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' ""V "V" . I THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY, MARCH 15. 1934 & ' ',' ' 1 1 I It 1 .- 1 ' ; I, - I ! ' -V - I COUNTY AGENT W. D. S MITH'S column How much food docs the average person need in a year That que-tion is receiving special 1-onsidi ration this winter 017 account of the live-at-home program tliut is being pusucd in the nation and because the rented areas tan be used for the production -f food and feed for home iu?e only where there is a shortage of" these crops on the farm. Of course, the primary object of the Tobacco adjustment program is to( raise the price of tobacco and all thest, 1 other things are secondary to that. But the opportunity is offered the farmer who signs the cotton and to- hacco contracts to put hi.s farm on a self sufficing hisis. And that's good I farm management. So for the benefit of those who are working on this live-at-home prob lem, Mr. Campbell sends us today ime information on the aaunt of food the average person needs in a year- The results of a recent survey by a group of southern agricultural work ers show that one-third of our south ern faun families have no cattle; one. fourth no hogs; one-sixth no poultry; and that only a small proportion huve adequate gardens and orchards. And the home demonstration agent ; and h'-me economies people figure that : the a' yearly food requirements for ratre southern per.-on are; 'G gal!"!i- of whole milk or its equiv alent in ch.c.-r and buttermilk; Kill pounds ,f 1,-ify, green ami yellow v-get:. !. tiwl fruit.-; () poumls of tttut-- 1 ii fril.s; 210 1 pounds of other vegetables and fruits; ! '! pound- of dried fruits; 105 pounds ! of sweet and Irish potatoes; 1'iO pounds of flout, meal, and cereals; 20 pound.- of dried beans, pens and nuts; ( l." dzen eggs; 100 pounds of beef, 1 pork, fish, lamb. and poultry; 52 pounds of fats including butter, oils, salt pork and soon; and 00 pounds of j.-weets including sugar, honey, molass es, jams, jellies, and other .sweets. Those ait. the amounts of the diil'ei- ent foods the home economics people figure one person needs in a year. If you want to get the total food re quirements for a family for a year, multiply the amount needed for one person by tht. number of persons in the family, provided the family is composed of adults., or there arc two adult.s over 20 years of age for each child under 20. Take chickens, for example, A. K. Lee. poultry specialist of the Depaitment of Agriculture, says that the average person in this country ciUs 22 dozen eggs a year. And, that on that basis a family of 5 adults or its equivalent would need 5 times 22 or 110 dozen egg.s in a yeor., and that it would take a flock of 40 or 50 bins to produce the eggs for that f milv. Timely Questions And Answers On Farm Problems Question: What temperature .-hould be maintained in an electric l:i ooder for baby chicks An.-wer: Any artificial brooding tcquircs the sain,, temperature. For the til -t week the brooder should be regulated to 08 degrees at the outer edge of the canopy on the level with the chicks head. The temperature should be reduced live degrees each week lor six weeks. In cold weather the temperature .should be checked at frequent intervals. If this .sched ule is followed carefully it will re duce crowding and a laigei nunibei "i healthy chicks will be raised. Question: What dcza i best for hay Answer.- Jests run .-how till' Kobe variety pioikiction with 2, Mir, spe- vanety of production .' on 22 farms leading in hay D ju n is. Thi.s Give Baby Chicks A Napthalene Best Clean Brooder House j Known Agency To A!l preparations ot thu lii'out.K.T f Aid Tobacco Bed house should be completed before the young chicks are introduced, if best result- are to be attained, says C. F. I'arrish. extension noultrvman 1 te College. was closly .followed 70 with production Similar results were run at the Branch tion at Statesville th ' Tennessee f 2. SOU pounds. -ecured on tests Experiment Sta The Common variety produced 2,.'M2 pounds of hay hut ttie stems, and leaves are finei th .n the Kobe and it has the added ' feature of reseeding itself much J better than the other varieties "What was the noise I heard in ..our room last night?" "Poor John had a dream that- he v.:i; in town and he was moving the bed around from place to dace, so he wouldn't be arrested for parking too long in one place." . .c . li Kirs of PWA Work Done by Army y. :.uf ' " fa- 4 Jte 7 4 Question Is it s; ie to glow corn between row of trees in a young apple orchard? Answers While ' .in- p.aclicc is followed by some giuwer.s it i.