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THE GLEANER ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY. J. D. KERNODLE, Editor. SI.OO A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. rhe «!ltor wm re»pou«lt)ie for 'lew* eqpreined by correspondent*. Rnterel at tna Pos*ofllc« atOraliam. N. G., m ■oeot.u-jlawmattw- N. C. Aug 20, 1925. TOBACCO CO-OPS MAKE FAST START. Deliver 3 Million Pounds To S. C. Association Warehouses Within 2 Weeks. The Tobacco Growers Coopera tive Association is breaking all past records for early receipts ot the South Caroliua tobacco crop. Deliveries to the cooperative floor*, have recently come close to the half million pound mark daily ami have already passed a total ot three million pounds within less than two weeks since tne opening of the association's warehouses. The clamor of the outsider to come into the cooperative fold has continued to increase aud there appears to be little doubt that it the association should open its books at this time its member ship could be enlsrged by several thousand tobacco farmers. On the other hand a special oppor tunity was given to all South Carolina tobacco farmers to join the association last month during a campaign for new members and the old members have expressed their wishes to keep the books closed from now on for the pres eut seasou. The directors have completely respected the wishes of the membership whieh were set forth in recent meetings. The re sult has been that South Carolina growers who failed to sign the marketing contract for this year's crop when the opportunity was open last month, have already be sun to sign up for the tea-ion of 192 G. * ' The 35 per cent cash advance being paid on the association floors continues to delight the members and to attract outsiders because it compares very favor ably with the prices upon the auction floors aud gives the to bacco co-ops assurance thai they will receive more money from or* derly sales of their tobacco at a season when they are most iu need of cash. Kuthusiasir. and loyalty for the association is strong in the old belt of North Carolina according to the results of two large mass meetings of growers iu Oxford and Roxboro last week where the meinbere preseut pledged full de livery of this season's crop to the marketing association. In Virginia, from all the counties of the dark fired district met last week iu Farin ville and expressed themselves as ready to make plans for another five-year sign up of the dark to bacco crop iu their state. The South Carolina co-ops are making a good start towards their objective of 38 million pounds deliveries to the association this this season, and if preseut re ciepts and eutnusiasm for the association are any indication, they will pass their goal before the present season closes. Fortune In Prises Of fered By State Fair. Offering a total of $32,316 in piizes to successful competitors, the official premium list of the North Carolina State Fair to lie held in Raleigh on October 12 baa been received from the printer and is now being distribnteJ by the manager, K. V. Walliom. With the exception of $",200 of fered in the races and #6OO of fered in the fine arts department nearly all of this sum goes for agricultural products. Theieare twenty departments of the fair each headed by a member of the Hoard of Directors appointed un der the law parsed by the laat General Assembly which made the fair a public institution large ly controlled by the Btate College Of Agriculture. Nearly all of the departments have a member of the faculty of the College in actual charge as superintendent. The premium list shows tbat there will be a number of high class free acts pat on at the race track each afternoon and night. . An excellent racing program has been secured with some of the ftaest trotting and pacing thor oughbreds in North Carolina en- Jaunl An enlarged home show in also arranged to bring many lovers of good horse Hash to Ral eigh this fall. As was the case last year, prizes of SSOO, S4OO, S3OO and S2OO are offered for the best county dis plays. These prizes go on down to SSO for tenth place. The best live-at-home farm display will win $250, with second place bringing.sl7s and so on down to $25 for sixth place. Community displays will win at the same rate as the individual farms and ac cording to Mr. Walborn should attract considerable interest. Mr. Walborn states that there is already much interest showu in the fair this year and that many exhibitors are writing in to reserve space. * In Noi th C arolina Last Year Were 299 Homicides- Raleigh, Aug. 17. North Caro lina contributed more than its quota to the crime wave of the uation during the past year, 299 deaths being designated as homi cides in