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Properly Graded Loaf
iBrtogs High Prices
A little time spent in ?artiag to
bacco carefully has been known to
earn a farmer more moipy than all
the work he spent in the field grow
ing and harvesting it.
I In the warehouses it's a common
'? sight to see a "pin-hooker" buy a
X few baskets of mixed leaf from the
growers, grade it carefully, and sell
it to the buyers for considerably
more than he paid the fanner for
the same tobacco, said E. Y. Floyd,
of State College. ^ ?
The farmer who grows the weed
* could get just as much for it as the
- pin-hooker if he brings. %it to the
warehouse carefully sorted and pack
ed attractively 9 the badtets, Floyd
continued.
Buyers don't like baskets of mixed
? leaf, and they wont bid very much
for them. But after it has been re
sorted and packed in lots according
to body, quality, color, and size of
leaves, they will bi<f the. top price for
the particular leaf in each basket.
Adequate light is. needed in the
sorting rooms so the leaf can be seen
clearly and graded accurately. Tie
the same kind of leaves into bundles
or bands, and have enough different
lots to cover the full range of quality,
length, and color of the crop.
Tobacco of low grade will often
bring a fair price when it is proper
ly prepared, but even the best grade
on the market won't, being top prices
if it is mixed with inferior leaf.
Growers who have more leaf than
they can sell tax-free will find it
pays to sell their best leaf first, and
pay tax only on the lower priced to
bacco, as the higher the price, the
higher teh tax 'will be. However,
some growers with excess tobacco are
planning to buy extra marketing
quota cards from growers who do not
have enough tobacco to use up the
full amount of their cards.
Winter Cover Crops
Build Up Farm Land
Growing winter cover crops is one
of the best things-* Nort^ Carolina
fanner can do to build up his soil
and make his farm a better place on
which to live.
And with the help of AAA pay
ments, farmers find they can do a lot
of things to improve their soil they
have been wanting to do for years,
but felt they could not afford, said
John W. Goodman, assistant director
of the State College Extension Ser
vice.
In encouraging" farmers to grow
more cover crops Jthis.. winter, he has.
pointed out that they will help far
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By keeping a lot of that frtiHzer
you bought last spring from leaching
out of the soil this winter.
By keeping your good soil from
washing away. .
By hlping you start a good crop
rotation. .
By producing more feed and there
by reducing your feed bill.
By adding valuable organic mat
ter to the soil, when turned under,
By helping you add more live
stock to your farm.
By helping you balance your farm
ing operations and make them pay
more profits.
By kelping make idle land pay its
way. . . -v -
He added that by growing legumes
on well inoculated land, and turning
them under, farmers can add much
nitrogen and organic matter to the
soil that will be good for the next
several crops. ...
You and your soil will get a lot
more good out of green fields this
winter than either could get out of
the dead remains of last summer's
crops, he pointed out.
Let's keep North Carolina green
this winter.
JOHN TO GET MOD
EST. JOB IN BOSTON
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Boston, Aug. 1L ? John Roose
velt, youngest son of the President,
will go to work is s Boston Depart
''f ment store (William Filene's Sons)
soon after his return from a wedding
r trip with his bride, the former Anne
Lindsay Clark, the store announced
Tuesday.
*? John and Annie will return to Boe
t ton Monday from Bermuda and
he will report for work late in Au
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P A spokesman for the More said
j the President's son will receive the
"same treatment as anyone else; he
will start at/the bottom Ad
| whatever job in available at a mod
^ The amount of^a^B salary, the
Si and Anne left on their honeymoon
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FAMILIAR SCENE IN FARMVILLE'S BUSINESS DISTRICT
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Rural EhctrificatUm
The. FarmiUe Communi
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In the summer, of 1936 a small
group of farmers, assembled in the
Town Hall at Farmville^ North Caro
lina, perfected an organization and
decided to make application to the
United States Rural Electrification
Administration at Washington, D. C.
for sufficient funds with which to
construct 35 miles of rural lines in
and around the FaratviUe community.
After many months of waiting and
no word from Washington, an effort
was made to find out why the loan
had not been granted; whereupon, it
was revealed that the project was too
small to merit a loan. Shortly there
after a representative of the REA
was sent down to help work up a
larger project.
After making what was thought to
be a thorough and complete survey
of all available territory, a project
of 62 miles was surveyed and apph- j
cation made therefor. In Hie spring
of 1937 an allotment of $60,000.00 ,
was made for the 62 mile project, and
after many further technical troubles
and delays the contract was finally ;
let in August, 1937, and work began
in November, 1937. ,
No one had taken much interest,
and in fact had very little faith, in
the project up to the time that work
began. From that point on, how
ever, the idea of Rural Electrifica
tion was enthusiastically received and
as work progressed, numerous appli
o?nt8 popped up along the lines that :
on one had thought would be in
terested. j
In one instance when right-of-way <
was refused for half a mile, Hie line
was re-routed around some six miles;
of road, with the result that severtd \
new customers were secured. When
the" contractor had completed some
65 miles of line with the first mou- ?
ey allotted, some ten to fifteen miles <
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of the originally staked lines had )iot
beeki built.
