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Farm Questions
And Answers
Question: Briefly, what does the
• new North Carolina “egg law”
mean?
Answer: It simply requires that
eggs sold on grade meet the re
quirements for the grades repre
sented.
Question: Why was there need
for such a law in North Carolina
ns the “egg law?”
. Answer: Certain distributors
’were making a habit of selling sec
ond grade “imported” eggs as first
grade eggs in competition with lo
cally-produced high quality eggs.
Question: How many more chick
ens would be needed in this state
to produce enough eggs to meet its
consumer demands?
Answer: A conservative estimate
is that North Carolina producers
would have to increase their flocks
by 2,507,500 hens to supply enough
eggs.
Question: After I store my grain
under Commodity Credit corpora
tion can’t I just forget it?
Answer: No. Loss in quantity and
quality will be charged against the
farmer when final settlement is
made or he may lose his loan pro
tection entirely. It’s a good idea for
the farmer to make frequent checks
on the grain and take measures to
correct anything that may need at
tention.
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THIS WEEK’S MYSTERY FARM
should be very popular, since the house,
the barns and surrounding fields show up
so splendidly in the above aerial photo.
If you are the first person to dry by The
Times office and identify it, you will re
ceive a free subscription to this newspa
per. The owner of the mystery farm is re
quested to come in and get a beautiful
photograph of his property at no obliga
tions whatsoever.
It should be safe now to plant
most warm season vegetable crops
anywhere in the state east of the
mountains. It is true that I have
had tomato plants killed by frost
in Wake county as late as April
2nth but that is unusual. Also, if
the plants have been well harden
ed a light frost will not harm them.
Tomato, eggplant, and pepper
plants should be hardened before
transplanting to the field by with
holding their water supply; that is,
by keeping them on the dry side
for a few days.
Try some of the new bean varie
ties this year. Wade and Contender
are excellent varieties and they are
almost immune to inasaic which
■ometimes reduces the production
of Tendergreen considerably. Im
proved Stringless Blue Lake is an
excellent pole bean, especially for
canning and freezing, and it is ab
solutely stringless.
It is time to talk about sweet
corn again. There are a few gar
deners who still plant early varie
ties of field corn for roasting ears
because the ears are large and
there are not many earworms. How
ever, once you have given real
sweet corn a fair trial you will not
be- satisfied with field corn. There
:s no comparison in edible uali
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ty. Recommended varieties for both
fresh use and for canning or freez
ingq are Seneca Chief, Golden
Cross Bantam and Ioana. These are
all yellow varieties. Corn is mostly
wind pollinated and therefore it is
best to plant in blocks of two or
three rows rather than in a single
row. Sweet corn is of best quality
if used as soon as harvested. If it
cannot be used immediately, it
should be kept on ice or in the re
frigerator, otherwise it will lose a
large part of its sugar content in a
few hours and will taste like field
corn.
The emphasis is still being put
on icebox size watermelons. The
New Hampshire Midget variety
which grows to the size of a canta
loupe has become quite popular in
the home garden. Hills may be
spaced as close as five feet apart.
A fault of this variety is that it be
comes over-ripe very quickly. The
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HINTS TO j
HOMEMAKERS
By Ruth Curreii s
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Brighten Bric-A-Brac — Glass or
china vases, bric-a-brac, figurines
and decorative pieces of a similar
nature add their own inimitable
touch of home to the rooms in
which they are used if they sparkle
and glow with immaculate cleanli
ness. A dusty film almost inevita
bly gathers on all such articles. To
remove it, the use of baking soda
best of them all, in my opinion, is
the Japanese seedless melon. It
will average from eight to 12
pounds in weight, and is of excel
lent quality. There are seldom more
than a dozen mature seeds in a
melon. The rest of the seeds are
undeveloped and may be eaten
with the melon. Seeds for planting
are undeveloped and may be eaten
with the melon. Seeds for planting
are quite expensive — four to five
cents per seed this year — but the
results are worth it. The only re
tail source of seed that I have list
ed is the Joseph Harris Seed Co.,
Rochester 11, N. Y.
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The Transylvania Times
Time Arcade
Dial 2-4111
Old Time Singing
At Etowah Sunday
There will be an old time Chris
tian harmony singing at Etowah
Methodist church on Sunday, May
1st. Singing will start around 10
a. m. and persons attending are
asked to bring a picnic lunch as
singing will not adjourn before
around 3 p. m.
All Transylvania folks have a
special invitation by Mrs. Verda
Blythe, the secretary. This invita
tion is also extended to other coun
ties. The secretary also urges old
time singers to be present and
bring their Christian Harmony song
book and their spectacles.
as a cleansing agent helps save
time and work.
To clean decorative objects of
glass, china or pottery, dissolve
three tablespoonfuls of baking soda
in each quart of warm water used.
Then dip a clean soft cloth into this
solution and carefully clean. Rinse
with a second cloth wrung out of
clear warm water; wipe dry. If
the piece is carved or embossed,
use a soft brush; dip in moistened
baking soda and brush gently. Rinse
with cloth wrung out of clear wa
ter. Dry.
