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News And Views Of Interest To Randolph Farmers fk Corn Price Rise To Be Reflected In Cost Of Meat Now More Worthwhile To Sell Corn Than To Feed It To Hogs Six Year Cycle Resulting Shortage In Hogs Not To Appear Until Fall Of li):J7 The corn-hog ratio, or the rela tion between the prices of hogs at the slaughter house and com on the farm, which governs the rate at which corn is fed to hogs, has dropped from 1(> to 1 to !) to 1 in the last month as a result of the sudden rise in the price of corn, which in its turn was the result of the drought. Since corn is now, worth more on the ear than are hogs, it does not pay to feed corn to the hogs. At present, consider ing the nation as a whole, 100, pounds of hog is worth little more than nine bushels of corn;. lOe pounds of live hog bringing an average of $J0.50 and a bushel of; corn being rated at $1.10 on the Chicago market. Six months ago hogs were selling , fairly hear the present price, -hut I corn was worth only about 60 cents. Hence 100 pounds of hog was worth as much as around Hi bushels of I corn. A farmer could get more for his com by feeding than by sell ing. Farm observers watch this corn hog ratio very closely. It is gen erally estimated that at the present , time, the two prices are in balance when the ratio is about 11 to one, though the proper ratio has in the past been estimated as high as 111 and as low as 10. At the proper ratio between 40 and 50 per cent | of the country’s corn crop goes j down the hog’s gullet. When the ratio goes up above 11 to 1, then the probability is that j more corn will go into hogs. Eventually either corn nriees will j rise or hog prices fall. When the I ratio goes down, then the farmer [ will feed f^wer hogs. He will sell i his hogs lean, and by disposing of i his brood and farrowing sows, re- 1 duce his hog crop during the next season, preferring to dispose of his corn in other ways. This is what expected to happen at present, since the corn-hog ratio has dropped below 11 to 1. But the effects of it will not be felt ! by the American housewife until i 666 Liquid - Tablets Salve - Nose Drops checks MALARIA in 3 days COLDS first day Headache, 30 ' minutes. Try “Rub-My-Tism”-World's Best Liniment. MADAME C LARA I PHRENOLOGIST VI)VISOR Tells you all about your love and business affairs. All read- j ings confidential. Gan help you j in your troubles. Located at SHEPARDS GARAGE on S. Main St. in tent on Asheboro ; road, just out of City Limits of I High Point, N. C. Reads for ! white and colored. Open every j day and Sundays. Don’t fail to j come and see her. She has been | in her business for 50 years. Open From 10 a. m. Till 10 p. m. til well into next yefer. For the in well into next year. For the im pact of a drought upon pork sup plies and prines is imparted } through the machinery of Ameri can farm economics only over a i number of months, j The initial effect of the drought ! was seen in corn prices, but there j. has been as yet no important cor j responding rise in hog prices. The hog crop whirr was horn last spring : and which is now being prepared I for market was a considerable in* 1 crease over the previous year. It is still being fed from the 1935 corn crop, which at 2.300,000,000 : bushels, was on the way up toward normal. As the anticipated short age in the crop to be harvested in September and October has raised the price of cash corn, however, farmers are considering the desir ability of reducing their stocks of hogs and selling their corn on the market. This means that the initial effect of a drought, through raising corn prices, is actually to increase the supply of hog; coming- to mar ket. Ky next fail, nowever, two, im portant developments will appear. ! In the first place the gradual cur 1 rent reduction in the supply of hoi's ! will have reduced the available sup j ply. In addition there will be furth 1 er disposition on the farmer’s 1 part to sell his hogs prematurely, i. e. before they are fully fattened. Hence the run of hogs to market will be compa atively leant. The I lard obtainable from the faii slaughterings will he. less. In anticipation of this, the far months ! in the lard futures market have already advanced sharply. In the second place, there will he ; fewer sows bred, and more piggy sows sent to market. In othere words, th ecrop of hogs initiated for the 1937 spring marketing will be substantially reduced. The results will appear gradually in the winter and spring of 11*37 in smaller ship ments and slaughter of hogs, and higher prices for pork products. Hog prices tend to move in a six I year cycle. From a level of nearly SI2-00 in 1929 they had three years' decline to a low of under $4.00 per 100 pounds in 1932. and a three ; years’ advance to a high of over $13.00 (including $2.25 processing tax) in the fall of 1935. The down trend was caused principally by a fall of 50 per cent or more in the buying power of industrial com munities during the depression. The recovery was caused in part by a revival of that buying power, ir, j part