Agriculturally
Speaking
■ By RUSSELL KING
Extension Chairman
Two new disease resistant tomato v%rieties
suitable for home gardens have been developed by
North Carolina State University researchers.
The varieties Cherokee and Mountain Pride will
be available for the 1984 growing season.
Cherokee and Mountain Pride are the first
varieties to be released from the fresh market
tomato breeding program at Fletcher, N.C.
Both Cherokee and Mountain Pride produce
large, high quality fruit, and both varieties are
resistant to race 1 of verticilium wilt and races 1
and 2 of fusarium wilt.
Both of the new varieties are larger with better
flavor than the Flora-Dade variety. Flora-Dade
currently is the predominent verticilium wilt
resistant variety grown in North Carolina.
The fruit of Mountain Pride are globe shaped with
a glossy finish and deep red color. The flavor is
somewhat acid and this variety also resists
cracking and black shoulder.
If you are having problems with wilt in your gar
den, try these varieties next year. They should give
you good results.
Homemakers Plan Trip
The Warren County
Extension Homemaker
Clubs will sponsor a bus
trip to Halifax County
for the "Ideas For A
Country Christmas
Treasured Traditions"
program and tour on
November 17, according
to Miss Margaret J.
Woods, associate home
economics extension
agent.
The bus will be
leaving the Extension
Building on Main Street
in Warrenton at 9:00 a.
m., returning at 4:00 p.
m. The cost of the bus
ride will be $4.75.
Deadline for the money
is November 14. Make
checks payable to:
Warren County Exten
sion Homemaker Coun
cil and send to: Mrs. J.
B. Russell, Rt. 3, Box
392, Warrenton, N C.
27589.
Persons attending will
be expected to provide
their own lunch.
"If we do not get 35 or
more persons to go the
bus will be cancelled
and checks returned,"
Miss Woods said. For
more information, call
the Warren County
Agricultural Extension
Office.
Farmers Reminded Of Community Vote
Warren County far
mers were reminded
this week that the Coun
ty ASCS Office is now
receiving nominations
for ASC community
committee election
candidates. T. E. Wat
son, county executive
director, encouraged
farmers to use this op
portunity to nominate
their farm neighbors as
candidates in the ASC
committee election.
The ASCS election will
be conducted by mail
from Nov. 25 to Dec. 5.
Eligible farm voters will
be provided with in
structions for filling out
the secret ballot and
returning it to the Coun
ty ASCS Office.
Most resident farmers
are eligible to hold office
as ASCS committee
persons. If a farmer
would like detailed in
formation concerning
eligibility requirements,
he or she should contact
the County ASCS Office.
In filling out a
petition, farmers should
be careful to include the
name of only one
nominee, the signatures
of at least three eligible
Twelve From Warren
Attend State Meet
ByDOROTHY
M. PITCHFORD
Twelve 4-H leaders
from Warren County at
tended the North
Carolina State Conven
tion Saturdfy at the
Jane S. McKimmon
tenter in Raleigh.
Those attending were:
Mrs. C. N. Arrington,
Mrs. Jeanetta K. West
Mrs. Jeanette Crews,
Mrs. Portia Barnes,
Mary S. Alston, Mrs.
Edna Hunt, Mrs. Sallie
Patil10, Miss Mary
^atJllo, Mrs. Constance
Davis, Miss Josephine
West, Mrs. Dillie John
son and Ronald Hunt.
At the Warren County
Leaders Association
meeting on Monday,
leaders gave highlights
of workshops they at
tended. They included
,, , ers Learning,''
and Review,"
Making 4-H Interest
"ig. as well as others
on computer program
m* and " parent
motivation.
Mrs- Nannie Spruill
who attended the Rock
Eagle 4-H Center in
Eatonton, Ga. as a
delegate, shared her ex
periences with the
group.
