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mis r-:.;vjr-LA.N3 ylly Hertford, y. c, fripay, may a, 1935. 1 lllust Us3 Caro in -j Storing Potatoes Unsound Condition of Tubers , r ; May Lead to Loss and ; ; Disappointment. . 'By ProfOr mltfc. New York Stt Oollf - rf Agrleultur. WNU Servlc,, 1 A poor storage place may completely rain a crop ef first class potatoes, but the test storage will - not make an sound potatoes Into marketable ones. T store wet or muddy; unripe, badly bruised, cut, skinned, diseased, frosted, c otherwise unsound tubers, leads to loss nd -disappointment Both mois ture and temperature can be con trolled, by -. ventilation In properly constat ctea" .storage, y;; Growers of potatoes la Kew Xork atate suffer greater losses from high temperatures than from freezing. A storage temperature between and 40 degrees Fahrenheit Is recommended as itbe best for potatoes. Below 38 de grees the tubers develop a sweet taste which is undesirable In market stock but does not Injure the seed stock! Potatoes will not freeze at tempera tures above 2 degrees. They sprout at about 40 degrees. When first placed la storage, pota toes should have all possible ventila tion as long as there Is no danger of freezing. This ventilation lowers the temperature and helps to remove the atoisture brought in from the field nad also that given off . by the tubers fa curing. If this moisture Is not ire moved, the pile sweats, and tots often develop. Enough ventilation should toe provided during the winter te keep ibe potatoes dry. Silage e Prized as Winter Feed for the Lamb Flock Shrewd feeders, and especially those who have plenty of silage available, will be the ones moat likely to cash In on the favorable outlook tor lambs during the coming winter, according to W. G. Kammlade, assistant chief In sheep husbandry at the college of agriculture, University of Illinois. : Feed costs will be high and profits fi will be eaten up unless the Jambs are fed to gain fast, he pointed out Rapid gains generally are cheap sains, us they mean good use of feed and a quick improvement fa the condition of - the lambs. "Feed costs will be a much more lm--- portant item In the expense and re v turns of lamb feeding this season than was the case a year ago. Roughages, especially hays, will cost much more, and all grains have so advanced that it will not be so easy to get a margin ewer feed costs. j "Silage Is a' relatively cheap feed - and may be used as the only roughage for fattening lambs, If it Is properly supplemented to make up for the lack of protein and mineral Whea legume hay is not fed In addition to the silage, it U essential that a protela "concen trate such as soy bean oil meal, cot tonseed meal or linseed meal, be In? eluded in the ration. Likewise, some simple mineral supplement should be spread ever the silage. About one fourth pound of the protein supplement daily for each lamb Is usually enough." Pretty, but Evil The wild morning glory may add a bit of pleasing color to the fields, par- v tlcularly along boundary fences, bat Its Innocent appearance cloak its:-real damage. The plant Is of the same general family as the sweet potato and thus serves to harbor the weevil, which attacks the sweet potato and does great damage if left uncontrolled. , In order to eliminate the weevil It is necessary' to clean fields thoroughly after, the ' harvest and also rout out the morning : glories In order to deprive the weevil of a host between growing seasons of v the vegetable. ($"XSf'. ;i May Try Desert Grass ; , ' if grasslands can survive for thou - sands of years on the edge of the Gobi desert in central Asia, despite severe drouths, heavy pasturing and wide va ' rlations la temperature, : why; should ' not grasses of the -same : species- be helpful in rebuilding - the v' depleted ' range lands of western United States? ijVlth this thought In view the United States Department ' of Agriculture la ' planning an Asiatic ' expedition : to study conditions In the Gobi region ' and obtain specimens of grasses with which to experiment In western drouth-besieged territories, t '"(Agricultural Notes, " Crops In Sweden - this year are, re ported as "generally excellent" t t, - Nearly 800,000 tons of cotton were grown in Brazil this year. .