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Two Types of Insects
Attack Flowers, Shrubs
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If insects are attacking your
flowers and shrubs, Jook at their
mouths for a key to the method
by which they can be controlled,
says J. O. Rowell, Extension entomologist
of N. C. State Ctollege.
There are, generally speaking,
two major groups of insect enemies
of flowers and shrubs from
standpoint of control," he
declared. "The first group are
fhnse with chewing mouth parts,
V and these are controlled, ior cne
f most part, by the use of stomach
poisons. The second group includes
those insects with sucking
mouth parts, and these are best
controlled through the use of
contact insecticides and fumigants."
Rowell said that the "chewing
insects" include grasshoppers,
leaf chafers, and caterpillers.
Their injury usually consists of
biting out portions of the leaves
or stems, producing a ragged appearance
or complete defoliation.
Insects with sucking-mouth
parts generally are very small
and, therefore, difficult to identify.
They include plant lice,
scale insects, and leaf hoppers.'
They suck the juice from the
plants, causing discoloration and
stunting of the affected stems
or leaves.
Arsenate of lead is recoml
mended by Rowell as a stomach
poison for the "chewing insects,"
and a contact insecticide of nic
nHnp for the other group.
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"Certain sucking insects, like
scale insects, have a waxy coating
over their bodies and makes
it very difficult to reach a vital
spot with chemicals. Oil emul|
sions work best on these insects,"
the entomogist advised.
He suggests a combination
stomach poison and contact
spray if there is any doubt about
the kind of insect being attacked.
This is prepared by adding
V2 ounce of soap and 1
teaspoonful of *0 per cent nicotine
sulphate to each gallon of
arsenate of lead solution, which
.is made up by mixing three
teaspoonfuls of arsenate of lead
powder to one gallon of water.
Pump Is "Heart" Of
Farm Water System
Select the right kind of pump
and be sure the water supply is
pure, then you have solved the
most important problems in installing
a farm water system, declares
Howard M. Ellis, agricultural
pncirippr nf t.hp St.ntja fY?l
lege Extension Service. "The
i pump is the heart of the system,
but of course it needs pure water
to serve the farm family safely,"
be said.
One of the simplest pumps is
the hydraulic ram. This is a device
for pumping water by means,
of water power. The conditions
necessary for operating a ram
are: A supply of water with a fall
of at least two feet to the location
of the ram, and sufficient
fall below the ram to drain away
the water used in its operation.
A shallow well pump may be
used satisfactorily where ground
water can be reached within 22
feet of the surface. For lifts between
22 and 100 feet, jet type
pumps are becoming very popular.
Deep well pumps set directly
over the well may be used for
lifts of more than 22 feet.
Continuing, Ellis said that an
elevated tank should be a part
of every farm water system,
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water to nearby points in the
house and barns under pressure.
If the shallow well hand pump
is used, it should be set over the
kitchen sink, since this is the
point where the most water will
he needed. An overhead tank
may be installed with a handoperated
shallow well pumf), and
from this tank' water can be
piped to other parts of the farmstead.
Ellis recommends the gravity
system in the mountains and
certain parts of the Piedmont,
where the spring is at a higher
I. elevation than the house. This
hoes not require a pump, and is
therefore the most economical in
ttost instances.
SILAGE
D; Goodman, Cabarrus
county farm agent, says that
L- N. Overcash of near Kannapohs
fed his cows on silage all
winter, and has enough left to
teed his herd of 30 dairy cows
aU summer.
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i On Southern Grass
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It doesn't require Iowa corn
to produce palatable and nutritious
beef, says Earl H. Hostetler,
professor of animal husbandry
at N. C. State College. "Our
Southern grass will do just as
good a job, if we use good sires
in breeding our cattle," he de-'
clares.
"Recent research has shown
that good beef can be produced
from Southern pastures, roughages
and cottonseed meal," the
animal husbandman says. "With
the long growing season and
greater and greater stress on improved
pastures, the finishing of
beef cattle will prove a profitable
practice in the southern
States. Added to profit from the
sale of beef is the value of plant
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iwwxcu kaj wie pasture land
without labor in handling manure."
Prof. Hostetler says that experiments
by the North Carolina
and other experiment stations,
have shown in certain cases that
larger returns are possible from
beef cattle that are fed cottonseed
cake, or a mixture of cottonseed
meal and grain, in addition
to pasture. Also, by this
method the quality of beef is improved
and more rapid gains are
made, higher prices are secured, 1
and less grain is used than for
cattle that are fed to the same
degree of finish in a dry lot.
"Cotton belt feeders have
proven that cottonseed meal is 1
not only an economical and efficient
source of protein, but, in <
addition, has aproductive or fat- 1
tening value that is important '
in feeding on grass," the State I
College man declared.
When farm grains are avail- 1
able, many feeders use a mix- !
ture of one part of cottonseed j
meal and 4 to 6 parts of ground
grain for cattle on grass. Pas- 1
ture conditions and the relative
cost of grain determines the
proportion of meal and grain
fed, as well as the amount of !
mixture fed to cattle.
With farm income increasing
seasonally, a higher total for the ;
first six months of the year as
compared with 1939 is expected
by the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics.
