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THE NEWS - JOURNAL, RAEFORD, N. C.
THURSDAY, OCT. 21, 1943
Supplies Packed in PULPVVOOD for U.'S. Pig Boats
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POSTS O' CALL are few and far between for C. 3. submarines attached to the Pacific Fleet With cruises
long and dangerous, this pig boat crew stocks op with supplies to tide them over such periods. Containers
made from pulpwood conserve storage space, keep material dry, fresh and rust-proof.
State College
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Q. Can I grr.de and sell my on r Instruction
Zgs as Grade A with r.t a peri it? ! rcc msirucuons
Answers Time
Farm Questions
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Q. Can I get the full Ginermnert
loan on cotton if I store it on my own
farm
A. Yes. says Dan F. Holler, State
Collose Cotton Marketing Specialist.
Make application t your AAA office,
which sends an inspector to your
farm. If your storage is good, the in-1 milk?
spec-tor either takes up your "Green A. J
Class Card" or draws samples of your Dairy
cotton. If you are a member of a
one-variety cotton community and
your cotton has already been classed,
you:- ln can be made in a few min
ute:.. Simple, isn't it. By the way,
you are paid 10 cents a bale per
month for storing your own cotton.
There is a charge of $1 per bale for
(nsu -once and inspection.
A Yes. says T. T. Brown. F.xten- J.or Kope SpIlCin?
sion Poultry Specialist at State Col- "H"V"
lege. provided you will gather the
epgs from your nests twice a day and
keep them in a co.il place. The eggs
must be candled so that the poor
quality ones can be removed. Can
c ling and grading of fresh, clean eggs
is easy. Se your county agent for in
itructions in making a candlcr and
;ruding your eggs.
J. Can you give me some sugges
tions for the proper handling of my
A. Arey and A. C. Kinney,
Extension Specialists at N. C.
3t :te College, say that the secret of
jroducing high quality milk begins
with keeping barns, cattle, and men
ials clean. Milk should also be kept
-ool. If practical, immediately alter
milking, the terperati.re of the milk
: nil Id be lowered to a temperature
r-iiging between 45 and 50 degrees.
Instructions in rope splicing have
been issued by the Agricultural En
cineering Department at State College
in response to many requests for such
information, reports David S. Wea-
; ver, head of the department.
It is almost impossible to purchase
1 any new rope made of Manila fiber
; and splicing has become an important
farm job. Fiftl information on two
methods if rope splicing is given to
: a leaflet which is free to North Caro
lina farmers I'pon request to the Ag
ricultural Engineering Department,
State College, Raleigh.
Improved Sires
Help Save Feed
Marketing inferior animals and the
use of improved sires will help in
partially solving the feed shortage
and at the same time bring great im
provement in North Carolina's live
stuck development, says E. H. Hos
tetler, in charge of animal industry
research for the State College Experi
ment Station.
A recent test shows that when non
descript cows were bred to a pure
bred bull, their calves averaged 53
pounds heavier at weaning time. In
the feed lot, these calves required
less feed per unit of grain and made
cheaper gains than those calves pro-
! duced from bulls and cows of inferi
or breeding.
Furthermore, the carcasses of the
cattle sired by the purebred bull were
fatter and contained a higher per
centage of edible and tender meat.
Hostetler suggestes that the sow of
poor conformation and those consis
tently producing small litters be sent
to mr.rket. The beef animal that is
a "shy breeder" or bcla.v the averar y
quality of the herd carr be sent to the
butcher.
Good sires cost money and there is
J often a question in the mind of many
cattle growers as to how much they
I are really worth. In the test referred
: to above the purebred bull added
about ten dollars more per head to
the value of the calves and with a
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the bull would be about 9250 as co.n
' pared with an inferior bull.
State College
Hints To Farm
Farm Home-makers
copy of the chart from the local home
agent and hang it in your kitichen.
By Ruth Current, N. C. State College.
As you think tf some of the most
tantalizing odors of good food, aren't
golden loaves of freshly baked bread
high on the list? Good, home-made
bread is uniformly shaped, evenly
browned, a fine even porous texture,
and above all, the flavcr is wheatly
and good. By all means use Enrich
ed flour, and some should be made
of whole wheat flour.
To make bread that will satisfy,
understand the principles of bread
making, use a tested recipe, select
ingredients of good quality, and fol
low directions explicitly. If you stick
to these simple rules, you w-n't have
unlucky baking days.
Keep wearing apparel and house
hold supplies and equipment well
ired and cry the.-e days. This is the
best way to prevent mildew, which is
caused by molds. Molds need mois
ture and certain temperatures in or
der u grow. Wherever the closet is
damp, poorly aired, and poorly light
ed or dark, molds will flourish.
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As our civilian food supply grows
snaller, the homemaker's problem of
providing adeat'rtn diets and attrac
.!. rials for hr 1. .r.ily grows b -ger.
Therefore, it is more important
than ever for Mrs. Homemaker to
know the secen basic fo.'d groups, the
foods that insure the health and well
being of her family. If you can't re
member the seven basic groups, get a
Corn Acreage Is
Crop Leader
Raleigh, N. C, October 20 One
third of all land cultivated in North
Carolina last year was devoted to the
production of corn, the statistics di
vision of the State Department of Ag
riculture reported Monday.
Hay crops ranked second at 17.3 per
cent of the total land under cultiva
tion, with cotton in third place with
12.5 per cent of the acreage. In
fourth place was tobacco at 7.8 per
cent.
