FARM QUESTION BOX
by
1ED W. MITCHELL
Farm Advitor
Gtmwwl Bmctric Station WCY
Q. How soon after chicks are
hutched can they be fed? I
A. Twenty-four to thirty-six t
hours. Give them water in 12 i
hours. But chicks received by
mail should be fed at once.
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Q. Is there anything we run
do to seed potatoes to keep the i
worms and grubs out of them? f
A. No. The seed treatments re- |
tard fungus rots and disease and )
may deter the worms and grubs (
a little, but the practical remedy ]
is to poison the soil to kill worms
and grubs three or four weeks
before planting. I will sehd you |
a page on how to do this. <
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Q. When should tulips be dug |
up to be transplanted again?
A. Dig them up about August <
1. dry in a cool, shaded place fori i
a month and replant them. p
Q. Should I put bone meal on i
garden soil?
A. Bone meal is nearly always ]
beneficial to most plants because :
it furnishes a continuing and I
easily available source of phos
phorus and lime; however, most :
vegetables prefer a slightly acid ! <
to an alkaline soil, and phos
phorus can be purchased cheaper'
as superphosphate. A good plan i
is to apply a complete fertilizer
such as 3-8-7, one pound to 50 i
square feet, spaded or plowed in
before planting, and an equal
amount as side-dressing through
out the growing season.
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Q. What is the best method of
cleaning a chicken coop?
A. Use a hoe and a stiff brush. ,
:hen hot lye solution, and finally
l disinfecting spray or white
wash.
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Q. How can I pasteurize small
luantities of milk.
A. The object is to heat the
nilk to 145 F and hold it there
'or 30 mlnut.es. The usual method j
s to use a double boiler or water
>ath, a thermometer and clock,
ind stir the milk so it heats even
y.
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Q. What should I plant to feed
(reen to cows the first and sec
inil weeks In September, at which
Ime I will put them on later
feed?
A. Better plant a succession of
:rops: oats, millet and fodder
:orn or sudan grass. It all de
pends on time and land avail
able, amount of pasture and num
ber of cows. I think your best
plan is to feed some grain, and
mow some hay lots early and use'
them for pasture. An electric
fence will be handy to have as
you change from one lot to an-i
other. ? "
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Q. Is there anything I can [
?dd to the concrete to prevent
the cow stable floor from getting
slippery?
A. Dusting 20 per cent super- j
phosphate and mill shavings over
the floor helps as much as any-|
thing I know. You might try a
layer of cement-sawdust con-!
Crete and see how it holds up
under traffic.
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STATE COLLEGE ANSWERS
TIMELY FARM QUESTION'S
QUESTION : How can I stop
m.v combine from cracking grain?
ANSWER: Cracking of grain
or seed, when combining, may be
due to several causes. First look
into ttie tailings return and, if
there are more than a few clean
shelled grains or seeds present,
adjust your chaffer, sieve and
air blast to reduce the amount of
tailings.
If a finishing screen is being
used, be sure it is the correct!
one for the crop being combined.
If these checks and adjustments!
do not stop the trouble, reduce
the cylinder or increase the clear-'
ance between the concave and
cylinder ? or both. i
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QUESTION: How can I stop a
ring worm on my calf's neck?
ANSWER: Remove the scales
by the use of a stiff brush, soap
and water, and then paint the
spot with tincture of iodijie.
Ring worm is a parasitic dis
ease and occurs on the calt's
head, neck, shoulders and rump.
The hair comes out and a gray
scaly crust is formed over the
tare surface. After the animals
are treated for the disease, the
stalls should be thoroughly clean
ed and whitewashed.
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QUESTION: Whore can I get
a good publication on terracing.
ANSWER : The Agricultural
Editor at N. C. State College.
Raleigh, will send you a free copy
of Extension Circular No. 222,
entitled "Terracing To Reduce
Soil Erosion." This publication
tells how to construct a V-type
drag and outlined the progressive
steps in terrace construction. It
also tells how to construct ter
races with large terracing units.
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Junior (at 9 a. m. last Sun
day) - ? Dad. did you go to Sun
day school when you were a lit
tle boy?
Father (smugly) ? I sure did!
Never missed a Sunday!
Junior (turning to his mother)
? There, now. mother! Don't you
see? It won't do me any good
either!
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Visitor ? You've got a lot of
pep for a man nearly 100 years
old. How do you get that way?
Ragson Tatters ? I ain't decid
ed yet. I'm dickering with two jr
three cereal companies for my
endorsement.
