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Planting time lor field crops
is rapidly approaching. The sel
ection of the right variety could
-mean up to 91,000 extra profit on
a hundred acres or more of com,
Since, com production is a
big enterprise in Jones. County
with more than 18,000 acres
grown for harvest, selecting the
right variety is extremely im
portant says. Fletcher Barber,
Agricultural Extension Agent.
The smaller farmer can expect
a $10 to 915 increase per acre
from the selection of the corn
.variety best suited to his farm.
Variety choice is becoming
more complicated each year:
New varieties may have disease
and insect resistance and pro
duce high yields too. Variations
in row spacing and cropping sys
tems require selection of a suit
aide variety for each system.'
Tremendous differences are
found in maturity dates which
makes it convenient to use a
variety that matures at the time
most suitable for harvest.
Just what should one look for
in a variety? Some fanners look
for high yields, disease resist
ance, easy combining, standabil
ity or other factors that are im
portant to them. Probably the
most sought after characteristic
of a good variety is high yield;
Many farmers take for grant
ed that their present variety is
the best variety for their farm.
Chances are if they haven’t
changed varieties in the last
three or four years, then new
varieties have been released that
will out-produce the variety they
are now growing.
Local agricultural extension
agents will be glad to advise on
the varieties currently being
grown in this area and can help
make a decision on the variety
best for a specific farm.
Extension Agents have con
tact with many of the top farm
ers in the county and know
which varieties are performing
best on certain soil types. In
addition, they have benefit of
the assistance of North Carolina
State University and measured
crop performance data.
Extension agents can pull to
gether what they know about
performance of certain varie
ties in theijr county and compare
this with the measured crop per
formance data, to come up with
a good suggestion on the variety
or varieties that should be plant
ed.
Many new varieties are re
leased each year. Extension
Agents ean| provide information
on-these varieties also. Most,
farmers like to try a small acre
age of a new variety when it is
release to determine whether
it is adapted to his particular
farming operation.
“Don’t take for granted that
the variety you are now growing
is the best variety for your
farm, the choice of a good varie
ty can increase the potential
yield and profit from your limit
ed acres,” Barber concluded.
Land Tranfers
The following land transfers
were reported during the past
week in Jones County by Regis
ter of Deeds Bill Parker.
From C. C. Hardee Co., Inc.
to Milton Roscue Williams, a
tract of land in Chinquapin
Township.
From C. C. Hardee Co., Inc.
to Charles L. Nethercutt and M.
Bailey Barrow a tract of land in
Chinquapin township.
From C. C. Hardee Co., Inc.
to John A. Eastbam a tract of
land in ‘Chinquapin township.
From C. W. Franks to Hat
tie M. Williams one acre in Pol
locksville township.
DEATHS
Mrs. Maude Gilbert Gray
Funeral services were held
Friday for Mrs. Maude Gilbert
Gray, 69, former resident of
Jones County, who died in Jack
sonville Wednesday.
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By Richard Butler, Director, Sears Home Fashions Council
A friend stopped by the other
day to show me the wallpaper
she had selected for her 11*
year-old daughter’s room.
When she asked whether I
liked it, I replied, "How does
your daughter like it?” .<
^ “Oh, she hasn’t seed it. She’s
too young to care,” she said.
“Then the paper is probably
wrong,” I said, “because she
certainly is old enough to care.”
■“ My point is thata young
girl’s bedroom may well be one
of the most important rooms
in the house. It’s much more
than a place to sleep, study, or
play. It is very much a class
room in taste ... and she drill
remember its influence through
out her hie.
That is why I feel strongly
that the room should be decor
ated with the girl’s advice and
consent I don’t insist that she
should be given free rein. But
I do insist that she be asked
her opinions about color, about
furnishingsT about style.
When you start to plan your
daughters new room with her,
show her flrst that it is part
ffrgpjAm tufts somenow, wuew,**
er by otto or style, it most
» distracting
decor unre
continue into her room. Then
make it different by mixing it
with her favorite colors.
A young girl's colors should
always be fresh, not dark or
muted. Sophisticated prints
ham no place here, but the
new flat florals ana abstract
' Moore to Chanute
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Airman Walter L. Moore HI
of Route 2 Dover, has complet
ed basic training at Lackland
AFB, Tex. He has been assign
ed toChanute AFB, HI., for train
ing in the aircraft equipment
maintenance field. Airman
Moore 'is a 1969 graduate of
Jones Central High School.
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FOUR CHARGED
Monday night the Lenoir
County Sheriff Department /ar
rested four men on charge of
possessing burglary tools. They
were listed as Nathan Raynor
of Dover route 1, Paul Hohnes of
Mount Olive route 2, Forest Mill
er of Goldsboro and Edward Earl
Miller of Dunn route 5. Holm
es was turned over to Wayne
County authorites who had a
warrant for his arrest on file.
HEAVY FORGERY PENALTY
Archie Stedman of Raleigh
ifeaded guilty to passing 12
forged checks last September
in the Kinston area, on payroll
checks stolen from E. L. Scott
Roofing Company. Judge W. J.
Bundy sentenced Stedman to 10
years in prison for the 12 forg
eries.
Thief Given Long Term
Jimmy Earl Darden, who was
caught last month in the act of
burglarizing Rayner’s Red 'and
White supermarket on East
Bright Street in Kinston, wifi
jgiven five years in prison for his
act to last week’s session of su
perior court.
HEAVY PROPERTY DAMAGE
When ears driven by two well
known Kinston Women collided
last Wednesday afternoon at the
corner of Carey Road and Le
noir Street damage was estimat
ed at $2000. Lucille Kilpatrick
of 1906 Carey Road suffered in
juries for which she Was treated
and released and the other dri
ver, Lucy S. Hood of 504 Perry
Street, was charged with failing
to yield the right of way.
PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION
Monday Judge W. J. Bundy
signed an order committing Wel
don W. Barnes to Cherry Hos
pital for 60 days for examina
tions to determine his ability to
stand trial on two charges of
committing a crime' against na
ture, involving mihor children.
The grand jury returned true
bills in both charges Monday.
MANSLAUGHTER PENALTY
In Superior Court last week
Willie James Duncan of La
Grange route 1 was given 10
years in prison for the February
28th shotgun slaying of Alen
Alex Taylor of LaGrange, who
was killed by Duncan for refus
ing to take him. home at the
time Duncan asked to 'be taken.
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rway
Air Force Staff Sergeant Leh
man Lee, son of Mrs. Walter
Lee, Route 2, Pink Hill, partic
ipated in Exercise Artie Ex
press, a NATO-training exercise
just concluded in Norway.
Sergeant Lee, a vehicle re
pairman at Mildanhall RAF Sta
tion, England, was a member or
the Air Force in Europe ground
team that provided essential
support for the multi-nation op
eration.
Air Force C-130 Hercules air
crews helped transport some 5,
000 troops and equipment and
F-100 Super Sabre fighter- bomb
er pilots provided close ah' sup
port for ground operations in
the Tromsoe area of Norway.
The cold weather maneuver
primarily tested air and sea de
ployment of NATO’s Allied Com
mand Europe mobile force and
involved personnel of the Unit
ed States, Canada, Britain, Italy
and Norway.
ROBBERY sentence
In Lenoir County Superior
Court last week LinwOod Heath
was given five years in prison
for robbing John- L. West of
$1150 last August 28th.
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JUDGE HOWARD H. HUBBARD
SUPERIOR COURT
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