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USE CHEAP LIVESTOCK FEED. North Carolina Food Administration Sa>n The Cm* of Cotton Seed .Meal In Feeding Stock Instead of Corn Will he the Meant* of Saving Oxer Twelve Million Dollars in One Sea Kon. Raleigh, Oct. 20. ? The substitution of plentiful and lower priced feeds for livestock in the place of high-priced grains is being urged by the Federal Food Administration as well us the substitution of plentiful foodstuffs for those that are required for export for the maintenance of the armies und civilian population of our Allies. With the corn crop out below recent estimates by e:.rly frosts in s?>,ne of the great corn States the Food Ad misistration is calling attention to the desirability of substituting cotton seed meal for a considerable part of the ration not only of cattle, for which it has long been a staple feed, but also for horses and for finishing hogs. John Paul Lucas, executive secre tary of the Food Administration, has estimated that the farmers of this State alone could save $12,500,000 by substituting two pounds of cottonseed meal for four pounds of corn in the ration of the 385,000 head of work stock in the State and his further ' assertion that the animals would keep in better shape is borne out by n number of reliable und conclusive tests. Mr. Lucas has extended his esti mate and figures that 150,000 tons of cottonseed meal could be profitably used in feeding and finishing North Carolina's pork crop this winter. It is estimated that 2,500,000 or more bead of hogs will* be slaughtered In -? CIA * _?1 ' - i Ti me r>i.au' irus winter, n in unn>.- -iuub to feed cottonseed meal to hogs for a longer period than HO dnyH, but it may lie fed for that period :ind, after a similar period of MO days, on n ration without the ineal, it can he fed again. The estimate of l.r>0,000 tons is for one feeding period of .10 flays during the growing season and a finished pe riod of .'JO days just before the hogs are slaughtered. The meal is highly recommended for one-third of t he ration durintr the fattening period l?y the Federal and Stnte Department* of Agriculture as producing a quicker, cheaper and firmer finish. Cottonseed meal a $?>*? per ton is worth 2 1-2 cents a pound. Thus it will he seen that not only is the feed ing of cottonseed meal in the place of a portion of the corn ration good policy from the standpoint of feeding, and a patriotic act in thtot it leaves the corn supply larger, hut it is an economical proposition also, the dif ference between the cost of 150,000 tons of corn being $!i,000,000. If these same calculations should be applied to the entire South, the figures would reach enormous aggre gates, but they would be applicable none the less. The South will produce this year approximately ('>,000,000 tons of cottonseed, from which more than 2,500,000 tons of cottonseed meal will be manufactured, worth the enormous total of $126,000,000. Heretofore more than half of this has been used for fertilizer, its feeding value being unutilized. It is worth HO per cent as much for fertiliser after serving as feed f.-r livestock and if the approxi mately 1,500,000 tons that would ordinarily be used for fertilizer alone could be used for feed first it would add $<>0,000,000 to the wealth of the South, or of that section using it for the double purpose. Wheat Growing in Eastern Carolina. If any considerable number of North 0 arolina wheat growers would follow the example of Thos. Nixon, a farmer located near Hertford, N. C., there would be no question about a vastly increased wheat crop for North Carolina next summer. Mr. Nixon planted five acres last year as an ex periment. He harvested 201 bushels, or more than 40 bushels per acre. Mr. Nixon has had .r>0 bushels ground into 10 barrels of flour, the amount required by his family for one year, and has distributed the re maining lf?0 bushels among the farmers in his community who desire to plant wheat this fall. At Elizabeth City, the First Na tional Bank has purchased 1000 bush els of seed wheat for distribution among the farmers of Pasquotank County, and at other eastern North Carolina points also a considerable ouantity of seed wheat has been bought in and a very considerable acreage of wheat is being planted in Northeastern North Carolina this year. Billy Sunday, the world's most fa mous evangelist, will begin a six weeks campaign in Atlanta on Sunday, November 4. This is his first appear ance in tlm southeast, and his coming is looked forward to with the gr ,0.t?st interest. He will attract more people to Atlanta than have ever been brought there by any one agency. ? Concord Times. Review Party. On last Monday night the Baraca an<J Philathea cln; ses of the Sanders' Chapel Sunday school met at the home of Alias Roberta Powell for their usual Review Party. For the last s"veral years it has been the cus tom of these two classes to have a party at