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THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN
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Macon FFA Group Works To Produce Food For Freedom
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Franklin Future Farmers
Help Win War Oirf arm
Outstanding Achievement
Will Be Increased For
Nation's Needs
Under the leadership of E. J.
Whitmire, efficient teacher of agri
culture in the Franklin High
School, the Macon chapter of the
Future Farmers of America has
one of the best" records in the
state for aggressive and progres
sive accomplishment.
The building of the agriculture
building on the school grounds
from material salvaged from schools
in the flooded areas of the county
. by power dam construction has
given great impetus to the work
of the boys, since they now have
room to better carry out their ex
tensive program. Material from one
building was moved more than 30
miles from Nantiahaia.
.Feed lots have been built near
the building where the 'boys care
for five high quality feeder calves'
which the class has purchased. In
addition many of the members have
calf projects at their own homes.
Five feeder pigs are also kept in
the feed lot to .utilize all waste
from feeding the steers. The class
also owns a registered Poland
China sow. The boys feed a bal
anced ration to the animals and
groom them for exhibition at the
fair in the fall.
Chapter Rent Farm
The Franklin chapter has rented
a farm of 33 acres for the coming
crop year. All of the 00 students
will contribute labor for cultivat
ing the crops. This farm will be
used as an arsenal to produce good
seed, in addition, it will provide
Teed to continue the feeding ex
periments at the school.
Chapter Buy Cooperatively
The Franklii chapter will pur-
chase, cooperatively, this year six
thousand baby chicks, for boys
home projects, to help the county
reach the poultry and egg goal
established by the war production
hoard. The chapter will invest
more than $4,000 in feeds, seeds,
and fertilizers all purchased on a
cooperative basis.
The building which also has a
wo! working shop, has more than
$1,500 worth of tools alloted by the
federal government because the
teacher, Mr. Whitmire has organ
ized 13 out-of-school defense classes
for youths.
The income derived this year will
he used for needed equipment. The
boys are buying defense stamps at
the rate of $20 a week, with a
goal set for $1,000 in bonds and
stamps to be owned by the mem
bers by June 30.
Wbu Honor.
The Franklin chapter ranks high
in competitive activities. It has
won the Western district livestock
judging contest and placed a boy
on the team which represented
North Carolina in the national
contest t Kansas Gty. Its seed
NYA Has Trained
LFor War Service
RALEIGH, March 11. The Na
tional Youth Administration is
playing an increasingly important
role in civilian war activities
throughout North Carolina, with
601 boys and girls participating in
producing necessary articles and
Now Is Time To Cull
Poultry Flock On Farm
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ims is tne eo.. furnishing. OTice9 for civilian war
uroduction in farm poultry flocks. ! ft c.,
prouuciiuu i . ! agencies and military posts. State
C F Parnsh, Extension poultry i t. a i
, r xt . n.u NYA Administrator John A. Lang
soeciahst of N. L. 5tate college, ' J
P . . ,u ,.v r..ll ,t aanounced today.
says now is mc mm- w v- ......
L. a,h oil rmr" ! tor civilian defense agencies;
, j, r , NYA projects are producing arm
As general recommendations to ' .
a. c (r ,h, mn,lth bands for civilian volunteer work-
poumy y,vy.. .v. . - wa,rhinff stations, sur-
able ways at first. Experiment to
see if the amount you have been
putting on your breakfast cereal,
or in your coffee or tea, is a mat
ter of habit. Stir the sugar in
beveraees thoroughly. You will
need less sugar ort cereal that is
topped with dried fruit.
Miss Mary E. Thomas, extension
nutritionist at State college, says
sugar can be saved by putting it
in at the end of the cooking time
when preparing sauces, such as
apple sauce. "It will take less sugar
to get the same sweetness if you
don't cook the sugar so long. Most
of us can get along on a lot less
sugar than we have been eating
and still have nutritious meals that
taste good.
RIDDLES TO SOLVE
1. What's the first thing a
does after entering church?
