LEAF CROP WILL BE
SMALLEST IN YEARS
Condition as of September 1 Re
ported Only 65.7 Percent of
Normal.
Washington, Sept 10 The con
dition of the nation’s tobacco crop
on September 1 was reported today
iby the agriculture department as
<65.7 percent of normal, the lowest
Tor this date in more than 50 years
with the exception of 1930 and 1932.
Indicate production on the basis
of the September 1 condition was
placed at 1,142,887,000 pounds, com
pared with 1,296,810,000 pounds
harvested in 1935 and a 1928-1932
five-year average production of 1,-
■427,174,000 pounds.
The indicated production of flue
cured the type which comprises the
largest portion of the tobacco crop,
was placed at 684,645,000 pounds.
This figure is 15.6 percent less than
last year’s 811,195,000 pound crop
of flue-cured and .8 percent more
than the five-year average produc
tion.
The report said tobacco in most
northern cigar-type areas made
.good progress during August weath
er did not permit substantial recov
ery from the poor condition exist
ing August 1.
A September 1 condition of 56
percent of normal was seen as in
dicating a production of 97,975,000
pounds of fire-cured, compared with
188,194,000 pounds harvested in 1935
and a five-year average production
of 160,888,000 pounds.
The report said a September 1
condition of 46 percent for dark
air-cured indicated a production of
25,390,000 pounds of that type, com
pared with 31,020,000 pounds in 1935
and a five-year production average
of 54,111,000 pounds.
The indicated production of bur
ley tobacco was placed at 215,909,-
COO pounds, which the report said
was slightly more than was indicat
ed in the August 1 report, but 2.6
percent less than the 1935 crop and
35.9 percent less than the five-year
average production.
Weather conditions during July
Ware unfavorable over the entire
Lurley areas,” the report said, “and
in August were little, if any, bet
ter.”
The September 1 condition was
given as 51 percent of normal.
TO ADVISE GROWERS
ON FALL PROBLEMS
Farm Housewife Also Finds Many
New Tasks Confronting Her at
.Beginning of Fall.
The coming of fall and winter
fcrings before the farm people of
North Carolina new problems and
mew tasks.
How to prepare for and meet
these things will be; described by
State College specialists during the
next few months on the Carolina
Farm Features Program.
For instance, the poultryman finds
one of his chief worries during the
winter is keeping up egg produc
tion. Careful management and feed
ing practices will keep the produc
tion of eggs up to the highest pos
sible level. Slipshod methods re
sult in few eggs and devitalized
poultry.
Another important task of the
Farmer is the. planning of fall cov
er crops. These winter legumes and
small grains aid in controlling ero
sion, supplying pasture for farm
animals, and in preventing the
leaching out of plant food from the
soil.
The farm housewife also finds
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OUTBREAK OF POLIO
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Disease Prevalence Generally Reach
es Peak About This Time of
Year.
Washington, Sept. 11 Public
health service officials said today
they btjieved the outbreak of polio
myelitis in Alabama, Tennessee and
Mississippi was “on the mend.”
The disease prevalence generally
reaches a peak about this time of
year, they said, and from now on
there probably will be a falling off
in the number of cases.
Up to September 5, according to
health service figures here, there
had been 340 cases reported in Ala
bama, 203 in Tennessee and 88 in
Mississippi. Figures from Jackson,
Miss, showed there were 97 cases in
the state early this week.
The disease showed increasing
prevalence in the three states from
July 1 until last week, when a drop
in cases was shown in Alabama
where only 18 were reported for
the week ending September 5
against a peak load of cases for the
week ending July 11 totaling 82.
Alabama, Tennessee and Missis
sippi are the only states where the
disease is in epidemic proportions
at this time, health service officials
said.
Neighboring states have been
comparatively little affected, they
said, with only six cases reported
for Arkansas, and 16 for Louisiana
since January 1. Kentucky reported
46 cases to September 5, most of the
cases being confined to counties
bordering Tennessee.
Taking the country as a whole,
public health officials said the dis
ease is not so prevalent this year
as last and the present outbreak in
the south-central states is much
milder than that in Virginia and
North Carolina last year.
The present outbreak has been
confined generally, they said, to
some counties in northeast Alaba
ma near the Mississippi and Tennes
see borders, and in bordering coun
ties in southern Tennessee and
northern Mississippi.
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YALE SELLS FOOTBALL
BROADCASTS
New Haven, Conn. Yale Uni
versity will receive $20,000 from a
gasoline advertised for the privilege
of broadcasting six football games
to be played in Yale Bowl this Au
tum More than a dozqn other col
leges promptly signed contracts to
produce broadcasting revenue for
football contests.
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Government has promised to ab
olish Deyil’s Island, notorious penal
colony off French Guiana, as a
pjlison-camp for dangerous crim
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a multitude of new tasks confront
ing her at the beginning of fall.
Probably the most important is that
of getting the children ready for
school. Clothing has to be made and
purchased and the daily school
lunches provided.
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moment later retires from the game, suffering from contact with the
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FARM
QUESTIONS
ANSWERED
Question: Can I get rid of my
mongrel pullets and change over to
pure bred birds at this time of the
year?
