom mended that the amount of nitrogen and potash “ac tual" not be banded or placed over the crop at more than 80 pounds per acre to avoid injury. For example, 500 pounds of 510-10 fertilizer contains 50 pounds of potash and 25 pounds of nitrogen, mak- i ing a total of 75 pounds of I salts. In the case of manga- j nese, only about 50 to 00 , pounds of 27 per cent J manganese sulfate is need- i ed per acre to bring the j level up sufficiently for a period of three to five j years perhaps. This is a I difficult amount to apply ! individually but the grow- I er can get it mixed with his fertilizer, as I am rec- | emmending in the informa tion letter. So far the spring of 1968 is about what I consider normal. I hope and trust this is an indication that we will have an excellent crop production season this year. Farm operators can do their part by properly feeding crops as well as following other good pro duction practices needed on the farm. Let’s join together and make this the best year ever and remember your Extension Service is ready and willing to help you whenever we can. Con tact us when you need us. 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Judge Mr. Jennings Bunch Judge Rocky Hock Rocky Hock Community Center Mr. J. E. Peele Registrar Mr. Earl Bunch Judge Mr. Clarence Barnes .Judge Yeopim.. .. H. A. Perry’s Store Mrs. Jasper Hassell .Registrar Mrs. Warren Twiddy.. Judge Mrs. Benbury Wood Judge Additional registration for East Edenton and West Eden ton Precincts will be on the following days: MONDAY, APRIL 1 AND 8 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 AND 10 SATURDAY, APRIL 6 AND 13 CHALLENGE DAY - - - APRIL 27th 9:00 A. M., to 3:00 P. M. ELECTION DAY - - - MAY 4th 6:30 A. M., to 6:30 P. M. All voters are required by law to re-register in order to vote in die Primary and General Election. A peison seeking to vote must have resided in the State of North Carolina for one year, and in the precinct in which he seeks to register for 30 days by the date of the next Primary or General Election. + _ _ vnOWall vOtlnlV DOwiQ \#T E|k(l|ollS i MRS. GEORGE C. HOSKINS, CHAIRMAN
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