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QUESTION: • la the clawing o
cotton ante A* Smith-Doxey Act o
may practical vahie to 1fc» farmer?
ANSWER: 0 loud "YES" coma
from Dn. F. Holler, cotton market
specialist at State College. Ha toil
of a farmer at Zebnlcn who aoM torn
b*les of eottoa without waiting fo
hit Form 1 card to come back tollinj
him about the gradae of hia CotUa
and loan vaJy." He sold hia cottot
tfor 21 cents a pound. When thi
classing cards came back, he foam
that the average loan vatae of hii
cotton was 26.8 cents per paond
The loss whs $29 a bale.
QUESTION: Why are all tie*
"Pood For Freedom" meetings being
held? ANSWER:
It k one of the beat way*
for farmers to find oat what foods
are needed in the war effort ant
what foods can be grown to best advantage
in their sections, aay Stat*
College Extension officials. Extra
food will shorten the war, help save
American lives, and help write the
peace. Food is perhaps the gnstest
single weapon of war in our fight
against the Axis. Produce, save, and
conserve all the extra food possible
in 1944.
QUESTION: How much food does
a soldier eat in a year?
ANSWER: In terms of meat, it is
400 pounds of hogs (live weight), or
500 pounds of broilers or fryers, or
650 ijounds of beef cattle. He needs
a case of eggs, or about 30 dosen;
45 g-allcms of milk, or a pint a day;
and 52 pounds of butter. As to
potatoes, it is 4 1/3 bushels of Irish
potatoes or 5 bushels of sweet potatoes.
Give him 260 pounds of fresh
and (.timed vegetables, 230 pounds
of tomatoes or citrus fruits, and 100
pounds of other fruits. Grow about
3H bushels of wheat for him because
it uxkes this amount to furnish him
with 234 pounds of bread.
State College Hints
For Farm Homemakers
By Ruth Current,
N. C. State College.
Make the most of every crumb and
crust. Dress up your stale bread by
using it in eec.illoped dishes, in
puddng, or as French toast. For
Example, serve French toast just aa
you might serve waffles and top with
a syrup or fruit s&uce.
Or, serve French toast for a main
dish with creamed meat or vegetables.
Remember, too, that dry broad
cubes can be used in eacalloped diehefi
and dressings, they will require a
little added moisture. Such cubes
also brown nicely for croutons.
And, crumbed dry bread may be
used instead of cracker crumbs.
Make more one-crust and fewer
two-crust pies; or, use lattice psrfry
stripe for the top crust.
A pleasing variation of the onecrust
pie is a cobbler, or a deepdish
pie. To make it, partly fill a
baking dish with lightly sweetened
fruit. Cover with, dough and bake in
a hot ovwi until the crust is brown.'
Or as another idea, bake pastry
separately in little squares or diar
■ootids sad serve as a topping on
sweeteped fruits of various kind*.'
Add the pastries just before serving,
«d they will be crisp.
If you eat a peeled orange or divide
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GULLIES
FD GROW
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of scree o t la
are growing
be. growing
W. Graeber, in charge a
forestry at State College,
of steep tiopae, poor soil
■ adverse taadtttaaa, ud
land can beat be uaed to
I trees. Many farmers ii
have demonstrated condu
t erosion may be controlled
pped, and the land put into
on small areas by uainj
found on die average
trees.
methods for the control a.
or on smsH drainage
' from one to ten acres, an
in Extension Circular No
lied by State College. A
ot this publication may b>
by writing the Agricultura
■ College, Raleigh.
to stop the gulUss ant
trees, Graeber suggest!
grower first consult hii
agent Gullies draining mow
acres require planning bj
need agricultuqU engineer
ntrol measures described ii
provides only temporary
because final control must
be accomplished by
trees, usually pine or black
nted after the erooen cmhave
been taksn, wfll
established and provide proi
from further erosion.
sections, you get more vitathan
if you juice it
hangs downward, so when
walls, brush upward. That
smearing and streaking,
nary two-inch paint brush
,tne ticket for whisking dust
bric-a-brac, booktope, basecrevices,
wood carvings, and
sills.
WHEAT
is producing 312
bushels of wheat as compar235
million last year, accordpreliminary
forecasts.
NEST EGG
, who saves a nest egg
Bonds, can hatch up someW1UIHW
Wi the war is over.
HOGS
North Carolina farmers feel
of $13.65 per hundredhogs
does not leave a satin
argin of profit, says H.
Extension marketing
at State College.
be made above those rates withou
his approval, even though highe
fwriMi contract. However, them ii
to be do reduction below the hi ghee
wages or salaries paid therefor be
tween January 1, 1942 and Septem
ber 15, 1942.
