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PAGE TWO A THE Y/ANCET, RECORD 1 EST A FLUSHED JULY, 1938 Editor ..... Mrs. C. R. Hamrick % " y jf/j Published Every Thursday By g YANCEY PUBLISHING CO. > i v A Partnership Entered as second-class matter November 11th, 1936, at the Post Office, at Burnsville, North Carolina, under the Act of March 8, 1878. , / WHY THE ARMY NEEDS PULPWOOD Ordnance equipment and supplies are being shipped overseas at the rate of 14 ; tons a minute day and night, the Army reports. A lot of the material is de stroyed before it reaches the battlefront; more is lost in action as our fighting men press forward in Eu rope and on Pacific beach heads. While tanks, planes and artillery account for a large share of the weight, more than 700,000 separate items some of them in the mill ions—are supplied to our forces abroad. Many of them, even such large items' as bomber or tank replace- * ment motors, are in specially treated paper, j It was because these vast supplies were provided in such huge quantities and ini good condition that . our troops which landed on French beaches or behind German lines were complet ely equipped with the most ! modern weapons. Certainly this equipment was largely responsible for the fact that our losses in , the first phases of the in vasion were lower than had been expected. Pulpwood played an im portant role in getting these supplies overseas in AMERICAN TIEROES I BYLEFI " '^ v l/y '' T< ■ A *| 4 - W uuiiilcd when vlruck liy unlilunk and urlillery lire, Stuff >j*t. (•forge W. Moilell, Indiuoupulu, dmnountfd from lii> lank lo i<»i>t a wounded crew member. Unable to «tnnd brrauar of hi* wound, lie directed hit vehicle lo cover, crawled hark to lafrty under heavy inucliinr ami fire. He live* — and wt-ara a Sur. H r who are protected must hi.) mart War Bondi than aval before? V- S. Trrtirary Qcf'i'fmrvf ■ ■ " "■ ■"■ --—— ' WASTEPAPER NEED SO GREAT THE ARMY IS SALVAGING IT ON , BEACHHEADS OVER SEAS | jl j, Washington.—The need .for wastepaper... and card* ‘ board to make packing ma , terials is so great that the ’ army has extended the sal ■ vage program to foreign! ’ beachheads, the WPB re- 1 vealed. Cardboard boxes,- used to protect overseas shipments from hazards such as being [dropped from planes and floated in water, are 15 times Heavier than domes- 1 tic packing boxes. It is these that will be salvaged and brought back for re-use .or reprocessing into new ; boxes- •r. U. S. wheat’ production is estimated as th.e largest crop in history. j Machinery is the chief source of farm accidents and farm animals run a close second. “Slips” and “falls ' are in thiitl place. good condition. Yet most of 1 the paper and paperboard consumed in packaging this equipment cannot be re- 1 turned or used again. It must be replaced by thous- 1 ands more cords of pulp- j wood as yet uncut on farm ' woodlands. i! ' A. A. A. NEWS Farmers of Yancey coun ty itiav earn A practice pay ment of $1.50 per acre un der the 1945 AAA farm program for establishing winter cover from seedings this fall of wheat, oats, barley, rye, or mixtures of these grains, it was announ-, ced today by J. A. Hannum, j chairman of the county! AAA Committee. To qualify for this pay ment, Mr. Hannum said, a protective white cover must be provided and the crop must not be harvested for grain. However, it may be ' pastured, cut for hay, turn ‘ ed under as a green manure 1 crop, or left on the land as; a “go down” crop next! spring. The seed bed should be well prepared and the seed sown sufficiently ear-', ly to permit paints to with stand winter freezes. “Announcement of this practice was made at this i time by the Regional AAA Office in Washington in order that farmers will have sufficient time to make plans for fall seed ings of winter cover crops,” he said “In addition to ser ving as a curb on erosion the forage from these crops shoujd be especially valu able to farmers who have increased their livestock numbers to meet increased wartime demands for meat and dairy products.” Citing the urgent need for keeping farmland in condition for peak produc tion to meet war needs, Chairman Hannum declar ed that record production levels attained by the na tion’s farmers during the past seven years have beer due largely to the fact that per acre yields were in creased through widespread use of sound conservation measures encouraged by the AAA. In view of the expected j shortage of legume seed this fall, he said, farmers of Yancey county should take' advantage of this opportun-i ity under the AAA pro gram to protect their soil against erosion through use t:f small grain cover crops. 