Soil Conservation Work
(Continued from Page 1)
programs and regulations for the
discontinuance of land use prac
tices contributing to soil wastage
and soil erosion, and the adoption
and carying out of soil-conserving
land-use practices . .
Farmers and farm leaders recog
nized the Soil Conservation District
Law as an implement for the job
needing to be done. Under the
leadership in Orange County of
Henry Hogan, A. E. Wilson, Clyde
Roberts, Don Matheson, J. N. How
ard, Elmer Dowdy, and others,
farmers and leaders of Orange.
Wake, and Durham counties got to
gether.
; Petitions for a referendum to
learn whether the farmers in the
three counties wanted to organize
a soil conservation district were
submitted to the Secretary of
State. After that followed hearings
throughout the various communi
ties of the three counties.
. On February 18, 1939, a referen
dum was held. The ratio in Orange
County was 25 to 1 in favor of or
ganizing a district, and the vote in
the otHer two counties was similar
n proportion. r
First Organization
Organization was begun, and
ommittees got busy preparing a
program of work. A charter was
granted by the Secretary of State,
and on August 9, 1939. the Neuse
River Soil Conservation District be
%an operation. Henry Hogan and
V. E. Wilson were elected District
Supervisors from Orange County.
W. C. George of White Cross,
Clyde Hogan of Calvander.'and j. E.
Latta of the Schley community led
off in working out complete soil
and water conservation systems for
their farms.
Later, in June of 1940. farmers
of Wilson and Johnson counties
petitioned to join the District, and
the District was expanded to in*
elude them, making five counties
in all.
In its purpose of carrying Out
complete soil conservation on the
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land within jts boundaries, the
Neuse River Soil Conservation Dis
trict has had much help The Ex
tension Service, the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Ser
vice, the Farmers Home Admin
istration, the Forest Service, the
Wildlife Resources Commission,
and other county, state, and fed
eral agencies have helped the dis
trict go far toward the preserva
tion and more profitable use of its
land resources. The U. S. Soil Con
servation Service established a
work unit in each of the counties
in the district, and assigned mem- :
bers to help with tRt technical
work of safeguarding and using to j
the best long-term advantage the i
land of the district.
Contractors, banks, newspapers,
churches, civic clubs, schools, farm
machinery dealers, and other bus
iness and professional men give
their time and effort to promote
the district’s goal of better living
by a better use of the land re
sources.
Banks and other business or
ganizations contribute to the dis
trict by affiliate memberships.
1,504 Farms
But the measure of the district
is on the land of which it is com
prised. That measure can be taken
in Orange County on the 1,504
farms which have signed agree
ments with their district to use
t^eir land within its capabilities
and to apply the conservation prac .
tices needed and planned on their
farms.
The measure can be taken by j
the patterns of contour farming
fitting around slopes: by crop ro-;
tations that provide the cover need
ed by the various capability classes
of the land; and by the better crops
produced when long slopes are in
sured by lands of close-growing
crops alternated with row crops.
It can be measured by tobacco
rows laid on the contour by the
string row method for better use
of rainfall as well as better drain
age . . . where available topsoil is
held over the sterile subsoil un
derneath, and by rotations with
fescue that combine increased or
ganic matter with nematode and
disease control.
The measure of the district can
be taken by the sloping land now
in pasture or permanent hay sod,
now safe from the ^erosion scars
that used to follow plowing.
Terraces curve around the slopes
of most of the cropland in th*
county,-helping hold, until it can
soak jfk water that would other
wise be lost. On many farms the
excess is released into a natural
drainage way made safe by a car
pet of clover and grass.
New methods of doing old jobs
add to the productiveness of many
district farms—such as land prep
aration with disks so that more
crop residue is left on the surface
to form a water-absorbing and soil
protecting mulch.
. Timber Crops
Woodland, composing nearly 60
percent of the farm land in Or
ange County, yields timber crops
regularly on a sustained yield basis
on many Orange farms. Many oth
er acres of woods have been im
proved by thinning and protection
County Court Record
The following cases were heard
in Hillsboro Recorder's Court Mon
day:
James Guy Husk ms, driving un
der influence, >100 and costs, four
months, suspended for 12 months;
Buddy Medlin. public drunk and il
legal possession, $15 and costs; Wil
liam Theodore Talbert, reckless
driving, $25 and costs; Thie Fuller,
assault on female, prayer for judg
ment continued for 12 months, $15
and costs; ——
James Stewart, illegal possession
for sale, $25 and costs. Uses
months, suspended for two years;
Tommy Merritt, larceny, prayer for
judgment continued for three years,
$25 and costs; Ronald Jerome Horn
buckle. speeding. $25 and costs, two
months, suspended for nine months;
Otto Newbery, drunk and disorderly
conduct, $5 and costs; Billy Collins,
public drunk, 30 days to the roads;
Willie Dempsey Wynn, driving un
der influence, second offense, $100
and costs, three months, suspended
for 12 months, notice of appeal giv
en, 'bond set at $200; Swain Tyson
Allen, assault with deadly weapon,
continued to August 17; Charles
Milton Cook, speeding, called and
failed;
Kelly Junious Akins, no insurance,
$10 and costs; David Brooks, en
gaging in affray, $15 and costs;
John Henry Thompson, engaging in
afffay, $5 and costs; Thomas Nel
son Yancey; continued to August
17; Girt Wright, assault, called and
failed, capias to Orange; Brodie
Patterson, speeding, called and fail
ed. capias to Durham County:
rrom fire and grazing.
