Best Paying Farms Are Properly Organized
Proper System
Cuts Down Cost
Good Cropping Plan Practically
Impossible On Small, Num
erous Fields
By R. H. Rogers, Dept, of Agricul
tural Economics, North Carolina
State College.
The North Carolina agricultural
experiment station has developed
a system for reorganizing farms
that has given satisfactory results.
Analysis of a number of farms in
the coastal plain and piedmont
areas indicates that fields usually
average about three acres in size
and that no systematic crop rota
tion is followed. A good cropping
system is practically impossible on
such small, numerous fields, and as
a result, production costs are high.
Cover crops to reduce erosion
and soil building legume crops are
generally absent from the farming
program and most of the plant
food must therefore be purchased
each year. Labor is often over
worked during a few months and
practically idle for lon|g periods on
poorly organized farms. Present
low incomes have caused many of
the better farmers to consider a
sound plan that will improve their
farm business.
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Necessary Steps
Experience in reorganizing farms
has shown that the following steps
are necessary:
First, an inventory of all the
farm property must be made in or
der to determine the present in
vestment which should return a
fair rate of interest if the reorgan
ization is satisfactory.
Second, a detailed map of the
farm must be made in order to pic
ture the farm before any chan .
are made and to serve as a basis in
rearranging fields. A map is alsc
useful in outlining the new crop
ping system from year to year.
Third, one or more definite crop
ping plans should be temporarily
chosen in order to try out the pos
ibilities of the proposed plans. The
Ki of the farm, soil types,
markets, likes and dislikes
farmer, the available capital,
y «.-of the items to be
red in selecting the trial
crop rotation.
Fourth, the number and loca
tion of fields to accommodate the
suggested cropping system must be
designated. The station has found
that fields are usually tripled in size
and reduced in number by 75 per
cent, as compared to the original
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Study Livestock Needs
Fifth, the kind and amount of
livestock that can best be handled
with available labor and home
grown feeds should be determined.
To do this, local yields, feed requir
ements, etc., should be used as a
guide.
Sixth, a budget of production
and farm returns based on anti
cipated prices should be prepared
as a test of the soundness of the
plan.
Seventh, in case the first trial
budget is unsatisfactory, start with
a different plan in step three and
work out a new budget.
Eighth, determine what part of
the new plan is to be completed at
once, what part is to be done dur
ing the year, and what part can be
left until next year. Usually a two
or three year period to complete a
re-organization of a farm is justi
fied.
Ninth, start a simple farm re
cord in order to check up on the
plan during the year. Several min
or changes will no doubt be sug
gested by the records that will add
to the reorganization plan.
Tenth, by using outlook infor
mation, annual or seasona1 changes
should be made in the general farm
plan in order to take advantage of
market conditions.
By following this general plan,
it has been possible to increase
farm earnings from 10 to 20 per
cent over those obtained before re
organization.
Get Real Relief
From Monthly Pains
SEVERE monthly suffering ig a
sign of warning.
If you are having aches and pains
every month, heed toe WARNING.
See what is wrong.
Treat the CAUSE of the trouble.
When womanly aches and pains
are due to a weak, run-down condi
tion, take CARDUI. It has been
used by women for over BO years. It
Is a purely vegetable medicine and it
cannot harm you. Thousands of
women have said that when they had
built up their strength with the help
of Cardui, real relief was obtained
and their general health and feeling
of well-being improved.
If you suffer this way, try Cardui,
which you can get at the drug store.
Coaches on Football Show
Program Are Colorful Lot
Famous coaches are shown above: Top Row, A. A. Stagg,
"Pop” Warner, and Howard Jones. Bottom Row, Frank
, Cavanaugh and W. A. Alexander.
