Farm and Home Problems in Johnston
CANNING CLUB NOTES
By Mamie Sue Jones
County
Home Demonstrator
FARM NOTES.
By. A. M. Johnson
County
Farm Demonstrator.
CLUB NOTES.
1. Club girls, we want to begin
now to do our part towards helping
Johnston County win the $.'100 prize
which is offered for the best exhibit
of field and garden crops, at the 1918
State Fair.
2. Keep a daily record of your
work. If you have not received a rec
ord book, write me at Smithfield.
3. If you cannot get the Stone
tomato seed, write me and 1 will get
them for you. You can get the Hur
pees Stringless Oreen Pod bean seed
from T. W. Wood & Son at Richmond,
Va., for ten cents a packagc and for
ty-five cents a pound.
4. Plant potatoes in your wnr gar
den. They ci.n l>e used in muking
bread. Potatoes are very valuuble us
a food, because of the many ways in
which they can be prepared. With
tho potato as a foundation, you can
prepare a dish with little difficulty
that will supply the neeJs of the body.
5. If you want a canncr for heme
use, I will be glad to order it for you.
6. For an early garden, select a
southern slope where there is sandy
soil. For the late garden select a flat
land where the soil is heavy.
7. This year the home garden
should be made to produce more
than ever before. In order that the
land may be occupied a full season, it
is necessary to begin with a cool sea
son crop that can be planted early.
If the first crop occupies the land un
til mid summer, it may be too late to
plant a worm season cr<<p. Early spring
crops as radishes, leaf lettuce, spin
ach, green onions, mustard and cress
may be followed by tomatoes, pep
pers, 'egg plants, sweet potatoes,
squash, cucumbers, beans, or sweet
corn. Early peas, beets, potatoes may
be followed by late cabbage, cauli
FARM NOTES.
(A. M. Johnson.)
1. Buy till the War Savings
Stamps you can or sign a pledge card
that you secure so many before De
cember 31, this year.
2. Huy some Federal Land Bank
Farm Loan Bonds which pay four and
one half per cent, interest.
3. Buy your fencing and machin
ery now for the indjcatioiis are that
they will be no cheaper scon.
4. Wilson's Mills Township will
meet to elect a township board of
Agriculture Friday, April 5, at throe
o'clock, at the State high school. War
Savings Stamps and club work will
also be discussed.
5. Bays and girls, serve your coun
try by joining the pig, poultry or corn
dubs right now. Write to mo and I will
enroll you and help you get started.
Duty is calling you to do your share.
There will be big prizes this year and
one big county meeting for the club
members at Smithfield about Septem
ber. This will be n sort of a genuine
good time picnic for club members
only.
<?. Any one who has mxt receiv
ed their prize money for their exhib
its at the county fair last November,
let me know now.
7. Attend the township nrvt ngs
and you will be informed about the
latest activities affecting the farm.
flower, rutabaga, or winter radish. It
is possible to grow three crops in one
season, if the ground is properly pre
pared. Some examples of the first
crops arc, leaf lettuce, spinach, and
green onions from sets. These crops
may bo followed by string bcrns,
early sweet corn, and cucumbers. The
last crops are fall radish, fall tur
nips, nnd fall spinach.
Russia as a Farming Country.
Russia as a nation behaves so out
rageously that we sometimes forget
that as a farming eountry she is much
like the United States. Russia and
the United States together produce
just about half of the wheat of tho
entire world, he United States pro
ducing about 800,000,000 bushels a
year and Russia about (500,000,000.
The two countries produce about half
the oat crops of the entire world, with
a production of about 1,000,000,000
bushels each. By herself, Russia pro
ducers half the rye of the world and
about a third of the barley, ranking
much higher than the United States
in both rye and barley. Rut the Uni
ted States more than makes up for
Russia's leadership in barley and
rye by her leadership in corn, the
Unit?>d States producing three-fourths
of the corn of the world, whereas Rus
sia does not produce nearly so much
as the state of Iowa. Taking it all in
all, we can say that Russia and the
United States together produce over
half of the food of the civilized world.
