MACON WOMEN
CAN HEAVILY
FSA Supervisor Fiids
Many Put Up 100
Quarts Per Fsrson
By MISS DAISY CALDWELL
FSA Home Supervisor
- "How many quarts of canned
foods do you estimate it takes
for your family for a year
This question is often asked
of Farm 8eeurlty housewives by
the home supervisor when farm
and home plans are made.
Most housewives agree tnat
where there are growing chil
dren and men who do outdoor
work and require much food
that Farm Security's estimate
of 100 quarts per person is not
too much. . ...
Even this year when fruit
was Wiled and the weather was
unfavorable for tomatoes, the
majority of Farm Security home
makers have filled their can
ning budgets.
For Instance, Mrs.
Huscusson, of "PP" f?g ~
chaye, tor her famlly?ffour.
canned 381 quarts of fruit and
vegetables. In addition to these,
she will have meat products.
She says she is short on to
ma toes, due to blight.
Mrs. Walter Swanson who
tries to plan well balanced
meals for her family of four
has put up 346 quarts. She
said wild strawberries and black
berries had to take the place
of apples this year- J
"I had some canned apples
carried over from last year," she
added. With a good storage eel
lar there Is no noticeable dif
ference In products the second
year, and a carry over of fruits
and vegetables that are abun
dant one season and may be
scarce the next is desirable.
Up In Scaly the growing sea
son Is so short that it rushes
the home canners to enough
put up to do them the long
winters. Mrs. Stover Mason who
lives on Scaly, has canned for
her family of eight 750 ^ua^s,
not counting the meat she wil
P?VeP have so much troubJ?
growing enough tomatoes to
can " Mrs. Mason said, we have
worked out a plan ^ canning
some extra beans and the wom
en in the valley can some extra
tomatoes and we swap ? Tne
Scaly farmers hkve an advan
tage in having an abundance of
cabbage. Most of them bury
enough to have all the fresn
cabbage they can usethrough
the winter. And the scaiy
housewives are skilled in mak
ino: good kraut.
The meat canning season Is
on now. All families have hogs
to kill this year and most of
them can sausage, spare ribs,
back bone, scrapple stock, i ?n
pig* feet. Several families have
tilled fat young beeves and that
3d? mihtlly to thestoreo
good things to eat throughout
the year.
Here's EGGzactly
Why This Hen Has
Reason T o Crow !
Most farmers, when they
come to town with eggs bring
?h#m bv the dozen, but *?
day with one egg.
The explanation for so much
attentlpn to a single egg Is Its
SlThe egg weighed EOOzactly
at/ ounces, or nearly half a
pound? andi measured 1 inches
around one way and 9V? inches
around the other. ?
The egg. laid by a New HarnP^
shire Bed hen, is the largest
chicken egg he has ever seen.
Mr. Ammons said. It is on dts
play in the window 6f The
press office.
PRESS ADS PAY
State College Hints I
To Farm Homemakers
By Ruth Current
The fit of a slip depends not
only on its size but also on Its
cut, clothing specialists remind
us. Bias-cut slips, sold so wide
; ly In stores, usually fit slender
figures but straight-cut slips are
| better suited to stout figures
and large hips. Straight-cut
slips- stay down better over the
knees when sitting and are less
likely to hang unevenly and
"cut under" at the back, which
gives an especially ugly appear
ance with sheer dresses.
What makes for a good buy
in sheets holds also for a good
little sizing, torn length, smooth
buy in pillow-cases ? firm weave,
and even hems.
A word about sizes: Pillow
cases too large wrinkle under
the head. Cases too small
bunch up the pillow into a
large lump and are likely to be
strained. Your best bet is a
case l'/i inches wider and 6
inches longer than the pillow.
When you buy bath towels
you must sometimes compro
mise between durability and
drying power. A towel that dries
well is soft, fluffy, has little
J twist in the pile yarns, and a
loose foundation. So look for a
towel with a firm foundation
and soft loops, about 1/8-lncll
long, rather than close together,
but not too tightly twisted.
Other earmarks of a good
towel: Firm selvages with the
crosswise yarns securely wrap
ped around the lengthwise or
warp yarns; hems at least 3/8
to 1-inch wide with 1/4 inch
or more of raw edge turned
under; color- fastness.
State' College Answers
Timely Farm Questions
Q. What procedure is advis
able to maK? milk usable if the
pasture is infested with bitter
weed, onions or other harmful
vegetation?
