THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1954
THE NEWS-JOURNAL
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FARM ITEMS
By W. C. Wllliford
County Farm Agent
With the coming of Fall, you
-will be thinking about getting
your, small grain planted. The
varieties recommended by the
Experiment Station and the Ex
tention Service are constantly
changing because of new deve
lopments, new diseases, etc. For
1954, there is little change from
the previous recommendaitons.
There are many new varieties
being tested "that show a lot of
promise, but havo not stood the
test of time long enough for the
grain specialists to recommend
them.
The varieties recommended for
the 1954 fall planting are as fol
lows: Wheat Anderson, Atlas 50,
Atlas 66, and Coker 47-27; Oats -Arlington,
Victorgrain 48-93, Ful
grain, Fulwood, and Woodgrain;,
and Barley - Davie and Colonial
2. It will be a good while before
you start thinking about sowing
your small grain,, but this infor
mation is being given to you so
you will have time to look a
round and get the seed you want.
Small grain is becoming more
Important in Hoke County an
naunally. It might be helpful for
you to pay more attention to var
ieties in the future.
to add some extra watcrers if
your chickens show signs of suf
fering from the hat.
There are some common drugs
Aureomycln and Terramycin
that have been effective for
the treatment of bluecomb di
sease. Treatment In the water Is
more effective than the same
treatment in the feed. The reason
for this is when your birds are
sick they usually have a fever.
Feverish birds eat very little and
drink a lot of water. It is easy
to get more medicine in the bird
through the' drinking water than
in the feed.
Apother thing that I have run
into in vaccinating chickens and
in making other contacts with
flock owners is the unusually
rough treatment in handling and
moving birds. Generally speak
ing, you handle your tobacco as
the old saying goes "with kid
gloves". Your chickens are much
more sensitive, but very little
attention is paid to how they are
handled. Picking up a pullet by
one wing or a handful of feath
ers and throwing her over the
fence is likely to make the dif
ference of whether she grows
into a good layer or not.
move the runners thftt grow be
tween now and fall. These new
runners will have very few ber
ries, if any. They will onlyi com
pete for fetrilizer and moisture
with your berry producing run
ners that were grownn this
spring.
Fertilize your beds now with
whatever kind of fertilizer you
have on hand providing it is
fairly well balanced. Teh recom
mended fertilizer Is one gallon
of 8-8-8 per 100 feet of row. This
will amount to about 700 pounds
per acre if you hnve a large size
bed. Strawberry fruit buds are
being formed, and they need
nourishment now.
Bluecomb disease has been
more prevalent in poultry flocks
throughout the Stnte tins year
than previously. This disease is
worse during hot humid weather
of the summer and fall than at
any other time.
The best way to keep from
having this disease in your flock
is to practice good management.
Grain containing more than 2G
moisture should not be used as
poultry feed. During hot weath
er, grain feeding can be reduced
and the birds should have cool,
well ventilated houses if they
are confused. They should have
shf.de if they' are on the range.
Give your birds plenty of cool,
fresh water daily Most of the
calls I have been on this summer
about poultry diseases have shown
me that the majority of flocks
did not get sufficient cool, clean
water to maintain good health.
This is especially true in family
size laying flocks. It will be well
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Strawberries are one of the
favorite foods of many people.
Most gardens In Hoke County
should have a strawberry bed.
They are easy to grow and they
are easy to freeze or otherwise
i preserve for eating after the
growing seabort is over.
This hot, dry weather is the
kind that kills strawberries
which are extremely shallow
rooted plants. There are several
ways you can help prevent this.
The best way, of course, is to ir
rigate your beds once a week
when it is needed. A thorough
application of about one inch of
water a week is better than sev
eral light waterings.
Weeds compete for water and
in many cases can get more water
out of your soil than your garden
plants. It stands to reason that
the removal of weeds will increase
the number of strawberries you
will harvest next spring.
There are two ieasons that we
continually talk about mulching
strawberries. One is that mulch
ing conserves water, and second
it reduces weed competition. j
Another thing you can do to
help your strawberries is to re-
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Alvin Robertson, who lives in
the Ashley Heights section, is
harvesting his tobacco with a
new harvesting machine. This
machine will harvest about two
barns a day with nine workers
providing evereything goes just
right. The one Mr. Robertson is
using was made to accommodate
four primers, 2 stringers, and one
driver who also takes off sticks.
The handcrs are automatical
ly eliminated because the tobacco
is taken on a chain directly from
the primers to the stringers. It
also eliminates your truck driv
ers and a lot of loose motion in
changing tobacco from one op
eration to the other.
Mr. Robertson found that it
increased the speed of his ma
chine considerably to add extra
stringers; so he widened the
platform on the machine and
now has four stringers instead
of two.
As far as I know, this is the
latest tobacco harvester that has
been put in operation in Hoke
County.
