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PAGE TWO PRIMS, PANTS, CABBAGE, ETC, PITT F. S. C. C IN BIG BUSINESS BRACKETS Purchases of Surplus Commodities Will Be i , Doubled Washington.—So rapidly is the government expanding its purchases of surplus commodities for relief dis tribution that the expanded outlays of last year will be nearly doubled during the coming 12 months. The purchases are specifically in tended to peg prices by removing temporary surpluses, principally those affecting farmers. Neverthe less, a second purpose is recognized. That is to get the surplus of food to hungry mouths in the shortest pos sible way. The federal surplus commodities corporation, an agency of AAA, does most of the buying. Recently the WPA stepped into the field to buy SIO,OOO worth of surplus men’s, wo men’s and children’s clothes which the garment trades complained were de pressing the market and preventing employment of thousands of needle workers. This was the largest single pur chase but a stream of smaller ones by the commodities corporation more than makes up. The buying program, started in 1933 in connection with the destruc tion of “little pigs,” ran to about $1,300,000 a month during 1936 and most of 1937. It speeded up to $2,- 600,00 a month during late 1937 and .early 1938. This past May and June 'it swelled abruptly to about $9,003,- ' COO and is scheduled to average $7,- 000,000 monthly for another 12 months. The corporation asked even more but Congress rejected its re quest for $50,000,000 extra. The corporation does not buy ma jor crops. It buys primarily surplus portions of perishable crops and pro cessed products in local areas where removal of even a small amount af fects prices. For instance, recently there was a surplus of dairy products in the Wisconsin area. FSCC took off $200,000 worth to keep the jyice from sagging. Similarly, in a 10- months period ending May 1 the coqjpration bought 70,550,000 pounds of rice, 45,100,000 pounds of dried prunes, 5,600,000 bushels of apples, 1,720,000 boxes of oranges and grape fruit, 10,170,000 pounds of cabbage, 8,320,000 pounds of butter and like quantities of numerous other com- ’ r 1 ' tmmmm ■■■■■■' p r-angyy < |A • W: ; switch ; IP' • TO ' W 1| ; QUALITY r w > i i , L tt A AAljJl iA 1 X ll Greater Efficiency That’s what results when POST ENGRAVINGS are brought Into play. Their uniformly high stand ard instantly commends them to the public after one trial. We’ll gladly send you printed samples and prices. Why not write today? " CUTS IN THIS EDITION MADE IN THE MODERN PLANT OP __ w • i The Salisbury Post ENGRAVING DEPARTMENT 1 I SALISBURY -«- NORTH CAROUNA ."*»■ I wmelj-. \ ■-.'•Ui '. Yt*, • • *. f'F-? ’>•£* -Vs .•; .->r' ’sv- I I Be Modern Use More Cuts ■I. I . . .. . . 1 I I I modities. The operations reached in to 45 states. Sometimes the corporation buys directely from individual farmers or processors. More often it buys from central markets, trusting that bene fits will trickle back to the farmers. FSCC says it is difficult to estimate how much such purchases affect prices. There is no way of guessing the drop is the surplus remained. Consumers protest they are de nied lower prices but FSCC reports that low farm prices help nobody in the long run. Arguments are end less. Merchants say the government artifically holds up prices with one hand while with the other it distri butes free goods to the merchants customers. Further, they argue that buying up the surplus simply encour ages further production. H. R. Tolley, AA*A administrator, concedes that without crop control and other guides the buying would be useless. He says the purchases do not ordinarily raise prices, but pre vent slumps. WPA claims that by its $10,000,000 clothing investment it benefited 160,000 clothing trades workers at the same time it obtained clothes for relief distribution. Lump figures show purchases to taling about $17,000,000 in fiscal 1937, on up to $45,000,00 in 1938, mostly in the three months ending last June 30. The estimate for 1939 is $79,000,000 and more if the next Congress wills it. The system is a short cut on the standard business pattern, but like many another federal spending pro gram, it is popular with state of ficials. Since most of the food pur chased is turned over to state relief agencies, they favored a 1939 pro gram of $175,000. OVER 39 MILLION APPLY FOR SECURITY NUMBERS Since last December 2,417,983 ap plications for account numbers have been filed, bringing the total to 39,- 106,321 as of May 31. An analysis of the applications received during this period shows that approximately 36 per cent were made by persons not more than 25 years old; about one-third of these were women. No Time For Ornaments Mandy—“l’s decided to leave mah husband.” Hanna—“ How come? Is you be ginning to economize?” THE CHOWAN) HERALD, EDEfITON, N. C. Lighting of FarmyartT LsC)ne , Os Many Uses of Electricity j - I-,.