County Farm Agent's Column . . .
Orange leaders of area association named;
livestock school to be held in Hillsboro
By Don S. Matheson
~ . County Agent
Cd. P. Barnes, Cyrus A. Greece
Assistants
President W. L. Burns, Jr. of
North Central Area Develop*
ment Association has announced
the names of the directors and
committees from Orange Coun
ty. They are: Carltoa Byrd,
Chairman, Chapel Hill; Harry
IP. Woods, Hillsboro; H. S. Ho
gan, Chapel Hill; Mrs. Harold
WaSer, Cedar Grove; Wilson
Cole, Hillsboro; and Cel. George
Levin gs, Hillsboro. The Agricul
tural Committee: Jack Tllson,
Chapel Hill; Bunn Pope, Cedar
Grovet and W. L. Miller, HUl^
Bore. Community Development
Committee; Mrs. Clyde Roberts;
Hillsboro; Mrs. Frank Spencer,
Chapel Hill; and Charles Lang
Stod, Cedar Grove. Travel and
Recreation Committee: Ted
DaiMger, Chapel Hill; Dr.
Charles Blake, Hillsboro; and
Roland Giduz, Chapel Hill. In
dustrial Committed: Berniee
Hard, Chapel Hill; R. B; Fitch,
Jr., CatTtooaw; sard Clarence
Jones, Hillsboro.
County ctmiMM fro m the
process of offfirtg thoir re
spective committees together
and making detailed plans for
the year. The Agricultural
Committee under Jack Tilson
has already held several meet
ing# -with about 80 leading
farntei% from the three coun
ties studying different phases
of agriculture ' and setting
goals for the year.
Dairy Meeting Tuesday
.All grade A dairymen keeping
DHIA records are invited to at
tend a workshop Tuesday, Jan
uary 29, 1:30 p. m„ at the coun
ty courthouse in Hillsboro. Mar
vin Senger, head of Dairy Ex
tension at State College, will be j
in charge of this meeting and
will give instructions on how to
■hake the best use from DHIA
records. Supervisor Clarence j
Symes will demonstrate the Bab-i
cock butterfat test of milk.
The 30 farms which have re
cently joined DHIA testing are
especially urged to attend this
meeting. .
1963 Feed Grain Program
The* ASCS Office is now
(nsfling notices to aft atigible
farmers giving their base ac
reage, yields, end payment
rates in the voluntary feed
grain program. This program
which allows farmers to re
tire their base acreage of
eortu, grain sorghum, and bar
ley end receive pfymepfs will
be very similar to leaf year's
program. The signup period
will be from February 1
through March 22.
Livestock School
Orange, Durham, and Person I
County beef producers Will meet
tor an area school on beef cat
tle Tuesday, February 12, at
2:W p. m., in the courthouse to
THIMtoro. Mr. A. V. AHen, £x-j
tension Animal Husbandry Spe
cialist, will share the latest re
search in beef production with
all farmers who attend this
meeting.
Mr. Jack Kelley, Extension
Animal Husbandry Specialist,
Will hold a swine school in
another room in the Court
house in Hillsboro at the
alma time. AN interested p*£
pi* are cordially invited to
.. pHfiWd*
Awmto To Fertilize Pastures
And' Alfalfa
The time to apply fertilizer on
<••1 aeaaoa plants la late Win
Mr Juat bate* the growth
Starts. Demonstrations ill the
county have shown that the
most serious problem in grow
ing permanent pastures and al
falfa is the lack of proper fer
tility. Considerable money, time,
and trouble is spent in getting a
good stand of grass or alfalfa
then many farmers apply inad
equate amounts of fertilize*
thereafter.
For good growth the follow
ing amounts are needed annual
ly: Alfalfa — 500 to 800 pounds
of 0-10-20 or 0-0-27 fertilizer with
25 pound! of Borar added per
acre. Ladino Clover " pastures —
400 to m pound! of M0-20 or 0
0-2(7 or 0-2535 fertilizer per
acre; Whew IhdHio dever has
gone out of a fescue pasture,
this pasture should have 250
pounds of 0-10-20 plus 50 to 100
pounds of Nitrogen per aero.
HIGH DAIRY RECORDS
Five Orange County dilry
men were among the T5 tog
dairymen in the State DHIA
forth# month of November ac
cording to the records from
State College. They were Ar
rowhaad Farm, W. G. Caruth
er* and Son, Cafe* Brother*,
G. W. Laslay and Son*, and
Snipes Brother*.
Twenty - nine dairy herds in
the state finished the year with
500 pounds of butterfat or more
average per cow. Seven of thepe
twenty - nine were from the Or
ange - Durham OHIA Associa
tion They are Teer Brothers,
Vernon Sykes, Cates Brothers,
G. W. Lasley & Son*, W. G. Ca
ruthers & Son, Hillandale Farms,
and Sheltdh Ray.
FEEDER FIG CONTEST
Judging began lit the feeder
pig contest being sponsored by
the Durham Chamber of Coin
merce on Jan. 16. The Bomber
one producer in OraUge County
will receive a $50 prize and a
chance to compete for an area
prize of $856.
The second place and third
place county winner will’receive
$25 and $15 respectively. Area
judging will take place in early
February. Winners Will be an
nounced by the Durham Cham
ber of Commerce at a dinner to
ASCS head cites need
for conservation in '63
Orange Cotnrty Farmers havtf
an opportunity in 1963 for mak
ing better Use of the ACf* Pro
gram than ever before, says W.
M. Snipes, Chairman of the Or
ange County ASC Committee.
With a continued need to shift
production of some acreage of
soil depleting crops, farmers
have unequaled opportunity to
use the Agricultural Conserva
tion Program in seeding of
grasses and legumes, lit doing
this, -cooperating farmers will
not only be helping to bring
production in. balance bat they
will be building reserves in the
soil to meet future needs.
The seeding of grasses and
legumes is only a part of the
■jdfr of most effective conserva
tion. The 1963 ACP Program al
so contains practices providing
'for the application of timing ma
terials on farmland, . contour
strip - cropping, forest tree
planting, construction of farm
ponds for livestock water or ir
rigation, Construction of Sod wa
terways and several others.
be given to all producers ir^ the
county around the middle of
February, according to tentative j
plans. f
Social Security can r
cover firm employees
Farm employees are covered
by srfcial security if they'meet
certain requirements, according
to Mrs. Nina H. Matthews of the
Durham Social Security District
Office. ,
The farm employee who works
£s much as 20 days or who
makes as mudfi as $150 in cash
wages in a year from one em.
ptoyer is covered by social se
curfty. Household workers who
do bouse work on a farm that
is operated for profit are classi
fied as farm employees.
TKe employer is responsible
for keeping the records and for
making the reports to internal
Revenue. The farm worker
should have a social security
card, and should be sure that
his employer has a record of
his name and number. Reports
of these wages should be filed
with the Director of Internal
Revenue by *m. 31, 1963.
For additional informattak a
bout the proper method of re*
porting employees contact your
social security office located at
1433 Broad St., Durham, N, €.
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