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f THE NEWS - JOURNAL, RAEFORD, N. C. THURSDAY, DEC. 30th, 1943 PAGE SIX State College Answers Timely Farm Questions Q. What is being done to straighten out hog prices? A. Farmers have asked that sup port prices on hogs be established to include weights of 160 to 200 pounds as well as the present weights of 200 to 270 pounds, says H. L. Meaihani, marketing specialist. Growers claim that Baltimore, one of their main markets, prefers light weight hogs, which are now being heavily discount ed. They cannot understand this sit uation because experience shows that much feed can be saved by feeding animals to lower weights. The price on 200 to 270 pound hogs has recently dropped 20 cents per hundred weight. On the other hand, lighter weight hogs have been penalized as much as $1.55 per hundred weight. North Carolina farmers have also asked that the penalty on soft and oily hogs be rescinded. Q. I have been getting my cured meat too salty. How can I do to get just the right amount of salt'.' A. Ellis Vestal, swine specialist suggests that you use a mixture of 8 pounds of salt, 3 pounds of sugar, and 3 ounces of saltpeter per 100 pounds of meat. It should be cured for lour to six weeks, depending on the size of the pieces to be cured. He also sug gests that cuts be made smooth, as rough and ragged cuts cannot be pro perly wrapped for future storage and skipper preventi. n. Growers who wish information on butchering, cut ting and curing pork should write for a free 'opy of Extension Circular No. 262 to the Agricultural Editor, State Soil Preparation Prime Factor In Kudzu Cultivation Farmers who have been most suc cessful in establishing kudzu have found that thorough land preparation well in advance of planting helpful to get good stands, says J- C. Hutchison, assistant soil conservationit of the Pee Dee-Cape Fear soil conservation dis trict. Land prepared in the winter was well settled when the plants were set, out, an important factor in getting go'd results with this fast-growing plant. In preparing land the conservation ist recommends plowing deep furrows 25 feet apart and applying one to two tons of manure and 200 pounds of su perphosphate per acre in the furrows. Then throw additional furrows to the row to form a broad, flat bed, approx imately 10 feet wide, and allow to set tle until planting time. If the beds have not settled suffici ently by planting time, it will be ne cessary to harrow, roll, or otherwise firm the ground to produce a linn bed. Plants set out in loose, fresh soil, of. ten dry out and die. With an ever increasing emphasis on the production of feed crops, the demand for kudzu planting stock is very large. The supply of plants are limited therefor it is important to take every precaution to see that plants set nut in the spring survive. College, Raleigh. AMERICAN HEROES BY LEFF Q. Where can I get some help in determining what trees should be cut for pulpwood? A. See your county agent. If y ur problem requires the services of a forester, he will give advice. Cutting pulpwood at this time is a very real contribution to the war effort. GREETINGS 1 We ve Been Hitttno em Where They Live, Folks, and tlie future looks a great deal brighter. Here's wish ing all our friends Health, Happiness and Prosperity in 1944. THE LADIES SHOP 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 operate 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 ytni will need them. To whip the Axis anil 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 band 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 additien 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 rv VPLIZERS and : grow PROFIT A3! ROPS. DIXIE O'n? iO. Telephone K;.- . , and 66 LAURI?:;cKG, N. C. We Manufacture Quality Fertilizers To Suit Your Needs. 1 1 iii" fc "'in l)n ilie far tide of a knoll exposed to enemy guns in the Solomons, one of Pfc Kondell Lyons' comrades was wounded. Marine Virata Lyons brought him in. Another man was hit Lyons bronght aim, too, lo safety. The injured men were thirsty. But all canteens were empty, and the Japs had the only water hole covered. Lyons went on! la tho face of continuous Jap fire and brought back water for his comrade. , For this ha wears the Silver Star. He risked hit life for bis fellows,-, The least we can do is buy mors War Bonds for them. . U. S. Trttturj Dttmrlmenl Cotton Seed Cotton growers are planning to plant more reginned or delinted seed than usual next year in an effort to get better stands. Some of the seed breeders are reginning all of their seed. O Crop production in the United States in 1943 was 6 per cent less than in 1942 but nearly 5 per cent more than in any previous season. . O- "Yes, sir, I believe that big wars often are caused by the smallest mat. ters," ruminated Old Man Jones. "Why, just the other