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^S^«]X,tioa«l7 ofw^ted with as
Ir' North Carolina 'for
- Swan 4Mlarad recontly that
' *Vaei»flI»»'to aU tTallable infer
„ mattoB, wa loat in North'Carolina
^ ' ••tit year/more than twenty mil-
M®» Pollan'.In'wastage In food
fhad'aad fiber erope.
**We haye forgotten Grand-
•lOlhar's. methods of conserving,
•Bd we are now almost entirely
dependent on cans, dehydration
and onlck-freeclng processes to
anpply onr wants. This year, la-
' hor Is short, containers are ex-
trmaely expensive, trucks are few,
and the cash sales of fruits and
' vegetables are at the end of the
line. Consumers and producers
most be brought together In
aelgbborhood drying, canning and
ending projects so that our pro-
-ducts In 1943 may all be saved.
"Our waste Is caused by care
lessness, Insects, weather dam
age, habits. We have not develop
ed waste-saving methods and pro
cessing plants,’* said Mr. Ross.
In pointing out that peanuts,
soybeans and sweet potatoes are
both food, and feed crops, he as
serted that kn average of 200
pounds In each acre of these pro
ducts are left In the field to de
cay. An estimated total of 8S,-
•00 tons of these three crops are
being wasted In this manner each
year In this state, because ”lt Is
no more profitable to gather and
handle them In small quantities
, than it Is to pick up tin cans,
waste paper and other scrap.”
“We ship by truck, boat and
train from a dozen counties in
Eastern North Carolina the equal
to eight thousand carloads of the
spring crop of Irish potatoes. But
a million bushels are left in the
fields and at the packhouse be
cause It does not pay to handle
them,” declared Mr. Ross. He
added that “the prices paid by the
Government are on nuipber one
grades; and some of the number
two end virtually all of the num
ber three grades—small and de
licious—are left Cbehind to rot,
since spring potatoes do not keep
i^well.”
An estinuted annual loss of
Queetlon -
claanedT
Answer — Slightly dirty, or
stained, eggs can be cleaned with
an emory cloth, or with a damp
cloth and sodai says C. F Parrish,
extension pouKryman at N. C.
State CoHege. Dirty eggs should
never be washed. The hands
should be clean when handling
eggs and they should be market
ed In clean, odorless cases or con
tainers. Remember that eggs are
food.
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WAVES and SPARS are tilling
a wide variety of shore Jobs—
and each has the satisfaction of
knowing she is releasing a man
to fight afloat. Enlisted ratings
include cooks, clerks, storekeepers,
typists, photographers” mates, ac
countants, meteorologists, bakers,
chauffeurs, morale workers and
telephone operators. '
$825,000 occurs In com, wheat
and in other grains from damage
In the field and from Insects and
various diseases.
In the past five years producers
of tobacco in this state have
averaged an annual income of
$116,000,000. However, the es
timated losses that have been
brought about by faulty harvest
ing methods, damage in pack-
house and poor grading have cut
the gross Income to approximately
$9,976,000.
In regard to cotton, the short
age of labor last season caused
much of It to be left In the field
to ruin. Annually, hundreds of
bales are lost in hauling it to the
gin and by weather damage before
It Is finally sold. Bad gins some
times waste a great deal of cot
ton.
Ross said that "some part of
one pig out of every five becomes
unfit for human consumption. In
sects and weather conditions take
a big toll of fresh meat. Our meat
losses In this state are enormous.”
Looking Into the future, Mr.
Ross believes the time will come
when each community will have
its own processing and storage
center. Until the war is over,
however, we must learn anew ‘‘the
old methods of conservation^’
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shown the stone »ilo at the dairy
farm of D. B. Swaringen, of Traphill, one
Here is
of Wilkes
The silo, a very at-
countv’s most outstanding farmers.
tractive and durable structure, was
cement And stones, which were gathered
on the farm. At the base of the »i|o
gen as he takes time out from his work to talk farm
problems with J. B. Snipes, Wilkes county agent. (Staff
photo by Dwight NicholsK
LARGE COWS GIVE MORE MILK
THAN THE SMALLER BREEDS
On the average, large cows oi
any breed, when given an equal
opportunl^v, have the edvantage
over’ small ones in milk produc
tion.
