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0\ FAMILIES GOING ‘ALL-OUT’ njcks Will Be Taken For R Real War Pro (faction By ANNA C. ROWE Western District Home Agent . ’ (e college Extension Service Everywhere farm families are -kin" an all-out effort to do even ®a bv,an has been suggested as contribution in America’s T t ie for freedom Risks will be ba and innovations tried to S', us out of ruts of peace-time dibits and customs. Despite the serious shortage of ; bor and lack of farm and home f nipment. farm families are work to feed the country Thou -ands are working more hours ‘ dav and many are working on : nday {or tlle *irst b‘me *n their jives. The spirit of cooperation, to give -d take, the worship, work and "i‘v together fro protection of America is bringing back the neighborly spirit of pioneer days. The Ashe County Home Demon .-ration club members contacted families on the food and feed campaign: many of these contacts (,ere made in unorganized commu ,'..;es. As a result of this leader 'll work, more than 30 home demonstration clubs could be func tioning within a month’s time if ;-e home agent had the time to eft around. In Buncombe county, 13 home demonstration clubs and four 4-H clubs have contacted more than 500 families who are growing vege tables for the school lunch rooms in their respective communities. Ihe 4-H club girls growing Vic tor Gardens will can and dry pro ducts to be exchanged for lunches during the coming winter Those -ho do not have containers will 201V late vegetables that may be red fresh or stored. In the Chandler community, the F F. A. boys, under the super vision of J. H. Sparks, have plant ed about five acres in potatoes, peas, carrots, squash, onions, beets and greens. The Home Demonstra tion and 4-H club members are cooperating with Mrs. R. N. Demp sey home economics teacher, and her ttudents, and with Mrs. Rus sell. the lunch room supervisor, in the canning program. Seventy eight quarts of greens were can red last week in two of the home demonstration steam pressure can ners. Twenty-seven women m Bun combe county have planted herb gardens, growing from 10 to 21 different culinary herbs On the farm of Henry Garrison in Clay county there are three outstanding Victory Gardens. Two married children live on the same farm and all have splendid gar dens. Every available space is used and at intervals there is a frame-type of planting which is the same principle as strip-crop ping and roation planting. A recreational meeting at My ers Chapel, Clay county, was sponsored by that Home Demon stration dub. It was “husbands’ night" in appreciation of the help they had rendered in getting the community house built and paid for. There was such a ring cf joyful pride in Mrs Anderson’s voice as she made the announce ment that the community house is now theirs! George Farthing fur nished the music and the home agent led in a few games during the latter part of a very enjoyable evening. Incidentally, the supper '"as not only bountiful, but was a nicely prepared, well balanced meal, properly served in cafeteria style. when the chairman of the Ma co.’ county chapter of the Red Cross requested that nutrition clas ses be conducted, the Home Dem onstration committee decided that in unorganized communities where there were no home demonstration clubs would be the logical place for these classes. The women neighborhood leaders "■ere visited by the home agent home supervisor of F. S. A. to ask their assistance in this or ganization. if such a class were de 'ired. Enthusiasm, far more than "as expected by the home agent. "as the reaction that came from fhese leaders. The women are lruly pleased over the fact that they as neighborhood leaders have an opportunity to assist with such a program Those women gave lists to be invited; suggested meeting places °r volunteered their own homes: ar*d visited women urging them to attend. Mrs. Albert Rogers, of El h.iay, works in the local post office. She wrote notes to the women "hose family members called for ‘he mail. The organization of these classes "as done with far more efficiency and with much less time, because j- was done through the neighbor hood leaders. classes are being taught by ,'e home agent, and the two F. S. A. home supervisors. Mrs. Clyde Downs of Watauga Community said, “I am glad to ■earn that butter won’t take the P ace of milk. My little girl eats ah the butter she can, but she will P°t drink milk very well. I had "ought that butter was just as Sood for her.” Mrs. Melvin Bowman of Ellijay made this comment, ‘‘What you say about raw vegetables is true have always eaten most of my "cgetables as you