NOVEMBER 23, 1939
Hurley Used
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By F. S. SLOAN
(Special to The Democrat)
In the last 10 or 15 years bur- '
ley tobacco has been o close competitor
of flue-cured tobacco in
many of the brands of cigarettes.
All cigarette tobacco, burley
or flue-cured, should be bright,
thin, elastic, and of a high quality
leaf, Drincipallv of the smoking
type. Due to the change in
the use of burley from pipe and
plub tobacco to cigarette tobacco,
it is very necessary to use
varieties with broad unformly
spaced leaves that will normally
cure bright.
The four leading varieties are: i
selection known as Strain No. 5
(which was selected by the Kentucky
experiment station). Judy's
Pride. Kelly, and Hallie's Special.
It is no trouble to find ideal soil
and ideal locations for seed beds in
the western part of the state. Burley
tobacco seed beds should be selected
in a warm cove with a southeastern
exposure well protected ,
from north and west winds. The
soil should be a rich loamy type that
will not bake after henw mine or
have a tendency to be wet natured j
Each year select new beds free from
diseases that affect the young seedlings.
It is best to burn and bed
unless there is a good leaf mold
covcrin" the plant bed site. We
have found that if a sufficient leaf
mold has covered the ground for a j
period of years, the grass is not ob- j
jectionable on unhurried beds. One .
hundred pounds of lime, or the 1
equivalent in wood ashes for each j
100 square yards will make the j
plants grow much faster.
Fertilizer is Recommended (
Very few hurley producers have '
used commercial fertilizers in the ! I
past. Our records show that 1 to 11
lVz pounds of fertilizer analyzing 1
4-8-3. prepared especially for tobac- j 1
CO seed beds, will produce two to <
four limes as many plants per 100 j <
square yards as will unfertilized j t
beds. The plants will he much j i
earl??T than the plants on the un- ! [
fertilized beds, or on beds where a ; c
small amount of manure is used, t
The plant bed fertilizer that gave:
ihe outstanding results was made up j j
as follows: Nitrogen; one-fourth nh | j
Irate of soda, one-fourth sulphate of x
from superphosphate and the pot \
ash from sulphate of pat ash mag- s
tusia. The fertilizer should be ^
thoroughly mixed with the soil to ;
a depth of 3 or 4 inches and then i \
raked with a very fine-tooch rake. | j
Tobacco seed are very small and j?
should be mixed with some material .?
such as ashes or fer tilizer to get an ;
even distribution. One-half ounce I
of cleaned seed per 100 square yard? \
which is equivalent to one table- ,
spoonful, is the right amount of seed j,
to gel the best stum: uiSfjjr average '
seasonal conditions. After the seed i '
is sown Lie bed should be packed by ,
running u light mil, r over it. tam- i
perihg it with a board attached to !
the end of a short pole, or bv lamp- |,
ing it with the feet.
As soon as the seeds are sown j J
and the bed tumped, a thin layer of !,
wheat rye. or oat straw which has |;
boon thoroughly thrashed should be
broadcast evenly over the bed as
shown above. Twenty pounds of
well thrashed wheat, rye or oat '
straw is sufficient for each 101) '
square yards. The canvas should :
then be placed on the straw and J
pegged to the ground around the ;
edges of the bed to prevent the ;
cloth from blowing off. The straw I
prevents the seed from being beat- !
en into the ground too deeply by
heavy rair.s and at the same time it J
helps keep the top of the soil moist. .
This enables the seed to germinate 1
a week to ten days earlier than they '
normally would under average sea- '
sonal conditions. A 100 square yard j
bed will usually produce enough j
plants to set out one to two acres
of tobacco.
Preparation of the Field
Soils for burley tobacco should be 3
fertile and of a loamy type. Most 1
of the best burley tobacco in westcm
North Carolina is grown on soils j
classified as second bottom land, j
which is of a loamy nature; however.
there are some good burley c
soils on the first bottom type. The c
clay type soils are not suited to the
production of bright burley tobacco. J
Since the demand for bright color is
so important, all fields where bur- j
ley is to be grown should be of a J
loamy type soil. Burley tobacco 1
will produce better quality leaf if 1
it follows a grass sod that is plow- 5
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before the tobacco is transplanted.
Generally a three or four-year ro- *
tation should be followed for the <
production of tlie best quality tobacco.
