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SWINE PRODUCTION
AG A IN ATTRACTIVE
Th * production of pigs has again
uccoxae attractive as computed ^illi
the past three or four years, primarily
because of the increase in price
without a corresponding InoresL?e iri
the cost of feeds.
For example, says Ear) H. Hostetier,
professor of animal husbandry at
State College, in June. 1932 hogs
were worth only 53.(52 per hundred
pounds In June of tiiis year their
value was almost three times that
amount, yet the price of corn has advanced
to only about twice its value
in 1932
Because com and hogs .-ro hand ti?
hand ixi the corn belt section of the
United States, it is only natural that
corr and hog prices should follow
each other closely, points out Hosteller
So now is the time to raise more
pigs while corn prices are low.
North Carolina is better suited for
th: raising of swine than the MidWestern
states, declares Hosteler.
Not only is there an abundance ot
feed available for commercial hog
production but there is also a milder
climate This permits a greater use
of forage crops and requires less expensive
housing.
Then, too, this State is within a
reasonable distance of the highest
market in the United States. New
York and vicinity.
Another distinct advantage, points
out Hosietler. is that there is plenty
of protein supplements to ^orn such
as fish meal, cottonseed meal, soybean
meal, and peanut meal. These
products are all high in nitrogen and
are relatively cheap because they can
be fed in the vicinity in which the\'
are produced and manufactur d without
paying any considerable amount
tor transportation.
TO AIR INFORMATION
ON ALL PRACTICES
State College specialists return to
the Carolina Farm Features radio
program this week to being; listeners
thr latest in agricultural news and
information
For the past two weeks, the program
has been filled by l-H Club
members and farmers and farm women
who were at Stale College attending
the short course and Fam: and
Home Week
The boys ami girls told of their 4-H
projects, and the men and women told
of their outstanding achievements
and how they had been benefitted
through the advice given them by the
Extension Service.
Included on the program next week
will be a talk on .winter legumes
which will be given by Ft. I#. Loworn.
agronomist in forage crop investigation.
Pamirs arc now beginning to
make plans for sowing their winter
legumes, and the talk, which will be
broadcast on Saturday, August S,
should be beneficial to all growers
who are interested In controlling erosion
and improving their soil.
Poultry raisers will find a talk by
Roy S. Dearstyne. head of the poultry
department, on the coming laying
year helpful. Chicks hatched in the
spring are now coming into lay, and
there aitt certain feeding and management
practices which must h- followed
if the highest, returns are to
he secured. Til is talk wiii be given
on Friday.
The schedule in full for the week '
of August 3-8 follows: Monday, Dr.
C. D. Grinnells, "Fall Cattle Practices":
Tuesday, Botany Department:
Wednesday, Zoology Department; \
Thursday, Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, j
'"Work of the North Carolina Fedora- j
tion of Home Demonstration Clubs;
Friday, Roy S. Dearstyne, "The Coming
Laying Year"; and Saturday, R.
L. Loworn, "Winter Begrimes for
North Carolina.
GALICNIK VILLAGE
OF LONELY WIVES
Belgrade.?For 11 months In every ;
year, the women of Galicnik do not
see their husbands- The annual reunion
taking place in July.
Galicnik has a peculiar history. For \
centuries all its men have been skilled 1
craftsmen, but the barren, mountainous
country provides no opportunities !
for work.
Arid so the stone-masons, wood- 1
carvers, cabinet-makers, builders, etc j
have had to go farther afield, and in ,
the course of time have penetrated j
the whole of Europe. In some cases
they even get as far as the United
States, where they work for 11
months.
These men return home in July,
and the village then give3 itself up
to feasting and rejoicing.
navingr oniy one month available
Cupid gets busy, too. One special day
is set aside for mass marriage, as
many as 200 couples being wed in
the open air.
And so the festivities and honeymooning
go on until the end of the
month when all the husbands leave
their homes?for another 11 months.
Exactly 1,117 country women registered
for the annual short course
for farm women held at State College
during Farm and Home Week, July
27 to 31 and approximately 500 men
registered for farm program. Many
other hundreds drove in for one day
for some special program.
A
I HSHORT COURSE
TFUMKn SUCCESSFUL
With a full program of education
.iiv-i recreation being" carried out
.smoothly, the 4-H Short Course at
State Ceiiege. July 22-27. lias been
described ac ' undoubtedly the best
ever held in .North Carolina."