To Kill Kill GaaBUck Markets.
In a new drive on gasoline blaci
markets, OPA has asked distributor!
to "screen out" irregular couponssay
coupons that are counterfeit, ex
pared, not yet valid, or not endorsed
by the motorist. Filling stations
also will be required to make good
irregular coupons, and their inventory
will be cat down by the amounl
of irregular coupons passed on tc
the wholesaler. Endorsement of
coupons by motorists ss soon as they
receive nation bodies will aid OPA
in proving that Mack market star
tions have purchased coupons to
rover up illegal salsa
Use Ritfit Stamp For Shoes.
Because some people nave usea ine
wrong: stamps in Book Three for
shoes, OPA has issued the following
statement: "War Ration Book Three
has four pages of black 'picture?
stamps showing gaiis, tanks, ships,
and airplanes. The page of airplane
stamps is next to the brown food
stamps in the hack of Book Three."
The shop stamp shows a miniature
airplane is flight and is labelled
"Ration Stamp No. it* This stamp
came into use on November 1, and it
will remain valid indefinitely, along
with Stamp 18 in Ration Book One.
Plana Ta Save Truck Tirrs.
41 Truck tire inspections will be double-checked
to see that every tire in
service gives its last possible mile
of wear to essential commercial
transportation before being replaced,
OPA stated recently. Central Truck
Tire Inspection Stations will be provided
in about 200 cities in areas
where track registrations are heavy.
These privately owned and operated'
stations trill re-examine all tires
recommended for replacement by official
OPA tire inspectors, and will
return to service tires still good for
more miles. Fixed fees to cover
operatng expenses will be charged
by the stations. Tubes to be replaced
need not be iaftpected.
U. S. Has Big Wheat Carry-Over.
The wheat carry-orer in the U. S.
on July 1, 1943 was 618 million bushels
and for July 1, 1944 is estimated
at 300 million bushels, according to
the Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
This is in sharp contrast to
the 40 million for 1918 and 85 million
for 1919. Large supplies and
reduced exports have made available
record quantities for feed and industrial
alcohol production in this war.
War Kcpenditurea Increase.
U. S. war Mfgjjpjprea for November
went to a new high of 97,794,000,000,
an increase of <89 million
dollars, or nearly 10 percent, over
i War Product*® Board. This in'
care for the increased need for ice
i refrigerator* due to the unavailSheet
metal water well casing is
i now rationed, according to WFA.
However, an exemption <rf #100 peir
. .Well is allowed ao that farmers needi
ing smali amounts for supplies^®!
■ maintenance, or far sinking small
wells, will not be required to obtain
> ration certificates. Persons wishing
to use a quantity at the casing costmore
than #100 (retail value) for
any one well will be required to obtain
a purchase certificate from their
County Farm Ratii ning Committee.
Cluatec Rsisias Unratisned.
Cluster raisins, a dried grape product
{Sacked for aale mainly during
the Christmas holiday season, have
been removed fi-om rationing by
OPA. Cluster raisins are processed
by drying the grapes on the stems.
They usually an ao?d on the stem,
in the form of a, duster.
Harder TVfhrt New Automobiles. .
Because of the reduced supply of
new (IM2) automobiles, eligibility
requirments for these can have been
tightened by OPA to redoes ths number
at applicants. Under the new
rule an appMcant's present car must
have been driven 60,000 mile* (previously
40,000) before it can be considered
unserviceable by local boards, I
salesmen nre ineligible for new cars, j
and local boat* an requested to
issue a purchase permit only to an
applicant showing an immediate
need. •• v .-y r
Sauerkraut Is Now Available. >.
All remaining supplies and the rest
of ths season's sauerkraut peck an
now available for civilian oeuamjftion.
The. armed forces have obtain- ,
ed their requirements, and tit* j
"freeze order" has been removed.
Forester Wares Lumbenaen.
This country's annual sawtimber
growth is now far below ths level i
required for "an economy of abend- ■!
ance" in the post-war decades, Lyle '
F. Watts, chief of the Forest Ser- '<
vice, U. S. Department of Agricul- \
tore, warned receift&r Much second- '
growth timber is being cat prema- j
For Inside Work
Straight Time,
Rain or Shine.
t ■ >• f '
Wage increase effective Jan. l«t.
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NEW ClOf HITS
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MIXED NUTS M
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Fresh Crisp Nabisco
RITZ CRACKERS •
1-lh. Pkg. •
Bed Mill Creaaiy • '
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