S By Batty Barclay J VV
What homemaker doesn’t love having a main dish to serve her
family that’s both popular mealtime f^e and good for them?
This skillet of canned beans A franks in tomato sauce has the
proud honor of being classified in just those categories. Protein
>ich beans and the ever-popular frankfurter are mated right in
the can. Great, just as they are, this dish becomes even more
delicious with the addition of some prepared mustard, Worcester
shire, and sliced onion.
For the nutrition-conscious, this special beans & franks dish,
served with molded raw vegetable salad, corn muffins, and fresh
fruit for dessert, will satisfy the homemaker’s concern for her
family’s health and will afford the family real eating pleasure.
Peppy Beans & Franks
1 small onion, sliced
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 can (1 pound) beans & franks in tomato sauce
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
% teaspoon Worcestershire
In saucepan, cook onion in butter until tender. Add beans &
franks, mustard, and Worcestershire. Heat, stirring now and
then. Makes 2 to 3 servings.
Good Pasture Can Benefit
Many Tar Heel Dairymen
Many - questions are being asked
by North Carolina dairymen about
the place of pastures and forages in
their feed program. lit answering
these questions, dairy extension
specialists at State College say the
following points should be consid
ered in developing a forage system:
Historically, forages have been
considered the cheapest source of
nutrients for dairy cattle; and, feed
constitutes a high percentage of
the total cost of producing milk.
Today dairying has become a com
petitive business requiring enorm
ous investments. There are many
other major items of expense, such
as labor, interest on investment
and utilities which go on regard
less of the level of production.
This means that a constant, con
tinuous supply of high quality nu
trients has become a must.
Over 85 per cent of the dairying
in North Carolina is in the Pied
mont and Mountain parts of the
state. Most of the land has some
physical limitations. It is gently
rolling to step, most of the soils
are clay with over half of the top
soil gone, the fields are generally
small and irregular in shape, and
the summer rainfall is heavy, com
ing in thundershowers, causing
qrosion problems on cultivated
fields. These factors limit the
choice of crops and the cropping
system.
Because of the great differences
hi climatic conditions, size of farm
and herd, possible alternative uses
of the land, soil type and slope, and
for numerous other reasons there
is no one right .and only forage
program for all dairymen of the
state. Rather, it must be tailored
to the individual farm. Each dairy
must weigh these factors and make
the choice for his farm.
In planning a feeding program,
the specialists say, it is not a
question of silage versus pasture, or
grass silage versus corn silage or
stead, they supplement one anoth
er:
“Seldom do we build a feeding
program around one crop or one
single system,” the specialists em
pasize. “Rather, we must fit the
parts together into a complete and
satisfactory program. We must use
our advantages of a relatviely long
growing season and overcome our'
disadvantages if we are to com
pete with other areas of the na
tion.”
Because of the fact that much
land in North Carolina, especially
in the Piedmont and Mountains,'
is best adapted for pasture use,
pastures and other perennial Sod
crops will continue to play a vita}
part in our dairy forage program.
Just any old pasture will not do,
however. If pastures are to coirt
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COUNTRY
Gentleman
DISTILLED LONDON DRY
GIN
85 PROOF
Distilled from 100% Grain
Soil is conserved by the prevention
of erosion.
Under these mulches, where nat
ural dr man-made, many things
happen. Chemical change is talking
place. Bacteria by the billions play
a part, as do the fungi. Moisture
is necessary for all life processes.
Good, soil is teeming with living
things and we who live on the seel
are dependent upon its good per?
formance.
I guess that we could agree, then,
that the use of mulches is one
method of duplicating natural
processes by providing a happy soil
environment in the flower, vege
table and fruit gardens. Now let’s
see why this is true by reviewing
some of the advantages of mulch
pete they must be treated as a
crop! They must be kept produc
tive and high quality must be main
tained. They must be limed, ferti7
lized, seeded, topdressed, managed,
rotated and renovated. -
Above 100 cows, maximum use of
grazing for the milking herd may
be almost impossible due to the
distance involved. However, use of
high quality grazing can be ex
pected to increase milk production.
control weeds, the mulch is more
effective.
The soil temperature is reduced
under a good mulch. This is of
, material help because some bene
ficial soil micro-organisms are not
happy under high soil temperature
conditions. Neither are tender roots
near the surface.
The decomposition of'most mulch
es improves soil structure, favors
water absorption and aeration of
the roof zone.
Mulches in the apple fctrchard
prevent bruising of dropped fruit
and keep ripening strawberries
This is the one you want to
for — nitrogen starvation.
The more woody or fibrous the
mulch the greater the heed for
nitrogen to decompose it by favor
able bacterial action, The bacteria
are going to get their share of the
nitrogen supply first and the leaves
may turn yellow on the plants un
less the supply is adequate for both
the nitrifying bacteria and the
plants. Ibis is not difficult to ad
just if you use good judgment
Mulching materials. Peat .moss,
sawdust, pine straw, grain straws,
ground corn cobs, peanut hulls,
shredded hardwood bark, softwood
bark, composed leaves and plastic
film.
An effort has been made to dis
cuss some of the basic principles
involved in the use of mulches
rather than recommend which ma
terial to use. It is hoped that,
whether you live in Manteo or
Murphy, you can select the mulch
best suited to provide a happy en
vironment for your plants.
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