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Agriculture ? Poet pens of tasty zucchini <.PUn on these Beans, snap, green, wax Corn (in husks) Peppers, sweet Okra Squash, summer I Apples Pears Plums Tomatoes yields from food crops maturing now: Fresh Frozen lbu. 30-45 pt. lbu. 3 pep. lbu. lbu. lbu. lbu. lbu. lbu. 14-17 pt. lpt 35 pt. 32-40 pt. 32-40 pt. 40-50 pt. 38-56 pt. Canned 15-20 qt. 8-9 qt. 17 qt. 18-20 qt 18-20 qt. 20-25 qt. 24-30 qt. 15-20 qt. ?Fertilize clematis this week with two to three tablespoons 8-8-8 per plant. ?Butterfly bushes (Vitex) may be a cut back after blooming for another show of blooms in a cuple of weeks. ?Check petunias for legginess. Trim closely for new blooms in three weeks. ?Sow biennial seeds now. Try foxglove, sweet william and hollyhock. Plant these flowers where you want them to grow. The first year produces leaves, the second ? year yields flowers. " ?Perennials should be started in flats and transplanted to their per manent positions this (all. ?A light side dressing (or veggies is in order now. When using fertilizer such as 10-10-10 be care(ul ? keep away (rora tender roots to prevent burning. This is an occasion when compost is highly valuable as it not only feeds your plants but strengthens soil composition (or subsequent plan tings. ?Have you ever used insecticidal soap? 1 hadn't until the Agro-Chem people sent a sample. I tried it on several varieties o( greens with good results against lea(hoppers and aphids. Unlike Sevin, a soap mixture BEYOND THE WEEDS Jean Winnlow may be used up to the day of harvest. Took care of squash bugs on my zucchini, too. A lot of people don't like zucchini. My friend L. P. thinks it is socially overrated: "It's always been considerably posh | To tell zucchini from squash; I must admit I'm a bit of a twit Both make an unpalatable nosh." He goes too far: "Sing praises for the lovely zucchini, Praised by Escoffier and Houdini? My plebeian taste Prefers library paste I guess I'm just an old mewle." So much for a crotchety palate. What can you say about someone wto recently served a dessert of hriefcfei at a dinner party for eight? County Extension Chairman Bill Jester led a tour on the Billy Williams farm in Perquimans recently. Ap proximately 30 farmers viewed fruits and vegetables on the tour. (Photo by Val Short) Wild turkey population is on the comeback in North Carolina z RALEIGH ? The wild turkey, its statewide population decimated by destruction of habitat and overhunting in the early part of this century, is on the comeback in North Carolina, but according to wildlife officials, the expansion of turkey numbers is being threatened by a few well-intentioned but misguided turkey enthusiasts. According to Brian Hyder, the wild ^ turkey specialist for the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, the wild turkey population in N.C. has nearly doubled in the past 10 years as a result of changes in the turkey hunting season, better protection and expanded turkey stocking program. He says that the expansion of wild turkey numbers is being threatened, however, by individuals who are lgra)sing semi-wild turkeys and releasing them in nearby woodlots. "There are several serious problems with releasing pen-raised turkeys to the wild," said Hyder. "Foremost among these is that releasing pen raised turkeys birds is not an ef fective way to establish a turkey population in the wild. The Wildlife Resources Commission released * thousands of pen-raised "wild" turkeys bck during the 1930's and '40's. None of them survived to establish a reproducing population of turkeys." Hyder said that releasing pen raised turkeys to the wild is a use of energy and resources that could be better channeled into more productive methods, "but more important than mischanneled energy and resources is the threat that pen raised turkeys cast over our ex panding population of truly wild turkeys. "Since 1970 we have live-trapped 520 wild turkeys from areas which sizeable turkey populations and relocated them to 30 turkey restoration areas scattered across the State. It has come to our attention recently that a few individuals in eastern N.C. have released semi-wild turkeys adjacent to and in some cases in the same areas where native wild birds have been stocked. The problem with this is that pen-raiesd turkeys are often carriers of diseases such as black-head, fowl pox and coccidiosis for which wild birds have little resistance. Past studies have shown that the introduction of pen raied turkeys into areas which have a population of wild turkeyg generally means an elimiaation of the wild birds by disease. "We have tremendous potential for the expansion of the wild turkey population in N.C.," Hyder con tinued. "We have an estimated 10,000 birds in the State now but we have suitable habitat to support 40,000 or more, and that's the goal we're working toward. We need the support and involvement of all the State's turkey enthusiasts, but we all need to be working in the same direction, with proven methods, toward the same goal." Hyder points out that it is illegal to release pen-raied turkey to the wild in N.C. and suggests that persons interested in wild turkey restoration contact the Wildlife Resources Commission at 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, N.C. 27611, or join the N.C. Wild Turkey Federation. The N.C. Wild Turkey Federation president is Wayne Orr, 33 Southwicke Dr., Ar den, N.C. 28704. *NNCT sets committee meetings July 19 Northeastern North Carolina Tomorrow has scheduled two committee meetings for July 19. The quality of life committee will meet at 10 a.m. at the Elisabeth City