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FARM SITUATION Babson Says Give The Farmers A Break By ROGKR W. BABSON, Babson Park, Mass., Mar. 19. ? Backed by the drive for Victory Gardens and as eprmg a r a w s closer my thoughts and those of count less others turn naturallly to tfoe production o f food. England has been suc cessful . in in creasing ? her productive aore age. What she can do, we can do here. Hence, I advise all who BABSON can to nave a small subsistence garden this year. Place your seed orders now, but don't over-buy. ' ECONOMICS OP FARMING I have no concern over the amateur gardener. He will do a good Job on his little home tract. In the course of the Summer he will raise a good many whole some vegetables to supplement his rationed foodstuffs. Thus, in writing today, I am more fear ful over the plight of the man who makes his livelihopd from farming. Whether we like it or not, we are with the farmers. I have at times taken exception to their de mands and have not much use for the farm blocs. Yet, I recognize that they have many real trou-| bles. The demand for foodstuffs continues while some 2,000,000 farm workers have left to go in to industry and the armed ser vices. This alone is a major headache. FOODSTUFFS AND INFLATION Unquestionably farmers are In agreement with wage workers and others and do not want ex cessive inflation. This is being controlled now to some extent but is still advancing too rapidly. Farmers want the haggling over the Parity question by the Ad ministration stopped and consid eration given to the increase in farm operating expenses. While being asked to produce more foodstuffs farmers are up against one bureau trying to increase food production, another drafting farm labor and a third stopping production of farm tools. A good deal can be said in sym pathy for the current position of the farmers. Most of them who are workers are not looking for subsidies. What they want is a reasonable price fpr their pro ducts and a small margin after expenses are deducted. The aver age farmer has not been able to build up much of a financial backlog and hasn't any money to lose. But many of them would be able to weather the next de pression if they could make a profit now. Farmers as a rule are careful spen<|prs for tools, buildings and other equipment. What they might obtain now would relieve future capital ex penditures at a time when cash may be tight. FARM EQUIPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION Farmers are the real rugged individualists. They are dead agalhst too much tinkering with the institution of property. They do not want the noose of govern ment to so tighten that it may lead to dictatorship and social ism. They are proud of their independence and proud of their ownership of land. In common with many others, they still re gard It as the only real property. But they simply cannot under stand many of the rules and reg ulations from Washington that restrict their purchase of new equipment and new parts for old equipment. Livestock farmers in particu lar are having great trouble in moving their products. This is not only true in connection with their own truck transportation which is rapidly wearing out. but also in connection with rail transportation. Railroad person nel is. of course, decreasing by reason of men going into the arpied1, services and in connec tion with their employment in war Industries. Coupled with the need for hauling great quantities of war goods the railroads can not be blamed. Adequate farm power and transportation are vi tal to the operation of any farm and our Washington representa tives should provide it. FARM REQUIREMENTS ?AND PROBLEMS The United States has some 10,000,000 farmers and millions of productive acreage and grazing lands. By any comparison, ag riculture is a big business. As such it involves certain obliga tions. Yet, many farmers are so constituted that they chafe under red tape restrictions and regi mentation. Certainly, industrial management too has its labor, material, transportation and many other problems. But both groups have buckled down under the load and done an unpreceden ted job of production since Pearl Harbor. Farmers resent ceilings on any kind, of farm crops, particularly without adequate floors. But un der our present managed econo my, rifchtly or wrongly, the old rule