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VOLUME XLIV—NUMBER 52
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, December 29, 1933
ESTABLISHED 1889
APPLICANTS FOR
CWA ARE DIVIDED
IN FIVE CLASSES
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Classifications Cannot Be
Ignored in Selections
For Work
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There are five classifications among
those in Washington County and
elsewhere who have registered for jobs
with the Civil Works Administration,
and from these divisions of the reg
istrations those put to work are chos
en, it was announced here today by
Luther R. Ausbon, manager of the re
employment office here.
These classifications are covered by
mandatory rules and regulations hand
ed down by the United States Depart
ment of Labor, and they must be fol
lowed, regardless of sentiment and lo
cal judgment in the matter, explained
Mr. Ausbon, and unless they are fol
lowed “our successors” would be an
nnounced in a short time.
Heading the list of classifications
are those from direct relief, who num
ber about half of the total allocation
of workers and who are to have first
choice, and then comes war veterans
with dependents, to be followed by
others with dependents.
In the fourth class are veterans
without dependents, and the last in
cludes an>' of the unemployed with
out dependents. Of course, through
out the listing above, those who are
considered as “the others” are those
among the great army of unemployed
who have applied for work.
Choices have been made between
those in the first and second classes
and into the third classification, but
none have been chosen as yet from
among the last two classes, including
veterans and other unemployed who
have no dependents.
Last week the total employed here
was 242, which was the full amount
of the quota, with 79 of these com
ing from the direct relief roles and
38 out of 49 veterans who have reg
istered for jobs. The remaining num
her were taken from the worthy un-1
employed who were listed in the rec
ords for work.
I here is today a total registration !
of 900 people who have applied for'
w°rk in this organization, but as the
quota allowed for this county is 242
people working, then others will have
to wait until the quota is increased or
some other method is taken to em
ploy them in this work.
The 242 working are employed in:
13 approved projects, with them dis
tributed as follows: Six projects in
Plymouth township, with 84 men at
work; four in Lees Mills, with 50 work
ing; one in Skinnersville, with 42 em
ployed; two in Scupperning, with 66
working.
Attends Dealer Showing
Of the New 1934 Chevrolet
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Business prospects, both local and
national, are decidedly on the mend,
in the opinion of Dan Satterthwaite,
of the Satterthwaite Chevrolet Co.,
local Chevrolet dealers, who recently!
“pre-viewed” the new 1934 Chevrolet,.!
soon to be announced. ,
Mr. Satterthwaite has received com-j
munications front W. E. Holler, gen
eral sales manager of Chevrolet, who*
presented the new line of cars, outlin-^
ed plans and policies for the coming
year, and gave every dealer an op
portunity not only to inspect each
model hut also to put it through its
paces on the rugged hills, rough roads
and 4 1-2 mile speed track.
“With cars like those new Chevro
lets to sell, I’m enthusiastic about
business prospects for the new year,”
said Mr. Satterthwaite. “T was expect
ing a lot, for of course General Mo
tors’ ‘knee-action’ front wheels had
already been announced, with the
promise that they would revolution
ize the experience of riding and driv
ing.
“I found this literally true. They
told us to 'give her the works,’ to
put the car, at 50 and 60, over bumps |
and ruts we’d ordinarily take in sec
ond gear—or better yet, avoid alto
gether. The absence of jolts, jars or
shocks is simply beyond description;
it must be experienced to be; believed.
Vet ‘knee action’ is only one of a!
dozen major features embodied in the'
new Chevrolet. j
Proper Fertilizer Mixtures
Increases Values
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Where Caswell County tobacco!
growers used the fertilizer mixtures
recommended by the Extension Ser
vice this past year, an increase in
value of about $50 an acre has been
secured, reports the county agent.
Farmers Receive $2,248.80
For Wheat Elimination
Ninety-one wheat farmers of Yad
kin County received $2,248.80 in ren
tal payments for land removed from
the production of wheat this fall.
$50 Acre
Club Prize Winners To
Get Free Trip To Camp
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Following its custom for the past
| several years the Agricultural De-j
j partnient of the Atlantic Coast Line
j Railroad Company again offers to de
(fray the expenses of one boy and girl
! from Washington County to the Na
tional 4-H Club camp to be held in
Washington City next June, it was
announced this week by J. B. Ed
mundson, local agent.
