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CONSERVATION
NOTES
By G. L. Winchester
and S. W. Holleman
Two row arrangement demon
strations were held this past week.
One was held at the farm of Roy
Walker in the Garner Community
-on land to be planted in tobacco.
Rows laid off by this method have
continuous drainage, are quite ne
cessary to prevent drowning of
tobacco, and, in addition, reduce
erosion. The individual rows have
slightly more fall than the ter
races. T. L. Copley of the Soil
Conservation Experiment Station
at Shotwijll assisted the Soil Con
servation Service personnel and
the G. I. Instructors at Garner
High School in the demonstra
tion.
A second demonstration was
held Wednesday afternoon at the
farm of Kenneth H. Bailey of
Knightdale.
Three demonstrations on row
arrangements will be held on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs
day afternoon, April 18, 19, and 20,
at 2:00 p. m.. on the farms of Tom
my Pollard, Carl Davis, and H. V.
Faulkner, respectively, all in the
Knightdale Community. The public
is invited to attend.
Rows laid off according to this
so-called “string method” work al
most perfectly where meadows
have been established in the “nat
ural draws” in the fields. Mead
ows are almost a prerequisite to a
successful row system. The Soil
Conservation Service Personnel,
the Wake County Supervisors of
the Neuse River Soil Conservation
District, teachers of vocational
agriculture, the County Agents, are
assisting farmers in locating mead
ows.
No Corn Variety Is
Free of Insect Attack
Many North Carolina farmers
have been asking the following
question this spring: “Are insects
likely to be worse in hybrid corn
or in open-pollinated corn?”
The answer involves several fac
tors, says George D. Jones, en
tomologist for the State College
Extension Service. One of these
is the location of the field. About
the time corn begins to silk, both
the angoumois grain moth and the
rice weevil fly from cribs, ware
houses, feed bins, and other places
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where grain crops are stored, and
lay eggs on exposed kernels. The
particular kind of corn, whether
hybrid or open-pollinated, which
is closest to the source of infesta- \
tion will be most heavily attack
ed.
Another point to consider is the
tightness of the husk and freedom
from injury by the corn ear worm j
or other pests. Insects will attack i
those kernels which are most ex- j
posed.
Third, some varieties have the j
tips of the ears exposed. Also some
varieties have loose husks which
may tend to open up when the ears
begin to ripen.
“In view of these points,” says
Jones, “farmers are advised to
consider all factors involved when
choosing a kind of seed corn. No
corn variety or hybrid is known at
present that is resistant to ‘wee
vils. The use of DDT for spray
ing the empty bin to kill the pests
hiding in cracks and crevices, and
the use of fumigants to treat in
fested corn, are the recommended
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The entomologist also says that
insect activity, at a standstill dur
ing the winter months when the
temperature averages below 60 de
grees Fahrenheit, begins to in
crease with the corning of spring,
and corn to be carried through the
summer should be treated by May
or early June.
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