THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXV. Number 47.
111 OUR T0W11...
In our town most of the young people like to dance. Most of
them can dance in their own homes, but they never get a chance
at a high school senior prom ... or any other formal dance. They
would take advantage of any opportunity given them —witness the
nice crowds which attended the square dances each Friday night this
summer at the high school gymnasium. Os course the big problem
is the place to hold such affairs . . . that is a problem for Zebulon to
solve and soon, too.
CAPITAL REPORTER
One concrete result of the visit
to Washington by Governor Scott
and members of his staff: Two
days after their return, Highway
Commission Chairman Henry Jor
dan was approached by a man
who offered delivery of a boat
load of cement to a North Caro
lina port to be used as a stock
pile in the event the cement sup
ply becomes more critical.
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Purchase will be made in a
move to protect the roadbuilding
program against a complete shut
off of cement supplies from other
sources. It also will assure com
pletion of State buildings already
under construction.
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Rural women are getting more
representation by the State. Ex
ample: Mrs. E. J. Lassiter, who
lives on RFD 1, Erwin, in Harnett
County, recently was appointed
to the State Hospital Board of
Controls. When Governor Scott
tried to reach her by telephone to
tell her of the appointment, he
found out that his phone-adding
program hadn’t reached Mrs. Las
siter’s bailiwick yet. The governor
had to call her daughter in Dunn
EXTENSION SERVICE
Farming Questions
How can I get rid of ants?
Strange as it may seem, one in
secticide will not work against all
kinds of ants. For some species
of ants, a 5 per cent DDT dust is
effective. For others, a 2 per cent
chlordane dust has proved better.
If you are bothered with ants in
the house, your best bet is to use
a 5 per cent DDT household fly
spray and apply it to the cracks,
crevices and around doors and
window sills where the pest are
appearing.
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How can I keep my cows from
bloating?
Bloat has probably been a seri
ous problem with livestock since
the beginning of time. Yet the
specialists are still not sure about
to relay the message and have
Mrs. Lassiter travel to the nearest
phone to call him and confirm the
appointment. Maybe the appoint
ment will at least enable her to
get a telephone installed.
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Young, handsome, energetic
Governor Sid McMath of Arkan
sas will be the speaker when the
Young Democrats meet September
15-16 in Asheville. McMath, 38,
is a former national YDC presi
dent, and incidentally just got
himself reelected to Arkansas’
number one job last week.
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Speaking of fights, watch for
the 1951 House speakership race
to be one of the most closely con
tested in the history of the house.
Friends of Anti-Administration
Frank Taylor of Wayne and
Sometimes - Scott - Supporter
Fred Royster of Vance both are
claiming substantial leads for
their boys. But unbiased viewers
of the scene see it pretty close,
with numerous legislators pledg
ed to neither. Look for a battle
to the finish. And whichever
wins, it’s a sure thing the loser
will not get any important com
mittee appointments.
what causes bloat. However, they
do list certain precuations which
have been proven effective in re
ducing bloat. The first is to feed
your animals some hay or silage
before turning them on lush green
pasture. Second, watch them
closely for the first hour or two
after they are on pasture. And
third, be especially careful after
rainy weather when the pasture
plants are full of moisture.
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When is it safe to stop treating
cotton for boll weevil control?
Keep up the treatment at least
until your field has more bolls
than squares. You should treat
your fields every five days until
the majority of the bolls have
formed.
Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, August 15, 1950
Specialist Proves
Improved Pasture
Pays Big Profits
Improved pasture is the most
economical livestock feed and
should be the main source of feed
wherever weather conditions per
mit, says W. W. McPherson, agri
cultural economist with the North
Carolina Experiment Station, who
points out the profitable farming
operations of Joe Tippett, Zebulon
farmer.
McPherson list two main types
of land where pastures may be
planted to supply inexpensive feed j
for livestock. The first type men
tioned is idle land. Many farms, j
he says, contain small acreages of
such land. The State has over
900,000 acres in this category.
The cost of establishing pasture
may be distributed over five years
since the average permanent pas
ture produces that long. One-fifth
the cost of establishing pasture on
cleared land plus the annual
maintenance cost amounts to
about S2O per acre per year.
Hence, if pasture is developed on
idle land, any income over S2O
per acre is an addition to the
farmer’s return for his labor and
investment.
The other sources of pasture
land listed is shifting acreages
from alternative uses to improved
pastures. Under this system,;
pastures must compete with other
feed crops and with cash crops.
Cash Competition
As shown on the chart, pasture
competes very favorably with oth
er feed crops because of the sav
ing on harvesting and feeding
costs. With corn, the most com
mon livestock feed, it cost $1.77 to
produce 100 pounds of total di
gestible nutrients, assuming a corn
yield of 50 bushels per With
pasture the cost is only 58 cents.
The question of whether pasture
will compete with cash crops for
land acreage depends on individ
ual circumstances. In many cases,
especially on small farms or large
farms where enough labor is
available, pasture cannot “out
compete” allotted acreages of
cash crops.
However, this may not alw'ays
be true, says McPherson.
Last Rites Are Held
For Mrs. Chris Brantley
Mrs. Ardella Hood Brantley, 81,
died Friday afternoon in Charlotte
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
L. W. Rogers, following a short
illness.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at 3 o’clock, con
ducted by the Rev. Kermit Combs,
pastor, assisted by the Rev. T. B.