The farmers of Russia are not at
all like the farmers of the United
States. Most of them can not read or
write; they are naturally intelligent,
but lack both the education of books
and of traveling. They know nothing
outside of their own little farming
community. It is not altogether the
fault of the peasants that they are
so ignorant. Up until within about
sixty years ago, they were held as
slaves, and since that time the gov
ernment of Russia has done its best
to keep them in ignorance. Now that
the revolution has taken place, how
ever, these people will no doubt grad
ually learn to know more.
It is very interesting to study a map
of Russia. The best farming section
lies far to the south, in the provinces
near the Black sea. There is the prov
ince of Kherson, for instance. Here,
where the rainfall is even less than in
western Nebraska, the Kherson vari
ety of oats originated. The Kherson
variety, and its descendants, the Iowa
103 and the Iowa 105 -are no doubt
the most popular varieties of oats in
the corn bolt of the United States to
day. Another interesting thing about
the province of Kherson is that
Trotzky, the Bolshevik iprime of Rus
sia ,was bom there.
The farming country of Russia cor
responds very closely to Nebraska,
South Dr.kota, North Dakota, Mani
toba and Saskatchewan. All of the
grain growing section of Russia has
a rainfall of from twelve to twenty
inches annually, averaging consider
ably less than the corresponding
wheat-growing section of the United
States. In both the United States and
Russia, most of the winter wheat is
grown south of the ' line where the
average January temperature is 18
degrees Fahrenheit. This line in the
corn belt of the United States throws
most of Iowa and Nebraska into the
winter wheat region, as well as all of
Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and most
of Winconsin. In Russia this line of
temperature throws all of the Black
Sea provinces into the winter wheat
region, and the spring wheat region
is made up chiefly of the northern
part of the territory of the Don Cos
sacks and the provinces of Saratov,
Samara and Orenburg:.
Russia has been growing wheat
much longer than the United States,
and it is not a strange thing, consid
ering the likeness of climate, that
practically all of the winter wheat
grown in the western United States
originally came from the Black Sea
provinces of Russia, such as Taurida,
Ekaterinoslav and Kharkov. In these
provinces, the winter temperature is
about the same as in Iowa. The sum
mer temperature is almost but not
quite so hot. The rainfall averages
around seventeen inches annually ?
which is considerably less than in
Iowa.
The soil of the great wheat belt of
Russia is very similar to the soil of
the wheat belt of the United States.
It is black and rich, of the type which
seems to be formed only under cli
mate conditions of a rather light rain
fall and v. hot summer.
The part of Russia in which Ger
many is really interested is not Pet
rograd, nor any of that part of Russia
north of latitude 55. She is chiefly
interested in the frrain belt around
the Black Sea, which for the present
goes under the name of the Republic
of Ukrainia. This is the winter wheat
country. She is also interested to a
lesser extent in the country of the
Cossacks, which is the country where
spring wheat and Durum wheat are
grown. In northern Russia there is
timber and mining, but the agricul
ture doesn't amount to anything. The
really rich part of Russia is the south
ern part. The best thing which could
happen to Germany and Austria is to
come to some sort of a working agree
ment with southern Russia ? or Uk
rainia, as it is now called. ? Wallaces'
j farmer.
LATEST WAR NEWS.
The beginning of April, a month
whose dates are written large on the
pr.ges of American history, finds the
soldiers of the United States hastening
to take their places in the zone of
fiercest fighting. Uhere have been
American troops involved in the strug
gle in Picardy since the morning of
March 2U, but General Pershing new is
leading more than 100,000 of his men
but just how many is as yet not known,
to a point assigned to them by General
Foch, the leader of the allied forces
in France. These men may even now
be in the battle line, and America
awaits news from them with confi
dence that they will compare well with
the veterans of France and Great
Iiritain.
A report from General Pershing to
the War Department states that the
situation along the battle line is im
proved. He did not give any informa
tion regarding the movement of his
troops.