returns made on death certificates filed wLb the State Board of Health for 1924. Chi cago, with a record of more than a murder per day for the year, may have led tha country, but this State ranks well u,» in the forefront. Typhoid fever not so long ago was a large factor in the death rato of the Slate. It has been one of the causes of death against which both stale and local health authorities have waged a major offensive, murder and auto mobile accidents each levies a greater annual toll of human life than does this once prevalent and dreadod disease. The records show more than double the number of negro vic tims among the homicides as com pared with the whites. The dis tribution is 94 white, 201 negro, and 4 Indian. The homicides are divided into four classifications. Of the total, 235 were killed with firearms, 47 by knives or other piercing in struments, 6 were babies killed closely following bir'h, and 11 were killed by other means. Facts To Know About Sowing Oats. Oat's are used mainly for hay or grain, seldom beiug turned un der. They should t»e sowu on good land. On poor soils they do not give satisfactory returns in efther hay or grain, and make leas growth than rye for tnrning under. "Yet oats line cr»>p for North Carolina farmers," says E. r. Blair, extension agronomist at State College. "Under favorable conditions they inay be expected to yield 2500 to 3500 pounds of cared hay per acre. The hay contains 9.3 per cent prote u, as compared to 5.9 per cent for timo thy and 15.4 per cent lor soy Iteans. A strong point in favor of oat* is that hairy vetch sown with them will mature at the same time, making a hay richer in protein than oats alone. "Oatsoften winter-kill severely. The beet way to avoid this is to BOW plenty of Heed. I'M' at leant two bushels per acre, sow them early enough to get a good Marl before cold weather. The best time is October. A g»*>d way to sow is to disc the seed iu, or bel ter still, drill them iu, after corn or soybeans. It would b« too late to sow them after eottou. Iu Edgecombe County souie fanners like to plant oats in cotton, at the last plowing. October sown oats* far out-yield late fall or sprint"! sown oats in both hay and grain." Mr. Blair suggests that if oats begin to run up iu the fall, they should be grazed down or cold weather will damage them. They may be grazed for a while iu the spring, but eare should be taken not to graze litem too long. Fertilizer experiments made iu North Carolina show that cats respond well to nitrogen. How ever, if the land is fertile, or has received a good application of fertilizer in the spring, oals need not be fertilizer iu the fall. They may be given 100 pouuds of ni trate of soda {ter acre early in the spring if they appear to ueed it. The best varieties for North Carolina are the Fulghuin aud the Appier, which is the same as lied ltost Proof. The Fulghuin is earlier than the Appier, but less hardy. The Fulgouui vari ety should always be used when oats are sown iu the spring. * Oat hay should be cut when the grains are in the dough stage, then it is easy to >ure and excel lent in quality. With 81 percent as many sows farrowing this spring, farmers of North Carolina saved 91 percent as many pigs as last spring, or an average of 6 pigs per litter, which was better than the average for the United States, says W. W. Shay, Swine Extension Specialist. ~ THE ALAMANCE OLEAMES, GRAHAM, H. 0. Drouth Causes Study Of Surface Watering. The long continued drouth in certain sections of North Carolina this year has caused some farmers to look to surface irrigation for their gardens and truck patches. Extension workers at State Col lege state that this is certainly feasible on some farms where the land stopes and where gravity lines may be put in so that water can be made to rnu down the middle ot rows. "Surface irrigation has paid its way on at least two farms iu Polk and Henderson counties," says E. li. Raney, extension farm en gineer. "J. R. Sams, county agent iu Polk cuumy, has had a successful garden I hid year by di verting the stream from a big spriug. Other gardens in his im mediate vicinity have been almost worthless. Mr. Sams plans to use his idea in watcriug several acres on his farm aud is encouraging oi Iters in the couuty to adopt tlte idea.. "In .Henderson county, the i'arin agent, K. F. Arnold, took IIIH to a farm owned by Hooper Brothers near Fletcher who proved t his year that it paid to put in ex pensive equipment. These men li;id six acres iu cabbage located iu a bottom near the river. Ap parently the cabbage crop was to prove a total failure, so the own ers invested S2OO in a pump and pipe to deliver 60 gallons o! .vater per miuute. * , "They put iu a pipe line along the ground across