say, and to 'his day I have never had a doc tor.” -V An apple contains about 82 per cent water. War Brings Women Workers A loss of manpower in the fertilizer laboratories of the State Department of Agriculture, as a result of the draft and departure of reserve officers, has resulted in the employment of Miss Frances Chappell of High Point (above) who has been assigned to the fertilizer analytical staff by Commissioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott (right). She will assist chemists in making analyses of fertilizer to determine whether ingredients are present as guaranteed. She is an alumna of High Point college. Dairy Industry In N. C. Approximately Doubled RALEIGH, June 21.—(TP)—North Carolina’s dairy industry — stimu lated by the demands for milk and dairy products by the armed forces —has approximately doubled the sale of milk and its products dur ing the past three years, C. W. Pegram, chief of the dairy divis ion of the State Department of Ag riculture, announced today. Using statistics gathered by the federal-state crop reporting serv ice, Pegram reported the state s “March of Progress” in milk pro duction as follows: Whole milk sold to buying plants —for 1941, total of 201,996,301 pounds compared with 145,883,453 in 1940 and 100,955,354 in 1939. Whole milk sold for fluid con sumption—for 1941, total of 107, 361.000 pounds compared with 75, 942.000 in 1940 and 61,307,000 in 1939. Creamery butter manufactured— for 1941, total of 2,318,000, pounds compared with 2,357,500 in 1940 ana 1,366,000 in 1939. Total ice cream manufactured— for 1941, total of 5,927,000 gallons compared with 4,201,000 gallons ir. 1940 and 3,650,000 gallons in 1939. “Prospects are bright for a 1942 milk and dairy product crop con siderably above 1941,’’ Pegrarn commented. “Dairy farmers, as well as processing plants, are mak ing % conscientious effort to supply the milk, and related products, de manded -by the ever-increasing armed forces stationed in North Carolina. . “The progress made by the dairy industry is reflected in the fact that an all-time milk production record of 34 46 per cent above 1940 was reported last year. A similar in crease, 41.08 per cent for the same period, was reported for manu factured ice cream.” -V FEW NAIL FILES Steel that went into nail files last year would have made 44 155 mm. guns. Schaub Calls Upon Farmers To Assist In Rubber Campaign COLLEGE STATION. RALEIGH, June 21.—Dean ' .0. Schaub, direc tor of the State College Extension Service, today called upon county farm and home agents to enlist the support of neighborhood lead ers, and Home Demonstration and 4-H club members, for the Scrap Rubber Collection campaign dur ing the next two weeks He pre dicted success in North Carolina’s campaign if the 28.000 neighbor hood leaders, 45.000 Home Demon stration members, .aud 90,000 4-H club members get solidly behind the rubber collection drive In his message to tne extension county farm and home agents, the State college leader said : “Give vour full cooperation to this cam paign, Your job is to aid in get ting the message to every individ ual and urge them to take scrap rubber to their nearest filling sta tion If necessary, side-track oth er activities until the last family on the dead-end road is contacted. If the people are advised, I am confident they will deliver the rub ber.” Dean Schaub pointed out that 2.8, 000 voluntary neighborhood leaders have already proved effective in reaching “the last family at the end of the road” in other emergen cy war programs. “They took the lead in the collection of nearly 50.000 tons of scrap metal which was turned in by rural North Caro linians during the early spring.” he declared, “and they also have encouraged nearly every Tar Heel farm family to have a bigger and better garden—a Victory Garden— this year” ’ -V Jute in a 9 by 12 rug would make 32 sand bags. 2 THIS CURIOUS WORLD Ferguson . _ ^—1 /%e UNITED STATES COULD BUILD 7JBV BATTL£SH/PS WITH THE ANNUAL COSTS OF INSECT AND RODENT DAMAGE. 