TRI-CHAPTER MEETING
The regular tri-chapter Y. T. H.
F. meeting was held in the Voca
tional department of the Wakelon
school on Wednesday night. Wake
Forest boys presented a very in
teresting program. The opening
and closing services were conduct
ed by Wendell chapter. The fol
lowing are the office, s elected at
this meeting.
President Fred Carter, of
Wake Forest.
Vice-Pres. —Furney Todd, Wen
dell.
Sec.—Dural Wilson, Wake For
est.
Trt-as.—Norris Hales, Wakelon.
Repo, ter Frank Chappell,
Wake Forest.
Advisor—Mr. Griffin, Wake
Forest.
Executive Committee: Woodrow
Woodlief, Wake Forest; Wade
Richardson, Wendell; Robert Lee
Kimball, Wakelon.
As special guests of the chapter
were the boys who plan to be Ag
ricultuial students next year. Mr.
E. H. Moser was also present and
gave an inspiring talk to the boys.
The talk was received with so
much enthusiasm by the boys that
a motion was made and carried to
extend to him an invitation to at
tend all future Tri-Chapter meet
ings. This invitation is also ex
tended to the principals of the
Wendell and Wake Forest schools.
Refreshments of lemonade, sand
wiches and cake were served, those
serving including, Mrs. F. P.
Hales, Mrs. Horton, Mrs. Z. T. Al
ford, Misses Louise Kimball and
Bessie May Pulley and Mrs. J. E.
Mclntire. There were 53 YTHF
members present, but we hope to
make it 100 per cent at the next
meeting to be held in Wake For
est on June 29, at which time Wen
dell will have charge of the pro
gram, and Wakelon the opening
and closing exercises.
Local poultrymen would profit
by following the customs used at
the Massey Hatchery. They have
a very interesting pamphlet from
which the following was taken:
Good Management Is Essential
For Success.
Probably the two weakest points
in flock management in North
Carolina are the summer feeding
program for pullets and the poor
housing conditions under which
hens are kept in the fall and win
ter months. In order to get good
annual production from the flock
it is necessary to have well ma
tured pullets and comfortable
quarters for the hens.
Summer feeding, to be prop
erly done, requires that a good
source of animal protein should be
fed. Some of the advantages of a
good summer feeding program on
pullets are better annual produc
tion and fewer cull birds. Experi
ments have shown that many crow
headed pullets are the result of
improper summer feeding rather
than improper breeding.
It is too much to expect good
production from good pullets un
less they • are properly housed.
Many houses are too small for the
number of hens kept, improperly
ventilated, dark and poorly floor
ed. During the fall and winter
months the hen must spend much
of her time in the hen house,
therefore, the house should be
made as comfortable as possible.
Poultry is a profitable enter
prise on many farms, and is is an
unprofitable enterprise on others.
On the farms where it is most
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profitable you will find an inter
ested poultryman feeding well
bred stock a properly balanced
feed and housing them in good
quarters.
Good breeding is important, but
it is of little value unless every
advantage of this breeding is
utilized. It is unfair to blame the
breed or the breeding if the birds
aren’t given a chance.
Money Is Made With Chickens By
1. Starting with production
bied, healthy chicks.
2. Starting chicks in time to
insure fall and winter egg produc
tion.
3. Following the clean chick
program.
4. Feeding a balanced ration
through the whole growing period.
5. Housing only strong, vigor
ous, big pullets.
6. Controlling parasites (in
ternal and external).
7. Providing a balanced ration
at all times.
8. Providing an ample supply
of fresh clean water.
9. Keeping the laying house
clean and comfortable.
10. Frequently culling and
selling all unprofitable birds.
Teh Ways Some People Lose
Money With Chickens
1. Start chicks too late.
2. Start with poor quality
chicks.
3. Brood in filthy, poorly ven
tilated quarters.
4. Quit feeding mash after first
few weeks.
5. Grow pullets on disease and
parasite infested ground.
6 House worm-infested birds.
7. House birds in uncomfort
able quarters.
8. Fail to control lice and mites.
9. Feed a ration of white corn
and ice water in winter.
10. Fail to cull more than
once a year.
MOULTING FLOCKS
This, .of course, depends upon
laying conditions and the period of
molt. The flock should be
watched carefully during the early
summer and when production falls
below thirty per cent it is time to
start culling. The earlier the
molt, the more rigid the culling.
The bird that has been properly
fed and goes into molt in June,
July, or even August should be
removed from the flock. The
price of feed, the feed cost per
dozen eggs, and the price that
eggs are bringing should also be
considered when culling.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Now that the farm animals are'
accustomed to his electrical fence,
John McElveney of Person County
says he has to turn on the current
only about once a month.
Farmers of Rockingham County
report an excellent hay crop, par
ticularly of the barley-crimson
clover and the oat-vetch mixtures.
Henry Naves of Marshall, route
1, dug and set 480 small locust
trees in small gullies formed in his
pasture and then seeded the land
to blue grass and timothy. Lespe
deza was already growing. He
says erosion is being brought un
der control by these measures.
