rAt-M,
Si
WM
v('^.
iMeome
conaenra-
om their farm land
t0|*R. B. Dunn," Wilkes
coaserTalioaibt, -t^ut very little so
done towards con-
troUlng onejot the worst erosion
Vrahlems—that of htghway^ "and
^ cnts., These raw. unsightly
MBks are so commonplace that
**« Average person accepts thenv
»• tact and does not realise that
thonaands of dollars worth of farm
l*Bd Is ruined each year by a con-
dltl(m that could be remedied if
termers owning such land
the
'opeadBg up one furmf aad'ap^tf*
lag approxlnvateiy pcnnds of
superphosphate on every tBOO
feet of bed and then beck furrow-
Ipfito the bed four or five times.
Kndsn seedlings or crowns should
be planted 3 1-2 feet In the row
after the last heavy freeze In the
spring and cultivated once or
twice during the first year.
Kudzu should be plianted out of
reach of stock as it is an excell
ent feed and the stock will kill
the young plants if allowed to
graze on them.
Another method of controlling
roadbanks. if conditions permit,
is to seed sericea lespedeza in the
spring. For this type of seeding
the roadbiank should be sloped
brck or already sloped to at least
3 to 1. The bank should be well
£ utintiea;
realise It. Part of the damage is,broken up and fertilized with 200
«h*s«d by the gradual eating back Pounds of superphosphate per
of the banks into good farm land, should be applied at
eausiag fences to topple over intojtbe rate of 30 pounds per acrd
the re^ and generally creating'Und the whole area mulched with
havoe with adjoining land.s, but”'*’''u®b or straw so thrt approxi-
thls is only a minor part of the percent of the ground
real damage being done to nearby ,1® covered.
Jdwlands. Have you ever noticed proven method of
the many acres of fertile bottom controlling roadbank erosion is to
''•t
iMd that have grown, up in brush
®r are producing poor hay, the
4Uches silted full and probably
■ot ^odnclng a tenth of what ft
iB capable ot doing toward the
hhtterment of the farm? These
iwadbanks are not causing thi.s
caaditons entirely but they are a
contributing factor. During the
winter when freezing and thaw-
ix takes place tons of soil are
washed off these banks down into
the lowlands. Three or tour times
as much soil will wash off a given
area of roadbank than w'ill w'ash
•ft an equal area, of cropland
daring the same rain. Why? Be-
eaase the roadbed is generally
ateeper and baye of vegetation.
On the cropland part of ttie rain
fall soaks in but on the roadbank
the majority runs off at a high
velocity, taking with it a tremen
dous amount of soil.
Most farmers owning l.ind ad
joining roads with these condi-
^tions can do something ahout it
plant regular grass mixture if the
b>ank is not too steep and the land
is fertile. When this method Is
used considerable maintenance is
necessary to establish a good sod
and keep it over a period of years.
The State Highway Department
is doing a .good derl of work to
ward controlling these banks but
due to the enormous task it will
never be completed until each in
dividual farmer takes an inter
est in end improves tl'e banks ad
joining his property.
V
LOANS MAY BE SECURED
ON THE STORED COTTON
r.oans may now be oiibUned on
cotton stored on farms. It must
l)e sampled and classed by the
proper authorities and the storage
htiilding must be approved.
PITT 4-H BOYS JOIN
VICTrORY FOOD DRIVE
Two thousand Pitt county 1-if
The state-wide Food Conser
vation Workshop, which was held
at Raleigh recently. , began a
movement which will carry ^safe
and practical methods of food
preservation to every county in
North Carolina. Blghty-flve food
nutritionists, representing col-
lege, extension and commercial
home economics departments,
united io carry the message of
food production and food conser
vation to every family in the
State.
Following the Raleigh confer
ence, two-day training courses are
being held in all counties; for
block leaders In the towns and
cities, and for neighborhood lead
ers In the county districts. De
monstrations in the latest meth
ods of steam pressure cannln.g,
hot water cooking, freezing, dry
ing and brining will be given.
Every effort will be made to con
serve. without food Spoilage, all
of the surplus fruits and vegeta
bles that oame from this year's
crop of Victory Gardens.
The food situation is serious,
but the workshop conference
pointed out that North Carolina
victory gardeners can have a
year-round supply ot fresh vege
tables and can easily can enough
of the surplus supply ' to fully
take care of the situation, If
everyone who can grow a good
garden, cooperates. Victory
Gardens arc not rationed and
neither ere the home-canned pro
ducts from these gardens ration
ed.
The unified program of North
Carolina nutritionists is in the
National spotlight. Several Gov
ernment representatives from
Washington were present at the
Raleigh conference and they will
present outlines of the North
Carolina program as a pattern
for other states to' follow.
DUKE POWER
HAS BIG; JOB
with very little expenditure of
time and money. The main prob
lem is to establish some permaii-
' ent close-growing vegetation. This
•an be done in several ways, de
pending upon conditions. One of To
the easiest methods is to oiitain, space,
kndzu seedlings or crowns from North
club boys and girls have joined | Ljy£5’rOCK II PERCETNT
the victory food drive. Gardens,
poultry, and hogs are the princi
pal lines of work.
