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FARM QUESTION BOX ? br ED W. MITCHELL Farm Advisor C mwml B?cIir Statioa WGY Q. Is red wheat as good for hying hens as white wheat? A. Pound for pound, red wheat 1b as good as white wheat for poultry feed. The red wheat is harder, but hens can grind and digest it ail right. 11?11 Q. How are Blue Spruce trees grown? A. The Blue Spruce is a bud variation of* the Norway Spruce, and most of the trees are pro duced by taking buds from a Blue Spruce and setting them in a Norway seedling. Unless you are experienced in this business, buy one-year-old grafts from a whole sale nursery. 1? t Q. What is the average depth that angle worms penetrate the -earth's surface? ANSWER: About two feet. The -depth varies with the type of soil, moisture and temperature. There are 900 different species of -earthworms and no end to the variations in soil. But for gen eral purposes if you do not find them In the top foot or two of soil, dig somewhere else for bait. 11?11 Q. Is there a choice in the (treed of mjlk goats? A. Toggenberg, saaneen, and Nubian are the more popular breeds. Most goat dairies use a purebred buck on grade does. H? 11 Q. Is horse-radish propagated by seed or roots? A. Horse-radish maj be repro duced from seed, but the com mon and more practical method Is to buy root cuttings and set these out in the spring. Choose * deep, moist^rich, well-drained loam; reinforce with manure and fertilizer and keep free from 'weeds. Make holes with a stick 18 inches apart in three-foot rows, and set the cuttings right end up and cover one inch deep. When roots are dug and trimmed In autumn, the trimmings are kept in moist sawdust in a cool cellar for spring planting. H? It Q. Will silage keep over from ?ne year to the next and still b( 41t to feed? A. Yes, if it was properly stor ed in a good, tight silo. In some Instances, silage has been held > over (or several years and been i perfectly good. H? U Q. How good are dry mill shav- < ings for Insulation? A. Pretty good; not so good as cork, rock wool, etc., but better i than ^awdust. Soda Arrives Arrival of Chilean nitrate of soda in American ports is a mat ter of keen interest to farmers to day. Because of the Importance of soda in food production, and because of the magnitude of the food production requirements this year, many Inquiries are being made as to how much natural soda will be available. J. A. Woods, president of Chi lean Nitrate Sales Corporation in a recent report, explained that, for the current year ending June 30, negotiations have been con cluded for the purchase of 700, 000 tons of Chilean Nitrate, with an option for the purchase of ad ditional 300,000 tons. Ships to bring the nitrate from Chile are the big problem. Cargoes are ar riving, however, and it is believ ed that enough natural soda will be available to farmers to meet essential needs. In the war years of 1941-42 and 1942-43 about l,600j000 tons of natural Nitrate came in and , about 1.000,000 tons went to American farms in 1942-43. j While in the first world war Chi : lean Nitrate was used largely in the manufacture of munitions, in ! this war the great bulk of nitrate received has been put to its most natural and valuable use, the production of food and feed. Mr. Woods points out in the report that the nitrate industry in Chile is a large buyer of U. S. products, an average of more than $350,000 per month was expended during the first two war years for essential supplies such as machinery, parts, and other 1 materials. i o fc'OR FIRST CLASS PK1.MINO . -lONE 283-1 BUT NOW! This is the ideal time of year to make pur chases of articles yon may need later, while room is being made for Spring goods and be fore time to pack them away for next Fall Oar Mr. A. Tonkel is now on the Northern Markets buying Spring stocks for our Louis burg and Clinton stores and in a short while they will begin to arrive. Room will have to be made for them Oet yours now while they can be bought at attractive prices. TONKEL'S {department store Louisburg, N. C. BACK THE BOYS OVKBSEAS By Buying 4th WAR LOAN BONDS ! / fiiilkKMa !-i- - ' M. ii' -f< ? - ?????? ? ? ? ? > SOIL CONSERVATION ? ' NEWS ? > ? > By W. O. Lambeth * ??????????? The meadow strips on the B. H. Perry farm, four miles south of Loulsburg, have probably been kept in the best dfendlt'ion of any lu the county. The meadows were seeded to a grass mixture In 1939 and have been maintained ever since. Zollle Joyner, farm operator, has applied lime and super-phosphate at regular Inter vals and cut a hay crop every rear. Lime and super-phosphate can be applied to meadow strips any time between now and the start of the growing season, and the Increased hay yield will more than pay for the cost of the ma terials and the labor to apply them. 11?11 Luther Bolden, Spring Hope, Route 1, is planting 400 Long Leaf pine seedlings on his farm this Winter. H?' S Many farmers In the county are planning to Beed Kobe or Ko rean Lespedeza on their small grain in the next two or three weeks. Late February or early March is probably the best date for seeding lespedeza