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Washington Farm News FARMERS' BUSINESS. SURPLUSES MENACE. OUR FARM PLANT. 4-H CLUB WORK. r J . (Huso S. Sims, Washington Corres pondent) The farmers of the United States ought to be able to study the methods of successful manufacturers and in dustrialists and apply these principles to agriculture. It is well known that manufactur ers do not hesitate to shut down their industrial plants in order to avoid overproduction. These broad-headed business men do 110 worry over t^ie unemployment that their actions pro duce. Farmers in the United States, who produced wheat, corn and cotton, our great export products, are now facing a critical period. The prospects are almost certain that huge surpluses will be on the market this year. De mands, already weak, will be entirely insufficient to absorb the production. Consequently prices will drop and the farmer will be seriously injured. In fact, farmers may as well un derstand that unless the nation suc ceeds in its attempt to prevent huge surpluses of farm products, there is extreme danger of a repetition of a deflation in agricultural values that had much to do with the economic collapse of the United States in 1932. There are experts who now believe that the fast decline in the price level in basic farm commodities in 1937. was the major factor in producing the present depressed business condition. In 1937, economists of the Depart ment of Agriculture estimated that the Unied Sates had a farm plant of about 365,000,000 acres. This was about sixty million acres more than necessary to produce food, feed and fiber for domestic consumption. The products of the sixty million excess acres, available for export, was about one-fourth more than was necessary to serve the foreign demands. With fifteen to twenty million acres of farm land under plow in excess of current demand conditions, the problem of agriculture was to discover methods that would take this land out of cultivation. This was necessary in order to prevent the surplus production from driving prices down on the entire crop It is now apparent, that by the end of this year, vhere will be large sur pluses of wheat, corn and cotton. Al ready prices of these farm products reflect the possibility that the world will have crops far in excess of pros pective needs. Consequently, it is certain that the farmers of the United States will face the necessity of con trolling their production or of accept ing ruinously low prices. Govern mental bounties and payments can hardly be high enough to give grow ers the income that they would re ceive if the production is kept within reasonable bounds. Nearly two hundred youngsters will attend the twelfth consecutive National 4-H Club Encampment, to be held in West Potomac Park in Washington, June 16-22. Two boys and two girls from each State, mem bers of 4-H clubs, will represent ap proximately 1,192,000 rural boys and girls now engaged in club. work. . __r.. aentatives of tfo vari^i^&atesv^ll hear outstanding speakers in the field of agriculture and home-making, in-1 clwiinc the. Secretary o|f. Agriculture, U Henry A. ^Wallace. They will have] I the opportunity to visit governmental I and historic shrines. I . I Readers of this, clumn should not I overlook the fine work being done by I the 4-H club organizations through-1 out the United States. Boys and girls I in agricultural, sections are developed I in farming, home-making and leader* I I ship. They will undoubtedly becomes I better citizena because of the club I I work that they do. The only criticism that the writer! can think of in connection with the I '4 encampment in Washington, is the j I ^ m or near the Cfe&M- City to take! care of boyfe|^ in clubs The Robin Hood Barn-Vocational Training Cen tre ^ I Tfa<? bi, tern, c&id to to the "f nmth Carolina,] km . Ike packing hove lor tha I W* Acra. .paafc*- reach Farm. at rtqahant J ? i ' ! Robin H*o4 F*nn?, U teach boyi tannine. < ' ' ?? ; v i.if'l i I ~ ... " ,'r v " i Vocational Training To Be Given Yfittths Robin Hood Farms, a 2,200 acre tract in North Carolina's Sandhills, will be opend soon to provide voca tional training for farm boys unable to attend college. Located six miles west of Pine hurst, the farm is now being made ready for the early occupancy of this group of young future farmers. The novel idea was developed by Thomas L. Vaughan, former citixen of Winston-Salem, tobacconist, busi ness man, and farm operator, who, with several associates, procured s North Carolina charter for a non profit corporation to carry on these! activities. Col. J. W. Harrelson, administrative dean at State College, was high in praise of this effort to provide vo cational training for farm young sters unable to secure a college edu cation. ?