SOIL EROSION
DEMONSTRATION
GIVEN BimiS
Holloway Township Farmer
Has Group To View Work
Done On His Farm.
A field meeting was recently
held on the farm of L. M. Gillis,
Holloway township, to make a
detailed • study of the demonstra
tions he has put on in soil erosion
control, under the auspices of the
Dan River Watershed Soil Con
servation association, according
to announcement from County
Agent H. K. Sanders. Members
of the Dan River association who
attended the meeting included E.
B. Garrett, State Coordinator, of
Raleigh; Earl Meacham, Soil
Conservation Specialist; James
Parks, of the Reidsville office; and
Joe Ellis, of the Roxboro office.
During the three hours spent
on the farm the group visited and
discussed in detail the fo 1 lowing
demonstrations: Lime and super
phosphate on lespedeza; Demon
stration of seed-bed preparation;
Pre-seeding treatment for per
manent pastures; Grass mixtures
on meadow strips and terrace out
lets; Sericea lespedeza on terrace
outlets; Kudzu planting for soil
improvement, hay and or pas
ture; General crop rotation plan
and tobacco rotation plan, and a
forestry tihinning demonstration
on two acres of land.
When the visit to Mr. Gillis's
farm was completed, the group
proceeded to the farm of W. A.
Qravitte to see his permanent
pasture. Mr. Gravitte seeded ap
proved seed, and used fertilizer
on this pasture, and has a fine
demonstration. He has not yet;
applied lime, but plans to add that !
in the fall.
On each of these farms those
present were impressed w’ith the
splendid demonstrations. Once
more the old saying “Seeing is
believing” has proved its truth.'
Psychologists say that a thing
which has been seen can be re
membered, and is of greater va
lue than any other type of learn
ing. Mr. Gillis and Mr. Gravitte
both have begun projects which
are exceedingly interesting and
worthwhile to all farmers, Mr.
Sanders said.
54 Children In
Person-Durham
Area Get Aid
Durham, July 27 More than
54 children living in the area ser
ved by the Durham ofice of the
Socal Security Board are now re
ceiving monthly payments of sur
vivors insurance from the United
States government. Most of these
boys and girls are the children
of widows who are also receiving
monthly benefits provided by the
Social Security Act for survivors
of insured wage earners. Some of
the young recipients are orphans
who are receiving survivors in
surance payments because their
fathers or .mothers who died this
year were fully insured under the
Social Security Act. Another
group includes children of anm
tants (retired workers 65 yean
old or more who are entitled to
old age insurance.)
Nina H. Matthews, manager of
the Durham office of the Social
Security Board, who released the
above statement, explained that
an insured worker, who reaches
age 65 and qualifies for old age
insurance payments may apply
for his own benefits and also for
monthly payments for each of his
children under age 16 (18 if in
school). Addtional benefits are
paid to his wife when she reaches
age 65.
Regarding the survivors insur
ance, Mrs. Matthews said that
when an insured worker dies,
leaving a widow with minor
children, monthly payments of
survivors insurance are made to
his widow and to his children
who are undeT age 16 (18 if in
school). The widow who has
children under age 18 in her care
receives three-fourths of the a
mount of her husband’s primary
insurance benefits and each of
these minor chldren receives one-
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• This brick-and-frame dwell
ing has taken the best features
of several general designs and
employed them to advantage.
Presenting a striking exterior,
the home is planned for gra
cious living. The long living
room is flanked by a porch on
one side and one of the two
bedrooms on the other, while
the kitchen, dining room, and
other bedroom occupy the rear
of the house. The kitchen is
unusually light, as several win
dc"« open onto the porch, af
fording light entry on three
sid s. The house was built w
Tennessee with the aid of a
$5,000 mortgage insured by
the Federal Housing Adminis
tration. A valuation oi $6,250
was p’a ed on the dwelling by
FHA officials.
Desert ‘Warships’ Fight in Africa
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Warfare in the deserts of Africa Is part of the conflict being waged
between Great Britain and Italy for the possession of colonial territory.
British tanks especially designed for desert operations are shown dash
ing across the sandy wastes of Egypt during recent military movements.
The tanks lire designed to travel at high speed over sand.
half <3 his. primary insurance be
nefit. i
Mrs. Matthews declared that a
number of young men in this sec
tion of the State who obtained
social security account numbers
from her office during the past
three years, have died this year,
and in some cases the monthly
payments of Federal insurance
represents the total income of the
surviving widows and children.
In the counties of Chatham,
Granville, Orange, Person, Lee
and Durham, which constitutes
the Durham area, 170 persons are
receiving monthly payments of
old age and survivors insurance.
In addition to monthly benefits
paid to men, women and children,
in this area, 31 lump-sum death
payments have been made to sur
vivors of insured workers who
died this year.
Mrs. Matthews explained that
where the insured wage earner
dies and leaves no survivors entit
led to monthly benefits, a lump
sum death payment is made to the
widow or widower or children or
parent of the deseased. The death
payment to a near relative is six
times the primary insurance be
nefit. For instance, in one case,
it was found that the deceased
worker’s primary insurance bene
fit would amount to $25.00 and
there was no survvor entitled to
monthly benefits. Therefore, a re
lative who was entitled to the
death paymen received a check
for six times $25 or $l5O.
If no one of the above-men
tioned relatives is living, a pay
ment covering the burial expen-
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FARM
QUESTIONS
ANSWERED
Question: What is the best grain
ration for my poultry flock dur
ng the summer months?
Answer: There are several
grains that give satisfactory re
sults, but the ration should be
largely governed by what is
grown on the farm. The ration
most commonly used contains
sixty percent yellow com and for
ty percent wheat. Either heavy
barley (48 pounds per bushel) or
heavy oats (38 pounds to the
bushel) may be substituted for
part of the corn and wheat in
the ration; but, where com and
wheat are avainable, no substitu
tion should be made.
Question: How should I prepare
pasture land for seeding?
Answer: The ideal seed bed for
pastures is one that is thorough
ly pulvarized to a depth of about
three inches-and left undisturbed
below that depth. If any plowing
is necessary, this should have
been done at least six to eigh:
weeks before sowing the seed
Land that has been in row crop:
may be prepared by discing and
harrowing, but land that has been
idle may have to be plowed light- j
ly before discing. For freshly
cleaned land the brush should be
burned and the land harrowed
with a disc Or an old-fashioned
A-shaped harrow. The latter is
especially useful among stumps.
Question: How can I cure a
calf of indigestion or diarrhea?
Answer: or
common scours is usually caused
by improper feeding, such as ov
er-feeding, or the use of dirty
pails or boxes, irregular feeding
or feeding milk too rich in fat. It
is much easier to prevent the
trouble than to cure it. Check
ydur practices, as mentioned, and
then isolate the calf and reduce
the milk feed at least one-half.
Lgume hay should be eplaced with
grass hay and the animal given
a dose of one to three tablespoons
ful of castor oil mixed with a pint
of fresh milk. After the oil has
acted, give the animal a table
spoonful of a mixture compos
ed of one part salol and two parts
each of subnitrate of bismuth and
bicarbonate of soda.
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W. R. Graham of Todd, an Ashe
county sheep grower, reports out
standing result from using a
purebred ra mon graded ewes last
season, says Assistant Farm Agent
H. D. Quessenberry.
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vania County, reports J. A. G)az
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