For four years the A. C. L. has
j been responsible for several boys and
girls being able to make the trip and
in each case the company has paid
the railroad and pullman fares, street
car and taxi fares and meals. Living
quarters are provided at the camp by
the United States Department of
Agriculture.
'must have tags
! BY JANUARY 1ST
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Failure To Display State
Tags Will Subject Car
Owners to Arrest
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Below is a lettesr to Chief of Police i
P. \V. Brown of Plymouth from L. T.
Harris, director erf the motor vehicle
bureau of the .N, C. Department of
Revenue, which sets forth the fact
that failure to exhibit 1934 license
tags on motor vehfcles on January 1
subjects the driver .to arrest.
The tags have been on sale since
December 1 and the organization has
been intact to forward to each car
owner a new tag, and if is no respon
sibility of the State that some have
failed to purchase the new tags be
fore it is too late. No extension of
time will be granted.
"The Governor and the Commission
er of Revenue o:f tne State of North
Carolina have positively ordesed that
the enfoscement of the Motos Ve
hicle laws of North Carolina, pertain- ;
ing to the use of 1933 tags after De- j
cember 31, shaJl begin at sunrise on
January 1.
"The laws of North Carolina make
it the duty of .every peace officer,
whether he be si ate, county, city or
township officer, to enforce the nto- j
tor vehicle laws, and I am writing I
you to urgently request your com-1
plete cooperation in this work.
“The State automobile inspectors
and State Ifiglntay patrol will he or
dered to arrest each and every per
son found oper at ing a motor vehicle
on and after January 1 without 1934
tags being displayed on it.
“You can be. of invaluable assist
ance to the S.tate in bringing about
the enforcemc nt of this law by seeing
that the officers under your jurisdic-1
tion are properly instructed and com
manded to aj-rest each person found
violating the law after sunrise, Janu
ary 1.
"Your comp lete cooperation in this ]
matter is urgiently requested.”
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FARMERS CURING'
HIDES AT HOME
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Preparation of Leather On.
Farms for Home Use
Is Pop ular in State
Curing hides at home for a supply
of leather is a ne project by North I
Carolina farmers which reached a
high point of popularity last winter
and bids fair to be even nr)ore popular
this winter.
“For some reason North' Carolina
has taken the lead in this project and
we have had requests front all over
the country for our instructions a
bout how to <cure hides for a home
supply of le; Uher," says Earl H. Hos
tetler, in < tharge of resear ch work
with beef c, title, sheep and swine at
State College.. “Only this week, we
received a l etter from Charlotte, Mich,
in which was enclosed sample of
rabit and calf hides tanned according
to our instructions. The writer said
his boys were tanning e'vesytbing they
could get theis hands on. They had
tanned a number or rabbit hides, two
calf hides, one oposstun and one
muskrat,.”
Prof. Hostetler said that as long as
the price of hides is as low as it is
now, 'it would pay farmens to use the
home tanning method and secure
leather for harness and other pur
poses.
Instructions in how to txn hides at
home have been prepared in mieo
graph from R.. E. Nance, associate in
Prof. Hostet ler’s department, and
are available firee of charge to those
desiring them..
The equip menl needed for home
tanning can b e fouud or made on any
farm and the -whole process is very
simple and in expensive, Prof. Hostet
ler says. Do rafc le leather for making
harness, barn ; s repairs, belt and boot
lacing, or bea otif ul and very servicable
rugs can lie pr .vidcd, during spare
time, at very li ttle expense.
WORK ON FARM
MAY DECREASE
BY EDUCATION
Pointed Out That Only Five
Or Six Hours Day Is
Necessary
Raleigh.—In the reorganization of,
agriculture, it is quite evident that :
the results of research and the appli- .
cation of intelligence to farming are :
bringing about a new day in that it j
will not be necessary for the farmers ^
of this nation to work such long
hours in order to provide the raw (
materials for feeding and clothing ^
the nation, according to T. E.
Browne, state director of vocational
education and dean of the School of
Education, N. C. State College.
It is quite probable that in the fu
ture the food and clothing supplies
of the country may be produced by
farmers working five or six hours a
day. That has come about, very
largely because of the farmers learn- [
ing how to utilize the findings of sci
ence and to adjust their activities ac
cording to a more balanced farm op
eration program. The teaching of
vocational agriculture in our high
schools and the teachings of our col
leges have, no doubt, made a large
contribution to this progress. The
results of this program of agricul
tural instruction is that in the future
people engaged in the basic vocation
of farming will not have to devote all
their wakeful hours to making a liv
ing, but will have some time for ac
tual living, enjoying some of the
pleasures of community life and en
tertainment with their families, stat
ed Mr. Browne.