J
In Western North Carolina, hurley i
tobacco can be planted around the
20th of May and should be ready to
harvest from the first to the 15th I
of September. This is the ideal 1
period for harvest, as the tempera- ;
ture about that time will yellow the :
tobacco properly and will cure
bright. The stalk is usually split '
two, three, or four inches above the 1
top of the ground and cut off at the 1
top of the ground to get all of the ;
leaves. The plant is then straddled <
on a stick which is usually 4V* feet '
long. About four or five big plants '
are enough for one stick. In har- J
vesting buriey tobacco, the majority
of the leaves on the plant
should be mature and ripe. When !
the tobacco is ripe, the leaves have
a brownish mature appearance in- :
dicating that the leaves are fully de- i
veloped and ready to be harvested. <
Often some of the lower leaves get i
too ripe and burn, and many times I
if the top leaves are not just right i
they have a tendency to be green. <
The producer will have to judge s
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Western District Farm Agent, State J
Colieao ^Yipncmn
TODAY and
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~ ARS improved
All the new styles of automobiles
'or 1940 arc now on exhibition. I've
H'cn looking theni over, and I'm
hiding it hard to deride which one
11 trade in my old one for. Each
>f the new cars is better than any
if the others, to hoar the dealers
ell it: hut the nearest 1 can figure
s that all of them are better cars
n every wav than last year's models.
It would he hard for anybody
o e;. wrong in buying any of them.
The things !h it stand oat in ai!
he i ..??' -.u.rs are that they are all
argor than tin- old ones, have
ooinier bodies, more window space,'
letter ventilating systems, springier
lent cushions and. most important;
if all. better headlights.
What all the automobile makers
lave been striving for is to make
heir ears easier and safer to ride in.
The improvements in springs are
surprising to anyone who thought
there wasn't any way to put better
springs under cars than the methods
already in use. In my early
motoring days, broken springs were
uunetliiiig every driver expected.
Mow I hey are a rarity.
"OST reduced
Willi all the improvements, most
.if the new ears cost iu.-,t about the
lame as last year's It costs the
lu.kers more to build a car than it
used to. Tliey pay higher wages, j
more for their raw materials. But;
the increased c osts are not passed j
along to the buying public.
uit' timurary, a rcpon 1 re- i
fently saw of the earnings of one
if the big automobile companies
showed that where they used to J
make a profit of $175 on every car i
sold, now the profit per car is only j
$05.
It costs less to drive a modern ;
tar. Gasoline costs more, mainly
lecause of I he tax, but one gets
more miles to the gallon of gas.
rwenty years ago I thought 1 was
ucky to gel ten miles to the gallon,
in a car of the same make which
low goes twenty or more miles on
i gallon?and I paid nearly three
imes as much for the car as I could
lily the same type for today. Lubricating
oil sells for the same price
is for years, grade for grade, and
'ou don't use as much of it in a
nodern car.
I remember paying $50 a piece
or tires, which were good for perlaps
5,000 miles. Now bigger and
letter tires, good for 20,000 miles
ir more, can he bought for about a
luarter of that figure.
DRIVING ease
Everyone of the new cars I have
icon inspecting is so much easier
0 drive than the old ones were that
here is no comparison. They've all
tot the gear-shift device on the
iteering post, for one thing, and
,ome have no gear-shifts at all, but
1 hydraulic connection between the
iiigme ana uic anve snati so tnat
me changes speed with no effort.
Not long ago many states had
laws prohibiting more than two
people from riding in the front seat
fhe wide new cars with no gearshift
to get tangled ir. the feet of
:he extra front-seat rider do away
with the danger of "three-in-front"
ind make five-passenger cars into
iix-passfcnger cars.
The steering mechanism of all the
lew cars I have examined seems
little less than perfect It no longer
takes an athlete to guide a car
wound a sharp curve, or pull it over
rut of traffic in case of a blowout.
\ tip to motorists: put your best
are or. your left front wheel. That's
:he danger spot if a tire goes
'bang!"
SAFETY education
With all the improvements in cars
when the major part of the leaves
:>n the plant are mature and ready
'or harvest. It is highly desirable
o prime the lower leaves, as they
ipen prematurely, and string them
111 sticks as flue-cured tobacco is
itrung for curing.
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVi
j tor the comfort and ccnvcnicnc
: of driviers that have been going o
I for the past sew years, it is rsc
I surprising th:?r. the number of sen
uus motor accidents has begun t
diminish. Too many people, how
ever, are still injured or killed o
the highways.