Other leaders shared
with the group that 4-H
Clubs observing 4-H
Sunday were: Oine
Club, Norlina Youth
Improvement Club
Northern Vaughan Club
Lake Gaston Club,
Ridgeway Cavaliers
Club^ Best Better Club,
Parktown Youth in Ac
tion Club, Three Point
Youth Development
Club and the Shining
Star Club.
The meeting was
presided over by Mrs.
Portia Barnes, presi
dent.
During the business
session, the minutes
were read by the
secretary, Mrs. Bar
bara Rowlette, followed
by a report from the
banquet committee
stating that our Leaders
Association Banquet
will be held Dec. 5 at
7:30 p. m. at the Lion's
Den.
The fund-raising com
mittee reported that
Mark VIII All-Purpose
Cleaner and Degreaser
will be on sale again this
year. Anyone interested
in purchasing the
product may contact the
Extension Office at 257
3640 or Mrs. Ann Craw
ford at 257-3001.
Twenty-seven leaders
were present, with 12
clubs represented.
After remarks by
George Koonce, the
meeting was adjourned.
Consider Costs
Of Operating
You are comparison
shopping before buying
a new refrigerator. Two
units have the same
capacity and similar
features, but one is $400
and the other is $500.
Which one should you
buy?
"You need one more
piece of information.
Check the yellow and
black label on the front
of the appliance," says
Nadine Tope, exten
sion foods and nutrition
specialist, North
Carolina State Univer
sity.
The Energy Guide
Label will help you
determine which ap
pliance is more energy
efficient. "If that $500
refrigerator is more ef
ficient, it may save you
more than $100 in elec
tricity over its 15-year
lifespan," Dr. Tope
says.
The Federal Trade
Commission requires
Energy Guides on
refrigerators, freezers,
air conditioners, fur
naces, water heaters,
dishwashers and clothes
dryers. These appli
ances account for 73
percent of the energy
consumed in the
average American
household.
Salt Tolerant
Millions of acres of U.S.
land that are useless for crops
because of high salt and min
eral content may become pro
ductive, thanks to an analyt
ical technique in use at Los
Alamos National Laboratory.
The technique, nuclear
magnetic resonance (NMR),
is being used to identify plant
cells that are salt tolerant.
Such cells could produce
plants that would grow well
in salty soil. If successful,
the process would be a boon
to agriculture.
ASC voters who support
the nominee and signa
ture of the nominee cer
tifying that he or she is
willing to serve if elect
ed. Petitions must con
tain this information;
without it, they will not
be accepted. The com
pleted petition should be
dated and mailed or
delivered by hand to the
County ASCS Office no
later than Oct 31.
ASC committee elec
tions are open to all
eligible ASC voters
without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, or
national origin. Watson
explained that any con
cerned farmer with an
interest in serving
fellow producers would
be an asset to the ASC
committee. For this
reason, farmers are
urged to petition for the
farmers of their choice.
Lake Gaston
Members Gather
By RONALD PAIGE
The Lake Gaston 4-H
club held its regular
monthly meeting on Oct.
15
The business portion
of our meeting consisted
of collecting money for a
visit to the State Fair, on
Oct. 22, and election of
officers. Ms. Gloria
Harrison our
organization leader
discussed projects to be
turned in. Also, 4-H Sun
day singing with North
ern Vaughan 4-H Choir
was planned. Our next
meeting will be to com
plete our plans for
Christmas.
We at Lake Gaston
are proud of Janice
Harrison and Patricia
Hawkins for exhibiting
pullets, and being blue
ribbon winners.
The meeting adjour
ned with the 4-H Motto.
The individual producer
will benefit in the long
run from a responsible
concerned team of ASC
committeepersons in
the local administration
of U. S. Government
farm programs, Watson
said.
Warren County has
eleven ASC com
munities. They are
Fishing Creek, Fork,
Hawtree, Judkins, Nut'
bush, River, Sandy
Creek, Sixpound, Smith
Creek, Warrenton and
Shocco.