DeEgdrated leaves of sweet po
tate plants are approximately
equal to dehydrated alfalfa in
feeding; value.
The protein level of corn tas
sels, usually discarded, in detas
selingr of hybrid corns for seed,
is almost twice that of the corn
itself. This factor is' important
in poultry and hvpftOgfe feeding.
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SPARTAN
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SPARTA, N. C.
FRL-SAT.
JULY 5-6
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Chapter No. 5
Hop Harrigan
Also Cartoon
Opening Prices
On Beans Good
West Jefferson — Special—
West Jefferson bean markets
officially opened this week,
with opening prices running
from $2.50 up to $3.75 on bet
ter grade beans.
Sales were slightly light be
cause of dry weather and the
closing of stores for July 4 cut
.he fresh market. The general
rains this week should mean
an increase in the cron, farm
ers pointed out. The volume
of beans is expected to in
crease over the week end.
Growers were reported well
pleased over the opening
rices received.
Barley is becoming a popular
substitute for corn in Rowan
County. Farm Agent P. H. Sat
terwhite says that farmers can
handle a crop of barley with less
labor than corn.
The soft coal strike has al
ready been reflected in the re
duced supplies of fertilizers com
ing into North Carolina.
Grand Champion Gets Ribbon
Johnny Lucas riding Mighty Chief owned by Fowler’s
Grandview Farms, Winston-Salem, is shown receiving
the ribbon from Miss Emoryetta Reeves, editor of the
Alleghany News, for first place in the championship
five-gaited class in the recent Sparta Horse Show here.
(Staff Photo)
Loans And Other Assistance
Given Farm Families By FSA
.. ■ ■ ■ ■
The Farm Security Adminis
tration makes loans and provides
farm and home guidance to help
low-income farm families earn
better incomes and improve their
living conditions. Thomas Sears,
FSA supervisor explained. FSA
loans are made to farm families
who cannot get credit they need
at reasonable terms anywhere
else, he pointed out.
The loans are of two general
types: (1) operating loans for
purchasing livestock, equipment,
feed, seed and other farm re
quirements and family needs; and
C2J 40 year loans to make it pos
sible for tenants and sharecrop
pers to buy farms of their own
under terms of the Bankhead
Jones Farm Tenant Act, Mr.
Sears said.
Operating loans are made at 5 ;
per cent interest. Loans are also j
made for building materials, pur
chase of household furniture, can
ning equipment, garden seed, and
for payment for removal of ton
sils, glasses and dental care.
Two policies for providing pay
ment for hospital care and sur
gery are likewise made available
to families at $20.00 per year per
family, he explained.
Loans are also made to small
groups of farmers in a neighbor
hood he pointed out, to buy for
ioint use necessary farm and
home equipment they cannot af
ford to buy individually, such as,
Let’s Keep Prices Down!
Mr. and Mrs. Consumer,
V We desire to make the following statement
and pledge to the consumers in our trading
territory:
(1) That we will continue to maintain a
reasonable price level.
(2) That new merchandise which comes
in at higher costs will be marked at
..v the lowest price that will yield a rea
■'t:< l sonable profit.
v (3) We strongly urge that everyone co
: i .
operate with us in this most important
•. ’.y*' w c ■
endeavor.
Charles R. Roe, Owner
Sparta, N. C.
THE GENERAL
The General, owned by
Crockett and Tolbert and rid
den by S. T. Crockett, Jr., of
Wytheville, was one of the
-7i any fine horses entered in
he Sparta Horse Show.
(Staff Photo)
machinery and pure-bred sires.
Depending on the type, these
ioans are repayable in 3 to 5
years at 5 per cent interest.
In each unit located usually in
the county seat of the county can
oe found a farm and home super
visor. The farm supervisor works
with the farmers, advising them
as to the planting and harvesting
of their crops, care of livestock
i d acquainting them with the
ost up-to-date farm practices,
'he home supervisor is able to
give the housewife help in can
ing fruits, vegetables and meats,
lothing construction, and meal
planning.
During the next few months
new loans will be made to farm
families desiring such financial
help and supervisory assistance.
The Farm Security Adminis
tration Office is located in Sparta
in the Courthouse. The Super
visors may always be contacted
on Friday morning.