In the report, hay crops include
small grains cut green for hay, lespe
rleza red for hay, cowpcar, r ytcans,
tlc c: and r'.::iuts.
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Food Crops
The largest increase in food crops
in 1943 c me with Irish potatoes,
sweet potatoes, and peanuts.
until delivered to the consumer or
processing plant, if a low bacteria
milk is to be delivered. Write the
Agricultural Editor, State College,
Raleigh, for War Series Bulletin No.
11, entitled "Handling Milk on the
t sii uld be kept at this temperature ! Farm."
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NORTH- CAROLINA
i It would take quite a stretch of the imagi
nation to conceive of North Carolina
without its rich farmlands. Indeed, if
all the food, textiles, and other basic war
materials produced on the farms of our
State were suddenly lost to America's
war effort, it would be as disastrous as
the loss of many major battles.
278 276 North Carolina farms today are
producing the things needed desperately
by the fighting men and war workers of
the United Nations. Nearly 1,700,000
people (more than 45 of North Caro
lina's population) are "in there pitching"
to set new records for farm output.
The first of North Carolina's farm
products in value is tobacco, followed by
corn and cotton. Our State ranks 1st in
the nation in tobacco growing, 14th in
corn and 8th in cotton. And these are
just a few of the crops and products
that our farms are yieding under a far-
sighted policy established by successive
legislatures that has given agriculture
its rightful place in the State's economy.
Members of the Greyhound organiza
tion (a large number of whom grew up
on North Carolina farms) have a par
ticular interest in our North Carolina
neighbors who live and work on farms
and in rural communities. Our buses are,
in many cases, their only means of public
transportation.
We feel we're helping them do their big
job better by giving them easy access
to nearby towns and cities for market
ing crops, buying farm supplies and for
seeking relaxation, Our buses have also
aided them by bringing farm workers
right to their gates. It's all part of the job
in which Greyhound takes the greatest
pleasure making near neighbors and
good neighbor- of all the communities
that our buses serve in North Carolina
GREYHOUND TERMINAL
Hotel Raeford,
Raeford, N. C.
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Grade Eggs For
Higher Prices
A prartical, homemade egg candler
can be easily made by boring a one
inch home in the side of a wooden box
and putting a 40 to 50 watt light bulb
in the box, says T. T. Brown, Exten
sion poultry specialist at State Col
lege. Under the OPA ceiling prices, a
grower can get about 15 cents a dozen
more for graded eggs and this can ea
sily be done on the farm. Eggs which
are well handled will almost always i
measure up to the Grade A standard !
for interior quality, according to !
Brown.
In candling eggs, the poultry spe- j
cialist explained that the large ends
of the eggs should be placed against
the hole in the box with the small end
tilted down. Twirl the egg before the
light and then quickly shift it so as to
bring the small end before the light.
Any blood spots in the egg will usu
ally show up plainly as the inside of
the egg moves about from the quick
turn.
After the eggs have been candled,
they should then be divided into si
zes. A pair of small egg scales will
be of great assistance in doing this
job.
For detailed information on official
grading of eggs, Brown suggests that
the grower get in touch with the coun
ty agent or write the Poultry Depart
ment, State College, Raleigh.
"Poultrymen can turn their spare
minutes into dollars by candling and
grading their eggs at home", Brown
says.
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Bonds
J. F. Brooks, eighty-year-old Negro
of the Hobbsville community in Gates
county has purchased his second $100
War Bond.
SPECIAL
ATTENTION
MR. FARMER!
FERTILIZERS
We will be in a position to start delivering your fertilizer
requirements for the 1943-44 Season, beginning OCTOBER
15th to NOVEMBER 1st, 1943.
To insure your having your fertilizers when you need them
it is necessary that you start taking in your fertilizers not la
ter than OCT. 15th to NOV. 1st. This is due to the fact that the
LABOR SITUATION is even now EXTREMELY CRITICAL
and daily becoming more CRITICAL. Also, deliveries will
have to be made with inadequate transportation facilities.
It is true that for the duration, you as well as ourselves are
compelled to ocerate our business under the most unusual
conditions, which will work a hardship on all of us. In your
case it means that you will have to take in your fertilizers well
in advance of the time that you will actually need them, to in
sure your having them on hand when you will need them.
To whip the Axis and bring the War to a quick ending it is ne
cessary that we all work together, and give and take when and
where it is necessary.
TO YOU WHO ANTICIPATE FARMING DURING 1944:
For reasons other than those outlined here, a bird in hand dur
ing October, November and December will be worth much
more to you than what birds you may have in hand after that
time.
Your small grain sowed this fall should have ample fertilizer
under it, in addition to being dressed with Nitrogen next
Spring. We can furnish your requirements for this also.
Make your plans now See us or our Agents, and let us start
delivering your fertilizers not later than October 15th to No
vember 1st.
Buy DIXIE BRAND FERTILIZERS and
grow PROFITABLE CROPS.
DIXIE GUANO CO.
Telephone Nos. 63, 65, and 66
LAURINBURG, N. C.
We Manufacture Quality Fertilizers To Suit Your Needs.
"A" You say you are a patriotic American!
Here's your chance to prove it to help your
country win this war.
Here's a job you can do.
Cut pulpwood. Pulpwood is as essentia1
to war as ships or tanks or planes. Right
now there is an acute shortage.
More pulpwood is needed desperately.
So if you can cut it, don't wait any longer.
Get busy now Don't let our boys down.
Newspaper
Pulpwood '
Committee) '
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