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Timely Farm Questions Answered At N. C. State Question: Can baby chickes be fed immediately after they are hatched ? Answer: Nature has given the chick a balanced ration in the form of un absorbed yolk which should maintain the chick for 72 hours. However, satisfactory results are obtained if feed and water are given the chicks as soon as they are placed under the hover, or in the starter battery. The ehicks usually go to eating in several hours and do well under these condi tions. If the baby chicks are to be shipped however, it is best not to give any feed until they arrive at destination. Question: How should I arrange my garden plot to best advantage? Answer: Much time and effort can be saved by arranging the various erops in units or sections. Two or three sections should be planted to the annual crops, one section to the quick-maturing spring crops such as garden peas, green onions, lettuce, mustard and spinach, and still another section planted to early cabbage, beets, carrots and the first planting of snap beans, early com, and early tomatoes. The main summer crops such as summer cabbage, lima beans, cucumbers, squash, okra, pep pers and sweet com should also have a section. As soon as one section is | harvested, it should be plowed up and prepared for later plantings. Question: When is the best time to plant a pasture in North Carolina ? Answer: New pastures should be Seeded in this state during the early fall or late winter. If the land selected is low or on a hillside, all bushes and briars should be taken off in January and the land prepared for seeding by disking or coultering. The seed should be sown in February using about 40 pounds per acre of a mixture made up of grasses suitable Offer Scholarship Ideal Club Member In N. C. During 1936 Winner Will Be Selected By His Production As Revealed By His Own Records I'he outstanding 4-H club member In North Carolina for 1936 will be awarded a four-year scholarship to the North Carolina State college. In addition, one such club member from each of the 100 counties will be awarded a free trip to the annual 4-H short course to be held at State college during the summer. “These valuable scholarships have been offered through the State college agricultural extension service by the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational fcureau,” announces L. R. Harrill, State club leader, who says these awards should do much to promote the objectives of real club work among the farm boys of the State. Mrs. Harrill says the awards were made possible through the interest of A. Gr Floyd, former State college Student and manager of the Chilean Nitrate Bureau for this State. Any regularity enrolled club boy is eligible to compete but any previous winner tnay not compete except in the case 'of county winners who may strive for the state scholarship. Winner of the State award must be eligible and make application for entering college during the fall following making of the award; otherwise the scholarship Will be given to the first alternate or tevert to the scholarship fund at the College. Selection of the winner will be determined by his production as shown by his record books; by his participa tion in all club and community activities; by his leadership activities; by the story of his 4-H club ex periences and by his high school record. • _ The four-year scholarship is worth $320 and the 100 county awards will cover expenses at the annual 4-H club short course, Mr. Harrill said. to the section. Broadcast the seed and cover with a drag harrow or by dragging a heavy brush over the land. Question: Where should pastures be located on the farm? Answer: As a usual thing the pastures should be put in on the low lands or the surrounding hillsides. These low lands contain much fertility that has been washed from the cultivated fields and through the use of grasses as feed for livestock this fertility can be reclaimed and return ed to the fields. The hillsides should be seeded to grasses to prevent further erosion. Question: What should be the temp erature in a brooder house where a brick brooder is used? Answer: The temperature should rangje from 70 to 75 degrees. The thermometer should be placed on the wall one foot above the floor and three feet from the brooder where possible and the readings should be taken at that point. It is well to remember that a bucket of water should be kept on top of the brooder at all times. This raises the humidity and aids in early feathering of the chicks. A wire guard above the bucket of water will prevent the chicks falling in. Question: How can I rid my tobacco plant beds of flea-beetles? Answer: Poisoning the bed with the “1 in 6” mixture at the rate of one half pound to each 100 square yards of bed will effectually control this pest The poison is made by mixing one pound of Paris Green with five pounds of Arsenate of Lead: The ap plication should be made when plants are dry as moist plants are easily burned. Remove the cloth and poison beds thoroughly. Cover the entire bed with the mixture at one time so that every plant has a good coating of the poison. Farm Features Are Attracting A Large Audience Each Day Extension officials at State college now believe that four months after its beginning, the daily Carolina Farm