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Mr. and Mn. J. B. Price
Ingene, of
of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Gay,
of
and Pvt. Paul Jenkins of the !
Corps, Fort Bragg, spent the week
end hen with Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Jenkins and Miss Clara. Jenkins.
Dr. Baifie T. Clark of Wilaon spent
a short while here Tuesday in the
interest of the Boy Scoot work.
Miss Ruby Marlowe of Wilson
spaa* the week end with her patents,
.Or. and Mr*. W. A. Marlowe.
Mian Dorothy Gardner and Miss
Grace Creech of Snow Hill spent the
week end here with Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Gardner and Mr. and Mm. Bay
West > !Mr.
and Mrs. Jason Shirley and
sons, Charles and1 Don Ray, spa*
Sunday with Mrs. Ada C. Bass near
Wilson.
Miss Paige Lassiter of New York
City arrived Tuesday to spend some
time with her mother, Mrs. Annie
Lassiter.
Misses Dorothy Gardner, Fannie
Mae Smith and Juanita Redick spent.
Saturday in Wilson.
Miss Kati» Grey Shaddefard returned
Sunday from Sanatorium
where die has been for some time.'
Friends will be glad to know that
she is feeling real well.
Friends will regret to learn that
Mrs. W. E. Moye was taken to a
Wilson Hospital Thursday. At this
time she seems somewhat improved.
Mrs. W. V. Redick and Miss Juanita
Redick spent Friday in Raleigh.
Destroy Cotton Stalks
After Picking Is Over
For
years, early destruction of cotton
stalks, as a boll weevil control
measure, has been advocated by successful
growers and insect specialists
of the State College Agricultural Extension
Service.
This season, the need is more imperative
than in some years past.
J. Myron Maxwell, Extension entomologist,
points out that boll
weevils have been more prevalent all
over North Carolina this season, particularly
in the Coastal Plains area
of the state. Heavy losses have oecured
even where the usual means
of control were followed. Many
growers have reported that cotton
bolls, half grown, were so badly
punctured by the weevils that the
bolls rotted and the cotton was destroyed.
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It is a fact also that the cotton
crop has matured earlier this season
than usual.. This means that
much green material will be left in
the fields for the weevil to feed upon
before cold weather comes.
"We should therefore emphasize
the need to kill the o tton stalks
where practical," Mr. l^axwell said.
"The earlier this can be done, the
more valuable the practice will be.
The object, of course, is to eliminate
the weevil's feed which will force
hin. into hibernation earlier than
usual. He will thus be in a weakened
condition and the winter mortality
will be higher than usual."
Mueh greater results can be secured
from this early destruction of cotton
stalks if the work is done as a
community effort Little is accomplished
by a farmer, here and there,
cutting and killing hi* stalks if all
his neighbors round about permit
theirs to stand.
said that unless the Nation acts
promptly and with energy "our food
situation will become serious ... our
supply is rapidly dimisishmg." He
outlined a six-point program to help
alleviate the farm labor shortage.
Included were proposals to retain on
farms aa many as possible of the
stand year-round farm operation, to
transport workers to farms, and to
use greater numbers of women and
wv giwwi UUJUUVW v* wvwb^...^
yvung people on farms. He eetiaaa*
workers between July 1, 1M2, and
J«ly 1, 1943, if aa 8,«W,0*MBan
army is mobUixed by the tatter date.
In order to implement the wartime
meat program, the WPB food
requirements committee: (1) placed
the limit of total packer-deliveries
during the last quarter of 1842 at
the following percentages of such deliveries
during the final quarter of
1941—beef and veal 80 percent, lamb
and mutton, 96 percent, and pork, 7$
percent. The Committee asked all
civilians to hold their meat consumption
to pounds per fcnon
per week. : .
Printing Prices.
The OPA set ceiling prices for the
sales of 175 printed prod acta, as well
as for the printing services used in
producing them. The regulation
coven services for and sales of such
articles as greeting cards, loose-leaf
binders and fillers, tablets, pads,
composition books, etc. The articles
and services listed by the regulation
are exempt from all price control,
however, when sold by printers whose
total gross sales in 1941 of printing
and printed paper products were
120,000 or leas. The regulation covers
about 25 percent of the industry's$2,80ojooo
volume of business.
The Armed Forces.
The army issued A call for 3-A
men up to and including the age of
44 to volunteer for anti-aircraft officer
training. A nationwide quota
of 500 such candidates per month
was set for the anti-aircraft school
at Camp Davis, N. C. Selective Service
local boards will supply detailed
information, the Army said.
War Secretary Stimscn announced
the Canadian-Alaskan military highway
will be reedy for use about December
1, several months ahead of
schedule. Ballot applications have
been sent to soldiers overseas and in
army camps in this country, the War
Department announced. The Department
said members of tbe Army
Nurse Corps will not be permitted
to resign because of marriage unless
replacements are available.
Navy Secretary Knox announced a
new navy recruiting drive, ending
October 3, in connection with the
launching of the new aircraft carrier
Lexington September 26. A
new training station for Seabees
(Navy Construction Battalions) accommodating
26,000 officers and men
aijd constituting the Navy's largest
construction training station, will begin
operation about October 15 on
the York River near Williamsburg,
Virginia.
■ A worker watches the clock and
the bo^a .watches the worker, which
is the story of the watch and the
clock.
ton that measured 1 1/8 inches staple
length would lose * loan value of
123.60 if the grade was reduced from
middling to low middling because c*
poor picking. Most of the cotton
grown in North Carolina staples one
inch or better, and grade is a wry
important factor in determining til*
value of the lonq$t staples.
QUESTION: Will there be any
cattle shows this fall, in viow of the
fact that the State Fair and other
events of this natbre have been cancelled?
ANSWER; Yes. A show and
sale for 4-H Baby Beef Club members
and vocational agriculture students
m t)u» Western part of the
State will be held at Abbeville October
7 and 8. A similar show and
sale for Piedmont and Eastern Carolina
boys and girls will be held on
the State College campus in Raleigh
October 18 and 14. L. L Case, Extension
animal husbandman of N. C.
State College, is in charge of the
two events, and the N. C. Bankers'
Association is cooperating to supply
the premium money through
member banks in the respective
QUESTION: What is the "balk"
system of cotton cultivation ?
ANSWER: This is a system of cultivation
used on sloping »field* to
reduce the amount of topsoil washed
away by rain. Under this cropping
practice, unti'led narrow bands of
vegetation, called "balks," an left
between the cotton rows on the oontour.
The U. S. Soil Conservation
Service reports that testa in Georgia,
have shown that a 16 per cent reduction
in soil loss resulted in a field
with a 7-percent slope where the
"balk" system was usesd.
REA
The U. S. Department of Agriculture
has made an REA allotment of
$430,000 to the Jones-Onslow Electric
Membership Corporation for additions
to and completion of rural
electric facilities in North Carolina.
UNIFORMS
Uniforms which have outlived their
usefulness in heavy duty with the
armed forces are reconditioned and
dyed, and then distributed to farmers
for work clothes.
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for the week 1,294,526 lbs. — Average $42.91