Davis. Burial was in the Zebulon
Cemetery.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. L. W. Rogers of Charlotte,
Jesse Brantley of Washington, D.
C., Mrs. M. H. Brantley of Spring
Hope; five sons, Sherwood of Ral
eigh, Linwood of Neuse, Odell and
Lecton of the home, and G. B.
Brantley of Fayetteville; one sis
ter, Mrs. Lacy Patillo of Florence,
S. C.; 17 grand children; and ten
great-grandchildren.
Dr. Ellis Here
Dr. Hugh Ellis of Miami, Flori
da, father of Mrs. Kermit Combs
of Wakefield, preached at the Sun
day morning worship services at
the Zebulon Baptist Church in the
absence of the pastor.
CP&L WORKER
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Miss Rosa Lee Armstrong, na
tive of Salisbury, has been ap
pointed Home Service Representa
tive of the Carolina Power & Light
Company for this district, it was
announced this week by Mrs. Mar
guerite Surles, CP&L Home Ser
vice Director. Miss Armstrong will
assist CP&L customers in the eco
nomical use of appliances. She is
a former school teacher, and was
superintendent of school lunch
rooms with the Department of
Public Instruction in Raleigh just
prior to her employment by the
pow r er company.
Poisonous Plants
Kill Carolina Cows
Poisonous plants may have been
responsible for some of the recent
cattle losses in North Carolina,
pasture and livestock specialists
at State College revealed this
week.
On at least one eastern Carolina
farm where several cattle had
been lost, Sam Dobson, extension
pastures specialist, found wild
cherry bushes that “had been
grazed as high as the animals
could reach.” Wild cherry is
knowm to be poisonous, says Dob
son, especially the wilted leaves.
While there was no positive evi
dence that these animals died
from poisoning, the circumstances
pointed to that conclusion.
“Animals with certain deficien
cies develop a depraved or ab
normal appetite,” says J. Clark
Osborne, veterinarian with the
Experiment Station. “Such ani
mals may chew on objects and eat
plants which they normally would
refuse.”
Os the thousands of plants found
in the State, only about 50 or 00
are considered poisonous to live
stock. About ten of these are re
sponsible for most of the losses.
They are: white snakeroot, lamb
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RUTH CURRENT:
Farm Home Hints
EASE UP ON SUMMER IRON
ING: Be stingy with the water.
At least, you can keep yourself
from doing extra ironing by doing
a good job of sprinkling. Over
damping is a common fault. Use
warm water, distribute it evenly.
Fold the sprinkled clothes loose
ly and with as few wrinkles as
possible. Putting the sprinkled
clothes in a plastic bag helps. You
have an old plastic tablecloth that
has a small hole or two in it; you
might use that to wrap around the
clothes.
Set up your “assembly line.”
Place your basket of sprinkled
clothes on one side of the ironing
board, a rack, clothes hangers, or
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Danger from Fire
From Fuel Cited
By County Agent
More tractor and truck fuel is
used during the summer on farms
than at any other season. Bruce
Butler, Assistant Wake County
Farm Agent with the State College
Extension Service, points out that
petroleum products can be a ser
vant or destroyer. It all depends
on how they are used.
Careless use of motor fuels or
* other flammable liquids leads to
tragedy. The victims die prema
turely and horribly. They ignored
repeated warnings and waited un
til it was too late to change their
habits.
If you want to avoid disaster
here are some important rules rec
ommended by the National Safety
Council.
1. An underground tank with a
i pump similar to the equipment
used in service stations provides
the safest storage for large sup
plies of farm tractor fuels, gaso
line or kerosene on farms.
2. The next best method of
storing gasoline supplies is in a
well constructed steel tank lo
cated at least forty feet or more
from farm buildings or from com
bustible material. If a separate
enclosure is used it should permit
vapors to escape in case of a leak
or spill.
Red Gasoline Container
3. When necessary to bring
gasoline inside, a red, labeled con
tainer of an approved safety type
and not more than one gallon ca
pacity should be used. Kerosene
for immediate use may be kept in
a small safety type container that
is labeled and different in size,
shape and color from gasoline con
tainers.
Never re-fuel a tractor while the
motor is running or extremely hot.
Check fuel lines frequently to
avoid leaky connections.
5. The use of open containers or
careless spilling of flammable
liquids invites trouble. A dang
erous feature of gasoline storage
in elevated tanks is the hazard of
gravity flow, defective hose or the
I absence of self-closing valves and
1 lock.
School Opening
Wakelon School will reopen on
Thursday, September 7, for the
1950-51 school year, County Supt.
Randolph Benton has announced.
Principal W. R. Whittenton has
completed the Wakelon faculty
with one exception and expects to
fill that vacancy this week. Other
local faculties are completed.
table for the finished pieces on the
other. Have a sponge and bowl of
water handy, for dampening spots
that have dried out too much.
Sponge is better than cloth.
If you have a number of men
and boys in your family, you’re
probably acquainted with the
time-saving features of metal
pants pressers. These come in
j various lengths, for different size
| legs, and put creases in the trouser
legs, making ironing unnecessary
—at most, a touch around the
waistband is all that’s needed.
These metal ‘pressers’ are easily
inserted in the trousers at the
clothesline. Pin about a foot of
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