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THURSDAY, NOV. Z8tfc JS33 "
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GUY A. CAK3WEXX
1 farming, factors like
i,md of crop, lay .of the
cnomic conditions com
...us in the use. of soil-
nt materials and in ro
( ,1 probably the majorit;
4. Because of the lack
uty In conditions on indivi
ims, taking into considera
uil farms, there are only a
nratively few, farms- having
Hons favorable to permit of
i being divided Into a certain
ber of fields to accommodate
r. K gle, fixed rotation. Uniformi-
of soil, as regards kind or pro
. ,cing power is the unusual rather
I sun the average -condition that
prevails.'. A Wrtatiort best suited to
a field of low-producing sandy soil
is hardly suited to a highly produc,
tive silt loam. A hillside field sub
J"nt to sou washing-calls for a
different management as regards
rotation than a field on a flat a
rea, and so on. It Is often easier
to vary a rotation to suit Uie fields
than to alter the fields to suit a
rotation. ' -.: ' . " '"'
The primary question that con
fronts a farmer who farms more
or less with livestock does not con
cern rotation so much as it does
the acreage of crops necessary to
meet his feeding requirements. On
the other hand, the truck grower
Is concerned primarily with the
question of crops ' in relation to
market conditions. In either case
. rotation is a means to an end, and
the cropping problefti resolves it
self Into two parts; (1) The grow
ing of the desired crops in a man
ner, or in different' rotations, best
suited to the soil and crop condi
tions, and (2 the dovetailing, as it
were, of the different rotations at
as to enable the farmer to realize
annually the required acreage ol
each crop ha desires.;;,;- ';;
' Local conditions may arise whict
witt mako flexability of rotations
highly desirable, such as insect
pests, crop diseases, or weeds. In
Tennessee, for example, a simple
means recommended for reducing
army-worm Injury was to .'I change
a common fixed-rotation of. .cbrn,
wheat, and meadow to corn ' and
cowpeaa for the first year, wheat
for the second, 'and ''meadow for
the thrld year. In order to combat
some obnoxious weed a farmer
may introduce into the rotation on
a certain field an additional inter
tilled crop. ";Vvj"
Changes In economic or market
conditions may ' compel rotation
changes,. England affords, a good
example of the effect of .changed
economic conditions on a cropping
system. For more than a century
the celebrated Norfolk four-course
rotation of roots (turnips or ruta
bagas), barley, clover, and wheat
was regarded as the standard rota
i ion in British agriculture, but now
it is being found (by the North
umbrian farmer in particular) that
better results j can be obtained
when, in the Norfolk plan, the hay
crop Is left two years Instead :? of
one, thus making it a five-course
rotation, -rr vv -v f-a;
In planning rotations the farmer
should be mindful of the possibility
that changes ifl rotation may be
come desirable: or necessary. Con
fronted with such possibilities he
may come to realize, under ' like
conditions, a cropping system whi
ch will permit of easy alteration is
preferable to one that does not
possess this quality of elasticity.
HexlbUlty In Cropping A Princi
pe In Farming Economy
The idea of elasticity in the crop
ping system, is . not new. In fact,
it' long ago passed beyond the ex
perimental stage; nor does it re
quire any demonstration for proof,
for so long has it been recognized
as a factor in successful farming
that it may be. stated as a funda
mental principle in farming econo
my. In all probability the farmers
of Flanders applied this principle
in their husbandry as early as - the
Middle Ages (476-1300 A. D.), if
not before or during the time ol
the Roman Empire. 'About 1600 A.
D. English writers on husbandry
referred to certain cropping sen
meg of the Flemish farmers, such
as change of crops and adaptation
of crops to soil conditions, as hav
ing been practiced by them times
immemorial. And, in 1645, Sir Ric
hard Weston, on his diacoverering
the secrets that made possible the
highly successful husbandry of the
Flemings, gave such a definite ex
pression of this principle of flex
ibility or of elasticity In cropping
that his statement of it needs no
modification to make it applicable
as a guiding principal in success
ful soil management even in our
modern and scientific age. While
yet hi Flanders, Sir Richard rec
orded the following words In his
"Legacy" to his aon: . t" '
' "It is a certain thing,' that the
chiefest and fundamentalist point
in Husbandrio, is To understand
the nature and condition Of the
Land that one would Till; and to
sow It with such Seed as it will
produce, ' either Naturally, or by
Art, that which may turn to a
Man's greatest profit and advant
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Farmers Now
Growing More
Certified Seed
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. The production of certified seed,
an indicator of good farming me
thods, has more than doubled in
.'forth ' Carolina during the past
ihree years, - . ,
.In 1933, growers of the ' State
certified 61,000 bushels of seed;
this year the amount had increas
ed to 139,000 bushels, said Dr. O.