the end of each quarter and review the lessons for that quarter. The one who ran repeat c.11 the Sub jects and (ioldcn Texts is awarded a prize by the teachers. The prize from the .Baraca class was won by Rufhn Hill. There was a tie between Mrs. Raynor and Jennie Hill for the prize from the Philatheas. In draw ing straws Jennie Hill was the lucky one. The prizes were presented by Mr. Ludolph Powell. It was quite interesting to hear all the lessons for a whole quarter re peated, and to see how enthusiasti cally and with what keen rivalry the members took part. It was an in spiring and uplifting scene to see all those boys and girls sitting quiet, at tentive and reverent while those mes sages from God were being repeated. If more Sunday school teachcrs felt the deep responsibility that rests with them in providing amusements and social events for the young people, there would be fewer card parties and dances and other forms of amuse ment that are questionable. Young people must have some kind of amuse ment, and when guided by an enthu siastic and consecrated teacher, their I III h ;?!..? r ' "><l Spin! (???II I"' llrii .< ;it (d to the service of the lyird instead of to the service of th ? Devil. Th" Philathea class gave a report of what they had done from the first of the year till now. They gave $10.80 toward the building fuhd lor the new rhurch at Micro; paid $4.20 for n -w song books for our Sunday school; and Jl.fiO toward funds for the orphanage, and there were several other items which I cannot remember, hut the e enumerated make a total of $1(5.50. The reporter for the Bnra cas was absent, so they did not give a report. But even if they didn't give a report of the inside workings of the class, it cart be seen from their interest and attendance at Sunday school t h;: t they are "Ooing Things." Their very presence there is worth a great deal. After the review was over, games were played and all were entertained by vocal and instumental selections by Miss I,illie Talton. As the boys were jri vintr the party, most delicious refreshments were served by Ashley Powell and Ruffin Hill. The boys al ways take pride in doing things up in fine style when they have it in charge. Those present were: John Talton, Percy Barnes, Ruflin Hill, Jarinon Ea son, Mr. and Mrs. Raynor, Dessie Talton, Jasper Hamilton, Robert Hill, Needham Stevens, Richard Hill, Ash ley Powell, Percy Stevens, Henry Tal ton, Isaac Powell, Millard Hill, Wil liam Godwin, Ludolph Powell, Ruth Smith, Ksther Sanders, Ettie Creech, Mary Hill, Li Hit Talton, Addic Creeeh, Roberta Powell, Jennie Hill, Bettie Ford, Addie Talton, and Mrs. P. A. Holland, also several visitors, Mrs. 11. H. Whitley, Miss Sara Creech and Mr. Vinson, of Selma. ? M. E. P. iu'yim; a bond helps TO WIN THE CHEAT \\ \lt. VV. G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, says that the Liberty Loan is "For the purpose of "Equipping with arms, clothing, and food our gallant soldiers who have been called to the field; "Maintaining our Navy and our valiant tars upon the high seas; "Providing the necessary means to pay the wages of our sohficrs and. sailors, and if the bill now pending in tho Congress passes, the monthly allowances for the support of their dependent families and to supply them with lfe insurance; "Constructing a great fleet of mer chant vessels to maintain the line of communication with our brave troops in France, and to keep our commerce afloat upon the high sei;s in defiance of the German Kriser an<l his subma rines; "Creating a great fleet of aero planes, which will give complete su premacy in the air to the United States and the brave nations fighting with us against the German military menace, and for other necessary war purposes.' "I confidently hope that when the campaign is over it wil be found that the total number of subscribers is at lea.4 10,000,000, and thetotal subscri tions in exccss of $5,000,000,000. Such a response would bo notice to our enemies that the American people as a whole intend to support with all their power their Government in \hc vigorous prosecution of this war and the achievement of an early and last ing peace.". ? - More Pay for Teachers. The day seems to be fast coming when North Carolina will have to either pay its public school teachers decent srlaries or have tenchirless schools. ? Greensboro News. OFFICERS GOING TO FRANCE. Six Training Battalions at Camp Sevier to Ik* Moved. Troops From the Carolina* and Tennessee to Be Incorporated With Regular Regi ments. The six training hattalions of the fifty-fifth depot brigade, forme. ly the first, second and third battalions of the Firm Tennessee infantry, the second and third battalions of the First North Carolina infantry and the third battalion of the Second South Carolina infantry are to be incorpor ated with the regular regiments for their respective states and all their commissioned officers of the rank of captain and above