Before taking up your pruning
shears this winter, it might
be a good idea to first ask
yourself?Why am I pruning
* ' t*lnn?g9 If tinii oan ??*?*?
factorily answer this question,
it may mean the difference
between doing a good job, a
sloppy job or a good job of
butchering.
Wise pruning improves JJie
general appearance and neatness
of a home landscape by:
maintaining, as nearly as possible,
the natural growth habits
of the plants; correcting damage
caused by accidental in
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age-old custom af
happiness and confer
HORACE S. SHEARIN,
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| jury or icc breakage; confin-j
j ing plants to a desired space,
, if necessary; stimulating the
growth of flowers, fruits and i
j foilage; and shaping plants toj
] some desired pattern. Remember
that every plant has character
represented by growth1
i habit and leaf, stem, bark or'
j fruit color.
An understanding of the
fruit or flower bearing habits
! of the plant is essential before
'one can prune intelligently. I
The spring blooming woody
plants produce their flowers
from buds already formed on
tJhis is the time of ye
account of our assets. Arm
nearly so valuable as the con
good will of our
r hearty thanks and warmest
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WARRENTON, N. C.
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and neighbors at Christmas tin
Fords us the opportunity to exp
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itment throughout the Holiday
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wood produced in 1S69 and
remaining dormant over winter.
This is true of lilac, forsythia.
wisteria, weigelia and
deutzia. The proper time to
prune these plants is just
after they bloom because early
spring or late fall pruning
WOtllfi fomnvp thn hl/inm KnHc
The summer blooming plants,
hybrid jerpetual roses, crepe
myrtle, etc., will produce their
flowers on shoots produced
early in 1960 and frequently
referred to as the current season's
growth. Such plants require
pruning in winter or
early spring in order to pro-:
duce strong new shoot growth.!
Now is a good time to pruneI
your fruit trees and grape-'
vines. Apples are borne on!
spurs produced on wood usually
two years old or older. |
Teaches are borne on wood
one year old and grapes on1
new growth which is produced:
on canes one year old If you
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:ar when we take
>ng them all, we find
fidence and
patrons. To them go
holiday wishes.
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SERVICE
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have some old neglected peach
and apple trees, give them a
good pruning this winter,
spray them with winter strength
lime sulphur and fertilize with
8-8-8 fertilizer in the early
spring. You may be agreeably
surprised.
| Merry Christmas!
! Announcements
Bv Netfrn Atfpnt
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PEGGIE P. DREW
County Negro Home Ec. Agent
MYRTIE D. MAYO
Assistant County Negro
Home Ec. Agent
Phone 104-1
Home Demonstration Schedule
Monday, Dec. 28: 1:30 p. m.,
Olive Grove Home Demonstra-j
tion Club wlil have a Christmas
party at the home of Mrs.
Juran Wilkins.
Tuesday. Dec 29: 1 p m.J
Wise Home Demonstration'
Club will have a Christmas!
party at the homo of Mrs An-'
nie Williams
_2:30?p^-m.. Norlina Home
Demonstration Club will have'
a Christmas party at the home
of Mrs. Elizabeth Alston.
Wednesday. Dec. 30: 12:30.
p m , Bethlehem Home Dem-i
onstration Club will moot at
tho homo of Mrs. Queeno
F.vans
Thursday. Doc 31: Office. I
Friday. Jan. 1. 1960: Holiday \
KoVp Christmas Throughout j
The Year
Is tho 26th of December an
anticlimax in your family1 (
Are you thinking of tho new
toys that are already broken; |
tho disappointment someone j
felt when he didn't get what
he wanted: the bills that have I
to tx paid1 Too often we;
look upon Christmas as some-;
thing behind us when the day I
a For Christmas dawns.
This is a good time for ev-!
eryono in the family to write I
prompt thank-you notes fori
presents that require this courtesy
Writing at once to ac-1
knowledge a gift serves two
purposes-?the "giver" appro-j
ciates such prompt thoughtful-,
ness, and it is always easier:
to write a thank-you note
promptly than to keep putting
it off' Try it?it works!
That vague "Spirit of Christ-!
mas" seems to disappear in
the routine of business as us-,
ual The angles' song of peace
and goodwill among men doesn't
seem too clear any longer.
