Friday, February 6, 1959
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Page Three
Dairy Records Help Pinpoint
Non-Productive Cow in Herd
Not many farmers would put up
with a tractor that’s hitting on only
half its cylinders. Yet many dairy
farm^» keep dairy cows that aren’t
carrying their full load.
The difference, of course, is that
the tractor usually coughs and sput
ters or otherwise lets its owner
know that it isn’t on its best be
havior. Not so with some dairy
cows. A cow that isn’t producing
enough to pay her feed bill may
appear as pretty and smooth look
ing as her more productive stable-
mates. -
What can the dairyman do to
make sure he isn’t caught with a
bunch of “loafers?” Marvin Senger,
dairy specialist for the N. C. Agri
cultural Extension Service, says
that the answer to this problem
lies in systematic culling, And, he
says the only way you can cull ac
curately is by keeping records on
your herd. You can’t always tell
by looking.
Senger says that most dairy herds
have at ieast a few cows that aren’t
paying their way. Records will show
you which ones. By getting rid of
these cows that aren’t making you
a -profit, you help eliminate surplus
milk which might be depressing
milk prices at the same tMe.
There are three dairy record
keeping systems avaiiable to you—
Weigh-a-Day-a-Month, Owner-Samr
pier, and Dairy Herd Improvement
Association plans. All three are
part of the National Cooperative
Dairy Herd Improvement Program.
You can obtain more information
on record-keeping from your coun
ty agriculture agent.
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Bill Crowell
Dept, of Motor Vehicles
State of North Carolina
CINCH .. . Before 1913 anybody
could legally drive an automobile
in North Carolina. There were no
laws governing drivers; no officials
around to ask such impertinencies
as “Can you see?” A child or an
octogenarian, it made no differ
ence who drove.
But in 1913, lawmakers began
to make things right in view of
the ballooning auto age. They de
creed that henceforth drivers must
be at least 16 years old, a minor
' concession to the times, but it
marked the tmginning of regulatory
proferarii'fdr'drlil'fefs. '
Even so no physical Or mental
standards were, prescribed, thus
idiots or invalids might still hold
the reins, or the steering wheel,
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. Another four years elapsed be
fore the General Assembly look
ed around and decided the driver
control program was lacking. So
an amendment was created, call
ing for drivers to “possess the phy
sical capacity to operate a motor
vehicle with a reasonable degree
of safety and the mental capacity to
control its operation.”
Things were looking up. Still no
actual driver’s license was requir
ed. Presumably it was up to the
police to decide who was strong
enough or bright enough to drive.
“Finally , though, in 1935, a min-
inium driver license law was put
into effect,” Elton R. Peele re
calls. Peele is chief of the Motor
Vehicles Department’s driver li
censing division, cited by national
authorities last year for its out
standing performance in the field.
“Under the provisions of this
newly enacted law, an applicant had
to have at least a year’s driving
experience,” Peele said. “He would
make an application based on this
single restriction, sign his name,
and from then on he was legally
entitled to drive.. No examination
was required and the license was
good indefinitely.”
Nowadays everyone who drives
knows he must pass a rather formi
dable examination to get a license.
Tests on road signs, traffic laws,
vision, and behind-the-wheel profi
ciency help weed out incompetents.
Elton Peele maintains, though^
there are too many half-qualified
drivers.
“There is a very definite corela
tion between violators and acci
dents,” he said. “Where a driver’s
record shows too many so-called
‘minor’ violations, we predict it’s
only a matter of time until he’s
involved in an accident.”
Peele favors a “point system” for
driver, control. Now being investi
gated in North Carolina, and al
ready adopted in South Carolina,
the plan calls for assigning various
traffic offenses points.
Which Food Product
Has Widest Usage?
Ever wondered what manufactur
ed food product has the most uses?
The answer is vinegar. Aside
from its- predominant use in salad
dressings and meat sauces, vinegar
is used to add piquancy to vegeta
bles, casseroles and relishes, and
for pickling and preserving.
There are many other cooking
uses you may not have heard about,
and can use to advantage.
For example, tough meat can be
tenderized by,placing it for a few
minutes in vinegar slightly diluted
with water. Boiled ham is greatly
improved in flavor if vinegar is
added to the water it’s boiled in.
Poached eggs will hold firm if vin
egar is added to the water. Cheese
can be kept from molding by wrap
ping it in a vinegar-saturated cloth.
Objectionable greasiness of fried
potatoes is prevented simply by
adding a little vinegar to the
grease. A teaspoon of vinegar add
ed to boiling vegetables will make
them more tender. And the odor
of boiling cabbage won’t spread
through the house.
Household uses of vinegar are
numbered in the dozens. Wool suits
lose their shine when presse(T*tln-
der a cloth wrung out of a solution
of one-third vinegar and two-thirds
water. Colors in wash goods can be
set by soaking a half hour or more
in a solution of one cup of vinegar,
a cup of salt and two cups of water.
Rust stains are removed from
garments by applying vinegy and
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salt, and letting stand in the sun
until the spot is dry. Many ink
stains disappear when spots on
clothing are washed with vinegar,
then thoroughly rinsed. And to
make white clothes, try V-k cups
of vinegar to half a tub of rinse
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Medicinal uses of vinegar around
the home are numerous. Vinegar
alleviates the itching of insect
bites. It’s a time-honored remedy
for wasp stings, bruises, chapped
hands, sunburn and hives. It cuts
the soap from hair after shampoo
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Hands are kept white and soft by
allowing vinegar to dry on them aft-
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