are to leave for France as soon ;.s transportation can be provided, according to unofficial information. ( Tlie first inking of tli- ? war depart ment's intention to move the train ing battalions came in an order issued to cease improvements on their camp site. The soldiers had just finished providing their tents with floors r.nd sides. According to information available, Brigadier General L. I). Tyson, com manding th" brigade, together with one of his two colonels, both lieuten ant colonels and practically every ma jor and captain, will leave at oner for France, their men to be transferr ed bodily into the 117th, 118th, 119th and 180th infantry regiments, form erly the Third Tennessee, First South Carolina, respectively, troops being assigned whenever possible to organi zations from their own states. All non commissioned oflicrs will retain their rl;,c|'-s. The training battalions will not take up their camp with the organi zations to which they will be trans ferred until the departure of their officers. Col. Charles B. Rogan, former ad jutant general of Tennessee, com mands the first provisional regiment composed of troops from that state, and Col. Junius T. Gardner, the -sec ond, from the two Carolina!. There is no information as to what use will be made of the camp site to be vacated by the brigade, but it is suggested that those of South Caro lina select men sent here who had al ready been formed into regiments may be encamped there. The lieuten ant of the companies v ill probably be transferred with their men, as the ' full complement of officers is now one captain and five lieutenants per com pnny. There are about three thousand men in the depot brigade and, even after these are transferred to tho di vision proper, it will till be short 1, 800 men. Any surplus of men from any of the three states after filling the infantry regiment or regiments from states will be assigned to sepa rate organizations, such as the engi neers or signal battalions. The purpose, of the move is be lieved to be to provide a body of . trained officers from the division to instruct it when it arrives in France, which is commonly expected to. be some time in JanuaYy or early Feb ruary at the least. ? Greenville, S. C., dispatch. Greater Yields Per Acre. : I How to increase the yield per acre i bee limine more and more a dornin ; ] iobleri ;n American agriculture. i.\i. i> t expansion in production has been largely through increasing acre am our future expansion mu<t com** in an increasing degree from greater yield per acre. In practically all farm management survey studies the data have shown that greater yields mean greater profit to the farmer. This | greater profit has a broader signifi cance than the mere increase in wealth of the farmer; it shows that i the line of least resistance in produc tion has been followed. Whether yield should be increased l?y better tillage, better use of le Kunie? ;md sod crops, by a larger quota of livestock, by more commer cial fertilizer, or by a combination of all these expedients, constitutes at least a regional, if not an individual, farm problem. There is no universal ly applicable panacea for poor lands. ^ It is a question of cases. The method or methods used must not only jibe with soil, climate and crops, but must also, in cash outlay requirements, come quite definitely within the lim its of the individual farmer's purse. High prices for crops, however, justi fy a far higher acre expenditure for a given increase in yield than do low prices This means that under pres ent conditions crop yields may be pushed up to a new point before the farmer encounters a critical diminish ing return for his expenditure. There is a limit to the expansion of crop i creage. The next step is expan sion in yield per acre. Higher prices justify large efforts in this direction. ? Country Gentleman. LOST OR STOLEN ? SEPTEM BFR 28th, one black and whi':e spotted bird dog, medium size. Finder will please notify Geo. F. Moore, Ben son, and receive reward. K ? * BUSINESS LOCALS. * * K j***?:?*KX3*K!ftK a************ % FINK CHRYSANTHEMUMS FOR sale $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 per dozen. Buy a bunch for your home, will last for weeks. Mrs. C. V. Johnson. WHEN YOU WAKE IN THE MORN ing a Cce, Cee Inner Spring Mat tress makes you feel rested and ready for another day's toil. Some thing New. Cotter-Underwood Co., Smithfield, N. C. FOR SALE ? FIVE PASSENGER Maxwell Touring Car. Splendid condition, at a Bargain. J. A. Keene, Four Oaks, N. C. GET YOUR BLUESTONE FROM? Hood Bros., Smithfield, N. C. GET YOl'R INDIVIDUAL CHRIST mas cards this season. A nice line of samples engraved Christmas cards now at Herald Office. Give your order early and avoid the rush. READ COTTER HARDWARE COM pany's ad this week. WE HAVE COTTON-SEED MEAL, 1*> per cent acid, 8 ? 3 ? 2 and 8 ? 