Agriculturally
Speaking
By RUSSELL C. KING
County Extension Chairman
"Spring Fever." Every year about this time many Warren County
gardeners start getting the garden itch. Warm spells this time of
year can easily get many of you started too early on your gardens.
When you plant too early, some seeds rot; others produce poor plants
or the whole stand grows slowly. Soil temperature is the most
reliable measurement to consider in planting your garden. Listed
below are suggested minimum soil temperatures recommended for
seed germination in Warren County.
Radish 45 degrees F
Potato, Irish 45 degrees F
Beets i 50 degrees F
Kale 45 degrees F
Garden peas 40 degrees F
Sweet corn 60 degrees F
Snapbeans 55-60 degrees F
Cucumbers 60-65 degrees F
Squash 60-65 degrees F
Watermelon 65-70 degrees F
For more information on gardening, contact the Warren County
Agricultural Extension Office.
Deadline Is Nearing
March 31 is the last day to ap
ply for crop insurance for all
spring planted corn, cotton, grain
sorghum, peanuts, tobacco and
soybeans in North Carolina coun
ties, according to District Direc
tor Howard Conyers, a represen
tative of the Federal Crop In
surance Corporation (FCIC).
Crop Insurance covers
unavoidable loss of production
resulting from adverse weather
conditions, wildlife, earthquake
and fire. Three coverage levels
(50 percent, 65 percent and 75
percent) are available for in
surance protection. Additionally,
FCIC offers three optional price
elections for valuing production
lost or damaged, Conyers said.
A new crop insurance plan,
called Actual Production History
(APH), is available this year to
producers of corn, cotton, grain
sorghum, peanuts, tobacco and
soybeans in addition to wheat,
barley and oats. Producers of
these crops must now qualify for
higher yield guarantees by pro
viding their own actual produc
tion records or other available
sources of information to their in
surance agent on or before the
sales closing date of March 31.
"With the increased cost of prr
ducing a crop, most business
minded farmers are taking a look
at this new concept," Conyers
commented.
For more information about
the APH plan and for those
already insured to update their
APH records, producers should
contact an authorized agent.
Singing Planned
Joseph L. Brown of Littleton
will sponsor a gospel sing for the
benefit of the Littleton Communi
ty Gvic Center on Sunday, Feb.
23, at 3 p.m. at Mclver School
cafeteria in Littleton.
Arnett Manley will serve as
master of ceremonies and groups
participating will include the
Gospel Travelers of Garysburg,
Carolina Kings of Townsville and
Warrenton Echoes of Warrenton.
Admittance will be by tickets
which may be purchased in ad
vance from any member of the
Civic Club in Littleton at a cost of
$2 or at the door for $2.50.
A list of agents is available
from the local Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service office located on Main
Street in Warrenton.
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Dates Announced For Sign-up For Farm Program
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture has announced that
the sign-up period for the Conser
vation Reserve Program will be
March 3-14 at the Warren Coun
ty Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service office.
ASCS Executive Director
Thomas E. Watson said approx
imately 69.5 million acres will be
eligible in the 1986 crop year for
entry into the program, a provi
sion of the Food Security Act of
1885 that will take highly erodible
land out of farming for 10 years
and place it into trees or other
permanent vegetative cover.
Enrollment of approximately
five million acres is expected in
1986.
The Soil Conservation Service
will determine the classification
or erosion levels of land, Watson
said. All Class 6, 7 and 8 land is
eligible along with any land in
Classes 2 through 5 that is
eroding at three times the
tolerance level.
Producers wishing to put land
into the program must provide a
cropping history covering the
years 1981 through 1985, Watson
said. The land must have been
planted or consider ed to have
been planted during that period
(including land in the Acreage
Conservation Reserve or set
aside programs, or land that was
in the prevented-planted
category).
Set-aside or diverted acres are
not eligible for the Conservation
Reserve Program. Reserve
acreage will be over and above
amounts needed to qualify for
price support programs.
Watson said producers must
submit bids for annual rental
payments at the time of applica
tion. There will be 50 percent
cost-sharing on conservation
cover practices. Payments will
be either in cash or negotiable
(PIK) certificates. There is a
$50,000 per person per year limit
on annual rental payments, but
not on cost shares.
Bases, quotas and allotments
will be reduced by the ratio of
cropland on the farm to the
amount put into the program.
The producer will choose which
bases, quotas or allotments will
be reduced over the life of the
contract, and this history will be
preserved over the life of the
contract.
The Warren County Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion Service and Soil Conserva
tion Service offices will have
more information before the sign
up period begins, Watson said,
and he urged producers to con
tact these offices for further
details or assistance in determin
ing their eligibility.
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The Farm Credit System
Perdue Is Looking
ForTwelve Rare Birds,
And One Of Them
Perdue needs twelve fanners in this area to build new pri
mary breeder houses. 1\vel ve fanners, twelve chicken houses.
Itb such a good investment opportunity, you'd think we could
find plenty of takers without even bothering to advertise.
And we could. But when you see the importance of those
twelve primary breeder operations-their importance to Perdue
i North Carolina agricultu
and to North Carolina agriculture as a whole-you can see
why the people we're looking for arent exactly a dime a dozen.
These primary breeders are valuable birds, the secret to
Perduels well-known quality advantage, so we simply cant
afford to trust them to anyone who isnt the best.
Perdue Farms develops its primary breeder stock "from
scratch." The primary breeders you raise today are the prod
uct of years of genetic research.
Primary breeders are the"grandparents"of the Perduechick
ens sold in grocery stores. One primary breeder hen is even
tually responsible for 150,000broilertior roasters. And there
are 8,000 breeders in each house! t
Just twelve primary breeder houses will supply birds
to more than 1,000 independent Perdue producers all over
North Carolina. So as a primary breeder producer, you're
where the whole success story begim.
What we offer in return for your ejqiertise is an excellent
return on investment YouH receive consistent, top-dollar pay
ments. You 11 even be paid during the first weeks, when your
pullets arent laying yet
Another important factor is the lower-than-average startup
cost Perdue buys the equipment- $20,000worth - then leases
it back to you. So you save $20,000 upfront, get an additional
tax deduction and eventually gain ownership of the equipment
It's the steadiest, most predictable program Perdue offers.
And since it's also the most important, we do everything
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everyday details.
If you're the rare breed of farmer we're looking for, you
owe it to yourself to leam more about the Perdue primary
breeder program.
So return the coupon, or call the Perdue office in Cary
at 1-800-372-6543.
Id like to know more about Perdue's primary
breeder program.
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Address
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Mail coupon to Perdue, 113 Bdinhur^i South, Cary, NC 27511. Or call the
Perdue office during the (lay at 1 -800-372-6643. At nkffita call Tbm Ttaylor
at (019) 456-2331, Rarnld Ylolloman at (010)345-1845 or Jim Herman
at (919) 438-2645. WAR109C