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Agriculturally Speaking t-> By RUSSELL C. KING County Extension Chairman An awnless barley and a stiff-stra wed oat have been developed in the small grain breeding pro gram of the Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University Seed of the barley variety will be increased by certified seed producers in the 1962-83 crop year and should be generally available to farmers in the fall of 1983. Seed of Madison oats will not be available to farmers before the fall of 1964. Anson is being released as a variety superior to Clayton, currently the most popular awnless or beardless barley grown by North Carolina farmers. Madison will give farmers a choice of high yielding varieties similar to Brooks and Coker 716. Madison's outstanding characteristics in field trials have been its "exceptional" straw strength, which makes it highly resistant to lodging or falling over, and a protein production potential equal to or slightly higher than Brooks. Madison is shorter than varieties now being grown in North Carolina and other southeastern states. It is about five inches shorter than Brooks. Yields of the new oat have been slightly higher than Brooks and Coker 716 in the Coastal Plain locations but slightly lower in Piedmont locations when winter weather was colder than normal, specifically in 1980 and 1982. Madison's winter hardiness isn't quite as good as Brooks and Coker, but under normal winter conditions it may be more productive than either Brooks or Coker 716. The new oat variety is superior in winter hardiness to Carolee, the variety most widely grown in the state for nearly two decades. The new barley release, Anson, is expected to give farmers a better awnless variety than they have had. While it doesn't produce the yields of some of the better-bearded varieties, such as Milton and Boone, Anson out produced Clayton by 6.5 percent in all tests. Bearded barley tends to out-yield the beardless varieties, but farmers traditionally have preferred barley without awns. With Anson, farmers can close the yield gap between bearded and beardless types to about 2 percent. With Clayton, the difference is around 8 percent. Anson has slightly better straw strength and resistance to lodging compared to Clayton and is slightly taller. However, Clayton has a slightly higher test w eight. Mrs. Holtzman Named To Attend Congress Mrs. Chris F. Holtzman, leader of the Ridgeway Community 4-H Club, was chosen by the State 4-H office to attend National 4-H Congress, November 26 30, in Chicago, 111. as a volunteer. This is a great honor for a leader to be chosen to attend National 4-H Congress; only two volunteers from North Carolina are given this privilege. Mrs. Holtzman has actively served as a 4-H volunteer leader for over 30 years. In this time, Mrs. Holtzman has been awarded every state and county award available. But this will be Mrs. Holtzman's first trip to national 4-H Congress. She has had two sons and a grandson to attend National 4-H Congress in her 30 years as a leader. Some of the projects Mrs. Holtzman is cur rently active in are: chairman of the Warren County 4-H and Youth Committee, chairman for 4-H Easter Lily Day activities, Warren County 4-H volunteer service leader, and last August she served as camp counselor at Sertoma 4-H Camn. Amos L. Capps Pulpwood Co., Inc. Will Buy Green Loblolly Pine Cones In Areola For More Information Call 257-4371 - 257-3789 Carryover Program Is Announced WASHINGTON - Th. U. S. Department o Agriculture has institut ed an excess poundagi carryover program foi the 1962 crop of flue-cur ed tobacco. This will enabh producers to make ar rangements with the Flue-Cured Tobacco Co operative Stabilizatior Corporation to process and store their excess production without having to carry over unprocessed tobacco and expose it to insect infestation and quality deterioration, Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block said. He said the program has been adopted because provisions of the no-net-cost tobacco program legislation, enacted on July 20,1982, eliminated fall leasing — leasing during marketing season — for flue-cured tobacco. Prior to enactment of this legislation, he said, producers were allowed to lease additional quota for their farms if their tobacco production exceeded 110 percent of the effective farm marketing quota. Since this is no longer allowed, many produc ers will have tobacco in excess of 110 percent of their farm quota that must be stored unpro cessed until the next marketing year, in absence of the carry over program, Block said. Block said the handling of the processed tobacco under this carryover program has been limited to the producer owned and operated Stabilization Corpor ation to assure the tobacco will be insulated from the commercial trade channels and will not be marketed until the subsequent market ing year, in compliance with the marketing quotas. Block said that as markets close by belts, the Stabilization Cor poration will name designated delivery points in tobacco pro ducing areas where producers may deliver their carryover tobacco. The tobacco must be weighed and graded by an inspector of USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service before being processed