-, ha, ardous as the corn will use moisture and fertility required by tho growing trees. Where coin is planted the rows .-hould be four or five feet from the tree row - and the t rot. rows should cultivated or sown to tioybeans. is nece.-sarv however, to crow corn for a year or two to smother out weeds and c rass w hen newlv clear- Hid is planted to trees ,but the rows should always be cultivated i ne importance of sanitation wats particularly stressed, since no efforts to wipe out disease can be effective when geim.s are allowed to lurk in unsanitary house-'. Young chicks are highly susceptible to di.sease. .Movable brooder houses should by placed on new ground after being' thoroughly cleaned and the floor al lowed to dry. A litter of course sand, shavings, straw, chaff from beardless grain-, ciushed corn cobs, peat moss, le-pedeza haves, or .sim ilar substances should be spread evenly over the floor. An inch of sand will .suffice; two inches of the other materials -hould be used. The brooder should b,. started well in advuice of the chicks' a 1 rival so that it can be adjusted to the exact temperature necessary before a chick is placed in the house. At tho -dge of the canopy about the level of a chicks head the temperature should netween u; and 100 decrees f.ih. The heat mav he reduced live degrees a week for the next four r five weeks, depending on weather n litions. Feed and water should be in the 1 ooder house at all times. Two hf. n drinking founts are needed for ioi; enicks, more a.s theu irmw Fresh water from which the been taken should be nine eri laily. or oftener if nec- I 1 enheit. each I;: 1 go r. chill has :,i 'he founts It ed trei and com from 1 1 it.- planted far enough way to keep from shading them. x j bis; . - .1 i' t V. "... .A.' I'UA MHi linn, done ,y the army ineliides virluallv all classes ol cou Struction projects anil requires the services of plumbers, steiuiililters. eleclri eians, linekl.iyers, carpenters, plasterers, panders, truck drivers and laborers. This 'photograph shows workmen moving earth info Hie holtoin f Macks liayou nenr Karlisdalo .'ivi.'ifion lield, Louisiana, to ' jirevent mosquito brcedine. fMl IF! Farmers And Tenants Anv wants farmer having farm land that is idle and who tenant to tare for it is reouestetl to register at tjiis office immediately. All persons wh want t he tenants and have been unable to get a farm are also requested to register at once. , We hope to get tenants places ot farms and to v.et farmers tenants. THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS SERVICE Please tell your friends and neighbors about this. REEMPLOYMENT OFFICE Second Floor of Court House Cattle Grazing '"' Hurts Woodlands razing o;, woodland. is harmful to .both tin' cattle and timber, warns li. W. ('raeber, extension forester at N. I '. State ( 'ollege. In wooded tract.-, cattle waste their cneigy and reduce their bodv weight i"inc iii cndle.-s seaich for grass. And at the -same time they prevent young .sapplings from growing up to renew the older trees that either die out or are cut oil' for wood or lumber. I'nrcsti icted grazing also damages tinu.'ci' already standing and is bad cn the soil. Timber growth is -lowed. 1 the quality of the timber lowered, i Tops die, in. its and butts rot and I much timber that would otherwise bo good has to be discarded when the tiees are cut for market. . i Cattle teish the foliage.'- of white a h. .-ugur maple.- yellow-poplar,, elm. has.-.wood, white oak, red oak, -hell, bark hickory, and other of 111 ro valu- I able limbers The result is that the animals brows,, oil' the sapplings be-1 fore they can grow to any appreciable! size. Other sapplings t h it. are not eat-I en are liable to be trampled down. . 1 Generally, (iracber said, the better quality woods are preferred by the cattle, while the poorer woods are left to grow, thereby lowering the quality of the timber in Ihe stand. Cattle also cut up the leaf litter, pack the soil, expose the roots, and start little gullies. The result is that little rain water is absorbed. It runs off quickly in rivuletsAvhi.cn starts ero sion. With Ic-s water in the soil and the fertile elements washed . away, timber growth is stunted. Next to lire, grazing is the. must detrimental agent to woodlands, ('.rie. her declared. Cut Rate Offered To Kill 23 Men ary. One five-foot hopper or two .'10-inch d hopper-- will take care of 100 Refined white napthalene is one of the most effective agents known