PAGE SIX
John R Pope Talks;
About Farm Meeting!
Held At State Capital
Stress Laid on Tenancy
and Soil; Small Farm
er Considered
John H. Pope, FSA Supervisor for
Chowan, Gates and Perquimans coun
ties, brought home some interesting
sidelights from the joint meeting oi
Extension and Farm Security woo
ers which he attended last week in
Raleigh.
At this meeting, which lasted from
Tuesday through Friday, some 300
county agents and other extension
workers and 100 FSA county super
visors heard a number of farm
leaders and took part in round-table
discussions, the purpose of which was
to help them to do a better job foi
the communities they serve in 1938.
Mir. Pope said the discussions cen
tered around the theme, “Rebuilding
North Carolina’s Rural Life" and
special emphasis was laid on farm
tenancy and soil conservation. He
stated that he was favorably impress
ed with the fact that the farm lead
ers whom he met and heard are so
thoroughly sold on the idea of mak
ing the way easier for tenants ana
small farmers to help themselves to
improve their lot, and in that way to
improve conditions generally in the
South.
Governor Clyde R. Hoey, for in
stance, said “we will not lift North
Carolina to the high level it ought to
occupy until we touch the tenant
farmer ”
Dr. Will W. Alexander, of Wash
ington, D. C., Administrator of the
Farm Security Administration, traced
historically the gradual advance of
democracy in f> ie South and showed
how little attention was given, until
recently, [ n both literature and gov-
to the rank and file. A na
of the South, and a close student
*of Southern life, Dr. Alexander spoke
of the over-emphasis which the ear
lier writers and most of the early
statesmen placed upon slave owners
to the neglect of a large portion of
the people of the region.
The South, Mr. Pope quotes the
Administrator as saying, has been
pictured as a land of slavery ana
colonial plantations, when as a mat
ter of fact only 30 per cent of the
white families of the South owned
slaves and for every plantation there
were hundreds of small farms and;
humble cabins. From these the bulk (
of our native white population has
descended.
We have not yet learned enough;
of the non-slave owning Southerner,
of whom Walter Hines Page, in his j
“Letters” was one of the first to,
write, Dr. Alexander said. Then, too,
below that middle class group men-;
tioned by Page was another large
group, still more neglected, most of
whom have never known the better
things of life. According to the in-,
augural message of a South Carolina!
governor as early as 1856, there!
were “more than 50,000 white South
Carolinians in poverty.”
Mr. Pope gave only the high spots
of the remarks of Dr. Alexander, who
pointed out that for a period of
nearly 200 years all the governors
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I about 16 families and that as late as
| 1880 the record shows an amazing
I number of people in the South who
] could not read and write. The com-
I ing into power of a new and more
i representative group of statesmen in
■ the person of such leaders as Varde
man, of Mississippi, Tillman of
South Carolina, the Taylors of Ten
nessee and others, improved the situ
ation as to education, but the prob
lems we are working with today
among our low income groups reaches
back, without a doubt, to those early
days when schools for all did not ex
ist, and to that long period when
little or no opportunity was given the
poorer people to learn the skills so
much needed today in building their
own farm houses and in making other
needed improvements. The French
farmers, with little or no more mon
ey than our Southern farmers, have
better houses, “But they have skills
that we have lost, skills that we must
regain,” Mr. Pope quotes Dr. Alex
ander as saying.
It is a matter of statistical fact
that the big industrial centers of the
country, due to low birth rate, are
failing to replenish their populations
from within and the deficit in the
cities is being made up from the
farming sections, particularly the ru
ral south. It is, therefore, of im
mense concern to the whole nation
that more attention be given to the
health of our rural people, that we
reach more and more of them through
practical education and that we help
them recapture their skills, Dr. Alex
ander told the supervisors, adding
that the reason North Carolina has
gotten along so much better than
other Southern states is that this
state has had a stronger and more
dominant element of the middle class
of which Page wrote and which used
its influence earlier for better educa
tion.
