News and Views of the Comity Agent
By DON 8.' MATHESON
The Com Growing Contest will be held again in Orange
county this year. This contest will again be sponsored by the
Bank of Chapel Hill, who will award $100.00 Savings Bond
to the person producing the highest yield of corn on one acre
of land; second prize of $25.00 Savings Bond and third prize
of $10.00 in cash is also offered by the Bank.
Last year twenty-eight contestants entered the contest with
vviupicuug, piuuuuug au civ
erage yield ot 76 bushels of; corn
per acre. Joe Wilson, 17 year old
school boy of the Hebron Com
munity, won the $100.00 Savings
Bond for having products the
highest yield, which was 92.6 bush
els per acre. Mr. J. R. Whitfield
of the Mt. Moriah Community won
a $25.00 Savings Bond as second
prize winner with 88 bushels per
acre and Raymond Weaver of the
St. Mary’s Community won $10.00
cash as the third prize winner
with 86.6 bushels per acre.
The contest last year clearfy
demonstrated that it is easily pos
sible and entirely practical to pro
duce 75 to 80 bushels of com per
acre on good soil in Orange county
instead of the 25 to 30 bushels
which are now being produced. The
purpose of the contest is to en
courage farmers to "try out in a
small, way some of the recom
mendations which the Experiment
Station determines, by years of
experiments, will increase the
, yields. Their recommendations in
clude (1) Better soil preparation.
(2) Use of adapted hybrid vari
eties. (3) Shallow and minimum
cultivation. (4) Increased fertil
ization.
It is interesting to note that a
number of the contestants last
year cultivated their com only
once or twice. Most of these pro
duced 60 to 80 bushels of com on
these plots. The rules of the con
test this year are very similar to
the one held last year with minor
exceptions.
The rules are:
1. Contest open to any Orange
county farmer, white or colored.
2. Contestants must file appli
cation prior to June 1, 1947.
3. Acre selected must be in one
.continuous plot, and no plot of less
than one acre will be considered.
4. Com must be left standing on
the stalk until, yields of all con
I testants have been determined,
j 5. Three disinterested persons
[ will be appointed as judges by the
committee in charge of the. con
gest
6. The judges will determine
the yield by selecting three av
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Erom where I sit Joe Marsh
Sam Abernathy
Holds the Line!
Folks la oar town hare been
making mighty complimentary re
marks about Sam Abernathy. In
spite of talk about inflation, Sam’s
prices—(say, on eggs for instance)
—are what they were a year ago.
“Shacks,’* says Sam, “Don’t giro
me credit. I get my eggs from Slim
Hines’ dairy farm. Slim hasn’t
raised his wholesale prices, be
cause Bert Childers has kept his
pries the same on chicken feed. It
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And there again yon hare Self
Regulation, doing what no law
coaid ever do! Like Self-Regula
tion in the Brewing Industry...
Brewers and tavern keepers get to
gether if mutual agreement to
maintain decent, law-abiding stand
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From where I sit, the mere you
leave things op to the people them
selves, the more you get the kind
of remits America is famous for
—co-operation by mutual agree
ment. Or, if you want another
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TAX LISTING
Month of January, 1947
The Tax List Takers for the various townships of Orange County
will hold appointments as follows for the purpose of taking tax
lists for the year 1947:
CHAPEL HILL TOWNSHIP—L. R. CHEEK, LIST TAKER
At the Town Hall in Chapel Hill on/ all week days in month
of January, 1947
CHEEK8 TOWNSHIP—H. R. HEATH, LIST TAKER"
Forrest’s Store—Efland_on the 31st day of January, 1941.
' Store—Cheeks Crossing .. on the 30th day of Janu
1947
CEDAR GROVE TOWN8HIP—R. COOPER COMPTON, LIST
TAKER
At Carr . .on the 30th day of January, 1947
At Giles Long’s Store ... ^.on the 31st day of January, 1947
HILLSBORO TOWNSHIP—H. G. COLEMAN, JR., LIST TAKER
At Coleman-Laws Store ..... on all week days in the month
of January, 1947
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erage rows in the field,' measuring
50 feet down each row, pulling and
weighing the com, then measur
ing across the rows 50 feet to de
termine the row width.
7. To defray any expenses in
curred, each contestant will donate
the amount of com obtained in the
three 50 foot rows pulled by the
judges.
8. The judges will not be per-,
mitted to give out any information
concerning yields until final re
sults are announced.