Features radio program is building up a larger audience each day. The service was started during the latter part of September, 1935, and has progressed steadily since that time. While most inquiries as a re sult of these broadcasts come from North Carolina, many are received at State college from listeners in other states, both nearby and distant. One of the programs which has proved to be consistently popular is the home demonstration broadcast. Extension workers report that these Thursday programs always create a great deal of comment among rural women. Another popular broadcast in the week’s series is the poultry depart ment period. Poultrymen at the col lege are more than pleased with the response which they have received as a result of sending out information over the air lines. The schedule for the week of February 3-8 follows: Monday, Dr. C. D. Grinnells, “Hints for Dairymen”; Tuesday, Dr. S. G. Lehman, “The Tobacco Mosaic Disease”; Wednesday, Zoology department; Thursday, Miss Pauline Gordon, “Home Manage ment”; Friday, Roy S. Dearstyne, “Questions and Answers on Poultry Problems”; Saturday, S. A. Redfeam, “The Tennessee Valley Authority.” Groups of eastern Carolina farmers are beginning to order lespedeza seed from piedmont growers for planting on small grain this month and next. Thinning pines rather than clearing “newground” is rapidly becoming an approved practice in the handling of farm forests throughout North (Carolina. USE THE COURIER WANT ADS State-Wide Farmers’ Conference Slated For High Point 12th Conference And Seed Exposition For Education And Enter tainment Of Farmers The program of the state-wide farmers’ conference and seed exposi tion to be held in High Point, Feb ruary 12 and 13, has been planned to be both educational and entertaining. National authorities will speak on the present agricultural situation, educational exhibits will be displayed, competitive exhibits of various seeds will be held along with seed judging and crop identification contests. All these things will be interesting as well as informative, said W. H. Darst, professor of agronomy at State college and director in charge of the conference and exposition. There will also be a special enter tainment Wednesday night known as the “Farm Shindig,’ he ’pointed out. Prizes will be awarded the best old time fiddler, the best individual en tertainer, the best group entertainers, the best family singers, and for the best singing* game of four or more couples. Nationally known speakers on Thursday’s program include: Dr. C. A. Cobb, director of the AAA cotton division; Dr. Q, C. Taylor, assistant chief of the Land Utilization Ad ministration; Dr. Morris L. Cooke, chief of the Rural Electrification Ad ministration; and Dr. H. H. Bennett, chief of the Soil Conservation Service. Wednesday’s program will include addresses by W. H. Darst; Dr. G. K. Middleton, seed specialist at State college; and L. G. Willis, soil chemist with the N. C. Agricultural Experi ment Station. Special emphasis is being laid on the seed judging and crop identifica tion contests, Darst said, as they are designed to train adult farmers and young people in the development of better crops. The conference and exposition, to be held in connection with the second annual conference of the North Carolina Crop Improvement Associa tion, will be in the junior high school building, High Point. UP-TO-DATE Sing a song of sixpence Pocket full of rye, Four and twenty Fed’ral men Raise a hue and cry. When the rye was opened All began to sing, “Ishen’t thish a dandy disch To shet before sha king ” A little bit of quality Will always make them smile; A little bit of courtesy Will bring ’em in a mile. A little bit of friendliness Will tickle ’em ’tis plain— And a little bit of service Will bring ’em back again. •Mincemeat for Midwinter Menus By JOSEPHINE GIBSON Director, Heins Food Institute TN WINTER we all like hot and hearty meals. We need good solid * food to brave the chill weather. The wind always seems less biting, the cold less bitter when we swing down the street after a steaming substantial supper. No part of such a meal is more important than the dessert. In balmier days, we may prefer delicate and dainty des serts, but in winter time we want spicy hot desserts that finish off our dinners with a flourish. All manner of unusual modem desserts can be created from that good old-fashioned favorite, Mincemeat—desserts rich with choice fruits and rare spices garnered from the far ports of the world. Good packaged Mincemeat is easily available in the mar kets now, and it is no task at all to step in the kitchen and stir up a dessert before meal time. Serve these delicious up-to-the-minute Mince meat dishes often. They will give a satisfying finish to your mid winter menus: Mincemeat Drop Cookie* (mak*t S Jo non cookioo)—Cream Vi cup butter, add 1 cup sugar gradually, and cream well. Add 2 eggs, one at a time, and beat until fluffy after the addition of each. Add 1 - 1 lb. tin or jar Mincemeat. Sift 2Vi cups all purpose flour (sifted once before measuring) with 4 teaspoons baking powder and Vi teaspoon salt and fold into the Mincemeat mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls on freaaed cooky sheet and bake hi a hot oven <4M* 7.) for 16 minutes, f Baked Apples with Mincemeat —Wash and core 6 large red apples, being sure to remove all of the core, but da-net out through to the other side of the apples. Pierce with a fork in several places to permit escape of steam, and ar from cores thickens syrup). Strain the syrup over the apples, sprinkle ancles with sugar and bake in a hot oven (400* F.) until tender, basting often with the Syrup. Chocolate Fudge Benares— Robins Are Valuable Friends To Farmers Despite Complaints High Point, Feb. 1.