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PAGE TWO —tynoif TWO AROUND THE FARMS IN CHOWAN By C. W. OVERMAN, Chowan County Agent Swine Improved in Chowan | County: Dr. John Christian, Ex f tension Meat Specialist, stated this week that Chowan County is : making excellent progress in swine improvement. On Monday he and assistant agent Bob Marsh went out to select a No. 1 and a No. 3 hog to be used in the meat ; demonstration on Wednesday. i When they returned to the office, ‘ Dr. Christian said, “Charlie, you gll are doing one of the best jobs with swine that I have seen in any county. Bob and I have been • to six farms looking for a No. 1! and a No. 3 hog. All we could a find is No. l’s and No. 2's. We could not find a single No. 3 hog.’’ This is truly a compliment to Chowan County swine growers, [ but we are still producing some No. 3 hogs. As fast as possible, we want to have everything go ing into the No. 1 meat type grade. Meats Demonstration: Dr. Christian conducted a very inter-1 esting and informative demon stration during the Fat Stock Show and Sale. Using a No. 1 1 and a No. 3 pork carcass, he cut out the various cuts of meat j pointing out the difference be tween a No. 1 and No. 3 hog. The No. 1 carcass contained a higher per cent of lean meat and a low per cent of fat. The No. 3 carcass contained considerably more fat and much less lean meat. Dr. Christian pointed out that the, consuming public wants lean • meat which they can eat and not fat meat which is a waste. The way to get the No. 1 meat type hog is to produce it. Many of our swine producers need to improve their breeding stock selecting meat type breed ers. The next thing, hogs must be sold at the correct weight and not fed to overweight. This may mean making two or three differ ent sales of a lot of 50 hogs, sell ing each lot as they get ready for market by selection. This is a little trouble but it pays good dividends. Furrowing Facilities Paying Good Dividends: I visited several swine growers this week observ ing the operation of their im- ( proved farrowing facilities. Fred I White, Sr., and Jr., of Cross Roads) community, are getting excellent results. Their farrowing pens j have guard rails around the pens j to protect the pigs. Each stall j has an electric brooder under; which the pigs stay most of the; time when not nursing. This im- i portant facility helps to keep thej pigs out of the way of the sow i and avoids much mashing and crippling of pigs. W. W. Byrum, Jr.’s new cen tral farrowing house appears to be off to a good start. Here Ij observed a little too much litter) being used in the stalls. When more than about an inch of litter is placed on the flbor, the brood sows tends to try to make a bed which often results in the trap ping and mashing of pigs. H. M. Nixon of Rocky Hock community is having very good success with his farrowing house.) Several swine growers were fur-. nished farrowing house plans and plans for constructing concrete feeding platforms for hogs this week. Fat Stock Show and Sale: While the Fat Stock Show and Sale was largely Assistant Agent Bob Marsh’s project responsibili ty, I rendered a little help along the way. Mr. Marsh has cover ed this information quite thor oughly and I wish to make a few comments. In my opinion, the show and, sale was an excellent success.) ah ; -Ife'w. - -* r »» Good Reading for the Whole Family •News •Facts i •Family Features i The Christian Jewries Monitor j Ons Norway St., Boston IS, Mass. Send your nswspopsr for ths time checked. Enclosed find my check or j money order. I year JIB Q B months HQ t months *4.50 O ffSm j TSBmi —qg—sss—eras— — *»■* • 'vr "t ’ ’ - The 4-H and FFA club members generally did an excellent job feeding out their steers. Show manship was very good. A few of the steers needed more train ing. I want to congratulate the club members and their parents on the excellent job done. The swine show participated in by both club members and adults was excellent. The exhibitors had done a very good job finish ing out their animals. They handled the animals very nicely in the show ring. The meats demonstration con ducted by Dr. Christian was an excellent educational feature add ed this year. Good attendance made the occasion much more worthwhile and much more pro fitable. It is hoped that this will help to stimulate better swine grow ing and more interest in compe tition in the show and sale nexi year. Police Arrest 68 People In March Chief of Police George I. Dai reports that Edenton police mad« 68 arrests during March, o: which number 67 were founc guilty as charged. The arrest: included 30 white males, foui white females, 32 colored male: and two colored females. Heading the list of arrests were 18 for not displaying a town au tomobile license plate followed bj nine drunks. Fines amounted tc $292.50 and costs $440.35, or a to tal of $732.85, of which amounl $41120 was turned back to the town of way of officers' fees. Activities during the month in cluded 52 calls answered, four au tomobile accidents investigated seven funerals worked. 