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the JOHNSTONIAN-SUN, SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY— AUGUST 11, 1949
Bethany News
Rev. W. D. Stancil attended
church at Watkins Chanel Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Newman Hocutt
of near Wendell were welcome
visitors in our community Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Williams of
Norfolk, Va., are spending some
lime at the home of
PAGE SEVEN
Farm Sampling to
Decide Corn Wa^
Building Engineer
Lists Improvements
Agent Warns Against
Machinery Accidents
Floor and v.'all joints are the
key points in the construction of
American farmers have estab
lished an enviable performance in
M. Ellis
gineer for the State College Ex
tension Service. Building im-
Agricultural statisticians of
Virginia and North Carolina plan
the most extensive corn yield
.study ever made in the two states
to settle the issue of who wins the
corn production contest, say of
ficials of the State College Exten
sion Service and the North Caro
lina Department of Agriculture.
The corn contest happens to
coincide with a new corn yield
study being started under the Re
search and Marketing Act. Frank
Parker, chief of the Federal-State
Crop Reporting Service in Nortii
Carolina and leader of the new
project, describes it as the “first
large scale study to get accurate
measures on corn yields.”
‘Corn is one crop for which we
have a very poor check on yield,”
Parker says. “For cotton we have
a very good check through the
ginners. For tobacco, we have a
;ood check through the ware-
Mr. B. B.
batten. houses and farm buildings tojmechanizing their farm, except
Little Jenny Lynn Tyner of withstand forces of windstorms, where they have let accidents mar ™
Rocky Mount spent last week says H. M. Ellis, agricultural en- the records, John E. Pilana coun
with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. S. Creech.
Miss Magoleene Batten of
Washin,gton, D. C., snent the weekjProvements should begin with
■nd with her parents, Mr.' and strengthening of the joints, he
^sion
i Mrs. Lonza Batten
Mr. Hearld Creech
I Forest spent Sunday
of Wake
afternoon
or 43-J 5 "'^th friends in oui; midst.
5 Very sorry to report Mrs. Nancy
LORIST
I Hogge is on the sick list.
I she will .soon be out again.
Hope
Selma, N. C.
ip^ j / o i
been set at
The 1919 loan rate for Mid . ...
dling 7/8 inch.upland cotton has at these places.’
' ‘ ‘ "7.2.3 cents per pound
adds.
Ellis says two engineers at the
Agricultural Research Center,
Beltsville, Md., have just complet
ed a test of wood-frame joints of
Ivarious types. “The joints are
joften the weakest parts of any
Istructure,” they said. “Failures
are therefore most likely to occur
ty agent for the State College Ex
tension Seiwice said toda.y.
America leads the world in
mechanized a.griculture. Three
nillion farm tractors now play a
vital role in the production and
harvesting of the nation’s crops,
Mr. Piland said. But at the same
time. National Safety Council re
ports indicate that tractors may
be involved in nearly 75 per cent
of all accidents with farm machin
ery. All these accidents are need
less.
The main safety rule for operat-
I s a lesult of their studies the jng tractors in the field, is iust
I wo engineers concluded that a good common sense. You can’t
'sturdier house, garage - - "
, _ „ , or farm
building will result if the wall
framing is toenailed instead of
endnailed. Toenailing, they ex
plained, is done by placing a 2x4
or other frame member upright on
a sill and driving nails slantwise
through the upright into the flat
sill. The slant of the nail is im--
portant, and for best results the
tests showed that the nail should
be driven at a 30 degree angle
with the upright framing member
and started at a distance of about
one-third the length of the nail
from the end of the board. Toe-
nailing takes more nails, but
smaller ones than end nailing
where the nail is driven straight
through the sill into the end of
the upright.
Tenpenny nails are recommend
ed instead of the eightpenny nails
usually' used in toenailing, be
cause the tenponnies give a much
stronger' joint.
The researchers rate joints
made with metal straps as stron
ger than either method of nailing.
Straps take longer to nail in place,
however, and are more expensive.
But their use on alternate or even
every third joint will add con
siderably to the strength of the
building.
Joints made with U-straps that
go around the plate and fasten on
both sides of the upright fram
ing member proved distinctly
stronger at maximum loads than
any of the other types of joints
tested.
afford to gamble the loss of a
limb or life by operating without
the’power take-off shiel(J in place.
Cranking a tractor while in gear
in another dangerous way to start
day’s work. Excessive speed.
and careless operation around
ditches will also hurry a trip t
the hospital. Jumping off the
tractor while it is in motion is an
other way to invite an accident.
Careless parents who permit chil
dren to ride tractors or hitch a
ride on trailing implements are
not really thinking about the
child’s welfare.
Here are a few more important
rules:
1. Be careful coupling implem
ents to tractors, always stay in the
clear.
2. Avoid wearing loose, floppy
clothing while operating tractors.
3. Observe standard traffic sig-
)rn,
the farm, that there is really no
way to check except to go to the
farm and take a .sample.”
Accordingly, some 3,000 farms
picked at random in North Caro
lina will be visited this fall by
‘numerators” of Mr. Parker’-:
staff. A numerator will be ap-
ointed in each of the 99 counties
that grow corn in quantity, la
most cases, these men will be local
residents qualified to take the
samples. The samples will be
representative of the State, with
a greater number of samples being
taken in the heaviest corn-pro-
producing counties.
The survey -vi'ill begin in the
eastern part of the State about
mid-September and will move
west as tlie crop matures. Numer
ators will forward their reports to
the Institute of Satisfies at State
College where the data will be
complied.
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4. Use light for night operation,
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clear before starting a trac
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Thirty-seven 4-H Club memb
ers from Haywood County are
spending the summer on farms in
Washington County, Iowa. A sim
ilar group from Iowa will return
the visit next summer.
Agricultural engineers have de
veloped a new method for drying
seed crops without the use of
heat. It involves the use of chem
icals which remove the moisture
from the air circulating through
the seed.
The average American gets
nearly a third of all his calories
from fats, sugars and alcohol.
Nutritionists and doctors are con
cerned over the fact, since these
highly refined eme^gy foods offer
little in the way of protein, vita
mins and minerals.
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