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Around Chowan County Farms
CudM Tour: On June 28
I made a tour of gardens
being grown by families in
the community develop
ment program in Edenton
and the nearby area. Earl
Jones, of the Multi-Service
Center, had requested that
I join him in this tour of
gardens resulting from a
home food production pro
gram instigated last spring.
We visited about 15 gar
dens. In general the gar
dens looked very good to
excellent. Some crops had
been harvested and the
rows replanted to succeed
ing crops. In most of the
gardens it appeared that
insects had been controlled
pretty well but in many
gardens there was an in
festation of Mexican bean
beetle and other insects
taking their toll. I noticed
some nematode injury to
crops in a few gardens. In
some areas it was very ap
parent that the soil is in
need of lime or is defici
ent in some other plant
food element.
In each instance where
the gardener was present, I
pointed out the vegetable
production hazards and
... „«,ested control measures.
I also advised Mr. Jones
that it would be very im
portant to have a soil
sample taken of each gar
den and send this in for
soil analysis so that we can
determine any need for
calcium or other elements.
I want to congratulate
these home gardeners on
the fine job they are do
ing in living at home and
boarding at the same place.
I also congratulate Mr.
Jones for the excellent
work he is doing in en
couraging this.
Peanut Information: Ex
tension Peanut Specialist
Astor Perry sez: "The
growth rate of peanuts, as
measured by the number
o' nodes on the main stem
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has been considerably fast
er this year than last year.
By July 20, we were 7-10
days ahead with 90 per
cent of the pegs that will
end up as mature fruit al
ready formed and in the
ground. If the predictions
of the weather forecasting
services hold up for the
next three months, we are
headed for an excellent
peanut growing season. We
are on target for Target 2.
“The 16th annual Peanut
Field Day will be conduct
ed at the Peanut Belt Re
search Station on Septem
ber 10. The feature attrac
tion this year will be pea
nut harvesting equipment.
We will invite all of the
manufacturers of peanut
windrow inverter equip
ment to demonstrate their
machines. Most of ' them
are quite different from the
inverter built and sold in
this area last year. We
are hopeful that at least
five different makes will
be on hand. Combines will
also be featured as well as
regular digging and wind
rowing equipment.”
Top peanut producers in
North Carolina continue
their leafspot control appli
cations through the month
of August and into Sep
tember. Many of our fields
are planted to Florigiant,
NC-5 and other running
type plants which are now
meeting across the middles.
Some growers are concern
ed about tractor wheels
damaging the vines in the
middle and questioning
whether the vine damage
will be sufficient to off
set the leafspot controL In
my opinion and from past
experience, I don’t believe
there will be very much
damaging of vines provid
ing the application is made
when the vines are dry.
The smaller tired tractor
will do less damage than
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the large tired. I don’t
know what lies ahead of
us, but I do know that a
late infestation of leafspot
can do right much damage
sometimes. I think each
grower will have to make
his own determination now
as to whether to continue
going through the field ap
plying copper - sulfur or
other fungicides. Watch
peanuts carefully for any
infestation of insects.
Soybeans: Next Monday
will be August 19 and next
week is the time we may
expect insect infestation in
soybean fields to begin ap
pearing, building up and
causing damage. Insect
damage to bloom and young
pods is more serious than
damage done by eating the
leaves.
Each field should be
carefully examined each
four to seven days. This
may be easily done by tak
ing a white piece of cloth
about three feet wide and
four feet long as a sheet to
use. At several different
spots scattered over each
field spread the sheet
lengthwise between the
plants across the middle,
Vigorously shake the half
of the vines on each side
of the middle so that the
insects will fall on the
cloth. Quickly count the
bugs and worms that fall.
Put the record down from
each spot showing the num.
ber of worms separate
from the number of beetles.
When finished with the
field add these and divide
by the number of plots. If
you have an average of
more than two or three
beetles and worms, you
better proceed with an in
secticide application.
We have a good soy
bean crop in prospect now.
If insects are properly con
trolled most of the bloom
will become fruit and we
should have a good yield.
Our goal this year is an
average of at least 35 bush
els per acre and we would
like to see it go to 40.
Cotton Insect Control:
During the past week our
survey of cotton insects
shows a build up in most
of the fields. Even in two
fields where a good insec
ticide application schedule
has been followed, we
found 5 per cent weevil
punctured squares. This is
possible because the weev
ils are migrating from
field to field now. The
new generation has hatch
ed out and is laying eggs.
We will begin, to find some
boll weevil damage.
The cabbage looper
worms have infested some
fields and as yet no chem
ical we have used seems to
control him. This week we
will try two or three new
chemicals on a small basis
in cooperation with an in
secticide company. Due
to the extremely dry hot
weather the virus disease
that normally attacks the
cabbage looper has not had
sufficient moisture to de
velop and the insect seems
to have had a free rein.
We have not observed any
damage to the cotton plant
other than severe eating of
the leaves.
Mass Schedule
At St. Ann’s
Father Joseph J. Lash,
pastor of St. Ann’s Cath
olic Church, announces the
following schedule of
masses:
Thursday, 8 P. M. (Holy
Day of Obligation); Friday,
7 A. M.; Saturday, 8 A. M.;
Sunday, 8 A. M.; Monday,
7 A. M.; Tuesday, 7 P. M.
At Saint Joan of Arc in
Plymouth: Thursday, 7
A. M.; Sunday, 10:30 A. M.
At All Souls’ in Colum
bia: Thursday, 6 P. M.
(Feast of the Assumption).
Teachers Enroll
[n ECU Institute
GREENVILLE Julia
Stanaland Brake, 207 West
Second Street, Edenton,
was among 40 high school
chemistry teachers from 18
North Carolina counties
and seven other states to
enroll in a six-week sum
mer institute at East Ca
rolina University.
The institute is sponsor
ed and financed by the Na
tional Science Foundation
as part of a nationwide
program for the improve
ment of high school chem
istry instruction. It con
tinues through August 23.
Holmes Heads
New FM Station
Jasper L. (Jay) Holmes,
Jr., a native of Edenton,
has been named general
manager of the new stereo
FM radio station in Kins
ston—WßNS.
Jack Rider, president,
and J. B, Ham, secretary
treasurer, said Holmes has
ever 10 years experience in
all phases of the broadcast
industry, including news.
Coverage of the station
will be approximately one
third of North Carolina, in
cluding Chowan County.
Country and western mu
sic and localized news will
be featured on the station,
to broadcast 95.1 MC with
100,000 watts total power.
“WRNS will be a so
phisticated town and coun
try music station that will
get and hold an audience, ’’
Hamm said. Promotional
plans include the first an
nual WRNS Country and
Western Music Festival, a
free top-stars show for
area fans; recorded mes
sages from the stars for air
use, contests and give
aways.
Playground Opened Here
The Albemarle Street Ex
tended Community Group
had its annual grand open
ing of the playground July
26.
A large crowd attended.
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All proceeds went to the
playground in the com
munity.
The people of all ages
enjoyed themselves.
The members of the
Community Action Pro
gram and Elks Oak Leaf
Lodge No. 1583 participated
in the activities.