Concentrate On Leaf
- ^ . ■" ■ ■ • .. . •
Of Superior Quality,
Farmers Are Advised
Tobacco Assacia?es
Give Timely Advice
As Season Begins
“Concentrate on the production
of superior-quaiity, bright-yeliow
grades of flue-cured tobacco for
1954 to meet consumer preference
for these types, in 'die manufacture
of cigarettes.”
This comes as timely advice from
Tobacco Associates, Inc., as grow
ers begin preparations for their
new crop of the “golden wJeed.”
“The buying policies of the
manufacturing companies have
been affeched materialy by the
nicotine content of the flue-cured
tobacco during the past two year:,”
the organization’s January-Febru
ary Report declared, emphasizing
“the situation is such that tobacco
growers should give careful atten
tion to the selection of varieties
and cultural practices that rfcsult
in low nicotine content of the
leaf.”
Talks with representatives of
domestic manufacturers and the
foreign trade by Tobacco Asso
ciates officials reveal that they Want
tobaccos that carry these proper
ties: (1) low nicotinic content; (2)
high sugar content; (3) light body;
(4) bright color; (5) porous and
fluffy texture, and (6) a clean and
merchantable product.
In calling growers’ attention to
their rote in meeting the nicotine
£ problem, the' export promotional
body devoted considerable space
in its current deport to the N. C.
Experiment Station’s recently re
leased Research Report dealing
with this subject, the Research
• Report points out that “nicotine
tevel is—a—quality—index “that is
carefully watched in the plant
breeding program with resistant
varieties averaging about one-half
of oifs percent less nicotine than
he older lines.”
As dmonstrated - in controlled
experiments, the report Peveals
hat the level of nicotine accumu
lated in flue-cured tobacco is in
fluenced by these factors: (1) Va
rieties are inherently different in
heir nicotine contents. Both the
•evel of alkaloid synthesis and the
chemical nature of the alkaloid are
genetically controlled, with the
neuter disease-resistant varieties
somewhat lower in nicotine than
the older non-resistant varieties
testled. Varieties retain their rela
tive rapkings in nicotine despite
differences in weathrer conditions
and locations.
(2) Nicotine accumulation is di
rectly related to the Jevel of nit
rogen fertility; (3) the nicotine
contents of flue-curted tobacco may
vary in different cropping systems.
Thus, when rotations are used for
the control of riematodes, the ob
served differences may be due
to differential root damage but,
more probably, to the fertility re
sides from the previous crop; (4)
nicotine is concentrated into the
remaining tissues after tobacco is
topped and suckered. The degree
of the accumulation is directly re
lated to the severity of the prun
ing; (5) tobacco, artificially infect
ed with mosaic, is consistently
lower in. nicotine than the non
infected tbbacco; and (6) moisturre
supply is the most important single
factor in regulating the growth and
nicotine accumulation of tobacco.
This ha^ been forcefully demon
strated in irrigation experiments
—varieties differ in their nicotine
response to varying moisture con
ditions.
Tobacco Associates leaders point
nut that an Important factor In
maintaining and expanding our
export trade in flue-cured to
Voluntary 'Safety Check'
Movement Draws
Umstead's Praise
GOVERNOR ENDORSES AUTO INSPECTION joverncr aut0mobiles promulgated
and personal endorsement" to a plan for the volu fa-V sa e J .. . cl-- Um
and personal endorsement" to a plan tor —- . ■ fhis Spring. Above, Governor Urn
by the Carolina Safety League. The free inspectio i-are o Greesnboro, chairman of the League,
stead hands his signed endorsement to Thomas A > ' ‘ . McAlister Carson, Jr., of Char
On the left of the picture are Mrs. Bessie Ballent >v^o a espectjve|y 0n the right of the picture
lotto, secretary-treasurer end vice-chairman of th League, respect' y movement "one of
is State Motor Vehicles Commissioner Ed Scheidt, a League d.rector, who c
the finest things that has happened since I took office
Governor Umstead, Motor Ve
hicles Commissioner Ed Scheidt,
hundreds of business firms and or
ganizations and thousands of pri
vate citizens are supporting a
movement to “safety check” the
automobiles and trucks which trav
el the streets and highways of
Jgorth Carolina. The program,
which includes the use of State
j approved windshield stickers for
those vehicles which are in safe
condition, gets under way this
. Spring.
The movement is being directed
by the Carolina Safety League of
)
bacco is the making available of
adequate supplies of “high quality
cigarette type” leaf which is large
ly the growers’ problem. Though
the season was unfavorable in the
Middle and Old Beits for the pro
duction of the best grades of ciga
rette tobacco last year, some grow
| ers consistently get a larger pro
rportion of “The cigarette grades
j than do ^others, even on similar
'soils. «
ft
EVfO CHEVROLET!
DIFFERENCE
A LITTLE
LABOR
MAKES
€NO
mmiacfi
EXPERT
LABOROF
COURSE!
I
€/VO
mmunc?
