.Boys and Girls In
State Beginning
Food Production
North Carolina’s rural youth,
together with those In other
tea, are enrolling en niasse in
Ihe 1943 National 4-H Victory
G&rden contests to produce ade
quate supplies of .^essential vege
tables and garden'fruits on home
plots for their entire family’s use.
One million 4-H Victory Gar
dens are the 1943 go.-!!. Govern
ment officials emphasize that the
more food each community grows
for Its own q^e, the easier It will
be for the country to meet its
military needs for garden fruits
and vegetables. They also point
out that the annual garden pro
duct needs of a man in the aimed
forces, which Include 34 pounds
of tomatoes, 250 pounds of pota
toes, and 168 pounds of leafy
gpreen and yellow vegetables, can
be produced on plats of 3-10 to
1-2, 1 to 1-4, and 2 1-2 to 3
acres, re.spectlvely.
The primary purpose of the ac
tivity is to encounage every 4-H’er
to utilize as much space for farm
family gardening as possible, and
to plant early and often, through-.
out the year. As Incentives to,
achieve outstanding gardening (
records, honor awards are offered i
by Sears, Roebuck. These recog-1
nitions for helping to “Feed A j
Fighter In 1943” include medals j
to four county winners; |25 War
Savings Bonds to elgM champions |
In each state, and all-expense ,
trips to the National 4-H Club j
Congress in Chicago to eight sec-1
tlonal participants who as nati- ]
onal winners will each also' re-1
delve a $100 war Bond.
4-H club members from
two Wilkes families made
an excellent record with
their bgtiy beef calves at
the Western North Caro
lina baby be$f show last
fall in Asheville. Shown
on the left are Jesse, Rob
ert, Paul and Mary Hutchi-
son, sons and daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Hutchison, of Abshers,
and on the right are Frank
and Ruby Hutchison, son
and daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. S. C. Hutchison, of
Moxley, all with their
prize-winning calves. The
calve; were sold from
16 1-2 to 19 cents per
pound on foot, and they
brought a total of almost
$1,000 in the sale.
Awards and premiums
were awarded as follows:
Calves of Paul, Frank*
and Ruhy graded ‘Choice’
and j-eceived $9.bo each
award, while the others of
Frank, Jesse, Mary and
Robert were classed as
‘Good’, receiving $4.50
each. These awards were
donated by the North Car
olina Bankers Association.
In addition to the ^bove
awards, the Asheville Co
ca-Cola Bottling Company
gave each cluh member
showing a calf $5.00 each.
Out of the six county
groups composed of five
calves, Wilkes county
took 4th place—or a prize
of $15.00. Club members
of the county won a total
of $90.00 In awards and
prizes. Calves sold for a
total of $995.30. The sev
en calves brought a total
of $1,085.30 including
sale, awards smd prizes.
The Hutchison families
have found the production
of baby beeves to be
profitable, interesting and
practical in Wilkes coun
ty.
projects of production and con
servation, under the direction of
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, State Agricultural Colleges,
and Csunty Extension Agents^
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Rats are estimated to cost $he
DICK REYNOLDS GIVES FARM
‘MOVIES’ TO STATE COLLEGE
GARDENS
$2 apiece
A gift of a series of motion pic,-
tur»8 on agriculture to the Stote
'oTTe^''*'^ounOTllon', tftcTT oy'
Richard J- Reynolds of Winston-
Salem, has been announced by
Col. J. W. Harrelson, dean jf
administration of the college and
president of the Foundation. The
moving pictures, to be made in
sound and color, will be pro
duced to aid North Carolina far
mers in increasing the value and
output of their farms, particularly
during the war emergency.
When completed, the pictures
—and—
H-O-M-E
The Ecusta Paper Company has
rented 26 acres of land, which it
has given rent-free to its em
ployees, after breaking, for Vic
tory Gafdens. This area, with
another JM acres pear the^plantj^
gives a toasf of 50 acres.
COOPERATION
Twenty-eight farms In the Pat
ty's Chapel section of Henderson
county are coupareting in a com
munity demonstration program.
Roy &»hroyer of Fletcher_ychalr-
of the area.
Sharpen that axe. File ttet
saw. Begin' cntttag more palp-
wood for Uncle -San. Tbeee an
suggestions made to North CatWr
lina growers by R. W. OraeIm>«
extension forester at N. C. State '
College.
The nation needs 13,000,8ee
cords of pulpwood in 1943 to M
the requirements of the armed
services and clviJlans. The farm
er is asked by those in charge #C
war activities to enlist his saw
and axe, his muscle and his wood
lands. in the fight to win the war.