the upper end of the field, making a hose con nection at each 20 feet of pipe. Four ten-foot hose lines were cou rected and a Fordson tractor put to work at the pnmp. The four hose lines delivered about 15 gal lons per minute and were silo wed to run until the middles were thoroughly wet, when they were shifted to four dry middles and the process repeated. These men expect a crop of about 15 tons of cabbage per acre for which they are getting SIOO per ton at the farm. The difference in yield secured on one acre will mote than pay for the outfit." Survey Shows More. Weevils This Year. Surveys made by the twenty field men and couuty ageuts of the Agricultural Extension Ser vice up until July 30 show that there is a greater infestation of boll weevils in the cotton crop of North Carolina this year than last. This infestation is heavier in the coastal and eastern motili ties and grows progressive) v less toward the hill country. "At the same time," says Prof. Franklin Shermau of the State Division of Entomology," the sur vey also shows a better attitude of mind on the part of the cotton grower toward-usiug the staudard, approved method of fighting the weevil as recommended by the College and Department workers. CulturtM methods and conditions have averaged good and the cot ton as a geueral rule is making excellent growth and is fruiting heavily. More farmers are dust iug with calcium arsenate for di rect weevil control than ever be fore in North Carolina." In some parts of eastern Caro lina weevil infestation has reach ed the high point of 25 to 50 per cent. In a number of case* the number of weevils has increased three times during one week and on nearly every farm studied, at least oue field would have an in festation of from 10 to 25 percent In the southeastern section, the Held workers found the weevil prevalent in nearly every eottou lield aud staled that dusting is advisable all over this territory. The prolonged dry, hot weather was having some effect in weevil control but with the coming of showers and wet weather, it is be ing advised that the field be wsiched closely and that dusting be done when needed. In the piedmont area, weevil survival from the winter was ap parently light and dusting 'is needed now only in scattered areas. In the upper pitdmont to wards the outer edge of the cotton growing area, the infestatiou is light with uo reports of serious damage. Plenty of pyrotol will be avail able for farmers in North Caroli na this fall, states J. M. Gray of State College. A short course for' Negro Club members of southeastern North Carolina will be held at the Re 9 Stone Academy, near Lumbertou, on August 18 to 21. The course will be directed by Prof. C. R. Hudson of State College, assisted by John Negro Club Agent, and 3. T. Brooks, local ageut of Bolifson County. Combat Poultry Diseases By Preventing Them. , The best way to combat poultry diseases is to prevent them. In sanitary conditions about the poultry house, poor living con ditions, damp floors, cold drafts and other faults that easily may he corrected are predisposing fac tors towards disease. One of the hirst'" things to do after these things are looked after properly is to isolate any sick bird that may appear in the fleck. "The poultry industry of North Carolina is rapidly growing," says Prof. R. S Dearstyne of the poultry department at State Col lege. "This increase is noticed not only in the larger number of poultrymeii but also iu the inten sity of production. With an in c-ease of birds on the farm comes an isease hazard and the most duccessftiT method of combattiug these diseases is to prevent them from occurring." Prof. Dearstyne states that au tumn weather usually marks out breaks of seasonal diseases such as pox, roup, poultry typhoid, contagious bronchitis and pneu monia. The yearly mortality a mong domesticated birds from these diseases is very large and is usually caused by the owner al lowing such ureases to become well established before taking steps to combat them. " The poultryuiau should look over nis flock each day for sus pects." says Prof, i Dearstyne. "Confine the sick birds iu separ ate quarters and do not place them back in the flocks if they recover for they /nay be carriers of diseases. Keep birds bought from neighboring flocks in quar iutine at least a week before put ting them with the other birds. If outbreaks occur, call on the county agent or the farm life school teacher for help amhif they think it necessary, send a speci men to the pou try laboratory at Sta*e College." Cover Crops Pay Says Director Winters. Commercial fertilizer will not always supply all the elements of fertility needed to produce good yie ds of the commonly accepted inouey crops in North Carolina. The