Timely Farm
J Questions
Answered at State College
? (jl'KSTI()\: What are the rr
quireiueiits r?i having Irish |x>
taloes certified?
ANSWER: The N. C. Crop Im
provement Association restricts
certification of Irish potatoes toj
elevations of reel or more
in order to give the seed potatoes
ashorter growing season and:
thereby make them more ? desir
able for lower altitudes with long
er growing seasous. Growers
whose farms have the desirable:
elevation and whose crop was !
planted with certified seed may
"TilaEe '"application how to tliet
Crop Improvement Association at j
?" SnrtF-CotTpre' t r ~rtrey- vrtstr rhetrj
potatoes certified. ? ' ?
yiTKSTION: How should hay
he cured?
ANSWER: Hay should be cur
ed so as to preserve the leaves and
the natural green rotor: Like-;
wise, damage from dew . rain, and
mold should be avoided. Hay
should not- he left long 011 the
ground after cutting, but raked
Into small windrows when the
leaves begin to wilt. This is us
ually after three to four hours of
bright sunshine. Windrows oft
heavy chops should he turned
over again with the rake later in
the afternoon. The side delivery
rake and the hay tedder are ex
eellent implements for stirring
and hastening the curing of heavy
? hity crop*. ? 1 ; ? ' ? ' ' '. ^ ? ?
QUESTION : Is there still time
to .sif{n up in the voluutar> lootl
and feed program being conduct
ed this year?
ANSWER: N. C. State College 1
Extension Service officials have!
announced that the voluntary pro
gram will be held open until June1
15 for farm families wishing tol
sign up and do t-heir ..part in the<
food-for-defense program. ? Cards;
have been mailed to each of North j
Carolina's 278.000 farm families:
which they may sign and return :
to their county agent. The cam
paign is in no way compulsory.
Four-H Club members of
Greene County are interested 111
starting a dairy calf club, accord
ing to J W. Grant, assistant farm
agent of the N C. State College
Extension Service.
Army rations now provide -a
great improvement over similar
1 ailuira~ tssuud to lT. ? S. ? soldlers
during the previous six periods of
militarization, beginning with the
^Revolutionary War.
I [But It's True
Wif
ovcf >??*** emnr outers of
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~ that m/tx-pt^uxiuG ***/*# wm^m - ^
M/ rMf *40?T? s*? lOiT J POVMOS.^ft*
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Mr. Hardy was forty-four years old when he died of pneumonia. B I
was not until two years before his death that be discovered ha wai I
lot normal.
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?T?5ION ?
(jnudu
?v\
Harris Township farmers lead
iii the food and feed program by,
returning 49 food and feed cards
during the week ending May 24 to
bring their total percentage re
turned up to 56. 5%. Cypress1
Creek township returned 17 cards]
to bring their total percentage -to?
64.4 thus replacing Franklinton
Township as the leading group.
There are 1900 farm operators'
in Franklin County and to date
1323 cards have been returned in- (
dicating intentions on the part of,
these operators Jo produce in so i
far as possible their food and feed
requirements. The closing datei
for the siguiug of the food andj
feed cards will be May 31, afteri
which group leaders will be ask-i
ed to contact farm families who
have not signed to discuss with
them Mielr reasons for not partic
ipating in the food and fe6d pro
gram. The following is summary
of the results of the program in:
Franklin County to date:
Township
Cypress Cr^ek
Kranklintou!
Harris . L
YouogevlU*
Cedat ? Rode
Hayesville
Gold Mine
Sandy Creek
I,ouisburg
Dunn
Oprs
180
340
260
840 ?
3?U ?
ISO
? 2T0 ?
307
3411 ?
- 410
("ai ds Rtd.
116
198
147
-***
197
78
108
120
J 27
137
Perets
64.4
58.2
56.5
56^
43.6
41.0
40.0
39.0
37. a
3 3v4 ? ?
Leader
David C. Miller
Fre< Blount
\V. K. Ada ins
w wrwerrur
J. T. Cllflill
fc. < h*. names
E. M. Alexander |
J. ...Smith- -
O. J. Ro< iiegter .
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Pasture demonstrations tn For
syth County are showing the kind
>t results this year that make.4
larmers want to follow suit, re-'
jorts S. R. Mitchiner. assistant
farm ageut.
Amos ? fAP6 you and your wife
tn stich perfect harmony that you
t>oth some times think of exactly
?he same thins?
Frank ? Yes. when 1 stay out!
uter than 1 said I would she keeps
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when 1 get home, and so do I. ~[
make a turn to the right!
I.ady Motorist ? Why not?
Traffic Officer ? Well, a right' |
turu is wrong here ? the left turn .
Is right. If you want to turn right
urn left and then- -aw. go ahead! t
( \_ S._Y?1UUU- -a_ uomnnslratioB
farmer of t'he Shoal Creek section
:>f Yancey County, has a convinc
ing demonstration thai alfalfa cau
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?ounty. says Farm Agent it. H. |
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