THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1955
THE NEWS-JOURNAL
PAGE THREE
FARM ITEMS
By W. C. Wllllford
County Farm Agent
A few weeks ago, in this col
umn, we mentioned the fine work
the Hoke County gins were doing
In the preparation of cotton.
There is another chapter to be
added to this story.
All of our ginners have bonded
samplers under the Smith-Doxey
Classing Service. For the 1954
crop, they sent samples of 92
of all cotton ginned in Hoke Coun
ty to Raleigh to be classified for
grade, staple length, etc. These
samples are graded and the farm
er receives a card telling him ex
actly what kind of cotton he has.
This gives you a much better
chance to bargain when you sell
your cotton.
There was only one county in
North Carolina that sent a great
er percentage of samples for clas
sification. Hoke County dropped
from 96 sampled in 1953 to 92
in 1954 which is a 4 drop. The
State's average dropped from
,43 to 35. Several factors
caused this drop, and it is encour
aging to know that Hoke Coutny's
average didn't drop as much as
the State's. This is a fine tribute
to Hoke County's ginners. For the
1955 crop, we are going to shoot
at 100.
You are hearing a lot about
chemical weed control now. It is
one of the changes we are exper
iencing. The tendency is to change
to chemicals instead of labor to
control weeds.
The best weed control for corn
up to the present time is clean
cultivation in the early stages of
growth and supplemental 2,4-R
spray in the later stages. We are
less hesitant to recommend the
use of these chemicals since more
has been learned abouv 4hem.
There are one or two ttu."gs
that might be well to remember
if you plan to spray your corn for
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time to spray it is when the corn
is between 6 and 36 inches tall
or either wait until after the silks
dry. It Is best not to spray during
the silking stage; especially if you
are planning to use the corn for
seed.
In some Instances, damage has
been noticed when 2,4-4 was ap
plied during very hot days. It is
best to do the spraying when the
temperature is below 90 degrees.
Most of the damage that you will
do to corn will be temporary and
will not hurt the yield during
good growing seasons, but it is
best to follow some simple pre
cautions since the growing sea
sons have been so unfavorable
lately.
There is a good supply of in
formation available concerning
chemical weed control in the
County Agent's office. It is also a
good idea to read the directions
on the chemical container very
carefully before you use any kind
of herbicides.
SENATOR
SAM ERVIN
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J. T. Rogers, County Agent at
Florence, South Carolina, has just
informed me that his county has
an abundant supply of 139 to
bacco plants available for imme
diate sale. If you need tobacco
plants, you can contact him. He
says that the beds were treated
with Methyl Bromide gas and
have had very little blue mold.
His phone number is Florence
8731.
The 1955 crop of flue cured to
bacco will be supported at a min
imum level of 48.3 cents per
pound. This compares with the
1954 loan level of 47.9 cents. This
is based on the parity price of
March 15, 1955. If the parity at
the beginning of the marketing
year, July 1, is higher than the
announced minimum, parity will
be increased.
Since the tobacco curing season
is approaching and a lot of work
needs to be done on the curing
barns, the bulletin featured in the
County Agent's office this week
is Extension Circular No. 316
"Flue Cured Tobacco Barn Construction".
Washington The world ob
tained an injection of hope on
Friday of last week when it re
ceived the message that Chou
En-lai declared at Bandung that
Red China was desirous of liv
ing at peace with the United
States. When this column was
written, we hod not learned the
details of any proposal made by
Chou En-lai as to how peace
could be restored to the Far East.
Undoubtedly the heart of man
kind hungers above all things for
a peaceful world.
Careful
Past experience ought to teach
us that we should examine care
fully any proposal made by any
Communist Nation before we give
acceptance to it.
It ought to be remembered by
Americans that the Red Chinese
sent hundreds of thousands of
their soldiers into Korea to de
prive the Korean people of their
liberty and that in so doing, they
saturated their hands with the
blood of the youth of America.
At the same time the Red
Chinese indulged in the hypo
crisy that the Chinese soldiers in
Korea were mere volunteers and
were not acting under the orders
of the Red Chinese Government.
Moreover, it would be well for
us to remember that although the
armistice requires them to do so,
the Red Chinese and their pup
pets, the North Koreans, have
failed down to this good hour to
give any accounting for about
581 American soldiers, Marines
and sailors who presumably fell
into their hands as prisoners of
war and that the Red Chinese ad
mittedly detain in their prisons
at this time fifteen American
flyers on trumped up charges.
The ancient Arabs had a pro
verb which Americans might well
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heed. It was in substance as fol
lows: "If you fool me once, it is your
fault; but if you fool mc
twice, it is mine."
We should bear in mind our at
tempt to appraise at its true value
any proposal made by Chou En
lai. Consider Proposal
Despite these considerations,
we should receive and consider
any proposal which the Red
Chinese may make. In so doing,
however, we must not permit our
love for peace to "mouse-trap"
us into any agreement which les
sens our capacity to defend our
selves in this hazardous world.
If history offers us any lesson, it
is that peace loving people often
suffer the tragic fate depicted in
these words of the great English
Poet, Rudyard Kipling:
"When the Cambrian measures
were forming, they promised
perpetual peace;
"They swore if we gave them
our weapons that the wars of
the tribes would cease;
"But when we disarmed, they
sold us and delivered us bound
to the foe.
"And the Gods of the Copy
book Headings said stick to
the Devil you know".
As I see it, there is more than
a modicum of wisdom in the ad
vice which Oliver Cromwell gave
his soldiers as they were prepar
ing to ford a river near Edgehill,
England:
"Trust in the Lord, my boys,
and keep your powder dry".
ASC Is Scheduling
Grower Referenda
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation county committee
men from Murphy to Manteo will
conduct referendums on allot
ment crops this year.
H. D. Godfrey, administration
officer of the State ASC, asserts
that growers of flue-cured and
Lurley tobacco, wheat and cotton
will be called on to make some
vital decisions concerning their
cops.
The first of these reforendums
will be held on burley tobacco
April 28. Because of the alarming
supply situation that now exists
on burley and a similar situation
that is indicated on flue-cured
tobacco, Congress directed the
secretary of agriculture to rede
termine this year's burley allot
ment, providing cuts up to 25 per
cent of preliminary allotments
established this year.
"Because of this last minute re
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determination of burley allot
ments, growers will be asked to
express themselves in a referen
dum either for 90 per cent price
support or for doing away with
all support on their 1955 crop,"
Godfrey said. "Growers will also
be voting on whether or not they
A&nt acreage allotments to apply
in 1955 and whether or not they
want to be assessed a 75 per cent
penalty for overplanting." This
75 per cent is that per .cent of the
average price per pound for to
bacco sold last yea. Public Law
21 increased this penalty rate on
both types of tobacco from 50 per
cent.
Godfrey said that because of
these elections and because of
other developments affecting ag
riculture, "1955 will really be a
year cf decision for farmers."
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Since 1945, farmers have re
ceived from 44 to 52 cents of the
dollar consumers spend for food
in retail stores, as marketing
charges have risen steadily.
U. S. per capita consumption of
wheat and rye may decline slight
ly, but rice will be In higher demand.
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