excessively wet weather of last season proved this, finds Di rector It. Y. Winters of the North Carolina Experiment Station. "Fields nf cott. u that had been giveu sufficient fertilizer to pro duce a bile of cotUin per acre failed to return sufficient lint to pay for the labor and fertilizer," says Dr. Winters. "The early shedding of squares was very heavy. Land hi the same areas that had been cropped in wiuter cover ertips produced better crops and experienced less shedding of squares. It is a matter of general observation throughout the South that turning undercover crops has helped to combat the boll weevil, because this tends to re duce the natural shedding of squares in unfavorable weather. Organic matter in the soil holds moisture during dry years, keeps a supply of air for the plant roots during wet weather and helps to make better crops in normal years." In spite of this, Dr. Winters finds thatcover crops are not very popular in North Carolina. If they wi-re, he states, at least one fifth of all the cultivated land wou'd be green in winter. The reason why more are not plauted is probably due to lack of funds to buy seed in late summer and because few people leally know the value of a winter crop. Dr. Winters states that it is vastly better to plant a few less acres of tobacco, cotton and peanuts and put more land to cover crops, thus improving its productive capacity. Live«>tick growers in the drouth stricken areas ohould plant some emergency hay and grazing crop like Sudan grass, German millet or Abruzzi rye, recommends Pruf. C. H. Williams. • If the lawn is growing lwld, it ueeds a little tonic iu the shape of fertilizer* and a little scratch ing to put in more seed, say horti cultural workers of State' College. Rye iT the mrest coyer crop, say extension workers of StHte College, but it does not furuitdi nitrogen. Plant legumes this fitl to co' down the fe»nl and fertiliz er bill next year. By uaing a pure bred Dorsett ram in his flock of native ewes, L. L. braughon of Edgecembe sold eight lambs for $96 36. The lam Iw averaged 104 pounds and showed distinct im provement over their mother*, re ports County Agent Zeno Moore 1 Loafing Land Should Be Pot to Work. Put Ihe loafing land to work and instead of securing returns from a certain area forsix months in the year get these returns for the full twelve months. "Cover crops will do this," says E. C. Blair, extension agronomist for the State College of Agricul ture. "The average Tarheel farmer has mom land than he has money, lie pays taxes on this land for twelve mouths iu the year yet much of the highest priced .farm laud in the State works only six months. Still worse, tli* land is damaged by its wiuter vacation." Mr, Blair states that it is en tirely feasible ,to make NortU Carolina farm lands work the year around and give good re turns while doing so. The way to do this, he states, is to plant another set of crops in the fall, after the regular crops are mature and let this additioual set grow during the winter. Winter cover crops give returns in five ways, states Mr. BlairJ They will preserve the existing fertility. There is always some plant food left from the fertilizer applied in the spring and much of this will leach away unless there is a crop growing to take it up. Second, the cover crop helps to prevent the loss of soil and plant food by erosion. Third, the cover crop niien turned under will till the soil with organic mat ter making it easier to till and iucreasiug its water-holding capac ity. Fourth, leguminous cover crops when turned under will add more nitrogen per acre than is ever likeiy to be applied at one lime "in commercial fertilizers. A nooii crop of vetch or crimson cio/er will furnish more nitrogen ill;, i 300 pounds per aero of ni «.r«nf- .i> «i . i i .ili, cover crops will f-urniMi .hi abundant yield ot' high j:rade hay which may be cut at a time when the farm is apt to be getliug short ot' feed. Hogging Down Corn If the bogs break into the corn field ibis month, let them stay there, feed some fish meal to balance the corn and sell the hogs on the high market in September for more profit ihan was ever before on corn as grain. Will it pay? Listen to what W. W. Shay, swine extension specialist at State College, has to say about hogging down corn. "Say, ten pigs averaging 150 pounds each broke into the corn Tit-Id on August 12 an(f the corn was in the dough stage. The field contained lucres and would yield 30 bushels per acre or a total yield of bushels for the field. Ninety pounds of fish meal was put into a >elf-feeder and given them. The corn would carry the pigs until about September 12 during which period they should gain 500 pounds. "For 18 years, the average price for such hogs in September hae been $10.63 per huudred. On that average, our 500 pounds gain is worth $53.15 less the coi-t of the 90 poaDds of fish meal which is' $3.15 at present prices. This leaves exactly SSO return for the 1± acres of corn. "But the price of good hogs is high this year. Thev are qiroted at $15.40 per hnndred this week on the Richmond market. If they will be quoted at only $14.00 per hundred on September 12. the bushels ot corn in the field has returned S6O 85 or 11. 