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o Be Lucky r Of Locusts HPf worth Carolina will be locky With its locust* this jtir. Only one of the smallest broods of the Km' lS-ycar variety will appear Dr. If David V Way. curator of the |f- insect qollartion of the N. C. 8ta?? - PUfMlllient of Agriculture, has an .41 Bounced ' "Brood 30. as this year's race of Insect* >ia known, will sppesr in WilkM and surrouading counties ffiff ip l?tc May ? or early June. Ita last *|x?ranee was in 1?47 and i follows last year's brood 19, which If perhaps the largest. 1961 will revoal an even larger brood emerg ing than in 19M," Dr. Wray said "Locusti are found only In the eastern part of the United States and generally east of the Missis sippi River. There are 30 broods in all but North Carolina has only 10, three broods of the IS- year variety and seven of the 11-year kind. "Although damage will not ha * particularly wide-spread, the ma jor destruction occurs when the fe male lays her eggs. During the egg-laying process the femals in aerts the 'saw' into the bark of the tender twigs on young tree*, lark ing a slit ioiim two or three Ire! es long Into thli (lit ihe deposit* long rowi of eggs. The slitting of the bark causes the twig to die. "Eggs of the locuat hatch hi itx to (even week* and the resulting nymphs fall to the ground. They burrow until they find roots to f?ed upon, sucking Juice* from the treo's system. They feed under ground, alxnit two feet deep, for 1> to 17 years depending upon the variety, hi the spring of the year when they are due to emerge, the nearly grown nymphs move v.ithin two laches of the surface and await their 'magic night.' On this night, the nymphs leave the ground by the mUliona and crawl to any object where they attach themselves. They emerge from eases, becoming adults, and within a tew hours are fully matured- By dawn they are ready to join with thousands of others In their fami liar chorus. Within a week, mating occurs, the females lay their eggs tnd the cycle continues. The adults live four or five weeka after emergence. Last year there were more auto accidents, more lawsuits and higher damages awarded since the invention of the motor car. Whafs the an* swer, then, to your personal solvency in case misfortune heads your way? Increase the limits In your policy and be dead sure it's in a good company. We can be helpful. COE INSURANCE AND REALTY COMPANY E. F. COE, Manager >17 MAIN STREET. BOONE. N. C. ? DIAL AM 4-OTM "Brood* have been larger In the put but l|)t continual process of clearuiK lands has reduced their numbers. Brood SO of the locust la quite lecallMd la North Carolina, along with the neighboring state* ?f western Virginia, eaatern Tea neaaee, and farther setith In north ern Georgia." . w . For protection against the lo custs, Dr. Wray suggests covering young treos with tohacco-cloth be fore the emergence, period, and not planting orchard! near larger and older growth in forests. The insect does not appear reg ularly. Dr. Wray keepa records on those appearing in North Carolina and cgn predict thu emergence of the various broods over the years. The cicada, or locust, resembles the "dry weather" fly or harvest fly except that the latter la smaller and has a reddish color, and never appears In such Urge numbers or makes as aiuch noise as the lo cust. Doctor Talk By JOHN B. REMBERT, H.D The American Medic?l Associa tion. in an effort to protect the nubile axa'mt alt hazardous chem ical! used In the home and indus try. has drafted and Introduced a bill pertaining to such chemicals. The average reader will ask why such a label law la needed. At the- present time inadequate label ing of harmful chemicals has been a major handicap to a successful sttack on accidental poisoning. Lack of information about hazard ous ingredients in poisonings may onhance their gravity by compli cating or delaying treatment. Accidental poiaonlng Is not an uncommon oocurrence. The latest figures available show that 1,442 persons died from accidental over exposure to packaged chemicals in 10SC The number of non-fatal poisonings are estimated to be 100 to 150 times the number of fatali ties. One-fourth of the deaths oc curring in 1996 were in pre-school aged children. The tragedy of these deaths by poisoning is alarming when one remembers that most of the 1,442 deaths in 