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ROTATE GARDEN CROPS FOR BEST YIELDS Raleigh, Feb. 13.—One of the best methods of securing freedom from >lant disease in the garden is to ro :ate the crops. v "While we are pondering over the seed catalogues and planning our wardens for this season, let's give *onjc attention to how the garden is *o be planned and take steps to ro tate the crops this year," says Robert Schmidt, vegetable specialist at the North Carolina State College. "When •\ e speak of rotation of crops, we nardly ever think of the garden but jf field crops like cotton and corn. However, rotation of vegetable crops s also of great importance although not for the same reason possibly as .oi the field crops. Since vegetables ire usually highly fertilized, crop ro tation from the fertility standpoint s of little importance."" Mr. Schmidt explains that many -egetables belong to the same fam ly. These groups are attacked by the same diseases and insects. For in stance, cabbage, eoUards, kale, rad sh, tux nips, and mustard are close y i elated as are potatoes, tomatoes, -ffg plant and pepper. In rotating crops, therefore, care nust be taken to work on a family oasis, states Mr. Schmidt. Tomatoes -hould not follow egg plant nor pep per, nor should turnips follow cab bage, and so on through the list. Most vegetable diseases are car ried in the soil for three or four /ears and if a rotation is to be of value, it must extend through a :our-year period. If land is scarce and notation is not practicable, disease control must then be accomplished by planting the resistant varieties. SOYBEANS POOR FEED FOR FATTENING HOGS Raleigh, Feb. 13.—While the soy bean is one of the most valuable sum mer legume crops for North Carolina, t is a poor feed for fattening hogs. ' "Experiments conducted by our workers have shown conclusively that -oybean seeds are unsatisfactory for pork production because they are acking in palatibility, produce a soft •arcass and give a low amount of j pork per acre when compared with j :>ther standard feeds used for fat-! -ening swine," says Earl H. Hostetler, ; n charge of swine investigations at State College. "On the other hand, soybean meal has been found very palatable and when used as a sup plement to corn, rapid and uniform •.rains are secured." 1-rof. Hostetler conducted one ; :est in three different trials, using > 188 pigs, comparing soybean meal I with fish meal. He found that the ! pigs made about the same daily gain i :n weight, but that the cost of the ; was greater where the animals were fed the soybean meal and that j both lots paid about the same price i for each bushel of corn consumed. ; The pigs used were high grade Poland | China animals raised at the Black- ! land Experiment Station near Wen ona. The pigs were sold on the Rich- i mond market and there was no dock- ' age because of soft or oily carcass- j es. In another test where he used 235 pigs in four trials, he compared i fish meal with one-half soybean j meal and the other half fish meal. In these trials, the total feed requir ed to produce 100 pounds of gain was about the same. However, the pigs consumed about twice as much of the soybean meal and fish meal mixed and therefore brought down the value of the soybean meal to | about S3O a ton instead of SSO which was the price actually paid. The corn used in these feeding trials was for the most part grown on the Station farm. The supple ment t of soybean meal, fish meal and mineral were purchased at Wash ington, X. C. For the purpose of com parison, all feeds used were charged at the following prices: Corn, SI.OO a bushel; fish meal, S7O a ton; soy bean meal SSO a ton and mineral at S2O a ton. , THEY LIVE LONG IN HEALTHFUL RUTHERFORD (Spartanburg Herald) Four deaths are reported on the front page of the Forest City Cour ier this week of persons whose ages were 79, 80, 81 and 95. Another item of news on the same page was the burning of the home of an old lady 1)1 vears of age. In connection with the death of Mrs. Ebbie Martin, whose passing at 95 years &£ is recorded this paragraph appears: "It is a legend in the Martin family that Abraham Lincoln was related to the family. The husband of Mrs. Martin always claimed to be a half brother of the Great Emancipator. A large framed picture of Lincoln hangs in the Martin home beside that of Mrs. Ebbie Martin's husband." NOTICE TO BIDDERS ON CITY HALL, FOREST CITY, N. C. Forest City, N. C., Feb. 9. 1928. Bids for the construction of a city hall, police and fire department are to be submitted to the City Council in the Office of the Mayor in Forest City, N. C., by 10 A. M., March 2, 1928. All licensed contractors wishing to bid on this work may secure plans and specifications from the office of J, J. Baldwin, Architect, 205 Tay lor Building, Asheville, N. C. Con tractors are requested to deposit $25.00 with the Architect to in sure the safe return of plans and specifications and that they will sub mit a bid on this work. In the event that both of the above requirements are complied with the actual cost of blue printing will be deducted from the" deposit and the balance returned to the Contractor, however, in event of failure to com ply with either one or both of above requirements the deposit will be for feited. Contractors are also requested to deposit with thefir bid a certified check or bidders bond in the amount of SI,OOO as a guarantee that with in ten days after having been award ed the work that he will file a Surety Company's bond in the amount of the All Right, Now- -Which Shell is the Pea Under ? The 'o'M-time shell-game man is a pretty scarce article 1 hey have learned that it's better business for them to nowadays. People figure, we guess, that there's more excite- lrade Wlth a responsible merchant who sells tires of known . , . ~ goodness and value, than to try a tussle with the f>rice list merit in buy.tig a .especially padded for purposes of "discount." Well, -there is, the way some folks buy tires. About the , . „ . . , . , r operate our business lor these good people, and we only difference we can see is that