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crop. Write to tbeE**»ion Editor at Stat* Collage far a free copy. —t . QUESTION: Why do my sliced apples for pin always shrink in canning and leave a space at the top of the jar? ANSWER: This shrinkage is in all probability doe to packing- the tuples in the Jan raw, according to food conservation specialists of State College. The heat of earning drives the air oat of the sliced apples and they settle in the jar as they become •oft. This shrmkage can be reduced if the. apples are precooked before being, put into the jars. This pawcooking can be done in a light syrop for about five minutes, or the apples can be steamed until they are wilted. QUESTION: What is the proper seeding rate for winter legumes? ANSWER: The rate of seeding for winter legumes should be about as follows, according to E. C. Blair, Extension Agronrinist at State College: Austrian Winter Peas — 26 pounds per acre drilled, 30 pounds broadcast; Vetch—20 pounds per acre drilled, and 26 pounds broadcast; and Crimson Clover—20 pounds per acre drilled, and 26 pounds broadcast. Uflf slightly more Crimson Clover seed when they are sown in the hulL QUESTION: How should corn syrup' and sorghum be used in replacing some of the sugar for canning fruits? _ ANSWER: Sorghum syrup is not a good sweetener for fruits. Its flavor is apt to crowd out the delicate flavor of the fruit. You can use oorn syrup, however, to replace onethird of the sugar in any fruit-canning recipe. FEEP MEA1. The OCC has recently negotiated the purchase of 40,000 tons of cottonseed meal for importation from BraslL Some of this meal has already arrived in this country. way Express Agency office tor collect shipment at government expense. DRUGGISTS CONTRIBUTE Aminutu QUININE With the compliment* of the nation's druggists, more than 11 milBon five-grain doses of quinine are now on their way to join the war against malaria. Because seisore of the Netherlands East Indies cut off 90 percent of the source of quinine supply, the Army called upon the nation's druggists to make contributions. An appreciable quantity of the quinine donated was produced by Germany and Japan, and It now will assist in the war to defeat these nations. BUMPS HELP FISHERMEN Navy bUtgps, on the lookout for enemy submarines and surface craft in northwestern waters, also an helping' the war food program. Under an agreement worked out between the Office of the Coordinator of Fisheries and Vice Admiral Frank J sack Fletcher, Navy oomnandant in the Seattle area, blimps which sight schools at fish will communicate the news by short wave to fishing vessels. The patrolling blimps can easily spot schools of fish which might take fishermen hours to locafte. SEARCH FOR WAR MINERALS The most extensive exploratory program ever undertaken in the United States and Alaska for war minerals has been launched by the Bureau of Mines. The Bureau is sending its crews out in quart of nearly a score of minerals needed to supply the armed forces, according- to Harold L. I ekes, Secretary of the Interior. States in which, exploration will be conducted are: Alabama. Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire^ New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. ■« &Jp GUN COVERS PROTECT BIBLES Bibles which are placed on every life raft and life boat an Army tmn» I port vessels are twin* protected from the effecta of salt water by the same; type of cow that protects pistols, rifles and machine gum m landing operations. Curiously enough, the covers used for ptetols-an of exactly the right size for copiee of the Bible, and have been adopted by the Chaplain* Corps aa a standard protective covering for them. The covers were developed by the Quartermaster Corps from a pliable, transparent, waterproof film known aa vinyl. They are buoyant enough to float the Bibles if they are accidentally dropped overboard or washed oat of the rafts in heavy seas. PUBLIC MAY GET COPPER WIRE The public may purchase copper wire without restriction from retailers, electricians, radio repair men and others who sell it Under a new War Production Board regulation any retailer or repair man may order up to $100 worth of copper wire for delivery during any calendar quarter. Civilians muftfOe this with care, WPB officials pointed out, aa it will be needett to -oover all essential repairs for general public use. SOLDIERS OVERSEAS MAT BUY GIFTS Soldiers overseas may order Christmas presents for their families and friends at home. A catalog of Christmas gift suggestions, prepared by the Amy Exchange Service, has been sent to overeas unite with instructions on bow gifts may be ordered. The catalog lists several hundred gifts for men, women' and children— all of them items for which soldiers have shown a marked interest in previous selections of gifts. KichaixJ Shackleford and M:w Net* Marie Sutton visited Mr. and Mrs. W, P. Ellii in Wilson, Sunday. Iplss Dulcie Terry went the week end in Rocky mount. Miss Annie Sne Huneucker spent the week end" in Winterville. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Craft visited Mr. and Mm Jack Thomas near Show Hill, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.Eart Lang and daughter, Earl ice, wen Wilson visitors. Sunday. WwiW' * #^$*1 "W; , •/' Mora than a million pounds of beeswax a year needed for use in war products, adheaives, waterproofing for shell*, tots, machinery, and protaetives for-c protective covering tor fighting ' If the office were to seek the man it would probably find him seeking office. . * I VEGETABLE SEED A recent survey shows tint the stock of vegetable seed on hand as of June 30 was 32 peruaut above the amount h^ld at this same time last year, but the supply was below the average generally available at-that date. i Carolina, this is to notify all per- I them to the undersigned at Farmville, ,i N. C., on or before the 8vd day of September, 1U+, or thia notice will he pleaded in bar of their reporery. AU persons indebted to said eetate will pieaae make immediate payment This the 2nd day of September, 1948. K W • £ /'& MBS. ABSLEY N. BURNETTE, .Administratrix of the estate of S. H. Burnette. John B. Lewis, Atty. S8-6wka i \ TRUSTEE'S SALE OF REAL raonrrr STATE OP NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OP PITT. Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain dee^ of ttoat executed aad delivered by J. D. Johnson and wife, Fannie E. Johnson, L. B. Kinlaw and wife, Minnie E. Kinlaw, and J. B. Eure and tHfe, Mae J. Erne, and Bated the 9th day of March, 1987, and recorded Wthe office at the Hefiafcer of Deed* of Pitt County in Book Y-21 at piage 468, and because of default ' of the payment of indebtedness sainted by the said deed of truat and j the failure to carry oat and petfonm be stipulations therein nniftsfnnl jorsuant to the demand by the owner kM holder of the indeMadana secur>d by j*id deed of trust, *» unaligned trustee will eotpoee for sale it public aoeuon to the hjgheat MdJer for cash, in front of the county courthouse in Pitt Coqnty, hi the City of Greenville, North Carolina, m Monday; the 4th day at October, IMS, at 12 o'clock Noon, all time lot or parcel of land, situate, lying and betag in Pitt County, Stat* of North Carolina, sad men particularly described as folkiwai Lying and tang m the town of Aydea and on the wsat aide at 9mm Hill Street and known as the D. M. Eure homepiaee and being all at Lot No. 8 and 28.98 feet of Lot No. 2, that portion of Lot No. 2 wTJiWa Let No. 8, haying a frontage an flbow Hill Street of 86 feet and a depth at lOM feet. Said land will be sold subject to all mpaid tares and aaseasmentf at every kind, n* bidder wffl he required to make a deposit of ten (10 par cent) per cent of said bid, pending the confirmation at said bid and the expiration of tsn dM allowed by raising of said bid. This the Sid day of Septeasber, a« '; '' 'tsm~ r A. F. ROWE, Trustee. Robert Booth, Atty. AT FARMVILLE,
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