Tobacco crops in most of
the county are fair to good
Prices are doing real godd
on good quality tobacco.
Poor quality is not doing
very well price wise. From
all indications, prices have
not improved much for the
sorry tobacco.
Most think the county will
run 75 to 80 percent of the
quota. Late tobacco in
general is not nearly as good
as the early tobacco
The one bright spot is the
Pod Setting
Is Discussed
By L.C.COOPER
Extension Agent
Whether pod setting is
poor enough that a field
would be more valuable as
hay is the question many
producers are pondering.
In my opinion the decision
is a little early.
If you plan to cut the
soybeans for hay you will
get more tonnage if you wait
until late September.
Examine those late flowers,
don't give up on the
flower until they have fallen
off. Late September with
good weather (water) will
have made it a lot easier to
estimate your soybean potential.
It takes approximately 50
days for a flower to develop
into a pod of soybeans. Since
the first killing frost usually
comes 8-10 days after the
first frost most growers will
have time for the soybean
pods to develop unless we
get an early frost.
Generally, soybeans don't
bloom a second time as
much as the plant just keeps
blooming for several weeks
replacing lost flowers. Also
the bloomings are induced
by favorable weather as a
result of drought stress.
However, keep in mind that
soybeans typically only
develop about a fourth of
their flowers into mature
pods and it doesn't matter
which flowers are used
Fall Classes
Are Outlined
By MRS. BERTHA FORTE
Home Extension Agent
Persons interested in the
following classes and workshops
to be held during
October, November and
December should register
with Mrs. Bertha B Forte,
Home Economics Extension
Agent, by September 30. To
register by telephone call
257-3997 or 257-3640 between
8 a. m. and 5 p. m. Monday
through Friday or come in
the office located in the
Agriculture Building, next
door to the Warren County
Courthouse.
Classes and workshops
are: "Antiquing: New Life
and Charm for Today's
Home;" "How to Hang
Wallpaper;" " Decorating
With House Plants;" "Refinishing
Furniture;"
"Drapery Making;" "Babysitting;"
and "Baby Talk" A
Home Study Course for
parents of babies under one
year of age.
average price per pound will
be much higher than last
year's crop.
Tobacco fanners should
check the root system on
several stalks in different
parts of the field for root
knot. If none is present it
would probably be safe to
not treat with a chemical. If
the land is planted to small
grain for one year, however,
would use a resistant
variety.
Many tobacco farmers
are having problems curing
tobacco, especially tobacco
that followed soybeans.
Some years with plenty of
rain, tobacco behind soybeans
work all right, espec
iaily on light sandy soils. In
general the best idea is to
plant small grain behind
tobacco, cut for grain or hay
leave idle, during summer
then follow with tobacco.
There is some blackshank
showing up in certain
fields.not a great deal but
enough that it would be a
problem next year unless
you rotate or use high
resistant varieties and a
multi purpose chemical.
Would be very cautious
where it was bad this year.
Beef feeder calf sales are
now in progress. If you are
interested in putting calves
in one of these sales, please
contact the Agricultural
Extension Office.
Cotton Field Meeting
Planned In Northhampton
By L. C. COOPER
Extension Agent
A Cotton Field Meeting
will be held Tuesday,
September 20, on the
Marshall Grant Farm in
Northampton County re- '
ports L. C. Cooper, Agricultural
Extension Agent.
The Grant Farm is
located on Highway 46
between the town of Gaston
and 1-95 Signs will be
erected to identify the
meeting area.
The activities will begin at
3:30 p m. and end with a
ham-barbeque supper at 6 p.
Vitamin Tablets
Cost A Billion
By EMILY BALLINGER
Home Extension Agent
Americans spend over a
billion dollars a year on
vitamin supplements.
But these pills are often a
waste of money-because
those great claims made for
vitamin pills are not backed
by controlled scientific
studies.
In fact, research only
makes a stronger case for
eating a variety of foods
from the four food groups.
It's the only sure way to get
the variety of over 50
nutrients needed for good
health.
No pill can provide those
vitamins in just the right
amount and form. But a
balanced diet does.
Vitamins can only correct
a disease or disorder if a
deficiency of that vitamin
caused the problem in the
first place. But vitamin
deficiencies are not as
common as current advertising
claims may lead you
to believe.
A vitamin deficiency only
occurs when the body is
deprived of that particular
vitamin for months-or
even years. If a variety of
foods are eaten. everyday,
this just does not happen.
And while supplying the
body with the right amont of
vitamins is good, supplying
more is not necessarily
better.
So self-prescribed vitamin
pill-poppers would be money
ahead to pass up the vitamin
supplements.
m.
Glenn Toomey, Extension
Cotton Specialist, will be in
charge of the field meeting
which will consist of
varieties, nematode control,
reduced tillage, weed control,
insect control, minor
element use in cotton, foliar
application, and various
other aspects of cotton
production.
This promise? to be a good
old-fashion meeting of cotton
farmers and potential
cotton producers in this
area. Contact your Agricultural
Extension Agents for
further information.
Earworms Plaguing
Soybean Fields
By L.C.COOPER
Extension Agent
I have observed soybean
fields which have reached
the threshold level again for
two earworms every one
foot of row.
