Agriculturally Speaking
Tobacco Farmers To
Meet At Nashville
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On Tuesday, May 31, at '
7:30 p. m. at the Nash
County Agriculture Building 1
in Nashville, located on I
Highway 64 Business East of
Nashville at edge of city i
limits, an important meeting
on tobacco will be held. i
Recently some new grade
changes have been adopted
which are designed to <
encourage the presentation
of cleaner tobacco. The
quality of tobacco will also 1
be discussed with particular
emphasis on lower stalk
leaves.
Representatives from the
Grading Service, Flue-Cured
Stabilization, N. C.
Community Center
Site Of Meeting
By JOANNA HARRISON
The Oine Community 4-H '
Club held its monthly
meeting Tuesday night of
last week at the Oine
Community Center. Twentytwo
members were present.
The meeting was called to
order by President, Angela
Downey which led to the
pledge followed by a prayer
led by Mrs. Sallie Patillo. A
song was also led.
Old business concerned a
trip, picnic, and dance to be
coming up soon.
New business discussed
was on the Share The Fun
Contest which was to come
up Saturday, May 21, at the
Lion's Den in Warrenton.
New business also discussed
was planning educational
programs for the year and
getting up a softball team.
The meeting then adjourned.
Cookies and punch were
served.
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ind the Extension Service
vill discuss some of the new
changes and problems facng
the tobacco industry.
All tobacco growers and
elated Agri-business repretentatives
are urged to
ittend this meeting.
This meeting is being
iponsored by the following
irganizations: Farm
bureau, Grading Service,
Hue-Cured Stabilization, N.
2. Dept. of Agriculture,
Extension Service, FHA,
federal Crop Insurance,
Warehouse Association,
^eaf Exports Association,
?arm Credit Service, To)acco
Growers Information
Committee, and others.
Please make an effort to
ittend.
Mr. Alvis Fleming of
Littleton, has an excellent
field of corn. It was sod
>lanted in oats that were
■eal late and winter killed
sadly. Today (May 26) the
:orn will average a good
tnee high, however, it needs
rain real bad. Sod planted
:orn will work if there is not
Bermuda Grass in the field.
Don't believe it will be a
good practice to plant in
Fescue pastures as usually
Bermuda is present in all
pastures and is a real
problem in sod planted corn.
Graduates
William Mason, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. William
Mason of Manson, was
graduated cum laude on
May 8 from North Carolina
A&T University. He received
the B.S. degree in
Agricultural Education.
He is a 1973 graduate of
Norlina High School.
MRS. FA YE LEWIS,
Prepares Shrimp Salad
Seafood
Meeting
Enjoyed
By EMILY BALLINGER
Extension Agent
The demonstration on
"Seafood Cookery" presented
by Mrs. Faye McCotter
Lewis, Home Economist
with the North Carolina
Department of Commerce,
gave the sixty people in
attendance at the meeting at
the Lion's Club Building last
week information on fin fish
and shell fish from the
mountains to the sea. Mrs.
Lewis discussed buying,
storage, and preparation of
various types of seafood
from Mountain Trout from
streams of North Carolina to
the North Carolina Blue
Crab found along our coast.
For many people seafood
means fried fish but Mrs.
Lewis pointed out in her
discussion the different
types of seafoods and the
many ways of preparing and
serving these delicious
protein foods. She gave
information on preparing
fish and shell fish for
cooking; tips and recipes for
baking fish and cooking
seafood outside; weight
watchers recipes using
seafood and other seafood
recipes for various types of
dishes. She prepared and
served five seafood dishes.
These included ScallopVegetable
Salad, Party Fish
Log, Blue Crab Salad in
Lime Mold, Clamdigger Dip
and Shrimp Seabreeze.
The Party Fish Log recipe
is as follows:
PARTY FISH LOG
1 pound fish fillets, fresh or
frozen
1 package (8 oz.) cream
cheese, softened
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons grated onion
1 teaspoon horseradish
1 teaspoon liquid smoke
y« teaspoon salt
Vi cup chopped pecans
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Assorted crackers
Place fish fillets in one
quart of salted boiling
Council Tells
Of Tour To Be
Held In Raleigh
By L. B. HARDAGE
Extension Chairman
Butch Meek, Vernon Whitmore
and Bob Traylor, who
compose the Agri-Business
Council for the Triangle
Improvement Association of
which Warren County is a
part, announced a tour to be
held at N. • C. State
University in Raleigh.
This is an excellent
opportunity for the public to
■ee the latest projects and
facilities at N. C. State
University. Both men and
women are encouraged to
attend.
