The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-09

Mr.. Marsh reports that tho
cesslve rains of midsummer dir
mucn damage to the cotton Gro,
OF Union County. There is con
siderable weevil damage and III.
growers say that the constant rain,
all prevented them from usine
the calcium arsenate dust. How.
ever the corn and lespedeza profit.
ed by reason of the extra moisture
with the lespedeza standing FROM
Ii inches to two feet high on mos,
farms. Corn looks exceptionally
we'll also and pastures have beer
luxuriant all summer. The supply
OF milk in that section has been
above the average, and, a large
number of Union farmers are plan
ming to increase their dairy herds
and go into the milk production
business on an enlarged scale. For
that reason, more grazing crops
Will be seeded this fall and many
OF the old rundown pastures will
be treated with limestone and ferti-
llzer, and, then re-seeded. Mr..
Marsh has found more dodder in
the lespedeza than in some sea.
sons, due, he believes, to the damn
weather.
Union folks are proud of two
great poultry breeders in the coun-
ty. These men are H. Bernard
Helms and Bundy F. Belk. MI.
Helms recently represented North
Carolina poultrymen at the Inter-
national Baby Chick Association
meeting in st. Louis, Missouri. He
was a member of the powerful
nine-man, -policy-making commit
tee. He also represented the North
Carolina Mutual Hatchery Associa-
ton at a meeting in Chicago to
consider the pullorum disease. Mr..
Bundy represented the State as an
official delegate to the National
Poultry Improvement Plan meeting
also held in st. Louis. It is said
that the poultry leaders of the
Nation have great respect for the
sound judgment and constructive
thinking of these two North Caro-
linians.
1t is interesting to note that I'm
ion County has about 400 farm
families now selling milk. The
county is noted for both it's cotton
and its lespedeza; but, it is fast
becoming more noted for it's COWS
and chickens.
Il. L. Marsh, Jr., of Marshville,
route 3, came out the winner in a
deal he made with his father about
two months ago. Mr.. Marsh, senior,
agreed to give the young son all
the money he couldomake from
selling surplus milk, if the boy
would take care of the four cows
owned by the family. IL. L."
agreed and his checks have been
averaging about SAT each two
weeks. Just recently he bought
another COW of his own. He also
has two purebred calves which he
plans to enter in the junior cattle
shows this fall and says that when
these two Jerseys come into pro-
duction, his checks really will be-
gin to grow.
In Richmond County, J. w. Nc
Kenzie finds that it takes gid corn
to make good silage. He has just
finished filling two big 75-ton silos
and it took Is acres of corn to do
the job. The corn would have
yielded from so to so bushels an
acre had it been allowed to mature
for grain. Mr.. Mckenzie hesitated
to cut up excellent corn for use in
his silos but said the cows have to
be fed and that the dairy has al
ways shown a profit.
In addition to the $50 tons of
silage that has been put up for
winter feed, this dairyman has
about Is tons of high grade alfalfa
hay in storage, and he expects to
make one more cutting before the
summer is over . Some peavine
hay will be harvested shortly, also.
All this means that the Steele Mill
Dairy COWS will have an abundance
of high quality roughage for winter
feeding.
And speaking of pasture, E. l..
Ward of the Edenton Community
in Chowan County has found that
allowing pigs to be farrowed on the
same old land year after year is
| rather expensive. Mr.. Ward esti-
mates that he lost two-thirds of