PAGE 4 Government 1 Vegetable De Under The Plan, Present Facilities Would Be Expanded To Meet The Increasing Need For Dehydrated Fruits And Vegetables NEW FIRMS INVITED TO ENTER FIELD Increased Needs For LendLease Program Necessitate Expansion Of The Program By GUY A. CARD WELL The Department of Agriculture on May 26th announced a program of vegetable dehydration facilities to meet increased needs for Lend-Lease, military purposes, and civilian consumption and to help alleviate the increasingly serious situation with respect to containers and transportation of foods. Under the program, existing vegetable dehydrators will be invited to expand their present facilities and canners and processors with experience in food processing will be assisted wherever necessary in converting part or all of their plants for dehydration onerations. Processors parti LET'S ATTACI MASS FORMA Them 000,0 will pi tanks, partm WAR Stand r SAVINGS pr?ssl BONDS ,.rDo, War keep y^i" wmwmrr TRAINED MECHANICS l; QUALITY Z MATERIALS ?U LOW COST lodx COL*. - YOUR CAR OR TRl p^>; *u* SERVICED REGUI 19CI &L9. He has trained i o u i! ... He uses qui rials. . He pc , service operation! iu< ?^e rates- It F your Chevrolet i ME car-saving servici I Hi [i j fiTViTjTiHf/fj f Elmore C Bolr 0 Assist With hydration Plan MISTAKE BIG BEAR FOR A BLACK COW Mrs. \V. T. Malpass, and her 1 sons, Bill and Dick, along with Mrs. Earl Bobbins, all of Whiteville, were returning to the city yesterday afternoon from Holden's Beach, where I they had been s|iending several days, when they were surI prised to see what resembled J a big black cow standing | squarely in the middle of the | road. "Slow down, don't hit that i cow" cautioned .Mrs. Malpass, I to her son Dirk, who was driving. Closer observation revealed the animal was not a cow but a big black bear. "Speed up son" advised Mrs. 1 .Malpass. I cipating in the program will be j approved by the Department of I Agriculture. Plans have been I made to furnish technical assistance to firms newly entering the : dehydration field to help them ; gain experience. The program will be worked out in cooperation with the War Department and the tion assed striking power of 131,00 bond-buying Americans archase such a flood of guns, planes, etc. that the Axis Yiotmr Ko a Wo in nrs vnnnt: vti?jj<~ ujjil against it. Let'yput on the ire now?together, your part. Buy ail the U.S. Savings Bonds you can, and buying them. ppani iZlinI I iiirTI^ | BHH ICK WILL LAST LONG LARLY-SEE YOUR CK mechanics. for years slity mate- have ha< jrforms all ber of tn 5 at reason' fore, the >ays to see in servici dealer for models. . j because, check-up Motor C< /ia, North Car ? _ T War Production Board. As a practical means of Increasing dehydration facilities the Agricultural Marketing Administration will contract with processors meeting the requirements of the program to purchase that part J of their dehydrated vegetable | production that is needed to meet I domestic, Lend-Lease and military ! requirements, on both a current ! and future delivery basis. Fur| chases will be made on the basis of specifications prepared by the ! Department of Agriculture. The Department also will assist j in seeking priorities for materials ' needed to expand or convert existing facilities for firms selected to participate in the program. Conversion of existing food processing facilities to production of dehydrated commodities will, be accomplished with a minimum use of critical materials. Through the program, increased production of dehydrated white and sweet potatoes, onions, cab| bage, carrots, beets, and rutabagas will be sought, j Substantial savings in shipping! ! weight and space are expected to j result from the dehydration proj gram. Generally speaking, reduc! tion of weight through dehydra- j I tion results in about 10 pounds of fresh vegetables equaling one pound of the dehydrated product. 