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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1951
Page
13
A gardener’s checklist covers fertilizing rates per 100 ft of row, broadcasting over plants and brushing off leaves. It advises strawberry orders for fall or spring, crop notes on boysenberries, keeping grass out, cane organization, pansey sowing, dividing lily of the valley and peonies, gladiolus bulb storage, thrips protection with 5 percent dust, and weekly rose spraying with Fermate to curb black spot.
Extension horticulturalist Henry Covington of State College warns that this year’s sweet potato crop will be among the smallest in history. North Carolina production is put at 4,400,000 bushels versus 6,785,000 last year, with the nation likely to yield only half to two thirds of normal. Covington urges careful harvesting, two to three grade packing, storage for after Christmas, fumigation of storage houses, and maintaining quality to fetch higher prices. Local agents can provide fumigation details.
Three past winners join the 1951 North Carolina State Fair Individual Farm Display at Raleigh October 16 to 20. Roy Blankenship, James Patterson, and Olin Sneed headline eleven exhibitors as entries close September 15. The division offers a total of 2975 dollars in prizes.
A Norwegian group of seven of 21 cultural leaders and technicians will spend two months at North Carolina State College from October 29 to December 21 for a five month study. They will examine farm management systems mechanization and labor saving methods with six American visitors.
Selma farmers Lafayette and Export Sherrod, moved from Wayne County in 1945, built a Johnston County operation with 67 acres improving from a run down setup to a productive mixed farm. They now grow tobacco and cotton, raise corn with 114 bushels per acre on two acres, have mules cows and hogs, store beef and pork, and plan to expand with electricity, a freezer locker, and a 4-H Club future.
A State College man explains that chickens suffer respiratory colds or coryza like humans, with reduced egg production and vitality. Causes include multiple germs and pred factors, while good management, diet, ventilation, and litter control help prevent outbreaks. symptoms include labored breathing and reduced performance. Treatments favor restoring feed, wet mash, and cautious use of sodium sulfathiazole in drinking water, with some cases destroyed if advanced. The piece links poultry health to the 1952 Agricultural Conservation Plan.
Kansas City report shows D S Neill of High Point elected as part of the Hereford breeders roster. About 208 breeders joined the association as calves registered last year nearly tripled the prior total.
G Middleton of the Carolina Experiment Station reports Arlington oats average 96 to 100.5 bushels per acre across tests from 1947 to 1950 and in recent tests outyield Fulgrain Maashe and Victorgrain. Arlington also yields 9 200 pounds per acre of hay in eight tests, and is hardy against rust smut and mosaic. Adequate Arlington seed is available for growers to try this new variety.
Twenty five members attended the Oak View Grange meeting at Ruth's Recreation Room on R F D No 1. The winter meetings start at 7 30 PM from the next meeting. The group won first in the High Point Fair for Farmers Grange booth and third in the Community booth. Dues delinquents will be notified and suspended if unresponsive within thirty days. A Fuller Brush party will fund the losing fund at the next meeting. Non members may buy through this Grange by October 11 for the Community Grange Hall. The literary program included songs and The Best Home of All read by Marsha Proctor.
Stanly County farmers, facing weather conditions and lab difficulties, report milo as a more profitable crop than corn. County agent H. M. Singletary says farmers are beginning to harvest milo, with acreage equal to the corn area and crop quality described as extra good.
The North Carolina Farm Bureau has urged a 10 percent reduction in 1952 flue cured tobacco acreage to cut surplus and boost prices. 1951 production reached 1.4 billion pounds, up 11 percent from 1950, with yield at 1274 pounds per acre. Prices run about 10 percent below last year.
Charles A. Brannan of Agriculture will speak at the opening session of the North Carolina State Grange Convention in Hickory on Monday night October 22. He will discuss current and long range farm plans and take questions on price acreage controls stockpiling and other farm program issues.
A pork expert outlines profit tactics for farmers facing low prices. Key ideas: increase pig numbers via larger litters and strong gilts, raise on pasture with green feeds and protein supplements, vaccinate and worm, then breed to a purebred boar. Trials show Ladino clover plus corn can boost gains and reduce cost per 100 pounds of meat, highlighting swine as a suitable, efficient North Carolina farm enterprise.
Nine 4-H Club boys and girls from Davie County exhibited pens of 12 pullets each at the Poultry Chain show in Mocksville. All won blue ribbons, with 107 of 108 birds in excellent laying condition and pullets selling for about 4 per bird. One exhibitor was unable to attend due to disease in his flock.
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