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THE PRESIDENT'S FARM PLAN
The New York Herald Tribune has devoted a thoughtful and sympa
thetic editorial to the farm problem. The basic trouble, it points out.
' It that increased farm productivity has been accompanied by a declining
aiarket. During and after the war we fed much of the world and,
. rightfully, farmers were given every incentive to expand acreage. But
incentives of which the biggest was high fixed price supports
continued after world conditions had greatly changed. The in-
svitable result was enormous and incredibly costly surpluses.
Then the Herald Tribune considers the President's new farm plan
with particular emphasis on its principal element the soil bank. Under
this concept, acreage would be withdrawn from all production and
the farmer, in return, would receive cash or its equivalent in grain now
held by the government. At the same time there would be a long range
conservation project to put marginal land into forest or grass land that
would retain water and reduce erosion. The paper said: "President
Eisenhower's program constitutes constructive answers to the most
pressing economic problem facing the country- His proposals are far
better for the farmer and the country than a mere re' urn to fixed par
ity prices, which would only encourage greater surpluses at greater
cost to the nation in payments and in storage expense. Land will not
be diverted from one surplus crop to another, or to grazing, which
would add to the livestock raiser's woes."
Finally, the Herald Tribune made a point with which all should
agree when it is said: "The farm problem must not become exclusively
the political football of an election year. It is a national issue, demand
ing, within the limits of reasonable controversy, the judicious consid
eration of both Republican and the Democratic parties as well as of all
lections of the country."
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Courtesy New Orleans Times-Picayune
SHOULD YOU PAY YOUR NEIGHBOR'S T1.&
Suppose a commercial business in your town sold some cn ' ?e or
commodity to your neighbor for less than its cost and then demanded
that you pay the difference and make up the loss:
' That, you'll say, is absurd and impossible. And so it is in the case
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of a private enterprise. But it is not only possible but common when
he government provides commercial services.
Parcel post is an excellent example. When this service was started,
in 1913, Congress specified that it should be self-sustaining, should not
unnecessarily compete with private transportation service, and should
supplement, not supersede, private carriers.
Those were admirable and reasonable specifications but they cer
tainly have not been realized. The service has been conducted on a below
rost basis at the expense of all the taxpayers. It is estimated that the
ieficit, to the end of last year, was more than $1,200,000,000. During
the 1947-51 period, according to one reliable study, for every dollar
the shipper spent on parcel post, almost 42 cents had to be ponied up by
the general taxpayer to meet the difference between what the shipper
paid and what it cost to provide the service. In the latter year, congress
took certain corrective steps. However, the service is still being
operated at a loss. The effect of all this on taxpay ing private parcel
rices, which have no subsidies, can be imagined.
The least government can do, when it enters the realm of business.
is to see to it that the charges cover all the costs and that the people
who want and Use a service pay the bill.
Ornamental Shrubs Are Link Between
Tall Trees And Low Growing Flowers
When planting all dried and brok
en roots should be cut cleanly and
the branches should be thinned back
to reduce the leaf surface by ap
proximately 1-3, depending upon the
amount of roots lost in digging and
root pruning. Holes should be dug
large enough and deep enough to
allow roots to be spread out in their
natural position at the same depth
the shrub grew in the nursery.
In planting hedge plants such as
privet, it is well to plant three
inches below the crown to encour
age growth of more side shoots and
increase the thickness of the hedge.
Mellow soil should be worked
through the roots. When all the
roots are covered the soil should
be firmed by tramping. Then fill
the remainder of the hole with wat
er, allowing this to soak in before
raking the dirt in loosely to com
plete the planting. A two or three-
inch mulch of leaves should be
spread around the newly planted
shrubs after a couple of handfuls of
Vigoro are scattered around each
shrub.
The best time for pruning shrubs
depends upon their flowering habits
The shrubs which bear blossoms on
new growth in the late spring or
summer should be pruned in late
winter or early spring while those
which bear blossoms on last year's
wood growth should be pruned soon
after blooming. Remove one or
two of the older canes at the ground
each year to keep the shrub open
and bushy. The new growth will
be able to develop In normal bran
ching form. Never give shru.
other than hedges, a "haircut" type
of trimming.
Ornamental shrubs are the link
between the tall trees and low grad
ing flowers of our yards. They are
the "fillers-in" to form backgrounds
and screens and to give enclosure
to different parts of the yard. The
list of shrubs available at pres
ent from nurseries is a large one
actually several hundred, and there
isn't room here to list all the va
rieties of decidious and evergreen
shrubs available. You can rely
on any good nurseryman for recom
mendations to fit your yard and
pocketbook.
