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Farmers Urged To Use Better Seed (By E. K. VEACH) Mr. G. K. Middleton, seed spec ialist of the North Carolina Crop Improvement Association, made a very interesting and valuable talk to the Aurelian Springs farmers last Monday night on the import ance of good seed. The first thing taken up was a chart showing the items of cost per acre on 26 different farms in Johnston County. The purpose of this chart was to show that the item of seed is a very small part in the production of a crop. A number of times when good seed are used to plant a crop it will mean a profit can be made, where as if “run down” seed were used there would be a loss. Good seed are valuable in a number of ways such as: Higher germination, uniformity of crop, bigger yield, better quality, etc. For example in cotton a good grade and staple gives about 3-4 of a cent premium at the present prices, so why isn’t this just that much extra that would not be got otherwise. Mr. Middleton inspects seed for the North Carolina Crop Improve ment Association to be certified. In order for any crop to be certi fied it has to come up to certain high standards set up by this as sociation. In this community C. L. Kelly produces around 100 acres of certified seed each year. These seed are for sale and are mighty nice seed. Producers of certified seed usually try to keep up with the very best seed by getting a few of the latest strains of reg istered cotton seed every year or two from one of the agricultural experiment stations. These expe riment stations select mighty close to improve these seed for distribu tion among the farmers. Each year the cotton mills of1 a *< \S£./9 QH our state have to buy longer staple cotton from other states and coun ties and ship it in to be used in our home mills. Why can’t we raise what our mills want? We can by getting good seed of the proper strain. What becomes of the short staple and low grade cotton that the mills of this state cannot use? It is shipped to oth er states and foreign countries to compete in price with cotton rais ed where labor is lower than it is in this country. Why should we have to pay shipping charges on cotton to come in and go out of this state both? These ship ping charges cuts down the profit in the cotton we raise so lets try to produce the grade and staple cotton our mills want and not have to compete with real low rate la bor in other counties. The next meeting on February 20th will be a comparison of the j for WORKING MEN “JACK RABBIT” OVERALLS Blues and stripes; High-back and Suspender-Hack styles; All sizes—32’s to 50’s. Best Made I for wear— I 98c Men’s “Blood Hound” OVERALLS Blues and Stripes. All sizes. Full Cut—Special— 49c Men’s Work SHIRTS Bert. 4Rp Quality w V farming conditions in Canada and the northern part of the U. S. with this State. The other part of the program will be a short play and some music put on by the Young Tar Heel Farmer Club. Everybody is invited to attend. CONTRACT CLUB ENERTAINED The Contract Club was enter tained on Thursday afternoon by Mrs. Pendleton Grizzard at her home on Hamilton Street. At tractive red bracelets were used as tally cards. The highest score for the afternoon was made by Mrs. O. Griffin who received two handkerchiefs as a prize. At five o’clock a sweet course was served. Mrs. Crawford Hoyle assisted the hostess in serving. Those playing: Mesdames Frank Nash, David Traynham, W. S. Dean, Frank Kemp, O. Griffin, Clarence Grim mer, Frank Wilson, P. E. Ransom, George Hayes, Alfred Martin, H. S. Loy and Paul Heydenrich. J. L. Allsbrook is out of town on business. Misses Irene Gordon, Helen House and Bennie Allsbrook spent the week-end in Nashville. Notice of Sale By virtue of the authority con tained in a certain deed of trust ex ecuted on the 8th day of April, 1930 by J. W. Smoot and Nannie V. Smoot, his wife to Julian R. Allsbrook, trustee, recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Halifax Cuonty, North Carolina in Book 402 at page 565, default hav ing been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured, the undersigned trustee, will on the 27th day of February, 1933 at 12 o’clock M. in front of the postof fice door in the town of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina offer for 1? ct public auction to the high est bidder for cash, the following described property, to-wit: Those two certain lots or parcels of land lying and being situate on the West Side of Roanoke Avenue, in or near the village of Rosemary, Roanoke Rapids Township, Halifax County, North Carolina, described as follows: Fronting each twenty five (25) feet on said West Side of Roanoke Avenue and running back each the same width between parallel lines nad at right angles to the said avenue one hundred for ty (140) feet to an alley, and shown and designated as Lots Nos. NINE HUNDRED NINETEEN (919) and NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE (921), as shown on the maps or plots of the prop erty of the Roanoke Rapids Pow er Co., Roanoke Rapids, N. C. made by C. F. Gore & Co., Engi neers, Weldon, N. C., December 18, 915 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Halifax County, N. C. in plot book No. 1 at pages 11, 12, 13 and 14; refer ence to which said plots or maps is hereby made for greater certain ty of description, and being the lots on which there is now erect ed two brick store buildings occu pied by The New Bakery. This notice dated and posted this 26th day of January, 1933. JULIAN R. ALLSBROOK, Trustee. 4t-Feb.l7. Every New Mode of Is Reflected in This Joyous Group of 100 New Frocks You’ll find every new style trend here . . . and “specially priced.” They’re regular $9.75 and $7.95 values, to be offered Friday and Saturday of this week for— “Certified Checks” . . . The New Plaids . . . Late Organdy Bows . . . New Lace Puffed Sleeves . . . Jacket Frocks . . . The very latest word in New Spring Fashions . . . and here’s an authentic word from the management as to VALUE: “We believe these Frocks to be the Greatest Values ever offered by any shop in Eastern Carolina at the start of the Season ...” A “word to the wise” is sufficient. Come early Friday and Saturday! LEGGETT’S “THERE CAN BE NO DISATISFACTION HERE”
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