Lot Bkduhear Anthony Pbwen
Valeria Galberth Linda Alford
Church News
Lisa Picked For Valentine
Lisa Blackshear was crowned Wee
Miss Valentine Friday night at East
Freedom Chapel. The Rev. James Glenn
presided at the ceremonies.
Lisa is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Farmer. Her escort was Athony
Powers, the grandson of Mrs. Fannie
Powers.
First runner-up was Valeria Galbcrlh,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Galberth. Her escortwas Dennis Walker,
son of Mr. and Mrs, George Walker.
Second runner-up was Linda Alford.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Alford. Her escort was Darrick
Cunningham, son of Mrs. Dorothy
Cunningham.
Farm Items
By W. S. Young & Phil Ricks
County Agricultural Agents
During the latter part of February,
about ISO residents of Hoke County
will receive questionaires from the
Community Development Specialists at
N.C. State University. The survey will
be an attempt to determine what the
people perceive to be the needs and
concerns in their communities and state.
About 16,000 people across the state
have been selected randomly to
participate in this study. It is extremely
important that you complete and return
the questionaire as soon as possible.
Further information about the project
can be gotten from the county agents
office.
Tobacco producers should be
practicing good management on their
plant beds. Beds with solid plastic over
them should be ventilated or holes
punched into the plastic. Temperatures
under the plastic can get extremely high
and can kill the young plants as they
germinale.
Drainage around these bedsshbuld be
good, especially since we have had
excess rainfall this winter. Plenty of
good plants are necessary to get you off
on a good tobacco year and it takes
dose supervision of beds to insure the
growth of plants.
sediment Law Begins March 1
Noting that state law will soon
require a sediment control plan on all
clearing or grading operations more than
one acre in size, State Conservationist
Jesse L. Hicks pledged the support of
Soil Conservation Service people to help
control sediment.
Under terms of the North Carolina
Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of
1973, earth - disturbing activities after
March 1 must include measures to keep
sediment from such work on the project
site.
Land cleared or graded for
agricultural or forestry uses are
exempted, Mr. Hicks said, and no plan
will be required.
"But we have a lot of development
and building projects that are clearly
included in the category covered by this
part of the Act," he added.
"Fortunately, conservation measures are
available to help prevent the sediment
from washing away and entering streams
and other waterways."
Under the law, a plan must be
submitted 30 days before grading
operations begin. The plan must list and
define measures that will be used to
keep disturbed earth from leaving the
graded area. The North Carolina
Sedimentation Control Commission is
responsible for enforcement of the law.
More information may be obtained
from regional engineers in the North
Carolina Department of Natural and
Economic Resources. Field offices are
located in Asheville, Mooresville,
Winston - Salem, Raleigh, Fayetteville,
Washington, N.C. and Wilmington.
Technical assistance in developing
erosion control plans may be obtained
from the l)2 soil and water conservation
districts, which serve every North
Carolina county. The Hoke County
District Conservation Office has
additional information available.
Hoke ASCS
by Thomas R. Burgess
The sign-up period for flue-cured
tobacco growers to designate their
markets for 1975 has been set during
the period from March 3 through April
4, according to Tom Burgess, County
Executive Director of the Hoke ASCS
Office,
This marketing procedure was
initiated in 1974 in an effort to alleviate
some of the marketing problems of
recent years.
The following are the principal
features of the 1975 system of
marketing: All flue-cured tobacco
growers must designate the number of
pounds they will sell at each warehouse
in order to be eligible for price support;
a grower who expects to have tobacco
available for marketing this year may
designate any portion of his quota up to
11091. of the farm's effective quota, the
designation to be made at the local
ASCS office.
Each office will have a list of the
warehouses that are within the 100-mile
designation area and growers may
designate to as many warehouses as they
wish. Growers may sell outside the
100-mile limit without the benefit of
price support. Periods for rcdesignations
will be announced later If additional
poundage is leased to a farm, the grower
may designate at the time the lease is
filed.
The ASCS office will have necessary
forms and other information needed to
operate the system. Any grower .needing
additional information is invited to visit
the office.
1975 FLUE-CURED TOBACCO
PRICE SUPPORT NOT TIED TO
ACREAGE - Flue-cured tobacco
growers will not be required to stay
within their allotments in order to
qualify for price support on 1975
marketings. Price support will be
available to eligible producers on their
1975 marketings up to 110 percent of
their poundage quotas, even if the
harvested acreage exceeds the farm
allotment for 1975.
RELEASE AND REAPPOR
TIONMFNT OF COTTON
ALLOTMENT - Cotton farm operators
will again have the opportunity to
release their 1975 cotton allotment for
preservation of allotment history.
Farmers wishing to plant more than
their allotment may do so and can
request additional acreage through the
office. Applications for release or
Accent On
Agriculture
The situation in which farmers now
find themselves is perhaps the most
critical in our history. We can say with
certainty that never before has the
business of farming been so complex
and never before has so much been
expected from so few.
Even as the proportion of farmers to
the rest of the population continues to
grow smaller, farmers are being asked to
produce larger and larger crops to
supply an affluent and growing
population, at home and abroad. To
complicate matters, they are expected
to do this in the face of rising
production costs, declining farm prices
for some commodities, shortages of
some production items, and many
unrealistic environmental restrictions.
Farmers like to produce food and
fiber. If they didn't, they wouldn't do
it. It's hard work in all kinds of weather
and full of risk. Farmers also like to
make a decent living, but it's tough
when they have to face so many
uncertainties
Although farming is a gamble, and
always has been, the day is long past
when the fatmer is willing to continue
to lose money. He will either quit
producing altogether or change to a
more profitable farm commodity.
Today's farmers are businessmen
because they have to be in order to
survive as farmers.
Also, there is a new "breed" of
farmer appearing on the scene. He's
young, very often with some college,
very much open to change, and
considers farming as a business front
which to make a profit - the same as
any other businessman.
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DEADL1NK FOR FILING
APPLICATIONS FOR DISASTER
PAYMENTS - Applications for feed
grain or cotton disaster payments and
cotton yield adjustments must be filed
not later than IS days after completion
of harvest of the crop for which loss is
claimed. The crop residue must not be
destroyed until it is inspected by an
ASCS representative.
Those who file applications must
submit production evidence no later
than February 29. 1975. The county
committee can grant additional time if
they determine the submission of such
evidence by February 28 is beyond the
producer's control. However, the date
cannot be extended beyond April 30.
1975.
Bl Boitling
H. Waves Wilt
By Blanche Farmer
Intruders added three more wins,
defeating the Heat Waves three to one.
Junk Yard Dogs were doomed, but due
to the excellent performance of Wayne
Smith, they won three games to one
from tire Wrecking Crew.
The Stumpers stood tall against the
Fantastic Four, taking a three to one
win. The Rolling Stones held their
ground to the Misfits, three to one.
The aim was to shoot when James
Leggett reached for 271, but got 247.
George McKoy picked up a 204,
Richard Taylor, a 203. It's looking
good!
Standings
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Intruders 15 5
Fantastic Four 12 8
Junk Yard Dogs 10 10
Stumpers 10 10
Misfits 9 11
Ileal Waves 9 II
Rolling Stones 8 12
Wrecking Crew 7 13
Averages
B. Monroe 178
C.Jackson 160
G. McKoy 158
J. Leggett 155
L.. Woodcox 155
R.Morgan 155
B. Fllcdge 153
I . Tyncr 152
S Glincs 150
A. Kelly 149
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Bicentennial edition of the Greatest Show on Earth, featuring Don Martizcz
performing a tripie-ani-a-half at every performance March 4 and 5 at the
Cumberland auditorium.
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