of supply and demand is out for theduration. The farmer can not understand this and needs some definite encouragement. Certainly, if the rest of us, in view of lend lease requirements and rationing, are going to eat. the' farmer ought to be at least provided with the tools of his trade. He needs a little hog wire, a few tires, gasoline and ! repair parts but above every thing else he needs help in terms of manpower. There-classifica tion of draftees up to age 45 may j go a long way toward solving the farm labor problem. It is a welcome move on the part" of the Manpower Commission. Food Conservation Sponsored by Office of Civil ian Defense Under the sponsorship of O. C. D/ all Home Economists In North Carolina have vcplunteered their teach all families ? *erve the foods produced under the Food for Freedom Program, so that no one in North Carolina will go hungry during the win ter of 1943-44. In organizing this program. Mrs. Stella R. Cusick of the Farm Security Administration, Miss Catherine T. Dennis of Vocation al Home Economics and Miss Ruth Current of Extension met with Dr. John Fox Kendricks Of O. C. D., who is State Chairman of the Nutrition Committee and worked out plans for (1) a . workshop on the State level, at which time Home Economists on the State and District level met together to work out plans for reaching on the last row in the whole State. (2) worked out plans for these Home Economists to give demonstrations in every county in the State, first to the paid Home Economists in the 1 county and then to all of the Sec tor leaders in the communities and town's of the county. In this two day meeting plans are to 'be worked out so that trained Home Economists paid and volunteers ? ? will give demonstrations In every zone in towns and every rural community, so that leaders thus trained can reach every fam rural ? how to con DONT FORGET YOUR CAR NEEDS IN THIS TRYING TIME Remember you may not be able to REPLACE the WORN PARTS. We take a pleasure in the RIGHT KIND OF SERVICE. If we can't do it, we'll tell you, Not CHARGE YOU. WASHING, GREASING, WAXING, & OIL CHANGING A SPECIALTY. DON'T FORGET ALL GAS BOOK HOLDERS MUST HAVE THEIR TIRES CHECKED BY MARCH 31st. Telephone 357-1 - FULLER'S ?55Q SERVICE 0. P. A. Inspection Station No. 1 Opposite Post Office Louisborg, N. C. | ily in every County. This is the first time in the history of the State that all or ganizations have worked togeth er to put over a coordinated pro gram of Food Conservation that will reach every family in the State ? with uniform Information. So impressive was this program that Washington not only sent representatives to the State meeting, but also asked that a copy of the plans for the meeting be sent to them to be districted to every Statq in America. On March 23rd and 24th Mrs. Lucy P. Gentry. District Home Management Supervisor, will be in Louisburg for a two day de monstration. On the 23rd Mrs. Gentry will give demonstrations in canning, brining, and drying to paid Home Economists of Home Economics, Farm Security, Extension and Commercial fields. On this day they will- also work out plans for reaching all rural families in the county, with train ed Home Economists ? paid and volunteer ? giving demonstrations to rural leaders throughout the county. Plans will be made for these leaders to give demonstra tions to small groups of farm women so that all will be reach ed. On March 24th, Sector lead ers will be given this same de monstration. Plans will be work ed out with them for reaching! Q. If War Savings Stamps I should be lost, stolen, or destroyed, can they be re placed?. A. No. They should -be kept in a safe place and exchanged for War I ! Savings Bonds at the earliest opportunity. Q. When do War Savings Bonds mature?, A. Ten years from the Issue date. Q. Can a Bond be issued in the names of two persons as co owners? By Gib Crockett. Am Yes, but only individ uals may be so named. Corporations, associa tions, churches, and lodges may not be named as coowners. Q. What steps should be taken when a Bond is lost, stolen, or destroyed? A. The Treasury Depart ment, Division of Loans and Currency, Mer chandise Mart, Chicago, 111., should be notified immediately, reference being made to the se ries, year of issue, date, denomination, and se rial number of the Bond, and the name and address of the reg istered owner. Instruc