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QUEWHtFFLE NEWS
by Mrs. Raljdi Cotiiran
Mr. and Mrs. R. Holden ' and
daughter were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. M. D. Green and family at
Chapel Hill Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Hardister
went to Asheboro Monday to 4:ake
Mr. Hardister, who had been vis
iting in their home.
Miss na Moss of High Point
spent the week dhd here with
home folks. ' ,
Miss Frances Bowling of Ra-?
leigh spent the week end here
with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B.^MuUnex apd
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CHILEAN NITRATE
1. Natural. Chilean Nitrate is
the only natural nitrate in the
world.
2. Nitrate Nitrogen. The
nitrogen is 100 per cent
nitrate.
3. Sodium. Chilean Nitrate
contains sodium equivalent to
about 35% sodium oxide
(NasO). This acts like potash
(KsO) and helps to make the
phosphate in the soil more
available.
4. Iodine. Chilean Nitrate con
tains iodine to help meet the
needs of plants, animals, and
human beings.
5. Other Plant Food Ele
ments. Chilean Nitrate com
tains small quantities of other
elements that contribute to
strong, healthy plant growth,
such as manganese, potas
sium, magnesium, boron, cal
cium, iron, sulphur, copper
and' zinc.
6. Ideal Condition. Chilean
Nitrate comes in free-flowing
pellets —easy to handle and
to apply in any distributor.
7. Qnick Acting. Chilean
Nitrate is immediately and
completely available.
8. Anti-Acid. Chilean Nitrate
helps keep the soil sweet.
9. ^ime-Tested. Chilean
Nitrate has been proved by
. more than 100^ years of, re-
se'arch and practical farm
experience.
10. Doubly Profitable —
Economical. Chilean
Nitrate improves the quality
of crops as well as the yield.
Consistently excellent effect
of heavy applications year
after year upon crop and soil
alike makes it an outstand
ingly profitable and economi
cal nitrate for every need and
purpose.
children of AH>emarle spent Sun
day here with Mr. and Mrs. B.
F. Hardister and J. A. Hardister.
“Mrs. Ralph Cothran is out again
after being sick for the past week.
Miss Ruby Strother, accompan
ied by two of her classmates,. of
Gardper-Webb spent the week
end at home.
L. R. Cothran had the misfor
tune to fall and hurt his foot last
week, and is now confined to his
home.
Charles Joaches spent the week
ehd in Rockingham with his lui-
I
cle.
E. R. Pickier and Joan spent
last week end in Portsmouth, Va.
visiting Mr. and Mrs. James Little
and family.
"THerS ONLY OME NATCHEl SODAf"
"Crops seem to like natchel soda better bn ac
count it’s got all nitrate nitergen that plants can
draw off easy. And it’s got soda and other miner
als plants needs for strong healthy growing, too!’ ’
Among^those who attended.the
Ice Follies in Raleigh Saturday
were: Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Sinclair,
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Smoak, Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Diggs, Mr. and
Mrs. Duke Marshall, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Beal, Mrs. J. B. Womble,
Miss Mildred Womble, Nancy Fay
Calhoun. Carolyn Marshall and
Nancy John'McAnulty.
Mrs. W. L. McFadyen, Mrs. F.
L. Eubanks, Mrs. Tom Sinclair
and Mrs. N. F. Sinclair attended
the District Home Demonstration
club meeting in Lumberton.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rowell are
■ he proud parents of a baby boy.
Mrs. P. R. Cloer of McCain has
replaced Mrs. M. D. Greene in
the lunchroom at. the Ashemoiit
School.
Duke Marshall of State spent
the week end here with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Duke Marshall.
T^he Executive Board of the
Shiloh Presbyterian church met
Friday night with Mrs. S. A.
Ew'art, chairman.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Diggs
spent Monday in Columbia, S. C.
N. F. Sincb^ spent 'Hiursday
in Lumberton where he attended
a meeting. _ . _
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bynum of
Charlotte were guests of Mrs.
Bynum’s parents. Rev. and Mrs.
S. A. Ewai^, Sunday.
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Irricratipn Becoming
Jfopular With
N. C. Farmers
Irrigation is becoming popular
with many North Carolina farm
ers. It can be good or bad, how
ever, according to George M.
Renfo. It all depends—
Just what it all depends on was
the subject of a recent confer
ence held in Winston-Salem. Mr.
Renfro, who led the discussions,
is Irrigation Engineer of the Soil
Conservation Service for the nine
southeastern states.
Taking part'in the conference
were a number of scientists of the
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
from North Carolina and else
where.
Sprinkler systems for irriga
tion were used to some extent
before the war. Since then prices
for comrhodities have justified
more investment in equipment.
Farmers have more money with
which to buy equipment.
“All this is well and good.’’ say
the scientists, “provided the land
can take up the water as fast as
the sprinklers put it on.”
Therein lies the source of dan
ger to the success of the enter
prise, for there’s a big difference
in the ability of different kinds of
soil to absorb water. The range
in this respect extends from 0.1
of an inch per hour to 10 inches
per hour. “Still, it is not unusual
for such differences to be ignor
ed in selection of equipment,” it
was pointed out.
Land Treatment Wise
By treatment hto increase rate
of absorption of a given site,-by
the right management practices,
expenditure of money for irriga
tion may be reduced. Among ad
vantages to be gained by such
treatment are: ,
1. The amount of water which
would need to be applkd would
be less because the land would
utilize more of the ibin.
2. It would pennit safe applica
tion at a faster rate so that a giv
en piece of equipment woxild
cover more tmitory. More acre
age could be covered.
Any treatment which will make
land with a slow rate of absorp
tion take up water at a more ra
pid rate also uses rainfall to
greater advantage. “And, W. W.
Stevens, State Soil Scientist,
points out, “that will hold good
every time whether there is ir
rigation to be considered or not.”
Summing up. the scientist said;
“The rate of absorption of the
land to be irrigated should by all
means be known before any de
cision is made as to what equip
ment to buy.
*The farmer- must know, also,
the amount of water the soil can
hold available for plant use. This
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would determine the amount of
water whidi ahould be applied at
one time. would be no uai
in wetting the soil below the
depth at whkfa roots can make
use of it.
“It must be known, also, the
rate the crop being irrigated with
draws moisture from the soil in
order to know hpw often to irri
gate. assuming it does not rain.
■'Unless rates Of application of
fertilizer are .increased when ir
rigation would soon dirr.ish—that
is. assuming the cr(%) is removed
from the land as in the cutting
of alfalfa for hay. This ;s very
im.portant in considering the ec
onomy of irrigation.
••Instances of trouble being ex
perienced 'oy farmers in irrigat
ing land have already come to the
attention of the Soil Consetwation
Service in North Carolina.” Ren
fro concluded. “All this can be
* prevented, but only by use of an
The monthly Orthopaedic CUnid
will be held Friday, May 9, 109#
in the Armory Building in Lorn-
berton. Dr. Baker of Duke will be
the surgeon in charge. Please reg
ister at the desk between 9 and II ^
o’clock.
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DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT MEETING
Precinct meetings will be held at all the regular voting places in Hoke
county on Saturday, April 29, 1950, at two-thirty o’clock.
OEMOCRATtO COUNTY CONVENTION
The Democratic county convention for Hoke county will be held at the
courthouse on Saturday afternoon. May 6, 1950,! at two-thirty o clock.
Democrats Should Attend These Meetings
WALTER BAKER, Chairman
Hoke County Democratic Executive Committee
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