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Farm Questions
QUESTION: Do you recommend
using sawdusit as a m\ilch for
shrubs?
ANSWER: John Harris, the
‘Tar Hed Gardener,” says saw
dust makes a very good mulch
for newly set. deep-rooted shrubs.
Use it one or two inches deep. It
not only conserves moisiture but
will help keep down many grasses
and weeds. If mixed with the soil
sawdust will loosen ti^t soils
and thus make them work better,
and will help all soils hold more
moisture. Sawdust, or other loose
tion to tbie regular JertiUzei* ap
plication, for each hoahel of saw
dust worked into ttie soil. This
application may have to bi re
peated for several yean untl the
sawdust is thorou^ily rotted.
QUESTION; Have support prices
been announced for the 1949
sweet potato crop?
ANSWER: Yes. For U. S. No. 1
grade potatoes, washed and pack
ed in new containers, the sche
dule of support prices is as fol
lows: Puerto Rican and Nancy
Hall. SI 50 per bushel from Sep
tember* 1 to November 15, and $2
per bushel after November 15;
Golden and Jersey, ^ $1.30 until
November 15 and $t.50 after that
date: other varieties, $1 until No
vember 15 and $1.50 after that
date. These prices, based on. 80
organic matter, when worked deep jP®’" pnri|y4»e f. o.
into me soil, will cause n,bre I ®
and are for sweet potatoes pack
ed in standard “^crates, bushel
hampers, and solid Or built-up
plants to develop a better and
deeper root system than those
growing on ordinary soiL
Wh^ sawdust is mixed with
the soil, it is recommended that
extra nitrogen be added to assist
in deromposing. Oiled sawdust is
preferable to new because it will
decompose more rapidly. As a
general guide, use one-fourth
pound of nitrate of soda, in addi-
bottom bushel baskets according
to the type of containers custom
arily used in each area.
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Cool, damp welder in recent
weeks has been.^very favorable
for the development of boll
weevils in North Carolina.
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Raeford, N. C.
Cost Of Accid^U
Runs Into Millions
More than 36 million dollars in
medical, dental, and hospital bills
were paid by farm people during
1948 as a result of accidents, ac
cording to H. M. Ellis, in charge
of agricultural engineering for the
State College Extension Service.
This cost, Ellis states, does not
include the cost of accidents to
those who were killed, or who
suffered permanent total disabili
ties; or costs other than those re
sulting directly from the care of
injuries.
Among the chief causes of the
accidents Ellis listed 'the follow
ing: Falls, machines, animals, auto
and truck collisions, handling ob
jects, hand tools, stepping on or
striking against objects, falling
and flying objects, and bums or
shocks.
These findings are based on an
analysis of nearly 2,000 accidents
reported in three enumerative
surveys made by the BAE in 1047
and 1948.
Seventy-two percent of all ac-,
cidents to farm people occurred
on the farm— 16 percent in the
farm home and 56 percent else
where on the farm. Eleven per
cent occurred on roads or streets
off the farm. The other 17 percent
included industrial accidents suf
fered by farm people who were
working in factories,and accidents
of children in games at school.
Fifty-four percent of injuries
were -sustained while the victim
was engaged in farm work. Farm
accidents reached a peak in Sep
tember, when 'both farm work ac
cidents and recreational accidents
were sharply up. Males had an
accident rate over three times as
great as females, and males in the
age group 25 to 44 y^ars had the
highest rate.
Ellis advises all' farmers to
check their homes, farm 'Buildings
and sutToundings and remove all
hazards possible. He also suggests
“taking time instead of chances.”
Plentifiil Fbodt
Listed l^or August
Locally grown fruits and vege
tables—^especially tomatoes and
early applei^will be plentiful on
southern markets in August, the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
reported this week.
