Torpedo Boat: Britain’s Answer to German Subs
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Here’s one of Great Britain’s powerful new torpedo boats which can launch a projectile straight ahead
white traveling at top speed. Arrow points to one of the torpedo tubes mounted on deck. The British count
on these boats to combat the German submarine. A large fleet of these boats has been placed in service in the
North sea and they are usually attached to destroyer squadrons.
Erosion May Be Checked
Through Strip-Cropping
Strips Os Legumes In Crop
Rotations Combined With
Terracing Help Solve Pro
blems.
Use of strips of legumes in
crop rotations is combined with
terraces to solve soil erosion pro
blems on scores of North Caro
lina farms, says E. B. Garrett of
State college, coordinator for the
Soil Conservation service. “We
have in our files a number of
statements from SCS cooperators
which extol the benefits of strip- 1
cropping,” Garrett declared.
He quoted M. C. Lassiter, a far
mer in the erosion control demon
stration area near High Point,
as follows: “For years I had ob
served soil piling up higher at
Ihe bottom of one of my fields,
where I placed obstructions in a 1
natural draw. Meanwhile, the
damage from erosion elsewhere
in in the field became more and
more apparent, both in the con
dition of the land and in de
creasing crop yields.
“Strip cropping made it pos
sible for me to smooth out washes
in this field and to prevent fur
ther erosion. Frankly, there is
nothing like this type of farm
ing,” Mr. Lassiter continued.
“I can now find little evidence
of erosion. The soil beds in the!
lower part of the field have ceas
ed to grow and there is much less
water flowing off the field.
“The reason for this is that a
rotation by strips of clover, les
pedeza, and corn, along with ter
races, holds the moisture, soil,
and fertilizers up where they are
needed. The use of strips of le- 1
gumes in my rotations has great
past five years, and the prat, |
tice of strip-cropping has been
ly improved the soil during the
beneficial in every respect. I in
tend to continue the proctice.”
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Bulb-Planting
Done In October
And November
Bulbs should be planted
ing October and November, ad
■ | vises John H. Harris, landscape:
' specialist of the State College
I Extension service, and he sug- J
| gests that the pebble-and-water i
| method of growing these flowers
indoors is the simplest way to
• grow the plants.
Bulbs that are easy to force are
Roman hyacinths, paper white
narcissi, Dutch hyacinths, crocus
es, tulips, many of the old sash-:
ioned daffodils, freesias, and lil
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lies-of-the-valley.
To grow bulbs indoors, Harris
says to select a container that
will hold water, pour in peb
bles until the container is about
three-fourths full, place the bulbs
in position, and add just enough
water to moisten the peebles, but
net enough to touch the bulbs,
j some recommend placing the
bulbs in coolj dark places until
the roots are about two inches
long, but Harris points cut that
this makes the stems too long for
some flower-lovers.
He warns that bulbs should
not be kept in a room that is too
hot. The temperature should
range from sixty to seventy de
grees, keeping the Water level
just below the bottom of the
bulb itself. “To keep a sucessicn
of flowers, bulbs should be pot
| ted at intervals from September
through January,” Harris said.
For outdoor plantings, the spec
ialist recommends a shady posi
tion for winter-aconites, snow
drops, and Regal lilies; part shade
for snowflakes, wood hyacinths,
other lillies, and daffodils and
various narcissi.
The colors of the various spe
cies of lillies are as follows:
Madonna, white; Corcus, white
and yellow; Regal, white with
wine stripes; Canadenes and Hen
ry i, orange.
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NEW
The new process for the drying
of egg whites, requiring only
about a third as much time as
the old fermentation method, has
been developed by chemists of
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture.
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isfy the eyes
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from a flock of Rhode Island
Red hens, J. E. Evans, Burnsville,
Route 1, nets S4O a month 10
months of the year to add to his
legular farm income.
WORKING
Determined not to be near the
bottom again this year, Moore 1
County is putting on a sustained 1
drive to interest more farmers l
in planting winter cover crops
this fall. 1
SHOW INTEREST 1
Columbus County farmers are
showing more and more interest 1
in the production of better live- '
stock, reports Charles D. Raper, 1
assistant farm agent of the State :
College Extension Service.
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Union County has enough certi
fied Coker 100 Strain 2 cotton
seed to plant most of the county
next year, reports T. M. May
field, assistant farm agent of the
State College Extension Service.
SULPHUR
Sulphur applied to peanuts in
tests conducted with five Edge
combe County farmers seepis to
give good results in controlling
leaf spot, says Farm Agent J. C.
Powell.
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Johnston County farmers are
realizing that good pastures are
essential in a successful livestock
program, says M A. Morgan,
farm agent of the State College
Extension Service.
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