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|S News of Interest to all Farmers jf! 1 — ——r Tender Garden Crops May Be Planted Soon When dogwoods and apple trees are in bloom it is time for the first planting of tender garden vege tables. This usually means early April in eastern North Carolina and two to four weeks later in the foothills and mountains, depending on the location and elevation. Some gardners take a chance on earlier plantings, especially with beans and corn. They say that if they escape frost, they are that much ahead of the conservative gardner. Why not try some real sweet corn in 1936? ask H. R. Nis winger and E. B. Morrow, exten sion horticulturists at State College. Top Cross Bantam and Golden Ban tam are good varieties that produce full, rich ears. Tomatoes for the main summer crop should be started in April. Plant the seeds in a protected plant bed or a shallow box placed in a sunny window. As soon as the seedlings are big enough to handle, set them four inches apart in an outdoor bed. After they have been toughened, they can be set in the field or garden. Make succession plantings of the more hardy crops such as beets, cabbage, carrott, mustard, garden! peas, Irish potatoes, and radishes. I Radishes should be planted every two weeks until hot weather ar rives. In April leafy vegetables should receive a side application of readily available nitrogen fertilzer to stim ulate their growth. For an early crop of sweet pota toes, set the plants as soon as danger from frost has passed. For the main crop, bed the potatoes six or seven weeks before time to set them in the field. Soak the seed for 15 minutes in a solution of four ounces of bichloride of mercury to 32 gallons of water. Farm Questions Answered At STATE COLLEGE QUESTION: How should sexes be separated in growing chicks? ANSWER: The separation should be made as soon as the males and females ,can be detem^ined. With the Leghorns this can be determined in from four to six weeks and from seven to nine weeks with the American breeds. As the chicks grow, more floor space is required and unless this is provided the chicks will begin toe pickng and feather pulling. When the chicks are overcrowd ed they are much more subject to disease and develop more slowly. QUESTION: Will cotton seed treated now with Ceresan keep until planting time? ANSWER: Yes. Ceresan is harm less to cotton seed and they may be treated now and stored until planting time. This treatment will also prevent any further trouble from contaminated sacks, bins, or from the plant ers. Be sure and use three ounces of the fungicide to each bushel of seed and mix thorough ly in the container before stor ing. Seed not needed for plant ing should be disposed of in tome way as treated seed are un fit for feeding purposes. QUESTION: What spacing should be given a new planting of dew berries? ANSWER: The plants should be set from four to five feet apart in rows six feet apart. Press the soil firmly against the roots and cut back two or three buds. The canes should be allowed to sprawl on the ground during the first growing season, but should be tied to stakes or trained on a two-wire trellis before growth starts the following spring. Newly set plants should be fer tilized with stable manure of a tablespoonful of nitrate of soda. A new publication of "Fruits and Nuts for Home Use” has just been issued by the Agricul tural Extension Service and copies may be secured by writing the Agricultural Editor, State Col lege_ $30,000 Bonus Urge l hm \ mr^\\ DETROIT .. . Mickey Cochrane’s world champion Tigers are going to split a |50,000 bonus if they finish first or second in the American baseball race this year. Mr. W. A. Pungs, 87 (above), retired millionaire and baseball fan, says he’ll raise that arne”*'t Timely Advice To Farmers High Point—April showers bring May flowers but they also increase the worries of the erosion control experts in the Soil Conservation Service. For it is in this period of heavy and frequent Spring rains that the menace of active gullying is at its worst. Gullies that have not been put under control but are still active have their greatest period of growth at this time when the rain lashes at the top soil and sends the soil down the line of least resistence—the gully channels that have already been formed—off the fertile fields and down into the creeks and rivers, where the soil is lost to the farmer forever. As a rsult, the Service recom mends that the farmer take advan tage of this period, jusj; before the; Spring storms reach their height, to' check up on the condition of their gullies. It is a dangerous policy