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Small grain harvest in Frank
lin County is far below the 1942
harvest advises N. H. Griffin,
farmer and combine harvester,
Louisburg, Route 2. Mr. Grif
fin stated that he harvested a
field of barley this year that pro
duced 60 bushels of barley. The
same field in 1942 fertilized with
phosphate and nitrate of soda
the same as this year produced
120 bushels.
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Heavy down-pour of rain Fri
day afternoon, June 11, damaged
terraces and water outlets
throughout Franklin County. In
certain areas of the County rain
was badly yeeded. In other areas
sufficient rain had fallen prior
to satisfy crop needs. One farm
er advised that it would take 6
years to rebuild the terraces and
eoil washed away by the sudden
down-pour. It is estimated that
2 inches of rain fell 4n 30 min
utes. Another farmer advised
that out of 5 acres of tobacco
transplanted 1 acre was washed
up by the roots leaving nothing
but the hard soil, and advised
that he would plant another acre
as soon as l^nd could be fixed.
Many other fields have been ob
served in the County showing
similar damage. In most fields
terraced and planted on the con
tour breaks occurred as rows
and terraces could not carry the
water off as fast as it fell.
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Mr. Oliver G. Thompson, Bunn,
N. C., has accepted temporary em
ployment with the Extension Ser
vice during the summer months
to assist with the farm labor pro
gram. Mr. Thompson, graduated
from Wofford College in South
Carolina receiving an A. B. De
gree. Mr. Thompson's perma
nent position is that of Principal
of Bunn High School.
A survey of Neighborhood
Leaders in Franklin County has
brought to light many labor prob
lems. These leaders have con
tributed several worth while sug
gestions for correcting these
problems. Mr. Thompson's work
will be closely associated with
the leaders for the purpose of
holding our present labor to the
farm and to the place where
greatest good wilt result. . ,
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FRANKLIN COUNTY 4-H CLUB
MEMBERS TO GIVE RADIO
PROGRAM
Franklin County 4-H Club
members have been asked by the
State 4-H Club Leader to give a
radio program over station WPTF
on Saturday, June 26 at 11:45
A. M. Nellie Gray Adkins and
McCray Holmes, Group Captains
in the Franklinton 4-H Club to
gether with Mrs. S. E. Mercer,
Adult Group Leader in the
Franklinton club. Miss Lillie Mae
Braxton, Home Demonstration
Agent, and Mr. Edwin P. Barnes.
Asst. County Agent will present
the program. All club members
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and friends are invited to tune in j
to the program.
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FRANKLIN COUNTY 4-H CLUBi
MEEMBEHS TO HOLD RAMA
Arrangements have been made j
to hold a County-wide 4-H Club;
Rally on the Campus of the1
Louisburg College on July. 1st,
2nd and 3rd. The general pro
gram of the Rally will consist ot
class periods and handicraft dur
ing the morning hours with swim
ming and games in the afternoon,
and recreation and vespers at
night. These activities will give
club members a grand opportuni
ty jto learn many useful things,
and get better acquainted with
other club members and to have
a good time. Applications are
already being received which in
dicate that a large number ot
club members plan to attend this
Rally.
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TEEN-AGE BOYS SOLVE FARM
LABOR SHORTAGE
Jerry Padgett, who is only 10
years old, and Robert Herbert,
15, have qualified as expert trac
tor operators on their father's
farms in Clay County and have
solved a critical labor shortage,
says Fred S. Sloan, State program
leader for the N. C. State College
Extension Service.
He reports that the boys are
operating tractors and tractor
drawn machinery like veterans
in plowing, harrowing, seeding,
and cultivating the crops. When
the boys teamed up. their father's
decided to do the same thing,
and now the two farms are oper
ated as one.
The two owners pooled all of
their labor and equipment and
found that they had two tractors,
a combine, grain drill, lime
spreader, and a two-row corn
planter, cultipacker. two mowing
machines and rakes, two disc har
rows, one drag harrow, two disc
| plows, a two-row cultivator, and
I various other smaller pieces of
machinery for the 100 acres oi
cropland and "5 acres of pasture.
