PAGE SIX
Timely, Questions On
J . Farm Answered
..' Question: How long ' should the
lights be turned on in the . poultry
house for the best results?
Answer: This depends, upon wheth-
' er the lights are used in the morn
ing or evening, or whether both are
should have from 12 to 14 hours in
, which to fec4. Where morning lights
are used alone these are usually turn
ed on at 4:30 to 5:00 o'clock in the
' morning and left burning until day-
I'rww a? V, Aa V vUill Mjui. ,wnv -
usually turned on aoouc :uu o ciu
and left on until 7:00 P. M. Where
both systems are used . the birds
should have at least 12 feeding
hours with lights on at 6:00 A. M.
and off at daylight with evening
lights on again in the afternoon un
til 6:00 o'clock.
Question: Should new tobacco
plant beds be selected each year?
Answer: . Experimental work and
observation shows that damage from
blue mold can be substantially reduc
. ed by the selection of new beds each
year or by the rotation of beds. If
volunteer tobacco is' not allowed to
grow in- old bed sites a 4-year rota
tion of the beds will be as good as a
new selection each season, but if old
beds are used they should be burned
over or sterilized by steam before
usage. If a new bed is selected be
sure it is located in a warm, sunny
place that is well drained. Locate
the new bed on a loamy type of soil
and close to running water if possi
ble. Question: What ifl the best grain
ration for young calves?
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terials needed toy the can is satisiac-
tJrv Cnrn. nnta. wheat hran. and
oil meal are srood feeds. The fol
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lowing mixtures have been used with
.success and are recommended for
calf feeding: 1. Three parts by
weight of cracked corn and one each
of crushed oats and wheat bran. 2.
Thirty pounds each of cracked corn,
wheat bran, and crushed oats, and
ten pounds of linseed, peanut or soy
bean meal. S. Three parts by
weight! of cracked corn and one part
wheat bran. The feeding should be
gin at about two weeks of age or
when the skim-milk is substituted for
whole milk.
Question: How can I tell if my
peanuts are fit for planting purposes?
Answer: If there is any doubt
'as to the quality of the seed a germ
ination test should be made. How-
ever, if the peanuts were home-grown
and handpicked both before and after j
shelling, the seed should be suitable
for planting. Be sure that all weath-1
er-damaged nuts are removed as well
as the mildewed pods and damaged
kernels. After the seed are selected (
they should be stored in a dry place
away from excessive heat or damp-
ness.
Question: Is it possible to tell
how long a chicken has been laying
by the bleaching process?
Answer: Yes. In yellow skinned
birds the yellow color is given to the
fat by a pigment called Xanthophyll.
This is found just beneath the skin1
and as the bird lays, this pigment
disappears in a fairly-regular manner
which indicates approximately - the ;
time the bird has been laying.
Bleaching of the vent shows the bird
has layed 2 to & eggs. Where the
earlobes are bleached . the bird has
been in' lay from 2 to 3 weeks.
Bleached beaks mean from 6 to 8
weeks of fairly heavy production and
bleached shanks 'show that . the bird
has been laying from four to six
months. The-nimnent returns after
the birds aro out of ley in the same
prder. j
Question: , - When .should I
manure to my garden plot?
apply
Answer: For best results manure
should he aonlied durinir the, fall and!
winter and either turned under at
the fall plowing or disced in during
the early spring. : If applied at all
during the : spring or summer' it
should be in a well-rotted condition.
On average soils the rate of applica-
tion should be ten two-horse wagon
loads to the acre. When applied at ,
this rate one wagon load will cover a
space approximately 50 by 100 feet
and this should he the rule of appli
cation on home gardens. ' Some crops
require a supplement to the manure
and a combination of manure -and
superphosphate ' is good ' for .most
: soils. Apply- this mixture in the pro
portion of ten loads of manure to two
or three bags of superphosphate. '
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Question: now, can I 'keep my,
DiacK wamuts alter tney are nar-
vested? . , ".'"
ii; Answer: s- The nuts should be gath
ered as soon as. they, fall from the
trees and the hull taken oft as soon
as it begins to turn dark. Never let
the hulls dry hard pn the walnuts.
After they ere hulled the nuts should
be dried , in the sun fos not less
than ten days. They should thetf be
stored in a dry place where air can
circulate through them. Be sure that
the nuta are not stored close to any
l'-i of oil, grease, or kerosene.
V." uts that are properly handled
r 1 cared for will keep: indefinitely.
