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Miss >.?«n Bailey, who is attend^ in* BwUen Collet in Raleigh, spwt laet week end with her parents Mr. and Mn. G. W. Bailey. Miss Ruby Marlowe who has for the paat few months been at wetfc on the Wilson tobacco market has retained to her home here. Miss Fannie Mae Smith and Miss Dorothy Gardner were Wilson visit ton Saturday. Mr. aad Mn. At J. Craft and Mr. and Mn..L N. Shelton attended the State Convention of the Christian Church in Wadmngton, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jenkins were GoMsboro visitors Tuesday. ■r. and Mrs. Jason Shirley and sons, Charles and Don Ray, isited Mrs. Shiriey's mother, Mrs. Ada C. Bass, near Wilson, Sunday. Miss Ava Lee King left Monday for Middlesex where she has accepted a position with the Norfolk Southern Railroad Co., as depot agent. Mrs. Pearl Johnston of Farm villa visited her sister, Mrs. Ray West, last week. Mrs. L. A. Gardner of Saratoga visited Mrs. A. R. Gay, Thursday. Mrs. Lang Hostess Mrs. W. E. Lang was hostess to the Walstonburg Woman's Club at her home here, Wednesday, October 28th, at 3:00 P. M. The business session was presided over by the Vice President, Mrs. Albert Bundy. After the usual business was disposed of Mrs. W. V. Redick, program leader, presented Miss Eunice Parker of the local school faculty who gave a very interesting talk on "The Child as the Teacher Sees Him." The hostess served a sweet cotirse to the following; Mrs. B. L. Davis, Mrs. A. J. Craft, Miss Lillian Corbett, Mrs. Fred Beamstn, Mrs. R. D. S. Dixon, Mrs. Sam 1 Jenkins, Mrs. W. V. Redick, Miss Eunice Parker, Mrs. A R. Gay, Mrs. Paul Craft, Mrs. Earl Lang, Mrs. Ray West, Sr., Mrs. Ray West, Jr., and Mrs. Albert Bundy. " - * AUTHORIZED Authority to control the disposition of livestock, including cattle, calves, sheep, and swine, has been conferred upon Secretary of Agriculture Wickard by Donald M.1 Netson. , . Politics is said to be a profession, bat most of those engaged in it are traders. staMittptMR of farm races. The Agriculture Department estimated net £arm income for 1942, including government payments, at nearly $9,800 million, about J 1,000 million, above the previous record in 1919, and set 1943 wtcOme at approximately $10,500, million. Total agricultural production is nearly 12 percent greater than the record set in 1941, and 40 percent greater than in 1918. Military .arid Lead-Lease buying of food next year is expected to take ore-fifth of current production. WMC Chairman McNutt said all "necessary" workers on the nation's dairy, livestock and poultry farms will be frozen in their present occupations. Local draft boards will be ask fed to defer such workers, all other employers will be instructed to refrain from hiring them, and the Agriculture Department -mil act to-" ward stabilizing wages, he said. Rationing. Agriculture Secretary Wickard ordered 144 types of new farm machinery and equipment, excluding repair parts, frozen as of November 1 in the hands of dealers, distributors and manufacturers pending formal rationing. The Agriculture Department and its state war boards will establish state and county quotas. Th«r WPB delegated to the Office of Price Administration the authority to ration milk cans md farm fencing. The OPA will redelegate this authority to the Agriculture Department Sugar nations for Army and Navy personnel on furlough will be <onfr-ta]f pound per week, instead of on the basi^ of the value of the current sugrfr ration coupon. The first coffee ration will be obtained beginning November 28 by surrendering the last coupon, No. 28, ia the sugar ration book, and subsequent nations will be given on coupons taken in sequence towar^ the center of the book. STATE COLLEGE ANSWERS TIMELY FARM QUESTIONS QUESTION: What is the pui* pose of phosphate in garden fertilizer mixtures? ANSWER: H. B. Niswonger, Extension horticulturists of State College, says that phosphorus is necessary for plant cell division, and is especially msmtisl for fruit and~seod production. It sometimes stimulates the formation and growth of roots, gives a start to plants, and hastens maturity. Superphosphate is in the ig»rtljr, resistant to black root rot disease. They mre known now as "No. 400" and "No. 401." Further information about'these net? varieties may be obtained by writing to j Dk L. D. Baver, director ot the Experiment Station, State College Station, R^eigh.. ' the women who join up in the w*y will not be allowed to go to sea. They see enoqgh as ,it is. Waaii Ads! FOR SALE—Coal Burning Hester. Heatrola.—Call Mrs. J. M. Chrtotman, phone 818-1. 2tp COME IN AND LOOK AT OO* TOOLS. WE CARRY A COMt PLETE LINE OF GARDEN AND YARD TOOLS. WESTERN AUTO ASSSO. STORE. FOR RENT: DESIRABLE APARTMENT, first floor, famished or onfurnished. -Mrs. Jn H. Shsckleford, Far stride, N. C. FOR SALE*—67 ACRE FARM—854 sens tobacco, 4 cotton, two miles SoOth ot Farmville, cm Old Flank road. Has L tenant house, 2 tobacco barnee, stable?, etc. See or .Write L. E. JONES, Farmville, N. C. j WANTED—WHITE MEN-WOMEN, 16-50, interested in chcanging to , defense work, earning np to $83.06 week and autre. Write U. S. E. Co, Box 1?83, Raleigh, North Carolina. ' N-6-4tp ■IT": . S '3 Very little new farm machinery will be manufactured for the duration, and D. S. Weaver, Extension agricultural engineer of N. C.'State College, aaye It is absolutely essential that farmers protect and preserve the machinery they now hare. Some machines will be irreplaceable, he ifeelaved, and failure to protect and preserve them mky result in not only an individual, but * National lose. "Rust is one of the chief enemies of farm machinery," said Weaver. "Most paints form a protective covering over the metal, but only red lead paint will actually prevent mat." The farm engineer' say* that ready-prepared red lead pilots are available, and the only caution ia to secure a high class pro**. Sheap paint is a mistake at any' time, says Weaver, and partichlarly at this time. Standard brands turned out by'reliable manufacturers should be ua£d. -V;V : " Some fanners prefer to make op their own paint. The Extension specialist suggests the following directions "in preparation of homemade paint: 1. By relume, mix three parts of dry red lead and one part of raw liWeed oil. Allow this mixture tor stand at least- three days so that the oil will thoroughly wet the drj .*ed lead. 2. Thin the paste to painting consistency with an equal, volume of Uibning mixture composed of, six parts of raw lineeed oil, two parts of turpentine, and one part of liquid drier. ' ■ 3. Stir thoroughly atod strain out lumps of foreigfi material. You can WOT THAT SHtEROTIMS FACE/ KKSMIWGS BONDUST/WK Farmvrlle Rets Lumber Yard — Phone 3W-1 — ROUGH aad D1 SCREEN DOOR
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