L. R. Harrill, State 4-H Club leadl
er. wa.s highly pleased with the be(havior
and performance of tlxe 047
boys and girls who attended from 76
counties. This group represented the
cream of the more than 30,000 white
club members in North Carolina
At the short course the bov. girl.
| ciub and county making the most
.! outstanding record during the past
| year were honored. They were* Marvin
Foyles, of Lenoir County: Marjorie
Veasev. of Durham County; the
Fa lis ton Club, of Cleveland County;
and the Stanly County clubs
J. W Gibson, of Jones County, and
I MarveUe Doith. of Forsyth County.
. were crowned king and queen of
health. after having made the lushest
score in the health contest
Roy Coats, of Johnston County, was
elected presfder.t of the State 4-H
; Clubs for the coming year. Other
officers elected were: Ida Elizabeth
I InVl-lcfr-r. nf T.-.V. .. ,., l~* . r..
president; Elizabeth Randall. of
Cleveland County, secretary: and
Henry Vanstory. of Iredell County,
historian.
Club members who had made un1
usual records or who rendered outstanding
service during the year were
tapped into an honor club at a spc;
cial ceremony. Those elected were:
Marvin Foyles, Lenoir County: Harold
Garrison. Mecklenburg; Helen
Whitlocki Stanly; Clarence Ives. Pas:
quotank; Carolyn Earnhardt. Row'
an; Edgar Pollock. Jones: Gladys
: Ve-stal. Alamance; Eunice Griggs,,
Anson: Ida Elizabeth Johnston. John-;
ston; Nell Gaither. Iredell; Flllenson
i McDougal Lee: Henry Vanstory. Ire-1
dell and Mary Emma Powell, former
j Sampson County 4-H girl now home j
' agent in Jones County. \
TREE PLANTING FINISHED j
Atlanta. July 31 The largest an-,
I nual tree-planting program ever un- j
dertaken m the South has been com-'
pleted by the United States Forest'
Service, according to Joseph C. Kir-1
cher of Atlanta. Ga.. Southern Re- i
giona! Forester for the United States !
Mr Kircher said that this organ-j
iraiirtn hn.I tien.i ifi anft nnrt I
...... uo.v l?vrvy,vr?M/ ocCMIlJlgS, |
most of them iongleaf pine and slash
| pine, for reforestation from December
1. 1935, to May 1. t936
Al! of the tree planting work was
carried on with CCC labor on nai
uonai-forest. land, Mr. Kircher said,
i Louisiana was the largest benefactor
j from the Federal reforestation program.
| South Carolina, where the Forest
Service has recently purchased large
tracts of submarginai land, partici- j
pated in the reforestation program to
the extent of 500.000 seedlings which
were used on the South Carolina National
Forest. A total of 114,000
seedlings were planted in the Pisgah
Forest in North Caroiina, and
76.S00 in Die Cherokee in Tennessee.
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Special notices i
WANTED To exchange one or two
five-room bungalows nicely iocated
in Lenoir. N C., for mountain farm
preferably in Watauga or Avery
County. Address The Exchanger.
P. O. Box 1371, Charlotte. N. C.
WATAUGA PRODUCE HAULERS
WHEN IN HICKORY please take advantage
of my free camping lot,
which is always open to you without
cost. I handle a complete line of
CitV fi^TviPS ere oral *? ?.! -tl~ J
- qcmviuic aim cius aitu au- |
licit your business. East Hickory
Service Station. Newton-Statesville i
Road. Hickory, N. C. 8-6-5p J
WANTED- Building lot near Boone, 1
one or more acres. Must have
beautiful view, trees and water.
State price and location to G. A.
care this newspaper. lp
WANTED TO EXCHANGE?A horse
for a good team or to buy a good
horse, -weight about 1200 to 1300 ]
pounds. 3. C. Eggers. Boone. N. C. i
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HOGS WANTED?City Meat Market. !
Boone. N. C. ]
FOR SALE?38 acres of land in Wa- i
tauga township, fenced and well- ]
watered. Six acre3 wood land. 1
Good house and outbuildings. Good ,
orchard. T. M. Coffey, R. F. D. j
1. Shulls Mills. N. C. 7-23-8C-150 .
FOR SALE- -98 acres. A real dairy ]
farm. Good barn and 6-room store
house. Both equipped with elec- \
tricity. Terms, part cash and long
terms on balance. Judson E. Wagner,
Quarryville. Pa. 7-23-3p
EYES EXAMINED?Glasses fitted
complete modern examination room
over Farmers State Bank, Mountain
City, Tenn., Wednesday each
week. Glaases complete $7.50 to
$10.50. Dr. Wellman. 7-23-4p
l>r. C. B. Baaghmaa, Bye, Ear,
Nose and Throat Specialist, Eliza
bethton, Tenn., will be its the otOce 1
of Dr. J. B. Hafsm&n in Boone, on ;
the first Monday in each month for [
the practice of his profession.