to leave a field barren that has been ren dered unfit for production by heavy gullying. These gullies, un less treated, will spread and take in more and more of the fertile fields, giving the farmer less land all the time upon which to grow hie rrnm. "In case of deeply erosive gulllies with wide channels,” says C. F. Howland, assistant forester in charge of gully control, "mechani cal checks such as log and wire basket dams are recommended. They are simple to construct and are economical. Examples of the most efficient types of dams may be seen at any of the State experi ment stations and have also been placed where needed on the farms of the cooperators by the twenty CCC camps and the eight SCS pro ject areas in the State. "Climatic conditions have been unusually severe this winter, with a total precipitation in the last four months of 19.69 inches as re ported by the U. S. Weather Bu reau. As a result,, the dam struc tures already placed in the gullies have been subjected to unusual pressure. Farmers are advised to examine the structures which they have placed in their gullies to see if any breaks have formed. To be effective this coming month, the dams must be in perfect conditon. "In addition to this structural precaution a natural precaution has developed that is an indispensable aid to the dams in the larger gullies and that effectively checks the growth of the smaller ones. This is lespedeza.” The farmers of North Carolina arc strongly urged by the Service to include these erosive areas in their plans for Spring sowing. It takes very little time or work to slope the gully banks and loosen the dirt for the planting of the lespe deza. The close-growing crop and the deep-lying roots of this legum inous plant hold the top soil in place and keep it from washing down the gully banks with the consequent lengthening and widening of the gully. Examples of gullies properly treated with lespedeza are also on display at the State Experiment stations and there are many in stances of this type of work on the farm of the cooperators. WOULD DEPORT ALIENS Washington — Representative Green, Democrat of Florida, introduced a bill to deport aliens in this country illegally and to pre vent any form of Federal relief be ing granted to such persons. Laxative combination volks know is trustworthy The confidence thousands of par ents have in good, old reliable, pow dered Thedford’s Black-Draught has prompted them to get the new Syrup of Black-Draught for their children. The grown folks stick to the pow dered Black-Draught; the youngsters probably will prefer it when they outgrow their childish love of sweets. Mrs. C. W. Adams, of Murray, Ky., writes: “I have used Thedford’s Black-Draught (powder) about thir teen years, taking it for biliousness. Black-Draught acts well and X am always pleased with the results. I wanted a good, reliable laxative for my children. I have found Syrup oi Black-Draught to be just that.” BLACK-DRAU^HT Hutson Heads Region In New Farm Program The new soil improvement pro gram wil' be administered under a different set-up than that of the old AAA. Instead of commodity divisions for the various basic crops, there are five regions into which the United States has been divided. Each region will handle all crops in its territory. North Carolina is in th* East Central Region, which has been placed in charge of J. B. Hutson, former chief of the AAA tobacco section. "We who have seen the success ful way in which Mr. H-Jtson con ducted the tobacco program under the old AAA are particularly grati fied over his appointment as di rector of this region,” commented Dean I. O. Schaub, of State College. "He is thoroughly familiar with the situation in this State, he has our interest at heart, and he has demonstrated his ability to get things done.” The new program is like the old AAA in some respects, however, the dean pointed out. It will be administered by the State College agricultural extension service and its corps of county agents. At the same time, much of the pro gram will be handled by communi ty, county, and state committees composed of farmers. The state committee, to be made up of representative farmers from each section of the State, will have a voice in determining many mat ters of policy. The county committees will be in charge of local administrative work, including the checking of growers’ compliance with the pro gram. Community commmittee men will aid the county commit tees. Kime To Give Talk f On Cotton Growing With cotton planting time near by, a radio talk on the subject will be delivered on Saturday, April 4, by P. H. Kime, plant breeding