7/k, STATE OP l MONTANA IS- LAR&ER THAN OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COMBINED. _ 7n9*As Ben fir/fu/Qotcee., oJac. j ' CONCHOLOGY ) IS THE STUDY Of= ( ~ /u o/.ior-w ) I — ) g-2.0 ~ 7/V.f c<^vvur-/^YYvr ^ ANSWER: Mollusks. ->r sea shells. t U.S.D, A. OFFICIALS CITE NEW RECORDS Also Point To Large Oil Crops To Be Made By Farmers To Beat Axis GUY A. CARDWELL General Agricultural Agent Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. Agricultural Department offi cials drew a picture recently of 30,000,000 farm people in wartime food production of big oil crops to be made this year to defeat the Axis, of fountains of food be ing produced for United States for ces and their Allies. They point ed also to new records month aft er month in the production of milk, eggs, meats --J other protective foods. Despite having to pay the high est wages in years, farmers were reported hiring more help this spring than last. However, a tight farm labor situation may develop later in the ye^r. Farmers’ costs of production are considerably higher this spring than last but the long time gap between prices received and prices paid by farmers has been clos ed. Farm income is rising sea sonally now but less sharply than this time last year. Largest com parative gains are from the un usually heavy marketings of hogs at relatively high prices. Income from other livestock and animal products is also larger than at this time last year. Officials pointed to the enlarged agricul tural marketing outlets through government buying programs. Be sides making up for lessened im ports of many commodities, farm ers are having to produce for a larger civilian, industrial and mili tary population and to grow arlge quantities for export. Large re serves also must be accumulated against future needs. “The job of the Agricultural Mar keting Administration in charge of food supply activities in connection with the Lend-Lease program is to narrow the gap between the farm and the battlefields of democra cy,” says Boy F Hendrickson, head of this U. S. Department, of Agriculture agency. “We are gear ed,” he says, “to speedy and eco nomical purchase and distribution of food During a 12 month period we had bought, under the Lease Lend Act, more than 3 million dol lars worth of farm produets a day for the United Nations. “The big problems are time and space. Time—getting our food pro ducts to their destination as quick ly as w ecan Space—making the best use of the very precious rail and shipping facilities. Time and space problems are being licked.” Millions of farmers are busy with spring work, the land is fn good condition and crop acreages are ex pected to be largest since 1933. Livestock numbers are the larg est on record and still increasing. Feed reserves are large and pas tures and range prospects are promising. Milk production continues to ex ceed former records. Egg produc tion is declining seasonally but in coming months should be bigger than in the like period last year. Marketing of 194? fall hogs has been large with prices the highest in 16 years. The hog-corn price ration is the bes- for hog producers since the autumn of 1938. Produc tion of high protein feeds is like ly to break all former records by reason of the increased production of oil crops. Tobacco will he in large supply this year as measur ed by pre-war averages but do mestic consumption is also far above pre-war figures. Cotton and woolen mills running night and day are turning out the largest yard age of fabrics in the nation’s his tory. Production of truck crops to be marketed as fresh products and to be canned will be consid erabl ylarger this year than last, year. Fruits of all kinds—fresh, canned and lried—will be in good supply All products of the farm— food, feed and fibers—are enjoy ing the best markets in years. --V Federal Peach Program Will Not Go In Effect COLLEGE STATION, RALEIGH, June 21.—The proposed Federal peach marketing program, on which Carolinas peach growers voted the last week in May, will not become effective, L. P. Was son, Extension horticulturist of N C. State college, announced today He reported that the United States Department of Agriculture does not feel that there was sufficient interest on the part of growers to justify putting the program into effect. The marketing agreement was designed to improve the grower’s marketing position by preventing the shipment of immature, inferior LITTLE ORPH AN ANNIE— — (OlQ^ " NOPE- ]' WEVE BEEN WHAT YOU C JUST MEETIN’ WANT IT ON STREET FOR. „ CORNERS-SCrr OOLONEL? TO hVWE A ' HEAOQUARTBRS-J ' N. C. Livestock Industry Now Free From Diseases d RALEIGH, June 21.—IM—North Carolina now has a $100,772,000 livestock industry free from bang’s disease, bovine tuberculosis and the cattle tick, thanks to the co operative efforts of the State De partment of Agriculture and the United States Bureau of Animal Industry. Working shoulder - to- -shoulder, veterinarians of the state and Fed eral governments have set an all time record since 1925 in controll ing animal diseases that “other wise would have retarded the growth of the livestock population N. C. FARMERS SET NEW MARK Soil Building Earnings Show Big Increase During 1941 COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh, June 21.