—From far distant Alaska to the keys of Florida the song of the robin is heard, it is probably the most cherished ornithological specie of the continent, immortalised in poetic rapture and childhood glee. It is also a much mis understood bird. Complaints have been lodged against the robin for whose coming in early spring the housewife looks to gather up the crumbs she has thrown on the lawn as her welcome. It is complained that the robin is an omniverous feeder and guilty of larceny of fruits, but, if all were known, in every orchard the robin would be recognized and welcomed as a watchful sentinel and benefactor. While little redbreast takes some cultivated fruits, thieving so in nocently and without excuse, it must be remembered that being a natural enemy of the insect world it has been working during the whole season to make that crop a possibility, and when the fruit ripens the robin al ready has a standing account with the farmer for services rendered with the credits entirely on his side. S. Z. Pollock, junior biologist of the Soil Conservation Service, supplies some interesting information: “Ex aminations of 1,236 stomachs,” he says, “shows that 42 per cent of the robin's food is animal matter; 16 per cent consists of beetles; 5 per cent of grasshoppers; 9 per cent of cater pillars, and 11 per cent is made up of various insects." Where wild fruit is not abundant, a few fruit-bearing shrubs and vines planted in favorable locations will serve the double purpose of or namentation and provide food for this little kleptomaniac who is fond of purloining the fruit of the cherry, wildgrape, greenbriaer, holly, elder dogwood, service berries and per simmons. Therefore, don’t get angry with the little fellow, but sometimes ask, “Who killed cock robin?” It is estimated that 90 per cent of those farmers concerned with the pro duction of cotton and tobacco are in terested in a new crop control plan. Use of copper sulphate on eastern Carolina soils, as one of the important minor elements in fertilizer, is gain ing wide attention. Recently th-j Experiment Station had a request from Germany for further informa tion about the results secured. The annual meeting of the North Carolina Jersey Cattle Club will be held at Burlington on February 22. J. L. Hartley of Avery county re cently dug a ditch 400 yards long leading from a free-flowing spring and will irrigate his truck crops this summer. gether thoroughly. Add 2 eggs, one at a time, beating until fluffy after addition of each. Add 14 cup Mincemeat, % cup nut meats, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1V4 oxs. bitter chocolate (melted over hot water). Sift % cup pastry flour (sifted once before measuring) with 14 teaspoon salt and fold into Mince* meat mixture. Pour into a shallow greased pan (8* x 12”) the bottom of which is lined with waxed paper, and bake in a moderate oven (860* F.) for 80 to 88 minutes. Turn out on waxed paper and cut while hot into small squares like fudge. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Mincemeat Gingerbread—P o u r 1 cup boiling water over 14 cup butter, then add ft cup sugar and 1 cup molasses. Mix well and al low to cool, than add 1 cup Mince meat Sift together twice 2% cups all purpose flour (sifted once before measuring), 1 teaspoon Better Pasturage Considered Vital Need In The State Because Of This Shortage, Milk Production Is More Costly Than Necessary A shortage of good pasture is con sidered the weakest spot in North Carolina’s dairy cattle feeding pro gram. Because of this shortage, milk pro duction is more costly than in states where pasturage is more abundant, said John A. Arey, extension dairyman at State college. • Under a good feeding schedule, nearly one-third of a cow’s feed comes from the pasture, but the pasturage accounts for only one i seventh of the total feed cost. In other words, Arey pointed out, the nutrients gained from a pasture are much cheaper than those from other sources. Tender, succulent pasturage is nature's most perfect milk producing food, Arey stated. At this stage of j growth the feed nutrients in pastur-1 age are easily digested and the mineral and protein content of the grass is high. Unfortunately, Arey remarked, many farmers think that pastures should he only on land too poor to raise other crops profitably. Such is not the case, he declared. A good pasture can be grown only on good soil. On most farms, he add ed, are sizeable cut-over areas of fertile land suitable for pastures, but now covered with brush. Where the slope of this land i« steep enough to make erosion a serious problem, row crops should not be cultivated. But a good sod of pasture grass will hold the soil ,in place. It is better to seed pastures in February than in March, Arey said. Seed mixtures adapted to different sections of the state, and other details of pasture growing, are covered in extension circular No. 