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Mpier.did returns from the 4
Mj'lr high school show the r
m]{ Red Cross has filled!,
an,i pupils, the prompt
Hp being an encouragement I
E> C8rr>'in? on this mem-,r
Herdeavor for 1936.
becoming' a member v
Kiocs! chapter is also a 1
K of the great National 1
organization, of which s
K Can- T. Grayson, the i
B- was the personal phy-:c
B of President Wilson, 4
Bsar. His time and ser-'
Bo name add to the char- t
B Red Cross, and this ser- ; c
* ?brv recom- *
and j
Jlie all along the 11
65 National Chairft
individual who seeks r
to join Red Cross inspired
:Jthe purpose of person- ,
L is what created and
J, up the American Nacross,
and has brought f
, suffering humanity the c
fact that one-half of every g
fee remains with the f
S,,ck county Red Cross r
Rotates a local fund that
available for those of j
t,v who may find them- t
a immediate distress and ?
jj-; instant aid. The Fed- g
mrnment can not be re- j
bw to come to such cases, g
This is when the Red ^
sean.s so much, and when g
jrir'er help where even the c
. Mighbor might not be c
j assist as might be needt
, Bed Cross does not dis- r
dole. It gives aid, comfort f
Kded help to those in dis- j.
Tiere is a feeling of honor f
2 a member of the AanerNational
Red Cross. j1
L Stevens, Chairman Memip
Committee. South port
jr American. Red Cross.
jgestions For
lantinp Pecans
i May Be Set Out In
is Section Of North
rolina Any Time _ Be- j
ten Now And Spring s
l. trees may be set out in j.
sstal plain ar.d Piedmont j
: of the State anytime from a
tamber until time for f
1 to start in the spring. ^
xhere winters are more
i the best transplanting 0
s early in the spring, said
! Schmidt, associate horti- is
of the X. C. Agricul- .
Experiment Station. j jj
O thrive on a great vari- j jj
*:.:>: heavy clay soil, light '
and river bottoms that '
Btli drained, but they will
B*dl on soil underlain with ^
led or harpan, or on land
B::? r.ot have good drain- J
B? Stuart, Success.. Pabst
Btiy are good varieties for
Buta: plains. Stuart is best
v lower Piedmont, and InHv.i
Busseron are good for
Be P.edmont and mountain
Hi! the State, Schmidt said.
wis of trees for planting
B 'k well wrapped or plun- j
-i a barrel of water while ,
S to be set out. as this
Btea from drying out.
'- ?s should be spaced 60
tan each way, with 12
I'o the acre. The holes i
about 2U feet deep
B'*t wide: large enough to .
jtf the tap root. 11
food topsoil should be i.
*fill the holes. Pack it
B^wr.d the roots. Be care- j i
Bjjtr. not to set the trees,.
an inch or two deep-1?
F % grow in the nur- j j
: should be cultivated.!
and it is advantageous j
'arm or garden crops j
J the rows of trees, but i
to the trees. I*
B?!nm Pi to 2 pounds of 1
"hiaer to each tree just 1
Powth starts in the I
At
I Andrews Chapel
B^irn's Chapel Methodsponsored
a box supl,7ay
n'ght, November
K? church.
BV ^hoxes were auctioned
J Norria, several cake
an joyed. A cake was]
K, e Slr' receiving the ]
lumber of votes in the]
^ contest. The Friend- j
Ik, choir rendered sevElections.
I
*ilt be used for chur- !
I
4, 1935
Gives Tips For
Choosing Colors
Vliss Julia Mclver, Assistant
Clothing Specialist
From State College, Says
Stout Women Should
Wear Dull Colors
A great artist once said, "when
he Creator fashioned the hum- j
ning bird and the butterfly Hel
jave them brilliant colors, but
vhen He created the elephant He
nade it taupe."
The same rule may be used by
vomen in selecting colors for
heir clothes, said Miss Julia Mc-1
ver, assistant extension clothing I
pecialist at State College.
Stout women should select!
lark, quiet colors to minimize
he size of their figures.
For the unusually slim womanj
here must be no dull, drab colirs,
no black or dark brown.
Hack has a slenderizing effect,
["he slim woman may choose the
ighter tones, pastel tints, warm
hough not brilliant hues.
White and the warm colors,
ed, orange, and intermediates,
five the effect of nearness and
argeness. Shadowy textures j
leem farther away or smaller.
The colors worn must be con-1
tidered in relation to the indivi-1
luals coloring. People differ so
videly in coloring, Miss Mclver
aid, that they cannot be classiied
simply as blondes and bru-1
lettes.
For this reason it is impossible |
o recommend certain colors forj
>londes and others for brunettes;
ind consider the color problem i
lolved.
The safest way is for each per-j
ion to trv various nolnrs npvt
o the face, choosing colors which j
mphasize the best features with-,
iut calling attention to bad'
ines.
If the eyes are the best feaure,
while the hair and skin are
lot so good, do not emphasize
he eyes at the expense of the
lair and skin. The skin is the
irst consideration, she said.