A. Cows which are allowed to
graze on pastures causing ill
tasting milk should be taken
off such grazing at least five
hours before milking, says John
A. Arey, leading dairy specialist
of the State College Extension
service. Cows should be allowed
to eat such vegetation after
milking only.
Q. What is the best means of
keeping nut meats from becom
ing stale?
A. Can or freeze the meats,
says Miss Ruth Current, State
College Home Demonstration
agent, who cites the largest re
search on food preservation as
the basis for her suggestion.
Q. How long does it take bo
develop hybrid seed corn,
A. At least five years of care
ful cross-breeding is required to
turn out high-yielding hybrids,
says Dr. R. P. Moore of the
State College Experiment sta
tion. The hybrid com breeding
program in North Carolina Is
In Its Infancy, Dr. Moore adds,
since 1946 is just the sixth year
of the state-wide hybrid under
taking.
RESERVE CORPS MEN MAY
ENLIST IN PRESENT GRADE
Sgt. Blaine E. Livingston of
the Franklin Army Recruiting
Station has announced that all
members of the enlisted re
serve corps may enlist In the
regular army in the grade they
now hold, if they do so by Jan
uary 31. After that date, they
cannot enlist in any grade
other than private.
Members of the ERC who hold
the grade of private and have
six months of active service
may enlist In the regular army
as a private first class, If they
do so by January 31.
Army recruiting stations for
Western North Carolina are
stationed in Franklin, Hender
sonvllle, Asheville, and Marion.
Stgrk and Bur bank
MIRACLE TREES
That Bear
GIANT SIZE
FRUITS
l to 3 Years Sooner
STARRING
Often pay back ?
their entire tree
I cost before ordinary
trees start to bear
NMOW you can plant marvel*
mM ous new varieties of quick
I hearing trees, specially selected
and bred to bear year* younger -tree*
that break traditions to r sire of fruit and
H?ovy |#oriRf
W?lw*< OmHit
FRUIT TRIES
I'UIIH II. |ICI > > > V ? ? , _ _
They are the cream ofrlSO years of Stark-Burbank (ruit and tree improvement*.
Our Government asks every family with available a pa at to plant fruit treat. There
to now a tenons national fruit shortage. Many suthoritiea predict that in yean to
come only thoae who grow their own fruit will be able to tupply their table plenti
fully with the sugar-laden, health-giving, vitamin filled frulta to which they have
been accustomed. To be sure that your family haa enough of this delicious and
healthful food, grow your own delicious tree-ripened fruit supply,
Let me show you how you can plant now? enjoy dslidous fruits a ma singly soos
? increase the value of your property. Sea, telephone or write on. No ob&aattoa.
Authorized Salesman for Excliisivo Burbank and
Stark Record Bearing Pure Strain Trass
W. A. STEELE, Bex 114, Franklin, N. C
Clay Countyl
Man Increases
Income 700%
Louis B Mayer of the MOM
movie firm is listed by the In
come tax croupiers as the high
est paid individual in the Unit
ed States today but E. P. Caler,
i "dirt" farmer of the Pine Log
section of Clay county, whose
i income has increased more than
700 per cent in the past seven
years puts Mayer in the cool
shade when percentages are
considered.
Mayer netted almost a million
dollars more money in 1945 than
did Farmer Caler but the
movie mogul's . increase over
previous years was low while
Caler's was 700 per cent over
the eight years since 1939.
Caler, who took over what
was admittedly the "poorest
farm in Pine Log" in the Brass
town watershed project, got only
$300 for his efforts the flr?t
year but in 1945 netted a neat
$2,500.
Clay County Agent R. G. Vick
of Hayesvllle, who said that the
phenomenal improvement of
the Caler farm was due to
. "following a three-year crop
rotation, growing Winter cover 1
crops and wise management,"
declared that "this is typical of
the farm and home improve
ments which are being made by
test-demonstration farm fam
ilies in Clay county."
Caler's plans for the future
include continued use of lime,
phosphate, and legumes on his
once thread-bare land and con
tinued income increases are ex
pected.
Must Apply
For Tobacco
Allotments
All eligible producers inter
ested in applying for "new
grower" tobacco allotments
should file applications at the
, Macon County AAA office prior
to February 1, Robert Fulton,
chairman of the Macon County
AAA committee said here this
week.