for the control of small worms in tobacco plant beds, according to test- made by JJr. B. li. Fulton, research entomolo gist for the North Carolina experi ment station. HH said that thousands of tobuccu glowers in the eastern part of the State used napthalene last yenr with "XceHent results. .Napthalene flakes may be uused at me rate 01 I '2 pounds to 100 .square yards of bed, with three applications during a period of 10 day.s. Heavier applications may be required when strong winds are blowing, sincy they aie apt to blow the fume? as fast as 'hey form. Fulton .said that it no results are seen duiing several days of strong winds, growers should not be dis couraged, for the napthalene will take effect as aoju as the winds subside. The tsmall vvorni.s. midge larvae, apparently do not feed directly on the plants, but badly damage young plants by uprooting them in the bed. Although they have not made their appearance in large numbers yet this season, Fulton said, a clo-e check should be kept on the beds so that u. baby chick--, but more -h.fuld be added after the first three weeks. The proper balanced ration should be fed. Feed formulas and additional infor mation on brooding may be h id upon application to C. F. Pairish, exten sion pouliryman, State College, Ral eigh N.C. napthalene can be applied as s,,, worms are found. Only refined white napth.de should be used, as it is inexpen - -and the crude blown napthalene h not yet been tested to dettrniir whether it injures plants- This method of treatment was n.-. brougnt to public attention by O Dukes. Robeson county agent, who ported the irood results obtained Irai Kinhw on his plant ueds season. Control Cutworms With Poison Bail The use of a poisoned bran mix; at, to kill cutworms and prevent the : damaging early vegetable crops being especially recommended at th:. time by C. H. Branson, extension ei tomologist at X. C. State College. F.arly in the spring, when worm, first get busy, the young plants at, particularly susceptible to damage J rowers should watch their plan:. closely and apply the poisonous bait ct the first sign of cutworms, he sai.j In experiments, best results ha been obtained from a mixture of om pound of Paris green tQ 50 pound. of bran. Sodium fluoride will also give good results, but lead arsenate and calcium trsenate should be ivoided. The poisoned bait should never . left where children or live stock c:u get at it. Brannon warned. About four pounds of bran-I'ari-gieen bait should be applied to each 100 square yards of tobacco plant he-' to control cutworms. The clotr, should be removed and the bait s." pread that no lumps will come , dir.C contact ,vith the tender v.ui Plants. ' H Flashes from Hyatt & Co. S? ra I' t'. Downs, of .Scotland . N'eck, is willing to kill the 2:5 ,-men on Death Row at State's. Prison for "fifteen dollars a head and expenses,'' he wrote Sheriff X. F.Turner,, of Wake County., and V" wants the '; sheriff to help him get the job. "I can do nothing about it." said the sheriff yesterday, "as the State Prison guards are now assigned to duty as executioners instead of the state paying specially hired; men $25 for each electrocution.' "I am writing you to see if I can get the job to pull the switch." said Downs in his letter. "I will do it for $15 (fifteen dollars) a head and expenses from here there and back. I have a large family-. aJid a very small salary. Sure hope you will consider this and and give me a job." You can save one-half or more on garden seeds by buy ing in the Bulk. Or if you prefer the Pack age Seeds, we have the three most famous lines: RICE'S, FERRY'S and CROS. MAN'S. vfc0 N A RDs ALWAYS HUV VOI K SEEDS ' IN - ' ' : BULK THOl SANDS OF .MARKET GARDENERS USE ONLY LEONARDS H SEEDS For mend Triple hacco. Flower seed we recom. M A N D E V I L L E'S Tested and for To .H DY S PRIDE. The Indian found that by putting a fish in every hill of corn, he could produce a bet tcr yield. This fact has stood the test of time. Your crop may still be fed with fish carefully prepared in the twentieth century style, if you will be careful in se lecting your Fertilizer. We ecommend the FISH BRAND .Make this store your head quarters and let us help you with your problems. r IF IT'S MADE OF WOOD We 'Make It IF IT'S LUMBER OR BUILDING MATERIAL We Ihtove PHONES 13157 ft Co. AT THE DEPOT m 1 I ... n .. .. 1 o 1 ...:n ' ::.':. Jiunii aautry. oure nope you -whi f nr m.jlwt ' ' '''B I consider this and and give me a ioh."t 7iomimi"i ... . . : ' mIiih li"i&
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