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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-26
Heptachlor Spray Can No Longer
Be Used To Control Alfalfa Weeyil

Prince Edward mers and
dairymen are cautioned they can no
longer use heptachlor spray in con
trolling the alfalfa Weevil. Dudley
L. Peery. county agent. passes on
the ruling which came to the Ex-
tension Service Office as an an
nouncement from the Pure Food
and Drug Administration, effective
January Is Of this year.
Peery said According to the rul-
ing, you cannot use neptachlor
spray in controlling the alfalfa wee
vii However. he said that you can
Use the heptachlor fertilizer and the
graduated form of heptachlor to
control the alfalfa weevil. He point
ed out one must apply this material
by February q.
To clarity the ruling. he gave the
~eason for not using the heptachlor
in the spray foTm-because there is
a breakdown product Of the hepta-
chlor. called heptachlor epcXide
Said Peery. This neptachlor erov-
ide is present on crops treated
with the spray, and since hepta-
chlor epoxide is a part Of the hep
tachlor, it leaves a residue on the
alfalfa that appears in the meat and
milk of animals that have been fed
heptachlor sprayed alfalfa hay.
The county agent noted that il
the light Of the announcement of the
Pure Food and Drug Administra-
ton. based on present knowledge
sprays Of heptachlor should not be
made Oh alfalfa to control the wee
vii.
| Peery suggests the following use
of heptachlor fertilizer end thu
graduated form
Fertilizer with heptach,3r sh8uld
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-26

be applied at the following rates
when topdressing your alfalfa: 500
70 1000 pounds Of 0-l0-2O or 0-9-27 or
1l4-l4 or 0-2o-2o per acre; 300 to
500 pounds Of 0-l5-30 or 0-2O-4O or
0-3O-30 per acre.
When applying the granulated
form of heptachlor. use from so to
60 pounds per acre. The granulated
heptachlor is commercially avail.
able in two and one-half per cent
graduated form Do not split the
application.
Use mask or damp cloth ID
protect yourself from breathing this
chemical siad Peery. The county
agent welcomes inquiries for fur
Their details.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-26
Soil Testing
Program Review Set

AMELIA. Jan. Is - A review of
the soil testing program being con
Quoted in Amelia county will be
held Oh Tuesday. January IS, in the
conference room at the Union Bank
and Trust Company. at pm.
Fertilizer dealers. profess
sional workers and the agronomv
committee Of Amelia county will
see slides of the expected increase
in yields and income from tobacco
corn and other forage crops ate.
use Of the program.
w. W. Lewis. extension agricul-
tural agronomlst, and G. R. Math-
ews. assistant agronomist in charge
Of tobacco, viii be on hand to make
comments and answer questions
asked by farmers.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-26

Hogs
You can expect the weather to
affect the hog market the next few
eek with some temporary
rice rises when receipts are off
eve passed the price bottom bat
no real strength is in sight uni
er February when most Of the
all pig crop will be out Of the wa
A larger pig crop plus hquida-
ion Of sows has caused slaughter
during the past few months to run
considerably above a year ago.
Slaughter for the week end Janu-
airy Il was the heaviest for any
week since early in December 1856
hnd-ln the six week period from
December through last week
slaughter has been the heaviest for
any comparable period since SIS.
The 1859 spring pig crop was up
II per cent from the previous wear
but the fall crop only showed a two
per cent increase. Intentions 0 +
tarroWings indicate a II per cent
cut back for the spring 1869 cron.
So-we should be about over the
supply hump now.
In the Virginia Auctions last week
hogs were averaging around tbs
Sl3.6G mark which was q cents
higher than the previous week.
Richmond hogs were bringing from
ST. to Sl4.5O Is cents higher. In
southeast Virginia hogs were rang
ing from Sl375 TO Sl425 a jump Of
from p cents to so cents.
Western markets were bringing
from Sl275 to Sl375. This was also
an increase Of . to so cents over
the previous week. Baltimore hogs
were 30 cents higher at STA so.
BrOilers
Watch for broiler prices to hover
about where they are for the next
few weeks-with some possibility
of slight increase.
Production is running about five
per cent less than the same period
of 1859 and it will be several weeks
before supplies catch up with last
year. A dip in production in late
February is expected as a result
Of low placements during Christ
mas. The week OF March - should
show production pushing above last
year.
Broilers were bringing l8 cents
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-26
Fertilizer Material
To Be Offered

