Agriculture
Garden tools make perfect gifts for holidays
? I've gone through three bushel bas
kets of Christmas catalogs. Natu
rally, I want everything.
' Let us, however, zoom in on some
gardener's delights. For instance, for
those occasions when the children
around you participate in a little hit
or-miss soil tilling, provide them with
their own tools. Smith and Hawkin of
fers a scaled down trio consisting of
fork, spade, and a rake for $59.00.
For the same price you can watch
their happy hoeing while reclining on
David Kay's hobby helper, the Scoot
n-Do, a cushioned seat on four sturdy
wheels to help eliminate crawling,
crouching, and kneeling. In its equip
ment bin place an All-in-One, $79.95,
hand-woven willow basket from Da
vid Kay. It comes with high quality
trowel, ratchet pruner, English hoe,
and weeder.
Since the aforesaid pint-sized gar
deners will be in bed when it's time to
go slug hunting, enlist aid elsewhere.
The best flashlight for the job is
Brookstone's. The light from this ci
gar-thin, 12-inch black beau can be
diffused or adjusted to a pin point.
Slug point. I have used mine on trips
where tents and rooms were totally
devoid of rading lamps $26.50.
Spiff up a corner of the flower gar
den with a porcelain garden stool
that Horchow has imported from
Beijing. Handpainted with dragons
and flowers, this beautiful offering
looks even better than its $495.00
price.
Sketches catalog wants you to
grace a garden wall with its instant
installation lead and aluminum shell
fountain. For $355.00, it's yours to
plug and enjoy.
Any fruits and vegetables on which
you spent time and effort deserves
the best preparation equipment.
Saute, bake, steam and fry in a set of
Deluxe Caphalon Cookware, $376.00,
which you may hang from the ceiling
n a matching pot rack, $79.00. Mix
that fresh salad in a really hand
some, Italian designed salad bowl of
shiny stainless steel. The $65 00 price
includes two black plastic contempo
rary utensils for mixing and serving.
Both from Neiman- Marcus
Even when pots aren't bubbling on
the stove burners, the kitchen can al
ways smell divine with wreaths from
White Flower Farm. The 10-inch
herb wreath is 936.00; a large Pot
pourri wreath, 20 inches in diameter,
containing a mixture of Artemisia,
nutmeg, rosehips, Baby's Breath and
other sweet smellers is $70.00.
Kiddies in bed? Slugs dispatched?
Caphalon washed and hung? Foun
tain turned off? Come on in and settle
down with a good book.
How about "Tastebuds", a gardening
and cooking handbook, or "The Plea
sure of Herbs", a month-by-month
herb guide.
Indulge in a cigar. I'm talking
about Neiman-Marcus' Godiva milk
chocolate type, each in gold foil,
nestled . in a tortoise-shell-colored
box. Ten for $32.00.
Oh, I know gardeners are supposed
to eat healthy and stay in shape. But
it's Christmas. Have another cigar.
Farm Bureau convention organized
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Jibe drafting of official policies tor
WW will be the main activity on the
agenda at the 51st annual convention
of the North Carolina Farm Bureau
Federation in Winston-Salem, De
cember 7?10.
Farm Bureau President W. B. Jen
kins indicated that he expects over
1,000 Farm Bureau members to at
tehd this year's meeting at Benton
^gjjvgntion Center.
Voting delegates, representing all
MS8 counties, will consider hundreds
of policy recommendations sub
mitted by county Farm Bureaus. The
policies they adopt will set the direc
tion for the state organization in the
year ahead. Delegates will also make
final decisions on recommendations
concerning national issues that will
be submitted for consideration by the
American Farm Bureau convention,
which is set for early January.
According to Jenkins, "There are
many critical issues facing agricul
ture and our voting delegates will be
addressing those problems." Jenkins
will give his annual report to the
membership on Tuesday morning,
December 9.
Speakers at general sessions of the
convention will include: Governor
James G. Martin, Lieutenant Gover
nor Robert B. Jordan III, Congress
man Charles G. Rose, N.C. Commis
sioner of Agriculture James A
Graham, and American Farm Bu
reau President Dean Kleckner.
The election of officers and direc
tors of Farm Bureau and delegates to
the national convention is scheduled
for Tuesday afternoon, December 9.
