VETS' PROBLEMS ,
T. er are two deadlines to re
membo; in connection with G.I.I
education and tra.mng benefits,
the Veterans Administration points
out
F.d wtion or training must be
started within four years after dis
char or by July 25, 1951 ?
wh crcver dates comes later, VA
saicV ' ?: a general rule, it must be
comp! tod not later than July 25,
1950.
However, veterans who enlist
ed or reenlisted before October 6,
1946 can figure their deadlines
from the date of their discharges,
VA explained. For these veterans,
training may be started and com
pleted later than tor otner veter
ans.
Q -- My husband is a World
War II veteran suffer.ng from a
service-incurred disability and is
in ne?tfi of a prosthetic appliance.
Will Veterans Administration pay
for t'^e appl.ance?
A--VA will furnish a prosthetic
appliance if the veteran has a ser
vice-connected or servic?-ag3:a?
valed disabi.ily aviuai;^ an up-1
pilar;, e.
Q -I cnl stcd in the war during
July, 1947. Am I entitled to loan)
benefits under the G. I. Bill
i
A?II you served at any time,
between September 16, 1940 and
July 25, 1947 and you were dis
charged under conditions other
than dishonorable alter at least
:)0 days of active service, or for
-se: \ icc-i.'K'urred disao lity in
Lss than 'JO cays, you m y qualify
)r a G. 1. K an.
Q?My son was disabled d.'rin;.;
World War II. Will V terans Ad
ministration pay him * n additiona'
>um for dependents?
A--It y iur - >n s rated 60 pel j
?cnt ;r mor d: ..:b!ed. he is entiti- I
;? J to an ; dditior.al sum for his de
ier.der.ts.
V."hce\er knew trutn put to worse
in a fair and open encounter? For
who knows not that truth is strong
next to the Almighty; she needs
no policies, no stratagems, no li
censings to make her victorious.?
John Milton.
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CHAMPION CORN GROWER
When a farmer of long experience grows 100 bushels of corn per
acre he feels that hs has done a good job . . . but when a young high
school boy grows 142.75 bushels per acre he has really accomplished
something. This is just what Bobby Jackson of East LaPorte has done.
Bobby is a member of the Future Farmers of America class of Cullo
whee high school. He is to be congratulated on his fine yield of corn.
Twenty-two other FFA and Veteran Training boys and men grew over
100 bushels per acre. Their names and yields are listed under W. T.
Brown's "Jackson County Briefs."
VARIETY OF FOODS
IS NOW AVAILABLE i
! The November horn of plenty
vit! pour forth an rbund:>nt var
etv o' mer.u-bu lding foods ? a
??\iicty sufficient to make every
nval a budget-saver, Miss Mary
"o'-pslon, home demonstration a
\ r.t for the State College Exten
io" Service, said here tjiis week.
In announcing the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture's list of foods
xpected to be in plentiful supply
this month, Miss Johnston pointed
out that it is topped by cranber
ries, southern-grown pecans, and
fresh carrots.
Othc r November plentifuls, she
said, will include oranges, grape
fruit, lemons, grapes, winter pears,
canned grapefruit segments, can
ned applesauce and apple juice,
prunes, raisins, dried figs, cab
bage, Irish potatoes, onions, ,fruit
spreads, peanut butter, honey,
'resh and frozen fish, and oat pro
ducts.
The USDA, Miss Johnston said,
issues its list of "plentifuls of the
month" as a means of aiding home
makers in shopping wisely nnd ec
? onoinically, since the foods in most
plentiful supply are often those
. moderately priced.
STATE COLLEGE
ANSWERS TIMELY
FARM QUESTIONS
QUESTION?How does tobacco
rate with other crops in amount
of labor required for production?
ANSWER ? Based on average
-North Carolina conditions and
methods, one acre of flue-cured
tobacco requires 415 man-hours of
labor, far more than any other ma
jor crop grown in the State. Cotton
requires 120 man-hours per acre;
peanuts, 75 man-hours; and Irish
potatoes, 90 man-hours. These
figures, say farm management spe- ]
cialists at State College, are ap-|
< proximately correct but are sub
ject to considerable variations on
individual farms.
