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Farm Income Shows Only Deficit In N. (1 Index During Period Heavy Construction Shown Greatest Increase In This State ? Raleigh?For the first nine months of 1838 the only business and pros perity index which was "off in North Carolina was "Farm Income," according to 'The Business Record, State by State," a quarterly feature of the national publication, "Busi ness Week." The other seven indices listed ? passenger car sales, gasoline con sumption, household refrigerator sales, ordinary life insurance, value of checks, electric power output and heavy construction?all showed in creases ranging from a scant two per cent for life insurance sales to 74 per cent in heavy construction. The magazine simply states the case in percentage form with no Comment on causes; Bui if is entire ly obvious to those with any infor mation regarding North Carolina that the slump in farm income, a ser ious one which reached the major proportions of 24 per cent, was cjue quite largely to the tremendous de crease in tobacco prices last year. For the entire United States every single one pi t|lo ilg^t ir>Hiee< moved up, though here, too, farm income made the poorest showing with an increase of only two per cent ?from where the figures ranged upward to a fifty per cent increase in house hold refrigerator sales. Sectionally, the South Atlantic di vision, which includes North Caro lina, led thr country in percentage of increase in heavy construction, but at the other extreme it led all others in the .percentage decline in Value of its farm products. Seriousness of North Carolina de clining farm income is best illustrat ed by the fact that the percentage of tuss was far and away the most severe in the United States. No oth er nUie even uppniaelied a lost of 20 per cent, and only two showed de clines of aa- much as ten per cent? Kentucky with 15 and Wisconsin with 13 per cent. The State's increase was greater than that of the entire country in five of the eight items, smaller in the other three. In the immediate South Atlantic division North Car olina lagged behind its neighbors as a group in which the state showed an eight per cent increase against seven per cent for the section. compared with the United.States and with the South Atlantic section as follows, he figures showing percent age of increase or decrease over the corresponding nine months of 1938. All increases except where noted. Items NC US SA Passenger car sales 49 46 54 Gasoline consumption 7 6 7 Household refrigerator 52 50 53 Life insurance 2 6 4 Value of checks 8 5 7 Farm income^ 24* 2 8* Power output - II 13 1* Heavy construction 74 13 81 ??Percentage decrease. Well-Cured Silu/ie Muy Be Fed To i'oiinff Cat rex Good, well-cured silage may be fed the calf at from three to four months of age. Only about two pounds should be fed at first and this may be gradually increased as the calf grows older. A six months old calf may be fed from five to fifteen pounds daily during the win ter months Care should be taken not to give the animal too much si lage as this feed is laxative and too much will cause scours At the first sign of indigestion, the silage and le gume hay should be replaced with grass hay and the animal given a dose of from one to three tablespoons of castor oil mixed with a pint of fresh milk. I I'm Usin, % TOBACCO PLANT BEDS ? Mgny grcrwcrw tHw Vigoro recent years on parts of their tobacco plant bed. Now they are using it ex clusively. ? It gives them better rooted plants and reduces their damage from blue-mold, they say. ? Try Vigoro on your tobacco plant bed this year. You'll be mighty glad you did. VIGORO A PRODUCT Of SWIFT Sold by YOUR LOCAL DEALER Farm Union Calls For Adjustment of Debts And Parity ?Farmer Cannot Succeed Un der Old System of Free Competition Omaha, Neb. (FR)?The need for revising the federal farm program to protect farm families against low incomes and growing insecurity re ceived the major stress throughout discussions of the Farmers Union 1940 program at its 35th national convention, held at Omaha, Nebras ka. "Hie delegates enthusiastically adopted a resolution calling for pas sage of the income certificates plan at the next session of congress. Delegates and representatives of 37 states drafted a progressive pro gram urging fair prices, debt-adjust ment, tenancy aid, lower interest rates, and the extension of programs such as farm security, rural electri fication. and the stamp plan. A spec ial session was devoted to the build ing of farmer cooperatives. The farmers union urged that the rights of family-size farms be safe guarded in all legislative programs