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Farm News
OUTLAND indicates an im
proved demand fob moot
farm products this sum
MER.
The outlook is for some improve*
ment by summer in the economic con
ditions affecting the demand for farm
products, the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics reports in its monthly
analysis of the demand and price
situation.
Conditions continued their down
ward trend in March, but the weak
ness was much lees- pronounced than
in January or February. The decline
of industrial production in March was
less than half that of either January
of February, and weekly data indi
cate that by April approximate stabi
lity had been reached.
As is usual, the decline in con
sumer purchasing power has lagged
behind the decline in productive ac
tivity and has been much more mad
erate. The demand for some farm
products, such as meat, fruits, and
butter seems to have been affected
to some extent by the recession in
business, although the various com
modities show mixed tendencies in
this regard. Consumer income prob
ably will decline more before turning
about.
Foreign trade statistics disclose a I
wide range of effects of the war in
Europe on exports of. domestic farm
products. For some of.the.major ex
port commodities, such as tobacco,
fruits and lard, the effects have been
decidedly unfavorable, and several of
the minor ones will be similarly af
fected by added import restrictions
by the belligerents. The latter in
clude canned fruits and vegetables,
the exports of a number of which
were up substantially during the first
six months of the war. Elimination
of Denmark as a source of food sup
plies for the Allies may eventually :
improve the United States export '
market for pork and evaporated milk, j
The level of wholesale prices of
commodities in general continues rela
tively stable. Although the more
sensitive commodity prices weakened
from round mid-March into April
spread of the war into Scandinavia ?
was followed by some recovery. Ad- (
ditional strength in wholesale prices j
is expected to accompany the better ]
industrial situation in prospect in j
the United States for coming months. ]
j
The general average of prices re- <
ceived by farmers was about the 3
same in mid-April as in March. De- i
clines were indicated for meat ani- <
mal, livestock product, and truck c
crop prices. Increases were indicated
in prices of grains, fruit and miscel- c
laneous items. Changes in cotton and (
poultry product prices were small. 1
The index of prices paid by farmers t
probably was again unchanged at 122 f
per cent, of the pre-World War aver- j
age for the eighth consecutive month.
C' i
Cash income from sales of farm i
products increased less than season- a
ally from February to March, but re- e
main above cash income for the same t
period of last year. Government pay- s
ments to farmers were lower this s
March than last, and this reduction v
may have offset the increase in in
come from sales as compared with a t!
year ago. Income from sales is ex- t
pected to make about the usual de- b
cline from March to April. Govern- 4
ment payments will continue below v?
those of a year earlier for several u
montha. t]
QUESTION: What are the re
quirements to pytieipate in the AAA
garden beMfitsf - ' " ? %
ANSWER: The garden shall con
sist of not less than one-tenth of an
Age for each person in the family
and all should be planted as one unit
However, not more than one acre
will be required for any one family.
On this plot a minimum of ten dif
ferent kinds of vegetables must be
produced during the year. In addi
tion to the acreage and vegetables
produced, the garden must be ade
quately protected from poultry and
livestock. It la recommended that
three or more kinds of vegetables be
grown in each month for at least
eight months and that not more than
one-fourth of the garden be planted
to. any one vegetable at any one
time.
QUESTION: How much milk may
be substituted for other ingredients
in poultry feed*?
ANSWER; Skim milk, clabber, or
buttermilk may be substituted tor all
dried mitt products, one-half of the
fish meal, and one-half of the meat
meal recommended for the poultry
ration. - When the substitution is
made for these amounts, three gal
lons of the skim mitt or other prod
ucts should be fed per day to each
100 hens. The success of these sub
stitutions will depend upon the regu
larity with which the milk is fed.
Unless there is an ample supply
available at all times no substitutions
should be made.
QUESTION: Would you advise
destroying the tobacco plant beds
after they have been used?
. ANSWER; Absolutely. The bed
should be plowed up immediately
after the plants are pulled and all
remaining plants killed. Thousands
of insect pests breed upon the plants
that are allowed to grow and these
spread to the plants in the field.
The beds should be planted to sweet
potatoes or other garden vegetable or
sown with soybeans. This will aid
In the control of insects as well as
provide an additional crop on the
land.
Cold Weather 'Nips'
Ornamental Plants
Boxwood, peonies, ivy and other
ornamental plants suffered greatly
from the severe winter just past, and
more particularly from the "cold
snaps" during the early spring, says
Howard R, Garriss, assistant Exten- ,
sion plant pathologist of N. C. State '
College. He reports that more than ,
LOO specimens <of box plants suffer- ;
ng from cold injury have been receiv- i
sd for diagnosis by the college plant i
lisease laboratory. ]
"The cold damage was especially ]
svident in the piedmont section," ]
jarr^s declared. "In most cases the <
rilling out of plants took place where ]
>ox bushes were weakened and suf- i
'ering the effects of the drought last ]
lummer, or from other conditions." <
The specialist said that fortunate- '
y only the young tender shoots stim
dated into new growth during the
hort warm periods were the great- (
st sufferers from sudden drops in ]
emperature. Where only young J
hoots are killed, the plants should <
oon recover with continued warn t
weather. 1
Where only twigs have been killed, t
be plant pathologist recommends t
bat these be pruned out and the <
ushes be sprayed thoroughly with a i
-4-60 Bordeaux mixture every two c
reeks until continued hot weather t
revails. The reason for pruning out t
be dead wood, he explained/is to t
(
spray will tend to their
orous, but weakened by thoP cold
weather, ^pe more subject I fo
disease and ttey should W sprayed
regularly during the current season,
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dent," say the authors, "of the men
ace to this country of,a, world domi
nated, by triumphant dictatorships.'*
" j V.A,.< ??'