Shoppers will find a greater
variety of fresh vegetables in
August than in any other sum
mer month. Miss Josephine Hall,
home demonstration agent for the
Stat^ College Extension Se^ice,
explains, and quality should be
at the season’s peak. Tomatoes
will be on 'the market from com
mercial growing areas as well as
from nearby farms and market
gardens. Early apples will be
marketed from Carolina and Vir
ginia, and in addition Miss Hall
said August Is also the peak
month for harvesting California
Gravensteins. The Gravenstein is
the only California apple found
generally throughout eastern mar
kets. .' I
Other fruits listed as plentiful
for August ai^ peaches, pears,
fresh plums, prunes and canta
loupes. Although the peach crop
is small this year in some of the
southeastern states, other areas
have good crops which will be
ripe this month.
Cabbage, lettuce, and onions
will be the most plentiful fresh
vegetables, and in 'the protein
classification, shoppers will have
a wide selection, with broilers,
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fryers, stewing hens, eggs, fresh
and frozen fish, peanut butter,
and dairy products all on the Au
gust plentiful list. The dairy pro
ducts include cheese, evaporated
milk, butter, nonfat dry milk
solids, and co.ttage cheese. Sup
plies of these products are heavy
and prices are considerably below
levels of a year ago, Sfiss Hall
stated.
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Homebakers
For variety in sweetings plus
flavors' from the flower world,
try honey, say food specialists.
Ways 'to use honey to advant
age in summer meals include the
following suggested by the food
specialist:
Use honey to sweeten cool
fruit driitics. Honey also makes a
likeable sweetening for iced tea
and coffee.
Serve honey fruit cup as a fifst
course or dessert. If fruits in the
cup are mild and sweet, mix
lemon juice with honey, add 'to
the fruit and then ^ill ^before
serving. If the fruit includes a
tart kind, such as grapefrui't, add
honey alone.
Use honey with fruit salads -
ambrosia fruit salad, for example:
Peel and slice oranges and dip
the slices in honey, then in shred
ded coconut. Place the slices on
lettuce and top with berries or
cherries. '
For a quick salad dressing to
go over fruit combinations, mix
equal pants of honey and lemon
juice. Add celery seed, if desired.
When baking apples, add honey
and, table fat to each cored apple.
Baste with honey during baking.
Floyd Hbute 1 TEQTlon-
vUle, 'Was tiie first INorth Caro
lina Turkish tdhacco grower to
begin harvest Of idg 194S crop.
Mays made his first priming on
June 29.
~i%e rate of increasie in t£e age
populations on North Carolina
farms from 1930 to 1940 was
nearl^ six times the rate of in
creese for ithq total farm popula
tion.
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50% Reduction
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in '
Tobacco Pack Barn Rates
Cover your Pack Barns and Tobacco in
them against fire and lightning, at the
new low rates. Protect what you have.
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To protect mattresses, purchase
or make mattress covers. These
AGENT
RAEFORD, N. C.
covers should preferably cover the '
entire mattress although many |
use the type that covers just the
top side. Covers are made of cot
ton cretonne, plastic coated cotton,
quilted cottons and plastics. A i
cover' will protect your mattress
from dust, soil and tearing. It can
easily be removed for washing.
Mattress pads also keep your mat-
ress in better condition. Frequent
turning of your mattresses from
side and end to end give even
wear.
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Greens Become An
Important Cash Crop
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New York; July 26—Two old-
tiihe Southern menu favorites—
turnip and mustard greens—are
winning popularity as a year-
round table delicacy and are be
coming an increasingly important
crop for growers and packers of
greens.
Tender young leaves of the
mustard and 'turnip plants, cook
ed in water with salt pork and
pepper pods, have long been tra
ditional Southern favorites but
have not been widely known in
other sections' of the country.
MASIER^OEIUXE.^
^IMPERIAL
However, crop and canning fig
ures now show 'that these greens
are becoming increasingly avail
able in all seasons, and nutrition
experts point out that the pro
ducts offer an interesting taste
variant and afford much the same
healthful benefits as other leafy
vegetables.
Can industry figures show that
more than 1,500,000 cases of mus
tard, turnip and other greens were
put up in 1948.
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Many Tar Heel farmers could
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work on their farms if they
would systematically work a
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and harvest the products that
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