1961 Weather Struck
Hardest Blow To Nerves
Df vi J. UUJKKnS
Superintendent, Tobacco Research
Station
The year 1961 has been most
unusual weather-wise. This un
usual weather caused more dam
age to the nerves of out1 farm
ers than to the crops.
It all actually began back in
the fall of i960. The dry and cold
months of November and Decem
ber had only 1.58 inches of rain
in November 1960, and 1.60 in
ches in December 1960. This set
the stage, and in January 1961
we had evert dryer and cooler
weather with only 1.05 inches of
rainfall and most of this in the
form of sleet. This condition was
harmful to Small germinating to
bacco plants especially in unpro
tected areas.
February was plenty rough un
til the middle of the month. Then
the weather became more mild
and winter grains and grasses
began to show much improve
ment.
March was a pleasant month
with cool temperatures and plen
ty of rainfall. Very little frost or
freezing weather, yet, we had be
low average temperatures for the
month.
April turned back the calendar
and gave us colder weather than
March with more frost including
the latest frost on record for this
area oil April 21. With 6.13 in
ches of rainfall and unusually
cold temperatures crops were
sturtted causing tobacco to be
come hard and weather beaten.
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ARRINGTON'S
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May continued with the coldest i
May oh record. Most of the crops
were planted. Tobacco began pre
maturely flowering due to its cold
harden .condition. Many fan-nets
had planted the tobacco crop on
lands that the fumigant had not
dissipated from and were having
trouble in getting theif crop
started. Normal rainfall was re
corded during May with some
scattered frost reported on May
28.
June gave us warmer weather
and showers the first two weeks
that greatly improved the condi
tion of all crops. But this condi
tion was of short duration. The
second half of June was the be
ginning of a wet season that
lasted through July. During June
10.77 inches of rainfall was re
corded and during July 10.22 in
ches of rainfall was recorded.
During this six week period to
bacco harvest was underway and
many farmers were desperately
ditching and doing everything
possible to save their crops from
drowning. As a result, most of
the crop was saved with only
small areas drowning and in
many cases the tobacco was har
vested from the drowned spots.
When the heavy rains stopped,
showers continued to come and
this allowed the water damaged
Crop to be harvested with the
least damage possible. By this
time leaf spot diseases Were be
coming severe and the late to
bacco suffered most of this dis
ease problem.
i August was a month of hot
and humid weather with showers !
on 14 out of 31 days for a total
of 4.34 inches, which is about
normal for a month. Conditions
were ideal for the marketing of
the tobacco crops.
September continued the hot
and humid weather of August,
making it possible to complete
tobacco sales earlier than usual.
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Cooler weather was brought into
our area toward the end of the
month by a frontal system on
September 27.
Then October and November
were cool to cold and dry. Oct
ober gave us only 1.16 inches of
rain and November only 2.17 in
ches of rain. This weather in Oct
ober and November was ideal for
fall harvest of corn, peanuts and
potatoes. Also, November was
ideal for plant bed preparation
and fumigation.
The last month of the year
was very similat- to October and
November with cool to cold and
relatively dry weather. During
December 1.02 inches of rainfall
was recorded, ft was good weath
er for shopping and any other
job at hand.
Summary—The weather during
1961 gave us, the growers, many
anxious hours beginning with dry
and cool weather then into a
cold and normal rainfall period of
March and April. The period dur
ing May, June and July caused
most damage. The wet period of
June and July when saving the
crop from drowning was of the
greatest importance. During this
period the wet soils offered little
resistance to the wind and many
crops were blown over and had to
be straightened up by hand.
The rest of the year was suit
able weather for the job at hand.
August and September with nor
mal warm and showery weather
was ideal for marketing a crop
of tobacco. Then October, Novem
ber and December were ideal as
dry and cool months for fall har
vest, as well as Christmas shop
ping.
All of our farmers who have
lived through many unusual years
weather-wise, but who came
through 1961 with its many ad
verse weather conditions, deserve
a pat on the back. We had a total
of 53.23 inches of rain that was
not uniformly distributed. They
would tell you it was just an
other year, and I can assure you
the farm people will aaapt them
selves in 1962 to whatever weath
er we may have and look with
hope to a bountiful harvest.