Sale
'Bills
If you need
some come
in and see
US
FOR SALE? 15 FRESH MULES, 5
second hand mules. Must be sold in
the next 10 days. See Siim Mus
prove at Clryton, N. C. for a bar
gain.
IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR
farm to the best advantage see us.
Abell & Gray, Smithfield, N. C.
TWO CAR OF FINE LATHS FOR
sale. W. M. Sanders.
FOR SALE? 15 FRESH MULES, 5
second hand mules. Must be sold in
the next 10 days. See Sam Mus
grove at Clayton, N. C. for a bar
gain.
TWO CAR LOADS BUGGIES JUST
unloaded. Cotter-Underwood Com
pany, Smithfield, N. C.
TWO CARS 7 l'ER CENT. COTTON
seed meal for sale. W. M. Sanders.
TWO CARS OF STOVES AND
Ranges just received. Cotter Hard
ware Company.
FOR SALE? 15 FRESH MULES, 5
second hand mules. Must be sold in
the next 10 days. See Sam Mus
grove at Clr y ton, N. C. for a bar
gain.
WHY SUFFER FROM ECZEMA!
Get a jar of Dr. Muns' pile and
cczema ointment.
1 1-2 BUSHELS SOY BEANS, $1.23
per bushel. 100,000 Nancy Hall and
Porto Rico Potato Sprouts for sale
$1.75 per 1000, cash with order, S.
D. Page, Falcon, N. C.
Teach Children to
Beware of Flies
Explain to them how flics are hatched
in filth. How, after crawling around
in outhouses, privies, manure piles
and over dead animals and decayed
matter, they come into the home
and wipe their nasty feet on the
family food, leaving a trail of dis
ease germs everywhere.
Flies Cause Infantile Paralysis,
Typhoid and Other Fevers
The best doctor* in the world will
tell you that flies are the cause of
a gTeat deal of sickness, especially
summer complaint, infantile paraly
sis, dysentery, typhoid and other
fevers. Don't let flics bring sick
ness into your home.
RED DEVIL LYE
KILLS FLIES
Keep a can of RED DEVIL LYE in your out-house and sprinkle It on
the filth freely, once or twice a week. It consumes th* tilth, destroys
the fly eggs ar.d prevents odors and sickness.
FOR SALE AT ALL GROCERS Write for Free Booklet " PREVENT"
WM. SCH1ELD MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO,
Uncle Sam's Postman
Has a Mew Job
He Is now also a recruiting officer to enlist the financial support of the youngsters. Let him
be your children's adviser in the matter of thrift. Let him show them what it means to substitute
interest-bearing Thrift Stamps for the penny savings bank. Let him be the medium to put your chil
dren into actual contact with their country's government
The Thrift Stamp represents to the children what the Liberty Bond represents to adults. The
penny embodies war power just as the dollar, ? for pennies make dollars. The Thrift Stamp idea is
designed to reach those who think in terms of cents. The power of the penny is shown by the fact that
the government hopes to raise two billions of dollars from the sale of these stamps.
Thrift Stamps make a reality of the children's patriotism by allowing them to aid the govern
ment with money for war purposes. A child's savings may be a means to shortening this war by days,
and every day means the redemption of colossal waste.
Thrift Stamps cost 25c each. Books of 16, with a few cents added, are at any time exchange
able for certificates which will be worth $5.00 in 1923. These Stamps are received as payments on
Liberty Bonds. You may obtain them at any Post Office, your mail carrier, and at most stores.
Thia Advertisement Paid for and Donated by
F. H. BROOKS and
T. S. RAGSD ALE
This Is The Week
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1 ^ || For^the Big Drive in
Johnston County
For
WS.S.
WAR SAYINGS STAMPS
ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
Let every one make a pledge this week
for this fund, It you cannot join the Limit
Club and take a thousand dollars , take five
hundred , one hundred fifty, or twenty-five
dollars. Anyhow , get in and do not only
your "Bit" but do your ' Best."
Every Township is Being Worked
This week and YOU will Have
an Opportunity to HELP
County War Savings Committee