and that democratic control of farm programs be adopted as a general policy in the administration of such legislation. Di'leg.ilij from tlie different crop areas of the nation agreed that pres ent farm prices are seriously out of line with the farmer's cost of pro duction and that war cannot solve the farm problem. They endorsed "the principle that cost of produc tion or parity, whichever is greater, be paid for farm products domesti cally consumed" This principle i*I written into the income certificate legislation, originally devised by the farmers union and already introduc ed in congress for wheat and cot ton. Senator Burton K. Wheeler reaf firmed his support of the measure ana said: ta with fret' competition for the farmor both in the domestic and world mar kets, and price-fixing for the manu facture of basic commodities.^ The certificate plan was recently endorsed by Secretary Wallace in two of his recent speeches and is at tracting serious attention in Wash ington as the only feasible substi tute yet proposed for the present AAA. Action was recommended by the farmers union to recognize milk, now excluded from the AAA, as a basic commodity and to assure daiiy farmers the same benefits afforded other major commodities. A strong anlirwar resolution was passed by the convention, asking that "our government be neutral in action and spirit during war in oth er parts of the world" and favoring a "government monopoly of all arm ament and munition plants." The resolution further urged "unwaver ing support to the bill of rights" in this period of war hysteria and op posed the giving of credit, both gov ernment and private,?fro belliger ents. In addition to reaffirming its traditional position of maintaining ai "friendly attitude toward organ-: ized labor" the farmers union call ed for the protection of civil liber ties and democratic rights, urged the. abolition of all poll taxes, and con demned "the tactics used by the Dies Committee." In addition to its certificate legis lation, the farmers union appears to be centering its main legislative drive on the national scene on three measures. The first of these is the bill to re-adjust farm mortgages held by government agencies; it was in troduced for the union by Senator Wheeler at the last session. The sec ond measure provides more than half a billion dollars for low-inter est refinancing of farm mortgages, as set forth in the LaFolIette bill. The third calls for a broad program to halt the march of tenancy and re store tenants to ownership, as pro vided in the Lee Tenancy Bill. The preamble of its program, as adopted by the convention, states that the purpose of lhe Farmers Un ion is: "To permit no blackout of our ob jectives to attain parity income for agriculture sufficient to "covet pro duction costs, to provide a home free from threat of dispossession and a decent standard of living for our selves and our families." 9 . Lincoln 4-H Club Meeting* Receive Good Retponte An excellent response to the 4-H Club meetings in Lincoln County, has given the new club year a good start, reports John W. Webster, as sistant farm agent of the State Col lege Extension Service. Reita Theatre?Washington Sunday-Monday January 7-8 "BAD LITTLE ANGEL" with Virginia VCeidler Tuesday DOUBLE FEATURE January 9 "Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence", Jean Rogers "Saga of Death Valley" with Roy Roger* Wednesday-Thursday January 10-11 "CITY OF DARKNESS" with Sidney- Toler and Lynn ttari Friday-Saturday January 18-13 "TROPIC FURY" with Richard Arlen and Beverly Robertt THE GET READY MONTH On The Farm and in The Home When January 1st came round. Mi Ptgg. mHI. laid out the year. Bolivar Piff In detail planned Polly and Peter did so. too. The best of uses to be found Thus they e-lim-in-at-ed fear For every acre of his land. Of skipping thing* that were to do. Truth to be told, he figured well All knew that work that's well begun How much to plant ami feed and sell ttv careful planning a half alum-. new month, a new year, and a new decade, banning depends largely on what the individual makes of it, so now is a good time to turn over a new leaf and start improving your agricultural program, say State College specialists. And hero are month of January. First, Dr. R F. Poole, plant patho logist, urges that farmers prepare their tobacco seed beds on new sites, locating them where good soil drain age, good ventilation, and sunshine are available during the entire day. Such precaution* will create condi tions less favorable to blue mold than shaded, damp areas. Then W. II Rankin, agronomist, says judicious use of fertilizers, pro per handling of the soil, and the use of good seed are factors, which every grower should bear in mind when plarvm^g his liMtl farming npera tions. Keeping the cost of production as low as possible may mean the dif foienic Intwtin .vim is and failure. John Arey, extension dairyman, ...V.., let's ln-gui lite Ni w Veal light by resolving that the care and feed which we give our dairy cattle dur ing 1940 will not be responsible for any loss that might occur in con itvtimih vui u.ui^ uu.