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TIAAES-NEWS, Thurs., Jan. 25, 1973 Effectiveness of EH A, SCS Improved By Cooperation RALEIGH — A joint ‘‘memorandum of cooperation” designed to improve effectiveness of programs and better serve the public was signed January 18 by James T. Johnson, State Director of Farmers Home Administration, and Jesse L. Hicks, State Conservationist of the Soil Conservation Service. The memorandum between the two U S. Department of Agriculture agencies spells out areas of mutual interest and provides for joint efforts on both the local and state level. ‘‘Actually, we are reaffirming our support of the close working relationship that FHA and SCS have enjoyed for years,” the two agency heads said in a joint statement, “but we believe this formal step will lend impetus to the recognized program.” FHA programs cover rural housing, farming operations, and community services, including water and sewer systems and solid waste disposal. SCS covers soil and water conservation problems, soil surveys and maps, land use, and a wide variety of conservation activities. SCS also had leadership for resource conservation and development projects, a multi-level operation and water shed projects. Areas of cooperation will be provision of soils data by the Soil Conservation Service, to pick best sites for Farmers Home Administration housing, joint efforts to work with changes in land use, work with regional development Newsmen Farm Issues RALEIGH — Taxes and environmental problems — major concerns of farmers in 1973 — will be explored at the annual Farm Press, Radio and TV Institute, to be held in Raleigh on February 16. “Who’ll be meddling in farming next?” is the theme selected for the Institute, according to an announcement from Jack Hankins of Kinston, president of the N. C. Farm Writers and Broadcasters Association, and W. L. Carpenter, Head, Department of Agricultural Information, N. C. State University. The two organizations co-sponsor the annual Institute. Hankins and Carpenter pointed out that farmers are facing a multitude of reg^ulations and pressures from government and environmentalists and other groups. A law passed by the 1972 federal congress can result in fines up to $1,000 and imprisonment up to 30 days for farmers violating pesticide handling and application rules. One of the touchy issues in the 1973 North Carolina General Assembly is expected to be the question of farm land taxation. These topics, plus soil and water management and livestock waste disposal, will be discussed at the Institute, to be held in the Faculty Club on the N. C. State University campus. '.A 'T f' V ^ H commissions and multi county planning and development groups. Each agency will advise people of services available from the cooperating agency; for example, FHA will advise loan applicants of the opportunity and advantage to becoming a cooperator with the local soil and water conservation district, and completing a conservation plan on his land. SCS will inform individuals and groups of landowners involved in SCS conservation programs of the availability of credit counseling from FHA and the possibility of obtaining financial assistance. Both the Soil Conservation Service and Farmers Home Administration have been active in assisting citizens and governmental units to develop sanitary landfills, with technical advice on location and construction coming from SCS and financial assistance from FHA. “We believe this is going to result in a new high mark in joint efforts between our agencies, since we have identified so many areas of interest,” said James T. Johnson of FHA. “I fully agree,” said Jesse Hicks of SCS,” and main beneficiary will be the people, including groups of people and governmental units, that we serve.” Regular meetings are planned to continue implementation of the joint memorandum of cooperation. This memorandum replaces a previous similar agreement signed in 1966. NCCPA Feb. 6 RALEIGH — Plans for the annual meeting of NCCPA have been completed. Producers and wives are invited to attend. It will be held at Charlie Brown’s Lakeside Steak House on Tuesday, February 6. The place is located off Highway 1 at Greshams Lake about five miles north of Raleigh. The regular meeting will begin with a luncheon at 12 noon. Ray Wilkinson, WRAL TV and radio farm editor and humorist will be the after luncheon speaker. In addition to regular business of the association Cotton Incorporated will review its research and promotion activities. Also, comments from the Commissioner of Agriculture concerning serious issues confronting Tarheel growers today and brief remarks from other distinguished guests. During the break in the afternoon session the women will assemble separately to discuss their views relative to cotton promotion, etc. The directors will assemble at the same location at 9:30 a.m. prior to the regular meeting. I saw a drive-in, movie the other night that was so sad my car broke down. s % AN AGREEAAENT for more cooperation between Farmers Home Administration