Farm and garden
Farmers should watch for peanut diseases
by: Stanley J. Winslow
Perquimans County Extension Di
rector
Perquimans County peanut
growers need to be on the alert for
all peanut diseases. Warm, wet
conditions favor the development
of several potentially devastating
fungi.
Cercospora leafspot has already
been identified in a number of
fields. Southern Stem rot has not
appeared as yet, but is certainly fa
vored by current conditions. Scle
rotinia Blight is usually associated
with cooler conditions; however, it
can easily infest a peanut field dur
ing wet warm weather. Following
are some tips for managing these
peanut diseases.
First, scout your fields regularly
- at least once per week. Each dis
ease has distinct characteristics
Local delegation to
attend 4-H Congress
By: Juanita T. Bailey
Home Economics Extension
Agent
A delegation of three 4-H mem
bers and two adult leaders will
represent Perquimans County at
North Carolina 4-H Congress
July 17-21 in Raleigh.
The Perquimans County dele
gates will join some 900 4-H
members, leaders and extension
agents from across the state for
the annual event.
The congress will be held on
the N. C. State University cam
pus and at the State Fairgrounds.
Delegates will reside in NCSU
j domitories.
Monday's program includes
judging in dairy, livestock and
horticulture, contests in hippo
logy and tractor operator, and
| the annual state 4-H Honor Club
| tapping.
Tuesday's program features
the finals in some 35 contests to
pick state winners and special
tracks in international intrique,
state government and the arts,
and the annual 4-H entertains
show.
A drug abuse rally and
workshops are scheduled
Wednesday morning. Speakers
and can be easily identified. Good
control depends upon early detec
tion and early treatment.
Extension news
If you find a disease which you
cannot identify, Just call the Per
quimans Extension Office and I
will gladly help you to identify the
problem.
Secondly, use good cultural prac
tices to minimize disease pressure.
It is too late to discuss the impor
tant practices of rotation and vari
ety selection for 1989, but there are
still things to do.
Many peanut growers are ready
to make a final cultivation for weed
control or to incorporate land plas
ter. Take special precautions not to
throw soil onto peanut limbs. Cov
ering peanut limbs with soil is an
include Lt. Gov. James C. Gard
ner, State Attorney General Lacy
Thornburg, and State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction
Bobby Ethridge. The State 4-H
Extension news
Performing Arts Troupe will
have its premiere during the af
ternoon. A donor appreciation
banquet is set for Wednesday
night.
NCSU head women's basket
ball coach Kay Yow will speak at
Thursday morning assembly.
Other Thursday highlights in
clude workshops, the election
and installation of state 4-H coun
cil officers, a delegate banquet
and the state 4-H fashion revue.
Among the events in which
Perquimans County 4-H'ers are
participating are Public Speak
ing, Chicken Barbecue and Elec
tricity.
Members of the Perquimans
County delegation attending are
Jimmie Jordan, Damion Burke,
Melissa Drozdowski, Emma
Burke and Lillian Jordan.
Leading the delegation is Jua
nita T. Bailey, Home Economics
Extension Agent, 4-H.
invitation for southern stem rot to
begin. With continued wet weather
it will surely show up.
When spraying tor leafspot -
lengthen the booms on your
sprayer to minimize your wheel
tracks through the field. In many
years sclerofinia blight begins on
plants which were damaged by tra
ctor tires.
Also, apply land plaster and root
worm insecticides before vine
growth reaches the row middles.
These operations reauire many
passes through the field and are po
tentially damaging to large pea
nuts.
Thirdly, Perquimans growers
will have a leafspot advisory pro
gram available this summer. We
will be monitoring weather condi
tions with an instrument called a
hygrothermograph. This will allow
America, you're the best
"What's good about America?"
Citizens often reflect on that ques
tion whenever our nation ap
proaches its birthday. Unfortu
nately, there are many who spend
their time running our country
down. Still others reminisce about
the "good old days" when things
were much better!
Accent on
Agriculture
By: W.B. Jenkins
N.C. Farm Bureau Fed.
To those who continually find
fault we say, "Look at the rest of
the world? where much of the pop
ulation goes to bed hungry every
night; where much of the popula
tion is illiterate; and where much
of the population has a very low
standard of living."
Compare that with America
where we are the best fed and best
educated people in the world with
tremendous resources for recre
ation, services, and other com
forts.
It's true that not everyone in our
country has a high standard of liv
ing, but a low standard of living in
this country would be considered a
high standard of living for much of
the world's population.
Our system may not be perfect,
but it is certainly the best that has
Art instructor Brenda Hollowell directs students preparing scenery
for the upcoming musical revue scheduled for Monday at 10:00
a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Margaret Overton and Jamie
Vail enjoy the air conditioned
summer school site.
"GROWING TOGETHER"
PRESCHOOL/PARENT PROGRAM
WHO: Children Who Will Be Four (4) Years Old
By January 1 , 1990.
WHAT: Preschool Program For Children And
Their Parent/Guardian Who Did Not Fin
ish High School And Would Like To Ob
tain A GED (Graduate Equivalent
Diploma).
WHEN: August 1989 through May 1990
WHERE: Perquimans High School
Transportation and lunch will be provided. There will be no charge
to eligible children and parents.
Applications and/or further information can be obtained by contact
ing Jeanie Umphlett, Perquimans County Schools, 411 Edenton Road
Street, Hertford, NC. Phone: 426-5741.
Applications should be submitted by August 1.
Tnis program is being offered as a cooperative effort between the
Perquimans County Schools and the College of the Albemarle.
us to advise on the favorability of
conditions for leafspot devel
opment.
Peanut growers can get this in
formation on a daily basis by call
ing the Perquimans Agricultural
Extension Office. Information will
be available beginning July 17th.
Early conditions have been very
favorable for leafspot devel
opment, but despite this cool night
time temperatures (less than 65 de
grees) are unfavorable for
leafspot. This advisory will help
you evaluate weather conditions
and do a better job of managing
your leafspot control program.
Please call the Perquimans Ex
tension Office (426-5428) for spe
cific information on the Leafspot
Advisory and on chemical control
methods for Southern Stem rot and
Sclerotinia Blight.
ever been devised on this earth.
And to those who long for a re
turn to the good old days, we say
who would really want to return to
the days when life expectancy was
25 or 30 years less than it is now;
when farmers and their families
toiled at . least 16 hours a day
merely to sustain themselves and
there were no hot showers or sani
tary facilities; or when many dis
eases?which are today practically
unheard of? were feared by much
of the population.
Everything about our country to
day is not perfect by any means,
but we need to defend the good
things in our system, while work
ing to improve and change the not
so good.
ECSU Soundings
The National Association of Col
leges and Universitites Business
Officers (NACUBO) has appointed
Elizabeth City State University's
Vice Chancellor for Business and
Finance, Roger A. McLean, to
serve onits Small College and Mi
nority Institutions Committee. He
will become one of twelve (12)
committee members representing
over 1,200 small and minority col
leges throughout the United States.
NACUBO is a professional orga
nization that establishes standards
for quality operations of business
offices of colleges and universi
tites. Some goals of NACUBO's
Small College and Minority Institu
tions Committee are to assist insti
tutions with effective planning, im
proved management of human
resurces and utilization of physical
resources.
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