All-Pullet
Flock Lays
Most Eggs
"If it's eggs you are' ljoking
for." says Hoy S. Dearstyne,
head of the State college poul
try department, "by all means
keep an all-pullet llock and tha
old wire basket will be filled to
the brim when egg prices arc
highest."
Records of many hundreds of
"carry-over" birds at the State
college poultry farm show that
during the hen-year the bird
lays about 25 per cent fewer
eggs than during the pullet
year. "Then, too, the bird has j
to be cared for and fed through
out the molt that generally oc
curs after the first year of lay," j
Prof. Dearstyne says.
He makes another telling
point in favor of the all-puliet
flock when he points out that
many old hens, despite fine per
formance as pullets, are disease
carriers, especially if respiratory
troubles have been prevalent in
the flock during the pullet year.
He suggests that sexed pul
lets from heavy laying strains
or families be purchased and )
then carefully reared. He espe
cially emphasizes quality.
"Here's how many commercial
producers make good egg mo
ney," he explains: "They stimu
late their layers with lights so
as to give iieavy production
during autumn when egg prices
are high Then they sell off all
birds when the break in pro
duction occurs in the spring or
when a market glut brings about
a condition where the birds are
unprofitable."
State College Answers
Timely Farm Questions
Q. How are poultry breed
standards determined?
A. Roy S. Dearstyne. head of
the poultry department at State
QUALITY
SEEDS
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SUGAR DRIP
Sorghum Cane Seed
Certified Field Corn
' Hybrid Field Corn
Sweet Corn
Vigoro
Flcwer Pots
Market Cabbage Seed
Bulk Garden Seeds
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BLAINE'S
SEED STORE
VICE-CHAIRMAN ? Keith E.
Gregory, .Macon County student
at N. C. State college, has been
chosen vice-chairman of Live
stock Day, annual event at the
college, scheduled this year for
May 17. lie is the son of Mr.
and Mrs Parker Gregory, 01
Franklin, Koute 4.
Dozen 4-H Club
Meetings To Be
Held Next Week
An even dozen 4-H club
meetings wdi be held next week,
Miss Joyce Sutherland, assist- ]
ant home agent, has announc
ed.
The schedule follows:
Monday (April 28 1; Slagle
club at 9:15 a. m., and Nanta
hala club at 1:30 p. m.
Tuesday: Higdonville, 9:15;
Pine Grove, 10:45 and Holly j
Springs, 1:30.
Wednesday: Iotla, 9:30; Burn- |
ingtown, 10:45; and Cowee, 1:30.
Thursday: Franklin Junior.
8:40, and Franklin senior, 10:45
Friday: Otto, 9:15, and High- |
lands, 2:05
500 Inquire Daily About
Vacations In This State
Inquiries about vacations in j
North Carolina are running 500 j
per working day at the state
division of advertising and news,
it was announced this week in
paleigh, a rate which is" about
10 per cent above the same pace
last year. A peak of 1,000 in- j
quiries per day is anticipated by j
the Division within 30 days as
the full effect of the "come
early" display advertising cam
paign is felt.
college, answers your question
this way:
In setting the standards for
the various breeds of chickens
and other fowl, the American
Poultry association sets up an
exacting description of the
males and females of the breeds,
and includes with this state
ment the defects and disqualifi
cations of birds within a cer
tain breed.
Q. Where can I obtain a blue
print fot a farm building which
I plan to construct?
A. The agricultural engineer
ing department at State college
provides a farm building blue
print service which you may
take advantage of by writing to
David S. Weaver, care of the
department. Your county farm
agent also has been supplied
with these plans and will 6e
glad to help you.
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FOR YOUR
FEED AND GROCERIES
STOP IN TO SEE US
We have the following items:
16 20 and 24% Dairy Feed
Our Best Flour Is
"PRIDE OF THE ROCKIES"
Try a Bag Today
OATS? HAY? ELBERTON C. S. MEAL
Shorts ? Bran ? Y?llow Corn ? Wheat
ANGEL FOOD FLOUR
25 lb. sack $1.85
PIG MEAL ? HOG RATION
Calf Meal ? Calf Pellets
Specially Priced
Alfalfa Seed 45c lb.
Red Clover Seed 55c lb.
Timothy Grass Seed 10c lb.
