m
A LA CAME
to some offinuSffurnMed
by milk, citrus fruits, and other
fruits and vegetables. • If you
have oldsters at home, see that
they get these foods.
•' The best diet tor arthritis is
simply a good, balanced diet of
a vide variety of foods from the
four food groups — the meat
group, the milk group, fruits and
vegetables, and enriched or whole
grain breads and cereals. xNo
food causes or cures arthritis.
■But good general nutrition and
sufficient rest will help you to
manage your arthritis more suc
cessfully.
• Regularly I suggest that peo
' pie would feel better if they
stopped skipping breakfast, To
save arguments in the family,
have your breakfast “skippers"
try eating breakfast for two or
three weeks and let them ap
' praise for themselves whether
they do or do mot feel better in
the morning and accomplish
more at school or -at work.
• As most everyone knows, milk
is the host source of calcium in
our food supply. It is, to fact, al
most impossible for you to get
the amounts of calcium that are
recommended unless milk in
some form is used daily and
cheese and other milk-contain
tog foods are eaten frequently.
• Older
foods as
portions,
that way.
who have be
need the same
ople but
•get less calories
i dhow the meals
• How do we get energy iron*
the sunt Plante make carbohy
drates by photosynthesis. Part of
this process involves interaction
between sunlight and the green
plant pigment, chlorophyll. En
ergy ftom sunlight is trapped by
cholorophyll and this energy sets
in motion a series of intricate
chemical reactions that result in
the production of carbohydrates.
• Is fat essential in your diet?
The answer is “ye*” So™e ,at
is necessary for good nutrition.
Some fats provide vitamins A, D,
E. arid K, and some are Impor
tant as sources of essential fatty
acids. Fat is a concentrated source
of calories. The fats you use up
for energy will save other nu
trients for body building and re
pair.
• The hamburger is said to have
been popular in Germany before
immigrants brought the idea to
the United Stat.es. But Americans
were the first to put it in a bun.
This happened in 1904 at the St.
Louis World’s Fair, where the
ice cream cone also was invented,
and iced tea served.
• Your best sources of protein
include- eggs, meat, milk, cheese,
poultry, fish *- plants and theta
seeds such as beans, peas, nub
and cereal grains. Mix them all
together in varied meals and
you’ll get many Other nutrients,
too, such' as carbohydrates, fata
vitamins and minerals and you’ll
be well on your way toward good
USDA Study Says Mechanization
Could Displace Tobacco Growers
Tobacco mechanization could
slash by about half the number
of man-hours needed to produce
flue-cured tobacco and displace
many rural people, according to
a study by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture. -
Hie study by USDA’s Economic
Research Service tells why to
baqco mechanization has met
stow acceptance so far. It also
explains the social and econom
ic effects it could bring to the
five important flue-cured states
—• Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida.
Tobacco is the largest of the
remaining labor intensive crops
in American agriculture. The
flue-cured oop alone requires
about 300 million man-hours an
nually. By comparison only 200
million man-hours are needed
to produce the nation’s food
grains — wheat, com, oats, rye,
barley. Currently available ma
chinery and equipment could
cut the flue-cured requirement
in half. ‘ ~ "
to justify tihe expenses of com
f
"THANKS"
t Since I will be unable to send each person a
personal “Thank You Note”, I would like to take
time out to express my appreciations to the Merchants,
Teachers, Classmates and Friends for the many Votes
you gave me during the Jones Senior High School
pftete mechanization, however,
a producer would need about 40
acres in tobacco. Investment for
equipment would total $50,000
— over $10,000 for the automa
tic harvester and around $40,000
for curing bams.
One of the barriers to mechan
ization is the small raze of the
average flue-cured plot — just
over three acres. Nearly 90 per
cent of almost 200,000 farms
growing flue-cured had allot
ments of less than six acres
each. Less than one percent had
allotment exceeding 20 acres.
Government tobacco programs
limit acreage, production, and
land leasing or rental arrange
ments.
