Friday, December 31,1948
This, That & the Other
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could make so large and weird a
noise. Few things in time of peace
are more blood-curdling than be
ing awakened in the dead of night
by the sound these feathered
shriekers make. However, they
are practically harmless unless
they are struggling for liberty.
Then, who could blame them for
fighting?
This owl picks the bones of what
meat we have, eats any kind of
raw meat we can spare it, and may
in time learn to eat Purina pellets
like we feed the hens. I talk to it,
and it listens for a while with
cross-eyed concentration; then,
seeming to feel it can endure no
more, turns and flies back into the
darkened part of the brooder.
Among the gifts my husband re
ceived at Christmas is a small toy
automobile which has one distin
guishing feature. It will not run
off the edge of a table, although on
the floor it runs in a straight line.
Placed on a table or box, it moves
briskly along until the edge is
reached, when it turns and sidles
around the corner exactly as if
being carefully guided, turning a
gain when the next corner is
reached. Watching it, I can’t help
wishing real cars could be made
with as much sense as this little
one has.
A friend, stopping by to see my
husband, was not sure of the
house and came up the front steps
somewhat doubtfully. No one
answered her tap on the door;
but she saw Theo in the yard and
went to speak to him, saying she
knew she was at the right place,
because through the glass panel
in the front door she had seen my
picture on the piano.
Pretty good identification; but
the picture seen was of my mother,
not me.
When another of these columns
is written it will be in another
year. We usally wish for each
other a happy New Year, or one
that is glad or prosperous. This
time my deepest wish is for a
peaceful year. Not the armed
truce that is now our best sub
stitute; but genuine peace with no
thought of war. This may be too
much to hope for now, but it
is not too much to be longed for,
prayed for, and worked for. We
have made some progress this year,
though there is a long way yet
to go before we arrive at the
place sought with deep earnestness
by our leaders. Let us all hope
that next December thirty-first
finds us farther along the road.
Special Tractor Care
The owner should drain out
heavy summer oil and replace it
with winter oil of the proper
grade. If possible, the crank case
pan should be removed and all
sediment cleaned out. If the cool-
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ing system has no thermostat heat
control, a radiator curtain should
be used to insure an operating
temperature of 160 to 180 degrees.
If the carburetor is fitted with a
heater bypass from the exhaust,
this should be adjusted for winter
position. In addition, spark plugs
should be cleaned and reset to
manufacture’s specifications, and
the breaker points in the distirbu
tor should be given the same
treatment. A complete check-up
also requires valve adjustment.
Finally, if the tractor is to be used
often during the winter, anti
freeze shoud be placed in the
radiator.
Grows Pork by the Acre
How many pounds of pork can
be produced “per acre”?
A Tyrrell County farmer, R. L.
Spruill of Columbia, Route 1, ran
a test last summer to find out.
And, according to a report by
County Agent H. H. Harris of the
State College Extension Service,
the experiment was highly suc
cessful.
Mr. Spruill had a three-acre
field of corn which he estimated
would yield 66 bushels to the acre.
He decided to run a hogging-off
demonstration
On August 19, a total of 27 pigs
weighing 2,862 pounds were turn
ed on the field. For 67 days they
went about eating all the corn
they wanted.
By October 25, the pigs had
added 2,688 pounds and weighed
a total of 5,550 pounds. Thus Mr.
Spruill figures he produced an
average of 896 pounds of pork per
acre.
At $1.25 a bushel, the estimat
ed corn yield from the three acres
would have brought $247.50. Mr.
Spruill spent ....64.80 for 1200
pounds of supplement and $3 for
30 pounds of mineral to feed the
pigs. In other words, the corn,
supplement, and mineral cost
$315.30.
The hogs sold for 25.5 cents a
pound. The 2,688 pounds added
during the demonstration thus
brought a return of $685.44, and
the net profit from the hogging
off was $370.14.
Mr. Spruill’s records show he
made $5.52 a day just by water
ing and caring for the pigs. And,
considering the hogs as harvesters
and marketers of corn, he was
able to realize a return of $125.05
per acre above feed cost, in ad
dition to saving the expense of
harvesting the corn.
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Legionnaires,
Attention!
Members of American
Legion May Secure Of
ficial Legion Caps and
Lapel Buttons at R, B.
Whitley & Son, Wendell,
Caps May Be Worn at
Legion Meetings, Con
ventions, Funerals, Me
morial Services, etc,
Mr, Ex-Service Man, If
You Have Not Joined the
American Legion, We In
vite You to Join the Wen
dell -Zebulon Post No,
148 of the American Le
gion, the Oldest and
Largest of All Veterans
Organizations,
In Wendell: Phil Whit
ley, Leo Britt, or G, P,
Conoley Will Take Your
Membership,
In Zebulon: Ferd Davis,
Barrie Davis, or Phil
Bunn Will Take Your
Membership,
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Meetings: First Wednes
day Night in Each Month
At 7:30 p,m, at the Le
gion Hut, Next Meeting,
Wed,, Jan, sth 7:30p.m.
Theo Davis Sons
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