FARii-PLASHES --By .J. 0 J'PO'CELL,' €0'®:::; A&3KT
The VJar De'oartment lias a.ririounced the pronotion of Major, H. E. Al-
-ohin to the. rank of Lieutenant;. Oolonel ii.a.D. He is assigned to
Headauarters, .Second Se?;^vice Cor:iuiai>d, G-overnoi^’s Island, N. Y. ^ He.
wi.ll ~be reraemfcered -as- Asst. County Agent of Sdgecombe Counter from
1936 to 193,9, durine Khich time he was ' very active, in Club
xcorl:. , ■ ' ;
President V/.- Sagles,' of the Ed-recombe Farm -Bureau has named
conmitfees for membership canvas in- each township, 'Heading these
committees are the folloi^ing: No,. 1 iOWnshi'O-. J. V/, Forbes Ho.,2 :
Tov/nship- Hassell Thigoen, No. 3, ibw.shi'c'^ C. VJ. Mayo, No.: 4^_Torn
ship- A. h. 'furner, ' Np. 3 Township- J. -l". Lawrence, Sr., No. o
To'-^nship- Henry A. Braswell,' Ho. 7 own ship- n.ye, No. o
Township- H. Naples, Ho. 9 Township- A. F, Felton, i"o ,10 ‘-i-'own
shi-o- H. L. Dunn, Ho. 11 Torfrshin)™ J, ^Easor., Ho., 12, TownshiT>-
E, A. Howtonj. Ho., Ip .To-mshini- E. F.- Hinton, and Ho.,1^ -oxvnshiT)-
S, D. Papher. A, goal ..of lpOO members lias been assigned to. this
county. ' ., • . . ' . ,
Henry 3-. Shelton, of S;-)eed xvras named President' of the H., G. Here-
ford'”'Breeders Assn. at their annual meeting, held recently in Way-,
nesville\ g , . ;
An effort to slo>.’ down tobacco sales, so tha': the tobacco.. factori
es' can handle their purchases, .is bwing made' by redu.oing the. sell :
ing days to three .' All of . the markets are glutted and . sales are
being held, only \on- Wednesday, rhui’sday, and Friday. .Prices are g
stronger ,since the inauguration of this system of selling.. . Tobac
CO production estimated to exceedgthe 19'^" crop -by H-3 T^er cent '
Xocal Warehousemen ■ e.stimate. bp'pe'r cent of the crop' sold.' - Over
. seven-million 'pound's have, beeri '. sold:in. the -arboro marhete to
■da-te^ ' ^ .. ' ^ ' '
The State, Department of .Agriculture forecasts a bumper crop of;
peanuts, for north .,Carolina ,— 1^ per ben.t. greater' than last. year:. ;
Judging fl^oai reppbts'from local - farmbrs this prediction seems, to
be in line,., 'CrermJin'priso.ners-of-war dug “3:; 53^ stacks of peanuts '
for 72 farm.ers. to' help Ovas.e.'-the. farm ,labor shortage in the county
Producers a.re assu'' ed by the ,Commodity Cpedit .Coi'poration a, mini-'
mum of nqt less. than d cen'ts Per bound for peanuts containing '^5 'i
per-cent meats. .' - : , * g ^
M.\B. Huggins, Jr.-, of Timmonsville,. S. C'visited .county to, con
tact farmers in reference, to 'dusting'peanuts-by a.ei’b'-"lane in 19^5 ''
Athlea Boone,;Asst. -Hbmep:Pemohstratgon - Agt., repprts that Edith^
Lewis and Scottie.':Winstead;,b^-H'Club' gi::'ls .,from liacclesfield, I’eP
resented'Edgecombe,.County In- the dist^^ict dairy, team conte^ held
at WiisQ]!. -’"Hilton .parltGn /of'Pinetppe and Millie 'Bradie^y of West
' Edf^eoQiabe . were chbsen- as' the-' outstanding ^-H- Club boy andvgi-rl,-..
fory tlie past -year,. A trip.. to. the ' National'4-H Club Cqngress at ,,
Chicagp,. to be : hela': in comber, , is -- the '.award given', theses tV6' for :
theli' many accomplishments. :.,’ .^. - . g; , g '
The Commodity ..'Credit .Coryidr.atio'n „.has ''anno'^finced, a Purchase, pro gram-■
'tor ' cotton, 22.39^ ,c^nts-"per ^ppund for middling 15/lp- ...;^n- ■'
favorable^, weather "and ' a sHortagepof picker^s H.ave causedppicking _
to pro,gress' very slov^y..’ 'Over cne-half of the , cotton.■isg&till>in.
the .field.-bb .g ' b- ,: : p'7 ,- ; p , - gp-b'- ' g^
, V;. W., ?ly-’.s })u'rchase,.'bf., a Poland China boar , for -'S'^2»C'p' topp^-'
the recent, -PurebreadpBgiar ' sale,-held at Rocky. aGunt.-.',^ Ctixe.r-.S^g.e^'
com]De farmers, buying'.o.ne; or ■ more registerpd'.. 'boars , ,'at - ^e
•were: . Cb bJ. ^Week's, vTarb'oro, ;;R-3V Harold, A.^^^raswe^l, g: ,Whitakersg;
J. R. Satterthwaita, \ 'Tbirboro,;': R^-T,--: Thomas .‘Gorham-,' Battleboroyg-
■R., y.. Knight,, , .Tarborp,,. ;-R-i, ' W.: D. Moore, ,p^Tarbbp,;R-^2,' W.W, ;
'Ea‘-.!clesMacclebfield, : .H^l j''-VJiieyb.B\illuC'k',.. Whlitatcar'e,.. R-l'.,- '
Satterthwaite, ^arbbro; H-l,;,:ai1d S.,T. Lancaster, Whitakers^, R-1
,b .:b ,..b N. ,.g; . g''' ‘
gDeffinitio,n of a . DaUchound:'b'An ■ animal abpvit^^bne-half dog high,
and two and: one-half dqgs long; - '■ ^