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NO SUCH THING
AS SURPLUS OF
FOOD AND FEED
No One Complaining About
Too Much Country Cur
ed Ham and Bacon
By D. P. TRENT, Director,
Oklahoma Extension Service
There has been a lot of talk about
surpluses of cotton, wheat, butter,
eggs, poultry, and other Commodities
on the market, and certainly surpluses
of market commodities have played
havoc with prices. But have you heard
anybody complaining aWut too much
couutry-cured ham or smoked Jiacon
in the farm smokehouse, about too
mjjch canned fruit and vegetables in
the farm cellar, too much fried chicken
for Sunday dinner, too many fried eggs
to ett with goodi fried ham, or too
much milk and butter on the table
for farm boys and girls and men and
women to satisfy their appetites?
Do you know of any one who is
bothered about too much jelly, jam.
syrup, or honey in the pantry to eat
with hot biscuits and butter or to
pour over stacks of brown Cakes."
you ever know of a family that
discouraged and blue because of too.
many beans, onions, beets, peas, mus
tard, cabbage, potatoes, anil other veg
etables in the garden? Did you ever
know a farmer who was tnorried about
too much corn, oats, kafir, or hay in
the barn to leed to, his livestock, or
about having so much-good green pa->
ture that his cows could eat their fill
in 4"few hours anil then lie in the
shade and chew their cuds during the
heat of the day?
Do you. know a farmer who has
complained about having wheat, rye,
.or other green pasture during the. ia.l (
and winter months? Do you know ot
a farmer Who has -been greatly con
cerned about the high price or low
price of food which lie had on hand
for family needs, or feed which he had
on hand for his livestock?
Not much! These are ailments,
which have never bothered farmers.
There isn't any such thing as a sur
plus of good food for the lamily ■»r
feed for the livestock. • While there
has been a surplus ofi\ wheat arid of
butter that has depressed the maikt t.
thousands of farm families all over the
land have been hungry for hot biscuits
and butter. While there ha> been a j
sijrplus »f cottdn on the market, thou
sands of farm people have been in
need of some heavy cotton clothes t >
keep their bodies warm.
This is~ not A situation thai can he
remedied to any great extent by legis
lation or by goierumen'.al inach-nrry. !
The solution niusf "largely be found :
on the individual farm. I here have '
been surpluses of market cuinmoditie*. I
and no doubt will be again in the -fii j
ture, but there can never be a sur
plus of good living produced on tin 1 j
farm. I
NOTICEJI
TOWNSHIP ROAD SUPERVISORS
Under the new road law, every public road
in every county in the State will be taken x>ver by
. the State Highway Commission on the Ist day of
July. All collections should be made and ac
counts balanced by that time.
This county will not assume any obligations
for matters left open after that date.
Board of Commissioners
■** ■
Martin County
T. C. GRIFFIN, Chairman. '
J. SAM GETSIN#ER, Sec.
rTurnag^TheatrT
Washington, N. C.
PROGRAM WEEK BEGINNING JUNE BTH
Monday-Tuesday June 8-9
SHIPMATES
Featuring Robt. Montgomery & Ernest Torrence
Wednesday-Thursday * ~ June 10-11
KIKI' featuring
MARY PICKFORD
[ Friday June 12
"SCANDAL SHEETT
with GEORGE BANCROFT
Saturday June 13
"DANGER LIGHTS'-
News and Comedy Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday; Comedy and Act Friday-Saturday
SAYS PEANUT IS
UNCERTAIN CROP
Also Wide Difference of
Opinion AS To Planting,
Editor Says
♦
By ANDREW J. CONNOR
(In Roanoke-Chowan Timet, Rich
Square, N. C.)
On account of , the uncertainly of
setting a stand, - peanut, planting tim«"
is one oL_jreat anxiety for peanut
growers. Perhaps no. Southern crop
is so uncertain. For the first three
weeks of May each War in the peanut
growing sections as you pass the fieHs
you can see people examining the new
ly planted peas to see if they are in
the right condition for germinating.
The season for planting peanuts'lasts
only about three weeks, compared with
four weeks for planting cotton and
four months for corn.
There is no crop grown in Eastern
Carolina and Virginia alxiut which
there is so much difference of opinion
as to planting, cultivating and harvest
ing —The w idtli of Tht row? vary from
two and a halLto three and a hall feet,
und in the rows the peas are planted
eigJit. twelve, and sixteen inches apart.
