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PAGE TWO PLANT BEDS ARE VALUABLE The Thousands of Rich Beds In Stokes From Which Plants Have Been Drawn Would Produce Much Food and Feed Stuff. Raleigh, June 11.—In North Carolina at this time there ar> several thousand acres of fer tile land in tobacco plant bed that will soon be forgotten, al lowed to grow up in weeds until time comes ifext wintei t•' select the tobacco seed beo again. Let's put this rich land t - nie useful purpose," sug g» sts K. V. Floyd. tobaec j-v» ciah>T ;il S*au College 'ir» Edgecombe county, Zen Moore, county agent has for years advocated the use the»e plant beds. Ho has per s .laded a number of his co operating farmers to grow - me food or feed crops in the '- .is with good results. Mos. farmers try to make them i> h as possible and naturally v.-hen the beds are abandoned, wt«ds and grass soon tak ; s session of them." K. S. Price, of Edgecombe, j \.nted a bed some 224 square yar in size to sweet potatoes la>! year and secured a yield f 2" bushels from the plot. L. L. Praughan. another success t.: Edgecombe farmer, planted a ed 225 square yards in ex pert To Irish potatoes and h;.r.»sted a yield of Sl7 pounds f :irst quality tubers. Other n.« vs have planted the beds t > millet and hay crops. In n a>t was other fertilizer »d the plots nor was any •. :!* ivaT ion given. These in -• •!! . states Mr. Floyd, show " u profitable it is To prepare rich beds and plant them • s« INIT crop. IT is usually ad ■ le To plant some crop like '.t ; the potatoes or sor.u rrs-iM P O 6386 Ad 1178 A ' " v Confidence in"Standard" products shown 4* by the public is a constant incentive to find new ways to make them better STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY Refiners of: "STANDARD" - "STANDARD" GASOLINE > && MOTOR OIL legume hay crop. The same bed may be used for tobacco again next season if the soil is sterilized. Cer tainly. it is in better shape to I use again if it has been plant ed to some productive crop rather than permitted to grow up in weeds which might car !ry some noxious insect or di | scase trouble to affect young tobacco plants next ! year, declares Mr. Floyd. How About Handing Out A Little Praise Praise is something every one likes, vet the most of iw I give little of it. Praise will .cause men to work much fast- Jer and harder than %-olding or j criticism. Criticism helps in a | constructive way. Praise makes the world a happier sphere on which to live and helps keep it going around. Praise is something the hus band should have for his wife's cooking and his wife for her husband's workaday efforts. It is something the employer should give his employees oc casionally. Employees might startle the boss some day by praising him. N. c. c7v\\ School Opens Greensboro. June 10.—Th.> first of the two regular sum mer school sessions at North Carolina College for Women will open in the morning with a registration expected to reach close to 1.500 after the first two days. The great majority of the attendants will be wo men teachers although then will be a number of men pres ent and also a number of wo men pursuing a regular course of college work. Pastor W. J. Hackney preached at the M. K. church Sunday night. THE DANBURY REPORTER MOTORS GAIN ON HIGH TYPE ROADS Soap Company Reports Im i proved Highways Save $l.'5S Per Car Yearly. j Is the automobile winning the race with improved roads? ,In 1918. 17 cars were in ser vice for every mile of improv ed roadway. In 1023 there were 34 cars for each mile and at the conclusion of 1P27, au , tonu biles fu: ? bcr r. lUted tno margin with a ratio of 40 cars per mile of improved highway. This does not mean nect sarialv that th> automobile -• about to suffocate the count The United States has «•/,• - get her. including swamp roa mountain roads, and ligh > traveled side roads, somethr like three million miles ■:' roads. Of this total, ab 575,(100 miles can lay claim : > the title "Improved." But this improved mileage oi y about 78.000 miles can re;-.' be called first class thorough* fares. Automobiles can, of cour- \ run over almost any kind of road, as most vacationists can testify. But travel over "ar.v kind of a road" is not comfort able and certainly it is i t economical. Near cities ami in populous counties the road problem is naturally more s» ri ous than in sparsely populate' regions. Heavy traffic rr; tear a gravel road to piece-, while on the other hand it ma;.* serve 50 or 100 cars dai! • i|uite sucessfully. Consequ*: - ly the real road problem that of paving all roads t!\ .arrv enough traffic to war rant such improvement. A definite need for m •lass roads exisits. India' for instance, has a good sys tem of secondary roads but in actual want of a better r i mary system which, of course. carries the most traffic. The neighboring state, Illinois with over 6,000 miles of concrete can be forgiven for her ex treme pride in the world's best pavement network. Yet Illi -1 nois is gradually pushing the ithe strips of pavement into : more and more remotely lo cated regions. Soon it will be impossible t:> drive more than three miles in any direction in that state without entering upon a pavement. Although Illinois i* blessed with an unusually large high way income, the conclusion cannot be avoided that other states with less wealth are not devoting enough money to highway betterment. Com munity prosperity and unity depend to an astounding de gree upon the ease of commer cial and social intercourse. Many states are failing to rec ognize this simple truth. The benefits from good roads come from so many source.* that it is almost impossible to comprehend them all. For in stance a Michigan soap com pany reports that improved roads have saved $l3B a year on the average in operating a number of salesman's cars. This figure was obtained bv carefully checking the operat ing costs of cars averaging 6,000 miles over good and bad highways. Hut in the meantime, auto mobiles are being built faster than improved roads, and the 1 public is losing money by it. High type roads must replace high cost roads. A variety of snuit resistant >ats is being developed at the foker Pedigreed seed farm ;>t Hartsville, South Carolina, ac •ording to county agents of North Carolina who visited this farm recently. Yields of 147 baskets of May peas per acre were secured in Bertie county this spring. The normal yield for eastern Caro lina is around 100 baskets of quality peas. Thinning apples paid two growers of Wilkes county a net profit of $6.53 and $3.63, re spectively, last season. The thinned apples were of better size and quality. HUDSON On the Open Road great performance is Master indeed! $ 1250 UP Its Performance lias centered on Hudson the iia-ir.chci.as ts most dramatic public interest ever extended anv « 2C5 car - Thousands, riding daily, are carrying the Sedan 1325 story world-wide. Coach ...... 1250 Roadster ..... 1295 * mi c, -i "7-mcfcc/w«. nrill, never to he forgotten, is in store for C'jstom Victoria • - 1650 ' you when you take your first ride in the new Custom Landau Sedan 1*56 Hudson Sui>tT-Si V Custom 7-Pass. Sedan 1950 •=3gE=- HUDSON Super-Six PEPPER BROS., Dealers DANBURY, - - N . c MWIUIIIiIIMBpWMMmmiw F UNERAL SERVICE iw \k> C^ltn,Efficient, lHclpfu.l ixvyoxxr kour of iveecL. ' Ja-iiwi 1/ !onb «xpcricncc.,WJ uivicT9t.-_i- > - I tile nc«i>»f yoarlunt 0 fr rU... We atU-nd. to Relieving yoxk. 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