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT??VERV
BIBLE STOKIES HELD
FIGURES OF SPEECH j
: Washington.'?The tale of the whale i
; swallowing Jonah, ana many other a
| Illbllcal stones have wrongly c
! translated, according to Dr. 'Jeorge
>. Lamsa. ethnologist and native ox t
) Syria who learned in childhood the r
ancient Hebrew spoken by Christ. c
in his book, Gospe? Light. * Dr. a
I Lamsa declares previous translators >
j of the Bible did not know enough ?
, about ancient Hebrew, or Aramaic, :
o recognize the meaning of idioms
; and figan es-of-speoch as* : at the .
: time of Christ. 4
{ "Apparently they knew no more
' American sport language.' he says, j .
"I once mourned to myself over the j
' passing or me of baseball's heroes
when I read that Tkibe Huth died j .
' on third* *
sponsible for the Biblical story of
Jonah and the whale. Dr. Lamsa \
points out. Today when you say that j
a man has hard uck you say that
he is 'down and out* or is -in the dogJ
house." The ancient Hebrew said that
: a man in similar circumstances was '
I 'in the ;vhaie* and to emphasize how
[ bad off he was. the phrase used was !
| 'in the belly of the whale'
The storv of the wedding at Cana '
| has also been twisted to make it ap- c
i pear that Christ, changed water into i
wine, he says
'The eastern understanding of the j
! wording of the text of this miracle I
j puts it in an entirely new light. One *
' must understand the ceremony of an ! t
! eastern wedding to understand the
' miracle. It lasts from 3 to 7 days.
! and the guests have to be diunk on j f
j the first day Now a religious inan I c
j attending an eastern wedding for in- .
stance a Rabbi, such as Christ was.
| is supposed to discourage the guests *
I from drinking too much wine and to j \
I insist that they drink water, to scold ; ^
| and Counsel them j 'J
"Jesus gave them water and no 1
j doubt harrangued the guests and J
| counseled them, while the statement
of the best man that This is the j
best wine." referred to plain water."
Dr John P. Harrington. Smith- ;
sonian Institution scientist and lan- j
guage authority, lends the weight of
his reputation to Dr. Las ma's inter- '
pretations, declaring he has given to j
the American people and the western j
worm a. Key to UlC scriptures WiliCll '
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STATE COLLEGE ANSWERS E
TIMELY FARM QUESTIONS
Question: My young pullets are
;how:\g weakness o: tne egs VVrwl u
Lauras this and how may I control it. *li
Answer: Unusually one or two in
hings causes this tn/uulc The virds
nay not he getting: a balanced diet j -r
>r they be wormy. Check the Jlet 01
mu 3ee that the pullers have a well- i "vV
feidanced developing mash before' lr
hem at aii times. Open a few of the
.mtlets and examine the intestines for ':i
vorr. s. If these conditions are checked
as;d no apparent cause found, send
onie typical specimens to the poultry j *v
Jlsease, laboratory at State College
md have thmi examined.
Question: When is the best time; ^
io cut iespinieza for hay ? Jjj
v ' m Lespcdcza should be
ready for cutting in August The Ko- ^
van variety will bloom about the
niddle of the month and Should b -1
ut at that time. The other v arieties : OJ
v: :m- ulUumil'.g iiuUUl nu: :<i?l "Ji '
Vuguat when they should be cut also. ' ->]
t' the Coramon. Kobe, and Tennessee ; S(
are cut at an early stage like this. ; 5t
hey wiil make belter hay. The sec- p:
>nd crop then will re-seed itself or1 Ui
nuke enough growth for turning un- w
ler to improve the soil When grow- s<
ng iespedeza for seed purposes only.!
lowever, it will not pay to cut off an | ?
Vugust hay crop.
Question: Do you advise cutting
obacco stalks after harvesting the a
rop? J
Answer: All agricultural students;
igTee that as soon as the tobacco ?
rop is harvested, the Stalks should be
;ut with a stalk cutter and disked in:o
the ground. This will help to de;troy
a number of insect and disease r.