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In order to impi
Red Cap service to the
Railway Company am
May 1, 1940, it will n
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request of owner at S<
sender Station, Ashe
N. C. This will place tl
the same basis, with
price as now prevails
and locker service.
By thus substitul
plan for the custom 01
compyaning irregular
paid, the Southern R
be able to place its R(
wage basis. In additk
eliminate controversie
tions which have aris<
eral legislation regard
Caps as employees an<
compensation for thei
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Electricity Is Put
To Work on Farms
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Rural elect rification has
brought light and modern conveniences
to thousands of North
Carolina farm homes within the
past few years.
"Now," says D. E. Jones, rural
electrification specialist of N. C.
Stafce College, "farmers are
learning how electricity can be
put to work to lighten burdens
and economically operate heating
and refrigeration units on
the farm."
He named the operation of
brooders for chicks, dairy equipment,
and feed grinders, and the
heating of plant beds as ways
that farmers are using their new
found source of power and heat.
Electric brooders are becoming
popular, and among those who
have expressed themselves as
throughly satisfied with this
modern equipment are J. A.
Rowland of Stanly county, John
Workman of Cleveland county,
and Mrs. J. C. Barber of Rowan
county. Mr. Rowland figured his
cost at slightly more than one
cent per chick despite the severe
winter just past.
P. A. Irvin, a large retail milk
producer of Mecklenburg county
told Specialist Jones that his
total electric bill for the many
jobs performed in his dairy is
no more than was his cost for
ice alone before he installed
electric equipment.
Ralph Scott of Alamance
county, and Roy and Francis
Siegman of Catawba county are
enthused over their new feed
grinding mills operated by electric
motors. Mr. Scott says: "I
am convinced that the feed
grinding problem on my farm is
solved through use of this mill.
I can grind nearly 60 bushels of
ear corn an hour and use only
five Kilowatt Hours of electricity.
Jones also reports that Ira and
High Bailey in Rowan county
are using electricity to pump
water for the irrigation of <
their truck crops, and to heat '
nlnnf KnH o fn ofo rf lotfiino non_
piaiiu ucua w> ouai u ivvvubv)
per and tomato plants. "A few ;
farmers are also using electrical- 1
ly heated sweet potato plant j
beds," Jones stated.
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PUBLIC |
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TER SERVICE
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nvc and standardize
i public, the Southern
lounces that effective
lake a flat charge of
>r parcel carried upon
luthern Railway Pas- I
ville and Biltmore,
le porter service upon
reference to uniform
; in the parcel room
ting a fixed payment
f tipping, with its acities
in the amounts
ailway Company will
jd Caps on a uniform
>n, the new plan will
s and legal complicaen
under recent Feding
the status of Red
i the status of tips as
ir work. j
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AAA Compliance Work
Has Started in State
"The man" will come around
almost any day now to check
your farm for compliance with
the 1940 AAA program, announces
E. Y. Floyd, Triple-A
executive officer of State College,
and he urges growers to
cooperate fully with the compliance
supervisors. Training
schools have been held for the
compliance checkers, and the
annual visits to every farm in
the state have started.
Floyd asked that farmers immediately
notify their county
AAA office when they have
planted tobacco or cotton or
both. Every farmer who signed
a Farm Plan indicating his in4
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program will have his fields
completely checked. Other farme
also will be checked if they have
a tobacco or cotton allotment,
or both.
"If the compliance supervisor
finds that tobacco and cotton
have been planted within acreage
allotments," Floyd said,
"then the grower will be given
a card allowing him to sell
without penalty the entire production
of the two crops for
which marketing j quotas were
I0NDI
Read THs Important Message!
Do you dread those "trying years" (88 to
U)T Are ! iron getting mooay, cranky and
NcRVODo? Do you fear hot flashes, weakening
diaay spells? Are vouiealous of attentions
other women get? THEN LISTEN?
These symptoms often result from female
functional disorders. So start todap and take
famous Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For over 60 years Pinkham's Compound
has helped hundreds of thousands of
Cteful women to go "smiling thru" difficult
n. Pinkham's has helped calm unstrung
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'Irregularities." One of the awed gjfsa*
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approved in referenda last fall. ]y
If either one or both of the
crops is overplanted, then the
grower will be given a reasonable
time to plow under enough
to comply with the allotment, M
or face a - penalty on excess li]
marketings and loss of Agricul- n<
tural Conservation payments." 10
Aerial photographs will H
speed every efforts this year to p
complete the compliance check _
before harvest of tobacco and
cotton starts," Floyd stated, "and
we want to urge every producer
to cooperate fully so that there
will be no delay. Have someone
available who knows the set-up
of the farm and the crops planted
in every field, and the job
will be much easier for the supervisor
and will require a minimum
of the farmer's time."
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JUDGE SAM CATHEY
Candidate for Congress
May 25 Democratic Primary
It is all-important that the
illth District send to Washington
a representative who
will furnish an active and
fruitful leadership.
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wing officers for next year: ?
oward McDevitt of Marshall
ill serve as president, Betty I
enland of Asheville as vice- s
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