Review Of State's
Crop Condition
Raleigh ? Wheat nullfeed price*
mere slightly higher at the close of
the period bul prices on most high
protein concentrates were unchang
ed to slightly higher, according to
the U- S and North Carolina De
partments of Agriculture in the
Weekly Market News Service Re
view.
Prices of farmers' stock Virginia
type peanuts in eastern North Caro
lina are lower this meek with few
lots bringing mure than 3 3-8 cents
per pound for best jumbos and few
bunch bringing more than 3 1-4
cents per pound delivered. In con
trast, the fished goods market ruled
slightly stronger for fancys, due to
scarcity, but slightly weaker for oth
er grades. Meanwhile .many lots of
peanuts are coming to market too
wet and are being turned down as
unacceptable
Creamery butter production ap
parently reached a seasonal low dur
ing the week ending November 14.
and has now started an irregular sea
sonal upturn. Last year's low pro
duction was reached during the week
ending November 23. The earlier date
this year was primarily caused by
the big storm of November II to 13
m some of the principal butter pro
ducing states offthe Middle West.
Sweet potatoes showed little
c ange At the Close?Put to Ritan
sweet potatoes brought 1 35 to 1.60
a bushel basket and 160 to'. 1.65 a
irate; radishes 1 50 to 2 00 a crate;
c.iboage 40 to 75 cents a 1 1-2 bushel
hamper, and broccoli rabe from 75
Cents to 1 25 a crate.
Farm, prices of poultry and eggs
were unchanged in the Raleigh area
when compared with a week ago
At th* period's close candled and
graded U. S extra lai
graded U S. extra large whites held
at 35 cents per dozen and ungraded
hennery whites at 30 to 32 cents Live
poultry prices were unchanged at 16
to 17 cents a pound for colored hens,
fryers and torn turkyes and at 17 to
rv cents for hen turkeys.?
At Chicago, beef steers grading
good and better, especially those
with weight, continued to gain price
ground, a generally 25 cents upturn
having been accumulated during the
week thus far In addition some good
heavies made gains up to 50 cents,
these consisting mainly of kinds of
value to sell 10.75 to 12 00. As a whole
the fed steer and yearling trade was
a dependable affair throughout, with
well finished bullocks with weight
drawing more competition than oth
ers. Hogs sold actively at higher
prices, before midweek, lost many
of the advance, but closed steady to
10 cents higher than late last week.
Fat lamb prices varied little, in
spite of increased numbers. Top
steers reached 15.35, hogs 6 30, fat
Tenants
Higher agricultural income is the
principal reason why an increasing!
number of tenant farmers have
brought farms this year, says the
Farm Credit Administration.
Giant U. S. Bomber Tested for the British
Returning troia a test flight, at San Diego, Cal., is one of the 26 long range four-motored Consolidated
Aircraft li-24 bombers, rectntiy re, ..-i d to the British air force. The 20-ton craft has a cruising range of
3.0UU rni.es, and a top speed of more than 300 miles an hour. The plane already bears the British markings.
Place 200,000 Under Uivu Service
President Roosevelt signs the Ramspeck bill ending 10-year fight to bring
the bulk of the non-policy making government jobs under civil service.
The bill blankets 200,000 federal employes into the civil service. Watch
ing the President sign are (1. to r.) : Rep. Robert Ramspeck, of Ga.,
author of the bill; Senator James M. Mead, of N. Y., co-author of the
bill; and Rep. Jennings Randolph of W. Va., chairman House District
of Columbia committee.
Meals
A l<#ri|4 range proeuiement pro
gram for the purcha:< of meats to
neet demands of the 1.400,000 men
who will soon be under arms or
training.- i* heing Hoveloped by the >
National Defense Commission.
d>~
Total American crop production |
this year was the second largest on
record, being surpassed only in 1937,
reports the U. S. Bureau of Agricul
tural Economics.
Rule Threatened
Public SALE
"SATURDAY
December 14th
AT IIOMK FLACK.
MRS. DELIA CLARK, Deceased
2 MILKS SOI I II OF KVKRKiTS
Sale II ill He Held At 10:30 4. M.
All hoiineholil anil kitchen furniture, all
farming iilvuniln, lot of lioffn. etc.
Tho mules. one two-horse pcun^ plow, one
walking disc, one two-in-one ilisc. two cotton
|iIohs two single home turning plows. one
two-home Oliver turning plow, one section
harrow, one guano newer, one corn planter,
one peanut planter, three tohueeo truck*, one
trailer, lot tohaeeo sticks, all hoe*, shovels ami
rake*, one eart. one two-home wagon. lot of
hogs. corn anil hay.
ROY CLARK. Administrator.
Of MRS. DELIA CLARK ESTATE
Shortly after this picture was
taken of Queen Mother Helen and
King Michael of Rumania, the
street!) of Bucharest ran red with
blood. The Queen Mother and her
son are shown reviewing a parade.
A dispatch brands aa false reporta
Michael is preparing to quit in the
face of the terror provoked by the
Iron Guardists. Queen Helen haa
left Rumania.
Yancey Farmer* Continue
latere*t In Tree Wanting
Yancey County farmers continue
their interest in forest tree planting
as orders for 300.000 tree seedlings
through the TV A are expected be
fore the winter is over, says Farm
Agent R. H. Crouse.
> Hirth Announcement
Mr and Mrs. Joe Robertson, Jr.*
I announce hte birth of a son on Sat
I urday. December 7th.
PRESENTING!