tions as to proof re quired will then be sent you. Remember ? the longer you keep War Bonds, up to 10 years, the more valuable they become. I * * t MOVING UP ? Papuan carriers of the Southwest Pacific Islands are shown here as they cross a river in the jungles bearing a case filled with Red Cross comfort articles for U. S. servicemen in the front lines of the Pacific theatre of war. every woman in towns and vill ages with demonstrations. They will enlist the services of all trained Home Kconomists ? paid and volunteers ? in giving these demonstrations. At the State meeting Governor! Broughton stated that this was not a "matter of patriotism, but of grim necessity ? not a matter of volunteering but of dedication. It should stir the pride of every North Carolinian that our State is taking the lead in a matter so vital in the present emtrgency. o The fellow who always wants to run everything probably will balk at the lawrimower this spring. STEVENSON Henderson SUNDAY, MARCH 21?t On Stage ? 25 People "45 Minutes OF Broadway" Also Picture Program --COMING Monday-Tuesday, Mar. 29-30 GONE S? WIND" Farmers Let Us Serve You While You Serve Uncle Sam! ?? V*' */ * * SAIUTI TO * OUR MMOtt! - * Buy WAR -i '* bonds * S+ HEM I +% w. . . . -?. V YOUR WAE JOB IS TO PRODUCE THE VITAL FOODS AND FIBRES NEEDED TO SMASH TIHS THING THROUGH. AND WE'RE READY .TO HELP! ? FIRST - CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Gorner Main & Nash Sts. Louisburg, N. Carolina Banking Honrs: 9:00 A. M. to 2:00 P. M. Cotton for Army Atlanta, Ga., Mar. 15. ? From the fields of Dixie came the cot-, ton to manufacture duck cloth for the Army sufficient, if woven in to one piece, to. completely cover Washington. D. C. and the coun ty of Arlington, according to fig ures for the fiscal year 1942 re-i leased by the Quartermaster Branch, Fourth .Service Com mand. And this is but one item pur chased from the farms of the na tion in the gigantic job of supply ing America's war-time Army.j the report shows. Here are some examples: If milk were motor fuel, the \ amount purchased by the Army, in the past fiscal year, would be sufficient to run all the motor, cars in the cities of New York! and Qhicago for one day. The Army has purchased suf ficient cans of food, if -laid sidei by side, to reach more than twice around the earth at the equator. J The hens of the nation were! kept plenty busy ' supplying the Army with eggs, for a sufficient | number of eggs were purchased . to build a six lane highway, two and a half inches thick from Washington to Baltimore. Or, If one hen laid all the eggs used by the Army In the past" year, it would take her 20 years, at the rate of one egg a second. In the past year, the Army has purchased a aufficitnt iWimber of shoes to require the hides, for 9asts and uppers, of one half of all the cattle slaughtered in the United States during the year. And Uncle Sam believes in the adage that a "penny saved is a. penny earned," it is disclosed in records covering shoe and cloth ing repair shops. During the year 3,000,000 shoes have been repaired at the post repair shops with a dollar value of $4,600,000 clothing, individual barrack and organizational equipment repair ed during the last nine months is valued at $5,800,000. o A. J. Eubanks, of Hookerton, Greene County, is "delighted with his 4 acres of Loblolly pines, set two years ago. He has 95 per cent of a stand and the trees av erage three feet in height. IN THE _ COAST GUARD I they say: I "SACK DRILL' I for take a nap ? "PISH" I for torpedo ? "FOOR-O" I for very good, or tops V "CAMEL" for the favorite cigarette I with men in the | Coast Guard FIRST IN THE SERVICE j With men in the Coast /I Guard, Army, Navy, and the Marines, the favor ite cigarette is Camel. (Based on actual sales records in Canteens and Post Exchanges.) 11 r' FOR RICH FLAVOR AND EXTRA MILDNESS, CAMELS Tfour-o!^ Camel COSTLIER TOBACCOS f Leggett's I GALORE! Come In and Get Suited Early for EASTER ! Cheeks, plaids and ? tailored styles, Pleated Skirts, Some 100% Wool fg.95 to .50 DRESSES A bright colorful group of New Spring Styles. Look your best for Beau or Hubby. All sizes. Jj.95 to HATS Chic pert little bits of 'style and smart ness to complete your New Outfit. gyc to $2.98 bcpx4F IFstOiU gg Leggett's Leads in Looisburg
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