K. Middleton, of State College, seed
specialist of the North Carolina
Crop Improvement Association. .
. Next spring,' he said,' there will
be more certified cotton,, tobacco,
and corn seed available. In the Sta
te than, ever before; enough to
plant 60,000 .acres of cotton, 100,
000 acres of tobacco, and 64,000
, acres -of corn. ' ;; ''j. ' 1
5- Changing from "farm 'run" to
certified seed often increases the
yield and quality of a crop by 20
to 30 per cent, according to a sur
vey conducted recently by the U
S. Department of Agriculture.
This leads to a corresponding de
crease in production costs, Dr.
Middleton pointed out, as the lar
ger and better crop can be raised
with approximately the same a
mount of work and expense requir
ed for a scrubby crop. " . 1 ; r
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The Farms owned by us In WAYNE, DUPLIN and OTHER
COUNTIES are now being vffered for sale througn twr field of- 4
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. Are you ti Idng care of your valuables as you should, or are .
you leaving tliem tucked away In some nook or corner where '
tJipy are Ruble to be burned or stolen?., Land deeds, Jcjwelry,
etc., represent an lnvestmnt and should be protectcid. .Why:
not play safe when It wlX cost you so little. A' safety deposit
box for your valuables can be rented at this bank at very little .
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Uon 'was organized to work in co
operation with State College and
the State Department of Agricul
ture in promoting the production
of certified, seed. , , ,
The association supervises the
production of seed for certification
purposes, and places its stamp of
approval on all seed that passes
the rigid testa required. ' '
.. Farmers who buy this seed. Dr.
Middleton stated, have assurance
that they are getting the best a-
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Farm Radio Program
: Brings Inquiring
; . Letters
"We listen to your" programs re
gularly and we derive a great deal
of benefit frqm them," wrote a
Duplin woman last week in a let
ter to State College in reference
to the Carolina Farm Features
broadcasts. Another listener from
Arkansas wrote that he had been
listening to the programs and that
he appreciated their educational
value., iS:vu::;u?i:-;,i;::.;uij.v... . -
Both correspondents wanted fur
ther information and bulletins.
Included on the program for the
week of November 26-30 will be a
talk on Monday by Prof . R. H.
Ruffner, head of the animal hus
bandry -department at' State Col
lege, on "The Feeding of Horses."
On Tuesday A. G. Lang, of the bo
tany department, will discuss "Im
proving Your Corn Crop."
The full schedule of the week in
cludes: Monday, R. H. : Ruffner,
"The Feeding of Horses"; Tues
day, C. H. Lang, ' improving Your
Corn - Crop" ; Wednesday, M. E.
Gardner, "The Spray Residue Sit
uation"; Thursday, Home Demon
stration Department; Friday; C. F.
Parrish, "Improving the Poultry
Flock"; and Saturday, H. B. Mann,
"Better Farm Lands." , ,
: Six radio 'stations are now us
lng the Carolina Features broad
casts. These are: WBT in Charlot
te, WDNC In Durham, WBIO In
Greensboro; WEED In Rocky Mt,
WMFD in Wilmington and WPTF
in Raleigh. '
Farm Agent Started
' Lespedeza Movement
: Tom Brown, 69-year old Union
County farm agent, has changed
the course of agriculture in North
uarouna.
Back in 1919, when he discover
ed the soil-building value' of les
pedeza, he launched a movement
that has spread into every county
of the state, says F. H. Jeter, agri
cultural editor in a story entitled
"Lespedezzar Broom" appearing In
the December issue of the "Farm
Journal" of Phjladelpaia.