Yon can fihd good, successful fanner
who will tell >oil iis many peas can
lie made to the acre with rows three
.iiwf a half, with a stand, as can he
made in naVrow rows with a perfect
stand. This .writer is convinced that
generally the peas are not given dis
tance When not crowded, often 150
.NNL even Hl.' ire" matured nuts tail he
kitiud oji a jingle hunch, whereas
where there i* a good stand, thirty
five to forty i- the tiniit. People who
have halt a stand had better,"'Hot risk
planting inc.. This i»- costly, and
often no better stand is secured from
the second 'p'-" 1 '' 111 !'
Failure to secure a stand generally
results from damaged seed. We know
a farmer who has not failed to secure
a stand of peanuts in thirty years.
He cures his seed stock on the ground,
rfraf" is, after digging, the Vines-are
left "ii the ground for a few days he
bore stacking. Ii stacked green they
;ire likely to develop enough Heat ill
the stack to damage, the seed for
plaining purposes. 1.1, i» also better
to dig, the seed stuck ahout a week
earlier. Turning black will not hurl
them*
Orange Farmers Increase
Hay Crop 100 Per Cent
. ♦
Ihi acreage to winter bay crop*
such ;i» lli baflev, and vefcfi
mixture has been' increased by KM
per cent in (Trantte i mints tin- ggM*
Dairy hnriTcrs use the uiixture !•
supplejjieut, pasture and for earl)
grazing.,
——
Forsylfi, Durham, and Kockiiig"hStl
Counties lead, ill the order named, ii
the value of niaiiufactured products.
PRAISES WOR-K
OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY AGENT
Miss Pratt Covington Has
Splendid Organization
for Advancing Work
Raleigh, June 3.—(Special to- The
' Enterprise).—The work of Miss Pratt
Covington, home agent of WashingtoA.
| County, is outstanding in the eSstern
part of the state Miss Covington has
the women of her county exceedingly
well organized for participation in th'-
' "Live-at-Home" campaign, in the opin
ion of State College Extension offic
ials. She is doing an excellent work,
and her club organizations are enthus
iastic and eager to follow her leader
ship.
There are 14 home demonstration
clubs in, the county, with a garden and
canning leader in each group of wo
men. These garden leaders were given
five packages of new vegetable?' seed
early last March and every effort was
made to obtain plantings of new veg
etables—different from the usual run
'of vegetables planted in the- county.
Miss Covington's aim was variety of
'green vegetables on each farm. She
'obtained the cooperation of various
agencies in the county, with one com
pany helping by donating over $lO
wtjrth of seed. Others aKo helped by
giving seed to the various clubs.
Kadi club leader planted the seed
and, as soon as the plants were large
enough, she gave nice bunches of
these plants to her fellow club work
ers. By so doing, every club member
Was supplied with a larger variety of;
vegetables than ever before. The pro- (
dutftioji of new vegetable varieties has j
caused intense interest in th "cultiva
tion. of garden plots in Washington
County.
I One net result of this move on the
!part of Miss Covington—bst—been a
|continueci interest in the sale of sur
plus garden produce on the curb mar
ket at Plymouth. Sales 011 tlijs mar
ket show conclusively that there has 1
been a large increase in sales. This j
has meant more cash money hack 011
the farms of the county, money which!
is being used to raised the standards
of living in the entire county. Ihe J
I club women are pointing the way to
progress for every citizen of the sec-'
| tion.
j Since the canning school was held,,
$115,50 worth of canners have been'
I bought from the Dixie Caimer Com-]
pany, and this is only half the goil
.si t for Washington's women by Miss
1 ( ovington.
A county canning outfit has been
purchased by the club women of the 1
county. Tliis tanner will be kept busy
' canning throughout the rest of the veg-]
ctahle and fruit season. lUe tanner
is also to be used by club members n
their homes for the cooking of meats
and so forth. Lately, one club mem-]
ber cooked a five-pound roast on this
tanner, completing the cooking of the
roast in 40 minutes instead of the usu
al live hours required. The women are
vitally interested in this modern equip-'
ment.
Miss Covington lias impressed on
her club workers the necessity of rais
ing the standards of living in Wash
ington County. And these women are
doing their part and have assumed
leadership in the horftes of the county.
They are determined to 'Live-at-Home'
»o as to have surplus money available
lur the betterment of their homes and
their respective coinmunities.
RIDGE METHOD
IN CULTIVATING
TOBACCO URGED
Will Pay Increased Income
Of SSO Per Acre Under
Normal Conditions
(*ultia\titiK tobacco by the ridge
method will pay an increastd income
of SSO an acre under normal conditions
and should be even more desirable
when the weed is selling for a low
price and the-crop is delayed in growth
"Most of the earliest tobacco in this
State is now in a hard, leaked condi
tion due to the cold, wet spring" says
E. Y. Floyd, extension entomologist
at State College. "Apparently, the
cultivation of the crop from now on
will be an important factor in deter
mining whether good acre yields pf
high quality an.l generally just as good
a yield as any other planting during
'tl.e season." '
The ri«lif method of cultivation has
'proven its worth (or the past five years.
