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•. • I BRIEFLY SPEAKING Wakelon Y. T. H. F. Chapter was host to Wake Forest and Wen dell Chapters last Thursday night at their monthly Tri-Chapter meet ing. Wake Forest Chapter pre sented the following program. Thrift Devotion—Frank Chappell. The Meaning of Thrift—Wood row Woodlief. Y. T. H. F. Creed—Hubert Bur gess. The Value of Life Insurance — Troy Sharon. Slogans on Thrift—Duval Wil son. Comments—Frank ChappelL Wendell Chapter opened and dosed the meeting with the F. T. H. F. Ritual. The next monthly Tri-Chapter will meet on April 13 in Wake For est. The F. F. A. boys have complet ed their projects. It is interesting to know that Wakelon had 54 young farmers with 68 projects. The labor income from these pro jects totaled $5,223.71, an aver age of $96.74. The last evening class will be held next Tuesday, April 5, at 7:30, and will be a discussion of the A-l Farmer. Field Day for Y. T. H. F. boys will be held at State College on April 8, 1938. We hope to bring back some honors for our chapter. BLUE MOLD STRIKES AGAIN The farmers of Columbia County are battling wih this dreaded to bacco disease, and in the event this disease strikes in our community, I am giving the following treat ment which has proven effective: This mixture will make 100 gal lons of spray: 1 pound red copper oxide 1 gallon cotton seed oil 2 quarts lethane spreader In one container, the copper ox ide should be moistened with a little of the spreader and then one or two gallons of water for each 25 gallons of spray should be stirred slowly into the moistened oxide. In another container the remainder of the lethane spreader, the cotton seed oil, and from one to two gallons of water for each 25 gallons required should be stirred together and this mxture should be passed through the nozzle of the regular spray pump or bucket pump so that a milky emulsion is produced. Stir the remainder of the water required to make 100 gallons with the first mixture, stirring constantly. (Separation will occur unless stirred). Use this spray the same day it is prepared. It should be applied in a fine mist, wetting the under surface of the leaves thoroughly. Apply only when plants are dry, twice a week is required until plants are set. 100 gallons of spray will cover 4,000 yards of small plants, or I, square yards of large plants. By Talmage Gay. FLEA BEETLES ATTRACT TOBACCO PLANT BEDS Flea beetles have been found in practically every tobacco growing county. Multiplying rapidly in the unusually warm weather this sea ton the beetles may become a seri ous threat unless brought under control. An effective control measure is to dust the plant beds with one per cent rotenone dust at the rate THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 1,1938 of half a pound to each 100 square yards. The dust may be blown down through the canvas covers when the bed is dry, and should be repeated every three or four days until the beetles have disap peared. If they reappear, apply more dust. A dusting machine is necessary to get best results. Blue mold is spreading over the tobacco belt. On warm, sunshiny days, growers have found that it is beneficial to lay back the can vas, and allow the sun to shine di rectly on the beds. Sunshine is an enemy of blue mold fungus, and there has been plenty of sun this season, thus far. Spraying with red-copper-cotton seed-oil spray and applying ni trate of soda lightly to plant beds are other measures of control. NEW GROWERS TO HAVE LEAF, COTTON QUOTAS Small allotments for new tobac co and cotton growers will be made under the 1938 marketing quotas, E. Y. Floyd, of State College, has announced. Five per cent of the national to bacco quota and two per cent of ' the cotton quota has been set aside for new growers. New tobacco growers include those on farms where flue-cured tobacco has not been grown in the past four years, and new cotton growers are those who had no base acreages under the AAA. Some 25,000 to 30,000 new to bacco growers over the flue-cured tobacco belt are expected to ask for allotments for 1938. The number of requests now ex pected is so much larger than orig inally anticipated that the allot ments for individual new growers will have to be limited to 65 per cent of the amount which would have been granted them under the original plan. The original plan for determin ing allotments for new tobacco growers was as follows: One acre for each grower sub mitting a request. Another acre would be added for each tobacco barn more than half completed on February 16. An additional 1-10 acre would be allotted for each 10 acres of crop land on the farm in excess of 50 acres, ex cept that no new farm would get more than four acres. No allotment would be more than 11-2 acres if there were no curing barn more thart half com pleted on February 16. If only one such barn were more than half completed at that time, the allotment could not exceed two acres. No allotments will be given farmers who have not made ar rangements for growing and cur ing tobacco successfully. fVWWVWWWWWVW V W W W W V V W w w w ♦ I: HARDWARE ; SPRAYERS o SPRAYER PARTS < Arsenate of Lead, Paris Green, Napthalene Flakes for < Plant Beds. _Wire, Roofing, Building Paper, Cement, Lime, < L Windows, Dows. Screen Doors and Windows, Screen Wire, i Lawn Mowers, Lawn Hose, Pruning Shears, Ice Cream 4 % Freezers, Hinges, Locks, Nails, Hoes, Rakes, Shovels, Fish- < ing Poles, Hooks and Lines. 