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POULTRY PROFITVJ NOTEBOO ■; LICE AND MITES WANT YOUR EGO PROFITS! It’« true—these pests could Cut your egg production hy 6 to 10 per centthis summer—unless you take steps to prevent It. Such * profit loss could be highly critical now that egg prices are being squeezed even tighter. Here, are 'Several excellent *. tips from poultry experts: First, make sure the laying house is constructed tightly enough to keep wild birds out. Mites are frequently carried ' from one flock to another by English sparrows that have a habit of lining their nests with chicken feathers. Second—check your flock at regular intervals. In looking for chicken mites, examine roosts, nests and crevices for mite eggs, skins and excreta which will appear as tiny black and white spots somewhat smaller than fly specks. Mites can be seen as tiny red spots moving over eggs in the nests. You can spot the Northeni fowl mite on infested birds that have soiled feathers and scab spots about the vent, neck and back. Tiny, dark-colored mites cap be seen running on the skin of infested birds. Unlike the chicken mites, the North ern fowl mite spends its entire life on the bird. They are both blood suckers. You may; find any one of several species of lice attacking birds. The body louse is the' most common, but you may also run into such species as the shaft louse, fluff louse, wing louse, head louse and others. Your best defense against all these pests is to observe strict sanitation and to use correc tive chemical treatment. For Control in Buildings: Spray walls, roosts, and ceil ings with an effective all-pur pose insecticide such as mala thion, using either the one pound 25 per cent wettable powder or three-quarters cup of 67 per cent emulsion in three gallons of water, using one gallon of spray for 100 square feet of surface. For Control on Poultry: Again, either spraying or dust ing are equally effective when applied directly on poultry. Use about one gallon of mala thion spray for each 100 birds, relying on one-half pound of 25' per cent wettable powder or one-quarter pint of 57 per cent emulsion for each three gallons of spray. Apply a sec ond spray four weeks later. A 4 per cent dust of malathion can also be used effectively at a rate of one pound of dust for each 100 birds to be treated. A chemical treatment pro gram aimed at controlling liee and mites is just one more im portant detail of management that will pay off in bigger prof its for you this summer. GARDEN TIME by M. E. GARDNER North Carolina State College A snapbean grower in Cleve land County has been having tro uble controlling rust on his plants. He has been using sul phur dust but thinks he can get better results by applying a fungicide as a spray. I talked with Prof. J. C. Wells of the Department of Plant Path ology and he recommends Man zate as a spray instead of sul phur. Sulphur may cause leaf damage, if applied under high temperature conditions, which may reduce yields. While a dusting program is very satisfactory for controlling pests on many plants, I have al ways felt spraying, if properly done, is more effective because a spray adheres longer to plant parts and is not as easily wash ed off by rains. “What can I use to control insects and diseases attacking strawberry plants in my home garden?” i should it applica ble pick Here again you have a choice of using either a dust or a spray. I would suggest Captan for dis eases and Malathion for insect control. If you are not equipped to spray your plants, I would sug gest 7.5 per cent Captan as a dust, and 4 per cent or 5 per cent Malathion. If you are equipped to spray, you, can use Captan, 50 per cent wettable powder, at the rate of 2 lbs. per 100 gallons of water, or two tablespoons per gallon; and Malathion, 57 per cent eirm’sifSble concentrate, at the rate of 1% pints per 100 gallons of |rater or two tea ing of the ripe fruit. Farmers May Want to Reconsider Plans for Sweet Potato Cutback North U__ had planned sweet potato may want to reconsider in view of prospects for a. reduction in nationa^acreage. “It coutd be a good year to be in sweet potato production,” comments Henry Covington, ex tension horticultural specialist at North Carolina State Uni versity. Covington explains that it is normal for acreage to drop fol lowing a year when production is high and prices low. Last year was a relatively/low price year. Reports of farmer intentions in dicate that 1966 acreage will be down. Tar Heel farmers are expect ed to plant about 21.000 acres, or 1,000 fewer than they plant To control aphids, lace bugs, spider mites (red spiders), etc. on azaleas, spireas, pyracanthas and other similar shrubs, use Malathionj-,spray or dost, as sug gested for strawberries. This is a good time to treat your lawn for grubs, ants, and Japanese beetles (larva or worm stage.) Heptacblor, chlordane, and dieldrin are all efective con trols for these pests. Use accord ing to directions on the con^ tainer. If your lawn needs to be fed with a complete fertilizer, such as an 8-8-8, you can purchase a formulation containing one of the above named insecticides, thus accomplishing two purpos es when applying. Watch out for Japanese beet les in the adult (beetle) .stage and knock them out as soon as they appear.. Sevin is good; and safe. REAL HOME MADE CAKES. 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Covington believes some farm ers may be making a mistake by eliminating sweet potatoes from their farm. "A man shouldn’t get in and out of sweet potato production year after year,” the specialist said, “I believe a farm er will do better by staying with the crop', planting as much acre age as he can do a good job ditions were very favorable.” on the tradition going out of production follow ing a poor year, Covington Conor mented that, “Because prices were low in 1965 doesn’t mean they win be low this year.” He added that last year’s con ditions may not be repeated, which could lead to lower na tional production. “Just about everybody" had a good crop last year,” he said. “Growing con SPECIAL! SCRATCH ‘ PA&S Assorted Sikes 30c ft Cash and Carry RIDER PRINTING CO. 483 W. Vernon Kinston UseReaM'Wcd , No Mm — No Waiting — | Our Ready-Mixed Concrete | Is on the Job When You Need It Also Sand, Gravel and Crushed Stone. 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