^flints To Farm
Homemakers
Root vegetables -will be fresh
er and have more nutritive va
lue if their leaves or tops are
trimmed off before they are sto
red in home refrigerators or veg-
| ,V etable bins, Pliant >scien|tists of
the^ U. S.'Department of Agricul*^
ture remind housewives.
Although bunches of carrots,
.turnips, beets parsnips, and ra
dishes may look more attractive
in grocery stores with leafy tops
attached, those tops should be
. cut off as soon as possible be
cause they ■’draw moisture and
nutrients from the vegetable.
The tops take up valuable space
in storage containers. The plant
scientists explain that while the
vegetable is growing in the gro
und, the leaves manufacture su
gar, starch, protein and other
nutrients and pa^s them down to
the roots for storage.
Howevdr, once the vegetable
is harvested and the roots are out
source of C, reaches its seasonal
peak in early February, and this
year’s crop is a record-breaker.
Or'anges, grapefruit, tangerines
of the ground, the situation is i lend^'themselves well to \ salads,
reversed and the leaves draw on Top with a dressing of citrus
the moisture and nourishment of juice blended with salad oil.
the root to keep alive.
These vegejtables, especially ifj
When served raw, a number
of winter’s abundant vegetables
young and tender, keep better
provide liberal amounts of vita-
i min C, and .make good salads
in the vegetable compartment of i ^ combinations. It is
the refrigerator than in an open'^^^^ vegetables. jUst
bin in the kitchen, because the
warm air of the kitchen soon
dries 'and wilts the vegetables. ■
‘Tin C.. is lost during exposure
to the air.
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Wintry weather need not mean
dropping raw salad olf the menu
Foods in season offer varied pos
sibilities for salad bowls of crisp!
vegetables and fruits. Besides _ _
providing something fresh and [
Poultry Success
Lies In Efficient
juicy or crisp, these raw salads
can' play an impoftant part in j
giving the family its vitamin Cj outlook lor Xorth Caro-
Nutritioni.sts of the U S.' 'bepart-'poultrymen in 1947 is rea
ment of Agriculture suggest these' good, according to C.' F.
salad plans
reminders for
' Parrish, in chai'ge ol Poultry Ex-
ridwinter C. Citrus fruit, l.tmed,‘«^"sion for State .College, “pro-
I vided
they divorce .slipshod ine-
ol praducliun. and adopt j
best stAck available to feed them;
a high quality ration at all times'
for maximum results.^ * II 1
“Proper housing and intelligent; WpPQ Jc I |Tp#l
Farm Buiding
management of the flock are ne
cessary if^, the margin of profit
desired is made. So, for 1947,
chick buyers should insist on high
quality, disease free chicks from
birds,, ready to lay and with a
‘known’ performance rather than
a ’guessed at’ performance.
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State .College
Answers Timely
i'arm Questions
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HERE’S WHY firjbT !’OTH^F.S
ri DO THIS
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W arminnr, soothin" relief
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from ai.stress of colds starts
in a hurry when you rub on
Vicks VapcRub at bedtime. Be
cause VapoRub p.enetrates to
upper bronciiial tubes with its
special meclicinal vapors ... and
stimulates skin .surfaces like a
warming poultice. Then it "v/orks
for hours to bring relief while
the child sleeps! Tr./ it tonight!
AT BEDTIME rub throat,
chest and back with Vicks
VapoRub. Its relief-bring
ing action starts instantly
to relieve distress . , .
WORKS WHILE CHILD SLEEPS
to bring relief during tlie
night. Often by morning
most misery of the cc.ici
is gone!
.and adhere to
' ng efficiency.’
progritrn featur-.
Greater attention will hai^e to
•c pate! to marketing, Parrish be
lieves, predicting that moi'e di
rect marketing wiil be done in
the future than lias been done
to date, and that more^ labor sa-
ing devices will be used. He says
i! I in \ ic’vv lit r.’.ese ii-ends. Ex-
;oiisi,^.n i;oa.try specialists will
tors, in
poultry
in North Carolina.
■‘With'' competition becoming
keener in foods and with the a-p-j
QUESTION: Briefly, w.hat is
tl'.e intent, of the Hope-Flanna-
gun Bill, also known as iJic Re-
seare.h and Marketing 'Act'.'
