THE SYLVAHERALD Published By THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Sylva, NortnCarolina The County Seat of Jackson County m J. A. GRAY and J. M. BIRD Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Entered at the post office at SylVa, N. C., as Second Class Mail Matter, as provided under the Act of March 3, 1879, November 20, 1914. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Jackson County $2.00 Six Months, I.L Jackson .County..... 1.25 One Year, Outside Jackson County 2.5t) Six Months, Outside Jackson County 1.50 Ail Subscriptions Payable In Advance i -like. L0CKU4& THE door. AFTER THE horse 15 1TOLEKJ , em ? aim't IT THE TRUTH ?? ' Food Patterns For The Future By Raymond P. Chrisrtensen U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics Farmers have increased their ca pacity to produce food to the high est levels in United States history and prospects are that they will produce even more in the future. What will happen to the market for food products in the years Ahead is one of the important prob ems facing postwar America. Tie problem poses some impor tant questions. Will food produc ion increase more or less than population? What production consumption pattern will be nec.S ;ary to enable us to make full use of our expanded production ca pacity? How can we meet tem porary food shortages and sur oluses that may develop? What joes it all mean in terms of the living the farmer can make from Vs land? During the 30 years before World War II, food-output increas d at about the same rate as the copulation. Stimulated by strong ,var and postwar demands, produc ,ion increased even more rapidly nfter the conflict began. , As the wartime shortages dis appear, farmers will b. better able ?c adopt improved methods iO food production that already have been Ieveloped. x Further advances in .echnology such as mechanization, he development of improved va ieiies ol plants and animals, and oetter methods of ins ct and diss ase control also will help farm ers boost the.r output. Over the longrrun, the prospects indicate that food production is likely to increase at least as much ,:s population if prices remain high. Even if prices decline, production probably would not be reduced much. On most farms, a reduc tion in output would mean 'larger reductions in cash returns than in cash outlays. The production met hods that have raised output per acre and per worker will continue to be profitable for individual far mers. A higher level of food consump tion than in prewar will be neces sary in the years ahead to make : ull use of our expanded produc tion capacity. For example, if the .jndency of food output to expand it about the same rate as popula ion .s resumed and if about the ^ame proportion of our food is im )orted and exported as before the ,var, enough food would be avail oie for consumption per person 'o average a fourth higher than i 1035-39. This would be 15 >0*. cent above wartime levels and u percent higher than in 1947. High level production per person ould mean greater satisfaction of ood wants and more nutritious di~ts than we have ever had. But if we are to consume all the food farmers are likely to produce, changes in the production-con sumption pattern would be neces sary. Diets of Americans general f ly would need to include more I livestock products, fruits and veg jetcibl s. Longtime trends toward I more of thei? products would have to be continued. More Livestock Products 1 ? Such a diet would help absorb I th<> expanded product on of Unit | L'd States farmers. For example, | dies of higher income families | contain more livestock products. ! fruits and veg.t;bles and only | slightly less of other foods than | those of lower income families. To j produce the average diet per per son eaten in families with incomes over $3,000 in 1942, 50 percent ; more land and 70 percent more i farm labor would have been re ! quired than for diets of those with incomes of less than $500. If all the people in the country in 1942 j had h^d diets simlar to the higher income group, approximately 30 1 percent more food would have been ' consumed. Small shifts to more livestock ' t products in place of "crop food* ! would readily absorb any expand < ed food output. In the past, live stock products have supplied only | 40 percent ot the food energy, 60 percent of the protein and about half of all the nutrients in our diets. Production oi livestock pro- j ducts, however, hi s taken nearly i , L'O percent of th. land and 75 per cent