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Agricultural Progress In North Carolina The Country Gentlemen April i-iue carries an article by Arnold Nicholson, entitled “Agriculture Senior Partner” featuring agri culture in North Carolina. Be cause of its length, I am using this article in a series of three is sm!S of my articles, thinking it should be of interest to my read ers: \griculture—Senior Partner • When the present governor of North Carolina, who teaches one of the largest Sunday-school class ,.s in the state, meets the govern or of South Carolina an old tradi tion is ignored. Their conversa tion, following the lead of the gen tlemen from North Carolina, is -are to concern agriculture instead of the advisability of having an other drink. • I'll be happier,” the governor ot North Carolina has said many times, "if the numbers of good livestock in our state are doubled, ji stead of bank deposits, during my term of office.” His words are a breeze from the land to freshen the war atmos phere of factory pay rolls which state governments and chambers of commerce elsewhere seem to1 consider the principal breath of life. And the governor, the lion. .). Melville Broughton, isn't just talking for publication. A look around North Carolina soon re veals that he lias put in a senten ce the essence of a statewide pro :am for the promotion of agricul ture-a program that has behind it tne power and the funds of the legislature and the influence of most of the prominent men in Nor th Carolina. They have made agri culture senior partner in the eco nomic firm in the South’s number one industrial state. "You get cornered by a North Carolinian—banker, manufacturer, politician or whoever-and the way he brags would put a Texan or a Californian to shame. But he doesn’t recite figures on the pro duction of petroleum, or the size of the cities in his state. Ten to one he’ll concentrate on the op portunities for farming, and agri culture’s recent progress m Tar heel territory. ‘Tf he happens to be State Sen ator L. J. Ballentine, you get a literal earful and an actual mouth ful of sweet potato pie. The sen. ator’s mission is to have all meals in North Carolina, and as many outside the state as he can influ ence, wind up with gold brown wedge of ‘tater pie. And why not he argues, when it tastes so good and the state experiment station at Kaleigh has proved that Caro lina sweet potatoes (yams, to most Northerners) equal butter in vitamin A and have half the vita min C. content of orange juice? “Senator Ballentine’s assault on the home front is on ly part of a Tarheel sweet potato campaign, which sees livestock growing fat and sassy on silage made from DO YOU KNOW? . . . YOLR HOME is worth more today than in the past 20 years. IF you are not fully protected, let us help vou get the necessary protection. Weldon Insurance Agency, Inc. STERLING B. PIERCE, Sec. and Manager Insurance Of All Kinds WELDON, N. C. Tlie Insurance Companies represented by this Agency hara been designated to act as fiduciary agent for the writing of war damage insurance. CALL THIS AGENCY FOR FURTHER DETAILS the green vines, and on chopped,^ dehydrated tubers culled from1 market grades. Governor Brought- j on champions the use of the state’s countless tobacco barns for dehy drating, financier Irving F. Hall speaks eloquently of a silage har vester developed at Kaleigh, and before you know it you’ve got back to the f ountainhead of sweet po tato developments in the person of Ur. L. D. Haver, director of the state experiment station and his research staff. “Doctor Baver is an energetic prime mover who arrived in North Carolina from Ohio, via Alabama and Missouri, nearly four years a go to energize the research end of agricultural affairs. It’s no ac cident when folks like Senator Bal lentine or Irving Hall quote the experiment station—Doctor Baver sees to it that the farm fever nev er cools for lack of new develop ments. “In like manner Dean I. 0. Schaub’s extension service, Educa tional Director T. E. Brown’s pro gram for vocational agriculture and Commissioner \V. Kerr Scott's department of agriculture keep the pot boiling back on the farms. They're all members of the farm progress team that include,, the Farm Bureau, the Grange, tne po litical and business bigwigs. “No one seeks credit for North Carolina’s accent on agriculture. It growed, Topsy-like, front nat ural causes--one of which was the. distressing example of highly