The Journal - Patriot
INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS
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Published Mondays and Thursdays at
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
JUUUS C. HUBRAJMX-inta. D. J. GABTE*
1838?DANIEL j. OA.RTga->oa
SUBSCRIPTION RATBS:
One Year ... $2.00
(In Wfflwt and Adjoining Counties)
One Year -? fo.00
(Outside Wilkes and Adjoining Counties)
Rates to Those in Service:
One Year (anywhere) fgjQO
Entered at the postafflce at North WUkes
boro, North Carolina, as Second-Ciaas matter
under Act of March 4, 1997.
Monday, January 30, 1950
Polio Quota Is
Moral Obligation
The March of Dollars campaign has
been in progress since January 16 in
Wilkes county. To dtfte the amount of
money is far short of the $10,000 assigned
as Wilkes county's just part of the amount
that must be raised in the nation.
During the history of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis more
has been spent on Wilkes patients than
will be raised in many years in Wilkes
county.
Infantile Paralysis strikes children in
families of all income classes. There have
been cases in poverty stricken homes and
in homes of those who have sufficient in
come for a high standard of living.
Among all the Wilkes cases there have
been few parents who could pay the en
tire cost of treatment for their children,
because of the great costs involved. The
cost of care and treatment of a patient in
a convalescent center now is from $12 to
$15 dollars per day and the hospital cost
of treatment in acute stages of the disease
are higher. Even the wealthiest, famili^
would be hard pressed to pay for a year
of such treatment.
But by the March of Dimes throughout
the nation each January the National
Foundation can finance such work. It
appears that yearly epidemics are grow
ing worse. Wilkes escaped the epidemic
in 1949 but in 1948 was the worst epi
demic in history in this county. Several of
those patients are yet being cared for be
cause the road to recovery is long and
slow. In 1949 there were several cases
in Wilkes who require hospital treat
ment and some remain in hospitals.
Because of what the Foundation has
done for Wilkes patients this county
should do a complete job in the fund rais
ing campaign. Not only for what has been
done, but to assure that future patients of
the dreaded disease can be cared for, the
qupta should be raised in full.
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Artificial Breeding
Boost To Dairymen
In view of the fact that dairying is one
of the four principal branches of agricul
ture in Wilkes county, anything that per
tains to dairying is of concern to the en
tire economy of the county and this entire
area.
County Agent Paul Choplin has fre
quently called attention to the artificial
breeding program now in effect in the
county. Mr. Choplin is of the opinion, for
very good reasons, that the program
should be more widely used by a greater
number of farmers.
Mr. Choplin points out the many ad
vantages of the program. Probably the
greatest of these is the fact that calves
will be sired through artificial breeding
by some of the nation's best breeding
bulls, those with a record of siring calves
with high milk production records.
If a great number of farmers use this
method, milk production will be vastly
increased when the new calves grow up
and become milkers, Mr. Choplin states.
It takes no more feed to keep a cow
producing a substantial quantity of milk
it does to keep a scrub cow hot pro
ducing enough milk to pay ft* her feed.
Mr. Choplin sees in this program , a
means- of dairy farmers increasing their
income without tocreasing their expenses.
This type of program should appeal
strongly to the farmer, who had hard
chough time keeping off the red side of
txie ledger much of the time.
Farmers who are not acquainted with
the artificial breeding program would
find their time well spent in finding out
at the county agent's office how the pro
gram works, and how they can breed
their cows to some of the nation's top
ranking bulls at nominal expense.
One other phase of the dairy industry
on wliich the county agent is Working is
to encourage farmers to breed their cows
so they will , have maximum milk produc
tion in winter months when demand is
highest and prices are correspondingly
high. Last summer dairy farmers were
faced with a milk surplus, which prac
tically ruined the milk market and many
producers found the going rough. If their
cows are bred to freshen in winter when
milk is in demand and prices are higher
they will find that the program will be
better balanced.
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Smooth Propaganda For
Socialized Medicine
An organization known as Committee
For The Nation's Health is seeking to
cram socialized medicine down the
throats of American people with a sugar
coating called "National Health Insur
ance." s '
This radical organization states that a
person now with income of $1,000 pays
about $40 per year for medical services
and under the socialized medicine plan
would pay only $15. A person with $3,000
income now pays about $90 per year and
under the National Health Insurance plan
would pay only $45.
That looks rosy at first glance, but
surely the American people want to know
where the remainder of the cost would
come from. Supposing that employers
paid in addition to the payroll taxes de
ducted from workers, there remains the
bill to be paid. Too few people realize
that the consumer must ultimately pay
the taxes. If taxes go up on employers
they will raise their prices and get the
increase from customers and consumers.