Fred M. Haig, professor of
dairj'ing at N. C. State College,
says that, in addition to size,
dairymen should pay special at
tention to the production, type,
end pedigree of animals* selected
for breeding and for milk produc
tion, type, and pedigree of ani
mals selected for breeding and
for milk production. Other es
sential requireiyents to be kept in
mind are prepotency, longevity,
and reproductive ability.
According to Haig, it should be
remembered that size alone does
not necessarily indittUe high milk
production efficiency. On the
other hand, it is a well known
fact that size, within the breed,
is one of the important factors in
economical milk production, and
it is dependent both on inheri
tance and environment.
More good heifers could be pro
duced. except for the fact that
.some Clives are stunted. Grow
ers miss much by not getting heif
ers of good size, Haig said that
the w y the calf is fed after birth
is just as important as having
proper sized calves. >f such calves
ere to grow into" large, high-pro
ducing cows.
Weights and nieasureraents are
being taken of 60 dairy calves in
the herd of -N. C. State College
each month. These calves are
Jerseys, Holsteins and Guernseys.
.About two-thirds of these calves
have exceeded the sUtndard birth
weights for their respective
breeds, and their weights will be
carefully checked as they begin
producing milk. Cattle, which are
grown to sufficient size, will ma
ture earlier, freshen earlier, and
will produce milk more economi
cally.
SHOES
About fifteen ralllion more
pairs of “durable” wartiipe shoes
for civilians will be produced this
year than last. Many peacetime
types will be discontinued for the
duration of the war.
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THE BATTLE
THE HOME FI
PRODUCTION
IT!
iLB WE ARB FIGHTING W PROTEtT OUR NATION, LOTS NOT FORGET
DUTY OF PROTECTIM^THE HO>\ FRONT BY PROOTCING EXTRA IN
GUNS, TANKS, PIJ^ES AND AJ^UNITION FOjf OUR FIGHTING
;ES on the BATI^pFRONTS. FOR ^OTECnON ^AINST LOSS, KEEP
PROPERTY INShTOD, AND CONSER^YOUR E^WBD DOLLARS REP
UTED IN THE^^ESTMENTS. MTE CAN’T PREVENT YOUR FIRE; BUT
tN PAY FOR0IF IT HAPPENS!
ISUR^ITH US — SAVII^ UP TO 25%
The temperature m the Sahara
desert is often 130 degrees at mid
day, hhd -nfear ir^eztnf at night.
• Protection — Service
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and Savins
^ Wilkesboro, N. C.
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for the dur^iy^n . . . and ^ are pleased to state
of
COTTON
Cotton farmers will have 15
more days in which to apply for
Federal crop insurance on their* '
1943 cotton crop than on their
1942 crop, the closing date in
North Carolina being April 1.
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HOGS
The production of hogs in 1943
will greatly exceed 1942 produc
tion, which was more than any
other year, according to the U. S.
Department of Agriculture’s De
cember pig crop report
«W •ONDS
truck runnm
that we are m position to do
backed up#ith up-tovdate eq'
any kind (jt repair job from bo
tor overMuling down to tightenln]|^e sma
For a r^ money-saving job that islf^rante
see us £. but by all means conserve mur car
SCARCE
Farmers are scouring the coun
tryside in Forsyth county In a
search for dairy cattle and feeder
pigs, reports S. R. Mitchlner, as
sistant farm agent of the N. C.
State College Extension Service.
Seven thousand WAVES and
SPARS, the woman’s branches of
the Navy and Coast Guard, are
now in uniform throughout the
United Slates. The majority are
in various training schools, but
.soon these will be on the job. Each
one enlisting releases another man
from shore duty to fight at see.
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