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J. E. McINTIRE
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Mr. C. T. Williams recently
butchered ten hogs which netted
over 2300 pounds of meat. The av
erage age of these hogs was 6 1-2
months.
Donald Chamblee has selected
chickens for his project and has
purchased 200 chicks from the
Massey Hatchery. Donald is using
a tobacco barn for his brooder
house, and the chicks are all thriv
ing under his careful supervision.
One of the prettiest calves in the
county is owned by Cameron Long.
This is a little Holstein-Jersey
heifer, and with the care Cameron
is giving her, will prove to be a
valuable milk cow.
Any lover of flowers would en
joy a visit to see the beautiful
potted plants of Mrs. C. D. Pace.
She has many varieties and to see
plants in full bloom at this season
shows what can be done.
Mrs. Mclntyre would like to use
space on this page to thank the in
dividuals and firms who so gener
ously contributed last week to the
fund for the sweat suits for th'
basket-ball teams. If those con
tributors could have seen the
players and coaches when told that
the fund had been raised, then they
would know just how much they
appreciate their generosity, far
more than we are able to express.
To the following we offer thanks:
Zebulon Supply Company; Mr.
Strickland of Horton’s Service
Station; The Young Tar Heel
Farmers (who gave two suits);
Peoples Bank and Trust Co. (2
suits); Elite Beauty Salon;
Runt’s Pool Parlor; City Market;
Brantley Motor Company; Zebu
lon Dry Cleaners; Massey Lumber
Company; Doctor Massey; Zeb
ulon Beauty Shop; Dednam Hard
ware; Page Supply Company;
Carolina Power and Light Co.; J.
M. Chevrolet Co.; Zebulon Motor
Co.; Dr. Coltrane; Mr. Theo.
Davis; Mr. D. D. Chamblee; Zeb
ulon Drug Co.; and the Rotary
Club, which contributed SIO.OO.
Now show the teams you are for
them by coming out Friday night
to see two of the best games of the
season, when we will put forth ev
ery effort to defeat Wendell.
Prices have been reduced, and the
gym will be heated. We will ex
pect to see you all.
At a recent game the Young Tar
Heel Farmers sold candy, peanuts
and drinks in an effort to raise
funds for the local chapter. Alvin
Ray brought a box of peanut
squares so good that Mrs. Ray was
asked to send the recipe, which
follows:
Peanut Candy
1 quart of parched peanuts
1 cup of sugar
3-4 cup of home-made syrup.
1 tablespoon vinegar.
1 tablespoon butter.
Cook this mixture until it will
spin a thread (do not stir while
cooking), add a pinch of soda,
beating just enough to dissolve
the soda, stir in the peanuts, pour
THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1938.
Uncte Jim Says
Last year farmers used five
times as much lime as they did in
1933. Applying lime is just one
of the sound practices endorsed by
farmers in the Agricultural Con
servation program.
into the buttered dish, when cool,
mark into squares.
An invitation is extended to all
interested persons to attend the
evening class in the YTHF class
room in the high school building
Monday evening at 7 o’clock. The
meeting will be dismissed prompt
ly at 8:30. This is the second in a
series of ten evening meetings.
h ? Monday evening class will dis
cuss further the 1938 Crop Con
servation Program. A huge 1938
tobacco crop on top of the 1937
crop, was the largest ever produced
in North Carolina, which, without
control will prove disastrous to
farmers. There is a 100,000,000
pound carry-over, which will cause
prices to be unfavorable. Also
the foreign demand may not in
crease because of unsettled condi
tions in Europe and the Orient.
North Carolina produces approxi
mately 70 per cent of the nation’s
flue cured leaf. Too much empha
sis cannot be placed on crop control
for 1938.
The local judging team compet
ing in the crop judging contest did
not win especial honor, but rated
in the upper half. Seventy-nine
schools throughout the state en
tered teams. A 4-H team from
Wilkes County won first place.
John H. Church, of Wilkes, was
the highest scoring individual.
Awards were made at a banquet.
Attending were W. Kerr Scott,
State Commissioner of Agriculture,
Dean I. O. Schaub of State Col
lege, W. H. Byrne of the Virginia
Crop Improvement Association and
other agricultural leaders! A total
of 297 boys competed in the judg
ing contests.
From six-tenths of an acre, Rex
Yelton, a farmer of Yancey County
sold SIOO worth of turnip greens
and $l6O worth of squash in 1937.
Most Wake County farmers are
planting far more tobacco plant
beds than will be needed in order
to insure themselves of sufficient
plants should blue mold and insects
strike heavily this year.
V. G. Taylor, Martin County
farmer, has placed an order for
1,000 red cedar trees which he will
set out on his farm as soon as
they arrive.