SCRATCH FEED ? EGG MASH
Starter and Grower Mash
Dryman Feed & Grocery
Main Street Franklin Phone 170
Demonstration
Week To Stress Vital Ro!e
Of Nutrition
The importance of planning
meals for good nutrition will be
one of the Iceyn-Jtes of the 1947
observance ol National Home
Demonstration week in North
Carolina, according to Miss
Verna Stanton, assistant state
agent lor the Stale college ex
tension service.
The week of May 4-11 has
been set aside as a period when
the state's 2,221 Home Demon
stration clubs will tell tnei.
communities what they have
done to further better larm
l'ving during the past year, ac
cording to Miss Stanton, who
cited figures to show that m
nutrition phases alone, more
than 9,000 Tar Heel families
were assisted in improving their
home food supply by making
changes in home food produc
tion. 1
During a time of high prices
and many shortages , rural
women have learned how to
extend limited supplies of sugar,
lats, and meats, she said.
"They realize," Miss Stanton
declared, in discussing the work
of more than 56,000 enrolleu
club women, "the importance oi
planning meals for good nutri
tion, and are working out ways
to provide both children anu
adults with the right foods to
keep them well."
Theme of the second annual
national observance in th
United States, Alaska, Haw-.,
and Puerto Rico, will be To
day's Home Builds Tomorrow .
World." Some three and a ha.,
million rural women will plan
and direct the week's events.
State College Hints
To Farm Homeraakert
By VERNA STANTON
(Assistant State Agent)
"Go easy on heat" is the
first and most important rule
for cooking with cheese, accord
ing to cookery scientists of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cheese needs only enough heat
ing to melt and blend with
other ingredients. High heat or
cooking too long makes it
tough, stringy and leathery.
Too much heat may cause curd
ling also in mixtures of cheese,
egg and milk. When cooking
cheese dishes on top of the
stove, cook in a double boiler
to protect the cheese from
high heat. When cooking in the
oven, have the heat low.
The second rule for cooking
with cheese is: Add it to other
ingredients in very small bits
rather than in one large piece.
When broken up, cheese spreads
more evenly among the other
ingredients, does not form a
solid lump of curd when the fat
melts out, and the mixture
cooks in a shorter time. Grating
is the easiest way to break up
cheese that is fairly dry. Soft
cheese may be shaved thin,
flaked with a fork, pressed
through a sieve or run through
a meat grinder.
A third yule for coaking with
cheese is: Whenever possible,
blend cheese in a smootn sauce
before adding to other ingredi
ents. A white sauce with cheese
melted in it may be pouxcd over
cooked vegetables for a scai.33;
into beaten eggs for Welsh rau
bit-, or on macaroni before bak
ing. By combining cheese with
a sauce first, curdling difficul
ties may be avoided.
Here's a soap-saving plan that
will assure your having the
right size soap for use at all
times. Place a new bar of soap
at the bathtub first. As the cake '
gets smaller, move it to the |
washbowl. Next, move it to the
kitchen. Put the last remaining j
scrap into a jar for soap jelly.
Then place the soap jelly back
in the bathroom for all sorts jjf
cleaning jobs, such as cleaning
the tub and washbowl.
The Southern custom of us
ing the "pot liquor", or water
In which greens have cooked,
has long been approved by nu
tritionists because the liquor
contains soluble nutrients from
the greens.
Records? Call 249. ? Adv.
rOR
SOUrSTOMACH
alotabs
TAKE
OUI
E TO CONSTIPATION ? USE AS DIRECTED
CRY BABY
When children cry, or* upset ond irri*
toble, with a coated tongue, they may
need a laxative. TRIENA is the chil
dren's own laxative ? effective, thank*
to senna ? easy to take because W ?
flavored with prune
juice. TRY TRIENA.
Coution: use only at
directed. 30c, largo
size, 50c.
Til l ALLIED DRUG
lriena
?Ill >1 in I HUH
HiB
WILL GIVE EXHIBITION? Ernie and Dot Lind, two of the
country's top marksmen, are shown above with some of the
rifles, shotguns, and pistols they will use in the exhibition they
will give Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the field back of the
Highlands Briar plant, in East I'runkliii The appearance of the
husband-and-w ife team in Eranklin is sponsored by the Macon
County Wildlife club.
Greatest Value Of Bses Lies
In Their Pollination Work
The work performed by bees ! t
n pollinating crops on North
Carolina farms is worth more 1
than 10 times the value of \hc '
honey produced, W. A. Stephen,
oeekeeper for the State college |
extension service, said this week |
"Honey and beeswax are the |
products of honeybees," Mr.
