Exercise Much Care Id Feeding Salt To Livestock On Farm Grain Mixtures For Cows * Should Contain About One Percent Salt Feeding minerals to livestock, without due consideration of the often does more Animals do need minerals, how ever, said fL H Ruffner, head of the animal husbandry department at State Collet, and one of the moat important is salt He recommended that grain mix tures fed dairy cows should con tain one per cent salt, but no more. Salt blocks or salt in a box should also be kept before the ?"?*"?>* so they can lick up any salt they need in addition to that in their feed. Next in importance are phos phorus and calcium. But if the feed crops are grown on land well fertilized with superphosphate or other phosphorus fertilizer, and, weU supplied with lime, the feed will contain enough of these min erals to supply the animals' nssdr Whan there iimiii to be a need for phosphorus in the ration, it can be supplied in steamed bone meal by adding a pound of meal to every 100 pounds of grain. Calcium may be added to the . ration, at the same rale in the form of ground limestone, ground oyster shells or clam shells, or wood ashes. Wood ashes contain only about two-thirds as much rslrium as ground limestone. Never feed uo s tacked or water-slacked lime Thear are ten to 15 other mineral elements necessary for dairy cows, but most of these are furnished in adequate amounts in the average ?alion made up of feeds grown in North Caronlina, Ruffner pointed out. To attempt to supply minerals other than salt, phosphorus and cal cium is expensive and sometimes dangerous, he warned. Scholarship Offered 4-H Gub Members A one-year scholarship to State College will be awarded by the Na tional Cottonseed Products Associa tion to the North Carolina 4-H club member who grows and exhibits the best dairy call at the State Fair this (all The scholarship, designed to stim ulate interest in dairy calf club -work and in the value of feeding a balanced ration, will be open to any bona fide 4-H club member from 10 to 20 years of age, said L. R. Harnll, 4-H club leader at the col-; Since the association feels that boys who own their calves will take a greater interest in calf-club work, it requires that all competitors for the scholarship must exhibit their own calves at the fair. The condition of the animal, the club member's record, and the club member's activity during the year will all be taken Into consideration in determining the winner, Harrill The winner must be eligible to enter college, and his application for entrance to collage must be accept ed prior to the opening of the col lege term the next fall Selection of the winner and the awarding of the scholarship will be made under the supervision of the 4-H club department of the Agri cultural Extension Service at State College. The scholarship will be good tor a course in dairying, as the asaocia n wishes it to go to a club mem ber who will continue his work in that Held. Those interested in competing for this or other scholarships now of fered for excellence in club work are asked to get in touch with their county agents or L. R. Harrill, of &aie College. Raleigh ? Poultry Feed, Egg Prices Advancing The expected rise in poultry feed prices will increase the necessity for good flock management, according to Roy S Dearstyne, head of the State College poultry department. He urges poultrymen to check oxer tlieii plants to see whether they are overcrowding their laying houses There should be 4 square teet of floor space for each bird. "If you Jiave more birds than ypu ran house adequately," he said, "cull out the inferior ones and sell them at once, as overcrowding will devit alize the chickens, check egg pro duction. and may lead to disease. "Be sure to have enough nests, feeders, and waterers to keep the flock well supplied, as this will help egg production at a high level. "You canrtot-afford to give expen sive feed to birds that are not pay ing their own way. Cull out those which are questionable. "Don't try to save money with cheap substitutes or by cutting down on the amount of the ration. This will cut down egg production and impair the health of the birds. "Remember, egg prices will prob ably go up. and you want to pro duce as many as you can. "It is feed that makes the eggs 666 ehtcki MALARIA In 3 Days COLDS UoM. Tablet* first day Salve, Nana Drops Headache it Try "Bab-My-Tuia"?World's Hunting Li Now on Sale AT OUR STORE Wait until you buy your license to get your guns, shells and hunting equip ment. We have anything you need to hunt with and our prices are in line with any and all competition. Free to the Women TO THE FIRST 12 WOMEN ENTERING OUR STORE V, Saturday, Sept. 5th We will give, absolutely FREE, a jar of John son's SHI-NUP HOUSEHOLD CLEANER. To the next 12 entering our store, we will give a bottle of Johnson's Furniture' Polish. Paint your home both inside mid out this .fall. We sell Sherwin Williams, the worlds best paint We gladly welcome all the V. P. A. officers and employees to our town. CULPEPPER HARDWARE CO. WILLIAMSTON. N. C. COTTON INJURED WHEN GINNED IN DAMP CONDITION Poof Policy To Raise Good Crop, Then Damage It In Gin Process It'i ? poor policy to raise good cotton, then damage it in the gin ning process. Yet that's what thousands of far mers do every fall, said Glenn R. Smith, cotton marketing specialist of the N. C. Agricultural Experi ment Station. It's not the fault nf the ginners he added, but of the farmers' who take their cotton to the gin in a damp condition. When cotton is picked too early, are while wet with dew or rain, it should be dried out before being i placed in storage or taken to the gin. Smith stated. When damp cotton is ginned, the and maintains the body. If you can I not feed them properly, dispose of them at once. You can't make money with a half-fed poultry flock" Dearstyne also urges poultrymen to develop their egg markets, particu larly locdl markets. By grading their eggs carefully, he pointed out, they can build up a reputation and secure premium prices for their best eggs