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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volumn XXVII. Number 41. Cheap, Plentiful Foods in February Listed by Agent More eggs are coming to mar ket, and the U. S. Department of Agriculture this week spotlighted eggs as a feature on its February plentiful foods list for the South east. Egg production in February is forecast at from 4 to 6 per cent above February a year ago. In ad dition, Mrs. Maude Mclnnes, county home demonstration agent for the State College Extension Service, points out that wholesale egg prices usually decline in Feb ruary. These two facts more eggs and declining prices are the reasons eggs are a “first” on the plentiful list, the home agent, explained. Honey is another featured plen tiful food for this area. Stocks are heavy from last season’s 249 mil lion pound crop. Dried prunes are third on the February list. Produc tion last season was up nearly a fourth over the previous year, and markets are well stocked. In addition to the three foods listed, February markets will of fer plentiful supplies of pork and pork products, canned tuna, non fat dry milk, cottage cheese, but termilk, dry beans, fresh oranges, canned and frozen orange juice, raisins, rice, pecans, and almonds. Each N. C. Ewe Gives Net Profit of $29.68 If managed properly, a good flock of sheep is one of the most profitable livestock enterprises a Wake County farmer can have. This is the opinion of J. S. Buchanan, livestock specialist for the State College Extension Ser vice, who has just concluded an analysis of farm flock records kept in 1951 by 47 sheep producers in 11 counties. The records show, says Buchan an, that the average net income per breeding ewe was $29.68. The flocks included in the re ports varied in size from six to 85 ewes, with an average of 22 per flock. The 1,026 ewes raised 1,066 lambs for a 103.8 per cent lamb crop. The ewes averaged 8.6 pounds of wool per head, and the wool sold for an average of $8.49 per ewe. The gross income per lamb was $28.89 per head. The total gross income per ewe was $37.41 for lambs and wool. The average cost of keeping an ewe for the year was $7.73 per head, leaving a net income of $29.68 per ewe. Buchanan says the records show that where grade or scrub rams were used, the income per ewe was $9.39 less than in flocks where purebred, registered rams were used. In flocks where the buck lambs were not castrated, the in come per ewe was $4 per head less than in flocks were this prac tice was followed. Creep-feeding lambs was worth $2.69 more in come per ewe. Ashley Murphy Talks At Local Rotary Club Ashley Murphy read a report from members of the Wakelon faculty on vocational guidance at the Zebulon Rotary Club Friday night. The local teachers general ly believed that beginning with 9th graders, students should be ad vised, not urged, to enter certain trades or professions. THE AMERICAN WAY <m|—' P1 / ■ 111 v VT^p I AV / M IU ■*—»-»<»*♦• .». . :/ Jti. jtft W V% Mi'** % Ml Uncle Ferd s Almanac Some people think that holi ness consists mainly of not get ting any fun out of life. A fel low by the name of Marcus Ca to started all that foolishness about 2000 years ago. and later some of the Roman Christians adopted his beliefs for their very own, and even now lots of folks think the best way to get to heaven is by being a kill joy. They ought to wise up to the fact that it didn’t even work for Cato; 1998 years ago today Cato killed himself. Roger Williams, credited with founding the Baptist Church, arrived in Boston 321 years ago today, but he didn’t last long with the Puritans. He left for Rhode Island just in time to miss being guest of honor at a tar-and-feathers party. The Wesleys, who are responsible for the local Methodist Church, arrived at Tybee Island, Geor gia, 216 years ago today. They were no Puritans either, but they did all right, too. Sixteen years ago today Mrs. A. V. Medlin was hostess to her bridge club, and one year ago Farm Course Begins Today Discussions on a variety of sub jects will be presented in the Farm Management Short Course to be held at North Carolina State Col lege from February 5 through 8. The subjects include the out look for 1952, farm records, chem ical weed control, farm machinery, labor management and supervis ion, leasing arrangements, produc tion of livestock, control of in sects and diseases, and long-range adjustments needed in North Car olina agriculture. The course is designed for pro fessional farm managers, repre sentatives of banks who handle farm managers, representatives of banks who handle farm loans, and farmers who desire to learn more about farm management in order to make the farm into a more pro fitable business unit. It is sponsor Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, February 5, 1952 today Mrs. Pat Farmer was vis iting her brother, Isaac “Doo dles” Medlin at Fort Benning, Ga. Zebulon Pike, after whom Zebulon Vance was named, af ter whom this town was named, was born February 5, 1779, and on February 5, 1936, Merritt Massey was about ready to give up remodeling an old house which stood where the present Massey home is located on Gan non Avenue. Forty-eight years ago today the Pennsylvania Railroad bor rowed $50,000,000, amazing the financial world at getting hold of that much money. Harry Tru man must be much amused at such naivete. Eight years ago tonight Mrs. L. M. Massey entertained at Co lonial Pines for Mary Barrow, bride-elect, and 21 years ago to day Malcolm Campbell set a new auto speed record on the Daytona Beach speedway. Ever since local youths have been trying to break his record on the speedway between the Bap