PAGE TWO | Garden Tit. e I | By ROBERT SLHMID £ 1 m n I* seems ,: j.t .'i plsc° to ibik *>U. ii ••; it ion -• he a we are liav - tlv- story about tile man who v.-iA;;diVt fix ihe roof of his house fji’r weather because it wasn't v..» .; to fix it. Ram or not. Many vegetables attain ii'ih quality when they make r..r>id “i av. in and this is made pos se It- ! plenty of moisture. < >nd exam les are the s rp e n s crops and other leaf;, crops. T.in er three weeks ot’ dry wcatixr can rherk the- growth ot' t nit vegetaiiies so they wiii re ver reoovfa and the re sult v iiS he a tough, stringy and librous product. It has been mj experience that jnu cannot depend on natural rain la-i it' you expert to grow high quality vegetables. fj **&?*■& Hints To Homemakers By RUTH Cl BRENT State Home Demonstration Agent KITCHEN-WISE TOOLS Double-use kitchcen tools am usually a better investment than th-se fur a special purpose- A can • Penei for instance, that opens veral types of lids is more useful Than one that does a single job. A pancake turner wi’h holes not tut its cakes but lifts eggs of fa' draining off the drippings. A n d; . m-sized butcher knife is val uable f""' mute different jobs than, a -neeial ham slice, or boning let :ifa. i Kmv much use tools and m< nsils v ; get is an Important guide m fca;ing. When choosing mctrl items U *».* may determine the materials— >t .1 i heavy aluminum for hard i s ii.-hten pate or lightweight ahmunii: for more occasional use. You may wish to write for a sn cos y of "Tools for Food Pre- P' add Dishwashing, free on "■ u cs; io th. Office of Informa *:• s. U S Department of Agricul t Washington 23. D. C ALLAN BEFORE PRESSING Wl:rn :r. ssinv out w:inkles in su t* and coats, take care not to press mitts or soil. Heat Sets mar.:; snaking tin m difficult o. ;r p(j.-" b]e to remove. Even t" .se or soil may be driven into f by th. mat and pressure of the iron end th n m y be more d :- t to r. trove. Before press- ' ir : r' rites at home, look them over t“ if they aer stained, spotted, or '. If so. take out tains or Dept. OJ c'fi; cil.'if //<*;.. AIR OFFICER'S WIDOW AT WHITE HOUSE CEREMOM Mr■*. H ?y Brown, of Hattiesburg, Miss., whose husband, Ensisrn L« Brown, was the first Negro Naval officer killed’ in the Cnr-d States service, meets Lieut, . spec ialists > :,;,,est that i! s p i eco nomy to -end u badly soiled suit or] ■ i vo i;i*css> cl Clean- - incr costs only a litt! more and ..A.-.*:- 0.. . so i befo- e pr- r ang Best of all so: saving clothes and money 's -:ivi lollies the daily c r ■ that. kc< ;.s them cl an as 1 ng as possi ble ana Holds then, in shape. Yl ts .“gP, o* I > - N*| V - . „ V - t s i> - . J V mm m QUEST’OX Whr Kind of r. c ords am I r quired to keep in ctin n--i.fi' . with payment of social security taxes for farm workers? ANSWER: W. L. Turner, ext-n --•ion farm manaaen.ent specialist •at St itc College, says the law does not sp'i'ify the type of records to be kept/- Howevei. it does say that on e kind of records most be kept and they must be available for inspect "n by the Bureau of Intern:-.! Revenue if ncenssary. Filling oul I nrm till iquar t rlv return filed with Bureau •if Internal Revenue) will be easier i! the farmer keeps siirre k'n:l nf record which gives him the following infor mation. names and social se curity numbers of regular hir- mw- ..Arm 520.000-A-YEAR FARMER __Moscs 11. Smothers, left, 20-gran,!-a --ear farmer of the Montgomery, Alabama, area. Is currently douhlmg his cotton ct'Oji, hut not at the ex'pensi ot diversification and sound farming practices. Co tint it Vgeni J. T. \le\ander (right) has had great success in encouraging the farmers in has county Io grow larger crop within the limits of a balanced farming program. Farmer SineUiei>' tractor load of cotton i» a good example. For" THE PEOPLE Bv lom Wicker tazcvts-,,,- c "- '-Hide :-. ; i ld man .to i-'CcH cd at til-. ! C'- .s of one of ■' tit l.'a;olma's 300 county wel f■': departments .