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Timely Questions On
Farm Answered
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Question: What causes early
hatched pullets to fall off in produc
tion when there are no signs of molt
or disease ?
Answer: This winter pause in
production is often encountered when
early hatched pullets have been pro
ducing heavily. The birds are just
resting and will undoubtedly soon
swing back into heavy egg yields.
Give them normal acre, keeping a
well-balanced mash before them at
all times and practice rigid sanita
tion. Watch the flock for a neck
molt and, if this occurs, feed a wet
mash to hasten production.
Question: How can I keep my
hams from souring?
! Answer: Strict sanitation in hand
j ling the animals both before and as
! ter killing is necessary to prevent
! this spoilage. Do not overheat the
, animals before killing and be sure to
: bleed the animals well after killing.
! All animal heat should be out of the
■ meat before curing. Scald all curing
vessels and boil all water used in the
brine. Each piece of meat should be
. rubbed with salt before curing and,
. if brine cured, the brine should be
: examined every few days. When
! smoking, hang the meat six to eight
I feet above the fire.
i
i. Question: What is a good ration
:! to give a calf six months old that
> has been abruptly taken from its
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDBNTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 20,1938
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billiard player, will play a special match game with one of Edenton s leading
men players and demonstrate her skill as a fancy and trick shot_ artist at
Chappell’s Billiard Parlor tomorrow (Friday) night. Miss McGinnis has
previously put on an exhibition before an Edenton audience, and on Friday
night will perform at 10 o’clock.
mother?
Answer: The winter ration of a
six-month old heifer should consist
largely of a good leafy green colored
legume hay. Usually two to three
pounds daily is sufficient. A good
grain ration is composed of three
parts, by weight, of cracked yellow
com, one part of crushed oats, and
one part of wheat bran. Salt should
be placed in the stall so that the calf
can get it when desired and fresh
water should be offered at least twice
a day. In addition to the feed it is
important that the calf be provided
with a well bedded stall so that it
can keep comfortable.
MRS., EVANS HONORED
Mrs. Herman Freeman and Mrs.
Walter Evans were joint hostesses
a miscellaneous shower at the home
of the latter, near Merry Hill, on
Saturday evening in honor of Mrs.
Spurgeon Evans, a recent bride.
About eighty guests called during
the evening, and Mrs. Evans receivea
many lovely gifts.
The hostesses served a delicious
sweet course.
When Frank Jones, of Chicago,
tried to flirt with a girl on the street,
she knocked him down, had him ar
rested, and he was fined SSO.
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100 PER CENT STUDENTS
Five students in the seventh grade
of Merry Hill school, of which Miss
Mittie Phelps, is teacher, averaged
100 per cent in their studies for the
past month.
Those on the honor list were:
Rachel Cowand, Frances Phelps,
Starkey Cowand, Frank Cobb and
Eloise Andrews.
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Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Bunch, oi
Edenton, were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Bunch Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Miller, from
Winfall, were week-end guests 'of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pierce.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Stallings,
of Edenton, spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bunch.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bunch, of
Edenton, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Bunch Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli T. Byrum ana
family visited Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Bagley, near Hertford, Sunday after
noon.
Miss Edith Bunch has returned to
her home from Norfolk, Va., where
she visited relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. John Parrish and
sons, of Portsmouth, Va., spent the
week-end with Mrs. Ellen White and
Miss Lizzie White.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Saunders and
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Parrish visited
Mrs. Corrie Bunch, at River View,
Sunday afternoon.
Miss- Elsie Bunch has returned to
her home from Franklin, Va., where
she visited relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bunch visited
Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Evans Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Mary Leary is sick.
Mrs. R. W. Leary, Sr., visited Mrs.
L. S. Byrum, in Edenton, Thursday
afternoon.
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Friends in this section are pleased
to know that Walter H. Oakey, Jr.,
of Hertford, judge of Perquimans
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