- - ? . ? ? *u _ __ There will be no charge ior unuon or living expenses, each student pay ing for his training and sustenance through the production of markeable products. ?'-* Being educational in scope and with a provision in its set-up which pro hibits payments of dividends, the cor poration is exempt from taxation. All earnings and accruals will go into fur ther expansion of the service. Interested citizens have made ini tial payment on the well-adapted tract, and others have indicated wil lingness to raise funds necessary to put the property into shape for early operations. Dean I. 0. Schaub, director of ex tension at State College, said, "We are fortunate that such a training center for our farm boys, has been established, and the Extension Ser vice is highly interested in the pro ject." THE ANSWERS! ? 1. 1906. 2. For June, the city has appro priated |4,704,Q00 of its funds. 3. Tentative plans are prepared to remove almost half of the city's population. 4. Kept 8 prisoner in .a.palace for three months, he was removed last' week to an unknown place. 5. A "subsistence homestead" pro ject, costing $2,500,000, and occupied by 165 families. 3 6 September 3, 1925. 7." The "pen name" of C. H. Smith. 8. Union of Soviet Socialist Re publics. ? 9. About 92,000,000 miles. 10. Only to wheat growers:, in 1939. * - STATE COLLEGE ANSWERS TIMELY FARM QUESTIONS ,-v Question: .When is the beat time to csponize cockerels tor the early mar ket? Answer: As.it usually stakes troiji eight to eleven months to proper^ develop and iinish, a capon, the bM should be csponixed from wd^jpf until AufuaL P* time also takes late-batched PQpkgMfe off the market when broiler pane are low. Birds from one and one-oajf to two pounds in weight may be tqjep. Only vigorous cockerels should be used for this purpose and it is , not economical to. caponize Leghorns or I thv smaller breeds. f ;? ?] ?? ? #*' :? Question: How many trees should be left to the acre in a tim - .? ?? * a ^ I ^ ^ ?i I ? i j. ? rfiPCejPWKl eilS^OMMMUs' vfit-*'" ? - i I 1* e, i ^ i ul nlirtfilrf hflgiri ghfmf i| vs?L r. * J f - 'dl&L ! a 1 (Sago S. Sims, Washington Corres pondent.) THE NATIONAL LABOR RELA TIONS BOARD; JTSWORK, HIS TORY AND LEGAL FUNCTIONS In view of the widespread discus sion of the National Labor Relations Act, which is constantly assailed by I industrialists who clamor for its mod ification, it might be well to review the Act itself, the work of the Na tional Labor Relations Board and some of the history connected with both. It should be clearly understood, in the beginning, that the National La bor Relations Act, signed by the Pres ident on July 5, 1936, gave legal rec ognition to certain specified rights of laborers and prohibited employers from doing certain acts, considered unfair to labor. For Employes Only., The Act affirmed the right of em ployes to full freedom in self-organi zations, and in the designation of representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of collective bargain ing It forbids employers from dis missing employes because of union membership or engaging in union ac tivities,-from supporting company unions finaneially, or aiding in their organization; from" refusing to bar gain with any labor organization chosen by the majority of employes through their free choice and from bargaining with any other group than the one .chosen by the majority of em ployes as representatives of the work ers. In brief, the Act recognized the right of laborers' to organize and bar gain collectively and set up the Na tional Labor Relations Board to pro tect laborers in the full exercise of their rights. This . Board is charged with enforcement of the Act. It re ceives complaints, holds hearings and issues cease and desist orders. In the event that employers fail to com ply with the Orders, they are referred to the Federal Circut Court of Ap peals for review and enforcement, if upheld. Tot Protect labor. i The NL&B is an independent agen cy. Its prime purpose being to see 4$at laborers are protected in the ex excise of the rights given by the Act itself. This Act, it should be clearly understood, -was enacted solely for the protection of laborers. Conse quently, the board investigates issues, facts, practiced and activities of em players or am^^p.ia^afec, contro versies, sees that employes have the righto sblf-oJ^pniia.tion, to form, join or assist 4abof digsnizations, to "*fc seHtatives or tncir own cnoosin^, snu venting any person from engaging in any unfair labor'practice affect ng commerce. ? < . s Courts UpkoH Law. The act was upheld by the United States Supreme Court on April 12, l?Wj in . five, cases appealed from lower.courts. In six additional cafes, the Court failed to announce fny opinion adverse to the Labor Bojtrd or holding invalid any sinjie protfs ion of the tan.' In its opinion, the Court upheld th* Act as a valid ?x ercise of the commerce power [ of Congress* said that it did not violate the'due process clause'W gtitutioxu and declared that the pro ^a^?ihi^^L f -Su^uentiy, ^ Court ha# that against employers, that in partieu .1 Ijl^iLL ? ' m I _ _ _ ? a. m S " ,? lates the Act. ,. ?