GREATER THAN BEFORE
Tlie number of livestock
eleven percent greater than a year
a.go. Hogs and poultry wlli
probably continue to show Targe
increases. Growers’ are urged' to
economize on shippinj
the major part of the
•American production of
u old planting and plant them in “concentrated” phosphate fertf-1 conserve protein feeds.
& prepared bed ipove the bank, llzers has been allocated to the j V-
This bed should i>e prepared by United Kingdom. i Buv War Bonds MuT Stanrps
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In Olr Production Efforts
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IN
IS
., list does no
largs^umber of me
saWl^ BTBWS of
have 10 record.
inch le a
fror
vhon
And FOODlve
.must produce in abundance. It
is needed .
there and here . . ij^d not an
acre should o(
left unattended. ^ M|n cannot
fight witkoutl
proper food, and s^fifient food.
Let us see tl|
It our farms, ordSir^. dairies.
poultry and ca
We play their exp^tid part in
1 Wilkes’ war eff
’Jk And by all meahsklet’s pro-
\fct our wood
lafbs from fire, for pissent and
fi\ire use.
\We Col^ratulate
OUR FOOD IRODUC^S
Today the steam-electric and
hydro-electrlo plants of Duke
Power company are producing one
and a quarter million horsepower
to serve war industries, mllltrry
camps and homes throughout' the
piedmont 'Oarolinas.
The Duke Power company is
faced with the task of co'ntrlbut-
ing to the nation’s increased elec
tric energy requirements even
though the company has alrerdy
sent over 750 employees to the
service. Despite materials and
labor shortages the company Is
attempting to serve the people of
this section as in the past 4 0
years.
A statement from the- war de-
Behind
Whapox, ,rtand the
ties. Power must be provld«Arbp..
fore^a gun oan be made, a‘shell
turned, a plane built, a fknk as
sembled or a'soldier housed. Our
army Is dependent upon the'pub
lic utilities and they are giving
us the power that will help to
smash the nczis and the Jc'ps''
“These companies, while pre
serving an essential core of power
for civilians, are meeting the
heavy -demands put on them by
the army and nsvy. Electric
«iergy requirements this year -jre
fifty billion kilowatt hours above
those of 1940. At the same time
critical materials like copper^ zhic
andaluminum and complex
equipment '• like turo-geiierators,
are herd to get. But whatever
the problems, they are making
good on the job of brlnfging the
production line np to the firing
line.”
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'‘be'MriM(4 ol
More North CaroHflik.
took part in the 1942 farid
gram of the Agricdltar*! Adjtildle ^
rhcnt Agency ’than in .fi0inifgt ,tt
cns program, according 4o figMif _
supplied by H. A. Patten,
AAA executive assistant
College. ' •;] Use of'groond limeStona as 'i
Records of the State AAA Of-'j soil-binding mfterial last >
' he sai^, show that of 240,-! amODOted .to 479,988 . tons, 329,9»6 .
404 farm operates ’ in the state U>im pi 'w^ich were obtained thro. i
last year, 228,240 participated in)the,AAA as a grantrrf7aid-.nwte-^
•■he AAA program. A> total offr'al'in lien (rf .consenratknt pay* .
nients. Applickkloa o^f jjdioaphat# "
materials amooiited to 41.M3 tons
last;' year as compared with 24,-„- 
478 tons under the 1941 program, ..
♦ Patten said that In a canvass
now being conducted in
county of the state, 208,047 faraj^'T
n
213,045 farmers particiipated
the 1941 program.
Payments to North Caro?bia
f-ir carrying out approy^
soil-building practices and croo
oiijustment measures amounted to
$12,600383 under the 1®4s nro- _ .
gram, as compared with more ers ^ulready have indicated^ tl
I than $14,000,000 in the previous intenUon to participate in the
lyter. , 1941^'progiam.
Mexico has a new war on tube:--[ “Reductions in total 1942 pr^ ■■ “V-
get-shooting courses in her public gram payments were due to
schools. inatic elimination of
Ch’le is trying to establish tar-
ay- culosis. 1
EBrbwii
jinufaet
Telephoiie 236
lirLumber For War Pui3)o9es
, North Wilkesboroy Nj C.
EVERY
iAVAI/ABlE
Acre,4f Land!
UCE FOOD
dlpi FILTERS NEED FOOD
'iTO PROTECT OUR LIBERTY!
We iiust maintain supremacy in the air, find keep our
Birds” a^I; at all times, because human fre^om depends
upon them.% And it takes plenty of good food to give
proper streM|h and courage to the men wlm navigate the
clouds, and th%ships and submarines that sa|fbn and under
the sea, and a $Wge force of men on land, '^ey are fight
ing the cguse o^reedom all the wbrld, .gnd we can d’
no less t^an FEJ® THEM AMPLY. Le t’| make Wilkes'
soil proijuce a bu^er crop, and then corsj^e our surplus
so that Dur fighterwver here ... and ov«j^ there . . . may
know \ye are taking^re of the home front;
irymen, Pqiiltrymen and
t to Prodace This Year
Full Limit!
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