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You Ever Been ~To A Ramp Convention? by Bill 8harpe Waynesville, May 1,?The little girl grinned happily when asked why she and her two little boy companions weren't in school. "We were sent home," she giggled. "We went to the ramp convention." Never heard of a ramp conven-, tion? You would have if you had ever lived in the Great Smokies. At a ramp convention you eat ramps and a ramp ("rampion", says Webster) is a Sort of wild on ion which grows in "buckeye flats" high up in the mountains. A buckeye flat is a rich mountain cove, and when it is occupied in dogwood time by tender ramps, it is a favorite rendezvous of moun tain folks. There are two descriptions of a ramp, which really is a leek. One is that it is "sort of like an onion, except better" and the other is that it is "sort of like an onion only worse." The wild vegetable has a root about the size of a walnut. It's two broad leaves are about eight inches long, and in some places they are used as a sort of green salad. At this year's convention, sev eral hundred people ate around 50 ^bushels of ramps high up on Black Camp Gap, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near here, and that is enough ramps to fog the breath of a whole community for a long time. Because the most conspicuous thing about a ramp is its breath taking odor. Chopped up and sc rambled with eggs, the vegetable is bad enough. But when you eat 'em raw, which a lot of ramp con ventioners defiantly do, a ramp eater is something out of this world, where he should be, too. So strong is the breath of a ramp-eater that a small group of them can easily empty a movie in a few moments, and they can force the closing of an entire school. And not for just an hour or so, because it takes from two to three days for a ramp eater to recover from the effects of his buckeye flat orgy; and if one mem ber of a family is a ramp eater and the others are not, the most ser ious of domestic disturbances can ensue. In spite of these handicaps, it ha? been found practically impos sible to reform a confirmed* ramp eater. In addition to the fact that the ramp apparently has habit forming properties, it is also be lieved to have tonic values. One veteran said he felt that if he Kidneys Must Work Well For You To Feci Wcfl 24 hour* every day. 7 days every week, never stopping, the kidneys filter waste matter from the blood. If more people were aware of how the kidneys most constantly remove sur plus fluid, excess acids and other waste matter that cannot stay in the blood without Injury to health, there would be better understanding of why the whole system is upset when kidneys fail to function properly. Burning, scanty or too frequent urina tion sometimes warns that something is wrong. You may suffer naggiifg back ache, headaches, dizziness, rheumatic pains, getting up at nights, swelling. Why not try Doan't PillMl You will be using a medicine recommended the country over. Doan'a stimulate the func tion of the kidneys and help them to flush out poisonous waste from the blood. They contain nothing harmful. Get Doon's today. Use with confidence. At all drug stores. Doans Pills could just survive until ramp time, he was always pretty sure he'd live out the rest of the year. STATE~COLLEGE ANSWERS TIMELY FARM QUESTIONS QUESTION ? What processees are used to obtain maximum qual ity for North Carolina certified hybrid corn seed? ANSWER ? Dr. R. P. Moore, head of the Crop Improvement As-! sociation, says many of the small producers inspect each seed ear individually and remove by hand( the diseased or damaged kernels, prior to shelling. But the larger! growers resort to special equip-, ment known as a gravity separa tor to perform the task on a me- ? chanical basis.^ The gravity sep arator^ makes separation on the basis of density of kernels. A flow of regulated forced air from be neath an adjusted vibrating tilted screen causes the kernels to float closely to the screen and to be come arranged in order of their density. Since the diseased or da maged kernels are usually lighter in weight, they become grouped at one edge of the screen or "a pron", where separation is made. QUESTION -r- What fertilization should be used on vines of- bunch grapes? ANSWER ? Apply V2 pint of 6-8-6 fertilizer or two level table spoonsful of nitrate of . soda to newly set plants. Make the appli-' cation in early spring before grow th starts. Vines two and three years old may need twice the above a mount of fertilizer. For an estab lished vineyard three years of age and older, apply two to three pints of 6-8-6 fertilizer or 1-4 to 1-2 pint of nitrate of soda. A liberal application of stable manure mix ed with superphosphate may be ?applied in the fall as a substitute for the above fertilizer. QUESTION ? What percentage of the nation's corn acreage is planted with hybrid seed? ANSWER ? The acreage of hy brid corn has increased from 0.1 per cent of the total in 1933 to 21.7 per cent of the total in 1947 ? or from 143,000 to more than 61 mil lion acres. Over 92 per cent of the corn in the North Central region is planted with hybrid seed. The use of hybrid seed, plus more li beral fertilization and improved cultural practices, has increased corn yields 22 per cent in the past 20 years. Military Funeral For Brother Of Sylva Woman Held In Raleigh A military funeral for 1st Lt. Charles M. Hunter, brother of Mrs. W. R. Enloe of Sylva, was held in Raleigh Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Interment was in the national cemetery at Raleigh. Lt. Hunter entered service in September, 1941 and was killed in action in southern France August 18, 1944. He was the son of Mrs. Pearl D. Hunter of Franklin and the late Nicholas J. Hunter. Going down for the funeral were Mrs. Hunter and Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Dowdle of Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Enloe and Mrs. Dan K. Moore of Sylva, and Mrs. Bill Moody of Bryson City. SAVE _ .MONEY ON fc FIELD SEEDS GARDEN SEEDS FERTILIZERS HARDWARE * AT FARMERS FEDERATION SCHULMAN'S Calling All MEN! John B. Stetson $10 Hats To Be Given Away Absolutely FREE Thursday - Friday - Sat. ONLY CURB.EE CLOTHES with purchase of any CURLEE SUIT at regular prices Hundreds of Suits to Select From CUMEE CLOTHES Tropicals and Regular Weights! Sizes 33 to 54 - Shorts9 Longs, Regulars, Stouts Every Suit Guaranteed to Give Service or a new Suit Replaced FREE OF CHARGE TART FREE FREE Come Today and Get a Good $10.00 Hat FREE A $10 Stetson Hat A $ 10 Stetson Hat 4 Schulma n 9 Department Sto re "Style Center Of Sylva
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