MOUNTAINS CAN
FURNISH EAST
SEED POTATOES
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Experiments Show Money
For Seed Irish Potatoes
Can Be Kept in N. C.
Seed irish potatoes can be grown
in western North Carolina equal, or
superior, to the out-of-state seed now
used by commercial producers of the
early potatoes in the eastern section
of the state, says M. E. Gardner, head
of the department of horticulture at
State College.
Experiments with North Carolina
mountain grown cobbler seed against
seed from Maine was started in 1923.
Eighteen tests were made that year
and the North Carolina seed gave a
yield advantage of 16 per cent. Four
teen tests were made in 1924 with the
mountain seed showing a 10 per cent
advantage. Similar results were ob
tained in 1932 and this year.
"Our eastern farmers secure most
of their seed irish potatoes from
Maine and plant each year approxi
mately 375,000 bushels, representing
a money outlay of between $450,000
and one-half million dollars,” Mr.
Gardner says.
The greater portion of this money
can be kept in this state, he believes,
if the mountain farmers would plant
more seed potatoes for certification.
The crop is said to fit well into the
general farming scheme of the moun
tain district and ‘could be developed
into a major farming enterprise in
that region.
Mr. Gardner predicts that seed po
tato raising is soon to develop into
a profitable business in the mountain
section. He says the increased num
ber of bushels of potatoes listed for
certification with the Crop Improve
ment Association during the last three
years shows this to be true.
SORGHUM SIRUP
GETS ATTENTION
Valuable Facts Relating to
“Long Sweetening” Are
Discovered
Sorghum sirup, home-made molasses
01 "long sweetening,” a palatable
Southern farm crop and one that has
AGREEMENT
The text of the tobacco-acreage
reduction agreement being submit
ted to all tobacco farmers is as
follows:
"The undersigned will, when it
is presented to him by or on be
half of the Secretary of Agricul
ture, sign a formal agreement with
the Secretary of Agriculture by
which the undersigned will agree
to reduce his production on his
farm of flue-cured tobacco for the
years 1934 and 1935 in such a
mount as the Secretary, in his dis
cretion, may designate for each 1
such year, provided that in no
event shall the required reduction
during any year be more than 30
per cent of the average production
of his farm during the years 1931, |
1932, and 1933; such reduction shall
be based on acreage and-or pound
age; and the consideration for i
such reduction shall be the pay
ment to the undersigned by the |
Secretary of rental and-or benefit I
payments in such amount, and at '
such times as the Secretary may
determine." |
The blank also contains blanks
for describing acreage and produc
tion of tobacco for 1931, 1932, and
1933, as well as description of the
property farmed by the signer.
; Kyinecl favor in North Carolina in
these later years has been the subject
| of considerble study by the United
[States Department of Agriculture re-j
jcently and its experts have found some
I valuable facts about the sirup.
The department has recently issued
two mimeographed publications, one
I bearing the title, “How To Make ,
i Best Quality Sorghum Sirup” and
I the other, "How To Prevent Jellying
! and Slow Boiling and How To Pre
sent Sugaring.” Both of these two
j interesting circulars are adaptable to
j North Carolina and both may be had
1 free of charge on application to the
I Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
Mr. H. S. Paine, at the address given,
i will send the two publications.
Mr. Paine recently sent Emil K.
Ventre into this State to make some J
investigations into the growth of sor-'
ghum for sirup. The field man was]
surprised to find that most good farms i
in the State grew at least a patch of I
sorghum cane for sirup purposes. He!
WE WISH to take this opportunity
to publicly express our sincere
thanks and appreciation, for the
sympathetic and understanding manner in
which our customers accepted the interrupt
ions in their electric and transportation ser
vice, during the recent storm.
Particularly are we grateful to the people
of Tidewater Virginia, where the storm was
most severe.
Every available emergency crew—men,
trucks, and materials—was pressed into im
mediate service, and every available piece
of emergency equipment was rushed to the
storm stricken area. In fact, additional
crews were called on to supplement our
forces that our service might be restored
with the minimum of delay to our customers
It might be of some interest to know that
from present estimates this storm will cost
our Company approximately $100,000.00.
The comparatively small number of com
plaints regarding interruptions in service was
a very pleasant surprise to us, and we want
you to know that we greatly appreciate your
sympathetic understanding and courtesy.
VIRGINIA ELECTRIC
and POWER COMPANY
SAYS BARNYARD
MANURE AMONG
BEST FERTILIZER
Care Is of First Importance
According To Guy
Cardwell
By GUY A. CARDWELL
Fertilizer, in agriculture, is any sub
stance added to the soil to stimulate
plant growth. Plants need certain
elements of growth. Any substance
that furnishes one or more of these
elements, or that makes available an
element already in the soil, may be
regarded as a fertilizer. In a broad
sense water is a fertilizer. Water is
needed for plant growth, nad water
acts on soil to free elements needed
by vegetation; but the term fertilizer
is usually held to include only barn
yard manures, green manures, and
commercial fertilizers
Barnyard manures are the best for
general purposes. A ton of barn
said that his office would be glad to
aid North Carolina growers in pro
during a better quality of product.
