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.
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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.
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