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The following farmers attend
ed a kudzu mowing demonstra
tion on the Arch Wilson farm
last Friday: B. V. Stone, H. X.
Murray, John T. Edwards, O. W.
Perry, T. S. Dean, John Strange,
Z. V. Wheeler, Arch Wilson and
John Wilson., Grady Harris of
Louisburg. and W. W. McClure.
Vocational Teacher at Edward
Best High School, also attended.
Mr. Wilson is planning to cut
this same field of kudzu just be
fore frost and will thus get two
good cuttings of hay this year.
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W. M. Strother, of the Poco
moke community, used the dis
trict lime spreader to apply five
tons of lime on his pasture this
week. Mr. Strother seeded this
pasture in the early spring and
in spite of the dry weather has
a good stand of grass.
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Staley T. Ayscue and W. W?
Winn of the Rocky Ford commu
nity have been swapping labor
this spring. Mr. Ayscue used his
mowing machine last Saturday
to Clip the weeds in Mr. Winn's
pasture. In return for this work
Mr. Winn will help on the Ayscue
farm when he is needed. It
seems that this exchange of labor
and machinery between neigh
boring farmers offers the best
solution to the farm labor, prob
lem in Franklin County.
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C. F. Best of Franklinton has
been mowing -his kudzu this past
week. Mr. Best has a fine stand
of cotton this year on a field on
which he has been following a
four year rotation. The rotation
consists of two years of either
cotton or corn, small grain fol
lowed by lespedeza, and then les
pedeza the fourth year.
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T. T. and T. E. Kemp are plan
ning a farm fish pound on a small
-tream on the boundary between
their farms. They have had the
survey run and will build the
dam this summer. The pond
will be a little over an acre in
area and when properly stocked
with fish and fertilized should
produce two to three hundred
pounds of fish per year.
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Customer (in drug store) ? I
want a man's comb!
Salesman ? Do you wknt a nar
row man's comb!
Customer ? No. I want a comb
for a stout man with rubber
teeth.
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Continued aeronautical - re
search and constant checks in
battle areas have resulted in
some 400 improvements in Fly
ing Fortresses.
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. AGRICULTURAL^
EXTENSION SERVICE T
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I am advised today that Crops
Corps certificates will be made
available soon. These^certificates
are to be awarded by" the Exten
sion Service to the "Victory Farm
Volunteers" "Crops Corps" and
to other workers volunteering for
assignment for farm duties.
These certificates are signed in
facsimile by Paul V. McNutt,
Chairman of the War Manpower
Commission, and Chester C. Davis
War Food Administrator. Certi
ficates will be countersigned by
I. O. Schaub, N. C. State College.
"Victory Farm Volunteers" are
enlisting for work and being as
signed jobs in Franklin County,
announces W. C. Boyce, County
Agent. Messrs. Carl and Bill
Watkins, sons of Mr. Carl M.
Watkins, Agent Seaboard Air
Line Railroad, volunteered for
work. Mr. H. F. Mitchell,
Combine Harvester Operator, Kit
trell, N. C. Rt. 1 employed them
to assist him in operating tractor
and combine to harvest grain.
They started to work Friday,
June 4. Mr. Marion (Bud)
Grainger has volunteer for Agri
culture work. He will be assign
ed to a farm immediately. Farm
ers obtaining "Victory Farm
Voluiteers" are agreeing to give
them room and board . additional
to a fixed salary agreed on by
the farmer and the Victory Vol
unteer. Farmers have agreed to
train the boys in Farm work and
give them sufficient time for re
creation.
"Victory Farm Volunteers"
were enrolled at Mills High
School by Mr. J. T. Griffin, Voca
tional Teacher of Epsom High
School. All boys agreeing to ac
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cept farm work are being assign
ed to the Extension Service for
placement.
Extension Service now has ap
plications for several workers
Farmers operating Tractors and
combines are badly in need of ad
ditional help to keep this mach
inery moving. Machinery in oper
ation will perform far more work
than can be produced by hand
labor. The Franklin County La
bor Advisory Board, therefore,
has recommended that first work
ers obtained be trained* and as
signed to operate farm machinery.
The Franklin County Extension
Service now in a position to en
list and assign volunteer work
ers to production of essential,
agriculture commodities. We are
now seeking additional workers
and, welcome volunteers of boys
and girls 14 years of age and
older not now in essential agri
culture work desiring to be train
ed and assigned to essential agri
culture production as members of
the "Victory Farm Volunteers."
