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UNITED STATES SENATOR
While no one seriously con
tends that the new farm bill Is all
that Is desired to the way of help
ful legislation for agriculture,
there Is general agreement that it
does represent some gains, that
farm spokesmen want it and that
it deserves to be given a trial. Ob
viously, If it fails to accomplish
the objectives sought, the legisla
tion can be quickly repealed.
Due to sectional differences and
the necessity for treating agricul
ture as a national problem, mem
bers of Congress agree that it will
always be difficult to draft a law
that will meet the full needs of
producers of a stogie crop. How
ever, in writing the new law, Con
gressional committees went fur
ther than ever before to obtaining
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Make $5 To $lO More Per Acre
On Your Corn Crop By Planting
WOOD'S HYBRID EARLY YELLOW DENT
Deep Roots, Drought, Storm and Disease Resistant.
Increases Your Yields 15 to 30%
Tests yielding up to 122 bushels per acre indicate it is the heaviest
yielding corn for your section. Wood's Hybrid Corn outyielded all
others in 1937 N. C. Experiment Station test.
Prices, postpaid: Qt., 50c.; '/ 2 peck, $1.30; Peck, >2.35.
F. O. B. Richmond: / 2 bu., $3.65; bu., $7.00; S-bu. lots, $6.85.
Prices includes seed treatment with Semesan, Jr.
□ Please mail free Hybrid Corn Circular and Wood's Seed Catalog.
Q Please ship me at above prices
Wood's Hybrid Early Yellow Dent Seed Corn.
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the views of farmers. Thus the
bill now being given Its finishing
touches is In every respect a com
promise as regards the thought
of all concerned with the welfare
of those who till the soil and pro
duce the food supply for the coun
try.
Nevertheless, there is much evi
dence that changes in marketing
conditions and tariff protection
for farm commodities are needed
to round-out any farm program.
All to Congress who are farm
minded are hopeful that these will
eventually noma. Until more fa
vorable marketing conditions and
tariff protection for the farmer
are assured, it is clearly shown
that they want the proposed par
ity and equalization plans.
As an able farm leader points
out it is easy to figure that if the
farmer does not cut production
and current farm prices hold, his
income would be greater. Much
has been made of this point. Yet,
this same farm leader points to
another side. If production is not
cut and current prices fall, the
loss to the farmer might prove
even greater. It is for this reason
that farm leaders are willing to
try the referendum plan under the
new legislation.
Reviewed briefly, this law is to
reality several laws. It continues
the soil conservation program. It
provides new marketing quotas to
be based on findings by the De
partment of Agriculture and sub
ject to referendums by farms. In
STHE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKiN. NORTH CAROLINA
Cinderella Man Retires From Ring
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NEW YORK CITY . . . Jimmy Braddock, one of the few- fighters to
really "come back" has announced his intention of retiring "while the
retiring is good" after a successful bout with Tommy Farr, British
Empire contender. Here Jimmy and Jack Dempsey (need we point?)
Btrtke a familiar pose as Bob Tow and Red Burman, their respective
protegee and promising heavyweights look on.
the case of tobacco, for example,
if more than one-third of the
farmers oppose the quota, it is
not to be made effective. The two
thirds rule to be Invoked is used
in the Senate on vital national is
sues.
Whatever may be the differ
ences of opinion in Congress as
regards the soil conservation pro
gram and the new plan for crop
curtailment and marketing quotas,
there is general agreement on oth
er important features of the new
law. This applies particularly to
the effort to stimulate the sale
and use of farm commodities and
the establishment of research lab
oratories to find new uses for farm
products. Here is new hope for
the cotton farmer, who, perhaps
more than any other grower, is
confronted with the problem of
dwindling markets, intense com
petition and labor problems. Some
believe that the cotton situation
should be handled distinct from
food commodities.
Whatever may be the final re
sults from the test of the new law,
they will soon be revealed. The
legislation will in all probability
be in effect before this column ap
pears. Hurried activity to set up
the necessary machinery will fol
low. It is recognized that enact
ment of the law has already been
too long delayed. In any event,
the new law gives the farmer some
promise of assistance where none
prevailed before.
HYBRID CORN
SHOWING GAIN
Is Replacing Old Corn Varie
ties; U. S. Acreage Shows
Huge Increase
HAS MORE RESISTANCE
Hybrid corn is replacing old
corn varieties just as automobiles
replaced the horse and buggy ac
cording to Dr. Merle T. Jenkins, of
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture. He estimates the acreage of
Hybrid Corn in the U. S. Jumped
from 40,000 acres in 1933 to 3,-
500,000 in 1937. He expects 15,-
000,000 acres will be planted this
year including half of the acre
age in the leading com belt states.
