News of Interest to North Carolina Farmers INTEREST in beef production great dumber of Registered Bulls placed in State Increased 72 Per Cent BV GENE KNIGHT Assistant Extension Editor >•, c. State College RALEIGH. March 2. — IIP)—Not thc history o£ North Carolina did thc farming industry show su’d ... ^terest in livestock as it dici 1940. particularly beef cattle, in Case, extension animal hus bandman of N. C. State college, said today Xiie number of registered bulls ,aced during the year represent 'd 3n increase of 72 per cent over 1S39 and 238 percent over 1928. While the upsweep of interest was »vhibitcd i'1 a11 sections of the state the greatest movement to ward beef cattle was made by farmers of the coastal plain sec tion. Case said there are many lac tors'responsible for the greater number of cattle. Among them were; The agricultural conserva tion program and crop control, increased production of both per manent and annual pastures, in creased acreages ol hay and small "rain crops, and the greater de sire on the part of fanners to supplement their income through the production and sale of live stock and livestock products. Then. too. Case said, the live at-home program advocated by the extension service probably played an important role in increased livestock production as ar; adjunct to the one-crop system of farming. The improvement made in the cattle situation has not been con lined to numbers only, the Mate college man pointed ou'. but to quality as well. Largely i esponsi blc for this have been 4-H club work with beef calves, numerous shows, farm tours, gi acting de monstrations. meetings on live stock farms and in feed lots, herd and flock management Demonstra tions. and the acquisition of bet ter breeding stock. Because of the importance of tlie quality ot bulls n service throughout the state, special em phasis was placed on this project last year. Bankers, businessmen, 1 breeders associations, civic organ izations and others cooperated to make it possible to import bulls from other stales and concetrate them in North Carolina. The greater part of the work was done through the cooperation ul county agents. They made plans at the beginning of the year for the placing of a definite number of bulls and then worked on a campaign to achieve their goal. Haywood comity probably did the outstanding work in the placing of food type purebred bulls. Case said. Records showed that 51 reg istered beet bulls and 101 regis tered females were placed during the year. 5 l'. S. MAY FREEZE FOREIGN MONIES General Order Anticipated as Washington Delays Action On Bulgaria Washington, March 2.—cp>—a seneral freezing order, restricting 'he reraovai of a]j forejgn funds— 111 h'diii; those of England and the Axis—from the United States, seem-’ ul imminent to some officials today th" administration delayed freez 1112 ’he funds of Bulgaria. Customarily, the administration !as frozen funds of Axis-occupied countries at the first official notice of ilie presence of Axis troops. But "hay. although German occupation ' Bulgaria had become a known *1 no order had been signed by President Roosevelt. "ell-informed officials said it was Possible tliai tile White House might Ay- no separate action on Bulgaria, L instead issue a general order "It .in a few days or weeks. eretofore opposed by the state bailment, the general order lias lrEe" "'ot-'d on the President by the ^sasurj as A means 0f keeping track ' " 'at happens to Axis funds in 'ms country. sar!'• ’‘I'cral 0,'dor would not neces fiii'k IMevent the removal of Axis ; u.''' hut would require Germany, ^' instance, to apply to the treasury dl, a heense every time it wanted to a" on an American account. ^Busktiid would be subject to the *? restrictions, but presumably i„, d receive licenses with little de •' or red tape. British Fly Supplies To Stricken Greek City E|.jAIU0- Kgypt. March 2.—UP)— fl l'.’ bombers loaded with medical I !' ai,fl physicians have flown or all*sa- Brecce, to help victims ijfs"‘riiay morning earthquake, "ion ",’ls '^ail1 t,lat one British air t|,a| ,ls *nJured in the quake and a||.(,ai!"ailv 'he British air force eSl.a ' hcre jiafl remarkable .