We are also interested in obtain*
ing women 18 years of age and
older interested in being trained
to drive tractors or similar work
as members of women's "Land
Army". V61unteers should be
willing to work on a farm con
tinuously for as much as a month
after making application.
All persons now not engaged
in essential activities are urged
to volunteer their services in pro
duction of War Food and Feed
Crops. If employment is not avail
able in your neighborhood, please
request list of vacancies from
your County Agent.
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QUALITY
SHOE
REPAIR
Finest materials used. Satisfactory work
guaranteed. Prices reasonable. Have shoes
for all the family repaired for longer life.
Bicycles and Furniture repaired.
GANTT'S SHOE SHOP
East Nash Street Louisburg, N. C.
Sell Your Cotton and Tobacco in Louisburg.
What Your Bank Means To You:
YOUR
CHILD'S
EDUCATION!
Don't wait till your son or daughter graduates from
high school to start saving for his college education.
Putting away a moderate amount regularly all through
the years will , relieve you of the strain of sudden ex
penses. Teach the children to save with you in a sav
ings account.
FIRST - CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Corner Main & Nash Sts. Louisburg, N. Carolina
Banking Hours: 9:00 ?. M. to 2:00 P. M.
Sets High Mark
Raleigh, June 7. ? North Caro
lina retailers set a high mark,
durftig the 12-month period end
ed June 1 for cooperative purtici-1
pation in the Brewing Industry
foundation's self-regulalioji pro
gram. J
One hundred twenty-one meet
ings were held; total attendance
was 2,550, according to a report,
today by State Director Edgar H. \
Bain, of Goldsboro. In addition..
22 other industry meetings were
held during this period.
These retailer meetings were
held at Charlotte, Winston-Salem,
Burlington, Durham, Clinton,
Hope Mills, Parkton, St. Pauls,
Fayettevllle, Lumber Bridge,
Raeford, Aberdeen, Southern
Pines, Pinebluff. Pinehurst, Can
dor, Troy, Carthage, Jacksonville,
Holly Ridge, Folkstone, Verona,
Garyburg, Richlands, Warrenton,
Roanoke Rapids. Jackson, Con
?ay, Murfreesboro, Winton,
Ahoskie, Rich Square. Scotland
Neck, Nashville, Rutherfordton.
Tryon, Htndersonville, Marion.
Lenoir, North Wilkesboro, Mt
Airy, Salisbury, LincolQton, Shel
by, Kings Mountain, Gastonla,
Concord, Wadesboro, Rocking
ham, Lauriuburg. Elkin, Lexlng
ton, Thoniasville, High Point,
Julian, Liberty, Siler Cityr Bear
Creek, Goldston, Sanford, Jones
boro, Angler, Wendell, Zebulon,
Youngsville. Franklinton, Creed
moor, Roxboro, Leesburg, Yan
ceyville, Reidsville, Glbsonvllle,
Haw River, Mebane, Hillsboro,
Lumberton, Cbadbourn, White
ville, Burgaw, Warsaw, Faison,
Greensboro, Hickory, Mooresville,
Statesville, Ayden, Washington,
Williamston, Windsor, Edenton.
Hertford, Elizabeth City, Green
ville, Bethel, Tarboro, Enfield,
Whitakers, Rocky Mount, New
Bern, Durham, Llllington, Dunn,
Wallace, Wilmington, Smithfleld,
Selma, LaG range, Kinston, Hen
derson, Fremont, Pikeville, Wil
son, Mt. Olive, Goldsboro, Cary,
Apex and Oxford.
Shipbuilding is the biggest sin
gle item in Wisconsin's war con
tracts, with the first fleet of sub
marines to be launched on the
Great Lakes coming from Mani
towoc, Wis., ways.
AUTO S
REBUILT
ELECTRIC WELDING,
ACETYLENE WELDING,
SAFETY GLASSES INSTALLED,
NEW AND USED AUTO PARTS
MOTOR REBUILDING - MACHINE WORK
FARM EQUIPMENT, PLOWS, DISCS,
TRACTORS, ETC.
SCRAP IRON AND JUNK CARS BOUGHT
AT GOVERNMENT PRICES.
Every Job Guaranteed !
HARRIS MOTOR CO.
PHONE 4342
LOUISBURG, N. C.
TOP
DRESSER
5 ? 5 " 20
FOR TOBACCO
10-0-10
FOR COTTON and CORN
Perfect Condition
Easily Applied
ONE -HORSE
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NOW FOR SALE
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On Certificate
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D. F. McKINNE, President
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