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kli ffim IN POULTRV JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER By CARL GOERCH Quality Cannot Ge Put Into Inferior Stock, Says Head Of Poultry Department At State College. The most important factor in tuo success or lailure .of the ccnm^ jjoultry year :s the baby chi''ks be hatched or purchased. to “The present aay poultryman, whether ent^aged in the business commercially or simply as a faim flock owner, or whether he is new to the business or has had years of experience, must give a>tentioa to the quality of his baby chicks,:’ says Koy S. Dears.ynt. head of the poul try deparf.neut at State Coliige. “If these ciiicks are not of proven stock, no a'.nuunt oi exptusi.e e.j.i.p ment, care .n let jing or careiu' man agement will put this quali'y into the birds, ii must be transmitted tp them by the pareni stuck." By quaht;.-. Prof. Dtarsiyne points out, he means that the chicits bt from flocks of high viiai1..v, ca.i"- fully chosen for production and Con- fonuation to the standard of the breed, and from blood-tested parenis, it possible. vSuch chicks are to bo found only in liatclieries which have a carefully chosen source of sup ply, or from flock owners win have proven themselves capable oi developing such chicks. Dearstyne looks for an increase in poultry growing in North Caro lina this coming season ani this means there will be a demand _foi baby chicks. Some will purchase on a price basis without regard for quality and bring disease and low production into their present flocks. Some will be misled by enticing advertisements and will send orders without first investigating the con tritions. It would be wise, thinks the poultryman, for those who contem plate bu}dng froju outside of North Carolina to first take up with the agricultural college of that State, the status o( the source of supply. mjINDFEi ' UPS SHOW GlUN Present indications are that the anners of North Carolina will have 3 listen to more advice, more sug ge.stions. more plans and more rec- .iminendalicas in connection with iheir operations for the ensuing year ban ever before in all their lives. Kveryihing else may fail him, but he average farmer can always de- end upon getting plenty of advice, lost of it doesn't amount to much. ;t sounds nice, but that’s about all. A few aaVs ago thare appeared in ;he papers an interview with a prominent banker in the western part of the state. He made the as- ■sertion that “farms generally should je more self-sustained. So far as possible, all food and feed needed ‘or man and beast should be pro duced on the farm.” THE MElySJOURNAL. RAEFORD, N. \r - i , • rianniHw Cliristmss Bmner Means Less Work Today i State College Extension Direc tor Gives Statistics On Crops Since Live-at-Home Program Began. Since 192h. North Carolina farm ers have increased the acreage to food and feed crops by the remark able total of 695,000 acres. During the same period, the acreage to cot ton and tobacco has been decreased by 576,000 acres and allowing for an increase of 19,000 acres in the peanut crop, the total decrease in That particular banker probably lattered himself with the thought ihat he had made .a pronouncement which would prove beneficial to the 'armers of the state. As a matter o‘ fact, it was just about as beneficial as though he had said: “Every farm er of North Carolina should strive to be prosperous and to make money jut of his farming operations • next year." Whole reams of advice and sug gestions have been offered. Most of it is along the same lines as that which w'as given out by the above- mentioned banker. Which means that most of it W'as sound, splendid ad vice—but absolutely useless. The farmers of North Carolina have a wonderful opportunity to get even with these numerous purveyors of advice, a large •portion of which comes from individuals who know very little about farming. All they’ve got to do is to make use of one wor± That one word will do them more actual good than whole realms of ♦intricate and learned nreachments. The word is—“How,” with a question mark at the end of it. “My farmer-friends,” says the stump-orator, “we are' living in try ing times. Many problems confront us. We should so endeavor to reg ulate and rotate our crops as to put farming upon a systematic and busi ness-like basis. Wie should try to get away from out-of-date methods end should try to adjust ourselves to present-day conditions. We should adopt a constructive program which will enable us to show a profit at the end of the year.” Somebody gets up in the audience and utters just one word—“How?” Can’t you imagine the effect of uch an interruption upon the aver 'ge orator? He would be complete- ■y flabhergaried and unable'to say another w'ord. Perhaps he might be inclined to argue just a, little bit. “Do you mean to say that my ad- •ice isn’t sound?” he might inquire. “Perfectly sound,” replies the farmer. “If carried out, would it not en- 'ble you to farm at a profit next year?” By JOSEPHINE GIBSON Director, Heinz Food Institute rpHE Christmas dinner is a highlight of holiday festivities, rivalirg in importance the tree and gifts. It’s a joyful time of family re unions, when everybody gathers around the dinner table! Decorations of dining room and table must be in keeping, and a" idea, always lovely, is to have holly about walls, lights and pictures. Hove, as a table centerpiece, a bowl of choice fruit with sprigs of holl. stuck here and there; and at each place a bit of holly tied with re ribbon. The menu should^hot