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THE FRANKLIN TIMES lamed Every Friday 215 Jonrt Street ? Telephone Wo. 283 a. w. josoraoa. ud euBscauraoN rath Things are taking shape in Franklin County for an interesting campaign this spring. At present the con test creating the most interest in the County is that for Governorship and it seems that McDonald has the lead. Congress has passed and sent to the President's desk the BOldierBbonug biH providing lor immediate payment of adjusted compensation certificates. It is expected the President will affix his signature right away. Efforts at curbing the power of the Supreme Court have begun in both houses, according to reports coming from Washington. Any action along this line will be exceedingly dangerous to our Democratic form of gov ernment. Governor O. K. Allen of Louisiana will fill the un expired term in the United States Senate of the late Huey Long, whose every wish he once was willing to answer, as a result of Tuesday's Democratic primary vote. With Allen swept to victory the entire pro-Long ticket of Louisiana, which admirers claim is a direct slap at the New Deal. UNEMPLOYMENT It is quite clear that nobody has any exact informa tion of the number of employable persons still unemploy ed in the United States. That is, the number who would take jobs if they were available. To the claim that there are still eleven million industrial workers unemployed, the reply has lately been made, based uj>on Government statistics, that at no time, even at the peak of prosperity, did industry ever employ more than nine million persons, and as there are now more than seven million on industri al payrolls, the unemployment in that field cannot a mount to more than two million. - In one sense, of course, all of the persons on relief are unemployed. _JJut it does not follow that all of them were employed before they went on relief. In the best of times there have always been five or six million per sons without jobs, either because they preferred not to work or were unable, for various " reasons, to attach themselves to payrolls. A large proportion of these have always been recipients of charitable relief, and it is im possible to imagine a situation in which there will not be a very large number of people who will depend for subsistence upon the generosity of public or private re lief organizations. In the meantime, however, more people are going back to work every day and the ou^ook is hopeful for a job within a year or so for everybody who is willing and able to work. PROPAGANDA We hear more and more about "propaganda." The word has come to have a sinister implication. It is loose ly applied to any effort of any kind to influence public opinion. To those who don't agree with the point of view of the propagandist, his efforts art vicious and should be suppressed. Tq, those who do agree with his opinion, be is a praiseworthy apostle of a highly laudable doctrine. Tkfere never has been a time and there never will be A time when individuals, groups and organizations hold ing certain things to be true will not attempt to convince others of their truth. The very word "propaganda" was first used to describe the efforts of the Christian church to spread ? that is to propagate ? the doctrines of Christianity. Doubtless there are atheists and others who consider even that noble purpose an entirely vicious one. And beyond doubt, a great deal of propaganda has been carried on in recent years for entirely selfish and often sordid purposes. Propaganda in the real sense is an effort to educate. There can be no honest quarrel with the desire of anyone to convert others to his way of thinking. The real quar rel with propaganda arises from the Bubtle and under hand methods which are. too often used. Propaganda conducted in the open, With the motives and purposes behind it clearly disclosed, is a sound and legitimate method. It is only when the identity and motives of the propagandists are concealed that it becomes danger ous. , ' | .. Advertise in The Franklin Times SOU, CON8KRVAHO.il WORK M fKAXKLIN COCimr CoagT?aa haa appropriated a de finite sum of money for coil con servation work throughout the United Statea. Fortunately thr ntk Ike eUorU of .mm* of tke lead tic farmer* and bualnes* men. extension worker* and teacher* of agriculture of Frank tin County, a branch of the Soil Conservation Service haa been eetabliabed In! thia county with headquarter* at! Franklin ton. Through the activities of thia anit there la available for eroeioa control and soil conservation work' 'on farms of the area. 300 local) men whoae work is confined to the Buffalo and Cedar Creek wat ersheds. and 176 CCC enrolleea who are working on farma out side of the above water sheds. Thia work Is directed by a trained personnel consisting of J experts in soils, agronomy, en gineering. forestry, wild life, and I farm agreement men who have a farm background and a sympathe tic understanding of the farmer's problems. The service of these men with the work of more than 47S foremen and laborer* 1* avail able without cost to the farmers of this area who are willing to' undertake a definite soil conser vation and proper land use pro gram. Reliable sources of information indicate that more than 20 times as much soil fertility is lost each year trom washing away than is used In crop production on our farms. In addition to the great quant- j lty of labor certain materials may be contributed through this serv ice where the farmer* willingness to cooperate in a complete solli conservation and land use pro-| gram Justifies. The farmer will, of course, be expected to contribute" such ma terials aa may be available ont the farm for erosion control, such as forest litter, wheat straw, cane stalks, and farm manure, or per haps fertilizer so aa to Insure vegetable cover and a satisfactory growth on severely eroded areas of the farm. Where the farm has been, or Is being, properly terraced, terrace outlets and outlet ditches with the necessary structures for ero sion control will be provided. Where the land Is very steep and the farmer is willing to seod s field to permanent pasture, la bor may be provided for building fences provided the farmer furn ishes wire and posts. Labor and seed will be furnish ed to establish vegetative cover