3 3 fertilizer that we exchange for cotton seed* Austin-Stephenson Comppny, Smithfield, N. C. IF YOU WANT THE BEST FLOUR in town, buy Dan Valley, at Cotter Underwood Co.'s, Smithfield, N. C. READ COTTER HARDWARE COM pany's ad this week. WE HAVE FOR SALE? SOME mules and horses cheap for Cash. Cotter-Underwood Co., Smithfield, N. C. HON Elf TO LOW ON IMPROVED farm land at 5 per cent interest. Five, seven and ten ycnrs time. Amount unlimited. A. M. Noble, Attorney-at-law, Smithfield, N. C. WHEN YOU ARE READY TO BUT your fall goods, come to Austin Stephenson Company's, where you can find a full stock and they will save you money. READ COTTER HARDWARE COM pany's ad this week. II YOU WANT TO EXCHANGE your seed for meal and fertilizer, see Tin Austin-Stephenson Co. SEW TESTAMENTS AND BIBLES for sale at The Herald Ofiice. IF YOU WANT ONE-THIRD OF your life, easy and comfortable see i <>ur Felt Bed line of Mattresses. Cotter-Underwood Co., Smithfield,. UJSTIN-STEPHENSON COMPANY will sell you an all wool suit for ! ?t?8.50. Can you beat iU? LOOK ? BE SURE TO SEE OUR j beautiful High-Top Ladies' Shoes, all colors, prices and quality. Cot ter-Underwood Co., Smithficld, N. C. CAR OF PARKER BUGGIES Ex pected daily at The Austin-Stephen- j son Company's. 1! YOU WANT TO BUY OR RENT a farm it will pay you to see E. F. Boyett, Smithfield, N. C. IF YOU WANT TO BUY A PAIR OF ladies' fine Shoes, go to Cotter Underwood Co. READ COTTER HARDWARE COM- j pany's ad this week. CAR OF PIEDMONT WAGONS AT? The Austin-Stephenson Co. All sizes. r. w. wooirs SEED w BEAT AND Rye at wholesale prices. G. K. Masscngill, Four Oaks, N. C. IF YOU NEED A NICE RUBBER Tire Buggy, call on Cotter-Under wood Co., Smithfield, N. C. REMEMBER AUSTIN-STEPHEN son Company makes a specialty of clothing. Ladies' Cloaks and Shoes ? Will save you money. READ COTTER HARDWARE COM pany's ad this week. TO MAKE LIFE'S WALK EASY we wer.r Hunt Club Shoes. Cotter Underwood Co., Smithfield, N. C. I OR RED DOG, SHIPSTI FF. SEED oats, seed rye and all kinds of feedstuff and groceries you can save money at The Austin-Stephen son Company's, Smithfield, N. C. THE BEST LINE OF SHOES OF all kinds are at Cotter-Underwood Co., Smithfield, N. C. IF YOU WANT THE LARGEST stock of goods in Smithfield to pick from you cnn find them at Austin Stephenson Co. FURNITURE! We have our Furniture space filled with the best bar gains in both prices and values, consisting of all styles of Furniture from a 50-cent Kitchen Chair to the finest Parlor or Bed Room Suit. The Furniture is new, as most of it has just reached the store. The prices are OLD PRICES as we bought some of this Furniture most a year ago. It must go, and you will save some money if you will investigate the prices and quality of our line of Furni ture, Mattresses Springs, Chairs, Rockers and Floor Cov erings. Cotter-Underwood. Smithfield, N. C. New Books Just Received THE SALT OF THE EARTH, by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwiek. OVER THE TOP, bv Arthur Guy Empey, ANNE'S HOUSE OF DREAMS, by L. M. Montgomery. FANNY HERSELF, bv Edna Ferber. IN HAPPY VALLEY, bv John Fox, Jr. WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING, by Rlipert Hughes. LONG LIVE THE KING, by Mary Roberts Rinehart. THE DWELLING PLACE OF LIGHT, by Winston Churchill. CALVARY ALLEY, by Alice Hegan Rice. WHEN DADDY WAS A BOY, by Thomas Wood Parry. HERALD BOOK STORE, Smithfield, N. C. Books For You Our Stock of Books is filled with many choice Titles of worth while works. LATE NOVELS AND BEST SELLERS. At $1.25 Each. Just David, by Eleanor H. Porter. God, The Invisible King, by H. G. Wells. Pollyanna, by Eleanor H. Porter. At $1.35 Each. Martie, by Kathleen Norris. The Road to Ambition, by Elaine Sterne. Kenny, by Leona Dalrvmple. Red Pepper's Patients, by Grace Rich mond. Mistress Anne, by Tempie Bailey. When a Man's a Man, by Harold Bell Wright. Wildfire, by Zane Grey. Penrod and Sam, by Booth Tarkington. The Secret of the Storm Country, by Grace Miller White. At $1.10 Each. Sunny Slopes, by Ethel Hueston. Bah: A Sub Deb, by Mary Roberts Rineheart. At $1.50 Each. The Dark Star, by Robert W. Chambers. A Crystal Age, by W. H. Hudson. The Straight Road, Anonymous. Green Fancy, by George Barr McCutch eon. The Light in the Clearing, by Irving Bacheller. High Hearts, by Basil King. BEST SELLERS? POPULAR PRICES. At 60 Cents Each. In our list of popular price novels we have many of those which have been among the best sellers in recent years, including such authors as Harold Bell Wright, Thomas Dixon, Jack London, Winston Churchill, Mary Roberts Rine heart, John Fox, Jr., Gene Stratton Porter. Jean Webster, Rupert Hughes, Zane Grey, and fifty others. We have the largest stock of this line on hand we ever carried. Come and get your choice early. POEMS AND OTHER STORIES. We carry also a few choice books of Poems and old stories. Also a number of nature story books for the little folks. Herald Book Store Smithficld, N. C.
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