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C. — Phone 5161 Crops Yield; Estimate Reported High It Pays To Advertise In The News-Journal Production of flue-cured tobac co in NbrtQi Carolina this year was estimated at S87,000,000 Lbs. as of September 1, it was report ed by the Federal-State Crop Re porting Service, which said crop cond-itions now poiftt -to record high per-acre yield of corn and soybeans in this State. The new tobacco estimate is 6,365,000 pounds above the Au gust 1 estimate and 25,610,000 pounds less than the 912,970,000 pounds produced last year,. , The report said the increase in estimated production over the August 1 figure “was brought a- bout mostly by continued favor able weather and further progress of harvest which aided growers in arriving at production esti mates for their crops”. Tobacco yield was estimated at 1,094 pounds per acre, which is four per cent below last year’s yield of 1,138 pounds. Condition of hurley tobacco improved considerably during Au gust, the report stated, and pro duction of the North Carolina crop is expected to total 15,000,- 000 pounds. Continuing a general appraisal of North Carolina crops, the re port stated that the State’s corn prospects on -September 1 indi cated an all-time record high yield per atre q£ 29 bushels. Last ♦> »:♦> w % NOTICE 4 9 PAY YOUR 1946 I i TAXES NOW 4 and Save Advertising Cost. I I All unpaid 1946 taxes will be advertised be ginning October 1,1947. Pay now and save ad vertising costs. $ $ ?! D. H. HODGIN SHERIFF OF HOKE COUNTY . ?! \ ysis^. i^isc >sif. ^ KILL WEEDS FOR KEEPS I Now Is The Time To Use ATLACIDE CHLORATE WEED KILLER 4 A PROVEN PRODUCT 55! I For over fifteen years ATLACIDE has been successfully used for weed killing throughout the United States And in foreign countries, It is used by many branches of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, also Kansas, Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska Highway Departments; the Imperial Valley and San Joaquin Valley Irrigation Districts as well as other similar organizations. year’s yield was 27 bushels per acre, and the 10-year (1936-45) average was 21 bushels. In view of the excellent yield prospects, the report stated, pro duction for 1947 now is estimated at more than 63,000,000 bushels, about 17.4 per cent larger than the SO.OOOjOOOj-bushel crop produced in 1946 and about 28 per cent lar ger than the W)-year average of 49,300,000 bushels. With the ex ception of some northern Pied mont sections, the State’s corn crop is in excellent condition in most areas, the report stated. If September 1 prospects ma terialize, 3,220,000 Jbushels of soy beans will be Produced in North Carolina this year, a production well above the 2,862,000 bushels harvested in 1946 and second to the j^ord crop produced in 1942. iProdiictihn of all hay in North CaroMhC was indicated on Sep- tembei^Jl to be 1,221,000 tons, three per cent below the 1,256,- OOO tons produced ir^ 1946 but about eight per cent larger than the id-year average of 1,130,000 tons. Yield was estimated at one ton per acre, as compared with 1.02 tons in 1946 and the 10-year average of ..96 tons’ per acre. North Carolina’s peach crop failed to come up to growers’ early-season expectations, and production on September 1 was in dicated to be 2,905,000 bushels, eight per cent less than the 3,- 160,000 bushels harvested last year. Production of the commer cial apple crop is estimated at 864,000 bushels, compared the 1946 production of 1,248,000 bushels and the 10-year average of 1,011,000 bushels. Production of pecans is esti mated at 2,338,000 pounds, al most. three-.fourths larger than the 1,344,000 pounds harvested last year but still 13 per cent be low the 10-year average produc tion. With Irish potatoes harvested except for the late crop in the mountain areas, the situation on September 1 indicated a yield of 119 busheTs per acre this year below the record yield of 151 bushels harvested -last year but well above the 10-year average of 100 bushels. Production for the State now is indicated at 8,- 687,000 bushels, compared with 12,080,000 bushels in 1946 and the 10-year average of 8,453,000 bu shels. Production of sweet potatoes now- is estimated at 8,400,000 bu shels, nine per cent more than the 7,680,000 bushels produced in 1946 and seven per cent larger than the 10-year average of 7,847,000 I Gordon B. Rowland; I Lawyer i I Office No. 10 upsairs in Baiik| of Raeford Building. Raeford, i N. C. I '4 ?! 4 ?! WHAT IT IS — HOW JT KILLS 4 ?! % A Atlacide, the safer chlorate, is specifically intended for killing perennial and annual weeds. Manufactured in powder form, it is readily soluble in water, ior spraying or can ^be effectively used for dry application. Atlacide sticks'to foliage and is quickly absorbed by plant tissue. It does not destroy I weeds by merely burning off the leaf surface by'caustic action—Atlacide i erJly eradicated.. penetrates and kills the roots. This means that treated weeds are perman- % % We have a limit^ supply off this proven weed killeV hand. Now is the time to usevit. V , on % J ■ Hardy a month goes by I during which' some mem- Iber of the family doesn’t fhave a cold or upset stom-^ Jach, earache or minor in-| ^|jury. Keep them airiminor' I by consulting your physi- jcian first; and by having I us fill his prescription in four fine pharmacy depart- ! inent. bushels. Yield .projects on Sep tember 1 were for 126 bushels per acre, which equals the record high yield .of 1946 and is 18 bu^ shels larger than tbe 10-year av erage. North Carolina farms produced 73,000,000 eggs 'during August, 3,600,006 above production in Au gust of 1946. Through August, 778,060,060 eggs were produced in this State, compared with 774,- 000,600 in the corresponding per iod of 1946. Production per 100 layers in August was estimated at 1,085 eggs, compared with 1,t- 088 eggs per 100 in August last year. Production of milk on North Carolina farms in August totaled 144,000,000 pounds, a million pounds less than July production but a million pounds above pro-' duction in August of 1946 and 12,000,000 pounds above the 10- year average output for the mon th of August. Milk production last month was the highest for any August of,, record except in 1944. 