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. . ' ' ' ■ '■■• ' ^ ■ '" ■''W'-v; TBE ^lEWS^OUBNAL ’r‘- /“-kW -■;» State Cdlege Answ^ Timely Farm Qaestions QUESTION; Does fire cause more damage in the city or in the (Country? , ANSWER: In proportion, fire threatens farm residents more than it threatened people who live in towns. The National Fire Pro tection Association says fire kill ed about 11,000 persons in Gie United States last year. One- third of th«e were farm residents, v4. ■ .',4. ;j ;* -t.. rv^,. . • ^ tr, =• ^ ■ '•'t. / "* ■ / fimJBSpA^r»^Y alttiough only one-fifth of the country’s population ^ lives on farms. Property damage from farm fires last year was .about 100 million dollars. Agricultural engineers at State College say 90 per cent of all farm fires could be readily prevented if fanners would give full attention to elim inating common fire hazards. One way to do this is to st&ge a thorough spring clean-up drive which will include all farm build ings, equipment, and grounds. JUESTION: How gx^t is the crop loss from insects eadi year? ANSWER: Some 10 years ago. Federal entomologists... estimated that the losses caused by about 60 per cent of the more import ant insect, pests amounted to a billion and a half dollars a year. Now, however, they have raised this estimate to four billion a year. The entomologists say that DDT and other, new insecticides have not only provided; better pro tection to crops but have shown by the increased yields of treat ed crops (that insects do more damage than anyone had sup posed. The new estimate still does not include a number of ^ so-called minor pests like the cattle horn- fly, which does an estimate'd *100 million dollars a year damage. - .. In the old estimates, insect pests were blamed for a 5 per. cent a year loss to grains in farm stor age. Now studies show losses of 1 to 2 per cent a month, indicat ing that the older estimates were at least 250 million dollars short. On a crop like com, the ento mologists figure th^t yields may be reduced as much-as one-fourth by the various insepts which at tack the growing plants.' However, most of these tremen dous crop losses can be prevented if farmers will follow "proper in sect control methods arid tise in- i^cticides which are now avail-, able. The local county agent will provide ..complete information. I CLEAN UP - - I PAINT UP WEEK i Next Week 15th - 21st Is The Week .jiji/p—*‘*1*.•iA?i ..V—AwwX*'. I Let each one in the Town of Raefo rd assume his responsibility and I and bear his burden of civic pride. Below are the names of the citi- I zens of this town who will supervise the campaign. I Also is a schedule of the program. Follow it if you can. But in any I event see that your premises are clean and trash and garbage is pil- I ed ready for the Pick Up Days. I Committees for Clean-Up Cainpaign. May 15th-21sL-1949 I NORTH EAST SECTION. E'ast of Main St. - North of Edinboro Ave. S I. Mwn, Chairman. Paul Dezerne, G. B. Rowland, W. P. Baker, J. A. Bau- S com, Edison McGirt, James Stephen^, J. E. Conoly, D. H. Hodgin. S NORTH WEST SECTIONi west of Mam St.-North of EdmboroAVe. S C. L. Thomas, Chairman. R. L. Murray, C. P. Kinlaw, J. K. McNeill, Jf., J. S L. McNeill, Ernest Campbell, A. K. Currie, John McKoy Bliie, James Till- = man, Ed Smith, Clarence Brown and J. Be, McIntyre. I SOUTH EAST SECTION. East of Main St. - South of Edinboro Ave. s John W. McPhaul, Chairman. R, L. Carter, N. L. McFadyen, S. M. Koonce, = Archie McDiarmid, Charlie Morrison, Clarence Lytch, H. L. Gatlin, W. C. SS f ^ Odom and D. B. McFadyen, Jr. ^ ^ g SOUTH WEST SECTlORi^ west of Mam St. - south of Edinboro Ave. “ Tommie Upchurch, Chairman, k. B. Sinclair, P. O. Lee, Walter Parks, Tru- ®, man Austin, Paul B. Davis, Tom McBryde, Alfred Cole and Robert Gatlin. STREET. Edinboro Avenue to Harriss Avenue Paul Dickson, Chairman. Tom Cameron, Bill How'ell, Younger Snead, Ber nard Bray. \M- SCHEDULE Sunday, May 15th - Monday, May 16tb ~ Tuesday, May 17th - Wednesday, May 18th I Thursday, May 19th - Friday, May 2(Hh - Saturday, May Zlst - Church cooperation day. Safety and Fire Prevention Day. Clean basements, attics, dispose of rags, newspapers and other rubbish in houses. Start paint job/ inside and out. Also paint porch and lawn furniture. '• Front and Back ters'and walks Yard Day. Clean alleys, garages, front and back yards, gut- . Vacant Loybay. Clean vacant lots of can^ bottles, paper and weeds. (on this day be sure that all trash and rubbish is put in piles where it can be picked up on Pick Up Days) Pickup Day. West Side of Main Street, Magnolia St., Fulton St., Bethel St. and Green St. Pick Up Day. East Side of Main St., Stewart St., McLauchlin St. and Jack- son St. Householders and owners of business property make final inspection of their premises to insure that no contemplated project has been overlooked. SPONSORED BY RAEFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE National Farm Safety-Week Is Set For July *24-30 North Carolina farmers "are asked to join thousands of others throughout the Nation this year in observance of National Farm