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jjtyt dlptt FARM FARMERS INCREASE ( BY USING IMPROVED ] Mr. Strawberry grower: Would you i i n<l $1.53 on a butter fertilizer to increase the return from your crop $24.80Mr. Irish Potato Gr<-v.. i . You can make $25.84 by spending $2.04; sweet potato growers can incase their return $14.94 by spend-I ing 61 cents more for fertilizer. Pi of. C. B. Williams, head of the State College agronomy department, says other farmers have reported such creases, on the average, as the -suit of fertilizer field experiments; conducted for from two to 20 jt-ars in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain sections. The way they did it was r.y u^ing i a fertilizer mixture which derived at ast 20 per cent of its nitrogen froir. tandard organics. such as cottonseed meal, instead of getting all its nitrogen from inorganic nitrate of soda. it ihc snliikh* nltrnoroM ?- 1 t ; om amonia forms of nitrogen, in-1 dead >>f notrate of soda, the dif-J ference in the costs will be at least i 2S per cent less, Prof. W illia.rs j said. On the basis of a farm cost of $34.53 per ton for nitrate of soda, j and $29 per ton for cottonseed meal, I it would require $1.53 more for, enough mixed-nitrogen fertilizer toj one acre of strawberries with 1.500 pounds of a 5-8-6 mixture;! $2.04 more for 2,000 pounds of 5-7-5 to seed one acre of Irish potatoes: 01 I cents more for 1,000 pounds of a 3-8- ! 8 fertilizer for one acre of sweet potatoes. Tlu- agronomis reported tin* following average increases in yields per acre with organic-inorganic nitrogen fertilizers, as compared with mixtures getting all their nitrogen from nitrate of soda: 105 pounds of seed cotton, which would be worth $1.91 p at 4.7 per pound; IS bushels of sweet x> potatoes, which would be worth $14.94 at S3 cents per bushel; 38 bushels of Irish potatoes, worth $25.81 at OS cents p< bushel; and 286 quarts of strawberries, worth $28.60 at 10 cents I CAhP O O cuuoott I will be located in the I pany store handling C well as a complete lin< and Groceries. R.T.SYL A. Quantity QUALIT 9 Quantity and quality ai mour yields. This propcrl fertilizer suits your crops a you in splendid mechanical i svork immediately?and sta; until harvest time. Give y "that Kxtra Armour push"Do Its Best." * We recommend Armour' FARMERS FI MURPHY WAREHOUSE The Ch< to &ON(t PAGE :rop returns FERTILIZER Timely Farm Questions QUESTION: Does it pay to grind fee?i for beef cattle? ANSWER: Grinding docs not increase the nutritive value of feeds nor does it increase the digestibility of those that can be masticated thoroughly. Small hardcoated grains such v.< rye, \vheat, and barley however, sli mid be ground or rolled. With rh*>s??. coarse grinding is preferable as the finely ground feeds are apt to Hiusc digestive disturbances and it i - also true that finely ground feeds are more liable to heat and spoil in storage. It is much more economical therefore to let hogs follow the cattle and consume the undigested grain than t? pay the cost of grinding. QUESTION: Is it necessary tc keep oyster shells before laying hen.if limestone is included in the mash1. ANSWER: Yes. A bird laying 200 eggs a year requires two and onehalf pounds of lime for shell formation, aside from other body requirements, but the birds in heavy lay re quire more lime than poor producers Therefore, is the mash were loader with sufficient lime to meet the re quirements of the heavy layers, it would be excessive for the low pro ducing birds. It is necessary, there fore, to keep oyster shell availabh so that the birds can balance theii needs for calcium. JUESTION: When is the best tinu to cut small grains for hay? ANSWER: Small grains should b< mown for hay when they are in the dough stage. A mixture of diffenn crops, should be cut when the major ity of the plants in the mixture an at the right stage and this should b? considered when seeding the grain for hay production. Winter legume should be cut when in fuii bioom. Af ter the hay has wilted, it should b? raked into