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C. 1 Prepares food by heat (Electricity does it) 6 Make clothes (Electricity helps) 8 Radio etitertainments (Electricity brings ’em) 13 Wire that^rings electricityWo you 14 Seventh qote of the scale 15 Ae^omptish or perform (Elecmcity .can) 17 Trade or exchange '18 Front end of elephant (Watch out for this one!) 19 Toward 21 Two-thirds won (Excuse it, please!) 23 Suffix meaning condi tion or state 24 For instance; like (Also a Roman weight of 1 pound) 25 In what wm or manner 26 And not; oSikewise not 28 A male person 29 Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like it (And electricity does - a lot to help) 30, Always (Frequently used to desciibe elec tricity’s readiness) . 32 Electrical energy (And it does a lot of jobs) 33 The Electric Hour — “Hour of Charin’’ - comes to you by this - 35 When yotic electric alarm wakes you up ,36 North Dakota ’•Sh (abbrev.) j 38 A useful material agency which exhibits magnetic, chemical and thermal effects — and you use it in every room in your house 39 Postscript (abbrev.) 41 Indefinite article 42 Low in cost —and elec tricity certainly is 47 Banishes darkness by electricity; and, like your electric hill, isn’t heavy 52 You get one every month for electric ser vice — and think of all the jobs it covers! 53 What electricity helps you do to the laundry 55 Light-Power (initials) 57.)Klj^best place in the worl(l to live — and it has the most and beshg^ electric power, too (initials) 58 National (abbrev.) 59 Plural of “I”. (And it isn’t, “eyes”) 62 On top of 63 Half an em 64 More than one guy .. 65 The lady who makes the meals —make it easy for her with an elMtric range 67 To'such a degree or extent. Often followed . l. hy-,toe word “what?” 69 Third person singular, present tense, of the - verb “be” * 70 An oven for bumihg bricks, not bread (But nobody bums bread in an electric. range with thermostatic control) 71 Greek letter; also Greek symbol for 20 (Did you know you’re, getting twice as much electricity for your money as you did 20 years ago?) 72 A gadget that mak^s a breeze by electricity 73 Prepared, willing, handy (like electricity) 11 What electricity helps you do on MondaV, or *' any other day of the . week, for that matter 12 Rapid rate of motion (Electricity comes to you that way) 14' A tall, slim structure 16 Person who possesses (You’re probably one, where your electric light and power com pany is concerned) Heavy book (Usually very dull reading, too) A useful material agency which exhibits magnetic, chemical and thermal effects. It also helps you clean and cook and sew, tells you the time, and in general makes life very com fortable for you 22 Latin word for “new” 19 20 41 On, upon, close to, by, near, in or within (Sorry, this is all the help we can give you) 43 Hard-boiled (abbrev.) 44 Three very well-known vowels (Really, by this time we were quite ' desperate) 45 Likewise, furthermore 46 Designs, devices or plots , 47 The system of wires by which electricity reaches you 48 Persia *4 s! 4 4 4 ?! 51 (Isn’t this puzzle, educational?) ^ 25 DOWN / 1 Your -electric vacuum cleaner helps yoii do this 60 To turn away in disgiist (Scottish). Sorry, this is a tough one' 9 10 Lubricates Single'individual or object King’s Exchange (abbrev.) A river in North China. Also Spanish for “yes” (This is very unfair of us, we know) .. lyar Department / (abbrev.) ' High School (abbrev.) Office, of War Informa tion (initials) Favorite Indian greet ing. Becomes American when preceded by the word “and” - 27 A person who doesn’t believe in Free Enterprise 29 A call to excite attention. Used by v '^anta Claus 31 Rhode I^and (abbrev.) 32 Any time between noon and midnight 34 On top of , 3^ A practical unit of electric current strength - (We’re just showing off!) .. 37 To put on 40 South Carolina (abbrev )V 49 Acquired 50 How nice! (initials) A gad^t to tell time. When-ftm by electricity, it tells the most dependable time in the wwld 54^4ii small coin, practically ’^valueless these days. But When you spend it for electricity, it becomes the biggest one-c^nt bargain in your budget 56 A swfft Malayan vessel (JVill it help if we tell you-it rhymes with , “Noah”?) 59 To unite heated metal (Electricity did a lot of this during the war) 61 The upper portion 64 Italian for “my” (Well, nothing else fitted in) 4 4 ?! ▼ 4 ?! 4 ?! 4 66 A domestic duty loved by soldiers (abbrev.) \ *68 Belonging to 69 Within ,70 Knight Errant ‘ ^.) 4 4 ?! We hope you had as much solving this crossword teaser as we had creating it. The puzzle comes to you as an amusing reminder that electricity does many, many tasks for you Villingly, s^u|^y ^d at very little cost. (CAHOaiMA POWBR P tieHT COMPAyFF) 61UP? 4 ?! B SIEIISI 53 BBS EIIB53B BSSIBIS C3BC] [^53 B BD B HHraa sa do bo 32E1B BQg]
The News-Journal (Raeford, N.C.)
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