The same tiling may be said of the
duties of the farm women, that,
namely, through the teaching of home
economics in our public schools, wo
men are learning to perform the du
ties of the home by working shorter
hours, thus giving them a chance to
actually live with their families and
enjoy some of the things that contri
bute toward a fuller and richer life.
Thus it is seen that the teaching of
agriculture and home economics, as a
part of our public school system, is,
making a real contribution toward1
lifting our farmers and farm women j
out of the necessity of constant drudg-I
ery, helping them to see the interest
ing side of their work, while, at the
same time, enabling them to do the
necessary labor in a much shorter
time, Mr. Browne explained.
A recent study has been made in
the State of Virginia to determine
the value of vocational training in [
the lives of the farmers of that state
who have had the privilege of at
tending classes in agriculture. This
study has brought out interesting
facts as to the contribution the teach
ing of agriculture has made to the
lives of the farmers of that state.
Commenting on the findings incor
porated in this study of Dr. New
man’s, Dr. George F. Zook, United |
States commissioner of education, |
stated:
“The study shows that the average J
annual earnings of a vocationally j
trained farmer exceed those of an un- j
trained farmer by $311. According to j
census returns, there were 36,0001
farm operators in Virginia in 1930, j
many of whom profited in some ntea- -
sure at least by vocational training in
agriculture. This figure does not in
clude farm workers other than oper
ators. An increase in earning power
such as the Virginia study indicates
is normally to be expected from ade
quate vocational training and would,
therefore, add millions of dollars an
nually to the aggregate income of
farmers in this one state.
"The superiority in labor income of
the vocationally trained farmers in
cluded in the study may be ascribed
to the fact that vocationally trained
farmers show a better balance in their
farming business as indicated by bet
ter distribution of income from vari
ous sources and better adjustment of i
expenses in operating their farms;
and that vocationally trained farmers
participate to a greater extent in co
operative buying and selling of farm
supplies and products, make greater
use of approved sources of agricul
tural information, and are more ac-1
tivc in farm organizations than farm-^
ers who have not had \ ocational
training.” j
Bazaar at Store of S. D.
Burgess Next Monday
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Cherry.—Ladies' Aid of Philippi
Christian church will give a bazaar
on Monday evening, January 1, in the
S. D. Burgess store. Many things
■will be sold, as well as other things en-j
joyed by those who are present. The
public is cordially invited.
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Caswell County Farmers
Compete In Forest Contest
Sixteen Caswell County farmers
are competing in a frarn forest con
test this winter for cash prizes offered
by business organizations.
Roper Boy Hurt In Auto
Accident Near Dunn
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Roper.—Raymond "Baliy" Smith,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Smith, of
Roper, is recovering from injuries sus
tained last week-end when an auto
mobile in which he was riding turned
over on a highway near Dunn, break
ing his collar bones and bruising
him severely about the body.
Young Smith was a member of a
magazine crew working in the section
of the State where he was injured. He
was riding with a friend when the ve
hicle ran off on the shoulders of the
road, the car turning over on its side
when the driver attempted to turn it
back on the road.
WHEN HARVEST
OVER REPAIR
ALL EQUIPMENT
Can Be Done More Satis
factorily Now Than
In Spring
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Repairs made to farm machinery
when there is plenty of time, and
when the work may be done system
atically will be more satisfactory than
when attempted during the hurry and
rush of spring work.
“With the closing of all field work
this fall, farmers have the opportunity
to check their equipment and to make
all necessary repairs,” says David S.
Weaver, agricultural engineer at State
College. “Valuable hours next spring
may be saved this fall by replacing
broken or worn parts, by tightening
inuts, screws or claimps, or by paint
ing and greasing exposed metal to
preserve it from rust. Sometimes re
placement parts may not be secured
at the local store. If these parts are
ordered in the fall, time will be saved
in the spring.”
Weaver says old cylinder oil kept
in a can and applied with a brush
makes a good anti-rust coating for all
bright metal parts, such as plow bot
toms, cultivator shovels, and the like.
Not only do plows need attention,
but disk harrows may be put in shape,
in the fall. The mowing machine is
always neglected until it is needed,
and this machine should have a thor
ough overhauling this winter.
