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Proposed Soil Bank Cause
Of Concern Among Farmers
As Well As Conaressmen
By BILL WHITLEY
SOIL BANK. Most lawmakers in
Washington feel that the idea of a
toil bank to cut farm production
and yet hold soil in readiness for
cultivation is a good idea.
Under plans outlined, the gov
ernment would pay a farmer for
taking a certain percentage of his
acreage out of production of basic
commodities.
There is one big question still
unanswered, however. The Depart
ment of Agrculture isn't ready to
say yet how much it Is willing to
pay per acre to take such land oul
of production.
If a farmer grows 100 acres ol
cotton, he would be allowed to take
20 acres, for example, out of cot
ton production. He would still pro
duce 80 acres of cotton and the
government would pay him a per
centage of what he could expect
to. make on the other 20. It prob
ably would be in the form of a di
rect check from the government.
QUESTION. The big question is
however, how big a percentage ol
what the farmer could "expect tc
Survived Fire I
SAVED from a Art that swept
through a Milwaukee building,
claiming six lives, an elderly
woman is removed by a fireman.
An undetermined number of
others leaped from windows Into
rescue nets. (International)
Farm Labor
Migrating
To Industry
The migration of much labor
from North Carolina farms to in
dustry is a matter of concern to
many farmers, according to D. G.
Harwood, Jr., extension farm man
agement specialist at State College.
Harwood says that farmers are
disturbed over two things: the
shortage of farm labor, and the
high wage rate which available
labor demands.
He says that many farmers are
wondering whether or not it will
pay to purchase machinery to take
the place of labor, and also, how
to use the labor they now have
most efficiently. He adds that this
concern is justified since labor Is
the most expensive production cost
on the farm.
Three recent bulletins designed
to help answer farmers' questions
concerning mechanization and
labor are: "Will It Pay To Mech
anize Tobacco?"; "Saving Labor In
Stringing Tobacco"; and "Should I
Buy or Hire a Cotton Harvester?"
These bulletins are available at
county agents' offices over the
state.
make" on the 20 acres would the
government be wlllihg to pay.
If it's 100 per cent, then any
farmer would be foolish to plant
any basics so long as the govern
ment would pay the fyll load.
If it's 50 per cent, then small
family size farmers couldn't afford
to take part.
A farmer raising five acres of
cotton, for instance, couldn't af
ford. moneywide, to raise only
three acres and let the government
pay him 50 per cent of what he
could expect to make on the other
two.
As Secretary Benson told the
Senate Agriculture Committee last
week, 'iThat is a crucial point and
a critical percentage we must work
out."
He said he'd offer a definite "per
centage" to be used at a later date.
Meanwhile, many lawmakers are
withholding judgment on the soil
bank plan for this reason.
BANQUET. Tar Heel Democrats
in the Nation's Capital are whip
ping together final plans for their
annual banquet honoring North
Carolina's Democratic Congression
al delegation.
It'll be the 20th such affair, and
it's scheduled to come off Satur
day, March 2*. at the newly dec
orated Sheraton-Park Hotel.
This year, according to Demo
cratic Club president Walter Pitt
man. plans are being made to han
llc many more than the 600 peo
ple who turned out for the affair
last year.
Hotbeds, Coldframes Useful For Growing Early Plants
By ROBERT SCHMIDT
It is not difficult to grow your
own plants if you have a hotbed
or coldframe available. A few
plants could easily be grown in a
shallow box in a kitchen window. It
usually takes from Ave to 10 weeks
to grow plants from seed ready to
set out in the garden, depending
on the kind of crop and on the
temperature and growing condi
tions.
Hotbeds and coldframes are
structures used to grow early plants
from seeds for transplanting in *he
garden after danger of frost is over,
or in some cases to give sufficient
protection to certain kinds of
plants to allow them to mature
during the late fall-or winter sea
sons. A coldframe is built like a
hotbed but has no source of heat
except the heat from the sun's
rays.
A hotbed is supplied with some
artificial source of heat such as
electricity, steam, hot water, hot
air or horse manure. The frames
may be covered with glass sash,
celloglass, glass cloth, plastic ma
terials or heavy muslin cloth. Glass
sash are the most efficient covers,
but they are rather expensive.
However, if given good care they
will last for many years whereas
the other materials will have to be
replaced every two or three years.
The kind of heat to be used will
depend on what is most easily
available.
Electricity is the most efficient
and dependable source of heat be
cause it can be controlled by means
of a thermostat.
Control of temperature, watering
and ventilation are the Important
operations in tbe care of hotbeds
and coldframes. Temperatures
should not be allowed to go too
high, and watering should not be
excessive if you wish good plants.
Bulletins on construction and (
management of hotbeds and cold
frames may be obtained by writing
the N.C. Extension Service, Depart- ,
ment of Horticulture, N. C. State
College, Raleigh, North Carolina. 1
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The milk flow has started to in- ,
crease seasonally, and is likely to ,
be above 1955 levels through this
winter.
Stocks of wheat stored in all
positions on October 1, 1955, were
the largest for the date in the com
parable series beginning in 1955. i
Legislative Production
PHOENIX, Ariz. <AP> ? SUte
Rep. Enos SchafTer gave his fellow
legislators a birth announcement
they could understand when he be
came the father of a son:
"Announcing a candidate for the
Legislature in the year 1980 )25
is the minimum age), Richard Enos
SchafTer. Produced through the
cooperation of Garnett J. Shaffer,
chairwoman, Planning and Dev
elopment Committee; Enos P.
SchafTer, chairman. Ways and
Means Committee, and Dr. Brain
ard and Dr. Scott, Co-chairmen,
Labor Committee."
Rhode Island, the smallest state,
has the shortest motto, "Hope."
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