>iih\v fortable eows, fed on rations defi cient both in quality and in quantity, cannot produce efficiently. And speaking of beginning the year right. Knos Blair, extension | agronomist, adds that January is the I best time to pltfn crop rotations and, gencrat'~fann managfrinfm s> slums. anil to take an mwntqry so as to keep accurate refolds on farming operations. For the orchardist. II K. Niswon ger offers these suggestions.^ If the ground is not frozen, fruit trees may be planted during January; spraying and pruning fruit trees, shrubs, and grape vines may be drme orrl'nvor able stroy oned bait. Hoy Dearstyne. head of the State College poultry department, points out that every precaution should be tail only?quality chick le days; and field mice may be do j oyed through the use of a pois Cheap chicks, he says, are usually the most expensive in the long run uwi't nvmTi.wa uu- rmck^. AUoii each two birds one square foot of fluur ltic blunder house. j Watch temperatures carefully, since mre chicks arc* killed by overheat j ing than chilling. Finally, 11 W Taylor, extension Dark Future For Important Types Of Tobacco Seen 0\i'r-Sii|i|ili<"? anil l.o?n ?tf Foreign Marki'l* ('jium* Condition Washington ? A dark future for important typos of tobacco was fore his annual report on the department i of agriculture. 10ver-supplies and loss of foreign markets tvr.iUFr of the European war wen* listed as causes for the condition. Supplies of fluc-cui ed* and burley, the secretary said. have increased to well above normal levels and flue cured tobacco ulreaay has been ad^ wrsch affected by the war. Fire cured, dark air-cured and Maryland types may be similarly affected, he J added The outlook for cigar types of tobacco was described as "bettel with the crops of relatively good quality and demand favotabh' Following the outbreak of the Eu ropean war, Wallace it-ported buy ers for the British trade, who usual ly take about one-third of the flue CU*'ed crop, withdrew from the mar ket "This development made an al sw me specialist. says the entire breeding herd o.t' hogs slunild haw <u'ce>s to green feed during the win ter months If grazing crops are not available, feed a green leafy legume i hay in a rack. Alfalfa, soybean, or Icspcde/j hay is good. If you sell hog commercially, avoid soft por.k from common cold* That Han*> 0?i Creomulsion r? llevcs pretiip ! be cause it goes right to the so. * o! die trouble to loosen genn iudeapuk-giu, lir iviiw satrcUon ami Hid nature to soothe and heul raw, tend inflam ed bronchial mucous in ! iviu No matter how many medicines vou trrivr trtcfl, trti ydtir'flniv.'t 1 To '^11 you a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding that you an to like or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION lor Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis ready serious situation critical," the report said. "Then the' domestic Hude-clusrd ttie markets in onler to give time for the development of j plans to prevent a complete collapse jof prices.' Since reopening of the markets J after a sales "holidayprices were j reported to have been maintained at! j about the level that pit vjiled be-' i l??re withdrawal of British buyers. Supplies of hurley, the report said. i are continuing to increase, 1939 be ] ing the third consecutive year that production exceeded consumption. |?Supplies .of, other kinds of tobnc i io?fire-cured and dark air-cured, ; Maryland and cigar filler and bind er -were reported more nearly in .. w+tb I.ist Advantage* In Selecting Km Places Far Plant Bed* Selecting new places for tobacco plant beds each year is not absolute ly necessary but experimental evi dence shows that disease and insect infestation can be materilllY rmm duced by selecting a new site each year or by the rotation of beds. If an old bed is used it should be burn ed over or sterilized by steam. Where new beds are selected, these should be located in a wll-drained place with a -"uiherii in southeastern ex* posure. There should be an ample water supply close at hand and the bed should be located on a loamy type of soxt NOTICE! 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