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jfowth - Culture Of Weec
;r0,n Plant Bed To Auctior
:',>or Is Traced For Papei
. , The tedious process of raisii;
|i Of The Care And, tjje g0]deri weed is begun wit
V !i Necessarv For The the burning off of space inwhic
And Production ] the farmer plants his seed be
fv?'\ Crop Of Tobacco These long, rectangular-shape
01 ' ' beds are situated in the most fe
11 !1<>V BANNERMAN tile spots on the farm, usual!
11' writer. in the protecting surroundings!
American's money wooded areas. The ground
< the patience of a broken up, fertilized, and plante
and the skill of with the tobacco seeds. Aero:
? need farmer. There | narrow strips, that span thebei
n.ls of tobacco that the tcbaco canvas is spread. Th
many different thin netting affair is designed 1
. the coastal and protect the growing plants froi
i, ns of Virginia, the the harmful effects of wind ar
' ' . and Georgia, the frost.
brand is flue-cur-j In the meantime, the farm!
its production far- jhas no time to sit back and tal
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... to bring forth the well as tobacco, is plowed ar
],. of perfection. prepared for planting.
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<|H A< we approach another tobacco season we finil our
st"'> 'ore t<*o large ami have priced it to sell,
course you do not need to be told that furniture
tgrB prices, like all other merchandise, is increasing almost
I good time for you In buy. Our
jStrfl sink is complete and our s-eleotion is good.
*?! We have furniture for every roon: in the house, also
odd pieces, rugs, stoves, heaters, ranges, radio, refrigera31
'"is; in fact anything for the home you can get it here.
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HI Paints, Nails . .
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HI We cater to the farmer's ne
his home or farm he can get it
K implements, tools, fertilier, etc. Y
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why every home on the line she
j|Sfr and radio. We carry a full line
||- eluding lamps, refrigerators, radi<
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mold and insects threaten the
F little plants that soon dot the
bed. The farmer desperately comlejbats
these pests with paradlchlo-jrobenzene
and -usually survives
Iwith only a minor loss, if any.
TO THE FIELD
Soon the plants become of size
to transplant in the open fields.
The farmer, along with other
helpers, pull the plants up and
place them in baskets or tubs.
This done, they are ready for
the great task of setting out toj
bacco. The plants are dropped,
one by one, into the transplanter,
which sets out the plant
and waters it at the same time.
One person operates the transplanter
with another to assist
him by dropping the plants.
Tobacco is planted from 16 to
20 inches apart in rows ranging
from four to five feet apart.
In the hot days of June the
farmer and his entire family,
armed with hoes, set out to destroy
the most common pest?
grass. However, this problem can
be practically eliminated by careful
plowing.
From the time the tobacco is
knee-high until the last leaf is
taken from the stalk, worms set
in with the sole determination of
riddling the prize leaves of Mr.
Farmer's best tobacco. He retaliates
with the use of poison
and gallantly attempts to make
a stand against his latest enemies.
There are two kinds of tobacco
worms: the bud worm,
that neatly clips the bud and
kills the plants, and the horn
worm, who hungrily devours the
leaf.
I Gradually, the tobacco' "gi'oivs
of all Ki
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mpplies
>eds. Whatever he needs to o
her. Mules, wagons, harness,
ou can take care of your even
rure with you.
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the country now there is no ]
luldn't have an electric refrig
of household electric applianc
)s, etc.
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shed is shown here.
: taller and begins to bloom. These
: pink blossoms are the beginning :
of more work for Mr. Tobacco
Farmer. He then tops the tobaci
co by snapping off the blossoming
top of each bush or hill, as <
they are caUed. Until now the
tobacco has been growing tall
and slender, but with the top- :
ping job completed the bush begins
to spread out and-huge lea-ji
ves of green tobacco begin to!I
take shape. By topping, the :
strength of the plant not only
goes into producing larger leaves i
bit, also, in the making of heav- j
ier leaves?and weight plays an i
important part in the tobacco industry.
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Since topping forces strength <
into the making of the leaf it i
also produces suckers, which are 11
growths at the base of each leaf [ 1
that sap up the strength origi-' I
nally intended for the leaf. There-1 <
fore, the farmer has to sucker 11
his tobacco in order that he may
produce the fine weed that he
hopes to yield.
