THURSDAY. APRIL 14, 193S
THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND, THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN
PAGE SEVEN
Poultrymen Urged
To Retain Layers
Selling off laying liens in the
face of advancing egg prices during
spring months is a common prac
tice among North Carolina poultry
men, according to C. F. Parrish,
extension poultry specialist .at State
college. ,
... Strict culling is nearly always
profitable, but disposing of the en
tire flock when the price of hens
begins to increase usually results
in an ultimate loss. 1
Parrish suggests that poultrymen
go through their flocks .and select
' and sell the birds that are not lay
ing, those that have become broody,
overly heavy hens, or those that
give indication of laying only a
few eggs a week.
Then the better hens can be re
tained in the flock until late sum
mer or early fall. In fact, it is al
ways a good practice to keep good,
heavy-laying hens any year. A 'bird
that will produce . 18 tb 24 eggs a
month during the spring will make
a return above feed costs even
though the price of eggs falls as
low as one cent each.
Because spring is a busy time
for the. farmer, many feel they
cannot give their flocks, the proper
attention. Parrish, suggests that the
flocks be turned over to the chil
dren, who will soon be out of
school.
Besides giving them something
definite to work with, they will
have a chance to make several dol
lers before they jeturn to school
in the fall.
THESE ARE LIFESA VERS
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Unemployed Workers Have
Been Paid $2,000,000 In N. G.
Loyal Order
of Moose
Franklin Lodge, No. 452
Meets
In Americal Legion Hall
Each Friday
7:30 P. M.
S. J. Murray, Sec'y
HORN'S SHOE SHOP 5 AYS ;
WE" ARE STILL MENDING
SHOES
' When your soles won't slide,
And your heels are dry
With old cow-hide
We'll please your eye.
HORN'S SHOE SHOP
Bx 212 Troy F. Horr
Opposite Courthouse
For a Better
Corn Crop
Plant
HOLCOMBE'S
PROLIFIC
Best by Test
for Mountain
Farmers
A mountain bred strain developed
under average conditions on a Bnn
ombe'eounty farm, Ilolcoinbe'g Pro
lific Corn has proved by actual testa
the best sustained yield corn for
Western North Carolina farms. In
official tests for a seven-year period
It ranks first of nine varieties tested.
For best results plant Registered
Certified Holcombe's Prolific (sold
exclusively at Farmers Federation
Warehouses) bearing a tag with the
official signature of the producer
'Reginald N. Holcombe. Only a lim
ited quantity Is available. After our
stock of Holcombe's Registered seed
Is exhausted we will fill all orders
with Holcombe's Certified seed.
Farmers
Federation
Warehouses
" franklin warehouse
Palmer Street, Franklin, N. C.
THAT'S what Consumers Informa
tion calls these workers in a Pitts
burgh glass plant, who are testing and
'finishing non-shatterable glass for use
in automobiles. It is explained that
one of the greatest hazards in auto ac
cidents used to be flying glass, which
was the most common Cause of injury.
Now all American cars are equipped
with the shatter-proof variety, devel
oped by Amerioan industrial research
experts especially for this purpose,
and the saving of many lives is the
result. The man shown above keeps a
constant vigil with his pyrometer, to
assure proper melting conditions. The
girl at the left is polishing the rough
ertfes of a car window.
RALEIGH, April 13. Before this
week is over, $2,000,000 will have
been distributed to Nortli Carolina
unemployed workers in weekly
benefits by the state unemployment
compensation commission, unless the
drop in average benefit amounts is
greater than is now expected,
Chairman Charles G. Powell an
nounces. Also, more than 2lX),0(X)
original claims for compensation
will, have ibeen filed almost by the
beginning of this week.
Through Thursday of last week
the central office had issued 228,112
checks for a total of $1,755,342.94,
or an average of $770 per check.