Balanced Food
For Work Stock
Horse And Mule Provide
Most Economical Form
Of Farm Power; Must
Be Fed Properly To Produce
Most Work
For economy and efficiency on
vlorth Carolina farms, the horse
ind mule are hard to beat.
Good work animals supply a
lighly satisfactory form of puling
power for farm implements
tnd machinery, and they utilize
eed crops that can be grown at
lome.
But to get the best service out
>f work stock, care must be ex
THE
I
ercised to feed it properly, said
Prof. R. H. Ruffner, head of the
animal husbandry department at
State College.
Corn, oats, and barley are
about equal in feeding value, but
corn is a little cheaper, usually,
for feeding mature animals. Barley
should be crushed or ground
before feeding.
A great variety of hays are
suitable for horse or mule feed.
For each grower, the best type
to feed is that grown on his own
farm, Professor Ruffner stated, j
Among the hays and roughages
fed with good results are:
lespedeza, timothy, clover, corn
stover, soybean, cowpea, alfalfa
and peanut.
When timothy and ear corn are
fed, it is well to include a quart
of wheat bran each day to balance
the diet.
Animals at work need 2 to 2%
pounds of feed, dry roughage and j
concentrates combined, for each j
100 pounds of live weight. A
1,000-pound mule should receive j
10 pounds of hay and 10 pounds!
of grain.
However, if the hay or roughage
contains a lot of weeds orj
coarse stems, the quantity feed I
should be increased. A good prac-!
tice is to give the animals all
the roughage they will eat with- j
out waste.
When animals have plenty of |
good hay or pasturage, and are j
not working, the grain feed may i
be cut in half.
Miss Mildred Hinton, a teacher j
of last year, is doing 6th and
7th grade teaching in a Perquimans
county school this year.
Miss Vivian Kelly Schultz is
now living in New York with a
brother. She expects to be married
early in the New Year.
Mrs. Eva B. Stanley isn't engaged
in teaching this year. Instead
she keeps house in Shallotte.
Miss Eva Mills is an instruc-t
tor in Columbus county at the |
Guideway school this year.
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STATE PORT PILOT, SOI
Removing Straw
Hurts Pine Trei
Growth Will Be Retards
When Ground Beneat!
The Tree Is Raked Bar
Of Pine Straw
The fairly wide-spread custor
of raking up pine straw fror
wooded areas appreciably retard
growth of the trees.
When the straw is left beneat]
the trees it protects the soil am
supplies needed plant food, sail
R. H. Page, Jr., assistant exten
sion forester at State College.
On a recent visit to Waym
county, Page found a 75-acri
tract of Loblolly pines that ha<
been raked continually durinf
the past 15 years.
Increment borings into th
trunks of several representativi
trees indicated that during thos
15 years the trees had gainei
less than an inch in diameter.
Normally, the same trees, 1'
inches in diameter and about 7'
feet high, should have growi
enough to increase their diamet
er by more than two inches.
In other words, Page said, rak
ing up the straw had cut th
trees' growth more than 50 pe
cent.
Sometimes farmers find it ne
cessary to gather pine needle
for mulching their crops and bed
ding livestock. The needles are a
valuable as the cord wood am
saw timber on the wooded area.
In such cases, Page said, th
-i _ 1 .1 j l .. j c ?
straw snouiu not tie luaeu nun
the same area year after yeai
Gather it at one place this yeai
he suggested, and from anothe
next year.
If the straw is not raked awa;
more than once in every four o
five years, he said, the damage i
not so severe.
^HwimihA Betty Griffin
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Bugs Are Hard
e To Keep Up With
I
dSome Insects Can Bore
h i Through Lead And Tin j
e And Do Great Harm To |
The Hardest Trees
n j Iron bars may imprison a tiger :
n land a screen may stop a fly, but .
some insects and animals are j]
equipped with chisel-like jaws )
and teeth which can cut through i
h metal. ]
d California lead-cable borers, for 1
rj example, often damage aerial- '
telephone and high tension lines i
in or near forests by boring holes '
in the lead sheathing. They do I
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in to establish new homes. Then
moisture usually short-circuits
the electric current. Linesmen for
telephone ana power companies
call the borer "the short-circuit
beetle."
Many other wood-boring in-1
sects easily chisel their way
through lead and tin signs which
block their passageways and ex- i
ist on trees, according to ento-1
mologists of the\ Department of
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hickory-bark beetles. They bore
through the bark rather readily. |
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Dften found in seasoned hard-1
ivood lumber, enables them to eat
through certain kinds of tin and j
lead which block their passage- j
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ways. Termites in biting wood
grind it into a powder.
Rodents occasionally use their
ihard, sharp teeth on metal. Curious
squirrels sometimes gnaw
aluminum identification tags off
trees. The ground mole sometimes
gnaws into concrete, and cases
of rats cutting lead pipes in
buildings are not uncommon.
Mrs. Lois Ross Spivey forsook
the use of her A. B. degree and
is keeping house in New Brunswick,
Columbus county.
Mrs. T. W. Williamson, Jr., resigned
her position as third grade
teacher to accept an offer to
join the Chadbourn school faculty
Miss Alice Hardy, who worked
at the "Y" in Wilmington this
summer, is also teaching at
Chadbourn this term.
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