CARE IN CURING
j Harvest time approaches around !
the first of July and continues
into August. Cropping, as the
harvest is called, begins from
the bottom leaves to the top
and last leaves. The bottom ones
are called sand lugs and the top
leaves, tips. The middle leaves
are the larger and better; thus,
here is the cream of the crop.
Croppers snap off the ripened
leaves?those that have begun to
'turn from their usual green to ai
slight yellowish blend?and place |
them in a waiting dray. When1
1 loaded, this dray is pulled to the
b&rn by a mule where the green
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id its longest and most suctobacco
is strung on sticks. Each
stringer is assisted by two handers
and the tobacco is passed to
the stringer in hands or bundles
of around three or four leaves,
depending on its size.
The tobacco is hung on tiers
inside the barn and a fire built
in the furnace. Then the night
work of the farmer begins?the
curing of his tobacco. The curing
process lasts about a week
and is a very tedious job. Thru
the various stages of heat, the
one-time green leaf becomes the
golden weed that we see on the
markets of Whiteville.
The curing of tobacoo is varied
but it usually runs in this
order: The first stage is known
as "coloring", which ranges from
around 90 to 100 degrees. After
the color is set in the tobacco,
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ine neai is sieppcu IJiu 1
Jegrees for approximately three
lours. Then, from there the little
Lhin tube of mercury is moved
rp to 130 fom three more hours.
Within a heat ranging from 120
:o 140 the process is known as
rilling the leaf. Between 160 and
170 degrees the finishing touch;s
are added to the golden weed
;n the respect of killing the
item.
Curing the tobacco is a very
cautious job and every care is
aken in orsrer to produce the
'inest grade possible. There are
iangers since the barn can be
lurned at the slightest contact of
the dry leaf against the hot flu;s.
There is danger of ruining
the tobacco when the heat is not
regulated as it should be. This
iften times caused sweating of
the tobacco which results in the
sponging of the leaf.
After the tobacco is cured it is
removed to the pack house where
the next great task confronts the
farmer. That is the grading and
tying of the weed, in preparation
for the market. Grading takes
the skilled eye of an expert, and
tying, the perservereuce and
neatness of one who knows how.
Each barn is graded and tied
separately and sold in that manner.
Then the happy day arrives
when the farmer welcomes the
opening sale of the Whiteville
market with a load of his best
tobacco?the crop that he has
worked so hard to achieve. He
pays off his debts and with his
extra money he turns his attention
to the making of a new
crop.
R.F.D. Carriers
Bond Salesmen
At Least This Legion Of
Uncle Sam's Employees
Sell Defense Stamps In
Denominations From 10Cents
To $5.00
Thirty-two thousand rural mail
carriers are now acting as agents
in the sale of Defense Savings
Stamps, postal officials have informed
the Treasury Department.
Demand for the stamps in sparsely
settled districts caused the
Post Office Department to authorize
the carriers to act as salesmen.
The stamps range in value from
ten cents to five dollars. Purchased
for Defense
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More efficient food distribution
to Build national health, "a vital
factor in defense," was urged bj
Earl French, national marketint
director of A ft P Tea Company's
producc-buving affiliate, in MP
Need Sanitation
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In Raising Chicks ^
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Proper Sanitary Methods | 1
Are "Musts" In The Rais- cle
ing Of Poultry, County on
Assistant Farm Agent ma
Advises ~
BY C. D. RAPER
Assistant Farm Agent [_
Poultry diseases are constantly D
[confronting the poultryman. They! I
f must be recognized and controlled | I
!if he is to stay in business. The I
! adage "An ounce of prevention is!
worth a pound of cure," certainly I
applies to them. I
The industry has recognized P
this advice by adopting various 1
[sanitation programs, with the
i goal of producing healthy stock
[relatively free from disease. It
I has been proven practically and
i experimentally that such stock is j
|capable of producing more profit- j
|ably.
{ One of the major problems of
j the poultryman today is to re-1
duce the relatively high mortal-j
ity in both young and adult
birds. The best way to reduce
this mortality is through sanita- f
tion.