Military requirements for palp-
wood are many. It is needed toc
making smokeless powder; in
rayon for parachutes; in medicteal
products for treatlbg sick and
wounded soldiers; as blneprlnt
paper for the planning of shipn
and planes; as paper for sh^
cases; and in a thousand other
new and old wartime uses.
Of the recent African invasion
convoy of about 800 ships, ap
proximately 300 were warship*
and 500 were tnansports, which
were loaded with troops and sup
plies. Much of these snppltes
were protected by shipping con
tainers made from trees. New
multi-walled bags made of paper
are replacing metal drums. Mom
and more products are being,
shipped in kraft paper bags.
There will be a shortage of
pulpwood, according to Graeber,
unless every farmer with a wood-
lot takes times to serve his coun
try with saw, axe, team and
truck. Woods operations fit well
with other farm work. Pulpwood
can be cut on slick days.
Pern Is speeding up construe- w
J4onot roads anxiliaxy to the Pan-
American bighwaTv
By RUTH Cl KREXT
\. C. State College
Let’s talk .about soup today—
that food which is so nourishing
and filling for the usual cold day.
The wertime cook is wise if she
will he given to the State College i make soup one of her special-
Agricultural Extension Service. ! ties. It can be made from parts
for use of this and the other col
lege agricultural agencies in their
rural educational activities.
Mr. Reynolds, now a lieutenant
in the U. S. Neval Reserve on ac
tive sea duty, completed ar
rangements to make the movies
during a recent leave.
‘‘I am doing this," he said; “be
cause I think that nothing is more
important to the war effort than
the production of food. The farm
er lies a big job, and needs such
aid as I believe these educational
movies can give.” Mr. Reynolds'
interest In agriculture has been
stimulated b-y the operation of his
own large farm on which he
raises the typical crops of the
Piedmont section.
Col. Harrelson expressed as-
preclation to Mr. Reynolds for
the gift.
Dermid Maclean of Winston-
Salem is making the movies, with
the cooperation of the office of
F. H. Jeter, agricultural editor of
State College, and the technical
assistance of Extension specialists
and county farm and hom‘“
hgents. Mr. Maclean also pho
tographed ‘‘North Carolina, Va
riety Vacationland,” the film
which Lt. Reynolds produced and
gave to the North Carolina De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment, and “Winston-Salem
—A Balanced Community,'’ a' pic
ture recently completed and pre
sented to the City of Winston-
Salem. Lt. Reynolds received a
leave of absence as mayor to
serve in the Navy.
Present plans call for the pro
duction of five pictures, all to be
made on North Carolina farms.
Subjects to be treated are: home
gardening, swine, dairying, poul
try, and repair and maintenance
of farm machinery. Other pic
tures on subjects of vital interest
to North Carolina term families
will follow as rapidly ah time and
j the seasonal activities to be pho
tographed will allow,-
Dean I. O. Schaub. director of
the Extension Service, said the
pictures will be of great value In
promoting the production of
“Food for Victory” during th^
war emergency, and will be a
substantial asset In the field of
extension education.
of food, which might otherwise go I
to waste,—-bones, and the trim
mings of meat end vegetables, as
well as the liquid which is left
from cooking vegetables.
You have been hearing many
requests lately, about saving all
of the fat from meat. But, have
you elso considered making use
of every bone? For instance,
bones left from chickens and
from roasts, steaks, aad other
cuts, as well as the traditional
‘‘soup bone,” may be used to ad
vantage.
The vegebahles. which you add
to the hones, contribute some of
the needed vitamins and mineral.^.
They also perform another func
tion. Tomatoes, for example, will
help dissolve even more calcium
from the bones. Relitlvely large
amounts of calcium are needed in
the balanced diet, and hones,
trimmings and peelings can all do
their hit toward nourishing your
family.
Here are some suggestions for
patriotic spending and saving
during wartime! Pay off all debts
except those which ere needed for
efficient operation of the farm.
This does not conflict with War
Bond buying, because the money
you pay on debts can be used by
someone else in buying bonds. It
is also sound economy to buy
bonds now to help pay for the
war, and to help build financial
reserves for your family.
MEATS
Meat racketeers ana chiseling
operators have made a ‘‘Permit
System” of slaughtering necessa
ry for all those who sell meat.
No permit is required for fanners
unless they deliver meat to oth-
e!-E.
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American science and industry
ha.s come to the aid of housewives,
canning fresh fruits and vegeta
bles. Tin cans are principally
steel, and the amount of tin per
one hundred pounds of tin cans
has been reduced from 2 jiounds
to only one-half pound.
The Currituck Bank is planning
a pig (Aedn, 'and arrangements
have been made to begin with
six breed gilts. ,