Agriculture
Market swine
show June 10
The ttth annual North
Carolina Market Hog Show
and Sale will he held Tuesday,
June 10. at the Lenoir County
Livestock Arena ii Kinston.
Entries will he weighed aad
penned beginning at 7:30 a.a.
The hoof carcass class will be
judged at 12 noon and the open
show will begin at 3 p.m. The
sale of all show entries begins
st 7:30 p.m.
The event is open to North
Carolina producers and North
Carolina-produced swine,
specifically barrows and gilts
between the weights of 380 and
240 pounds and not more than
IK days of age.
The carcass contest may
include pigs up to 240 pounds,
according to the aa
nouncemeat by Dr. James E.
Jones, agricultural extension
swine specialist at North
Carolina State University.
Each farm, firm or family
may enter a maximum of
three animals in the individual
classes per breed maintained.
The show is open to both
crossbred and purebred
swine. Crotsbreds are counted
as one breed for purposes of
the show.
The hoof carcass class is
limited to one animal entry
per farm, firm or family.
Additional information is
available from the
Perquimans County
Agricultural Office.
Market summary
A total of 13,383 feeder pigs
were sold on 13 sUte graded
sales during the week of May
19, according to the Market
News Service of the North
Carolina, Department of
Agriculture.
Prices were mostly 50 cents
to $2.50 lower per hundred
pounds. US 1-2 pigs weighing
40-50 pounds averaged 139.95
per hundred pounds with No.
3s $33.65; 50-60 pound l-2s
averaged $35.24, No. 3s $30.45;
60-70 pound l-2s $32.33, No. 3s
$29.41; 70-10 pound l-2s $30.82
per hundred pounds with No.
3s $27.88.
At weekly livestock auctions
held within the state the week
of May 19, prices for slaughter
cows were steady to $1 tower
and feeder calves irregular.
Utility and Commercial cows
brought $40 to $49; Choice
veals 150-250 pounds $80 to $89.
Good slaughter steers above
800 pounds $56 to $59; Good
slaughter heifers above 750
pounds brought $53.50 to
$57.50. Medium frame
Number One muscle steers
400-500 pounds brought $69.75
to $81 per hundred pounds and
same grade heifers 400-500
pounds sold $55 to $69. Number
One muscle feeder cows sold
from $40.50 to $51. Baby calves
under 3 weeks of age brought
$50 to $31.90 per hundred
weight and 300-600 pound sows
$23.50 to $26.50.
Market hogs at daily cash
buying stations about the state
sold steady to $3.25 tower
during week of May 19, and
ranged mostly $28 to $32.75 per
hundred pounds with 300-600
pound sows at $20 to $24.50
Corn prices were steady to 2
cents per bushel higher and
soybeans 8 to 13 cents higher
through Thursday, May 22,
compared to the same period
of the previous week. No. 2
yellow shelled corn ranged
mostly $2.72 to $2.87 in the
Eastern part of the state and
$2.89 to $2.95 in tl Piedmont.
No. 1 yellow soybeans ranged
mostly $5.96 to $6.20 in the
East and $5.80 to $6.03 in the
Piedmont. New crop prices
quoted for harvest delivery
corn $2.76 to $2.87, soyttfln*
$6.18 to $6.31, wheat $3.67 to
$3.90, oats $1.55 to $1.58.
Sweet potato prices con
tinued firm this week. Sup
plies are adequate and
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I Fifty pound cartons of cured
No. Is on May 22, were quoted
at $6 to $7. The harvest of
eastern North Crolina
vegetables is just beginning
with both cabbage and squash
being sold this week. In the
Beaufort area on May 22, 1-%
bushel crates of green cab
bage were quoted at $4.50 to$5.
The fruit and vegetable
auction market in Faison is
scheduled to open Monday,
May 26.
The broiler-fryer market is
higher for next week's
trading. Supplies are
moderate, instances shortage.
Demand is very good. The
North Carolina dock weighted
average price is 42.05 cents
per pound for less than
truckloads picked up at
processing plants during the
week of May 26. This week 8.7
million birds were processed
in North Carolina with an
average live bird weight of
4.03 pounds per bird on May
21.
Heavy type hens were
steady with firm undertones
for next week. Supplies were
adequate and demand good.
Heavy type hen prices 8 cents
per pound at the farm with
buyers loading.
Egg prices were unchanged
compared to those of the
previous week. Supplies were
adequate and demand was
good. The North Carolina
weighted average price on
May 22 for small lot sales of
cartoned Grade A eggs
delivered to stores was 57.81
cents per dozen for large,
Medium 49.47, ' and Smalls
41.85.
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May 30? Farmers' Prices ,
4-H winner
Miss Felicia Etheridge,
member of the Pool's Grove 4
H Club, recently won first
place in the Regional
Beekeeping Essay Contest.
Miss Etheridge is the grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Johnfldns of Wood
ville. Hie contest wai spon
sored by the Albemarle
Regional Beekeepers
Association.
Perquimans
Gardening
By
Jean Winslow
I have been asked by
NTtril readers to reprint
?one information given last
year oo companion planting.
It has been definitely
established that some plants
nv? or other plants.
Eggplant and green beans
go together because the
?ggplant attracts potato
beetles and green beans repel
them.
Bush beans and cucumbers
are mutually beneficial.
