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Livestock Picture
For ’66 Favorable
GARDEN
TIME
By
M M. E. GARDNER
N. C. State
Tools Of Automation Used As
Jump Toward Economic Growth
Ground Covers
For Roadsides
Continuing with the All-Amer
ica selections for 1966, we have
one more flower; Marigold “Spun
Yellow”; and two vegetables, a
new squash variety - “GoldNug-
get”; and a butterhead type let
tuce “Butter King.”
Marigold “Spun Yellow.” This
selection goes so well with ver
bena “Amethyst.” Along with
zinnias, petunias and snapdrag
ons, marigolds are among the
four most popular and widely
planted flowers In North Caro
lina. “Spun Yellow” Is thebrlght
yellow counterpart to the award
ed “Spun Gold” of 1960. Some
AAS judges reported It even ear
lier and longer flowering but both
are extra early, the same 12-
Inch height, very florlferous, rich
green follaged plants with large,
chrysanthemum - flowered
blooms almost covering the
plants. Stems are of cutting length
and the refined flowers are most
colorful. “Spun Yellow” Is of
much brighter color and the
choice of large flowered dwarf
marigolds.
Squash “Gold Nugget” Is well
named. Bred by Neal S. Holland,
North Dakota Agricultural Ex
periment Station, this late or
winter squash should be a very
popular home garden favorite.
Of small, soft ball size, weighing
1 1/2 - 2 pounds, one fruit
makes two or three delicious
servings. Each compact plant
usually produces five to eight
fruits and all may be gathered
when fully mature or after kill
ing frost. Simply pull uptheplant
with fruit attached and store until
wanted for baking. Market gar
deners may wish to use a modi
fied potato harvester. Plants
grow 2 1/2 feet tall, similar to
“Bush Table Queen.” Fruit has
bright orange skin and flesh,
sweet, moderately thick, of good
quality, very high In dry matter.
Shape is round-oblate, with thick,
shell-llke skin for good stor-
A note of preparation; Thor
oughly wash, place whole fruit
In a pan or on aluminum foil, bake
at 300 degrees for about an hour
when squash will be soft. Remove
from oven, cut open and remove
seeds. Serve In half shell or
scooped out. Season with salt
and pepper, add butter if desired.
Or, cut fruit, remove seeds,
wrap pieces In foil; bake and
serve as above. Foil wrapping is
needed with cut fruit or pieces
become too dry. Silver medal
winner.
Lettuce “Butter King” Is a
larger headed “White Boston”
type. Height Is about seven Inch
es with average head 5 1/2 Inch
es In diameter and weighing 12.8
ounces at the Ottawa breeding
station. Disease resistant, more
vigorous from the start, larger
and later than White Boston,
slower to bolt, of better quality
and more sun or tip-burn resist
ant are general observations. A
summary of judges’ reports Is
that, while It may not perform as
well In warm wet weather areas,
perhaps with looser heads, it was
highly regarded from eastern
•Canada to California and Mexi
co. This Includes the central and
plains states, even In hot weath
er. Bronze medalist.
NEW ORLEANS -TheSouthern
Pine lumber Industry began to
mechanize extensively 10 years
ago. This marked a turning point
In an uphill stru^le against war-
spawn^ problems.
Major advances In technology
have since occurred and today the
industry Is utilizing the tools of
automation as springboards for
economic growth.
Events that Inspired this in
dustrial revolution had roots in
World War n. During the war,
more than 20blllionfeetofSouth-
ern Pine lumber were delivered
to the armed forces, often on an
emergency basis.
This taxed plants and facilities
to the breaking point. Overwork
ed machinery wore out with re
placements hard to come by.
Many operations vdiich sprangup
overnight to meet emergency
needs were crudely outfitted with
makeshift equipment.
When peace finally came, the
Industry was exhausted. Mechan
ical deficiencies rendered It ex
tremely vulnerable to pressures
of rising costs and competition
during the immediate post - war
years.
Inevitably, many mills fell by
Mosf Field Crops
Outlook Brighter
RALEIGH - Tobacco farmers
should start the 1966 farming
season with at least one key fac
tor in their favor — flue-cured
stocks will be down.
Total production was down and
domestic disappearance was up
for both burley and flue-cured
leaf.In 1965. U. S. manufactur
ers are expected to use more of
both types of North Carolina -
grown tobacco In 1966.
These are some of the factors
contained In the annual field crops
outlook report prepared by econ
omists at North Carolina State
University at Raleigh,
Total supply of flue-cured
axpected to be 3,662 million
pounds - down 112 million from
1964. Production In 1965 Is esti
mated at 1,107 million pounds-
down 20 per cent from 1964 and
the lowest since 1959.
Burley production Is expected
to be slightly below 1964, ac
cording to the economists. Acre
age for harvest Is down nine per
cent, reflecting a cut of 10 per
cent In allotments. Average yield
Is indicated to be only slightly
below the record 1963 level.
The anticipated Increase In
domestic use of both flue-cured
and burley In 1966 Is accompa
nied by the expectation that flue-
cured exports will recover
slightly, due mainly to the Im
proved quality and the drop In
Rhodesian tobacco production.
