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' Hertford County Herald HERTFORD COUNTY'S ONLY NEWSPAPER A PAPER WORTH WHILE NOT A BALKER, BUT A PU SHER VOLUME X. (ONE SECTION) AHOSKIE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1919 (EIGHT PAGES) No 19 WINNERS IN I PIG AND CORN CLUB CONTEST Accompanying Cut Champion - Pig and Corp Club Boy* of Hertford HENRY HURDLE CHAM PION COTTON RAISER County Agent Give* the Fact* Concerning the Boy*' ?- - Activities. Brantley Jeffries 011 the left and Raymond Askew on the right of the picture are Hertford County's cham pion corn and pig raisers in the Agri cultural Club work for 1918. Brantley joined the Club early and got a good start with bis corn. He selected a good deep grained small cob, two-ear yellow corn for his seed. He broke his land deep and broadcast ed it with stable manure. He cul tivated flat and shallow as well as often. Two years before this same acre yielded twenty bushels of corn. ' Brantley got seventy bushels of shei- . led corn from the same acre. Hie net earnings after deducting rent. ; fertilizer, manure ,coat Qf feed, la- | bor and team for cultivating and har vesting, and allowed nothing for the | fodder, was $122.12. Beside thisj value at <2 per bushel, he took (6 > prize money at the fair and sold a lot of good seed corn at |3 per bush el. Now comes another ten dollars prixe money for being the boy who not only raised the beat acre of corn but who turned in the best record book. The requirements for the prize : were that that the acre be acceptable as to merit and cost of production. | that the corn be exhibited at the County Fair, and that the record book be kept accurate and sent to the County Agent when called for. All of these conditions were met and this boy has not only made a nice thing out of his acre of corn but has done his job well and deserves what [ he gets. I Pretty good for a 13-year old boy! i Raymond Askew was one of the late arrivals in the club work as a pig ; club work.,He got a late start bui he finished his job. His pig is regis tered Ouro-Jersey gilt and is being kept for breeding. She weighed 70 pounds when he got her on June 28, 1919,_ and 196 I on November 26th, a gain of 126 I pounds in 160 days at a coat of 8 1-4 j i cents per pound. 11 Mr. Farmer, what do you think i1 of that for ? profit?126 pounds of i meat in 160 days at a cost of 8 1-2 .< cents per pound, with live hogs sell- I ing at 24 cents par pound. Figure t Vie organist on^oaization etaoin*'' < - . * ? MEETINGS FOR DISCUSSION OF PEANUT CROP Meeting* Will Be Held in Au lander and Ahoakie Thi? Week. VITAL MATTERS TO BE TAKEN UP THEN Meeting Here Will Be Held Saturday Afternoon at Four-Thirty. ? * ??? For the past three months some four or five men, most of them grow ers of peanuts, have been reaching as many points as possible in the pea nut' belts of Virginia?and North Car olina, and trying to inform the pea nut growers as to the actual condi tions pertaining to their industry, and the imperative need for some < practical agency that will bring ab out a great improvement in such con ditions. We have been trying to arrange meetings for Aulander and Ahoskie ! for several weeks but were unable to do so. However, appointments for those two towns are announced for this week as follows: Aulander, Friday afternoon, August 22, at half past four, standard time, and Ahos kie Saturday afternoon at the same hour. Loci parties at each place have been asked to make arrange, ments for these meetings and the place such is to be held in each town will be left to their judgement. But we would like to insist that all farmers who grow peanuts, wheth ? er as landowners or tenants, and live i within a reasonable distance of ei- , ther town to attend these meetings. , It is of most vital importance to | them that they do so. There will be < a general discussion as to the peanut j industry and some interesting and startling facts will be made known. { Too, the put-poses and plans of the < proposed exchange will be outlined, t We hope to have on hand at each me- i eting a party representing a new pub i lication "The Peanut World," who I will speak. ] About every grower of peanuts 1 I have come in contact with admits I that conditions surrounding the in- t dustry are both deplorable and dis- c tressing and that something should < be done at once to remedy such. These statements are entirely correct i and something should be done, but ne c ver will be unless the krowers take ' the iniative. Quite a few of them t have already done that very thing ( and they are interesting themselves ( to the extent of trying to enlist oth- I ers to, aid them. Surely we can and I intend to have some source of in. < formation as to the growing crop i each year and the marketing of such, i But, then thi^ cannot be accom- a pliahed except a large number of c growers in each county in the Belt 1 are allied with the enterprise. I