SPECIAL NOTICE
The National Farm and Home
Radio Hour in its weekly broad
cast over the N. B. C. network at
11:50 A. M., Eastern Standard
Time, Thursday, May 12, will cele
brate the 75th anniversary of the
United States Crop Reporting
Service. Among the speakers on
this program will be the Hon. Hen
ry A. Wallace; W. F. Callander,
Chairman of the Crop Reporting
Board; Miss Amanda Newton,
granddaughter of the first Com
missioner of Agriculture, Isaac
Newton, who was appointed by
President Lincoln in 1862; and
several veteran crop reporters
f .om States nearby Washington.
AMOUNT OF PAINT RE
QUIRED FOR A GIVEN
SURFACE
It is impossible to give a rule
that will apply in all cases, as
the amount varies with the kind of
wood or other material to which it
is applied, the age of the surface,
etc. The following is an approxi
mate rule: Divide the number of
square feet of surface by 200. The
result will be the number of gal
lons of liquid paint required to
give two coats; or divide by 13
and the result will be the number
of pounds of pure ground white
lead required to give three coats.
Building White Wash
Slake one-half barrel of fresh
lime with boiling water, covering
it to keep in the steam.
Strain liquid through a fine
sieve and add seven pounds of fine
salt, previously dissolved in warm
water; three pounds of ground
rice, boiled to a thin paste and
stirred in boiling hot; one-half
pound of bolted gilders whiting;
one pound of white glue which
should be first soaked in cold
water until swollen, then melt over
a slow fire, avoiding burning it.
Add five gallons of hot water to
the mixture, stir it well and let it
stand a few days covered well.
When ready to use, heat to boiling
point. I pint of this mixture will
cover nearly 1 square yard. This
wash is very durable and is almost
equal to paint.
Accent On Scent
If you love the scent of flowers,
plant those which smell the sweet
est nearest the house. Border the
walk to the entrance with English
lavender or old fashioned pink;
plant clumps of phlox, climbing
roses, sweet alyssum, mignonette,
stock and sweet William, narcissus
and hyacinth, near the living
room windows. Nicotiana, which
smells sweetest at night, belongs
under the bedroom windows, as do
lilacs. Briar and other old fash
ioned roses and flowering cur
rants blooming near the dining
room will waft their delicate per
fume into the room. For your
garden walks, try Francis Bacon's
plan, and plant them with “bur
net, wild thyme and water mints,
w'hich perfume the air most de
lightfully when trodden upon and
crushed, so that you may have
pleasure when you walk.”
—Reader’s Digest.
Home Made Hog Tonic
Experienced hog feeder* have
asserted that a mixture of char
coal ashes, lime, salt, sulphur and
copperas kept where hogs can eat
it will tend to prevent worm infes
tation. Though there is no posi
tive experimental evidence in sup
port of this idea, the mixture is of
value as a source of mineral mat
THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON, NORTH CA ROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 13,1938
FARM
AND
HOME
J. E. McINTIRE
ter in their diet and perhaps as an
appetizer and tonic. Following is
a formula:
Charcoal 1 bushel
Hardwood ashes 1 bushel
Salt ..... 8 pounds
Air-slaked lime 4 pounds
Sulphur 4 pounds
Pulverized copperas 2 pounds
Mix the lime, salt and sulphur
thoroughly and then mix with the
charcoal and ashes. Dissolve the
copperas in 1 quart of hot water
and sprinkle the solution over the
whole mass, mixing it thoroughly.
Keep some of this mixture in a
box before the . hogs at all times,
or place in a self feeder.
BRIEF HINTS ON. PRUNING
FRUIT TREES
1. Make all cuts close and
parallel to remaining limb.
2. Paint all wounds over 1 inch
in diameter with white lead and
raw linseed oil to which a little
sublimate has been added. (Do
not use linseed oil or prepared
paints. They are apt to injure
bark and may even kill the tree.)
3. Train young trees to a cen
tral leader.
4. When planting trees cut off
1-2 to 2-3 of the tops. This lessens
the demands on the root system
until it has had a chance to be
come established in the soil.
5. Develop 3 to 5 main or scaf
fold branches.
6. In old trees remove dead
wood, crossing and rubbing
branches and thin the top. Con
fine pruning to the smaller
branches and avoid heavy pruning.
7. A few water sprouts may be
left in the old trees to shade the
large limbs.
Farm Beauty
The East is beginning to lighten,
First to dark, then to gray.
A cock’s crow breaks the stillness,
’Tis the beginning of another day.
The last sounds of the night are
fading,
The scent of dew on the new mown
hay.
The farmer is already up and go
ing,
He’s beginning another day.
A very happy life he leads,
Up in the cool crisp air of the
morn,
He never grumbles or bemoans his
fate,
But thanks his Maker for being
born.
