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-ESTABLISHED JIILY, 1936
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Ent«r«i m second-class matter November nth, 3936, at the
Post Office, at Burnsville, North Carolina, under the Act o1
Much S, 1879.
FARMERS GETTING
LARGE SLICE OF PULP
WOOD MELON IN ’44
American farmers are
reaping a rich harvest this
year from their woodlands
and are at the same time
making a vital contribution
to war production by cut
ting pulpwood for war and
essential civilian needs.
Even before the war 38
percent of the nation’s
pulpwood came from farm
woodlands, and in the South
the proportion was 55 per
cent. While no wartime
figures are available, all
authorities agree that the
percentage o f pulpwood
coming off of farm wood
lands has increased since
Pearl Harbor.
At the outset of the Vic
tory Pulpwood Campaign
the War Food Administra
tion estimated that three
and a half million farms
in this country have mark
etable forest products.
Other Department of Agri
culture experts have since
estimated that there are
139,000,000 acres of farm
woodlands.
In some sections of the
country woodlands may re
present half of a farmer’s
acreage. In South Atlantic
states, for example, the av
erage farm woodland com
prises 40 acres. In New
England it is 53 acres,
while in the South Central
states the average is 12
acres.
Farm-produced pulpwood
has become increasingly im
portant as the manpower
shortage cut into the num
ber of organized crews of
woodsmen The Government
and industry have looked
to the farmer and the farm
woodlot to provide the pulp
wood necessarv to keep war
needs supplied.
Forest farming is now re
cognized as an important
part of agriculture and is
one of the most profitable
cash crops coming off Am
erican farms.
By observing proper for
estry practices farmers are
able to cut pulpwood now
for war needs and at the
same time improve their
woodlots for future and
permanent timber produe-j
tion.
Farmers benefit indirect
ly as well by helping to in
crease pulpwood production
as many pulpwood products
are used in the marketing
of field crops. Some pulp
wood products return to
the farm in the form of
containers for seeds, stock
-feed, fertilizers and the
like. The War Food Admin
istration states that farm
ers are one of the largest
groups of forest products
users. Almost a third of
pulpwood goes into the
manufacture of packaging
for food and other farm
products, a large portion of
which is shipped overseas
to our fighting forces.
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VVV’ITH GUNS BLAZING and a prayer
in lus stout heart, this American fight
er is hell-bent on destruction of our enemies.
HE is not thinking of how little or how much
he s doing to help win the war. For him,
the chips are down; uut his fighting spirit is
as high as. the ;rom which his plane
is diving.
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In cramped foxholes and disease-infested
jungles, on sun-scorched beachheads—under
and over the seven sjjs other Americans are
matching his courage. And their name is
legion. They KNOW that war is a bloody
business, that their lives, as well as yours,
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Sad Me M/MM/- BUY MORE THAN BEFORE
G. L. HENSLEY, General Chairman EMMETT SAMS, Director
COUNTY QUOTA $106,000
TOWN AND FARM
IN WARTIME
Army Trucks for Farm Use
The farmer in critical
need of a truck may apply
to his county Agricultural
Adjustment Agency com
mittee for a used Army
truck, the War Food Ad
ministration ann o u nces.
Upon the basis of applica
tions on hand and further
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investigation, AAA offices
prepare letters certifying
to the needs for ' available
e trucks. These letters auth
-1 orize truck dealers to nego
/ tiate with proper authori
-1 jties and buy the trucks
-;for resale to approved ap
plicants. WFA warns that
-for some time relatively
. few persons who need
- trucks for essential agri
cultural purposes will get
are now at stake. You cannot —you must
not—let them down.
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Is it asking too much of you to back these
men up by buying more, and still more, War •
Bonds? There can be but one answer. You’ll
find it in your own heart.
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And* remember, too, as you dig deeper
than ever before into your pocketbook or *
cash surplus, that the Fifth War Loan MUST
raise 16 billion dollars. It is the greatest jinanc
ing drive the world has ever known ... to
back up the greatest invasion drive the world
has ever known.
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i Farm Plans for War Vets
■ , In formulating principles
■ of guidance for establish
■ ment of veterans, war wor
-1 kers and farm youths on
farms after the war, the
; Interbureau Committee of
the Department of Agricul-i
ture points out that most
of the good, agricultural'
land in the United States
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already is in farms. Appro-1
ximately one and one-half
million veterans with farm
experience will be demobi
lized following the warj
many of the three million
war Workers with farm ex
perience may wish to re
turn to farming, and thou
sands of farm youths W’iir
be looking forward to a
place in agriculture, the;
committee reported “In-|
And H«ra Aro 5 MORE Reasons for
Buying EXTRA Bonds in the sth!
1. War Bonds are the best, the safest invest
ment in the world!
2. War Bonds return you $4 for every $3
in 10 years.
3* War Bonds help keep prices down.
W ar Bonds will help win the peace by
increasing purchasing power after the war.
5* War Bonds mean education for your chil
dren, security for you, funds for retirement.
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s"wah loan
THURSDAY, JULY 0, 1344
j tersification, improvement
and further development
in productive land areas”
might make 350,000 family
farms available during the
five years after the war,
and if additional farms are
needed, perhaps 300,000
more could be developed
within 10 years through
reclamation, the committee
said.
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