tist Church and the school house. ed by the Society of Farm Mana gers and Rural Appraisers, the college’s Department of Agricul tural Economics, and the Division of College Extension. Persons desiring to attend should submit application as early as possible. The registration fee is $5. Further information is availa ble from Grady Miller, Wake County Agent, or from Eugene Starnes, Division of College Ex tension, State College Station, Ral eigh. Several tours will be made dur ing the four-day course. W. H. Pierce, C. B. Ratchford, M. S. Williams, and H. B. James will serve as chairmen for vari ous phases of the program. All discussion will be led by members of the School of Agriculture facul ty and staff. Zebulon March of Dimes Drive Realizes $600.00; Vi/akelon Students Help The ICSI March of Dimes campaign was concluded yesterday when a final report was made by all the groups soliciting funds in the Zebulon community, Chairman Barrie Davis said. Although the final total did not equal that raised last year, it exceeded the amount originally hoped for. Largest contributions came from indi vidual donations by the merchants and businessmen. “Iron Lung” receptables placed in public places raised over $25.00 for the cause. Girl Scouts solicited $8.37 from homes in Zebulon. Making the cir cuit in Zebulon were Betsy Fay Brantley, Patricia Brantley, Peggy Richardson, Dottie Privett. and Jennie Watkins. Leslie Merndon Rites Are Held in Florida Funeral services were held in Jacksonville, Florida, for Leslie Herndon, 56, formerly of Wendell. He was the son of the late William and Della Ferrell Herndon. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Pearl Bragg; three daughters, Mrs. Eddie Ryal, Mrs. Joe Faison, and Mrs. Billy Runyon; thrfee sons, Brooks, Robert and Glenn Hern don, all of Jacksonville, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Julian Horton of Zeb ulon; and several grandchildren. Hales Back in States After Duty in Korea Back in the United States fol-1 lowing a tour of duty in the Ko- j rean area aboard the attack cargo! vessel USS Washburn is Harold F. Hales, commissaryman, third class, USN, of Route 1, Zebulon. Hales, who attended Corinth Hol der High School, entered the Na val service in May 1949, and re ceived his recruit training at the U. S. Naval Training Center, San Diego, Calif. C H. S. HERE Cathedral High School of Raleigh will play the Wake lon boys and girls tonight in the Wakelon gymnasium, ac cording to Coach Jim Fish. The first game between the girls will start at 7:30. Bunn was scheduled to play Wakelon tonight, but the game was cancelled by mutual consent of the two schools. IN MINSTREL • / .. v : : ;" Byn JHKBPn ; BBBLyaaßaHL|||Hß|g Pjfmcri | Hilliard Greene, the slowest ; slowball pitcher in local softball and a fine hook shot artist in basketball play, will turn his ta lents stageward on Friday night, i April 18, when he will be one of the end men in the PTA minstrel under direction of Mrs. Julia Draughon of Glory. Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers. Nearly S6OO had been reported yesterday afternoon, and late con i tributions are expected to bring the total amount to over S6OO. Business contributions from Zebulon merchants included the following: Wakelon Food Market, $25; Peoples Bank & Trust Co., $10; Page Store Company, $5; Whitley Furniture Company, $10; J. M. Chevrolet Co., $5; Wakelon Drug Company, $2; Flowers 5c to $5 Store, $5; Philips Grocery, $1; Temple Market, $5; Hales Farm Supply Co., sls; Gay & Watkins Dry Cleaners, $2; Par rish Electric Co., $1; Western Au to Asso. Store, $5; Carolina Pow er & Light Co., $10; Theo. Davis Sons, $25; Zebulon Motor Company, $5; Phil-Ett Mo tor Company, $5; Zebulon Supply Company, $25; Debnam Hardware Store, $2; Farmers Department Store $lO. • Individual contributions includ ed: Dr. L. M. Massey, $25; Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Barrow, S3O; Dr. | Ben Thomas, $25; G. C. Massey, $10; Howard Beck, 10; Contributions of $5 each were I (Continued on Page 6) More Certified Seed Produced in Carolina An all-time record of more than a million bushels of seed was cer tified by the North Carolina Crop Improvement Association during 1951 according to a report by Dr. R. P. Moore, director in charge. The total was more than 50 per cent higher than in 1950, the prev ious record year. The largest in creases were shown in wheat, oats, cotton, and irish potatoes. By crops, the 1951 totals were: Wheat, 199,277 bushels; oats, 286,053 bushels; barley, 4, 174 bushels; open-pollinated com, 11,- 096 bushels; hybrid corn, 119,775 bushels; cotton, 349,533 bushels; soybeans, 31,401 bushels; Irish po tatoes, 71,171 bushels; sweet pota toes, 4,512 bushels. Tobacco, 21,489 pounds; fescue, 36,369 pounds; legumes, 5,300 pounds; watermelons, 600 jounds. These figures, Dr. Moore ex plained, include both certified and registered seed, but not foundation seed. He pointed out that certified seed, bearing a blue tag, and regis tered seed, bearing a purple tag, are available to North Carolina farmers who want to make the highest crop yields per acre. List* of growers may be obtained from Wake County Agent Grady Miller. Fire Causes Slight Damage at Antone's Fire of undetermined origin caught the canopy over the en trance to Antone’s Department Store about 3 a. m. Sunday morn ing, resulting in extensive dam age to the front of the store. When the canopy burned into, the steel frame fell downward against the plate glass windows, breaking four of them. According to Book Antone, the damage to the canopy and win dows was covered by fire insur ance.
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