night my wife was working a cross-word puzzle, and she looked up at me and said, 'What is a female sheep?" and I re plied, 'Ewe,' and there was another big war on." Treat And Re-Gin Your Cotton Seed For Best Planting Cotton growers, who wish lo im pr ve their chances of getting a full stand of cotton next spring, should plan to treat their seed with ceresan and have them re-ginned, or delinted, recommends C. L. McCaslan, State College Extension cotton gin special- ist. I Farmers have found years of expe- j rience that the treatment of cotton j see,!' allows them to plant the crop slightly earlier than usual, and that! seed treatment gives them relatively better stands under adverse weather conditkns. When all conditions are favorable for the germination of cot ton seed, the good results of seed treatment are not so marked. "With re-ginned cotton seed, there is not only quicker germination but also a gain in cotton linters, which are needed in the war eff :rt. Many of the large cotton breeders are now having all of their seed delinted so that the growers who use them may get an earlier stand ". McCaslan says. Under boll weevil conditions, grow ers have realized that a good stand of early cotton plays a big part in the success of the crop. With a full crop of fruit set early in the season, boll weevil control measures pay larger than average dividends. All materials for seed treatment and for insect control should be ordered as early as possible to avoid manpow er and transportation difficulties. Early deliveries by distributors and dealers to consumers is also needed. niand. In the comparatively short space of 18 :ronths the Army's dehydrated ve getable purchases have caused that industry to expand from a lew plants on the Pacific coast to some 20(1 plants located in nearly every state in the country and practically all their out put is sold t the Army for shipment overseas, the report shows. Ship ment of dehydrated foods, it is ex plained, saves valuable cargo space, tin and other packaging material. Sweet potatoes, the south's principal contribution to the big program, are cut into strips, slices or 3-8-inch cubes to start through the dehydrating pro cess and moisture of seven per cent is allowed in the finished product. A package of 7.5 pounds of dehydrated sweet potatoes will serve 100 soldiers. Producers sell through regular market channels to the dehydrating plants whose products are bought by the Army. The dehydrated vegetables, Quar termaster officers declare, are rich in nutritional value and ti make the servings tasty, special courses in their preparation are given students at the Army's bakers and cooks schools. O Eggs The Shell Egg Advisory Committee has requested the War Production Board to speed the manufacture of 20 to 22 million fiber cases for shipping the record egg crop of 1944. O Proteins It is reported that British interests are paying more for bone materials, tankage and other sources of proteins f:r feedstuffs in South America than V. S. interests can afford to pay under price ceilings. Dehydrated Sweet Potatoes Now Go To Battle Areas 7.5 Pounds Will Serve One Hun dred Men At A Meal. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 29. The south eastern states, principally Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Missippi, are supplying the sweet potat es for the Army's vast vegetable dehydration program, says reports at the Quarter masters Branch, Fourth Service Com- We make a Prediction And a Wish As the old year wanes Out Prediction: 1944 is going to ba a very bad year for the Japs. Our Wish: That 1944 be especially favorable to you . . . chockful of health happiness and prosperity. COLLINS DEPT. STORE : : : : : : : i5 iV HoiiM mum V Professional Cards NOTARY PUBLIC Sea RALPH CHAPMAN. Hoke Aula (Cherro let) Co. Phone 230-1. 42-lf ARTHUR D. GORE Attorney and Counsellor at Law Bank of Raeford Building N. McN. SMITH Attorney-at-Law G. B. ROWLAND Phone 2271 - Raeford, N. C Attorney-at-Law y 0 AIL i HAPPY NEW YEAR For many years in succession we have been wishing our friends and customers a Happy New Year. It is with the greatest of pleasure that we now renew this custom. Many thanks, and every good wish for you. DAVIS 5,10, 25c STORE vmmm it The toass we enjoyed in 1943 is MX aaerery the Hsastt of chaste. It in the aecvsjjtdatfag reward of long yean of effort on otar part ta ajfve the mot in quality sand service for your money. That policy holds good in 1944, a year which, we hope, will shower many blrsmng upon yon. WRIGHT'S ESSO STATION Formerly Auto Inn o o QAM 0pi Itntsm is hardly justi fied, but, looking into our crystal ball, we see better days ahead. In the light of this fact wc say Happy New Year with the oWtime spirit. May the best of everything come your way in 1944. HOKE AUTO CO. 5?
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