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nitrogen needed NY FARM PRODUCE Applies On Hand For Crops Can Only Be Estimated Now Bv Gl Y a. CARDWELL General Agricultural Agent ulantic Coast Line Railroad ' “ Company chemical nitrogen for use as Hli7.pi' of °utstanding impor ,el‘ j0 most Southern farmers, I '’making use of information on a* sllbject prepared and circu ‘,1"- i-v The National Fertilizer ffciation in The Fertilizer Re 4pril-May-June, 1942, issue: '’'t'though supplies of chemical •,senior use as fertilizer dur r':!ri,aja.43 can be estimated only '■’hoxinwtely at this time, those t informed on the subject agree present prospect is that , fertilizer nitrogen will be avail 'd for 1942-43 than was used ■ 1941-42. This means that if dun"j Supplies are to be dis 'Ced equitably, careful plans :r: fh! trade and followed through jYlUSt lhf, ''if thought that to make the . efficient use of nitrogen in wartime crop goals—and w all other considerations ce be passed over—about half ,he chemical nitrogen available should be used in mixed fertilizers , about half set aside and held r direct use. me proportion traditionally used for direct ap n’iration varies, of course, from £ to State. The fertilizer in t;°trv has pledged itself to carry t the nitrogen conservation and distribution program that has been Irked out cooperatively by the land-grant college officials, the State5 fertilizer law enforcement Lncie<;. the farm groups, the Faederai war emergency agencies ,rd tbe fertilizer industry by ev I,,. means at its disposal. Those who have studied the ni t,.0nen shortage problem agree ^ in the main, the nitrogen as E;aned to mixed fertilizer can be r aj- buted equitably and, used most efficiently (1> by omitting chemi cal nitrogen from mixed fertilizers for non-essential uses as lawns, nolf courses, etc.; (2) by omitting chemical nitrogen from mixed fer ,m-s for use on fall-sown small rprinicaplly wheat of which there is a large surplus; (3) by tcalirc down the nitrogen content of complete fertilizers generally, in no case to less than 2 per cent, however; and (4) by very definite ly linking fertilizer grades and rati-s to crops and soil areas. I! grades having a high nitrogen content are offered and sold in considerable tonnage, the limited nitrogen supply will soon be ex isted. The offering of high ni trogen grades, in view of the al most certain shortage of nitrogen to direct use, would almost in evitably reduce total tonnage. This would result in inequitable distribu tion and might even necessitate rationing to farmers on a card nr ticket basis. This is what the Federal agen cies. many State agricultural offi cials. and the industry are trying very hard to avoid. A distinct advantage in reducing me nitrogen content of mixed fer tilizers instead of producing fewer tons of mixed goods with a high nitrogen content is that the former would insure the use of normal applications of phosphate and cot ash both of which are expected to he available in normal or more than normal quantities. All chemical nitrogen except that taken by the War Department is being allocated by the War Pro duction Board—that for fertilizer use on recommendations made by 'be United States Department of Agriculture, after consultation with the land-grant colleges. Sulphate of ammonia must be rcoved continuously from points of Production, and nitrate of soda from p rts to fertilizer plants. Fer tilizer manufacturing and mixing P'ocesses must go on during the summer, fall, and winter months !n order that fertilizers may be ready for orderly shipment in the spring. uoubdess plans for utilizing sur plus oil seed meals as fertilizer' «U be developed. These meals should be fed to livestock in so far as posible or practicable, but pre sfflt indications are that surpluses use as fertilizer will be avail abie. fortunately, about 90 per cent of 'he nitrogen needed to produce our cr°Ps comes from the soil and ‘■'-'in the air, and some of our shortage of chemical nitrogen can 1,6 made up by growing more le and by making more effi ,lef use of farm manures. Unfortunately, the shortage of chemical nitrogen falls heavily on South where animal- manures ? ,®t as plentiful as in the !