I'FtilCl
^MAKES SERVICED
CA-^4101 NC.
m
t#TABLIS
OLD
i;'*n
S:
a0t0<citAo^i?=^ **
which T. A. Williams, Greensboro
automobile dealer, is chairman.
“This program is- strictly volun
tary,” Williams .said. “And the in
spections won't cost a penny and
won’t entail any otHigation on the
owners of the cars. We believe
that motorists will welcome an
opportunity to have their cars safe
ty checked if they are not-subject
ed to a lot of red tape and delay.”
Governor Umstead issued a for
mal, signed statement giving his
“official and personal endorse
ment” of the program, which fol
lows'.
“I am happy to give both my of
ficial and personal endorsement to
the ‘Voluntary Motor Vehicle
Safety Check’ campaign sponsored
by the Carolina Safety -League.
“Before doing so I discussed the
plan in detail with the Commis
sioner of Motor Vehicles, Ed
Scheidt, who is a director of the
League: I agree with him that the
State’s efforts for highway safety
will be aided materially'by a sue:
cessful program to assure the me
chanical safety of motor vehicles
by periodic inspection, and cor
rection of defects found. Since
there is now no law in North Car
the League's effort to secure the'
voluntary check-up of as many ve
hicles as possible, without cost to
the owners, should fill a real need.
Moreover, that part of the plan
which provides for stickers on the
windshields of cars checked and
found safe should prove popular
with those motorists who want to
do their part in he prevention of
highway accidents.
“•When the actual inspections be
pin, I will see to it that the State
owned automobile which carries
license, plate No. lalsacarriesa ..
sticker with the statement that it
has been checked and approved.”
/s/ William B. Umestad
Governor of North Carolina
The actual inspections will begin .
in -April or May depending upon
delivery of the hundreds of thous
ands of green, white and black
stickers which have been ordered.
Cars and trucks will be inspected
as to brakes, steering, lights, horns,
tires, windshields and windshield
wipers -— according to rules set
down in an officially approved
manual. Vehicles which are found
safe, or which are made safe 'fol
lowing discovery of mechanical de
fects, will be given a signed and
dated sticker stating that hey have
beten checked and “approved.”
The North Carolina Legislature
passed a mandatory mechanical in
spe'Ctiorrtaw in 194? laird the'State
set up “inspection lanes*’ through
out -the 100 counties. But the ad
ministration of the law proved so
unpopular that the next Legisla
ture immediately repealed it. The
plan of the Cardlna Safety Lea- [
gue calls for free, voluntary in-1
spection at any one of hundreds
of garages designated as inspec- j
-tion stations.
“I think it’s one of the finest
things which has been started
since I took office,” said Commis
sioner Scheidt, the former top
FBI man who is leading the State's
effort to reduce highway deaths
and accidents.
f _" v
Officers of the League, in addi
UNLIMITED
MORE Milk
From FEWER Cows!
In October, 1953, North Carolina milk production set
a new record of 141 million pounds for that month
AND, it was done with FEWER cows (386,000) than -
we had in June, 1944 (389,000), the all-time record
high number of head I The improved breedina and
—___-_r .i .| ... V . $*■>**?, ■
.aPPBfa5 wWimjfes greatly^ " ’ "s™~
In making North Carolina a better place in which to
work, play and live.
Another contribution to more pleasant living for North '
Carolinians is the brewing industry's self-regulation
program where brewers, wholesalers and retailers
in counties where malt beverages are permitted under
conditions for the legal sale of beer and ale.
North Carolina Division
UNITED STATES BREWERS FOUNDATION, INC.
THE BEVERAGE OS MODERATION
tion to Williams, are: McAlister
Carson, Jr.,i of Charlotte, vice,
chairman; Mrs. Bessie B. Ballen
tine of Raleigh, secretary ^treas
urer; and Scheidt, V. E. Fisher
and J. W. Ragsdale of Raleigh and
T. E. Pickard of Charlotte, direc
tors.
There were 8.9 million layers
in farm flocks in North Carolina
in January, 1954, compared with
9.25 million during the same
month a year earlier.
Alfalfa Weevil*
heavy losses of
counties of toarvl
slightly extended
As a result of
drought special
taling about $26
the USD A thro
more than 2,500
m
SAVE SAVE SAVE $4
•' New & Used Tires & Tubes
passenger truck earthmover Tttt
600 x 16 650 x 16 ALL
THRU THRU SIZES .J
820 x 15 MOO x 22 ^
EXPERT RECAPPING
AT REASONABLE PRICES
Experienced Personnel — Latest Etjoipn,
CHAPEL HILL TIREC
502 W. FRANKLIN ST. 9 J
CHAPEL HILL, N. C.
As a wife, or’ wife-to-be, your responsibilities
It’s up to you to make your home -
live in. And it’s your job, too, to help your us
family budget.
A practical budget that not only allows
spending—but intelligent saving as v. eu. .
Regular saving, week in week out, month
It's Easy To Save
mmsmm.
at
m
Once You Get The Habit, YoolJ
Surprised How Fast The Dollars 1
3% PERYEAR
CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE
HILLSBORO