The selection of the organization's I
"Outstanding Young Farm Family" I
of 1966 will highlight the awards pre- I
sentation. Another honor will go to I
the winner of the Young Farmer and |
Rancher "discussion meet." Awards
will also be presented to a number of
county Farm Bureaus for their out
standing achievement in various pro
grams.
Registration for the convention be
gins Sunday, December 7, at 1:00
p.m. The traditional vesper service
will be held Sunday evening at 7:30
p.m.
Organic farming not seen as feasible
Farmers are understandably not
very enthusiastic about organic
farming, not if it means replacing the
200 pounds of nitrogen normally ap
plied per a.cre of corn with 20 to 40
tons of animal manure. If they did
this, they would need a lot more ani
mals and the public would not be
very enthusiastic about odor.
Organic farming means doing
away with chemical fertilizers and
pesticides. It may be all right for a
RIVER CITY POOLS & ASSOCIATES
OFF SEASON RATES ON ALL inground pools
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NOTICE OF PODUC HEARING
TOWN OF HERTFORD
The citizens of the Town of Hertford or* hereby informed that the'
Town intend* to amend the Target Area of the King Street devitaliza
tion Project (Phase III) of their FY 04 Small Cities Community Devel
opment Block Grant. In an effort to involve the citizens of Hertford in
the amendment process, a Public Hearing will be held at the Town
Hall on Monday, December 8, 1986, at 7:00 p.m. The purpose of the
hearing will be to explain the amendment and to allow the citizens of
Hertford to express their views.
W.D. Cox, Mayor
TRUE EYE EMERGENCY
Because the human eye if pretty tough and well protected, there
are a limited number of true eye emergencies, cases when sight is
endangered and immediate medical care is required.
Though rare, an acute glaucoma attack falls into this definition.
The symptom* are severe pain in the eye, pronounced redness of
the eye, blurred vision, and possibly abdominal pain and nausea.
Do not try to diagnose acute glaucoma yourself. If you experience
such symptoms, go immediately to your eye doctor or to a hospital
emergency.
A second sight-endangering emergency is when a high-velocity
foreign body enters the eye and pierces its protective layers. This
sort of injury usually occurs when a piece of metal has been
thrown off from high-speed power equipment. A third instance is
when a very strong chemical, such as lye, gets in your eye. Here,
a bit of first aid is essential. The eve MUST be flushed with large
quantities of water as soon as possible.
Dr. A.F. DOWNUM
103 W. Eden St.
Edenton, N.C.
Phone; 482-8444
Phillips Furniture
Christmas Sale
Month of December
La-Z-Boy
Rocker-Recliners
with discounts up to
*170.00..
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Honey Pine
Den Suite
Sofa-Chair-Rocker-Party-Ottoman
1L?t>829.0B
ONLY
Pine Bunk Bed
2x6 outfit complete with
mattress, ladder & guard rail
AUonSale $350.95
Queen Size
Hide-A-Bed
Covered In Nylon with Contrasting
and^l8' $499 95
Sale Priced
Maple Finished
Bedroom suite
Bad-Dresser &
mlrror-nlte
stand & chest
rjww
Oak table
with formica top
i and 6 solid oak
I chairs,
WM $1349.00
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Suit*
Bad, chast, nlta
stand, draaaar a
mirror all aala
priced
At ON*
?000.00
Round
Pedestal Table
28" round formic* top
and sale priced at
<69.98
Pillow Back Sofa
covered In Nylon
and priced to
move during this
sale
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Student Desk
In Maple finish and
On Sato lor Only
?139.99
Factory 2nd
Love Seat '
Was S3 79. 95
Now Only
*249.95
(1 only)
Student Desk
with bookshelf
top deck
WM $399.95
now umy
*289.00
Quilt Racks
In oak-maple-and
cherry finish and
unfinished and all
SatoPrtoatfAt
*94.50
Come in and
look at our line
of King8down
Electric bede,
complete with
vibrator and
hand controlled
wan and all spe
cial priced for
this Sale.
Kingsdown Mattress
& Foundation
Standard double size
and priced
par Ml
Solid Maple
Single Bed
Was $319.95
Now Only
*169.80
All Pictures - Mirrors snd Lamps 1 0% OFF.
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