The developing political situa
tion In Rhodesia could have an
effect on the export demand for
U. S. flue-cured. Allotments will
remain the same for the next
season, and there will be a two
per cent Increase in price sup
ports for flue-cured.
In their review of the over-all
field crops picture, the N. C.
State econo mists made the fol
lowing observations and projec
tions;
COTTON; Carryover of upland
cotton August 1, 1965, was 14
million bales. Production In 1965
Is estimated at 15.2 million bales,
giving a total supply of 29.2 mil
lion, up two million from the pre
vious year.
Disappearance during the
1965-66 crop year should total
about 13.2 million bales, or two
million less than the 1965 har
vest. This would place the carry
over on August I, 1966, at a rec
ord high of 16 million bales. Do
mestic use of raw cotton In 1965-
66 Is estimated at 9.2 million
bales, up 200,000.
Exports are not expected to
change much. Foreign free world
production remains at a high lev
el. Cotton will continue to face
severe competition, both at home
and abroad, from man-made fi
bers.
Over the tong haul under the
new production program carry
over stocks should be reduced as
production Is cut and domestic
use and exports reach a level ex
ceeding production.
WHEAT; U. S. wheat production
was up five per cent In 1965.
North Carolina production was
down 25 per cent. Production Is
expected to continue to decline In
the state as small allotments are
diverted under the new wheat
program or entire farms retired
under the new cropland adjust
ment program. Prices for the
1965 crop are expected to aver
age near the price support loan
of $1.25 per bushel nationally and
$1.40 In North Carolina.
FEED GRAINS: Total feed
grain supplies are up five per
cent. Record production offsets
the 14 million ton decrease In
carryover. The corn crop is es
timated up by 580 million bush
els. North Carolina feed grain
production Is up. Corn produc
tion is up an estimated lO million
bushels.
Feed grain utilization and ex
ports will increase In 1966, Car
ryover stocks will be up, also.
Feed grain prices will average
some^at lower than last year.
SOYBEANS: Production of soy
beans continues to increase, up
an estimated 22 per cent over
last year’s crop. Carryover
stocks September 1, were the
smallest since 1961. The North
Carolina crop Is set at a record
18.4 million bushels, up 2.4 mil
lion from last year.
Utilization is expected to be up
again In 1966, with crushingsand
exports reaching new highs. Both
soybean and soybean meal prices
will average somewhat below
those of last year because of the
large crop.
PEANUTS: The 1966 national
peanut allotment Is the same as
1965 - the minimum allowed by
law. Carryover stocks August 1,
1965, were lower than a year
ago. North Carolina yields were
up. Total supply of peanuts was
up seven per cent.
VA Needs Income
Questionnaires
WINSTON-SALEM - The Vet
erans Administration today
warned veterans and dependents
of deceased veterans on VA pen
sion rolls they run the risk of
having their monthly payments
discontinued if they fail to return
the Income questionnaire forms
mailed with the November
checks.
They may even have to pay
back the money received In 1965,
H, W. Johnson, Acting Manager
of the North Carolina VA Re
gional Office, said.
They must be returned by Jan
uary 3l.
Johnson said the VA is re
quired by law to obtain this In
come report each year because
pensions are paid only to those
whose Incomes from other sourc
es are below certain limits.
The VA asks that the card
not be folded or mutilated be
cause It must run through auto
matic data processing machines.
GI GETS TRAFFIC TICKET
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col. -
In answer to a traffic ticket re
ceived while in training, an
American soldier In Viet Nam
wrote to the judge, “I wish you
would come and arrest me. I
would love to be back there.’’
Pfc. George A. Hall later re
ceived another letter from the
judge telling him the ticket was
forgiven and wishing him a Mer
ry Christmas.
JOHNSON
MFG. CO.
Manufacturers of
JOHNSON SPRAYERS
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PENDLETON
the wayside, notablymarglnal«)-
orators. But a solid nucleus of
stalwarts remained and It was by
these that the seeds of automa
tion were sown.
Mechanization of the Industry
has mushroomed steadily since
the early I950’s, Progress has
been stimulated by the Southern
Pine Association through a se
ries of expositions affording
thousands of lumber manufactur
ers the opportunity to keep
abreast of technological innova
tions and improvements.
As a result, the Industry has
undergone astrlklngtransforma-
tlon. Automated operations of to
day have rendered the traditional
term - “sawmill” an obsoleteor
at least inadequate descriptive.
Product diversity and thrifty uti
lization of the timber harvest are
current by-words. Southern lum
ber companies have Invested ex
tensively in modern machinery
to make them meaningful.
The automated firm embraces
a smoothly coordinated flow of
many highly specialized opera
tions. Spectacular machinery
seems to perform of its own ac
cord until you glimpsetheopera-
tors at the remote controls play
ing push buttons like pianists.
The sawlog is debarked as it
enters the mill by immensely
powerful hydraulic jets or me
chanical devices. This contrib
utes to the precision of lumber
manufacture and permits the con
version of slabs, edgings and oth
er leavings of the saws Into useful
products.
