COMES OF
SENATE NAMED
ONLY ONE HOUSE COMMITTEE
. IS ANNOUNCED ON OPEN
ING DAY.
Mil DAWSON HOUSE LEiEfl
Both Houses of North Carolina Gen
eral Assembly Organized and
Ready for Business.
Raleigh.
The opening session in both houses
convened at noon. Permanent organi
zation was the first order of business.
Rev. R. L. Huffman read the prayer in
the house. Ninety-two counties then
responded to the roll call. Chief Jus
tice Walter Clark, of the state supreme
court, administered the oath. The
representatives, for the first time in
history were sworn in en masse.
Following the election of Mr. Daw
son for the speakership, he was pre
jonted to the body. Visibly weak from
his recent illness, he took his oath.
Alt or other house officers had been
xh i tcd, a message was received from
t V_ senate which notified the body of
th< completion of that organization
a:iil it was ready for business.
One committee was appointed by
the house. ? the rules rommittee ? of
which W. H. S. Burgwyn, of North
ampton county, is chairman. The
house then adjourned out of respect
r r the memory of the late Robert
. il. Oates, of -Henderson county. Ad
;o:;:T.ment on this matter was also
t ?!;? a by the senate.
The' senate, follov^ng the perfection
of :*< organization, announced the ap
r y>>i;:t:nent of__the following coramit
t- <. and their chairmc*:
Appropriations ? D. F. Giles, of Ma
rie:1..
Agriculture ? ? William A. Graham,
Jr. of Iron Mountain.
Claims ? T. W. Costen. of Gatesville.
Commerce ? P. H. Williams, of Eliz
abeth City.
Hanks and Currency ? O. E. Menden
fcall. of High Point.
Caswell Training School ? J. S. Har
gett. of Trenton.
Corporation Commission ? J. C.
Brown, of Madison.
Counties, Cities and Towns ? D. A.
McDonald, of Carthage.
Distribution of Governor's Message
? -A. T. Costelloe, of Orlando.
Education ? Walter H. Woodson, of
Salisbury.
Elections ? J. M. Boyette, of Albe
marle.
Engrossed Bills ? S. C. Lattlmore, of
Shelby.
Enrolled Bills ? Mark" Squires, Le
noir.
Federal Relations ? O. B. Moss, of
Spring Hope.
Finance ? L. R. Varser, of Lumber
ton.
Fish and Fisheries ? J. W. Ruark, of
Southport. . /
Laws ? H. P. Uarker, of Goldsbror.
Immigration* ? C. P. Harris, of Ma
pleton.
Insane Asylums ? J. R. Baggett, of
Lillington.
Congressional District ? J. M. Zach
ery, of Calvert.
Consolidated Statutes ? Allen Jones
of Furches.
Constitutional Amendments ? Frank
Armfield of Concord.
Corporations ? A. A. Hicks of Ox
ford.
Institutions for the Deaf ? Plato D.
Ebbs, of Asheville.
Insurance? J. Clyde Ray,- of Hills
boro.
Institutions for the Blind ? P. H.
Johnson, of Pantego.
Internal Improvements ? L. P. Tapp,
of Kinston.
Journal ? Robert T. Wilson, of Yan
ceyvilie.
Judicial Districts ? Paul D. Grady, of
Kenly.
Judiciary No. 1 ? Harry W. Stubbs,
Williamson.
Judi'^ary No. 2 ? J. L. DeLaney, of
Charlotte.
Library ? J. C. Bennett, of Samar
cand.
Manufacturing ? A. E. Woltz, of Gas
tonia.
Military affairs ? W. C. Heath, of
Monroe.
Mining ? G. B. WTalker, of Andrews.
Penal Institutions ? Emmet Belamy,
of' Wilmington. ? 1 ? 1
Printing. ? Howard F. Jones, of War
rtrityn.
Propositions and Grieavnces ? W. E.
H;<rison, of Rockingham.
Public Health ? J. A. Brown, of Chat
bourn. i
1'ublic Roads ? A. S. Sams, of Win- 1
stou-Salem.
Railroads and Rivers ? D. Johnsqn,
\\ arsaw.
Vo Ous Now Have 85,000 Members
\ The Tobacco Growers' Co-operative
I Association has increased its sign up
by 20,000 within the past ten months
nnd will enter the new year wi^h 85,000
: members, acocrding to report ljrom R&*
i ',eigh headquarters of the' association.
The Tri-State Tobacco Grower, the
, Official organ of the tobacco growers
co-operative, will*, carry the complete
( ews of deliveries to the association
up to December 20 in the January
number which will be mailed to itB
85,000 mebnujrs. ' ?
