Meeting Oct. 7
Byt Vernon H. Reynolds
Corny Extension Chairmen
A meeting will be held hi
the Agricultural Building In
Kenmsvtlle at 9 pjn., Monday.
October 7. for all Duplin Cou
nty members of the North Car
olina Agricultural Foundation.
All people who buy feed md
fertiliser pay five cents per
ton to the North Carolina
ricultural Foundation and art
thereby members of the ^ri
cultural Foundation. The money
collected from the assessment
on feed md fertilizer is used
for agricultural research and
education.
The purpose of the Duplin
County meeting will be to nom
inate a director to serve on the
?oara 01 uirectors ot tne Ag
ricultural Foundation for tne
next four years. Each county
In North Carolina is entitled
to one member on the Board
of Directors, and they deter
mine how the money collected
will be spent.
All Duplin citizens who buy
feed and fertilizer are Invited
to attend and participate in this
meeting to nominate a director.
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Four Duplin 4-H members exhibited blue ribbon winners at
the annual show and pullet sale held in Kenansville last week.
Left to right: Dana Lewis, son of Mrs. Betty Smith. Albertson;
Charles ftey, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Ivey Jr., Rt. 2, Mount
Olive; Barbara Herrliw. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Scott
Herring. Rt. 2. Pink Hlil; and Steven Douglas Willi*ns. son
2* ***? Mrs- Kermlt Williams, Kenansvllle. (Photo by
Kutn wells)
ISI Enrollment Up 50%
James Sprunt Institute began
its fourth academic year with
a 50&> increase in the enroll
ment of full-time students who
number 191 for the fall quarter.
These students are enrolled in
diploma md degree programs
in the vocational and technical
areas.
Over 200 part-time students
have already enrolled in 17 ex
tension programs underway and
additional enrollment is antici
pated as new programs begin
each week at James Sprunt
Institute and throughout the
County.
Dixon Hall, President of J ant
es Sprunt Institute relates that
as we enter a new year, It
promises to be a most chall
enging and rewarding one to
students, faculty, and staff and
that our objective Is to train
the citizens of our area to be
come professionally skilled in
the area of their choice.
Seven new members have
been added to the staff to ful
fill the requirements of addit
ional enrollment and expansion.
James Sprunt Institute has in
creased its staff from 2 in 1964
to 31 full-time staff members l
at present. Those added this I
year are: i
Myra West of Warsaw, N.C.
Business Alministration
Reth a Dixon Brown of Rose Hill, 1
N.C. ??Business Instructor |
Marian Hinson of Rose Hill,
N.C.??Business Instructor
Huetes Whiteside of Burg aw, i
N.C. ? Commercial Art
and Aivertislng Design
Stephen Blanton of Teachey,
N.C. Cosmetology In- i
structor
James C. Edmunds on of War
saw, N.C. ?? Dean of Ap
plied Arts and Sciences i
Carl -Price " of Warsaw,
N.C. ?? Dean of General
Education ?. 1
Construction will begin in <
January on a $324,000 shop
building to accommodate the
need for additional space in the i
training programs. This will (
add 18,000 sq. ft. of space to
the present facilities.
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New Aids Sought For Beef Aniial Selection
Milk production and butter
fat content, traditional concerns
of dairymen, may also become
important concerns of beef
producers.
Another big change that cou
ld occur in the beeHxislness ir
a new focus of attention on post
weaning performance of the
calf. Traditionally, perform
ance and quality hav e been
Judged largely on the basis
of calf weaning weight.
Researchers at North Caro
lina State University are prob
ing these areas at beef pro
duction in.. an effort to pro
vide farmers more reliablegui
?deliaes to use in selecting lulls
and cow herd replacements.
Explaining some of the reas
ons why the research project
was begun, Or. O.W. Robison
points out that "much empha
sis has been placed on per
formance testing of bulls after
weaning. ' He added, "there
also has been concern that bulls
selected on that basis may not
produce good cowherd replace
ments.
"We want to see if there
is any antagonism between the
two factors, post-weaing per
formance and milking ability of
the cow," Robison explained.
To help illustrate the prob
lem, here is a hypothetical
example:
A cattleman follows post
weaning performance testing
information in selecting his
bull. Theorectically, he could
end up having selected a bull
that will sire heifers that will
be poor milkers although their
calves do well after weaning.
/nother area under study is
the milking ability, both qual
itative and quantitative, of the
beef cow. Using Herefords,
Robison found that these beef
dams produced an average of
1&2 pounds during the first
month df lactation, to about ^
pounds during the seventh*TBon^[
This, of course, is far be
low the output of a dairy Hol
stein. On the other hand, die
Herefords used in the test app
eared to produce milk more
consistently than what is con
sidered normal for some dairy
breeds. That is. the milk flow
didn't vary as much during the
course of the milking period.
The content of the Hereford
milk is also being analyzed in
the research, "we want to find
out what role fat and protein
content play in the performance
of the calf," Robison said.
"This is an area which cattle
men hardly consider, yet it may
be quite important."
The researchers have found
a range of butterfat content In
Hereford milk of 1.3 to 6.2 per
cent, or an averag e of 3.9.
Hoisteins in the N.C. StateUni
versity herd produced milk with
a 3.4 per cent fat content.
There was little difference
the protein content of the Here
ford and Holstein milk. Both
averaged about 3.7 per cent.
"It is generally accepted that
a beef cow that is a good milker,
grows the best calf," Robison
said. "But it might be that
a poorer milker, in terms of
total production, nurses afaster
growing cjlf because her milk
is richer far butterfat, ,
"These are the kinds of things
we are exploring. We feel
there is a definite need for
more information that farmers
can use in selecting herd re
placements and herd sires. We
haven't looked at the component
parts of the elements we've used
in making these decisions in the
p act.
"1 think it is generally agreed
that we need to look further
than calf weaning weight in
selecting herd replacements
and further then post-weaning
gain in selecting bulls."
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"Poultry business has been s Godsend to the ares," said
Mr. Gordon Muldrow, Justice of the Pesce, Insurance agent,
and former Mayor of Beulaville. v
Mr. Muldrow feels that poultry is equally as Important to <
the economy of the area as is industry, ft has in his words
"been stabilizing to the farmer."
"Artuallv," he elaborated, "it has allowed many fanners
to remain farmers."
Then too, it has been nice for Insurance agent* as almost
all poultry houses are insured. Many new homes in the area
are being paid for with money earned in the poultry business ,
as well as new cars.
Mr. Muldrow is a veteran insurance man, having been in
the business for 36 years. He has served his community
as a Justice of the peace for 34 years.
The Town of Beulaville made great progress during the
seven years Mr. Muldrow served as Mayor. He resigned
when the legislature passed a law that an individual could
not hold two offices. His administration received the bond
money for town sewer, which he endorsed and turned over
to the new mayor.
Mr. Muldrow probably holds some sort of a record in
that during his tenure in office 87 new homes were built in
Beulaville, 28 places of business, and 40 or more houses :
remodeled and 3 new churches.
The poultry business contributed to this progress.
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