PAC2 T O TU2 Fi:rQUi:!AK3 ILY, HERTFCIil), N. C, SAY, AUGUST 6, 1943. By Dr. Sophia THE BLOOD IN DIAGNOSING DISEASE Yon go to your doctor and tell him that you "feel all washed out." You are tirM all the time. You wonder if you have malaria or some other dreaded malady. You do not want to get up in the mornings and when you do, you just "give out" in a little while. You expect the doctor to feel your pulse, ask you some questions, and then maybe give you a prescrip tion. Instead he sends you to the hospital for a "check-up." Now you know you are in for it and you are. They start with your blood and go on from there until the body has giv en up so many of its secrets that the doctor either hag a clear mental pic ture of what ails you or else he says that other examinations must be made. A good many specimens of your blood went to the laboratory. Your blood contains red and white cells. The former carry the life giving oxy gen to all parts of the system. The white cells- are the soldiers' of the body and fight infections. ' Thei red color of blood is called hemoglobin. This enables the red cells to unite with and carry the oxygen of the air without which we could not live. In order to determine the percent age of hemoglobin in the blood we get a little and match it with a color scale. If your color per cent is nor mal you are not suffering from anemia. Under the microscope the blood cells annear as tiny round disks. Properly diluted and thinly spread out on a specially prepared glass slide they can be counted. The ration of red cells to white is 700 to one. The blood itself contains trillions of micro- sconic cells. The white cells either swallow bacteria or they produce a substance that destroys them. The Jones boy is yelling with a pain in the stomach. The doctor rushes him to the hospital and has his blood count made. His white cells are multiplying very rapidly. The illness is inflammatory. It seems to be appendicitis from all clinical indi cations. The white cells continue to increase very rapidly. The soldiers of the body continue bringing up rein- UIMBOV! A AAflA PLACt TO BUY OmiOi IV auBOLirt? rr vouv.. ro ALWAYS HAS THC 8RAN0S YOU i WANT 4 ,. ml umT77 Keep a watchful eye on your children dur ing these times. Check them for fev er often. Come in and get one of our TAYLOR Fever Thermometers. EASY TO READ ACCURATE INEXPENSIVE ROBERSON'S "ON THE CORNER" HERTFORD, N. C. 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Gray, assistant Extension forester at State College. ' As an example, Mr. Gray says many farmers agree to '. sell every tree above a certain size, often specifying a 10-Inch stump diameter limit or even smaller. In most cases, he points out, this is equal to setting no limit at all since most trees below this size will ndt make one 14 or 16 foot saw log large enough to saw out a clean 2-4. According to Mr. Gray, two Edge combe County farmers, Harvey and Porter McNair of Tarboro, have found by experience that selective marking and cutting of trees improves their timber stand for future use and also enables them to obtain maximum in come from their sales. Using the se lective method, the McNairs were able to determine which trees should be cut and how much timber they had for sale. Assisted by Mr. Gray, the farmers checked their entire 100 acres of tim berland. Each tree to be sold was marked with two spots of yellow paint, one at the stump line for checking purposes and the other about, shoulder high on the trunk for the convenience of the cutters. A record was kept of the board feet content of each tree. The McNairs invited aH buyers to make offers, and the best one was at cepted. Terms of the sale were cov. ered in a written contract which pro tected the unmarked trees by placing a double price on them. Now, even though one good sale has been made, fine, straight, thrifty trees still cover the woods to grow to premium sizes and to seed the openings in with young trees. lowing such a program and saving large number of pigs front each litter, Worth Carolina farmers can reasonab. ly expect a good profit from hog pro duction, he concluded. , MASSES NEXT SUNDAY IN . WINDSOR AND EDENTON The Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered Sunday, August 8, at 8 A. M. in Duke of . Windsor convention room, Windsor, and at 11 A. M. in St Ann's Catholic Church. Edenton, each Including sermon on "Revenge and Pardon," Holy Com munion, concluding in ' 45 minutes, followed by Sunday (School, with con fessions in Windsor 7:45 to 7:55 A, $1. and in Edenton 10:30 to 10:55 A. M., stated Father F. J. McCourt, .pastor, who invites everybody to all services. Week mornings: Mass, Communion in Edenton. New Substances Used To Prevent. Dampness New help against summer damp ness in households and the damage that goes with it mold, , mildew, mustiness, rust, moisture stains, swollen wood, and loosened glue in furniture is on the market this year in the form of non-drip moisture-absorbers or desiccants, according to Miss Ruth Current, home demonstra tion agent for the State College Ex tension Service. Quoting home economists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Miss Current said silica gels and other substances, developed during the war to keep the contents of pack ing cases dry, are now for sale in re tail stores. The advantages of the new products over calcium chloride, which has been used for many years against damp ness, are that they do not become liquid and drip as they take in mois ture, and they can be dried out and used again, Miss Current said. When they have taken up all the moisture they can absorb, they change color, as an indication that they need" to be dried out or replenished. Pound for pound, they probably do not take up quite as much moisture as calcium chloride does, but they are far more convenient and easy to use. They do not need to be placed over containers that will hold liquid andJ not corrode, as calcium chloride does. Instead they may be used anywhere, in or out of a container. They may be strewn on closet floors or shelves or enclosed in trunks, bureau drawers or clothes bags. Ihe label on the package gives di rections as to the quantity and meth od of use. Production Of Hogs Offers Good Profits North Carolina farmers seekbio-' an additional source of income miWit well consider hog production, believes Moyle S. Williams, farm management specialist at State College, who says the price outlook is very favorahle and the prospect, for increased feed supplies are very strong. Mr. Williams said that according to the Bureau of Agricultural Econo mics, the 1948 spring pig crop totaled about 61 million head, 8 per cent less than in 1947 and the smallest since 1941. Prospects indicate a smaller 1948 fall pig crop. The farm management specialist said hog prices have been low as com pared with cattle prices.. But it an! pears likely, he- continued, that hog prices will advance relative to cattle in the next few months, as cattle slaughter increases and hog slaughter declines seasonally. ' Pointing out that corn yields in North Carolina have jumped consider ably in the past five years, Mr. Wil liams said one of the most profitable ways to market that corn is throuerh hogs, provided the hogs are raised efficiently. Many Tar Heel hog pro ducers, he stated, have -failed to rea lize the profits they should because of the small number of pigs saved per litter. The goal should be, an average of at least eight pigs saved per litter. Mr. Williams said this goal may be achieved through the use of good sows, good care, proper houses, good pasture and balanced feed.. By fol- ONE-MINUTE SPORTS QUIZ 1. Who managed the losers in the recent All-Star game? Z. What manager recently made his big league exit at Philadelphia. i. Who is lony ale s next oppo nent? 4. What was the result of Beau Jack's last crack at Ike Williams ? SO YOU WANT TO BE A SONG WRITER! 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