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PACE 12 THURSDAY. JANUARY 15. 1970
Tips Given For Cutting
Tobacco Disease Losses
Tar Heel tobacco growers
can save much of the S20
million that they lost from
diseases in 1969 by following
eight disease control steps in
1970.
The steps were outlined by
Furney Todd, an extension
tobacco disease specialist at
North Carolina State
University.
Step No. 1 is to plan and
follow a rotation system, said
Todd. A well-planned rotation
system reduces losses to all
major diseases: nematodes,
black shank, Granville wilt,
mosaic, Fusarium wilt, black
root rot and brown spot.
Step No. 2 is to consider the
level of disease resistance that a
tobacco variety has in making a
variety selection. All varieties
available for farmer planting
have been evaluated for
resistance to the most common
diseases. Varieties are either
listed as susceptible to a disease
or they are said to have low,
medium or high resistance.
Some varieties also have
resistance to root knot
nematodes and some show
more tolerance to brown spot
that others, although there is
no resistance to this disease.
Step No. 3 is to control
plant bed diseases and prevent
the spread of mosaic.
Producing plenty of healthy
tobacco plants is the first step
toward a successful crop. The
major plant bed diseases - blue
mold anthracnose and damping
off -- can be controlled with
fungicides. A milk treatment
can be used to control mosaic.
Step No. 4 is to use a
nematicide if needed. Where
the population of nematodes is
mojierate to high, the use of a
pre-plant nematicide can
increase the value of the
tobacco crop by as much as
S200 to S500 per acre.
Step No. 5 is to consider the
use ot "multi-purpose" disease
control treatments. Certain
chemical soil treatments have
been found to be effective in
reducing losses to black shank,
Granville wilt, black root rot
and certain other diseases in
addition to nematodes. These
materials, combined with the
use of resistant varieties, have
increased the value of tobacco
grown in infested fileds by as
much as S200 to S600 per
acre.
Step No. 6 is to apply
chemical soil treatments
correctly. Chemical sail
treatments differ in their make
? up and method of controlling
diseases. Therefore, each one
must be applied according to
the directions for that
particular chemical.
Step No. 7 is to control
brown spot, which was the
most costly tobacco disease in
1969. Brown spot losses can be
reduced by keeping tobacco
plants healthy, practicing crop
rotation, cleaning up old
tobacco fields immediately
after harvest, controlling
nematodes and other diseases,
using proper amounts of
fertilizer, increasing the rate of
harvesting when the disease
appears, and spacing plants so
they can receive adequate
sunlight.
Step No. 8 is to clean up old
tobacco fields immediately
after harvest. This step is
referred to as Operation R-6-P,
meaning reduce six pests.
Stalks should be cut
immediately alter harvest.
Stubbles should be plowed out,
and all old tobacco refuse
should be plowed under two
weeks later. Then a cover crop
should be seeded. Tests have
shown that Operation R-6-P
will cut losses from brown
spot, mosaic, neamtodes,
budworms, hornworms and
flea beetles.
In giving these disease
control steps for 1970, Todd
pointed out that tobacco
growers lost slightly over 4
percent of their crop in 1969
from diseases.
Brown spot accounted for
the biggest loss, SS.6 million.
Nematode losses amounted to
S4.7 million and black shank
losses were put at S4 million.
Mosaic losses were nearly S3
million. Growers also
experienced losses from six
other diseases, pushing their
total disease loss bill up to
S20.250.000.
Jefferson Memorial:
Closed For Repairs
Travelers who come to
Washington, D. C., with a
check list of things to see may
have to cross one item off the
agenda: The Jefferson
Memorial, for the time being,
can be admired only from afar.
Closed for repairs since
October 15, the memorial is
scheduled to reopen in late
January, the National
Geographic Society says.
Contrary to some reports,
the memorial is not sinking
slowly into the Tidal Basin.
The massive rotunda, situated
on steel pilings driven to
bedrock, is structurally sound,
but the surrounding
foundations res' on unsettled
land reclaimed from the
Potomac.
As a result, some sidewalks
and retaining walls around the
memorial have cracked or
buckled, requiting the currert
million ? dollar repair project.
The shifting of the
memorial's foundation does
not surprise National Paik
Service officials.
This movement, with
resultant cracking and buckling
of stone, has been going on
since the 32.000 ton marble
memorial was built nearlv
three decades ago.
Cracks and all, the Thomas
Jefferson National Memorial
holds a secure place among the
Capital's most revered shrines.
More than a million people
annually stroll through the
massive rotunda and stand
dwarfed before the 19 ? foot -
lugh statue of the third
President.
Once the memorial was
derided as a "folly" and a
"sham," and its construction
was bitterly opposed.
After years of urging by
Representative John Joseph
Boylan of New York, an
admirer of Jefferson. Congress
finally approved the memorial
projecr in 1934. But it decreed
that no more than S3 million -
the approximate cost of the
Lincoln Memorial *? should be
spent.
The Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Commission, headed
by Boylan, selected a design by
architect John Russell Pope It
was modeled after the rotunda
thai Jet'.^^n himself created
for the Lniwrsitv of Virginia.
