ANNOUNCES THREE NEW
EXTENSION BULLETINS
The use of auxins in rooting
plant cuttings is explained in a
new circular published by the
State College extension service
for distribution to North Carolina
farmers.
Soaking the cuttings in indole
butyric acid, known as auxin, is a
big help in propagating plants, as
the acid causes cutting to put out
more and better roots at a faster
rate.
This publication, extension cir
cular No. 221, ‘‘Use of Organic
Acid in Rooting Cuttings, - ’ pre
pared by J. G. Weaver, assistant
horticulturist, with the help of C.
F. Williams, associate horticul
turist, may be obtained upon re
quest.
The publication of two other
new bulletins by the extension
service has been announced.
Dr. Luther Shaw, extension
plant pathologist, has explained
the need for treating cotton seed
to control damping off disease, and
shown how the treatment should
be administered.
The explanation is contained in
extension folder No. 39, “Why and
How to Treat Cotton Seed.”
Extension circular No. 222,
■“Terracing to Reduce Erosion,”
was prepared by David S. Weaver,
head of the department of agricul
tural engineering, and H. M. Ellis,
extension agricultural engineer.
It points out various methods of
constructing terraces on different
slopes and soil types, and illus
trates the use of light V-drags
and heavy terracing "equipment.
These publications may be ob
tained by writing the agricultural
editor at State College, Raleigh.
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Tobacco seed plants should be
selected just before the tobacco is
topped. The leaves should be well
spaced on the stalk ard the seed
plant stand out above the average
plants if the quality is to be im
proved by selection. For this rea
son typical plants of the variety
should be selected and bagged in a
14 pound paper bag just before
the first bloom opens. This pre
vents cross-pollination. If the
plant is too slender to support the
bag, pinch off the first blossoms
and allow the plant to become
stronger. But worm bait should
be applied to the seed pods before
the bags are put on.
Garden, Field Screen Wire,
Plant Now OEitiLfO M Widths
Seeds, most any kind, by weight, or in packets. Flower
Seed, large assortment. Peas, Soy Beans, Velvet Beans,
Com. Fertilizer, Soda Meal, Lime. HuHs. Distri
butors, Plows, Castings. Barbed, Poultry, Hog
Wire. Eating Beans, all kinds. Chums, Dyna
mite, Caps, Fu^e.
A. G. KEMP Zebulon, N. C.
| SPECIAL PRICE ON LIME t
& SOY BEANS, COTTON SEED (Direct from Coker; One V
fc 4 and Two Years from Coker) —GARDEN SEEDS, Loose V
g* or Packaged; HELD SEEDS; PAINTS and OIL; FER- V
UTILIZERS; SEED PEANUTS. V
Pellets, Mashes, Grain or Anything Else deeded
* for Chickens
4 Philip Massey’s—The F. C. X. Store I
THE ZEBULON RECORD. ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 20th„ 1938.
FARM
AND
HOME
J. E. McINTIRE
The general symptoms of worm
infestation in poultry are un
thriftiness and subnormal weight.
However, an autopsy is the only
sure method of determination and
this should be made on several
birds. If the flock is infested to
a great degree and the specie of
worm determined, the treatment
as recommended in Extension Cir
cular No. 160 should be given.
Rigid sanitation should also be
practiced at all times. The circu
lar mentioned may be secured free
upon application to the Agricul
tural Editor at State College.
UNPRODUCTIVE LABOR
A bystander said to a fisherman,
‘‘Time ain’t very valuable to you,
brother, that’s plain. Here I been
watchin’ you three hours and you
ain’t had a bite.”
“Well,” drawled the fisherman,
“my time’s too valuable, anyhow,
to waste three hours of it watchin’
a feller fish that ain’t catchin’
nothin’.”
LOOK TO THE FUTURE
A traveler, who recently re
turned from Europe, says: ‘ Amer
ican farmers have yet to learn the
full importance of preserving the
soil and maintaining its fertility.
They may well take their lessons
from the farmers of Italy, France,
Germany, and England where the
soil has been made to feed genera
tion upon generation with no slack
ening in its productivity. - ’
Ours is a comparatively new
country. The agriculture of the
South and East was little more
than away of self-sustenance one
hundred years ago. The rolling
timbeuiands and prairies that were
to become the great Corn Belt were
just getting accustomed to the
plow' seventy-five years ago. Most
of the present Bread Basket of
the nation was still a vast range
swarming with cattle fifty years
ago. And most of the agricultural
development of the far west has
taken place since the turn of the
century. Yet, in every section of
the country, we see the need for
immediate action to stop erosion
from wind and water, and to re
build the fertility of the soil to a
more productive level.
Perhaps we can take a few les
sons in soil management from
farmers across the waters and
profit therefrom. They have no
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*. ' y -y T»>f r***! tf^gj
eSPci
secret formulas. They simply have
practiced basic principles of soil
culture that have been known for
centuries. They have returned to
the soil each year as much plant
food as was taken out by the har-
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j vested crops. They have terrace*
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-oil. Theirs is a long time pro-1
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Our experiment stations are fa r l
| ahead of those in most European
J countries in demonstrating good"
soil management and making
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been urging soil conservation for
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‘ontinQed fertility and high pro
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I have borne much fruit, we see in
I every community evidences of neg
-lect and soil robbery that warn of '•
curi
KLIN
NUMBER 47
Campbell College
Celebrates 51st
Commencement
,
Campbell College will celebrate
a fifty-first commencement June
md with Editor Santford Martin
•f the Winston Salem Journal de
vering the commencement address
nd Dr. Sankey L. Blanton, First
laptist pastor, Wilmington, preach
fig the sermon May 29.
Students from Wake county in
[he graduating class are Mary Iva
&ay and Ralph House, Lyda Mae
•'aison, and Gladys Yancey, Zebu
on, Annie Laurie Britt, Garner,
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