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nual state-wide te^ctile safety con
test conducted jl)y the North Caro
lina ^Cotton'; Manufacturers’ -Associa
tion''resulted in a considerable de
crease in lostttime accidents, Hunt
er Marshall, Jr., Secretary and Treas
urer of the organization, said.
Mr. Marshall explained that this
decrease not only meant a great sav
ing to the workers in wages lost
and suffering caused by accidents,
but also brought the manufacturers
a reduction of 16 2-3 per cent in
insurance rates for cotton spinning
and weaving in comparison with those
of 1936.
INCREASE
Low prices and limited export out
lets for coffee and oranges has led
to increased cotton planting in Sou
thern Brazil, the. increase expected
to run between 10 and 15 per cent.
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nanting Needed
Around Faim
Make all plants serve a purpose,
says John H. Harris, Extension land
scape specialist, and he adds, “very
few farm people have sufficient
screen plantings.” He names, the
chief uses of plants as follows: To
decorate the house, inframement,.
shade, border and to screen un
sightly building and equipment.
“Border and screen plantings re
quire very little pruning,” Harris
stated. “They should be allowed to
grow large and as natural as pos
sible. Avoid mixing plants up too
much; use several plants together
for maximum effect in foliage or
flowers.”
The landscape specialist recom
mends native plants for borders and
screening. “With so many native
plants available, and with the ease
of rooting common shrubs, there is
little excuse for lack of screen plant
ing,” Harris declared.
He lists the following native plants
which are suitable for screen plant
ings around the farm (in some cases
local names are given the same
shrub to help in identfying it): Red
bud (Judas tree), azalea, dogwood,
chokeberry, beautyberiy (French
Mulberry), sweet shrub (sweet Bet
sy), white fringe (grandfather’s beard
and white ash). Hawthorn, winter-
berry, crab apple, plum, sumac, el
derberry, bay, inkberry (gallberry),
cedar, mountain laurel (mountain
ivy), wax myrtle (sweet myrtle),
rhododendron. Hemlock (spruce),
summer sweet, yaupon holly,, and
Jersey tea.
Harris also recommends pivet
hedge because of its rapid growth
and dense foliage. The pivet hedge
should be cut once or twice a year,
permitting it to stay informal in out
line, rather than smooth and formal.
FEEDING
A poor feeding program is re
sponsible for the run-down cohdition
of many Beaufort county pohltry
flocks, says W. G. Andrews, assistant
farm agent of the State College Ex
tension Service.
SANTA
Goes Modern
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Santa Claus often steps but of his
reindeer sleigh these days to make
faster time, or to go where the
sleigh cannot go. Here he is in the
person of Capt. William Wincapaw,
veteran New England i»lot, ready to
take off from the East Boston air
port with another load of Christmas
gifts for the lonely lighthouse keep
ers and isolated islanders.
Say “I saw it in The News-Journal.”
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Reqpred Fw
V^etabk Gardeo
H. R. Niswonger, Extension horti
culturist of N. C. State College, is
constantly remnding farm people that
the vegetable garden is the most val
uable and important plot of ground
on the place. “But it should be the
richest soil on the farm,” he de
clared.
Continuing, Niswonger said; “You
cannot provide the vegetable needs
for your family by planting the seeds
or plants in soil that is not properly
prepared or soil of. low fertility. This
is the time of the year to prepare
the garden plot for next spring’s
plantings.”
The horticulturist recommends
that the ground be covered with a-
bout an inch of stable manure or
one-half inch of chicken manure.
Over this, broacast 150 pounds per
one-half acre of 16 per cent super
phosphate, and if the soil is light,
broadcast 50 pounds of potash.
The manure and fertilizer • should
be turned under now and left in the
rough. This will allow the freezing
weather to crumble the soil, thereby
making it easier to get in shape for
spring planting. If there have been
peas or beans planted for turning
under, broadcast the superphosphate
and potash the same as with stable
manure before plowing under, Nis
wonger advises.