Ccn ground Pea hay or
ground Soybean hay be used in place
of ' Alfalfa leaf meal in poultry
mashes? -
Answer: While little investigation
al work has been done on this sub
ject, it is generally understood that
the high fibre content of these hays
would ; make them undesirable as
poultry feeds. Records do hot show
any milling concern using these hays
in their mashes. ' Due to the small
capacity and rapid digestion little, if
any, fibre can be. utilized by the lay
ing hen and any mash carrying more
than five percent fiber content is not
recommended.
Question: Row can I keep skip
pers and other meat insects out of
my cured meat? ' '
Answer: Protect the meat from
flies and there will be no trouble
with meat insects. If the smoke
house is not ..screened, each piece
should be wrapped separately in
heavy wrapping-paper, dropped in
thin cloth bag tied securely to pre
vent flies from coming in contact
with the meat, and hung in a cool,
well ventilated smokehouse or cellar.
However, ii the smokehouse is
screened with No. 16 copper wire the
meat may be allowed to hang there
.until used. If the meat is wrapped
be sure that this is done as soon as
it is smoked to taste and before the
flies come in contact with the meat.
In an article giving safety advice
to motorists, Ab Jenkins, holder of 14
international speed and endurance re
cords, says: "Above all keep both
hands on the wheel. The only two
people I know who are competent to
drive one-handed - are ; Eddie Ricken
backer end Ralph de Palma and both
of them use two hands."
William Sheppard has been bell-
ringer for a church in Streatham,
England, for more' than 60 years.
Funeral services for Frank A.
Thuis at Vincennes, Indiana, were
conducted by his three sons, all Cath
olic priests, and attended by his
daughter, a nun.
CROSSROADS
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Byrum, of
Edenton, visited Mr. and Mrs. E. N.
Elliott Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Winborne and
Miss Pattie Winborne spent Sunday
in Suffolk, Va., with Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Winborne.
Mrs. Mattie Evans visited Mrs. E.
N. Elliott Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey Evans and
sons, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Hollowell,
Sr., visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hollo-
well and Mrs. Sallie Castelow, at
Aulander Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. E. N. Elliott, who has been
very ill for the past two weeks,
is
jab,e to De UP-
Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Hobbs and
sons and Miss Lillian JRountree, of
Hobbsvilje, spent Sunday- with Mr.
and Mrs. C. J. Hollowell.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hollowell and
son spent Friday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Leary, Sr., in Rocky
Hock.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Privott and
baby, Mrs. Wilbur Hollowell- and
daughter, and Mrs. Ralph Hollowell
and son spent Monday in Norfolk, VaV
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Privott and
baby spent Sunday with Mr., and Mrs.
Ralph Hollowell. .
John Welch, of Washington, D. C,
spent the week-end with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Welch,
Miss Pennie Hollowell is visiting
Mn and Mrs. Herbert Hollowell. in
Greenhall.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Leary visited
Mr., and. Mrs. Ed Byrum Sunday af
ternoon. - .
Mr.' and Mrs. Dan Privott, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Wiggins visited Mr.
and Mrs. Lindsey Privott Sunday af
ternoon. v V ' - ;
Mrs:. Dan Privott, Lindsey Privott
and Ernest Privott went 'to, Durham
Tuesday to take Mrs. Lindsev Privott
to Duke Hospital. ; - ? T !
Mrs. "J. C. Byrum. Miss' Manraret
White Byrum, Paul and Lloyd Byrum
spent Sunday at Belvidere with Mrs.
Hyrum's .mother, Mrs. Maro-arwt
Wright.
J Alphonso Jordan is spending a few
f days in Raleigh on business. ' .,,
I . Mrs. R H.. Hollowell, Misses May
- fBHe Edwards, Marian Fiske, Myra
Bunch and Marjorie Hefren, and Foy
Ward attended the funeral of Powell
Trotman, at Trotville, Monday after-
whi. -
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hollowell,
Norman Hollowell and Gene Barnette
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E.
L. Winslow. ,''' . , t
Miss Alma Winslow, a member 'of
the Chicod school facultjr, Pitt Coun
ty, spent the week-end with her par.
entsrMr. and Mrs. E. L. Winslow..
- Mr. and Mrs. - Gordon - Blow, of
Edenton, visited Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Hollowell Monday afternoon.
Mrs, B. M. Hollowell, Sr,' Mrs. A.
S. Bush, Mrs. Lindsey Evans, Mrs.
Thomas W. Elliott and Miss Charlotte
Elliott visited Mrs.' E, N, Elliott on
Monday afternoon.- , - :
Miss Eunice 'Hobbs was W .of
school .Monday due to the death of
her brother-in-law, Powell Trotman,
Mrs. X. L. Ward taught tkiricg Miss
Hobbs' absence. - , .
' Miss May Belle Edward spent tn'e
Week-end, at her home at Whaley-
viiie,va: -
: Mr. and Mrs, Lindsey Evans . and
sons visited Mr. and Mrs, E. N.
