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Early In April, Gov. Thinks
laleigh.—The North Carolina
pslature speeded into its home
*ch this week as leaders, with
approval of Governor Cherry,
t-dowtt the word that adjourn
gt must come by midnight of
Heanwhile, Representative
l^ikdKead of Orange and others
the hopper a bill to effect
« vocational educational school at
CVV Butner for veterans of
'W'orld War II. An appropriation
$25,000 would be made to start
the school and an extra appro
priation of $10,000 would be made
to provide quarters for married
■couples. The couples would be
charged rent, which would be
oised to repay the $10,000 appro
priation. Veterans would be
taught such trades as refrigera
tion, plumbing and heating.
Segregation Bill Passed
The Senate passed a bill pro
viding for segregation of youth
ful first offenders, making man
datory their separation from old
«r and hardened criminals, and
a measure which would allow
the use of school buses to trans
port persons to events approved
toy the State Board of Education.
The - same body received a
measure by Senator Powell of
Columbus authorizing the North
Carolina Rural Rehabilitation
Corporation, a State agency set
rap in 1939, to use funds from a
federal grant for promoting ru
ral industry and establishing hos
pitals.
The House received two con
servation bills—one by Repre
sentative Meekins of Dare to cre
ate a State shellfish commission,
and another by Representative
Whitfield of Pender to provide
for the tagging of deer killed in
,*>pen season, and to provide a
"“reasonable” fee for persons vis
iting State parks and lakes.
Cook Rites Held
At Shllo Church
Last rites were held last Fri
day for Mrs. Harrison Cook, at
the Shilo church and interment
followed in the Church cemetery.
Mrs. Cook, a native oi Yadkin,
: succumbed at the home of her
•■son, Carl Cook, at Stratford, last
Monday, after an illness of sev
She is survived by a son, Carl
Cook, and one daughter, Mrs.
JStta Smith, of Johnson City,
Tenn., and also several grand
children and four great-grapd
children.
■CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for their
kindness and sympathy shown us
in the recent death of our beloved
sister.
MRS. GUY WADDELL.
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Now Looking For
Models In County
Dr. Pepper Bottling Company
Looking For Local Cover
Girl Models
Some lucky girl of Alleghany
county or vicinity, may be one of
four new cover girl discoveries
to adorn the 1948 Dr. Pepper
calendar, and to win a chance at
fame and fortune ... a career in
modeling, movies or television.
The Dr. Pepper Bottling Com
pany is collecting photo entries
among the customers, Carl F.
Colvard announced today.
Harry Conover, New York
Model Agency man will select the
girls who will grace the calen
dar under the titles “Miss East,”
“Miss West,” “Miss South,” “Miss
North.” Any girl aged 15 or over
may enter her photograph with
out entry fee. Each winner may
enjoy an all-expense luxury trip
to New York. Her natural good
looks will be glorified by one of
the outstanding beauty salons.
She will be groomed and coached
for her'Calendar photograph. All
the garments and proper ac
cessories will be lent for the oc
casion by a famous New York
fashionist
In New York she will stay at
one of the fine hotels, see se
lected Broadway shows and fa
mous nite clubs. Every cent of
the cost is to be paid by the
sponsor.
Most important however, she
will get the interested attention
of the dean of all beauty and
talent discoverers, Harry Con
over. This could likely lead to
a highly paid modeling career,
even to stardom in the movies.
The beautiful Joan Caulfield,
recently seen with Bing Crosby
in the gorgeous Paramount tech
nicolor movie "Blue Skies” is a
Conover discovery. Others in
clude Jinx Falkenberg, Choo
Choo Johnson, .Candy Jones,.
Dusty Anderson. Conover seeks
fresh charm and beauty from the
ranks of amateurs and the un
knowns but who tomorrow may
be famous. Leaflets with full de
tails, rules and instructions may
be had at any soft drink place,
or by calling at the Dr. Pepper
Bottling company.
Raleigh—The seventh annual
show and sale of, N. C. Hereford
Breeders Association will be held
at Statesville on April 14 and IS,
it is announced by the State Ag
riculture Department.
Harry Hamilton, beef cattle
marketing specialist, says that 40
top .females and five excellent
herd bull prospects will be offer
ed at the sale on April 15, which
will follow the show on the pre
vious day.
