FARM QUESTION BOX
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ED W. MITCHELL
I h?m Advitor
:v CmmW BkMc StaUom WGT
Q. Should a rolt be placed in
a |ia.sture with shod horses?
A. No. The colt Is likely to get
hurt from kicking when put in a
lot with strange horses that are
shod. It niay also become timid.
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Q. What causes pea vines to
turn . yellow and dry up before
the first pods fill out?
A. That may be due to one or
more of several things ? bacterial
blight carried on seed or in soil,
root aphis, and a few less com
mon enemies of the pea. There
Is no remedy. However, a pre
vention is to buy seed grown in
the arid West where these dis
eases do not flourish, rotate to
clean soil each year, and mix to
bacco dust with the soil around
the seed to repel aphis.
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Q. How can I get rid of poison
Ivy vines?
A. Keep the tops burned off
till the roots starve to death.
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Q- When does a heifer become
a cow? ,
A. When it has its first calf
and starts to produce milk.
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Q. What can I do to prevent
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STATE COLLEGE ANSWERS
TIMELY FARM QUESTIONS ;
QUESTION : When i? the best
lime of the year to cut pul|?vood?
ANSWER: You can cut pulp
wood any month in the year, it
it is shipped rough, or in the.
bark. If the wood is to be peel
ed. spring and early summer are
the best periods. Pulp mills no.-.'
buy most of the pine wood in
the bark. Two mills buy North
Carolina hardwoods in bark and
one mill requires peeled wood.
Winter months are ideal for cuH
ting pulpwood to improve, your
woods by removing the low-grade,
cull trees and thinning over
crowded stands. Your county
agent can help you decide on
what to cut.
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QUESTION: Can I "overfeed"
my dairy cows?
ANSWER: Each cow should
be fed according to her ability to
produce milk. Feeding the cow
a full rations means that the an
imal should receive enough feed
to maintain her body weight and
also enough to produce all the
milk of which she is capable.
Since the cow must first keep up
her weight, it is poor policy not
to give her . enough feed for eco
nomical milk production. Feed-:
ing a full ration never means
overfeeding.
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QUESTION: How should bar
ley, wheat and rye be fed to
workstock?
ANSWER: Oats and corn are
the standard rations for horses
and mules. Barley, wheat and
rye should be ground if fed to
workstock. The last two should
generally be mixed with other
feeds to prevent digestive distur
bances. Cottonseed meal also is
often used as a protein supple
ment but that itis good practice
not to feed more thah one pound
of tile meal per 1,000 pounds df
liveweight of the horse or mule.
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The War Meat Board is urging
growers to market their hogs ear
ly. The spring pig crop was 22
per cent larger than last year.
| woodrhurlcN from eating beans?
A. Shoot or gas them. The
simplest plan is to get calcium
cyanide (cyanogas); put a table
spoonful in each burrow entrance,
and close the entrance to hold in
the cyanide gas.
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Q. What is the uwmil way to
measure an acre of land?
A. Hire a surveyor; measure
with the clock on a grain drill;
or lay off one side the desired
length (say 100 feet) and then
the other side at a right angle
to get a sum total of 43.560
square feet. That is roughly
100 zy 435, or 150 by 290, or
200 by 217. or 250 by 174, etc.
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Q. l)o cabbages and beets pro
duce seed?
A. Yes. Both beet and cabbage
produce a seed stalk, flower and
seed during the second year. The
beets are usually left iij the
ground over winter, but the cab
bages are dug and stored. Cali
fornia grows a large part of our
domestic beet seed, since war
has cut off the foreign supply;
and Wisconsin produces most of
the cabbage seed.
? SOIL CONSERVATION ?
? NEWS ?
* By \V. O. Lambeth ?
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Five years ago the Soil Conser
vation Service planted kudzu on
an eroded area on the J. W. Card
farm on the Bunn Highway. The
kudzu was planted around a
roadside sign that marked the
eastern boundary of the Cedar
Creek Soil Conservation Demon
stration Project. The kud/.? ha*
covered the one-half acre eroded
area and is now being used for
grazing. Mrs. Card reports that
a neighbor, a Mrs. Young, has
been chaining two milk cows on
iliis area all during the dry wea
ther and that the volume of milk
has steadily increased since the
cows have been on the kudzu.
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C. O. Renu, Louisburg, Route
4, has a good stand of crotalarla
on a field alongside North Caro
lina Highway No. 56.
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Postmaster T. M. Harris has a
watermelon vine in a f'owei bed
on the Franklin Street side of the
post; , office tha; has -everal nice
melons on it. Mr. Harris has
carefully watered he lone vine all
during the dry weather and han
dled it according to good victory
garden specifications. There are
two things lacking from a soil
conservation standpoint, however,
the flower bed was not terraced
and the seeds were not planted
on the contour.
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Kudzu planted in March 1942
on a road bank on the Herbert
Stallings farm south of Pilot has
now almost covered the bank.
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Samuel Adams, colored farmer
! living in the lower part of the
j county on N. C. Highway No. 95
has terraced thirty acres of land
on his farm in the last eight
years, using an A frame and a
carpenters level to stake out each
terrace.
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Complete soil conservation
plans were made on the following
farms last week: Robert Brooks,
Franklinton, R 2; SaJnuel ' C.
Adams, Zebulon, Route 2; Rob
ert C. Wheless, Spring Hope,
Route 1; and Harvel Harris, Lou
isburg, Route 4.