in dustrialized states and communi- ' ties laid low by the depression. “Carolinians, as more and more Northern mills moved south, decid but nearly a dozen in 25,000 to Carolina just at the 100,000 mark, land. There is only one city in N. ed that they couldn’t afford to let their economy become lopsided too. Industrial progress, they figured, must be matched by agricultural development, especially in a state that had always lived close to the 50,000 class. Two thirds of the people still live on farms, even though they may work in town part of .the time. “The program jelled with the inauguration of Governor Brough ton in 1911. North Carolina gov ernors—state law allows them on ly one four year term—have a hab it of leaving their mark in tne particular field. Cameron Morrison for instance, is known as the roads governor; and Charles D. Aycock for his attention to schools. Gov ernor Broughton, though he is not a farmer, quickly stepped nut to head the already assembled pro cession down the agricultural road. “The legislature that met in ’41 served notice that the farm push was on. Experiment station funds were doubly for the following two years. Appropriations for ex tension and vocational training were upped from a third to 75 per cent. The state department of ag riculture received additional funds. A state marketing authority was set up, Fertilizer grades North Carolina uses a seventh of the na tion’s annual production were cut from a bewildering 235 grades to less than fifty. Seed grading and lime laws were made more useful to farmers. “Nearly a score of beneficial acts went sailing- through the mill guided by Senator Ballentine who is chairman of the senate agricul tural committee, and by Represen tative Thomas Pearsall, chairman of the house agricultural commit tee. Both men have the respect not only of farmers but of town and industrial folks as well. Senator Ballentine of sweet potato fame, was put in office primarily by the city vote of Raleigh, though he op erates a dairy farm a few miles •away from town and started milk ing cows when he was five. Rep resentative Pearsall manages one of the largest farm enterprises in the state, Braswell Farms, where scores of tenants are learning bel ter farming methods, increasing their livestock and gardens, thru his efforts.” LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE Having qualified as executor of the estate of Nicholas Elias, de ceased, late of Halifax County, N. C., this is to notify all per sons having claims against the es tate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned at Wel don, N. C., on or before the 2Cth day of April, 1943, or this notice will be pleaded in liar of their re covery. All persons indebted to said estate wHl please make im mediate payment. This 20th dav of April, 1943. A. \V. OAKES, Jr.. Executor Estate of Nicholas Elias. June 3rd - 6t. » 1 " Halifax County Farm And Home News Home Demonstration Department Poultry Hints—Some brief but important suggestions are made by C. F. Parrish, Extension Poul trynian of State College. Coccidio sis cannot spread if the litter in your brooder house is perfectly dr y. If you have any coccidiosis a mong your chicks celan the house every day and put out fresh dry litter. Do not allow moist litter to remain around drinking foun tains. If you keep your chicks con fined to a clean dry house you need medicine. Because poultry feeds are not up to former standards, do not crowd chickens, provide ample green feed and maintain canitary conditions. Because feed is scarce crease production by better man do not expand too much hut in agement. Clubs Do Bed Cross Work and buy Bonds—Raseneath reports huv ing made 3 Red Cross Garments, bought $5.00 worth of stamp; for Club and individual members bought $271.28 worth of bonds and stamps. Spring Hill made 2 Red Cross .Shirts, gave $1.00 to the Ambulance Fund. Individuals pur- i chased Bonds and Stamps to the amount of $94.50. Tillery knitted two sweaters and purchased $7.50 in War Stamps. Palmyra Club—The Palmyra Club held its second meeting in \ the home of Mrs. B. B. Everett with 12 members present and three new members, Mrs. J. W. Robinson, Mrs. Alphunso Robinson and Mrs. J. H. Bunting. Mrs. \V. L. Mizelle was elected as Treas- t urer and Mrs. Joe Harrell as Li brariun. The club will meet a gain on May 31st in the home of Mrs. L. G. Bunch. New Club Organization Com pleted—On May 3rd. twenty one homemakers from Enfield