4-H Club News
By JAMES E. GOFF
Ass’t County Agricultural Agent
A group of interested people in
the Shallotte Area will meet on
the 11th of January for the pur
pose of discussing the possibilities
of organizing a Community
4-H Club in their area. The meet
ing will be held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Harrelson. It
will begin at 7:30 p. m.
Other communities around
which have already organized a
4-H Club are having a meeting of
the sponsoring committee during
the month of January. The Hick
man Cross Roads Sponsoring
Committee met on the afternoon
of January 3. The meeting was
held at the home of Mrs. O. K.
Bellamy. The group plans another
meeting for the purpose of mak
ing plans for the program each
month.
Exum Community 4-H Club
sponsoring committee will meet
on January 12. The meeting will
be held at the Community Club
House at 7:30 p. m.
The Supply and Bolivia areas
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Drayton Cooper
of Southport announce the birth
of a daughter, Caroline Lebby, at
James Walker Meihorial Hospital
in Wilmington on January 6.
VACATION VtStT
Lt. A. C. Purvis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. L. Purvis. Sr., of
Winnabow, spent the Christmas
and New Year holidays with his
parents and friends in and a fount)
Winnabow. Upon completion of
his tour of duty in August of
this year he plans to become a
civilian and possibly teach or en
ter the business world. His plans
are incomplete at this time.
have not yet set the date for the
meeting of their sponsoring com
mittees.
Fran Browning, a student of
Waccamaw High School and who
lives in the Longwood Communi
ty, is writihg an essay for com
petition in the Farmers’ Coopera
tive Exchange Essay Contest. The
topic for the essay is “How In
dustry Is Dependent Upon Agri
culture.” We wish Fran all the
luck possible in her work in pre
paring this essay.
Garden Club In
Session Tuesday
The monthly meeting' of the
Southport Garden Club was held
with Mrs. J. T. Barnes Tuesday
morning.
The president, Mrs. E. C. Har
relson, announced dates for the
Camellia Show to be held in
Whtleville February 24-25 and
the Southeastern Flower and Gar
den Show' in Raleigh February
25-27.
Mrs. Ernest Parker, program
chairman, urged all members to
bring dried materials along with
mechanics and containers to the
February meeting. A workshop
will be conducted by an out-of
town speaker in the Methodist
Church education building.
Twro interesting films on “Flow
er Arranging from Williamsburg”
and “Home Landscaping” were
shown to the following members
by Mrs. Dallas Pigott: Mesdames
J. T. Barnes, F. M. Burdette, J.
E. Dodson, Guy R. Garrett. C. A.
Graham, A. D. Harrelson, E. C.
Harrelson, D. C. Herring, E. E.
Parker, D. C. Pigott, H. T. St.
George, R. B. Thompson, F. L.
Willing and Mrs. C. G. Ruark.
Delicious cakes and coffee were
served.
With The Men
In Service
Army Sergeant First Class
PERRY J. GORE, 33, son of Mr.
and Mi's. Elijah B. Gore, Supply,
recently participated in a seven
day combat readiness test near
Fort Greeley, Alaska. During the
test, which was designed to de
termine the individual and unit
combat efficiency of Army units
in Alaska, the 9th Infantry and
various support units engaged in
simulated combat maneuvers
against an “Aggressor” force
from the 23d Infantry. Fort Gree
ley, the Army’s northernmost
post, is noted for its sub-zero
temperatures and for the moun
tains and glaciers which surround
it. Sergeant Gore is a squad lead
er in the 9th Infantry’s Company
B, which is regularly stationed
at Fort Wainwright, more than
100 miles southeast of Fort
Greeley. The sergeant entered the
Army in 1950 and arrived in
Alaska on this tour of duty last
June. His wife, Lillian is with
him at Fort Wainwright.
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RUN DOWN
By Dr. ROGER W. PRICE
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body mechanisms to that of a watch. You’ll
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The mainspring of a watch is its “brain”.
With human beings the brain is the main
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locking gears, to transmit vital impulses from the brain is our spinal cord.
Shock, fatigue, a fall, any one of a hundred causes can throw the
spine off balance, interfere with proper channeling of nerve impluses from
the brain to the other organs of the body. When we’re “run down" its a
symptom that like our watches, we need "adjusting”. The Modern Chiro
practor the doctor who has specialized in the study of the spine, joints and
nervous system—can restore normal health by correcting the nerve or spinal
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