Here Is What Yon Will See:
I. Horticulture Greenhouses—A
conservatory of
over 1000 different plants,
house plants, banging
plants; research on fruits,
vegetables, and ornamentals.
II. Phytotron - Completely
controlled growth chambers
with different climate conditions
created. Study the
effects of light, temperature,
water, etc. on flowering
and growth habits.
Ill- Agricultural Engineering
- Solar heated
curing barn, new tobacco
leaf processing methods,
new equipment research,
recycling animal waste, etc.
IV. Agronomic Services Nematode
assays, soil testing,
plant tissue analysis.
See these tests being run.
Here Is The Itinerary:
Wednesday, June 22, 1977
9:00 a. m.-Assemble at N.
C. State Faculty Club and
divide into four groups.
9:15 a. m.-Depart for first
stop by bus.
9:30-ll:'.s -Tour I and II.
11:30-1:15 - Luncheon at
Faculty Club - talk by N. C.
State officials.
1:30-3:15-Tour III and IV.
3:30-4:00 - Faculty Club
and departure.
Reservations must be
made no later than June 13
for this tour. The cost will be
$3.60 for lunch plus $1.50 for
bus transportation on the
tour after you reach
Raleigh. If you are interested
in the tour, please come
by the Agricultural Extension
Office in Warrenton or
see Butch Meek at Norlina.
Seward Selected
James M. Seward, a
rising junior at A&T State
University has been selected
to participate in the 1977
Biomedical Sciences Program
at Meharry Medical
College, Nashville, Tenn.
A Special Health Career
Opportunity Grant from the
Department of Health Education
and Welfare provides
funds for stipends for those
attending the program.
James is an honor student
and a Presidential Fellow at
A&T. He is a 1975 graduate
of Norlina High School and
the son of Ms. Vernell
Seward of Rt. 1, Warrenton.
water; simmer until fish
flakes easily (approximately
8 minutes). Flake fish and
remove any excess bond.
Combine cheese, lemon
]uice, onion, horseradish,
liquid smoke, salt and fish;
mix thoroughly. Chill for
several hours. Combine
pecans and parsley. Shape
fish mixture into a log or
ball. Roll in nut mixture.
Serve with crackers. Makes
approximately 2 cups of
spread.
If you would like to have
other fish recipes, you may
get them from the Home
Economics Extension
Agent's Office in the Warren
County Agriculture Building.
In summary of her
demonstration, Mrs. Lewis
pointed out the following
facts about seafoods.
REMEMBER
1. Seafoods are easy to
prepare and cook quickly.
2. Seafoods are 85 to 95
percent digestible.
3. Seafoods offer the
maximum value per food
dollar.
4. When purchasing fish
allow 1/3 pound per serving
when buying steaks or
fillets, 1/2 pound per person
for dressed fish, and 2/3
pound per person for whole
fish.
5. Do not overcook fiah,
cook only long enough to
soften the small amount of
connective tissue present.
Fish are done when they
flake easily when tested
with a fork.
•. Fish contains fats that
are polyunsaturated.
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Don't Let Slowdown
Stifle Your Ideas
ly MRS. BERTHA FORTE
Economic* Agent
Maybe you can't move
round as fast as you used
>— maybe you have arthriis
or rheumatism—but you
an still have new interests,
ew ideas. Don't sit and
ock and sigh for the "good
Id days." The past is not a
ime in which you can do
nything. It is over. Memries
can either build walls
etweeen you and the
resent, or they can serve to
nite you with the present. If
ou live in your memories
nore than in your purpose,
ou stop exercising your
lind, and it's your mind
hat keeps you young at any
ge.
During all of our working
ays we look forward to the
ime when we can take life
asy and do the things we
ave always wanted to do.
is someone very aptly said,
I look forward to the time
rhen I can loaf and invite
ny soul." This is what
obbies are for — for relaxaion
and for a feeling of
nner satisfaction. If we
lave hobbies, we never get
o the place that we have
lothing to do. "Having
lothing to do" is the
;reatest threat to happiness
n old age, or any age for
hat matter.
There are many different
inds of hobbies, you may
rant to be a collector;
erhaps you want to collect
oems, pictures, antiques,
ecipes, or things you enjoy.
Your special interest may
ie roses, rock gardens,
lower arrangements, or
lerhaps. . .
Your hobby may be
naking needle-point, kniting,
crocheting, quilting, or
loing forms of handiwork.