Another barrier to mechaniza
tion is the reluctance of tobacco
farmers to invest heavily in
'Giuipment because of uncer
tainty about tobacco demand, the
USDA study continued. Public
and private agencies have tried
to curb smoking, and changing
manufacturing techniques have
lessened the amount of tobacco
used per cigarette, by about a
ROTC Marks An
84,000 commerchtl.flue • cured
tobacco farms with over 850,000
persona would be affected
should1 full mechanization occur
in southern Virginia, Ndrth Car
olina, South Carolina, Georgia,
and northern Florida. Over 45
per cent of these farms: were op
erated by tenants.
Displaced! tobacco workers
would probably have great 'dif
ficulty finding other employ
ment to replace lost income.
Average age of the fanners is
47 years, 10 years older than
in the total tJ. S. work force.
Among tenants, two-thirde were
. Negro. : , ..../ '§
Educational attainment of to
bacco farmers and the many
seasonal laborers was low, the
USDA study showed. For ex
ample, in the Coastal Plain of
North Carolina, “Croppers” av
eraged 4.3 years of school.
The report anticipates these
other changes would ^associat
ed with mechanization: r , -
— Labor requirements, in ad
dition to being reduced sharp
ly, would also shin from unskill
ed-to skilled workers able to op
erate the new equipment.
—^Consolidation of small allot
ments, assuming an adjustment
in current government tobacco
| program rules, into large tracts
for profitable use of machines
would especially affect tenant
fanners who lack allotments to
sell.
— Hilly areas, where much
tobacco is grown on small units
using hand labor, would not be
suitable for mechanical harvest
ting and production would even
tdally shift to flat land or bot
tom areas.
A copy,of “'Potential Mechani
zation in the Flue-Cured To
bacco Industry With Emphasis
on Human Resource Adjust
ment,” AER 169, is available
free on postcard request from
the Office of Information, U. S.
Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C. 20250. Please
include your zipcode.
TWICE IN ONE PAY
, Edward Carroll Wiainwright
suffered the unhappy distinc
tion of being tried twice in one
day in Lenoir County courts on
Monday. In the morning session
he pleaded guilty to a first
drunken^ driving offense in su
perior court where he was fined
$100 and after lunch he was
found guilty of a 2nd drunken
driving offense in district court
and given four months in jail.
He appealled that judgment to
superior court.
Farm and Home Requirements
Of Petroleum Products ,
101 PROOF-8 YEARS OLD
1963 Chrysler Newport
4 door sedan with automatic
transmission and power -
steering.
1967 Dodgo Monaco
4 door hardtop with
automatic transmission,
power steering, power
brakes and air conditioning.
1967 Simca
Built and backed by Chrysler.
4 door sedan, Inexpensive
and economical.
1963 Dodge Dart
4 door sedan with automatic
transmission and 6 cylinder
engine.
' 1964 Ford Galaxie 500
4 door sedan with automatic
transmission, power steering
and air conditioning. Extra
clean.
1965 Rambler Classic 660
4 door station wagon with
automatic transmission and
power steering.
1964 Cadillac
Coupe De Ville with Aill
power and air conditioning.
1965 Plymouth Fury III
• Sporty 2 door hardtop with
automatic transmission and
power steering.
■fipSEii
1944 Plymouth Savoy
. Clean 4 door sedan with
automatic transmission and
economical 6 cylinder engine.
1963 Cadillac 42 Series
4 door hardtop with full
power and air conditioning.
1946 Mercury Cyclone
Sporty, clean 2 door hardtop
with automatictranrarission
and power steering.
1945 Ford Galaxie 500
Sporty 2 door hardtop with
automatic transmission.
1944 Dodge Pplara
j V 4 door harjttopwith
automatic transmission,
poorer steerinj^andpower
brakes.
1963 Oldsmobile 88
2 door hardtop with
automatic transmission and
. ' : power steering.
1947 Plymouth VaMup
4 door sedan with automatic
transmission and 6 cylinder
engine. Clean car; ^
\ 1948 Ford Galaxie«
4 door hardtop'
automatic