windrows and cured oiu or two days in windrows or piles. . HiCKEHS NIew Dickey Feed ComIhickens and Eggs. As i of Fresh Vegetables WESTER Armours :ERTIlLaZJEifel?i c characteristics of Arly balanced, dependable nd your sods. It reach;s condition, ready to get to y at work in your fields, our crops the benefit cf ?it "Makes Every Aero s Iiij* Crop Fcriiiizer ^DERATION ? H1WASSEE STREET erokee Scout, Murphy, Noi Important Change Made Recently In AAA Program w E. Y. Flyoyl. AAA executive of ficer of State has announced an important revision n the 193. ? Agricultural Conservation Program I nablmg farmers to earn full pay- ' nient offer* d for compliance with their acreage allot vents ?-wn though j they fail to 80 per-cent of their j allotments. In the past it h?s been nece-sary ; for farmers to plant at least 89 perj cent of the allotments given them. 1 otherwise the payment was made or 1 the basis of 125 percent of the acreage actually planted. Floyd said that the change is the result of a recent amendment to th: \ Agricultural Adjustment Act. and that ' ci'-t:ny Henry A. Wallace put th1 change into effect for this season. In this connection, the AAA off ice t I said that the idle farm land provision : . 1 ot tne .Agri;-uiiurai .-vujusintent Ac*, i? ; ; not affected by the ruling. The revision applies t ? cotton, corn, wheat . potatoes and commercial vegetables . and Floyd said that far.r.ers may can I J full payment offered for compliance , even though they plant no acreage j to these crops, provided the farm is j operated in 1939. No conservation !'?.) uiciii, except in connection witr the restoration of land and soilbuild ing practices, will be made with re r spect to a farm which is not operated in 1939. "The purpose of this change is t<simplify the Agricultural Consei-va - tion Program and to make it equitable to all farmers, which the AAA 1 is constantly striving to do,** Floyd stated. " FARM BRIEFS RECORD Four-H Club enrollment in the United States reached a new high in 1938. with 1.286.029 hoys and girls listed as members in 74.584 local clubs. Approximately 7.500.000 farm youths have been trained in this work since it was started in 1914. MEMBERS Martin McKinrr.on, Laurinburg. E and K. Upchurch, Rae ford, have 1 been selected as North Carolina's g I members on a control committee t<. I administer the watermelon marketing " 1 pi'ogiam this year. HARBARIUM j Nearly 5,000 mounted specimens, i representing more than 1.400 species j of higher plant s, comprise the nut ileus of the harbariiiMi of the Great Smoky Mountain- National Park in 1 Tennessee and N i th Carolina. GOOD RESULTS Ernest Lewis of Webster reports excellent results from the use of one ten of li re which he applied on grass and clover that was seeded to <mall grain last spring, reports G. R. Lackey, .lackson County farm agent. COTTON This year, Northampton County j farmers will plant a large percentage of their acreage to Coker 100 because of good results secured from this variety in all sections of the county last year. GIFTS J. C. Eagles of Wilson hrs donated one registered Holstein bull calf, one registered Guernsey heifer calf, and one registered Guernsey bull calf to 4-H Club boys of Wilson County. Delmon Williamson of the Rock Ridge j 4-11 Club received the Holstein bull calf. The other two animals will be placed later. | | This is to II public that 01 ownership of open in the r present one. Mr. Davis v | | ty line of feed stocked. !| | I will devot | | Standard Oil | | maintain an c 1 "th Carolina TTi | Uncle Jim Sags ] j <1 al Investigations conducted by the State College Extension Service have imw:. to bus-ii- s men that five out of eight custt e'S in rural towns are. tanners. and that many other custo-1 merx depend on farmer-spending for a living. II r* _ h J..! I HTl dl UICI d nu v ic.cu m. Harvest Legume Seed No legume will ever become a crop , of fi?>i ini porta net in North Carolina until fa; filers learn to harvest thois own s ? <1. says K. Blair, agrono- ; mist, of th?- State Callege Extension ; Service. He cited as an examnl.