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Flint Hill Garden Club
Met With Mr*. Dulaney '
The Flint Hill Garden Club me< last Wednesday at the home oi Mrs. R. H. Dulaney, with ten members present. Mrs. James Settle was chairman of the program foi the day, she read a paper on the history of Rappahannock county. Mrs. Dulaney won the prize with a score of 98 for a blooming peranium. Officesr for the coming year were elected: Mrs. J. P. Cook, president; Mrs. E. R. Browning, vice president; Mrs. M. E. Sliger, secretary; Mrs. G. W. Smith, Jr., treasurer.The
club members voted to or* der flower seed for each member of the club. It was also voted and passed to donate $2.00 to the March of Dimes drive.
Soil Saver Notes
<*- By L. B. Hen ratty
The establishment of crop rotations in contour strips on slop* ing land is one of the most important* soil and water conservation practices that the technicians of the Culpeper Soil Conservation district are concentrating on at this time of the J^ear. Each year more and more Culpeper and Rappahannock county farmers realize the many advantages of contours on eloping land, and requests for assistance in laying out and establishing rotations in contour strips -continue to come into the local Soil Conservation Service headquarters in Culpeper.
Reports from Agricultural Experiment Stations in all parts of the country have consistently indicated increased yields up to 25% as a direct result of contour strip farming with no increase in the amount if lime and fertilizer applied. Don't forget that there are many other advantages in this type of farming.
Rappahannock county farmers who have recently established contour strips include: J. Hill O’Bannon, Woodville; J. S. Dodson, Castleton; H. L. Manwarring, Rudasills Mill; and John C. McClanaghan, Massies Corner. Culpeper county farmers include: Brandy Rock Farm, Brandy; George Crooks, Rixeyville; J. M. Dyer, Rixeyvkle.
Soil Conservation Service technicians recently m assisted C. E. Johnson, Jr., of Sperryville, to lay out 45 acres for a contour apple orchard. The growing of apples) and other fruit on the contour is Just as important as other crops. Erosion is found at its worst in improperly managed orchards. Quite often orchards are planted on steep land. A eontour orchard provides good erosion protection, easy cultivation between rows, besides many o'-her advantages such as spraying, hauling out fruit, etc.
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