School Buses and
Hotne Agents
To the Editor:
I fully agree with one and all
that the condition of school bus
ses is a disgrace to any people,
but salaries alone^ron't turn the
trick. Good and capable bus dri
vers paid a decent salary are a
crying need, but how far would
the county's part of the Home
Agents' salary go toward supply
ing this need?
Would it not mean as much or
more if we mothers and home
makers learned how to do our
work; budget our time and means,
so that our children are well-fed
and clothed, and time enough
left over to spend training them
in proper behavior patterns, so
that private and public property
is respected and properly pre
served. Would that not mean the
beginning of an ideal transporta
tion arrangement?
Surely there are many wonder- j
ful homes in our good state, and'
many wonderful, good and wise
people, but somewhere there is
something wrong with cooks, or|
food, or habits, or something:
when a state so wealthy as ours'!
stands at the bottom of the list '<
in health rating, and has the
highest number of draftee re
jections because of physical de
fects. Our homes may satisfy us
and our husbands, but how do
our percent of physical' defects
get this way ? through lack of
food? I doubt it. It is my guess
it has a lack of knowledge of
what foods to prepare and how
to prepare them to retain food
values!
I was in and out of the class
room from the age of five years
to thirty, and I have learned more
through the Home Demonstra
tion Agent about foods, and how
to maintain their food value than
all the rest of my education com
bined, and our club is only a lit
tle better than two years old. I
firmly believe that the amount
of meat and corn canncd alone
after the Home Agent taught us
how to can it so it would keep,
has saved the county more in dol
lars and cents than the county
has contributed to the Home
Agents' salaries. Well do I know
of families who have lost every
jar of their entire meat and corn
supply, until our Home Agents
taugl^ us how to can it so it
would keep, and many families
Have called on me to can their
:orn and meat, since I learned
GIVE A PICTURE FOR CHRISTMAS
PICTURES MADE IN YOUR HOME
FAMILY GROUPS . . . PARTIES
INDIVIDUAL PORTRAITS . . WEDDINGS
Write for appointment
Palmer's Photo Service, Boone, N. C.
(Palmer Blair)
Enjoy a Big Week -End
THANKSGIVING DANCE
Friday, November 29
8:30 to 12:30
HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM,
Blowing Rock; N. C.
Music by Richard Scott Orchestra
Admission $1.00
through the Home Agents howl,
to keep it. Now that is only one!
item on the list of the many'
things we have been taught.
Would it nit make anyone sore
to hear our dear mountain people
called "hicks", "mountain boom
ers", "hill-billies", and "seedy",
or the town people laugh at the
eccentrics of habits and dress of
some of the rural people? Well,
it does me. They pay taxes too,
you know. They could be helped
In their selection of colors and
fabrics and patterns if they would
accept our Home Agents' help.
All these things the Home
Agents' gladly do.
And who am I to question' any- 1
ones choice of a car! These Homel
Agents' like you or I, can buy,
any car they choose. Their cars'
are their own personal property,!
bought for and paid for by them.|
The allowance for gas is never j
enough to cover the amount theyi
are expected to drive. It is, I
know, a limited amount, and is
paid for by the State, but their
necessary driving is almost un
limited.
Yes, the government pub-,
lishes phamphlets- ? a list of which '
is available and they can be had!
free, but how many people would)
know it, and how many would I
get them? Furthermore, how|
many would know how to usei
them?^I have ordered rrfany but'
I never read many of them be-i
cause I didn't understand them or)
how to use mem. Our Home^
Agents do not only read them to (
us, but then demonstrate the way
recipes, color schemes, insect I
control, health and nutrition, !
should be carried out. And we
have college graduates as anxious I
for these demonstrations as any J
of us. The Agents are given
special training courses periodic
ally by the State Extension Ser
vice so that they get the full j
value and meaning from these ,
pamphlets and so many be able ,
to put it across to we women. |,
The clubs' curb market netted (
nearly a thousand dollars in cash (
to its participants ? only ten or |
twelve ? and it operated only a ,
few weeks. Money that otherwise p
would have been sent out of our|,
county.
We are very anxious to have
our men leam how to raise the
best calves or sheep or hogs, but i
for our women to learn good
htyne management and proper
methods of feeding her family
for healtty ? oh, that's taxpayers
money wasted of course.
Money is a precious thing ? at ,
least much sought after; but is it
the most precious thing? Does it
always bring happiness, dues it
always impart health, does it
alone give contentment? Or i* it)?1
the things money might buy,
that when combined, bring some
measure of the desired things of
life k
Would we be better to horde
our money or spend it for better
health and happier home life for
our people? Bare statistics may
not make interesting reading in
most cases, but our state and na
tions rating in illiteracy and
crime stand out for the world to
see. Since everyone must admit
ciime increases with illiterate
conditions ? lack of education, if
you please, from the cradle up,
why would training for mothers
not be considered an important
phase of our educational system?
To me it seems the most im
portant!
MRS. DOCIA GREENE
Deep Gap, N. C.
Get Nitrogen Cheap
From Soybean Crop)
Soybeans, grown in rotation j
with tobacco on coarse sandy 1 1
loam soils, have proved a satis- 1
factory source of nitrogen for the|
tobacco. > |
Tests run by the N. C. Agricul- 1
tural Experiment Station, in |
which this was studied, have I
Shown that the yield of tobacco ?
following the soybeans averaged 1
1,404 pounds per acre for the I
seven-year period of the test, j
This tobacco had an average value 1
of $480.12 per acre, with an ever
age price per 100 pounds of
$34.20. As the prices indicate, say
tobacco research workers located (
at the . Oxford Tobacco Branch
Station who conducted the work,
the quality of the leaf was
superior, when grown following 1
the soybeans.
In the rotation tested, oats fol
lowed the tobacco. After the oats
were cut for hay, the soybeans
were broadcast on the land.
When the beans were mature,
they were harvested for seed, and (
the remainder of the soybean
plants were disked and plowed
under in the fall. Rye followed
the soybeans and was plowed (
under in the spring before the
tobacco was set.
The fertilizer treatment used
with this rotation ranged from |
0-10 6 to 0-10-12 and 0-10-24, the
research workers report. They
point out that caution should be
used in fertilizing the tobacco in
this rotation because if the to
bacco gets too much nitrogen the
quality of the cured leaf is apt
to be lowered.
New technique by three Chica
go doctors saves "blue babies."
MILLER BROTHERS
Surplus Army
Goods
500 new Army Blankets, special $6.50
500 pair OD Pants, new
300 OD Wool Shirts, new ,
200 pairs New Rubber Boots
300 Wood and Steel Cots
' HARDWARE OF ALL KINDS
200 combination Wood and Coal Stoves. . . $4.50
Hydraulic Jacks, 12 tons
Snatch Blocks oi all kinds
400 pairs Shoes, new and used
Blitz Cans,, special 50c
Gas Mask Bags for Hunting, Fishing 25c
110-volt Electric Power Units
Chain Saw Sharpener
WE MUST MOVE THIS MERCHANDISE
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