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THimSDAY, FEB. 1, 1940
The Weather
The weather during the past week has
been the main topic of conversation and it
just as well be a subject for an editorial.
However, we have no editorial criticism
or recommendations because such tactics
would not accomplish any results.
The idea that it takes all kinds of wea
ther to make a year is not amiss. The
weather has been unusually severe but
perhaps it has been a blessing in disguise.
Old timers continually tell us that we
need rough weather to kill insects. While
we doi not profess to know the scientific
facts back of their argument, we would
say offhand that during the ne^t year we
should enjoy more freedom from insects
than we ever have before.
But it is a known fact that precipitation
(rainfall) has been sorely needed in this
part of the country for months. Beginning
in August we experienced one of the driest
fall seasons in history. The rainfall was so
little that the underground supply has
been curtailed. Creeks and rivirs reach
ed low water levels. Springs and wells
yielded less water.
This means that if the water situation
is to remain sufficient to care for the
needs that we must have precipitation in
the form of rain or snow or both this win
ter. So far the winter season has been
doing very well along that line.
That snows and freezes are beneficial
to the soil is a fact that is known without
poring into scientific books. Freezing pul
verizes the soil and puts it in condition for
cultivation. There is no better natural pul
verizing process.
The severe weather has been tough but
perhaps it has its blessings in disguise.
Highway Clearing
Some things we aie accustomed to ac
cept as a matter of course without realiz
ing just how they are accomplished.
On Tuesday of last week snow fell all
day and late into the night, reaching a
' depth of from six to eight inches. But
when we got out of our homes on Wednes-
sday morning, started our caj^nd starteo.
out on the highways we expected that the
snow would have been dragged off—and
it was.
But few of us thought anything about
the labor and effort necessary to keep the
snow off the roads. It meant that high
way workers were up all night dragging
the snow from the road surface as it fell.
It meant that they did without sleep dur
ing the night and worked in the intense
cold that we might be able to travel on
the roads.
Of course, the men received pay for
their work and while we do not know how
much they received we venture to say that
none of them get wages much in excess of
what the average worker receives in com-
"parative comfort in an industrial plant
where facilities are provided for their
- comfort and convenience.
The highway workers deserve commen
dation for their good work under most un
favorable conditions.
naval bufldinr proipm. Rywuld
for thooBan^ at the e^y
now needed by the 'aniy> To
j^cefol comiwrieaD, it would build 100,-
000 homes coeiting |8,000 each. Or
would build fine hospitals'to % care for
coimtless thousands of sick people, and
ameliorate ghastly suffering. '
Last, but not least, is fire’s destruction
of life. According to news reports, inland
lost only 268 civilian liveO by air raids lx
the first six weeks of its war with Russia
whereas the United States loses over 10,-
000 lives by the ravages of fire alone in
an average year, or neariy 200 a week.
mn
Agricultural Milestone
E. H. Jones, Commissioner of Agricul
ture of Vermont, recently said: “Nothing
in the agricultural historyj of 1939 was
more notable or more important than the
decision of the U. S. Supreme Court up
holding the constitutionality of milk con
trol laws and the subsequent successful
operation of milk marketing orders in
Eastern markets.”
The Court decision simply held legal,
laws whose primary purpose is to encour
age the formation of farmer-owned, farm
er-controlled marketing cooperatives. Nev
er in its history was selling cooperation so
well organized in agriculture—never was
it so loyally and aggressively supported by
producers.
The signs all point to more significant
progress in marketing cooperation this
year. That means progress for all agri
culture.
Borrowed Comment
SOCIAL HYGIENE
(Oxford Public Ledger)
Thursday, February 1, has been design
ated as National Social Hygiene Day, the
fourth the nation has observed as a part of
the intense campaign for control of syphi
lis.
No state in the nation is doing a better
job and no county in the state is conduct
ing a more effective campaign in the con
trol of venereal diseases than is being car
ried on in Granville by the Health Depart
ment.
It is only fair to admit that the North
Carolina campaign and that in many
counties of the state, is being implemented
with funds from the Reynolds Foundation.
The nature of the disease and the continu
ing treatment necessary to effect a cure
make the campaign an expensive one when
calculated in dollars and cents, but inex
pensive when calculated in terms of bet
ter health, longer life and safer contact?
of society.
There are nearly 500 citizens of Gran
ville county at the present time receiving
treatment for venereal disease. There are
many others who should be receiving-
treatment who are not because the Health
Department is without access to make
te.sts and order treatment.
Venereal diseases are more prevalent
among .citizens of low living standards.
Many of these people, because of their
lack of earning capacity, are not able
obtain for themselves better living stand
ards. They can, however, be taught the
dangers and encouraged to safeguard
themselves against disease. That is the
part the employers or prospective employ
ers of these people can have in making
National Social Hygiene Day one of ac
complishment—by insisting upon health
certificates for employees, particularly
domestic servants.
Your Health Department can reach on
ly so far in its social hygiene work. It
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f E8RUARV COMneMORATiNC, ISOJJ- ANNIVEQSARv
or PATENT SYSTEM.
THE STUDY MONTH
On The Farm and in The Home
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to sohaok to tbe KapnUieaa oar-
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NOTICE!-NOTICE!
Pay roar Electric Light bill before tbe 10&
of each mputh. 8 per cent w91 be added
after the lOtb.
Duke Power Co.
PHONE 420 NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C
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Each leafthy Fcbrvsnr nifht,
Bolbar and hi* l*mUy
Gathered aroond the eheerfnl UfbL
an Jort as hear a* a hcc.