Safety Week, July ,24-30. The theme of the we^, according to H, Ellis, in charge of extension .agricultural ei^ineering at State, College, will be the elimination 1bf imsafe prances. Recent studiesr^r. ?llis says, reveal that imsafe practices con tinue to be the leading cause of accidents to farm people, A spec ial survey conducted by the Na tional Safety Council shows that about 72'.per cent of the accidents involved one or more unsafe acts on the part of the victims. One of every 17 farm xesidents in the United States will suffer a dis abling injury from acidents in 194^ unless they /take extra pre cautions. A survey of farm work acci dents showed that failure to use proper equpiment was the com monest unsafe act for farm ac cidents. , Unsafe practices in dealing with animals was second in im portance. Among other > common unsafe acts were knowingly using defec tive or unguardel equipment, working on or adjusting danger ous moving equipment, handling too heavy loads, and doing work without sufficient instruction. * Special phases of farm safety will I be stressed each day of Na tional Farm Safety Week. Sun day will be observed as church day, with the accent on, “Thou Shalt No.t Kill.” Monday will be home safety day, featuring good housekeeping. Tuesday will be livestock safety day. with accent on handling animals safely, - Wednesday will emphasize safety from falls. Thursday will be highway safety day. Friday will toe machinery safety ^ay. Saturday will be review day, for review of all phases of accident prevention, especially the elimina tion of imsafe practices, -0—= It Pays To Advertise Corn Growers Asked To Increase Yields _ North Carolina’s 100-Bushel Corn Club, members were asked this week by F, 'L. Albritton, cliib president and the 'state’s 1948 cbm growing champion, to do theif part'in the “corn war” with ■Virgi^a.^ 4 ' “For limmber of the 100 Bushel Com," diiib there are 160 farmers who have not been re port^, as growing, 100 or 'more bushels of com per acre,” Al britton said. “As a member of the 100 "Bushel Club, are you do ing your part?” ' The average farm in this state has about nine acres of com; the LaGrange farmer pointed out. If every farmer would follow the five steps to increase com yields on one acre the state average should be raised five bushels for 1949. ' ' The fiye steps, as worked out by-specialists of the State College Extension Service and scientists of the Agricultural Experiment Station are: (1) Use seed of an adapted hybrid or a proved local variety; (2) Fertile according to the soil needs; (3) Space the rows and the plants in the rows the proper distance to get the desired yield; (4) Control weeds early but avoid late and deep cultiva tion; and (5) Use adequate side dressing. ' “We would not be interested in this contest if we did not know, from our own experience that high corn yields are economical rields,” Albritton continued. “Ev ery farmer who follows these ap proved practices over a period of years will profit by his efforts. Will you, as a rhember, sponsor as many neighbors as possible for membership in this club?” ' Better Chicken Breed Is Sought A new Chicken-ofl-Tomorrow contest is now under way in North* Carolina, C. J. Maupin, , poultry specialist for the State College Extension Service, announced today. “Goiy^ of . the new three-year progra^yT^SSttisaid, “is a 1951- hiodel chicken patterned along: the lines Of progress made in. the ini-^ tial Chicken-of-Tomorrow breed- . ii)g contest. An attempt will be made to develop a new bird — or improve some of the established strains that will grow faster and have beefier drumsticks and more white meat.” ' State contests are being held all over the%atioii this year nad lyill be follovred by regional contests in 1959 and another national con test in ■'1951. The A. & P, Food Stores are offering' $10,000 in prize money during >this period. “In many respects, the Chick- .en-of-Tomoirrow is here today,” Maupin said. “The first national contest, won by a California hat chery with a Comish-New Hamp shire cro^^ demonstrated that many meat-type birds art being produced all ovei^ the nation. Thd mail! purpose of the new contest is to improve, spread, and expand the production of better-type m^at birita, so that more and more superior, chickens will soon be reaching American, ^nner tables.’’ Priultry industry members who have been asked to serve on the North Carolina committee with Maupin are .L' J. Fourie and Charles G. Fox of Raleigh, H. B. Helms and Bundy F. Belk of Mon roe, W. W*: Keever of Lincoln ton, J. B. Wood of Siler City, H. C. Kennett of Durham, Harry Het- tiger of Wilkesboro, and R. S. Dearstyne and C. F. Parrish of State College. The 1949 contest will end dur ing the week of June 20-25. An nouncement will be made as to names of judges and the dressing plant where a 15-;bird sample from each entry will be dressed. 0-^ Livestock breeders in the United States imported nearly 40 per c;ent more purebred animals dur ing 1948 than in 1947. The major ity of the importations were from Canada. 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