AMELIA. Jan. 25 = Fertilizer
recommendations on tobacco and
forage crops will be presented at
two meetings scheduled for farmers
this week.
The first meeting will be held
Wednesday. January q, at 8 pm.
IN the elementary school at Mann
boro.
The second viii take place at
pm. at Hillsmans store in Deaton-
vile. on January %.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-26
Through Division OF Forestry
Thousands OF Seedlings Distributed Locally

The Virginia Division of Forestry
District Headquarters in Farmville
is now in the process of distribut-
ing thousands of pine seedlings to
landowners in the ten-county area
included in the district.
Forester Don Morton, head Of the.
seeding project in this district. said
today that approximately five mil
lion seeding would pass through
the Farnville office Already
some 4 Dos 900 Of the seedlings have
been purchased from the Division to
be planted this yea. in the ten
| counties.
The Division Of Forestry has two
nurseries where S &c lings are
grown and passed on 10 interested
landowners at cost The purpose
behind the program. which is in
addition to that CT the wood pro
ducing industries, is to make an
economical reforestatiGn Of id,a o
unprOduc.ive areas in the state. The
Seeding sideline for the Division is
carried cut solely as serv.ce to
landowners with the ida in f.aina
of keeping Virginia green ana main-
tanning an adequate g~GWth for
the needs OF the wood producing
industry
Morton said, One Of the most
important things 10 remember II
planning a planting program is to
make certain that the proper trees
are planted in the proper place
He pointed out that loblolly pine
has proven the most susceptible
species for this area
The forester added it was rot
90 late to obtain seedlings to be
planted this year. He noted that the
landowner himself knows best which
land is idle or unproductive. and
should be interested in planting
the idle acres to trees so he could
watch the profits grow. Morton
said. 1T is wise idea to order
seedlings as soon as possible to
insure delivery for this planting sea-
son." Order blanks may be OBJ
tanned from county agents or from
any of the Division of Forestry per-
sonnet.
The forester said, IF you are in
doubt as to whether trees would be
a profitable crop on some of yolr
idle land. assistance may be OBJ
tanned from your service foresters.
Services of the Division foresters
are available to assist landowners
with planting problems.
Extension Service officials h ave
pointed out that it is often neces-
sary and desirable to do some site
preparation on field or cut
over woodland prior to planting /
This may be in the form of cutting
or poisoning unwanted trees OF
brush, either before or after plant
;ng. 1t also might be desirable to
do some spot-planting on woodland
that has been cut over heavily in
the past. Here, again, the service
forester is available to help solve
The question.
Morton said, "You don't have to
plant so acres to start with if
every farmer planted an acre or
two, the overall effect would be to
keep the area green and at the
same time provide adequate forests
o meet the need for wood pro-
ducts
There is no use in the planting
program unless everything possible
is done to protect the new trees. =
said the forester. He urged the pre-
vention Of forest fires for among
other reasons, the protection of an
investment.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-26

The Virginia game commission
has obtained an easement from the
Army Corps of Engineers to con
Struct an access road and b t
launching ramp on the Hyco River
an arm of Kerr Reservoir. near
route So in Halifax County.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-26

The acme Of understateinent was
reached at a dinner parry At which
2 Southern gentleman Was fishtine
the Civil war all over again. Fl
nally he concluded his arguments
with this undebatahle point:
IF The Confederacy. sub, had
had the atomic bomb. we would
have won the war between tie
States
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-26
H.'R or THE DOC

From a high school freshman's
theme: Every day I see the letter
carrier come dowl the street with
his loaded mails pcoch.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-26
l'ractcr Maintenance
Session Planned