Major frank Cavanaugh,
Fordham's hard driving gen
eral, Howard Jones, builder of
Southern California’s champion
teams, Eddie Crowley. Michigan
State’s head coach, Jesse Harper,
who trained Knute Rockne. and
Rip Miller, Navy pilot, are the
latest additions to the all-star
coaching talent who will broadcast
their slants on the 1932 gridiron
drama for the All-America Football
Show every Friday night during
the Jaig game season
"Pop” Warner of Stanford, Fritz
Crisler, Princeton’s new chief,
“Gloomy Gil” Dobie of Cornell, and
Alonzo Stagg, Chicago’s “grand old
wan,” are prominent among the
others previously announced in the
lineup for this unique sports pro
gram being heard over a coast-to
coast Columbia network under aus
pices of the All-America Board of
Football.
These famous mentors, who are
Jbuilding the power, speed and de
ceptive strategy of modern foot
ball, have kept their personalities
shrouded behind the brilliant per
formances of their teams. But
hack of the winning scores- that
have won them glory are storje^
colorful and dramatic.
One of the most spectacular of
football's generals is wily “Pop”
Warner who started the vogue for
deceptive plays twenty years ago
iwhen he piloted the Carlisle In
dians. He- originated the touch
down coup of hiding the pigskin
under the scorer’s jersey. His
stunt of puncturing the ball on
the kickoff was disallowed because
the rule stated that the ball must
be an “inflate, oblate spheroid."
Warner developed such colorful
redskin stars as Jim Thorpe, Mount
Pleasant and Little Man Afraid of
a Bear.
Among the battery of experts on
the All-America Football Show
roster. Rip Miller, member of the
famous Four Horsemen Knute
Rockne trained, is one of the
youngest. Stagg, the game’s
patriarch is also rated the most
philosophical sportsman in gridiron
history. Major Cavanaugh is called
the toughest taskmaster of them
all. Slight, round shouldered How
ard Jones is the mildest mannered.
The coaches are being inter
viewed on the All-America program
by Christy Walsh, noted sports
authority. Other features of each
broadcast include the announce
ment of the week's 10 outstanding
players, as selected by several hun
dred sports writers, and the re
enactment of dramatic plays with
all the color of actual stadium
combat.
. Freddie Rich’s orchestra and a
male ciro'i js
the four dblleges cited
play during the week's scrimmages.
The All-America Football Show
is heard at 9, E.S.T., 8, Central
Standard, 7, Mountain and 6,
Pacific every Friday night during
the gridiron season.
Would Keep U, S.
Out Of Business
A renewed attack on what was
described as governmen til] com
petition with private business was
issued by the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, with
the assertion it would continue
the fight until its objective is
the fight until its "objtctive is
accomplished.”
Accompanied by a lengthy re
citation of what the organization
considers abuses of the constitu
tion, the statement was contained
in a special report presented to the
chamber’s directorate by a com
mittee of which Henry D. Sharpe
of Providence, R. I., is chairman.
Oppose Competition
"The chamber has long opposed
any form of government compe
tition,” a statement accompany
ing the report said, "it’s member
ship at various times having de
clared its position. The present
report therefore is another step in
the chamber’s efforts will be con
tinued until the chamber’s obec
tive is accomplished.”
me guvciimiciiL a upciduuin
can be and are carried on without
regard to the elements of profit or
loss, which are unavoided in pri
vate business,” the committee said.
"The government can, and does,
furnish the funds which are em
ployed, largely from taxation,
without requiring or expectiing
payment of' interest, let alone div
idends, out of business.”
Free From Taxation
"Public property used by the
government in business is free
from any burden of federal taxa
tion and is removed from taxation
by the state, county and town in
which it is situated. Allowances
for depreciation are usually disre
garded.
"It is obvious therefore that in
any field of business in which the
government chooses to enter, pri
vate business will be proportion
ately eliminated—not by reason of
the relative merits of the two
forms but because of the unfair
advantages received by the for
mer.”
A specific recommenldation of
the committee was:
"The federal government should
not engage in any form of busi
ness or service except for purposes
limited to those clearly necessary
in the proper administration of
government functions which are
pursuant to the provisions of the
constitution.”