®’n and where practical con ■neration limit somewhat the of legumes that can be Even so, the South will of'“bly almost double it acreage • hater legumes this fall. -V • limestone 19jj5trs for limestone under the e.tcpea Pr°Sram have already hcadl^ 300;000 tons, with the for c'Ce *or additional orders set ^Member 15. Fa -—'V iH0r are expected to use ton th„e coverings made of cot short.13 year because of the jute C. Stge' says J. A. Shanklin, N. Specia4 Allege cotton Extension - INVESTMENTS allen c. ewing & co. STOCKS BONDS 105 MURCHISON BUILDING PHONE 5221 _ _ ' ,- -WPB Chairman Confers .With Labor Leaders t , Co-Operation between the men.in the factories and the men under arms to achieve victory is the keynote of Laboi Day, the first since the United States entered the war. This spirit of “working together” is exemplified bv WOrller Wh° P0Sed S-"y f" thc »» ■»«» ahog„„ e.„p Farm And Home Agents To Convene At Stokes DANBURY. Sept. 6—A confer ence of county farm and home agents, and assistant agents, of the northwestern section of the state will open Tuesday night at he Vade Mecum Camp in Sokes coun ty, it was announced today by L. F. Brumfield, Stokes farm agent. The meeting will continue through Saturday morning. Dean I. O. Schaub. director of the State College Extension Serv ice, will attend and he will lead the discussions, which will include plans for strengthening the neigh 1 orhood leader organization in the state. N. R. Niswonger, Exten sion horticulturist, will discuss with the agents the timely prob lem of home gardening under war time conditions. O. F. McCrary and Miss Ana merle Arant, Northwestern district agents of the Extension Service, will be in charge of the confer ence. Approximately 60 agents and Extension leaders will attend -V State Farm Harvests Free Of Shortages Of Laborers RALEIGH, Sept. 6—(TP)—North Carolina’s farm crops have been gathered so far this year with practically no loss cause by labor shortage despite increased produc tion and the loss of farm laborers to military service and war work, Mrs. Gertrude K. Clinton, head of the Federal Employment Service in North Carolina, reported today. Mrs. Clinton said this was achiev ed through the cooperation of grow ers with the employment service, state and county agriculture de partment war boards, and the Farm Security administration which provided several camps for transient workers. -V-. New Irish Potato Yields Excellent Results In NC COLUMBUS. Sept. 6.—Excellent results from the new Irish potato variety, Sequoia, are being report ed in Polk County, says S. H. Dobson, assistant farm agent. Several thousand pounds of this State College-developed potato were planted this year. One grower, J. A. Arledge of Colum bus, said the Sequoias outyielded certified Irish Cobblers by 35 per cent. Mr. Arledge dug 4 1-2 pounds of the new variety from one hill, and secured 50 bushels of potatoes from 100 pounds of seed potatoes planted, Agent Dobson said. --V Labor Camp Is Slated For Northampton Area 4—LABOR CAMP . JACKSON, Sept. 6.—Arrange ments have been made to place a labor camp in Northampton County to aid farmers in harvest ing cotton and peanuts, reports Farm Agent E. L. Norton. The camp will be moved from Great Bridge, Virginia, and from 150 to 200 laborers will be quar tered to relieve the present farm labor shortage. It is anticipated that these lab orers will be used for a 60-day period, Agent Norton said. -V RATION FOR LIVESTOCK More farmers -should realize that most of the ration fed their livestock can be raised on the home farm, says Fred M. Haig, N. C. State College animal hus bandman. --V HERD CULLING One of the first animals to be culled from the herd should be the scrub bull, says L. I. Case, in charge of Extension animal hus bandry work at N. C. State Col lege^____ DEMAND IS SEEN FOR FI , TIMBER Wood More Valuable As Coal Is Needed In Vital War Work COLLEGE STATION. RALEIGH. Sept. 6—R. W. Graeber. Extension forester of JST. C. State College, predicted today that demands for fuel wood will soon be the largest in history. “Farmers having ac cess to a wood supply should lav aside their needs for next winter, and cut a surplus to help relieve the fuel transportation situation.” he said. Graeber added a note of warn ing. however: “Cut only crowded, crooked and diseased stands of forest trees.” he said. “The de mand for saw timber and pulpwood will continue to be good, and the farmer can make more money from the sale of these forest p~od