These people, along with others,
were not (garnering for the electric
lines. A petition was made for a
supplemental loan of $25,200.00 with
which to build an additional 25 miles
of line. This loan .was granted in
June, 1982, and work started in July,
1938. Before this could be completed,
it appeared that so many people liv
ing near the proposed lines had got
ten themselves on the may of the
line, that an additional twelve miles
of line had to be built So a third
petition was carried to Washington
and a third loan of $15,000.00 was
granted with which to finish out 105
miles Of line, at a total cost of $100,
20b,060 for the Pitt and Greene Elec
trict Membership Corporation.
But even now calls are received
daily to add one to five customers on
the end of some line?the applicants
stating that they live within sight of
the present line. There seems to be
no end to where lines eould be built
for those living -on farms who desire
electricity.
/ The same little band of farmers,
coming from both Gr^pn and Pitt
Counties^ all living within five or six
miles of Farmville, to-wit: J. Lee
Tugwell, J. C. Parker, 0. L. Erwin,
T. H. Rouse, Seth Barrow, and W; C.
Hinson, who started out trying toget
35 adles of line, have worked faith
fully for over two years, trying to
supply the wants and needs of electri
city to the farmers of their two
counties, but keeping always in mind
that the money used to build these
lines must be repaid with interest,
and therefore have refused to con
struct lines that would not pay the
required revenue.
The directors of the co-operative
as named above have< at a0. times
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same interest in the Uneii of the co
operative.
As tite construction of the 105-mile
project nears completion, it does not
necessarily mean that expansion is
now complete. Just recently a large
number of farmers in tife southwest
part of Greene county petitioned the
directors of the Bttt and Green Elec
tric > Membership Co-operative to
make even a fourth petition ,to the
REA for funds with which to build
some 50 to 60 miles of additional
electric lines in that portion of Green
county. Survys have been made with
250-nigned customers; alt membership
applications signed, fees deposited,
easements have , been granted. This
work was done within about ten days
time by, farmers living in that sec
tion. Even though the necessity came
during their bushiest, season. ;?>.
Rural electrification is one of the
greatest contributions yet mads by
the New Deal,, and the farmers of
Pitt and Greene Counties quickly rec
ognised , its advantages, it seems to
advertise itself; when a fanner sees
the poles going up in front of his
neighbor's house, he immediately be
gins making plans to have it install
ed in his own home. ^
The Pitt and Greene Electric Mem
bership Co-operative has its head
quarters at Farmville; purchases all
of its electric energy from the muni
cipally owned power plant of Farm
ville, and has also contracted for
maintenance and operation. The Con
tractor is F. G. Hitt of Culpepper,
Va., and the engineer, Col. P. M. An
drews, of Washington, D. C.
The contractor, the engineer, And
th officials of the Co-operative have
received splendid cooperation from
the farmers living along the routes
of the lines. Easements have been
readily granted, even though the
landowner was not .to receive lights.
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Says Milk Is Best
For Summer Drinks
Milk shakes the best hot weather
drinks, for they are nourishing as
well as refreshing, said Miss Ruth
Current, state home , demonstration
agent at State College.
They offer the food value of thd
milk, and contribute more calories in
the chocolate, caramel, fruit pulp or
syrup, and other ingredients that
may be mixed in.
Vanilla and almond extracts make
good flavors. Nutmeg and cinamon
may be sprinkled on top the drink. A
patch of mint growing in the back
yard will supply an attractive garn
ish.
For a banana shake, crush very
ripe bananas to a pulp, then shake
this pulp with milk until it is blend
ed smoothly. Other soft fruits may
bejtabd in a iike manner. A "float"
can be made easily by placing a scoop
of ice cream in the milk shake.
Always add a dash of salt to milk
shakes and other summer drinks.
Salt not only improves the flavor, but
also is needed to replace the large
quantities of salt lost in perspiration
during hot weatheri ? _
As a matter of fact, Miss Current
added, it is wise to use plenty of salt
in seasoning food, too; when the mer
cury rises toward 90 or 100 degrees.
A bowl for mixing,-an egg beater
or a -regular shpker are the only
equipment necessary for mixing mflkl
shakes. Have the ingredients cold.
Mix the drink quickly and serve at
once. Vary the flavor combinations
for variety and to suit the family
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Needed To Grow Lawn
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(browing a really beautiful lawn is
much harder tjian keeping grass out
of row crops where it is not wanted,
said Glenn 0. Randall, horticulturist
at State College.
To establish la good lawn prepara
tion of the soil should start at least
one year before planting time; The
first step is to grade the grounds, if
necessary, then apply plenty of or
ganic matter to provide planterood
and to keep the soil from baking
hard V
Green manure crops such assojr-j
beans or cowpeas may be plowed un
der, or iwtte$ stable manure and
ground at the rate of one to two cubic <
yards for each 1,000 square **^??8 <
ed in, broadcast fertilizer over the \
area and rake ar disk it in. In the
coastal plains,. apply about | 800
pound* of a 5^7-5 fertilizer per. acre;
in the l*iedmont and mountains,
abput 600 pounds of 4-8-4.
The grotuid should be-firm beneath
file surface,.but should be loose, fine,
mid mellow on top. vo-- 1 ]?'%'
The benjt time to seed a lawn in
North Carolina, is the last of August
or first of September.; Use only the
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John Deere-Van Brunt FerBlizer-Grafit Drills
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John Deere Stalk Cutters
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