Agriculture?
F or best results cut flowers during early morning hours
?Tending flower gardens in this
beat- whew! what a drag! It's easy to
forget the sweat, though, once you've
made a room brighter with the fruits
of your labor.
For best results cut flowers early
in the morning. Dr. Roy Larson at
State explains that this is usually the
time moisture content is highest and
flowers are more turgid. Not only
that, the cutter will be as com
fortable as the cuttee at that time of
day.
Plunge cut flowers in a bucket of
lukewarm water and recut the stems
under water just before arranging.
Make sure vases are clean, as dirt
and bacteria will greatly shorten the
life of an arrangement.
?Keep flowers free from pests and
diseases with the proper sprays and
powders. Most gardeners have
BEYOND THE
WEEDS
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neither the time nor the inclination to
sift through materials explaining
varmints and viruses, but because
today's geroeral-purpose sprays are
so effective and readily available,
most of the work is already done for
us.
Most sprays or dusts are for
mulations containing two or more
insecticides and a miticide as well.
Catan, a fungicide, malathion and
methochlor (both Insecticides) are
sale chemicals to count oa when you
are reading labels.
These are established, reliable
performers. Hie use of malathion is
particularly advantageous in that it
may be used fairly close to harvest
date.
Always apply insecticides in early
morning or late afternoon.
?When spraying figs for dried fruit
beetle and vinegar flies, add 8 to 16
teaspoons molasses to each gallon
malathion mixture for more ef
fectiveness. Wait three days before
harvesting.
?Remember that watermelons
need a steady supply of water ? an
inch a week at least. Water stress,
either too much or too little, will
cause blossom-end rot as quickly as
calcium deficiency.
?Um an old rubber tire for hose
storage. Lay the tire Oat, coil hoae
inside, and just roll It out of the way!
?Buy or order these seeds and
planta for August IS planting (per
person): 25 cabbage planta. (That's
what the charta advise, but I
sometimes wonder what a family of
four would do with 100 head of cab
bage come October...)
Other suggestions include V4
packet leaf lettuce. H ounce
mustard, U packet spinsch, and M
ounce turnip.
?Look around the garden. There
are plenty of "different" things all
over your yard for inclusion in
tonight's fresh salad. Pick some
bright nasturtium blossoms, sdd to
that a few leaves from beets and
turnips.
Strip the red stem of Swiss chard
away from Its leaf and allcc thinly
like radishes. Tear the greenleaf In
bite-sise pieces to augment lettuce
and spinach.
How much is In the bowl now? Ah,
enough room for a little mint,
chopped parsley, aome fennel and
dillweed greens. Some rose petals.
Calendulaa. Daylily root
What! Bottled dressing? Tsk, tsk.
Even if you're short on time whip out
some oil, like aafOower,
aoy or olive. Add a little
vinegar, or maybe Just i
juice. Throw in some herb* and let
ait for a while it you have time.
And there you have It, fresh flavor
at half the cost. Pass the hot sour-; 1 -
dough bresd, please. And go ahead1
and open that new batch o?
strawberry preserve*. You didn't :
churn the butter yourself? Slack.
More on the peanut growers referendum
There will be a North Carolina
Peanut Growers Association
Referendum conducted on Tuesday,
August 16, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The object of this
referendum will be to determine
whether or not peanut growers in
North Carolina will assess them
selves $2.00 per ton from 1983 to 1988.
This represents an increase of $1.00
per ton over the present assessment.
I have been assured that the ad
ditional funds collected will go for the
promotion of North Carolina peanuts
in our U.S. Markets.
Peanut promotional activities are
conducted by Betsy Owens of the
Peanut Growers Association.
These extra funds help her expand
her promotional efforts which could
include greater participation in trade
shows and development of new retail
merchandising aids to attract the
attention of consumers to North
Carolina and Virginia Peanuts.
All other peanut producing states
have approved a $2.00 per ton
assessment except North Carolina.
