By Raeford Pointer & Setter Club
Field Trials Scheduled For Weekend
The Amateur Fjeld Trials of the
Raeford Pointer and Setter Gub
will be held Saturday and Sunday
on the club grounds off U.S. 401
five miles south of Raeford.
Signs will show the way to the
grounds.
The trials will run from 8 a.m.
till 5 p.m. each day.
The club has members in Hoke,
Cumberland and Moore counties.
The public is invited to attend
the trials.
Dinner of barbecue or chicken
will be served both days.
Last year's trials, the club's first,
which were held the first of March,
drew a field of 100 dogs from
throughout the Carolinas and Vir
ginia.
The stakes will be Puppy --
one-year-old or younger; Derby -- 2
years old or younger; Bird Hunters
- any age; and Open shooting dog.
Trophies will be awarded to the
entries placing first, second, and
third in all stakes.
The judges will be Dick Pope of
Raleigh, and Joe Darden of Fay
etteville.
To be considered for the title of
club champion a dog must be
owned by a member of the club.
The 1979-80 club champion is
Duke, owned by Bob Lee of West
End.
The sponsors of the trials are:
Raeford area - Auto Parts &
Equipment Co., A&P, Bank of
Raeford, Beasley's Body Shop,
Buoyer's Bait Sl Tackle Shop,
Century 21 -Avery Connell, Lairy
Chason of Rockfish, DeVane
Realty & Auction, Economy Food
Center, Hme Food Super Market,
Jackson's FMA, McDonald's Tire
Recapping Service; McLauchlin
Co., Pig-N-Chicken. Raeford
Animal Clinic, Raeford Hardware
Co., Raeford Kwik Print, Raeford
Lumber Co., Robert's Grocery of
Davis Bridge, Vardell Hedgpeth
Insurance, and Western Auto -
James Wood; Fayetteville area --
Lafayette Ford, Inc., New Sanford
Milling Co., Patrick Ford, Inc.,
Trophy & Plaque Shop, and
Western Auto - Ed Newton; Dunn -
Warren's Quail Farm; and Lum
berton -? Sammy's Subaru, Inc.
N.C. Libraries' Friends Meet
The first meeting of the Friends
of North Carolina Public Libraries
was held Thursday, at the Lee
County Library in Sanford.
Mrs. Henry Singletary of Wil
mington was installed as president,
and Perry White of Sanford was
installed, along with other officers,
as vice president.
Sara W. Hodgkins, secretary,
Department of Cultural Resources,
expressed her appreciation for the
interest in and dedication of the
people to the public libraries of our
State. Mrs. Hodgkins said, "We
are grateful to you and ask your
support in heightening the visibility
of our public libraries and in
improving their services to our
citizenry. '
State Librarian David McKay
and several other library friends
a?S8SS!
by W.S. Young,
County Extension Chairman I
and Larry Locklear, I
Assoc. Agricultural
Extension Agent I
Some swine producers in Hoke
County are cooperating in a re
search project alfatoxions.
Corn is tested from the field, in
the bin, and in the swine feeders.
Results from these tests should help
to see if there is a buildup of ai
fatoxin after the corn is stored.
Out of the Southeast area 60% of
the samples were in the range of 20
- 99 parts per billion. 21% was in
the range of 100 - 199 ppb. Three
samples were over 500 ppb.
Farmers should be very careful in
feeding this corn to small animals.
Some clean corn should be added
to reduce the total amount in the
feed.
In some areas of North Carolina
soybeans have been observed
sprouting in green pods. Extension
specialists say this is the first time
that they have seen this happen. A
graduate student has observed this
in the Phytotron. with soybeans
kept on long day lengths well past
normal maturity. There isn't any
thing that can be done about the
situation.
Applications for pine trees to set
this fall and winter are available
from your County Forester, Agri
cultural Extension Office, and the
Soil Conservation Service. Plans
are to start digging about De
cember 1, 1980 ana applications
must be in before this time.
The Agricultural Extension Ad
visory Board met on Tuesday night,
October 14, in the Extension
Office, D.R. Huff, Jr. conducted
the business part of the meeting.
The Memorandum of Understand
ing between N.C. State University
and the County Commissioners was
discussed. A program entitled "A
Bridge to the People" was pre
sented by Mr. Frank Boyette from
Red Springs.
He is the South Central District
Representative on the State Ad
visory Council. This slide set tells
about the work of the Extension
Service in North Carolina.
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presented a panel - type discussion
on "Friends, The How and Why."
Representing the Sandhill Re
gional Library System at the meet
ing were: William G. Bridgman,
Betsy R. Cadieu, Mrs. Peggy
Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Choplin, and Bradford Malone.
Bob Lee of West End with Duke. 1979-80 Raeford club champion.
Accent On Agriculture
On November 4, Americans
from all walks of life will be able to
have their say at the polls.
This could be one of the most
important elections in history for
the American people as a whole.
However, because of their dwindl
ing numbers, mounting invest
ments, and an over abundance of
government rules and regulations
to contend with, farm people
probably have more to gain or lose
than any other group in the
American economy.
Those of us who have the
privilege of voting next month
would do well to study the candi
dates and issues before entering the
voting booth. It would also be well
to keep in mind that elections for
Congress, state, county and local
positions are probably just as
significant as the Presidential race.
Each of us therefore, has the
obligation to become informed and
to support the candidates who
share our basic beliefs and vote
accordingly. The real test, of
course, comes in determining how
each of those candidates stand on
the issues of importance to you,
your state, and nation.
Through increased political in
volvement all of us, including those
in agriculture, can have a definite
impact on legislative actions.
It is of particular importance for
agriculture to have friends in
elected offices. Their understand
ing and willingness to consider and
support our viewpoint on issues can
be the key to passage of laws that
agriculture needs, or defeat of
proposed legislation that would be
detrimental to our industry.
Political clout in Raleigh and (
Washington. D.C. is, after all, a
necessary tool in today's farming
operations. This makes it that
much more important that we
become well informed and support
those candidates who best repre
sent our views.
Attends Assembly
Dr. Robert Townscnd. Jr., at
tended the October 6-9 annual
Scientific Assembly of the Ameri
can Academy of Family Physicians. 1
The meeting was held in New
Orleans.
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