Agriculturally Speaking
Cut Tobacco Stalks
And Turn Up Roots
By FRANK W. REAMS,
County Agricultural Agent
COMING EVENTS
Sept. 10: Agricultural Work
ers Council, Warrenton, 3:45
p. tn.
Sept. 10: Inez Community
Club, Clubhouse, 8 p m
Sept. 17-28: DHIA Supervi
sor's Training Course, State
College.
Sept. 10-20: Sheep Producers,
Referendum.
Sept. 20: Feeder Calf Sale,
Rocky Mount.
Sept. 24: Warren County |
Fair Opens (Exhibits received'
8 a. m.-5 p. m.).
Sept. 30: Final date to apply
for state and federal gasoline
tax refund.
TOBACCO STALKS
If you are the best friend j
to your future tobacco crop
you will cut your stalks im
mediately and turn up the
roots immediately after the
final priming. The lowly but
powerful nematodes are the
parasites that need to be de
stroyed. Up to this date, I
have never seen a field free
of all nematodoes although
some are more heavily infest- j
ed than others. Solid disking
will not do the job as the
roots must be turned bottom
upwards for the sun, wind and
dry soil, will starve the watery
juicy nematodes.
After several weeks, brush
out the roots with a harrow
and your soil is then ready
for your fescue-oats rotation.
This two to three years rota
tion will add needed organic
matter which is necessary to
I can't recall any two more
beautiful days on tobacco mar
ket opening than last week.
On the average, the old boy
averages things out so you can
keep your raincoat and over
coat handy.
On top of this, crop damage
from wind and hail is the low
est in history based on records
in this office.
PEACE CORPS
We have literature for those,
people interested in the Peace
Corps. On top of that, we'
have the application forms, so.
if it's information or action
you desire just drop by the
office for a conference.
Who may apply:
Any American citizen over
18 may apply. There is no
upper age limit. Married cou
high quality and large acreage
yields. Nematodes breed fast
er than rabbits and you can'
imagine what would happen if i
the stalks are left standing for
an additional generation.
EXCELLENT WEATHER
The weather has not been
perfect this summer but it has
been so good one hesitates to
say anything but praise. Sev
eral of the tobacco producers
who make a practice of irri
gation have been asked about
comparing their 1961 and 1962
yields and quality. In every
case, the producers report both
years about the same. Irriga
tion is not everything by any
means but it is a tremendous
help when the weather man j
cuts off the faucet and turns
on the heat.
Last week I received a very
nice letter from a very nice
lady in Rocky Mount. She was
concerned about a maple tree
in her yard. You may have a
similar experience in mind so
I am going into some detail
for the benefit of all readers.
She writes: "Will you please
advise me about a maple tree
in our yard on which we de
pend not only for shade but
appearance of our lot. It is a
pies without dependent chil
dren can be accepted if both
can do needed jobs. Parental
approval will have to be ob
tained by volunteers who are
under 21 and who live in
states where persons under 21
are legally regarded as minors.
Older or retired people can
be accepted if they meet other
Peace Corps standards and if
large tree, which for the past
five or six years has, by the
first of July, began to shed its
leaves. By the first of August
hundreds a day are falling and
when other maples are in their
vivid glory in autumn, this one
is practically bare.
"We had it profesionally fer
tilized in the spring hut al
though the leaves came out
thickly and large, it is follow
ng the same pattern as past
they have special skills needed |
for Peace Corps projects. How
ever, Peace Corps tasks will j
be performed under arduous j
living conditions, and for this
reason it is expected that most
volunteers will be from 21 to
45 years old. Older people
may serve as instructors at
training ienters or as overseas
supervisors.
years.
She sent leaves from the
tree, nicely packaged, which
arrived in good condition.
There was no evidence of dis
ease or insect injury which
would cause premature defol
iation. I suspected root trou
ble so 1 wrote and asked some
questions which she answered
Q. Have the roots been cut
on one side of this tree or
otherwise damaged?
A. "Unfortunately yes. Roots
cut on one side of the tree
about four feet from trunk 15
years ago."
Q. Has any fill soil been
placed around the tree? If
so, how much?
A. "Again yes. About 10
inches of soil in a circle about
2 1/2 feet out from the tree."
Q. Is the soil of reasonably
good texture and well drained?
A. "Hardly reasonably but
drains okay."
Q. Do you know of any
drain pipes, sewer or gas lines
that might interfere with nor
mal root function?
A. "The same side walk and
electric wires for which the
roots were cut."
Q Examine the trunk at the
base (soil line) and determine
whether or not the bark ap
pears to be normal.
A. "The bark seems nor
mal."
While I am not ruling out
the possibility of root-rot caus
ed by fungi, two answers she
gave could cause a steady de
cline in vigor of her maple?
root cutting on one side and
over-burden of fill soil around
the tree.
Root cutting removes a large
number of feed roots which
redyces the power of the tree
to absorb water and nutrients.
This, in turn, results in loss
of vigor.
Fill soil, over the roots of
established trees, excludes an
adequate supply of oxygen to
the roots which is essential
for normal growth functions.
Cotton classers determine
cotton grades by three factors:
color, trash or foreign matter
in the cotton, and smoothness
of ginning.
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