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Manr timet V«eevtlT 1 hara t>eeii
askad thft .qteation, '^poaltrjr has
a fretty tmportaat i>art to plar in
tliia war effort doesn't it?” In-
. Variably I would come back with
tfco answer “yes”. I hare won-
tarto at times if our people did
really realise the importance that
poultry does play in our "Pood
lor Victory” program. Yea, poul
try is important. It Isrrery, rery
important at eJl times. It is one
•f our very best foods and ranks
right at the top in desirability
aad demand today.
Bggs are not only a most ex-
eellent source of protein, but they
contain an abundance of vitamins
and minerals so badly needed in
our dally diet. Bggs probably
contain as wide a variety of vita
mins as any .single food that we
have today, so when we eat eggs,
we get vitamins, minerals and
proteins. A dozen of eggs nor
mally will weigh around a pound
and a half, and at 36 cents a doz
en the housewife is getting a
highgrade protein for 24 cents i
ponnd. When thought of in this
nght, the thrifty housewife will
make greater use of eggs.
Poultry meat also coptains vit
amins end Is also one of our best
meats and is badly needed now to
replace meats being exported. Our
boys and girls in the armed ser
vice must be fed and are being
fed. It takes food to feed our
fighting forces now stationed in
foreign lends and also to feed our
Allies, so in supplying these foods,
those things that can be best ex
ported ere used to feed onr .Al
lies. Naturally, this means that
■poultry must make up this slack
at home. Poultry is making up
the shortage in the amount of
meat available for civilian use.
Poultry not only is a nutritious
food, but it can be produced read
ily and by large groups of .people.
It is well to REMEMBER THAT
A TON OF POULTRY MEAT
CAN BE PRODUCED QUICKER
THAN ANY OTHER FORM OF
MEAT. For that reason the gov
ernment turned to the poultry in
dustry and asked them to tremen-'
dously increase the production of,
poultry meat for the year 1943.
We are anticipating at least a 28
per cent increase in the number
of pounds of poultry produced for
meat purposes. .Also we expect a
17 per cent increa.se in the num-
oer of layers being kept on the
farms. Poultry farming fits in
with any other type of farming
and has proven a very valuable
Rupptement to any type of farm
ing being conducled in North
Carolina. In the mountain sec-
tion.s of Nortli Carolina where an
abund.nnce of goiss can be pro
duced. poultry farming .should
develop into one of the leading
industries Thi.s year when it is
irapo.ssiide to get fertilizers with
a high nitrogen content, many
farmers are going to find that it
will pay them to conserve the
poultry manure ond by adding 18
per cent supcr-phosptiale, and 50
per cent muriate of potash, a btil-
anoed fertilizer cun he made and
the fertilizers carrying lower ni
trogen can be greatly supplement
ed. To each SO pound.s of. poul
try manure. 18 pounds of IS per
cent superphosphate should he
added and when this is placed out
in the field 1 pounds of 50 par
cent muriate of pota.sh should; i*'
added to the above mixture. 103
ponnds of this mixture is equivii-
lent to approximately 40 pounds
of a 2-10-6. One hundred hens
will produce approximately tw-a
tons of poultry manure in one
year’s time. -At the present time
this is valued at $10.00 a ton. it
is estimated that the poultry man
ure produced by birds kept for
laying purposes in Wilkes County
will exceed $20,000.00. annually.
The value of the manure produced
by Wilkes’ great broiler industry
far exceeds this. In top many
eases too little effort is being
made to conserve this -valuable
and needed crop.
CLIFTON F. PARRISH
Farmers Of State
Can Attain Goals
Of Food Supplies
“Those of us who are farming
have a great opporturtity to make
a real contribution to the presr
ent and future welfve of our
country by producing food, feed
and fiber so necessary to the war
efforts'.”
This is the opinion of E. Harvey
Evans, Scotland county farmer
and a member of the board of di
rectors of the Farm Credit Ad
ministration ,of Columbia, which
comprises the states of North Car
olina, South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida.
"The goals of production for
1943 may seem to be beyond at
tainment to us as individual farm
ers,” Mr. Evans said, "but they
can be attained if all of us will
strive to make a contribution to
the needs of our government and
allies the first objective this
year."
The North Carolina farmer de
clared he had confidence in the
ability of the farm people of this
state to produce their share of
food and teed crops, and added
that there was sufficient credit
availoble to those who needed
financial assistance in reaching
their goals.
‘‘When we think of the sacrifi-
and hardships that some of
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Marketing surpltta larm pte
ducts placed North Carolina home
demHi8tretion elub members to
the Wg buslnesa class in 1942, as
sales on the 56 organised markets
topped the half-million dollar
mark for the first time.
Mrs. Cornelia C. Morris, Exten
sion economist to food conserva
tion and marketing at N. C. State
College, pointed out to a year-
end summary that other sales In
addition to those on the curb
market pushed the 1942 total to
$1,199,656.66. '
The home demonstration curb
market serves as a retail agency
and provides farm women with a
direct outlet to nearby consumers
for such produce as vegetables,
meat, butter, eggs, poultry, milk
products, cakes, bread, flowers,
and canned goods.
The pecond type of market for
farm women is furnished by mer
chants, individuals. Institutions,
'hotels, and similar large buyers.
Women either sell Individually or
group themselves together in stU-
ing produce to these buyers.