1090 were preventable. A hazardous substance law, as proposed, will not, of. itself, pre vent poisonings; but such a law, by increasing the care and precautions that persons take in handling the substance, wiU prevent some cases t>f injury and death, and will fa cilitate treatment. The passage of such a law, com bined with a program of informing the public of the hazards involved and ways of reducing these haz ards, will reduce and prevent fur ther needless poisoning. All parents murt become aware of this danger; the careless handling arid storage of potentially harmful products in and around the home must be stopped. If you can afford a low-price-name c&r you can now afford a new Mercury, and for less money. A Mercury Monterey is now priced lower than the top V-8 models of low-price-name cars. Come see! v. ? ? LER MOTOR COMPANY, INC. litem* N?. im ' If ? child or ad alt te your home la accidentally poiso? d, coatact yeur doctor immediately ? or take the Individual to the nearest hos pital (or emergency treatment? and by all means carry the poison container with you. Knowing the hazardous chemicals aids medical paraoMal la institutiag appropri ate treatment immediately. Mental health If being recog nized today aa a problem we can do something a ho lit. Almost any modern magazine you choose to read will carry wveral articles concerning thi* subject during a year'* time. Information on this subject is available to all of us Not only this, but it Is a subject freely discussed by people from all walka of life. It Is no longer a subject covered with mystery and shsme. We know that a weak ness for certain forms of mental Illness does run in some families, but more important than this we have learned that these weaknesses can be overcome by the kind of life a person leads. One of the most Important les sons a parent can teach a child is self-control. Without self-control, life will be a burden to the in dividual involved and to all the people who must come into daily contact with the individual. Lack of aelf-eontrol, carried to the ex treme, is nothing more than a form of mental illness. Parents have a great responsi bility raising children. Today, we recognize that this responsibility does not end with food, shelter, clothes and such material things. It includes helping your child ad just to the problems of life. A very young child's problems are usually nil If they receive enough love and affection from their family. Often a problem will arise when a new brother or sister comes into a family where there was formerly only one child. Ex cept in extreme cases, this can be handled by lavishing attention on the older child until be comes to love his younger sister or brother and adjusts to the new situation. As a child gets older, he must be guided into unselfish habits, he must learn to play on a team and not feel that unless he is cap tain, he won't play. Help your child adjust to his shortcomings. Show him that although he may not be an outstanding football player, be may do very well in basketball. Tell him about the out standing men in history who suc ceeded against all kinds of physical odds and mental shortcomings. A child's play can be a good indication of his smartness, accord ing to a new theory. Bright babies' play shows more ingenuity. During their second year precocious tots use ? great deal of imagination Backward children seldom vary their play. Ai they gnnr older tho bright children seem to care less ?bout competitive I MM* and go in tor card and guessing games. Adolescence can be one ?f the happiest tinea of life, or H can be one of the moat trying. A treat deal depends on the kind ef under ?landing and help the young per son gets la his home. Those ally adolescents need help. Sometime* the help they need is ? bit more encouragement at boms Encouragement to be themselves ? not nagging to make them bet ter than they are. w . A boy or girl who can be accept ed for what he or the is by par ents, and loved and respected as is, is a whole lot more likely to fee! the self-confidence needed to meet adequately the demands of the outside world than if conatant ly berated for whatever quality the parents would like to see im proved. Aside from parents' attitude to ward a teen-ager who is having pro blems a few specific things need to be given with the spirit of love. For example, a girl