The Largest Assortment Of
Fine Christmas Gifts
In Our History ? Shop Early At
DAVIS PHARMACY
-or
Migrants Seeking
Permanent Homes
Inadequate housing for agricultur
al workers has long been a crucial
issue behind much of the strife in
California's fields, according to Car
ey McWilliams, Chief of the Califor
?ma?State Division-of. Immigration,
in a report prepared for the LaFol
lette Civil Liberties Committee.
"Most of the labor disturbances 111
1913 through 1920 were occasioned by
bad housing and sanitation," the re
port states. After 1929 and especial
ly after 1933 wage rates and union
recognition took the leading role, but
housing conditions have continued to
be a major source of dissatisfaction.
In 1938-39 there were some 5,437
agricultural labor camps in Califor
nia and some 13 FSA camps in
which 145,000 men. women and chil
dren lived most or all of the year.
Labor carpps are less and less occu
pied on merely a seasonal basis. Es
pecially in the cotton area many
workers remain on in the camps af
ter the conclusion of cotton-picking
in default of any other place to live.
McWilliams, describing the labor
camps, says, "What housing is pro
vided can only be called shelter and
consists in the main in one-room
frame cabins or tents, with or with
out frame floors or walls."
Especially since 1929 auto camps
and trailer camps have been cater
ing to migrant agricultural workers,
Those which rent space on a regu
lar monthly basis are not subject to
regulation by the State. More and
more agricultural workers have
been making them permanent homes
particularly in the Imperial Valley.
"Dust-Bowl" migrants are becom
ing the major source of agricultural
labor in California. These people,
American family groups, are settling
more and more in squatter camps
and "shack towns" on the outskirts
of cities. As a result, rural slums are
growing rapidly throughout the
major agricultural areas of Cali
fornia.
The "Dust Bowl" families are try
ing to acquire fixed homes, prefer
ably their own, even where econom
ic conditions are such that they could
not secure adequate food and cloth
ing, let alone materials to construct
suitable homes."
Yet permanent homes are neces
sary to these families if their chil
dren are to get schooling and if they
are to have a chance at relief. More
over, the number of labor camps is
falling off sharply due to more
stringent enforcement of the State
Labor Camp Act, to the growth of
short-term leases and to the increase
in labor contractors.
Conditions in these "shack towns"
ur?? "appalling" yet r.-n^s and t)Ur
chase contracts cost $5 to $20 and
more monthly. Some colonies are lo
cated in swampland, and rains not
only flood houses but spread the con
\ow Is Good Time
To Move Shrubs
Mod tree* and shrub* are dorm
nt during December, and John H.
iarru, extension landscape special -
st, say* plants usually must be in
dormant stage to be moved suc
essfully. A few plants, he says, have
pecial times to be moved, but you
re almost sure to be right in mov
tg the plant while it is dormant.
If the plant to be moved is decid
ous (drops its foliage in the winter)
I is not necessary to remove a ball
f earth with the plant. Care should
e taken, however, to remove all the
outs possible and avoid bruising the
oots, Harris advises.
It will be found helpful in moving
native plant to dig a trench around
is base one season before removing
t. This trench should be dug 18 to
4 inches deep, the distance from the
lant varying with the size of the
lant. The object in digging the
rench is to stimulate the growth of
ine roots near the base of the tree
r shrub.
After the plant is removed from
he soil, Harris says it should be im
lediately planted in its new posi
ion. If it is to be transferred some
ents of cesspools and sewage depos
tories far and wide A study of 2,216
ccupied houses in Imperial Coun
y in 1935 showed 76 9 per cent of
he houses with fire hazards, 70.4 per
ent with inadequate ventilation,
3.8 per cent vermin infested, 61.1
?er cent with inadequate light. 60 7
kt cent strewn with garbage and
ther refuse.
distance before replanting, it should
be packed m shavings or at least a
wet sack kept around its roots. It is
very essential that the roots be kept
moist until the plant is re-set.
Evergreens should be treated sim
ilar to deciduous shrubs except that
they are usually dug with a ball of
earth. A two to six-foot native plant
is usually the best size to move.
"However." the State College tpec-j
i&list declared, "this does not mean
that larger shrubs or trees cannot
be moved successfully. Full grown
trees and shrubs can be transplant
ed, but a tremendous root system |
must be taken up with the plant
which makes the job expensive and
laborsome."
?
Systematic Rotation Shoics
Rift Increase In Corn Yield
?
The use of lime, legumes and phos
phate in a systematic rotation in
creased the corn yield from 20 to
60 bushels an acre in five years for
Lawson Lunsford, a Cherokee Coun
l ranrit Proctor Selected
1940 Corn Club Chump
Francis Proctor, president of the
led Oak 4-H club, has been select
?d as the 1M0 corn club champion
if Nash County, reports L. M Stan
on. assistant farm agent .
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Extra Large
SHELLED
PEANUTS
$1.00 PER BAG
An Excellent
l.hrittmat Gift
W1LLIAMSTON
PEANUT CO.
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Texaco Gasolinu ami Motor Oils
GASOLINE 18< MOTOR OILS 15c
Mottled Drink- ? Staple, Funev Groceries
M1ZEIX SERVICE STATION
!\ear Fair Grouml
$10,000.00
mailed to our
(Christmas (-lul>
members
During the pax! week
we were liimy mailing
nut Christmas Club
check* to our mem
bers. Those checks !??
tailed $10,000.00 of
Christmas joy!
join niim
YOU'D heller join iiom if yuu want l<> cliure
in a like amount next year! Menihercliip !h
wimple? y?u juxt deposit a regular amount
each week; SI.(K) or an much more a* you
want to the money aeeiimulatea, ami you
get it in a lump miiii next year, in lime to do
all your UhriwIiuaM chopping.
GUARANTY BANK &
TRUST COMPANY
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