Subsequent machining of the log
and processing of lumber are high
speed operations subjected to
close quality controls. Some idea
of the degree of specialization can
be gained from the fact that the
sole function of some devices Is
to assure straightness in finish
ed lumber products.
It has been standard practice
to properly season and pre-
shrlnk Southern Pine before it is
surfaced to final size. Lumber
destined for use under conditions
of severe exposure Is protected
by treatment with chemical pre
servatives,
if a wood structural member
several times larger than a tree
is needed, it Is no problem to
provide it. One and two Inch thick
lumber can be bonded and built
up with powerful adhesives to
form arches, beams and columns
A list of about 34 plant mate
rials appear to be suitable for
highway roadside plantings in
the Minnesota area.
Among them are various Juni
pers, Artemisia, Myrica penn-
sylvanica, Pachistima canby,
Bayberry, Rose wichuralna, Cor-
onllla and various others, accord
ing to Mrs. Margaret Smlthberg,
assistant scientist, at the Uni
versity of Minnesota.
of any desired dimension.
The South now embraces near
ly half the nation’s 12,000 lum
ber mills. Production, which de
clined sharply In the wake of
war - engendered problems, is
again on the rise. The 1965 out
put of Southern Pine lumber is
estimated at more than six and
one-half billion board feet, high
est figure in six years and the
fifth consecutive year that an in
crease has occurred.
While lumber is the main prod
uct of the automated concern,
there are many more. For exam
ple, nearly four million cords of
pulp chips were derived last year
from the leftovers of Southern
Pine lumbering. This constituted
20% of the South’s total material
for pulpwood production.
RALEIGH - North Carolina
livestock producers can look for
ward to the new year with a cer
tain amount of optimism. The
presently favorable situation for
their products is expected to ex
tend well into 1966,
Cattle, hog and lamb prices
are expected to continue strong,
according to tlm annual outlook
report prepared by'economists
at North Carolina State Univer
sity at Raleigh. The report also
In^cates that an Improvement
In the dairy sltuktidn can be an
ticipated.
Beef cattle numbers in the
U.S. declined in 1965 after gain
ing each year since 1958.Slaugh
ter was up 4 per cent. Prices
increased during the second half
of the year as compared to earlier
in the year or the year before.
Total beef production in 1965
was up about 1 per cent.
The January 1, 1966 inventory
of cattle on farms is expected to
be down by more than a million
head over the 107.2 million a
year earlier.
Fed beef production Is expect
ed to be up during 1966 due to
more cattle going through feed
lots and being marketed at heavi
er weights. Cow slaughter Is ex
pected to be down. Therefore, fa
vorable prices are expected for
cows, fed cattle and feeder cat
tle throughout 1966.
Cow-calf operators are ex
pected to start rebuilding their
herds in 1966. Cattle numbers
will start upward In 1967; how
ever, beef production will not
increase much before 1968 or
1969.
As for hogs, prices rose sharp- _
ly as supplies dropped and de
mand increased during the past
year. The down swing In produc
tion that began in late 1963 has
ended, according to national re
ports.
However, hog prices during the
first half of 1966 are expected
to average well above the same
period for 1965. Prices during
the latter part of the year will
depend upon the number of pigs
farrowed next spring, A modest
Increase In the spring farrowlngs
is anticipated. However, with a
continued strong demand, prices'
would likely remain very favor
able throughout next fall.
Here is something producers
may look forward to over the
long span of the next two years:
the extremely favorable prices
along with large feed supplies
may result in overproduction and
lower prices by early 1967.
On the sheep end of the live- '
stock picture the situation is also -
favorable. Production leveled off
during l965afterdecliningforthe
past five years. Lamb prices
were up about 10 to 12 per cent
in 1965. Prices are expected to
continue strong.
“Prospects for U.S. dairymen
in 1966 are good,” theN.C,State :
economists assert. Adding that
“the North Carolina outlook Is
similar.”
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(1) Shred and turn under cotton and corn stalks os soon os possible. This will reduce disease problems,
particularly collor rot, pod rot, ond "Blue Mold" Southern Stem ond Root Rot.
(2) Subsoil while soil is dry for moximum benefit. Subsoilir
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(3) Take soil samples now to ovoid spring rush.
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(4) Bring soil reports by the office for study and interpretation.
Chemical Co.
(5) Apply lime and potash now where needed.
Farmers Bank
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(6) Break cotton ond peanut land os soon os possible.
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(4) Check seed saved for germination, T2 test will
(5) Store seed in cool dry ptoce, free from rodents.
give energy os well os potentiol germination.
NEMATODE SAMPLES
(1) Nemotode counts in soil con be mode by pulling (1) pint of soil, 6" deep ot rondom in each field.
Ploce soil in plastic bog, seal and bring by the County Agents Office within 24 hours ofter sampling.
(2) Nematode damage is one of the most serious production problems. A nemotode assay is o voluoble
tool in plonning your '66 program.
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SOIL SAMPLES ARE DELIVERED TO LABORATORY AT LEAST ONCE EACH WEEK. TAKE 'EM NOW.
CONTACT YOUR COUNTY AGENTS
OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
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