The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-29

B. Todd, Clarendon, Route i;
Royce Gore of Tabor City, Route /;
b. u. Lane, Jr., of Tabor City,
Route l; ana j. R. Hunt of Chad
courn, Route l.
Mr. haper says che of the worst
cases OF olae mold that he ever
saw was on the farm Of j. A.
Hooks of Whiteville, Route l bur
Mr.. Hooks fought il valiantly and
was abe to save some of his
plants. In fact, those men using
the Ferma.e apfay ana DUST were
all getting gooa results and at least
rs per cent o. all the growers IN
the county have been using either
Fermate or Para-Baca. Some Of
the g.uWelS IosL plants from plain.
everyday camping OF, and these
men followed the practice of re-
moving the canvass on sunny days
to let in the sunlight.
| Like farmers in other parts OF
the Stale, Columbus foIks seeded
many new pastures this past win
ter. D. H. Lennon C Boardman re-
Gently seeded six acres of pasture
to Dallis grass red top and lespe-
deza ana will ado white D4lcn
clover seed this fall. j. A. Hooks
of Whiteville, Route l., was able
to get limestone and phosphate COR
new pasture but never could ob-
tain the seed mixtures recommend
ed; SO, he has seeded the land to
leapedeza and will plant other clov-
ers and grasses next February.
Corn Contest
Columbus also is condu ctinga
countrywide corn growing contest
this year with the Merchants AS
socia.ion Of Whitevile donating S1OO
in cash for prizes offered to those
All club members and FLA Chap
ter members who produce the most
corn per acre in 1916. The average
yield Of corn in the county is not
over Is bushels an acre and al
most one-half of all the open, crop
land is planted to corn each year.
The sponsors Of the contest feel
that the yield of corn can be doub-
led by careful attention to seed,
fertilization, and cultivation.
Two local banks in Whiteville CO.
operating with the Farm Bureau
are sponsoring a pork production
contest among the young people.
twenty-five dollars in cash is Of
fered for first prize for the heav-
lest litter at Sc days of age; $25
for the heaviest litter at six months
of age; and SIS for the heaviest
litter produced most economically.
The First National Bank o. White
vile and the WaccamaW Bank and
Trust Company are cooperating
with the Columbus County Farm
Bureau in donating funds for the
prizes.
J. P. Quinerly, assistant farm
agent, finds increasing evidence OF
livestock expansion among Colum-
bus farmers. G. T. Sutton, one OF
the leading pecan growers of the
county, is developing a nice herd
of Angus beef animals, and Mr..
Quinerly says these black cows
look mighty good grazing on the
green supplementary pasture there
among the pecan trees. J. M. Byrd
of Evergreen has four average
milk cows from which he sells milk
to his neighbors. He told MI. Quin-
erly the other Cay that he was
going to sell out his scrub stuff
and buy himself COW that would
produces six gallons of milk day.
II enjoy caring for and milking Q
good cow he said.
Dave Jordan of Western Prong
is starting in the beef cattle busi-
ness and recently secured some
choice Hereford heifers from D. H.
Lennon, who is the leading Here
ford man in the county. Mr.. Len
non attended the recent Hereford
meeting and sale al Statesville and
bought top heifer while there. He
also went on the Morrocroft Farm
near Charlotte where he pur chased
young bull from former Cover
nor Morrison.
Safety Pens
F. A. Hodge of Tabor City and
Neill Thompson of Whiteville have
both built safety bull pens for hand
ling the herd sires on their farms.
The animals seem to like the pens.
Thompson has a 4-star Jersey bull
that is widely used in the COM
munity. Both men have found that
it pays to use a mineral mixture
with their cows. Most of the soils
of eastern Carolina are deficient in
mineral elements and Mr.. Hodge
keeps a mixture as recommended
by the Agricultural Experiment
Station before his animals at all
times.
In adjoining Bladen County, the
neighborhood leader idea has been
developed to higher degree than
in possibly any other county OF the
State. In fact, Mrs. Lille Hester,
home agent, and R. B. Harper,
farm agent, say they would hardly
know how to carry on extension
work were it not for the support
of the neighborhood leaders. For
instance, the Army Engineers Of
flee at Charleston wanted to find
out exactly what damage actually
occurred to farms in the Central
and White Oak townships of B1a-