W. L. Turner, Raleigh , to Speak
To Better Farming Contestants
\
W. L. Turner, farm man
agement specialist. State
College Extension service,
KaU)i?h. will apeak to 1954
Better Farming ton Better
Living contestants at 2:30
Tuesday afternoon, March
13, at the court house, Beau
fort.
Farm families who have receiv
ed applications for the BFBL con
test are urged to return them to
the farm agent's office as soon as
possible. The BFBL contest is
sponsored annually by county
farm and home agents and Tide
Water Power company.
Winners receive their prizes,
cash and merchandise, at the an
nual Farm Bureau meeting. Re
ceiving first place in the 1950
county contest were Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Oglesby of Crab Point.
Members of the county BFBL
council are Robert Howard, More
head City, chairman; Mrs. Billie
Smith, Beaufort RFD, vice-chair
man; Mrs. Lloyd Gillikin, home
agent, secretary; Mrs. Lockwoqd
Phillips, Beaufort, publicity chair
man.
Kenneth Wagner, Morehead City;
B. J. May, James Allgood, James
Davis, R. M. Williams. Beaufort;
Standi Bell and C. S. Long, New
port.
Assistance
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used 1,574 pounds of ladino clover
on 787 acres pasture, also 6,130
pounds fescue on 777 acres; orch
ard grass was used on 10 acres; in
established winter crops four far
mers used 410 pounds of vetch on
21 acres; 30 farmers used 2,046
pounds crimson clover on 110
acres.
Thirty-two farmers seeded 3,694
pounds rye grass on 185 acres; 22
farmers seeded 5,720 pounds Aus
trian winter peas on 286 acres; 49
farmers removed 72,652 cubic
yards of dirt in establishing drain
age ditches on farms; three farm
ers used 35 cwt. 20 per cent phos
phate on improved pastures.
Nitrogen Make a Diiference
This picture of experimental pints on the farm of C. H. Parker
near Princeton shows the effect of nitrogen on corn. The corn on
the left received fertilizer with nitrogen omitted and yielded 24
bushels per acre. The corn on the right received 500 pounds of
4-10-10 in the row at planting and 500 pounds of ammonium nitrate
side-dressing. It yielded 110 bushels per acre. The tests were con
ducted by workers of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment
station. ,
Soil Conservation Farm News
By Roy R. Beck
Soil Conservation Service
Mr. Herman Morris of Pelleticr
showed me a good example of the
value ol crotolaria in increasing
crop yields last week. Mr. Morris
has a hill underlayed with clay
where crotolaria has been growing
on one half of it for several years.
The corn stocks were more than
'..vice as big in the crotolaria area
as they were on the rest of the
field.
The complete soil conservation
farm plan for his farm calls for
seven tile drainage lines in springy
land, a two-year rotation of all
row crops, fire lanes through the
nicest farm woodlot 1 have ever
seen in Carteret county, a perma
nent pasture, and a wildlife bor
der between field and woods.
Sam Pollard ol Newport just
finished seeding fescue grass seed
on the sloped banks of his new
ditches. Mr. Pollard said, "I need
to stabilize these banks before run
off water starts cutting back into
the fields like it did in small hand
cut ditches.
Carl Garner, district supervisor,
reseeded his new pasture with
clover seed last week. Mr. Garner
said, "f couldn't cover the seed be
cause of stumps but it looks like
every seed came up. Mr. Garner
has a five-acre two-year old pas
ture on wet black land which will
furnish grazing for his cattle dur
ing the coming year."
It Takes ...
"KNOWHOW"
To keep trucks and cars rolling these days, and to be sure you
will be promptly prepared for care-free driving.
"Know How" Nou 1
Making tare the men we hire to
take care of your tracks and can
are the beat in the business.
"Know How" No. 2
Making rare our employee* keep
?p to date with factory . sponsored
training.
"Know How" No. 3
Anticipating your requirements so
that we have the parts you want
when yon need them.
"Know How" No. 4
Being sure you arc courteously and
promptly taken care of when you
come to oar place.
"Know How" No. 5
Doing our terrier work to well and
so promptly that yon will alwaya
come back.
"Know How" No. 6
Treating you the way we would
like U be treated if we were in
your place.
Sound Chevrolet Co.r Inc.
1308 Arcndell St.
Phone 6-4071
Morehead City, N. C.
Credit Association
NamesLA. Garner
The board of directors of the
New Bern Production Credit asso
ciation, in a meeting Friday ap
pointed Lawrence A. Garner of
Newport a director. He will serve
until the next annual stockholders
meeting, it was announced by
Wade H. Davis, secretary-treasurer.
Garner fills the vacancy on the
Board baused by the death of Sam
D. Edwards.
Garner is a well-known farmer
of Newport and has been a mem
ber of the association for a num
ber of years. He devotes his en
tire time to the operation of his
50-aere farm.
The association makes short
term agric?I(ural loans to farmers
of Craven, Carteret and Pamlico
counties. The office is located at
411 Craven st., in New Bern. ^
Other members of the board of
directors are G. Tull Richardson,
president. Marvin F. Aldridge,
vice-president, J. E. Riggs and J.
B. Holton, directors.
kseminator
Studies at Athens
Taking a training course at
Athens, Ga., the University of
Georgia, is Mr. Robinson, the ar
tificial insemiriator for the four'
county Artificial Breeding associa
tion whilh includes Craven, Car
teret,, Jones, and Pamlico counties.
This course started Monday and
will continue through this week.
R. M. Williams, farm agent, stated
that after Robinson's return to this
locale, he will be able to olfcr
services on farms following the
obtaining of a laboratory head
quarters. refrigerator, and other
necessary equipment.
Courses on artificial insemina
tion are offered at State college,
Raleigh, and the University of
Georgia. There is an agreement
between the two colleges to the ef
fect that North Carolina men t.ike
the course when it is offered at
the University of Georgia ami
Georgia men study at Raleigh when
the course is offered at State col
lege.
The artificial insemination pro
gram. started several months ago,
is part o( the project to promote
production of dairy cattle in east
ern North Carolina.
Thoroughly inoculated Ifldino
clover may add as much as 240
pounds of nitrogen to one acre of
soil, say soil nutrition specialists.
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