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Buurley Is Important Money Crop For Mountain Farmers By DEAN W. COLYARD (Assistant Director in Charge of Mountain Experiment Station) In early American history the In dians had a pipe which they called '?Tabaco." In Shis pipe they smoked the leaves of a native American plant which whs named "tobacco" and which has spread practically all over the world. "The weed." as it is often called, of the hurley type, has become an important revenue producing crop in the mountains of North Carolina. In fact it has become so important and farmers have improved its quality to thr point that Harry W. Love, who has charge of the mark eting pt ogram on the Asheville market, recenf.lv stated that it de- ? serves a better name than "thr weed " IDs statement is supported ; by the facts that more than eight j million pounds sold on the Boone . and Asheville markets tn Western North Carolina from the 1943 crop ; averaged more than 48 cents per pound and returned more than three and one-half million dollars to : the pockets of mountain farmers In Every County Burley tobacco is grown in every i county in the mountain area, but I the total production of Madison county, based on the 1944 acreage allotments, is more than twice as large as that of any other county Madison has an allotment of 4,S4o :res. Buncombe ranks second with j an ailolinciit ot 2.366 acres: Hay : wood third with 1,521 jcr<ss; Yancsy ! Uourth with i.360 acres and Ashe S fifth with 5.027 acrvs. The av? ajfft ? grower in Madison county produces I mor-' than one and one-half acrts. i while the average grower in Hay wood. Buncombe and ?oncey coun ties produces about one acre. The average for all other mountain counties is less than one acre. The best yields per acre have been repotted from the noithwestem counties, bordering Virginia and Tennessee. Watauga ranks first with an average of 395 pounds per rcre: Ashe second with 9S7 pounds per acre; Alleghany third with 960 pounds per acre: Aver}' fourth with 943: Clay fifth with 941: Haywood sixth with 940 pounds: Graham seventh with 933 poui'ds, and Bun combe eighth with 927 pounds per acre. j Tobacco experts have been willing ! to pay premium prices fcr much of | the biirkv tobacco grown in the ! mountains of North Carolina. It has often been pointed, out that there are few plants which respond man to cultural treatment than to bacco, and the production of a high quality plant reflects careful hand ling by farmers throughout the area, as well a:; leadership tiy tobacco ex perts and county agents. A weed has been defined as "a plant out of place. ' Buriey tobacco has a definite place in the economy o' our mountain ?Ufa and farmers will probably give more attention to its prcduction during 1944 than in previous years Many will agree with Mr. Love that it deserves a bet ter name made especially to relieve 'PERIODIC And lis Weak, Cranky, Nervous Feelings? T afcr. heed If you, lUce so many women and siris on such tir.jB suffer from cramps, hcadaches, backache, weafc. nervous reelings, are a bit blue ? duo to functional monthly disturbances. Star* at oitee ? try Lydia K. Plnk hair/s Vegetable Com pound to re tier? such symptoms because this famous medicine has a soothing effect on osie op womak's most im portant OVCAM3. Taken regularly thruout the month? It helps bulla up resistance against such symp toms. Thousands upon thousands of women report benefits! There are no harmful opiate In Plnkharr/s Compound ? It is mado from nature's own roots and herbs (plus Vitamin B,). rr helps natusr. Also a fine stomachic tonic? Follow l&bel directions. Worth trying! WHY TELEPHONES ARE SCARCE It's the new 45,000-ton U. S. S. Missouri, most powerful fighting ship afloat. It will carry about 1200 telephones, 350 miles of telephone wire, and a ship-wide battle announcing system. Remember that Uncle Sam launched 568 warships last year, and as new war fronts are opened and present, ones ex tended, the Army and Navy's telephone equipment needs grow in volume and urgency. Normally, we have reserve telephone facilities. But since the National Defense program started in 1940, the number of Southern Bell telephones in service has increased by more than half a million. The reserves are about used up. There's a waiting list now? and we're doing everything possible to keep that list from getting longer. For example, telephone instruments and other equipment tkat can be reused are being repaired and renovated and put back into service. If you haven't been able to get a telephone, we're sorry. And ycu can be sare that we are eager to fill your order as soon as we can. SlBTHERR BEUTELEMOnE SflD TELEBRBPH CSIKPRDS RRVDIf ORATIb Doublv Lost Wlllard Bella, years old, hap pens t? bt doubly losl amonj?: (be big law books in a Santa SXordca, Calif., police station waiting for someone to identify and claim bin,. That a writ ?f "habeas hoyosT" is in order is indicated by the chap's pout. Housewives Planning More Victory Gardens "We enjoyed the products of tur small garden plot so much that \vc should like to plant twice as much as iasl year ... It is such a healthy occupation, this working in the sun, for folks whose job is inside, and we all, even the children, got a kick out of watching things grow and eating our own home-raised food. My fruit cellar shelves have given me a lift every time I ioofced at them this winter. Gardening, the same as raising children, is an ex perience no one should miss i.f they can possibly help it." So replied a housewife to a Vic tory garden survey of the Home. Makers Guild of America, outlin ing activities of the 1943 season and revealing plans for 1944, during which the government hopes 21, 000, OOG smali plots will be set out. More than 54 per cent of the housewives interviewed said that they went into gardening to be as sured of