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Poor Conditions
Sabotage Victory
Pork Production
Purina Merchant Volunteers
Help in Plugging Pro
duction Leaks
Ninety-seven percent of all swine
herds need some correction which
would increase pork production.
Authority for this statement comes
from a national survey recently
completed on 9,532 U. S farms cover
ing all 48 states. The survey was
made by field men of Purina Mills,
St. Louis, Mo.
Pork Sabotaged
Other significant facts brought
out by the survey indicating that U.
S. pork production is being needless
ly sabotaged are as follows:
Average number of pigs marketed
per sow in entire year of 1942
10 (five pigs per litter*
49.8 percent of farrowing pens had no
guard rails.
59.4 percent of owners do not disinfect
farrowing pens.
29.6 percent of owners reported trouble
from swine diseases.
46.6 percent do not keep a man with
sows at farrowing time.
73.8 percent do not creep-feed the
pigs.
48.2 percent do not vaccinate pigs.
52.3 percent do not worm pigs.
28.6 percent do not feed supplement
to sows and pigs.
24.7 percent do not feed supplement
to fattening hogs.
17.8 percent do not have enough far
rowing pens.
23.4 percent have farrowing pens that
are too small.
Recommended Practices
To assist local hog raisers correct
such deficiencies the Purina Mer
chant of this city has volunteered his
time tires and gasoline to visit each
feed lot and discuss with farmers a
series of recommended practices
which have been approved by both
national and state agricultural auth
orities.
The purpose of the visit is not to
check up on any farmer’s opera
tions or in any way to tell him how
to run his business. Nor does the
Purina Merchant lay claim to any
superior knowledge not already pos
sessed by good hog feeders of this
community.
Conserve Feed
Styling his activity “The Food for
Victory Crusade” our Purina Mer
chant is unselfishly devoting his ef
fort to help farmers realize a great
er return on their feeding operations
at the same time they conserve pre
cious feed and produce the addition
al pork so badly needed by our fight
ers, war workers and allies.
It is hoped that farmers of this
community will give the “Food for
Victory Crusada” their hearty back
ing.
Pleasant Hill News
We still had snow here on the
ground last Sunday and the men
are late starting on their tobacco
beds. The roads have been al
most impassable but for the last
few days they are drying oat
some.
Quite a number in this sec
tion went to the wedding anni
versary of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Anderson in Wendell. They now
live at Morehead City.
Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Gay of
Raleigh and Mrs. E. E. Hood of
Roonville spent Sunday with Mrs.
E. W. Hood and Mrs * . C. M.
Rhodes.
Mrs. Frank Morris and little
daughter returned home from
Rex Hospital last week. Mrs. Mor
ris was formerly Miss Bettie Lee
Oakley.
Miss Dupree Philips of Raleigh
is spending a few days with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. O. N. Phil
ips also their little grand son Hil
liard Philips of Raleigh.
Miss Lillian Pace of Camp But
ner spent the week-end with her
mother Mrs. J. W. Oakley.
Mr. and Mrs. Ennis Puryear ard
family of Mitchel’s Mill and Mr.
and Mrs. A. O. Puryear of Neuse j
were visitors at T. Y. Puryear’s
Sunday. P. M.
JACKSON DAY DINNER
The North Carolina Jackson
Day dinner will be held this year
on Jan. 31 at the Sir Walter Hotel
in Raleigh. These dinners are
annual affairs and are given to I
raise funds to help put over the
Democratic campaign, State and
National. Wake County is asked
to conrtibute SIOOO. Postmaster
General Frank C. Walker will be
the speaker for the occasion. He
will be introduced by Senator Jo
siah W. Bailey. The county com
mittee to arrange the program
and produce the cash are Senator
L. Y. Ballentine, Representatives
Leßoy Allen, Arch Allen and Wm.
Hatch. A $25.00 contribution will
assure a seat at the table of the
elect.
MULTIPLYING TO BEAT
THE GERMANS
Fred Hood brought in an ear of
corn last Saturday that had a me
dium sized ear in the center that
seemingly was perfect. Around it
were five smaller ears. Most of
them were filled out on the out
side, but the inside was as if the
ear had been slit half in two. Any
way, there were a lot of grains—
enough to feed a fighting man on
half rations for one meal.
HILDA MARIE EDWARDS
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, Jan. 11, from the Pearce
Baptist Church near Zebulon for
Hilda Marie Edwards, three-year
old child, who died at her home
on Route 3, Zebulon, Monday, af
ter a brief illness. The Rev. Mark
Osborne officiated and burial was
in the Pearce cemetery.
Surviving are her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Hillery Edwards, pater
nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Edwards, and maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Helen Chalk.
TIME EXTENDED ON SHOES j
At the request of the trade, re
tail stores are being given an ex
tra week —through February 5
to make ration-free sales of limit
ed quantities of women’s shoes at
$3 or less a pair, the Raleigh Dis
trict Office of Price Administra
tion said today.
AT CAMP MacKALL
Camp Mackall. Lt. Margaret
W. Lester, daughter of Mr. C. P.
Williams of Zebulon, is among the
Army Nurses Corps stationed at
Camp Mackall's post hospital.
These nurses, all of whom are
commissioned officers of the Unit
ed States Army, have finished
their basic training and the class
in orientation, designed to ac
quaint them with Army customs
and Army life.
Applicants for the Army Nurses
Corps must be graduates of any
accredited school of nursing, and
in good physical condition, under
the age of 45. Married nurses,
with no dependents under the age
i fourteen, are eligible. Applica
tion may be made to the Chief
Nurse at any army installation
hospital.
WHAT TO DO
Save the grease in the frying pan.
Don’t put paper in the garbage
can,
Flatten all tims and remove the
label,
Buy more war bonds, if you’re
able.
