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Soldiers fighting in trenches and foxholes on foreign soils may not
be interests in the contour of the land, but formers back home find
■ contoured “trenches” pay dividends In food and fiber needled for vic
tory. Conservation practices carried out in the past 10 years have done
a great deal toward increasing per acre yields on North Carolina
farms, and/cointour farming is one of the modern conservation methods
which will help farmers meet their flood production goals this year.
BLUE MOLD IS
SPREADING OVER
SOUTHERN GEORGIA
Demands for All
Kinds of Materials
Are Developing
Howard R. Garris's, Extension
«plant pathologist at N. C. State
■‘College, announces that Georgia
:has a widespread development of
iblue mold on tobacco, far more
• than usual for this season of the
year. He says that no one cpn pre
dict how serious the trouble will
be in North Carolina but urges all
tobacco growers to ba on their
4gulatr<l and prepare' now* for it’s
control. ' ” j
Garriss suggests that growers
anticipate their requirements in
spray materials, and paradichloro
sbenzene for fumigation because
these (materials may be hard to
get on short notice. Emergency
demand's for all kinds of supplies
ane developing in connection' with
warn needs and famfters should
make definite commitments for
their .materials*. used in controlling
- Iblue mold.
Supplies of the 'heavy muslin
cloth, suitable for -gas treatment,
are described as “very critical”
and large scale demands for it will
probably be discouraged, unless it
can be shown that its need is ab
solutely essential. Growers should
carefully preserve all cloths which
can be* used for fumigation and
. make the best possible use of
them.
According to Garriss, most of
the materials used for blue mold
control .are present in norrial
amounts but, as stated before,
they may be very hard to get on
short notice,i with a consequent
damage to young tobacco plants
in this territory.
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GROWERS OFFERED I
NEW PUBLICATION
ON PEANUTS FOR OIL
Discusses F&ctdrs
Involved in Growing
Crop Successfully
A new publication entitled “Pro
ducing Peanuts IFor Oil” has just
,been issued toy the Extension
Service of N. C. State College.
Growers imay obtain a free cfopy
by addsresing a .postcarcf t<K the
Agricultural Editor of the College
at Raleigh.
The bulletin discusses “Proper
Soil Selection”, “Choosing a Vari
ety”, “Seed Treatment”, “Ferti
lization,” and many other factors
involved in successlfully growing
the crop. Farm eat who are plant
ing'peanuts for the first time, as
a part of their war effort, should
toy all means get a copy of this
publication and study the many
practical suggestions found in it.
Other growers, who have been
producing tbe crop for many
years, will . find it interesting and
instructive.
The national farm program is
calling for a large increase in the
peanut acreage, since oil-bearing
nuts are iso sorely needed! to re
place the imports which have been
cut off by the war. Thousands of
"new” growers are putting in
peanuts and "old” growers are ex
panding their ^ acreage to help in
the war effort.
“What are the lime require
ments of the crap?”; “Should
(Peanuts Be Inoculated”; ‘‘What
Cultural Methods Have Priced
iBest?”: these and1 many • other
questions are fully answered in
the naw .publication. *
- Dr.#,E. R. Collins, in charge of
Agronomy Extension at State
College,, compiled the information
in cooperation*., with other agron
omists of the Extension Service
s
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HIGHEST- CASH MARKET PRICES PAID
and the N. C. Experiment Station.
iHe points eat that it is imperative
that the crop be produced with the
most efficient use of land; fetrtiliz
er and labor, at all times keeping
in mind the maintenance <of soil
fertility for other coops. |
TO HELP FARMERS
IMPORT MORE SHEEP
To Rebuild Sheep
Industry in State
The State Department of lA'gri
culture will assist farmers in im
porting hundreds <xf sheep from
Montana into North Carolina
within the next two months on an
effort to provide extra meat for
the war effort and to rebuild* the
dbeep industry in this state, Rob
ert S. Curtis,'livestock marketing
specialist with the Department,
.aid recently. y|jj^
Curtis and his associate, T. L.
iGwyn, are attempting to deter
mine the xeasons for the apparent
lack of interest in sheep-raising
in North Carolina. Since 1870
sheep production in this state -ias
dropped from 560,000 to 50,000
head.
’“Under normal conditions, with
proper management, no other live
stock can compare with' sheep in
profits to the grower,” declared
Curtis. He added that “many
farmers make the mistake of try
ing to gro(w too many sheep on
small farms. The average far pi
c^n not properly.graze more than
40 head."
He explained that the biggest
deterrents to sheep raising in this
State—according to the farmers—
are dogs and the stomach worm.
Curtis Said; growers tan meet
these problems satisfactorily by
rot atempting to giow more than
they are able to it*' k after as re
gards safety and pasturage. As a
rule, the pasture should he
changed three times each year, if
the stomach worm problem is to
be avoided.
lias^ June, the State began a
movement for the purchase and
resale 'cjf socew kfesesrei 60,y— ■
resale of stock’^ewefc "and' feeder!
fembs. The project, now well es
tablished, was instrumental in
bringing into1 North Carolina 750
sheep last yeair. Supervised Iby
members of the 'Markets Division
of the State Department of ‘Agri
culture and the Extension Service
of State College, the project will,
be materially expanded this year.
Efforts are now being made to
contact small farmers interested
in the sheep industry. The sheep
will be imported and shipped to
various points throughout the
State. Bach purchaser will in
turn receive the sheep ordered
through the project,, paying for
them upon delivery.
“Sheep purchased this year
should, return their initial cost —
around $17 each—in lambs and
wool during May, June and July
of 1944, depending on the date
the ewes are bred after arriving
in the State/’ said Curtis, .
The ewe^ will be shipped from
'Montana sometime in June. 'They
are being imparted from Mon
tana because the dry climate of
that area prevents the stomach,
worm’s thriving; consequently,
the sheep are in good condition
upon arrival. The annual 55
inches of rainfall in North Caro
lina sometimes prove harmful to
young sheep, explained Curtis in
warning growers against .the
stcmadb. worm. -
• • The ewe® may be bred within
two months after arrival if they
are placed' on good pasture1 and
fed same grain occasionally. How
ever, they shuld be given at least
30 days in which to recover from
the (rigors of moving before an
attempt is made to breed them. If
the ewes are bred in Sptember, the
lambs may be sold in February.
When one considers that .the pres
ent retail price of lamb chops is
55 cents per pound, it is easy to
see that sheep-fr'aising can pr^ve
highly profitable.
Fourteen Pitt county growers
are protecting their hog crop by
having 32 head vaccinated against
cholera, reports S. C. Winchester,
assistant county agent.
Jack Miller, 4-H club member
of Nathans Creek in Ashe county.
grew one-'half acre of Sequoia po
tatoes, produced 140 bushel*, and
declared a profit of $73.20 o» the
small plot.
Ben Nicholson' of Johns Greek In
Jackson county set about 10,000'
pine seedlings five years ago on a
steep hill above hisi cultivated
acreage. Six inches of pine nee
dles prevent damage to hiis crop
from washing. * - <!
IBurl Talbert, 4-<H club member
in Catawba county, has invested
the $50 in profits which he made
from one acre of cotton in a dairy
calf, reports Assistant County
Agent Jesse F. Giles'.
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