QUALITY
SHOE
REPAIR
Finest materials used. Satisfactory work
guaranteed. Prices reasonable. Have shoes
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for all the family repaired for longer life.
Bicycles and Furniture repaired.
GANTT'S SHOE SHOP
East Nash Street
Louisburg, N. 01
Sell Your Cotton and Tobacco in Louisburg.
INVESEIGATING
EMPLOYERS AND
EMPLOYEES
Officials of the War Manpow
er Commission are continuing
their investigation of employers
and employees in Wake and
Franklin Counties with reference
to the Stabilization Plan, accord
ing to an announcement made by
P. B. Pollock, Area Director of
the War Manpower Commission.
Mr. Pollock revealed the fact that
the payrolls of a number of em
ployers. both in the essential and
other than essential classification
were checked during the past ten
days, and others are being check
ed this week. Firms represent
ing various types of activities
were selected for the initial sur
vey and others will be visited
from time to time to determine if
all employers in Raleigh and
Wake County are complying with
the Stabilization Plan.
Every employer is required To:
have in his files a Certificate of
Most Recent Employment, a re
lease from his last employer, or
a Statement of Availability from
the United States Employment
Service 'for each of the employees
hired since May 15.
The Certificate of Most Kecent
Employment is secured by the
employer from all employees com
ing from other than essential ac
tivities, or from employees enter
ing the labor market for the first
time.
The employer's release in the
Raleigh area or in commuting dis
tance from the Raleigh area is
acceptable in lieu of a Statement
of Availability from the Employ
ment Service. The Raleigh area
compris&s both Wake and Frank
lin Counties. Commuting distance
has been determined to be thirty
miles or less from the worker's
place of residence.
Workers coming into the Ral
! eigh area from other areas are
j required to obtain Statements of
Availability from the Raleigh of
fice of the United States Employ
ment Service before being hired.
Since the Statement of Availabi
lity stipulates that the worker
nay be employed only in another
essential activity. 110 employer in
the other' than essential classifi
cation can hire the worker with
this statement. Workers coming
] into this area, as well as workers
j in the Raleigh area are referred
to other than essential employers
j only when there is no full time
essential job to be offered them.
I These are referred by use of all
j Employment Sthvice referral card
Form 508. which serves also as
a Statement of Availability.
During the initial purveys, em
ROOF
Get ready for had weather!
Re-roof or repair your roof
now. We paint and re-coat
metal and hullt-up roofs.
Phone 31)8-1 or 407-6
for a FREE estimate.
SOUTHERN
ROOFING & SIDING
COMPANY
P. O. Box 144
LOUISRl'RG, X. C.
Office located next to
I.ouisbiirg Theatre
pjoyers have cooperated with
those assigned to check their |
payrolls. On the whole they have
expressed a desire to secure more
information about the stabiliza-l
tjon plan and have shown a will- 1
ingness to carry out its provisions. ;
A copy of the CertiMcate of Most
Recent Kmployment is being dls- 1
tributed to all employers so that j
the form may be duplicated for
use in hiring workers from other I
than essential activities. Any ^
employer or employee in Wake
and Franklin Counties desiring!
additional information relative loj
the Stabilization Plan may get'
in touch with Mr. l.ee J. Craven. |
Manager of the Raleigh local of
fice.
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THANKS
I wish to express my grati
tude to all who were so helpful
and sympathetic In my receiit ac
cident, wlien I was shot in the
leg by a negro.
J. R. PEARCE.
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Dropping in on people usually
is a friendly gesture ? but Mus
solino has reason to have andth
fi<* slant.
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, RECAPPING ?l VULCANIZING
BEAR WHEEL ALIGNMENT
BEAR WHEEL BALANCING
. MOTOR TUNE-UP AND REPAIRS
MARFAK LUBRICATION
TEXACO - HAVOLINE OILS
SKY CHIEF - FIRE CHIEF GASOLINE
PASSENGER - CAR TIRES
TRUCK TIRES
TRACTOR & IMPLEMENT TIRES
PARTS & ACCESSORIES
WHELESS SALES CO.
"Your Texaco - Firestone Distributor"
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So. Main St. , Dial 270-1
Growers are showing increas-l
Ing interest in the sowing of
vetch, clover and Austrian win
ter peas.
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FOR FIRS'? OliAss r?;iNTI"G
PHO.ye aas-i
When a woman is always clean
[ ing and sweeping around the
house it looks as if she thinks
there are dirty people arouud.
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Three
IMPORTANT
THRIFT REASONS
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1 ?? Money banked instead of
* spent curbs inflation.
2 Builds a reserve for the
"" future.
3 Protects your War Bonds
against forced sale in an
emergency. . J
BUY WAR BONDS.
Bank Something Besides.
Deposits Insured By The Federal Deposit In
surance Corporation Up To $5,000.00
For Each Depositor.
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COMPANY
HENDERSON, N. C.
Entrance on Garnett and Wyche Streets
"THE LEADING BANK IN THIS
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SUPER SODS ??, ?
Giant Octagon Soap 5c
Giant Octagon Powder ... 5c
Octagon Toilet Soap 5c
Palmolive Soap 2 for 15c
NEW CROP TURNIP SEED
$1.00 lb. Mixed $1.00 lb.
i lb. 50c - i lb. 25c
HEAVY BURLAP BAGS
20c each
ATLANTA AUT0MNTIC
HEATERS
If you need a heater see your
Rationing Board and get a cer
tificate of purchase now.
Winter is just around the
corner.
SEABOARD STORE CO., INC.
D. F. McKINNE, President
Pay Cash and Pay Less
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