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Tells How To Avoid
Damage By Termites
The easiest and most effective
time to protect a house against ter
mites is during the early stages of
its construction.
The problem, said Dr. B. B. Ful
ton. research entomologist at State
College, is to keep the termites from
reaching the wooden parts of the
house.
These insects commonly live under
ground, but will build mud runways
up the masonry walls of a house to
reach the woodwork.
The greater the distance from the
soil level to the woodwork, the less
the chance of termite infestation,
Dr- Fulton said. And a house with
a full basement is less likely to be
bothered than one without a base
ment or with only a partial base
ment.
Any part of the building which is
not directly over a basement should
be protected by removing the soil to
give a clearance of three or four feet.
Stumps and roots in the ground un
derneath a house should be dug out.
Dr. Fulton recommended the use of
termite shields for frame houses, par
ticularly those without basements. A
shield is a strip of non-corrosive me
tal placed between the foundations
and the sills.
Well laid cement gives a good pro
tection, he added, but only so long
as there are no cracks through which
the termites may enter.
A common source of trouble is in
terraces or porches with a concrete
floor laid over an earth fill, and on a
level with the floor of the house.
Termites frequently find cracks
through which they can reach the
woodwork.
Building the terraces one step be
low the floor level reduces the like
lihood of termite damage.
Credit Associations
Save Farmers* Money
Production credit association loans,
bearing a low rate of interest, have
enabled many North Carolina farm
ers to save money during the past
year.
The interest on these loans is five
per cent a year, said Dean I. O.
Schaub, of State College, who pointed
out that buying on long-term credit
often adds from 10 to 40 per cent to
the cost of the goods.
The production credit associations
were established to provide loans at
low cost to farmers who run short of
cash and would otherwise have to
finance their farming operations at
high interest rates. The associations
are farmer-owned and controlled.
Another advantage of borrowing
through the associations is that a
farmer may secure his loan in in
stallments as he needs them, paying
interest on each installment only for
the time he actually uses the money, i
For example, a farmer may borrows
SI,OOO. In the spring he may receive
an advance of S3OO on which he will
pay interest for nine months. Three
months later he may receive another
S3OO on which interest is to be paid
for six months. The remaining S4OO,
received at harvest time, would bear
interest for only one month.
In this way the total interest would
amount to $20.41, as compared with
$38.50 he would pay if the entire loan
had been issued in one installment tr
bear interest for nine months.
E. F. Warner, secretary-treasurer
of the Raleigh Production Credit As
sociation, pointed out that his asso
ciation loaned $270,000 to approxi
mately 1,000 farmers in 1935. Prac
tically all the loans have been paid
back, he reported.
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Questions On
Farm Answered
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Question: What is the best meth
od for curing meat?
Answer: There are two principal
methods advocated in North Carolina
—the brine cure and the dry salt cure
either of which is satisfactory. Com
mon salt is the basis of all meat cur
ing and in either method is the pro
dominant factor. In both cures sugar
is sometimes used to give the meat a
better flavor and to counteract the
action of the salt by keeping the
muscles soft, where salt alone makes
them hard. Formulas for both the
brine cure and the dry salt cure are
given in Extension Folder 34 on
“Killing and Curing Meat on the
Farm.’’ Copies of this folder may be
had free upon application to the
Agricultural Editor at State College.
Question: What proportion of
birds should I give my tenant who is
raising poultry for me on shares ?
Answer: Where all the baby
chicks, equipment, and feed are fur
nished the tenant should receive
about one-seventh of the birds or an
equal amount of the sale price. From
14 to 18 percent of the sales is a good
hange for labor payment. To make
any profit from this arrangement,
only good healthy chicks should be
furnished the tenant. Good brooder
houses should also be provided as
well as a properly balanced ration.
The tenant should have a good knowl
edge of feeding and care of growing
chicks together with some knowledge
of poultry diseases.
Question: What reduction does
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Wallace Beery and Lionel Barrymore head a distinguished cast in the
film transcription cf Eugene O’Neill’s great American play, “Ah Wilder
ness, which comes to the Taylor Theatre, Edenton, Christmas Day, December
25. Treating of the heartbreaks and laughter which occur in the bosom of a
typically American middle-class family, the drama promises to furnish en
tertainment de luxe on the holiday. The picture will be shown one day only.
the new cotton program require and
what is the adjustment figure? <
Answer: The minimum adjust-;
ment for 1936 requires a 30 per cent j
reduction below the established base ;
acreage. However, producers will
have the privilege of reducing to a
maximum of 45 percent below the
base. The adjustment payment will
be 5 cents a pound of the average
yield of lint cotton on land withheld
from production under contract. This
adjustment will be made in one pay
ment.
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KEEPING BIRDS HEALTHY
IMPORTANT WITH POULTRY
Keeping the flock healthy is one of :
the vital points in a successful poul- 1
try business, says Roy S. Dearstyne,
head of the State College poultry de
partment.
As a means of protecting the health
of laying birds, Dearstyne has given
the following suggestions:
Provide dry, open front, inexpensive 1
houses that will be free from drafts
in cold weather. (
When possible, put wood or con- -
crete floors in permanent laying :
houses.