As compared with old, flat method, an
increased income of about SSO an**cre
hai been secured from the ridge meth
od. This plan makes the peaked •to
bacco take on new roots; drains the
water from near the plant, and causes
the soil to warm up more quickly,
claim* Mr. Floyd. He has conducted
a large number of field demonstrations
'with high-class growers in all parts ofj
the state and has found that putting
all the soil to the tobacco plant that
it will stand but scattering the mid',
dies deeper than the siding furrow,'
'fives good results. 1
I Cultivated in this way, the tobacco
I plant will soon grow out of it* pres-|
ent hard, peaked condition and will'
look like a new plant. Mr, Floyd ha*
prepared a small folder giving a de
scription of this ridge method of cul-j
tivation. Copies may be had fret of
charge on application to -the agricul
tural editor at State College.
[ There are 19J860 more females than j
males in North Carolina. 1
THE ENTERPRISE
POOR METHODS
HANDLING EGGS
PROVES COSTLY
Rooster Should Be Penned
After Hatching Season
Is Past
After the hatching season is over,
the male bird is of little value to the
poultry flock and should be penned
away from the laying hens to prevent
1 the production of fertile eggs.
' "Bad eggs come to the market in
increasing numbers with the hot
weather of mid-summer," says C. F.
Parrish, extension poultryman at State
College. "If proper conditions are
made, the egg is as nearly a perfect
food product as one can find. To have
i this good egg. however, the hens must
be well fed, the nests kept clean, and
the eggs gathered twice daily and
stored in a cool, clean place. The cus
tomer gladly pays an increased price j
fur such an egg, but he gives a sigh
of disgust if the eggs come to hinT
dirty and partly decayed."
I Bad eggs are caused by allowing
rooster to run witb- the lay tog flock
after the hatching season is over; by |
gathering eggs only once a day, and
by storing them in a warm place;
ly ventilated and marketing only when
a case has been filled.
| Mr. I'arrish estimates that poultry
growers o( North Carolina lose about
$500,000 annually because of poor
methods of producing and handling
their eggs. At least one-third of this'
| is preventable, because it is due to'
partial hatching fertile eggs which be-
CMine warm enough to incubate. The
rooster makes the egg fertile, and the
fertilized egg produces a blood ring,
which is the partial development ol
the chick.
The rooster loes not increase egg
production, lie merely fertilizes the
germ of the egg. The hot days have
the same effect on flic egg as the hell
or the incubator. Heat is the. great
enemy rff eggs, both fertile and infer
tile. When the blood ring forms in a
fertile egg it is unsuited for food or
market purposes, says Mr. I'arrish.
ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE
Having qualified as the administra
trix of tlie estate of llirain A Ange,
deceased, of the County of Martin,
State of North Carolina, .this is to
notify all persons having claims a
gainst the estate of said deceased to
exhibit them to to the undersigned at
Kveretts, N. on or before the 6th
day of June, 1V.12. or this notice wilt
be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to »uid estate
vvill please make immediate payment.
'I bis the sth Hav of June, 1931.
KI.I/.A A BULLOCK
je-5-6t Administratrix.
Jus. W. Bailey, ■ attorney.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having i|ualifiel as the administra
tor of the estate of W. >A, Roebuck,
deceased, of the County of Martin,
State of North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims a
gainst the estate of said deceased to
exhibit tliem' to the undersigned at
Kveretts, N. ('., on or before the
6th day of June, 1932, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their recoil
ery. All persons indebted to said es--
tate will please make immediate pay
ment.
This the sth lav of June, 1931.
JASPER ROEBUCK.
je-5-6t Administrator.
Jos. VV. Bailey, Attorney.
No Flour Manufactured Better Than "RED ROSE." "One Bag Will Convince You"
I I
The Cheapest Food HHHI I
Wheat Products
What other food can you buy at ap- ■SPSSis,* M&mmr I
proximately four cents a pound
which will give you at much real
BREAD, MILK, FRUITS, AND GREEN VEGETABLES MAKE ALMOST A PER
FECT BALANCED FOOD
Eat More Biscuits, Flour Bread, and Wholesome Pastries and Pud
dings this hot weather. Feel better and hold down your cost of living.
USE RED ROSE FLOUR
THE ECONOMICAL FLOUR .1
Distributed by ||
l-Stl Harrison Wholesale Co.