Cleaning Cooking Utensils —
Cooking utensils and beverage mak
ers of various kinds are subject to
stain formation. Thus, dried-on
foods form hard-to-remove rings on
baking dishes and casseroles. Cof
fee and tea leave brown stains in
the pot or in cups in which the
beverage is brewed or served. In
the same way, containers used for
growing ivy or house plants in wa
ter often acquire stubborn green
rings and discolorations. The use of
the basic baging soda cleaning so
lution (3 tablespoonfuls of soda to
1 quart warm water) is a safe, sim
ple, easy-to-use remedy.
To remove dried-on stains from
casseroles, baking dishes or glass
or enameled ware cooking utensils
in which food has been cooked, put
three tablespoonfuls of baking so
da into the dish, fill with hot water
and let stand a few minutes. Then
wipe off the stain, wash and rinse.
There are now about 364 com
mercial plants in North Carolina
which maintain stocks of grains,
either seasonally or during the en
tire year. This is a 46 per cent in
crease over 1950.
Meet your friends at Long’s
drugs for the coffee breafc.—adv.
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‘LET’S CLEAN-UP, NOT BURN-UP,’
A CHECK-LIST FOR GUIDANCE
By STAFF WRITER
Clear out debris: Get rid of rubbish or anything combustible that
you’re not going to use in attics, closets, cellars, garages. Rubbish, such
as old papers and rags, is a fire hazard. It not only starts fires itelf, but
furnishes fuel for fires starting from other causes. Clean these hazards
out of your house, store or factory.
Watch outside fires: Clean up your yard. Keep grass cut low around
buildings. Never burn papers on a windy day when there’s danger of
sparks setting fire to any house, shrubbery, clothing or outbuildings.
Use an incinerator wherever possible.
Clear out paint and oil rags: Destroy rags or keep in closed metal
container; hang up mops and paint-soiled clothing so air can circulate
around them. Paint or oil-soaked rags heat up from chemical action,
burst into flames. Clean-up after painting jobs.
Check your fuses: Use 15 ampere fuses in regular household cir
cuits, and don’t make emergency repairs to fuses; keep wiring in good
repair; have all work done by an expert electrician. Fuses protect your
appliances, your house and your family from damage and possible fire
when wires are overloaded or a short circuit occurs.
Avoid flammable liquids: Remove them from your house. Hundreds
of persons are killed annually trying to clean with gasoline, benzine or
naphtha. A tiny flame or spark—even from static electricity—will ig
nite gasoline vapor. Play safe! Do not use highly flammable or explosive
fluids for dry cleaning!
Check stoves and heaters: Clean and check all heaters and have re
pair work done. Radiated heat from hot stovepipes, furnaces, and stoves
will char beams or partitions too near them, causing a fire that will
damage or destroy the house.
Portable heaters: Place portable, openflame heaters so they can’t be
knocked over or tipped. Avoid using rubber hose as fuel conductors for
gas heaters; rigid metal pipes are safer. Always store kerosene out
doors, fill lamps and heaters outdoors. Don’t carry or fill heaters while
they are lighted. Keep a door or window open slightly while heater is
burning.
Check pipes and chimneys:* Clean soot out of chimneys and smoke
pipes. Check for cracks and holes; have chimneys repaired—where mor
tar or bricks are loose—and replace pipes if necessary. Dirty and de
fective chimneys are a leading cause of fires.
Check ash receptacles: Always put hot ashes into covered metal
containers. Hot ashes in wood boxes set fire to many houses. In the
cellar this is particularly hazardous, because flames quickly spread up
through hollow walls of building.
Fireplace care: Use a wire-mesh screen in front of fireplace. Be
sure the fire is out before you retire or leave the house. Sparks from
unguardd fireplaces can start serious fires.
General repairs: Plan needed painting and renovating this spring.
Remodel and modernize your home for greater safety. Replace faulty
stair treads. Install a heavy flush-type door at head of cellar stairs, fit
ted tightly and kept closed. This will hold basement fires in check.
Smokers: Don’t smoke in bed. Smoking in bed can be fatal. Fumes
from burning cloth may overcome or asphyxiate you before fire reaches
you. Place plenty of ash trays about your home for smokers. Keep
matches in safe containers and away from young children.
LET US DO YOUR JOB PRINTING
Dial 2-4111 The Transylvania Times
Carroll Merrell was the first person to correctly identify the “Mystery Farm” published last
week as the property of Bly Rogers at Cherryfield. Others who submitted guesses were Mrs. A. E.
York and J. S. Simms. Guesses should be submitted in person at The Times office; none can be
accepted over the telephone.
JUST ,
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Most everybody’s happy on a
honeymoon! But it looks like
this couple will STAY that
way. Why? Well, for one
thing, they know that SAV
ING makes the difference
between wishing and having.
Already they’ve started an
account in this bank. They’re
all set on a program of syste
!matic savings that will build
solidly for their future hap
piness . . . together. Why not
write your own “success sto
ry” in the pages of your sav
ings account book?
Transylvania Trust Company
“THE FRIENDLY BANK”
MEMBER F.D.LC