Better roads help a lot. Belle
cars have done a great deal, an
will do more. Fcur-v.heel brake
were an important novelty fiflee
! years ago. That year the first hy
draii'tc brakes were introduced i
America. Nov.- every car lias font
wheel hydraulic brakes. Safety gias
is complsory for registration i
most states. And speed laws at
more rigidly enforced everyv.-hen
What causes most accidents is nc
'he highways or the cars but th
drivers. Too many rattle-braine
kids and alcoholic adults at tit
steering wheel, taking chances wit
their own lives and those of other!
Education of youngsters in the at
t of driving is having a good effec
The boys and girls of today ar
growing up to be hetler driver
.ban their parents wore.
LAWS license
No law l> any good unless it i
enforced. No law can be effectivcl;
enforced unless it has the weight c
public opinion behind it.
There ought to be no differenc
of opinion about enacting and en
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e forcing laws which require every
n v driver to be licensed, and to pass
>t i severe tests of ability before getting
i- license to drive. It is every moo
| lorist's interest, for his own safety
i perhaps for his life, to back up
n < every effort to establish uniform
| driving license requirements in all
r ; states and of the authorities to peart
i ahze reckless drivers,
s ft hurts just as much to be hit
n j by an unlicensed driver from JFlor1
ida as by one who has passed the
n strict tests of Massachusetts.
And the laws of some states which
;s require every car to carry insurance
n against personal and property dame
age should be made uniform for all
j. states.
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e CONTROL OF CORN
d WEEVILS EXPLAINED
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h Weevils annually take a toll of
5. about 14 per cent of North Carot
lina's corn crop. They begin their
t attack in the field, but when the
e corn is harvested and stored in the
s burn, conditions are very favorable
for the rapid increase of the pests.
B. B. Fulton, research entomolo5
j gist ??/ State College, says that cars
< bon disulphide is the most practical
y material for control of corn weevils.
?f j Nothing is cheaper, more effective,
j or more readily available, he exe
plained.
Ti, _ ?. . _
x nt: itrst step m controlling me
JEEP
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TO NORTHWESTER!
tACCO
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lie establishment of the bui
: a symbol of the enterprise
le Northwest and we share
:vement?believing as we
n epoch in the business life
Ve. are glad to be able to go
i r >
rnrcn or progress in tms re
se of our modern, swift anc
;m, which links the mounl
ons below the hills and w
imed coastlands of the Sor
ITY'S FAST, COMFORT
ROLINA TO THE SOUT
RECREATION
insects." Fulton advised, "is to thoroughly
clean the storage bin. or crib
and treat the woodwork with ant
odorless, teste less, water-white !v
trolcuns similar to that contained in
commercial tly sprays.
"Accumulations of old grain and
floor sweepings from the previous
.crop should be completely removed
and burned, c.r if it is to be used us
feed, that is where the carbon disulphide
treatment comes in.
i "Sweepings may be placed in a
tight bin or barrel and the chemical
; poured directly over it, using the
. fluid at the rate of three-fourths of
1 a pint to a barrel of sweepings. The
I container should lie covered immediately
with a double thickness of
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AUCTION SALE PE1
ON SATURDAY. NOVEMBEI
ier for sale ai auction at my
niture?beds, mattresses and s]
siils. farm, carpenter and drib
old-fashioned loom. Come anc
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the SOUTH''
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CONGRATULATION'S
M CAROLINA'S NEW
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rley tobacco market in Bo
and progress of the peopl
in the enjoyment of the ?
do, that this venture m;
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: ui me mountain section.
along in the vanguard of
:gion and invite the freqt
1 efficient transportation
:ains with the industrial
'ith the winter resorts
ith Atlantic.
ABLE COACHES LIN
H'S EMPIRE OF INDUS
1AL ACTIVITY
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heat > wrapping paper, and lied
tightly around the top. The fumes
of tlir carbon disulphidc do the
v.oih. L,t-ave the bin or barrel sealed
for 24 hairs 10 allow the fumes to
, penetrate all portions of tlie swccpj
ings."
:' Fulton pointed out that curiam di,
.sulphide is vcty inflammable and
I explosive chemical, and should be
used with care. Kire of any kind
, excessive heat, or frictional or static
; electricity should not be allowed
near the containers being fumigntI
td with the material, he said.
Campus jobs netted Witiams Cul1
lege students S68.000 last year
RSONAL PROPERTY
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home, household and kitchen luiprings,
tables, stoves. cooking utenling
tools, feed-cutting knife and
1 buy at your own price, not mine.
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