In order to be eligible for a
new tobacco allotment, he ,
pointed out, the grower must
meet the following conditions: ;
1. The farm operator shall have !
had experience in growing the
kind of tobacco for which an
allotment is requested, either
as a sharecropper, tenant, or
as a farm operator, during the
j past five years, or if the farm
operator has been in the armed
services of the United States,
I within five years prior to his
entry into the armed services.
2. The farm operator shall
, be living on the farm and
largely dependent on this farm
for his livelihood.
3. The farm oovered by the
application shall be the only
farm owned or operated by the
farm operator on which any
tobacco is produced.
j 4. No kind of tobacco other
than the kind for which appli
cation for an allotment is made
will be grown on such farm in
1946.
Mr. Fulton emphasised that
the only exception that would
be made in the date for filing
' applications would be in the
case of a farmer operator be
ing in the armed forces on
that date. Under this condi
tion, application may be filed
not later than the time tobac
co is substantially all planted
in the county, or within 30
days following his discharge
from the armed forces, which- 1
ever is earlier.
TIP FOR LUNCH
Try toasted open-face sand
wiches made with sliced lunch- j
eon meat. Toast bread on one
side. Lay meat 6n other side of
bread, spread with chill sauce,
and top with thin slice of
cheese. Broil until cheese melts.
Serve pronto!
It Is easy to tell how far
away lightning strikes. In a
storm, you can count the
seconds between the time when
you see the flash and when
you hear the first peal of.
thundef. Sound travels a mile
in five seconds. If the time
elapsed is only two and one
half seconds, the lightning
struck half a mile away.
Every home laundress knows
that soap suds more quickly if
It Is shaved, grated or pulver
ized.
The U. S. Department of Ag
riculture will resume publication
of Its yearbook In 1947, after
discontinuance during war years.
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COLD PREPARATIONS
Liquid, Tablet*, Salve, None Drop*
Caution uae only at dlraote*.
Now la The Time To
Work With Orchards
Now, and for the next few
weeks of Winter, is the time to
prune, spray and thin orchards,
according to Burke County
Agent R. L. Sloan of Morgan -
ton who offers the following
orchard suggestions for West
ern North Carolina farmers:
"8ome pruning is helpful each
year in shaping young trees and
thinking crowded limbs on older
trees. Spraying is also helpful
in killing scale and other para
sites on the bark. For small
orchards, one can buy a ready -
mixed liquid lime-surlphur
which mixes with water at the
rate of one gallon of lime-sul
phur to eight gallons of water.
This spray is good for Winter
apples, peaches and other fruits.
"Fertilizer or manure is need
ed by trees in late Winter. Ni
trate of soda is one of the best
fertilizers, though any such
preparation will help. From two
to five pounds of fertilizer per
tree is usually applied. Brushy
mountain orchards which form
erly were productive every other
year, now bear each year since !
regular fertilization has been
made. Young trees also need
cultivation. Digging or plowing
around them will keep down
grass and weeds.
"Some of the fruits best
adapted to this section of the
state are: Early Harvest, Yellow
Transparent, Bonum, Golden
Delicious, Stayman, and Wine
sap apples; Golden Jubilee, Belle
of Georgia, Elberta, and Hale
Caches; Concord, Niagra, Port
nd, Lutle, Caco, and Sheridan
grapes; Early Richmond and
Montgomery cherries. Now is a
good time to plant."
Sun baths Put Meat
On Growing Calves
John Rich, manager of the
W. W. Holding farm, Route 2,
Wake Forest, has proved that
Winter sunbaths are as bene
ficial to growing calves as to
tired businessmen and scantily
clad ? beauties on tropical
beaches.
Rich, testing his theory about
sunlight for animals, designed
and built a calf barn with a
"southern exposure" and en- !
closed entirely on the southern
side by glass windows hinged
at the top, allowing sunlight to
bathe the whole barn through
most of the day. A calf raised ;
in this new barn was one year
younger than a calf reared in
an old-type barn virtually de
void of internal light but when
the two were placed side-by
side, the difference in their
sizes was negligible. Rich cred
its to sunlight the faster growth
of the younger calf.
The "Rich" calf barn is built
on cinder blocks, is 120 feet
long and 20 feet wide. Its calf
stalls are so constructed that
each section can be removed
separately when a cleaning is
needed. The flooring is concrete
covered by three to four inches
of dry wood shavings. A four
foot aisle along the front side
of the barn allows room for
work with the calves.