A part of these checks have been
for two or three weeks of benefits,
making'the average larger than the
approximately $5.75 a week for each
claimant. The office issued 6,851
checks an last Thursday for $45,
993.63, ,an average of $6.71 each.
This was an average day.
Also, through Thursday, the of
fice had received 198,116 original
claims for benefits since the first
I of the year. This number is equal
to nearly 40 per cent of the entire
number of workers covered by the
act 'in the state, about 500,000. How
ever, a large number of the claims
filed are not valid because the
claimants are due ,no compensation.
The central office is still issuing
checks for delivery as they are due,
a condition reached about 10 days
ago when the force "caught up"
after having been (behind from
February 1. Only a few irregular
and incomplete claims are now be
hind, along with a small percentage'
of the claims for partial unemploy
ment. These are being straightened
out and paid rapidly.
During the, past two weeks the
office has had the additional task
of including the fourth quarter wage
reports in the work records of the
claimants, which quarter could not
be included in the earlier payments,
or until April 1. Many of the claim
ants had been paid all due them,,
and this .additional credit will ex
tend the period of benefits for a
few weeks longer.
Workers Indicted For
Falsifying Claims
RALEIGH, April 13. More than
20 workers in North Carolina have
been indicted for falsifying their
weekly continued claim statements
by certifying that they had .not
worked at all or had earned less
than their actual earnings, in order
to get unemployment benefits or to
get more than they were due, ac
cording to reports made by field
men to the central office of the
state unemployment compensation
commission.
The first sentence was for 30
days, imposed upon a worker in
Newton for making false statements
as to earnings, lii other cases pray
er for judgment was continued and
in still others no disposition " had
I been made or reported to the cen
tral office.
State College Answers
Timely Farm Questions
Q.. What is tb best fertilizer for
jarly sweet potatoes? '
A. Where the early crop is
irown, on sandy soils a mixture of
hree per cent nitrogen, eight per
ent phosphoric acid, and eight
per cent potash, applied at the
rate of .1,000 to 1,2000 pounds an
Acre is recommended. If more than
this is used, one-half should be ap
plied -before planting and the"; re
maining fertilizer put on as a side
application soon after the plants
are well rooted. Lime is not rec
ommended for sweet potato soils
nor should stable manure be used
in the ridge.
, Q. Why is it that. my broilers do
not feather out properly?
A. Early feathering is. an in
herited characteristic and, while
diet and humidity are related to
feathering, if this factor is not
established in the breeders it is dif
ficult to bring it out by careful
management. If, the trouble is con
sistent in a number of lots of
chicks, it would be best to discard
the breeding stock. In selecting new
breeding stock, be sure that the
parent flock has this characteristic
as well as size and shape so nec
essary in broiler production.
Q. How can I control blight ori
my apple trees?
A. Recent experiments have
shown that one pound of copper
sulphate, also known as bluestone,
and two pounds of chemical grade
hydrated lime in 50 gallons' of
water, applied when the trees are
in full bloom, will give definite
benefits of -control. The spraying
must be done when the flowers are
in bloom. .It is sometimes difficult
to get full control, due to irregular
ity in the blooming but generally
it protects a sufficient number of
bloossoms to assure a full crop of
fruit. Do not use arsenate of lead.
'
Don Bestor To Play
For Asheville Dance
Don Bestor and his orchestra of
Jcllo fame and rated by popular
vote one of the 10 best bands of
the country, will, play for , an
Easter dance in Asheville Tuesday
night, April 19, at the Carolina
Warehouse. Dancing will begin at
930. Don Nestor is playing repeat
ed engagements at V. P. I. and
Washington Lee University for their
spring dances.
T. H. Moore Brings
In Big Egg
T. H. Moore brought to The
Press office Monday an egg which
he says is the largest he has ever
seen from a White Leghorn pullet
The egg weighed 4 ounces and
measured 7$i inches around length
wise and t inches the other way.
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FRANKLIN, N. C.
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