-; ' 'J , e , , v 1 - Unchilled meats must be rushed Into f the cooker and cans right after kllllngl T' , e 1 Good sllagr mayHWIinabasnWeas' midwinter If approximately: fi t . J weight of water and stover are put in the Hi, - v v (!r .v i 'CoriTstover silage Is worth ton for ton about two-thirds as-much as nor mal corn sUage. ,;v;i .rr,"S-r'f - "cleaning, out dirt In stores of pota toes before they 'are stored "for the' winter helps" prevent ' sprouting-and rotting. - Agronomists point out that early I ring pasture growth niay be encour r by i allowing 8 to 5 Inches .of grovrth during the fall an J fertilising with a nitrogenous fertllzer early next spring. , - raVER DISAPPEARS; : v BAFFLES EXPERTS Engineers Search for Stream " ,y Without : Success. ?: Bonneville, Ore. A turbulent river which flowed out of a mountain at the south abutment of the legendary Bridge of the Oods west of "Cascade Locks, Ore., disappeared In 1013 and army en gineers say they ennnot find it - The engineers searched for months for the stream, sufficient In volume to supply the city, of Portland, but an nounced they were baffled and would give up the search temporarily. The army experts must find the mlsa ,Jng water eventually, because they have to make the mountain behave. - xney cannot have the huge rock, which Inr idians claim once formed a natural bridge across the wide Columbia river, sliding around the landscape as it has In the past The mountain threatens to cause trouble er 4fce Union Pacific railway trackbed through the Columbia gorge. The federal government Is building a new bed. for the railway between Bon neville and Cascade locks to replace the present line, which will be covered by water when the Bonneville power dam Is completed and the Columbia river Is backed up for fifty miles. The mountain slowly Is sliding to ward the Columbia river on a bed of solid rock. The migratory grounds, known as Ruckel slide, is saturated with water, crumbling and unreliable. ' The missing stream used to flow from eight bores Into the mountain vide made by the Union Pacific, to pre serve 'Its tracks from being swept away. Before the tunnels were built tt cost the railroad $.10,000 a year to fceep its line In repair over a mile and one-half stretch. In 1918 the flow of water ceased. The railroad tracks, however, were not af fected further. Engineers theorised that the flow was halted by a disturb ance within the earth, whfch caused the Interior of the mountain to buckle. They believed the stream found a new subterranean passage into the Colum bia. Geologists assert that an entire take probably Is held within the mountain, government engineers recently bored three tunnels Into the mountain to a depth of 1,000 feet They also drilled a number of wells to supply Harney valley with water. Now they are wait ing to see how much water will come out of all the bores during the winter and hoping the entire vagrant river will come to the surface. Crow Indians to Raise Buffalo to Meet Needs Hardin, Mont Inspired, perhaps, by access of its famous experiment with importing reindeer herds for the Amer ican Eskimo, the government Intends to launch a ouffalo-ralsing program on tb Cum Indian reservation. Superintendent Robert Tellowtall, full-blooded Crow leader, has suggested the experiment . : Tellowtail said he has been promised by the government fifty head of buffalo cows and1 two buffalo bulls from the Yellowstone herd. .The park bison would be removed to the Big Horn canyon range on the reservation, and in time, Yellowtail hopes, the bison will , multiply suffi ciently to take care of a large portion of the Crows' food and clothing prob lems, Just as the reindeer have for the Eskimo. . ' - Before the white man invaded their domain, the Crows subsisted almost entirely on buffalo meat wild herbs and used the bison skins for clothing. Air Transports Can Fly . ' Higher Than Any Bird " Chlcaea United Air Lines' fleet of I Boeing i multi-motored transports can ny nigner wan any Dira, tests made with the transport show. .'According to the American Museum oi 1 Natural History, migratory birds usually average about 8,000 feet alti tude above 'the .'ground. The highest bird flier Is the condor, whose haunts In the Andes are 10,000 to 16,000 feet The highest, recorded condor altitude was 23,000 feet observed by Humboldt, the naturalist over Chimboraso. The Boeing,, carrying 18 people, mall and express, can fly, if called upon to do so, at an altitude of 2700 feet al though Its normal cruising altitude, because of passenger comfort, is 8,000 to 10,000 feet , . ; ' BibU 300 Years Old West Granville, Mass. Fred H. Coe has a Bible more than three hundred years old. The Bible, well preserved and slightly yellowed with age, Js cov ered with heavy brown leather, has hand-made brass clasps riveted to (he covers, measures five . inches . wide, seven l Inches ', high and two - Inches thick-' - CLiLip Town Claims n f;.iT Record fcr UltUtU Southport , H. C.