AMELIA. Jan. IS The East
Central Extension District will hold
an all day meeting on tractor main
tenance, I hurs d ay. January 28.
starting at 10 am.
The classroom section will be
held IN the conference room of the
Union Bank and Trust Company,
Amelia. The tractor work will take
place at MarloWe Tractor Company.
Purpose Of the meeting is to train
instructors who VIII be in charge Of
the All tractor maintenance classes
held in their respective counties.
There are II counties in the dis
trict
Melvin Whiteside, state G m G
commission game manager on the
BrattonS Run unit OF the George
Washington National Forest since
October |, 1858, resigned on No
vember 80, 1859 Maxwell DoWney
game manager Of the Dry River
unit OF the same forest on an hour
~ basis since July |. 1889 was
placed on salary on December |,
1859.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-26
Min Marketing Trends
Of The Future Cited

The milk can is going the way Of
the one-horSe shay and the kerosene
lamp.
A. J. Ortego. Jr.. agricultural
economist at VPI. predicts that
within five years all Grade A milk
In Virginia will be held at the farm
in bulk tanks and picked up by bulk
pickup trucks Milk cans will be-
come obsolete.
Since the use of bulk tanks moves
the receiving. cooling. weighing,
testing. and holding of milk from
the plant to the farm, there is little
need for the conventional country
receiving or cooling station. In
stead. where milk must be hauled
considerable distance to market.
transfer points or reload stations
may be found in the production
area. With this arrangement one or
more large tank trucks can be Sta
TONED at the transfer point to re-
celve milk from the smaller farm
pickup tankers and transport it to
the processing plant Storage tanks
at the transfer points are necessary
orlv to hold reserves or excess
milk,
Advantages Of System
Orfego points out that such a svs-
tenn Of assembly makes it possible
and economical for processing
plant to get milk from rather dis
tant areas. Every-other-day pickup
on fewer but larger dairy farms re-
quires fewer stops with more mill,
picked up at each top.
The fluid milk processing indus
try now is shifting from a local
market. small plant operation to a
multi ma -rkelt. large scale operation.
Traditionally, local plants in Wiz
gina have served the local marker
IN competition with other local dis
trlbutors. Processing and packag.ne
took place in the market in which
the milk was sold The processing
industry of the future will consist
mainly of nationalLairy chains and
large independents. Processing and
packaging will be done in large
plants which will serve a greatly
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-26
FARM PRICE
OUTLOOK

This the prospects for Virginia looked
Virginia Department Agriculture Friday
offers with that
prices and be right all the lime
Evening star., 1960-06-30
Pentugon Drops
Ships for Planes
By the Associated Prsss

The Defense Department said
yesterday it will stop transport
ing military personnel by COM
mercial vessels after Septem-
Der /.
A spokesman for steamship
companies attacked the plan as
a threat to adequate sea trans
port in time Of emergency and
as defiance of Congress. Sim
ultaneously the Commerce De-
partment raised a cautionary
hand.
Perkins Mcclure, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Supply
and Logistics, told a House
Merchant Marine Subcommittee
the decision was reached "in
the interest of efficiency and
economy"
Mr.. MCGUIRE said the mill
tary services face a cut in trans
portation funds and have found
travel by air cheaper than by
sea. He said in a statement the
cost of shipping personnel to
Hawaii averages about $500 a
passenger by ship and $65 by
plane.
Evening star., 1960-06-30
Survey Louds
Military Aid
BY the Associated Press

Military foreign aid in three
Asian countries got generally
good marks in a congressional
staff survey. But the United
States armed services were told
they could avoid some waste in
the aid operations by working
better together.
The House Foreign Affairs
Committee made public yester-
day the report of three staff
members who travelled last year
to Korea, Thailand and Iran
to look into both military and
economic assistance,
The survey team found that
United States equipment and
supplies were being properly
used and cared for, aid has
been for essential requirements
only, recipients have been cap
able of using it effectively. and
the program shows evidence of
accomplishing its purpose.
On the point whether United
States operations are efficiently
organized and administered,
the team said it found a num-
ber of deficiencies, some at
tributable to human failures,
others to "organizational and
procedural shortcomings"
Evening star., 1960-06-30
The Sun and Moon