ucts than from the sale of fuel wood.” Coal makes up about one-third of the total freight normally car ried to munition factories and pow er plants, the Extension forester stated. By using wood for fuel, civilians can allow more coal and fuel oil to be transported for war purposes. “Because most fuel wood is much improved by seasoning a few months, farmers are urged to take action now,” said Graeber. “A supply of wood should be cut well in advance of winter when the fuel will be needed.” For the benefit of city people who may be forced to use wood in their furnaces and fireplaces. Graeber explained that wood is free from disagreeable dust and produces! very little smoke or soot when' properly burned. A cord of hard wood leave only 60 pounds of ashes, while a ton of hard coal will make 200 to 300 pounds. Wood ashes, too, have a fertilizing value. -V SOW HANDLING Complete instructions for hand ling the sow about to farrow are contained in Extension Circular No. 238, which may be obtained free from the Agricultural Edi tor, State College, Raleigh. THIS CURIOUS WORLD Ferguson ROBERT FULTON BUILT A StS&MA/?/WJE BEFORE HE BUILT A STEAMBOAT... AND OFFERED IT TO NAPOLEON, WHO^SRAfiD IT/ BUT BEFORE ALL THAT, HE WAS A /=>0/27r/SA/7~ AI/A'TSS. COPR. 1942 BY NEA SERVICE. IW^ A SPIDEP APPEARS NOT TO RECOG NIZE FLIES AS /=»CO UNLESS THEY'RE IN ITS WEB. vV .. Remodel Y our Old Clothes T oMakeThemLastLonger - +_ BY JULIA McIVER Assistant Clothing Specialist State College Extension Service It is a sound policy in peace time, but a patriotic duty in war time, to make our cloihes last long er. In most homes there are gar ments hanging in the closets which haven’t b'- n worn for a long time. Get them out. Look them over. If they are beyond repair or making over, sell them or give them away. Get them into the hands of those who salvage waste materials. There is an old rule that says “A good thing half worn is better than a cheap new thing.” This is more true of fabrics, probably, than of anything else. A good piece of crepe, satis or fine wool is good for a long time and often well worth renovating and recut ting into a fashionable new gar ment Worn clothing can be recon ditioned so as to make it service able again—if not for yourself, per haps for others. Sometimes a few changes, even without ripping the garment com pletely apart, will give it a new lease on life. Try the garment on and study it before a full-length mirror. To do away with a sagged ap pearance at the shoulder line, tack pads into the top of the sleeve. Shoulder lines are not as pro nounced as in past years, so make the pads smaller and flatter. If the dress is baggy at the waist, rip the waist from the skirt, cut off the excess length, and re stitch. Skirts that are too large can be fitted at the side seams. A dress that is too small calls or more planning. Let ou seams wherever possible, and press care fully with a damp cloth to remove traces oi’ stitching. New yokes of contrasting mate rial will relieve strain across the shoulders, and sleeves of the same material may be used if the sleeves are too tight. If the sleeve is too tight and you have extra material, try inserting a strip of material at the seam line. A contrasting insert at the center of the sleeve may fit in with the design of the dress. To lengthen a dress that has no hem, insert contrasting bands in a pleasing arrangement on the skirt, or add one contrasting band at the bottom. Remember to tie this into the design of the dress by ad ding a touch of the same material elsewhere—perhaps a new collar, yoke, and sleeves, or a band at the waistline. When simple changes are not enough, you may want to cut and make an entirely different garment from an old one. Outgrown clothes, worn clothes with good parts, and badly out-of-style clothes may be ripped apart and remade. Take them apart before cleaning, pull the threads or carefully rip with a razor blade. Brush the old seams to remove lint. Press wool or rayon fabrics on the wrong side with a pressing cloth, and don’t forget to press frequently during remodeling. Look for weak, worn spots and stains, and plan to cut around or hide them. If you add trimming, be sure it is in keeping with the design of the garment. Don't add too much. Unless you know a great deal about colors, be cau tious in combining them. Com bine