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THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, Nbrth CaroUna
Friday, October 30, 1936,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hilderman
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To
EVERYONE
To Inspect
PINE CONE LODGE
(Formerly Johnson House)
On East Massachusetts Avenue Southern Pines, N. C.
Now open for the Entertainment of
PARTICULAR AND DISCRIMINATING GUESTS
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Pilot Advertising Pays
Some Tips to Growers
of Sweet Potatoes
I County Agent Says Heavy Loss
j Due To Leaving Them in
I Ground Too Long
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BY E. H. GARRISON JR.
County Agent
One of the reasons that so many
people lose their sweet potatoes each
year is the fact that they are left
in the ground too long. At one time
it was thought that frcst had to bite
the vines before the potatoes were
prove beyond any question of a doubt
udg. Experiments along this line
that this practice has caused farmers
tremendous losses each year. Pota
toes should be taken out of the
ground as scon as they are mature
and without frost ever touching
them. Experiments have shown that
even a light frost will cause the
loss of at least 25 percent of the
crop and where the vines are killed
down by frost, it is almost impossible
to save the potatoes at all. There
are also other factors which enter
in but frost plays a large part in
destroying the crop. If frost does get
the vines before you have a chance
to get the potatoes cut, then take a
hoe and cut these off even with the
ground immediately. This will stop
the sap, from the vines^ going back
into the potato and causing it to
rot.
Brown Rot and Bitter Rot cause
it to lose some but these diseases
are carried on the potatoes into the
bed £ind from the plant? on the bed
back into the fields again. The only
way to get around this is to care-
fuly seect and treat the planting seed
used each year until we are free of
this trouble.
I also feel that a great many pota
toes are lost from getting too hot
in the banks. Often we find these
banked and covered over at once.
This causes the potatoes to become
hot and go through a sweat in the
bank. A better situation could not be
found for the growth and develop
ment of diease. Let the potatoes have
a little air and cover them as the
weather begins to get coder. The
most deal way of keeping potatoes
of course is to cure them out in a
house. In this way the temperature
can always be regulated. These
houses can be arranged at very lit
tle cost by fixing up a tobacco barn.
The tobacco furnaces make an ideal
heating arrangement and tempera,
tures can be controlled. Dr. Poole,
plant pathologist of State College,
has recommended this for some time
and we find it works out very nicely.
The potato crop is one crop which
is often more or less negected. This
should not be the case as they are
easily grown and one of our most
staple foods. At our recent Program
Planning meeting it was decided that
we should try to do some work along
this line next year.
SOUTHERN PINES TENNIS
TE.\M DEFE.AlS PINEHLT.ST
The Southern Pines School girls’
tennis team defeated Pinehurst four
matches to none on the Pinehurst
School courts Monday. The singles
matches were played by Winifred
Kelley, who defeated Clarice Rich
ardson of Pinehurst 6-1, 6-3, and
Sara Barnum, who defeated Melba
Wicker 6-1, 6-2. In doubles matches
Nancy Wrenn and Hazel Kelly de
feated Clarice Richardson emd Mar
garet McKenzie 6-1, 6-0 and Louise
Blue and Helen Cameron won from
Melba Wicker and Katherine Sledge
6-0, 6-1.
An added feature to the match
was an exhibition match by request
of Pinehurst, between Nancy Wrenn
and Hazel Kel'y.
BETA CLUB IMTL4TES
New members initiated into the
Beta Club of Southern Pines School
on Monday night were Winifred Kel
ly, Clara Hall, Ernestine Bailey^ Mil
dred Powell, Carlyle Cameron, Char
les Phillips, James Ritchie and Ed
ward Prizer. inese eight will be for
mally admitted to the organization
before the entire student body at
an early date.
NIAGARA
W. E. Wright of Hamlet was a
visitor in town on Sunday.
Junk>r Williams left the past week
for Bethlehem, where /he has ac
cepted a position for thfe winter.
Herbert Elkhart of Greensboro
visited friends in town on Sunday.
Miss Hazel Twomblyt John Cam*
eron and Miss Eleanor Cameron at*
tended the home COming at the Pres
byterian Church in Fayettevilli Sun
day.
Aft Enjoyable program was given
at the Village Church last Sunday
night, with pictures shown of many
scenes in far away countries.
Currie Hosiery
Nills, Inc.
Manufacturers of
High Grade
Nen^s Hose
in
Cotton, Rayon Acetate
Carthage
North Carolina
Vass Cotton
Hill Co.
Manufacturers of
Cotton Yams
Vass, - - North Carolina