Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-10-28
BY j. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information
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Clemson Extension Information
Specialist
Very small forms of life called
nematodes live in the soil. Often
their numbers build up to the
point they do lot of crop damage.
The most evident of these is the
familiar root-knot nematode that
we have all observed on plant
roots. Specially in old gardens
have we noted them, making it all
but impossible to grow things like
tomatoes and okra any more.
But science has found there are
other sorts of this pest that do not
cause those large Swellings on the
roots OF affected plants. 1t is this
sort that does great damage with
out being detected by the casual
eye. The crop just gets unthrifty
and does not make much. Stands
are often seriously hurt, and we
charge it to something else.
Tobacco is one fitld crop this
pest has been sapping for a long
time. Science has developed a
practical soil treatment that tobac-
CO growers are using in d big way
with good results, according to
our tobacco specialist, j. M. Lewis.
This material costs about SIP per
acre, and applying it consists of
just few extra burrows per row
some time previous to transplant
ing, making the total cost not run
over Sis per acre. In the tobacco
growing empire of Horny, County
Agent Johnston tells me that over
half their acreage was treated in
1858 and this percentage will like
ly rise to rs in 1854.
This material must be applied
to the soil properly and at the
right time to be most effective.
Mr.. Lewis tells me that about SO
farmers out of 100 using it this
year were pleased with results.
Your county agent can give you
full particulars for treating your
land, not for tobacco, but for other
affected money crops. AT Clemson,
DR.. Garrison got very marked
benefits from it with tomatoes,
okra, and fall cantaloupeS.
All But The Squeal
You've heard about the effici-
ency of our modern meat-packing
plants, where they use everything
but the Squeal of a hog.
Modern numbering is working
towards similar efficiency.
The other day, 1 stopped by the
Ingram Lumber Mill near Conway.
There, they beat the bark off the
logs and use it and the sawdust
for fuel. The slabs and trimmings
are Clipped up, and a fleet of six
large trailer-trucks haul them to
the paper mill at Georgetown.
1ney told me that under usual
operations, only 80 percent of a
tree would up in lumber on an
average. That meant that 68 per-
cent of the wood in a tree was
wasted. That included stump
limbs, top, slabs, and SaWdust
slabs accounting for a good bit.
And after the log is cut and
hauled to the average mill, only
ID percent CT the average one goes
into lumbtr. The remaining SIS
percent of the log goes into slabs
and sawdust.
It's good to see our folks work
ing towards a fuller utilization OF
our woodland wealth. For surely
millions OF feet OF good wood have
rottcd in slab and sawdust piles
IN every county of the state in
years past. And they still rot at
most places, as bad as the world
needs the products of that wood.
So congratulations to MIR. OAR
gan, who owns the Ingram Lum-
Der Company down there near
Conway. May the future crown
his efforts with success and those
of others who work towards the
full utilization of our trees when
they are harvested. This, along
with proper conservation and
management in our vast wood
lands, can bring us perpetual
bounty from these areas. This our
Clemson extension forester, Bill
Barker, assures me.
Welcome Change
Years ago, we grew cotton only
and stayed rather poor, as a state.
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