Sculptor Rtkulph Evans was
chosen to casrche statue.
Almost nothing about the
project received Vqde approval.
Some called it "Bovlan's
folly," and insisted that a
tribute to Jefferson should
take the form of a university or
other useful structure.
An American Sculptors
Society officer predicted the
memorial "will remain a
disgrace and a blot on this
generation."
Angry clubwomen
campaigned to "save the cherry
trees," which were
transplanted to make room for
the memorial. In November
1938, a month before
President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt led the
groundbreaking ceremony, 40
wome^ descended on the
White House in protest.
The next day, ISO women
stopped the transplanting for a
day by shackling themselves to
the trees.
Construction continued
anyway,_but_ one problem
remained. When dedication*
time arrived on April 3, 1943,
the 200th anniversary of
Jefferson's birth, the shnne
still lacked a bronze statue.
Wartime and postwar metal
shortages dela>ed the casting
of the statue until 1947.
Meanwhile, a full ? size plaster
model ?? painted to simulate
bronze ? stood in the rotunda.
ROTC Commissions
Hit 20-Year High
WASHINGTON (ANFl ?
A total of 16.306 second lieu
tenants were commissioned
through the Army ROTC
program during Fiscal Year
(FY) 1969, representing the
largest ROTC output in the
past 20 years.
This number of commis
sions represents an increase
of 2,130 over FY 1968. ROTC
commissions accounted for
approximately 60 per cent of
the Army commissions
granted during FY 1969.
Approximately 17,500 col
lege students are projected
for ROTC commissions dur
ing FY 1970.
N?m J. Blu*
AOINT
Phone 875-3709
P.O. Box 124
Raeford, N. C.
28376
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Taxpayers Ask IRS
This column of questions and answers on federal
tax matters is provided by the local office of the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public
service to taxpayers. The column answers questions
most frequently asked by taxpayers.
Q) I'm a full-time college
student and think I will get a
tax refund, if I don't have to
count a $750 scholarship as
income. Is it income?
A) Scholarships are gener
ally not taxable and do not
have to be reported for tax
purposes. Since there are
many different types of schol
arships. you will want to
check with the organization
that gave you the scholarship
to see if they have informa
tion on its tax status.
Q) Why did IRS drop the
short form 1040A?
A) One important reason
was to make it easier for tax
payers to claim all the cred
its, deductions and exclusions
they were entitled to under
the tax laws. In recent years
more and more taxpayers
have found it to their advan
tage to itemize deductions as
their .ncorr.e .nrreased.
The new Form 1040 is one
basic page and actually calls
for just about the same in
formation that had to be en
tered on the front and back
of the old card form. Over 30
million returns will need just
the one-page Form 1040 to be
complete, while another 22
million will have to attach
only one additional schedule.
Copies of the schedules
taxpayers will most likely
need were included in the tax
package mailed to some 75
million taxpayers.
Q) I got married in Decem
ber. Can my wife and I file a
joint return for 1959?
A) Yes, if you are married
on the last day of your tax
year, you can file a joint re
turn. Your wife then cannot
be claimed as a dependent on
the return of another tax
payer.
Q) Does the new tax form
make any difference in the way
a farmer handles his credit for
gas used on the farm?
A) No, the gas tax credit
should be claimed as it has in
the past by attaching Form
4136. The amount of credit
claimed should be entered on
line 21 of Form 1040.
Q) What is the surcharge
rate for 1969 and how do you
figure it?
A) The income tax sur
charge is 10 percent for 1969.
Tax surcharge tables are in
cluded in the tax packages
and can be found on page T
1. These tables show the
amoant r' t.urcharge based on
th<- amount of tax liability
an.! your Sling status.
Remember that Schedule T,
the tax computation schedule,
will be just a worksheet for
most taxpayers and need not
!?? sent in with the Form 1040.
Only if the taxpayer 'ma a
special credit such as retire
ment income, investment or
fore.gr tax. or has to pay self
employment tax. should Sched
ule T lie sent in with the re
turn.
Q) I rent out some land to a
farmer nearby. Do I include
the rents I receive as farm or
rental income?
A 1 Enter the rents you re
ceive from your land on
Schedule E. as rental income,
and attach it to your Form
1040 when you file.
Unless there is material
participation in the business
of farming, the rents you re
ceive are not considered farm
income.
Q) Are there any tax bene
fits for those 65 and over? I'll
be able to file that way this
year.
AI Yes, there are several
benefits for those 65 years of
age and over. For example,
there is an extra $600 exemp
tion for age. and special pro
visions covering the sale of a
personal residence.
These are explained in Pub
lication 554. Tax Benefits for
Older Americans. Send a post
ci rd to your District Director
1 for a free copy.
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'Ratt^had chewed holes in
the Hour, corn meal and sugar
sacks to get at the ingredients."
a Rockingham County
nutrition aide observed as she
visited a low - income family.