and down to and through the Whita ker’s Chapel section met in the home of Misses Susie and Eliza beth Whitaker. A Home Demon tsration Club was organized which is to receive its official name at the next meeting. The following officers were elected under the leadership of Mrs. William Neville and Mrs. Eugene Wood acting as * temporary chairman and Sc ro tary. President, Mrs. Susie Whitaker; Vice-president, Miss (.fly Bate and Secretary, Miss Ruth Wash ington. Charter members of this club tire- Miss Lily Batts, Mrs. William Neville, Mrs. Walter Cle ments, Mrs. G. L. Crump, Mrs. Don Dickens, Miss Carrie Lee Dunn, Mrs. M. E. Herman, Mrs. Bessie Lawrence, Mrs. Janus Lew is, Mrs. Sam Lewis, Mrs. T. S. Pettitt, Mrs. Stanton Vine rot to, Miss Ruth Washington, Mrs. Rob ert S. West, Mrs. VV. H. West, Miss Elizabeth Whitaker. Miss Susie \\ hitaker, Mrs. Eugene Wood and Mrs. Gertrude Wright. Victory Gardens no place for Trying out Budgets—The 1. S. De partment of Agriculture suggest. that \ ictory Gardeners curb ti,*•:i desire to try out new budget • un til after the War is over. There are no magic devices that \\ ill keep gardeners from having to truly work if they have real Vi tory Gardens. The tools the De partment suggests are: steel rake, garden hose, spade or spading ■ .. garden hoe, a trowel, a dusting or spray device, and if your garden is large a wheel garden hoe or plow. Tin Cans Available—Those who' have tin can sealers may obtain! tin cans for Canning for home use. When ordering tin cans tell the manufacturer what you expect to can in them as new regulations govern the type of can he may sell you for various products. 1 Soil Conservation Service Community cooperation in har vesting of war crops seems to be one of the main themes running through the minds of agricultural advisors today. If you have land that will make any crop which will further the war effort, be sure to plant it. ( Soybeans and peanuts are of major importance to the war ef A best-selling laxative ALL OVER THE SOUTH because it’s thrifty and fits most folks needs fort. 1,1 !<owi: <■ you should prepare to grow all the grain which you will need in the feeding of the livestock on your farm. Reports from •• Vi'lament sources signify that there will be a marked short age of feed grains duirr.g the lat ter part of lit Id and 1941. Probab ly no crop on your farm will be worth as much to you as your corn. Re sure to grow it on good land, fertilize and work it well, harvest it early and protect it from rats and insects. For the benefit of the crop to follow in 1944, your corn should be planted in conjection with a soil building crop. The practice of broadcasting peas, beans, or ero lalaria in your corn middles when you "lay by” should not be over looked. Farmers of Halifax County are learning the real value of sum mer legumes in the use of erotala riu. The Soil <Conservation District i> making an effort to gat dem onstrations of crotalaria in every section of the county. If you have an acre or two of land which is termed “dead” due to its san.ly characteristics do not overlook the opportunity o: broadcasting it in crotalaria during the next 30 lays. Iixamph . of what crotalaria can do can be seen on several farms in tiie Darlington area. Outstanding example- may be seen on the farm of Mr. E. 1). Dickens who has grown crotalaria for a number of v L*ars. Halifax ( ounty A. C. A. It has bee- announced by the AAA Office that the Southern Cotton Oil Mill Company has avail able at Tarboro several thousand bushels of \\ ood’s 5 ellow soybeans Grade No. which are available for seed at a price of $2.25 per bushel, F.O.B. Tarboro. They also have available at Hertford, North Carolina a few thousand bushels of Tokio, Wood’s Yellow, and Ark Soy at a price of $2.25 jer bushel F.O.B. Hertford. Those beans were originally pur chased under the CCC Price Sup port Program in 1942 and they have been repurchased from Com modity Credit orporation by the Southern Cotton Oil Mill ( om nmy, cleaned, bagged in two bush ■1 lots and germination tests have teen obtained. Any producer wishing to obtain seed from the mills mentioned a >ove should place orders not later than May 20, 1943, since delivery m seed orders placed after this :late may not be filled. SAVINGS BONDS & STAMPS BOY mil SAVINGS BONDS & STAMPS The Brown Flavor-Guarding Bottle BUY WAR SAVINGS BONDS & STAMPS BUY WAR SAVINGS BONDS & STAMPS
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