—,, , -t ; A few lights help make this farmyard safe and convenient at night. By IRA MILLER Rural Electrification Bureau IT7ITH the advent of the automobile VV and improved roads, thievery has become increasingly more common on the farms of this country. At one time, the farmer had little to fear ex cept, perhaps, a passing tramp who stole only-enough food for a meal or two. Today, it is not unusual for a gang of thieves to make off with sev eral head of stock, large quantities of produce or even some of the more expensive pieces of farm equipment True, practically every farmstead has a dog'which acts as a "burglar alarm.” But of what value is his warning if the prowlers cannot be seen? Yard lights discourage noc turnal marauders as they no longer can rely on the darkness to hide their activities. Then too, such lights pro tect the farmer and his family from walking into or tripping over unseen objects, especially on stormy nights. Lastly, they make the farm more at tractive and hospitable to neighbors who drop in for an evening’s visit. A little light goes a long way on dark nights. For that reason, only three lighting units are required for the effective lighting of the average farmyard—one at the house, one at Life In the U. S. A. Now approaches the time when Mr. Average American, who knows how to run a hotel, edit a news paper, manage a bus line, finance the government, and end all crime wave*., is willing to take time out from other engagements and manage tip local ball tossers.—Rochester Times- Union. the barn and one at the garage. Yard lights should be at least 15 feet above the ground and equipped with re ! Sectors. The height is necessary to ; allow a wide spread of light as well i as to enable a person to see beyond it. : Without reflectors, much of the light ■ would escape uselessly upward. > Inside frosted bulbs of 100 or 150 1 watts should be used, and the holders 1 should be of the weatherproof type. 1 Although it increases the wiring cost ! somewhat, for greatest convenience ! it is recommended that the yard lights • be controlled by three or four-way I switches. With the former, it is pos ■ sible to turn the lights on and off i from both the house and another ; point, say the barn. With the latter, ■ they also can be controlled from an • upstairs bedroom —particularly de • sirable when prowlers are about. • Where there are truck gardens, i orchards, vineyards, poultry houses, l etc., it sometimes is desirable to in . stall protective lights on the same ■ circuit as the yard lights. Or they 5 may be on a separate circuit con trolled by a switch at a handy point l in the house. But whatever the sys r tern or number of lights he installs, : the farmer will find that yard lighting ; is one of the most convenient and i valuable uses of electricity. Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything.— 1 Sterne. i Virginia Seashore ALL YEAR PLAYGROUND AMONG HISTORIC SHRINES a————n n i TT * vmi ''M 111 '«■■■ '■ ■■■■■■■»■ i yjjf ■■ ■ piiim •) ~1 CffvißCimA M^SEA F SHORE AREA)O [ ‘ |j^Ol JM HISTORIC SHRINES, BEACHES ,//j I (g)| _AND PRINCIPAL CITIES (Qg I 7)'-\ V VIRGINIA SEASHORE-A Year Round Play ground Among Historic Shrines—is that part ot M the Old Dominion which embraces Norfolk, Portsmouth, Ocean View, Virginia Beach, Cape ■ Henry,' Old Point Comfort, Newport News, B Hampton, Phoebus and Cape Charles, with his- B toric Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, |3 Smithfield and other famous Virginia towns B bordering the area. 9| The greatest -stretch of beach at Virginia Sea- Bj shore lies a few miles almost due east of B Norfolk and extends from Willoughby, through H Ocean View, Lynnhaven and Ocean Park on ■ Chesapeake Bay to Cape Henry and Virginia ■ Beach on the Atlantic Ocean. This 29 miles of ■ alluring white sand beach if full of. fascinating %BB places for glorious days of care-free rest and B recreation and often invigorating sports from _ dawn to dark. Recreation at Virginia Seashore, as a whole, serves the most versatile of moods and gives one of many sports—sarf hathhigand Virginia Seashore Park at Caps Henry, tennis ■ U/DY’V'P «y/%p q/wv|» « mi|m If 'l' h'- ', : , ' . ?•=;;: .