\ll'rs. " hon buildings collapsed. aIr, i, •, s' of t,le BAF worked Paii^U,‘ ) — While other legislators wrangle over whether to investigate the defense program, a whirlwind, one-man con gressional inspection of army can tonments already is in progress. It is being conducted by Repre sentative Engel (R-Mieh), a World war army officer with a penchant for statistics and a reputation for the machine-gun delivery of speeches in the house. Spurning a war department offer to assign an army officer to facili tate his inspection, Engel set out in his own car 10 days ago for canton ments being established in the south. At the time, it was learned, the army was looking for him to visit Camp Edwards in Massachusetts be cause he had made a speech in the house regarding that project. The stocky legislator traveled about 2,200 miles on the southern leg of his tour, visited six army camps and spent about a day at each. That meant, a lot of night driving and very little sleep. Engel, silent thus far on his find ings, said he intended to make a report to the house appropriations committee when the rest of his in spection tour was completed. Te back up his verbal report, he has photographs taken with a camera he has used since his World war days in France. Scattered accounts of how the con gressman operates filtered back to Washington occasionally during his southern trip. One of his fellow-com mitteemen told of seeing him in ac tion at Fort Bragg, N. C. “He had four generals backed into a corner, peppering them with ques tions,” the legislator recounted. “They looked as though they would much rather have been facing a fir ing squad.” Coogan Is Scheduled To Enter Army Soon HOLLYWOOD, March 2.—(^1— Jackie Coogan. 26, one time boy movie star, will be in the army soon. Norvin Hass, chairman of the draft board for this district, says Coogan’s number is 49 and 48 se lectees will be called out Wednes day. “If something happens to pre vent one of the 48 from going,” he said, “Coogan will be called. Other wise, he will be first on the list for the next group to be in ducted the last of March.” 5 PLANTING DELAYED COLUMBIA, March 2. — Heavy rains followed by freezing weather have delayed Irish potato plantings in Tyrrell county, reports Farm Agent H. H. Harris. Reports indi cate that plantings will probably be . educed at least 15 per cent this year. However, the seed will be plant ed on land best suited to potato ^eduction. SCOn ADVOCATES FARM TRADE MARK Says Will Be Real Step in Pro moting Sale of N. C. Grown Products By LOUIS H. WILSON Editor N. C. Dept, of Agriqulture RALEIGH, March 2.—(.¥>—Adop tion of a trade mark to designai# farm produce of quality "will be a definite step in promoting the de mand and sale of North Carolina grown agricultural products,’’ Com missioner of Agriculture \V. Kerr Scott said today. Senators Ballentlne of Wake, Wal lace of Iredell and Rowe of Duplin have placed before the 1941 general assembly a bill that would establish "Tar Heel” as the official name to designate quality farm products. The state department of agriculture has been designated as the agency to promote and regulate the use of the label. "Already, the legislature has made wide contributions to the welfare of the farmer and it is my firm con viction that to give the state an 'of ficial emblem of quality to identify its many choice farm products will be among the outstanding contribu butions in the field of marketing,’’ Commissioner Scott added. Buxton White, fruits and vege tables marketing specialist of th® department, who has been studying and promoting the adoption of an agricultural trade mark for the past 18 months, termed the Ballentine Wallace-Rowe bill "a practical step in giving recognition to the farmers and packers who have long been giving buyers quality goods, but/ who have not enjoyed the merchan dizing and advertising advantages that have been successful in other states that have already adopted and used trade marks for farm prod ucts.” North Carolina's emblem of qual ity would consist of the word* ‘‘Tar Heel” superimposed on an outline map of the state. The state board of agriculture would be given the authority to adopt rules and regulations safe guarding its use. “A farmer or packer desiring to use the trade mark would first make application to the department, giving full information as to the intended use,” White said. “If the requirements for use of the trade mark were met, including quality, conditioned grade standards pre scribed by the board, the applicant would then be licensed. After the applicant is licensed, the department, would then make inspections to as sure that privileges prescribed un der the trade mark act are not abused. “It is anticipated that a small charge will be made for the use of the trade mark and that funds col lected would be used to further pro mote recognition of the label in an advertising and merchandising pro gram.” Goebbels Says Nazis* War Industries Ready To Undergo Any Test LEIPZIG, Germany, March 2.— UP)—Propaganda Minister Paul Jo seph Goebbels, opening Leipzig's an nual Industrial and Trade fair, de clared today that Germany’s war industries are adequate to meet any test with enough energy and mate rial left over to keep civil trade go ing in fine style. It was announced that 22 nations were represented in 6,222 exhibits at the fair. In trade relations, the propaganda minister said, Germany wants to give considerable but expects consid erable in return. 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