Place the roost poles level, with a
screen beneath so the birds will not ;
have access to the droppings.
Clean the dropping boards at least
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once a week. Clean the houses as
often as the litter becomes dirty.
For all flocks of 25 or more birds
| provide yards, allowing one acre for
300 to 350 laying birds.
Have two yards, if possible, so the
birds can be changed occasionally
from one yard to another.
Keep green crops growing in the
yards, and plow the yards as often as
time and crops will permit.
Treat birds for parasites, both in
ternal and external, whenever they
are present. But do not deworm
hens while they are laying.
Take precautions to protect grow
ing stock against internal parasites
and disease, especially coccidosis, or
bacillary white diarrhea.
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Little Miss Charlotte Elliott spent
Monday night with Miss Sara Win- 1
borne.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hollowell and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hollo
well and son, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest .
Privott spent Sunday afternoon in
Rocky Hock with Mr. George Peele.
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Elliott spent
Sunday in Tarboro with her mother,
Mrs. Fannie B. Knight.
Earl Privott, who teaches at Bunn,
is expected home Friday to spend the
holidays with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Privott.
Mrs. R. H. Hollowed, Misses May
Belle Edwards, Marjorie Hefren and
Eunice Hobbs, E. C. Woodard and
Norman Hollowed spent Saturday in
Suffolk, Va., shopping.
Mrs. C. J- Hollowed spent most of
last wr>k in Rocky Hock with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Leary.
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Elliott spent
Thursday in Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. R. H. Hollowed, Misses May
Belle Edwards, Marjorie Hefren and
| Eunice Hobbs, E. C. Woodard and
j Norman Hollowed attended the play
at Hobbsville Saturday evening.
Mr. Trecy, of Suffolk, Va., spent
Friday night with E. N. Elliott.
Miss May Bede Edwards spent the
week-end in Hertford with Miss Mar
jorie Hefren.
Miss Margaret Fearing and H. E
Griffin, of Elizabeth City, visited Mr.
and Mrs. E. N. Ediott Friday even
ing.
Miss Orene Hollowed, a member of
the fßeidsville school faculty, is ex
pected Friday to spend the holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M.
Hollowed.
Paul Byrum, of Red Springs; John
Ward Byrum, a student at State Col
lege, Raleigh; and Conwell Byrum, a
student at Wake Forest College, will
spend the holidays with their parents,
Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Byrum.
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Burgess, of
Western North Carolina; Mr. and
Clay Blackstock, of Washington, D.
C., will spend the Christmas holidays
with Mr. J. L. Savage and Miss Lois
Eavage.
Murre/ Chappell is at home from
State College, Raleigh, to spend the
holidayl with hfs grandfather, W. R.
Chapped.
Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey Evans and
Mrs. Melton Bateman spent Tuesd£\
in Suffolk, Va., shopping.
El L. Winslow is improving after
being quite sick for several days.
Mrs. Lindsey Evans spent Monday
afternoon in Edenton.
C. H. S. FACULTY PLAY
MUCH ENJOYED BY ALL
The faculty play, “Bashful Mr.
Bobbs,’’ was given Friday evening in
the auditorium at Chowan High
School. Each character was well
taken, and deserve much credit.
The disagreebale weather kept num
bers of people \way, but at that, the
attendance was good.
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Baptists Observe
“White” Christmas
Sunday Morning
Following the usual custom at the
Edenton Baptist Church, a white
Christmas will be observed on Sunday
morning at the 11 o’clock service. At
this time every member of the church
and Sunday School is requested to
bring a gift of food or clothing which
will be distributed among the unfor
tunate in the congregation aad town.
Anyone who desires to donate
wood, potatoes or any other item that
cannot be brought into the church
should report to Rev. E. L. Weds.
As the need is great, the congrega
tion is very hopeful that a liberal of
ering will be made. The committee
which will have charge of the distri
bution of articles brought in will be
named from the pulpit Sunday morn
ing.
Improve Apple Pies
If skins from apples when making
pies are boiled until soft, then strain-!
ed into pie shell before putting in j
apples, the flavor of pie is improved. |
Nourishing pancakes are being
made from the pollen of cattails.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Boyce and WfrfT
Myra Boyce spent Saturday in Nor
folk, Va., shopping.
Misses Elizabeth and Syble White,
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Boyce spent last
Thursday in Norfolk, Va., shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jordan and
Elton Jordan spent Thursday in
Durham.
Mrs. E. B. White and Miss Eliza
beth White spent the weiek-end in
Durham. They were accompanied
home by Miss Lucy Myers White,
who has been a patient in Duke Hos
pital for several weeks. Miss White's
many friends will be delighted to
know that she is getting on nicely.
Mrs. Tom White, of Woodville,
spent the past week-end with her
brother, Mr. - J. P. McNider, and Mrs.
McNider.
M. T. rates, of Kinston, and aj
friend from Ayden, spent the week- ’
end with Mrs. JT T. Yates.
Mrs. Cameron Boyce spent most of
last week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Leary, Sr. ,in Rocky Hock.
A glass cap has been invented to
keep the nipple on a nursing bottle
sterile until it is to be used. ygfcggt