The farm wagon stands tremendous
abuses and to prevent costly break
downs, it shjould be examined for
weak and broken parts. A coat of
paint on the wheels as well as the
gear and box will be well worth while,
Weaver says.
Most of these repair jobs may be
done during the cold winter days.
Weaver suggests that a complete
list be made of all repairs needed and
parts to be ordered for each machine.
When all the material is assembled the
repair work can be started.
CORN-HOG PLAN
OFFERS PROFITS
Farmers Raising Hogs for
Market Will Benefit by
Signing Contract
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A premium on hogs and a rental
payment for corn land taken out of
production in 1934 is offered North
Carolina farmers along with those of
the middle west.
"I would suggest that farmers of
North Carolina who are growing
either corn or hogs for commercial
purposes to make plans to sign a
corn-hog reduction contract, especial
ly where they are also signing either
the tobacco or cotton contracts for
1934,” says YV. \Y’. Shay, swine ex
tension specialist at State College.
“The Agricultural Adjustment Ad
ministration is attempting to reduce
the production o fcorn and hogs with
the view of increasing the prices of
the two commodities. Therefore the
AAA will pay rent for corn land ac
cording to its fertility and will pay
a premium on hogs if the growers will
ireduce the number of pigs farrowed
and sold."
Shay offers to give any corn-hog
farmer definite information about
how the plan is to be worked if the
matter is taken up with him early
enough for the movement to get start
ed in this State.
To obtain benefits under the corn
plan, for instance, Shay says the
grower must agree to reduce his corn
acreage by 20 percent under the aver
age of 1932 and 1933. He may then
(collect at the rate of 30 cents a bushel
for the corn which this rented land
was capable of producing. Thus, if
a man grew an average of 100 acres
of corn in 1932 and 1933 and reduced
this amount to 80 in 1934, he may
collect a rental payment for the 20
acres on the basis of what the land
had produced If the land had pro
duced 40 bushels to the acre, the rent
al for the 20 acres would amount to
$240—a very good rental for the aver
age corn land In North Carolina.
STUDY COTTON
CONTRACTS FOR
NEW CAMPAIGN
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Urgent Need To Retire At
Least 300,000 Acres of
Cotton In 1934
Farm agents from North Carolina's
67 cotton growing counties gathered
yesterday to study the cotton con
tracts which will be offered growers
by the AAA within a few days.
The sign-up drive will be launched
the first week in January, which has
been designated “Cotton Sign-Up
Week." Every effort will be made to
place the contracts in the hands of the
farmers as soon as possible, Lean I.
O. Schaub, head of the State College
extension service, stated.
Charles A. Sheffield, assistant ex
tension director who will have charge
lof the cotton sign-up, Dean Schaub,
other extension service officials, and
representatives of the AAA from
Washington attended the meeting in
Raleigh yesterday to explain the con
itracts to the agents and discuss any
[problems that might arise.
Mr. Sheffield pointed out the urgent
need for North Carolina to retire 300,
000 acres from cultivation in 1934 and
limit the crop to less than 450,000
acres. The AAA has set out to raise
cotton prices by cutting down the
overburdening surplus. To this end,
farmers of the nation have been ask
ed to limit their crop to 25,000,000
acres, a reduction of 40 percent under
the average for the five-year period
from 1928 through 1932.
Growers who sign reduction con
tracts will be given both rental and
parity payments. The rental for the
|acres retired from cultivation will be
(calculated at the rate of three and
one-half cents a pound on the average
production of those acres during the
1928-32 period, with a provision that
not more than $18 an acre shall be
paid. I
The parity payments will be at least I
one cent a pound on next year's cot- '
ton allotment to each grower, regard-,
less of how the market stands. In
case the market fails to bring parity
prices, the AAA will increase the'
parity' payments if necessary to make
up the difference. i
RAISE MULES AT !
HOME IN FUTURE
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Carolina Farmers Purchase
About 22,000 Horses
and Mules Yearly
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North Carolina farmers must re-j
place about 22,000 horses and mules
each year. So far these replacements,
are being: shipped into the State and]
jf each animal costs only $150 a head,!
Tarheel farmers must spend a gross]
of $3,3000,000 to replace their failing
work animals.
“Few horses or mules are seen in
cities and towns but out in the coun
try, this form of power is still used
almost exclusively by landowners," j
declares Prof. Fred M. Haig of the!
animal husbandry department at the!