Treated Cotton Seed Return
Big Dividends
Treating cotton seed before
planting was worth $2,200,000 to
North Carolina farmers in 1937.
The practice of treating coton seed
with ethyl mercury chloride dust,
or two per cent ceresan, as it is
better known, was little used here
prior to 1934. In 1934, 2,000 acres
were planted with treated seed,
while last year the figure had
jumped to 200,000 acres. Treated
seed far outyield the untreated
teed, the difference being 247
pounds of seed cotton per acre.
Seed treatment costs only 25 cents
per acre, and the average gross
return was $11.27 in 1937.
Warning of Tobacco Beetles
The first step in controlling flea
beetle attacks is the prevention of
their entering tobacco beds. Too
much emphasis cannot be placed
on the importance of tight beds
as an aid in reducing beetle injury.
One per cent rotenone dust has
been found the most efficient in
secticide for destroying the beetles.
This dust may be applied with a
rotary hand-operated duster or by
a bellows type hand duster at the
rate of one-half pound to each 100
square yards of plant bed surface.
Treatment For Lice On
Dairy Cattle
I have had several requests for
a treatment for lice on dairy cat
tle; and offer the following rem
edy which has proven to be effect
ive. This treatment is applied by
hand, and if necessary is repeated
in about 16 days: (1) Cottonseed
oil and kerosene, equal parts; (2)
kerosene, 1-2 pint mixed with lard,
1 pound; (3) crude petroleum;
(4) any of the dips recommended
for use in dipping, and diluted in
the same proportions as for dip
ping. Oils or greases should not
be used in very warm or very cold
weather. The remedies mentioned
may be applied with a brush or a
cloth. They should be distributed
in a thin even coating over the sur
face of the body, taking care that
there is no excess at any point.
ABOUT POTATOES
Willie Pearce of Pearces was in
the Record office last week looking
as when he lived across the street
from the editor ten years ago. He
said he tried a partially new plan
last fall when putting his sweet
potatoes in the hill. He took one
of those large, long tubes that
linoleum rugs are wrapped around,
and with his knife cut holes all
along its length. Then he stood
the tube upright in the center of
the hill and piled the potatoes
around it. Although he covered
the hill he has not had to close
the top of this tube this winter
and the potatoes have kept per
fectly. This variation of ventila
tion is simpler than most and is
worth saving those tubes to try
out.
BABY CHICKS
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O. H. Massey reports that the
Zebulon Hatchery is doing a good
business this year. They are
hatching only Barred Rock and
Rhode Island Reds and take these
off every week. Chicks do better
when they do not have to be ship
ped by mail; therefore it will pay
to see these before buying.
The Butcher Boy
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ABOUT A \ . , S&a
jJUICY STEAK- ®.» Y?
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CAN THINK Os
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A TEMPTING,
JUICY STEAK
is a poem in itself. The only way
to get the real flavor out of the
subject is to eat it. Every steak
or chop sold by us lives up to the
first class reputation enjoyed by
this market. All of our meats are
possessed of the proper food val
ues.
CITY MARKET
ZEBULONS
FOOD CENTER
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|| $1.00; Hulls 50c; Red Dog, $2.00; Stove Pipe,
;; 15c; -Kero;ene Oil 10c; Dynamite Caps, Fuse.
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CAPONE CRAZY
It is reported AI Capone has had
a mental “blow up” and will be
transferred from Alcatraz Island
to Springfield, Mo. His craziness
is said to be due to paresis, a dis
ease that destroys brain cells. It
is curable. Capone is said to be
hated by other prisoners. In June,
1936, he was stabbed in the back
by another prisoner.
T. B. CONE
Funeral services for T. B. Cone,
who died at his home near Spring
Hope Saturday night, were held at
1 the home Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock by the Rev. Herman Finch
■ and the Rev. A. D. Parish. Burial
1 was in the Zebulon cemetery.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs. J.
M. Strickland, and one brother,
! Bernice Cone.
As far as we are concerned they
can plow up this year’s crop of
spinach.
j HOW OFTEN CAN YOU
1 KISS AND MAKE UP?
FEW husbands can understand
why a wife should turn from a
pleasant companion into a shrew
for one whole week in every month.
You can say "I’m sorry" and
kiss and make up easier before
marriage than after. Be wise. If you
want to hold your husband, you
won’t be a three-quarter wifo.
For three generations one woman
has told another how to go "smil
ing through" with Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound. It
helps Nature tone up the system,
thus lessening the discomforts from
the functional disorders which
women must endure in the three
ordeals of life: 1. Turning from
girlhood to womanhood. 2. Pre
paring for motherhood. 3. Ap
proaching "middle age."
Don’t be a three-quarter wife,
take LYDIA E PINKHAM’S
1 VEGETABLE COMPOUND and
Go "Smiling Through.”