So, Mr. Peanut Grower, wont you c at least come out and learn what we c hope to do, going to do, I should ?ay, and how we shall proceed to do It. 1 Certainly, the undertaking is en- 1 titled to a fair and unprejudicial ' hearing before it is condemned, therefore, each individual should withold his opposition or criticism intil he ia better informed,. Con lequently, we ask that the growers e ittend one and all, one or the other " i, >f these meetings this week, hear :he presentation of the matter and ;hen pass judgement on the merits >r dements of the proposition. Let R is remember that the time for the needing at each place U half pait 'our o'clock, atanriard time. H. J. VANN, ! Como, N. C. 866 ku BOH imitation than any ilhar Chill and Favtr Tonic on tba narkat, bat no DM Willi imitation* ? madicina. Thay ara daafiroui.ldv Thla paper club* with the Vir inian-Pilot. See ae for rates. ANNAPOLIS MID-DIES INSPECT PANAMA CANAL Midshipmen frun, Ann.-ipollR ni:val urmlein} inspecting lh.- looks of the Pumimu cnnal. One thousuiiil two hun dred of them were OiVrried tlioti* fnu Cuba on six battleships. BUTTONS FOR SERVICE MEN SERVICE BUTTONS FOR DISCHARGED SOLDIERS War Department I? lulling Them to Soldiert Free of Cost. The War Department is issuing fre of cost, to all discharged officers and soldiers Victory Buttons for wear with civilian clothes. Since medals, campaign and er I'iee ribbons are unsuitable with ci vilian apparel it is desired to giv-; ?ach man who honorably served his rountry in the recent war some dis tinguishing mark that can \je worn :o show his patriotism and self-sac rifice. These buttons are artistic and em inently suited for the purpose for which they were designed. The but ton is five-eights of an inch in diam iter and the design consists of a lau rel wreath, 'emblematic of victory, lpon which is superimposed the five pointed, typically American, star j >earing the letters U. S. enclosed wi thin a circle. The buttons are of wo materials, silver for those woun led in action and bronze for all oth >r?. All previous servoce men of the ?ecent war who were honorably di? iharged from the Army may secure t 'Application Blanks" for these but ons from the U. S. Army Recruiting )ffice in any of the following cities: Greensboro, Asehville, Charlotte, < Durham, Fayettevill, Gastonia, Ra- i eigh and Winston-Salem, either by i ailing in person or writing. This c ipplication blank is to be filled out I n accordance with the data thereon I ind mailed, accompanied by the dis- i 'harge certificate. Upon receipt the 1 Recruiting Officer will mail the ap >ropriate Victory Button and dis- I harge certificate to the discharged 1 tfficer or soldier, I PREPARE FOR BEAN WORM ANOTHER CROP OF THE WORMSJF SEPTEMBER # ??? Will Probably Hatch out and Become Worms Between First and Fifteenth Studying the soy-bean worm at his laboratory station near Elizabeth City, Mr. Franklin Sherman, Chief of the Division of Entomology, has i found some important facts about thig insect pest and believes that it will attack again in about three weeks, at which time another brood will have been hatched out. The following information secured thru Mr. Sherman's observations, will be of interest to farmers in the infected districts: "The great bulk of the worms which have caused the damage are maturing?they must now change to | the chrysalis, then to the moths, the | moths must lay eggs, and eggs must, hatch before another destructive gen eration. We are, therefore, now due to have an interval of about three weeksduring which time the worms will be 4era numerous?of course there will be worms present *11 the time. During this interval the beans should recover to a large extent for the worms do not (except in worst cases) eat the older leaves, and they do not eat out the growing bud. "Between the first and fifteenth ?f September next the next brood at worms is due to hatch out, and, if they are numerous enough to be destructive they should have made their presence evident before Septem !>er 15th. Whether they will be numerous enough to make treatment necessary no living man can tell, i'ou can figure the probabilities eit her way from the follownig estab- < ished facts:??