12 streel lights reported out, 18 courtesies extended, 41 doors found unlock ed. 15 investigations made, five fire calls answered and 404 traf fic citations issued. The police made 1.011 radio calls and were on the air one hour, 24 minutes and 15 seconds. CORN ACREAGE UP Reports from North Caroline farmers indicate they plan tc plant 2 per cent more corn this year than in 1957. If these plans materialize, this year’s acreage will be 1,911,000 acres compared with 1.874.000 acres planted in 1957. RESALE of FARM By authority given the undersigned by all the heirs of John J. Byrum, deceased, the undersigned will re-sell at public auc tion for cash to the highest bidder on April 11, 1958, at twelve o’clock noon, at the Court House door in Edenton, North Caro lina, that farm formerly owned by John J. Bynim, deceased, lo cated approximately 18 miles North of Edenton near Ryland, lying in Third Township, Chowan County, North Carolina, des cribed as follows: (1) Commencing at the gate on the main road running South 23J/2 degrees West 6 chains to a dead pine, then South 88 de grees West 8 1/10 chains to a sweet gum in the center of branch, then along center of said branch to the run of Sandy run swamp, then along run of swamp to Donnie Byrum’s line, then along said Donnie Byrum’s line to the first station, con taining thirty-six (36) acres.. This being John J. Byrum’s part of the land owned by his father C. S. Byrum, deceased, home place. (2) A small tract of land adjoining the above bounded as follows: Beginning at a pine stump, where J. J. Byrum, R. S. Ward and J. D. Ward corners running an Easterly course 55J/2 feet to the New road, thence a Southernly course along New Road to J. J. Byrum’s line 380 feet, thence a Southernly course along said line to the first station. Containing one-fourth acre, more or less. ' This land has the following allotments: 3.9 ACRES PEANUTS 2.3 ACRES COTTON 7.4 ACRES CORN Reserved and excepted from the above land is the Byrum family graveyard containing approximately one-half acre, the boundaries of which have been marked. The successful bidder at this sale will be required to make a deposit of five (5%) per cent of his bid pending advanced bid, said sale to remain open for ten (10) days for advanced bid to be made to the undersigned. In event of advance bid there will be a Re-sale of this property. Advance bid is now .$4,725.00. JOHN W. GRAHAM ATTORNEY-AT-LAW .. > -y THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY APRIL 10, 1050. Faraday And His Faith By JOHN D. McCREADY Editor’s Note: This is one of s series of articles written by John D. Mc- Cre-tdy, head of the English Depart ment at Chowan College. Mr. Me et ready for 18 -.ears was pastor of the First Baptist Church at Morganton and served as army chaplain in World War II and was state chaplain for the Am erican Legion. Since connected with Chowan College, Mr. McCready has preached at many churches in this area. All boys and girls are hero worshipers. So is g well-known American 'scientist, Dr. Raymond J. Seegar. | Speaking recently at Chowan 1 College he mentioned to the stu-' dents one of his great heroes —j I Faraday the physicist, i Who was he? I Michael Faraday was born in to a large family in England, on ; September 22, 1791. He was so poor that a college education was out of the question. Yet before he died, in 1867, he had so enrich ,ed the world by his discoveries i that Queen Victoria invited him j to occupy a house on the grounds of Hampton Court Palace. Michael went to work at the age of twelve, as an errand boy for a stationer and book-binder in London. He studied scientific ! books in his free time. When he l. was nineteen a customer, visiting the shop, was so impressed by [' his personality and intelligence , that he gave him tickets to the • last four lectures in a series by I Sir Humphrey Davy at the Royal ; Institution. Michael took notes - 1 and sent them afterwards to Sir j Humphry, asking him if he could | in any way help him to leave his , | prosaic job and devote himself to j the science which he loved , { Shortly afterward the coach of ( j Davy drew up before young Fara | day’s lodgings and a servar# de . livered a note. The next day ~ Faraday was engaged by the not ed scientists and philosopher as I his laboratory boy and valet. Soon he was helping Davy with i hi s experiments—helping himself, ■ i also to danger; for more than • once the older man and his as -1; sistant were both injured by ex | plosions of nitrogen. ‘| When Davy and his wife left , for a trip on the continent, Davy took along his as valet and secretary. In Switzerland, where they were the guests of a prominent man named De La Rive, Faraday listened to many leading scientists whom Davy met : and loaded his gun on hunting i expeditions. The secretary-valet 1 was at first given a place at mealtime at the servants’ table; but De La Rive, when he became better acquainted with Faraday, and learned of his position in the labortory at home, wished to raise his. status. Lady Davy objected, and De La Rive solved the prob lem by serving Faraday’s meals in the young man’s own room. To be treated as a menial by Lady Davy was a sore trial to the fiery, sensitive spirit of a gifted young man, but he endured it. Some years after this trip Far aday met Sarah Barnard and fell i desperately in love. She at first) hesitated. She doubted that she; could ever match his love with an equal ardor. But finally she! consented. After the marriage, j on June 12, 1821, she being 1 twenty-one, he thirty, he wrote “Amongst these records of events I here insert the date of one which, as a source of honor and happiness, far exceeds all the rest.” Faraday’s scientific