In view of the tremenduous waste of
federal government procedure, it is in
conceivable that the government can fur
nish medical care at the same cost it can
be obtained privately.
The Hooker Commission, a nhn-p&rtil
an group formed by congress to investi
gate government waste and make recom
mendations for corrections, found that
one big government bureau was buying
millions of items through purchase orders.
Over half of the purchase orders by this
bureal were for less than ten dolars.
But actual figures showed that IT COSTS
THE GOVERNMENT AN AVERAGE OF
MORE THAN TEN DOLLARS EACH TO
PROCESS THE PURCHASE ORDERS. In
other words, the red tape costs as much
of the taxpayers' money as the merchan
dise which was purchased.
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LIFE'S BETTER WAY
WALTER E. IS EN HOUR
High Point, N. C.f Rotate *
LEARNING
If learning fills your mind with doubt
In God and His great Word of truth,
Then you are surely headed out,
Though you may be a brilliant youth;
Yes, headed out from true success
That ought to crown your life and soul,
And headed down, we must confess,
Where no great names are on the roll.
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If learning fills your heart with greed,
Or makes you lazy on life's way,
And you go forth to sow bad seed,
Which you shall reap some future day,
You've missed the mark, my fellow dear,
Where men stand highest on the line,
Therefore the future holds but fear,
Unless you seek for grace Divine.
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The science and the themes of men
That undermine one's faith in God,
Though written by sbme wily pen
Which we may think is very odd,
Are better far to leav^ unknown,
Along with atheistic views,
Than taken in upon life's throne
That cause mankind their souls to lose.
If learning doesn't fill your mind
With noble thoughts and worthy plans,
And doesn't help your soul to find
The God whose truth forever stands;
And doesn't help you reach the shore
Where saints and sages ever dwell,
Then you'U rtfret for e.vfefcmore ;
The themes that led you down to hell.
Sell Bill - Replace
Cow - $240
By I. P. CHOPLIN
(County Agent)
The average Dairy Herd Im
provement Association cow in
Wisconsin produces about 340
pounds of butterfat which, ac
cording Co prices dairymen have
enjoyed tor their products for the
last few years, should net him
about 3340 per year income. Of
this income, J150 can be deduct
ed for feed cost and an addition
al $50 for*overhead which in
cludes credit to the cow for her
manure and calf which she pro
duced. This totals approximately
$200 expense, leaving $140 la
bor income per day "per year.
She olso has a salvage value at
end of her lifetime, if sold on the
market of about $180, assum
ing that she was sold on the
market for beef. Therefore, over
a 3 year period, a producing cow
should net the dairyman 3 timer
$140, plus $180, or $600.
On the other hand, a bull, as
suming that he is not much more
than a veal calf with no particu
lar breeding behind him, i. e.
the scrub bull, would cost $50
(This same figure can be assum
ed as the price of the heifer cal
as well.) In 3 years he shoul
weigh 2,000 pounds, which woul
be worth about 18c per poun
or $360 if sold on the market
Deduct from this about $100 per
year, which is below any esti
mate published for some time of
the cost of maintaining a bull for
a year, it would leave $60 salv
age value, for the bull. Assume
that he had been used on a herd
of 20 cows for the 3 year period.
In this case, he would have pro
vided $300 worth of breeding
service to the herd. This, plus his
$60 salvage value, would be a
total of $360, while the cow,
over a 3 year period, could re
turn to the dairyman $240 more
oet income.
This is why many dairymen
are disponing of their balls and
are now using the services ef
the Wilkes Cooperative Artificial
Breeding Association service. To
obtain this service Telephone
IIS.
A survey by the U. 8. Depart
ment of Agriculture shows that
73 per cent of the population over
60 years of age is suffering from
a deficiency of calcium, protein,
iron, or some of the vitamins. j
Trade At"Home and Save!'
Bloodshed Boxscore
On N. C. Highways
Killed January SO thitough'
January IS?10.
Injured January SO through
January SS?10S.
Killed through January SS this
year?It.
Killed through January SS,
1949?14.
Injured through January SS
this year?Oft.
Injured through January SS,
ltlt?ISO.
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QUALITY FEEDS
A Poultry, Oaky, Bocao and
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VALENTINE
DAY
IS VERT NEAR
What could ba sweeter
than your baby's picture
for his grandmother's
Valentine. Bring him now
and let us make "Grand
ma's Valentine" in plen
ty of time. f'
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Ben A. Stimson
Over Tomlinaoa'a Phone M-M
NORTH WILKBSBORO, N. C.
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