USE THE NEWSPAPER,
BIG STORE ADVISES
The advertising department of
the J. C. Penney company, nation
wide operators of chain stores, gives
its store managers this advice:
"1. Do you want to be certain
of reader interest? Many a circu
lar recives only a casual glance,
while the local newspaper with
hundreds of general news items is
read thoroughly from first to last
page.
2 Do you want representation in
the same shopping window, as the
other merchants of your town use?
Then use the local newspaper.
Women, the purchasing agents of
the home, read newspaper advertis
ing daily, whereas many a circular
is tossed into the waste basket with
out a glance.
"3. Do you want fast action?
Then use the newspaper. The ad
you run today, if it contains real
merchandise news, will bring im
mediate results tomorrow. You
can receive and sell out a consign
ment of merchandise with newspa
per advertising in less time than it
takes to prepare a circular.
"4. Do you want to be recogniz
ed as a factor of importance in
your community—a real home
town store? If you do, use the
newspaper—it undoubtedly is a
strong factor in the building of
goodwill and acceptance by the
whole town as a good place to
trade.”
COW SWALOWS CLOCK
AND DIES 'IN NO TIME’
Manchester, Iowa.—When a
cow belonging to Ivan Boone, Del
aware C*unty farmer, died after a
brief illness, Boone held a post
mortem examination and in one
of her four stomachs found the
springs, cogs, wire and works of
a clock.
TEN CENTS A WEEK IN
NEW ENGLAND
Ten cents is the pitiful weekly
wage of a girl apprentice in a
Connecticut sweat shop.
For a dime she works J 5 hours.
At the end of three weeks, when
she has earned 30 cents for 165
hours of work, she may get a re
gular job—at $3 to $5 a week.
Or she may be discharged.
Revelation of these shocking
conditions sends a wave of indig
nation across the state. Governor
Cross and a number of papers un
ite in a demand that the evil be
stamped out.
But how?
Under the present state laws,
the labor commissioner says he is
helpless to act. Until the legisla
ture meets to change them, offi
cials are trying to hit upon some
temporary remedy.
Disclosure of the conditions was
made in a dispatch by Boyd Lewis,
New Haven correspondent of the
United Press, who quotes Joseph
M. Tone, commissioner of labor
and factory inspector.
Connecticut girls work 5 5 hours
a week for as little as $1.79, to
avoid starvation on the streets, the
ocmmissioner said. They labor in
shirt factories or needle lofts.
Learners get 10 cents.—Literary
Digest.
COLLIE DOG SAVES
LIFE OF MISTRESS
Nampa, Idaho.—Add to dog
heroes
When Mrs. Gus Renstrom went
to feed her cow recently the ani
mal' attacked her, knocked her
down and gored her.
Her collie dog attacked the cow
sinking its teeth into the cow’s
leg. This distracted the cow’s at
tention from Mrs. Renstrom and
she was able to escape.
The dog was badly mangled
and died.
"PINCHES” HIS FIRST
IN 12 YEARS AS COP
Indianapolis. — Traffic Police
man Eugene O’Sullivan’s twelve
year spotless record has a mark'on
it. He finally has made an ar
aest. _ f
Explaining his first 'pinch” in
more than a decade to the judge,
O’Sullivan said Clarence Mit
chell was intoxicated and fell al
most on the traffic cop’s feet. The
judge fined Mitchell $10 and sent
him to the State farm for 180
days.
WOMAN ON JOB
HALF CENTURY
CHICAGO,—After 50 years
of work in a Chicago office, Miss
Carondelet B. Palm, 70, clerk in
the headquarters of the Chicago,
Burlington and quincy Railroad,
retired on a pension.
She sat rocking in her flat at
619 W. Sixty-Scond Street, wat
ching children play in the street
below. Leisure she finds agreeable,
although she didn’t need it.
She said:
"I didn’t want to retire, but I
had reached the age limit. I liked
my work . However, I guess I’ve
earned a rest. Fifty years in the
same office. Plan? I have none. I
think I’ll just sit here and rock a
while. I’m beginning to like this
freedom.”