■•■■., f II I ■■■ ■■; IkArDRi itiiiffilillllllX isi Pulp Mills Consume Much Farm Timber Eleven Mills Now Oper ating In Carolina and Adjoining States Four pulpwood mills in North Carolina and seven others in adjoin ing states provide Tar Heel farmers and timberland owners with a market for millons of dollars worth of cull trees every year, said R. W. Graeber, extension forester at State College. In a normal year, these mills use around 480,000 pulpwood units of 160 cubic feet each. Pulp mills pre fer wood in five foot lengths, and a unit is 4 by sby 8 feet in size. Measured in the old way the annual consumption amounts to 600,000 standard cords. Cull,, crippled and crowded trees that cannot grow into good poles, piling or saw timber will make good pulp, Graeber explained, but when a fine, straight saw-log type tree is sold for pulp it will not bring as much as it would if sold to a saw mill for lumber. Graeber urges farmers to make use of the pulp markets by thinning their woodlands and selling the “weeded out” trees for pulp. This will give them a source of cash in come while they are improving their stands of better trees. Often farmers want information regarding the location of pulp mills, the kind of wood each uses, and the territory from which the mills can purchase wood; the amount and quality of timber in a stand, how to scale trees for pulpwood and for saw timber; the best methods of wood land management and harvesting so as to get the greatest returns and at the same time provide for a future timber supply. Neglected Sweets Sadie—But you used to be so fond of him. Why do you hate him now? Edith—Well, last night he told me I couldn’t whistle and just to show him I could I puckered up my mouth, and what do you think the fool djd? He just let me whistle. W Farmers Apply More lime To Their Soil A million tons more agricultural lime were applied to farm lands in the East Region in 1986 and 1937 than during the previous seven years. Increasing their limings as a soil building practice under the agricul tural conservation program, farmers applied 1,600,000 tons of ground limestone during the first two years of the program, said E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer at State Col lege. During the 1929-1935 period 600,000 torts were applied. The tonnage used in the region has not yet been calculated by indi vidual states, he continued, but pre liminary reports indicate that Tar Heel farmers increased their limings more than growers in the other states. Just the same, North Carolina farmers need to apply much more lime to their acid soils to improve their productivity, and Floyd is urg ing them to make every effort to carry out all the practices to meet their soil-building goal so they can qualify for the full amount of their agricultural conservation payments. Applying lime and phosphate are among the recommended practices. He pointed out that in an experi ment with an untreated pasture, 46 pounds of beef were produced per year by each acre, and at the end of five years only 10 percent of the de sirable grasses and legumes remained. But a limed and phosphated pasture produced 128 pounds of beef per acre per year and after five years 99 per cent of the desirable grasses and le gumes were growing luxuriantly. /Quite Cool, Indeed A hotel was on fire and the guests, gathered out in front, were watching the flames. “Nothing to excited about,” 6ne traveling man was boasting. “I took my time about dressing. Light ed a cigaret. Didn’t like the knot in my necktie aind retied it. That’s how cool I was.” “Fine,” remarked a bystander. “But why didn’t you put your pant 3 on?” Farmers find that bumper yields do not mean big bank accounts. ~* on fast day courts; archery in natural galleries; deep sea, surf casting and fresh water fishing unsurpassed; yachting and hydroplaning on sky-blue mirrored waters; and sightseeing trips to many historic points. For one who wishes to go sightseeing, nearby is Jamestown, where the first permanent English settlement was established in America on May 13,1007; Williamsburg, famous old town of early \ Colonial days, now being restored by John D. \ Rockefeller, Jr. to its original splendor, and I Yorktown, where Cornwallis’ surrender to George Washington marked the birth of a new I nation, and many other historic points. I Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown are | in the Colonial National Monument area, so I designated by the United States Government | The area is under the control of the National t Parks Service of the Department of the Interior I and headquarters at Yorktown. | Plan now to come to Virginia Seashore—All I Year Playground Among Historic Shrines. At I Virginia Seashore you will find everything you | want for a perfect vacation and hotels and cot- I tages with rates to suit any purse.
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