COTTON RUST IS
POTASH HUNGER
Has Cost the South Millions of
Dollars in Lost Yields
Cotton Rust has done widespread
damage in recent years, costing the
South mil Mons of dollars in lost
yields. Many farmers in this sec
tion lose many valuable pounds of
seed cotton year after year, because
they let Rust ravage their cotton
crop. Yet cotton rust is easy to pre
vent by using plenty of potash.
Leading authorities say that Cotton
Rust is s'mply “potash starvation.”
Cotton, like all other plants, man
nufactures its food in the leaves.
Potash is needed for this manufac
turing process and for the trans
portation and assimilation of the
food. When the cotton plant ap
proaches maturity and begins to
develop burs, seed and lent, there
is a tremendous demand for quick
ly-available potash.
If the cotton plant does not re
ceive plenty of potash, food manu
facturing .is hindered or stopped, the
food is not properly distributed
throughout the plant and a com
plete breakdown occurs as a result
of a starved condition. Then you
see Cotton Rust.
The leaves turn yellow, and break
down at the edges, become rusty
or black and finally drop off.
The fruiting limbs are weak, the
twigs supporting the burs are short
and small, and the burs are small
and do not open properly. The cot
ton is hard to pick and the lent is
weak and not uniform w.ith some j
long and some short fibers. The
seeds are small and immature with a
low oil content.
All of these losses are due to
potash starvation, commonly known
as Cotton Rust. Nitrogen and pros
phoric acid do not prevent Rust.
The average fertilizer does not con
tain sufficient pt> flash pxevien(t
Rust. There is only one way to pre
vent Rust—simply use enough pot
ash to balance your plant food and
help you get greater benefits from
other more expensive elements in
your fertilizer.
Many farmers have found that
it pays to use potash as a top-dres
eing. They have gcftten excellent
results from using 100 pounds of
Muriate of Potash, or 200 pounds of
Kainit per acre. Other farmers use
nitofbgen-pjotash top
dressers. All of these materials are
on stile by leading fertilizer men.
Potash top-dressing should be ap
plied when you chop out.
DUKE “DEAN’S LIST”
BEARS LOCAL NAME
Thirty-nine Duke University stu
dents from North Carolina were last
week named to the “dean’s list”
for the spring term. The list is
composed of second, third and
fourth year undergraduates who
average “B” or higher on all stud
ies.
Students who<e names are on
the list may attend classes at their
own pleasure. Not a great many of
these privileged students, however,
make a habit of missing classes, for
when a “dean’s list” student’s
scholastic average falls below “B”
his name is taken off the list per
manently.
One of the names on the list for
the spring semester is Archer E.
Lackey, of this city.
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Rain or shine, the new braking system of the 1937 Ford V-8 holds the car
permanently on a 45% grade. This photograph, taken during some of the
recent unusual weather, shows a dealer explaining one of the important
features of the brake assembly, the cable and conduit control which, as
engineers point out, affords “the safety of steel from pedal to wheel.”
Crake demonstration ramps similar to the above are used by Ford dealers
to graphically show the effectiveness and dependability of the new brak
ing system as weU as the various mechanical features of these self
energizing brakes.
FEDERAL STUDY
FERTILIZER MADE
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture Gets Ba'a On
Fillers Used
From News and Observer
The United State Department of
Agriculture has recently completed
a study of the use of fillers in fer
tilizer sold in the southeastern
states including North Carolina. I
This data shows that in 1933-34, the
687,042 tons of mixed fertilizers sold
on North Carolina contained 145.819
tons of filler. Each ton of fertilizer
contained 424 pounds of filler.
The use of large quanities of fil
ler .in Fertilizers is necessary if fer
tilizers such as 3-8-3 are sold. For
merly, manufacturers produced su
perphosphate containing only 14 to
16 per cent phosphoric acid. Tech
nical improvements have resulted in
the manufacturer of superphosphate
containing 18 to 20 percent phos
phoric acid at a lower cost. If the
Science improved
on Nature to give
you better farming
'methods . . :u:a'
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f SCIENCE IMPROVED ON NATURE |
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MORE NITROGEN
/ for the MONET \
I THAN IN ANY OTHER "SODA" I
Official Experiment Station tests
show that the reason crops need
►y f° r « the soda to boy is the one
W) y that gives you most nitrogen for
your money. Arcadian, the nitrate
of soda developed by science,
gives more nitrogen per ton than
Jff '* 7 . | any other "soda." That’s why,
;g j/VWll when you order your soda, you
' j should demand Arcadian.
V. ? ’ | tronlnmt Tarboro Fartßhar Mae says:
I\JVA l\ JJ *1 have been using Arcadian Nitrota of Soda tx
* clusively for tha past savaral years. I found tha
x American product more satisfactory. Tha ovan
if jl weight bags ara a convaniancoi tha granular mo-
(§ chanical condition makes it easier to sow, and
\ r 1 I more economical."C. A. Johnson, Pros, and Treas.,
\im Jh F. S. Royster Mercantile Co., Tarboro, N. C
/ THI BARRETT COMPANY
TWIAMITT COWWIT
PERRON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C.
| higher grade phosphate is used ir
the manufacturer of 3-8-3 fertilizer,
lit is obvious that some filler mus;
be used with it.
