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^ Wickard Says It Is
Post Gratifying
ws He Has Had
Kudzu Is A Great Soil Builder
^Hie United Stetea depart-
■OMit of acricaltnre has re*
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good for a new record pro-
mictioB of food this yesur as
• a rcKsnlt of larger crop acre
age and increased livestock
production.
Tnless weather conditions are
nnfaTorable, the crop reporting
boerd said in its annual survey ol
farmers’ planting intentions, ‘‘to
tal food production probably ■will
be somewhat larger than last
year.”
Secretary of Agriculture Claude
R. WIckard hailed the report os
“the most gratifying news the
country has had In a long time.’’
The Indicated 3.5 per cent In
crease In crf'P acreage was all that
could be ashed,” he said. Some
government quarters had suggest-
^•d that Wickard resign If the re-
Piport indicated Carmers would de
cline to co-operate in his Increasi
ed production program.
Many of the crop acreages will
be below the greatly expanded
goals asked by Wickard.
Principal Increases indicated
are 6,000,000 acres more corn
and 3,300,000 acres more of the
principal oilseed crops—soybeans,
peanuts and flaxseed. The indi
cated toUl acreage in all crops
WPS 279,000,000. an increase of
10.000. 000 acres over last year.
The board said farmers intend
ed to plant 96,327.000 acres corn.
npared with 100,000,000 acres
" lM«d by Wickard. Spring
►-viiteiWWi iw» t»dfcated, at
7,000 acre* which, with 37,-
wt.vDO' acres planted lest fall,
‘would give the nation 52,187,000
acres of wheat, a decrease of 356,-
000 from last year.
Planting intentions on other
crops, compared with 1942 acre
age and 194 3 goals Included
oats, 42,638,000 compared witn
42.662.000 acres last year and a
goal of 37,300,000; barley, 19,-
306.000 compared with 19,448,-
000 acres last year and a goal of
18.000. 000 acres; flaxseed. 6,-
051.000 compared with 4,691,000
acres last year and a goal of 5.-
500.000 acres.
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The Soil Conservation Service has
been promoting production of Kudzu as
a soil building and soil conserving crop.
The above picture, made on the farm of
L. P. Somers in Somers township, by R.
E. Dunn, head of the Wilkes unit of the
Soil Conservation Service, shows a young
•crpp of Kudzu among corn. Kudzu, in
addition to being one of the best crops
known for holding the soil, also pro
duces hay with high tonnage per acre,
and is valuable to a certain extent for
grazing. One of its main uses is for
planting on eroded slopes and terrace
ends to prevent erosion. Mr. Dunn or
any of his staff will be glad to give any
farmer interested full information about
Kudzu and will help to get the crop
started.
coble DAIRY PUNNING TO
GROW MOST OF OWN FEED
^ee. 1,505.000, is the same as
iJT
lait year and compared with a
goal of 1,380,000 acres; potatoes,
8,174,000, compared with 2.793,-
000 acres last year and a goal of
3.260.000 acres; sweet potatoes.
818.000 compared with 708,000
last year and a goal^of 1,000,000
acres.
Tobacco. 1.402.000 acres com
pared with 1,380.000 acres last
year and a , goal of 1.394,000
acres; dry edible beans, 2,480.-
000 acres, compared with 2,135,-
000 acres last year and a goal
of 3,300.000 acres; dry peas, 677,-
000 compared with 501,000 last
year and a goal of 725.000 acres
this year.
Soybeans, 15.603.000 acres
compared with 14,222,000 last
and a goal of approximately
IIk 000,000 acres; cow peas, 2.-
%AOOO compered with 3.407,000
last year. No acreage goal
'.ite3 established this year on cow
peas.
Farmers in^tend planting 5,230.-
000 acres in peanuts, compared
with 4,674,000 acres last year
and a 1943 goal of 5,500.000
acres. The indicated acreage of
Ume hay is 60.270.000 acres com
pared with 60,211.000 acres this
year. No acreage goal was estab
lished for tame hay, but Wickard
asked for 71,100,000 acres of all
types.