sufficient supplies of vege tables, and with army and govern mental agencies again scheduled to take large portions of the commer cial produce this year, the same in centive promises to activate even more people in 1944. On the other hand, 20.7 per cent of the housewives interviewed said they planted Victory gardens as a patriotic effort, 1 1 .7 per cent to save ration points, 6.8 per cent to add va riety to nenus, 0.2 per cent as a hobby and 1.5 per cent as exercise. Whatever the reason, more than 73 per cent of the women approach ed by the guild reported cultivating Victory gardens in 1943, and more than 75 per cent indicated their in tention to do so this season. To provide for the record number of gardens, the war production hoard lias assured the public that suffici ent quantities of fertilizer and seeds will be available. Protect Woolens From Moth Damage Ali woolen wearing apparel shouid be cleaned and other woolens should lie sunned for several hours, brush ing them thoroughly during the sunning process. before they arc stored for the summer, says J. M. Maxwell, extension entomologist at State College. With the scarcity of woolens dur ing wartime, it is even more import ant now that clothing be protected from the attack of the clothes moth. The usual cleaning process fol lowed by dry cleaners and laundries will kill all clothes moth eggs and larvae which may be in a garment, but other woolens have to be sun ned and brushed. Maxwell suggests that, in packing clothing away in trunks and boxes, that about one-half to one pound of PUB crystals be placed among the layers of clothing as .it is packed dowr. If it is impossible to seal the containers airtight, the crystals should be replenished once or twice during the summer months. TRUCKS it is doubtful if agriculture will get more than 25 to 35 thousand new trucks this year, less than 20 per cent of its anticipated 'needs, if production schedules are met, say government reports. Watch Repairing Jewelry Store VETERANS GET JOB PRIORITY Washington ? Henry Ford prom ised war veterans priorities on post war jobs in his vast enterprises Monday, and the house voted over whelmingly to give them first call on all government payrolls. Ford, whose plants now hire 180. 000 war workers, said veterans will get the preference when the war ends because "people have made a lot of money out of this war and the servicemen have made nothing." The Ford companies have 25,000 workers in the armed services. Clark's Creek News Sgt. Lynn '"ox spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Fox. He is stationed temporari ly at Fort. Bragg. Mr. and Mrs. fi H. Strickland, of High Point, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Clark. Mrs. K. A. Johnson and children have gone to Fountain Head, Tenn., tor the summer. Rev. and Mrs. W. L Adkins and son. Bobby, visited friends in Ban- j ner Elk last Sunday. Rev. Mr. Adkins announces chat ; he will speak next Sunday night at I the Valle Crueis Methodist Church j on the- subject, "Where is Heaven, and Is it a Real Place?" Browrrwood News Mrs. Nino Greene, of Baltimore, Ma., visited heme folks last week. She left Friday for GuUport, Miss., where her husband is stationed. She will reside in Gulfport as long as Mr. Greene is statiohod there. She was accompanied to 'Mississippi by Mr. and Mrs. Troy Greene, of Stony Fork. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Nichols, and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Miller, of Deep Gap, visited Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Miller Sunday. 1343 INCOME 147 BILLION Washington ? The Commerce De partment estimated Saturday that the national ineomc last year was $147,900,000,000 ? 22 per cent greater than in 1942, more than double that of 1939 and nearly four times the depression low of $40,000,000,000 in 1932. PLANT LICE Plant lice can be easily controlled j by the use of nicotine spray or dust, say State College specialists. They suck the juices from plants, causing them to be stunted and the loaves i to wilt. DOUGHTON JOINS McDONALD Raleigh ? Appointment of Horton Doughton of Sparta and Statesvttle as western co-chairman of the Mc PonaJd-for -Governor advisory com mittee was announced last Thursday by E. I>- Broadhurst. state cam paign manager for Dr. Ralph Mc Donald. It was estimated in 1942 that the United States wasted enough food to feed its armed services and raeet Lend-Lease requirements. SPECIAL SALE Women's and Misses' Spring Coats Just received a shipment of Women's and Misses' Skirts, as - sorted colors and sizes . . . some large ones. Big slupment Men's and Boys' Army Shoes and Oxford?: Women's, Misses' and Children's Oxfords and Slippers. An other lot of reconditioned John B. Stetson Hats. Place your orders here for Army Goods, in cudinrj Army Saddles. ECONOMY STORE JUNE RUSSELL, Manager Bock Building- ?Opposiie Cily Kail- Boone, N. C. > Seed Corn W e now have a good supply of quality en silage Seed Corn. We also have Grass Seed, Timothy, Red Top, Clover, and all Kinds of Chicken Feed. We are expecting a supply of Soybean Seed chining the present week. Watauga Farmers Cooperative, fee Depot Street Boone, N. C. Facing the Future with Security ASSURANCE OF FUTURE SECURITY Thousands have found SECURITY'S Rtdttattd Policy Plan a dependable way to build financial security for themselves and their loved -ones in the uncertain future. Let the SECURITY Representative tell you about Km plan. It will cost you nothing and place you under no obligation. He is trained and experienced in helping others to build insurance estates best suited to their needs . . . and would like to help YOU. Security REGISTERED Policies solve future financial problems "FACE THE FUTURE WITH SECURITY' FRANK M. PANYNE, Genera! Agent ? Ca Security Representative Boone, N. C.
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