1 FC^/ICTORY UNITED j lxalS states |f WAR rJmr mDS JjgWfy STAMPS MEAT AN THE YANCEY RECORD! W |FARM NOTES Grover Robinson, a unit ‘ derpoilstration farmer of ’ Crabtree township, has a 1 very fine demonstration \ showing the value of lime ' and phosphate- On one of 1 his pastures, he applied ; lime in 1939 and left a check plot across one end of the | pasture. Lime was applied j at the rate of approximat ely one and one-half tons per acre. At the same time he applied 200 pounds of triple superphosphate on the pasture and on half the check plot. The same area has had one other applica tion of phosphate since that time. Today, with the pas ture under grazing, the un treated part of the check plot is only about one-half covered with weeds and filth and no desirable clov er or grasses. The phos phate portion of the check plot has lespedeza as the! s predominating crop, while s the limed and phosphated i pasture has a good sod of! i bluegrass and white clover lj with lespedeaa as a filler) >on less fertile spots. The . ■ lime, although five years; - old, is still out-paying the! < phosphate and is helping! * produce the needed good ' quality pasture. i 1 • Farm Agent) jl — • ■ l On Friday of this week| j W, R Collins, farm manag-i ement supervisor, and J. P. Leagans, program planning specialist, spent the day vis- { iting unit demonstration i farmers. They were check- , ing results the farmers ob- tained with the use of lime and phosphate. Six demon- 4ration farmers were visit- i *d and excellent results j were observed on every farm. j 1 Mr. Leagans was greatly! mpressed by the contrast! .of the demonstration farms, ‘'corn yields had increased from 10 to 20 bushels per acre, tobacco had increased lin yield ner acre and the yield of hay per acre had doubled in some cases. In observing pastures we not ' iced the sod was tetter and much more coverage on nas ture land that had been limed and phosphated. These pastures were much greener than others also, i Asst Farm Agetnti PENICILLIN ♦ Raleigh. Pentium | when it becomes available— , holds promise of being as i effective in treating cer ! tain livestock diseases as it ; h a s been in human medi- I c * ne » Dr. William Moore, i veterinarian with the N. C. Department of Agriculture has revealecL Although tests with 1 it on livestock ar<e not yet com plete, Dr. Moore said that $9,150 IN PRIZES PGR 4-H CLUBBERS State prizes in War Bonds, scholarships, and cash awards for 4-H club members will amount to ' $9,150 in 1944, says an an nouncement from L. R. Harrill, State Club Leader of the Extension Service at N C. State College. “The majority of the awards will be given for food production, because dairying, beef cattle, hogs, poultry and garden crops are so essential in winning the war,” Harrill stated. In addition to the $9,150 there will also be a large number of local and nation al awards offered for out standing 4-H club work. Harrill suggested that club members contact the coun ty agents and the home de monstration agents for a full list of all awards and discuss with them the con-| tests and awards listed fori their districts. He also uri ed club mem bers to keep full and accu-l rate records on their pro-! jects and be prepared toj forward their records to; the county office this fall, j Good records are not only! useful for determining con test winners but they also help the individual deter-! mine how well he or she! has conducted the selected project. Farm management is one; of the most important fac tors in successful farming. Experience has shown that the farmer who keeps care-! ful and complete records, planning his business from year to year, has a much tetter opportunity of mak ing a profit and building a real home. PUBLIC r; URGED TO USE V-MAIL Atlanta, Go..