\v vvii-vs ago, and made an application for Old Age .Assistance. He was h- lp-d io fi!‘ out the proper application form and a thorough investigation of li:s irci (instances follow -d. An old family Siihlei showed him to he 7? years old. He own--d no prop: rly, had had little formal schooling, and his wife and only child had both passed away. His total resour ces amounted to the clothes on his tiack and the odd amounts he picked up garden ing for some of the ladies around town. A medical «•- aruination showed (hat he was no longer able even to per f«r this work. Hi was veil known in the town ’md til- :' • was no doubt of his hav- . ii": been resident ~f the state foj ;1 c 'Canned pel. .0 Thus, when application ho (H-pa)T --’• - t ndim v rt pica nted to 'th county vvelf ac Ijoard. it was >'b' : -• that he : ail the c nu!" (cents f-e- .rant under the Old Ar’." Asm-:ai.ei program- lii us 1-v r 05 h:id needs greater ti’; his .ro.-oii; ei s to me-i them,, "d. h-I i li' ed in the stat. for mo; e < .i ii cur. ; Uv ' it r: :.n !;,ic;-!'ir the !78!h i- ; s i) 1:...’ e< .iii.'y to be ecur :nt ea jn-ivt-d for an Old Age AssUlar-e —OAA- .rant. Since Ms ed farm workers, length of tune worked, and total amount of cash paid each during a calendar quarter. It is not necessary to buy an <-\- pc-ns". ... or eiabo 'af. record book An adequate record can be set i-p simply bv ruling off eight columns on a blank sheet of pap r or by purchasing eight- or 10-column p;i --: p--r. A sej.aratc page is needed lor each worker At the top of the • pace write t:.r- rum , address, and ; ..il security n. mber for the . worker. Column r.ombc-rs-and head ings us--d may lie. Column 1, date; Column 2. date- period starts; Col : unm 3. date period ends; Column 4. days worked; Column 5, total cash v.-a ; es; Column ei. tax with held; Column 7. amount of tax paid arid Column 8. notes or comments. Duplicate copies ot quarterly re turns should be kept by the farmer with the labor record of each reg ular farm worker. All records should b- kept for at least f ur, years after payment of taxes. n-’-i wc I > " cr.tc-r than rndst. his g. ai.i whs slightly h'ober than the s avi...igi OAA payment, ' : was i-nly $2-1.b4. That is ad mittec.-iy -y small amount for an .'".i ' to live ot, so; ,i month. Yet, mult-i.sit'd by tfit* number of per .'etchßig, grants, it placed a bui< ;: 1 >v< : • nls. Tta - my. r.-ak hm th- pm. n ent t.te. c:: ■t. i. 1.-h- loreroing case histo:-' .■(■': ; h'v ; ay..- only s}.so of tin s.’ii.'rtT.i v, l hell the man receives: v'e y i : Vm R -mains the ie siv>j!iiy, tij,aer . car-fuily and co- Oa" .at. • iy 01 Vc lope i flamcw'rk of -■■' a is filiations, of de tenniiii ;;; t.-ie man's eligibility to r, ' C l - ih: a. ant. the amount h< rhali '.'ill. ; 0(1 the right to :ie- ' I'm aa T the 1.1. aa'nt it' Ids e: t’- : aa, I- • SO ffic i o.’itl V for . the i s stir Hu a different yardstick, the same county pays only SGSI - - ?:> tier month of tlu- total of S-t.ltl evpended in the county tor Old Age Assistance, The stall government pays an eq ual amount of the total. And the Federal government comes through wis ft the remainder— approximately 53.1U.50. ’!'••< I o foi.’tas of ;.n average pay ment --t ixeei-riin- monthly, and *:a -half of the ■ xvess above S2O up to :: maximum grant of SSO. Th- r.t..ti- ;-ruv "-uniy each pay oue cightli < r an ;, v • rat- payment not! exc« edir.g S2O ana om—fourth of Hie e.-a tss above S2O. A simple.- rule-of-thumb which is suffii lent fm explanatory pur poses I. that Ih< Federal govern ment -pill i p six out of every 8 dollars speni for the program, with the state- putting op another dollar and the county the final dollar. Out of ev- r y dollar expended io CAROLINIAN Saturday, May 19, 1951 Facts For Farmers SUGGESTIONS! GIVEN ON POTATO HANDLING Cm - in harvi it,:.: iris)- - ,iatot v.’ill help Jar H-Y grow,... put ;. better quality 'hum on .n . retur; [or ( :<;< on Itoi'.