by the hog-killing and corn rehtriction program of the Agricul tural Adjustment Administration, and in part by the droughts in 1.1933 and 1934 which sharply re | duced the corn crops, i The decline in hog prices since last fall, which looked like the be ginning of another cyclical down swing. was apparenty due to the favorable 1935 corn crop, which re sulted in larger fall breeding of sows and a consequent larger 1936 spring crop of marketable hogs. The 1936 spring crop amounted to about 42,000.000 head against only 32,400,000 head a year previous. For hog prices to rise next year above the level of late 1935 would throw askew the regular price cycle theory. However, the factors which Try CARDUI For Functional Monthly Pains i Women from tire ’teen age to the change of life have found Cardui genuinely helpful for the relief of functional monthly pains due to lack of just the right strength from the food they eat. Mrs. Crit Haynes, of Essex, Mo., writes: “I used Cardui when a girl for cramps and found It very beneficial. I have recently taken Cardui duruip the change of life. I was very ner vous, had head and back pains and was in a generally run-down condition. Cardui , has helped me greatly.” Thousands of women testify Cardui bene | fited them. If it does not benefit YOU. consult a physician. 1 have been suing Dr. Miles 'Anti-Pain Pills for thirty years. No matter what kind of pain I have, they stop You’re The Loser W! 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As a household remedy I have never found anything that eqnalled Dn — Anti-Pain Pills. Mrs. Silas D. Keller, Penfie^l. Pa. les Anti fit using 'Mrs. Martha Lacy. Day t been using Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills fee years. I bee* them on all the time. 1 can certainly recommendthem for pain. Miss Audra Seybold, 2417 W. 2nd Dayton, Ohio tome. 1 have used Miles Pills it almost in stantly. Never without them in the house. ' Mrs. Chas. W. Webb, Indio, Calif. *'-V „ Celebrate 58th Birthday of Salmon Industry in Alaska • BfiSM <*|7L'eET'S in;” And another sal xmoa season finished! With all flags flying on the first of September, the territory of Al aska celebrates the 58th birthday of her largest industry, as great fleets of salmon boats, loaded with their canned cargo, take off for the mar kets of the world. This year, as the last seineful of the silver sea-har vest is pulled ashore, each city on the Alaskan coast plans to celeb led to the 1933-1935 rise appear! likely to be still in effect. The! continued increase of industrial em ployment appears likely to carry urban purchasing power on up ward, while the restrictive effects of drought and government still apply. One possible mitigation under discussion is the import of Argen- j tine corn. The present tariff is 23 cents a bushel, over which it is pos sible at present to lay down corn from Ruenos Aires at Chicago at a little over $1. There is a pos sibility that the President may be asked to reduce the tariff to 12 Vs cents, under his “emergency”) powers, for the benefit of hog growers and pork-consumers. The effect of the drought and the farm restriction programs is expected to be greatest upon pork products, but will also be reflected in other meats. An even earlier effect is expected upon milk, butter) and eggs, one of the principal raw materials of which is corn. Edible oils are also expected to rise. One result of the restriction pro grams and droughts of recent years has been to cut down the supply of these edible oils, including cotton seed oil and lard. The use of substi tutes and imports increased heavi ly. To prevent a part of this the Revenue Act of 1935, best known for its penalty tax on undivided profits and for its windfall tax, also imposed a heavy' duty on whale oil (except sperm oil), marine-animal oil, tallow, inedible animal oils and fats, sesame oil.) and the oils from sunflower, rape seed. kapok, hempseed, perilla and other sources, curtesy, failing to give proper hand Fall Cover Crops Should Be Sowed During September September is the best month of the year for sowing cover crops, according to E. C. Blair, exten sion agronomist at State college. The winter legumes which have real soil-building value in this state, he said, are crimson clover, vetch, and Austrian-winter peas. The one to use depends largely upon soil type and personal pre ference. Crimson clover should be sown at the rate of 25 pounds to the acre, while 20 pounds of vetch is enough for an acre. Thirty pounds of winter peas are needed to sow an acre thoroughly. Vetch and winter peas are better for light sandy soils, as they may be sown deeper than crimson clov er and, therefore, will stand more drouth when coming up. Crimson clover is excellent for sandy loams, clay loams, and clay soils, but should not be sown when the soil is unusually dry. Wait for a good season and sow the seed very shallow. To produce a satisfactory crop, Blair continued, the soil in which these legumes are to be grown should be inoculated, either natur ally or artificially. Blair also pointed out that soy bean and