ORANGE COUNTY
FARM AGENTS'
COLUMN
DON MATHESON
County Agent
ED BARNES
CYRUS GREENE
Assistants
TOBACCO LOSS
Chiefly because of acreage reduc
tion fanners of Orange have lost
$800,000 in annual tobacco income
since 1955. Yet, the total estimated
gross income this year from all
crops and livestock of $5,820,000 is
approximately $300,000 more ’ than it
was in 1955, which indicated that
in spite .of the loss in tobacco in
come there has been more than a
million dollar gain in income from
poultry, darying, beef cattle, swine,
and sheep. Admittedly, the “gross
income” figure is no sure indication
of farm prosperity, but it is the
only figure available. It would be
much fairer to give net income fig
ures if it were possible to do so.
However, net income varies from
farm to farm according to each
farm’s efficiency. Using any yard
stick, it is certan that poultry and
livestock farmers have made great
progress in this four-year period.
PASTURE
With the trend toward more live
stock farmers in this section should
take a new look at their perman
ent pastures. In Orange County
during 1958 farmers increased their
acres of improved pasture by 500
or from 15,111 to approximately 15,
600, but in order to meet the live
stock 1960 goals set for the county
it will be necessary to increase pas
tures by at least another 1,500 acres.
In studying the Land-Use Maps of
the Soil Conservation Service it is
evident that some of the best po
tential pasture land, fertile land
lying along streams, on many farms
is in unprofitable woodland or brush.
Unless this land is well set in good
quality timber it is highly probable
that it would be more valuable
cleaned up and put in pasture.
Putting more acres in pasture is
just one way to increase the total
forage yield. The other, and perhaps
the most practical way, is to in
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crease the yield per acre. On La
dino clover-grass pastures it is
absolutely necessary to first, main
tain the proper lime content in the
soil, and second, provide the neces
sary plant food, such as phosphorus
and potash. ,
From now until spring is a fine
time to take a soil test of each field,
and while the sod is frozen apply
the necessary lime and fertilzer.
Our North Carolina Experiment
Station has some figures that are
revealing. They say that each ’’man
hour” of labor spent in pature pro
duction returns $23, in experiments
they conducted, compared with ?$4
per hour for corn, and $6 per hour
for wheat. To continue to advance
in livestock production more good
pastures must come first. /
SOCIAL SECURITY TAX
A recommendation to pay more
tax is usually not very popular, but
fanmers, especially those 60 years of
age would do well to figure their
income as high as possible, and pay
the highest amount of Social Securi
ty tax. Of course, the reason for
this is that after retirement at 65
the retirement rate is based on the
amount of income the farmer paid
tax on. For example, if he paid tax
on an income of only $600 the man
and wife would receive approxi
mately $45 per month, but if he
paid tax on the maximum of $4200
they would receive a monthly re
turn of approximately $162.
Any questions regarding Social
Security should be submitted to the
District Social Security Office in
Durham. We have found their per
sonnel courteous and cooperative
and always willing to answer in
divdual questions.
TRENCH SOIL
With all the snow, many dairymen:
having trench silos would gladly
swap with Walter Lloyd and sons of
the White Cross Community, who
built a roof over their 18 foot wide
trench silo and covered it with gal
vanized iron. In spite of the addi
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Carr boro Negro Man Released
After Probe Of Wife's Death
Cbrrboro police officers today had
relebaed a Carrboro Negro after
holding him briefly for investigation
of las wife’ sdeath Sunday night.
Officer Albert Pendergraft sai4
that investigation has shown that
36-year-old Cora rousnee died of
natural causes. She was dead on ar
rival stortiy before 9 p.m. Sunday
at N. C. Memorial Hospital.
< According to the officers, Mrs.
Foushee died of a heart attaca
after, a family fight with her hus
band, Prevet Henry Foushee, at
their home on Broad St.
Officer Pendergraft said the wom
an ran from the home after the
fight and to her father’s home near
by, She died there of the heart ail
ment, he said.
Foushee was jailed during the in
vestigation and then released, he
, said. ,_
Professor Fined For Trespass
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Peter H. Nash, 37-year-old Uni
versity of; North Carolina profess
or, was fined on two charges of
trespassing early Tuesday at the
end of iwhat some local ob
server’s called the longest Record
er’s Court'.session in history here.
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the department of city and region
al planning; at the school, was orig
inally charged with peeping secret
ly at the Hillsboro Street Apart
ments, but the prosecution agreed
to change their warrants to tres
passing just before the session
ended at 1 a.m.
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$50 and costs on the two charges,
which arose from his alleged late
hour appearancdS at the apartments
on the nights of Sept. 19 and Oct.
23. Nash pleaded nolo contendre |
to the Sept. 19 charge of trespass- <
ing and guilty to the Oct. 23
charge.
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ment testified they saw Nash ap
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floor rooms of the housing facility
on the dates charged and also
on Oct. 30.
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