(1) The insect has i>een with us many years, but this 1 is the first time it has been very se rious, this would lead us to believe that the next generation may fall to its' usual inconspicous level, but (2) on the other hand I have observ ed only a small percentage to be attacked by other insects, parasites or disease, and this would lead to the belief that the next generation may be fully as large as this one. As between these two lines of reasoning t Incline to the optomistic belief that the next generation will be noticeable but not so destructive as the pres ent generation. FARMERS WILL MEET, WINTON PEANUT FARMERS ARE CALLED IN MEETING S. P. Winborne Issues Call for Meeeting to be Held in Win ton I hereby issue a call for all indi viduals in Hertford County who have joined the Virginia?Carolina Peanut Exchange to meet at the courthouse in Winton on Thursday the 28th day of August, at half past four o'clock standard time. The purpose of this meeting is to organize a county unit of the Exchange and to elect a direc tor to represent the peanut growers of the county on such. This meet ing is of the mogt utmost and vital importance, and I urge all members to be present. The meeting will also be open to non-members and they are invited to be present. Please do not forget the date and hour of the meeting. S. P. WINBORNE, County Chairman Membership Cam paign. THE SANITATION LAW. The last Legislature enacted a law providing that "every residence lo cated within three hundred yards of another residence must have an improved sanitary privy of a type approved by the State Board of Health." Means to enforce thig law are provided, and sanitary inspectors will be places^ on duty throughout the State on October first, acting un der the direction *nd authority of the State Board of Health. The law is in the interest of the public health ind all persons who have concern for their own health or the health Df their neighbors should not only be willing but anxious to abide by the provisions of this law. Even those not affected by the law should , comply with it for their own good. ' There is nothing new regarding the method of human waste matter. It la founded on thJ' regulatons which Moses, the great leader and law-giver, laid down for the Israel ites many thousands of years ago. The man who disregards regulations designed to prevent the spread of disease is an enemy to himself, his family and all of hi* community. In other words .all good citiiens will promptly comply with the regulations provided for the public good. CO-OPERATIVE WAREHOUSE IN THIS COUNTY r Co-Operative Warehouse A?so ciation Being Formed In Hertford and Bertie WAREHOUSES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED SOON Statct Department of Agricul ture Take* Cognizance of This Fact West Raleigh, August 21?Farm ers of Hertford and Bertie coun ties are promoting the formation of a warehouse association to be knows as the'Chowan Co-Operative Ware house Association Company according to a plan that should command itself to the farmers of the State at large. As a result of several meetings held with the farmers and business men by Messrs. Wm. R. Camp, E. W. Gai ther and J. C. Aaderson, of the Agri cultural Extension Service, snfflrient? stock has been subscribed with which to begin and a charter has been se cured. The plan is to build or lease a chain of warehouses for the storage of cotton, peanuts, corn and other farm products and to keep down ex I pense of operation by bringing them under the State warehouse system and by having them run by one comp etent manager for each warehouse. The authorized capital $100,000.00 is to be secured by getting every far mer, friendly banker and mer hant to take at least one share of stock | at the par value of ten dollars p?r share. Chairmen for each of the townships, who together contsituta the organization committee for each county, have been appointed. Each chairman will appoint two :n each township to make a canvass of every farmer to take stock. Can vassers will be paid a percentage of three to five per cent for their ser vices. Ten per cent of the stock will be required to be paid down and noteg taken for the balance, when ever the subscribers have not the cash to pay for the full amount of th* stock subscribed. The Chowan Co-Operative Ware house Company has been incorporat ed underthe corporation law of Nortfc Carolina. The organisation of a warehouse company under the cooper ative law gives the shareholders great er authority than under the corpora tion law. Under the co-operative law the members may limit membership to those they wish to admit in the or ganization. and therefore be able to keep out those with conflicting inter, ests. Thus a cooperative organiza tion recogniies that a house against itself shall fall. The sale of stock may be restricted to those acceptable for membership, the amount of stock owned by one person limited, and vo ting restricted to one vote for each member irrespective of the number of shares owned, in order to prevent a few from using the organisation contrary to the interests of the far* ing community at large. The duties of the manager will be to store the farm products of'the members at a reasonable cost, deter mined by the directors who have th general supervision of th e affairs of the company. The manager will ase that warehouse receipts, fre from liens, and in case of cotton guar anteed by a special state fund, are issued for all products stored and that all products stored are graded accord ing to the United State* standards, (Continued on p?C? four.) I - v -4
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