State College. “At present, we have'
75,000 horses and 265,000 mules in the]
'State. T he average life of these ani
mals is about 15 years which makes
it necessary for Tarheel farmers to
replace about 22,000 animals each
year. As most of these animals are
purchased from without the borders
of the State, this constitutes a heavy
drain upon the farm income."
Therefore, Professor Haig advises
that at least enough colts be grown
at home for replacement purposes.
This can be made practically a non-1
cash cost, he says, because feed grown ■
at home on adjusted acres might be
used to grow the colts at little cost.
The colts could be broken to harness!
when coming three years of age and
if wisely handled will make excellent |
work animals.
Three things are essential for suc
cess in raising colts at home, Haig
says. First select good mares and
high class stallions or jacks. Take
good care of the mare and feed her
properly while she carries the colt.
Then, while the foal is growing, han
.dle him with gentleness and see that
he is properly fed.
Christmas Program
At Cherry Church
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Cherry.—The Sunday school of
Philippi church presented a lovely
Christmas exercise on Monday night,
December 25th.
The program was opened by a hymn,
“Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” by
the Young Peoples' Bible C la-^.
Storms Cut Corn Acre
Yield 40 Per Cent
Coastal farmers, now housing
their corn crop, report that the acre
yield was cut at least by 40 per cent
by the storms of early fall.
Extension Farm News
Quotes Beacon Recently
The December issue of the Exten
sion Farm-News published by the
Agricultural Extension Service of the
North Carolina State College of Agri
culture and Engineering carried the
following brief statement:
"This issue of the Roanoke Beacon
is dedicated to Miss Eugenia Patter
son, whe in her activities as home
demonstration agent of Washington
County has won the esteem of the of
ficials by whom she is employed and
has doubly won the hearts of the wo
men and girls with whom she works
in her function as a leader among wo
men.
The publication also shows that the
above is an extract from an article
writter by Walter H. Paramore, man
aging editor, dedicating a special is
sue of the Roanoke Beacon of Plym
outh ,to Miss Eugenia Patterson,
home agent of Washington County.
OVER 200 DEATHS
DURING HOLIDAY
Carolinas Probably Led En
tire Nation, With 38
Violent Deaths
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Early reports placed the country’s
untimely deaths during the Christmas
holiday season at more than 200, with
many others probably unreported. The
Carolina-, with around 38 such deaths,
apparently led the list. A train-auto
mobile wreck at Greensboro took five
lives and others were scattered thru
out the two States.
Martin County reported three un
timely deaths, one by murder early
Christmas morning, another by ex
posure and a third in an automobile
wreck late in the afternoon on the
Washington highway.
As far as it could be learned, there
yvere no violent deaths or serious ac
cidents in this county during the
Christmas season.
With the thermometer registering
o marked drop throughout the coun
try, sections of the Midwest were re
porting scores of deaths from cold
following Christmas.
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Progress Is Reported
In Tobacco Campaign
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Proof that tobacco acreage reduc
tion contracts are worth money to
growers is seen in the fact that the
North Carolina Joint Stock Land
Bank has obtained 1,500 contracts to
cover farms under its control, accord
ing to Dean I. O. Schaub, director of
agricultural extension at State Col
lege.
When asking for the contracts,
bank officials signified their intention
of signing up all their tobacco land
as soon as possible. The sooner con
tracts are signed, the sooner will
equalization, rental, and benefit pay
ments be available, the dean pointed
out.
The AAA tobacco production pro
gram is designed to not only provide
for higher tobacco prices in the lu
ture, he said, but also to compen
sate the growers for curtailing their
production now.
During the two weeks the sign-up
campaign has been under way, farm
agents and committeemen in the 57(
flue-cured tobacco counties have held;
county and community meetings to
explain the contracts to the growers.
Then followed the field work of in
terviewing individual growers, ascer
taining how much tobacco they have
produced during the last three years,
and getting their signatures on con
tracts.
Agents in a number ot counties re
ported to E. Y. Floyd, tobacco spe
cialist at State College, who is in
charge of the sign-up drive, that
every grower of consequence will be
under contract before the drive is
closed. Mr. Floyd’s office has been
busy checking over the numerous
contracts sent here for approval.
Those approved will go on to Wash
ington for signature by Henry A.
Wallace, secretary of agriculture.
