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VETERINARIANS aiding in war Y THOMPSON GREENWOD B Agriculture Dept. Editor rALEIGH, June 11 - North -nrolina has not failed its 365,000 rvice men and women in the pro duction of meat for military and lend-lease needs. Due to the close cooperation be tween the veterinary division of the Department of Agricuture, virtual all the animal diseases which hindered meat production in the -iritical days of the 1st war and he Civil war have been brought 'der control, according to Dr. N. g Tyler, department veteriarian. He pointed out that at one time dUrjng the Civil war, for example. ,og cholera swept through the land |jke wildfire, carrying with it mil lions of pounds of meat needed at (he front. Tick fever was making huge inroads on the cattle herds. Glanders so reduced the horse pop ulation in some areas that the ar ,11V found it dififcult to obtain suitable animals for its needs. “At times meat for the troops iVas drastically restricted because nogr and cattle had been killed by these disease outbreaks in such numbers that adequate meat sup 0lies were unobtainable,” Dr. Ty er said. v'oiinn.Widp Organization He recalled that during the clos mg day? of the Civil war leaders of the veterinary profession took steps to set up a nationwide organi zation which would adopt planned veterinary measures to cope with (he livestock diseases which were at that time tearing at the heart of the cattle industry of the United States. . ' The World War production of meat was great, but tick fever still took its fearful toll, and Bang’s di. sea?e was a menace to livestock health. Since those days, however, the serious diseases have one by one been attacked and wioed out or brought under control. Today, hoof and mouth dise^re has been banish ed from this country. Glanders has disappeared. Tick fever has been eliminated in the state. North Car olina has been declared a modified accredited area with regard to Bang’? disease. Bovine tuberculos is is no longer a menace to cattle grown in this section of the nation. Hog cholera has been brought un der effective control. 135 Veterinarians On Alert At the present time, according to Dr. Tyler, there are 135 veterinar ians in the state standing watch over the cattle and dairy industry. In his opinion, there is no chance of a recurrence of the old obstacles faced by producers of meat and milk. Government veterinarians in spect the meat supplies moving state to the far-flung battle lines. They also are on the alert on the border lines of the country to prevent diseased cattle from bringing new diseases from foreign lands. Over 25 of this state’s outstanding veterinarians are now in the arm ed services. When American troops were making their last stand on Bataan and were forced to eat water buffaloes and monkeys or starve, army veterinarians inspect ed these foods to ascertain if they were healthful. At Camp Lejeune, where many war dogs are trained, veterinarians I are in charge of their health. Over 3,000 veterinarians are actively participating in the war. -V Tobacco Farmers Pleased With Crop SOUTHPORT, June 11.—Bruns* wick county tobacco growers are in a jubilant frame of mind. Daily farmers who come to town de clare that their fields of weed are in the best condition and most ad vanced, for early in June, of any crop they have ever grown. The same is being said of the corn crop, in fact all crops. From the day the seed was planted or plants put out the county has had the best crop growing season that anyone remembers ever having. Seeds and plants have grown right from the start. The past May has been a re markable month for the entire ab sence of cold damp east winds and chilly nights. The temperature at night has been more like that found in July and August and these warm nights apparently con tributed more than anything else to rapid plant growth. Previous May months have invariably brought along cold spells, east winds and other conditions that combined to stunt crops. If June weather is anything like that which prevailed in May, Brunswick county is due to pro duce a wonderful tobacco and com crop, in addition to other money and food crops. The outlook is ex tremely encouraging. Film Developing Printing—Enlargements Prompt Service j A Complete Photo Finishing Service Jewel Box Photo Shop 109 N. Front St. The Straight Whiskies in this product are j* Forty months or more old. ■ 20% Straight Whiskey Sixty-eight months old. S 10% Straight Whiskey Fifty-four months old. ■ 70% Straight Whiskey Forty months old. ■ 0$lend of I SPtuugM tyiAtiSien I NuiotuI Di.titl.ri Product. Corpor«ti*it. N-Y. | Carolina Farm Comment — _ ■ It is one thing to say that North Carolina is definitely headed to ward livestock production and quite another thing to be able to prove it. The facts are by now so well established, however, that only that person who will see no good in southern farming would deny the trend to beef, dairy, swine, poultry and swine production. As a matter of fact a greater interest in sheep growing also is apparent and as our farmers learn to gnow sod crops and pas tures, and as they quit selling their grains and oil meals to other sec tions, but, instead use them for feeding their own animals, that balanced type of farming for which our leading