THROUGH IMPROVED FARM
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The date of the Third Annual
Jones County Agricultural fair
this year has been set by the
W»rd of directors of the Pair
Association. It will be held Oc
tober 23 to 28, newly-elected
President Danis W. Koonce has
announced. » ,,v
The highly successful event Of
the past two years will be spoh
sored again in 196® by the Clen
htowton Smith American Legion
J*bst of Trenton, and again will
be on the Legion grounds
A tfce shore jof Brock's Millpond,
should make their
ow af the Agricul
i announced. Only 12 to 15
v can be taken care of in the
distributada of the certified
k, so the applications will be
ened and those with the best
lities for'taking care of the
i wiu be chosen, it was stat
It was also noted by the ex
tension service staffs that the
blue mold blight had been re
ported in Georgia plant beds.
The time to take counter-meas
ures against the mold with ter
minate" spraying is ' when the
young plants have reached the
size of a ten cent piece.
In some sections of Jones and
Lenoir .Counties the plants are
just beginning to break the soil
surface of the beds, it has been
reported.
GRIFFIN GETS AWARD
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The hi§h light of National Boy Seoul Week
ed with special programs ip Jone
presentation of a set of bronze
by.“ “ ' BmU
if iflaw 20©
George
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The litter of W pigs shown here Is the largest erer
sssw^e,'ts
“*■ *%* »#h«tot :tho litter is * grade sow
of Poland CRina-Duroc-Berkshire
hat first litter had 10
at eight weeks. Stand .
County Fatm Agent A.
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to some 36 graduates at a dinner
mWting, said ilarkins, who Will
introduce the governor. Ttfro
hundred and fifty persons are
expected at the dinner, over
which John Hughes Pollock is
scheduled to preside.
TWO WHISKEY STILLS*
DESTROYED IN JONES
Two' whiskey distilleries have
been taken and destroyed in
Jones County in the past week,
Sheriff Jeter Taylor has report
ed. Both were of 50-gallon
steam boiler capacity.
In Pollocksville Township the
distilling equipment had just
been fired up for the 200 gallons
of mash on hand, but the opera
tor fled and eluded the Sheriff,
Deputy Brown Yates and Game
Protector C. R. Parker.
The still m Chinquapin Town
ship was of the copper variety
.but was cold and unattended,
wiih TOO gallons of mash nearby
for processing, the Sheriff said.
Both of the distilleries were
destroyed at the scene
Two Cat In Affray
The principal piece of violence
in Jones County during the past
week was-a knife affray in which
two persons werfe injured, both
Negroes, Sheriff Jeter Taylor
has reported. In Beaver Creek
Township following an argu
ment Z^Ima Parker inflicted
knife wounds on Roy Parker and
fled. He was pursued and
knifed by Charlie Sheppard, a
cousin of the first-wounded man.
The wounds were not of a se
rious nature, and the knife wield
ers were required to post $150
bonds for Superior Court trial in
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Valentine Day was observed
in Trenton last week by the
Woman’s Auxiliary of the Amer
ican Legion Post there, with a
party for their husbands and
friends. Some 30 persons en
joyed the event at the home of
the Clen Newton Smith post on
the shore of Brock’s Millpond.
In keeping with the theme of
the evening all of the Auxiliary
members had a red and white
Valentine pinned on them by
Mrs. Margaret Greene upon
their arrival.
A program of recreational
games was led by Miss Macy
Mallard, and the main entertain
ment of the evening was square
dancing and a Virginia Reel. A
delicious refreshment course was
also served.
HOME AGENT NOTES
Three Jones County Home
Demonstration Clubs will meet
in the coming week, it has been
announced by Home Agent Mary
Helen Loftin. They are the
Pleasant Hill club at 2:30 p. m.
Monday at the home of Mrs.
Theron Humphrey, and the Foy’s
Club at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday at the
home -of Mrs. Jennings Moore.
Tractor Maintenance Tip
Assistant Jones County Farm
[Agent George Wiggins attended
a' tractor maintenance school at
Raleigh last week and is bursting
with information on the care and
feeding of tractors. He says he
will get around ttj passing all of
the information on to as many
people as , will listen, but insists
on passing hne thing on now.
One gallon of gasoline, he says,
... "bns 'ef air for
so the oil
must be kept
practical
and proven than to try the theor
etical and unried.”
Dr. Joyner admitted, however,
“We have the answer with the
present farm program to the
non-perishable farm products,
but we have, got to find some
thing better "for perishable pro
duce.”
The tobacco program has been
a model, Dr. Joyner asserted, that
has worked and never cost the
government anything. It has
more than paid its way. The
program of crop controls under
which tobacco and several other
major farm commodities are ad
justed annually is a basic ap
proach to the age-old problem
known as “Supply and Demand”,
Dr. Joyner reminds.
“No man-made laws are going
to be a 100 per cent answer to
this problem,” the doctor de
clares, hut it behooves us to do
every intelligent thing we can
to eliminate the great periods of
both over and under production.”
Dr. Joyner admits that 15 years
ago he never could have dreamed
of the powerful and efficient or
ganization farmers have today
and he further agreed that al
though government "by pressure
group” was not. always in the
best interest, of all concerned,
that the farmer assuredly had
the duty of maintaining and
supporting the strongest kind of
“pressure group” for himself.
ORDERS AVAILABLE
FMA Secretary Nelson Bar
ker reminds all Jones County
farmers that it is now possible to
obtain lime, fertilizer and seed
orders for establishment of per-,
manent pastures. These orders
will be available-Until March 18.
All Who wish to have part of the
expense of a permanent pastime
paid by the government are re
minded of this deadline.