>ests which usually live on the suck- 5*
is until frost. Disking under the
italks also :i a good way to prepare n
he 3oiI for badly needed winter hay 1 01
ir.d cover crops and fall gram j hi
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North Dakota, has been named gi
campaign manager by Representa- sc
tive Win Lcmke in his race for ri
the Presidency on the new Union | m
Party ticket. iw
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AKLY START PROLONGS T
LIFE OF FALL GARDENS j
L P. Watson, extension horticui-1
trial at 3Utc College, passes =t!o?g I
ic following: tips for fail gardeners i a
Eastern North Carolina: j ti
piantWi during tlie latter parr of J e
ily, or " en luring the first few days I
August. Golden Cross Bantom corn j n
ill produce '-easting ears before i p
osl ; t;
Beets, carrots, peas, snapbeans and ' !i
ibbage can be planted in August, n
he seed will germinate more raply
if soaked in water overnight and , a
[anted before they dry out g
If available-, tomato p-ants can be j n
't out at this time. If the young j f
lants are unavailable, xt is possible:
> get cuttings from the 3tcms of old j(ants.
Root them in sand in a o
iady place. ?
Sow lettuce' seed for plants. Big c
anH WhifA Boston are Xl'OOd
iriotie.s for fall planting Lettuce r
lould have a fertile aoil and plenty a
f moisture. J
For fall Irish potatoes. e:ther Cob- o
rs or Bliss should be used. If Old
?ed is not available, early spring f
:ed can be used if "greened'' before t
lanting This is dene by exposing I
iem in open shade for two or three ?
eeks prior to planting. Use small ?
?.ed and plant the whole potato. ?
Manure Is unequalled as a general e
arden fertilizer, but any good truck-:
if? fertilizer is suitable If fertiliz- f
is applied in the furrows, use T
i*iut 1 000 pounds per acre. After t
le crops have started growing .side r
ressings of readily available nitro- t
en are helpful, often necessary.
TIMKIA FAI&M QUESTIONS
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Question: Should old canes on
ispberry and dewberry fields be deroyed
?
Ans.ver* A1 canes in the raspberry :
eld that hav.^ fruited should be cut ^
it and burned as soon as the f
*rvest is over This prevents the %
>read of any disease to the new .
uies. With dewberries, tiie old canes
lould be cut off even with the 1
round as soon as the picking sea>n
is over. Where the Luretia vaety
of dewberries is produced com- r
icrcially. ali canes, both old and a
?w, are usually cut Immediately 11
:ter harvest. With the young varie*.
it is advisable to cut only the t
d fruiting canes. L
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ROPER FERTILIZATION
OF TOBACCO IMPORTANT
Since tobacco ia grown for its
la-.ws cnil gnJ forHligof J
re much more serious with this crop
Iran with most of the other cash
rops grown in North Carolina.
Such deficiencies have a more proojneed
effect upon the leaves of a
lant than thev do upon its seeds,
ruit. or other parts, said C B. Wilianis.
head of the agronomy department
at State College.
For this reason, he continued, the
gronomy workers urge farmers to
ive special attention to the proper
nethods of fertilizing their tobacco
ields.
Many of the fields are deficient in
lant nutrients as a result of the use
f low grade fertilizer. Professor
Villiams pointed out. and the tobaecron
is nhowm? the efforts
It is particularly important tnat
text year each field be fertilized with
. mixture thai will provide all the
Iant nutrients in which its soil is
leficient, he declared
Tobacco fertilizer recommendations
oi 1937, its prepared by a commitee
of agronomists from the U 3
department of Agriculture and the
State agricultural colleges of Virginia.
the Carolinas. and Georgia, are
low available to ail tobacco growrs
The recommendations have been
jublished in pamphlet form by the
C C. Agricultural Experiment Staion.
Copies of the pamphlet, known
is agronomy circular No. 101, maj
>e obtained free from Professor Wiliams.
The pamphlet gives the recom mentations
for various types of tobacco
n different North Carolina soils
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Exhibits that told a story of farm
irogress in North Carolina in recent
ears featured the annual Farm and
lome Week exercises at State College
July 27 to 31 and visitors said
he exhibits were better .ban any seen
it the State Fair.
Mrs Hubert Roney of Teacheya,
)up!in County, was honored with a
vfaster Farm Homemakers certificate
iwarded by the Home Demonstration
lepartment of Slate College and is
he first North Carolina woman to
ic so honored.
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