After the pooling plan was put
into operation, the Herberts and
the Padgetts found that they
could not only do their own work
easily but that they also had.
time to spare* According to'
Sloan, they took their tractors
and machinery over to neighbor
ing farms to help relieve labor
conditions there, swapping ma
chine hours for hours of hand
labor.
Sloan says that this swap-work
program is doing more than any
other one thing to solve farm la
bor shortage problems in the
state and he urges growers every
where to cooperate with their
neighbors in getting the neces
sary Jobs done.
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KEEP HENS COOL FOR HIGH
EGG PRODUCTION
Laying hens must be kept cool
and comfortable during the hot
MU H *T 1 0 NS f ro m K I TCH E Hi
?b FAR MO SAT IS FACTO f?V
SUBSTITUTE FORGLVC&RIHE
HAS BEEN FOUUD!
WASTE RAT FROM YOUR
KITCHEN IS MADE /WTO
VALUABLE
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EVERV POL) WD of FAT
?AV?P WILL PRODUCE
EN0U6W 6LYC6RIM6
TO F-IBE TEN ROUNDS
FROM A 50 CALIBRE
AIRPLANE CANNON
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BEAT the SUBS..
SO POUMDS OF WASTE
FATS WILL PRODUCE
^ the 6LVCECIWE
' CEQUII?ED fOR OWE
DEPTH CHARGE
C&LEASE
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veather and supplied with plenty
>f clean fresh water to maintain
jgg production, says C. P. 'Chick'
Parrish, Extension poultryman at
N. C. State College.
He suggests that windows and
ventilators on the back of the
poultry house be opened, and also
the ventilators at the ends of the
house. Drinking water should
be supplied to the flock at least
two or three times daily.
When consumption of mash
drops sharply, Parrish advises the
feeding of wet mash at noon each
day. The dry mash can be mois
tened with cool, skimmilk, or cool
water at the rate of three pounds
of dry mash for each 100 birds.
To keep egg production and
profits up. he suggests that the
flock be culled closely, sending
all marketable birds to the mar
ket just as soon as they quit lay
ing. This is not only good econ
omy but it also helps to save
feed, which is now critically
scarce.
Parrish also urges growers to
check frequently for lice and
mites as these parasites lower
production $nd profits, and cause
a waste ?of feed.
If thft-e has been any chicken
pox or sorehead on the farm or
in the neighborhood, the poultry
expert advises growers to vacci
nate their pullets at about three
months of age with fowl pox vac
cine. If the pullets are found
to be wormy, give them an indi
vidual worm treatment just be
fore they are moved on clean
range. Growing chicks, pullets
and layers should have a supply
of harij grit at all times.
Parrish says that the egg pro
duction of next fall, winter, and
spring is determined by how good
a job growers do in developing
their pullets this summer. He
stresses good range shelters, an
abundance of green feed, and
plenty of shade.
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* NEGRO EXTENSION *
* SERVICE *
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It has been reported by the
Crop Reporting Services, that on
ly a 15 per cent crop of fruits
will be produced in Georgia,
South Carolina and the Sand
iilills of North Carolina this year;
compared with last years' crop.
There is less than a 15 per cent
crop in our little home orchards
in Franklin County.
To help offset the fruit short
age farmers are being advised to
produce and save more vegetables
in order to meet the table needs
through the winter. Should pro
duce more tomatoes and yellow
vegetables such as yellow squash,
carrots, etc. There is still time
to plant a garden.
Plans are on the yvay to or
ganize some Victory Gardeners
in the urban section of Louisburg
among the colored folk. There
are still a number of vacant lots
in town on which bushels of veg
etables can be grown. Let's see
,if we can't put this ground to
work.
A talk will be given at the
Main Street Baptist Church Sun
day afternoon at 5:00 P. M. by
your County Agent, on the place
of the Victory Garden in the
home.
A woman clerk at war produc
tion drive headquarters has de
veloped a method of processing
workers' production suggestions
which saves 4.992 man-hours per
year and 264.000 sheets of paper.
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It is reported that the food
shortage in the U. S. is due large
ly to increased demands on the
part of the public, whose Incomes
have Jumped from 60 to 135 bil
lion dollars a year.