men have pleaded so long seems destined to come to pass. I am 'led to make such a statement by reason of what I have seen all ove- the state this past spring, and by studying the week ly reports of county farm agents for the past several months. These facts tell that our farm ers are harvesting alfalfa and se curing from the first cutting enough fine quality legume hay to pay the cost of seeding the crop last fall. This alfalfa should last another five years at least. Then, there are the hundreds and thou sands of acres of cereal hays and winter legumes which have been harvested for hay this season. Many of these acres had been de stined to be plowed under for soil improvement but because of the continuous rains, the growers could not get a plow into the field. Consequently, the crops were allow ed to grow and they produced one of the finest hay crops this state has ever seen. One man, who farms in an old tobacco county, said more hay had been cut and saved in his county so far this season than was harvested during the whole of last year. There comes reports also of wonderful pastures, of blue grass growing on limed coils, of men seeding grass and clover on land that will produce a bale of cotton to the acre, and of temporary grazing crops planted for the late summer. All of this means that North Carolina folks recognize the very pertinent truth which emphasizes feed before livestock. There is a shortage of fed all over the United States and this particular section is notoriously a feed shortage area. ,We have depended too much in the past on obtaining our corn and other feed grains from the middle west. Every effort should be made this season to grow more corn per acre so that it can be fed at home along with the fine crop of hay and the summer grazing now being pre pared. If it takes the use of more nitrogen side - dresser, then we should use more of this material because we not only need more corn for feed but some of us still like our grits and combread. It does not take a long memory to re call how short these two food items were in the stores last win ter. But, the fact of increased live stock production is seen also in the actual animals now on our farms. All through the east can be found some of the fine Jersey heifers brought in as family cows from the drouth stricken areas of the mid-couth last fall. More than 700 of these heifers were dis tributed with many of them going on farms where no milk cow had been in years previously. I have seen some of these animals and they were well-tended through the winter. Most of them have dropped calves and are thus becoming the foundation of nuerous small dairy herds. The county livestock shows, the fat shows, the increased ship pings of spring lambs, the coope rative movement of finished hogs, and the sleek herds of white-faced cattle also testify tp the greater interest in livestock. If one wanted more specific proof, he had only to go to Goldsboro last Thursday and Fri day when Wayne County held its first Guernsey Cattle Show. The show was staged under the super vision of the Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce which provided $500 in premiums and expense money A. C. Kimrey, dairy extension specialist, assisted County agent C. S. Mintz and his assistant, D J Murray, in planning and handling the show and the judging was done by Profs R. H. Ruffner and F M. Haig of the State College Dairy Department Prof Ruffner made the direct statement that it was the best county show that he had ever seen There were 63 animals entered and they were of as fine a quality as one could wish. As I went up and down the line of tethered animals, my mind went back to that day several years ago when I took a trip over the county with the then farm agent and Dr. J. H. Kerr of the local health de partment. Dr Kerr was not posi tive then that he could get a decent drink of grade A milk in the whole county But times have changed. W. W. Andrews, prominent Grange leader and leading Wayne County farm er, told the assembled 4-H club members and farmers at the ban quet the evening prior to the show that he had waited 15 years for such an event. He and other mem bers of his family had brought in some fine blood and had done much to breed up the cattle on Wayne farms. In later years, the Exten sion agents had waged an aggres sive campaign for more dairy cows and today, Wayne has some of the best. If Wayne can turn to cattle after years of cotton, tobacco, soy beans and truck crops, then any county can do the same. More than 300 of the leading citizens of Golds boro and Wayne County came oul to see the show. They expressed themselves as being “amazed al the quality of t^e animals exhibit* ed.” One man said he didn’t know there were such cattle in eastern Carolina. But they are in easern North Carolina as well as in the mountains of western North Caro lina and in the piedmont section of middle Carolina. The unbeliever will only have to attend one of the three Junior Dairy Shows to be held in the State in September to be convinced. -v Promotions Announced For North Carolinians WASHINGTON, June 11- —(£>)— The War Department announed to day a list of officer promotions, in cluding these from North Carolina: Captain to major: Henry Jess Anderson, CE, Canton; David Dix on