202, “Pastures of North Carolina,” which may be obtained free by writing the agri cultural editor at State college, Raleigh, N. C. It is estimated that 82 per cent of for-hire trucking enterprises in this country engage only one employe. The source of all growth in a tree is the leaves. Every particle of food must be prepared in the “starch factory” of a green leaf. Unless the engine is started slowly, the pistons and the cylinders will not expand evenly, causing unnecessary wedr on the motor. Flies Impair Health Of Horses, Treatment By Expert Advisable Infestations of bot flies, which greatly impair the health ami efficiency of workstock, are far more prevalent in North Carolina than most farmers realise. The bots, or larvae of the fly, often get into the stomach and intestines of horses and mules to such an extent that they interfere with the digestive processes. Animals infested with bots during the cold weather months should be treated internally by a veterinarian, said Dr. C. D. Grinnells, veterinarian of North Carolina experiment station at State college. In summer, the eggs or nits de posited on the animals by bot flies should be removed by clipping the hair or by washing the affected parts with a disinfectant, he added. The eggs of the common bot fly are deposited on the chest, shoulders and forelegs. The throat fly prefers the long hair under and between the jaw bones, while the nose fly prefers the edges of the lips. When the eggs natch, the larvae find their way into the animal’s stomach and intestines. Often they cause a general unthriftiness, as shown by a pale mucus membrane and an irregular appetite. In some cases they enter the bile duct and kill the horse or mule. In severe cases, extreme jaundice, convulsions, and death follow shortly. Or the parasites may cause extreme dilation of the stomach and anterior intestines which result in death. After spending eight to 12 months in the host, the larvae are passed out. They burrow into the soil to spend three to ten weeks in the pupa stage before emerging as flies. Tobacco Prices May Be Low During: 1936 Unless Crop Curbed N. C. Tobacco Growers Com mittee Appeal To Farmers To Proceed Cautiously A flue-cured tobacco crop 200,000, 000 pounds in excess of the amount that can be sold at a reasonable price has been forecast for this year unless growers restrict production. After studying the situation, the North Carolina Tobacco Growers Advisory Committee estimated that if growers carry out their intentions, as now indicated, the crop will run to 900,000,000 pounds. The committee also found evidence that the largest amount that can be ■old at a reasonable price, according to present demand conditions, will be around 640,000,000 pounds. With this in view, the committee has appealed to all flue-cured tobacco growers to limit their plantings this year to 70 per cent of what would have been their base acreage under the 1936 AAA contracts. The committee also urged that all credit agencies, including warehouse men, fertilizer dealers and govern ment sources, exercise extreme cau tion in extending credit for tobacco production this year. All growers should attend the pro gram planning and discussion group meetings now being conducted in their counties, the advisory committee recommended, and should put them selves in position to take advantage of the proposed soil conservation pro gram or any new program offered by the Federal Government. The proposed soil conservation pro gram would be very helpful to those farmers who comply with its terms, the advisory committee stated, but it can hardly offer tobacco growers as effective a means of production con trol as the AAA. For this reason, said Claude T. Hall, chairman of the committee, all grow ers should be wary about increasing their tobacco production, as there is a big chance that they may not be able to sell their leaf for anything like a fair price. Farmers Warned To Beware Cotton Seed If Cheap And Fancy Cheap cotton seed, given a fancy name and a high price, is being peddled in North Carolina again this year. . Buying such seed is not only a waste of money, said P. H. Kime, plant breeding agronomist at State college, but it also leads to a serious deterioration of the cotton crop. Last year, he said, farmers were offered Mars Rose seed, claimed to be a marvelous new variety, in packages of $1 each. At this rate, the seed was selling for (50 a bushel. Yet actual tests have shown this seed to be decidedly inferior to the standard varieties recommended for this State, Kime declared. This year, Mars Rose and Dixie Rose, both apparently just alike, are being peddled again for "outrageously high prices," he went on. Neither of these seeds will produce as high a yield as the standard varieties, Kime stated; their staple is only 15-10 inch in length and ir regular. the lint percentage is low and the bolls are smalt CDCCI $1000 In Groceries r lUXi Absolutely FREE We Are Two Years Old—and We Are Going To Celebrate By Giv ing Free Groceries Thursday - Friday - Saturday February 6th, 7th and 8th READ THESE PRICES! Come See For Yourself! 100 lb. Asheboro Bran & Shorts ....$1.75 10-lb. Bag Blue Ribbon Meal Free Spices—10c size, 3 for .25c One—10c Box FREE 24-lb. Bag Pride of Randolph or Princess Flour....89c 5-lb. 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