Agriculturally
Speaking
By RUSSELL C. KING
VV\ j ! County Extension Chairman
The North Carolina Board of Agriculture has
authorized the North Carolina Peanut Growers
Association to conduct a referendum in counties
producing commercial peanuts on Tuesday, August
16, between the hours of 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. Accor
ding to Norfleet L. Sugg, executive secretary of the
North Carolina Peanut Growers Association, "the'
polling places are being determined and announced
by the Referendum Committee in each county."
"The objective of the referendum," Sugg stated,
"is to give each commercial peanut grower an op
portunity to designate on a written ballot, whether
. or not the peanut farmers in North Carolina should
assess themselves $2.00 per ton for the six-year
period beginning with 1983 and continuing through
1988."
North Carolina peanut farmers voted the North
Carolina Peanut Growers Association into exist
ence in 1953 to be a self-help program designed to
"promote and stimulate the production, sale, use
and consumption of peanuts and peanut products
through research, education, legislation and other
available means." Referendums have been held
every six years among the peanut growers resulting
in large favorable approval votes ranging from 96 %
to 98%.
The f-inds paid in by the growers when they
market their peanuts are forwarded by the buyers
to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture,
which in turn, has designated the North Carolina
Peanut Growers Association as the organization to
administer the use of the funds. Growers voted to
assess themselves $1.00 per ton in 1973 and 1978 and
now are being asked to assess themselves $2.00 per
ton. (North Carolina is the third largest peanut
production state; yet, all other peanut states have
already approved $2.00 per ton. Virginia growers
will contribute $1.50 per ton in 1983 and $2.00 per ton
in 1984.)
J. I>ewis Storey, president of the North Carolina
Peanut Growers Association and a peanut farmer
from Hertford County, said, "Although we are not a
lobby organization, the burden of a sound peanut
program is placed on us. Since Senator Jesse
Helms, chairman of the Senate Committee on
Agriculture, Forestry and Nutrition and Congress
man Charles Rose, chairman of the House Sub
Committee on Tobacco and Peanuts, are from
North Carolina, other peanut production states ex
pect us to take the lead again as the 1985 Farm Bill
is written."
"Much of the progress we have made in peanut
production," Storey continued, "is the result of
funds the Association has invested in research and
education. More funds are needed for promotion
and market development," he said. "Virginia type
peanuts must command a greater share of the
market, both domestic and export, if we are to stay
in business."
Sugg said, "We have Betsy Owens, director,
Growers' Peanut Food Promotions, carrying out
the peanut promotion programs for Virginia and
North Carolina. She is known nationwide for her
leadership, promotional skills and salesmanship."
Additional funds would allow for expansion of her
current on-going promotionals to include greater
participation in trade shows to meet new buying
audiences, special promotions in cooperation with
ball parks, beverages, grocery stores and such.lt
would support more tfrequent: photo/recipe
releases to newspapers and magazines, special
projects with local area peanut manufacturers and
the development and distribution of innovative
retail merchandising aids to draw consumer atten
tion to Virginia type peanuts and peanut products.
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MRS. DAVIS
Paraprofessional
Award Won Locally
By EMILY BALLINGER
Home Economics Extension Agent
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, an Expanded Food and
Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) aide with
the Agricultural Extension Service in Warren Coun
ty, has been declared winner of the 1983 North Cen
tral District Paraprofessional Award, given by the
North Carolina Association of Extension Home
Economists. She was also one of the top three can
didates for the state award. Mrs. Davis has been a
program aide since the program started in April,
1969.
During her 14 years of employment, Mrs. Davis
has enrolled approximately 300 homemakers with
limited resources in EFNEP and worked with them
very closely. She has done an excellent job using a
variety of teaching techniques to help homemakers
increase their knowledge of nutrition, food
preparation techniques; and improve food produc
tion storage, safety and sanitation practices and
thus improve their diets and health of the total
family. Mrs. Davis has also helped them improve
their ability to manage resources related to food
buying and has informed families of assistance
available for food assistance such as food stamps.