79 per bush el when hold in the skin of the hog as a sack. "It cost about 75£ cents per bushel to produce and harvest a bushel of coru and so the Held of H acres had cost $22 03 w lien the hogs~eo fortunately broke into it and made a profit for the owner of (44.22 on lh» field or $33 21 pqy acre.' FOR OVER 40 YEARS HALL'S CATARRH MEDIC I.N Las been used successfully in the treatment of Catarrh. HALL'S CATARRH MKDICIXE con aiita of an Ointment which Quickly Jt el ieve« by local application, and the Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which acti through the Blood on the Mucous Sur faces. thua reducing the inflammation. Sold by all druggist*. F. J. Cheney 4k Ohio. The farm forefts of North Caro lina form one of the last undeveloped, natural resource* of the Slate and whxn they are prop erly developed will be a Hource of future wenith. ! c.lO I \ 1 A • :fan t. !!,.ro!i *. *!- ? "orCv... _ j Year* Signature ui y •OBMCBIBB FOR TBI QLKASBa 1 Fresh Fruits Fine As Summer Food. Fruits are no linger to be class ed as luxuries 10 be used as ap petizers ODly, but are necessary in the diet during summer, are important the year around and are of greatest value during hot months when many body process es become sluggish. "Fruits are regulators of intest inal activity and stimulate many of our body processes during the summer," says Prof. C. D. Mat thews, head of the Department of Horticulture at State" College." "They are the best tonics and will help to keep the mhnan ma chine in working trim. The min eral salts in fruit are of the most value; the vitamines are a neces sity in maintaining 'health aud vjgor wiiile the roughage aids in digestion." Prof. Matthews states that die titians attached to medical schoosl give to fruits this important place. They should be eaten at least twice each uay'aud it is.tue poorest sort of eemomy to cut down on the fruit supply or to buy the poorest quality. Fruit is essential in hot weather niid should be used either fresh from the market, or in the various cook ed. dishes. "Fruit is one of the cheapest articles," says Prof. Matthews. "There is a small percentage of waste, and household ecouom}' iii buying fruij is best practiced lty buying a supply in season. iSoniu fruits may be purchased through out the year but at higher prices than when in season. Apples re main the most reasonable in price of all fruits and are always avail able." There's' Money In Pecans There's money in pecans, espec ially when these trees aro set out properly, are of the right, varie ties and are cared for as they should be. The Agricultural Ex tension Service of State College is cooperatihg in a movement to place oue million pecan trees in eastern North Carolina during the next three years. "Oue additional reason why I know there is money in pecans is a study of the results secured by, Dr. J'. M. Baker of Tavboro," says Glenu 0. Randall, extension hort iculturist at' State .olle»». "In 1900 Dr. liakei purchased a tract of land near Tarboro cohtaining two and one-half acres. He plant ed pecan trees and took fairly good care of his grove, When the trees catue i¥ito commercial bearit*g in 1013, lie sold in that one year enough nuts to pao all costs of producing his grove in cluding price of the land and the interest on his in vestment." Mr. Randall states that this is ODly another example of what pecans will do in adding to the farm income. He states that farmers in the coastal plain sec tion and in the eastern pied mant sfstion should not overlook the fact that the climalic and soil conditions in these parts of the State are ideal for the production of standard varieties like the Schley and Stuart. " Pecan culture is di/e to be come a great industry Ln North Carolina," says Mr. Randall, "and I look for this prophesy tq come true not mauy year* hence." Fairs are held to show improve ment made during the year in the community and its products. Therefore the best should be selected for exhibition, say exten sion workers at State College. : INDIGESTION ; •1 Black-Draught Brings Relief * v for Tight, Bloated Feeling. * b W. [ •| "Working out, 1 got in the habit of f. s eating fast, for which I soon paid •J bv having a tight, bloated feeling ♦ after meals, jnis me very uncomfortable. v "1 would