An application of limestone and
phosphate has apparently wiped
out broom sedge in the pasture of
W. A. Hooper, Speedwell, Jackson
County.
4-H club members who have
been in the work for a few years
are in better physical condition
than new ones, find the home and
farm agents of Cleveland County.
This applies particularly to teeth,
eyes, nasal passages and the like.
Halifax County farmers are
' asking for certification of pure
strains of several varieties of cot
ton and corn this season.
GIVES SETTING DATE
FOR SWEET POTATOES
Robert Schmidt, associate horti
culturist of the State College Ex
periment Station, says the first
week in June is a highly satis
factory time to set sweet potato
plants.
If a grower finds it necessary to
buy plants, he should insist on
certified plants or plants from
certified seed, Schmidt declared.
Fertilizer should be applied in
the ridge a few days in advance of
planting. ExpeOment Station
workers recommend a fertilizer
analyzing 3 to 4 per cent nitro
gen, 8 per cent phosphoric acid,
and 8 per cent potash. This
should be applied at the rate of
800 pounds to the acre.
KOTENONE CONTROLS
BEAN BEETLES
The Mexican bean beetle is
again making its unwelcome an
nual visit to thousands of North
Carolina bean fields.
To control this insect, J. O.
Rowell, extension entomologist at
State College, is recommending
that growers use rotenone either
as a spray or as a dust.
Gardeners who are equipped to
dust will find the three-fourths of
one per cent rotenone dust satis
factory. It is highly important
that the. dust be applied to the un
derside of the leaves. Care should
be taken to obtain a thorough and
uniform coverage of all the foliage.
For snap and bush beans, the
rate of application should vary
between 15 and 20 pounds to the
acre. The application rate on pole
beans will depend on the size of
the plants.
Dusting should be started when
beetles are found on the beans, or
when egg masses become numer
ous on the underside of the leaves.
From one to four applications are
necessary, depending on the preva
lence of the insects.
Rotenone dust mixture should
not be used in a spray unless the
label on the package indicates that
a diluent has been added which
will mix readily with water.
When a spray is used, Rowell
recommends finely ground derris
or cube root containing 4 per cent
rotenone at a dosage of 1 1-2
pounds in 50 gallons of water. If
small amounts are desired, he ad
vises 1 1-2 ounces in 3 gallons of
water.
The usual rate of application is
90 to 100- gallons to the acre. As
with the dust, it is necessary that
the applications be made uniform
ly and thoroughly and that the
spray reach the underside of the
leaves. Repeat every 4 or 5 days
until control is obtained.
U. S. DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
. Food and Drug Administration
Washington, D. C.
May 17, 1938.
Mrs. A. J. Hunt
Zebulon. N. C.
Dear Madam:
The Office of Information of
this Department has referred to
this oifice your postal card of Ap
ril 22 asking if it is safe to use the
peel of artificially colored oranges
in making marmalade.
This Administration has no evi
dence that the color used on arti
ficially colored oranges is harmful
to the health of the consumer.
Very truly yours,
L. D. ELLIOTT,
Acting Chief.
The above letter is self-explana
tory and is printed here for the
benefit of those who, like Mrs.
Hunt, may have feared to use ar
tificially colored oranges for
marmalade, since in making this
the entire orange is ground up.
An enclosed leaflet states that the
use of ethylene gas to hasten the
change of color from green to yel
low does not harm the o ange,
but merely hastens a condition
that would be more slowly brought
about by picking and keeping the
fruit. However, the Department is
on the alert to see that coloring is
not done to hide imperfections in
the oranges or to make that which
is green seem ripe.
COWS ON PASTURE MAY
NEED GRAIN FEED TOO
When cows are turned on good
pasture in the spring and eai’ly
summer, the amount of grain fed
in their ration can be reduced,
said John A. Arev, extension dairy
specialist at Sta*e College.
Grazing on lush grasses, a cow
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can obtain enough nutrients with
the roughage to sustain her body
weight and produce a certain
quantity of milk.
A Holstein cow can eat enough
grass to maintain body weight and
produce about 30 pounds of milk
a day—a Jersey cow 20 pounds.
But when producing more milk,
the cows should receive enough
grain to compensate for the extra
milk given.
A Holstein on good pasture
needs about 2-5 erf a pound of
grain for each pound of milk she
produces daily above 30 pounds.
[ A Jersey on good pastu e, be
l cause her milk is richer in butter
fat will need about 3-5 of a pound
of grain for each pound of milk
she produces above 20 pounds a
day.
These figures were arrived at by
resea ch workers who conducted
j feeding experiments at the U. S.
I Department of Agriculture’s ex
j perime-nt farm at E'cltsville, Mary
! land.
I Cows will need more grain when
pasture is short as a result of dry
weather early in the season, or
when the pasture grasses become
move mature in July and August.
As the grass gets older, the
I amount of r ude fiber is increased
I while the amount of nutrient de-
! cr o ? ces. On the other hand, grass
itV t is just getting started early
hn the year is watery and low in
!feed value. The best grazing is
sccu-ed between these two periods.