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-f; TPPWP—■=»' ■ 1 !.l- ,J There are a number of jobs that should be accomplished in smaB fruit plantings after the harvest season has passed. Stawherries. Moat home gard eners use the matted row a>y« i tem when planting, if you have done a good job of oaring for your plants, this system may be allowed to bear for one, two or even three years. If you have strong, healthy plants ait the end of the pocking season, the row should be reno vated or renewed. This can be done by thindng plants to a distance of 8 to 10 inches in all directions. Remove the run ners as theyform. Cultivate well by hoeing so that the rows will be free of weeds and' grass. Fertilize with 16 per cent nitrate of soda about August 16 in the mountains, and about September 15 at the lower ele vations. Three pounds of nitrate of soda will be sufficient for 100 feet of row. Apply the material direction over the row of plants when, the leaves ore perfectly dry. After application go over the plants with a brush broom to remove fertilizer from the foliage. Red raspberries. After harv est, prune out all of the old fruiting canes, leaving the new growth for next year’s crop. It is best to destroy the old fruit ing came by burning. ' It is a good plant to protect new growth with a combination insecticide and fungicide. Cap tan or (formate, plus malathion, may be used as a spray. Follow the manufactures’ instructions for mixing. Black raspberries. Remove old fruiting canes and spray as suggested for red raspberries. Dewberries. After (harvest in Eastern Carolina, remove all canes, both new and old, and burn. This will reduce sources of disease infection- As /new growth is initiated, spray the plants every two weeks using the same spray combination as suggested for raspberries. This is not a common practice but on is not long enough to pro dunce new canes tor next years Apply onetfourth pint of 8-8-8 fertilizer in a ring around each Bunch grapes. Spray every two weeks with ferjnate. or cap tan, plus malathion, to control disease and insects, especially black rot. / Many Items in Food Stores Are Not Food Needles, pins, lipstick, paper goods; you can buy them all in the food store. But you shouldn’t count them as part of the food bill, cautions Mrs. Ruby Uzzle, extension con sumer marketing - economist, North Carolina State University. However, unless you are dif ferent from most shoppers you think of money spent in the food store as money spent for food. This means you blame the food hill for being at least 20 per cent higher than it really is. About 23 cents out of every dollar spent in a food store isn’t spent for edibles, Mrs. Uzzle ob observes. It pays for soap, pap er ‘goods, magazines, hand lotion and similar items/ What’s wrong with buying nonfood items in a food store? “Nothing,” says Mrs. Uzzle, “if you admit they are not part of the food trilL” Food shoppers spend most of their nonfood, money for house hold alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, health and beauty aids, soft drinks and pet products, the specialist observes. In .addition, more than half of all aspirin sales and almost half of all the shampoo sales in the Uic Ready-Mixed rOlNCiRfct'E I No Mess — No Waiting Our Ready-Mixed Concrete 1 on the job when yon need Also Sand, Gravel and Crash ed Stone. ADY MIXED Free Estimates — New Bern Highway, Kinston, N. & ac I iC n -'. V U.S. Savings Bonds are safe because they’re backed by the U.S. Government. U.S. Savings Bonds are the painless way to save because you can boy them' a little at a time through the Payroll Sav ings Han where you work. A small amount deducted from every paycheck before you get it, builds into a respectable nest egg before you know it. U.S. Savings Bonds are safe because if they’re lost, stolen, burned or mutilated, they’re replaced. U.S. Savings Bonds are the painless way to save because you can buy them through the Bond-arMonth Plan where you bank. A $25 Bond costs only $18.75. And now, U.S. Savings Bonds pay 5% interest when held to maturity; of 5 years, 10 months (4% the first year; 5.20% thereafter to maturity). Thai's the high est rate ever paid by one of the world’s safest, most painless ways to save. Why not start your own star-spangled savings program now by signing up now for the Payroll Savings Plan where you work? U Bonds arc safe. I Host, stolen, or destroyed, we replace them. When needed, they can be cashed at your-bank. Tax may be defected until redemption. And always Bonds ace a proud way to save. *-■-a- J- ?- a_;_ KIK0 STOCK In Ml I Ml KUi With htdcacDavina US Savinas Bondi. country are made in food stores. Impulse shoppers also put small kitchen utensils and gad gets, snack sets and magazines in the shopping cart alongside mea/t, milk products and vegeta bites. “Be fair to your food bill,” Mrs. Uzzie advises. “When you buy nonfood items think of them separately; not in the same category as edibles, she adds. HOME ECHOES by Marie Penuel ? — What is meant by pro grammed cooking in an auto matic- electric oven? Automatic timers turn oven on and off at pre-set times, reduce tempera ture to keep food warm after it is done. Automatic tempera ture controls change oven tem perature during various stages of cooking. ? — Why does a 7-inch cut rib roast usually sell for loss per pound then a 5-inch cut? According to USDA, the 7-incb cut — and because it has long er bones and more-waste fat than the 5-inch cut, it sella for less per pound. ? — How long should I scald whole kernel com for freezing? Scald cleaned ears 6 to 8 min FLOWERS CAN PROVE fO BE ■ The tobacco field is an ex pensive place to grow flowers. North Carolina State'Universi ty specialists suggest that allow ing flowering and seed heads to remain on tobacco plants could cost growers up to $15 to $20 per day. “We feel that tobacco should he tapped just as soon as prac tical,” said Dr. Bill Collins, ex tension tobacco specialist^ “The best time usually is be tween button and early flower stages — or as soon as the plant has the number of leav es the farmer wants.” Collins said'some growers are reluctant to top tobacco until the seed head is in full flower, largely because topping leads to sucker development.’ “Now tint we have contact type materials to kill "young suckers, there is no reason to leave the flower on the plant any longer than laabebhitely •SmS*’as ft's Sewfifs ly loss of 915 to 920 per acre,” Dr. Collins pointed out Avoiding this kind of loss is one way growers hove to offset some of the damage dry weath er has caused in some parts of the state, j Citing another advantage, Col lins pointed out that topping al so reduces the, risk of plants being blown over by high winds. “Get the top out and apply a contact sucker treatment — that’s what we are urging grow ers to do/’ the specialist em •phasized. Contact treatment can be applied anytime, even under dry conditions. This is utiike the use of systemic type sucker agents such as maleic hydrazide (HM). These are effective only when soil moisture is present and the plant is growing. Dr. Comas warned that cer tain precautions should be tak en in applying contact sucker killers. “Use the proper equip ment,” he suggested. “A three ' ■ /on of*iow P1*™1? pres
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