‘This will be about the Best
consignment ever offered in
k
Dine & Dance
March 22
At The Community Bldg.
Supper 7:30
DANCE FOLLOWS
Music By Clif Evans
and His Band
Public Cordially lnvited
Successful Dairy Farming de
pends largely upon the kind oi
feed and care which cows re
ceive. Approximately orie-half ol
ration is used in repairing worr
out tissue and maintaining body
heat and energy of which the
dairyman receives no direct re
turn. The other half for milk
production if only three-fourths
I of full ration is fed, the par)
' available for milk production is
reduced three-fourths.
From various experiments thal
have been conducted it has beer
found to be more economical tc
feed 16-20 per cent grain mixture
depending upon quality of hay
A good rule to follow is the feed
ing of one pound of grain for
each pound of milk, thus a three
gallon cow would require from
eight to nine pounds of grain
mixture, of which should be
bulky enough to weigh one pound
per quart.
Grain mixtures suitable for
feeding in connection with mixed
the State of both horned and
polled Herefords,” declared Ham
ilton.
The auctioneer will be Earl
Gartin, with Paul Swaffer, gen
eral manager of Atlantic Rural
Exposition, judging. ,
Hamilton said that catalogs
may be secured by writing Mrs.
E. D. Chandler, Malvern Hills,
Asheville, secretary, or Dr. R. A.
Allgood of Fayetteville, presi
dent.
hay with or without silage ore
os follows:
Ration No. I
400 Lbs. Corn Meal
300 Lbs. Cotton Seed Meal
200 Lbs. Ground Oats
100 Lbs. Wheat Bran
, 10 Lbs. Salt
Ration No. U
200 Lbs. Corn Cob Meal
J;100 Lbs. Ground Oats?
100 Lbs. Cotton Seed Meal
" 4 Lbs. Salt
Ration No. Itt
280 Lbs. Corn Cob Meal
120 Lbs. Cotton Seed Meat
4 Lbs. Salt
Ration No. IV
100 Lbs. Corn Meal
100 Lbs. Cotton Seed Meal
100 Lbs. Wheat Bran
3 Lbs. Salt
First, cows should always be
handled gently. Rough treatment
and high milk production are
never found in same bam.
Second, give cows all good hay
they will consume and 25 to 30
pounds of silage where available.
Third, keep cows clean and
comfortable at all times.
Fourth, supply your cows with
plenty water.
Lard, Soap Prices
Will Remain High
Raleigh—March prices of fats,
oils and oilseeds are expected to
continue high in the next few
months but may decline when
marketing of the 1947 oilseed
Health I
By Robert R. 1
District Health
The American Bed Cross is al
present patting bn its annua]
drive for funds. Many people
wonder what the status of the
egin, the State Agriculture
ient says.
Prices for soybeans and flax
seed this spring will be high
compared with grain prices, and
acreages of soybeans and flax
seed probably will be expanded
considerably. An increase in the
pig crop also is in prospect for
1947. Output of lard and greats
is likely to be larger in 1947-48
than in the current marketing
year.
Factory and warehouse stocks
of fats and oils totaled 1,248,000,
000 pounds on January 1, 1947.
This is 462,000,000 pounds less
than a year earlier and about
950,000,000 pounds under the 19
37-40 average for January 1.
Total suplies of fats and oils
will be smaller ip the first half
of 1947 than in the first half of
1946. Domestic output and im
ports are expected to increase
moderately but not enough to
make up for the loss in inven
tories. Supplies of drying oils
and edible vegetable oils 'will be
smaller than a year ago. There
will be about the same amount
of lard and of fats used for soap.
On the other hand, butter sup
plies will be considerably larg
er than in the first half of 1946.
(Red Cbm and how it fita into
our life. The Red
[ Cross is a voluntary agency which
was incorporated by Congress in
11900 to provide voluntary aid to
the sick and. wounded in time of
war and peace.
There are five area offices in
the United States and 3,754 local
chapters through which the ser
vices of the Red Cross are dis
tributed to areas 6f .need.
The health services of the Red
Cross include (1) Disaster relief
(2) home service (3) nursing ser
vices (4) first aid, water safety,
and accident prevention (5) blood
donor services (6) nutrition ser
vice.
Disaster relief includes emerg
ency care and rehabilitation aid
in case of earth quakes, floods,
fire, tornadoes, or other outstand
ing disasters to communities.
