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FIRE DEPARIWfT MEMBERS ATTEND BEET AT ASHEVILLE ? ;^W3WPli5WSi2K? ?'? j ? I I ?? ???. MM ? ?? ? >?? ?? j R. A. Joyner, Assistant Chief, Is Chosen To Head State Firemen This year ?___. ? The Farmville Fire Department has the distinction of having one <sS its most valued members and assist ant chief, B. A. Joyner, chosen as head of the State Firemen's Associa tion, at the annual meeting held > recently in Asheville. Mr. Joyner served as vice president of <he ftatfr , organization the past, year and was a former statistician in addition serving in various other qapscitien during the 20 years he has been * member. The newly elected presi* dent served the East Carolina Fire men as president, vice president mad secretary and treasurer of their or ganization and has been an enthusias tic member and has served in various offices of the local department since j 1920. He has been City Clerk for the past 16 years. Fire Chief and Mrs. Haywood Smith and Mayor George W. Davis were among the large Farmville delegation, who were in Asheville to share with the newly elected state president in the honors accorded the Farmville department in connection ; with the election. -. _ , Still regarded as one of the most exciting activities in Farmville, is this fire fighting business. * And though not so thrilling perhaps, to ' see the fire truck speed to answer the alarm as it was to see former Fire Chief Bob Belcher lead the old .< bucket brigade in the track race to's the scene of action some thirty years i ago, following an alarm given by Red < Newton, compensation is doubtless < made in the assurance of greater t protection. -? ? The most pressing of Farmville's J needs at the present time is a new j fire truck and barn, the town now relying upon a single antiquated piece < of machinery to protect more than y $3,000,00z worth of property from i fire. The present fire engine is 23 < years old and is known to be inade- i quate for proper fire protection. i Though handicapped by outmoded 1 apparatus the traditions of fine to- j operation and efficient service are 1 being upheld by the present Depart- < ment Assistant Chief, and the fol- . lowing citizens as loyal members; Loyd and G. R. Smith, M. L. and Lynn Eason, Lath Morriss,' G. E. t Ballew, J. W. and R. M. Hardy, M. W. Rollins, G. M. Shirley, E..J. BaF* \ rett, R. L. Spivev, W. C. "Wooten, C. i R. A. JOYNER City Clerk and Treasurer Mr. Joyner was recently elected as President of the North Carolina Fire men's Association. 1 < H. Flanagan, Ed Nash Warren, Pat Bundy and A- J. Melton. Colored: Walter Bullock, Joe Askew, Starling Gorham, Red Bu pree, Leander Parker, Bennett Gor ham, William Baker, Jade Hopkins, Tom McKinney, Ernest Moore, Ervin Forbes and Bennie Joyner. PEAK YEAR WAS ^7 The peak tobacco income in 1937 (calendar year) resulted from the exceptionally high prices for the 1936 Burley crop, and the strong de mand for the large 1937 flue^cured Erop. Since then total tobacco in some has declined each year, mark edly influenced by the decline of flue-cured cash income under the impact of large domestic supplies md poor export demand the last two years. Burley and fire-cured in some dropped sharply between 1938 and 1939 and did not entirely recover in 1940. Demand- factors were evi dently the most important determi nants of these declines. Growers of ather types have been in a relatively better position. Income from dark sir-cured and Maryland types has been more constant, and income from agar leaf has increased.?Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The name of Private Dan Yaokey af Exeter, Pa., with the 36th Field Artillery at Fort Bragg, N. C., was jonceded to have the most appropri ate name for a soldier at the fort. mmm0? ' ' . -: n Agentsfa Teach Tobacco Gradiag >?? ? .'- - v ;v ?- ? ? A schedule for tobacco grading demonstrations to be held through out the ilpe-cured tobacco area of North Carolina during the next j three months was announced yes- : terday by L. T. Weeks, Extension specialist of State College. The dem- j onstrations will be arranged by conn- i ty agents, and will be conducted by tobacco grading specialists of the < Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S. i Department of Agriculture. ; ? ?? i North* Carolina produced 69 per cent of the "Nation's flue-cured to- j bacco crop lost year. < TOBACCO; The final estimate of J North Carolina's 194D-tobacco crop of 1 J 606,820,000 is 38 per cent underthq ? [811,675,000 pounds crop produced in 1 1939 and 2 percent above the 10-year average (1929-38) production. Under the control program this year, North ' 1 Carolina fanners harvested 511,800 i acres compared with 864,100 grown J last year and a ten-year average of j 635,440 acres. This year's acreage is i -41 percent below 4989 and 19 percent ! [ below the ten-year average. The 1940 < yield per acre for the. State, placed ] at 990 pounds, is 51 pounds above i the previous record -yield made last ' year and 209 podnds abotfe the ten- ; year average. The 1940 record high j yield accounts for production tlas < season being 2 per cent above- the 1 ten-year average whfir the acreage 1 is 19 per emit below the correspond- j ing period. ? < ! " i i ' " *>??"' L~* ? -S- .?