The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-26

more alfalfa, winter hay crops,
and small grain. In Randolph
County, the growers will plant the
largest seeding of alfalfa that they
have ever put in the ground, If
the seed can be secured. The same
is true of winter crops for hay
and grazing. Farm Agent E. S.
Millsaps reports that the high
Yields of these winter crops this
past spring have definitely "sold'
Randolph farmers on the value
of such crops. j. w. Mendenhall
made 40 tons of hay from eight
acres or five tons per acre and
others report similar yields. These
crops, when planted early in the
fall, provide considerable succu-
lent grazing and, when the grazing
is stopped in time, will produce
good yields of hay per acre. How
ever, grazing will cut the yield
of hay as well as the yield OF
grain.
H. j. Luther of Randolph has
started out to improve the soil
on his farm through the produc-
ton of sweet clover. He has a To-
acre field of clover this year, on
very poor land, and is grew higher
than a mans head. The seed were
combined and the field will be
planted to small grain this fall.
Mr.. Luther also will plant some
alfalfa because he not only needs
to build up his soil but he also
needs the feed which these two
legume crops supply.
In Sampson County, Joe c.
Howard of the Roseboro Com
munity has put in a new pasture
on an old carpet grass sold on his
farm. He first plowed up the car
pet grass, as well as he could, and
sowed a mixture of Dallis grass,
white Dutch clover, and lespedeza.
He divided the area into eight
separate plots and fertilized each
one of them differently. No ap-
preciable difference could be seen
this summer as a result of the
several methods of fertilizing for
the very simple eason that this
has been an unusually good sea-
son for pasture grasses all over
North Carolina.
MI. Howard has been grazing
his cows on this new pasture at
intervals during the summer and
says the new pasture, seeded to
clover grasses produces a heavier
supply of milk and butter than did
the old carpet grass sod.
In Alexander County, farmers all
agree that just as soon as they get
more rural electric lines through
the countryside, the number OF
DIARIES producing grade "a" milk
will double. Some of the men plan.
ming to change over just as soon
as the high lines" reach their
farms are l.. D. Sharpe, A. @.
Patterson, A. T. Mayberry, j.
Woodrow Payne, Willard Starnes.
Harold Hector, and Alex Payne.
Howard Ritchey of Bethlehem
and F. S. Strikeleather are now
building new barns and will soon
be selling milk. During last April,
May, and June, T. H. Beckman
reports an income of ST, 452. 90 from
his sales of surplus milk and Rus
sell Oxford was right behind him
with sales amounting to 81, 402. 90.
Each of these two men are milk
ing only fourteen cows.
Alexander farmers also will
plant alfalfa this fall. Land for the
Seedlngs has already been pre-
pared and the seed has been order
ed for some time.
But, along with the alfalfa and
the special supplementary graz
ing crops, Alexander farmers saw
they will have more good perma-
nent pastures throughout that
county. Fifty pounds of the new
Ladino clover seed has been
bought by John league of Ellen
dale, Wayne Ferguson of Taylors-
vile, R. S. Ferguson of Liledoun,
Charles Little of Liledoun, and J.
A. Alexander of the Drum Stand
Community.