After deciding that a one crop system of farming waa not «ound, R. D. Simmons, Duplin county farmer of Seven Springs, began following a diversified system of farming, and has set an example that others might follow. That is what L. P. Weeks, county agent for the State Col lege Extension Service, says a bout the balanced and ' live-at home farming program which Mr. Simmons is carrying out. This Duplin county farmer pro duces about 90 hogg and 6 or 8 calves for sale yearly, Mr/ Weeks said, adding that most of the feed used In raising these animals is grown on the farm. Mr. Simmons sold. 90 hogs this year for |4,910, used 7 at home ! which were valued at $360, and i has 5 sows on hand now with 48 young pigs. During the year, he bought no grain and is now har vesting 50 acres of corn which is averaging 58 bushels per acre. The only feed bought for-his hog crop this year was 2 tons of tank age, and 1,000 pounds of fish meal. .Six calves, which were sold this year, brought him $400, Mr. Weeks said. He maintains a lay ing flock of 65 hens and is gath ering 3 1-2 dozen eggs dally. The male birds from his yearly flock of chicks are eaten at home or marketed locally. In addition to the 6 acres of permanent pasture on the farm, Mr. Simmons seeded 2 1-2 acres in the spring of this year to a mixture of ladino clover, orch ard grass, lespedeea, and red top clover. His cattle, hogs, and work stock get a good portion of their feed from these pastures and in terplanted legumes in his corn field. For temporary grazing and a cover crop, he seeds 40 acres of small grain each fall. The cash crops on his farm this year consist of 15 acres of tobacco, and 9 acres of cotton. A three-year crop rotation is fol lowed which is planned to maln I tain and build the fertility of the | soil, Mr. Weeks said. J Storage holdings of apples as of January 1 were reported at 30 million bushels as against about 27 million on January 1, 1947. While apples are grown in nearly all sections of the United States and distribution is general, the increase in apple holding over last year is largely on the west coast, the US DA has reported. "Biology and Control of the Plckleworm" to the title of a technical bulletin just published by the North Carolina Agricul tural Experiment Station. Dr. B. B. Pulton, professor of entomology at the Station and author of the bulletin, says that there are other peats which limit the production of the cucurbit crops. But none appear as regul arly year after year as the pickle worm. The pest has an uhusual ability to spread northward each year, though it hills out during the winter. It also increases in numbers at a very rapid rate dur ing hot weather. The first larvae of the pest usually appear from July 6 to 18 in the Raleigh area, the au thor states. But in the west and north, it's usually a little later. Cryolite dust has proved to be I the best insecticide of the many materials which have been test ed, Dusting should start immedi ately after the first pickleworms are found. A. weekly dusting is satisfactory, but a shorter in terval give8 bettor control, es pecially In rainy weather*. i If the crpps are picked just before dusting, Dr. Pulton finds that the residue is not serious, except /perhaps on small. cucum bers. The residue is easily remov ed by rain or by washing. Early crops usually escape injury. Fall crops may escape for a time if no early crops are produced nearby. Copies of the bulletin, which is entiled "Biology and Control of the Plckleworm," are available to the public free on request. Write to the Agricultural Editor at North Carolina State College, Raleigh, and ask for a copy of Technical Bulletin No. 85. | ji *Q-» ' u.j. „ 1947 Was Good Year For Swine . The North Carolina Swine Breeders' Association conducted 16 purebred hog sales during 1947 and sold £54 hogs for $36, 257, according to Jack Kelley, Extension Swine specialist at State College. Mr. Kelley stated that this was quite an increase over the 1946 sales when 136 hogs were sold for »13,174. The highest average received for purebred hogs during 1947 was obtained by breeders from Forsyth county when they con signed 11,, hogs to the national sal# at Centerville, Ind., the specialist said. These hogs sold for jy.ST?,-pr- wg- aTerage of 1215.63 per head. Plans for next year's sales hare already been made, Mr. Kel ley said, and the list of sales in clude the following: Berkshire Sale, Southern States Fair Ground at Charlotte, January 29; Duroc Sale, "Worsley's Livestock Market at Rooky MOunt, Februalrr 10; All Breed Sale, Benthall's Lire stock Market, Rich Square, Feb ruary 26; and All Breed Sale, Sawyer's Livestock Market, Elis abeth City, February 26. Not. only Is the Association planning these sales, Mr. Kelley said, but they have set up the following four point program to be carried out this year: improve purebred hogb by production test ing; use pasture to prevent worms and diseases; 1 consign only outstanding hogs to pure bred sales; and, take part in county and district fat barrow shows. o Much natural gas is odorless and has to be supplied with an odor before being used by the public because of the leakage dangers.

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