Dean Schaub explained that before
the reduction program has cut down
the surplus leaf ami brought prices to
a higher level, the AAA has arranged
to help the contract signers by giving
them equalization payments of 20 per
cent of the value of the weed they
sold before the marketing holiday, and
10 per cent on that sold after the
holiday up to October 7 on bright
leaf markets and up to October 28 on
border belt markets. The rental pay
ments will be $17.50 an acre for the
)and taken out jpf production, and
the benefit payments next year will
be 12 1-2 per cent of the 1934 crop’s
market value.
Lincoln Farmers Store
Cotton In Warehouses
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About 600 Lincoln County farm
ers have placed cotton in bonded
warehouses to secure loans of K
I cents a pound on the staple.
POTATO FARMER
NOT FORGOTTEN
i BY “NEW DEAL”
Governor Hopes To Find
Way To Check Share
Planting
That the potato farmer is not for
gotten by the administration at Wash
ington and that Governor J. C. B. Eh
! ringhaus hopes to find a way to check
I share planting of the crop this year
with a view to doing for the potato
J grower what has already been done for
| the tobacco grower, is the assurance
I reaching here from an unofficial
source
I According to this information, while
no publicity has been sought for or
given to it, the Governor on his visits
to Washington in the interest of to
: bacco growers has bad the situation
with reference to potatoes constantly
on his mind and has mentioned it to
the proper officials in the agricultural
adjustment administration with the
j request that before planting time in
| Florida he be given an opportunity
, to present facts about the potato
' growing industry to the administra
I tion and that the Governor has the
evils of share planting particularly in
mind in this connection. The attitude
of the administration is described as
sympathetic and friendly to the po
tato growers’ interests.
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The United States potato crop in
1933 is expected to be the fifth small
est during the last 23 years. On No
vember 1 the forecast was 317,000.000
bushels, or 41,000,000 less than the
1932 crop. Following two successive
seasons of reduction in commercial po
tato acreage, growers in states from
New Jersey to Florida have indicated
an increase of 19 per cent .while in
creases in the rest of the coontry in
dicate a total for the country at large
of around 2 per cent. That increase,
it is assumed, the market will stand
without forcing the potatoes down to
a price below the cost of production.
But should the increase go beyond the
percentage indicated at last available
reports results to prices, A. E. Merck
er, potato specialist of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, told growers last
week, would be disastrous.
Interests concerned primarily in see
ing that an abundant crop of potatoes
is produced and in thus preventing
high prices have in the past, through
hook-ups with fertilizer, seed, and
commission concerns, fostered share
and contract planting with a view to
assuring acreage that would protect
them against high prices.
Growers who lend themselves to
this scheme because it relieves them
of cash outlay in planting their crops
and insures them against heavy losses
are cutting their own throats, accord
ing to statements made by Mr. Merck
er in the potato outlook meeting held
last week.
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NINE LICENSES
TO WED ISSUED
Is Larger Number Than Is
Usually Issued in One
Month
Cupid worked hastily during the
month of December, and when the
holidays had passed, Mrs. Mary O.
Sawyer realized that she had issued
nine wedding licenses during this short
Verio of time as couples were anxious
for the nuptials to be concluded be
fore the holiday's had passed.
Those Securing (marriage licenses
follow:
Odell Ambrose to Paul Davenport,
both of Creswell; Lee Davenport and
Willie Mae Oliver, Plymouth; Jessie
Harrington to Ira Phelps, Creswell;
David Furlaugh to Annie Phelps, of
Creswell; Henry A. Simpson to Ma
rie Patrick, Mackeys.
William Spruill to Blanche Ches
Ison, Roper; Columbia Reddick to
Velma E. Biggs, Mackeys; Monroe
Clifton to Willie Belle Snell, Cres
well; and July Brown to George
Anna Wills, Plymouth.
Wrong Feed Causes Cows
To Eat Dirt or Chew Wood
Dairy cows often eat dirt or chew
'on wood or bones because they do not
jget the right feed and that the ration
is deficient in mineral matter. This
| element is supplied by legume hays,
I such as cow pea, soybean, clovtr and
! alfalfa when grown on lands not de
| ficient in lime, and by a grain ration
that contains as much as 30 percent
of wheat bran, cottonseed meal, and
soybean meal. In addition to this
ration about two pounds of a mineral
mixture containing equal parts of
finely ground limestone and steamed
i bone meal should be added to each
j 100 pounds of concentrate. Cows and
j young cattle should have access to a
,-imple mixture composed of one part
of salt to four parts of steamed bone
I meal.