Since it is time to work on the
summer management of your
strawberries, the bulletin featur
ed this week in the County A
gent's office is Extension Circu
lar No. 333 "Small Fruit Cul
ture for Home Gardeners". This
bulletin includes the culture of
dewberries, red raspberries,
black raspberries, and strawberries.
Nation Saluting Your
Garden Vegetables
can Vegetable Growers during
this special week in their honor.
My best wishes go with all of
them."
That's what President Eisen
hower had to say recently in ob
serving National Vegetable Week,
July 29 to August 74 Actually the
purpose of this national week is
to acquaint more persons with
the uses of vegetables.
You, for example, can add
sparkle to your Health by put
ting the vegetables in your gar
den to work. Salads are an ex
cellent way to get your needed
servings ol vegetables each day.
Virginia Wilson, State College
nutritionist, suggests serving crisp
salad greens with cooked or un
cooked fruits and vegetables. "If
they're raw," she adds, "so much
the better. Cooking destroys some
vitamins and washes out miner
als."
Getting your family to eat well
these hot summer days may be
something of a problem, but eye
appeal may do a lot to perk up
those lagging appetites. And ac
cording to Miss Wilson, one of
the easiest ways to get color into
your meals is to use green and
yellow vegetables carrots,
squash, spinach, beans, peas, and
salad greens of all kinds.
And there is a definite connec
tion between the color of some
foods and their value to your
body. Those deep yellow or green
in color' have more vitamin A
value in the body than the pale
colorless ones. Green leaf lettuce,
yellow squash, corn or peaches,
will furnish your body with more
vitamin A than the bleached or
white varieties.
closure, the holder of the indebt
edness thereby secured having
demanded a foreclosure thereof
for the purpose of satisfying said
indebtedness, the undersigned
Trustee will offer for sale at pub
lic auction to the highest bidder
for cash at the Courthouse door
in Raeford, North Carolina, at
twelve (12.00) o'clock, noon, on
the 24th day of August, 1954, the
land conveyed in said Deed of
Trust, the same lying and being
in Hoke County, North Carolina,
and more particularly described
as follows:
Being Lots No. 84 and 85 ai
shown on a Map of "Residence
Lots of the W. L. Maultsby Pro
perty, Sanatorium, N. C," re
corded in Book of Maps No. 2 at
page 243, Hoke County Registry
together with all improvements
thereon. Eumg the same land con- i
veyed to tha parties of the first
part by Deed dated Nov. 8, 1948,
from Evan Harris and wife, Bes
sie Harris, duly recorded in Deed
Book 90, page 28.
The above described property
will also be solr' subject to taxes,
special assessments and other
liens of record.
This 21st day of July, 1954.
R. F. Hoke Pollock, Trustee.
9-12C
"I am particularly happy to
salute the great army of Ameri-
LEGALS
NOTICE
North Carolina
Hoke County
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in a cer
tain Deed of Trust executed by
Ike McKay and wife, Ida Mc
Kay, and Herbert McKay, single,
to R. F. Hoke Pollock, Trustee
dated the 15th day of March,
1954, and recorded in Book of
Mortgages 98, at page 123, in the
office of the Register of Deeds of
Hoke County, default having been
made in the payment of the in
debtedness thereby secured, and
the said Deed of Trust being by
the terms thereof subject to fore-
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J-Jook, Joe, I'm making these lamps in my spare time."
"Swell job, Jim. But these tools must have cost you plenty."
"Yes, I've put oyer $800 into them, but soon my hobby will
be paying me a good profit."
"I guess those machines we have at the plant cost a lot of
money, too."
"Right. I've read that it costs a manufacturer about $12,000
per worker for tools and equipment to provide jobs like ours."
"That's quite an investment, isn't it?"
"You bet it isl But these modern machines help us turn out
ouf product at less cost per piece that means our company
can sell at lower prices and more people can buy from us."
"And when the company does more business and makes a
profit, our jobs are more secure, aren't they?"
"Right again, Joe. It takes sales and profits to provide new
machinery, higher wages for us, and more jobs for other people.
The better we produce the more all of us benefit and modern
machinery helps us to increase our output."
Working side by side with America's "industrial team,"
i banks, too, play an important part in the nation's prog
ress. Our bank is always ready to help you with per
sonal or business money matters roll on ty any time.
The Bank of Raeford
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
''Helpful Banking For Over Fifty Yeats"
Twin -State Warehouses
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A SALE EVERY DAY
Grade Your Tobacco in Big Piles Just Throw Out Trash and Green
Leaves, Tie-up and Bring it to TWIN-STATE For the Highest Prices
and Best Service. 300 Pounds Can be Sold in One Pile. Large Piles Bring
More Money. Sell Early for Best Prices.
"FAIRMONT LEADS THE BORDER
TWIN - STATE LEADS FAIRMONT"
P. O. WILSON
P. R. FLOYD
PROPRIETERS
JOE PELL
Sec Buck Blue cr II. B. Walters For Space
Buck Blue Thone 441, Raeford
Warehouse Phone 6S01, Fairmont
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