Now that sirup-making time is ap
proaching, extension workers at State
College suggest that the two publica
tions issued by Mr. Paine would be
of value. The publications point out
how the quality of sirup is affected by
maturity of the cane; tell about when
to grind; and give definite and detailed
instructions obout cooking the sirup.
A sketch of an evaporator and furnace
is also included.
yard manure may not contain more
than 30 or 40 pounds of the food re
quired by plants; but. in rotting in the
ground, the coarse stuff may act on
the particles of the soil and set sev
eral hundred pounds of plant food
free, and not only that, the rough part
ot the manure tids the soil in hold
ing moisture. The principal elements
of plant food contained in barnyard
manure are nitrogen, phosphoris acid,
and potash. One ton of average stable
manure contains about 10 pounds of
nitrogen, 10 pounds *>t potash, and 5
pounds of phosphoric acid.
Animals fed "ii nitrogenous foods,
as clover, alfalfa, bran, oilmeal, oats,
and cottonseed meal, supply manure
high in nitrogen. Animals fed chiefly
on wild hay, straw, corn fodder, and
timothy do not yield manure of as
valuable a quality Young growing
animals, as colts and calves, and lean
animls—nimls needing the nutritious
elements of food for their own growth
—do not suppl\ s valuable barnyard
manure as older animals and fat ani
mals. Mtiure from ittening steers and
fat hogs is particularly rich in plant
food. Building up bone and meat re
quires the elements that otherwise go
to make rich manure. Putting on
more fat requires the elements that
plants derive from the air, and leaves
for the manure pile the elements that
the plants derive from soil—nitrogen,
phosphoric acid, and potash, which, if
returned to the soil, restores its fer
tility. The guano from the poultry
yard is a higUl> concentrated fer
tilizer.
The care of barnyard manure is of
first importance Dry manures, such
as are obtained from horses, sheep,1
ml poultry, re likely to heat—a proc
; ess that liberates nitrogen, one of the
very element > most desired for the
field. A ‘‘smoking” manure pile loses
strength rapidly, and becomes about
as valuable as so much straw. Dry
manure may he prevented from “burn
ing" by keeping the pile moderately
wet or by mixing it with the cold and
wet manure from the cow barn and
pig pen. A manure pile should on
no account he allowed to leach. The
colored liquid that runs away from
the pile during a rain is precisely
what the soil requires. Its escape is
quite as wasteful as rate holes in a
granary. If a pile is to be formed, it
should be made in a hollow spot. A
concreted bottom saves its cost many
times over. A broad, flat pile,
tramped thoroughly by stock, >aves
the strength of the manure best.
Droppings around the yard should be
thrown into *he pile, winter and sum
mer. Stable liquids are exceedingly
valuable; they should be absorbed
by bedding and be added to the pile.
Straw bedding i> best for the land.
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W ilson County tobacco growers re
port the best quality of leaf since
1911.
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The Martin County curb market
sold $49.63 worth of cake during the
month of August. The total sales
for the month were $124.59.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as administrator of
the estate of Mary F. Tarkenton, late
of Washington County, North Caro
lina, thi> is to notify all persons hold
ing claims against the estate to file
same with the undersigned at Mackeys
j N. C.. on or before August 29, 1934,
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
j of their recovery. All persons indebt
ed to said estate are urged to make
immediate settlement.
This the 29th dav of August, 1933.
.1. C. TARKENTON,
Administrator of the Es
sll fit tate of Mary F. Tarkenton.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as administratrix of
the estate of Chas. E. Mizelle, late of
Washington County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons holding
claims against the said estate to file
same with the undersigned at Roper,
N. on or before August 1. 1934,
or this notice will he pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons indebt
ed to said estate are urged to make
immediate settlement.
This the 1st dav of August, 1933.
ISOLIND L MIZELLE,
Administratrix of the Estate of
Charles E. Mizelle. all 6t
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of an execution
issuing out of the Superior Court of
Washington County, North Carolina,
in an action lately pending therein,1
entitled, "F. D. &Kemp vs. J. S. Shu
gar," and to satisfy the said execution,
the undersigned sheriff of Washington
Qounty, >(ortli Carolina, will offer
for sale, to the highest bidder, for |
cash, at the courthouse door in Wash
ington County, at 12 o'clock noon, on
the first Monday in October, 1933, it
being the 2nd day of October, all of
the right, title, and interest which J.
S. Sliugar had on the 6th day of Au
gust, 1930, in and to that certain real
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property, together with improvements
thereon, described and referred to as
follows:
"Being the eastern half of lot No.
75, as shown on the map of the town
of Plymouth, bounded on the south
by Third Street in said town; on the
west by the property of Mrs. Hassell;
on the north by the school property,
and on the east by the property of
Mrs. Norman, it being the same house
and lot where the defendant, J. S.
Shugar, now resides with his family,
together with the buildings and im
provements on the said property.”
The bidder at such sale will be re
quired to deposit as much as 10 per
cent of the amount bid in cash as a
guaranty of good faith, pending con
firmation as required by the acts of
the 1933 session of the legislature.
This the 31st day of August, 1933.
J. K. REID,
sll 4t Sheriff of Washington
County.
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