510 Pounds Delivered Thursday
Inmates Growing Food For Hoke Needy
The Hoke County Department of
Social Services Thursday afternoon
delivered 510 pounds of squash and
cucumbers to needy families of the
county.
The vegetables were grown at the
Sandhills Youth Center by mem
bers of the Center's "I Can"
Alumni Association. "1 Can" is the
Center's motivational course for the
residents of the Center, and at the
end of each course, a graduation
ceremony is held for those who
complete it successfully.
The day before the vegetables
were given away in Hoke, the first
crop of the garden was distributed
the previous week to Moore County
needy families by the Moore Coun
ty Department of Social Services.
But more vegetables are coming
out of the garden, which covers
about two acres. It's growing
beans, cabbage, tomatoes, squash,
watermelons, and cantaloupes,
under the care of the alumni, and
corn and probably other vegetables
will be planted later.
Kevin Spivey of the alumni
association is the project manager.
Groups outside the Center help.
The Hoke County Agricultural
Extension Service staff provides
technical advice. The Sandhills
Community Action Program helps,
and the Raeford Woman's Club
and the women of Raeford United
Methodist Church sponsor the
alumni association.
On the Center staff, Roosevelt
Johnson helps in his role of
program coordinator, and Leslie
Hotte, the Center's food service
supervisor, teaches the young men
the proper ways of handling the
vegetables after they are harvested,
including storing them.
The alumni were inspired in
working with Social Services last
Christmas season in helping take
Christmas packages to needy fami
lies. After meeting the people, they
decided they wanted to do more. So
they took on the garden, which had
been started last year but hadn't
worked out.
Johnson said the young men put
it this way: they're serving sen
tences for taking from a com
munity; so now they want to give.
Growing the vegetables and giving
them to the needy is their way of
giving back some of what they have
taken. And nobody is making them
do it; they are working the garden
because thev want to.
Keeping a garden producing
nEADY TO GO ?? "I Can " alumni, supporters and others with part of the
510 pounds of vegetables ready for delivery Thursday to Hoke County needy
families. Front. LR ?? alumni Mike Cannadv, Ronald Isaac. Kevin Spivey.
Ted Yarboro. John Davis, and Alfred Powell. Rear. L-R ?? Roosevelt
Johnson. Youth Center program coordinator; Banks Wannatnaker.
Extension assistant agent; Michael Cotton of Raeford. a member of the
Center staff : Sheffie McLaughlin, senior citizens' coordinator for the Hoke
County Department of Social Services: Leslie Hotte. Center food service
supervisor; J. P. Smith. Center program director: Ken Witherspoon. Hoke
County Social Services Department director: and Willie Featherstone.
Extension chairman.
takes some money. But instead of is collecting discarded aluminum
asking for donations, the alumni cans and selling them to a recycling
hold money-raising programs. One company.
Area Incidents
Thieves Get Bug Lights, Guns
The following were reported to
the Raeford Police Department
recently. Police Chief Leonard
Wiggins said. '
Mary Jones. 1004 N. Jackson St.,
reported someone stole a $300
stereo radio and cassette player
from her house June 24.
Someone stole a $90 bug light
from the back yard of Robert L.
Conoly at 319 W. Edinborough
Ave., between 11:15 p.m. June 25
and 1:30 a.m. June 26.
Someone stole a bug light and a
hammock valued at a total $150
from the yard of Charles Hostetler,
305 W. Elwood Ave., between 11
p.m. June 25 and 7 a.m. June 26.
A coin box at Bill's Car Wash on
401 bypass was broken into Mon
day. The amount of money taken
was not known.
Elnora Smith Crew. 317 Douglas
St., Laurinburg. reported someone
stole four hub caps worth $110
from her car while it was parked at
the House of Raeford Monday.
The Hoke County Sheriff s De
partment received the following.
A bicycle was stolen from the
property of David Goodman, off
N.C. 211 west, about 3.5 miles
from Raeford. Sunday or Monday.
An aluminum gate worth $89
was stolen June 20 or 21 from the
property of Lillian Mulrooney. Rt.
2. Raeford.
Someone tried to break into the
home of Ola Mae Oxendine. Rt. 1,
Shannon. June 25. first through the
front door, but her two Great
Danes scared him off. Then the
prowler, believed to be a male,
climbed to the roof of the house by
the rear door, but then jumped off
and ran into the woods.
James McPhaul, Rt. 1, Raeford,
Saunders Street Extension, re
ported someone broke into his car
June 24 or 25. stole $293 worth of
property, and cut the top of the car.
Stolen were a power booster, an
AM and FM radio with a cassette
player, and a man's coat. The
damage to the top of the car
amounted to about SI 90.
Someone broke two windows at
Upchurch Junior High School Sun
day. Nothing was reported missing.
About S25 damage was done to the
windows.
A total of 57,708 worth of
personal property was stolen from
the home of W.C. Hamilton. Rt. 2.
Raeford. on Dundee Farm in a
break-in June 25 or 26 believed
committeed by two persons. The
articles stolen included tun w.?
guns. seven sweaters, a clock radio.
$180 in cash. 20 record albums, a
blow dryer, three electric saws, a
diamond ring. pots. pans, a pair of
shoes, and a pocket book.
Leonard Kay. 1813 Silver City
St.. was reported shot in the
stomach with a .22 caliber ritle the
night of June II on Cockman Road
behind St. James Church. He was
given hospital treatment.