Some people choose paintng
for their hobbies; and
here are others whose
lobby is music, or reading,
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Local 4-H's Join
Others In Trip
To Carowinds
By GLENN WOOLARD
Thirty-eight 4-H'ers, their
;amilies and friends joined
lundreds of others from all
>ver North Carolina on
Saturday, May 14, for a 4-H
Day at Carowinds.
Even with the early start
it 6 a.m., the eagerness to
jet on the road was
>videnced by the 4-H'ers
isking, "When are we going
;o get there?"
"The trip was both
iducational and a lot of
'un," commented Glenn
Voolard, 4-H Extension
\gent. "I was really excited
;o see the parents and
riends coming along with
;he 4-H'ers," he added.
Mrs. Velvet T. Williams, a
l-H parent, enthusiastically
stated, "I enjoyed watching
;he parakeets roller skating
»nd riding the bicycle, but
nost of all, I enjoyed the boy
singing the funny song at the
l-H Talent Show."
The southwest district put
>n the 4-H Talent Show.
A shocking
lesson in
home
economics.
In the last ten years, the costs
of building materials and
construction have more than
doubled. Which could mean
big trouble for you if your
house burns down.
Let Nationwide insure your
house for its full replacement
value now. Then add inflation
protection for the future. As
building costs go up or down,
your coverage goes up or
down. Automatically.
Call a Nationwide agent for
complete information.
BILL FLEMING
EAST MACON STREET
| WARRENTON, N. CAROLINA
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Nationwide is on your wtOm
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It doesn't matter what
four hobby is. What it does
'or you is the important
:hings about it. If it adds
test to your living, if it keeps
four mind active and
interested, it will help you
feel and act young at any
age.
A little boy was saying his
prayers one night, and this
is what he prayed: "God
bless Mommy and Daddy,
and let them live all their
lives!"
You can't ever stop
growing, and "He who lends
himself to life remains
alive." (Taken from
"Young At Any Age," by
The N. C. Agricultural
Extension Service).
Canners Asked To
Test Their Cookers
By EMILY BALLINGER
Extension Agent
As we enter the season for
canning and freezing fruits
and vegetables, one should
keep in mind that it is very
important to follow safe food
preservation practices in
order to have safe food to
eat later. A very essential
part of food safety for home
canned foods is to can
vegetables (except tomatoes)
and meats in a
pressure canner. Another
important fact in food
preservation with the pressure
canner is using the
proper pressure.
The guage on pressure
canners should be checked
each year for accuracy. You
may have this done in
Warren County in the Home
Economics Extension
Agents Office located in the
Warren County Agriculture
Building. Miss Emily Bal
linger will test the canners
and the first date for testing
them this season will b«
Tuesday, May 31, 1977 fron
8:30 a. m. to 4 p. m. Ii
testing the pressure guage
it is only necessary to brinf
the lid of the canner. Then
is no charge for testini
canners.
-If you would like cannini
and freezing bulletins, yoi
may get them from thi
Home Economics Extensioi
Agent's Office. If you hav<
questions relative to can
ning and freezing, Misi
Ballinger will be glad ti
answer those, too. Tele'
phone 257-3997.
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Registration To Begin
For Beef Referendum
The U. S. Department of
Agriculture on May 13
announced June 6 as the
beginning of a two-week
registration period for the
Beef Research and information
Order referendum and
issued rules for the referendum.
Anyone who was a cattle
producer during 1976 can
register to vote, either in
person or by mail, at local
Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service
(ASCS) offices between
June 6 and June 17. A list of
those who register will be
posted daily at ASCS offices
and a final listing will be
posted five days after
registration closes. Those
registered can vote between
July 5 and July 15 at their
ASCS office. For approval of
the Beef Research and
Information Order, at least
50 percent of those registered
must vote and two thirds
of them must favor it.
The Order that producers
will consider in the upcoming
referendum would
authorize a research and
information program ad
ministered by a beef board
of up to 68 producers. Board
members would be appointed
by the Secretary of
Agriculture from nominations
submitted by producer
organizations. Each state or
geographic area would be
represented in proportion of
its cattle production.
The beef board could
initiate a board spectrum of
projects to improve beef
production, distribution,
and marketing. Such a
program could include consumer
education and information,
and research.
During the first three
years of operation, the
board could collect assessments
of up to three-tenths
of one percent of the value of
all cattle sold. After that,
the rate of assessment could
be changed but could not
exceed five-tenths of one
percent—the maximum
amount permitted under the
Beef Research and Information
Act. Producers not
wishing to participate in the
program could have their
assessment refunded.
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about PCA financing. For long-term home loans,
ask about Land Bank financing. We specialize in
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and have helped hundreds of farmer* and rural
homeowners with their capital needs. Depend on
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mPhone
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