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THE ECHO
January, 1943
VEGETABLES FOR THE VICTORY GARDEN
•'KINDS AND VARIETIES AND AMOUNT OF SEED TO PLANT FOR FIVE PERSONS
Kinds
Beans, Bush Lima
Beans, Pole Lima
Beans, Bush Snap
Beans, Pole Snap
Edible Soy Beans
Beets
Cabbage (seed)
Carrots
Collards (seed)
Cucumber (slicing)
Lettuce (head)
Okra
Peas (field)
Peas (garden)
Peppers
Onion (sets)
Kale
Spinach
Squash
Com, Sweet
Corn (Roasting ears)
Mustard
Tomatoes (Wilt Resistant)
Turnips
Small Fruits—
Suggested Varieties
Henderson Bush, Woods Prolific, Baby Fordhook
Carolina Sieve, Challenger
Stringless Black Valentine, Stringless Greenpod, Bountiful
Kentucky Wonder, McCaslan, White Creaseback
Rokusun, Easy Cook, Seminole, Funk Delicious
Early Wonder, Crosby’s Egyptian
Jersey Wakefield (early)
Danish Ball Head (late)
Chantenay, Imperator
Carolina Short Stem
Clarks Special, Kirby
New York No. 12 or Black-seeded Simpson (leaf)
White Velvet, Perkins Mammoth
Crowder, Cowpeas
Laxton’s Progress, Laxtonia, Alaska
California Wonder, Ruby King
Silverskin, Ebenezer, Yellow Globe Danvers
Siberian, Dwarf Blue Scotch
Virginia Savoy, Long Standing
Yellow Crookneck, White Bush
Golden Cross Bantam, loana
Silverking, Norfolk Market, Truckers Favorite
Southern Giant Curled
Pritchard, Rutgers, Marglobe
Purple Top (for greens and roots)
Amt. Seed to Plant
For Five Persons
11/2
lbs.
1V2
lbs.
5
lbs.
1V2
lbs.
1
lb.
2
ozs.
V2
oz.
2
ozs.
V2
oz.
2
ozs.
1
pkt.
21/2
ozs.
21/2
lbs.
2V2
lbs.
1
pkt.
5
pints
11/2
ozs.
IV2
ozs.
2
ozs.
IV4
lbs.
2V2
ozs.
1
pkt.
2V2
ozs.
Strawberries, 200 plants—Blakemore & Massey. Raspberries, 15 plants—St. Regis and Latham. Grapes, 8 or 10
plants Concord or Fredonia, Niagara or Portland, Delaware, Catawba, and Scuppernong in the East. Dewberries,
10 plants—Young or Boysenberry. Plant grapes in fall. Others in February or March.
*In addition to the above list of vegetables 5 pecks of Irish potatoes of either Cobbler, Green Mountain or Se
quoia should be planted and 500 slips of the sweet potato.
PLANTING SCHEDULE FOR MOUNTAIN AREA IN NORTH CAROLINA
Crop
When To Plant
Crop Should Be Ready
For Use, Days After
Planting
Lettuce
Cabbage (plants)
Spinach
Tendergreen &
Mustard
Rape and Kale
Bush Snap Beans
Pole Snap Beans
Bush Lima Beans
Pole Lima Beans
Edible Soy Beans
Beets
Carrots
Cucumbers
Garden Peas
Squash
Okra
Onions
(from sets)
Turnips
Tomatoes
(plants)
Cowpeas
Sweet Corn
Peppers
Mar. 1-15—Last Aug. 80-85
Mar. 1-15—June 1-10 90-100
Mar. 1-15—Aug. 15-25 40-50
Mar. 1-Apr. 1—Sept. 1-15 3040
Mar. 1-15—Sept. 1 65-75
Start May 1 make 4 plantings
to August 1 45-65
May 1-10 65-70
May 15-31 60-70
May 15-31 75-95
May 1-15 70-150
March 15-30—Last July 20 60-70
March 15-30—Last July 20 70-80
April 15-30 60-65
Mar. 1-15—Last July 15 55-65
May 1-15 45-55
May 1-15 50-6O
Feb. 15—Mar. 1 60-80
Mar. 15-31—Aug. 15—Sept. 30 50-55
May 1-15—Last June 15 100-120
May 1-15 75.90
April 15—May 1—Last July 15 60-90
May 1-15—Last June 15 65-75
hat
L. V. Neil said it would be
Training For Mechanic
Pvt. Nathan E. Reed is training
for Airplane Mechanic and says
the course is very interesting, in
cluding the learning of a new
machine—an airplane, not an
ironer. Nathan was an Endless
Belt-Ironer before going in the
service, October 16, 1942.
