* State College Answers Timely Farm Questions Q. How often should a poul tryman collect eggs In cold weather? A. At least four times a day, cay poultry specialists at State college. Since eggs will crack or freeze when the temperature gets as low as 29 degrees Fah renheit, many eggs may be lost unless frequent collections are made. Q. Can you give me some fig ures on the value of pasture for feeding hogs and beef cat tle? A. Livestock specialists at State college estimate that it takes about 11 bushels of corn to produce 100 pounds of pork when corn alone is fed to hogs on a dry lot. Only seven bushels of corn are required (or hogs that graze a good Ladlno clover pasture. One acre of good Ladlno pas ture should produce about 300 pounds of beef when yearling cattle are grazed. One acre will produce about 225 pounds of beef when grazed by a beef | cow and her calf, since It Is 1 recommended that two acres of improved pasture be used for each brood cow when calves are sold at around 450 pounds In weight. Q. How many North Carolina dairy farmers are now using artificial breeding? A. Farmers in 79 of the state's 100 counties are now using arti ficial breeding. Some 43,500 cows have been bred in the past 12 months. The total number of cows bred since the projjram was started in 1948 is more than 117,000. Mrs. Wright, Sister Of Mrs. Carpenter, Dies Mrs. Omah Thomas Wright, a former resident of Macon County and a sister of Mrs. B H. Carpenter, of Franklin, died In a Marlon hospital Friday night, following a long illness. She was 59 years old. She was the wife of William T. Wright, a retired forester. The couple made their home here for several years before moving to McDowell County. SPENDS WEEK-END HERE Pfc. Bob Myers, of Fort Jack son,, S. C., spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Myers. He was accom panied by Cpl. Larry Puca and Pfc. Fred Schoenfelder, both of Staten Island, N. Y. Field tests in 1950 indicated that the better lines of burley tobacco with resistance to wild life were comparable to the best standard commercial varieties in yield, quality, and returns per acre. Car Bargains Galore! 1951 PLYMOUTH 4-dr. 12,00 actual miles. 1948 PACKARD 4-dr. A Steal at $995.00 1947 PONTIAC 4-dr. New Engine. 1949 BUICK, Super 2-dr. Drive It Away For $1,295 2 1940 FORD 2-dr. Sedans Take 'Em Both For $495.00 l ' These Old Dogs] Gotta Go" JUST LOST OUR USED CAR LOT 1940 NASH, has a motor and wheels Make Offer ? * 1936 CHEVROLET, half and half model Runs half the time, stalls the rest $75.00 1931 A-Model FORD When This One Stops Running the World Has Too ? 1936 CHEVROLET 4-dr. Keep a Tow Car Ready $65.00 1938 DODGE 4-dr. Chase Rabbits, but Won't Point Birds $45.00 1931 FORD 2 dr. , Only 436,000 Actual Miles ? 1936 FORD Coupe An Oil Drinker, but the Best Grade ? ? $95.00 1936 CHEVROLET Coupe Will do 85 m. p. h. off the Empire State Building ? $65.00 WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF BRAND NEW 1951 BUICKS AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES SEE US TODAY BEFORE ALL OF THEM ARE SOLD "When Better Trades Are Made . . . We'll Make Them" ' i Macon Motor Co. i ? aimer Street, West Franklin, N. C. "Shop-Test Dixie-Home9' \ mmy Dixie Thrifts '?Hit YourWaW ?ft m ii TRUE SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY IS OUR RULE FOR COURTESY ie "Here's a saving* thrill for youl Shop th? shelve* of your Dixie-Home for your usual purchases, oomparlng the total you've paid for these same Items elsewhere. You'll readily see that dollar for dollar ? you'll get your 'Biggest Basks* of Bar gains)'" Economical Standby For Budget-Saver Meals! Standard Pack Tomatoes . 2 - 29c ; A Good Buy! Tendermost Whole Kernel Golden Corn....."--""ltjc Sweetened or Unsweetened Dixie-Home Yellow Cling Halve* Grapefruit Juice NL2 9c Peaches... NL2* 33c Van Camp's A Great Favorite ? Bush's Hoainy . . . HL2 11c Pork & Beans 14c Budget-Saver Buy! Smoked (4 to 6 Lb.) Picnics . ?* 45? Exceptionally Low Pricel Pinky Pig Top Grade Sliced Bacon .^47' a oice CU, en Cuts for ^Jryiruj! Great Favorltel Tender Meaty Plump Legs ... "> 77c Thighs . * 87c Delicious White Meat Economical Tasty Breasts.. ? 87c Wings. * 47c Buy It By The Piecel Fine Flavor Breakfast Bacon 39e Homemade Chlckea Noodle SOUP 10e Other Grocery Values! Llbby*a Fancy Crushed Pineapple.. U 27* Comet Vltafled Longraln Rice.... "I 35c Stokely's Finest ? Cut Green Beans 121c Peas... 15* Silver Floss Sauer Kraut.. 2 13.' 29c Campbell's Tomato Soup... 2 23? Greenwood's Home Style PICKLEB BEETS 16 -Ox. Jm 20c Sunshine Krispy CRACKERS u. n. 29? Lvzlanne COFFEE 81* Lb Cm Cloverleaf Dry Milk Solids SKIM MILK 7 -Ox. Pirg. 15* TENDER- KNEADED Regular or Quick Quaker Oats J?" 17c Her* Key's Cocoa ... 26c Franco-American Spaghetti, t,1 15c For Health, For Flavor, For Much More Juice! Florida Oranges Extra Fancy Washington State Wlnosap 8-Lb. Mesh Bag Apples ... 3 - 43c Enjoy Them Now . . . The Season's Short! Sweet Zipper 8kln Tangerines 3 - 27? So. Gold Colored (J*- Lb. Prints) MARGARINE ^ 29e Crisp Crunohy Florida Fancy Crookneck Yellow Celery . 13c Squash 2 25c Fresh Crisp Green Golden Ripe Collards 2 ^ 27? Bananas * 13e Bleach A. Disinfectant CLOROX Q?. lot ^ 7C For Family Wash RINSO ut 30c Agrees With Your Skin SWEETHEART 2 25c # For Fins Washablea LUX FLAKES w? 30? Hollywood's Favorlts Soap LUX 2 *?? ?x. 17? Waahss * Blues BLU-WHITE "? 9? Health Soap LIFEBUOY 2 *?? "i yc Fragrant Bath Soap LUX 2 25? Fin* Complexion Soap DIAL SOAP 2 si** 27? Refreshing Bath Soap LIFEBUOY 2 m< ?*? 25? Toilet Soap SWEETHEART 2 sh. ^ yc Keep Freeh All Day With DIAL SOAP i 2 37?

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