U takes much study and
years of experience to become a
teener. But juM as a man need
tot aid and practice the rules of
not be a doctor in order to give
sa Jjlving, so the owner of a
■ forest o|a keep bis trees
vigorous end productive by foBow
ing some sapple rules of good for
est management such as thinning,
selective tfWBnf, reseeding or re
planting, and protecting it from
fire and disease.
Proper managing of the forest
trees on hit farm can make tbs
farmer more prosperous, help edu
cate his children, add to his home
comforts, and increase the value
of the farm as an investment.
The well managed farm woods
WiH supply the farmer with timber
for buildings, fences, and repairs
of all kinds; and there will 'often
bg a surplus of standing timber,
bay logs, post, poles, pulpwood and
other forest products which can
be marketed. The farm forest pro
vides off-season work and so does
ndt conflict with crops or other
phases'of farm management.
Approximately 40 per cent of our
private forest lands are in farm
Ownership. This alone indicates
the importance of the forest as a
farm asset. Many farm woodlands
are cut without any thought of
keeping' them continuously pro
ductive; many are dean-cut of
all merchantable timber.
The fanner should know how to
cut his timber properly so that he
(may currently harvest the timber
that needs to be cut and keep his
(young thrifty1 timber for the con
tinuous production of future trees.
There never was a better time to
mate a small ftwest pay. Timber
is scarce almost everywhere in the
(world. Wood product bring good
prices and good lumber from large
(Straight, clear logs will always
Command a market. By investing
borne time and.care, owners of
small forest can earn cash and at
thq same time put their timber in
condition' to return frequent profits
in the future.
Our woodlands are a great re
sponsibility. Besides providing ium
ber and other wood products, forest
build up the soil, give a steady
supply of water and help prevent
floods that gully our fields and
wash oiir valuable topsoil away:
Nevertheless, we have abused them
in the past, probably because we
thought that they were so big they
would last forever.
Our farm woodlands seem to be
in the worst shape of all our forest
lands; consequently, they must be
rebuilt, for without them we can
hardly live as a prosperous healthy
nation. ■
Congress has set aside1 money to
help the States provide small for
est owners with assistance and/ad
ice on all phases of forest manage
ment'. Help on forest management
problems can be secured through
your County Farm Agent or your
Goal Conservationist. By making
application through them, the own
er can obtain the services of a
forester who will visit the owner’s
woodland and give on-the-spot
advice for managing it.
Generally this advice will be free,
but the-forester Aspects the owner
to follow bis suggestions. In a sense
this is ,the owner’s way ,<* carrying
bl« share of the responsibility.
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Guessing about fertilization is high
ly costly, according to a Negro
form agent. And having the soil
tested can be a real money saver.
C. R. Greene, Bladen County
form agent for the N. C. Agricul
tural Extension Service, seys there
are many examples of farmers
profiting by having their soB tested
end then fallowing the recommen
dations. But none prove the point
better than Pleasant Campbell,
Clarirton, Rt. 2. ,
Recently Greene stopped by the
Campbell farm and was greeted
iwith broad am lies. “You know,”
said Campbell, “I’ve made more
money on my tobacco crop Ibis
year than ever before. And my fer
tilizer bill was less, too. I’m also
expecting my best com yield.”
Campbell bad the soil in each of
his fields tested last year. Greene
asked if he bad followed the Soil
Testing Division’s (N. C. Dept, of
Agriculture) fertiliser recommen
dations. “Sure we did,” was the
answer. “And it has meant less
money spent for fertilizer and big
ger crop yields all around. Just
let me show you some of my to
bacco sales.”
Greene saya Campbell’s sales
slips showed that he had a yield
of 1,935 pounds per acre which
brought $63.43 per hundred pounds.
The Negro farm agent quotes
Campbell as declaring, “We have
stopped forever guessing about how
much and what kind of fertilizer
to use .We get out soil tested!”
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I “laid down” on oar genial and
capable Editor Ed butte last week
because I was too busy with stu
dents getting the fall semester
started. Students are our most im
portant Crofc here at State College
•ail they come first with me. Per
haps some of you missed the col
umn; «t least I hope you did.
acme time ago I devoted most
of my column to a discussion of
GMwpefflc Add and suggested that
you try it on some of your African
Violets. I had a report or two that
it would be Med but ha ve not had
a report on the results. In any
event, I have tried to keep pace
With developments as far as re
search with this material is con
cerned. Here are some of the latest
as reported by scientists attend
ing a recent meeting at Stanford
University. We will call it GA.
GA reverses the stunting effect
caused by certain virus diseases
in corn, crimson clover and asters.
On tomatoes, sprays of GA speed
up flowering, increase fruit set
and hasten ripening. It also pro
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motes more even ripening. The time
may come when we will be adding
GA to our spray tanks because it
bas been found that, when mixed
(with such materials as captao,
neither the effectiveness of the
fungicide nor GA are reduced.
Spraying Thompson seedless
grapes, the kind from California
that you buy at your grocery store,'
with GA has a tendency to loosen
tight clusters, increase size and
hasten harvest. On Irish potatoes,
spraying the vines just before dig
ging breaks tuber dormancy so
the spuds can be replanted im
mediately, if desired.
GA is. still expensive but manu
facturing methods are being im
proved to the extent that we may
have hope that the price will soon
be in the range of all who wish to
use it. You may remember that
Gibberellic Acid, GA, or “Gjtorel”
was isolated from a fungus which
grows on rice in Japan. It is now
believed by scientists that two or
three more gifabereiin-like sub
stances, which occur in nature, are
yet to-be discovered.
Don’t leave your garden naked
this winter. Seed it with oats to
prevent erosion and provide organic
tnatter to turn under in the spring.
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I Peach
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| drained (canned
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■ IcD-O Straw
"berry Instant
mailing; uasn oc nu; Kupoerry or
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Place eaclj peach half in a chilled
sherbet glass. Pour milk into mixing
bowl. Add pudding mix and salt and
beat with egg beater just until well
mixed, about 1 minute. Do not over
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pudding over peaches in sherbets and
let stand to set—about 5 minutes.
Top each serving with a spoonful of
raspberry or strawberry jam. Makes
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