&?*??' ?'! prewi? - there are a njimber of practices that can be performed which will tend to help produce the type of Mucco that meets the domestic donand. One of the first essential things^ cer for tobacco-and the recommended formujMiare as follows) ?M It has been found that on light or low-productive soda-that from 800 to 1200 pounds of a 3-8-6 tobacco fer tilizer gives, satisfactory results. On the heavier or more* productive soils it has been found that 800 to 1000 pounds of a 3-10-6 gives excellent results* On coastal plain soils it is advisable to use a 3-8-6 and in many instances where the soil is in a high state of cultivation a S-lp-6. On Piedmont soils it is advisable in .all cases to bse> 3-10-6 te preference to a 8-8-6. In some instances on Pied-' mont toils it is advisiable to use a MO-6 at the rate of '800 to 1000 pounds per acre in preference to a 3-10-6. This would also be true on many tobacco soils in the flue-cured belt where tobacco for some reason bad to follow a legume crop with a heavy growth. Tobacco Is Very Sensitive. All experiments ?id demonstra tions have indicated that these analy sis. and rates will give more, profit able results than will lower analysis or low grades of fertilizer.. Tobacco is a very sentitive and delicate plant so far as its feeding habits are con cerned. It demands a well balanced plant food and when 1000 pounds of a 3-8-3 fertilizer is used, the nitrogen over-balances the amount of phos phate -and potash used, thus making an. unbalanced condition in the source of plant food. The results that might be expected from this are too much nitrogen, not a sufficient amount of phosphate and potash, and poor quality tobacco. V-fa,.,1, .....?: ' " ' , 1' I aire. tiiS if ^ tkproJ; due*the {jrpe?. to meet whet at ?i*f. time was export demands. j! I w Ridge Cultivation J? fatoWe ?i|{ The ridge method of cultivation ; liaa proven invaluable toward making ? a better quality of tobacco. Bythej I iidgs' method of c^tivation^t meant H harvested., The advantage of this I < method of cultivation is that it ghtes J j a higher, broad, rounded bed in which H the roots grow and develop. Promj] experiments and demonstrations that ! J that where "the ridge method of cultar I j vation is used, as much as $20 to $351] per acre increase in value over the M flat method of cultivation was re-jj Future crops of tobacco are de- M pendent-upon seed selection, whether M by individual growers or commercial j j seed companies, (and whether they M are capable and. efficient or incapa-1 j ble and poor at doing the job. The N from year to year by giving thought H and careful consideration to the se-PB . The seed plants should be selected j ] beforo the tobacco is topped. Theyh should, be typical of "the variety n planted. The leaves on plants of j 1 any variety should'be . well spaced on < the stslkt find the seed pkuit st&ndl 1 out above Jfce average plant?, if -the n quality is to be improved by selec- j i tion. The veins of the leaves should]? altercate as they come put from the] I mid-rib instead of coming from the I f same point on either side. The targ-1' est plants growing in /a rich spot in] ] .the tield will not give the best quali- j i ty in all cases. U iva?S???wJ! porta just before the blossom >pens to prevent cross-pollination, tobacco l(r ik-^-pollinated g plant >ut eaaJjeeross-pollinated mechani anyg H mm la .too Binder t. hold the h?g upright when tied on, vait a few days, and pinch off the Srst Woesome ah^ the pods, and bl ow the stalk to become stronger. Bud worm bait should be applied to ?eed pods before the bagB are put pn. Po get best results it is necessity to prune-the branches to three or four n order to give room for. develop ment under the bag; in other words, eave only the 'fcrow?f foot" ??&? lealthiest, soundest seed oome from hese pods. Normally one nod plant '? ? \ . will produce about oee-half ounce of seed. When the tobacco has matured, the Not seed plants must again be se lected from the crop if ' the most is % 'v ', accomplished by selection. After the seed pods have thoroughly ma- v > tured, it is necessary, tb remove the ? tops of the plants to a building where they may be hung up and allowed to thoroughly dry. When they have dried thoroughly the seed should be token from the pods and cleaned by" means of a tobacco seed cleaner. Many of the County Agents and Vo cational Teachere have a seed clean-/ er available for tobacco growers to ^W& Vitowin 1* a*l Minerals so, Essential to Your Health. . ?: ? "WHERE QUALITY MERCHANDISE ANI) LOW PRICES PREVAIL" ; "'''."1 MBi '^^^^^^^^IIIIIIIIIIIIUSK -.., ~ wttK/l ^ ^HHb ^ ^ I^IIIIIIIIIb ?? ^ vHit' ?IliiiiiHi ^ ^ - g||^^|||||n^p fllllll^^ ????? ' ' . ' _ -v-.- -. . . fl ?- ?"~'\^;j. - ?-.^v,->tjr'^-:1%-.. >";. - ^w " ;? -?V.- V'" -?- '; ? .: ,-""1'',. .-,'-? ? '-??. ,<--?. '???'-'? '* '. >: > *': '"'*_? >f ,*"- : >?*? v '?? ;'?? .' * .,' r!.'*;".-,J!-'- <'.-'i",.'- V"'. -' :" '? r~' "fJ ? ? - * - ? ,-. ? ? ? .. VU-A-. 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