The farm manager concludes
that "sunlight, good feed and
sanitation are the most impor
tant factors in the successful
raising of calves," and suggests
that the sunlight factor should
National Forest Timber
For Sale
Sealed bids will be received
by the Forest Supervisor, Frank
lin, North Carolina, up to and
not later than 2 p. m. Febru
ary 25, 1946, and opened imme
diately thereafter, for all live
timber marked . or designated
for cutting and all merchan
table dead timber located on
an area embracing about 185
acres within the Kelly Cove
Unit, Little Tennessee River
Watershed, Macon County, Nan
tahala National Forest. North
Carqllna, estimated to be 300
M feet more or less, of yellow
poplar, northern red oak, white
ash, white oak, red maple,
chestnut oak,* black oak, black
locust, chestnut, pitch pine, and
scarlet oak sawtimber. No bid
of less than $20.00 per M feet
for yellow poplar; $11.00 for
northern red oak and white
ash; $9.00 for white oak; $6.00
for red maple and black locust;
$4.00 for chestnut oak and black
oak; $3.00 for pitch pine and
scarlet oak; and $2.00 for
chestnut. In addition to prices
bid for stumpage, a deposit of
$1.00 per M feet for all timber
cut will be required for sale
area betterment work. $400
must accompany each bid to
be applied on the purchase
price, refunded or retained in
part as liquidated damages, ac
cording to conditions of sale.
The right to reject any and all
bids rwenred. Before bids are
submitted, full Information con
cerning the timber, the condi
tions of sale, and submission of
bids should be obtained from
thi Forest Supervisor, Franklin,
North Carolina.
jfT-tto-n
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Capt. J. R. Hurst,
CBI Veteran, Put
On Inactive Duty
GREENSBORO. ? Capt. James
R. Hurst, son of Horace C.
Hurst, Franklin, received his
orders placing him on an inac
tive duty status at impressive
ceremonies here last week.
AAF Personnel Distribution
command. Is designed to expe
dite a speedy return to civilian
life for the veteran.
Capt. Hurst is a veteran of
an 11 -month tour of duty In
the China-Bruma-India theater.
He holds the Air Medal and
the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Negro Honor Student*
Are Given Recognition
Recognition was given stu
dents of the Chapel (Negro'
school, who made a scholastic ;
average of "B" or above for the
first semester, at an honors '
day program at the school
Wednesday, January 18. J. Wil
liam Wade, principal of the
.Central Consolidated school, was
guest speaker.
Students making the "A"
honor roll were Dorothy N.
Porter, Elizabeth Chavis. and
Barbara S. Wykle, On the "B"
honor roll were Philip Love, ;
Barnard Porter, W e n 2 e 1 1 a
Sheopherd. Elsie Stewart, Fleet- j
wood Chavis, Ted Lcdford. Mac
Stewart. Devra Love. Joe Shep
herd, Roy Chavis, Alfred
Scruggs. Bobby Stewart, Geral
dine Gibson, and Mary E.
Chavis,
Cash awards totaling $3,000
will be distributed to North Car
olina farmers in. the Extension
Service's second annual five
acre cotton contest.
be given first consideration in
remodelling or building a new
barn.
Beware Coughs
from common coMs
That Hang On
Creomulslon relieves promptly be
cause It goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender. In
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
? rlT?
Leonard Gray Edwards
Given Navy Discharge
Leonard Gray Edwards A?M
3/c. of Franklin, has been hon
orably discharged from the
navy, the separation center at
Bainbridge, Md., has announced.
Mr, Edwards was last stationed
at the naval air station at
Norfolk. Va.
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DONE IN FRANKLIN
When in Asheville
Stop at
Hotel Langren
Asheville' s Largest
Enjoy the
'talk of the town" food
at the
Langren
Coffee Shop
FRANKLIN GRANITE
WORKS REOPENS
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We Are Glad To Announce
The Reopening Of Our
Monument Shop
And it is our sincere desire to he'p
the people of this section with their
Memorial Needs
We wish to thank our friends for
the loyal Support and Patronage of
the past, and we invite you to bring
your future Memorial Needs to us.
FRANKLIN GRANITE
AND
MARBLE WORKS
Elbert E. and Herbert B. Angel, Mgra.
Franklin, N. C. Phone 5902