'Mini-Maxi' Debate Among Soybean
Fanners is Net About Skirt Una
women ana soy Dean iarmers
have something in common this
spring. It’s the mini vs. nuud
debate.
' While the girts are wonder
ing about skirt lengths and
which length is “in,” farmers
are puzzling over soybean row
widths and which pattern is
best.
Both debates involve figures.
The numerical kind are cited by
Dr. John Clapp in his observa
tion that the “mini” or narrow
row width has something to of
fer in terms of potentially high
er soybean yields.
“Our word over the past two
years indicates that there may
be some advantage in planting
beans in 28-inch rows rather
than 38-inch rows,” Clapp said.
“Yields haven’t been reduc
ed where the 28-ioch spacing
was used, and in some cases
yield increases have been ob
tained.”
Yield increases up to 6.4 bush
els per acre have been record
ed during the last two years
from narrow row planting. The
response to narrow rows has
come during seasons of limited
moisture such as that of 968.
Clapp explained that the dif
ference may 'be partially ac
counted for by a greater use
of light and moisture by the
plant during seasons or condi
tions that limit plant growth.
Late-planted! soybeans (plant
ed after mid-June) don’t have
necessary growing time to de
velop a full canopy, so gaps me
left between -plants in adjoining
384nch or wider rows.
“By narrow the rows, we get
a more complete cover,” said
Clapp. “That means we are mak
ing more complete use of the
total amount of sunlight falling
on an acre of ground.”
He added, “If a farmer is
planting beans 'behind small
grain or planting late for oth
er reasons, I would think that
he would want to consider plant
ing in 26- to 30-inch row widths.”
The specialist added that rows
as narrow as 19 or 20 inches
are being tried. “This might
ork ail right on individual farms
where the weeds are in good' con
trol,” he said. “But the disad
vantage here is not being able
to cultivate.
Included along with the row
width debate is the decision
growers must make regarding
plant spacing in the row. Spread
them out too far and yields suf
fer. Bunch them up too close
and they fall over before harv
„ est time.
“The figures we collected last
year indicate that 7 to 8 plants
per foot of row is a good goal
to shoot for in 38-inch rows,”
Clapp said. “A seeding rate of
8 to 10 seed per foot ofrow
will usually be required to give
the desired stand. If you get
them much closer, there is a def
inite risk of lodging (falling ov
er).”
He added that 6 to 7 plants
per foot of row seems to he a
happy medium with 28-indr rows.
In an Edgecombe County test
last year, now* m otu^u *vwo
produced 39.5 bushels per acre
when planted to average stand
of 7.7 plants per foot. Those
planted to an average of 12.6
plants per foot dropped to just
under 36 bushels per acre.
Clapp added that many fann
ers tend to over - plant. “Too
many plants per foot of row or
per acre can limit yields just
as too few plants can,” he warn
ed.
Dear Jack:
Just a note of appreciation
and commendation on your
thoughtful and objective edi
torial comments in recent days
about school unrest and student
violence.
- These matters are of such grave
national importance that they
transcend1 politics. Too often
we hear, people and news media
take the safe course of criti
cism. It takes courage to recog
nize right, especially when It ap
pears unpopular on the surface.
It is my firm beiiet mat our
news media has the right, and
in fact the responsibility
to voice their opinion. This
right arises when and only when
they have fairly and equally pre
sented the facts on both sides.
So-called freedom of the press
is not a license to slant or dis
tort or partially represent facts.
The freedom is founded on re
qpomgLbiltjy and) doesn’t exist
without such responsibility.
It is my own conviction that
we are approaching the real pos
sibility of final destruction of
out: higher education system.
This has 'been accomplished by
school trustees or directors who
meet in a country dub atmo
sphere and conduct their lead
ership and policy-making duties
with cavalier abandon. Seldom
do they look behind1 the prepar
ed data and reports that are
spoon fed to them by school
presidents and administrators.
Combine this with the finan
cial power of the many founda
tions that influence their deris
ions and we have the cause of
the gradual erosion of authority
over students. Those great peo
ple who established these fort
unes that are now endowing and
influencing the entire academic
structure of our nation would be
appalled) to see the often weird
and always socialistic principles
that are advanced by those per
sons now managing those funds.'
Combine these factors with ele
ments of irresponsible press, ra
dio, and) TV and we have.to
day’s result.
Only a small percentage of our
students have caused our prob
lem, but it is obvious that the
mass of students have failed to
respond to any cause. I attri
bute this in large part to the
Blare ofieadershipby1 school
faculties who have failed to in
stil in them any allegiance to
basic principles or shown to
them any approach to problems
of government except the emo
tional. \
Schools have lost sight of their
prime objective which is educa
tion. The worst indictment of
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our generate
forfeited our __
and leadership to a militant and
misled youth. The final respon
sibility lies with each of us.
Sincerely,
F. E. Wallace, Jr.
NURSING
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uate nurses until 1953 when it
was closed for renovation of the
hospital. The students were
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training.
The JLenoir Memorial Hospital
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Murphy; Ruth Webber Eubanks;
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Carter White; Estelle Mercer Eu
banks; Ida Cameron Workman;
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