be overly elaborate but should stress goo old-fashiuned di.shes, well prepared and attractively served. Women tc day are fortunate in that many good things can be prepai’ed outside th home, so that while the dinner is as bountiful and delicious as ever, i is much less labor to prepare. Cocktails, soups, relishes, jjrcserves an. iellies, mincemeat and old-time fig and plum puddings may. be pur chased ready for use, without endless days of preparation necessary ir. grandmother’s time. For the dinner we suggest one of the following menus: , Chilled Tomato Juice or Oyster Cocktail* Celery Eipe Mission Olives ’’oa.st Turkey or Coose or Chicken with Dressing* Mashed Potatoes Crc.amcd or Buttered Brussels Sprouts or Cabbage Cranberry Jelly Fresh Cucumber Relish Mala.ga Grape and Pineapple Salad with French Dressing Plum Pudding (ready to serve) with Hard Sauce ColTee l^uts ^ = PHONE, WRITE OR SEE S 1 S. L. BARDEN g S Upholst'fering Furniture Restoring, Cabinet Work S = and Finishing, Antique Furniture^A Speiialty. S = 124 Maxwell St. Phone 316 s S FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. g = Prices Reasonable—Work First Class S mill iittiiiiiiiiiijiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ADVERTISE IT IN THE NEWS-JOURNAL 1-/^. Cream of Tomato or Cream of Pea Soup (ready to serve) Celery Spanish Queen Olives Roast Stuffed Little Pig Baked or Glazed Sweet Potatoes Baked Onions Cold Slaw Pure Apple Butter Hot Parkerhouse Rolls Fig Pudding (ready to serve) with Ice Cream or Sauce Coffee Christmas Candies (*Iiidicate3 recipes are given below.) Oyster Cocktail: Allow six oys- is per person. Serve on half islls; arranged on cracked ice in leep plate; or mix oysters with cocktail sauce and serve in stemmed glasses. Prepare cocktail sauce as follows: )1 cup Tomato Ketchup; 3 tablespoons Chili Sauce; 2 table- ipoons Pure Vinegar; 2 tablespoons Evaporatea Horseradish, which has been soaked for ten minutes in 2 tablespoons cold water; few drops Pepper Sauce; % to 1 teaspoon salt; dash of pepper. Mix all ingredients thoroughly together. This makes about 1% cupfuls of sauce. Turkey EtuTing: Crumb one loaf slightly stale thread. Season with salt and pepper to suit taste. Add cup meltea butter, 1 teaspoo" cinnamon, if desired, 1 tablespoov’ Worcestershire Sauce and 1 table spoon onion juice. Mix thoroughly, Press firmly into fowl. “You’re probably right about the State’s so-called cash crops a- . mounts to £57,000 acres. The only loss in acreage to food anJ feed cro js has been a slight de- word How? For years various individuals and crease with wheat because of low prices. Since 1929, there has been 2,000 less a--res of wheat planted, finds Charles A. Sheffield, assist ant extension director at State Col lege, who has been studying North Carolina’s c edition - since the live at'home program has been under way. k The dry figures on the situation are as follows: corn has ' been in creased by 334.000 acres or 14.5 percent;, wheat decreased by 2,000 acres or less than one percent; oats increased by 48,000 acres or 15 per cent; rye increased by 10,000 acres or 10 i>er cent; barley increased by 12,000 acres or 30 percent; cowpeas Increased by 18,000 acres or 20 pei cent; soybeans increased by 83,000 acres or 47.5 percent; hay increased fby 105,000 acres of 11.8 percent; Irish potatoes increased by 29,000 acres or 39.7 percent; sweet potatoes Increased b3' 41,000 acres or 5-i per cent; sorghum increased by 15,000 acres or 75 percent. During this same period since 1929 Mr. Sheffield says the col ten crop planted has been decreased by 534,000 acres or 28.5 percent and the tobacco crop by 42,000 acres or 6.5 pCToent. “Their why are you so skeptical?” To which the farmer replies with ness, and it so happens that this section is generally recognized as the most prosperous agricultural dis trict in the country. Colquitt county, down in Georgia, has really tried to t;ll its farmers how. When a far mer gets ready to start his year’s ivork, he is given a definite outline to follow. If he has ,a farm of forty acres, suggestions are made as to what he should plant on those forty acres. He isn’t handed out a lot of pretty-sounding advice along broad and general lines; he is told exactly what to do and how to do it. Past experience has proved that those farmers who have followed the ad vice have prospered, consequently they are ready and willing to listen to future suggestions. Further decreases in-the acreage to both cotton and tobacco are ex pected for 1932 with more legumes planted and more land seeded to grain and othmr feed crops. Mr. Bheflleld' says. CHRI^TAVAS : GREETINGS 'gencies have been telling the farm- :rs what to do. but only in extreme- ’y rare cases have they been telling the farmers how to do it. Anybody “iauld have told General Pershing, ’uring the great war, that he ought to take his armies on the field of battle and' win a great victory, but who was there who could tell him how to do it? The same thing ap plies with advice to the farmers. The aveva.g? farmer is a pretty intelligent man. He doesn’t have to be told that a live-at-home plan is a good policy for him to pursue; what he needs to be told is how to pursue that policy. He doesn’t hav^ to be told to diversify his crops; he wants to know how to diversify them. He already knows that he ought to make a profit on his year’s work; the thing that gets him is how to make it. North Carolina has more than its share of professional advisors. They delight in telling people what to do, but they fall dismally