-??? Court Worries Board. Because the Board is a quasi-judi cial agency, it has been involved in the recent discussion of the relation ship between the Court and such gov ernmental agencies. Edwin S. Smith, one of the three ^members of the Board, recently criticized the tenden cy of some Circuit Courts to give lit tle or no effect to the finding of facts made by the Board, although the Act expressly says, if such findings are supported by evidence, they shall be final. Admitting that the interpretation of the Act, the appropriateness of the Board's ruling, and its jurisdiction, were intended to be reviewed by the courts, Mr Smith said Congress did not intend to delegate to the' courts the task of weighing the evidence the Board had heard and of coming to an independent conclusion as to whether the Board has correctly appraised it. He points olt that "Labor's ex perience with the courts has, gener ally speaking, not been a happy one." There has been, he says, many at tempts by Labor to correct, by legis lation, the lack of comprehension shown the social problems of em ployeer-employe by certain courts, which have been slow to "adapt their points of .view to the reorganization of the human rights of Labor in an evolving dynamic and democratic so ciety." Handled 15,000 Cases. Chairman J. Warren Madden, in a recent address, made his first ex tended answer to -those attacking the Board. Reviewing its work, he points out that some 15,000 cases have been solved, most of them since the Sii preme Court decision. In some thousands of cases, he says, the charges have been dismissed or withdrawn after the Board's agents had investigated the allegation and found them to be without merit. In other thousands of cases, em ployers and employes have adjusted their difficulties on the basis of com pliance with the law. Conducts Elections. In some 1,200 cases the Board's agents have conducted elections to permit employes to select their rep resentatives for collective bargain ing. In seventy-five per cent of these elections, he reports,established trade unions were selected, but in others the employes either selected a new and unaffiliated union or. voted their desire to have no union. V ? In some hundreds of cases, he con Itinued, preliminary investigation seemed to establish the merits of com I plaints and the Board, unable to ob Itain compliance without formal pro ?ceadingjs, held public hearings in the ?community - Where the controversy arose. These* have exposed unfair practices, ranging from minor viola Itions of the statute to the teiToriza Ition of entire communities in complete I In hundreds of other cases, the I ?Board haa issued formal decisions,! stating the facts and setting forth! ?conclusions as to wbat should be done I ?to bring the situation in, complianceI ?with law. Mat*Madden admits that! ?great eredit "must be given to those! ?employers who have lead the way to I ?the acceptance", of the new law. At! ?the same time, he sayB, the opposi tion, having failed to prevent passage I of the law, has transferred itself to I the courts in 9x1 effort to nullify the! ?4 Thin concludes,' as briefly as pojM$| ble, our explanation of the Act and! I the fanctiena'tfdtthe Board together)' I with a history of what has happened I itself was pasbed to project certain!: rights of Labor and the Board, nn-jl of .riototiojdWol^f, A*t I tin bmric Act should be modified, in > , * 'a.'. sV-tL- Wh _ _ k - SLt_' 'i'.i'. OTflfts ' thA nAftfn mav tlilffl 1 nizance of complaints of employers, ;l |% 1. . Traill. f Uaw) nmmL fl I p* Li -: jiu** ^ ^ 11 ' '*? ' Na?lemency for Empie Baldwin; Reprieve Is Granted Ben Sims. - Raleigh, Jane 9. ? Governor Hoey yesterday said he would not intervene in the execution of Empie {Ebbie) Baldwin, 25 year old Negro scheduled to die in the gas chamber Friday morning for the rape of Miss Kath leen Polly In Columbus County last January. At the same time, a 30-day re prieve was granted Ben Sims, Guil ford County Negro who was senten ced last September to die for the murder of Toy Shell, another Negro. This stay automatically sets execu tion date for Sims on July 29, un less further; study of