FARM QUESTION BOX
bT
ED W. MITCHELL
Farm Advisor i
Gm toI Boctric Station WGY "
Q. How can onion maggots beii
controlled?
A. With a 4 per (ent oil bor
Ideaux spray. 1
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y. What is the hot method of
getting >'1(1 of chicken lice?
A. Paint a little Black Leaf
40 on the roosts and nests oncer
every week or two.
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y. How can fish Ik- preserved.
A. By drying, or in brine, or
by a combination of either me-|
thod and smoke. The fish is
cleaned, and scaled, head and I
tail removed, then the fish split!
in half. These halves are laid
in the sun for several days, tak-r
ing care they do not get rain orj
dew on them and are turned!
daily. When tliorqughly dry,i
they are packtd in salt, or smok-!
ed and packed in salt, or hung
in a dry place where heat may!
be applied if tbey show signs ofj
spoiling. A better method is to]
pack the pieces in a clean crock
or barrel and then cover with
salt brine, one pound pf salt to
four pints of water. If you have,
a pressure cooker, processing will
give a product somewhat com-j
parable to canned fish.
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Q. Are wood allies good for
gardens ?
A. They contain a little pot
ash and are supposed to be extra
beneficial for potatoes and gar
den.
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Q. How can I control snails
and slugs in ni> garden?
A. Remove all boards, stones
and rubbish under which they
can hide. Then use a poisoned
bait of bran or oatmeal and ar
i
senate of lead moistened with
molasses and water. The use of
hydrated lime, wood ashes, or
any dry dust around the garden
or around plants will repel and
kill snails and slugs. ?
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Q. Can foods be successfully
dehydrated at home?
A. .Yes. Now that we are lear
ning better methods, dehydration
is coming into its own as a sup
plement to canaing and quick
freezing. Almost any fruit or
vegetable can be dried success
fully.
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Q. What spray can I . use on
potatoes after the vines are
growing .
A. Use 3-3-50 bordeaux spray
or 80-20 lime-copper dust every
week or two. Add poison if
bugs appear.
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Q. What substance can be ad
ded to chicken manure to make
it an all-around fertilizer.
A. Super phosphate and mu
riate of potash. For general
crop use, to one bushel (approxi
mately 15 pounds) of good, dry
poultry manure, add about two
to three pounds of 20 per cent
phosphate and 1-2 to one pound
of muria.te of potash, or two
pounds of 0-12-4 mixed fertili
zer.
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Iron and scrap collections 'in
Rhode Island average about
3,000 tons a week, or more than
nine pounds per capita.
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Automatic counters on rural
roads in 39 states recorded one
recent month's motor traffic as
56 per cent of pre-war normal.
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. G.
Sell Your Cotton and Tobacco in Louisburg.
What Your Bank Means To You:
YOUR
{CHILD'S
EDUCATION!
FWICTORY
BUY
UNITSD
STATB8
WAR
/BONDS
f AND
^STAMPS
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.
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FIRST - CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Corner Main A Nash Sts. Louisburg, N. Carolina
Banking Hours: 9:00 A. 11 to 2:00 P. M.
America Salutes Food Producers
THIS IS DAIRY
IVrO inspiring' bands and no glamour of uniforms and decorations
cheer these unsung heroes of World War II. With patristic
determination dairymen toil long hours under scricus handicap; of
labor and material shortages to produce food so vital to the winning
of the war.
Dairy foods are of front-rank importance in keeping fighters
and workers fit, says the National Dairy Council. Food production
is the nation's most critical problem. Fighters on the farm are as
essential to the war effort as those in munition plants or on the
firing line.
Sixty-four growers in Chowan i
County cooperated in treating a
total of 50,750 pounds of - seed
peanuts.
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In spite of the late spring,
Stanly County growers have put
in an increased acreage of soy-j
beans.
Growers in Camden, Pasquo
tank, and Currituck counties re
cently made a shipment of 12
cars of hogs in one day, the larg
est single shipment ever made
by the Mutual Livestock Associa
tion.
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PRESENT INDICATIONS
point to a
SHORTAGE
of
TOBACCO
TWINE
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CHASE WHAT YOU
MAY NEED WITHOUT
FURTHER DELAY.
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