Prior to July, 1982, Mrs. Davis worked with both
adults and youths, with 15 to 20 percent of her time
devoted to the latter. She not only worked with
youths as individuals and in small group sessions
through the year, but each year she has had a day
camp program for them. As of July 1, 1982, Mrs.
Davis was assigned to work full time with youths.
Some other accomplishments of which Mrs.
Davis is pleased with and for which she should be
commended are:
— During the years of working with EFNEP, she
has recruited 20 volunteers to work with her in the
program.
— She has had two families with whom she
worked to improve their living conditions and get
off welfare.
— She had seven homemakers join an Extension
Homemakers Club and has helped organize two 4-H
Clubs from EFNEP youth groups.
In her work with EFNEP, Mrs. Davis gets great
satisfaction out of having the people she works with
increase their knowledge and improve their way of
living.
Mrs. Davis and her husband, James, live on a
farm in the Afton Community. In addition to her
work with EFNEP, she helps with their broiler
production operation. They have two broiler houses
which hold 40,000 chickens.
She is an active member of the Coley Springs
Baptist Church and the Church Missionary Society
and is a local 4-H Club leader.
The Davis' have two sons, James Vernon of Fair
fax, Va. and Dwight of Washington, D. C., and one
grandchild.
Miss Emily Ballinger, Home Economics Exten
sion Agent, is supervisor of the Expanded Food and
Nutrition Education Program in Warren County.
Paper Roses Are Viewed
By ANuELATERRY
Vanita Henderson was
guest speaker at the Up
and Coming 4-H Club
meeting last week. She
instructed the class on
making roses and car
nations out of tissue
paper. We were also in
structed on different
exercises to stay in
shape.
Linda Pettaway, vice
president, called the
meeting to order. The
opening song was led by
Tanya Pettaway and
prayer was lead by Er
vin Pettaway, Jr.
In closing the 4-H Mot
to was repeated twice by
the club members. Mrs.
Ervin Pettaway, Sr. and
Mrs. Almarene Hender
son served refresh
ments to the club at the
close of the meeting.
Washington People
The nation's capital is
hometown to the highest per
centage of black people a
mong large U.S. cities, 70per
cent. Although the biggest
influx of blacks arrived after
World War II, blacks have
lived in Washington since the
early 1800s, National Geo
graphic says.
Logging Road Can Present Problem
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District Conservation^
Soil Conservation Service
When a forest is harvested, erosion on logging
roads often causes sedimentation in streams.
Erosion can make logging roads hard to drive on
and can damage adjacent trees. Yet, the landowner
and logger can prevent erosion and sediment from
logging roads.
The owner and buyer of the timber can plan and
agree on a good road location together.
Topographic maps and aerial photographs are use
ful tools for planning road layout on large holdings.
They should walk over the area and become
familiar with the terrain. Plastic tape can be used
to mark the agreed upon road location. Leave a
filter strip between the road and streams and be
sure to follow contours when building roads on steep
terrain. Log landings should be located on gentle
slopes as far from streams as possible, where
King Helps Raise
Over $750,000
Kussell C. King of
Wise, Warren Extension
chairman, was one of
the alumni volunteers
who helped the North
Carolina State Univer
sity Alumni Association
raise more than three
quarters of a million
dollars in contributions
during the association's
fiscal year just ended.
King served as NCSU
Alumni Loyalty Fund
Chairman for Warren
County during the 1982
83 fund campaign.
According to G.
Smedes York, 1982-83
president of the NCSU
Alumni Association, the
year marked the first
time alumni contribu
tions to the association
have exceeded $800,000.
York also noted that for
the first time member
ship in the NCSU Alum
ni Association exceeds
11,500.
Howard E. Bollinger
of Lenoir, national
chairman of the 1982-83
NCSU Alumni Loyalty
Fund Campaign, repor
ted that strong efforts by
alumni volunteers
throughout North
Pea Pests Few,
Easy To Control
Got bugs in your
peas? Just about every
rar Heel gardener
plants a few rows of
field peas, and some of
these plantings will be
damaged by insects.
Fortunately, peas don't
have many insect
enemies so the damage
shouldn't be serious.
About the only insects
that are likely to be a
problem on field peas,
or southern peas, are
aphids and the cowpea
curculio, according to
Agricultural Extension
Service specialists at
North Carolina State
University.
