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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume* XXVII. Number 13. SAMPLE OFFICIAL BALLOT •'Nickels for Know-How" Program for Expanding Agricultural Research authorised hy the 1951 session of the General Assembly of North Carolina) ( tX] VOTE FOR ONE ) Q For adding 6* per ton to the price of feed and fertilizer for a period of three years for supplementing an expanding agricultural research and educational program in North Carolina. O Against adding per ton to the price of feed and fertilizer t °* three years for supplementing an expanding agricultural research and educational program in North Carolina. . Ballots like the one shown here will be used in the “Nickles for Know-How” referendum in which farm people will decide whether they are to contribute five cents per ton on feed and fertilizer to support expansion of agricultural research and teaching in the State. All persons who use feed or fertilizer, including wives and husbands as well as 4-H, FFA, and NFA members with crop or livestock projects, are eligible to vote. The plan must be approved by two thirds of those voting to become effective. Proceeds would be turned over to the Agricultural Foundation, inc., at State College to promote research, education, and extension work for the benefit of farm people. 'Nickels-for-Knowhow' Plan Up for Approval on Saturday North Carolina farm people will go to the polls Saturday, Novem ber 3, to vote on the “Nickels for Know-How” plan for financing more agricultural research and ed ucation in the State. Polls will be open from 6:30 a. to m. 6:30 p. m. Regular PM A polling places will be used. All persons who use feed or fertilizer, including women as w ill as 4-H, FFA, and NFA members with crop or livestock projects, are eligible to vote. No special registra tion is required. Each perso i may vote at the polling placi which is most convenient for him regardless of whether it is in hi' own township. Two-thirds approval is required to make the plan effective. The referendum covers a period of three years. To be continued beyond that time, the plan would have to be renewed by referen dum in 1954. Agricultural leaders been urging for the past several weeks that every eligible person vote. The size of the vote cast, they say, Outstanding Agricultural Leaders Endorse Proposed Research Plan “Nickels for Know-How,” a plan to expand agricultural research and education in North Carolina through a farmer contribution of five cents per ton on feed and fer tilizer, has been endorsed by some of the State’s outstanding agricul tural, business, and civic leaders. Farmers will vote on the plan in a special referendum on November 3. M. G. Mann says the nickel-per ton contribution, if approved in the referendum, “will prove within the next quarter of a century to be the greatest investment ever made by farm people.” President Gordon Gray of the Consolidated University of North Carolina endorses the plan “enthu siastically.” He expresses the hope that farmers “will vote over whelmingly for the program.” Clarence Poe, veteran editor of The Progressive Farmer, calls up on farmers to vote unanimously in favor of the “Nickels for Know-How.” He says research has given the State disease-resistant will indicate how much interest farm people have in solving their , I production and marketing prob lems. The “Nickels for Know-How” plan, worked out by farm lead : ers themselves, calls for an assess ment of five cents per ton to be . added to the cost of all feed and ; fertilizer sold in the State. The average farmer would pay about 25 cents a year, and the total a mount collected would be approxi mately $125,000 a year. All of the proceeds would be turned over to the Agricultural Foundation, Inc., at State College to promote re search and the dissemination of research findings. No expense would be involved in collecting the money. This would be done at the manfacturer’s by the State Department of Agricul ture, along with collection of reg ular inspection fees. Agricultural leaders point out that the nickel per ton assessment would be a contribution and not a tax. Any farmer desiring to do so could obtain a refund of all the money he had paid in tobaccos, higher corn yields, and many other advantages. The president of the North Carolina Federation of Home Dem onstration Clubs, Mrs. H. M. John son of Route 5, Kinston, says the program will mean “better homes, higher standards of living, and better rural living in its entirety.” Archie K. Davis, chairman of the marketing committee of For syth County’s Long Range Farm program, says research is needed to help North Carolina “realize the great potential that lies a head for agriculture.” Endorsements also have come from Edwin Pate and R. D. McLau rin, both of Laurinburg, as well as from many other business and agricultural leaders. Polling places for the referen dum will be the same as those used in PMA elections. Voting hours will be 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. All persons who use feed or fertilizer, including husbands, wives, and 4-H, FFA, and NFA members with crop or livestock projects, are eligible to vote. N. C., Tuesday, October 30, 1951 Zebulon, Value of Veterans Training Program Told to Rotarians The contributions made to this community in money and learning by the Veterans Program headed by Ed Ellington were described by Melvin Massey, who assists in the work, at the Friday night meeting of the Zebulon Rotary Club held in the Wakelon Home Economics Building. The interesting history of the work from its beginning in 1946 was traced by the speaker. Nearly a third of a million dol lars has come to the Zebulon com munity because of the program. Veterans who derive their living from agriculture have been able to purchase their own farms and study the ways of improving their farming. Included in the benefits the Vet erans Training Program has given to the community is the large ad dition to the agriculture building at Wakelon which houses the J thousands of dollars worth of new equipment purchased through the 1 program. During the business session, the [ Rotarians pledged active support of the Zebulon Boy Scouts Troop. The problems of directing the Boy Scout activities and securing a Scout Master had caused some Ro tarians to feel that, for the good of the troop, some other organiza tion