- 1 . ' rapid spread of lespedeza in the state. "Lespedeza never extended far beyond Union county as Ion? as we were \ importing seed from Mississippi, but a ; soon ; - seed nans were introduced.|| the legtt:r.e spread over North Caro( 1 in i like wildfire", the agronomist j 1 stated. "At present crimson clover is in . . the same position that lespedeza was j years ago. Farmers want to grow it. | but the seed is expensive and very few 1 | farms have a way of saving their \ j own." Blair explained that there is a simple j i and inexpensive and practical method of harvesting crimson clover seed, I which anv farmer who has a patch of j this crop can put into practice this i j year. It is by using a lespedeza pan,. : coasting about $6, and in common j uage wherever lespedeza is grown ' generally. The lespedeza pan can be adapted to crimson clover by substituting a lid of half-inch square wire mash, , known as hardware cloth, for the j regular lid. Thi crimson ciover seeds FFRTI a KBM H 9t n H u: BASIC O-TEN-FOUR BRIGHT BURLEY BF Other popular brands of Basic Knox Potato Grower Knox Vegetable Special Sold only in the Green No farmer can afford t KNOXVILLE FER1 I Knoxville and Na NOTICE lotify our many custoi i April 29 L. C. Davis wi the Dickey Feed Comj lew store building a ill continue to carry tl sand groceries that w( e my entire time to bi tanks and store-room office. N. S. DICKE1 mrsday, April 27, 1939 NICOTINE SPRAY REDUCES APPLE WASHING COSTS Much year apple growers of the Nation spend about $17,54 0,000 in controlling the codling moth?the greatest amount spent for controlling any one crop pest?but a part of this expense ear; be eliminated bv changing from a lead arsenate insecticide to a newly-dev- lop* d nit tine spray, -ay; J. O. Row* 11. ento:iuiIogi>! of the State College Extension S mo With lead arsenate, ir general us? now. *he farmer pays to put it on. and also pays to wash it off .vh- ti the apples are sol*!. With the nicotine - ray, the washing j?-h may be eliminated or simplified. ItoweU explain Th?> new iiL^ctici.le, dtvelopril I >y *he I*. S. Department of Agriculture a: 1 - proven successful :n experiments, calls for no pier of 40 pe cent nicotine sulphate. fiv? pounds of Wyoming bentonite. and one quart of soybean oil for a I'Mi-galler. fullstrength mixture. The 1entonite is a fine clay that causes the nicotine suipna.Le lu adnete iu tile fruit.. However, the i x>n -i r cntome ogist explained that the benu'nite docs not mix readily with water, ami foi that reason the following procedure is recommended: Fill the spra;. tank with water to the top of the agitato!. Pour in the nicotine sulphate t?? fore the motor is started; then wi*h the agitator running, pour in the bentonite slowly and follow u i'h the soybean oil before the tank i- ; '.! . with water. Rowell said orchard tests showed that the same number of sprays per season with nicotine gave better control of the codling moth than did lead arsenate. There P a gradual "build up" of nicotine on the fruit aft. r the first spray, which makes it possible to reduce the quantity in later sprays. But in the relatively long interval between the last spray and harvest, the nicotine residue drops below objectionable figures. The belitonite residue is someti res conspicuous enough to require washing or wiping, but this i> rarely as difficult as the removal of heavy r? -idues of J? ad arsenate, especially when used with "deposit-builders'*. are harvested the same as lespedeza seed when ripe, hu! if I hey are overripe, the harvest should take place when the plants are moist with dew. ! In any case, spread the seed* very tiiiiiiy until arc dry. !?!:.;; :-aa!. = LiZER 3 tL for heavy corn. ?AND for fine tobacco. Pulverized Fertilizer. Knox Triple A Basic Magnesia Phosphate. Bordered Bag. o use substitutes. : ILIZER COMPANY shville, Tennessee nersand the 11 assume the JtlllV dim will djoining the | | fie high qualiihave always isiness at the J | t where I will | |
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