Decidous shrubs may be trans
planted anytime while they are dor
mant that is, after the leaves have
fallen in autumn and before the
buds open in spring. In most parts
of the North shrubs are planted
both in fall and spring. Fall plant
ing is done while the soil is in good
condition for working. It is a long
er season, the weather is more fa
vorable and the plants are more
likely to be freshly dug. On the oth
er hand, cold, drying winds during
the winter may cause losses. Spring
planting insures plants starting
growth promptly after the frost If
out of the ground, but there are
disadvantages. Among these are the
following:
Spring planted shrubs have often
been in storage for long periods and
they reach their destination with
lowered vigor. Too often the soil is
extremely wet and hard to work
with early in the season.
As a general rule, spring planting
is less risky in the extreme north
ern states but from the latitude of
Columbus, O., and south either
spring or fall planting is possible.
Easy-To-Grow Flowers Answer To Wide
Spread Problem Of Colorful Gardens
Have You Ever Been To One Of Our
DOLLAR DAYS?
You Should There Are Two Coming Up
FEB. 16th & 17th
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Do you like lots of color in your
garden but lack for the time to
care for a wide variety? Then you
need easy to grow flowers. Listed
below are six requiring only sim
ple culture and for the small lot,
they are all that is needed. So
many gardeners load up with many
different flower seeds, then find
ing that they have too little 'space
after aU, they limit each to just a
few plants. The result is a border
which, though beter than none at
all, is a hodgepodge of all colors,
shapes and sizes, and is not nearly
so pretty as one having fewer flow,
ers in larger masses.
First choice would be the zinnia
for the ease with which it may be
grown. It furnishes color in the
garden and abundance of cut flow
ers for weeks. No annual serves
these purposes as well as the zin
nia. In its ' many forms, it ranges
California Giants.
Petunias, especially the . purple.
white and hybrid red strains serve
admirably as a ground cover for
bulb beds. Their spreading foliage
covers the dying bulb foliage ef
fectively. Petunias may be started
In a cold frame or sown directly in
the garden, but they should be
thinned out.
Sweet Alyssum is another indis
pensable annual serving as a filler
for odd spots and corners, or as a
continuous border the whole length
of the flower bed. The seed is sown
where it is to flower, scratched
lightly into loose, soil. In less than
six weeks the growing plants are
in full white bloom. Shearing the
plant at ten-day intervals, first on
one side nd thed the other, will
keep them in bloom all summer.
Annual larkspur with medium tall
spikes of pink, blue and white fills
the need for taller growing plants
from the tiny Lilliputs to the huge in the back of the flower bed and
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adds the necessary areas of blueA cause scraggly growth and inferior
Larkspur aoea not transplant xrom tuooma.
flats easily. It is best to sow it very i
early In the- spring, thinning the 1M . fm .1 Im
plant! to three or four inches apart, i i , f 1 1 "tf ' 1C
Brle-ht yellow Trench maricolds '"I , Wis vl J
may grow m high a three feet and
their carnation-like blooms make
excellent cutting flowers. Other var
ieties in bush form may grow only
to a heighi-of one foot
Nicotiana, or flowering tobacco,
with its deep red. pink and white
star-shape flowers , winds -up the.
list of easy to grow annual. It U
a rapid grower from seeds sown di
rectly on the surface of the soil but
needs, thinning to I to 10 inches
Vets Are Ming
Q. I am the widow of a World
War I veteran, receiving month
ly TA pension. I am receiving sur
vivors Insurance benefit, based on
my lat husband' employment. Are
those benefits considered income,
lor pension purposesr ; ; .
A. Survivor Insurance 'benefit.
apart. . ; i ' -' I which you receive on the baai of
i i jour- laie nusoanu s employment,
aen or wese nowers is aisease- ar considered as Income.. -
proof, drought-reaistsnt and troub-l Q. I borrowed some money on
ed by tew insec's. However, they I my permanent - National Service
all appreciate a fair level of soil ! Ufa Insurance nolicv. w br chance.
fertility.' Work two pounds of Vi-JI can't repay the principal or ln-i
goro per nun area square feet into teres t, will my policy be cancelled?
the soil before planting. Donl I A Your policy will not be cancell-
jverfeed; too much plant food may ed until your total indebtednew
(Slyj Dov;n & Live)
equal or exceed the policy's cash ed at your local VA Office, Boom
value. Should that happen, your 807, Bordea Building,- Ooldiboro,
poucy would cease ana you no long. c, ',
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Q. I am a disabled World War
II 'veteran taking training" under
Public Law 18., If I am injured
while training, would I be enittled
to additional VA compensation? -
A, Yes, provided your injury re
sulted directly from your training.
Q. 'Will veteran of World War
II be abl to get a GI loan indef
initely: ,
A No. In most case applications
by World , War n veteran must be
mad within 10 year from July 23,
1947, the end of World War IX for
the purpose of the Act ' Veterans
whose entitlement 1 derived from
active service on or after June 27,
1950, have until January SI. 196S
within which to apply for their OI
loan benefit.
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garding the above or any other VA
administered benefit can be obtain-
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