—Clipped.
CORK
A new ‘type cork substitute,
made of pith and fibers of farm
wastes, has been developed, ac
cording to the. Agricultural Re
search Foundation.
COTTON
The world crop of cotton is es
timated at 27,500,000 bales, or 1
percent smaller than for the pre
vious year. The U. S. crop was
2.100.000 bales larger.
BABY CHICKS Virginia US. 1
approved Pullorum tested Bar
red Rocks or New Hampshire j
Reds, shipped direct to you i
from the Hatchery under offici
al label. Price, $14.00 per 100,
postpaid. Turkey poults ar.d
ducklings shipped when want
ed. Order now. Seeley’s Chick
Market, 214 Church St., Nor
folk, 10, Va.
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The Zebulon Record
Infantile Paralysis
Campaign To End
The Infantile Paralysis cam- j
paign will end this week. Mrs.
Willard Gill is chairman of the
local committee. Any one not seen
personally is asked to make a con
tribution to this worthy object.
One half of all the money raised
in Wake County will be used with
in the county in caring for those
afflicted with infantile naralysis.
Boxes are to be found placed in
the post office, bank vestibule
and the Zebulon Drug store for the
convenience of those wishing or
willing to make contributions.
This is a worthy cause and should
appeal to all to give a dime or
more to its use in helping those af
flicted with this terrible disease.
POULTRY
The Army Quartermaster Corps
reports that it has been able to
purchase less than 20 per cent of
its requirements in poultry during
the past year. Certain set-aside
orders were issued at the begin
ning of the year to provide for
military hospitals and other war
services.
CATGUT
Catgut is needed in all hospitals.
Many veterinarians are using su
tures of specially prepared cotton
and plastic materials.
WHITE-FRINGED BEETLE
Quarantine regulations against
the white-fringed beetle have been
extended to include additional lo
calities in Alabama, Mississippi,
and North Carolina. Anson, Cum
berland, and Onslow counties are
affected.
CULL tie SLACKERS
Save 64 pounds of feed wasted
year!y on each non-productive
hen. Fo How these...
FOUR EASY GUIDES TO CULLING
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[ ] 'AE) of poor layer is snaky BODY of poor layer is rounded
cn;i niiiTow. Comb is shriveled, and tapers to rear. Breast shallow
Eves arc sunken and dull. CULL and flat. Neck often long. CULL
I1ER! HER!
VENT dry, yellow, abdomen LECS and toes of poor layer are
hard, skin thick, less than three round and beefy. Yellow in yel
fingers distance between keel and low skinned breeds. Toe naila
bones. CELL HER! long. CELL HERI
Massey HATCHERY
Zebulon, N. C.
KINDS OF LESPEDEZA
TO GROW
It is a most excellent hay and
grazing crop, say State College
agronomists. They also point out
that it is a fine soil improving
crop and helps to prevent erosion.
Thirty years ago it was practical
ly unknown in North Carolina, ex
cept as a wlid plant. Today
Kobe and Korean are the leading
commercial varieties. Consult
your county agent as to seed sup
plies and the variety best suited
to your conditions. Lespedeza
fits well into crop rotation in all
parts of the State and the acreage
is being continually increased.
Soil tests will tell you how much
lim eis needed for successful pro
, duction of the crop. Complete
fertilizers are needed in the rota
; tion, where the crop is grown for
several years.
TRACTORS
More than 20,000 farm tractors
i were produced in December as
compared with 4,200 in the same
month in 1942, reports the Office
of War Information.
Extraordinary afflictions are
not always the punishment of ex
traordinary sins, but sometimes
the trial of extraordinary graces.
—M. Henry
Affliction is the wholesome soil
of virtue, where patience, honor,
sweet humility, and calm forti
tude, take root and strongly
flourish. —David Mallet.
Friday, January 28, 1944
Consider how much more you
often suffer from your anger and
grief, than from those very
things for which you are angry
and grieved.—Marcus Antonius.
Uihejv Hotw
eyes water
}UE TO A
F O RTS
Wanted
VEAL CALVES
L. T. BRITT
FOR SALE:
FRYING SIZE CHICKENS
35 Cents per Pound
MASSEY’S HATCHERY
Zebulon, N. C.
j2l-tf
PIGS FOR SALE
0.1. C. Weigh about 50 pounds
each.
W. E. BUNN
Zebulon, N. C., Route 2
j2l-28-p
FOR SALE—SS.OO load delivered
stove wood, kindling wood, and
new tobacco sticks. O. D. Stal
lings, Zebulon, R. 2.
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BUY BONDS
Geo. Sprite Barbee
Physician and Surgeon
Office Hours: Telephone*:
9 to 10 a. m. Res. 2781
Office Phone 3921
Carolina Power and
Light Company
NOW —Electricity Is Cheat
PHONE 2511
Elite Beauty Salon
Mrs. Nellie Kemp. Owner & Mgr
DEPENDABLE SERVICE
UP-TO-DaTE STYLES
Phone 3721
Agent of The Hospital Care
Association, Inc., Durham, in
vites communications with re
gard to Hospital Insurance
MRS. G. S. BARBEH
IRBY n. GILL
Attorney & Counselor at Lato
PHONE 2281 /
Dr. L. M. Massey
— Dentist—
PHONE 2921
Hours: 9 a m. 5 p. m
Office in Zebulon Drug Bldg.
Little River Ice Co.
Quailty and Serivee
PHONE 2871
Dr. J. F. Coltrane
—Dentist—
OmCE HM -8-11:80 - - 1:88-8
STANDARD SERVICE
STATION
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Gas - Oils - Washing - Greasing
We Service All Cars
‘Buck” Phillips Zebulon, N. C.
At Highway Crossing