Newspapers / Jones County Journal (Trenton, … / Aug. 13, 1970, edition 1 / Page 6
Part of Jones County Journal (Trenton, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
from poultry and livestock,” he said, “and these industries use practically no seasonal laborers.” Mechanical pickers and com bineshave replaced hand labor in the harvesting of cotton, pea nuts, grains and soybeans, and the season “hoe hands” needed for these crops. The biggest user of season la bor is tobacco, “but every ef fort is being made to develop feasible means of mechanically harvesting this crop,” Pugh com, ■merited. Another user of seasonal hand labor is the fruit and vegetable industry. But here again, ma chines are being developed to do part of this work, especially in the harvesting of fruits and veg etables for processing. ■ v Pugh pointed out that hired workers, migrant and local, do only about 25 per cent of the work on North Carolina farm*. The remaining work is done by farm operators and their family. And, of the hired workers, on ly about 10 per cent or less are migratory workers. The re mainder are fulltime hired men or local people who do some seasonal farm work. North Carolina farmers cur rently hire about 15 times as much extra labor in July than they do in January. Dr. Pugh believesthat both farmers and farm workers will be better off in the long run if these seasonal labor requirements can foe spread out. If farmers can spread out their labor needs, they should then ;be better able to provide unproved working con ditions and wage rates. “But thfere is and must be concern ' about the displaced farm worker, especially the un skilled. Society as a whole must deal with this problem,” he con tinued;. For .example, numerous pro. grams have been discussed in Congress which would give to this group of workers some of the benefits now enjoyed by otta This is the first in a series of articles on house plants so you may wish to save it. Others to follow will be concerned with fertilization, containers, water ing, light, temperature, and kinds of plants best suited for different environments. Growing potted plants is one of the most popular indoor past times. There is such a, wide variety of choices to add color and beauty during the winter months. In addition, the grow ing of plants in the home helps satisfy the gardening urge^for those who cannot have outdoor gardens and for those who wish to continue their horticultural activities during the winter. In many homes, plants are consid ered' to be an important part of Medicare Information “When should I submit my factor bills to Medicare?” This is a question asked many times. According to Jerry Freeman, Manager of the Kinston Social Security office, bills may be sent in for payment any time a Med icare beneficiary wishes to send them, but not later than Decem ber 31 of the year following the year in which the medical services are rendered. For ex ample, any bills incurred: dim ing 1970 may be sent in by De cember 31, 1971. About 30 per xcent of the claims received cannot be paid ’because the beneficiary's'$50 de ductible for the year has not Ibeen met. _ interior decoration. The artificial conditions under which house plants are grown are sure to present some prob lems. However, the selection of thes proper types for a particular environment and a thorough un derstanding of their cultural re quirements will simplify prob lems and insure a greater de gree of success. Since plants obtain water, nu trients and air (for the roots) from the soil, the proper soil mixture is of utmost import ance. Most flowering plants will thrive in a mixture such as this one; three parts of a good garden loam; two parts of or ganic matter (peat moss, well decomposed compost, rotted ma nure, or leaf mold); and one part'of coarse sand. Ml of these,, materials are measured by vol ume. i If your garden loom is heavy or clay-like, I would suggest in creasing the proportion of sand. If the garden loam is light and sandy, the sand may be omitted, Add bone meal, or 20 per cent superphosphate, to the soil mixture at the rate of one measuring cupfull per , bushel of mixture. 5 The above mixture is best for flowering plants as I suggested. For foliage plants I would sug gest that you use three parts of good garden soil and1 three parts of organic matter (50-50)/ Sand would be added depending upon the character of your garden spil — whether light or heavy. For the'foliage plants* I would rec ommend peat moss as the source JARMAN FUNERAL NOME . . . Where Your Trust Is Sacred 3-5143 ..... 1 I ■""!'» farm low .ployment, er, of cour moving fr . . Farm wage rates inNorih Car olina have risen about 60 per cent in the last 10 years, yet they still average only 55 to 60 per cent as much as wages paid to production workers in manu — — fanner always be responsible for the seasonal ami sometimes unpredictable na ture of farm, work,” Pugh con tinued'. “He can’t always con trol the maturity ef his crops or weather conditions at harv est time.” - Upward trends in labor costs suggest that mechanization Will be adopted where possible or the expense of production and har vesting crops will eventually be reflected in higher food prices, he added. of organic matter because the other sources alight be too rich in nutrients for best perform ance. If any of my readers would like to serve as Guest Columnist for Garden Time, .please let me know. I will be happy to have you do this and will send you instructions for copy. Working Mothers Continued from page 5 tion to more family income for necessities, education, andv rec reation, children of working mo thers seem to have more import ant responsibilities at home. They feel more useful and in dependent than children of mo thers not working outside the ■home. In addition, so long as so ciety does not &ive homemak ing much status, children may feel prouder of the mother who I f \«INCB 1800 Writing Instruments In 14 Karat Gold Filled. Pbn or Penpil,... $12.00 Set....... ....$24.00 Check a 14-U*. turkey in hours, IP meat ther mometer in thickest part op thigh hexfc to > body reads 180#to18SoF,H bird is 4ohe. Or pinch *S thigh. IP sopt,refriove 'turkey.. has a job with status. So the question no logger seems to be should a woman work out side the home. The question in many cases is >vhat type and what quality of child care is a valuable for the children of these women. PRINTING COMPANY KINSTON, N.C 'v" »- satkis'M; m *
Jones County Journal (Trenton, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 13, 1970, edition 1
6
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75