Dismantling the Christmas tr^o
becomes a symbol of what
many of us do with Christmas
when December 25th has passed
Don't let the Christmas
Ii"tits of ioy. hope, faith, goodwill.
kindness, friendship go
out iH? ve-r I.et's observe
December 25 as Christmas
Das. b"t let's keep Christmas
throughout the year
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Cor next Christmas . .
Memos made now make next
year's Ch'istmas easier! Be.
fore discarding Christmas
e-r ls and letters, check addresses
and keen your list tin.
to-date. Good ideas for homemade
Christmas presents often
are suggested by seeing those
of friends and neighbors Jot
.he ideas down and use them
n^xt year.
In putting away Christmas
decorations, remember to he
careful and pack the items
a-av so that they can he used
ano'her year. Too often in outhaste
to clean up and pack
away all the trimmings of this
year's holiday, we forget that
aeain soon we will have need
for the items that we careb'sslv
stick out of sight When
it's lime to put away decorations
that were used this year,
let's approach the task calmly
and patiently, taking the time
to remove each item and w-rap
Greetings
If s ho^
and we wish yen
many pKM|is or
happiness am* good cheer.
REID'S
Pastry Shop
WARRENTON, N. C.
I Good Quality
I Pasture Aids
jBeef Production
i
Don't overlook the value of j ^
a good pasture in producing)!
l.igh-quality beef.
Research at North Carolina jj
State College shows that un-ij
der some conditions pasture!,
can put weight on steers j
cheaper and faster than the,
dry iot.
In fact. Dr. E R. Barrick,']
animal nutritionist at the col-'j
lege, says 'hat in a recent test'
pasture-fed steers gained 15 J
[ per cent faster than the dry-j
| lot Ten steers.
j Pasture steers were provid-,
ed an acre of l.adino clovergrass
each, plus a self-fed mixture
of corn and fat
Lot-fed steers received j
ground ear corn, protein supplement
and roughage
"Not only did the pasture-,
fed cattle gain faster." Dr. I
Barrick saind. "but they made
100 pounds of gain on 300
pounds less grain and 85
pounds less protein supplement
than the lot-fed steers.
"In addition, the pasture
steers did not require any,
hay or roughage while the drylot
steers required 250 pounds (
for each 100 pounds of gain."i
Carcasses of the pasture-fed
and Hrv lot cattle eraderl nhont
the same.
Dr Rat-rick thinks test results
make pasture feeding look
very promising for North Carolina
farms to which it can be
adapted |
'I know modern-day cattle
are commonly finished for market
by confining them and
feeding them liber"' amounts
of grain." he added "This
system works fine on farms
that have an abundance of
(
it carefully in newspaper orj
discarded wrapping tissue, and j
labeling each package so that'
next year when you take down
your decorations, you will,
know what each package contains.
This saves times and i
money in that you can use the j
same decorations year after
year and instead of buying:
new trimmings, you can add
also to your present assort-1
ment if it is desirable.
It is also wise to remove the I
U/ranntnO Pirnfn 1 I ? fenm
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gift You can use the ribbon
and bows again and again if
you pack them away in a deep
box where they will not be
mashed or crushed.
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grain, such as those in the '
Corn Belt. But many farms in I
North Carolina have plenty of
good pasture but only limited i
grain." ,
For farms with limited grain, |
Dr. Barrick believes pasture |1
can be best used In a cattle I!
fattening program by (1) pur-!,
chasing good and choice steers |
in the fall; (3) wintering them!1
on pasture and roughage; <3)|'
feeding grain on Dasture dur-l(
Ing the spring and summer;
and (4) marketing the cattle
in the fall.
"In our tests, we found it
pays to restrict grain feeding
during the pasture season
to about three-fourth pound
aer 100 pounds of body *
weight," Dr. Barrick added.
"We also found that we j
aould self-feed this grain if
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ire added 10 per cent animal
rat."
Twenty-four milligrams of
itilbcstrol implanted in each
iteer at the beginning of the
grazing season increased the
rate of gain by one-half pound
laily. The addition of about
70 milligrams of the anti
Qioiic cntorteu-acycune uany
ilso increased gain and reiuced
the amount of grain retired
per pound of gain
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long the year*, let u? keep th
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?ful old friend*, to our chert*
nd to tho*e who*e friend*hip
M extend the Greeting* of th
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ENTON, N. C.
AT, "nvE?IVXoXSK 2D, 1959 I
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