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FAG TWO THl FUNKLIN PJU!3 AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN THURSDAY, FE6RUARY !(, JIM 4,000 Acres Being Planned To Kudzu Some people know it as ."tele phone vine," others as "porch vine" and in some sections it is given the somewhat exaggerated name of "mile-a-minute vine." Its real name is kudzu, and it has a much more valuable use than shad ing porches for which it is gener ally used in the South. During January and February North Carolina farmers cooperating with the soil conservation service in its erosion control program are planting 4,000 acres of eroded land to this soil-conserving and hay crop, reports W. D. Lee, soil conserva tionist of the State college exten sion service, and E. B. Garrett, state coordinator of the SCS. Probably one reason why kudzu has remained a porch vine so long is that farmers, observing its habits of growth, have been wary of let ting ii it get into their cultivated fields. But though if spreads rapid ly kudzu vines have been know to grow 70 feet in a single season it does not form underground stolons like Bermuda grass or Johnson grass, and Lee says it can be' de stroyed readily by cultivation or by excessive grazing. As a hay and forage crop, kudzu is among the best of the protein feeds, comparing favorably with al falfa. . Once kudzu has become firm ly established, it can be cut for hay at any time during the growing season. It is highly resistant to drought and can be used for tem porary grazing during hot, dry weather when other pasture is burned up. But in demonstration areas and soil conservation districts, farmers are planting kudzu primarily for erosion control With proper land preparation, careful planting, ferr tilizing, and first-year cultivation it will grow jn denuded areas and perpendicular sides of gullies, checking run-off water and holding the soiL Church Services Baptist Church Ri. C F. Rofn Pastor 9:45 a. m. Sunday school. 11 a. m. Preaching service. 7 p. m.-B. T. U. 7 JO p. m. Preaching service. Wednesday, 8 p. m. Prayer service Fmallm Methodist Church Tk Rrv. Iron L. Robert, Pastor (Each Sunday) 10 a. m. Sunday school. 11 a. m. Worship services. 6 p. m. Vesper service. St. Affaea Eptscosal Cborch Tba Rav. Frank Bloxbam, Rector 11 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon. ' Presbyterian Church Rv. J. A. Flabagan, Pastor Franklin (Each Sunday) . . . 10 a. m. Sunday schooL 11 a. m. Worship services. Morrison (Each Sunday) 2 JO p. m. Sunday schooL (Each 2nd and 4th Sunday) 3 JO p. m. Worship services. Catbcik Church RT. A. R. Rohrbacher, Pastor Services in American Legion ball second and fourth Sundays at 8 a.m. Macon Circuit Rrr. J. C Swaim, Pastor 1st Sunday Union II o'clock a. m. ; a, m. ; Mulberry, 2 o'clock p. m. ; Hickory Knoll, 2 o'clock p. m.; Asbury, 3 o'clock p. m. 2nd Sunday Mt. Zion, 11 o'clock; Maiden's . Chapel, 3 o'clock p. m. . 3rd Sunday Asbury, 11 , o'clock Dryman's Chapel. 3 o'clock p. m,; Union, 7:30 o'clock p. m. 4th Sunday Patton's 11 o'clock a. m. ; Maiden's Chapel, 2 o'clock p. nx; Mt. Zion, 7:30 o'clock p. m. Bryant Furniture Co. EVERYTHING FOR THE HOME AT REASONABLE PRICES Phona ICS Franklin. N.C OfATK0t!0E! kite Jefferson Standard Shows Big Increase Assets totaling more than $80, 000,000 new life insurance sales of mere than $46,000,000 last year, a substantial increase in contingency reserve fund, and the lowest lapse ratio in the history of the company, were reported to stockholders of JULIAN PRICE President Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company Jefferson Standard Life Insurance company by Julian Price, president, at the. recent annual stockholders meeting. "The financial position of the company at the end of 1938 places the Jefferson Standard Life Insur ance company in the best condition in its history," Mr. Price told stockholders in annual session. Report given by President Price and various company officials indi cate the Jefferson Standard to be one of the largest financial institu tions in thSouth as evidenced by $80,000,000 in assets. President Price showed in his annual report that during 1938 the company's assets gained $6,814,000, which is an average increase of $567,000 every 30 days in the year. He reported the contingency re serve fund, capital and surplus, in creased to $5,6UU,lAJO. This is a fund maintained in addition to the reg ular reserves required by law as additional protection to policyhold ers. "Payments to policyholders and beneficiaries during the year amount ed to $6,000,000," he reported, bringing the total amount paid to policyholders and beneficiaries since organization 32 years ago to $105,- 000,000. Bulletin Explains Experimental Work It required 11 years of breeding work on approximately 60,000 seed lings of known parentage to pro duce the three new strawberry va rieties the Fairmore, Daybreak and Eleanor Roosevelt which were re cently announced by the North Carolina experiment station at State college. How these new varieties of fruits were developed and the approved methods for growing them, are ex plained in a publication prepared by E. B. Morrow, associate horti culturist of the , experiment station, and George M. Darrow, senior no mologist of the U. S. department ol agriculture. ' 1 . This publication is available for free distribution upon request to the Agricultural Editor at State College, Raleigh, for Experiment Station Bulletin No. 320, "Breeding New Strawberry Varieties." The Fairmore originated as cross between the Blakemore and Fairfax made in 1933, the Day break is the result of a cross be tween the Missionary and Fairfax in 1931, and the Eleanor Roose velt originated as a cross between the Bellmar and Fairfax in 1931. All three varieties were tested for five or more years at the Costal Plain branch experiment station at Willard, and for the past two years by a group of cooperating growers in Columbus, Pender, Dup lin and New Hanover counties, as well as at Raleigh and Swannanoa, and at the U. S. horticultural sta tion at Beltsville, Md. The Fairmore and Daybreak should be grown in a spaced or 'thin-matted row and should not be fertilized heavily, especially in the late 'winter or early spring. They are very vigorous plants, with long runners. On the other hand the Eleanor Roosevelt forms few run ner plants except in fertile soils, but sets a very heavy crop of ber ries. It should be grown in well spaced rows and a heavy mulch ap plied early in the spring. -.., , . , .i, .. - r, 7 Muse's Corner w v ir : 1 LOOK . , When a. tree is full of robins - y On a February day, . RpfnTP Y fill tSllV You can bet your bottom dollar liCllI C I VU M0JT Spring is not so far .away. - i When a "tree is full of robins YTP A QPFfTAI S All a-twitter in the sun, HiV 1 IVri. OA LKM.rk.M-lKJ Telling anecdotes that happened ' . o .he B1ue r v . . 15c 36-Inch Outing at . .. . ...... 10c When a tree is full of robins ort D ' I- 1 Kf All discussing: plans for homes, UC ImilS HI ....ii,. AJC (When the violets are blooming 1 C D i- 1 (f And the dogwood foams) IOC 1 fllllS 3.1 .................... -i ------ AU You can bet your bottom dollar 10c Curtain Scrim at 5c Spring is not so far away j c?I I. i. 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