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Fund Record Carolina Has! . Flgurea have been nlwil by CaroUnu United wfckli i&dieatf toat the Western North Caroline secttea ww one at tike mast wot tesaful in Om louthsset to Mb fitted Fund campaigns durtni fhe put year. The Watauga Coun ty United Tmod, Joining the cam taiga for the drat time. »u one Of thirty-one group* in the re gies which paid ita budgeted agen cies 100% of the amoimt allotted to than. The figures lor m* agency Indi cate that la four previous years of a separate campaign, the organ isation bad never met its quota tor Watauga County. Of >11,082 attempted from 1*01 to MM. only $7,021 could he raised by tl* local committee, or 83% In 1M047. the agency joined the United Fund, and reached 100% on its quota for the first time. For the whole of the Carol inaa, the results of United Fund cam paigns were in line with results In toe Boone region. North Carolina group* reived 101.7* el Um total •kite South Carolina rait I 108.4%. f\ A typical nation-vide agency re port* that where It nuia independ ent rempaign* it haa raiaed only 88% of Kfl quota*,* wherena Claa* n and II United rund campaign* relied 101.4% for the tame ported. . Aewitlag to the figure* a tew United campaign* mire their goal*, bat never by a figure a* tew a* the Independent drive* cited abov* Only two communitie* failed in Weatern North Carolina thi* your. one miaaing it* objective by 8%, and another very mall community by 20%. Not only ha* the United idea met Ha goal* in all except a few ■mailer communitie*, but the com binde campaign* in the two Caro lina* have railed their budget* from *4,330.488 in 1862 to 18, 938,878 in 1008. in increaae of 86 J%. Questions And Answers Question: How much electricity will mm 280-wstt Infrared lamp use when used (or chick brood tag? Answer: One 200-witt infrsred lamp burning continuously (or 24 hours will uae fl kilowatts houri of electricity. Question: Generally, what must • farmer do if he decided to enter into a tree planting contract un der the conservation phaae of the Soil Bank program? Answer: First of all, he must plant a Umber type variety recom mended for his srea. Christmas trees, ornamentals, fruit trees or nut producing trees are not eligible under Conservation Reserve. He must plant enough trees so that at the end of the first grow ing season, he will have at least 800 live trees per acre. Allowing tor average losses, this would mean that he should plant at least 700 Or more per acre to start with, spacing them 7% to > feet apart each way. He must do his best to protect the trees from damage by (Ire, (ruing animate, or other destruc tive agencie* during the life of the contract. He muit not over plant hit acreage of allotted crop* or (oil bank baw crop* during the contract period. Question: How useful are pas ture firebreaks on the farmT Answer: Pasture firebreaks help save forests from destructive fires and furnish grazing for livestock. But to do either well, they must be properly established and man aged, Just like an Improved pas ture. One Important good manage ment step Is to wlthold grazing until the plants have developed a strong root system and complete ground cover. So cheek the forage before you put the cows on the rsnge. , Congressional Democrats have made It plain President Elsen hower would have to fight for parts of the legislative program he outlined in hia State of the Union message Washington 1<§* Washington, D. C-President Eisenhower is now ssrvlng his last term » rrashUat and h* Md four jmh st th« helm wqr be tar ■sort trying than (be part four Looking it the ilUiition fwrfitwifr ing the Chief Executive « tha yraaaot time, on* can Ma thai tha croasroads of hi* journey a* Presi dent of the greatest country in tha world hava baan leached. ThU la tha dedal** hear for Eiaenbower and history. His coun try Is paused at the croaaroada, aa far as the prosperity of the aa lion it concerned. It htf hnitated and is now about to undertake • very broad new foreign policy. The success of the President'! efforts in these two fields, domes tic and international, will deter mine the place his adminlatration Is to be given by the history books. And the task that faces the former Supreme Commander of World War II might be equal to any he has ever undertaken. First, the Administration has not yet solved the problem of the present higher costs and wages, which is steadily increasing Infla tion. Yet money haa been tighten ed to such an extent that the little man, and big business too in many cases, ire hurting. Where is Ike to go from here? Will inflation and tight money continue? Will money be eaaed? How can the price spiral be stopped? The President is staking much on the hope that both labor and management will go along with his sober warning to refrain from pushing the cost of living up any higher. Since he has been Preai 4nt, productivity hM nciMMd rowing money for expansion and towor unit/cost, herd to obtain, plant npuiloai, modrrniutiont, ww and idut* yhovm toward greater productivity are being curtailed somewhat. Thia la cauaing some uncertainly. aa a result. The President must answer the qiicttion thiff situation prwffrtu is the immediate future. It ia his number one domestic problem. Ia the field of foreign affairs, the State Department is under attack which hat not beta equall ed ia Washington in tome time. The very competence of the de partment and of the Secretary of State, Mr. John roster Dulles, an being (|uestio«. .. and by able law makers, many of whom have gone along with Dullea for four years, wondering about bis actions, but holding off any all-out aasault The President ia taking a great gamble with his new doctrine for the Middle East. The doctrine it self is not very clear. Congress is somewhat skeptical. The area of the world involved is certainly a difficult one, inhabited by un predictable peoplea. And we are already lata in our efforts to keep Communism out of the area. According to most judges of in ternational political developments, we have lost the first and second rounds in the contest in the Mid dle East. The Eisenhower Admin istration can ill afford to see its trlaa will km la wecMd or itui twytt) night be forced late em ploying the very mmm Greet Britain reeeutly took—the «ae of Meanwhile, it seems that our latest sppraisals'of President Nat ter have again proved melancholy, for the Egyptian radio ia spreading very active anti-American propo ganda In all the Middle East Once again, they aay in Washington, we are about to gat tough with Nas ser. Critics of the State Depart ment say we are guilty of getting soft and then getting tough, too often, with no consistent realistic sppreciation of the situation In Egypt. They recall the Aswan Dam fiasco, which precipitated the seiz ure of the canal. As the battle over our foreign policy continues, Vice President Richard Nixon and Minority Sen ate Leader William Knowland stand by, grooming themselves for the years hence. Both men are regarded as certain presidential candidates, waiting to take up where Eisenhower leaves off. The question now is where will Elsen hower leave off .. on top, or some where else? •SOCIAL COSTS' The nation has been warned by the National Planning Association that it must be prepared to double "social overhead costs." These costs, representing investments in schools, hospitals, roads, airports, water conservation, and their like, reached about >42,000,000,000 in 1998 and, by IMS, may rise to about (00,000,000,000 a year and, by 1976, to more than $80,000,000 000. Household Hints For Homemakers By RUTH CURRENT State Home Demonstration Agent BUTTONS — Top-notch itytuta give us do's sod donls If we are to be smartly styled. Don't limit your farovite tail ored "boy" shirts to casual day time wear, but do dree* sport shirts and skirts ap for evening date* with costume Jewelry, bright bnttons, studs and cuff links. Don't use buttons that Just match your fabrics, but do try really big contrasts—in color and-or tex tures—for dramatic effects! Co ordination makes the difference. - Don't overlook (he slimming lines dressmaker coats can give your figure, but do emphasize the slender look with a single long line of dressy buttons! tam't sport jewel-buttoned party sweaters to class, but do put your casual sweaters in the party class with sparkling buttons! POTATOES FIT INTO ANY MEAL—One medium-sized potato has about 100 calories—no more than an apple or banana, and only half the calories of a medium sized piece of pie or a hamburger and roll. If you're watching weight, watch what you put on the potato** If* the tcr, or other tot that "piles up* calorie*. And If* the total of *11 iLiS tlx (sods you eat that add* ti —• '&E —
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