ANSWER; Dr. B. D. Baver,
dean of liic State CollVge .Sciiool
of Agriculture and Fonestry. and
Director ot the N. C. Experiment
Station, says thatkwTlie bill rec
ognizes tile extreme i.r.portanco I
of conducting research in the im-j
prdvement of the quality of jdanls
and animals and the development
of new and improved methods of
prcducing. marketing, processing}
and utili/.in.g the products of the!
farm.’’
QUESTION: What matei’ials
ai’e reccr f mended for the con-
The crying need fo'r better j
farm buildings has been brought
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into siiarp relief by North Caro
lina’s changing agriculture, says
Prof. David S. Weaver, head of
the Agricultural Engeering De
partment, State College.
Poultry houses of various kinds
including laying houses, brooder
houses, and summer ranges " are
:n demand at this time, Prof-
W’eaver says, and the ever-increa
sing livestock and the production
ol feed for their consumption, jjp'
create some of the problems of; )
adequate far.n buildings. ^
“II .SLi'licient and satisfactory a.
building space is not available!^ Our truck will he in Raet'ord. N. C. TuesJa.v. .March y
POOLTRY WANTED
for handling this year’s crops. it\^ 4th m /v. M. until 11:00 A. .M. nenr .Depot and’
is ■ not too earlv to give conside-l '. _ ,
raUon to that problem,” he says, Tuesday sailne. tune.
pointing out that a great many j .
farmers like to cut their own * ^
'iiesday sa^e.
—CASH PRICES—
timber and have it seasoning so!«t
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that when they are prepared to >
build, it wiU not be necessary *
I for them to purchase lumber.
Two types of buildings for
which there is an increasing de
mand at present are grain houses
; and sweet potato storage houses.
Each of these requires egreful
consideration as to location, de-i
(.■on.«ti-uction, ^Vea\•er I
HEAVY HENS—2i;c LB
AH other Poultry and Eggs as to ''I. r'-.et.
See oT write us about selling your flock..
IF MARKET ADVANCES WE WILL :HKET IT
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out e'l pha.sis on such ;;
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iltcir 1947 pro.gram for
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i pearace of many new foods on i
j the market, it means ’hut those
ithat compete’ must be produced
economically and pi’esented to
the consuming public in an at
tractive manner. Too .runy of
the farm folks in North Caro
lina have neglected This phase of
poultry w'ork in the past. They
no longer can neglect lo use fhe
.ANSWER: At > the .. present
tiiiio. lermule, copper oxide, bis-
mutii subsalicylate, and pa.radi-
chlbrobenzene, ^re recommend
ed for blue mold control in tills
state. Many* farmers are using
fermate, and most of the tests
conducted by the county farm
agents of the State College Ex
tension Service last year were
with this material.
QUESTION: When will Nation
al 4-H Club Week be held this
year’.’
savs.
Tae department of .Agricultural 1
Engineering has for free dislri-
butiun to farmei’.s desiring to
bliild. either of these types of;
structures, as well as many ot- j
her plans. Prof. Weaver suggests!
that farmers decide what plan,
is needed, then consult their a- i
gents, who have covplete lists of|
these plans. ■ j
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Twenty-lour horse and mulei
ANSWER: This special week.
clinics will be held for Pitt Coun-
when lour and a half .rillion 4-
H Club poys and girls will for-
; ty faiM ers this year.
^ Peanut ^production demonstra- j
mulate plans ffor a Better Home tions will be conducted in Curri-1
List Your Taxes
and a closely knit “World Com- tuck County this year, according
munity'’ Is just amund the cor-^ to H. V. Reynolds, assistance tm-m
ner.. Dates this year are March agent for the State College Ex-
1 to :9.. j tension Service.
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The following have been appsinted as List
Takers for Hoke County:
ATTEND OUR
Allendale
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Antioch
Blue Springs
Little River
McLanchlin
Quewhiffle
Raeford
Stonewall
Miss Nfilla McLauchlin
J. A. Hodgin, JR ^
C. J. McNeill
Daniel McGill
M. G. Ray
W.LMaultsby
L. J. Cainpbell
W. J. McBryde
Auction Sale Every Tuesiiav
AT 1:00 O’CLOCK IN FRONT OF THE ARMORY IN
RAEFORD, N. C.
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AND ANYTHING OF VALUE.
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W. C. LEE AND J. H. WRIGHT
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L. J. Campbell will be at the Court House
every day to list taxes for both the Town and
raeford AUCTION CO.
County.
W. J. McBryde will be at Oundarrach Trading
Gsnipny every Thursday, Friday and Satur
day. /
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Census Re^rt.
$25.00 TO $500.00 NO DOWN PAYMENT
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