The home service provides con
sultation and guidance on per
sonal and family problems for
service men and veterans and
their dependants. Medical care is
frequently provided through this
service.
The nursing services of the Red
Cross includes the enrollment and
recruitment of nurses for the
Army and Navy and of Red Cross
nurses during time of war. In
certain instances a special effort
is made by the Red Cross to de
velop public health programs by
providing public health nurses.
Red Cross nurses are also pro
vided to help with nursing care
in time of epidemics or national
disasters.
The next services provides for
free training of the public in
first aid water safety and accident
prevention so that emergency
care may be given in case of ac
gram includes
group teaching
classes, food
kitchen parties
The Red Cr<
support we can
the
blood bird
fusion services. This blood<s used
in hospitals and on the battle
field in time of war jmd peace.
The nutrition servift is trying
to help the Ameridbn people to
better health through a better
knowledge of foods. The pro
ticludes "Individuals and
teaching by means of
food demonstrations,
rties and other means.
Cross deserves any
give it.
Eight model Turkish tobacco
curing barns will be built during
the spring months in North Caro
lina counties growing Turkish to
bacco, according to the State
College Extension Service.
FOR SALE
DAY OLD
BACKED ROCK CHICKS
from U. S. certified pullor
um clean flocks. Send in
your orders now and we
will do our best to serve
you.
$12.00 Per Hundred
First Hatch February 28.
Nine Pines
Hatchery
Piney Creek, N. C.
C. G. Mitchell, Mgr.
Are you using these "hired hands”?
i as though a
has enough h
fen think that th
who
see?
These unaeen "hired hanu»
tists of agriculture, who work for you tbe year
N ’round in agricultural experiment stations of thi
nation. Their accomplishments are many
can benefit you directly in proportion to
vantage you take of their services. They’ve help©
increase productivity of the land, helped develoD
better-yielding crops, better livestock and
try. Vet, never satisfied that perfection
reached, the experiment stations continue
plore the possibilities of further aid to agriculture.
The experiment stations in the 48 si *..us are to
the business of agriculture what our resejarch lab' >
ratories are to Swift & Company. It isjin the re
search laboratory that we put science t$ woik for
us, to improve our products and our business. It
costs us money—but we consider it money well
spent. Farmers and ranchers are indeed fortunate
to have much of their research work done for them
—and paid for out of public funds derived from
taxes.
We like to think of these agricultural experi
ment. stations as a vast bank of valuable scientific
knowledge, lb maintain the assets of this bank,
millions of dollars from this year’s $1,238,055,000
budget of the United States Department of Agri
culture go to the .various state experiment sta
tions, to conduct experiments sponsored by the
U. S. D. A. In addition, about $12,000,000 is pro
vided by the states to staff and maintain the sta
tions. Remember, this is your bank from which
you can make withdrawals of real value any time
you wish. Information is available on any subject
relating to farming or ranching. Direct your re
quest either to the Dept, of Agriculture, Washing
ton 25, D. C., or to your own state college, state
experiment station or extension service. If you
do not have the address, ask your county agent or
vocational agriculture teacher. Or write to us at
Swift & Company, Department A-5, Chicago 9,
Illinois.
OUR CITY COUSIN
I
Gty Cousin is shocked to s >«
How strong a one-wire fens* can be... Wheeeel
Two Different Things
There seem* to be a good deal of.
misunderstanding about t./ofae
tom •which arb important
marketing of livestock—grade
a ana price.
Simply defined, the purpose of
grading is to provide a convenient
but necessary means for comparing qualities of
the meat animals in a market; or for comDaring
the animals in one market with those offered for
•ale 4lT«nother market. However, grading is not
an eiact science because it depends to quite an
extent on the judgment of the person doing the
buying or selling. Grades are standards which . \
take into consideration the sex, weignt, quaaty,
conformation and finish of animals.
Now, let'6 have a look at price. Price is not a
factor in determining grade. Just because some
animals are in a higher grade does not mean that
they always will sell for a higher price than ani
mals in a lower grade. For example, it happens
at times that a medium grade of cattle sells tor as
much or more than a good grade. Such a condi
tion may come about when there is a heavy de
mand for, but only & light supply of, medium
cattle; while on the same day a big supply and a
light demand of good grade cattle will not bring
so high a price.