State Farmer* ? Progressive.
North Carolina farmers are rapidly
adopting modern machinery and other
equipment to carry on their opera
tions, according to the annual report
of E. R. Raney, state extension engi
neer, to B. W. Kilgore, director of the
farm extension service, made public.
The work of the division has been
divided into three main projects: wa
ter supply, sewerage disposal and
lights; farm building and concrete
construction, and farm machinery and
motors," the report reads.
Visits were made to various sec
tions of the state where a number of
people were interested in any of these
projects. The locations were gone
over and best plans suggested. Along
with this, bills of materials and esti
mates of cost were girjen. In many
cases after everything was ready, a
practical working demonstration was
put on. At these demonstrations all
the interested parties were ^nvited
and were usually preserlt. Besides be
ing able to show and ! impress them
with what we were trying to put
across, these demonstrations have
proven a very valuable asset in get
ting other work started when we could
refer men to these places.
"Sixty-six of these practical dem*
onstrations were put on, including 24
self feeders for hogs; . 4 ' colony hog
houses; 4 breeding crates for hogs; 4
poultry houses; 2 brooder houses; 4
dairy barns; 3 mule barns; 3 34x60
two-story implement sheds; 8 water
towerrs; 1 lime bin; 4 hydraulic rams;
4 pumping outfits with, gas engine; 1
pumping outfit1 with electric motor.
These were all placed in as centrally
located places as possibly. A number
j of self-feeders were placed on the
I court house squares so that the in
? terested parties mi^ht see them.
I "Six hundred and nina blue prints
, of plans for various fanm buildings
J have been sent out together with bills
J of materials for each one. 'The plans
have included everything* if rom resi
dences down in the way of puilding on
j the farm. These plans haye gone to
66 different counties over ! the state,
1 not including a good humbef that have
been sent out of the state]. Twenty
seven additional designs from which
blue prints are made for distribution
have been gotten up during the year.
"Visits have been made to 29 coun
ty agents; 53 men interested in home
'water supplies; 87 in farm buildings;
'23 in machinery; 9 in water power; 4
in silos, and 2 in dipping vats.
"Seven meetings with total attend
| ance of 627 were held where various
j forms of work were discussed. Each
| of our practical demonstrations usual
ly resolved itself into a meeting for
( practical suggestions regarding other
locations or buildings. Three hundred
and eleven -conferences were held in
th * interest of the work; 4 district
j and 2 state meetings of county agents
, were attended. Assisted with 1 club
j encampment where instructions were
given in terracing and buildings. Bills
| of materials for 13 different sizes of
silos were gotten up. Eight hundred
j and seventy-five letters were written;
8.S07 miles traveled by railroad and
! 1.903 by automobile in carrying on
1 work.
I "A test was put on in co-operation
> with County Agent Falls to get a com
I parison between several different
makes of soy bean harvesters, and ar
rangements , made for continuing this
j next year.
"A survey was made of 200 farms
to get an estimate of the damage done
Iw rats and by weevils in stored corn.
Tne average per cent of damage for
each was five per cent, estimates in
both cases going as high as 25 per
cent.
"A survey was made of all windmill j
owners in the state as near as pos
sible, to see just what success they
were having. The impression from
these reports is that the failures have
been due to the wheels not being high
enough or the tanks were too small
and not a general condemnation of the
windmills," the report read.
Motor Vehicle Licenses. ?
During the period July 1, 1921, to
June 30, 1922, a total of $3,151,795.63
was paid into the treasury by the state
department of North Carolina, from
November 30, 1920, to June 30, 1922,
2,020 certificates for domestic corpor
ations were filed, bringing in $94,
241.58 in fees, according to the bien
nial report of Secretary of State J.
Bryan Grimes, recently made public.
The report also shows that for the
fiscal year period July 1, 1922, to De
cember 1, the state's revenue from
motor vehicles amounted to $2,826,
075.26, over a half-million dollars
above the entire amount for 1921.
"For the registration year ending
June 30, 1922, there was collected and
paid into the state treasury from the
automobile department,' $3,101,116.95,
the entire amount being collected from
automobile and gasoline taxes," reads
the report. "The amount expended for
operation during the year ending June
30, 1922, was $81,112.65, which includ- .
ed the cost of number plates, postage,
clerical work, equipment, office sup
plies and upkeep of building in which
the department Is located.
Charters Issued by Ststs. ,
The secretary of state has granted
the following charters and amend' ,
menttf:
i The North Carolina Lumber ! com*
pany, Lake Waccamaw, to increase
Its capital stock from $125^000 to $660^'
0001 Francis B. Gault natned as prin
cipal agent. ' i !