The aphids may in
fest peas at any time
during the growing
season. The cowpea
curculio is responsible
for what is seen as
"wormy" peas. *
You can use Spectra
cide or malathion to
control aphids on field
peas. These same
materials can also be
used on garden peas for
the same purpose. In the
case of the early season
garden pea, it's better to
use Spectracide if the
weather is cool.
Malathion doesn't do a
good job when the tem
perature is below 60.
The cowpea curculio
on field peas is more dif
ficult to control than
aphids, the NCSU ex
perts say. You must
spray or dust with either
Thiodan or taxaphene at
first bloom. Apply two
additional applications
at five-day intervals.
This should give you
wormfree peas.
Caution: Toxaphene
shouldn't be used after
pods form.
Carolina and across the
nation resulted in 11,739
alumni and friends con
tributing $662,396 during
the year.
He also noted that
corporate generosity in
the form of matching
gifts added another
$167,174 to the
association's fund
raising efforts in 1982-83
for a grand total of
$829,570, which reflect
ed an increase of 24 per
cent over the prior year.
Funds raised by the
NCSU Alumni
Association are used to
support academic
programs at North
Carolina State Univer
sity. The association's
main program, the John
T. Caldwell Alumni
Scholarship Program,
provides 44 scholarships
valued at $3,000 per year
for students studying at
NCSU. Thirty of these
scholars are supported
by the endowment from
alumni contributions
and 15 are "adopted" by
alumni who have agreed
to pay the stipend for a
scholar for four years.
The scholarships,
awarded to incoming
freshmen on the basis of
academic achievement
and leadership poten
tial, are renewable for
four years of study. The
Alumni Board recently
set a goal to have 100
Caldwell Alumni
Scholars on campus for
the university's centen
nial.
In addition to the
Caldwell Alumni
Scholarships, the NCSU
Alumni Association
supports professor
ships; awards for out
standing teaching,
research and extension
work at NCSU; a
student loan program;
and need-based scholar
ships.
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reach a stream. Stream crossing and steep grades
should be avoided.
Build grade and drainage systems into the road at
the time of construction, allow adequate time for
road to settle, and direct ditches into filter strips.
Keep heavy loads off wet roads. Mud is probably
the greatest cause of excessive wear on logging
machinery, and heavy equipment can quickly
destroy a wet road. Be sure to keep ditches and
culverts open. Hand work with a shovel on deep,
water holding ruts often reduces drying time by
days or even weeks.
Roads represent a high investment and should be 1!
maintained in a useful condition by seeding, par
ticularly on steep slopes or erodible soils. Mowing
every few years will prevent slopings and brush
taking over the road.
Landowners, buyers, and loggers should seek
assistance in planning, construction, and mainten
ance of roads and filter strips, as well as site
preparation, and registration. The sale of standing < i
timber and site preparation activities should be
covered by a written contract. Practices affecting
the conservation of soil and site should be described
in detail and included in the contract. Information is
available from the SCS, county forester, Agricul
tural Extension Service, local forest industry, and
consulting foresters.
Recent rains have reduced the need of irrigation
of tobacco in Warren and adjacent counties. The
above picture was recently taken in eastern Vance
County. (Staff Photo)
Club Hears Chief
By COREY ANDREWS
Chief Romey Williams
of the Norlina Police
Department was guest
speaker at the recent
Three Point Youth
Development 4-H Club
meeting.
Chief Williams
discussed and showed
examples of the differ
ent kinds of illegal
drugs, and the harmful
effect they could have
on your body. Chief
Williams also pointed
out that many times the
use of these drugs could
lead to imprisonment.
The Three Point Club
would like to thank Chief
Williams for taking the
time to come and talk
with us. His information
was most interesting.
Plans were discussed
for the club picnic to
Fox Pond Park in Hen
derson, July 16.
Adrian Davis,
president of the club,
presided over the
meeting. Eight mem
bers and four adult
leaders were present.
After saying the 4-H
motto, the meeting was
adjourned. Mrs. Con
stance Davis served
refreshments to the club
members.