QUESTION ? How about barn
yard manure as a topdressing for|
old pastures?
ANSWER ? If enough of it is t
: used, well and good. But it should
I be free of weed seed and should be
I spread evenly. Most farmers keep
j manure spread as it accumulates,!
;n order to obtain maximum use'
of its fertilizing qualities. If 1
! enough barnyard manure has been ;
| used it's possible that? no other1
| topdressing will be needed except
lime.
QUESTION ? When should
grapevines be pruned?
ANSWER ? The ideal^t me is
late winter or early spring, aftei
periods of extremely low tempera
tures have passed. Then any kill
ing of canes can be cut a\v\.y and
the strong, healthy ones left for
ij fruit production. Pruning at this
I time frequently results in bleed
! ing but this does not injure the
. vine. Grapes should be pruned
every year. The pruning will be
i less difficult, the vines more pro
, d":tive, and the cluster^ of berries
larger.
QUESTION ? Is more labor- re
quired to farm according to rec
ommended practices?
ANSWER ? No. Recommended
1 practices require about the same
| ur.iOunt of labor and pewer as
i present practices. Recommended
practices for cotton require only
three additional hours; for corn,
f ,i / hours. Labor and power re
quirements on lives'ock enter
prise.; ar.ri on most crops remain
STATE COLLEGE HINTS
TO FARM KOMEMAKER
By RUTH CURRENT
State Home Demonstration Agent,
The blight color and tart flavor
of cranb t ries can be used in many
ways to enliven meals. Cranberry
sauce and jelly go as vv.ll with
chicken, pork, game, and other
meats as with the traditional tur
key. Fresh cranberries can be used
in many different desserts and are
recommended as good pie fruit.
Combined with apples,' they give
color and extra flavor to pie filling;
combined with raisins they add
tartness to keep the pie from being
tog sweet Chiffon cranberry pie
made by the following recipe is
both decorative and delicious.
Cranberry Chiffon Pie: Ingred-'
ients: 3 cups cranberries; 1 cup
hot water; 1 cup sugar; 114 tea
spoon salt: 2 eggs, separated; 114
cup cold water; 1 1|2 tablespoons
gelatin; 2 tablespoons confection
ers' sugar; pastry. To make: Wash
and pick over berreis, discarding
those' that are soft or imperfect.
Boil the berries in the hot water,
until soft, and press through a fine
sieve. Add sugar, salt, and well
ueaten egg yolks and cook over hot
water a ftw minutes. Soak gelatin
in cold water and then stir in hot
mixtures until dissolve^. Chill.
When it begins to set, fold in whites
of eggs which have been beaten
with confectioners' sugar: Blend
? well. Pile into a 9-inch baked
crust with a high rim. Chill.
Research on cooking foods show
that potatoes boiled whole in their
skins retain practically all of their
vitamin C and thiamine. It shows,
on the other hand, that potatoes
peeled before boiling lose 20 to 30
per cent of their vitamin C and
lost some thiamine as well.
Boiling potatoes in their jac
ket ? when potato and jacket are
sound ? is a good start toward
serving then scalloped, mashed,
creamed, or in other ways, say the
food specialists. Peeling after cook
ing is a quick task: Mashed pota
toes prepared from potatoes that
had just been boiled in skins, the
specialists found, retained most of
their nutritive value.
If cooked potatoes are to be held
in the refrigerator they will lose
further vitamin C, but keeping
their jackets on helps retain this
almost constant. In some cases
a small amount of additional labor
is needed to harvest the more boun
tiful yields. The net returns to
[ the farmer, however, are far
i greater when recommended prac
tices are used.
Looking Them Over In
Jackson
Sgt. D ve Calhoun
"Liking it they said. Paul
J jnes r.nd William Cunningham,
of Syiva, made that remark to me
ye.-terdsy. They have completed
he r tx sic tra ning in the U. S.