should be given an opportun ity to assist with the work. After lengthy discussion, however, the Rotarians promised wholehearted support of Scouting and voted to continue sponsoring the troop. Questions and Answers On Agricultural Research Concerning 'Nickels' Plan What is the “Nickels for Know- How” proposal? It is a plan to expand agricul tural research and teaching through a contribution of five cents per ton on feed and fertili zer. • Who originated it? North Carolina’s farm leaders. The 1951 General Assembly pass ed an enabling act that gives farm people the opportunity to contri bute directly for expanded re search if they approve it in a referendum on November 3. The North Carolina Grange, Farm Bu reau, and Agricultural Foundation are charged with conducting the referendum. • What is the Agricultural Foun dation? It is a corporation made up of farmers and farm leaders to re ceive contributions for supporting research and education. • Why a special contribution? Why don’t we pay for more research out of tax money? North Carolina has such a di verse agriculture such a varied climate, so many different crops, insects, diseases, and weed prob lems that even the generous ap propriations passed by the last two legislatures fall far short of providing enough to carry on this needed research work. Is it a nickel per ton or a nickel per bag? It’s a nickel per ton. That fig ures out to only about a fourth of a penny per 100-pound bag.. COTTON QUIZ DOES QgtflPSeT AS AN - THE THE TELY 2.6 TIMES AS MUCH COTTON IS USED IN WEAR -1 IN6 APPAREL ALL OTHER l fibers COMBINED/ Ladino Pasture Is Needed on Farms What’s the one thing, above all others, that a farmer needs on his place? A Tractor? Refrigerator? Television set? Automobile? All these things are fine, but they’re not as important as hav ing a good Ladino clover pasture, believes Sonny Leathers, Negro farmer of Fletcters Grove com munity, Wake County. Leathers says a farmer needs a Ladino pasture even if his farm is only half an acre in size. He reached this conclusion, according to W. C. Daveport, Wake Negro farm agent for the State College Extension Service, after observing pastures jn the farm of Willie Chavis in the same community. Stay in the Pasture “Willie’s mules and cows stay in the pasture and are just as fat and round as a butterball,” Lea thers told Agent Davenport. “That’s what makes me want a pasture,” he added. This fall Leathers laid off a four acre plot, prepared the seedbed carefully, and sowed the area to Ladino clover and orchard grass. By next summer he expects to have some good grazing for this live stock. Davenport says many other Ne gro farmers throughout Wake County have also seeded improv ed pasture this fall. Winter Rye Grass from Smothering Garden Time: Rake Leaves to Save By Robert Sohmidt If you have planted a new lawn or have sown ryegrass for a win ter lawn, you should be well aware of the fact that the leaves are falling rapidly from the deciduous trees and that they must be raked from the lawn before they smoth ther the young grass. What to do with them? Many people burn them, but that is a waste of good organic matter which is badly needed in our soils. Save this organic matter by com posting the leaves to form leaf mold which may then be dug into the soil or used as a mulch. A simple way of making leaf mold is to place a 12-inch layer of leaves on the ground and wet them down. Then apply about one cup of 6-8-6 fertilizer for each 10 square feet of leaf pile surface. Continue to pile alternate layers of leaves and fertilizer until all Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers. Community Chest Drive to Begin Wednesday Morn The Community Chest Drive will . shift into high gear this week with solicitors making an effort to con tact everyone in the community, j Chairman Gilbert Beck stated yes terday. No goal has been set for the drive, but the four agencies par ticipating in the Community Chest this year will require a greatly in creased amount of money over last year. Included in the agencies receiv ing Community Chest Aid are both white and colored Boy and Girl Scout Troops, the community rec reation program, and funds to pro vide for emergency welfare cases. Business establishments will be contacted on Wednesday of this week, Chairman Beck said. Serving on the Board of Direc tors for the Zebulon Chamber of Commerce are Worth Hinton, Wil lie B. Hopkins, Carlton T Mitchell, Mrs. Vance Brown, and Mrs. Wal lace Temple. Harold Taylor, working with the colored Boy Scout Troop, will serve as head of the drive among the colored people. Tomorrow night Chairman Beck will meet with the heads of the Boy and Girl Scout organizations to map out a campaign to contact every person in Zebulon and give them an opportunity to contribute. “A quarter or a half-dollar does not amount to much by itself,” the Chest head said, “but added to gether they will go a long way to ward making up the money need ed by the Zebulon Community Chest.” Those not contacted may mail their contributions to Chairman Gilbert Beck or the Zebulon Rec ord. Local Man Serves With WB-29 Unit New records for Boeing WB-29 Superfort engine performance have been announced by the 56th Strategic Recommaissance Squad ron of the Air Weather SerVice. The large planes are operated from a base in Japan. The squadron claims a record for the engine time of 612 hours and 55 minutes flown in May of 1951 on an aircraft maintained by Mas ter Sergeant Walter A. Oakley of Zebulon and members of his crew. of the leaves have been used. The fertilizer acts as a rotting agent. The pile should be kept continually moist until the leaves have rotted, which should be ac complished in from 8 to 12 months. If the leaf mold is to be used for the usual garden crops, it will be necessary io add sufficient lime to counteract the acidity of the leaves. If the leaf mold is to be used as a mulch around azaleas, camel lias, or other acid loving plants, no lime should be added. Instead of the 6-8-6 fertilizer, any com plete fertilizer high in nitrogen may be used as a rotting agent. If raking and composting leaves seems like a big job, I understand there is a machine on the market that will rake your leaves, grind them up, and spread the ground-up materials back on your lawn or garden. That might be the answer to your problem.
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