cowpea hay should be mown _ in September. Soybeans should be cut as soon as the pods begin to form, and cowpeas are ready for mowing as soon as blooming is well under way. Allow the hay to wilt slightly in the trough, then rake it into windrows. After a few hours, put it up on d rack, either the tripod form or poles with cross pieces at different height? to provide venti lation. If the stacks are made properly, he continued, the hay nay be left j rate with gay festivals commemorat ing the history and picturesquenc3S of this uniqug industry. Salmon is a "silver harvest” in deed for tlie Territory—an industry which in the past 5S years has net ted more than 50 million dollars. In the. first year of the canned sal mon industry in. Alaska just 8000 cases were packed. This season, ap proximately five and a half million cases were sent on tlieir way to Alabama Opens 12 Miles Of Highway Built With Cotton North Carolina Plans To Construct Similar High ways Soon Increases Market More Costly, But Prevents Cracking, Improves Water Resistance The use of cotton fabric in roau building, planned for tests in North Carolina soon has already bejjn put in practice in Alabama. A 12 mile section between Tuscaloo sa and Reform is the first of 500 miles of roads in several states which are to have cotton in their makeup. The southern states hope to develop a new market for this important crop by proving the advantages of cotton in construct ing highways. Some 6,167,000 square yards of cotton fabric are being furnished' to state highway departemnts by the United States Department of Agriculture, Advocates of the cot ton paving claim that its use not only reinforces the bituminous surfacing, but prevents it from cracking, and improves its re sistance to water. Several months will be required for an adequate test of the highways. Resembles Burlap The fabric resembles burlap bag ging material and comes in strips 82 inches wide, three strips being required for the road of ordinary width. The roll of cotton fabric is laid on a fresh tar prime coat covering the road base of chert or gravel. Then the road top, a tar compound from ono to two inches thick, is rolled on top of the cotton. Six bales of cotton are required for a mile of the usual “farm-to market” road. Use of cotton in creases construction costs about $1000 a mile. Engineers will watch the cotton roads with interest for the next several months, gathering data on the permanence and strength of the “black-top” high ways. Alabama proposes to build 119 miles of highways with the layer of cotton fabric. North Carolina comes next with plans for 106 miles. Some 24 states plan to make experiments with cotton fabric. In addition, several states have asked for cotton mats, also furnish ed by the Federal Government, for use in curing concrete roads. The cotton mats replace salt, hay or straw used in the north and burlap which is used in many sections for curing concrete pave ments. out for a month or more and be fairly well cured. “Don’t wait too late to cut the beans and peas,” he urged “or you will, get beans or peas and straw rather than hay.” Visit On Sunday Mrs. A. F. Parrish, Miss Marie Kearns and Miss Elsie Quick of Asheboro, Miss Mullie and Baxter Kearns, of Asheboro, route 2, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Par rish at Roxboro Sunday. While there they motored to South Uos tos, Va., for a few hours visit.,Mr. and Mrs. Parrish also had as their guests Wayne and BumH 'Kearns and Miss Thelma Troxler, all of Burlington. , U ’ satisfy America’s and the world’s taste for salmon. So constant is this demand that a recent survey in a typical American city shows that canned salmon is in the pantries of G!’.i% of the homes. *■ Salmon-fishing and canning is a unique American industry, for .whereas salmon were once plentiful along the seacoasts of the world, they are found today in commercial quantity only in the Pacific North west. Land Bank Loans To Randolph Folk Run Over .$281,000 MO Loans Granted Since Organization Of Farm Credit Administration Federal land hank and Land Bank Commissioner loans made to Randolph county farmers from May, 1038, up to July 1 this year amounted to more than $281,000 ac cording to a statement today from Julian H. Scarborough, President of the Federal Land Bank of Columbia. Some 140 loans have been made in the county in the 3-year period since the Farm Credit Administra Everyday Cooking Miracles BY VIRGIN1A FRANCIS f*' ‘ Director Hot point Electric Cookery institute *■ If you want to put a little Eng lish” on breakfast—not the be monocled H-less type, but the zip py, peppy type which you put on tennis balls—serve some English muffins! Have you ever wondered how they were made? Perhaps you were like us—thought English muf Frying English muffins on a griddle placed on the electric range is almost as easy as boiling eggs. fins grew only In bakery shops. However, we discovered that they can grow right on our own griddles —and, oh, they’re so much fun to make. English muffins are simply over grown pancakes which have gained their corpulence from