I am a farmer myself;
And a lover of nature as well,
When the sun sets on the farm,
It’s beauty no one can tell.
—FOREST MILLS,
Vo-Ag. Student,
Gaitherburg, Md.
Wake County Vo-Ag. Teachers
Meet
The Wake County Vo-Ag. teach
ers held their regular monthly
meeting at State College on Wed
nesday. The topic for discussion
was “How to Organize and Con
duct a Part-Time Class.” The dis
cussion was led by J. E. Mclntire.
During the summer months a sur
vey will be made by Mr. Mclntire
to determine the number of boys
in the Wakelon School district who
are available for this type of work.
It Is Dangerous
It is dangerous to sell a SUBSTI
TUTE for 666 just to make three
or four cents more. Customers are
your best assets; lose them and
you lose your business. 666 is
worth three or four times as much
as a SUBSTITUTE.
TO HOLD REFERENDUM
FOR POTATO GROWERS
Potato growers in Eastern
North Carolina will march to the
polls May 13 and 14 to determine
whether they want the marketing
of their product controlled this
year.
Should two-thirds or more of
those voting in the referendum fa
vor restrictions, a control program
will go into effect. The proposed
marketing agreement would pro
hibit in interstate shipment pota
toes falling below the U. S. No. 2
grade and those less than one and
one-half inches in diameter.
Polls will open at 9 a. m. on each
of the two voting days and will
close at 5 p. m. Public notice of
the place of balloting will be made
at least three days in advance of
May 13.
L. P. Watson, extension horti
culturist at State College, ex
plained that each producer of po
tatoes for market is entitled to one
vote.
Educations meetings to acquaint
growers with provisions of the
marketing agreement have been
held in most of the affected coun
ties.
SUMMER EGGS
It is very necessary that sum
mer eggs be infertile and for that
reason the males and females
should be separated as soon as the
breeding season is over. The lay
ers should have a balanced diet;
the nests must be kept clean, and
the eggs collected several times a
day. It is also advisable to candle
all eggs produced in summer as
the quality egg must have a yolk
that stands up and a large per
cent of firm, white albumen. Mar
ket eggs should also be carefully
graded for size, shape, shell tex
ture and color.
FORCING GROWTH
WTiile it is often unwise to force
the growth of any crop, the quali
ty of succulent vegetables depends
upon rapid growth and it is often
necessary to make side applica
tions of quickly available nitrogen
to maintain vigorous growth. The
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time of application will depend up
on the vigor and maturity of the
crop and upon seasonal conditions
and the grower must use his own
judgment as to these requirements.
Care must be taken, however, that
the nitrogen does not come in con
tact with the plants as this may
result in severe damage.
With 191 pure bred Jersey cows
in milk and 229 cows on official
test, the Biltmore herd near Ashe
ville is the largest Jersey herd in
the United States on herd test.
Twenty-seven cows produced over
50 pounds of butterfat during
March.
GOOD COW FOR SALE
3 1-2 to 4 Gallons Milk A Day,
3rd Calf.
J. P. GAY,
Zebulon, R-3
1 Mile of Hopkins Chapel
Garden, Field Screen Wire,
Plant Now MjMJO All Widths
Seeds, most any kind, by weight, or in packets. Flower
Seed, large assortment. Peas, Soy Beans, Velvet Beans,
Com. Fertilizer, Soda, Meal, Lime. HuHs. Distri
butors, Plows, Castings. Barbed, Poultry, Hog
Wire. Eating Beans, all kinds. Churns, Dyna
mite, Caps, Fuse.
A. G. KEMP Zebulon, N.C.
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V SOY BEANS, COTTON SEED (Direct from Coker; One V
y and Two Years from Coker) —GARDEN SEEDS, Loose v
yor Packaged; FIELD SEEDS; PAINTS and OIL; FER-$
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y Pellets, Mashes, Grain or Anything Else Needed
y for Chickens
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* PAINTS |
y Old Dutch White Lead, $9.50 per hundred pounds. Roof
and Bam Paint, $1.15 Per Gallon. Hat Wall Paint, $1.95 £
y per gallon and up. Shingle Stain (green). $1.50 per gal
y lon. Semi-Paste Paints Enamels, Varnishes, Dryers, Lin- £
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y ZEBULON, N. C. £
J. P. Gay of the Hopkins Chapel
neighborhood was in the Record
office Tuesday evening and said a
number of the farmers in his com
munity were not done setting to
bacco. They have plenty of plants,
but must wait for a season. He said
cotton on stiff land has a poor
stand. Rain is badly needed for
most crops.
J. M. Whitley told us a short
time ago that he never had as few
plow points worn out at this time
of year in his life. At no time dur
ing the spring breaking and plant
ing time w'as the soil too hard to
plow in this section.
sweet potato plants
Now IReady.
Good, Strong Plants.
SEYMOUR CHAMBLEE
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