Authorities predict that within a
few years practically all seed
corn planted will be hybrid.
This increase is due to farmers
finding that Hybrid Corn is re
sistant to drought,. storms, dis
ease and other adversities, and
yields 15 to 30 per cent more than
best local varieties. They are more
than repaid for the extra cost of
buying Hybrid seed each year. The
roots of hybrid corn are so deep
that a husky farmer offered $5.00
if he could pull up a single stalk,
was unable to do so.
The old corn breeding method
of selecting seed in field or crib
year after year improved corn
yields very little. The new meth
od started in 1908 of crossing self
fertilized or inbred lines has given
far greater yields for two reasons.
The crossed seed has hybrid vigor
for the same reason a mule has
more strength and endurance than
its parents. By selecting the prop
er inbred lines the hybrid has
much deeper roots, stronger stalks
and larger, sounder ears than the
original variety.
An. inbred line is produced by
placing pollen from the tassel of a
plant on the ear silk? of the same
plant, repeating this operation
every year. Usually over 1,000
lines must be developed and test
ed to get the 4 desirable lines used
to produce a commercial double
cross hybrid. This requires 6 to 8 |
years. To produce liybrid seed
two of the lines must be crossed
together In 1 field to form a single
cross and the other two cww#2d
in a dilitrent field. The following
year the two single crosses arc
combined to *nrm a double cron.
This is Jerifl by planting the
| strains crossed In alternate
rows, us- a"? ir ratio ot l row of
| pollen producing strain to 3 rows
I of female or seed producing strain.
All tassels In the three seed rows
are pulled out before they shed
any pollen. The ears from the de
tasseled plants furnish the hybrid
seed. Dr. Jenkins estimates that
150 bushels of inbred seed after
the two generations of crossing
would produce enough hybrid seed
to plant the entire corn acreage
in lowa, more than 9,000,000
acres.
Hybrid corn should have a bet
ter future in the South than in
the corn belt as there are so many
adversities here such .as insect
pests, intense heat, droughts and
hurricanes, which can be largely
overcome by hybrid corn. Al
though the South has not been as
active as the corn belt in produc
ing corn hybrids, most of the
Southern State Experiment Sta
tions and several southern com
mercial seed firms now have ex
tensive hybrid corn breeding pro
grams. Corn hybrids like the old
varieties are only adapted to sec l
tions with climatic and other con
ditions similar to those in which
they were developed. Repeated
tests in the South have shown
that the corn belt hybrids do not
have the necessary shuck protec
tion from weevils, ear worms and
blackbirds.
One Southern seed firm, T. W.
Wood & Sons, with breeding pro
jects near Richmond, Va., and
Wilmington, N. C., was the first
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commercial firm to start breeding
hybrid corn adapted to the South.
They employ two experienced
hybrid corn breeders. After 11
years of breeding they now have
hybrids that have made highest
yields In every southeastern
state.
One of their hybrids is the only
yellow corn to outyield all white
varieties in tests in North Caro
line, Ga., and Alabama. It has
made the highest yield of any yel
low corn in experiment station
tests in every southeastern state
from Virginia to Florida. In one
state experiment station test their
Hybrid Early Yellow Dent made
the highest yield, 119.4 bushels
per acre, while regular varieties
yielded only 70 to 85 bushels.
Hybrid Corn is one of the chief
topics discussed at the N. C. Crop
Improvement Association meeting
at Lexington, February Bth and
9th.
Needed A "Bet"
The doctor shook his head
doubtfully.
"Tell me what exactly is wrong
with you," he asked the patient.
"I can't explain it," replied the
patient. "I only know I suffer."
"What kind of life do you
lead?"
"I work like an ox: I eat like a
wolf; I'm tired as a dog at the end
of the day; and I sleep like a
horse," was the answer.
"H'm," said the doctor. "In that
case I should advise you to go to
see a veterinary surgeon."
Scotch Thrift
"Oh, Pappa!" cried the little
Scotch boy as he entered the
house all out of breath. "I've
saved a nickel!"
"How did ye do it, laddie?" ask
ed the old man.
"By running home behind a
street-car."
The old gentleman frowned and
shook his head. "Why did ye not
run home behind a taxicab and
save 25 cents?" he asked discon
solately. •
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the changes that are taking place.
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creases the appetite and aids diges
tion, favoring more complete trans
formation of food into living tissue,
resulting In improved nutrition and
building up and strengthening of
the whole system.
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