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co Soils Effective if Done Properly ir-wn—*is bein8 B‘ven the "gas treatment.” Tar heel producers are using fu migation in an effort to rid their tobacco soils of .destructive nema todes. I' .\* "• These microscopic pests last year reduced the value of the North Carolina flue-cured tobacco crop by an estimated $6 million. Crop rotation, plowing out stubbs after harvest and fumigation are three anti-nematode measures be ing followed by producers. “Fumigation can be one of the most effective measures a farmer can use in reducing the nematode population in his fields," comments Forney Todd, extension'plant path ology specialist addded. “Unless a farmer is willing to follow direc tions carefully and do the best job him and could ac do a certain degree of harm.” listed several suggestions for the producer who plans to use fumigants in tobacco soils this spring. First, the farpier should select the right material from the rela tively large number of fumigants available. “The level of nematode infestation, the kinds of nematod es present and the crop rotation that has been followed help deter mine which fumigant to use,” said Todd. Among the materials recommend ed are D-D, Telone, EDB-85, Dor lone, Fieldfume and Penphone. > Penphone has been used in re search and .demonstration tests for the past three years and is mak ing its debut on the market. Tests have shown it to be effective ucnuHoac, ac cording to Todd: The specialist continued by sug gesting that farmers obtain from their county extension agent a ta ble of application rates. “The rate of application is very important,” said Todd. “Under ap plication will only resulted in add ed cost of production that won’t pay off. Over application can damage the tobacco plants and re duce crop value.” Fanners should take extra pre cautions in calibrating equipment and checking it at least twice a day. “There is no room for guess work here;” Todd warned. Continuing, Tooid said the fum igant should be applied at least eight inches below soil level "The fumigant changes into a gas once it is in the soil,” he explained. "It is the gas that does the job. There tore, ueptn or application is im portant." * If the row method of application is used, the fumigant should be ap plied about 14 inches from the top of a high, wide bed. A seal should be provided im mediately after application. This can be done with row method of application by throwing a large bed with a turning plow or four discs on a tractor with a large sweep behind the tractor runnnig middles. After the fumigant is applied, the farmer should wait at least two weeks before transplanting. “The best plan to follow is to apply the fumigant at the earliest date pos sible after soil temperature reach es SO degrees," said Todd. If heavy rains occur after ap plication, the bed should be open ed for aeration and then rebedded before transplanting. LIBRARY WEEK Con tinned from pago f Frank Slaughter and the Glass Blowers by Daphne Du Maurier. I urge each person to make com plete use of our library because I feel as Henry David Thoreau did when he said, "How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. The book exists for us perchance which will explain our miracles and re veal new ones. The at present un utterable things we may, find somewhere uttered. These same questions that disturb and puzzle and confound us have in their turn occured to all the wise men; not one has been omitted; and each has answered them according to his ability, by his work, and by his life.” v ' ■' ion to the Following Buyers FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF THE Annual Coasted Plain ock Show and Sale GRAND CHAMPION PEN 3 HOGS '— .. .B- „ ■_ . < W ' rtUTiiM6(» :• djt FROSTY MORN MEATS, INC. Kinston, N. C. RESERVE CHAMPION P EN OF 3 HOGS Purchased by SMITHFEELD PACKING CO. Smithfield, Virginia GRAND CHAMPION STEER Purchased by NEW BERN PROVISION CO. New Bern, North Carolina RESERVE CHAMPION STEER Purchased by Li - $ GRAND CHAMPION HOG Purchased by SMITHFIELD PACKING CO. Smithfield, Virginia RESERVE CHAMPION HOG | Purchased by FROSfTY. MORN MEATS, INC. I f Kinston, N. C. lit •# . •• i r FROSTY MORN MEATS, INC. Kinston, N. C. KNOTT’S NEW WHSE. Kinston, North Carolina WOOTEN OIL COMPANY Kinston, North Carolina Barrow-Kennedy Auction & Real Estate Kinston, N. C. Donald Brock Trenton, N. C. Community Mailing Co. Trenton, N.' C. Central Warehouse < Kinston, N. C. Frosty Mom Meats, Inc. Kinston, N. C. Hargett livestock Market Rkhhnds, N. C. . L. Harvey & Son Co. Kinston, N. C. King’s Barbecue Kinston, N. C. Kinston Daily Free Press j Kinston, N. C. New Bern Provison Co New Bern, N. C. New Dixie Warehouse Kinston, N. C. Pollock Oil Co. Trenton, N. C. Standard Drugs Kinston, N. C. J. C. West., Jr. Trenton, N. C. West Machinery Co. Kinston, N. C.
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