only colors you are sure will look well together. If the mate rial is worth making over, it is worth doing well. The good parts of two dresses that look well together may be combined to make one dress. You can do this in many ways. For of one dress and the bodice and instance, make the yoke and skirt sleeves of another. Or put together the blouse of one dress and the skirt of an other. with perhaps a tie belt fac ed with the blouse material. If the sleeves of a dress are too tight, short, or otherwise unwear able and the neck doesn’t fit, cut them out and wear the dress with blouses as a jumper. Jackets and jerkins may be cut from dressing using a good com mercial pattern as a guide. If the blouse is entirely useless and the skirt is still good, separ ate it at the waistline, finis'h the skirt with a placket or zipper and a firm band at the waistline. The good parts of house dresses and house coats are often enough to make children’s dresses, pa jamas, sun suits, or aprons. Or if the dress material is strong and sturdy, it will make trousers or shorts for boys and jumpers and dresses for girls. Or some time a child’s blouse can be cut from an old dress. Men's suits make over well into suits for boys or girls of school age. Use a good commercial pat tern of simple design. A pair of worn overalls or work pants may have enough good in them to make a tough play out fit The good parts of one or two men’s shirts can be reworked into blouses for the small boy or girl. Old print material may be quilted into bed jackets, robes, slippers, or bibs. Old leather goods may be used for patches on the knees or elbows of winter playsuits and may also oe used to make the soles of house slippers. The main essential is the spir it—the will to make something ‘VICTORY BULLS’ TO BE GIVEN OUT 21 Big Animals To Be Dis tributed Throughout Farms In State STATESVILLE, Sep. 7 — War time dairy production will receive a boost Tuesday when 21 “Victory Bulls” will be distributed as a part of the annual North Carolina Jersey Cattle Club sale, to be held at the Iredell County fairgrounds near here. The bulls will be given to farmers who do not have register ed cattle, but who are interested in helping meet the war emergency deman:1 for more and better milk. John A. Arey, Extension dairy specialist of N. C. State college, is in charge of the distribution of the “Victory Bulls:” The pure bred registered animals were do nated by the .following Jersey breeders: The Biltmore Farms, 10; Robert R. Boseman of Rocky Mount, W. R. Lute of Newton, Route 2, and Dr. Howard W. Odum of Chapel Hill, two each; and Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Morrison of Charlotte, N. C. State college, E. L. Moose and Sons of Conover, J. O. Lutz of Newton. Route 4. and Dr. George Johnson of Wallace, one each. Mr. Arey announced the follow ing list of farmers, each of whom will receive one of the bulls: H. B. Oxford of Alexander county, W. P. Cameron of Buncombe, Wil liam Barker of Caswell, Fred L. Beatty of Catawba, James Turner of Cleveland, Leon Coley of Gran ville. J. W. Freeze of Iredell, Ja cob L. Avery of Lincoln, Paul Fart ner of Wing, Wade C. Camthers of Orange. And, D. F. McIntyre of Polk, Mack D. McCurry of Rutherford, J. S. Lawson of Stokes, John C. Godfrey of Union, Claude Pardue of Wilkes, J. D. Montgomery of Surry, R. K. Boyd of Gaston, Hen ry M. Sparks of Davie, W. L. Mc Pherson of Alamance, Clarence Faust fc Rowan, and Arnold M. Thompson of Mecklenburg. The N. C. Jersey Cattle Club will offer three bulls and 43 cows and heifers for sale in the auction ring. The public is invited. The distribution c-f the “Victory Bulls’’ will start at 10 a. m. ASHEVILLEBEEF SHOW IS SLATED Raleigh Cattle Exhibit Is Set For College Next Month COLLEGE STATION, RALEIGH, Sept. 6.