they had a better gambling te „ you jt makef . ug mjghtv p| . oud to tchance in the old days. we've built up the biggest tire trade.in this part of the coun try. Then, you'll recall, there were only three shells to out guess, while today there are more different" tires and more SOUND VALUE FOR YOU different prices than you can shake a stick at. For years we've been at it here in Cliffside; selling Good- Even this doesn't daunt the hardy motorist, however. He s year Tires strictly on their merits. the world's champion example when it comes to trying to out -1 i.i_ £ n a. u- We carry now by far the largest stock of tires WP hnv smart the other fellow at his own game. h * mes. v\ tou t \ tor cash and take advantage of all discounts. We THE SENSIBLE MAJORITY know no man can beat the values we offer and stay in business. Of course, these tire-buyers who dicker for a "special dis- \ou trade with us and you'll find what other folks have count" or "dealer's price" or a "long trade" are, after all, con- found: that our plan gives you the limit in low-cost mileage siderably in the minority. - an d in freedom from trouble. The great sensible bulk of You will find, too, that it's the motoring population has PLAY SAFE cost you less money and dis learned to buy tires just as it _ , ~ a.* £ appointment in the long run If you want absolute assurance of satisfaction beiore you buys others things—on the buy—if you want fair, square and courteous treatment—if you than trying to guess under Ko*;* r,„oiifv at want the finest tires built at a range of prices to suit any pock- ,„i,- L n basis of established quality at e tbook—we can give you all this. WE WILL SELL YOU GOOD- whlch sheU the other fellow a fair price. - YEARS. has. the elusive pea. Cliffside Motor Co. • - u J 4 . * ft . ' - • Cliffside, N. C. . 9 THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1928 NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP ! I i To Whom it May Concern: Notice is hereby given of the dis solution by mutual agreement of the partnership heretofore existing between J. C. Crocker and the Farm ers Hardware Company, known and ' designated as J. C. Crocker & Com- \ pany. All who hold outstanding accounts j will present them to J. C. Crock er for approval and- then to the Farmers Hardware Company for pay ment. All who owe the said firm will please make immediate payment, at the office in the store of the j said Farmers Hardware Co., Forest j City, North Carolina. This the 10th day of February, . 1928. J. C. CROCKER, [ FARMERS HARDWARE CO. j l By J. F. Weathers, General Manager. Ridings & Jones, Attys. 19-4t ■ I cost of the contract, said bond to insure the Owners of the safe com pletion of the contract. 19-3t. CHAS. Z. FLACK, Mayor. GETTING NEW BUSINESS _ J The progressive business firm j finds that it needs to be constantly j making new friends and creating a j new circle of customers. If it just i depends on satisfying those who have j previously bought its goods, it is likely I to see its trade diminished. Population : changes more rapidly now than form- i erly, and if a firm has a certain list of customers this year, it can expect, j as the result of all the changes that naturally occur, that a considerable proportion of those customers will not be on the list in a year or two. 1 Also people are changeable in their j habits, and unless a very energetic j effort is made to hold old customers,! a lot of them will go elsewhere, at- j tracted by the various Inducements' jthat are offered them. People are not much inclined, as , they were often formerly, just to I trade at one place or a few places j right along year after year. They | are quick to get the idea, if some firm seems to be hustling a little j harder than its competitors to please the people, andjjp feeling of habit or sentiment of ltfSpalty is apt to hold j them, if they think they can do bet jter by going elsewhere for something tthey want. By an active campaign of adver- METHODISTS FLAY SMITH ! # v j Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 9.—The Edu cational Association of the Methodist | Episcopal Church, South, adopted a I resolution Thursday at the -closing | session of its annual convention, de i daring it to be the "sense of this ; association that the nomination of A 1 I Smith for president would be un favorable." j The full text of the Smith resolu tion follows: "Resolved, that it is the sense of this association that the nomination •of A 1 Smith would be unfortunate j antl in our opinion would not eniist ! the support of the educational lead ■ ers of the south." I ! i tising, a firm can keep making new I business friends to make up for those who drift elsewhere. It does not take elaborate persuasion to win such new customers in these times. People are ready to go to ; any place of business where the i spirit of enterprise and hustle | seems to prevail. Many merchants j open their doors in the corning and j complain about business all day while their customers are entering j the door of other energetic, hustling competitors who are continually , getting new business, i FAKE RUG SALESMAN Quite a few of the residents of this section will in the future think twice before buying anything from a transient peddler. (And then they won't buy anything.) We are informed that a salesman passed thru this section last week selling congoleum floor covering at a "bargain price." He would offer enough to cover two rooms at a certain price. He would measure the rooms, then measure and cut off the material, collect and de part. Then after he had gone on his way the buyer prepared to lay the covering and in each case there was only enough material for one room. According to our information the scoundrpl was traveling in a closed Buick, and he made quite a clean up. . Moral: Buy from home merchants. —Easley Progress. The poultry growers of North Car olina have begun their annual co operative carlot shipments of poul try; this work is done largely under the supervision of the County Agents of the State College extension divis ion.
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