As a final suggestion, the Extension
N. C. ProlMtioiiers
Earn Over $1,500,000
Raleigh, Dec. 23.—Slightly more
than 3,(M)0 persems under the super
vision of the North Carolina Pro
bation Commission have earned more
than $1,500,000 during the three years
in which the present system has been
in operation, it was announced here.
This means, it was pointed out, that
probationers, instead of being a lia
bility, constitute an economic asset,
in that the State has been relieved
of their care and they, on the other
hand, have l>een able to supply the
needs of their respective families.
Hence, their earnings have a double
value, that is, the amount saved the
State and the amount they are able to
provide for their dependents.
State Probation Commissioner Har
ry Sample estimates that of the mon
ey earned in the , past three years
by the approximately 3,000 proba
tioners, no less than $1,032,592 was
spent in living expenses.
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This is how Santa Claus conies to
Sun Valley—on skis. Here is the gay
St. Nick speeding down the snowy
slopes and right into the chimneys of
the residents and visitors.
In lands of no snow Santa can be
expected to use this novel method
of bringing Tuletide joy to those
who celebrate on the beaches. This
warm-weather Santa who skips so
nonchalantly over the deep blue sea
happens to be Phil Daubens-Peck,
famous Olympic games swimming
champion.
Cabarrus county 4-H club boys are
showing an increasing interest in
the production of purebred swine with
13 now owning registered Berkshire
gilts or sows, says Assistant Farm
Agent W. H. Williams.
specialist says arrangements should
be made when the garden is planted
to buy, rent or borrow some kind
of sprayer or duster to use in fighting
disease and insect pests. “It does
not pay to spend money for fer
tilizers and garden seed if you let
the bugs and diseases destroy the
plants,” he asserted.
Qiewfiktl
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Detroit, Dec. 23.—ContiiiuaHaa at
the high production rate which Chhr^'
rolet has maintained, ever since
sentation of its 1941 models, renABd ,
in manufacture of the 4(K>,000fll of .;
these units, at the Flint asseniblf '
plant yesterday, it was announced
here by M. E. Coyle, general man
ager of Chevrolet and vice-presiifent
of General Motors.
The latest lOOJMX) units of
new model year’s production have
been built since November 27, Mr.
Coyle pointed out, adding further to
the already remarkable record es
tablished since the first 1941 Chev
rolet left the assembly line Scq;i-
tember 3. It took just 62 wortdng
days to produce the first 300,000 of
these cars, and the average produc
tion rate, ever since they were
brought out, has been substantial^
above 100,000 a month.
“There is no indication, currently,
of any lessening in the demand on
which Chevrelt’s volume production
is based,” said Mr. Coyle. “Dealers
in various parts of the country re
port car eind truck sales prospects
well in excess of the very good
volume attained last year. For the
immediate future, at least, there is
indication of sustained volume in
our manufacturing and assembly
plants throughout the United States.”
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Mistletoe Has Known
Long, Eventful History
Of all the Christmas greens, the
best-loved, probably, is the mistle
toe, which likewise has experienced
the most eventful history of all
plants.
In the days of pagan worship in
England the mistletoe was chosen
for great honors, being cut from its
host, the oak tree, with golden axes.
It was gathered for the people and
a bit given to each person to ward
off illness.
But the plant paid dear for these
honors for when the Christian church
was established it was not allowed
in any church because of its pagan
association, cuid it is told that
preachers even would stop in their
sermons if a tiny bit were spied and
the service waited until the offending
bit of green was removed.
In later centuries it became again
the symbol of peace mid friendship
and has since lieen tacked on the
doorway as a token of friendly greet
ing.
Yule Log Cake
This year you may want to make
a “Yule Log Cake.” It’s quite sim
ple. Spread over a jelly roll a jel
lied fruit nut mixture. Roll quickly
and wrap in wzixed paper. Then
chill until set. Cover with chocolate
French pastry icing. The “bark”
can be made by making grooves
with a fork or pastry tube. You’ll
want some, “knot holes” in your
Yule Log $ake. Small white and
will do the trick. The
be kept chilled until
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greater enthusiasm ■■ because they are fully
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Chevrolet has widened still further its
value leadership in the industry!
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