fltk tte {wattrr ta^
: aaA aqijea the honelkiia
daya ht tte Oar
*M'M>e heglnsiag of the pree^
dMtlty eii4 itw iratehed the
ll^wth and apectaeoUr develop-
•«nt of the Induatry In Wilkee,
and adjoining counties, one has'
tO'pinch one’s self to realise H
ta’t*all a dream. The writer re
members when each farmer rais
ed a few hens and chickens for
kla own use—funding hie table
with eggs and chickens and if
perehance there was a surplus the
eoantrx merchant or town dealer
took them off his hands in ex
change for goods or cash at a pries
that would seem amusing In these
■idatt. badimlngt gradtiaUr the»
eaine i 'Uhie %hen Urn mafkeOtof
the eltiis o t|» VkJA wet* at-
tmeied to^ pdidhtfUtlea this
aeetiito as * suitable location tor
r and'marfcatlne cattttoi’nd
^rodneto In a large way.
Jtorty fit the preaent century a
cash mh^et tor thaae prodnets
was established ^ North VBlkes-
■horo. 'Foiia ttma shlpmente were
email. Gradually howerer ss tin
demand grew the collection and
shipments grew untU the farmer
realised that ha^^^ Would hefe a
cash market'tor not (mly his sur
plus poultry and eggs, but for ^
unlimited Quantity. "Xs a conse
quence he Increastid- his flocks to
where he could depend upon a
steady all-the-year-round cash In
come. ^us poultry raising, to
many fcxmers became a profita
ble side-line. To many others who
sensed the possibilities of it went
into it in a big way, making it
their main business until now
some of the largest poultry and
egg plants In the south are op
erating highly successfully in
Wilkes county and this section is
QCBSTibNu' >«
i(qlky fasdsV
^WE«« ires. hecoMihglo
J. A^ijirey, drlry tetenMiib
-^at-^. 0. «uta OWlisgfik* f'
hulifjr 4itoln mix'thra is
ponsfi^i^ by the dlgsstfTc
Juioae than'is a hea^’tobitnrs,
r is fefj
unleu the latter is fed‘^n
PnlkiTjcrfin mixtures are esi
jly destrabla'tor heavy|Atod|feiDg
nows sinee they, of nec^ltf. eiin*^
sume large, quantities of gnf}n.-
grain mixture containing, bulky
togds such til odm and cdtjl niimi.
wh'eai' hran^^ ground orts, ground
barley, or beet pulp and weighing
about nne pound per quart, hgs
sufficient, bulk.
days of high prices. With these becoming known far and wide tm
E. E. KMer, for many ye^
head of the E. E. BKer Pro
duce emnpany. In the accom*
panyii^ article gives much lii-
12 Information ahem the
and derelopnient of the*'
industry in Wilkes.
^wonderful development in
Itry and egg production and
ftributlon. It is not surprising
that in our midst the only
fehydrating plant for powdering
eggs in North Carolina should' be
rinstalled where many thousands
of cases of eggs are being dried
and shipped to all parts of the
world for food for our service
men, and thousands of coops of
poultry are shipped each month to
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York, end other consuming cen
ters, and the end is not yet. The
poultry industry in Wilkes is In
this writer’s opinion only in its
infancy. It offers flattering in
ducements to the forward look-
youth of the county. ‘ We pre-
jdict for it continued and Increas
ingly rapid growth in the yerrs
following the end of the world
conflict in which we are now en
gaged.
We are proud to be citizens of
the great and historic county of
Wilkes and to have haci a .small
part- in the development of the
poultry Industry and look with
confidence to the continued
growth and development in the
future.
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Navy’s First Sub
Had No Periscope
hion anfinqlsiwsti
of, N. C. last war ste«r«S^‘ft»m
born5^™ Jimuary to A|>fil/wla
thuSoto li^iAgodd aikampla-^^^
iR&ctioiri m J!aeid ahaai A hia
ber of ^orttfo, - Caite-
Edgocoittbe lull '
o»
, QUESTION: Should feeder piga
be placed in a floored pen?
ANSWl^: No. Feeder pigs In
a floored pen or a small wood-
lot often . fiUl to show proper
gains becatiite e lack of jgreen
feed, minerals and sanitation. A
etmplo ty]^ of ^shelter should be
provided to protect them from
cold rains In winter and the hot
weather during summer. Plg(j
should be given plenty of clean
drinking water at all times. An^'
eight-inch, flat-bottom trough,
with inch-wide strips across the
top at 12-inch intervals will hold
more vater than a “V” type
trough and will prevent the wast
ing of water.
Used cylinder oH Is suggested
for the’control of lice and mange.
V ^—
Women of South Africa have
organlaed to entertain and c're
for all men. kud women serving
with thf^torces.
one
pertnanerit pasfuce and, two
ones, all 'of which have received
’.tobstone and phosphate. In ad
dition to bis perman^t pakturts,
he uses I^edeza as a' supjdemen-
tary grniiig eroft when needed.
Otherwise, the lespedesa is cut for
hay or allowed to produce seed.