ItfSfel WILLIAMSTON, N. C. I
UII
66 FARMERS OF
STATE TO GET
CERTIFICATES
Score 80 Or More On Their
Live-at-Home Program
Last Year
By scoring a percentage of 80 or a
bove on their live-at-home operationj
last years, 66 North Carolina farmers
will be awarded certificates of merit
by the North Carolina State College,
cooperating with the agricultural com
mittee of the State Bankers' Associa
tion.
To be awarded such a certificate is
considered a high honor by college of
ficials and bankers in that the person
receiving one has done certain valu
able and fundamental things in good
farming. Each certificate will be sign
ed by the president of the college, the
dean of agriculture, and the chairman
of the bankers' agricultural commit
tee. .
I Facts on which the certficates were
| awarded were secured by local bank-.
( er».- The papers were carefully grad
( ed by the faculty of the School of Agri
, culture at State College and announce
, ments made as to those who had made
a percentage of 80 or above. L. O.
| Moscley, master farmer of Lenoir
j County, was the only person grading
100 per cent though many others made
1 90 or above. Mr. Moseley is consid
ered one of the best farmers in East
' ern North Carolina.
A summary of the facts of his farm - j
ing operations shows him to have 10 '
mules and horses; 35 head of cattle; I
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W. Scotland Neck, N. C., g|
I June 4, 1931.
Mr. W. G. Peele, Special Agent,
Life Insurance Company of Virginia,
Williamston, N. C.
E Dear sir: {j
I g
I gratefully acknowledge receipt of |pl
SI,OOO in settlement of policy carried in your
company on the life of my sister, Miss Lucy
Claire Ivey.
Settlement was made promptly, and S
I assure you the courtesy and promptness on
k your part in handling the matter are greatly Bi
Yours truly,
Mrs. ARTHUR PRICE.
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47 hog* and pig* and a flock of 125
hens on hii 200-acre farm. He grows
enough grain and forage to feed his
livestock and sells corn to his tenants.
He produces enough pork and lard for
home use and enough beef and veal
with some to sell. His garden fur
nishes vegetables through the year aiid
permits the sale of about $125 worth.
He grows enough sweet potatoes for
home use and sold a 100-bushel sur
plus last year. He also grew more
than enough irish potatoes. In addi
tion to having all the milk and butter
needed at home, he sold over $5,000
worth last year. He also sold poul
try and eggs, fruits, and other small
items. His home has modern con
veniences; he has good pastures and
hay crops, and, rents 100 acres of land
for additional farming operations.
Lespedeza Very Popular
In Currituck County
The 150 acres planted to lespedeza
in Currituck county this spring show
a good stand of the legume and in
dications are that the crop will be
come increasingly popular in the
county.
North Carolina manufacture more
wooden bedroom and dining room fur
niture than any other State in the
Union.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our heart-felt
thanks to ojir-'frends who so kindly
bore with u» during the illness and
death of our deatynother and wife. We
also appreciate the beautiful floral of
fering.
J 1- EVERETTE
AND CHILDREN
Friday, June 5,1931
Chatham Farmers Erect
Four Additional Silos
Four additional silos have been
erected by dairy farmers of Chatham
county as an evidence of the increas
ed interest in dairying.
One garment maker in North Caro
lina advertises that he uses cloth wov
en and finished in this State; that he
sews up the garments wifh thread
made in the State; that he labels his
garments with labels woven in this
State; and that he packs them in paper
boxes made in this State—a truly
North Caro ma-made product.
WMIs
LOST ON HIGHWAY 90 NEAR
the H . I'. Cowan old home, on May
31, lady' rin,{. Liberal reward for
return to F.nterprise.
LAND FLASTER FOR SALE
If you are interested in buying your
landplaster at the lowest posaibl:
price, if will be to your advantage to
see us beiore buying. We are selling
the Nova Scotia brand.
FARMERS SUPPLY COMPANY
Williamston, N. C. j-5-4t
DR. F.S.WHITAKER
Williamaton, N. C.
PHYSICIAN - SURGEON
PHYSICAL CULTURE
Office Hour*: 9-11 A. M.; 2-5 and 7-9
P. M
PHONE 102
k
lng Cardul when' in
a weakened, run-down
condition," writes Mrs.
P. 8. Perrlt, of Wesson,
Miss. "I took one bot
tle, and I seemed to im
prove so much that I
sent for six bottles. Af
ter I had taken the six
bottles, I seemed entire
ly well.
"Before I took Car
dul, I was nervous, rest
less, blue and out of
heart. I felt depressed
all the time. After I
took Cardul, all this
disappeared.
"I gave my daughter
Cardul and It helped to
relieve Irregular . .
Thla medicine haa been uaed
- bjr women for orar 10
inn _
UK
far Constipation. Indlaeattoa. I
and Bllloimnes.t. 1