in this sec tion. Lespedeza reduces erosion, provides hay or home grown seed, and results in an Increased yield of the crops that follow it. II? H One of the best pine plantings in Franklin County is located on the P. P. Pernell farm near Frankllnton. Four acres of Long Leaf pine and fourteen acres of Loblolly pine seedlings were planted In 1938. The Long Leaf pines are now four to five Inches In diameter and will average twenty to twenty-flve In height; while the Loblolly is five to six inches in diameter and will aver age twenty-five feet in height. n ? y Robert Brooks, colored farmer of Frankllnton, Route 2, is ter racing thirty acres of land this winter, establishing two meadow 'strips, planting 1700 Loblolly | pine seedlings, and retiring three acres of badly eroded land to [ kudzu. Robert has recently pur chased a new six foot combine ;and is planting more small grain and lespedeza in the place of row crops. 11?11 The United States needs , an nually 13,000,000 cords of pulp wood, but at the present there is j the threat of a 2,000,000 cord I shortage. Team up with your ! neighbors and cut a car of pulp wood before planting time. I o UNCONTROLLED FIRES Uncontrolled forest and woods fires are working for the Axis enemy. When woods fires burn the South's forests they damage . trees valuable for production of forest products badly needed on the fighting fronts of the war. Everyone should be extra careful with fire in the woods during . wart'ime. You owe it to the men ; fighting for you. Don't let ySur carelessness with fire in the woods I aid the Axis. ? Of the first ten lumber produc I ing states, fourth through tenth are in the South. They are Ala bama, Georgia, Mississippi, North i Carolina, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. More fertiliser can be used on ; forage crops and pastures this year since the War Food Admln | 1st rat ion has designated them as "production increment crops." THE AGRICULTURAL^* EXTENSION SERVICE ? EARLY PLANTING SAVES ON LABOR "Time" la one of the most im portant elements in the (arm pro duction schedule and It doesn't cost anything. Extension .farm management specialists at State College sug gest that with corn, for example, the early breaking of the land, the application of 300 pounds of fertiliser per acre ahead of plant ing, and the preparation of a good seed bed, so as to get the crop in the ground at the "right time" in early spring, will not only result in larger yields but will also help to save on labor. Corn planted In a good, well prepared seed bed has less chance of getting "In The Grass." Three hundred pounds of a high analy sis fertilizer per acre at planting quickly "kicks the crop to knee high" so that It can be worked out without Interfering with the cash crops, when they must be given first consideration. Under average conditions, early plant ed corn bas a better opportunity of making a good crop than that planted later. The farm management special ists also suggest slight shifts lu crop acreages, which will add to the labor requirements 1n the off months and lessen the needed la bor at peak periods. Sowing lespedeza in small grains now ra ther than a crop of cowpeas or soybeans this summer, may be a step in the right direction for some growers. Another grower may decide to put in a few acres of sweet pota toes for the next market and tor hog feed. "There are many opportunities for increasing production througb doing more farm jobs 'On Time' and changes can be made that will result in the saving of con siderable labor," the Extension specialists point out. GOOD QUALITY MILK FROM FAMILY COWS Milk and butter of good flavor and quality from the family cow may be produced in the home, if it is properly handled, says A. C. Kimrey, Extension dairyman at State College. He gives a list of practical suggestions for home milk hand lers to follow in taking care of their milk. First, he suggests that the milk be kept In standard glass milk bottles in the refrig erator or in a bucket or tub of cool water, where refrigeration is not available. Just after milking, Kimrey sug gests that the producer pour the milk through three or four folds of a good grade of cheese cloth. A small tin funnel can then be used for getting the milk into the bottles. It should then be cap ped with standard bottle cajjs. For cooling the milk, the bot tles can now be placed in a tub of cold water, for It cools more rapidly in this way than if put directly into the refrigerator. Where no refrigeration is avail able, Kimrey advises changing the water 'in the tub several times daily until the milk !s used. After the milk has stood foi about 12 hours, the cream can be removed from the bottles by us ing a glass siphon tube. This I cream may be saved (or table f use or allowed to sour for butter making. Two quarts of such cream will make about one pound 8 of butter. "There 1b a great deal, of dlf- 1 ference In the flavor of m'tlk and * butter produced In the farm home but this Is due not so much to ( the diets and characteristics of E the cows producing the milk as ' to the way in which the milk is 1 handled," Kimrey says. ' <j ? ???