^ Plans Underway To Develop
Livestock In Tobacco Areas
RALEIGH, June 23?Plans for'
pushing the development of North
Carolina's commercial livestock in
dustry as one means of offsetting
a possible decline in revenue from
tobacco are being made by the
State Department of Agriculture
following a meeting of Eastern
North Carolina producers and
market operators interested in the
program.
Representatives depart
ment and the State College Exten
sion Service met in Rocky Mount
to discuss the problem with live
stock producers, business men,
county agents and market opera
tors from about 10 eastern coun
ties.
They heard Thomas J. Pearsall,
speaker of the State House of Rep
resentatives and large-scale farm
operator, foresee a decline in
farmers' revenue from tobacco in
years to come. Pearsall told the
group that commercial livestock
production offers the best solution
to the problem when tobacco in
come hits the skids. He warned
against undue delay in starting in
creased 4ivestock production, say
ing he believS&sihe peak in tobac
co income already had jfc^en
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Schedule of Masses
Andrews, 2nd Sunday, 8 a. m.
Bryson City, every Sunday, 8 a. m.
Canton, 5th Sunday, 8 a. m.
Cherokee, 3rd Sunday, 8 am.
Fontana Village, every Sun., 11 a.m.
Franklin, every Sunday, 8 a. nv
Highlands, every Sunday, il a. m.
Murphy, 1st Sunday, 8 a. m.
Sylva, 4th Sunday, 8 a. m.
Waynesville, every Sunday, 11 a. m.
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Proper Curing Of Hay
Is Important Operation
Cutting hay at the right time is
one of the most important steps in i
hay making, but proper curing of
the hay is almost equally as im
portant, according to Dr. R. L.
Lovvorn, professor of "Agronomy
^at State College.
Hay should be <5ured to preserve
the leaves which contain most of
the nutrients, to preserve the nat
ural green color, to avoid damage
from rain or dew, and to avoid
damage from mold, the specialist
said.
Most hays, if cut in the morning
are ready to put in windrows the
same day. If it is first allowed to
| wilt just as it has fallen, hay will
( cure more readily and more uni
formly than if cured entirely in
windrows. It is desirable, however,
to get it into the windrow before
it gets too dry or bleached, Dr.
Lovvorn said.
The leaves are the first part of
the plant to dry out after cutting.
As long as the leaves are kept
alive, they help cure the stems by
drawing the moisture vout of them.
If rain falls on freshly cut hay
there will be little damage, pro
vided good curing weather follows.
Half-cured or well-cured hay will
be discolored, but will not mold if
rain comes before it is raked up.
The greatest damage is done to
hay in the windrow, or in loose, ir
regular piles. Such hay should be
spread out as soon as the weather
will permit, he said.
New Regulations Will
Permit Men To Enlist
In Navy For 3 Years
The Navy recruiting station in
Asheville announced this ' week
that men may enlist in the regular
reached.
Reports indicated a growing de
mand for female beef cattle in
Eastern North Carolina. This
means, said Marketing Specialist
Robert S. Curtis of ?the* Depart
ment of Agriculture, thaf farmers
I already are preparing to increase
commercial livestock production in
preparation for the predicted drop
in tobacco revenue.
In addition to Curtis, agricul
ture officials at the meeting were
Randall Etheridge, chief of the de
partment's markets division, and
L. I. Case and Jack Kelly of the
Extension Service. Cecil Jackson,
agricultural agent for the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad, presided.
A similar meeting is planned for
the' Piedmont area soon, Curtis
said.
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ONLY 7 WEEKS OLD, little Tommy Cox, Los Angeles, Cai., already has
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Free Elections
Ever pay any attention to your
newspaper reports of trouble en
countered in the smaller Eur can
nations concerning free elections?
The former satellites^ of Nazi Ger
many, and the present satellites of
Soviet Russia, are finding the ideal
of elections incompatible with those
political doctrines that have been
foisted upon them. Such insane
foolishness as having the masses go
to the polls for honest and secret
voting, they say,-^s reserved for the
decadent democracies.