Stephen said, "but bees do
iiuch more than harvefet nectar
nd make wax. Their help in
he production of seed and fruit '
jy pollination, is invaluable." I
Mr. Stephen disclosed that, 1
I'nfpriunately, bees are killed in j 1
;cme localities because poison- \ ?
us insecticides are applied to" '
jpen blooms where the bees
ieed. As a result, he said, the \ 1
bees may die before reaching | :
iome, or may carry home pois- |
oned food for other bees in the |
hive. In this manner, the colo- j
nies are weakened to such an 1
extent that many die out com
pletely.
Dusts, especially if applied by
airplane, are particularly dan
gerous, according to Mr. Steph
en, who pointed out that drift
ing dust may kill bees a mile
or more from the field being
dusted.
When plants are in bloom, the
bees should have their way un
molested. "Do your share to see
that the bees end other insects
which pollinate your crops are
protected," the beekeeper said.
GREGORY HAS
FINE ALFALFA
By S. W. MENDENHALL
(County Agent)
Parker Gregory, of Rabbit
Creek, has an outstanding field '
of alfalfa
.Last spring this 2',<-acre field]
was seeded to lespedeza. The
lespedeza was disked down in !
August, and the alfalfa was j
seeded September 3.
On the 2:1 acres, 2,000 pounds j
of 2-12-12 fertilizer, 100 pounds
of boron and 75 pounds of well- j
inoculated alfalfa seed w:rc r n- I
plied. Sufficient lime had been [
applied prior to the seeding |
late.
The alfalfa is riow half knee
ligh and should cut better than
jne toil per acre by May 10.
Farmers expecting to seed al
falfa this all should apply
:he;r lin.e as soon as possible
xnd seed the land to lespedeza
jr prepare to seed to soybeans.
On the farm of Jonn Fergu
son five acres was seeded last
August to a mixture of 40
pounds of rye grass, 23 pounds
if crimson clover, and 2' j bush
els of rye per acr.e. Four hun
dred pounds of 4-10-6 fertilizer i
way used per acre.
From this mixture 92 days of
grazing was obtained for 14 to I
25 head of cattle and 175 chick- !
ens. All livestock has now been
removed from the field for one
week so that sufficient growth
may be obtained for turning.
The mixture is better than
shoe-mouth deep now
EXACTLY! '
S2c ? See that sailor over there
unnoying that girl?
SP ? Why, he's not even look
ing aj her.
S2c ? That's what's annoying
lier.
The United States accounted
(or 60 per cent of the world's
corn production last year.
GUITARIST
PRAISES
RECORDIO
. . far exceeds my expecta
tions".
That's what Mr. Cliff Cook
says about the WILCOX GAY
RECORDIO he purchased from
Franks Radio and Electric com
pany.
Mr. Cook, sawyer at Zickgraf
Hardwood Company and well
known as a guitar picker, came
to the Franks Radio and Elec
tric Company store last week
and made this unsolicited state
ment:
"The Wilcox Gay Recordio
unit which I bought from the
Franks Radio and Electric Com
pany far exceeds my expecta
tions.
"After giving it every test, and
comparing it with other record
ing units, some of which sell for
many times the price of the
Gay Recordio, I have found it
equal to, or better than, any
other."
You'll be pleased with a Gay
Recordio, too.
Franks Radio & Elec. Co.
Basement McCoy Bldg.
Phone 249
(Adv.)
We have . . .
NEW AUTOMOBILES
and
NEW TRUCKS
. . . that we can
DELIVER TO YOU
TODAY
Our Service Department will be glad to
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Your Business, great or small is appreciated
MOONEY MOTOR CO.
YOU ARE INVITED
TO VISIT OUR BASEMENT STORE THIS
WEEKEND
Here are 4 reasons why ? there are many more.
ODD LOT OF
Shoes
259 Pairs of Ladies' Fine White Dress
Shoes, white fabric sandals, leather
strap sandals, leather maccasins and
oxfords. Regular price more than
twice the price for this special value
event. Your choice of the lot ?
$1.50
BASEMENT STORE
Men's Overalls
8-oz. Sanforized Deeptone Denim
$2.95
Boys' $1.98
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Genuine "Duxbak"
Outdoor Ctothing Just Arrived
Yard Wide Percale
In dozens of patterns and colors for
Spring and Summer Dresses. Many
new pieces at the lowest price in
years. Why pay more? Fast color of
course.
Hats
Coats
Pants
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