for storage and later sale. Carryover tobacco is not eligible for penalty free marketing or loan until the next marketing year, which begins on July 1, 1963. At that time, the carryover tobacco will be offered for sale on a sealed bid basis to all purchasers of tobacco, both domestic and export. Any carryover tobacco not bringing an accept able price will be placed under loan in the regu lar inventory, by grades, at 1983 loan rates. The carryover pro gram does not preclude producers from storing unprocessed carryover tobacco on tl^ir own {arm, in warehouses or in other commercial storage, as long as the tobacco is stored 1,1 — 1 —* identity prwcrvw, inai is, the tobacco cannot be co-mingled with tobaccc produced on anotbei farm. Thick let At the South Pole the k is about 3,000-meters or a most two-miles thick. Th deepest ice, just discovera is4,700-meters thick. Classes Are Slated By MISS MARGARET J. WOODS The Agricultural Extension Service, HealthCo and Warren County Health Department are co sponsoring a series of five Expectant Parent Class es to be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p. m. on October 12,19 and 26 and November 2 and 9 at the Agricultural Extension Building on Main Street in Warrenton. Highlights of the classes will include talks by Dr. Callahan on physical changes, weight gain and labor and delivery and Mrs. Anita Tony on meeting baby's needs and adjustments during and after pregnancy, and a tour of the labor room, delivery room and nursery in the Maria Parham Hospital. There will be films on prenatal care, state of fetal development, nutrition and the parenting exper ience. Class members will have ample opportunity to ask questions of doctors, nurses and other profes sionals. The sponsors hope that prospective fathers will attend, since it is important that they learn how to help their wives through pregnancy and how they can influence their baby's development after it is born. Further information can be obtained from Miss Margaret J. Woods, at 257-3640. Trappers Sought The N. C. Wildlife Re sources Commission is seeking trappers who are willing to help land owners who are having problems with beavers. "Expanding beaver populations have caused an increasing number of landowners to seek assistance in controlling these animals," said Grady Barnes, assistant chief of the Wildlife Commission's Division of Wildlife Manage ment. "These problem beavers should be removed during the open trapping season when the fur is prime and can be marketed. Trappers can play a big role in helping land owners solve this problem." If you are interested in trapping beavers this season to assist land owners with depredation problems, write to the N. C. Wild life Resources Commis sion, Beaver Trapping, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Include your complete address, telephone number (including area code), and the counties where you want to trap. Your name will be given to landowners with beaver problems in the counties you list. Exhibit Features Helpful Theme The Oine 4-H Club Exhibit at the Warren County Fair featured a helpful theme for all "Energy Conservative — Do's and Don'ts." We chose this idea because of its world wide New 4-H Club Gets A Name By RYAN A. BULLOCK The newly organized 4-H Gub in Manson has been named the Youngsters in Progress. The club was named in a meeting held on Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Allen. Parents and leaders attending the meeting were: Mrs. Bettie Allen, Mrs. Libby Jordan and Mrs. Laura P. Bullock. New members to join the club included: Sallie Durham, Earl Kearney, Michael Johnson, Jocelyn Johnson, Caro lyn Durham, Nicole Parks, Kathryn Stetson and Morocco Stetson. The next scheduled meeting of the club is set for Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 7:30 p. m. at Manson Baptist Church. $10 To Save A Man O' War A $10 blood serum test that could prevent the death of a potential Secretariat or Man O' War due to a "blue baby syndrome" in horses is available through the Texas Veterinary Medical Diag nostic Laboratory. The rare condition only affects 1 per cent of all foals, but is pre ventable and could save ano ther potentially great thor oughbred, say developers of the test. importance and far* reaching ramifications. To effectively display an exhibit, one must prove its worth in order to sell its wares. Also, the exhibit must be appealing to everyone. Simplicity is another very vital feature. Since it's 4-H, the relativity to 4-H involvement is a must. Our club, thinking of our emblem — the clover — and utilizing its meaning through using our heads, tenderly involving our love through our hearts, preparing our display by employing our hands, and thinking of the relationship between health and "Energy Conservation," develop ed the exhibit. We displayed handi crafts ai well as manufactured items to tell the "Do's and Don'ts:" a handmade doorstop for stopping drafts; a doll saying "Wear more clothing;" a thermostat to say 68 degrees is enough; plastic storm windows; insulation for hot water heaters; and clean filters, to name a few. Our aim was and is to encourage all to improve conservation methods this year. We hope that we met with success.
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