Stamp out the camp fire and
snuff out cigarettes and matches,
because burned timber builds no
homes.
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Your Bonds
Lias tha Might of Amarlca
FOOD PROCESSORS
The Campbell Soup Co. plant at
Camden, covering five city block*
and employing 4,500 persons, is only
one of New Jersey’s vital food proc
essing establishments that add to
the Nation's wealth behind Savings
Bonds. Other big name firms with
huge investments in the state in
clude Coca Cola, Maxwell House
Coflee, Kraft-Phoenix Cheese Corp.,
National Sugar Refining Co., and
Thomas J. Liptoq, Inc. World orders
will keep them busy for years.
U.S Trtanry Dtfrtmsm
FARM SAFETY SPECIALISTS . . . Since Wisconsin, three
years ago, appointed the first (arm safety specialist, (our other
states have followed suit. The five specialists recently met
at National Safety Council offices in Chicago to discuss expan
sion into other states. Those now serving are shown, bottom
row, left to right: F. P. Willsey, Indiana; Miss Katherine
•Clmstead, New York; Randall C. Swanson, Wisconsin. Top
row: W. E. Stuckey, Ohio; F. W. Roth, Michigan. *
Last Rites Held
Sat. For Francis
Last rites for Eli Francis, 71,
who died at his home at Crump
ler Friday, were held at the
Chestnut Hill Methodist church
Saturday morning. Rev. William
Crummett and Rev. W. H. Cald
well, of Sparta, officiated and in
terment was in the Chestnut Hill
:emetery.
A former teacher in the Ashe
county schools he -is the son of
fhe late Elizabeth Blevins Fran
cis and Robert Francis.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Fannie Francis; two sons, Rob
Chowan County has established
a County Board of Agriculture
With special committees for pea
nuts, livestock, tobacco, fruits and
vegetables, poultry, cotton, and
other crops.
During the last 45 years fer
tilizer nitrogen in the United
States has increased from 62 to
626 thousand tons.
Do your part, help prevent
'orest fires. ,
art, of the Merchant Marines; and
Osborne, of Crumpler; three sis
ters, Mrs. C. H. Billings, Mrs.
M. F. Carter, Mrs. H. M. Blevins;
and one brother, Roby Francis.
Harold Burkett
Wins First Place
In Essay Contest
Jefferson High School Youth
Is $50 Winner In North
Carolina Contest
College Station, Raleigh—First
prize winner in the essay contest,
on the subject, “The Propdjfc'
Handling of Milk on the Farm,
which was conducted in 28 coun
ties of Central and Western Caro
lina, is Harold Burkett, of Jeffer
son, Ashe County, it is announced
by John A. Arey, head of exten
sion dairying at State College.
Harold won a prize of $50, and
other prizes for second, third,
fourth, and fifth place were
awarded to Jimmy Ratledge of
Davie, Lucille McMahan of Ca
tawba, Betty Ratledge of Rowan
and Doris Bentley of Caldwell.
Twenty-three other prize winners
were also selected by the team of
judges.
Records of the contest show that
3,468 essays were submitted by
boys and girls in 28 counties. Tha
milk essay contest, sponsored by
the North Carolina Dairy Prod
ucts Association and the Exten
sion Service, followed a series of
quality milk schools in 34 coun
ties with 46,666 boys and girls
in attendance, according to Arey.
Harold, who is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. M. Burkett, of Jef
ferson, is a member of the 11th
grade at Jefferson high school.
His essay was published in full
in this paper when he entered the
contest.
A pulpwood operator in the
Raleigh area is cutting only those
trees which have been marked
by the Extension farm forester.
This thinning allows faster grow
th of the chief stand of timber.
BELK HOLDS THE LINE
It is the general impression of the pub
lic today, with the discontinuance of
the 0. P. that prices will advance
enormously.
•
Prices at Belk’s on goods now in our
store will not be increased above the
ceilings which the O. P. A. established.
It is the further hope of the manage
ment of Belk’s that we may be able to
secure our goods in the future at such
prices that we can continue to “hold the
line.”
BELK’S DEPT. STORE
“WE SELL FOR LESS’'
SPARTA NORTH CAROLINA