State University Graduate and Continuing Education Center, ac cording . to Floyd Spellman, com mittee chairman. The committee will be reviewing the child care activities, public housing, initiating a communications network and two requests for en dorsement, one for a proposed ban on phosphate detergents and another on the Peat Methanol Associates project. The agriculture and natural in dustries committee will meet at 12 p.m. at Soundview Restaurant near Roper. According to committee chair Mary P. Lilley, the meeting will feature a special report on the Farm Management Program that is unique to Nash County. The committee will also discuss the farm loss seminars being planned and the status of legislation regar ding the jetties at Oregon Inlet and the status of mosquito control programs. The committee will also act on the two requests for endorsements. " Teletip can assist with insect control Thanks to the damp weather we've had this spring, there is a bumper ^crop of mosquitoes and fleas. Advice on controlling these and other household pests is as near as your telephone, reminds Mrs. Paige Underwood, Home Economics Ex tension Agent, Perquimans County. Extension Teietip, a state-wide, toll-free answering system has in formation on controlling 21 different household pests. To get this help, just call 1-800-642-7301 and tell the operator the number of the message you want to hear. Here are the messages and their number: Ants, 2701; cockroaches, 2702; fleas, 2703; milipedes, 2704; moles, 2705; termites, 2711; ticks in the home, 2712; ticks that can cause diseases, 2713; and tick removal and control, 2714. Also wasps, hornets and yellow jackets, 2715; woodpeckers, 2716; voles, 2717; bees, 2720 and 2721; bats, 2725; clothes moths and carpet beetles, 2729; fire ants, Z731; grasshoppers, 2732; mosquitoes, 2735; and powder post beetles and wood borers, 2737. A complete list of the 1,000 teletop messages can be obtained by caring Mr*. Underwood at the County Agricultural Extension office, 426 7697 or by calling the toll-free Teletip number. See What Mary Kay Cosmetics Can Do For Yoo ! Call to arrange a fascinating and comajhewntary facial with instruction on good skin 6#% and general glamour. CALLS PEGGY ROHRER AT: 426-9217 Troubles plague sportsmen Several years ago I had the op portunity to do a little bear hunting up in Maine and I thought it was one of the greatest hunting areas I had ever seen, and I still do. Not once did we run into a posted sign or have a land owner refuse permission to hunt on his property. But things change, and the sport smen in Maine are having big problems. Perquimans The first change came when the use of hounds to hunt bear was prohibited in certain areas (sound familiar?) and soon after hounds were declared illegal when hunting bear everywhere in the state. This only affected a small per centage of sportsmen so most just overlooked it. Next came the move in federal court to close the hunting season on black ducks. This would have ef fectively stopped everyone in the Eastern Flyway (Atlantic) from shooting any black ducks. "Diamond Jim" Brady had 31 pairs, one for each day of the month. King Louis XV's bejeweled collec tion was carefully matched to the eyes of his many mistresses. What were they? Cuff links. When were they first invented? In the 13th centu ry, by an ingenious French man, Louis IX, the first man in history to wear gold cufflinks. He was later made a saint, though doubtless for more saintly deeds. St. Louis, Missouri, was named after this esteemed inventor of the cufflink who revolu tionized the fashions of his era Walkers Construction Specializing In rmmodml Ing, and rmpalrs. 25 yean of pleasing people. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED FRll ESTIMATES John Walk*r 297-2507 SEAFOOD DAILY PRIED Oft BROILED ;v <4 0AKY U.S. 17 SOU^ PHONE 335-540b| Elizobeth City, N.C. Again this was pretty much overlooked by most sportsmen and sportsmen's groups until it went to federal court almost unopposed. Fortunately, the judge, a lady, decided to leave this decision up to the biologists and again the sport smen were saved from their own worst enemy, themselves. 7 to Well, now ifee sportsmen in Maine face a challenge that could in the long run effect all of us. For the first time, not only in the states history, but in the nations history, a hunting season will open or not open pending a statewide voter referendum. Maine's two year old moose season will be on the line to the voting public. The sportsmen have started a statewide organization to fight this; but to this date have lost every court battle to stop the vote. By now you're probably wondering what this has to do with Perquimans County. Well, directly, nothing at all, or does it? Last hunting season, right here in Perquimans County, there was a move to outlaw the use of hounds to hunt deer in certain areas of the county. (Sound familiar? ) Maybe this seems too unimportant to worry about now, but could the deer hunter in this county stand a public referendum asking the general public to decide whether or not to allow dder hunting in this county? I, for one, would hate to see it come to that. It may be time for the area sportsmen to gear up and start a county wide organization to look after each others rights. 1 hope we don't wait too long. Plumbing, Heating, A.C. Electrical Contracting Waterheaters, Sales-Service, Sharpening Service LLOYD R. DAIL ARTIFICER" "One Call Does It All" Cell "Flutch" 264-2752 Rt. 3, Box 109 HERTFORD N.C. 27944 NELSON SPRINKLERS Reg 18 18 your Choke $5.99 NELSON OSCILLATING SPRINKLER. 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