Cabbage, cauliflower, and
broccoli like potatoes and
beets. Onions planted nearby
will repel the white cabbage
butterfly.
Cucumbers and potatoes are
a Bono. Cucumbers, cabbage,
corn, and sunflowers, yes-yes.
Garlic should not be planted
near peas and beans, as it
inhibits growth.
Marigolds fight bean beetles
and nematodes, so plant near
tomatoes.
Plant a few radishes beside ?
cucumber hills to help keep
away cucumber beetles. I
As some at your early spring i
crops and flowers come to an I
end, consider replacing <
flowers with food. A favorite is I
peppers. These are beautiful
plants, bearing any umber of
shapes and colors.
Try them back of your
snapdragons, for instance,
The Earty Sweet Bed adds a
lot of color, as does "Holiday
Time," the small UNhot
pepper that bears red, yellow,
and green clusters.
Okra is also a handsome
background plant Put a few
seeds in back of your peren
nial chrysanthem ms for
double pleasure.
Nasturtiums are welcome In
the vegetable garden not only
for bug repelling as mentioned
before, but the delicate leaves
and colorful blossoms are both
delicious and cheerful in a
green salad.
If you have a bank that
needs instant ground cover,
what about squash? A shady
trellis on a porch growing
cucumbers? A post lantern
adorned with tomato vines?
A harvest tip not always
followed is picking vegetables
while they are small. Baby
keets, fingerling carrots, not
mly taste superb, but freeze
letter.
Eyes should be protected from farm
chemicals, fertilizers, and pesticides
If you work with fertilizers,
pesticides, and other
agricultural chemicals, you
are risking a serious eye in
jury and possible blindness
unless you wear the proper
eye protection, warns the
National Society to Prevent
Blindness, North Carolina
affiliate.
"Reports from the hospital
emergency rooms over
several years show that
chemicals have been
responsible for nearly two
thirds of all agricultural eye
injuries," said Thomas
Peyton, President of the N.C.
affiliate.
"For the sake of your
tight," Peyton added, "use
appropriate protective
eyewear whenever you handle
agricultural chemicals. With
sye protection and proper
safety precautions, 90 per cent
>f eye injuries could be
irevented."
All farmers working with
fertilisers, pesticides,
:hemical cleaners and
wlvents should wear goggles
Stting snugly around the eye
area, with hooded vents to
teep out liquids and shield the
;yes from harm. A face shield
'itting over the goggles
arovides maximum protection
>rom these caustic, toxic and
iften flammable substances.
The society also offer* the
olio wing general safety tips:
?Study the product's label for
:orrect use and observe listed
H-ecautkxu.
'Thoroughly understand how
o operate any equipment
trior to use.
Avoid direct contact with
lust, spray mixes and vapors.
Always store pesticides in
?rigiaai containers, keeping
them tightly closed.
?Carry at least five gallons of
plain water on tractors and
farm equipment.
If an accident occurrs, flush
the eyes with water instantly,
continuing for at least 15
minutes, with the eyelids held
open. Then seek medical at
tention immediately.
"Waiting for treatment
increases the chances for
sight loss," said Jim Graham,
the society's sight support
chairman. "Never put salves
or ointment tn the eyes. They
tend to complicate first aid
and later, medical treat
ment."
Liquid and gaseous forms of
fertilisers are highly con
centrated and can cause
serious injuries. Of special
concern is anhydrous am
monia, a gas pressurized to
liquid state and used very
effectively to increase crop
yields. One of the most
damaging substances af
fecting the eye, anhydrous
ammonia begins destroying
cells and tissues within
seconds of contact.
In addition to carrying
water, nurse tank and ap
plicator,, the society urges all
anhydrous ammonia users to
keep a plastic squeese bottle
of water in a shirt pocket to
flush the eyes immediately, in
case contact with anhydrous
occurs.
Many eye injuries occurr
during the transfer of
pressurized anhydrous am
monia from bulk containers to
smaller tanks, a process
repeated several times bet
ween production source and
field application.
"Be sure to check all hose
fittings and connections on
equipment carefully every
day," Graham said. "All it
takes is a minor defect ? a
weak point in a hose, a faulty
valve, a worn fitting ? and
eyesight may be threatened."
"To Safeguard your sight
during farming season,"
Graham concluded, "use
safety eyewear, maintain and
operate equipment properly
and have water ? plenty of it
? available at all times."
We hive just frozen a bunch
of snow peas, ssving enough
out to (team with our Ping
pong size new potatoes for a
few minute* and serving with
batter. A real winner. Back to
what we were talking about
Young turnips and
ruta beg as will seldom develop
that hot. bitter taste. Always
Inspect plants for their in
clination to go to seed ? after
all, that's what they are
botanical!? instructed to do.
You can coax two or three
reapings from spinich, beans,
cucumbers, etc., if you keep
your eyes open.
Check spples and asaleas
for critters. Spray before
there is trouble. Japanese
wetle grub* an beginning
their metamorphosis aad will
tvolve to attaek precious
trnamentals with a vengence
n just a day or two.
Yon cant hava too many
rorms. Ill rephrase that. Tq?
ibtain the beat results fronP
rour compost pile and allow
he earthworms living therin
o do their moat efficient, iris
lecessary to turn the pBe,a
ime or two during the season,
?tart at one end with a qit
ihfork, and turn over
nethodically, moving the
ompoat approximately two
eet from its present direction .
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