Wildlife had a better chance
with wildlife areas producing food
available during late winter when
other food is scarce. Farm ponds
make use of many a former swam
oy, idle bit of land by producing
ish, and by providing water for
irrigation and livestock as well as
swfinming, boating, and picnic fa
cilities tfiat make the farms a bet
ter place to live.
Frequently, groups of farmers
have seen erosion, or flooding, af
fects them jointly, and have work
ed together on their land prob
lems. As water recognizes no farm
boundaries, water disposal systems
of terraces and meadow water
ways often serve two or more
farms.
Thfci'e is mncfi ym to be done. On
many farms more adjustment is
needed to make the best of the na
tural capabilities of the land, and
further treatment is needed on
other land to make it more pro
ductive.
The district makes available to
all cooperators a land capability
map, showing depths of soil, tex:
ture, permeabilities, slope, erosion,
and other applicable conditions, on
each part of their farms. Applica
tion for district assistance may be
made at the local work unit office
of the Soil Conservation Service
in the Agriculture Building in
Hillsboro , or to one of the local
Supervisors, Henry Hogan, Charted
Stanford, or Reid Roberts.
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Claude Harton, improper equipment
and improper registration, nol pros;
Blandella Bailey, public drunk,
capias to Orapge County; Archie
King Fuller, improper equipment,
capias to Alamance County; Leek
Coleman Jr "‘speeding, called and
failed, capias tb Onslow County ,
John <Ike> W 'Pugit, asaault, nol
pros; George Andrew Jones, speed
ing. called and failed, capias to
Durhapi County, Lynn Hayes
Woods, iir*>ir<oper equipment and no
operator’s license, capias to Person
County; . JjigjgH
William'* ®® Davis, speeding.
$15 and costs; Albert Fuller Holli
day, speeding, $14 and costs; Clar
ence Blaine, fail to display license
plates, costs; William Edward Beck
er, speeding, $5 and costs; McGee
Wilson, improper equipment, costs;
Albert Luther, worthless check,
amount of check and costs; Karr
Winslow Farrell, speeding. $15 and
costs; James Marvin Woods, reck
less driving, $50 and costs;
Jack Bailey Ross, no operator’s
license. $25-and costs; Melba Mc
Hone Boyd, speeding. $13 and costs.
Grace Ward Gay, speeding, $11 and
costs; Harokl John Norris, speed
ing, $10 and costs; Roy Richmond
Weaver Jr., speeding, $15 and costs; j
Elbert Giidweil Cain, speeding, $10
and costs; Roy Richmond Weaver
Jr., speedifig, $15 and costs; John
D Linkhous, -speeding, $15 and.
costs: John D| Lyman. speeding.:
$10 and costs; Lflfinie McAdoo, pub- i
lie drunk, $5 and costs; J. W. Ed
dies, public drunk, $5 and costs;
Thomas McAdams Holmes, stop
sign $10 and costs; Grady Lee
Scsson speeding. $10 and cosLs,
Jesse Gray Key, speed.ng, $15 and
costs; William George PhiHpot.
speeding, $15 and cots; Arthur Wil
liam Davis, speeding. $10 and cos ,
Marvin Matthew Hunter, speeding,
no and costs; James Lawrence
Trank, stop sign, $10 and costs.
Thomas W. Watkins, worth' less
check, amount of check and costs;
Thomas W. Watkins, worthless
check, amount of check and costs,
Sara Brown Ward, speeding. $9 and
costs; ,«
Ecton Patterson Hayes Sr., speed
ing, $10 and costs; Otis Ceaser Ban
ner. speeding $10 and costs; Oliver
Fletcher Folds, speeding. $10 and
costs; Benjamin Franklin Wardlow,
speeding. $15 . and costs: James
Harvey Graham Jr., speeding, $10
arm costs; Sol Eisenband, speeding.
$15 and costs; William Henry
W'right, speeding. $15 and costs;
Vernon Avery Hodges, speeding.
AM and costs; Calvin Curtis Ter
rell, speeding. $10 and costs: James
Lawrence Brother, speeding, $15
Hud costs; 'Stephen Carwell For
rest III. speeding. $15 and costs.
Hansel Eugene Hauser, speeding,
$9 and costs: Lester Franklin Stev
ens, speeding, $10 and costs; Rufus
Alin Poteat, improper equipment,
costs;
Carlton Lee Eccles. ’speeding, $15
and costs: Robert Lee Younger,
speeding. $10 and costs; William
Alonza Wright, improper equipment,
costs; Fletcher Matthew Dixon fail
ing to grant right of way. $10 and
costs; Everet.e Brack Powell
speeding. $12 and cwt*.
Husk in*, public drunfc
costs.
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