—North Carolina farmers made the greatest increase in per centage of maximum soil-building earnings under the 1941 Agricul al Conservation Program of any state in the East Central Region, according to a report received to day by E. Y. Floyd, state AAA exe cutive assistant. For the State as a whole, the re port showed, the earnings increas ed from about 71 percent of the maximum in 1940 to almost 85 per cent in the 1941 program. Of the state’s 100 counties, 93 showed a larger percentage of earnings. Mr. Floyd said these payments under the 1941 program amounted to approximately $4,200,000 wi t h about 213,045 farmers operating al most 95 percent of the state’s crop land taking part in the program. “While lime and superphosphate were used in greater quantities than ever before, the report shows that use of green manure crops and seeding practices were carried out on by far the greatest number of farms,” Mr. Floyd said. “Ap proximately two of every three farms participating had a home garden practice.” “Two-thirds of the farmers in the seven-state region carried out seed ing practices, but these accounted for only one-fourth of the value of a 11 practices performed,” Mr. Floyd said. “The 35 percent of the farmers who applied limestone to their land accounted for the same percentage of the total practice value. Thus, we see that by far the greatest emphasis on a unit equiv alent basis was placed on appnc tion of materials such as lime stone.” " -V 4-H Boys And Oirls Aid In War Bond And Stamp Sales Campaign COLLEGE STATION, RALEIGH June 21.—Person county 4-H club boys and girls have secured pledg es to buy War Savings Bonds and Stamps totaling $21,000, as the re sult of a special campaign, Miss Anamerle Arant, Northwestern dis trict home agent of the State col lege Extension Service, said today. Miss Arant quoted the following from a report by Miss Grace Lee Allen, Person county home agent: “Sugar-rationing days found Per son county 4-H boys and girls do ing a job vitally important to our country. They took this opportuni ty to contact people at the schools as they waited to sign for sugar. The War Savings Stamp and Bond campaign was explained, and pledges for the government war securities were signed right there. “Members of the Agricultural Planning Committees were at each school to assist the boys and girls. Mrs. G. S. Slaughter, local leader of the Bushy Fork 4-H club, was among those who were enthused. She said that it was a great experi ence for club members. First, they were helping our country; second, the expefience taught them the im portance of war savings and the business facts concerning thrift; and third, each boy and girl de veloped poise, confidence and lead ership as they talked to the peo ple’’ grade, and small-size peaches from the Carclinas. Watson said that approximate'? two-thirds of the Carolinas peach growers failed to cast ballots, either by mail or at county agent polling places, during the six-day referendum. Sixty-two pere'ent ol those who voted, representing 8c percent of the production of those voting, approved the program. Th's vote, however, constituted less than 20 percent of all Carolinas grow/s, and they produced only 46 percent of last year’s total peach crop in the two states. K------ 1 ■- 1 ---— of the state for a decade or more.' First, the Federal- state veteri nary corps eradicated the cattle, tick, in 1925 after a 20-year war that involved control and eradica tion work in 77 counties. Second, the veterinarians battled bovine tuberculosis and in 1 9 2 8 North Carolina became the first state in the nation to control “this serious disease of animals and man.” Third, the culmination of the efforts of the veterinary c o r ps over a period of eight years has resulted in the virtual elimination of bang’s disease in the state, which gives North Carolina anoth er “first” in the campaign to “wipe out” costly livestock dis eases. “While we are justly proud of the progress made in the coopera tive animal disease control pro grams over thgtpast 17 years, we recognize and must prepare now for a continuation of animal dis ease wars to protect the great gains that have been made,” E>r. William Moore, chief of the de partment’s veterinary division, em phazised. “The next grgat task facing the veterinary corps involves bovine mastitis, a disease affecting the udder of dairy animals” While the veterinary profession has been modest as to the animal: disease victories over the past sev eral decades, agricultural leaders give them much credit for the growth of the livestock industry which was valued at $74,948,000 in 1925 and has since made a gain of $25,824,000. National recognition has be e n g i v en the department’s latest achievement in establishing North Carolina as the first state to con trol bang’s disease, a malady that interferes with animal reproduc tion, curtails production and spreads the serious disease of man known as “undulant fever.” Heading a long array of well known state and Federal agricul tural leaders, Grover B. Bill, as sistant United States secretary of agriculture has written Commis sioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott that North Carolina’s” . . conquest over animal diseases is especially gratifying at this time when' abundant supplies of whole some food products are of para mount importance.” “The people of your state are to be commended for their fore sight and energy which made the present achievement (of controlling bang’s disease) possible,” he add ed. “Necessarily, those persons responsible for results thus far will need to provide personnel and funds to continue, in cooperation with this department, activities for preventing the possible spread of any remaining infection. —:—v USD A Purchases In May More Than $154,404,000 WASHINGTON, June 21,-Farm products costing more than $154, 404,000 were bought in May by the Agricultural Marketings Adminis tration under the general buying program for Lend-Lease and other needs, the U. S. Department of Ag riculture reported today. Purchases dropped below April’s high mark of $193,893,000 but were the second highest for any month since the program started March 15, 1941. The decline was attribut ed largely to seasonal factors. The volume of meat products dropped in May, but the quantity purchased was sufficiently large to again lead the list of commodi ties bought. Particularly he a v y purchases were made of canned and cured pork, frozen pork loins lard, dried eggs, dry skim milk, cheese, dry beans cornstarch pro cessed Strawberries and salad oil. The cumulative value of all farm products bought for Lend-Lease, shipment and other distribution needs appropriated $125,660,315 for the 14 1-2-month period ending May 30. ' Commodities bought in ■ l a r g e quantities during May included 84, 971,354 pounds of canned pork at an F.O.B. cost of-$32,451,453 ; 72, 132,460 pounds of lard at $10,0467 700; 58898,166-pounds of .cured pork at e 1,373,288; 38,171,016 pounds of pounds of dry. beans at $22,466,609; 41,833,260 pounds of dr y’skim milk at $5,216,942 ; 27,360,690 pounds .of dried eggs at $28,395,693; 24,522,511 pounds of salad oil at $3,370,36; 13,682,800 pounds, of rice at $952, 672; 17.222,738 pounds of frozen pork loins at $4,766,968 and 11,738, 700 pounds of. granulated sugar, at $550,830 --—V METHODISTS TO MEET . LAKE JUNALUSKA. June 21— (JP)—The. Western North Carolina Methodist conference’s' senior as sembly will be held at this sum mer assembly ground June 29 July 4. . ; Purchaser Will Feel Future Tax Increases WASHINGTON, June 21— t/P — In, an amendment to price ceiling regulations, the Office of Price Ad ministration ruled today that any tax increase may be passed on to the purchaser provided the in crease is stated separately from the selling price. The ruling applies to excise, sales, gross proceeds, gross re ceipts and similar taxe. It is not effective if the tax law or ordi nance prohibits the tax from being passed on. -V AVIATOR TELLS OF TARGET ACCURACY Exaet Practice Of A Peace time Maneuver; Hit Italians Hard NEW YORK, June 21.— C/P) - An American flier who took part in the heavy bombing of an Ital ian fleet in the Mediterranean sea last week declared today that “we got the exact accuracy of a peace time practice maneuver.” Speaking from Cairo, Egypt, on an NBC broadcast of the War de partment’s official Army houi, Maj. Paul Davis said that the suc cess of the air assault was due “to the intelligence and fine co operation of those divisions work ing in conjunction with the British Allies” and “to our own American and Allied ground crews who put our things in shape.” “And most of all, credit is due American inventive genius and workers for designing and building a great four-motored bomber, our Consolidated B-24C, so often called by our British Allies the Libera tor,” Major Davis asserted. “We knew these bombers would take us where we had to go and there was never any question about the eagci ness of our crew to go.” Major Davis said that the planes used in the attack were able to smash at the Italian fleet “after crossing the Equator twice, flying nearly half way around the world through fog, heavy rains, dust and sandstorms.” “Unseen because we came out of a storm, wizard because the sound of our motors was drowned out by strong headwinds, we dropped our devastating load upon the unsuspecting Italian battle fleet,” the American flier said. “Later with Messerschmitts on our collective tails, we were very ■grateful for . our Allies—the Roya. Air Force torpedo-bomber*,” Davis added. “Their gallant Jdack on an Italian battleship served to di vert the attention of the Axis planes guarding the fleet-” National Drive Started To Enrich White Flour COLLEGE STATION, RALEIGH, June 21.