Sanitation means not only clean I
well disinfected quarters and
clean soil, but also the use of Bj
clean feeders and water fountains 1
in order to prevent as much as i
possible contamination from these
sources. L.
Practically all poultry diseases'1 ;
enter the bli-d through the [ :
mouth; hence every precaution | '
should be taken to reduce the j F
l^anna* ftf thrnllp*h this i
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route. al
Feed troughs and hoppers v(
should be of a type that will not
allow birds to get in them or "]
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roost over them. Removable hop- r?
pers are preferred to stationary ta
I ones, because they can be carried j P'
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ers are given albums in which [ st
they can be mounted. When fil- | |
led, the albums may be exchang- a:
ed for Defense Savings Bonds.
Post Office officials recalled aJ
I that rural mail carriers acted s,
| in similar capacity in 1917 and q
| 1918 selling War Savings Stamps, la
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Although this drug
agreed that it is one of
equipped throughout ar
I drug store merchandise,
in and look around whei
Our new Liquid C
modern the market af
vice, tasty, toasted sar
drinks, delicious sunda
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: and cleaned. | try. Local mills will grind corn I
Water vessels should be such tobs from the farm or they can Bj
it they will supply good, clean be purchased. B
ter at all times and should be I
ced to prevent dampening the , Cork trees from Spain and rub- B
or. ber bushes from Mexico are be
["he house itself should be ! ing cultivated in the California fl
aned often and clean litter put | state Experiment Station in an B
the floor. Crushed corn cobs effort to replace supplies from I
ke an excellent litter for poul- abroad. I
New 'Life Saver' for Premature Babies I
FORD ENGINEERS HELPED DEVELOP THIS PORTABLE INCUBATOR I
Through the combined efforts of The outfit (shown above) Is
ord Motor Company engineers hardly larger than a clothes bas- (
id Henry Ford Hospital otitcials ket and fits easily on an automo- j
: Detroit, a new-low-cost port- bile seat. It works when plugged j
>le baby incubator has been de- into an ordinary light socket and
doped afjer 12 years. can be set upon a kitchen table.
Small and easy to handle, this As a life saver for premature
Jigmy" life-saving outfit is ex- babies, this compact unit has been
jcted to bring about a sharp remarkably successful in Michi- I
iduction in the high infant mor- gan. Twenty of the tiny incubaility
rate in rural areas. The toi'3 arc strategically located In I
ortable incubator can be moved communities not able to purchase ,
istly into isolated homes to help thc lar(?er in !fctl?nJ not
...? .a. u?? babies. sorved by hospitals. Results are j
"7"'^ v*,r "T"~ . . attracting wiue auenuua. .
Physicians all over the nation As soon a3 arrangements can
re looking with interest on the made with a hospital supply
ew unit because?compared to company, the units will be inanualky
incubators usually avail- facturcd and marketed on a
ole only in large hospitals?it is larger scale, a Ford official said,
nail enough to be transported The price will be held as closely
uickly in any emergency to iso- as possible to actual cost?
ited rural districts. approximately $100.
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YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME !
Mr. Farmer
i THIS SECTION'S MOST MODERN \
IG STORE
store began business in 1908, it is generally II
the most modern in the state. It is modernly I
id well stocked with a full line of quality II
We extend you a cordial welcome to come I
ther you are interested in buying or not. h I
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arbonic fountain and luncheonette is the most |
fords. At this fountain you will get quick ser- I
idwiches of all kinds, cool, satisfying fountain I
es, ice cream and lunch you'll like. I
MENDS AT OUR FOUNTAIN?It's Cool fl
Our Prescription Department I
Gives Quick, Accurate Service I
?Day Or Night? fl
With more than three quarters of a million prescriptions I
having been filled by as since 1915, we feel that with our I
moderniy equipped and well stocked prescription department I
in charge of two registered pharmacists that we are com- I
petent to handle any doctor's prescription, day or night. Our I
drugs are fresh and potent and our work and service is . , . I
QUICK, ACCURATE AND j I
DEPENDABLE j
SUNDRIES, TOILET GOODS, STATIONERY,
;ars, cigarettes ... tobaccos. i
id NYAL DRUGS and PRODUCTS?
ON'S PHARMACY
C. Harrelson, Prop. 1
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