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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1951
Page
3
The article offers practical advice for home gardeners on sowing peas carrots onions mustard beets cabbage broccoli and lettuce. It stresses continuing plantings for better soil cover and describes moist-soil raking and using pine needle or straw mulch to prevent crust formation while seedlings emerge.
A Virginia expert warns mosaic disease in tobacco cuts yield and quality by infecting leaves. Keeping beds free of crop refuse, old tobacco scrap, weeds, and even cigarette butts reduces spread. Two resistant varieties Vamoor 48 and Vamoor 50 suit North Carolina planting, with removal of infected young plants urged to protect crops.
Miss Sarah Ann Butts of Route 2 Halifax has been named one of ten national winners in the Time of Your Life contest. State winners each submitted two entries. Butts earned state and national recognition for 4-H leadership and records, earning a wrist watch and a $300 scholarship previously.
Dr. F J Bell, extension seed and small grain specialist at State college, warns that hybrid corn is not a universal magic word for good yields. Farmers using non adapted Midwest hybrids in North Carolina have seen good looking crops but nubbin ears at harvest. He advises using certified seed of hybrids adapted to local conditions and to request the regional list from the county agent or the Agricultural Editor at State College Station Raleigh.
Miss Betty Daniels the home demonstration agent will be in High Point Wednesday mornings and W N (Farm agent) will be there Thursday mornings for two days a week. They may be reached by telephoning 4446.
Jack Kelley of Clinton and Walter Kirby of Kenly showed gilts at the state sale in Smithfield. The Byrd brothers of Bunn Level produced the reserve champion gilt. Twenty six bred gilts sold for 3835 dollars, averaging 148.2 dollars each at the Duroc breeders sale in Rocky Mount. Deng of Four Oaks topped the sale with a bred gilt at 297.50 dollars. S R S Garner of Newport exhibited the grand champion open gilt. The North Carolina Hampshire Swine Breeders Association held its first sale recently with 30 hogs.
Rutherfordton reports 56 Grade A dairies in the county with dairies owned by Gordon McDaniel R T Ledbetter Charles Koon and Judson Koon. Statesville notes new Ayrshire officers and prepares for an Ayrshire sale at the Iredell fair rounds August 22. Edenton informs farmers the 1947 peanut acreage should be planted to meet demand with a target near 90 000 more acres of Jumbo peanuts. Washington notes Beaufort County cotton acreage may exceed 4500 acres with orders placed for insecticides. Winston Salem reports over 50000 worth of Guernsey cattle sold in 1950 through Forsyth County Guernsey Breeders Association.
Dr. C. D. Grinnells of the North Carolina Experiment Station notes months of research show medicines are effective for mastitis but sanitation and proper equipment are crucial. Overreliance on drugs wastes money. prevention through good management and herd-wide treatment is emphasized.
BRATTLEBORO Vermont March 19 With 549 pounds of butterfat and 15464 pounds of milk to her credit Bond Patsy Jolan registered Holstein Friesian cow owned by Baptist Orphanage of Thomasville has completed a 331 day production test in official Herd Improvement Registry She was milked twice daily and was four tons ears ten months of age when she began her testing period Testing was supervised by North Carolina State and in cooperation with the Holstein-Friesian Association of America.
The Forsyth Association now heads all Guernsey breeders groups in the state in memorate and remains the leading organization for the breed. Its current enrollment stands at 157 members.
Certificates were awarded to 17 Tar Heel farmers and farm managers at North Carolina State College for completing a Farm Management Short Course held February 2023. The program, run by the Extension Division and Agricultural Economics, targeted sessional farm managers and bank representatives seeking capital profits.
Early peas thrive when started from seed and planted in 3 foot rows with 2 inch thinning. Plant before Good Friday using small varieties like Worlds for early harvest and Tall Telephone for later use. After harvest, tops till into soil as green manure. avoid warm weather pests. winter crops possible if space allows.
Raleigh March 19 Chicks require proper housing feeders and water to grow. Extension Poultry Specialist T B Morris of State College recommends one inch feeder per 100 chicks for two weeks and two inches after, plus two water fountains per hundred and constant access to food and water. Ex tension Circular No 32 notes homemade poultry equipment guidance and where to obtain copies from agents.
Brattleboro Vermont reports on Cedar Lodge Holstein Sam offspring performance. Production records show Sam’s daughters average 11 720 pounds of milk and 422 pounds of butterfat, versus dams at 11 540 pounds milk and 407 pounds butterfat. Sire Pabst Sir Cascade Boss, dam Superb Vale Cora Cascade.
Rosai Emma Princess a Holstein Friesian cow owned by H G Thacker Jr of Winston Salem NC completed a 332 day production test in official Herd Improvement A e at NC State College of Agriculture in cooperation with the Holstein Association of America Five Cumberland County 4H Club members take part in the 1951 Poultry project each receiving 100 New Hampshire chicks to raise per latest recommendations This year’s members are H B Smith David Graham Earl Adams Kenneth Toya and Raymond Barfield Jr
North Carolina growers are urged to plant as many sweet potatoes in 1951 as last year. George S. Abshier notes demand will rise, especially for Portojeo variety, due to reduced cotton acreage. Abshier elected chairman for 1951, Hugh Martin named secretary of the Fruit and Vegetable Marketing Committee in Raleigh.
RALEIGH March 19 FE T Piland a negro farmer of Gatesville has found hog farming profitable over the past year according to H L Mitchel Gates County Farm Agent He attributes success to proper management home grown feed and vaccination of all hogs against disease He expects to market hogs late this month or early next month
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