THE PERQUIMANS yEEKLY. HERTFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1935.
PAGE THREE
u. s. navy Aircraft
IS SECOND TO NONE
Planes Equal or. Superior to
j - Any Other Nation.
, Washington. America's "fleet that
Jflles" is equipped with planes and -;
tors equal or superior to those of any
other nation in- the ' world and still
- IfllFthf&i ' nfvamnaa niA,: nAiir in clortf
Rear 'Admiral Ernest J. King, . chief
( jot the bureau of aeronautics. declares
in his annual report to Claude A Swan
;son, secretary of tha . navy. - '
't. "The bureau . ,1s. upheld In
this opinion," the document adds, "by
jthe reports of various committees of
.congress ;which have, ..during the past
year, Inquired exhaustively ' Into .the
subject Every ' effort, has been made
to expend the funds at the bureau's
(disposal In such manner that the
efficiency, reliability and usefulness of
jthe aircraft and equipment furnished
Ithe operating forces would be the max
'lmum possible."
Hails Expansion Statute.
The most progressive step taken by
, the government In the development
of naval aviation during the fiscal year
1934, Admiral King said, was passage
,of the yinson-Trammell act authoriz
ing aircraft construction commensurate
.with the strength of the "treaty navy."
i "The 1,000 plane program prescribed
in 1928 (as a result of the Morrow air
Jcraft board's recommendations) did not
i provide for ships authorized and con
structed subsequent to that year," Ad
miral King says, "with the result that
new ships had to be provided with air
craft by curtailment of other activities
for which provision had been, made,.
so that the ratio of aircraft, to ship
'strength constantly decreased. The
, Vinson-Trammell act removes this re
striction and a tentntlve program pro
viding an orderly expansion of the
naval air arm over a period of five to
'seven years has been prepared by the
bureau of aeronautics and submitted
!to the Navy department for considera
tion and approval.
Greater Range Sought.
"Constant effort is being made to im
prove the characteristics of naval air
jcraft, particularly In regard to speed,
jrange and striking power," the report
J adds. "Increased employment of long
Srange patrol bombing squadrons Is ex
pected. Future plans Involve service
tests for larger seaplanes of' this type
with great range, bomb loads and
'speed.
"It is desired to increase the strik
ing power of carrier-based scouting
iplanes by Including .arrangements for
'dropping heavy bombs in diving at
tack. The development of such an air
plane is now under way."
Admiral King points out that the
,speed range of the navy's latest-type
planes has undergone marked improve
ment during the last year.
New Device Ho Improve
Police Marksmanship
' Los Angeles. Peace officers may
soon be equipped with an attachment
for their service pistols which .will
make each officer a deadly marksman
In the dark.
The device, known, as the automatic
night sight, the invention of A. B.
Scott, Los Angeles engineer, soon will
be In quantity production, although of
fered for sale ony to city, county and
state peace officers. : ,; .
The invention, which fits securely on
the muzzle of a regulation . police pis
tol, consists ot a' small flash bulb,, a
clover-leaf shaped aperture and 'a sys
tem of lenses. In operation It throws
a clover-leaf shaped beam -of light
along the path: of the bullet, with the
fcullet striking the point where the In
ner points of the four beams of light
meet. The secret of the device is In
the lenses, which erinble the light to
Illuminate the object aimed at, although
a person in front of the pistol cannot
see the, rays.'" -. ,,::?
Each set of the equipment will bear
a serial number and sales will be reg
istered Just as' the sale' of pistols Is
now recorded;-
French Colonial Cotton "
Is New Threat to South
Havre, . France. American cotton
may well look to its laurels.' A cargo
of 840 tons of cotton has arrived from
French Equatorial AIrica.. It Is the
first Hmfl ouch - ftn Important amount
of it ever has .arrived in France, It
Is consigned to a French spinning com
pany. The French Spinners are begin
ning to realize the; value of the class
a and quality of the cotton furnished by
big African concerns to France during
' the last three or four years. 1
. The production reached 2,300. bales
2,400 Applcanl Would i
, , Be Philadelphia Firemen
' Philadelphia. Ninety vacancies .In
the Philadelphia Are department nt
'tracted 2,400 candidates. : Accordlnfr to
; .Civil Service . Examiner Charles S.