in outlet ditches and meadow strips for terrace outlets. Tfce coat of terrace outlets and outlet i ditches frequently exceeds the cost of terracing for a given field, i If you are interested hi this program, call or communicate with aome member of the Soil Conservation Service at Franklin ton or see the county agent about the program. P. H. Massey. Project Manager. Farm Tenancy Increasing In North Carolina A continued increase in the number of tenant formers in North C'arollaa hu been revealed by re port* of the 1*11 Cessna of Agrl culture. From 1IH to 1*16, while the total number of farma la the atate was growing from 271,7 Of to 300, M7. the number of farm tenants increased 3 per Numerically, the tenant group grew from 1S7.C15 to 142.US during the fire-year period. Forty nine per cent of all the farmers in North Carolina were tenants la 1935. the census figures fur ther revealed. These figures were aaaembled in connection with the preparation at a report on farm tenancy by the Division of Land Utilization of the Resettlement Administration. Pinal reaulta of the Census of Agricoltnre have not been tabu lated for all statea. Figures for thirty-eight states indicate, how ever. an increase In the numb? of farm tenants in most sections of the country. Approximately 43 per cent of all farma In the Unit ed Statea are now operated by tenanta. The trend of recent years Is in accordance with the steady increase in the percentage of ten ants since the first count was made In 1880. At that time, 25 per cent of the farmers were list ed as tenanta. Attempts to check the growth of tenancy have been made chief ly because of the Instability of reaidence associated with a farm tenant system. Although condi tions vary greatly throughout tht United States, studies show that the tenant farmer moves on an average of every four years. Because of this change In re sidence. the functioning of schoola churches and other community en terprises snch as co-operative or ganiiationa is badly handicapped. The impermanent lntereat which many tenant farmers have in their land prevents their giving proper attention to soil conservation, the checking of erosion and the up keep of farm buildings. The ten ant hesitates to make improve ments dn the farm which would only benefit his successor. In thq past tenancy has been considered a stepping stone to farm ownership, and as a means whireby farmers lacking capital could obtain experience in farm management. The steady increase in tt)e proportion of older tenants, however, indicates that fewer men are now baiag able to move up the laat rang of the ladder to farm ownership. KRKHH, WARM WATER NEEDED RY LIVESTOCK One of tMs most expensive ways a farmer can heat water f?r his livestock il to lei. the animals drink it cold and warm It with their bodies. Giving (he animals water at freezing temperature lowers their vitality, and seriously curtails the production of dairy cattle, said Prof.-' R. H. Ruffner. head of the State College animal husbandry department. "Can you imagine a beet anim al fattening, a calf growing, or a cow producing large quantities of milk after becoming thoroughly chilled and ahiverlng for an hour in overcoming the effects of 10 to 20 gallons of ice cold water?" he asketf. He estimated that a cow pro r RICH X HEARTY GENUINE STRAIGHT KENTUCKY vWHISKY/ IDO PROOF BIG WHISKY VALUE! FROM FAMOUS KENTUCKY DISTILLERY Here's vigorous, full-bod ied, full-flavored richness ... far greater than you'd expect at this very low price. A man's whisky at a price men like ! The famous Brown - F orman Kentucky distillery makes it from costly sour-mash, the real old-time Kentucky way! Enjoy its richer flavor. Why not try it today? BROWN-FORM AN Distillery CO. At LomirilU in Kentmdty GOLDEN EAGLE STRAIGHT KENTUCKY WHISKY \ 1 ^ t'4 Running the Gauntlet ? by A. B. Chapi^ duclng 25 pounds of milk a day burns up more than a pound of corn in warming the water she drinka when it is taken into the body at freesing temperature. At the State College dairy barn, where water is supplied st a mod erate temperature, there are sev en cows producing more than 50 pounds of milk ? day. The food burned to warm the water la needed to maintain the animal's vitality, promote growth, and to produce milk. Prof. Ruf fner pointed out. To attain her full milk-produc ing capacity, he added, a cow should be given all the fresh wa ter she will drink at a tempera ture of 70 degrees. If the water is too cold, she will not drink enough to maintain a full milk flow. The resulting loss may be far more thin the slight cjmt of pro viding animals with water from which the chill has been taken. FORCE GARDEN PLANTS WITH COLD FRAME A well constructed cold frame will help the home gardner get the vegetables off to a good start In the spring. A cold frame, serving as an in termediate stage between the seed box and the garden, gives the planta a chance to harden before the j are placed out, in the open. H. R. Niswonger, extension horticulturist at State College, re commends that such vegetables as cabbage, cauliflower, tomato, pep per, and egg plant be transplant ed to a cold fram before being set out in the garden. For the average home garden, he said, the cold frame should cover an area six feet wide and 24 feet long. The wooden frame enclosing the bed should be 15 to 18 Inches high along the back and 8 to 10 inches high in front. Locate the cold frame in a sunny place, facing the south. Place good garden loam, mixed with stable manure, in the bed to a depth of six inches. Second-hand sash or unbleached muslin makes a good corering for the frame. Muslin saturated wltn hot linseed oil will retain the heat of the sun within the bed and also sbed water. Or the cloth may be treated with a solution of one pound of paraffin dissolved in a gallon of gasoline. ' Young plants are ready to be transferred to the cold frame when the first two true leares have developed. As warm weather approq?he*. the plant bed should be left :ppen a little more each day to harden the plants. Ventilation is neces sary , even on cold days. Water the plants on sunn/ mornings when the temperatur^ Is rising. Thoroughly wet the soil, then do not water again until the surface appears dry. SUBSCRIBE TODAY ! WHELESS-BURGE8S, INC. 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