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THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY,MARCH 11,1938 FARM NOTES J. E. McINTIRE BRIEF NEWS ITEMS “How many acres can I plant?” is the question thousands of North Carolina cotton and tobacco grow ers are asking their county agents at this time. The answer can be given only after the referendum on March 12 and after the county quotas have been sub-divided. If cotton and tobacco farmers want control of their two crops, they can impose this control upon themselves by their own secret votes. Control will not be imposed from without. Every farmer should study the new farm bill and vote as he thinks best. North Carolina tobacco growers have a “franchise” for about 70 per cent of the flue-cured tobacco to be produced in the Nation. Whether they will retain this franchise will depend on ballots cast on March 12. Dean I, O. Schaub says exten sion service workers have no per sonal interest in the outcome of the referendum on March 12 ex cept to see that farmers are in formed about the farm bill and vote their own personal convic tions. In addition, he says, the Extension Service is vitally inter ested in the future welfare of North Carolina. The vote on March 12 will de cide the question of marketing quo tas for 1938 only and is for all growers of cotton and tobacco and not for any given section or any state. The vote of all the cotton growers of the South will decide marketing quotas for cotton and of all the growers of flue-cured tobac co the marketing quotas of flue cured tobacco. Whatever happen in the referen dum on March 12, the Agricultural conservation program continues to be in operation and the wise farm er will this year provide all the food and feed he will need for his family and livestock. FARMERS FIND MARCH IS IMI’ORTANA MONTH “March, the month in which we begin to plant crops in a big way, is also the month in which crops planted last fall really begin to grow,” said E. C. Blair, extension agronomist at State College. This makes March doubly impor tant in determining the success of the year’s farming operations. Here are a few suggestions for making the most of this month: Drill in red clover and sweet clover seed at the rate of six pounds of the former or 10 pounds of the latter per acre. Superphos phate, basic slag, or ground lime stone should be drilled in with the seed. Pastures may be seeded ®t this time. Scarify the lapd with a disk or spike-tooth harrow and either broadcast or drill in the seed. After scarifying old pas tures, apply 1-2 to one ton of lime stone per acre before seeding. Add 200 pounds of good, complete fer tilizer at time of seeding. In the coastal plain, old carpet grass pastures may be renovated by disking, applying fertilizer, and sowing common lespedeza. This will not hurt the grass, and will in- FARM AND HOME crease the pasture’s feed value. Small grains sown last fall should be top-dressed as early in March as possible. In the coastal plain, use 100 pounds of nitrate of soda and 50 pounds of muriate of potash per acre. In the piedmont, apply 75 to 100 pounds of soda, and if no potash was applied when the grain was sown, put on 25 to 50 pounds of potash with the soda at this time. The corn bud worm is usually at its worst in April. To avoid the worm, plant corn either in the lat ter part of March* or wait until May if the land is infested with this pest. BRIEFLY SPEAKING The annual Field Day for F. F. A. members will be held in Raleigh April 7, 1938. The local Chapter will be well represented in all games, which will include: base ball, play-ground ball, volley ball and horse-shoe pitching. The farmers’ meeting held at the Wakelon Auditorium on last Thursday evening was attended by 216 farmers. This meeting was conducted by Mr. John Anderson, County Agent, and was a clear ex planation of the 1938 farm bill. The first Eastern Carolina Fat Stock Show will be held in Rocky Mount April 7th and Bth. A group of F. F. A. boys will attend this show. Any one interested in placing entries in this show please see Mr. Mclntire at an early date. Interest in the evening classes continues to increase. The enroll ment is now double that of the first meeting. The class meets on Tuesdays at seven o’clock. SPRAY TOBACCO BEDS Be on the lookout for tobacco flea beetles and tobacco blue mold disease in plant beds, and stand prepared to apply control measures promptly and correctly. If blue mold shpws up in your community do not wait for your plants to be come infected; start spraying. Three methods of blue, mold con trol are available: (1) Spraying with a copper oxide-cotton-seed oil mixure; (2) gas treatment with benzol or xylol; (3) a heat treat ment in which night temperatures are raised above 70 degrees Fah renheit. The spraying treatment is the most practical. The cupro cide-cottonseed oil-lethane spreader and directions for use are available in agricultural supply stores thru out the tobacco belt. SMALL GROWER AIDED UNDER NEW FARM ACT Giving the small farmer a “break” is one of the purposes of the new farm act, according to E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer at State College. Provisions for larger payments to operators of small farms who co-operate in the Agricultural Conservation program, a part of the act, have been provided. Grow ers who would earn less than S2OO under the regular rates will have their payments increased this year. The following scale will be used when conservation