How County Farm
Head Made Money
Marketing Swine
By B. E. GRANT,
Bertie County Agent
J. F. Phelps, superintendent of
•the County Farm, recently sold
a nice lot of fifty-eight pigs
which were produced largely on
•feeds raised this year.
Instead of selling the pigs at a
sacrifice price last spring as
many farmers did. Mr. Phelps
made his plans for growing the
pigs out to market size with a
minimum 'amount of corn dnd
purchased feed. He planted a six
•acre field in soybeans in early
spring and when the soybeans
were a little more than knee
high he put the pigs in the soy
bean field at an average weight
of sixty-two pounds and for the
first thirty days gave them an
average of one bushel of corn
•daily, along with a home-made
mineral mixture which they
could get at will. At the end of
ihirty days he weighed the pigs
and found that with this limited
(feeding of corn, but with plenty
of soybeans to graze, the pigs had
made an average daily gain of
one pound per pig. During the
second thirty days be fed an
average of two bushels of corn
daily in addition to soybean
grazing. At the end of the sec
ond thirty-day period, the pigs
iiad gained an average of a pound
a day during this period, after
which they were put on self
feeders with corn, crushed wheat,
-fish meal, and minerals, and
^finished out to market weights.
Mr. Phelps reports that he
started with sixty-two pigs but
kept out four for home butcher
ing and sold fifty-eight for
$1,397.47. In addition to the soy
• -toean grazing he reports that the
pigs ate 396 bushels of corn and
$390 worth of purchased feed.
On account of the drought he
toa$ a short corn crop this year
tout *has seeded eight acres in
wheat for pigs to graze next
spring and plans to seed lespedeza
on the wheat next March, so as
to raise out another lot of pigs
with a minimum amount of corn
and purchased feed.
Mr. Phelps reports that he now
tras a thick seeding of oats in the
eix acre field where he had the
soybeans for grazing last sum
mer. He says the oats are six
inches high and are ready for
good grazing.
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are alternates.
Gatesville community: W. E.
Turner, C. E. Lang, M. L. Pi
land, W. H. Lawrence, H. A.
Brown.
Hall community: D. C. Eure, J.
T. Askew. C. E. Mullen, J. I. As
kew, J. H. Lilley.
Hasletts community: E. B.
♦Speight, L. B. Ward. B. O. White
hurst, M. T. Harrell, A. H. Rus
sell.
Holly Grove community: Wal
ter A. Ward, M. E. Knight, Rich
ard S. Jones, Lee Riddick, Elton
Hollowell.
Hunters Mill community: B. H.
Ward, W. P. Hill. E. S. Hoffler,
M. B. Hobbs, Maywood Spivey.
'Mintonsville community: R. O.
Hobbs, C. E. Hollowell, J. H.
Bunch, L. R. Trotman, R. J.
Hendrix.
iteynoldson community: John
L. Smith, T. W. Parker, R. L.
Savage, Cleman Eure, H. P. King.
Sunbury community: B. B.
Powell, Willie Byrum, W. P. Hud
gins, Walter Worrell, W. H. Hol
lowell.
Zion community: J. W. Spivey,
Earl A. Blanchard, Richard Lowe,
R. E. Greene, R. L. Brown.
County committeemen and sec
retary and treasurer were re
elected Saturday as follows. The
•community elections were poorly
attended.
0 Chairman, J. C. Vann, Cora
peake; vice chairman, T. J. Stal
lings, Hobbsville; regular mem
ber, T. B. Parker, Gates; first al
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FINAL ASSAULT WITH BAYONET: American Infantry soldier
demonstrates use of bayonet in outdoor weapons show. Here s
Your Infantry,” which features $14,000,000,000 Sixth War Loan
Drive produced by The Infantry School of Army Ground Forces
and the War Finance Division of the Treasury Department and
which opens in Washington, D. C., on November 17.
Combat veterans from The Infantry School will demonstrate
weapons and strip, reassemble and explain them in exhibitions.
A 30-minute assault on a typical Japanese pillbox will be shown.
In reducing the enemy pillbox, the Infantrymen will bring into
play all their weapons including flame-throwers and grenades.
(Official U. S. Army Photo—The Infantry School.)
ternate, J. M. King, Gates; sec
ond alternate, Walter A. Ward,
Corapeake; secretary, Mildred B.
Hill, Gatesville; treasurer, Otelia
M. Holloman, Gatesville.
Lieut. Wood Cited
And Is Awarded
Navy Air Medal
Lieut, (jg) Charles Henry
Wood, Jr., U. S. N. R. of Eden
ton, husband of the former Miss
Nell Riddick of Gatesville, has
been awarded the Air Medal
and has been cited “for dis
tinguishing himself by meritori
ous achievement while partici
pating in aerial flight.”
Lieut. Wood, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Wood of Edenton, is
now stationed *at Miami Beach
where the citation was given in
formal ceremony Saturday. Mrs.
Wood is also living at Miami
Beach.
The official citation reads as
follows: “For distinguish! n g
himself by meritorious 'achieve
ment while participating in an
aerial flight as pilot of a car
rier-based torpedo plane as
signed to 'anti-submarine patrol
in the vicinity of Bonin Islands
in June. ^
“Having sighted an enemy
cargo ship he at once- attacked,
dropping his bombs with high
professonal skill, in such a man
ner as to cripple the ship and
bring about her eventual des
truction. His skill 'and courage
were at all times in keeping with
the highest traditions of the
United States Naval Service.”
The citation was signed by M.
A. Mitcher, Vice Admiral,- U. S.
Navy.
Lieut. Wood graduated from
The Citadel, Charleston, S. C.,
in 1941 and received his wings
at Miami in July, 1942.
Rotarians Favor
Military Training
Windsor.—
A panel discussion on the pro
posal for universal compulsory
military training from American
boys, which it is expected will be
presented in a bill before Con
gress at this session, featured
the program of the Windsor Ro
tary club Friday night. The
members expressing themselves
were unanimous in favoring a
program of compulsory military
training, with one exception. The
program was directed by M. B.
Moye.
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AUCTION SALE
OF VALUABLE PROPERTY AT
SUNBURY, N. C.
FRIDAY, DEC. 1st, 1944
At IQ A. M.
1 will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, subject to
confirmation, my entire lot of household and kitchen furni
ture with the exception of a few odd pieces. Also some
poultry and farm equipment.
A FEW ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE SALE ARE:
2 Bedroom Suites 1 Living Room Suite
1 Dining Room Suite 1 Electric Stove
1 Electric Refrigerator
1 Wood Cook Stove 2 Wood Heaters
1 Corn Sheller
Wood Cut for Heater or Cook Stove
Tables, Chairs, Rugs and Other Articles
too Numerous to Mention.
PLACE OF SALE: Farm near Sunbury formerly owned by
S. N. Blount, now owned by Paul Rice. Farm located on
Folly Road about midway between Sunbury and Corapeake.
House will be open before sale for inspection of all items
offered for sale.
S. N. BLOUNT
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