- ahural -eia;a,j at State Colley (. ted- bai he d to .. o:iini;V >.i by nan;::;;:;- lhe ;n tafots c.-: c"; ! i"nni- them sacks .within 3;i mm •.he? after cktrglng -' n-e. aer ' : -;. ks om th. field immudiattiy < spec-in.:;, dui - a;. the hi ;U o; :• ■ i :v. di,.- uing an oul ! !, tic i-nrly ui Hu mornin.u or let . tei •■• ro . To eUm'nan, s.:. ' .ug ; ye u. ing during :e ;■ . leal ■ aroio, padning -h-uln . in. u at a posy!-!: j cent - tei p ! -‘: ■■ :n -‘ - chine; Old ! ' ;,ck.-> .ay be d ■' a "shock ; ■ Good lightbi,: :d .la b" provid ed ovt-r the pit. ..a: tab!. ,o that dy SC. r. find a< a. P .; at,a siaa.i ; b.c used rh-.v-rt a:i the iliiht to the t.Y :• sv rfac :• G". a, is 50',..: . (a. ae,'.' ■;' ( io a ;!•>'r- and titr.j. v ith brui'< < which penetrate d, ■. ;iy. A tubers w itli .greening \. ih cra-h-ts and seal), and those ! an ba ay m;s --s'nap-n-d or hav- < tlx-, oh s dc fee's should be a r., v d i, ar, th, No. i package. Potutoes -hi pi 0 fev mil Tnohld be refrigerated. All -ash - pota toes shipped by 1 tek should be pj-c-coolcd to (I • or 05 il" a s 11 this: is not na- alt they should be iced in transit Loading should lii- done i,, pern-.:: (.c 'd ■ , aueu lat ion Ovcr-lo;.0"!a.:" try. with 400 to 500 bag.- should be avoided Shiaments shot;:! bv r0..t,-d to p ovide a ntinimn. ; -f del- - T wck drivers should in ir.str-cd to keep their loads moving hiring clear, hoi da vs. HO.NF;VUEES VEEDED IN DEFENSE EFFORT Fanners have i:nown :.. years that honeybees it*..' 1 not ■ only ns gatherer? of lit n-y . ~t also as pollinators of seed. i. it. and . fiber crops. Now Uncle Sun Las discovered that bees are avital to the defense effort Beeswax, a by-product .t hon ey, is needed for coating v. nr mu : nition- and for tilt- mar.ufaclufi of airplanes. Altliough the wax is - It'Drt supply, no satisfactory substitute for it is known. Bees make their comb 'it of beeswax. After they gorge ’.hum selves with hon* y, their wax glands secrete a liquid that hard-as when it comes m contact with the air. This material i- used by the- be<*s as canning for cells of honey and for the d lls where the yo> ng b».-e# ; ar-.- batched, a- well as for the combs which hold the honey ana . serve a? cradles for the young b.-es. Beekeepers should save ail of their, precious beeswax and sell it to dealers. The price is higher now than ever before. Small amounts of beeswax can . be melted down by beating in hot water It should tint be aUcwc-l to boil. When it cools a cake of solid wax will be float in;, on top of ihe water For information on how to handle old combs and large tt mounts of wax. farmers should write the Extension Beekeeper, State Uolleg'e Station. Rah ifth. and ask for Information 'heet No. 3 entitled “Salvaging Bees wax.” .it t . COMES HANDIUAP BY BUYING TRACTOR Sometimes when the spiri tir willing, the flesh is Weak. List John Smith. Negro fnai : r of Chocowin ity community, B«:;ufovt County, failed to give tip win n a swCii attack of rheumatism left him able to follow his team ir. be*-.ik ing land nad culitvating his cro!•? (Continued on pan- Ust the state inOAA during the tv. o year period 1948-1:150 IJncie S-un paid a tofal of 72 cents, leaving only 28 cents to be borne by but state and counth s. Thus, OAA is a program en tered into jointly at three lev els of government, with the financial burden assumed in tlie main by the government best able to pay, and with the administrative* responsibility undertaken by the government closest to thebe actual work ings of the program. In few other governmental programs are Federal, state, and county “rights” morn effec tively preserved, or responsi bilities more clearly defined.