payments are being made: If payment is not more than S2O, the total payment will be increas ed 40 per cent; payments of S2O to S4O will be increased $8 plus 20 per cent of the amount over S2O; payment of S4O to S6O will be in creased sl2 plus 10 per cent the amount over S4O; payments of SOO to $lB6 will be increased sl4; and payments of $lB6 to S2OO will be increased to S2OO. This scaling upward of the smaller payments will be a first charge against funds available for payments. Farmers who take part in the AAA program this year will quali fy for payments by staying with in their soil-depleting crop acre age allotments and by measuring up to their soil-building goals. The new act, in the main, merely adds to the present Agricultural Conservation program by provid ing for acreage allotments, mar keting quotas when producers de sire them, and crop loans. If the cotton-tobacco referenda passes March 12, larger growers will receive steeper acreage cuts than will the smaller farmers. Fuquay Springs, The few cents extra required to plant an acre in improved cotton over gin run varieties should return a profit to the grower of tenfold, Mr. L. Bruce Gunter, Vice-President of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association, said here recently. Pointing out that much of the seed from last year’s cotton crop has a low germination power due to the wet weather in many sec tions of the State, Mr. Gunter urg ed farmers to plant only seed that have been tested for germination. All seed handled b ythe Farmers Cooepartive Exchange are first tested for germination. Mr. Gunter also reported that the response to the “Re-Purchase Pool” has been most satisfactory and said it is apparent that a9 more farmers become familiar with it they will use its facilities for learning their grades and staples and the true value of their cotton before offering it for sale. TIMELY FARM QUESTIONS QUESTION: How much ferti lizer should I use in my home garden ? ANSWER: On the average soils, fertilizer may be broadcast at the rate of 2,000 pounds to the acre, but if applied in the furrow, the applications should not be greater than 1,000 pounds to the acre. Heavier applications may cause serious damage to the crops. If more fertilizer seems necessary, apnly it in the form of a side dressing after the crops have be come established. Side-dressings with readily available nitrogen fertilizers are often necessary, es pecially with leafy vegetables such as cabbage, lettuce, ka!e, and spinach, but excessive applicati ns should not be made. Two moder ate applications will give better results when the fertilizer is ap plied in this way. QUESTION: Does it pay to mate purebred birds to mongrel hens? ANSWER: While this is quite a common practice in small farm Docks, the results are usually questionable as the mongrel hens are usually so cross bred or in bred that it is difficult to build good qualities in them. The best method is not to mate the mongrel birds. If they are good layers it might be well to keep them for egg production, but the new flock should be started with purebred iaby chicks. As the old hens fall off in production they should be sold or used at home as food. All eggs from this flock should be sold for consumption and not for hatching purposes. QUESTION: What feed is ne cessary for a dairy cow when she is dry? ANSWER: If plenty of pas ture is available and the animal is in good flesh no other feed is ne cessary other than free access to a suitable mineral mixture. If the cow is in poor flesh or the pas ture id short then the animal should have concentrates to put her in good flesh before freshen ing. All high protein grains and most of the corn should be re moved from the grain ration about two weeks before freshening. A good mixture to feed during this period is composed of equal parts TYE GROWN TOBACCO ALL MY W ( MY LAST CROP WAS ABOUT THE ] I / PRETTIEST TOBACCO I EVER RAISED. \ H - ( AND THE CHOICE PARRS OF IT WERE J JR - S BOUGHT BY CAMEL AT TOP PRICES. s JMff ( CAMEL IS THE CIGARETTE I SMOKE W V MYSELF. AND MOST OTHER ACCO planters are glad to pass i. E. JACCCSN, j JL along what their first-hand experi- »ucc*«»ful ence has taught them. As one planter tokiee* plantar puts it: “The majority of tobacco grow- J know what it means to smoke Camel’s AjEi M finer, MORE EXPENSIVE TOBACCOS r ' Potatoes SFF T)q Lespedeza $2.70 Bag $9.00 per 100 Carden Seed —by weight or package I have all kinds: Onion sets, Cabbage Plants, Oats. Blue Grass, Timothy, Garden Peas, Kadish. Lime your land, improve your tobacco. Barb, Poultry Wire, Axes, Mauls, Dynamite, Caps, Fuses, Hay, Soda, Fertilizer. BRING CORN, PEAS A. G. KEMP Zebulon, N. C. GARDEN SEED ! IXXXSE OR IN PACKAGES 4 i NEW STOCK—JUST ARRIVED < ALL KINDS AND VARIETIES AT 4 PHILIP MASSEY’S ’ THE FCX STORE 4 v Also see me for Fertilizers, Paints and Field Seeds < A* Ye Sow- WOOD’S • So Shall Ye Reap Why not have the Best Garden and Crops in your community? and Field Seed* . Await You At ZEBULON DRUG COMPANY » Beets, Carrot, Mustard, Tendergreen, Spring Turnip. Gar den Peas, all varieties. Onion Sets, all varieties. Cab bage, Lettuce. Radish. All Seasonable Seeds for Vegetable Garden or Flower Garden of wheat bran and ground oats. This ration is slightly laxative and many herdsmen give the cow one pound of salts a day or two before she is due to freshen. U. S. Approved, Pallorem Tested BABY CHICKS Hatch each Wednesday. 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