career now went forward until it became one “unparalleled in the history of pure experimental science.” In> such fields as those of electricity j and magnetism his contributions were of the greatest importance. His thoroughness in preparing the lectures which for many years he was to give led him to study elo- j cution. His presentations were models of clearness and logical reasoning. Yet their effectiveness stemmed ever, more from a re markable grace and earnestness which marked their delivery. The eminent physicist was a man of great refinement and kindliness of spirit, sympathetic toward all in distress, and gen erous toward ail good causes. He was quite indifferent regaVding possible schemes of money-mak ing from his discoveries and in-1 ventions. He found his satisfac-; tion in the thought of having ! ved humanity. Regarding his) material wants, he was confident that the Lord woul dprovide. i Faraday was a man of strong religious faith. Never parading his religion, he was always ready to discuss it with any who, he felt, were actuated by higher mo tives than those of mere curiosity. Shortly after he was married he united with the church. At his table he would life his hands over the dish before him and in the tones of a son addressing a loving father ask a blessing on the food. “His faith,” said one who knew him well,” “never wavered, but remained till the end as fresh as when, at the age of thirty, he made his confession of sin and profession of faith.” “Our hope,” he once declared, “is founded on the faith as it is in Christ.” He did not believe that by mere rea- < V-, '* '■ y* 71 4Mb ' mm LAND HO!— US. Navy Quar termaster Charles Lyons might be looking at an uncharted land as he enthusiastically sticks his head through a porthole of the USNS Towle. Well, he’s spot ted; Brooklyn, N.Y., his home, which must have looked very good after service in the An tarctic. soning man can find out God; but held that God communicates di rectly with the soul. One day Faraday was explain ing a characteristic of water when ffcONCRETE 0 ( » . 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And its IN THE COUNTRY SEDAN!" —f equally big brother, the Country Squire, features _•_ J' SPECIAL OFFER j” TAKE THIS COUPON TO Yotuß FORD DEALER . f -FROM FORD F HU THI* IN „ ' LBAVK TMI* BLANK WftfmM- [ kft-Mlling guide j \ fiOB j to th. lat.st I • X ‘ - SF I wrinklo*in i 1 11 in* ■ ' D««l» " , 11 ' i WWjSfiflL hour fun | ' * A $2.95 Addr.„ Addr.iM | S im. t —*• r-- - it goes through the process of cry stallization. It may at first, he said, have foreign particles in it, but when the process has been completed it has excluded all these, and the crystal stands out sweet and pure. So it was, his friends said, with the soul of Michael Faraday. Record Soybean Acreage Indicated Tar Heel farmers have reported intentions to plant a record 513,- 000 acres of soybeans alone for all purposes. The .previous rec ord of 495,000 acres was planted in 1943. The prospective 1958 acreage of 513,000 acres is six per cent above 1957 plantings of 484,- 000 acres. Intentions reports from grow ers do not include the prospective acreage of soybeans to be harvest ed for beans. However, if the in tentions are carried out for soy beans planted alone for all pur poses and about the same propor tion of the total acreage is har vested for beans as in recent years, an increase over the 416,- 000 acres -harvested for beans last year may be expected. TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED : r.- : :■ : V7ST- Hi at, j a.a • Dies At Windsor Cleveland S. Smith, 73, died in the Windsor hospital Saturday night at 10 o’clock following a long illness. A native of Cho wan County, he was a farmer and fisherman. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Vi ola Smith; six sons, Clyde Smith of Branchville, Va., Minton Smith of Colerain, Cecil Smith of Pow ellsville, Raleigh Smith of Mac keys, George Thomas Smith of Sedley, Va., and Haywood Smith of Roanoke, Va.; six daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Bowen of Cole rain, Mrs. Janice O’Neal of Puerto Rica, Mrs. Sadie Forehand and Mrs. Agnes Bembridge, both of South Norfolk, Mrs. Sarah Bur gess of San Diego, Calif., and Mis r Bertha Smith at home; three bro thers, Zeb Smith, O. C. Smith'and David Smith, all of Edenton; two ST JpL Crown r Seagram* SevtTi/f Crown AMERICAN blended whiskey /111 —> *** * « *# ***** 1 •® n ***i» I lUMMtaa* SUORAM-DISTILLtRS COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY. BLENDED WHISKEY. 86 PROOF. 65% DRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS sisfbrs, MwuJLucy Spruill of Eliz abeth City ands Mrs. Carrie Mc- Clenney of Portsmouth and 29 grandchiftHw \f * He was a, member of the MJerry Hill Baptist * Church, where fun eral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The pastor, the Rev, M. Turner, of ficiated. Burial was in the fami ly cemetery in Rocky Hock. Pallbearers were Reginald As bell,, Thomas Tynch, Quinton Bass, Louis Britt, Ralph Mizzell and Elbert Pierce. Pallbearers were Tom Tynch, Reginal Asbell, Robert McClen rey, Lewis Britt, Ronnie Mizell and Elbert Pierce. ' Should Practice With Rolling Pin “My wife will never go to bed before two o’clock in the morn ing—I can’t break her of the habit.” “What does she do all the time,” “Wait up for me.”
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