The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-09-23
GARDENING
and FARMING
IN DARE
By J. L. REA, Co. Agt.

-. w. OrLnlngLOn, VINO lives III
Windsor, N. c., and owns more
than 300 acres of cumberland in
the Mays Head section of the coun,
ty, says he needs help in manag-
ing his cumberland. He said sew
eral people have given him advice
on this but he still does not know
what to do with the timber.
Bill Stanton, District Extension
Forester, has been contacted. STAN
ton and l plan to go over Worth
ington's timberland and recommend
management practices that should
help Worthington and his family
get large return from his 800
acres of timberland.
Flowers
Mrs. Robbie Thompson, of MAINS
Harbor, is noted in the county for
her pretty flowers. Growing Ge-
raniums is Mrs. Thompson's pet
hobby. When asked about her
pretty Geraniums, she said that
having the correct soil was the
most important factor. Mrs.
Thompson says that anyone can
have pretty Geraniums and that
anyone can root these flowers
easily. Mrs. Thompson says you
just can not beat barnyard ferti-
lizer if you want pretty flowers.
She also says that you must like
flowers in order to have pretty
ones.
Poultry
Ward Daniels of Wanchese is
interested in poultry. Daniels says
he and his wife think poultry
would be an interesting business.
We are furnishing Daniels with a
modern poultry house plan. Since
this is something new for Daniels
we have advised him to build a
house for 500 to 1000 layers. If
he and his wife like working with
poultry then they can expand by
adding or building another house.
1t has often been said that more
people go in the poultry business
than any other farm enterprise and
that more people go broke in Poul-
try than any other line of business.
| think it is also true that many
people do we'll with Poultry. There
are several factors that are neces-
sary to have a successful poultry
enterprise. The first one is that
you must like poultry and enjoy
working with chickens. One of the
important things, and probably the
most important, is sanitation.
Without proper sanitation-that is,
keeping the poultry house clean,
clean equipment and clean water,
the poultryman is doomed to fail
ure. Good management includes a
wide scope of activities which are
most important. The successful
poultryman must be a good man.
ager. He must know how to buy
and sell-a few cents saved on feed
and penny or two received more
for his products can mean the diff
ference between success and fail
ure.
l recently heard a successful
poultryman in Currituck County
say that a successful poultlyman
has to be a good weatherman. He
said one must anticipate changes
in the weather hours before it hap
pens.
The poultry business is most
competitive industry. Low prices
last year forced many people out
of the business.
Egg prices are up now and poul-
trymen who weathered the storm
last year are making money with
their laying flocks now. People who
jump in and out of the poultry
business are trying to get back
in and build up their laying flocks.
This undoubtedly means that by
next fall egg prices will be down
again and these people will be
ready to sell their flocks again. The
efficient producer who has stayed
in the poultry business has been
able to do fairly well.
Insects In Stored Beans
Do you have trouble keeping in
sects out of stored dry beans from
your garden? Carl Daniels of near
Manteo, said that he picked beans