Answer: It is almost impossible
to buy wel developed pure bred
pullets at this time as the poultry
men have sold their surplus birds
and only the culls will be on the
market. The change should be made,
but it would bQ best to wait until
next spring and then start off with
pure bred baby chicks. The best
pullets on hand should be keptfor
laying purposes until the purebred
birds are going into lay. Be sure,
however, that the purebreds are
kept separated from the mongrel
birds to prevent cross breeding.
Question: When should lespedeza
be cut for seed?
Answer: The Korean variety
should be cut about the first of
October and the other varieties jusj
after the first hard frost. Sfeed from
the Korean is threshed on a grain
separator after the crop is left in
the barn or stacks for a few weeks.
The Common, Tennessee 76, and
Kobe varieties are harvested with
a seed pan. This is an oblong metal
pan that is attached to the cutter
bar of a mowing machine. A plan
for making a seed pan is distribut
ed to interested farmers by the Ag
ricultural Extension Service at
State College and a copy of this pan
may be had free upon application
to the Agricultural Editor for Plan
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No. 125.
Question: What grain ration
should be fed to ewes prior to lamb
ing?
Answer: It will not be necessary
except in bad weather, to feed the
ewes any grain until three of four
weeks before lambing. The stalks
and stubble fields, ditch banks and
fence rows should be utilized for
grazing or, if no grazing is avail
able, each ewe should receive about
two pounds of good legume hay a
day. Oat hay, com fodder, bright
straw or grass hay may be used
in larger quantities if legume hay
cannot be obtained, but Timothy
hay should never bq fed to sheep.
A small ration of grain should be
fed from three to four weeks prior
to lambing provided the ewe is not
very fat. One-half pound of corn
and oats, or com alone will be sat
isfactory if hay is fed,
otherwise the grain ration should
contain from 30 to 35 percent of
cottonseed meal on linseed oil meal.
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BETTER PASTURES
FROM PHOSPHATE
AND LIMESTONE
Good Results Obtained by Apply
ing the Ground Limcs(tone and
Tripple Superphosphate to Pas
ture Lands and Clover Fields.
Tripple superphosphate such as is
manufactured by the TVA will give
more satisfactory results on pas
tures and meadows when mixed
with ground dolomitic limestone,
according to demonstrations con
ducted on a number of western
Carolina farms.
J. A. Glazener, Transylvania
County farm agent of the State
College Extension Service, has been
particularly impressed by the good
results obtained by applying the
ground limestone and triple super
phosphate to pasture lands and
clover fields in that county.
It is found that when these ma
terials are applied, the pasturage
is more palatable and nutritive, he
said, and the clover makes a better,
richer growth for grazing or for
plowing under to improve the soil.
The Soil Conservation Service
has found also that superphosphate
containing ground limestone would
serve the same purpose as basic
slag and in advertising for bids has
secured prices on basic slag or 16
percent superphosphate, each ton
ton to contain 400 pounds of ground
dolomitic limestone.
The Soil Conservation Service
assumes that 1,140 pounds of such
superphosphate are equivalent to
one ton of basic slag. This means
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THE American railroads have been the safest
form of transportation, public or private, for
many years. The 1935 record of railroad safety was
only the peak record of many years’ like achieve
ment. Insurance statistics prove that you are
actually far less likely to suffer harm on a modern
railroad train than even in your own home.
This doesn’t just happen. The railroads are safe
because they pioneered and have practiced Safety
First for thirty years. \
Every mile of main-line track is today protected
by safety practices as perfect as human ingenuity !
can so far devise. Unseen but constantly augment
ed improvements in locomotives, cars, brakes,
couplings surround those, who ride by rail with a
degree of security unmatched elsewhere.
And probably the greatest tribute to practical
railroaders lies in the fact that while they have
bettered their safety record they have at the same
time bettered their speed and service.
“Safety First” still lives as the basic creed of
American railroad men, but today it takes expres
sion in the broader form—“ Safety first—•friend
liness too!” Make your next trip by train and you
will sample not only the safest travel in the world,
but also the finest and most reliable.
On* of th* most vital factor* in th* safety of railway travel
is th* railway employ** who practices safety in his everyday job*
During the past 23 years, Norfolk and Western employees have
bettered their individual safety record 90 per cent. This is on* of
th* reasons why a man would have to work continuously on th*
railroad for 8S years to allow time for the occurrence of just
one accident; one of the reasons why th* Norfolk and Western
was awarded the coveted Harriman Memorial Gold Medal for
being the safest railroad in the United States) and one of th*
reasons why the Norfolk and Western has carried millions of
passengers nearly a billion passenger miles without a single
fatality in a train accident. Norfolk and Western employees
think safety first, preach safety first, and practice safety first.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1936
that when basic slag is quoted as
approximately $8 a ton, 16 percent
superphosphate iontaining four
hundred pounds of ground dolomi
tic limestone per ton is equivalent
in price when it sells for approxi
mately sl4 a ton.
County agents in western North
Carolina are finding the phosphate
limestone mixture admirably suit
ed to conditions in that section and
are urging fanners to use it on
pasture and clover fields.
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colorful headdress of the American
Indian on her first visit to the
United Statqs, Suzanne Talbot,
leading French designer, predicts
that women’s millinery next Spring
will sport eagle’s feathep after the
mpst approved chieftain’s display
as shown in American museums.
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