The same situation may exist in the case of
lambs. In communities where racial customs
affect eating ijabits, there are times when car- .
casses of lightweight, thin, lean lambs sell for as
much as the fat, well-finished, choice type. Again
the law of supply and demand is in action.
Always remember that price and grade are
two different things. Try to think of each sep- I
arately, and we believe you. will have a much
clearer and truer picture of grading and market
ing of livestock. >
P. C. Smith, Vice President
In Charge of Beef, Lamb, Veal
P. C. Smith
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SIZE OF BUSINESS
by J. L. Tennant
Rhode (aland State Cdleft
A farm business should be large
enough to pay operating costa, in
terest on the investment, and fam
ily living expenses. A southern New
_ C___a* lnnn»
18 cows per man; a poultry farm, 1,500 layere; a
market-garden farm, 10 acres; a potato farm, 40 acra;
and an apple farm, 20 acres.
Doing more business with the same capital invest
ment is one way to lower costs and higher profits.
With the larger business, the operator can mend more
of his time at productive work. For example workers
on a dairy farm with 9 to 10 cowb per man will be just
as busy as on a farm with 15 to 18 cows per taan. The
grosB sales and net income on the larger operation will
he much higher because more of the time fe used in
producing milk. Reducing costs per unit puts the
farm operator in a stronger competitive position.
If more crop land cannot be bought, perhaps it can
be rented. Another plan ia to check means by which
crop production on preaent acreage can be increased.
Ways to do this include: the use of tone and fertilised;
winter cover crops; higher yielding varieties; double
• w iping; drainage ana terracing.
A nether step toward efficiency is to install modem
equipment which enables one person to produce more
per hour. Overhead costs per unit of product can be
lowered whan each machine ia used profitably for as
many hours as possible. ' 'i
Soda BM Son ... a feller that
wrapped up in himself generally
makes a mighty puny package.
A Big Market of Little People
A new outlet for meat has been de
veloped! Hundreds of thousands of
“little people” in America, the ba
bies of the nation, are now eating
meat. Swift’s Meat* for Babies and
Juniors are specialty prepared for
them. These new products 'give to
day’s babies a belter chance than ever before for
robust health and full physical development.
The better the food, the better the baby! That’s
why doctors are so enthusiastic about Swift’s Meats
few Babies. They know that meat provides complete,
high-quality proteins, the essential body-builders—
iron, the blood-builder—and needed vitamins in natu
ral form. They know, too, that these vital food ele
ments in meat are most important when babies are
ffor older children.
1108 is but one example of the many ways Swift’s
research, distribution and promotion contribute to
the nation’s nutrition and build new markets for the
products of your farm and repch.
Mothers: if you'd like a free ebpy of a new informative
booklet, "Meat in Your Baby's Diet," write Swift A
Company, Dept. B, Chicago 9, Illinois.
building their bodies. And so, many
nmending Swift’s Meats for Babies
Mined for the very young and diced
Stedfie fit*
BEEF GOULASH
2 pounds boot chuck
V4 cup Hour
3 tablespoons fat
114 cups water
1 toblaspaon Worcestershire
, V4 cup colory leaves
14 teaspoon popper
1 dov* garlic
1 teaspoon dry mustard
2 tablespoons chopped
parsley
V4 teaspoon sap*
1 teaspoon caraway
seed (optional!
1
Cut b««f into chunks and rod in floor. Molt tot In tumor. *
moat woU. Add remaining ingredients. Cover skillet and i
slowly for 3V4 hours, or until tender. (Yleldi 6 servings)
Things are NOT always as they
f/N. Which of the two shapee shows et left is the
/ / larger? The white one or the black one? The
( f white one certaihly appears to be bigger. But
actually they are ggactly the same site.
\ \ I* the livestock-meat industry, toe, things
\ J are not always as they seem. For example,
^ sometimes people think of £wift’s total profits
as being large. Yet the actual fact i# thakm 1946 dividend
payments to shareholders were less than the share
holders’ investment; the company’s net eafirings from all
source# were 1 y& per dollar of said* . only a fraction of a
cent per pound of product handled: Thai seems to be doing
business on a mighty narrow margin—and it kl
Swift & Company
moon STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO »,
Nutrition is oar butintss—uui years