*??????? * LOUISBURG * 0 0 L L E G E NEWS ? ?????????? Miss Josephine Hight, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hlght, of Route 2, Loulsburg, has re cently been appointed to serve on the Program Committee for the 1944 May Day Festival at Louis burg College. i? f Frances Spivey, daughter of Mra. F. N. Spivey has been elec ted to membership In the Louis burg College chapter of Alpha PI Epsflon, national honorary sec retarial fraternity open to stu dents in the Commercial Science department who stand high in scholarship and in personality and character. Miss Spivey won eighth honors on the Honor Roll for the first semester. She has been elected vice-president of Alpha PI Epsolon, and a member of the May Court. She is also 1 feature editor of the Oak, college annual. 1 ? I Miss Dorothy Kennedy has been 1 elected to membership to the Loulsburg College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, a national charac ter-scholarshlp fraternity open to students in the Liberal Arts De partment who stand in the upper ten per cent of their class and who average a grade of "B" or above. Miss Kennedy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Kennedy, of Route 2. 1? ' H Elizabeth Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Harris, of Bunn, has been elected to mem bership in two honorary fraterni ties at Loulsburg College ? Phi Theta Kappa and Beta Phi Gam ma. Phi Theta Kappa is a national ' character-scholarship fraternity open to students in the Liberal Arts Department who stand in the upper ten per cent of their , class and who average a "B" or , above. Beta Phi Gamma is a national J Journalistic fraternity open to ' students who do outstanding , work in Journalism. Miss Harris has also been elec ted as a member of the May , Court and a member of the script , committee for May Day. o The question in the physiology examination read: "How may ono ; obtain a good posture?" The country boy wriote: "Keep > the cows off it and let grow up awhile." o ' : A lot of folks fail to "show i up" when it comes to the "show | down.' 9 ?. What Your Bank Means To You: YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATION! K^ICTORY BUY VNITSD ?TATII Don't wait till your son or daughter graduates from high school to start saving for his college education. Putting away a moderate amount regularly all through the years will relieve you of the strain of sudden ex penses. Teach the children to save with you in. a sav ings adfcount. 1 FIRST - CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Corner Main & Nash Sts. Louiibnrg, N. Carolina . . Banking Honrs: 9:00 ?. M. to 2:00 P. M. \ /ICTORY OH THE FARM FRONT TUtWS front th? tqrialfyrtl Istmioa Strnct TATE COLLEGE ANSWERS PIMELY FARM QUESTIONS QUESTION: What kind of a gazing crop should I sow for iprtng pigs? ANSWER: Plant sufficient icreage to a mixture of oats, rape ind lespedeza as early in Feb ruary as possible. "An acre leeded to 3 pounds of rape, 3 uishels of Fulgrain or Fulghum >ats, and 25 pounds of lespedeza ihould furnish grazing for two >r three litters of pigs from the nlddle of April until frost." The :rop should be well fertilized. . t? U QUESTION: How deep should [ apply my lime to the (toil? ANSWER: When lime is ad led to the surface few inches of the soil a long time is needed For the neutralizing effect to pen etrate through the entire plowed layer, report research men of the N. C. Agricultural Experiment Station at State College. Field experiments have shown that wh8n part of the lime Is put deeper in the soil, better crop growth and root distribution are obtained than If all the lime is added to the surface 4 Inches of the soil. *?11 QUESTION : Do crossbred broil ers outweigh purebreds? ANSWER: Yes, say research men of the Agricultural Experi ment Station at State College. In seventeen groups of crossbred and purebred broilers. Including purebred Rhode Island Reds, Barred Plymouth Rocks, and White Leghorns, and six crosses of these breeds, only one group of purebreds was as heavy as the related crossbreds. All crossbreds word fully feathered at ten weeks. Differences in mortality were not great, but the percentage was lower in all groups of crossbreds than among the purebreds. Young trees, like young boys and girls, need plenty of food and water for proper growth. Burned over woods are dry and Bterlle. - QUALITY SHOE REPAIR Finest materials used. Satisfactory work guaranteed. Prices reasonable. Have shoes for all the family repaired for longer life. Bicycles and Furniture repaired GANTT'S SHOE SHOP East Nash Street Louisburg, N. 0. Sell Tour Cotton and Tobacco in Louisburg. He's Got a Big Responsibility ! In This War WE ALL HAVE ! Those soldiers out there . . . everywhere . . . have a big load on their shoulders. And we fanners here in the United States have a big job, too. It's up to us to keep our machinery in good condition ... to make all repairs at once. Get your needs here. We Carry the Best ! Freeman & Harris Naah Street Louisburg, N. C Buy* Sell and Bank in LOUISBURG.
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