Army and are on a seven-dsy fur
lough.- Jones and Cunningham en
listed in the Regular Army on
August 5th this year, for a period
of three years. At the end of
their furlough, they will travel to
Eort Lavvton, Washington, for ship
ment to the Pacific Theatre of
Operations.
Will make it short this week.
Big week coming up next time.
Armistice Day, November 11th,
next Thursday. Hoping to have a
big parade. Lots of ex-servicemen
taking part in the marching dur
ing the day. Should be a large
crowd for a gala occasion, also in
cluding a football game in the
afternoon and large banquet at
night, with a square dance at the
Community house thrown in for
good measure.
Open Dates Remaining
For Deer Hunt
There are still four open dates
for the public deer hunt sponsored
by the N. C. Division of Forestry,
Dept. of Conservation and Develop
ment, to be held at the Blrden
Lakes State Forest, Bladen County,
recording to an announcement by
Fr d Claridge, Assistant State
F rester. T -"ere is room for one
rrouo of 30 hunters on Nov. 19;
:or two groups on Nov. 25; for two
groups on Dec. 3, and for two
groups on Dec. 10.
These hurts, desigined to show
the public how a State Forest can
be used in many different ways,
are limited to two groups of hunt
ers with dogs each day. No per
son can enter more than one hunt
during the season. The cost is
$5.00 per person, but each appli
cation must cover an entire group
of 30 persons. Individual appli
cants will not be considered.
Further information can be had by
writing the State Forester, N. C.
Dept. of Conservation and Develop
ment, Raleigh.
SCOTT NEW GOVERNOR
(Continued from page 1)
used.
Makes Promise
Scott also promised to replace
nembers of the highway commis
? ion "who are now requiring that
p ople vote as they dictate to get
ror-ds."
"The huge state surplus" played
a leading part in Soctt's guberna
torial campaign. He charged that
Johnson, as state treasurer, was
"wasteful as custodian of the state
surplus." Scott declared that "at no
time in the 15 months prior to
March 31 of this year were state
deposits in banks less than $105,
000,000 and during all that time
the state drew not one penny's in
terest on those deposits."
The new governor said that banks
were getting "six per cent interest
plus other charges" on funds which
were bringing the state no return.
Scott also declared he was for
repealing sales taxes on all food,
and for removal of discriminatory
taxes on farm machinery.
He also would repeal the gag
rule, "insure majority rule on liq
uor and all other issues," and
amend the motor vehicle inspection
law.
A survey in one typical large
city last year showed that food
took 39 per cent of the budget of
wage-earners and lower-salaried
clerical workers compared with
30 per cent in the mid-30's.
vitamin which is so sensitive to
air, heat, and water.
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STATE COLLEGE
ANSWERS TIMELY
FARM QUESTIONS
QUESTION -r- Are permanent!
plant bed sites of tobacco recom
mended? '
ANSWER ?Use of permanent
sites for plant beds is becoming
more common each year. The prac
tice is good ?- but only if proper
measures, are taken for weed con
trol well> ijiv advance of the sied
sewing date. the most practical i
method of \tfee& ^ontferj-is to apply
one pofltHl oj Urkirioh and one-half
pound of Cyanaftjfo pe? square yd.
at least 90 before sowing the
tobacco seed. chemicals
cannot bev.used, clfher one applied
at the rate of one pound per square
yard should prove effective.
QUESTION -i- How should the
chemicals^e applied?
ANSWER ? The land should
be thoroughly prepared and two
thirds of the chemical mixed into
the top three or four inches of soil.
Then the remaining one-third
should be applied and the surface
raked lightly with a garden rake.
When chemicals have been applied
in the fall, not more than onie lb.
of plant bed fertilizer should be
used per square yard at seeding
time. The farmer should just ap
ply the fertilizer, rake lightly with,
a garden rake, and sow he seed.
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? - ? y
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