And In an fnietleal rmpeett.
They nre improved their
inteDeeta
Present conditions mark 1940
as a year of uncertainty for North
Carolina farmers. Because of this
situation. State College specialists
are urging growers to plan and
plant wisely.
During February, the Tar Heel
crop growers will find it to his
advantage to follow these eight
rules as laid down by C. B. Wll-
tiams, veteran State College a-
gronomist:
1. Select those fields on the
farm, insofar as possible, for the
growth of major crops that have
soils and natures best suited to
the growth of each of the crops.
2. Decide upon the best quan
tities and analyses of fertilizers ' tlon.
that should be used for each crop
for the greatest per acre returns.
3. Do not use fertilizers which
fail to meet the requirements
for your crops grown on your par
ticular soils.
For knowtne what there b to do
b Just to make a proper start;
Before a Job is carried throogh.
Some other qnestkms play a part.
How. when, where, why to do the
thing
Calls for a heap of sindyinr
fully done, reduces the chances
of pullorum disease to a mini-
mum.
Never start over two chicks to
the square foot In the brooder
house. Provide two half-gallon
drinking founts and two mash
hoppers 4 inches high by 6 Inch
es wide and 5 feet long with reel
foi each 100 chicks started.
Overheating kills more chicks
each year than chilling. Be sure
to provide adequate ventilation
of the brooder house without di
rect drafts.
Provide a good chick starting
mash and maintain rigid sanJta-
Let Us Do Your
ELECTRIC AND ACETYLENE
WELDING
WE ARE EQUIPPED TO REPAIR
STEAM BOILERS, FURNACES, MO
TOR BLOCKS, AND RADIATORS.
ALL WORK FULLY GUARAN-
TEED. GIVE US A RING.
PROMPT SERVICE
Wiifiams Motor Co.
T. H. WILLIAMS, Prop.
Phone 334-J — IVz Miles West on Highway 421
4. Do not let soimeone talk you
into using mixtures you are not
sure will best meet your condi
tions and needs.
5. Use Improved seed best suit
ed to your locality and conditions.
6. Handle your land so that it
will be a little more productive
each succeeding year.
7. As far as possible, arrange
your major crops in rotations,
with at least one suitable legume
in each rotation to be plowed
under for soil-improving purpos-
1
es.
8. Break your land early and
plant promptly on a good mellow
seed bed after the season opens.
Delayed planting frequently leads
to decreased yields.
Now, jumping from crops to
THET’IE HERE
35 YOUNG MULES, HORSES
AND MARES
FOR SALE OR FOR TRADE
mast have the eupport of the public and T
STRONG, STURDY STOCK,
WELL BROKEN. GUARAN
TEED TO BE EXACTLY AS
RECOMMENDED.
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Poster, associate in animal hus
bandry investigations for the
National Social Hygiene Day is an oppor
tune time to pledge that support.
m 1 Experiment Station at State Col-
After former President Herbert Hoover
completed his relief work for the
THESE ARE JUST EXACTLY,
has
War Ravages Here
Last year fire loss in this country ran
to nearly a milion dollars a day—^the
grand total was around $313,000,000.
This is a/big coantry and it can cany
tremendous debts and losses without be
ing bogged down. But three hundred mil
lion dollars is nr paltry sum even here,
when you think of the lives, jobs and in
tangible loss involved, for which no insur
ance can compensate.
SWT^ee hundred million dolars would pay
; aohstantial sharv of-our proposed record-
Brood sows that are to farrow
Finns, it ik hoped he wiiremba'’rk Jn a si^'" February ahouid be provided
ilar Droieef for RAniiK1i'/>aT,o t i- “ ^ah plenty of minerals and vlta-
gK ^ Republicans.—Joplin, Mo., ^,^ter pasture is not
i, available, furnish Vitamin A by
* {feeding yellow com of email a-
■^eder Fritz Kuhn doesn’t care mounts of bright green leafy le-
, iL, ® Stripes. He will gume hay.
nave a little experience with latter Have your ewes in a strong
’ thrifty condition before lambing.
If some are poor and run down.
'THE TYPE OF MULES AND
HORSES YOU HAVE BEEN
Bund
much for the Stars” and’SWper
have a little experience with the
however.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
. X a 9VFi«i V c** « pvK/* MX.SV* ,
^ A dreamy Strauss waltz over the car ra- •'separate them from the remaind-
dio conveys the spirit of the occasion flock and give them ex-
while waiting to come out of the long skids
at the icy intersection.—Detroit News qusiity le-
^ gume hay for the weaued baby
. The American consul in Mexico who ro- Ta
signed because he wanted to marrv n for duality roughage can he fed
eiener is cited as an ovamrlli a for- to the older cattle and dry cow*.
oTtbe ntW Fif ® Don’t neglect the weaned colts,
fhflt cynics will tell you Keep them growling all winter by
leads to war.— providing sufficient good quality
Norfolk Virgliuan-Pdot. hay and concentrates. '
Tonon’o 1 . . For the poultryman, Roy 8.
increases the Dearatyne, head of the State CTpl-
population 1,000,00() a year. The solution lege Poultry Department, Jfh^
** **^+u**^i!?"i**i*^ of territMy or division of I these sugge^ons:
wealth, but less multplying.—Ex. -
WAITING FOR. COME AND SEE
THEM. IT’S SOON GOING TO
BE FARMING TIME AGAIN.
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