The two newspaper men outline
the foreign policy of the Uhitcjd
States as follows: (1) the advocacy
of disarmament and the development
of trade in order that the world may
return to common sense; (2) recogni
tion of the rights of neutrals in the
modern war and particularly in the
settlement that follows; (8) a will
ingness consider economic commit
ments to stabilize world economy,
but without any politioal obliga
tions; (4) and to democracies by
"methods short of war" because dic
tatorships will not support disarma
ment and a return to normal trade
practices; (5) a determination that
no American troops will be sent
abroad.
These "revelations" seem to be
nothing bat ordinary deductions, bas
ed upon the attitude taken by the
Administration in world events. The
first three items are fairly obvious.
No definition of "methods short of
war" has yet been attempted and it
is very probable that this phase will
remain somewhat elastic in order to
meet any conditions which may .arise.
Moreover, there is little idea any
where in the United States that
American troops will be sent to Eu
rope Uhder any circumstances. It is
generally believed that much greater
assistance could be rendered the Al
lies, if necessary, by supplies and
extensions of credit
While the attention of the people
of the United States is concentrated
on the war in Europe, officials of
the State Department are not over
looking the stalemated Sino-Japan
ese War, now dragging into its third
year and engaging some 600,000,000
people. There are indications that
Germany and Great Britain are wag
ing a diplomatic battle to secure Ja
panese support
The United States is also interest
ed in the probable fate of the Neth
erlands East Indies colonies, in the
shipment of American supplies to
Vladivostock, which the British al
lege are interfering with their en
forcement of the blockade against
Germany, the question' of immigra
tion raised by Japan in regard to the
proposed Philippine law limiting im
migration from any country to 500
persons annually and discussions in
volving the Navy plans which were
brought into the international pic
ture by the recent assertions of
Ev^r-Admiral Taussig that world
ivents might force the United States
'into eventual war with Japan." v
Hie apparent. disposition of offi
:ials is not to force the issue in. the
Par East, bat it is realized that the
Fapanese pony take the initiative,
{specially if the British and French
leem to be hard-pressed in Europe.
iVhat the United States will do in
he event that the Japanese seize ,
he Dutch Indies is probablematiaal.
Certainly, officials in this country
vould prefer for the Far Eastern
lituatkm to remain in abeyance until
he war in Europe is concluded. In
he event of an Allied victory, it is
issumed that the United States,
Jreat Britain and France, acting to
gether, will have no trouble whatever
n restraining Japanese aggression. ?
In this connection, T. A. Brisaon,
a a special report to the Institute
f Pacific Relations, expresses the.
elief that the European W^tr may
xtend to Eastern Asia jif .the
Jnited States compromises with
'apanese aggression. His position is
hat the Allies, hard-pressed in Eu
ope, may be compelled to make
ome kind of arrangement! with
apanese ^militarists in order to
irevent hostile action against them
a the Far East In reviewing the
American policy in that section of
he world, the author points out
hat the term, "equality of oppor
unity," "the Open Door," and "the
erritorial integrity of China" sum
ll
can gvveniment nm low. wwie
the American government has act
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relinquish claims to which H has f
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THE ANSWERS
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1. About one-fourth.
2. 16,900,000.
8 Published figure* are guess
work. ^ y , ?
4. Scheduled ln**failand but re
cently cancelled.
6. This is a name, derisively ap- jj
plied to the special senate committee jjj
to investigate campaign funds in s
senatorial contests. /
6 Maurice Gusteve Gamelin, French 5
general. Is
7. In 1914.
8. In October, 1988, at Kingston, If
9. Yes; he paid *1,174,000.
Ontario,
10. Germany in 1916 in violation 1;
of treaties but alleging it was to j
forestall Allied use of gas. |
PHOSPHATE 5
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Price Dill&rd, a fanner of Willets,
N. C.f told J. F. Giles, assistant farm
agent in Jackson county, that the
application of phosphate to part of
his pasture in the spring of 1989
made it available (or grazing tins
year two weeks earlier than other
pasture. v
The radio test is succeeding the
movie test but nothing has replaced
the old-fashioned brain test.
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The rewards that come from free
wrok are what one might expeot, if
looking for rewards.
DR. V. H. NEWBORN
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a weak, undernourished girl a lot
of sufferingl
Many others, however, know how
the headaches, nervousness, cramp- '
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Some take it a few day* before
and during "the time," to help ease
periodic distress. But CABDUFS
principal use is to help increase
appetite; stimulate the flow of
gsstrio Jake; so aid dffastioa,
odical distress. Women have used
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