agronomist at State oCllege. One of the recommendations which Dr. Kime makes is the plant ing of fewer acres He declared that on this reduced acreage, farmers can produce more cotton per acre of better quality at a lower cost per pound of lint. He will also discuss soil types best adapted for the growing of cotton, fertilzers, the necessity for using good seed of an adapted vari ety, and the proper methods of cul tivation. Also included in the week’s sche dule is a discussion of coccidiosis in baby chicks, which will be pre i sented by H. C. Gauger, poultry disease specialist. The full program for the week I of March 30—April 4 includes: i Monday, Fred M. Haig, "The Op eration and Care of Cream Separa tors”; Tuesday, Dr. L. A. Whit ford, "Wild Water Plants”; Wed nesday, Zoology Department; Thursday, Mrs. Estelle Smith. "Plans for Convention of Farm Women of the World in Wash ington”; Friday, H. C. Gauger. "Coccidiosis in Baby Chicks”; Sat urday, Dr. P. H. Kime, "Import ant Factors in Cotton Growing.” The next in the series of talks on cotton marketing will be pre sented Wednesday. April 8. by Glenn R. Smith, associate agricul ! tural economist. The subject of | his talk will be "Methods Used in ! Buying Cotton in Local Markets”. I —i ■ — — - KENTUCKY GOP FOR LANDON Louisville, Ky.—The Kentucky State Republican convention in structed the four delegates at large to vote for Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas at the Republican national convention, assuring him of 18 of this State’s votes there. Two dis tricts, each with two votes, have voted to send uninstructed dele gates. FIREMEN RESCUE WOMAN New York—Firemen using scal ing ladders rescued at least one woman and started a search for a number of others believed trapped by fire on the fourth floor of a building near Broadway and Wesi Forty-Eighth street. Flames en veloped the six-story building. New Program Designed To Reduce Cash Crops The biggest payments under the new farm program will be for di verting land from soil-depleting crops into the production of soil conserving or improving crops. For taking land out of cotton the rate of payment will be around $12 an acre, while the rate for tobacco will be around $40 an acre, depend ing upon the average productivity of the land. The rate of payment for wheat, corn, and other soil-depleters will be determined in the near future, and will probably vary with each farm according to its fertility, said Dean I. O. Schaub, of State Col lege. The maximum diversions on which payments will be made are 35 per cent of the cotton base, 30 per cent of the tobacco base, 20 per cent of the peanut base, and 15 per cent of the base acreage of other soil-depleters. A smaller payment will also be made for growing soil-building crops of carrying out certain soil I improvement practices such as ter | racing for erosion control or pfant ! ing forest trees, the dean said. There are two things a grower must do to earn this soil building payment. First, he must put in soil-con serving crops, or devote to soil con serving practices, an amount of land equal to at least 20 per cent of his base acreage of depleting crops. Each are devoted to soil-con serving crops or practices will make the grower eligible for $1 in a soil building payment, unless the rate is changed later, but it will not au tomatically earn this payment. Second, to earn the payment, the grower must raise soil-buildng crops or carry out certain soil-buildng practices. Under the program, certain crops and practices have been clas sified as soil-conserving, while cer tain others are known as soil-build ing^^ 17-Year Locusts To Appear This Spring 1 __ The largest of the 17-year locust broods is due to swarm over the eastern United States this spring. Millions of the winged insects will fill the woods with their steady droning the later part <>f May and the first of June, said Dr. Z. P. Metcalf, head of the State College entomology department. In North Carolina they will ap pear most in the mountain and Piedmont counties, though the brood has been recorded as far east as Wake county. Eggs of the brood which will emerge this year were laid in the summer of 1919. After hatching, the grubs burrowed into the ground and attached themselves to tree roots from which they have been sucking sap £ver since. In a few weeks they will crawl up on trees, shed their skins, and change into adults with fully de veloped wings. The locust is a form of July fly rather than a grasshopper, Dr. Metcalf stated. Usually they do little damage; occasionally they injure young orchard trees which have been set out on new ground. These trees