1 Volume reduction is about 4 to P Plants now engaged in vegetable dehydration or other processors of perishable foods interested in the expansion program, are [ urged to contact the Fruit and i Vegetable Branch of the Agricul| tural Marketing Administration, ' U. S. Department of Agriculture, j Washington, D. C. They will be sent, on request, application forms to participate in the program. TOO LATE TO MOP FOR BOLL WEEVIL (Continued From Page One) Make preparations to meet the insent menace. The loss of the cotton crop would be a disaster of the first rank." Complete information on methods of controlling boll weevils are contained in Extension Circular No. 258. This publication is free to citizens of North Carolina upon request, by letter or card, to the Agricultural Editor, State College Stataion, Raleigh, or at offices of county farm agents of the Extension Service. "Make boll weevil counts," Dr. Metcalf advised. "Pick 100 squares from each of the four corners of WELCOME, We are back in business and will welcome your patronage. ENNIS LONG Service Station SUPPLY, N. C. 31 ?ER IF YOU HAVE IT IEVROLET DEALER , Chevrolet dealers i the lc Amoving any stamps, 'A V . w ?S ) your board will I / /'enable you to get * )i extra sugar for | ^^ W RfWfWNW: -TO 1 ;attu RTH AND ! asoline and Rubber T reby pledge our Gove: C., will not make a 1 on. ve suggest to the farm* the warehouses this s< iont M< 9=30/ rsday, Ai IS - REEVES V REEVES WAREHOUSE EST FRYE WAREHOUSE , FOWLER VAREHOUSE >E PELL irmont Sold More Pounds, P ST AVERAGE of any Bord< a in 1941. V bound to be plenty of garfisl parent stock left. In a dozei years they will be just as num erous as ever. Outside of destroying most o the gars and other predatory fish there are a lot of other benefit to come from the partial drain ing of ponds every few years. Ii some of them enormous quanitiei of fine food fish can be obtained A relatively small amount of par ent stock left will quickly re plenish the game fish supply For instance, authorities havi said that one female perch wil restock a three-acre area. A couple of bass will restock abou eight acres, and so on. In addition, the partial drain ing of ponds and removing of ob jectionable fish has a very pron ounced good effect on the fisl that remain. Left undrained foi years, a fish pond collects mucl matter detrimental to fish life anc to the production of fish food. II Is now generally recognized thai the release of most of the water! and the fishing of ponds everj few years is necessary, if one i! to have the maximum production of fish for sport and food. i ? ? CO-ED I f OR COWBOY KH BE THRIFTY WHEh ^YOU'RE THIRSTY w QUICK FOOD ENERGY In the bit/ biq botth Pep?? Colo is mode only by Pepsi-Colo < Authorized Bottler: J. W. Jj rHEGrov SOUTH CA1 ires so badly needed b rnment that we, the T house-to-house, farm-t ers that they make sason. w + irket I V- Mig. 6th, 1 BIG 5 WAI BY CAGE 1 DAVIS WA BY FRANK ROBESON CO. BY A. E. G PLANTERS W BY LOU Gl aid out More Money and h :r Belt Market in North or /EDNESDAY, JULY R ,t|i ilOPENING DATES ^ i ARE FIXED at RICHMOND yth (Continued From Page 5* f August 6; Eastern Carols ? ust 25; Middle Belt Sepu^ 3 Old Belt October 1. and - Virginia December 7. "^ll ij These dates will prov-ife 4 3' siderably longer selling J? , I than last year when the cZJ * Florida markets oper.ei T* 5 and the Old Beit markets fj ember 16. j Earlier in the meeting, ^ 1 Carrington, of Durham hit} L named as head - VISIT our STORf You'll find it a mighty ' place to fill most of 1 farm needs. Roland Simmons ! Service Station I ASH, N. c. lC> s : | Compony, long Island Gfy. N V, n Kson Beverage < < . lli/B /ers ROLINA y the fighting forces obacco Warehouse:o-farm solicitation fewer and larger )pens 1942 IEHOUSE 'ARBORO REHOUSE : DAVIS nr> nninllCE WAKtnui'OL I IARRETT I AREHOUSE I REGORY I ad the South I