short in their attempts to tell them how to dp it. For tihe most part, they prefer to ignore details and content them selves with broad generalties. "My dear friends,” says another speaker, “I sympathize deeply with you in your predicament. The farm er this year is up against it. But I see a way out of this wilderness. What you should do is to adopt a program of cooperated effort, jto pool your resurces and to concen trate your energies. At the present time, every farmer is working by himself. There is no cooperation. Be fore we can hope to bring about a return of prosperity, we must leam the value of teamwork.” Once more the man in the audl- ance rises. Once more he utters that fateful word — “How?” And imme diately the speaker on the platform is silenced. ^ ’ So far as I know, there has been only one section of the country that has tried to answer this “how” busi- Past experience so far as North Carolina farmers are concerned has been entirely different. Reams of advice has been issued, but it hasn’t meant antyhing. 'Consequently, no body has been benefitted. All these suggestions about crop rotation, di versified farming, raising livestock and poultry and living at home have been wasted effort. -They have been just about as helpful as the asser tion: “In order to raise good crops in North Carolina, we ought to have the proper mixture of sunshine and rain.” Good, but absurd. nEU NEWS Mir' and Mrs. George Fox and daughters, Cleo and Rachel, of Rox- boro, spent the week-end as guests of the families of Messrs. C. H. and J. D. Tapp. « * • Mr. and Mrs. Fred Riley left Sunday for Florida. They have spent the winters in Florida for the past few years. Mr. Riley having business there, and here also. > « * Many of the farmers around here are finishing up grading their tobac co this week, 'which is much sooner than usual, owing to the short crop. All have made a poor average. * « * If enough farmers will raise their voices during the next few months and 'Will say “How?” often enough, perhaps some of this advice can be made to mean something. Here’s How! FROM THE FILES OF THE Hoke County Journal FIVE YEARS AGO ' Miss Margaret Currie Is recover ing from .h serious attack of ton- Bllitls, we ' are glad to hear. * * * According to the radio, snow in many places Sunday night. * * * fell Christmas next station! * • * Mr. and Mrs. Hinson Walters, of Chapel Hijl, spent Monday and; Tuesday in this vicinity. BROTHER OF N. A. McDonald dies tues. Carthage, Dec. 8.—D. A. McDonald, widely known political leader and one of the most beloved and highly respected as well as leading citizens of Carthage, died Tuesday morning at his residence in Carthage at 7 o’clock, age 80 years. He had been in failing health for several months but was stricken early Sunday morn ing and never regained conscious ness. Mr. McDonald Is survived by one son, D. A. McDonald, Jr., of Carth age; two daughters. Miss Annie Lee McDonald and Mrs. J. K. Roberts, of Carthage. His wife and two daugh ters preceded him to the grave. He is also survived by two brothers, M. C. McDonald, of West End; N. A. McDonald, of Timberland; and two sisters, Mrs. M. A. Monroe, and G. W. Breton, of Biscoe. Editor Poole lost his pocketbook Saturday evening. Had his name on it, so if the finder keeps It, he steals it. It contained a $10 a $5 and two $1 bills and J. H. Blue’s check for $6. * * The new county officers, the same Clerk, Register of Deeds, Were sworn in Monday and bonds tendered. The new Board of County Com missioners were sworn in: J, A. McDiarmld, W. B. McNeill, S. J. Cameron, R, P. Stewart, Archie Mc Gill. The funeral services will be 'held, from the Presbyterian church at Carthfige of which he has been a ruling elder for many years, Wednes day morning at 11 o’clock with in terment in the local cemetery, the services will be in charge of Rev. W. S. Golden, pastor. For 20 years, Mr. McDonald was clerk of the court of Moore.county. He also served several terms as state senator and member of the state house of representatives. For more than a decade be was member of the Democratic state executive committee and for more than 50 years a member of the Masonic order. ;vv .. . .' . X X- 'i. Itiiis ^1. JErerjy Ten- OUT of every ten days next winter, one day’s heat will cost you just exactly nothing, if you order your coal now, and take advantage of low summer rates. Place your order with us today, our trucks will deliver your season’s supply. Hoke Oil & Fertilizer Company A Complete Milling Service = FLOURMILL FEED MILL GRIST MILL We have every facility that modem engineering can furnish for the manufacture of the highest grade Flours, Meal suid Feeds of all kinds. Our label on the bag is our slogan LIVE AT HOME In keeping with the trends of the times, we foresaw ss more than a year ago that our people would be forced s to a more diversified method of farming and we in> = stalled a new feed mill to supplement our line of ma- —- chinery. This mill has proven a wonderful success sx and we invite anyone who is not familiar with it to — come in and see what it will do. We grind and mix S either for cash or on a toll basis. s Insist on the following made at home brands = when you make your purchases. LIVE AT HOME Starting Mash Laying Mash Growing Mash Scratch Feed LIVE AT HOME Dairy Feed Sweet Feed QUEEN QUALITY Flour is made by us and you owe it to yourself to try it. We manufacture the famous Upchurch’s Wster^ Ground Meal. Upchurch Milling Company = Phone 211 Raeford, N. C. ii
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