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George S. Coble, well known i
dairy manufacturer, who during ^
the past year built up a fairly
large herd of registered Hol-
steins on his modernly equipped
dairy farm adjacent to Lexington
means to grow his own feed in so
far as possible. So he has pur-;
chased two farm tracts aggre-1
gating over 300 acres In a fertile
forming section about four miles
southwest of Lexington. The pur
chases include some 217 acres of
the former tlargrave laads from
Mr.^and Mrs. J. L. Gordon of that
city, and some 95 acres of the
Peter Smith land adjoining,
bought from the Smith heirs.
Mr. Coble has indicated his in
tention of using the open land on
these tracts for the production of
foodstuffs.
As an encouragement to farm
ers in piedmont counties supply
ing milk to his plants in Lexing
ton and at Wilkesboro, Mr. Coble
several months ago headed up a
plan for buying dairy cattle In
oarload lots in other states and
bringing them to this section for
resale to farmers. Several car
loads have already been placed. In
addition to those he bought for
his own dairy, and arrangements
have been made for bringing In a
number of additional carloads for
this and nearby counties soon.
BUY WAR BftNDS
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Light For The
Laying Hens
Rough Ride
By L. L. R.\y,
Ai^icultnral Engineer, Duke
Power Co.
VACCINATION PRiyf^TS
THE BANG’S DISEASE
nation to prevent Bang's
has proven highly satls-
Approxlmately 97 per-
the calving of vaccinated
mingling with Infected
were normal.
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ifTK difference '
mail girls were having a
ons argument,
addy’s a mounted police-
aid Petty. “He rides a
1 day.”
'B no better than being an
poQoeman like my dad-
1 Pffv. proudly.
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any bnwWa, ho can get
icier."
Inereasetl Production—
Stimulation with lights has a
direct bearing on egg production.
This practice does not necessarilv
increase the total number of eggs
laid per hen per year but it does
increase production up to 4 .or 5
eggs per hen per month during
the winter season when eggs are
higher in price, thereby increas
ing the net income per hen 15 per
cent or more for the season.
Lengthening the day artificially to
give a total of K' hours of light
has proved most effective.
Installation—
Equipment for furnishing arti
ficlal light is inexpensive • and
should pay for itself in a short
time. Provide approximately one
watt for each 5 square feet of
floor space, or In a house 20x20
feet, provide two 40 watt bulbs,
giving 80 watts of light. Place
' the lights high enough so that you
cap walk underneath them. It’s
best to provide a shallow reflector
above the bulb to direct light
light downward.
Automatic Control—
An inexpensive homemade
alarm clock switch may be used
to turn lights on automatically, or
commercial time switches may t>e
had that work even better.
How To Dso—
Various systems have been used
In lighting—using all-night lights,
night and morning lights, and all-
momlng lights. All of these
methods have proved very satis-
Wants Y^u To
the Airnly
FOO^PRODUWRS .
Adm. William H. Standley, retired
D. S. naval chief, now ambassader
to Russia, is shown behind the wheel
of a jeep during a recent inspection
tonr of an ordnance repair depot
somewhere in the Middle East. Pie-
ture was taken while Standley was
en route to Moscow to return to his
post, after important conferences.
ALREADY GRANTED
"May I have the last dance with
you?”
‘‘Big Boy, you just hrd it.”
fretory. However, we have found
that morning lights alone give as
good results as any method and
has some advantages. No dim
mer system la required as when
using lights both night and morn
ing.
Cost— ^
Operating costs are surprisingly
little. In case of 80 watts for 100
hens, if they burn three hours per
day they use 7.2 kw. per 30 day
period which, at the present price
of eggs, would amount to less
than one-fourth of an egg per day
for light for 100 hens.