Let's face it, we are competing
with Georgia in the peanut market
place and they have been beating our
pants off. Expansion and main
tenance of our markets will be im
portant if we expect to produce
peanuts in the future.
This takes money and hopefully the
increased assessment of $1.00 per ton
will aid in the efforts to preserve our
markets.
I can not tell you what way to vote
on the 16th, but certainly there is
some real positive reasons to vote
yes The real question you have to
ask is "Who is going to help you if you
don't try to help yourself? ! "
As many of you know, I have been
in Summer School. The training I
have been receiving has been on the
operations and programming of
microcomputers in agriculture.
What is the value of microcom
puters to farmers? Several reputable
experts in the field of agriculture
estimate that by the year 2000, 75
percent of our farmers will own a
computer.
Computer uses for the farmer will
center around record keeping
decision making in communications
data. Agriculture Record Keeping
programs are available now.
These include such things as
receipts, expense records, balance
sheets, income statements and other
financial records.
They would also include such
physical records as livestock per
formance and health records, land
records and other durable and non
durable inventories.
Decision-making uses would in
clude break even analysis on various
enterprises (especially livestock),
income tax management, investment
analysis and equipment sizing.
Communication-Data uses would
include comuter access to marketing
data, future prices, weather advisory
plus many others. In this discussion,
we have just skimmed the surface of
possible agriculture uses of a com
puter.
In the next 5-6 months, we plan to
have a microcomputer in the
Perquimans County Extension Of
fice. I am inviting you then to stop by
and let me familiarize you with some
of these uses.
The next 100 years will be the
computer age, and we must strive to
understand and use this tool to better
our lives to make a better world.
A versatile business com
puter is a new work proces
sor that has ready-to-go
programs, tested and effi
cient, for dentists, lawyers
and construction manage
ment. Plus other programs
used by even more people
for word processing and
bookkeeping. It's called the
DECmate Work Processor ?.
A free brochure describing
the many uses of this ver
satile machine is available
by writing to : Digital Equip
ment Corporation, Depart
ment DB 4, Parker Street,
Maynard, MA 01754.
Consider more thanj
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style when shopping*
Be a smart shopper when buying
clothes by reading labels and
examining workmanship before
purchasing. Check fiber content.
Fabrics are made of different fibers
and blends with a wide variety of
looks and textures.
Read care instruction labels. Some
garments must be drycleaned.
However, most children's wear,
casual clothing and some outerwear
are washable. Many fabrics, in
cluding woolens, may be washable.
The label indicates the method for
washing and drying that assures
good results.
Instructions tell whether to
machine wash or hand wash; to use a
regular, permanent press or gentle
wash cycle; to tumble, line dry or dry
flat.
Included are water and dryer
temperatures. Use of bleach,
recommendations to wash
separately and iron temperatures
are other points that instructions
cover where applicable.
Many garments require little or no
ironing particularly those made of
synthetics, blends and cottons with
special finishes.
The need for ironing can be
lessened by avoiding over-drying and
removing items from the dryer
promptley at the end of the cycle. For
line drying, smooth seams, collars,
cuffs plackets as clothing is being
hung up.
If fabric content and type of care is
suitable, then check workmanship.
For good and long-lasting fit, the
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grain or yarn in the fabric should be' /
straight up and down or across as it U 4
worn. , i
Examine patterned garments,
especially plaids and stripes, to be
sure that they match at center and
side seams, pockets, sleeves and
collars. Look at seams and hems. Ar$
they smooth, wide enough andf
finished to prevent raveling or
splitting? Is stitching uniform and ?
straight with thread that matches the
garment?
Reinforcement at points of strain is
important particularly for garment^
that will get hard wear, such a{
active sportswear and children's
clothing. Be sure closures and trim
are firmly sewn on. ,i
Quality clothing has buttonholes
that are stitched firmly and evenly,
with reinforced ends. Note if but
tonholes are the right length for
buttons ? neither too long nor too
short. Zippers should be flat,
smoothly sewn and inconspicuous,
except for novelty types meant for
trim as well as function.
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