—“ Send sol dier’s letters by V-mail. It’s quicker it’s economical, it is sure to go through .and it saves infinite shipping space.” This is what Staff Ser geant Lenford F. Adams of Army Postal Service urges ; and has been urging thej public in the seven states of. the Fourth Service Com-, 1 mand since last October. “I believe the general public is using V-mail morel , now,” stated Sgt. Adams.! “Why, when I first started! on tour, I found people who had never heard of V-mail. They were interested in knowing some of the facts, about it—for instance that; while 150,000 ordinary let ters weigh 2,575 pounds and fill 37 mail bags, the same number of V-mail letters weigh 45 pounds and occupy one mail sack That saves a lot of cargo space. “They didn’t know that the average V-mail letter can be sent by air for three cents. “They didn’t know' that V-mail absolutely will go through, because all origi nal letters are kept until notice has been received that the photographed films have arrived at their desti nation point. If the films are lost then reprints can be made. “They know those things now and also that V-mail is given absolute priority over any otber personal mni! sent from thi? rountrv. i Only letters marked *Offi-! cial* have precedence over it.” he “fel f safe” jp saving that penicillin will mean a new uay lor livestock pro duction in many sections of < the State, Some strains of hybrid seed corns have stood the dry weather this summer much better than the regu lar varieties. ELLIOTT RADIO SERVICE LLOYD ELLIOTT, Manager > | Burnsville, N. €. • 1 ! I GENERAL RADIO REPAIRS ' ■ I ON THE SQUARE I Next Door To Courthouse j,— - I I . I ’ I 8 f WE BUY USED RADIOS ’ * 1 i I ! A ipplieslike hgK!&g§| S^^miracle walljinishvio9B! 1• OM COAT COVIfS mm) waft- 4. SUM WITH W«.t< ’**ll NO "PAINTY" OCOt K># * 2, Amiii uki mask 6* ****** uwi t ONI GALLON 00IS 3. Nat in oni Nou* 7. lovmtsr coioti AVERAGE BOOM Korn-Ton* f)A Kom-Tono TRIMS PLASTIC PATCH £l9s ROUER-KOATER As few « j rail R(pairs cracks k VARNISH for .FLOORS • FURNITURE • WOODWORK £ 4 Sherwin-Williams - | Ajfy MAR-HOT VARNISH Beautifieitndprotects.Resists C V S 4 ii chipping, scuffing and scratch* f I' . ** > log. Will not tura whits. Quart B. B. PENLAND & SON Lumber & Building Supplies BURNSVILLE, N. C. % - y / BigLCropiof Needed a , Increased product!*) <4 legume and grass aeed ii essential to continued maintenance of foil fertility and high food-production levels on American farm*, aay* the War Food Administra tion. In addition to providing feed and forage, theaa crops protect the toil from erosion, preserve valuable moit ture, and grihet life-giving nitrogen from tbo air. Wnleaa a big 'crop' of aeed is bar vested this year, the entire farm-pro duction program will suffer, WFA re- Fanners whe grow seeds will be |ltvb assistance under the conser rtiioa i-nanm administered by the A|ri , c *t ll V t Adjustment Agency, and epeciil urf -emotion an saving these seeds is available from, the county ' agent I i Spocialiemphads Is being placed on *• •* «lfalfa, ™d clover, and alsiba dover, although many otb «a are in dangerously short supply. Both acreage and yield should ho i* according to WFA, if home naeda aloM am to ha mat In addi tion, huped-for shipment of large sup ur alfalfa and clover .Sed to •Mfad cocmuiea weald make it possi r* /** “• W g«ow feed crops to fheir own livestock and iive **•** pro knits, releasing valuable i g* *■* THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1944 — L 1 "•- ■■ 'IM Agriculture with 16 per cent of the Nation’s work ers suffered 24 per cent of the fatal accidents last year says Dean I. O. Schaub. Among the legumes, the alfalfa crop Oat develops during the hottest eafft driest part of the anmmer may ho expected to produce the most aeedL experience has shown. This is —“My the second crop, although south of Kansas it may ba the third and in the extreme north it will be the first Wherever crimson clover grows wall “• by ovary farmaa; y WFA. The second crap pf Me dium Red ia the one usually aenreaied far aeed throughout the Northern and! western States, and la recommended far large seed yields. White cloven heads that develop during the lattee part of Juno and early in July in tho! “‘V®. S** l * 1 * «®d farthan north during July, have been found to produce the dum( seed. Lodjno doiiu management ia the earn# as fog whM «l*ver. r j Combining * grais-seed productlaJ with the raising es grass for piMma' mv, or silage has beau found prectiadL WFA reports. Procedures are ds*aM mined by the charactariades of dw grasses. Controlled gyring, with fil removal as livestock in «j»« te imural *• Fendfag nil of the field te defer graaiaa until aftaat the seed is harvested fa racra—khflf a surplurtdpartliti^jmpJjjjLjljg?^
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