Mr. Broom was' the first man in
this part of the. country to ob
serve that a growth of lespedeza,
plowed under, increases the yield
of succeeding crops, the story
says.
Obtaining a peck of seed from
Louisiana, he tried It out on his
own farm. From that day to this
he has been a "lespedeza man."'
In Union County, where the sla
tey soil was not very productive,
he urged farmers to grow lespede
za to Improve the fertility of the
sou.
Am fhA ooitr nrKat 4t tvr.lil An
for their land, .their interest grew
and they told their neighbors a
bout the new legume. In 1922, far
mers of the county ordered $10,-
000 worth of seed, paying $9 ' a
bushel
Then they began to produce their
own seed, with a surplus, to sell.
In peak years, they have sold 300,
00 pounds of seed. They sell about
1,000 tons of hay annually. ' 4
1 Sixty per cent of the farmers in
the county now plant ' lespedeza,
ana more would grow It. except
for the tenant system, Broom said.
as a result, the siatey sou 01
the county is gradually becoming
fertile. Corn yields have been rais
ed from 12 or 18 bushels to 20 or
24 bushels . to then: acre.": Wheat
yields rose from five .to an aver
age of 18 bushels per acre. :,' ,
Over the State and Nation, the
Increasing use of lespedeza has
been attributed more or less to
the pioneer spirit of Tom "Lespe
dezzer7 Broom.
Timely Fnn Ques.
Ans. At State College
QUESTION: What causes the
eyes of .my poultry to swell and
how can this be prevented T . 1
ANSWER: On all probability
the birds showing this trouble have
roup which is very prevalent at
this time of the year. Where only
a few birds show signs of the di
sease, the best control is to dispose
of the affected birds, clean up and
disinfect ' the ' poultry house and
give the entire flock one dose of
Epsom salts at the rate of three
quarters of a pound of salts' to ea
ch two and one-half gallons of wa
ter. Check the feeding schedule
and see that the flock is getting
a good ration. Do not overcrowd
the birds and keep them free of
external . and internal parasites.
With these precautions, the trou
ble will soon disappear.
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' QUESTION: Has tobacco pric
es this year equalled the establish
ed parity price T
ANSWER: Yea The parity, or
fair-exchange value of tobacco was
established at 18.4 cents a pound
for flue-cured tobacco this year.
Figures recently released from
Washington shows that farmers
received an average price of 22.8
cents a pound for all tobacco of
this type sold up to October 15.
As much of the better grades have
been sold since that date it is
probably that the difference bet
ween parity and the actual price
received will be greater than the
figures given.
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QUESTION. What is the best lo
cation for a trench silo? .
ANSWER: In locating a trench
silo the three most Important
things to consider are: drainage,
soil, and convenience. It is there
fore best to dig the silo on a slope
or hillside. This allows ah surface
water to run away from rather
than Into the trench. A stiff clay
soil is beet as this prevents caving
and also lessens the cost as the
side wails will not have to be lin
ed. If possible the silo should be
located, near the barnl However,
If the drainage and soil is not
right then, convenience must be
sacrificed for cheapness in . con
struction... - , , 1
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Piney Grove News
A o
v-Among, those visiting at Mr. L.
N. Jones' Sunday P. M. were Miss
Sarnie Jones, and Mr. Dail from
the Scott store section.
Mr. Andrew Jones and family,
Mr. Herbert Wiley and family and
Mr. and Mrs., Albert Wiley and
children. -
- Mr. Ivan Rouse was a visitor of
Miss Julia Jones Sunday P-. M.
-Miss Etta Mae Whaley spent
the week end with Miss Doris Pot
ter. '). -v '"V.r'
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Heath were
visitors of Mr. and Mrs. L. N.
Jones Sunday.
: Mr. Resale Whaley was a visiter
of Miss Mary Jane Stroud Wed
nesday night.
. Mr. L. N. Jones was a visitor in
Goldsboro Sunday.
-, Mr. Ressie Whaley was a visitor
of ' Mrs. Bessie Potter Saturday
nliht
Miss Verda Jones had company
from Warsaw Friday night.
Mr. Sammle Harper was a visi
tor of Miss Doris Potter Saturday
night.