Curb market sales during the
year just closed amounted to
$570,643.87, and aolea to hotels.
toitltuUons, and othar large buy
ers to ‘629,012.79. .
The Durham county home dem-
onktratlon. m^rhet, jumped into
the lead to 1942, selling products
valued at $45,600.34; 'Nash was
second, followed by WAyne.
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White House Peanut
Vender Is Strickan
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onr allies have experienced at
Stalini^rad and in the Caucasus,
as well as our own men in Africa
and New Guinea, the least we can
do is to put all that we have in
time, talent, and resources to see
that the individual goals assign
ed to us are reached." he said.
‘‘Then, in the years ahead, when
\vp spp the boys who stood before
the fire of the enemy in our
st(»:id. we can at least with head
bared, but lifted up, because we
will have the satisfaction that we,
too, made a small contribution to
the cause of peace and riehteous-
ness in this world, in that in 1943
we gtrtred our farming to the
goals th: t our government
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Information Now
Available For All
Garden-Interested
Washington.—Steve Vasllakos,
who from his peandt vender’s
stand near a comer of the white
house grounds saw America Pres
idents come end go for more than
30 years. Is dead.
Big, bushy-mustached Steve,
born 58 years ago in a Greek
town near tire site of ancient
Sparta, died of a heart ailment in
a hospital where he had been con
fined for several months while a
friend daily pushed the peanut
wagon to the Pennsylvania ave-;
nue corner and carried on the bus-1
Iness for him.
Steve had known, in additlon t®
the parade of president^.-'-from
Theodore Roosevelt Franklin
Roosevelt, many yMlting digni
taries, among t^iAhi monarch
of his nativejfhnd. King George
but ,8|f» suppUt^ orgaale matter' 4
to help k«ep the soli to good P*»y”.,vrf
sical condition. On soils of cm-
age fertility, well rotten mesiire
should be broadcast at the rate yt
^out 10 two-horse wagon lotds
per acre. When apirtled at this
rate, one load will cover a apace
approximately 50 by 100 feet.
The farm gardener also should
se any good complete fertlllrtr
which he has purchased for his
field crops. Use at the rate
000 ponnds per acre.
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SILOS
Lonnie A. Miller, of Wiibnr, really produced meat in
a hurry in 1942. The porker shown with Mr. Miller in
this picture was butchered late in December and tipped
the“Baa^gs at over 700 pounds after it was dressed. The
hog livM only one year and was an example of what
can be done ih production of peu-k.
■Plans are now being made to
Increase the number of silos to
Mitchell county In 1943 to insure
a more adequate supply of suc
culent feed for cattle, reports
Farm Agent F. L. Woodard.
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II of Greece, Steve became a citi-
zezn of the United States- several
y&->rs ago.
In some Mexico markets prices
have risen an average of 20 per
cent.
Because of the fuel shortage
cinders garnered from railway
dumps are being peddled in Dub
lin, Eire. ,
TIMBER
Last year timber production in
the United States was shout six
killion feet under the require
ments of the armed services, re
ports R. W. Graeber, in charge of
forestry extension at N. C. State
Collegf-
PEANUTS
It is reported that a substan
tial number of peanut pickers,
which were manufactured In 1942,
•will be made available for distri
bution in 1543. Efforts will be
made to have more pickers manu-
toetured thla year.
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LEND-LEASE
The United States U supplytog
44 eoM&trlM witli' lond-loaMO food
materials. ’Theee countries,
Ib tan, an eontvlhwtteg food,
Mmtammt and woweea to Amw-
on foreign aoU.
Frank H. Jeter, agricultural edi
tor at State CoHe.ge, announces
that two new garden publications
are just off the press. In addi
tion, supplies of hiiUetins previ
ously issued have been built up.
One of the new Extension piib-
licotion.s on gardening is War Se
ries Bulletin No. 14. titled: “More
Gardens tor Victory in 1943. ’
Jeter said that 300,000 copies of
this bulletin have been printed to
provide a copy for every farm
family and prospective urban gar
dener desiring information.
Another new publication is Ex
tension Circular No. 261. called
‘‘Garden Guide.” It is an illu
strated pamphlet, showing in pic
tures the step-by-step procedure
of growing a Victory Garden. Ap
proximately 100.000 copies of this
circular are available.
The.Extension Service also has
available for free distribution
‘‘The Farm and Home Garden
Manual,” Extension Circular No.
122, and “The Victory Garden
P!ani;ng Schedule,” Miscellaneous
Pamphlet No. 60.
“Any or all of these publica
tions may be obtained free by
writing a card or letter to the Ag
ricultural Editor State College
Station, Raleigh,” Jeter stated.
“Just ask for the desired publica
tion by name and number. Copies
of these same publications ere al
so available free in the office of
county farm and home agents of
the Extension Service.”
The daily ration of potatoes for
men in the New Zealand armad
forces has been doubled to alx
ounces.
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WILL HEj.P WIN THE
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to'^oduce Good jCI^PS!
'reduce GWD Crops!
This IS
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must
Make
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ttime of sacrifices, lj:t
»an reduce these s^ifices to a minimum
Co
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good work stock,
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ce a lot of EXTflA^od
in and talk o;
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ng
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do not, see us for\ good farm horse
e count ... in plying, and harvest!
year, and that tak%EXTRA work
wori^ stock problems wit%us. We can h(
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s Win the
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iction On the H^e Front!
For Sal
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