Elliott Sunday evening.' . ' j! .
Mrs'. 2. W. Evans received word
early ; Saturday morning that her
brother, Dr. Brickhouse Wilson, of
GLADYS GEORGE TRIUMPHS IN MADAME X
Warren William and Gladys George in "Madame X? at the State Thea
tre, Hertford, Friday, November 19. "Madame X" ia one of the most cele
brated! dramas the world has ever known.. With the highly touted Gladys
George in the title role and such screen favorites as John Beal and Warren
William playing the son and father respectively, the famous story of a wo
man's degradation and her ultimate sacrifice comes to the local screen as one
of the major offerings of the new movie season.
Independence, Mo., was much worst
and nQt expected to live. Mrs. Evans
and her brother, Trim Wilson, of
Hertford, drove to Suffolk, Va., that
afternoon and took a train to Inde
pendence. A telegram received from
them Monday afternoon stated that
Dr. Wilson was sinking rapidly.
Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Byrum left
Tuesday for Wilmington to attend
the Southern Baptist Convention.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Evans went to
Durham Friday to attend the Duke
Carolina game on Saturday. Mrs.
Evans received word Saturday that
her brother, Dr. Brickhouse Wilson,
was very seriously ill at his home in
Independence, Mo., so she left at
once to be with him.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Bush visited
Mrs. Lula Rountree, at Hobbsville,
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. E. N. Elliott visited Mrs. C.
J. Hollowell Monday afternoon.
Mrs. W. W. Bunch is very ill at her
home.
North Carolina Ideal
For Growing" Turkeys
Although turkeys are not numerous
in North Carolina, there is evidence
to show that as line market birds can
be produced here as in any state in
the union.
.Unfortunately, deuiares C. J. Mau
pin, extension poultiy; specialist at
State College, many producers have
not given careful study to the food
requirements of the growing turkey
or enough attention to the proper
methods necessary to grow healthy
birds.
While most people eat turkey only
on Thanksgiving and Christmas, a
new order of turkey-eaters has
sprung up which observes no tradi
tional days. This change in con
sumer demand keeps the birds flow
ing to the market continuously. Also
it has resulted in younger "end small
er turkeys being marketed.
Maupin points out that since the
price of turkeys has dropped in re
cent years until it closely approaches
the price of chickens, the cost of pro
duction to the farmer has become of,
vital importance. ' " ,
The death rate of young and grow
ing turkeys and efficient .and econo
mical feeding enter largely into the
cost of production, the State College
poultryman says. - In tests it has
been found that from 34 to 4
pounds of mash and grain :: are re
quired to produce ope pound of live
turkey prior to 26 weeks f age.
Where mash end grain 'are fed up
to this age, the approximate . con
sumption will probably toft about 80
pounds for males attaining weight
of 18 pounds and .approximately 50
pounds for young" hens attaining an
average weight of 11 pounds Even
where there is an excellent range, the
best growth and finish will be secured
when growing turkeys Tiave .access to
mash. i . '
Rooting Plants tfow ';
Very Simple Matter
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Recently discovered 'substances
called "auxins" are proving a boon to
nurserymen end, others interested in
propagating plants from cuttings.
A Bmall amount of - one ; of 4hese
substances placed1 in the-epwater - in
which the cutting is partlyimniersed
will cause a vigorous mass of roots
to appear on the cutting, says Dr. B.
W. Wells,' head of the State College
Botany Department' - ' -
No , demonstrated answer has been
given, as to why these substances
have this strange power. Only, theo
ries have been advanced. ;0ne lead
ing idea i that the auxin -increases
tiie plasticity of the cell walls mak
ing' them again , like young' walls, a
condition which induces the root-producing
cells to enter upon a new cycle
of growth.- Again it may be the di
rect, action on the living substance
of the cells', k ' "r, '
To nurserymen who in the past have
experienced great - difficulty in the
propagation of. certain plants, the
new auxins seem like a magical com
pound. - V,T.en need, . excessivs root
production is stimulated in some of
the most dormant or resist: ' '
tings, Dr. Wells declares.
One of the most remarkable fea
tures of the procedure is that of the
extremely small amount of the auxin
.necessary to perform this modern
miracle. A thimble full of the com
mercial liquid containing the auxin
has in it only 20 milligrams of th
stimulator. This is but a fraction of
a pin head in volume.
Yet in preparing the Solution for
cuttings, this thimbleful must be
diluted with a pint of water. How
ever, this infinitesimal amount is
enough to produce the roots, Dr.
Wells says.
It Isn't Christmas
Without Fruit Cake
A good fruit cake adds the finish
ing touches to the holiday season,
said Ruth Current, state home demon
stration agent at State College.