Refining Shift B
Happy New Year, readers! Here
we come gossiping again. Old 1942
wasn’t so bad after all, was he? Lots
of hardships and trouble but that is
forgotten now. The new year looks
pretty good to start with. We want
to thank Mr. Straus for brightening
the old year for us at the start of the
new year . . . 1942 turned out to be a
lucky year for Harry McBride and
Paul Beddingfield. On Dec. 21 the
stork visited Paul’s house leaving a
son, Paul Gary, 9 pounds. As for
Harry McBride, the old stork need
ed an assistant, for he had to carry
twins, a son and a daughter, Thomas
Edward, 6V2 pounds and Lonora Ann,
6 pounds. Boy, oh Boy, is Harry
proud? We in the beater room were
glad too, because we got two cigars
instead of one . . . Anyone wishing
to buy a one man saw see our fore
man, Jack Rhodes as he is interest
ed in swapping it for a cross cut.
Jack says it is too much for one man
to do all the sawing when he has a
wife to help him. Jack, why don’t
you pay a nickel more and get your
wood already cut? . , . Love and
Fisher have a pretty hard time try
ing to outdress each other. We be
lieve Love would have the edge on
Fisher if he could keep up with his
easy to stand the noise in the army
after working in the same building
with Jennings. . . . Berry Gaither
wishes very much to get to work an
extra shift so he can get his dime
back someone got from him the dth-
er day. You should try getting one
from Ed Whitmire sometime. . .
Someone said they saw Speedy look
ing at the good earth the other day.
We wonder if he is going to plant a
crop again this spring or go back
to raising hogs . . . Ray Fisher has
quit wearing his wig and walking
cane since the draft age dropped be
low 18 year old class. . . Clarence
McCall said he didn’t want the hair
to grow back on top of his head un
til after his 39th birthday.
Cauble
“What sort of golf does the Major
play?”
“The very worst I ever listened
to.”
“Easy-crying widows take new hus
bands soonest.
There’s nothing like wet weather
for transplanting.”—0. W. Holmes.
ENGLAND SMILES
Sidelight On Rationing
Small boy, leaving shop, is over
heard to mumble to himself: “Too
old for oranges. Too young for cig
arettes. What a blinkin’ life!”
The stern disciplinarian, the man
ager who rules with a rod of iron,
is said by scientists to be a lazy per
son. It is easier to rule that way
than to take the time and trouble to
find out what his subordinates can
do best, or what is wrong with them
which prevents them from doing ef
ficient work. Stern discipline may
be only a poor substitute for under
standing.
To Teach Electricity
Pvt. Ben Rickman, Ecusta Elec
trician, is stationed at a small
town in Georgia now and says aU
there is to see when he goes to
town is more soldiers. He checks
electrical equipment in planes b®‘
fore test flight and will teach air
craft electricity as soon as new
recruits arrive.
Cafeteria Chatter
Last month we reported several
newcomers and this month we have
three more: Estelle Hall in the Cafe
teria and Virginia Bradley and Heleji
Hensley in the Canteen, We heart
ily welcome these new girls and hoP^
they will be with us for a long ti®®'
We were sorry to lose Lily Payne and
Lois Hollingsworth , . . Red Chap'
man, one of our boys in the Navy>
is ill in the hospital. We were sorry
to hear it and hope he will soon be
out again . , , Our friend, “Cagle, th®
Soup King” is seeing the world,
last letter was from “far off” . . •
glad to hear that Mrs. McDaniel
much improved and has returned
home from the hospital after an
ness of a few weeks. She will spend
some time in Florida with her moth'
er . . , The biggest piece of news for
this time is the announcement of the
birth of Miss Kaye Keener, infant
daughter of Hal, our baker. She
a beautiful little brown-eyed girl and
no wonder Hal’s feet don’t touch the
ground except every fourth step
jump). Congratulations, Hal ... Th®
new girls wonder what Scott means
when he says, “no, sugar” at coff^^
time. Better explain, somebody •
Mr. John Jones was introducing
better-half to us last Monday.
think her a nice looking one . . . Sorry
Roy McCall is ill with pneumonia-
His father states some improvem®^:
today ... Of course, we need not
mention Doris and Ethel’s new uni
forms. We know everybody has
ready noticed them . . . We are aU
proud of the high grade received
the Cafeteria inspection on the 20th>
Everyone expresses the intention
keeping things as well as they
now or even better . . . Virginia and
Helen are amused when some littl®
man asks for dry toast. He says but'
tered toast will make him fat • • ’
Last of all we each wish to than^
Mr. Straus for our nice Christmas
presents. First, our pretty tree, ne^^^
the programs by the band and choruS
(we heard them all), our insurance
policies and our bonuses. It is mor®
than nice to work for a person who
is interested in each individual wor^'
er and every member of this worker s
family.
A Worker
A wash-rumor is a gent who sit®
around the wash-room to pick
scraps of conversation to peddle
over the plant. He sits around th
wash-room to listen for stories abot*
changes in production. He sits arouP^
the wash-room to listen for whisp^.j®
about new secret devices. He
around the wash-room to pick
scraps of personal gossip and poi^^
cal rumors.
And sometimes the wash-ruhi*’
goes into the 'wash-room just to sit-