who is overly conscious of not being very good looking would benefit by a course of beauty treatments. Most cities have beauty courses, where the students are taught how beat to use cosmetics, what kind of hair styling will do the most for them, and the like. The teachers will suggest clothes styles that bring out all the good features of a not-too-good figure. A girl can profit a lot from such knowledge, especially if mother takes an interest and asks her daughter to pass on to her for her own benefit what the girl learns. FOREIGN-AID DEBATJE Debate haa opened on a bill let ting a $4,038,900,000 limit on the foreign-aid program. This represents a cut of $130. 900,000 from President Eisenhow er's recommendations. However, deeper cuts are expected when the House later takes up legislation making the actual appropriations of funds. ftPLAWF ? Remember ? Rulane Cm SerHee b ECONOMICAL lr, ^ PAJOCWAY KULANI OAs mvica ONLY $5.00 DOWN! TORO 21" WHIRLWIND S. P. Wind-Tunnel Mowing Power-driven? feature packed! Compare this mow* with any self-propelled rotary! Thia ia Cbe wxn/iisSi mower for*throe eeaaoo uae ? spring, summer and ML No extras to buyl Lsaf Mulcfaar, Chute, Grass- Catching Bag included. Front wheal drivs is easy to handle? better than rsar drive for control. Built-in ignition switch allows engins cut-off from the handle. Effortlees starting is sawirad with the new Spin Start faaturs. A few turns, a dngVe touch and the powerful engine springs into action. ? Mows Grass ? Cuts wssds ? Trims d*M ? Anti-scalp disc ? Finger-ftp engine centrals ? Quick height-of-cut change ?149S&. with rami darting with Spin Start We Service Lawn Mowers Swof fords, Inc. 313 W, King St., Boone, N. G ? AM 4-3001 FARM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ? n Question: What percentage ? poultry meat! coming under com pulsory federal inspection wax eon binned in 1959, the tint year of the inspection? Aniwer: Only 1.7 per cent While the percentage waa lmull It did amount to about a $13 million loaa for the nation'* poultry producer*. Question: How much of (he wood land in North Carotins 1* privately owned? Aniwer: About 92 per cent. There are about 19 million a cze> of forest in North Carolina. Of thl* amount, 19 million acres are held by 222,000 farmer* and 43.000 other imall woodland owner*. For est industries own about 2.6 million acres. The rtmaining 1.4 million acres are under federal, state or local control Question: How doe* hybrid corn acreage in North Carolina compare with that in other Southern atatea T Answer: Very well. Last year 85.9 per eent of the corn acreage in North Carolina was planted in hybrids Only one other Southern state was higher. That state wu Florida with 00 per cent. Other states ranged from 64.3 to 84 per cent. Question: I know it Is difficult to keea laying houses dry. But do laying hens actually give off much moisture? Ansewer: Yes. One hundred hens laying at a rate of 60 per cent give off at least 20 quarts of water every 24 hours. Some of the mois ture is in the droppings; the re mainder is in the form of mois ture vapor expired by the birds. Question: Doe* second (fenera tion hybrid corn make good teed? Answer: No. Generally speaking, tecond generation hybrid produces 20 to 30 per cent leas corn than first generation hybrid. This is be cause the second generation hy brid reverts to the original corn crossed to make the hybrid. Quettion: What hM been the trend in expenditures for food in the United SUIm? tfsH-. < Answer; Total expenditures for food have risen alon? with con sumer income, though at a slower rate. Food expenditure* a* a per ?jfjMe of income hare decreased from 26.0 per cent in 1997 to an estimated 110.8 per tent in IMS. A bag c# food that cost tha average worker six hours labor in 1833 costs him only three and three fourths hours of labor today. J Sfeg TRADE AT HOME "'?? Latest advance* in the field of medicine, ^ aa reflected in your doctor'! prescription, apeed recovery from illness. c?t> Your registered pharmacist co-operate* with your doctor to shorten the days of eon valescense. May we help? Prescriptions First Aid Items Sickroom Supplies Drugs, Sundries BOONE DRUG CO. The REXALL Store Three ktMercd Phanaaeiatt O. K. Elrkardson ? W. R. Richardson ? G. K. Moote Phone AM 4-37M Boone, N. 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