feel stupid and drowsy, .1 didn't fee! like working. I was told f, It was indigestion. Someone rec *J ommendea Black-Draught and I f* •| took it after meals. I soon could eat anything any time. , *J "I use it for colds and biliousness * »| and it will knock out a cold and £ carry away the bile better and 'J quicker than any liver nwiiHn* j I* >| have ever found." s Eating too fast, too much, or »J faulty chewing of your food, often I • >1 causes discomfort after meals. A pinch of Black-Draught, washed 'J down with a swallow of water, will 1* »1 help to bring prompt relief. f. Black-Draught gently helps the J over-taxed organslo perform their * S regular function, iomdi cases, s ridding the system of pciaoas that ► J might accumulate. • 3 Sotd everywhere; 25c ca* • jMITJJ I QIJ Tom Tarbeel says be went out to look over the old cane mill this week. iSoou be time for making molasses. Milk is said to be the best, food of all, but TO live up to.its repu ta ion, it must be kept clean and cool, says John Are}', dairy spec ialist at State College. Every business house in Apex, Wake County, save two, offered to contribute one or more prem iums for the community fair to be held there this fall, reports Coun ty Agent John C. Anderson. Farmers who put all their eggs in one basket aud sold them coop eratively this year made a good profit, say marketing specialists. The cooperative marketing of poultry and eggs paid handsome returns in some North Carolina counties. Farm demonstration agents at work in4>iedmout North Carolina held 156 ineettugs in Jul}' at which there , were 'J,152 folks. These agenta also visited 307 com munities, nearly 1,400 farmers and traveled about 16,000 miles carrying on their work, report district agent E. S. Milisaps. "Gcing to the Devil" "The Di'v'i!" was originally the name of 11 noted public house located at 2 Fleet street, neat Temple bar. In Lon don. When the lawyers In the neigh borhood went to dinner they were ac customed to hang out a sign on their doors, "Gone to the Devil," BO that those who wanted them might know where to find them. Concerning Patents "Patent pending" on a manufactured article means the same thing as "pat ent applied for." It mpans that the Inventor of the article has applied for a patent but that the patent office has not yet granted it. If the patent office has reported favorably on an applica tion for a patent, but has not yet i»- cued it, "patent allowed" is put on the'manufactured article.—Pathfinder Magazine. Electrocute Rata Rats berime n pest around an elee trie power station just outside Toron to, Canada. The engineers rigged up a device fastened to the end of a high tension wire near the ground. A piece of tin was placed beneath. To get the cheese used for bait Mr. Rat steps on the tin, completing the circuit, and his career ends right there. Scores were killed in a single night.—New York World. Notice! Notice is hereby*piveii that ap plication will be made totheQov ernor of North Carolina for the parole of Euil Tickle, convicted at the 1924, Criminal Term of Alamance Superior Court of seduction, and sentenced to eighteen months on the roads of Alamance county. This Aug. 17th, 1925. SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST Under and by virtue of the power of sale in a deed of trust duly executed in favor of the undersigned trustee, by W. C. Lloyd and wife, Alice B. Lloyd, Sept. 17, 1924, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Alamance county in Book of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust, No. 86, page. 144, de fault having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured, the undersign ed trustee will, on MONDAY, AUG. 31,1925, at twelve o'clock noon, at the court house door at Graham, North Carolina, offer for sale to the higeest bidder for cash, the following described property: A certain tract or parcel of land in Burlington Township, Alamance county and State of North Carolina, adjoining the lands of Ireland Street and others, bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake on the east side of Ireland Street, cor ; ner with Mrs. Miiia C. Hunt; | running thence S 89 degs and , 30' E with Mrs. Hunt's line 264 ft. to a stom, Mrs. Hunt's corner; thence N SO degs E 75 ft. to a stone, Patton's corner; thence N 89 deg 30' W 264 ft. to a stone in the east eide of Ireland Street; thence S 30 dega W 75 ft. to the beginning, con taining one-half (i) acre, it be ing the same land that was deeded to Mrs. Susan A. Waller by Robert M. Douglas, Trustee, the 2nd day of February, 1901. On said lot is situated a moderr six-room dwelling. This the 23rd day of Jul l # 1925. W. E. SHARPE, Coulter Cooper, & Carr, Attfy*
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