The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-13
DECEMBER JOBS
FOR NC FARMERS

fOR NJ FARMERS
BY r. w. SHOFFNER and H. G.
HOLMES,
Farm Management Extension
N. c. State College
December is a month of short
days, disagreeable weather and
the holiday season. but there are
many jobs to be done on North
| Carolina farms by those who wish
| to keep abreast of their work,
| Field Crops
~ Break land when weather
permits, especially rough and
heavy filth land. This will save
time next spring. (2) Mountain
farmers, market your hurley to-
bacco, after careful grading and
conditioning to meet market de-
mands; flue-cured tobacco farm
ers, you should be looking around
for a good plant bed site with
southern exposure and well drain
ed loany soil. (3) Have you got
any corn in the field, corn is
feed-save every grain. a. Seed
will be scarce and valuable next
year, have lespedeza, soybeans
and other seed cleaned and ready
for planting and sale.
Fruits and Vegetables
d) The garden pays greater
dividends than any other piece
of land on the farm. Broadcast
manure and break the land in
order to have the best soil con-
dition. (2) Prune these muscadine
grapes and cut out all dead wood
and rebuild arbor where needed
Livestock
Cd Milk is very important
war product-produce more by
having the cows in comfortable,
dry place. Regular milking and
feeding are other factors in milk
production. ~ Craze fall sown
crop when weather permits to
save that feed in the barn. 60
Handle the fattening hogs with
care at killing time as bruises
cause spelling of meat, remember
meat saved is cheaper than pro-
ducing it. az Cure meat two
days per pound per piece. A 90
pound ham should cure 40 days.
Do not over-salt meat. 8 pounds
of salt, 8 pounds brown sugar,
and 3 ounces saltpeter makes a
good mixture for 100 pounds of
pork. 60 If you need more pas
ture, probably by cleaning off
some of present pasture will pro-
vide more grazing. 60 Provide
good bedding for livestock and
produce all manure possible, the
best fertilizer.
Poultry
Q) Eggs are an important war
food, provide the laying flock with
warm drinking water, comfort
able housing, and gather eggs Of
ten. ca Finish out those turkeys
held over from Thanksgiving for
the coming holiday season. 81
Keep mash before layers all the
time. (4) Gull out all non-layers,
save that feed.
Forest
ID Use available time to cut
pulp wood, so much needed now
90 Use waste timber, tree laps,
dead and crooked trees for fire
wood, leave the desirable trees
for saw timber. 80 By orderly
cutting cedar. holly, pines and
other forest materials for Christ
mas decocrations-always respect
the other mans property.
Building and Fencing
Cd There are many repairs to
be made on the inside and out
side of the house and barn. w
How about the fences, do they
need repairing? I'm sure that
dragging gate needs some work.
CD If there are holes in the roof
of the barn or other buildings,
ten minutes time might save sew
eral dollars worth of feed or ma
terials. (4) The wife wants the
house underpinned to improve the
comfort and beauty.
Machinery
Cd The tractor is bad to re-
place, follow the instruction book
regarding cold weather operations.
% Have you brought from the
field all your farm implements,
creased and placed them in a
shed? (3) If any machinery needs
repairs, the time to fix it is when
you see the need and you have
the time.
General
~ How about those drainage
bitches that need drain tile? (2)
Did any farm road wash out dur,
ing the summer that needs re-
pair? 90 How many terraces
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