—A natio -wide drive has been started to obtain the enrich ment of all white flour, white bread and other white-flour products by September 1, 1942, Miss Mary E. Thomas, Extension nutritionist of N. C. State college, stated today. She said that the campaign lines up the National associations of mil lers, bakers, and retail grocers and the numerous Federal agencies cooperating in the National Nutri tion Program. “The enrichment of all family grades of white flour by Septem ber was set s a goal by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Nation al Research Council in the interest of improving diet, health, and Na tional efficiency as a war-time measure.” Miss Thomas declared. “White flour is enriched by the ad dition, of thiamin, niacin and iron— vitamins and minerals which are removed from the whoje grain in the normal milling process.” The Extension nutritionist said that about 50 per cent of the white flour sold is now enriched. How ever, this consists largely of the higher-priced, advertised grades. The lower grades of (family) white flour, milled at many of the smal ler mills, are still likely to be un enriched. ——V A Tennessee “Food for Defense” banquet featured 137 items, all homegrown. The coffee was made from acorns. Ada a small amount ( of Creolin to water and apply with absorbent cotton as an effective antiseptic for minor wounds. Does not sting when used as directed. Keep Creolin handy. Ask your druggist .Merck & Co. Inc., Rahway,N. J. ARCHBISHOP GIVES FIRSTBROADCAST Calls For Peace Conceived As A Positive And Dynamic Force NEW YORK, June 21.—(/P)—The newly-enthroned Archbishop 01 Cantebury today called for a peace ‘conceived not as a mere absence of fighting but as a positive and dynamic force,” the British radio said in a broadcast heard by CBS In a sermon at Oxford, the Arch bishop was quoted as saying that ‘peace must be nothing less than good will effectively maintained against every form of greed.” Later the Archbishop, in his first secular address made in a broad cast in London heard in the United States said the first task of the church is “to keep the nations true to their own traditions and their own call. “The temptation in wartime to forget the claims of liberty is very great. There is a duty to exercise all necessary vigilance. “We may rightly renounce for a time some of our own liberties that they may be preserved for the days to come but we must be very careful how we regard the liberty of those of alien rights, perhaps of any enemy who are become ouc fellow citizens.” The Archbishop said that the re cent agreements among Russia Britain and the United States "evi dently marked an important stage in the process of bringing file foun dation of the peace which by our victory we must this time make secure.” -V 86 more Firms Placed On Economic Blacklist WASHINGTON, June 21- (tfl — The government today extended its economic blacklist to 86 firms and individuals in Iran and Iraq and in the tiny European states of Andorra, between Spain a nd France, and Liechtenstein, on the Swiss-German border. It also added 142 firms and in dividuals in Spain, Portugal, Switz erland. Sweden and Turkey, and 308 more listings in 13 American republics, bringing close to 9.000 the number of persons and cor porations the United States gov ernment believes to be operating for the benefit of the enmey and with which United States citizens are forbidden to trade. Outstanding in today’s supple mental list was the addition of 141 firms and individuals Peru, many of them Japanese, and 71 in Chile. -V SKULL’S BASE The weakest part of the skull is at the base. Private Jones “Did anyone see a box marked < ‘FOOD’?” You bet they did. It use<fi| to contain a cake made with RUM FORD, the baking powder that pro motes baking success. FREE: Victory booklet of sugarless recipes! Conserve supplies. Help win the war in your kitchen. Write today. Rumford Bak ing Powder, Box BS, Rumford, R. I. QA Develops «JvC Your Roll Of 8 Films 24 HOUR SERVICE Complete Line Photographic Supplies (Cash With Order) GEM STUDIO 119 Grace St. Phone 6223 MONDAYS Thru FRIDAYS W.H.F.D. 12:15 lo 12:30
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