These classless and enlightened
denizens unden benevolent socialist
governments (that's the picture
drawn up for consumption of peoples
still ruled by despotic capitalists) do
not of course value the power of the
vote. They do not know what a
workable factor of democracy the
vote is. Not having permitted the
will of the people to develop through
free speech, a free press, and free
elections, the fetters of ruling classes
are likely to remain.
No nation can have free elections,
while at the same time it tries to
artificially discipline its labor force
and foster government management
of industry. Recent events in Brit
ain give point to thisjstatomenTT l\
was evident to me while in England
last August that the^ nation was in
for trouble. Absenteeism of work
ers in coal mines had risen to about
25%, and this was reduced to 18ro
only in January, when the coal fam
ine was already a reality. Pro
ductivity remained inexplainably
low.
Because there was a lack of nation
al discipline, that is, t&e normal self
discipline common in America's in
dustrial workers, coal was not com
ing from the mines. Parliament was
afraid to discipline the miners to get
coal. Parliament feared results at
the next election. This explains why
the labor . government calmly
watched the coal crisis develop, step
by step, fully aware that it was com
Example, Britain
ing.
No Rilling Classes
No country , can promote govern
ment management of industry, as
England is trying to do, and main
tain discipline of labor along with
free elections. Stalin has the first
two, in good measure, but he is not
troubled with elections. Free elec
tions under present conditions in
Russia would have little meaning.
They are. a risk that the Soviet rul
ing class could never assume.
We In America have found that
the best type of discipline comes
from incentives found in the ambi
tion to get ahead. When' a man
knows he can better his lot and is
not afraid to try, the best kind of self
discipline is the result. The lowli
est immigrant can become a great
inventor. An assembly line worker
can plan to own the factory, and can
do it honestly. Things like these
have happened t<*> often to go un
noticed.
If we want to keep high efflclen^yr
with the highest possible wages and
an increasing standard of living, we
must keep private ownership and
private management of the tools of
production. Holding to these things
in a free market and cherishing the
freedoms of speech, assembly, and
press, we shall have little fear of
dictatorship. Free elections would
not permit it.
navy for a three year period in
stead of the four ye^r period for
merly required.
Men 18 years of age or over do
j not need consent papers signed by
their parents. Men 17 years of age
must have their fathers consent to
enlist in the Navy.
The Navy now has over 50 trades
that men may take advantage of
if qualified. .
The Navy recruiting office is lo
cated in the post office building
in Asheville and is open daily from
8 to 5.
American industry normally
consume# about 40 per cent of the
production of cotton textiles.
Kerr Scott Studies
Epidemic In Mexico
RALEIGH, June 23 ? W. Kerr
Scott, State Commissioner of Agri
culture, and Dr. William Moore,
State veterinarian, are in Mexico
studying an epidemic of hoof and
mouth disease which has attacked
cattle in a large area of that coun
try. ,
Commissioner Scott was desig
nated by U. S. Secretary of Agri
culture Clinton P. Anderson to
make the study, and his trip is be
ing paid for by the Federal D$?
partmetit.
Scott and Dr. Moore flew to
Mexico City. Length of their stay
in Mexico will depend on the time
needed to make a thorough study
o* the epidemic,"which is causing
some worry for United States cat
SCALE MECHANICS
UNDER NEW RULES
RALEIGH, June 23?New regu
lations authorized by the 1947
General Assembly in revising the
Scale Mechanics Act were an
nounced by C. D. Baucom, super
intendent of the Division of
Weights and Measures in the State
Department of Agriculture.
The regulations, which become
effective July 1, are designed to
protect merchants from faulty
workmanship and to guard cus
tomers from erroneous weights.
Most of the ^revised regulations
deal with the handling and dis
position of scal^ condemned for
repairs.
Baucom said the U. S. Bureau of
Standards, has drafted a model
Scale Mechanics Act based on the
North Carolina lew, and is rec
ommending its adoption by states
which do not have effective legis
lation on the subject.
tie producers, particularly in the
Southwest.
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? particularly when they are
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