the case brings commutation or further clemency. Paroles Commissioner Edwin Gill said that no extenuating circumsta nces could be found concerning the crime for which Baldwin was convict ed and that an investigation of the case did not provide any new evidence or matter on which .to lift the death sentence. The execution of Baldwin Friday will be the first time the death chamber has been in use since April 29 when two Negroes died for rape. Lice, Mites Cut Into Poultryman's Profits ? Lice, red mites, and tropical mites lower the vitality of laying birds and decrease egg production in poultry flocks, warns C. P. Parrish, extension poultry specialist at State College. When lice, are found on the bodies of the birds, the parasites may be eradicated by dusting with sodium fluoride. Pinches of dust should be applied to the vent fluff, on the back near the oil glands under each wing, and on the neck. Or the birds may be dipped in slightly warm water to which has been added an ounce of sodium flu oride for each gallon of* water. Or nicotine sulphate may be applied to the perch poles. Red mites stay in the poultry house. At night they crawl up on the birds and suck blood. To eradicate mites, treat the perch poles and pole sup ports with used motor oil to which has been added one-third or more kerosene. Gas tar or creosote may be used in place of the motor oil and kerosene mixture. Tropical mites remain on the birds' bodies as lice do, and they may be eradicated by treating the perch poles with nicotine sulphate, with the ap plications being repeated every three or four days. Or the birds may be dipped in a slightly warm solution made up of two ounces of flowers of sulphur, and one ounce of loundry soap to each gallon of water. Ruffle the feathers so the solution will reach all parts of the birds' skin. A mixture of One part mercurial ointment and two parts vaseline may be used also. Apply a lump about the size of a garden pea to the skin be low the vent and another lump to the base of the tail near the oil gland. : I l*^ell Prepared Hay Is I I Higher In Feed Value I Thick-stemmed hay cut at the] I wrong time, improperly cured, and I Filled with weeds has comparatively I little feed value. ? j I A good hay should be leafy, small-1 I stemmed, free from weeds, and have I Is good green color, said John A.II l&ney, extension dairy, specialist at II I Estate College. II Many farmers make the mistake] I if waiting too late to cut their hay. Irhe result is that the plants have I thick stems with much erode fiber and a smaller proportion of leavfes, I Bapid curing is desirable. Cut on ly in dry weather, rake the hay into I ?windrows and let it cure before 11 Bplacing it in the barn. If the win- fl drows are turned over about three] hours before the hay is to be hauledJl to the bam, the curing process will be speeded up. J Over euiring damages the hay. And lif under-cured h*y la stored in the] bam, it will generate enough heat] to fade out the green color, lower the] vitamin content, and become moldy. Green hay has been known to set barns on fire through spontaneous] combugjpon. ,? 'A%;, oil When soybean and cowpea hay Is [ being cured in the fall, Arey pointaw* out, it is advisable to cure it in small stacks placed on tripods, The stacks should, not contam-flmw, 800 > I pounds of cued- hsy^^'] I The beat time to 'cut alfalfa is when the ?rop is from 140 to 1-4 in ? Mown; lespedesa when the fMp is about 1-2 In bloom; soybeans whea ! the seed lust begins to form the ; pods; cowpeaa when the first pods be Sip to yellow; small grains when in < !>loom or the early milk stagk?| j ^ I and orchard should be ^ut in the early ? bloom stage, because the - protein i ?*1li(JikTUMnah lamh 1 I' [Fordm^AtNewYoAVoria'sFairJ IglHe theme", of- the Ford: Motor X Company's exhibit building at the New York World's Fair in 1*39 will be prophetic of the advances America may expect in transpgrta tion in coming decades, according to an announcement by Edael Ford, president of the company. Based upon an exposition of the institutional character of the Ford company and the fundamental pol ! ides which have directed its growth j daring the past 35 years, the fair exhibit will reach its climax in "The i'Read gC Tomorrow," an elevated highway mom, than half a mile long, ; -rising upon a aeries of spiral ramps, > traversing the borders of a patio I and finally circling the main band ing on a deep setback at the top of the walls. The exhibit. In four rather die* tlnct parte, will include an entrance rotunda facing the main west gate, ; a spacious Manufacturing Hall, : a patio, with pools, playing foun tains and large rest areas, and the | elevated road. From the west side * t of the patio, eteps wffl rise to a - broad messanlne. There Ford V-fl and Lincoln-Zephyr can will load passengers for' the rid* orer The Road of TomorrOw." i li From .the loading platform the can* will pass io the sohth, enter the spiral ramps, climbing to the upper level and following the elevated highway as It passes over the met zanine, west along the south wall of Manufacturing Hall, through a tunnel llne? with phoiomurals; thence circling the top of the build ing, through a. glass tunnel high in the Rotunda; down the ramp to th*. second level, around the patio and: back to the starting point. At night flood lighting will fall upon the cars as they circle the highway high on the walls of Manu facturing Hall, plavlng moving sha dows on the building walls, in full sight of the whole fairgrounds. The building will occnpy the highest lo cation on the grounds. It will be decorated in white, red and blue and will be floodlighted at night. NOTICE OF SPECIAL BOND ELECTION AND NEW REGISTRATION FarmviUe School District of Pitt County $45,000 School Bonds A special election will be held be tween the hours of 7:00 A. M. and 7:00 P. M., Eastern Standard Time, July 5, 1938, at which there will be submitted to the qualified voters of [the Farmville School District of Pitt | County, which comprises the territory I hereinafter described, the question of issuing not exceeding*$45,000 bonds of said school district for the purpose of erecting and equipping a new school building and purchasing a site therefor and altering and equipping gristing school buildings in mid school district The boundry lines of the* FarmviHe School District are as follows: Beginning at the Greene County line at the junction^, *>f Winterville Township and the Greene Colnty line at the junction of Little Contentnea Creek and Middle Swamp; from thence a northerly course along Con ! tentnea Creek and Old Woman's Branch to the junction of the Falk land and Beaver Dam Township line to the junction of the Fountain and Falkland district lines; from thence southeast with Fountain District line to Toddy's Station; thence West with the Public road to the Greene County line; thence South with the Greene County line to the plank road; thence southeast along Greene County line to Contentnea Creek and the begin ning. If said bonds shall be issued, a tax will be levied on all taxable property within the Farmvi lie School District sufficient or the payment of the prin cipal and interest of such bonds. A new registration has been ordered and no one will be permitted to vote unless registered anew. The books for such new registration will remain open from 9:00 A. M. until sunset on each day, except Sundays and holi days, beginning June 11, 1988 and closing Saturday night, June 25,1938. On each Saturday during said regis tration period said books shall remain open at the polling place. The polling place and the names of the election officers, subject to change as provided by law, are as follows: Polling, Pitt Furniture Co.; Rqrfs trar, Curtis Flanagan; Judges, R. A. Fields and Joe Moye. ' By order of the Board of Commis sioners for the County of Pitt , J. C. GASKINS, Clerk. 4 May 27,' June 10-17. | ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE ? Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Annie It Joy-, ner, deceased, late of the county of Pitt, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having daims against the estate of the said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned, at his office, in Farmville, North Carolina, on or before the 5th day of May, 1939, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 4th day of May, 1988: R. T. MARTIN, Administrator of Mrs. Annie M. Joyner, 6-wks-c. Deceased. Health-Wrecking Functional PAINS Severe functional pains of mwntfiMttlftii, mmpliiy gpelll and Jangled nerves soon rob a woman of her natural, youth ful freshness. PAIN lines In :a woman's face too often grow ? into AGS lines! Thousands of women have found it helpful to take Car dui. They say It seemed to - ease Ahelr pains and they no ticed an increase in their ap petites and finally a strength ened resistance to the dis comfort of monthly periods. Try CardoL Of course if It doeant help yon. see your doctor. , I i it III ^11"*??I II II I u ?! I I????????? ? A gifted mind is one -tjiat easily discovers plausible excuses. IliM ?pMHmigp wammsa, PAD 8 MHTAL WORK OP ALL KINDS J NEWORREPAIR I fW?l OTfi.' I 276 x ? t" '''giMyf*' ,vf* 'M ;'fz [^#i?aiiftv?ilA BfaifcdfcffS?** Em # ?V jKFIII.V lllE'.- ?B1IW11 ???gU K9 ' I v li# Wi x fflLU-.-T? ?'TVT^.,. ? i*C : V- ?-? ? f ??/;. * ' V?v Y" ? * Sllllll^^
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