According to T. N. Hunt,
Extension Entomologist, it
is very uncommon for this
generation of earworms to
be significant in North
Carolina, however this generation
is emerging and will
continue to munch on the
soybean pods and foliage.
Soybeans which have not
hardened, and presence of
tender foliage is very
susceptible to the earworm.
Also the worms will continue
to attack soybeans
that are still blooming, and
grain sorghum which has
bloom, milk or early dough
stage heads.
Growers should continue
to scout soybean fields for
this generation of earworms
and apply the proper
insecticides for optimum
control.
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Public Forum In Oxford
Planned By County Group
By EMILY BALLINGER
Home Extension Agent
The Triangle Improvement
Association (TIA) announces
a Public Forum to
be held in Oxford, on
September 15, at the County
Office Building on Wall
Street at 7:30 p. m.
L. K. Stephenson, president
of the 10-county Association,
stated that two
seminars had been scheduled
for the public to provide
more information and ideas
for the consumers in
relation to conserving energy
and, most important of
all, how to save money as it
related to the cost of energy.
"A panel of speakers
consisting of University
System Representatives,
the State Office of Energy
and providers of energy
such as power companies
and oil jobbers will set the
format for an informative
program designed specifically
to aid the people of
our area in ways to save
money and at the same time
conserve energy," says
Baby Talk Topic
Of New Series
Now Available
By MRS. BERTHA FORTE
Home Extension Agent
Is there a new baby at
your house? Are you
wondering when your baby
will smile at you? Or what
kind of crib to buy? Why
babies spit up so much? You
need BABY TALK, a series
of 12 leaflets sent once a
month during a baby's first
year. They are designed to
help parents and especially
first-time parents learn
about a baby's development
and parenting.
The leaflets include helpful
hints about clothing,
baby equipment, safety, and
other areas of importance in
a baby's life.
To receive BABY TALK,
ca'l or write your county
extension office. Contact
Mrs. Bertha B. Forte, Home
Economics Extension
Agent, 101 South Main
Street, Warrenton, N. C.
257-3997. She will need the
parents' name and address,
and the name and birthdate
of the new baby.
Do it now. Get your name
on the list for BABY TALK.
Local Volunteers
Attend Telethon
Mrs. Mabel H. Davis of
Wise and Howard Oakley of
Warrenton were among a
large number of participants
in the Volunteer-AThon
sponsored by WRALTV
in Raleigh on Sunday.
The 12-hour program, involving
19 counties, enlisted
more than 3,200 volunteers.
Stephenson.
For the Northern Section
of TLA, consisting of Franklin,
Vance, Warren, Person
and Granville counties, the
county extension offices will
be coordinating the advance
promotional information
with the TLA Public Affairs
Committee.
The TLA is also actively
engaged in other areas of
concern with ongoing programs
in Community Development,
Beautification,
Agri-Business and Industrial
Relations.
The TLA climaxes each
year with an annual
meeting, usually in November,
with awards and a
recognition of county
achievements in all areas
being the high light of the
meeting.
Garden Club Ends Summer Vacation
Following the summer
vacation, the Town 'N Country
Garden Club resumed its
schedule Sept. 7 at the home
of Mrs. Annie Mae Alston.
Mrs. Sophese Hawkins,
president, presided.
Mrs. Hawkins, delegate to
the N. C. Federation of
Garden Clubs held in
Fayetteville last August,
gave an interesting report
on the convention themed,
"Flowers Radiate Beauty,
Love and Joy."
Mrs. Hawkins said she
was thrilled to bring to the
club the trophy awarded for
its yearbook-scrapbook exhibit.
She complimented the
members who hold offices in
the federation. Compliments
were also extended to
Mrs. Clarice Green for her
artistic job on the covers of
the club books. All members
were encouraged to attend
the state meeting in Burling
ton next year.
Mrs. Sallie Brown informed
the members ftiar Mr.
Fountain had selected a
student from Shelby to
receive the federation's $500
scholarship award for a
student specializing in horticulture.
The young man
will enter A & T University
this fall.
The president urged early
payment of club dues plus
$1.50 for the Garden Club
Newsletter. Plans were
made for an exhibit booth at
the Warren County Fair and
a Splash Party for the
Junior Gardeners. Mrs.
Clarice Green, project
chairman, suggested a
cotillion later in the season
to raise funds for the club
treasury.
A thank you note was
received from Mrs. Elizabeth
Brown. She and Mrs.
Chestine Henderson were
absent and are convalescing
at home.
During the social period
the hostess served Waldorf
salad, cream and pimento
sandwiches and Cokes.
Forehand Outlines
Church Schedule
The Rev. Robert J.
Forehand, pastor of the
Warrenton Pentecostal Holiness
Church, announced the
schedule of services as
follows:
Sunday--Sept. 18,10a. m.,
Sunday School; 11 a. m.,
Morning Worship.
Wednesday, Sept. 21, 7:30
p. m., Family Night;
"Focus on Doctrine" being
taught by pastor.
Half cent coins were
issued from 1792 to 1857.