The Sun and Moon
Rises Sets
Sun. today - 6:45 am. s:3s pm.
Sun tomorrow 5.46 am S:3S pm.
Moon today 12:49 pm.
Automobile lights must be turned
on one-haH hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1960-06-30
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity - Some
cloudiness tonight with the
low near 81. Considerable
cloudiness and not as warm to-
morrow with a chance of thun-
dershowers in the afternoon
or night.
Maryland-Fair tonight with
the low in the COS; fair and
less humid and cooler tomor-
row.
virginia Considerable
cloudiness, showers and thun-
derstorms likely tonight, low
near 10 on the coast and in the
COS in the interior; cloudy and
cooler with showers and thun-
derstorms likely in the after
noon or evening.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-North to north
west winds 10 to IS knots to-
night becoming north to north
east tomorrow at 5 or 10 knots;
fair tonight, chance of thun-
dershowers tomorrow; visibility
10 miles.
Temperature Humidity Index
Time Temp. Humidity Index
2 pm. 81 49 79
Resort Area Forecast
Maryland, Virginia and Del
Evening star., 1960-06-30

employees two years ago in 1858,
That increase is now scheduled
to expire in January of next
year, so action prior to ad-
journment of the current ses-
sion is advisable.
With regard to general pay
legislation, am convinced, as
I have indicated, that it is not
presently required and should
not be enacted until we can at
the same time intelligently
modernize our pay system. Evil
IDENTIFY. however, this view is
not shared by the Congress. In
an effort to resolve the differ
ence, therefore, I would be will
ing at this time to approve a
modest increase reasonably
commensurate with the per-
centage rise in the Consumers
Price Index since the last gen.
eral pay increase became effec-
tive. This is the only increase
that could possibly be justified
under present circumstances
In fairness to the American
taxpayer, however. new postal
revenue should be provided
sufficient not only to Offset the
cost of any such increase to the
Post Office Department, but
also to eliminate the current
postal deficit.
y
I must preface my following
remarks on another aspect o1
this legislation by emphasizing
that I have an abiding admir-
alton and respect for the great
mass of those who work in the
Government service. It has
been my privilege to have lived
and worked with them, in
Washington and throughout
the world, for half a century
They deserve and rightfully
expect fair and enlightened
treatment, in personnel mat
ters. on the part Of the Gov
ernment. At the same time.
Evening star., 1960-06-30

suits arising from accidents
while driving Government We
hicles or their own cars on
Government business.
Also included are such bills
as the ones to amend the So
called Hiss Act to permit pay
ment of annuities to employees
who had been convicted Of
felonies against the Govern
ment, and the one to provide
a health insurance program for
retired Federal workers.
TRAVEL ALLOWANCE
There is O good chance that
before recessing this week, Con-
gress will complete action on
the bill to raise the maximum
daily travel allowance Of Fed
eral workers from $12 to SIS a
day.
APPROVED-Congress has
approved and sent to the white
House the bill to guarantee
their old jobs to Federal en-
ployeS when they return from
overseas positions they have
taken under the Defense De-
partment's overseas rotation
progra m. President Eisen-
hower's approval is expected.
&&
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
se-Senate conferees have
agreed on an $18 million cut
back in funds for Defense De-
partment civilian personnel
here. Originally, the House cut
$33 million In appropriation
requests, q 10 per cent reduc-
tion, and the Senate restored
$40 million of this, for a re-
duction of $13 million.
Conferees compromised on
the cut Of $1S million, or about
5 per cent. Also, the conferees
agreed to the house provision
that the Army. Navy and Air
Force Departments could not
have any more civilian en-
ployes as Of July l than they
had last December 81.
The conferees' report is still
being studied by Defense De-
partment officials to ascertain
what effect it will have on ci-
william employees here.
The feeling is that some per-
sonnel cuts-probably about L.
500 jobs in the Washington
area-probably will be neces-
sary. However. most of these
can be taken care of by attri-
ton.
Evening star., 1960-06-30