Shaugnnessy, we nsi vi applicants in
cluded two graduates from the United
i States Naval academy and one from
iWest Point Examinations were glv
;en here recently. . 'The Job pays $35 a
jweek the first year, 538.50 the second
'year, and after three years' service, $42
weekly.
Demijohn 23 YearVOli . 7
Union City, Tenn. A small bottle.
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A HOG SHORTAGE
V By GUY A. CARDWELL
Agricultural and Industrial Agent
Atlantic Coast Line I Railroad Co.
' According to the Bureau of Agri
cultural Economics fewer are in pros
pect in most of the important produc
ing countries of the world. Decreased-
slaughter is reported in Germany,
Denmark, Netherlands, Czechoslova
kia,; and Poland. Slaughter supplies
in the United States says the bureau
"are likely to ..continue small, at
least until the summer of 1936."
"Retail meat prices have advanced
sharply in recent months largely be
cause of greatly reduced supplies
available for consumption. The quan
tity of meat from federally inspected'
slaughter was 27 per cent less in the
first four months of this year than
in the same months of 1934.
Part of the new advance in pork
prices has been seasonal, since there
is a tendency for pork prices to rise
during the late winter and spring be
cause of a decline in hog marketings
during this period. Prices of the bet
ter grades of beef, on the other hand
usually decline in the early part of
the year because of seasonal in
crease in slaughter.
The great shortage of pork this
year undoubtedly has been an import
ant factor contributing to the rise in
beef prices. Scarcity of the better
grades of beef in the total has been
much smaller than usual. The pro
portion of steer beef in the total has
been much smaller than usual. The
shortage in feed supplies also caused
the general quajity of the cattle
slaughter this year to be much below
average. .
... Prices received by farmers for hogs
declined 22 cents per 100 pounds dur
ing the month ended April 15th, re
flecting a slight increase . in hog
slaughter and lower prices for fresh
pork in wholesale markets. Local
market prices of live hogs declined
generally throughout the-country dur
ing this period, but at $7.88 per 100
pounds in mid-April the prices of
hogs was $4.39 .higher than the price
of hogs a year earlier.-
Recent press reports indicates a
buyers strike against retail meat
shops in the North and West because
of the inability of many families to
pay current meat prices.
A group of house-wives recently
descended upon Washington demand
ing lower retail meat prices; stating
that they were getting tired of eat
ing vegetables without meat.
Of course high prices paid for hogs
by the packing-house markets is re
flected in the farmers" income. This
increased farm wealth is rapidly
spent for things needed by the farm
er and thus all classes are benefitted,
except those consumers whose in
comes are rapidly restricted.
My advice to farmers in the South
is take are of your hogs; feed
them well; so you will have pork
next winter and meat to sell even
though you may have to pay a tax
on what you sell.
Says State Adapted
To Alfalfa Growing
The risk has been removed from
the growing of alfalfa in North Car
olina and the crop may now be con
sidered as a valuable adjunct to suc
cessful farming, especially through
out the piedmont section, believes R.
W. Pou, county agent of Forsyth
County and veteran alfalfa growers.
"Most piedmont soils, if properly
prepared, will grow alfalfa profit
ably," says Mr. Pou. "The heavy,
clay soils will maintain a stand of the
crop longer than will the sandy,
lighter soils. - It is preferable that
land intended for alfalfa should have
some previous treatment. This us
ually can be given without the loss
of a single crop. Land that has pre
viously grown corn or cotton is bet
ter to begin with because the cultiva
tion gien these crops destroys weed
and grass seed which are the worst
enemies to successful alfalfa grow
ing." Plow the 'selected field deeply in
November of December, harrow it
smoothly the next February, or as
soon as soil conditions will permit,
and plant the field to oats. When
the oats are harvested, again plov;
the soil eight to "ten inches deep aniL
cultivate it after every rain, so that
the moisture supply will be conserv
ed. Plant the alfalfa in August or
September using from 20 to 25
pounds of adapted seed.