2. Why is a dog's tail like the
heart of a tree?
3. Why is there no danger of
starving on a desert?
4. Why do little birds in their
nest agree?
5. Which is right the yolk of
an egg ! white or whit?
(Answers on page 4.)
of March, Parnsh said: As we
reach the spring period of tlitsti
egg production, don't sell the flock,
but just cull out the low producers
and the hens that have quit lay
ing. This gradual culling of non-layers
will help to prevent a slump
in the poultry meat market. The
slump in egg prices is not expected
to be as severe as in years past.
As further suggestions to poul
try farmers, Parrish said that the
use of electric lights in the hen
house, to induie heavier production
by artifically lengthening the "day
light" hours, should be discon
tinued gradually as the days get
longer. "Avoid giving the flock
more than a 14-hour day if morn
ing lights are used," he advised.
Parrish recommended that the
use of wet mash be gradually re
duced until the practice is dis
continued entirely as the days
lengthen. "Wet mash will be need
ed again about the last of June to
help hold the flock in production
through hot weather," he said.
W. C. T. C. To Offer
Special 3-Year Course
CULLOWHEE, March 9 Miss
June Thompson, daughter of Mrs.
H. O. Thompson, of Highlands,
and Clinton lirookshire of Frank
lin have been selected by Western
Carolina Teachers college to visit
their community high schools on
Monday, March 9. 'Fhey will rep
resent their college to contact any
of the seniors who may be inter
ested in attending college. Miss
Thompson will visit the Highlands
school and Mr. Brookshire, the
Franklin high.
Western Carolina Teachers col
lege hopes to work out a plan
whereby high school graduates may
begin college in June and finish
their work for a degree in three
years instead of four. The college
hopes, by shortening the reriod re
quired to take a degree, that many
boys may thus be able to finish
their college work before they are
eligible to be drafted.
judging team has placed first in
its own federation contest.
At the State fair in Raleigh the
baby beef exhibit from Franklin
really cleaned up. In the F. F. A.
group this chapter won first place
for the three best steers, first for
the best lightweight steer, first for
the best heavyweight steer, and
first for showmanship.
gical dressings, black-out curtains,
emergency stretchers, office equip
ment, and other supplies needed
at this time by local defemse coun
cils, rationing boards, selective ser
vice boards, and similar agencies.
NYA youths serve as clerical as
sistants, receptionists, messengers,
and other workers for war agen
cies, with 42 working with local
defense councils, 32 with selective
service boards, 39 with ration
boards, and 96 with recruiting and
similar offices.
Air raid warning stations have
been established on scores of NYA
projects and NYA youths are serv
ing as guards for airports, bridges,
and other vital defense facilities
in addition to their duties as air
raid spotters.
In additions .153 girls are receiv
ing training as hospital attendants
in government and other tax-supported
hospitals for future employ
ment in what is expected to be a
highly important field in coming
months.
On army posts 238 boys and girls
are employed as clerical workers,
library assistants, receptionists,
switchboard operators, cooks, main
tenance workers, and in other use
ful duties.
Sugar To Be Available
For Home Canning Needs
There is no need for housewives
to buy up extra sugar for home
canning now, says Dean I. O.
Schaub, director of the State Col
lege Extension Service. The War
Production Board says, "every ef
fort" is being made to have sugar
available this summer for home
canning.
Scores of housewives are buying
more sugar than they need for
normal family consumption, with
the explanation that they "want
to be sure to have a supply on
hand to do home canning."
Such buying is not only unnec
essary, but also unwise because it
aggravatets a situation that is al
ready difficult. The supply of sugar
for home canning may be some
what limited this year, just as the
supply for daily consumption is al
ready limited, but the War Produc
tion Board has promised that it
will be sufficient to enable house
wives to can what they need
There are several substitutes that
can be used for canning, and there
are a number of ways that sugar
can be conserved in the home. Cot
down on sugar in the least notice-
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