and the Soil Conservation Service is signed by James T. Johnson (left). North Carolina FHA director, and Jesse L. Hicks, state conservationist, who heads SCS in the state. (USDA Photo) Grain, Bean Picture For 1973 Uncertain RALEIGH — Extraordinary particularly soybeans, market conditions and North Carolina State uncertainties of world crop University extension production are among the economists point out that factors making 1973 grain and there is a high degree of soybean forecasting virtually uncertainty about how high impossible. soybean prices will have to go Among the developments in order to ration the ,, that appear most likely at this worldwide short supply of time include larger planted protein, acreages of soybeans, wheat Soybean meal prices were and possibly all grain crops; at record levels recently in the higher farmer prices during U.S. and Europe, due to a late Jhe first half of the year tjfian bean harvest and a short Iforthe Bret half qf 19'J2i and ^gupply of fjsh mealT^^ sfrongSl'Tor'eign demand “Tor The NCSU specialists some of the crops, believe farmers will run a risk in holding beans while prices are unusually high. However, they point out that prospects are good for relatively high prices even into late spring. Because of the short crop and strong export demand, wheat prices in North Carolina for the first six Pitt months of 1973 likely will Technical Institute is planning average well above the $1.46 to conduct both an 80-hour per bushel price of the first tobacco auctioneering course half of last year, and an 80-hour tobacco ticket Similarly, farmers may look marking course. The courses forward to corn prices well will run simultaneously above those of the same period beginning February 12 and a year ago. Supplies are ending March 9. Classes will expected to be large, meet from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 Adjustments in the feed p.m. Monday through Friday, grain program probably will After the first week the two result in larger national courses will be combined a plantings of corn and part of each day for actual soybeans. If this occurs, and if practice in conducting a mock projected exports fail to tobacco sale. materialize, corn and bean A student can register for prices after the first half of the only one of the courses and year may average only there is no instructional cost slightly higher than a year Farm Market Summary Tobacco ATLANTA - Sales of Burley tobacco are rapidly coming to an end. Forty of the 60 markets in the belt have already closed for the season. During the week ended January 11, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) reports that both quality of offerings and grade prices showed improvement over the previous week. Gross sales of southeastern tobacco for the season, by belt, follows: Burley — 589.26 million pounds averaged $79.27 per hundred, compared with 482.23 million pounds at $80.86 last year; One Sucker — 8.80 million pounds averaged $51.78, compared with 7.52 million pounds at $48.15 last year; Green-River — 4.99 million poinds averaged $47.60, compared with 4.12 million pounds at $46.80 last year. Sales of Western District Fire cured tobacco were scheduled to begin January 15, and Eastern District were scheduled for January 16. Grain Most cash grain prices were higher during the week ended January 12, USDA’s Tobacco Sale Courses At Pitt Tl GREENVILLE — for either course. Pitt will assist in locating room and board in Greenville for students who so desire. The student will have to pay for room and board. Ray Oglesby will be instructor for the tobacco auctioneering course and Julian Edwards will instruct the ticket marking course. Persons interested in either of the courses may contact Ola Porter, director of extension, Pitt Technical Institute, P. 0. Drawer 7007, or phone 756- 3130, extension 25, for further information. ago. FEED BOXWOODS The popular boxwood ornamental is a heavy feeding plant that generally needs fertiliz ing. When fertilized liberally, it will grow rapidly. Fertilizer can be applied in late fall or as soon as the ground begins to thaw out in early spring. % ^ I * Agricultural Marketing Service reports. Corn prices trended steady to 2 Va cents higher while soybean prices posted gains of 8 % to 16'/4 . Increased demand for U.S. grains from foreign countries was the predominant factor. Cash bids for corn to farmers at Southeast Virginia points were $1.55 to $1.70, and South Carolina farm bids were $1.70 to $1.80. In Georgia and Alabama, multi{He carlot prices closed the period at $1.81 Va to $1.82 >/a. Terminal market prices at Norfolk were $1.78 and $1.82>/a at Memphis. Bids to producers for soybeans ranged from $4.15 at Richmond to $4.37 at Wilson. Terminal markets closed at $4.53 at Norfolk and $4.30V4 to $4.38 % at Memphis. Gulf Port prices ranged from $4.25 to $4.53. Peanuts rne shelled peanut market was slightly stronger during the week ended January 9 on Spanish No. I’s and Jumbos, and Jumbo Runners, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service