may be protected by covering them with mosquito netting or tobacco cloth until the locusts disappear. The department of entomology at State College is anxious to get a complete record of this brood, and has asked that interested persons in the State keep a look-out for the insects. The department will appreciate any reports received, also specim ens that may be sent in, Dr. Met calf said. The locusts may be mailed safely in a strong pasteboard box. Brief News Items In one week recently Cabarrus farmers sold 28,180 pounds of Ko rean lespedeza seed in addition to making heavy seedings on their own farms. The FCX service has been or ganized in Transylvania County with W. W. Brittain as manager of the local cooperative. The poultry short course held at Monroe recently was attended by 228 poultrymen and county agents from seven surrounding counties. Farmers in the Brush Creek watershed of Madison County have their phosphate fertilizers and are beginnig to apply it on pasture grasses. Person tobacco growers report excellent results with tobacco fol lowing lespedeza and are adopting this practice as a new method of re-building worn-out tobacco land. Dolomitic limestone makes a bet ter filler for fertilizer than inert sand and progressive North Caro lina farmers are beginning to de mand that the limestone be used. The Rockingham County farm short course was held at the Beth any High School last week with over 200 in attendance during the two days. After thinning 15 cords of wood per acre 570 trees were left in the demonstration acre and these will be thinned or harvested as they ma ture, reports H. E. Stallings of Pilot, Franklin County. Now that the new farm pro gram has been started, every farm er will need a map of his entire place in qualifying for conservation payments. — " PENITENTIARY QUARAN TINED Jefferson City, Mo—The penal board placed a quarantine on the State penitentiary as a precaution against the spread of spinal men ingitis. Two cases of meningitis were reported at the prison HUNGER AWA11 b INU I’iSrt Kansas City—Sixfeen-year-olf! Harold Coffman’s dream of becom ing a hermit on the lake of the Ozarks, living on fish, was shatter ed by fishermen’s luck all bad. After three days he hitch-hiked home and told his parents he had lived in a cave but caught not a fish—not even a crawdad. HERO WORSHIP Why are iron-fisted dictators glorifed? Get the answer to hero worship in an interesting illustrat ed article in the April 5 issue of the American Weekly, the big magazine which comes with the Baltimore Sunday American. Your newsdealer will supply you. Blind and Armless Form Partnership Chicago—Blind Thomas How ard Overton, 31, and armless Stan ley A. Kaspryzk, 32, are headed for a career in lew on a coopera tive basis. How they pooled their physical resources was disclosed when Overton announced by the Chica go-Kent college of law as the high ranking scholar in the freshman class of 175, insisted that Kaspryzk deserved some of the credit. Kaspryzk, he said was his "eyes” —and he was Kaspryzk’s 'arms.” They met by chance their first day in school when the armless student guided his blind classmate down a flight of steps. When they reached the door at the bottom Kaspryzk couldn’t turn the knob to open it. But Overton could. Overton could carry books, but not read them. Kaspryzk could read, but not carry books. The logical association developed by mu tual consent, Overton related. "I takes notes in class with a punch on a braille form board,” he said. "Out of class Stanley reads to me and I transcribe my notes on a typewriter for him. For each of us it is just a matter of working harder to overcome a physical handicap.” wnen written examinations are required, Kaspryzk is forced to call upon one of his brothers to write for him. Otherwise the two handicpapped students are "co-suf ficient,” they agreed. Overton, whose home is in Swanwick, 111., lost his sight when he was 20. Two accidents de prived Kaspryzk, a Chicagoian, of his arms. He lost one under a train in a railroad yard when he was 14 and the other four years ago in an automobile wreck. SEASON’S LAST LAUGH Marshall, Minn.—The hard win ter here ended in a flash of whim sy. First came two inches of con iventional, or white snow. Then the wind shifted into the south!, T mixed in some particles from » dust storm and deposited a choco late-hued upper surface of three inches with a layer cake effect. -- | FOR BETTER RADIATOR SERVICE SEE US! We clean flush and repair all makes of radia tors. We have receiv ed a shipment of new radiators 8c our prices are ; right. 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