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Recent rains In Worsyth Coun
ty have brought the fall-planted
alfalfa up to a perfect stand with
prospects now of a good crop next
season.
Miller Club ReK ,
; port For November
OUf Club met November 12th at
the home U Mrs. J. H. Sandorsoa
with car president, lirs. Ash Mil
ler presiding. We-esng the "Har
vest Song" and read the club col
lect, together, after which business :
matters were disposed of. ., ,
Miss Martin was unable to meet a
with us at this time so we missed
her demonstration, but our House
Furnishing leader, Mrs. O. II. San- ' :
derson gave a very interesting oe-
I monstration on slip-covers. We al
;eo had reports from each of our .
! ether project leaders. Two Thanks
giving poems wero read. We bad
an interesting talk by our Educa
tional Leader on "What Armistice
Day Meaiu To Me," She also read .
the club score for the month
which was 100 per cent.
After the penny parade, .salted
I peanuts, candy and fruits were
served by the hostess.
We adjourned, planning to meet
with Mrs. Calboone Mercer in
December at which time we will
have our Club Christmas Tree.
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F. W. Cannon of Bannker Elk,
Avery County, sold 63 head of two
-year old steers, weighing 800 lbs.
each for 7 3-4 cents a pound to
j Virglning buyers last week.
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'No Safer Brakes Made
than the Super-Safety Brakes on the 1936 Ford V-8
No other car in' America has' thesame basio design'aalthe
Ford V-8. And because of its unique design the Ford car
could use any type of braking system now in common use.
BtT, with the whole field to.
choose from, Ford stands by
mecbsmically-optrateJ, Super
Safety hrakit as the safest, sorest,
most positive for the Ford V-8.
. This is the type of braking sys
tem used on many of America's
costliest cars sod on most racing
cars. And because of its unique
chassis design, Ford can use it to
httttr effect than any other auto
mobile built today. . .
Then, for the brakes them
selves, Ford has provided more
effective square inches of braking
surface (186) than is found in
any other low-priced car , . . And
big, 12-inch alloy-iron drums,
with special cooling fins to give
maximum braking power under
all road conditions . . . All In all,
' no safer brakes are made than
yon get with the 1936 Ford V-8.
And right through the, Ford
V-8 for 1936, from bumper to
bumper, the same attention to
your safety, comfort and peace-of-mind,
characterizes the whole
car . . . Ford uses a one-piece,
wclded-steel body because it is
safer and quieter . . . Ford gives
you Safety Glass in every window
at no extra cost because Ford be
lieves it is the manufacturer's duty
to provide for maximum safety as
part of the car's sales price.
Drive the Ford V-8 . . . Notice
how it "holds the road" on curves
(you never have to "fight" a
Ford around turns) ... Notice
how dependably the brakes work
on rough roads on steep hills
or anywhere else. You can ar
range to do this easily by calling:
AND VP, R a &
DETROIT Sumd-
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FORD MMMNMT WHISUASI
Radius rods (l brace the front axle
tike a pair of giant arms. Radius rods
and Torque-tube (3 ftive triple brac
ing to the rear axle. This means that
the front and rear axles' of a Ford car
are always held equl-dlstant In per
fect alignment. On this permanent
wheelbase any braking system now
In common use could be used. Only
with this Ford-type wheelbase, can
mechanical, Super-Safety brakes be
used to the fullest advantage.
FORD USIS 4 INDEPSNDINT IRAKI RODS
Four brake rods 3 of strong, tem
pered steel link the pressure of your
foot on the pedal with the four big '
brake-drums on the wheels. They
do this positively, surely, under all
road conditions. Note especially that
no one Ford brake has to depend on
the other three. Failure of one prac
tically impossible would leave three
perfectly-operating brakes.
Tear out this chart and check it
with the car you are driving now.
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ON THE AIR-FORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SUNDAY BVBNINOS FRED WARING AND HIS PENNSYLVANIA!, TUESDAY EVENINGS COLUMBIA NETWORK
SEE THE NEW 1936 FORD V-8
Dareen Motor Co.
: Rose Hill, N. C.
:
Norwood's Garage
Warsaw, N. C.
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