9. The entrant producing the
highest yield per acre will ba de
clared winner of the contest. *
10. The contestants will furn
ish to the committee the following
information (a) variety com
planted (b) planting date (c) bam
yard manure used (estimate) (d)
analysis and amouift of fertilizer
used (e) amount and kind of top
dressing used.
The biggest change in the regu
lations is that-there will be no en
trance fee for the contestants; how
ever they will donate the amount
of corn which the judges pull in
the three average 50 foot rows in
determining the yields.
It is njanned to have a com show
after the judges determine the
yields at which time the corn gath
ered by the judges in the three 50
foot rows will, bp put on exhibit
to which the contestants and gen
eral public will be invited. Fol
lowing the show, all of this com
will be sold to the highest bidder
and the money derived from the
sale of the com will be used to
'defray any expense of the con
test and to furnish other prizes
.which the committee may think
advisable.
From the amount of interest
shown in the contest last jiear, it
appears evident that many more
farmers will enter the contest this
year.
Applications may be received
from any of the Agricultural Agen
cies or vocational teachers in the
county. Those who wish to enter
the contest are urged to send in
their applications at an early date
in order that the contestant may
obtain the fullest benefit of any
recommendation of the Experi
ment Station with regard to soil
preparation, adapted hybrid seed,
etc.
Tobaeco
Markets
Old Best Flue-Cured
Both losses and gains occurred
in averages of Old Belt flue-cured
tobacco this week; however, no
definite price trend was indicated.
According to the United States,
North Carolina^ and Virginia De
partments of Agriculture, there
were almost as many increases as
decreases and several grades held
at last week’s levels. Most of the
losses were $1 and $2fand occurred
chiefly in cutters and* lugs. The
advances were mostly around $1
per hundred. A fairly large num
ber of grades sold below the Sta
bilization Corporation advance
price. These grades were mainly in
the leaf group. Most averages for
smoking leaf, cutters and lugs were
higher than the advance.
Offerings contained a larger per
centage of the lower qualities and
less of the better grades. A con
siderable amount of wet and un
sound and damaged tobacco ap
peared on'the floors.
Middle Belt Flue-Cured
The season almost ended on the
Middle Belt flue-cured tobacco
markets tliis week when four points
closed. Fuquay-Varina and Louis
burg held, final sales January 22
and Henderson and Oxford,.Jan
uary 24. Only Durham will oper
ate next week with concluding
auctions scheduled for January 31.
According to the United States
and North Carolina Departments
of Agriculture, prices during the
week improved for some of the
better qualities while most of the
lower qualities declined. Fine and
good leaf were boosted by $1 to $2.
On the other hand, decreases of $1
to $4.50 were observed for the
larger part of other grades. Com
mon quality leaf and low lugs
showed the greatest drops. Gen
erally, many more grades dis
played losses than gains. Because
of the'lower prices, receipts by the
Flue-cured Tobacco Cooperative
Stabilization Corporation were!
heavier in percentage than the pre- j
vious week.
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Johns Reports
Six Forest
Fires In 1946
County Forest Warded P. H.
Johns disclosed yesterday that in
1946 only six forest fires burned
[ in Orange county. These fires,
while burning approximately 103
acres, did an estimated damage of
$124.
Of the six fires reported three
were caused by persons allowing
fires to escape while burning debris
(grass and stalks rmaining on pre
vious year’s crop lands, trash, etc.),
two fires were originated by care
less smokers and the remaining
fire was attributed to a miscella
neous cause.
Realizing that the greatest num
ber of forest fires occur in Orange
county between February 1 and
June 1, together with the fact that
such fires destroy vitally needed
timber, game and soil, everyone is
urged to cooperate by: (1) Obey
all state forest fire laws and al
ways get a burning permit. (2)
Make an attempt to suppress wild
fires upon discovery an'd then if
necessary phone your nearest war
den for help. (3) If burning must
be done, plow around the area and
then bum at sundown on a day of
very, little ojr no wind -and have
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PRUNING DEMONSTRATION
AT WHITE CROS8
Don S. Matheson, county agent,
will demonstrate proper methods
of pruning apple and peach trees
on the farm of C. A. Gentry near
White Cross Thursday afternoon,
January 30, at 2 o’clock.
Any farmers interested in this
subject are invited to attend.
POST OFFICE RECEIPTS .
Chapel Hill—Gross receipts in
the local post office during the
year 1948 totaled $lo5,758.57, ac
cording to the annual report.
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