The soil must be limited during the
course of preparation uair.j; frorr
three to five tons to the acre prefer
ably applied in two applications dur
ing the winter and summer following
the breaking of the land r.nd before
the subsequent harrowing. Apply
about 400 pounds of a 2-12-4 fertili
zer a few days previous to seeding.
This fertilizer may be put in with a
wheat drill.
Mr. Pou says the alfalfa seed
should be inoculated either with soil
from some field where the crop ha
been grown or with commercial inoculation.
Farmers Seek Aid
From Science
Data In Weather Bureau Invaluable
in Combating Nature's Weapons
Science will arm against the four
horf'nen of disaster, drought, dust
.storms, soil-erosion, and floods, re
ports The Literary Digest.
Attending the annual meeting of
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science in Minne
apolis, 800 of America's leading
scientists repaid their host by
agreeing 4o comba nature's de
structive weapons against the
farmer.
If the West is to be relieved of
climatic disaster, accurate, depend
able scientific knowledge is needed
to develop long-range plans for
land-use, said Dr. Isaiah Bowman,
Chairman of the National Research
Council.
"We can not stop ike recurrence
of droughts, but w: avoid their
worst effects. We can not prevent
soil erosion by water and wind, but
we can greatly reduce the rale of
erosion.
"The immediate land problem of
the West is not where to place a
proposed 'shelter-belt' hut where to
turn farm land back t range land.
A strong force of experts should be
working on ma-s climatololcal
data on the Oreat Plains accumu
lated by the Weather Bureau."
WHY
NOT FEATURE
PERMANENT PAST U R E S
The production of horses and mules
is steadily on the available for service.
Prof. L. V. Starkey of Clemson
College issued a statement recently
to the effect that on the average South
Carolina farm there is not more than
one permanent pasture, and in many
instances not even one pasture is
available, and yet our climate de
mands that if we are ;'oiiiR- to make
the best use of our livestock we must
have a long- grazing season.
Pasture conditions in North -Caro
lina, and to some extent in Coast;.'
Virginia, are similar to those in
South Carolina, hence Mr. Starkey's
statement is applicable to certain
parts of those States as well iu
South Carolina.
An acre of really Rood pasture
may have as much carrying capacity
as many times that acreage of so
called permanent pasture and wood
land pasture.
Admitting pasture weakness in the
South, and the crying need for more
and better fences, why is the present
not a good time to make plans to pro
vide pasturage, properly fence good
pastures, and divide the pastures
that we have into two or more pas
tures so that livestock can be fre
quently changed from one pasture to
another?
Pastures need rest periods for
best results and the livestock require
both' the livestock and the pastures
are benefitted' by following these
methods and parasitic troubles are
reduced to a minium.
If several pastures are available
for hogs it is possible to work out a
crop rotation to the advantage of
hog production as well as feed pro
duction, as we cannot depend entire
ly upon permanent pasture for all of
the feed needed.
In 29 different tests with about
1,200 pigs in Ohio, Wisconsin, Penn
sylvania, Iowa, and South Dakota
the total of concentrated feed eaten
by pigs on nasture averaged about
13 percent less for every 100 pounds
of grain than for the pigs in dry lots.
The concentrated feed saved depend
ed upon the kind and condition of pas
ture. The pigs were put on test at an
average weight of 55 pounds. About
one-half of them were allowed pas
ture. The tests showed that pas
ture took the place of about 1 out of
every 8 pounds of concentrated feed
needed when pasture was not fur
nished. Pigs on pasture gained about
a quarter of a pound more per day
than those in a dry lot. There was
less opportunity for them to pick up
parasites. Aside from other things,
the pasture furnished vitamins, min
erals, and exercise all necessary
for speedy pork production.
Pigs should not be stinted with too
little pasture. The exact number of
pigs that can be carried per acre de
pends on the pasture Pigs like and
make good gains on alfalfa, lespede
za, rape, clovers, sudan grass, green
soybeans, and cowpeas, bermuda,
bluegrass, and rye when properjy
supplemented with concentrated
feeds. They make the best gains,
however, on young, tender, succulent,
green growth. The value of pig pas
tures lessons as the growth becomes
woody. New growth following a hay
crop or clipping is good feed.
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