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Between the Rows By ROY H. PARK With voting time just around the corner, the fanner once again is com ing into his own. Make no mistake about it, the can didates are going after the farm vote. All of which reminds me of a political meeting I attended not so long ago in my native county of Surry. The hopeful candidate, his pockets full of cheap cigars, strutted out on the platform, smiled sweetly and, bid ding for the rural vote, started off by saying: "I was raised on the farm " "So are the hogs," interrupted a voice from the back of the audience. Come to think of it, it might not be a bad idea if a few more of our office holders and agricultural experts had been brought up on the farm. Just the other day George Ron, of the Rural Resettlement Administration, who, by the way, knows fanning from the back of a pair of plow handles as well as from behind a mahogany desk, mailed me a dipping which shows that some of the workers in the Department of Agriculture are at least a little rusty on the subject of processing cotton. The clipping tells of a cotton gin operator who, negotiating for a govern ment loan, reaeived a letter from Wash ington stating that the government would "not lend money on gins or any other distillery for the manufacture of intoxicants." "According to population, North Carolina - buy* more cradles and fewer coffins than any other state in the Union," is a statement that the late Governor Thomas Walter Bickett used to make with great pride 15 yean ago. Were he alive today, the war-time ^jovenior of North Carolina would probably give a hearty handclasp to two North Carolina farmers who, without a doubt, have done their part to keep the Governor's statement ringing true. One of these is Reuben Bland, a Mar tin county farmer and the father of 34 children who was presented to the late President Coolidge in 1937 as the "Champion Father of These United 99 OUiCS. The other is George Isaac Hughes, of New Bern, who at the age of 94 recently became the father of a son, who forthwith was named Franklin Delano in honor of the President. This is the oldest authentic record of fatherhood in medical history, accord ing to Dr. Charles Duffy, the attending physician, and two New York specialists who were attracted to New Bern by this strange case. I understand that New Mexico now leads the states in births, but give us a few more Reuben B lands and George Isaac Hughes and North Carolina will again lead the nation in the cradle buy ing proof Minn, j/ ' - 4 ? ? If you live in Clinton, N. C-, and your mail is sometimes misplared, just bear in mind before you get too mad that you live in the most popular town in the United States, there being 30 post offices by this name. Or if you live in Chester or Florence, S. C, or Washington, N. C., just re member that yours is among the neat moat popular towns for there aze 28 postoffioes by each of these names. The next most popular towns in Anxtica are Clayton, Madison, Marion and Troy, all found in North Carolina, and there are 27 of each in these United states. I got a big laugh the other day when Ike London, of Rockingham, told of an old negro who said that "In de Spring I'te an optimist, in de Summer a pessi mist, bi(t praise God, in de Fall I'se a ^'possumist." Comfort Important For Laying Hens Body Size And Weight Is Factor In Producing Large Eggs "Comfort enables the hen to utilize feed in manufacturing eggs instead of using the energy thereby obtained to maintain body wamith," says P. H. Gooding, South Carolina extension poul tryman. "Therefore, it is necessary for hois to be in a house free from drafts but with ample ventilation in order for the hen to make eggs from the raw materials which die eats." Pullets to lay large eggs steadily throughout the winter must have body size and weight, the specialist points out. Light breed pullets should weigh three and one-half to four pounds when they start laying. Heavy breeds should weigh four and one-half to five pound*. Immature pullets must not be forced into egg production by feeding them on a laying mash. A well balanced egg mash may be made by using 200 pounds of yellour corn meal, 200 pounds of wheat sorts, and 1 00 pounds of meat scrap* or fish meal. If there, is a supply of oats on hand, 50 pounds of finely ground oats may be substituted for an equal quan tity of shorts. "Every poultryman should plant wheat for his chickens," Mr. Gooding advises. "It is true that wheat is an uncertain crop, but it is worth taking a chance. It requires about 2J bushels for 100 laying hens or one-fourth bushel per hen per year. If good land is feded to what in October or November a rea sonable yield would be from 10 to 20 bushels. Hence, if a fanner has 100 hens ,he should be able to grow an am ple quantity of what for them on two acres. Whole ground wheat will give practically as good results as shorts and wheat can be ground on any corn mill." r ? $1.76 Cleared Per Bird yf,- . Seven poultry demonstrators in Stanley County made an average net profit of $1.76 per bird during the past year, reports County Agent John W. Am. Records kept by the flock owners show an averafe of 239 birds to the flock with an egg production of 371 eggs for each bird. More than 100 fanners attended poultry meetings held during the past week and received in structions as to handling and care of poultry and also as to methods of record keeping. These meetings were oonducted by C. J. Maupin, extension poult ryman at State) College and as a result more than aj farmers have indicated a desire to keep records next year, says Artz. Carolina Girls Win v josalene Sutton, Sampson County, North Carolina, placed in the Blue Rib bon runner-up (roup of die National 4-H Club style revue 'at the National 4-H Club Congress, Chicago, Decem ber 6. In the International Club's Judging Contest at the International Show, the North Carolina State College Judging Team took fifth place. Max Culp, of Mooresville, was the highest individual sorer in identification, and John Grant, of Garysburg, was the highest individual scorer in market grading June Castine, Ridgeway, S. C., took first place in die National 4-H Club Health Contest at Chicago. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT If yon have anything to sell or trade, you will find a mall classi fied advertisement in these colmnns win bring yon gratifying response. A postal card addressed to THE STATE FARMER, FLETCHER, N. C, wffl bring yen complete details as to cost, cir culation, etc. Why not' plan today to utilize this serrice? BABY ( HICKS rZZjI/b-PWITMBBB yc-t anos^nsprs Ql'ILT PIECES I1M PHOTO FINISHING Ml ?i?ht prist* Re prints |?. Wm i? IHiai No. I by NORTH STUDIO, North. 8. C. FTLfc* DEVELOPED. ?p 4- Ms *+*. taW. KODAK ROLL FILM DEVELOPS) AND PRINTED? 26c. 8x1* Hssvywsiftht Enferso mmmUhrom lie. Work f IELS STUDIO. RALJBGH. N.C. tsod Now Ytds Fsrfcet Tom Prints. ttc sola. Bam Photo 8wvk% UObiii, Wis. BOLL DEVELOPED, two prints ?ach MK&ti? ZSc. Reprints t%c. Enlargement Ooopon. WILLARD'S Box S5S5-M. CJemlnnd Hefehts. Ohio. ELECTRICITY LI\ KSTO( K I'J IMS, S MOM MKNTS .V >M HSTONK. MACHINERY m.? UP. Oat Faitl? COMPANY, Tmrv, N. Dak. AGENTS LINK mo. lGKNTS : SMASH GO 19b *. 4-<*. VaaiUa tar 8%c. 1M MISCELl.ANEO ? ACCOUNTS. H OOLLBCTION AGENCY ! FANCY. ER WANTED. ORIGINAL ] BBAuT'LrtJL rilk liiidiu. I idn. $1 : M?lk lie: hiMM I Mb* " ij *?. DDWOTOO. AT-tll W. BnM ImSk. Ok RAZOR BLACKS, doubt. ?ln. Fit ??-. raaan. Tn He. Ttm Saaipta PRODUCT* Hatha. N. Y. FR(Xi R V I ?? 1 \ . RAISL2T FROGS ID.pt ?-A) INSTANT RELIEF FOR Tetterine!
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