—Complete plans for the two baby beef shows to be held this fall in Asheville and Raleigh v/ere announced today by L. I. Case, Extension animal husband man of N. C. State College. The shows will be conducted by the Extension Service, through the co operation of the Committee on Agriculture of the North Carolina Bankers Association. Case said that the first show and sale will be held October 7 and 8 in the City Water depart ment garage building on Valley street in Asheville. Judging will begin at 1 o’clock Wednesday. af ternoon, October 7, and the sale will start at the same hour on October 8. C. Dalton Swaffer of Jacksonville, Florida. ' livestock development agent of the A. C. L. Railroad and former animal hus bandman at State College, will judge the show. The Raleigh event will be held on the N. C. State College campus, with the cattle to be housed under the east stands of the Riddick foot ball stadium and the judging and sales ring to be located nearby. The 4-H Club boys and girls and Future Farmers of America will exhibit their calves at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, October 13, and the sale will be held at the same hour on October 14. Dr. John E. Foster .associate professor of ani mal husbandry at State College, will judge the Raleigh show. Case said that Oscar T. Pitts, director of State Prisons, has do nated his services as auctioneer | for both shows. The Extension specialist said that Mr. Pitts’ en thusiasm and talents as an auc tioneer have contributed much to the success of baby beef shows and sales in the past. from nothing, to make it practical from the standpoint of wearability and comfort, and to make it fit into the pattern of he times. 3-Star Performance The Flying Fortress that flew Gen. George 11. Brett, commander of the United Nation’s air forces, from Australia in record time re cently is back in Seattle where she was born. Gen. Brett is shown in the plane’s cockpit. While it was his personal plane, it was called “Alexander the Swoosp” and hung up more flying hours than any other war plane in the U. S. Air Forces. Riddled with bullets it is still in fighting trim. It never had a fighter escort while in battle zones.— (Central Press). Applications Received For Forest Seedlings COLLEGE STATION. RALEIGH. Sept. 6—Applications are now be ing received for forest tree seed lings to be planted by demonstra tion farmers in the Tennessee Val ley watershed in Western North Carolina, it was announced' today by R. W. G'aeber, Extension for ester of N. C. State College. The cooperative forest planting pro gram of the TVA and the Exten sion Service will be continued as in past years, Graeber said. The forester said that the fol lowing species of trees are avail able free to demonstration farmers who agree to plant the seedlings as erosion control projects: Short leaf pine, white pine, black locust, and yellow poplar. Graeber said that county farm agent will take the applications of farmers and submit them to the TVA nurseries which will supply the seedlings. Boll Weevils May Cut Cotton Crop Seriously MONROE, Sept. 6.—Many Union County farmers are predicting that boll weevils will cut the cotton crop from 7,000 to 10,000 bales this year, reports T. J. W. Broom, farm agent of the N. C. State Col lege Extension Service. Rains that fell during the time calcium arsenate should hav.e been applied for weevil control either prevented dusting or washed the poison off immediately. -V CLEAN CONTAINERS The use of clean containers, cases, and packing materials adds greatly to the marketing appear ance of egg.: and helps prevent the growth of mold, says C. F. Parrish of N. C. State College. -V Recent investigations indicate that there are 12 different types of nerve cells in the eye’s retina. FARMS GET MORE FOR SOILS WORK AAA Money For Dirt Build ing Is Increased In Carolina COLLEGE STATION. RALEIGH. Sept. 6—An increase in the maxi mum allowance North Carolina farmers may earn for carrying out approved soil building practices under the 1943 AAA farm program was announced today by G. T. Scott, chairman of the State AAA Committee, with headquarters at State College. Known as “production practice allowances” under the 1943 pro gram, the maximum for soil-build ing practices on a cropland basis has been set at 75 cents per acre times the total amount of cropland on the farm. The 1942 program pro vided for maximum payments of 70 cents per acre times the total cropland, less the average of spe cial crop allotments. Under the 1943 program, cropland is defined as farm land which in 1942 was tilled or was in regular rotation, exclusing land in commercial or chards. In addition, he said, the maxi mum pasture land a .owance has beet set at 40 cents pur acre times the total of fenced, non-crop, open pasture land on the farm in excess of half the acreage of crop-land. 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