A similar situation exists with
| respect to potash salts. Not manj
years ago, kaint, containing only 12
per cent potash, was a very com
mon source of potash. Now the low
est grade potash salt on the market
contains 20 per cent of potash while
that most generally used contains
50 to 60 per cent potash. If they are
used in making low analysis fer
tilizers such as 3-8-3 it is necessary
to use a considerable quality of
f iler. In like manner, the content
of nitrogen in materials used in the
manufacture of fertilizers have in
creased and the use of more filler is
essential unless the plantfood con
tent of fertilizers is increased.
The United States Department of
Agriculture investigation shows that
the use of filler in North Carolina
would be reduced by 41,572 tons if
no fertilizers were sold that contain
ed less than 16 per cent plant food.
If all fillers were omitted, North
Carolina fertilizers 19.3 per cent
plant food.
Some fillers, such as dolomite, is
desirable in fertilizers. In recent
years dolomite has been very exten
sively used in the production of non
acid forming fertilizers. The data in
dicate, however that only 186 pounds
of dolomite would be required per
ton of average North Carolin fer
tilizer. This is less than one-half
the quanity of filler now used.
The United States Department of
Agriculture data indicates that
North Carolina farmers now pay
approximately $1,750,000 for filler in
their fertilizers. Most of this cost
is chargeable to freight, bagging and
handling costs involved in the ship
ment of the 145,819 tons of filler. If
this unnecessary cost is to be re
duced, North Carolina farmers
should insist on securing fertilizers
containing not less than 16 and
preferable 18 to 20 per cent of
plantfood.
ROXBORO BOYS AND
BETHEL GIRLS WIN
TOURNAMENT HONO’S
Oliver Best All-Around Player;
Benny Best Sport; Ball Win
ner of Free Throw Contest
in Boys Division
Hall, Gravely and Gentry Won
Girl Honors
In the finals of the Person Co.
Basketball Tournament last Thurs
day night the Roxboro boys de
feated Bethel Hill by a count of 26
to 6 to carry off the first award.
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These formulas are the results of years of study and experiment with the aid of some of
the best growers in the Carolinas to produce a full ration for tobacco from the materials
best suited to the crop.
For many years they have satisfied the most discriminating growers and produced ex
ceptional yields of the finest quality leaf throughout the Carolinas.
The formulas are as follows:
IDEAL 3-8-5
Fior Light Lands
200 lbs. Peruvian Guano
200 lbs. Cotton Seed Meal
100 lbs. Dried Blood
120 lbs. Nitrate of Soda
910 lbs. Superphosphate
120 lbs. Sulphate of Potash
150 lbs. Sul. Pot.-Magnesia
200 lbs. Magnesium Lime
2,000 lbs.
' ' Successful Janstng
see FRANK WHITFIELD At
Pioneer Warehouse, Roxboro, N. C.
Or Store at Bushy Fork
With Roxboro’s team working like
a machine and sinking basket after
basket Bethel Hill was soon out of
the running.
At the close of the game the cham
pionship trophy was presented to
Captain Bob Whitten of the Rox
boro team. Two other Roxboro ball
players carrying off awards were
Boone Oliver-best all-around play
er, and Charles Ball, Jr.-free throw
contest. Benny of Hurdle Mills won
the award for best sportsmanship.
Line-up
Bethel Hill Pos. Total Points
Young RF 1
Shotwell LF 3
Pentecost C 0
Tingen RG 0
Fox LG 2
Roxboro Pos. Total Points
Winstead RF 0
Stewart LF 9
Oliver C 10
Whitten RG 5
Sanders LG 2
Subs. (Bethel Hill) Pixley
(Roxboro) Ball, Dixon, James
Bethel Hill girls defeated the Rox
boro girls by a score of 18 to 6 to
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win the trophy in the Person Countjr
Basketball Tournament. Roxboro
held its own in the first quarter
but Bethel Hill gradually forgeii
ahead in the succeeding quarters.
H. Hall of Bethel Hill won the girls
free throw contest, while E. Gravely
(Bethel Hill) carried off the award
for the best all around ball player.
R. Gentry of Allensv.ille won the
girls award for the best sportsman
ship.
Line up
Bethel Hill Pos. Total Points
E. Gravely RF 15
H. Hall LF 1
Evans C 2
N. Gravely CG 0
Humphries RG 0
L. Hall LG 0
Roxboro
Chaney RF 4
Herring LF 2
Michaels C 0
Latta CG 0
Walthall RG »
White LG 0
Subs (Bethel Hill) None
(Roxboro) Ellmore, D. Wh'.te,
Austin.
G. L S. 3-10-6
For Stiff Laiids
200 lbs. Peruvian Guano
200 lbs. Cotton Seed Meal
100 lbs. Dried Blood
120 lbs. Nitrate of Soda
1,070 lbs. Superphosphate
120 lbs. Sulphate of Potash
150 lbs. Sulphate of Potash-
Magnesia
2,000 lbs.