oi' the labor farmers have i used to raise the food we consume, j These estimates include allow j ances for byproduct feeds obtain ed from grains and oil crops which are fed to livestock. A shift to greater livestock pro duction would permit improve : ments in American cliets. Live ' stock products have a much high ] er concentration of protein, min j erals and vitamins in relation to i energy content than do most food j crops. ?Continued next week HOSPITAL NEWS * Gordon Laney of Bryson City is recovering from an operation. | Mrs. Jack Barnes of Tuckasei ! gee, a nurse at the Sylva hospital, is recovering from an operation. Mrs. Jim Smith of Tuckaseigee is steadily improving. | Mrs. Richard Young of Glen , ville, in for treatment. | Mrs. Alfred Lackey of Bryson City, in for treatment. j Mrs. Edward Bain of Sylva, in for 'treatment. Miss Vergie May Jones of Sylva recovering from an operation. Mr. Zollie Fox of Speedwell, improving. Mr. W. S. Enloe of Whittier, re ceiving treatment. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bryson, of Cashiers, a girl on the 14th. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smo thers, of Cullowhee, a girl on the 13th. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Page-Stone Ballet Enjoyed By Large Group At Cullowhee The Page-Stone Bullet, official ballet of the Chicago Opera Com pany, presented in Hoey Auditori um under auspices ol the Western Carolina Teachers College Lyceum on Thursday night, was thoroughly Mudd, of Syi,**> PX. 1, a girl on th~ 11th. ^ Born to Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Frank lin, Jr., of^Sylva, a girl on the 11th. enjoyed by a large and apprecia tive audience. * The ballet was the first program of the Lyceum series of the col It ge this season, and if this type -<2f performance is any indication of the future programs we can expect some very worthwhile en tertainment out at WCTC during the coming months. Those who missed Page-Stone *m ssed a nice performance. .'se Herald want ads for result* Sylva Laundry Announces New Route Schedules Sylva Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company announces that the management with the co-oper ation of the employees has established a schedule of services which can and will be maintained. These schedules have been planned so as to render the most efficient services possible for our custom ers and at the same time maintain a high standard of work. These schedules follow below: Route One ? MONDAY?Work picked up in Sylva, Dillsboro and Dillsboro Road will be delivered on Wednesday.' TUESDAY?Work picked up on Beta Road, Beta, Addie and Cope Creek wilf be delivered Thursday evening and Friday morning. Work picked up on Wednesday's delivery will be delivered on. the following Sat urday. * Work picked up on Thursday and Fri day's delivery will be delivered on the following Tuesday. Route Two MONDAY ? Worl? picked up in Wilmot, Gate way, Whittier, Ela, Bryson City, Chero kee and Cherokee Road will be delivered on Thursday. TUESDAY?Work picked , up on Franklin Road and in Franklin will be delivered on Fri day. P WEDNESDAY?Work picked up in East LaPorte, Tuckaseigee, Glenville, ^Cashiers and Highlands will be delivered on Saturday. Work picked up on Thursday's delivery will be delivered on the following Mon day. Work picke^Uup on Friday's delivery will b^ delivered on the following Tuesday. Work picked tip on Saturday's delivery willN^e delivered on the following Wed nesday. ? Route Three % MONDAY ? Work picked up in Rhodestown, on Cullowhee Road, in Webster and Cullo whee will be delivered on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. TUESDAY?Work picked up on Highway from ' Bryson City to Topton, in Andrews and Robbinsville will be delivered on Thurs day evening. Work picked up on Wednesday evening or Thursday morning's delivery will be delivered on the following Monday. Work picked up on Thursday evening's delivery will be delivered the following Tuesday. Hospitals, Hotels and Tourists Homes given daily service when needed. May we take this opportunity to thank each of our customers for his or her pat ronage and we assure each of you that it is our purpose to render better services in the future. We invite others to try our services. AND SKEETER SKEETER! MY BOBBER'S GONE!! sf,.IT JUST WELL, GO DISAPPEARED1 I BACK...ANO UlOArrLAKtL'. pyjj_ YOUR UME IN. Rjjw r/> - 'A ? ''j'r'y /'6 w S^V ''^v' -V-) '/; ?? "//y '1/ ' /-f.. A FISH HAS TAKEN 1?-n l^rOUR BOBBER UNDER WATER!! "? YOO-HOO! BY WALLY BISHOP