The Smitherman Cotton Mills, Troy,
increasing its capital stock from
$150,000 to $350,000.
The Carlton-Hackney Drug Com
pany, Durham, changing its name from
The Durham Seed House,
' , FARM j
i LIVESTOCK j
SEMI-ANNUAL SWINE SURVEY
Questionnaires Will Be Distributed on
Agricultural Routes by Rftral
Mail Carriers.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Tli? second semi-annual pig survey,
cards for which are now being dis
' tributed to rural mail carriers, will
' cover the entire country, the United
; States Department of Agriculture has
j announced. The survey last spring
j covered only 17 states, but as an indi
cation of present and probable pig pro
duction the survey was a great suc
cess and readily demonstrated the
i feasibility of extending the scoij^ of
the inquiry, says the department.
Ten cards or questionnaires will be
distributed by each rural mail carrier
on agricultural routes. Approximately
50,000 cards will be sent out. They
I have been prepared in simple form
' and can be tilled out in a few minutes.
Where possible, the mail carriers will
fill in the answers as made by the hog
raisers. The cards will show the num
ber of sows furrowed during the last
six months of 1921, the number far
rowed during the llrst six months of'
1022, the number of sows farrowed, or
due to farroW during the last six
months of 1922, and the number bred
j intended to be bred to farrow dur
j ing the first six months of 1923.
I The importance of this survey to the
farmers In enabling them to adjust
J their production to the probable needs
of the market is stressed by the de
partment. IVople who deal in crops
and live stock, such as packers and
com mission i^en, have very extensive
organizations for Informing themselves
of the production of crops and live
3tock, the department points out.
"Fanners have no such organization
of their own, and obviously informa
tion of this character is just as impor
tant to the fnfmers as to the pfcople
who deal In farm products. One of
| the functions of government is to
' gather j and publish these necessary
! statistics in order that the producers
: may have some knowledge of what is
' gofcit on in the way of production."
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' SIMPLE WAY TO TIE HORSES
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i Method Illustrated Obviates Danger
of Animals Getting Legs Over
the Rope.
The accompanying diagram shows
a simple but effective method of tying
horses and colts so there Is no danger
of their getting their legs over the
tie rojfe and throwing themselves or
, strangling, says a writer in the Pral
rlt} Faring-. This Is one of the con
A
-Iron ring
Hitch for Horse.
stunt dangers on the farm, especially
where the barn Is some distance from
the house.
Have a snap at the halter end of
the rein, then run the other end of
the rope through the hole in the
manger and tie on a large ring or
almost anything which will act as a
light weight and which cannot get in
such a way that it can be pulled
through the hole. When the horse
stands close to the manger tne ring
will go down and thus there wljl be
no chance for him to get his foot over
the rein.
COSTS OF MILK PRODUCTION
Bulletin Issued by University of Wis
consin Gives Good Information
for Dairyman.
Not msiny dairymen are thoroughly
familiar with the big questipn of the
variatibn in the cost of producing milk.
"Milk costs are necessary in order
to determine profits or losses of
the herd," say \ P. E. McNall and D.
R. Mitchell in their new bulletin, "Why
Costs of Milk Vary," which has just
been issued by the University of Wis
consin. "Costs per hundredweight of
milk varied from $1.88 to $4.01 for dif
ferent months of the year." Such
facts as these are brought out In the
new bulletin, which contains valuable
information for the practical dairyman
who Is trying to hold down produc
tion costs. ,
i
Excellent Hog Pasture.
Medium red clover makes excellent
tiog pasture. So do^s alfalfa. Itjte
usually easier to get closer started,
particularly on new land, thaxk^ 41
Pasturage should be provided for
the entire year for brood sows and
spring and fall litters.
fajfa.fi ( j 1 1 i
'i ' | . Pasturage
Givep Needed* Exercise.
Gardening affords needed exerclae
for many "tired business men."
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"I want you to understand that I
am a man of parts/'
"I guess I married the wrong
I part.
LAVISH
SPENDER
I see you a
good deal with
Frank. I hope
you are not go
ing to ' marry
that young
spendthrift
Oh, no. But
It's nice going
around with one.
Mr. Rabbit: Bet I cou>d beat you
swimming.
Mr. Phrog: You ought, look at
yer propellers.
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"Here's five thousand fer you and I keeps the other five."
''Cum on! Cum on! We cleaned up eight thousand bucks in the bank Job
and nabbed six more at the jewelry store. That's seven apiece."
"Say, listen! D'yuh think I'd put anything crooked over on yuh?"
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"I think ?he'll marry him in the end."
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