He also has a silo« and a part
of the sikge is "reaerved for the
spring, after^Us grazing crops are
enten down ahd before the penna-
nent pastures are ready. This
fills a gap in the feeding program
which many livestock growers
fear! ■
Majro itart^
bneinw^ thr
hjfered Herefd
dairy breeding^
dmil oo^ooUq'of
Be has eme
. Nefleet
iadjwttog
■boftoua fhe.. .itte ,pae]
Nuia thh cetuid voit
■*’^pli»t piUlolUwItt. ,G
College. He urge* every
oewber for afi:av«to^ «f^ «« ^ MJ
perfead. •>' bPrairer^ that It wllL Hit for the .
At he hM nine reglv duration of tfie war. '■ .
tered Halford cows and^ hei^s **e poteted out tftat apraW
of aen^gegfale a|to end three year- by , corrosive •
ling li^trty in addHi^ to the the wne^
culvte atfoot. He htt ^ty head for.thla ywtpnv Vm
of r«de cattle 3?other wSs, all thorough^ cleaned
in afl in good flMh. - ^ corrosion
He . has practiced controUed[8°«* ra®**
breeding and all bia calves are stands" neglected,. GarrlM
dropped in early spring. .In this
way, they can be weaned at the
same time,.
In-commenting on the excellent
record olf Mayo, specialist Case
also called attention to the third
annual association sale of Here-
fords at Wilson on April 16, when,
almnt 29 bulls and’40 females of
excellent quality will be offered.
Alaska Fur Trade
Hits 7-Year. Low
.Kodiak, Alaska—War In the
Aleutians hus not knocked out
Alaska’s fur trade, but shipments
during 1942 were the lowest In
seven years, the U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service reported.
Totrl value of the 3vl,476 pelts
shipped In 1942 was $1,697,471 as
compared to 608,419 pelts valued
at $2,280,583 shipped In 1941.
Let’s accept restrictions cheer
fully and balk about the blessings
we retain.
Attorney Refuses
T^ace In Heaven’
Holy City. oai.—When attorney
Melvin Belli presented a bill tor
legal fees' of $7,500 to "Father”
William E. Rlker, founder of-Holy
City, the latter paid $2,500 and
offered to reserve him a place in
heaven for the other $6,000.
Belli "eilused, declared an at
torney could not get into heaven
for that price. The courts will
settle the matter.
Ecuador Is selling more' coffee
than ever to Chile.
oaioB
I
gested that during the active
son growers wash out the sprayer
each night with clear water.
When not in actual use, the
sprayer should he kept undyf .
good shelter. • If stored for any '
length ot time,' it should have,
those parts subject to rust cover
ed with a coat of ordinary motor
oil.
Garriss said that if simple ad
justments are -made as soon as
the need develops, many break
downs can be avoided. Growws,
already handicapped by e lack of
help, cannot afford to have spray
ers stand Idle with so much work
to be done. Although the imple
ment dealers and manufacturers
are doing everything possible to
keep all machines In operation,
repair parts will he hard to get
when breakdowns- occur.
V _
Auckland. New Zealand, mo-
mentarlly forgot the war when an^w
opossum rode on a dog’s ^eck
down the .main street.
Washington.—Present reliance
on the submarine as a “first line
weapon” recall.s its invention less
than 45 years ago by John P. Hol
land of New York, whose 74-ton
vessel with no periscope was de
livered to the U. S. Navy in .4pril,-
1900.
Named after its inventor, the
Holland hecame the first of seven
craft which terrorized fishermen
on its test runs, and caused bills
for damage to he presfented to
Holland because it Iwd passed be
neath other vessels at sea.
SIGHTS BY "PORI’OISING”—
The submarine was 53 feet long,
and i t its widest section only
10 1-4 feet in diameter. The in
vention of the periscope was still
to be discovered by the ingenious
French, and sights were taken hy
porpoising, which means that the
boat ran for a short distance sub
merged. then came to the surface
tor a sight t'> be taken out of little
plate-glass windows 3 inches lohp
and an inch wide. ,
Her armament consisted of an
18-inch torpedo tube and two 8-
inch dynamite guns. The gen
erator .for an electric light plant,
made to supply electricity for s
country home, becain} the power
plant of the subr.» jrsible after
Holland saw it in operation at an
electrical show in Madison Square
Garden!
Other power erme from a gaso
line motor, which operated only
when the boat was on the surface.
It had a surface speed of 7 knots
and a speed of 5*knots when sub'-
merged.
'It could dive to a depth of 20
feet in eight seconds.
TWO-INOH OOMPA8S— ' -
'The amazing craft's compass.'
njost important of its instruments,
was e card of less than 2 inches in
diameter. Its haphazard opera
tion in close proximity to the hull
necessitated the installation .of
permanent! compensating mag
nets, and it remained a faulty in
strument.
Initial tests for the Holland'de
manded only that she run. under
w^ter tor two miles, fire a torpedo
from it* only tube, and a dum|^,
projectile from Its gun. The tes^
were held In Prince’s Bay, Staten'
Island, before a special beard ap
pointed by the Secretary Of the
Navy.
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Large quantities of tiaiber are
awaiting shipments la Sweden be
cause motor vessels on, the Dais-
land easial cannot dot itpi-