yeast. They are pretty much like any yeast dough mixture only instead of bak ing them you fry them on a griddle. Now, are you one of those per sons who dislikes “griddle work” because of the smokiness and dis agreeable odor of burning fat which very often results? No Burning or Smoking Remember, then, that no such . grievances occur when mak English muffins—or any other _ Idle food—nowadays. The new automatic electric range with its heat-controlled surface units is equipped to cook foods with meas ured electric heat When properly adjusted—and that is done with a mere twist at the switch—burning and smoking are entirely eliminated. What’s more. It isn’t necessary to use special cooking utensils, touch less even own a double * cooking on this range! The modern electric tangs holds the key to many othe fjtXft to la able to startoihee, pies and tion was organized. While farm ers here and elsewhere in the state used most of the money to refin ance their old debts into long-term loans, a larger proportion of loans is now going to finance the pur chase of farms. The Federal land bank loaned Randolph county farmers $130,100 on first mortgages in the 3-year period, and loaned $15p|414 from funds of the Land Hank Commis sioner on first and second mortg age security. The average-size loan made by the land bank in the county was $3,200 and the average size loan by the commissioner, $1,500. The commissioner loans, first authorized in 1033 and made in amounts up to 75 per cent of the appraised normal value of the pro perty, were used almost altogether at first for emergency refinancing. The Farm Creel it Act of 1935 authorized using them to finance farm purchases with the idea that this would give many farmers, particularly young men and ten ants, a better chance to buy farms. Experience, equipment, and a rea sonable down payment are requir ed. Since the act was passed, North Carolina farmers havfe obtained over $29,030,605 from the land i bank and commissioner to assist in buying farms. LtSK REUNION TO RE HELD SEPTEMBER 13TH Mt. Gilead, Sept. 10,-The an nual Lisk reunion will be held on Sunday, September 13th, accord ing to an announcement made by M. €. Lisk, president, and the com mittee, who held their meeting some few days ago. The reunion will be held at Bethel Baptist church, two miles west of Mt. Gilead, in Montgomery county, the usual meeting place. This reunion usually draws a large crowd as the Lisk connec tions cover various counties over the state. An entertaining and interest ing program consisting of string music and addresses is being ar ranged. The public is cordially in vited to attend, and bring a picnic lunch. More than 350 fruit growers at tended the 11th annual field day ; of the Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers Association held at Mt. Olive church in Alexander county in late August. The Surry county sub-soiler used by the local conservation committee will subsoil an acre an hour to a depth of 22 inches. meats to bake in a cold eleetnc oven? To broil fish and thick juicy steaks without them smok ing and spattering up the oven? To cook dried fruits and vegetables in the Thrift Cooker without pre viously soaking or parboiling them? Nevertheless, it is “so”—and while such cookery tricks seem like make believe, they are scientifically founded. Back to those English muffins which are destined to play such a popular role on your table. They not only act as a grand eye-opener during the breakfast hour, but they are also luscious to serve as grilled open-face sandwiches. English Muffins (Makes 12 Muffins) scalded 54 cup milk 1 cup water 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 1 yeast cake dissolved in 1 tablespoon lukewarm water 4 cups general purpose floors 3 tablespoons shortening Heat milk fat a saucepan on the ■mall' surface unit with switch on High- When mUk is lukewarm, add water, salt, sugar, dissolved yeast and 2 cups flour. Beat well. Let rise until doubled in bulk (about 1 hour). Add shortening (softened) and remaining flour. Beat and knead well. Let rise rln until doubled in bulk (about minutes). Roll about 54-inch thick and cut with a round cutter. Let rise 1 hour or until very light surface Preheat griddle on hum sur unit switched to High. Then turn switch to Low. Place muffins on griddle (4 at one time) and fry for ■ m~ if to 20 ' TEGAIS EXECUTORS* NOTICE Having qualified as executors of the Last Will and Testament of Martha E. Sledge, deceased, before Rufus P. Routh, Clerk of the Superior Court of Randolph County, this is to notify all per sons holding claims against skid estate to present the same to the undersigned on or before the first day of September, 1937. This notice will be pleaded in bar of their re covery. All persons indebted to said estate will make immediate pay ment.''^ , This the 11th day of August, 1936. J. T. BRITTAIN and | B. F. Brittain, Executors of Martha E. Sledge, deceased. 