4 f PAINTS AND OILS 4 l DEBNAM HDW. STORE : f ZEBULON, N. C. < SANITATION PROTECTS CHICKS FROM DISEASE Poultry can be one of the most dependable enterprises on the farm, but the birds must be pro jected from disease, said T. T. 1 Brown, extension poultry special ist at State College. As more birds are raised, and brought into closer contact with one another, the danger of infec tion increases. Moving the brooder house to a new location, where it will be on clean ground, will help cut down the chance of infection. Before it is moved, it should be scrubbed thoroughly with a solution of one pound of lye to 15 or 20 gallons of water. If the brooder house cannot be moved, several inches of the top soil around the house should be taken up and replaced with clean soil from an area where no chick ens have ranged during the past year or two. Keep the brooder house clean, and don’t feed anything that will attract flies, such as liquid milk. Flies spread tapeworms. When the chicks are 10 to 12 weeks old, or as soon as they be come well feathered, move them to summer range shelters where they can range on clean land. It is a good idea to place the range shelter on the lower part of sloping land so that it can be moved up the slope occasionally during the summer season. If the shelter cannot be moved, clean it out at frequent intervals. The brooder house runs or yard should be sown to a grazing crop such as Italian rye 'grass, wheat, oats, barley, rye, clover, alfalfa, or lespedeza. These crops purify the soil and produce grazing. N. C. FARMERS 'NEED MORE CERTIFIED SEED The production of certified seed is one of the steps essential to im proving the quality and yields of North Carolina crops. Last year, North Carolina farm | ers produced more certified corn, ' cotton, tobacco, and watermelon ! seed than ever before, but this amount was still far short of being I enough to supply the State’s needs. Certified seed are produced by grower members of the N. C. Crop Improvement Association, said A. D. Stuart, extension seed specialist at State College who is working with the association. Growers who wish to grow seed that can be certified as pure, of a good variety, and free from noxious weeds and diseases may join the association and secure approved seed from the N. C. Ag- ricultural Experiment Station at State College or from other cred ited breeders. While the crops are growing, representatives of the association make field inspections to ascertain whether the crops are .free from mixture with other strains, free from diseases, and uncontaminated with weed seeds. After harvesting, the seed are tested in the laboratories of the State Botany Division for purity 'and germination. If the seed passes all the tests, and the variety is a good one for this State, the association places a blue tag of certification on the seed container. Other growers can then buy it with confidence that they are good, pure seed, Stuart pointed out. CITY MARKET NEWS j The City Market is trying to | keep the pried of country eggs not I lower than 20c a dozen. They pay this in trade and sell for less for j cash. This effort to keep produce at a living price should be appre , ciated by all—both sellers and buyers; for eggs not worth 20c a dozen are too cheap for any profit to be made by the producer. HEDRICK COMING Below is given part of a letter which is of special interest to farmers. Dear Mr. Mclntire: Mr. W. P. Hedrick, the Tobacco Marketing Specialist, has made his plans to be with you on April 5 and April 6. I hope these dates will be satis factory. lespedeza, Lime Your Land, Last Chance Improve Tobacco Car Ix>ad Lime, just arrived, Garden, Field, Flower Seed, .Beans—Navy, Lima, Pinto, Pink, Great Northern. Peas, 6 l-4c lb. Onion Sets, Early Corn, Potatoes, Garden Peas, Snap Beans. WANTED—Peas, $1:75; Potato Onions A. G. KEMP Zebulon, N. C. A^A GARDEN SEED : $ LOOSE OR IN PACKAGES 4 NEW STOCK—JUST ARRIVED 4 ALL KINDS AND VARIETIES AT 4 PHILIP MASSEY’S ’ THE FCX STORE i Also see me for Fertilizers, Paints and Field Seeds < k T ? "t As Ye Sow- WOOD’S So Shall Ye Reap . . Why not have the Best Garden and Crops in your community? Se^lT . Await Too At WMT ZEBULON DRUG COMPANY FOR YOUR GARDEN AH kinds of peas, snap beans, okra, melon, tomato, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cucumber Swiss chard, salsify, carrot, pepper, beets, corn, onion seed or sets, herbs. FOR YOUR YARD Sweet-peas, scarlet sage, balsam, pinks, hollyhocks, pansies, phlox, nasturtiums, zinnias, poppies and many others. Very truly yours, E. N. MEEKINS, District Supervisor Agricultural Education. Mr. Hedrick will be here for the night class on April 6 and will give instruction in grading tobacco. When Elmer first gazed on what some one had done To that picture, he thought it was time he should run. Though he was not guilty, ’twas better to leave Than to stay and , perhaps, a cracked skull to receive. * He thought, “those with hot tem pers can seldom be fair; I’ll try cooling her off with a new Frigidaire.”