Miss Palm’s co-workers bade
her farewell yesterday. They poin
ted to her record, which showed
that she never had been late for
work.
Of her early days in the employ
of the road, Miss Palm said:
"Women in offices were curiosit
ies in those days. There were only
two in my department when I
started. Now there are more than
100. In many lines of work, wo
men are equally as capable as men.’
"Yes, this book will do half of
your work.”
"Okay, I’ll take two of them.”
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70-Year-Old
Cotton Bale
Is Preserved
Laurens, S. C.—For 70 years
the Fleming family of Laurens
county has had a bale of cotton
to "fall back on” should a farm
reverse make it necessary and
through that period the same bale
has served as the figurative ace in
the hole.
Having outlived two genera
tions, the cotton is now the pro
perty of G. Hall Hemming of
Ora, but it rests in a place of hon
or in the Laurens bonded ware
house.
The staple, classed as middling
and well preserved, was grown in
1862 on a plantation owned by
Mr. Fleming’s grandfather in
Cross Hill township. ft came
into Mr. Fleming’s possession
through inheritance of his fath
er’s estate.
Fancy prices have been offer
ed for the historic bale during the
last 70 years when the market
price has ranged from 4.5 0 cents
to 42 cents a pound*
COUPLE, ESTRANGED
22 YEARS, SEPARATE
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Spokane, Wash.—A woman who
said she had lived under the same I
roof with her husband for twen
ty-two years as a stranger was
given a divorce in Superior Court.
Mrs. John Haurst said she and
her husband became estranged
nearly a quarter of a century ago,
but had hidden the situation so
effectively that even neighbors
were unaware of the rift.
"I just decided not to continue
in this manner,” Mrs. Huarst told
the court.
Wifie: The doctor looked at my
tongue and said it didn’t look the
some as usual.
Hubby: Well, probably you held
it still while he looked at it. .
"If a man smashed a clock,
could he be accused of killing
time?”
"Not if he could prove that the
clock struck first.”
There Is Really a Correct Way
to Make a Good Cup of Coffee
Fresh coffee and careful measuring add joy to each meal.
By Deans Tisdale
Chase & Sanborn Institute
FOOL-PROOF cooking ovens with
automatic heat-controls, make sure
that cakes are baked to just the right
texture. Fool-proof refrigerators make
the proper freezing of ice cream a
simple matter. Fool-proof _ toasters
push up the toast when it is ready.
Electric cookers cook roasts to just
the proper degree and then keep warm
until ready to serve. But no one, alas,
has invented a fool-proof coffee pot!
So many women still depend on the
much over-rated “knack” in making
coffee, and husbands with coffee in
hibitions groan inwardly. For there is
no such thing as “knack” in making
coffee. Coffee must be carefully mea
sured. And it must be absolutely fresh.
First have the water boiling. Then
measure one heaping tablespoon of
coffee to each half pint of boiling
water. A measuring cup should be
used to make sure that each half pint
of water is a half pint of water and
no more.
Some prefer coffee prepared with
a French drip pot. Others prefer
percolated coffee. Either is good.
For percolated coffee, ten minutes
slow percolation is sufficient. Drip
coffee is ready to serve when all the
water has dripped through. In any
case, coffee should be served at once.
It should not be allowed to stand
and never reheated.
If these directions are carefully
followed, and the coffee is reallr
fresh, the result is a cup of simply
delicious, fragrant coffee—and inci
dentally the driving away of hub
by” s getting - up - in - the-mommg
grouch.
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| The Carolina Watchman |
Robert R. Reynolds, Democratic
Nominee for U. S. Senate, and
Mrs. Arthur Wagner, of Ashe
ville, will address the voters of
Rowan County in the County
Courthouse
Tuesday Night, t
October 18th At 8 O’clock.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO HEAR THESE
SPEAKERS DISCUSS THE ISSSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
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