with regard to their remunera-
ton, they desire only that the
accepted principles of reward
for merit. length of service
and especial competence be
followed. ! bear all of this in
mind in what l am about to
say and wish to make it
clear that the remarks which
follow are directed only to a
small minority, and in particu-
lar their leadership, of what
are in the main a fine and
outstanding group of public
servants.
The other aspect of this
legislation to which I refer is
unrelated to its merits and is
to me deeply disturbing. I am
informed that the enactment
of H. R. 1888 was attended by
intensive and unconcealed po-
litical pressure exerted fla-
grantly and in concert or
members of Congress by q
number Of postal field service
employees. particularly their
leadership.
I fully respect the legal right
of every Federal employe-in.
deed of all our citizenS-to
petition the Government. But
the activity Of which I have
been advised so far exceeds
a proper exercise of that right
and so grossly abuses 1t, as tc
make of it a mockery.
I am further informed that
in anticipation of my disap-
proval of this bill, it is planned
to resume these deplorable
tactics, to an ever greater
degree.
That public servants might
be so unmindful of the national
good as to even entertain
thoughts of forcing the Con-
gress to bow to their will would
be cause for serious alarm. To
have evidence that a number
of them in the postal field
service. led by a few, have
actually sought to do so is to
say the least shocking. Were
the pressure tactics surround
ing the passage of this bill,
and apparently further in
tended in the event of its veto
widely known to the American
people, their indignation and
outrage in all its power would
be quickly 'felt-and rightly so
Evening star., 1960-06-30


I return herewith, without
my approval. H. r. 1888, a bill
to increase the salaries of Fed
eral employees.
Whenever I have been pre-
sented with legislation provid-
ing for increases in Federal
salaries that were justified and
warranted. I have unhesitat-
ingly given my approval to
such legislation-and I would
gladly do so again.
H. r. 1888, however, is in
defensible by any light. This
hastily drawn bill violates every
concept of fairness, every rule
of reason and logic. Were this
measure to become law, the al
ready conspicuous unfairness
and discrimination in our anti
quated Federal pay system
would be greatly intensified.
Instead of making progress-by
improving the Federal pay
structure-we would actually be
taking a long step backward.
The money cost of all this
retrogression-not to mention
its intangible costs-would i'm
pose an annual burden on the
American taxpayer Of three
quarters of a billion dollars,
and the money would not be
wisely spent. Such fiscal and
legislative responsibility, and
particularly the bills basic un-
fairness and the discrimination
it would perpetuate, offend all
thinking citizens, Federal en-
ployes among them, and make
this legislation entirely unac-
ceptable.
More specifically. H. R. 1888
is defective in the following re-
spectS:
/. The bill totally ignores the
recognized precept that the
only sound basis for setting
Federal salaries is reasonable
compatibility to rates paid for
similar work in private industry.
Judged by this standard there
Is reason to believe, from such
information as is now avail
able, that a number of Federal
salaries already exceed private
rates of pay for similar work
and, conversely, that other
Federal salaries are below cor
responding private compensa-
ton, H. r. 1888 in no respect
addresses itself to these dispar-
tiles and, in fact, actually per-
petuates and intensifies them.
Furthermore, in the haste to
pass some kind of pay legisla-
tion in this particular year, the
national salary survey current
ly being made by the Depart
ment of Labor to ascertain the
compatibility of Federal SAL
aries, grade Upgrade, with
those paid in private business
was completely ignored-not-
withstanding that the Congress
itself appropriated $500,000 to
finance it. This survey, which
will be completed IN September,
was intended to provide a
sound and defensible basis for
adjustments in the Federal pay
structure-and it still will. To
that end. such recommends
tions as are indicated by the
survey and other relevant evil
dence will be made to the Con-
gress in January.
2. The inequities already
present in our Federal pay
structure would be sharply ac-
centuated by H. R. 1888. It in
creases by the largest percent
ages those salaries which are
already apparently in excess of
compensation rates for similar
work in private industry. On
the other hand, the lowest per-
centage increases are accorded