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cut up my fiefcfa -with terraces M contour tillage," spoke Mr. McLaw"Yes," answered the' technician, "that ft what we are doing. You Me that during the years thia hillside haa been fanned you have paid a heavy price in lost top-soil tor the privilege of permitting: your tenants to plow aad cultivate without regard to the slope of the land." "I see aow thai your statement is true. Oar yields an lew aa theee red spots that oBce were fertile and productive before erosion took it* ton," answered the farmer. "Bat why can't we plow acrow the terracee.? 0.: •" - ' "Contour tillage in conjunction with terracing has proven the mare effective of the two In preventing aad controlling erosion. Either do both, letting each complement the other or else leave off terracing," advised the technical man. "All right!" answered the fanner. "Lefs gat started. Give me ike best job you can.* I want to rebuild this field. And, Son, (to his fourteen year old boy, with a smile and a twinkle in his eye) "if he doesn't give as some terraces that wa like, we can plow them down, can't we. And so the job was on. Next day as an inspection was made of a 1600 ft terrace, 24 ft. wide and 2 ft high, the farmer's reaction was evidently good as he Mid, "1 don't believe we can or will plow it down. It looks as though it will do its part of the job." And it was a self-evident fact that a farmer's love for hie soil had won in the debate over the desire for straight rows. iuiu ornwi ui uicwvuic twuv jm the Coastal Plain Soil Conservation District office, located in. the Edwards' Building just behind the Pitt Cow»ty Court House. "Remember that—whatever do you call that vine you are always talking about for hay and pasture and erosion control?" asked Mr. -Smoot. "Kudzo! Just remember that cow's CUD and ZOO, and you wilf have it," answered the soil conservationist. "We cut it for hay—fed it to ths mules green, and did they like it and thrive on it all summer long," enthusiastically reported Mr. Smoot of about an acre that was planted yean ago on a badly washed hillside. "Had I a farm I would certainly want some next to my pasture for my lire stock to graae cm during die long summer droughts." This is a little incident tiuft the Coastal Plain District thinks should be repeated hundreds of tmes in Pitt County. D. L. Turnage was speaking over the 'phone. "Can you help me establish the tile grade line through a wet field tomorrow?" he asked his aoil conservation technician. So a date was made, the survey followed, the ditch was dug, the tile was installed, and said Mr. Turnage with a look of deej> satisfaction: "As a boy I plowed this field and always because it was wet, poorly drained, and lacking in organic mater, we would harvest only ten or twelve bushels of conn per acre. Now with good drainage and the legumes I am turning under 1 bslieve.it should give me easily forty to fifty bushels of corn and soybeans for my hogs every year. The Coastal Plain District stands ready to help farmers attack this problem of poor drainage If you need this help, why not contact the District office at your earliest opportunity? ... . TOWN AND FARM IN imported "certified" aeed potatoes have been set by OPA at $1.00 above tablestock potatoes, and for "warapproved" seed potirtoes at 50 cents above taWestock potatoes. - Can Held Shess SO Days Without ration payment dealers may not bold shoes bought on a willcall or toy-away pin, of by special i order, lancer than 30 days after they become available for delivery, OPA has announcedBsqussts Wm PMicUUn /■,The War Department never has controlled penicillin nor rpcetvwf the entire output. Surgeon General N<H> man T. Kirk of the Army Medical Department .explained recently. A civilian request for penicillin, tile new drug which prevents growth of infection bacteria, should be made through the civilian's doctor. The doctor should communicate by telegram, telephone, or personal letter with Dr. Chester S. Keefer, Evans Memorial Hospital, Boston, giving complete details of the caw. Control Of Apple Sales Sales by apple gwwem and strip* pen who package their apples in boxes with a net weight of net mere than 26 poinds are not under price control if not more than five boxes are sold at one time to one buyer and Jf they are shipped by parcel post or express. However, when these packages are resold by wholesalers and retailsrs, they are under price control, OPA said. Ail J _ i f u«mne and aiuck Gasoline drawn largely from West Coast and Rocky Mountain areas is' .Under and by virtue of the po of sale contained to Section No. 5 of the North Carolina Code, for pairs to personal property, the dersigned will on Friday, Deceit 10th, 1949, at 12 o'clock, Noon, in FarmviHe Jfcrtor Company's Gan located on Main Street, in the T, of FarmvUle, North Carolina, sell public auction, to the highest bid for cash, one 1948 Terraplane 1 door Sedan AotomoWle, Motor 98277; Serial No. 413499, regisb in the name <£ Theodore Nicbols
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