McCall, AC, Fremont; Franklin Harold Scott, AC. Greenville; John Dean Moxley, AC. Laurel Springs; James Thomas Gribble, Jr., AC, Sylva. First lieutenant to captain: Lacy Wilson Coates, AC. Rt. 1, Smith field Second lieutenant to first lieuten ant: Warren Orlando Tadlock, AC, Charlotte; Henry Hoover Adams, AC, Dunn; Leslie Aloysius Far four, CE Goldsboro. Mildred E. Young Rt. 1, Ashe ville ,and Madge Goode White, Winston-Salem, were appointed se cond lieutenants in the army nurs ing corps. -V There’s one gal all of our boys in service will be blad to come home to—Miss Liberty. BRUNSWICK CLUB HOLDING CONTEST SOUTHPORT, June 11. — The Brunswick County Home Demon stration Council at it regular meeting during the past month, made plans to sponsor a feed bag sewing contest, according to the home agent, Elizabeth Norfleet, of the State college extension service. The contest will begin immedi ately and end at the fall feder ation meeting, she says. All arti cles made from feed bags will be displayed and a prize awarded for the best in each class. The council elected this for their project as there is a short age of cotton goods, but an ample supply of feed bags, both white and printed, the home agent says. Council members felt that the contest would encourage originali ty and ingenuity on the part of club members and would be help ful in suggesting new uses for the Ko rfo oTToriT/in O IVTicc says. Following the business session, Maxwell, extension entomoligist at State college, gave a talk on gar den pests before the council. He showed colored slides of ac tuaal plants with the various bugs and worms on them and showed the damage the pests could cause. After showing the insects and the damage they cause, he suggested ways of combatting them and an swered a number of questions for the women present. Major Mendlow Wins Promotion At Davis CAMP DAVIS, June 11—Lt. Colonel Michael M. MendloV, su pervisor of the Anti-aircraft Ar tillery School messes here, was promoted from the grade of majoi to lieutenant colonel, it was made known today by Brig. Gen. Bryar Milburn, commandant of the AAA school. Colonel Mendlow, a resident o: New York City and former mana ger of Morris Mendlow and com pany, of Duquesne, Pa., food pur veyors, was director of food sale: for Seaman Brothers of New Yori City, before being called for activi service. While stationed at Camp Davis Colonel Mendlow is living a Wrightsville Beach .with his wif< and son, Philip A. His elder son William H„ is a student at Vir ginia Military Academy. -V I Rally To Be Held At Lake Waccamaw LAKE WACCAMAW, June 11.—/ patriotic rally will be held at Har ry’s anchorage here Tuesday nigh' at 8:30 o’clock, sponsored by the women’s division of the Fifth Wai Loan drive for Lake Waccamaw of which Mrs. John Council is chairman. The rally will feature an addreS! by Jas. A. Rogers, editor of the Whiteville News Reporter, bane music under the direction of R A. Hodges, and group singing. James Walker Hospital Expects More Penicillin An allotment of 15,000,000 units of penicillin will be given to the James Walker Memorial hospital this month, by the War Production Board’s Office of Civilian Peni cillin Distribution, G. R. Darden, hospital manager, announced yes terday. Shipment is expected withe in the next few days- > Last month’s shipment, the flrat i to the hospital, was also 15,000,00® ' units. --V A woman bandit used tear, gas I in an attempt to rob an Oklahoma bank. The same’old feminine for* mula—tears for money. = /'• » irom where I sit... by Joe Marsh. i_ The Secret Weapon in Dan Mason's Attic Dan Mason was always what we call a “string saver.” When he unwraps a package he rolls up the string—folds the paper—and puts them both in his attic for safe-keeping. “Never can tell when thingsU come in handy,” says Dan. And you should see his attic! Stacks of paper, balls of string, empty bottles (Dan being a mod erate man and sticking just to beer), old horseshoes-and good ness knows what-alL We used to kid him a lot. But then comes the scrap drive, and Dan sets n record for the metal and the paper he eontrtbntee. And the glassmakera owe him a medal for the empty bottles he tarns In. From where I sit. Dsn's one up on us alL What’s more, he’s got us doing it too-celleeting scrap, returning empty bottles— not because somebody tnsfces us do it, but because it’s the Demo cratic way of working together to win the war. © 1944, BREWING INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, North Carolina Coamlrtoo Edgar H. Bain, Stain Director, 606-607 Insurance Bldg., Raleigh, N. C. • . Today Our big battle on the home front is the 5th War Loan. Join the fight for Victory with your dollars. Buy more War Bonds than ever before! Tomorrow Your investment in Victory will bring you the fruits of peace.;. comfort, happi ness and security for «»you, your family and your home* ..... ... .... . . , ............... ,;}• : * " « i: After Victory, Phiico research for war will bring you new |oys for peace Television, Radio, Phonographs, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Relax and Listen ... Tune in the “Radio Hall of Fame” Orchestra and Chorus. Sundays 6 to 7 P. M., WMFD, Blue Network Buck's Distributing Company 12 Dock Street r . v __r____ f" |\
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