So the aide, Mrs. Edith Fulp,
helped the hiomemaker cover
coffee cans for sugar storage
and large lard tins for corn
meal and flour storage,
In addition the homemaker
and her mother - in-law
attended a canning workshop
during the summer and were
able to conserve some food for
winter use.
The family will move into a
Federal Housing Project soon
and the husband, who is
retarded, is attending an
Opportunity Center to learn a
traae that will make him
employable.
The family's situation is
slow to change, but Mrs. Fulp
feels that progress has been
made. Agencies involved so far
in helping this family include
the Social Service, Public
Health, Extension Service and
Rockingham County
Opportunity Center, Jane K.
Stuart, associate home
economics Extension agent,
points out.
Aides working with the
expanded nutrition program in
Johnston County discovered
many homemakers were trying
to make pastry without using
shortening. So they taught the
women to make good pastry.
Emphasis was placed on the
nutritional value of pie and its
place in the menu. Mrs. Sylvia
Brixhoff, assistant home
economics Extension agent,
relates. Old fashion egg
custard, sweet potato and fruit
pies have been the favorites of
program families, the agent
observes.
Learning to sew has paid off
for Mrs. Charles Hall,
Martindale Rd., Fayetteville.
She made each of her four
daughters ponchos and dresses
is Christmas presents.
"I don't'Jvnow of anything 1
have ever given them tliat has
meant so much to me," the
homemaker said. "The gifts
were a symbol of growth as
well as giving on my part," she
idded.
Mrs. Hall developed her
sewing skills at an Extension
clothing workshop held this
summer, Mrs. Mary H.
le(j;and. home economics
Extension agent. Cumberland
County, leports.
This season's revival of the
color tu! scarf lias been a boon
lo the budget conscious
Aoman, believes Mrs. Martha
B. Adams, home economics
Extension agent, Richmond
[ ounty. For a basic dress can
ne worn on many different
occasions simply by changing
icarves.
There is no set way to wear
a scarf, the agent adds. Arrange
it so it is becoming to you.
In selecting scarves, be sure
'he fabrics, color and design
harmonize with the garment.
ALL SMILES ? The M and 4th platoon* of Company A, Women'* Army Corp*
(WAC) Training Battalion, Fori McClellan, Ala., approve of being the 1,000th rlaaa to
be graduated from WAC bealc training aince the rorpe became part of the Regular
Army in 1948. As an additional distinction, Pvt. Merline H. Kainoa, Kamuela, Hawaii
(center front) was named the 50.000th woman to enter baaic training aince the opening
of the permanent WAC Center at Fort McClellan In 1954.
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"Audacious!" That was the something which was soon to ot' Christ's ministry: to make
word for Jesus's decision to happen. Jesus spoke of men whole. The sick body they
begin a public ministry. He had something that already was have surrendered to medicine
no formal religious training taking place. While John called alone and the sick mind to the
except that which all Jewish for repentance to avoid the psychiatrist. Once charged to
boys received. He did not come coming judgment, Jesus gave demonstrate the power of God.
from a family of priests or the call to repentance in order they are now content to talk
scribes or rabbis, his lather had to enable people to receive the about it.
been a carpenter. The Jewish good news (the Gospel) of
religious authorities were*not God's kingdom. This message Yet, in some churches there
likely to look with favor upon came to the people with a ring is taking place a revival of the
untrained religious teachers of authority. church's ministry of healing
and Herod the king had already Jesus, however, not only and help. Once relegated to the
served notice through the talked of the truth, he sects, healing services are being
arrest of John the Baptist demonstrated it. Wherever he conducted in the quiet dignity
that he was not going to went preaching and teaching, of mainline churches,
tolerate any self ? appointed he also went "healing every
prophets! disease and infirmity among it j5 becoming obvious once
Jesus knew all this, but it the people" (Matt; 23b). The again that to merely tell the
did not deter him: "Now after kingdom of God which was "at truth of God's kingdom is not
John was arrested, Jesus came hand" waCa kingdom of power enough. That truth must be
into Galilee, preachirg the - power to heal men's minds, demonstrated in individual
Gospel of God" (Mark 1:4). bodies, and spirits. - lives and in groups. As Jesus
Jesus began his mission with Today the churches went forth, both preaching and
courage and faith. The faith continue to preach and teach healing, so must the churches
had received a severe testing the good news, but many fail today. The world needs both
during the forty days and to continue the second aspect mighty words and acts,
nights in the wilderness, but it
had prevailed. With this faith,
he could now face
courageously the dangerous
task before him.
His mission was two ? fold:
to proclaim and teach men
God's truth, and to use God's
power to lift and salvage men's
lives.
The truth took different
forms. Some of it was
proclaimed "Repent, for the
kingdom of God is at hand"
(Matt. 4:17) Some of it was
taught. And he went about all
Galilee, teaching in their
synagogues ..(Matt. 4.23a).
The basic message of his
preaching and '.caching asked
people to
Consider this
The time is fulfilled...
The kingdom of God is at
hand...
...and...
Do this:
- Repent...
-Believe the gospel.
Whereas John the Baptist's
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