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Health Watch
HOME POISONINGS
Poisonings are generally thought
of in the home as child killers, but
actually the biggest toll is in the 25
to 44 year old age group, with those
15 to 24 years close behind.
The North Carolina Medical
Society points out that the answers
;o preventing poisonings involves
proper labeling, organizing medi
cine chests and educating adults
about the dangers of mixing drugs
and medicines that can strengthen
each other's actions.
Of course, every effort should be
made to keep poisons out of the
hands of children. Under-the-sink
storage areas for lyes, cleaners,
insecticides and disinfectants are
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Keep only such of these materials
as you actually need. Keep con
tainers tightly closed. The same
applies to medicine.
Although the danger of carbon
monoxide has been well publicized,
large numbers of people still die
every year from this cause. Auto
mobiles are a primary offender,
The motor should never be left
running in a closed garage. Always
leave one of the car w indow s open a
crack, even in winter. The exhaust
and muffler may leak fumes into
the auto interior.
Furnaces, heaters, and stoves
also are dangerous producers of
carbon monoxide, if improperly
vented. Have them checked regu
larly by qualified people. Gas space
heaters or stoves in tightly closed
rooms may cause suffocation bv
using up all the oxygen in the room.
Suffocation is the most serious
killer of infants and very young
children. Children under four ac
count for more than half of all
deaths from suffocation. Choking
on inhaled bits of food or other
small objects leads the causes of
death. Keep small toys, beads and
other items that could lodge in the
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amine the toddler's solid food tor
lumps and foreign objects.
Smothering in bedding is a home
safety ha/ard. Cribs should be
designed to prevent strangulation,
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HAY PRODUCTION
So far this year Hoke County hay
producers have had a tough time
dodging showers to get in their first
cuttings. In fact, the majority of
those first cuttings have had some
rain damage.
The damage has been primarily
in the leaching of valuable nutri
ents from the grasses due to the
rain. However, because the hay gets
wet. it has to be left out to dry
longer. Another problem, sun
bleaching. can take place then.
Obviously, hay producers can be
affected by many different things.
Their losses can be very large in
some cases. Yet. when the industry
as a whole is considered, the
estimated losses are almost stag
gering. In fact, just the estimated
value of nutrients lost in the
industry from leaching or bleaching
is over a billion dollars per year.
Also, it is estimated that over thirty
million dollars in hay is lost per
year because of farm fires caused
by the spontaneous combustion of
damp hay.
However, hay remains one of the
most versatile and valuable food
sources for animals. As with other
forages, hav crops can be grown on
marginal land which has very little
row crop value. As a stored forage
there arc several important aspects
of hav
can be kept for long
of time with very little loss
. nutrients. That is. if it is
protected from the weather.
Second, there are many crops
which can be used successfully as
hay crops. They range from alfalfa
to bcrmudagrass to oats, barley or
wheat .
Third . hay can be produced and
fed in small or large amounts.
Fourth, hay can be harvested,
stored, and fed by hand or the
production and feeding can be
completely mechanized. Modern
technology has gone a long way in
changing hay making. In fact, one
man can do what it used to take
several to do in a hay crop.
Fifth, good quality hay can
supply most nutrients needed by
many different classes of livestock.
Because of that, hay is the most
commonly used source of stored
feed on most farms.
Since hay is such a widely used
teed source, it is important that the
factors affecting hay quality be
understood. By understanding
those factors, hay producers or hay
buyers can better recognize the
quality of the hay they examine.
The ultimate test of hay quality is
how animals eating it perform.
Three factors influencing per
formance would be consumption,
digestibility and nutrient content,
and toxic components.
Hav quality can be affected by
many different factors. In any
visual evaluation of a hay crop
those factors would have to be
considered. Plant maturity is pro
bably the most important factor of
nutrient content or quality. As
plants age the protein and nutrients I
present in them decrease and the
amount of fibers present increase.
By looking for stems, seedheads.
and leaves, the overall maturity of
the crop can be evaluated. If there
are relatively few seedheads present
and an abundance of leaves pre
sent. the hay would be considered
less mature than a hay with many
stems and seedheads.
Texture or the length, diameter,
and flexibility of the stems is ?
another important factor to evalu- '
ate. The smaller and more flexible
the stems, the better the hay
quality.
Leafiness was discussed with
plant maturity as a factor in hay
evaluation. It should be con
sidered, because the more leaves
present the greater the hay's nu
tritive value. In fact, leaves contain
over twice as many nutrients as
stems. I
Foreign matter should also be
considered when evaluating hay
quality. The more foreign matter
present, the poorer the hay quality.
Some examples of foreign matter
would be weeds, sedges, rushes,
stalks, manure, paper, and glass or
bottles.
Color is a relatively poor measure
of hay quality, but it is used many
times in evaluating hay. The
primary reasons it is considered *
such a poor measure is because it is
influenced so greatly by fertiliza
tion and curing. However, some
factors to consider are if the hay is a
bright, dark green color, it is
usually high in vitamins and pro
teins.
Aroma is the final factor of
evaluation discussed here. When
hay is evaluated, it should always
be smelled. A musty or moldy odor
would indicate that the hay was
baled wet. If that odor was present
you should check for mold. The
mold would appear as a white to
gray colored, flakey substance. It
could most likely be found, if
present, on the leaves in a tightly
packed section of the bale.
Always evaluate hay for quality,
visually, chemically, or both ways.
After all, unless you really look at it
you won't have any idea what you,
are feeding your animals.
Please feel free to call the Hoke
County Agricultural Extension of
fice if you need any further
assistance in evaluating hay.
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