6t a 2f$ s 4 11 18 24 o 2 NOTICE Having qualified as Administra trix on the estate of V. M. Cox, deceased, before Rufus F. Routh, Clerk of Superior Court of Ran dolph county, all persons having claims against said . estate are notified to present them to the un dersigned, duly verified, on or be fore the 20th day of August, 1937, or this notice will bg^ pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all per sons owing said estate will come forward and make immediate set tlement. This 20th day of August, 1936. KATE COX, Administratrix. 6t pd a &1 28 s 4 11 18 25 SALE NOTICE By virtue of a judgment of the Superior Court in the Special Proceeding entitled “Wilbur Cox, et al, Ex-Farte", I will, on Satur day the 10th day of October, 1936, at 12 o’clock M., at the Court House door in Asheboro, North Carolina, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the Allowing described real estate: First Tract: Beginning at a stone in stage road two chains South of A. J. Curtis and George H. York’s corner, and running South 27.66 chains to a stone; thence East 6 chains to a cedar; thence South 8 chains to a stone; thence West 18.75 chains to a stone; thence North 22 chains to a black oak; thence North 62° East 7.50 chains to a stone; thence North 28° West 4 chains to a cedar in stage road; thence North 50’ East along said road to the beginning, 12 chains, containing 47 acres more or less. Second Tract. Being Lots No. 3 and 6 in the property owned by M. E. Allen and others, and sub divided by R. D. Trogdon, Plat of which is recorded in Book 1, at Page 261, to which reference is hereby made. This the 7th day of September, 1936, J. A. SPENCE, Commissioner. 4t Sbpt. 11 18 25 Oct. 2 SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Randolph County, North Carolina, made in the Special Proceedings entitled “J.__A. Brady,' Admr. of J. M. ShofTner, deceased, vs. William ShofFner et al”, the undersigned Commissioner will, on Monday the 5th day of October, 1936, at 12 o’clock, noon, at the Court House Door in Asheboro, North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash a one-half undivided in terest in that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Grant Township, Randolph County, North Carolina, and bounded as follows: Beginning at a stone, running North along Lowdermilk’s and Hollands’ line to a Rock in Whatley’s line to Jacob Lane’s line to a Rock in D. E. Brown’s line; thence South along said Brown and Whatley’s line to a High Rock, J. M. Poole’s comer; thence East along Poole’s line to a JRock, Mary Wi]]i»«j'i^™ thence along WillialjT * Dog-Wood, Mary William^ ‘ thence East with Williams-^”™ beginning. Cnnt„" W beginning. Containing more or less. Hcing lands upon which Shoffner, deceased, lived «„/ j;J6his the 2nd day of Septt J. G. PrevefiAAttyCOmmiS^ 4t s 11 18 25 o 2 NOTICE Having qualified as Execute the estate of S. E. Holland ceased, before Rufus F n_ Clerk of Superior Court ’of ' dolph county, I shall seii at auction to the highest bid cash, on the premises op j day the 3rd day of October A lot of household and k furniture, consisting of suits etc., and other ai tedious to mention. All persons having « against said estate are notifi present them to the under* duly verified, on or before the day of Sept., 1937, or this, will be pleaded in bar of the covery; and all persons owini estate will come forward and immediate settlement. * This 8th day of Sept, 191 JOHN' T. COUNCIL. Randl 6t s 11 18 25 o 2 9 16 Caldwell County Aspires To Hofc Exalted Posit farmefi Lenoir, Sept. 7.—I county may become the ran trification “show place” south, according to 0. R.^ ers, county farm agent of the J college extension service. Rural Electrification Ad ration officials have sugg a model electrified farm bl i shed here, patterned i model farm recently open public in Virginia. Ixical citizens and thusiastic about the $430,00tfj that has been authorized foi construction of rural power in the county, feel that the ( county may well be made a i for this section of the ; The county rural ele project is the outgrowth movement started by the Valley Cooperative and with the cooperation of Qs and other leaders. Congressman Robert L ton is given credit for REA to approve the loan as possible after its app hart tieen received ffVtV I the movement here. A board of directors ! appointed to complete I carrying out the project, ! permanent organization' j formed a little later to djl I afTairs of the eleetrifipafi 1 operative. At present, 303 miles of i ; power lines to serve 2,u74; and farm homes are definite der consideration, the countyi said. This will give an averi 6.1 homes per mile of line. With Caldwell county fli receive $430,000 and county $310,000, they havM ed the lion’s share of the f 250 in federal funds ear for loans in North Carotin -However, additional fu be set aside for this state i counties “go after it," ac< David S. Weaver, agr' gineer at State college. We Have Just Received Another Car Load of MULES Two to Eight Years Old As Follows: 12 Mares, 1 Horse, land Ponies. We also have on hand 7 4 Mares. Drop in see this stock. If you are in the m*u good mule or horse it will pay you to see our Southern Night Phones*
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