reports. Sales and quotations per pound, for prompt and February delivery, were: Spanish No. 1, mostly 24 cents ; Jumbos, mostly 24 % to 25 cents; Runners No. 1, new screen, mostly 23 % to 24 cents; and Jumbos, mostly 26 cents. The market held about steady in the Virginia-North Carolina area. Sales and quotations for prompt and February-March delivery were: Cleaned Virginia Jumbos, 25 to 25 Va cents; and Fancy, 23 to 23 Vz cents. Cotton Cotton prices advanced sharply in southern markets during the week ended January 11, the Agricultural Marketing Service reports. Trading was active in most spot cotton markets. Unfavorable weather conditions for harvesting prevailed over most of the southern cotton belt. Visualize How Plants Will Look at Maturity By M. E. Gardner N, C. State University This is a revision of an article I wrote sev eral years ago. I want to bring it to your atten tion again because it is so typical of what can happen to you and me unless we plan well. It was written by a lady who lives in Illinois and was printed in a national magazine. The title: “It Pays to Think Ahead Before You Plant”. “When 'we moved into our new home...we knew nothing about gardening, but that didn’t bother us. Today, 12 years later, I only need to think of all the trees and shrubs we planted in the wrong places and my back starts aching again. Most of our difficulty arose because we failed to envision what our plants would look like once they were fully grown. “Our trouble began one spring day when we fell in love with a young weeping willow... we thought it would look charming in our small front yard. It did. But after eight years... it buried the yard under a mass of daiigling branches. You could hardly see the house. Worse, the roots reached into the sewer...and we had to take it out. ‘ ‘ After this unhappy experience we consulted an experienced nursery man... and he suggested a weeping Japanese cherry...at last we were happy with our front yard. “Unfortunately, we were not quite as happy with the big maple in the back yard. When we planted the young tree we didn’t look at the utility wires overhead... until the branches reached them. From then on it became a never ending task to keep the wires and tree apart. If we had planted the maple a few yards to the left we would have had the same amount of shade and much less work. “We wanted some bush honeysuckles and we knew they would grow 10 feet tall but were surprised to see them grow 10 feet wide also. We have a constant job of trimming to keep the plants from smothering the flower border in front of them. “Yes, we made many mistakes during our early years of garden ing. I’m not going to talk about the tiny holes we stuck our first shrubs in and then wondered why they didn’t grow. “Today, when we buy a shrub we select one which, at maturity, will be the size we want it. We think long and hard about planning and planting.” Let'* Keep the Chain Strong JUL-i, 'UUt) Oc/uj u WANTED Extra $1 Million From Peanut Sales In Northampton In 1973 ■rn r«rM>^0R ‘>fti i' V > Serves Farmers, Growers and Ranchers. Operating Loans - Capital Improvement Loans. Farmer Owned-Farmer Operated-Farmer Oriente'd., Roanoke Production Credit Association WELDON Ahoskie —Windsor ! I .J NOW 1$ THE TIME TO MAKE SEED ARRANGEMENTS I. Peanuts Results of 1972 peanut variety tests average of 7 counties. MEHERRIN Agricultural b Chemical Co. Red Kay Insecticides For All Field Crops Tel. JU 5-2366 SEVERN Variety NC-17 *NC-2 NC-5 Florigiant Avoco11 **NC-Fla. 14 * *Shulamith Yield Per Acre 2690 lbs. 2920 lbs. 2850 lbs. 3420 lbs. 2860 lbs. 3340 lbs. 2580 lbs. Value Per Acre $397.00 $443.00 $382.00 $484.00 $394.00 $457.00 $383.00 ‘Northampton Coynty results only. * *New varieties-seed limited. Of AHOSKIE ^ KW'' KEEL PEANUT CO, CERTIFIED SEED PEANUTS GREENVILLE. N. C. Cotton High quality seed limited. Varieties best suited for Northampton County growers Coker 310 McNair 210 Coker 201 Soybeans High quality seed will be very short. North Carolina produced seed appear to be the highest quality. Vari eties best suited for Northampton growers: Ransom —Matures around October 25. Good pro ducer- lodging resistance excellent. Davis — Matures around October 20. Lodging resistance fair. Bragg — Matures around October 25. Lodging fair. Contact County Agents Office for Additional Information FARM LABORER ASSISTS WILDLIFE as he ERNEST DAUGHTRY INSPECTS fruit on an prepares a seedbed for wildlife planting along the autumn olive tree planted on Raymond E. power line right-of-way on Dr. Charles S. Cook's Daughtry farm near Margarettsville in 1965 to farm near Rich Square. provide food for wild turkey and other wildlife. FOR ALL YOUR PRINTING CALL Times-News LE 9-2859 RALPH C. ASKEW & SON Buyers of Peanuts Shelter of Peanuts and Storage Agent for ROBERTSON’S PROVEN FERTILIZER JU 5-3666 MILWAUKEE See Your Local Farm Equipment Dealer For Johnson Sprayers SEPECO BRAND SEED PEANUTS Certified Non-Certified QUALITY SEVERN PEANUT CO. SEVERN 585-78U — S8S-7821
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