After dining on turkey and other
good things to eat, she continued, a
toothsome slice of ;' fruit cake "is the
very thing to top off the meal."
In the olden days, she went on,
baking was a ritual during the
Thanksgiving-Christmas season and
today many a good housewife still
feels the urge to bake at this time.
Lucky is the farm housewife, Miss
Current stated, for she has right at
hand most of the ingredients for a
fruit cake: butter, eggs, nuts and
dried fruits.
The sooner the Christmas fruit cake
is baked, the better it will be, she
pointed out, for the cake mellows
and becomes more delicious with age.
"Here is a recipe so chock full, of
good things it is guaranteed to
tempt any one," Miss Current said:
One pound of butter, one pound of
sugar, 12 eggs, one pound of flour.
Cream the butter and sugar, add the
eggs one at a time, then add the
flour.
Other ingredients are: two tea
spoons of baking powder, one tea
spoon of cinnamon, one teaspoon of
cloves, one teaspoon of all-spice, one
pound of Sultana raisins, one pound
of Sunmaid raisins, one pound of
citron, one pound of candied cherries,
one pound of candied pineapple, "one
pound of dates, one pound of figs,
one pound of pecans, and one pound
of blanched almonds.
Soak the fruit for several hours or
overnight in e cup of grape juice, add
gradually, to batter; steam cake for
two hours and then bake in an oven
for about an hour.
1938 Farm Program
Ready For Growers
North Carolina farmers who are
planning to take part in the Agricul
tural. Conservation program next
year" are giving careful study to de
tails of the 1938 farm program.
. The new oroirram will ha different
in many respects from programs of
past years, according to E. Y Floyd
ef State College, who is AAA execu
tive officer in North Carolina, ... .
It has already . received tha final
stamp of .approval , from - Henry A.
Wallace, Secretary, of Agriculture.
Since it wsb first announced tenta
tively September, 20, the 1988 pro
gram has undergone but few, altera
tions. '
One' of the principal changes has
been a decrease in the cotton goal
for the entire nation. . This action
was provdked hy the latest U. S. Crop
forecast of approximately : 17,500,
000 bales. Previously, the estimate
for 1937 had been placed at 16,000,
000 bales. 3 . 1
When the new program , was first
announced in .September, ; the latest
cotton forecast had not been com
pleted. When AAA officials learned
the lint crop was. 1,500,000 bales
larger than they had anticipated, they
went into a huddle and made adjust
ments. .The revised goal is 27,000,
000 to 29,000,000 acres, about 2,000,
000 acres below the first announced
figure. ' r - j
Potato goals will also be included
in the 1938 program, More than 82
per cent of the growers in the com
mercial potato producing stl-"'
favored acrerge f abilizrtioi ia a '
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the first part of C- . ,
MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS
-The Woman's Missionary, Society
of Bethel Baptist Church - met Wed
nesday afternoon with Mrs. J. M
Fleetwood, at her home near Bethel.
This was the regular November meet
ing, and fifteen members were pres
ent. ; Mrs.,M.; ,T. Griffin" presided.
- The nominating, committee X nomi
nated officers,, who were elected as
foUowa'Pesident,; .iMir.uC;T.:G;rin1ii;
vice president, . Mrs. ! S. r M. . Long;
secretary,' Mrs. , Mary L. Hayman;
assistant secretary, Miss Gertie Chap
pell. Leaders of the various organi
zations were: Y.W. A., Mrs. W. P.
Long, R. A., . Miss ; Ruby Keaton;
G." A., Mrs.' Fred -Matthews; : Sun
beams, ; Mrs JL A.. Proctor; sssistant
Sunbeams, Mrs. W. D. Perry; , Per
sonal JService chairmanii Mrs. . Roy
Chappell; pianist Mrs. Charles I E.
White,. , assistant : pianist; Mrs. Seth
Long; publicity chairman, ''.Mrs. W.
P. Long. i - i 4, " '
-A special Lottie Moon program will
be given Wednesday afternoon, Dec.
1, at the home of Mrs. Mary L. Hay
man. . ,"-- ';';!.' :'';';' ;'r'--.:r,l
At the close of the business session
an interesting program was given
with Mrs. Mary I Hayman in
charge. Topic for the month, "The
Syrians and Armenians," with Mrs.
S. M. Long, Mrs. W. D. Perry, Mrs.
W. P. Long, Mrs. L. A. Proctor, and
Mrs. J. C. Hobbs taking part.
The December meeting will be held
with Mrs. A. F. Proctor.
Dainty refreshments were served
by the hostess. '
Visitors Sunday Afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Griffin, of
Edenton, visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Johnson on , Sunday afternoon.
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