-Thls town, ' on the southeaBtemmoiBt tip of North C'oVna, claims more 0-cent pieces la tl. tlon per capita t'an any other r,-,-:e our, earth, ?;-V v Shrimp pickers are paid a nickel a boclrrr for":r-the" shrtmpsthey pita. tuh but-euttl Is paid for a sooa as It has been filled.. " nT Mure than J'JOO daily in nlcceis is neccsnry t i'themt' - 1'roin C ' ' 1 to November 17 iHI net tous of shrimp were shipped from .here, OENTAL NORTH CAROLINA STATE I BOA R D OF aL Conservation and Development of Child Health By CARL V. REYNOLDS, M.D. Acting State Health Officer LTHOTJGlfl have been State Health Officer for only a short time, I am well acquainted with the mouth health program as conducted by the State Board of Health, due to the fact that before I became Health Officer I was officially associated with the State Board of Health. It has been said that the North Carolina State Board of Health has the outstanding mouth health program in the United States. This is indeed a compliment and stimulates us to press forward. However, this could not be true were it not for the loyal support and cooperation of organized dentistry in the State. When we think of what organized dentis try has done for public health in the State and the way it has stood by the State Board of Health every time it needed assistance, we cannot help but take our hats off to the dental profession. The mouth health program conducted in the public schools of the State on the 80th and 22d of February, 1934, by organized dentistry was unusual and unique in that the dentists of the State closed their offices and gave their time on these two days to making an inspection of school children's mouths without any financial remuneration whatsoever. I am quoting an interview relative to this survey given to the press by Dr. James M. Parrott, former State Health Officer: "The dental profession had an unusual opportunity to discover undernourishment, as it is now agreed by every branch of the medical profession that under nourishment of the child is re flected in the teeth, among the first places; improperly calcified enamel of the teeth is one of the surest signs of undernourishment, and an unclean mouth and a mouth with decaying teeth and gumboils means a sick child. These facts are evidence of the great importance of mouth health teaching in every public health program. "I wish to congratulate or ganised dentistry in North Caro lina upon this thorough organi Through Capital Keyholes (Continued from Page One) debate around Capitol Hill. Many wets think their cause was hurt by enactment of the measure an? the constitutionality of the law has been questioned. The constitution says that the legislature shall not enact lo cal laws partially re-pealing any State-wide law and some able lawyers have declared that is just what the liquor bill does.. The opinion here is EXTRA STRONG "BLUE DELL" OVERALLS Specially Priced This Week All Sizes Pair Other good Heavy Overalls In High Back or ;Waist Overalls Specially Priced ' . DCS. Pair WORK SHIRTS if. i 4 v 'A 4 - W f 49c 50c jWORK.SHOlES DleODv DIVISION1 H EALTH - vJVJfCS zation and unstinted support of public health and the splendid DR. CARL V. REYNOLDS manner in which the Mouth Health Survey has been carried on. The Old North State is under lasting obligation to the dental profession for this unsel fish dedication to humanity. The magnitude of this activity on the part of the dentists (700 men in the schools at the same time, doing the same thing in a public health endeavor) is something never heard of before in this State or any other. I wish to express to them the sincere ap preciation of the State Board of Health." I wish to pay my respects to these gentlemen here and now, and also to say that the splendid success of this mouth health sur vey could1 not have been possible were it not for the cooperation of the school people of the State, all the way from the State Superin tendent of Public Instruction, the Executive Secretary of the State School Commission, Super intendents of the Schools, princi pals, and teachers. However, we wish it to be defi nitely understood that the correc tion of physical defects of the child is the parents' problem and that the State Board of Health's responsibility is the teaching of prevention. that drys will seek injunctions to pre vent the elections and that the Su preme Court will get a shot at the problem. MORRISON The grapevine re ports that former Senator-Governor Cameron Morrison is trimming his sails to race against Senator "Our Bob" Reynolds in 1938. But many of the boys who were aboard with Morrison when he went downtat the hands of Reynolds in 1932 believe the Mecklenburg dry will change his mind and decide not to run. TRIPLE STITCHED 1 ftf (V I , . I I 1 i n 1 I ' v. I r-.'e ; ; t i" w. V4.fl, ' ' -7 h I NOW GOING ON The State High way and Public Works Commission Is now engaged in a comprehensive pro gram to improve conditions in tne State's prison. The Commission thrniirii itn Chairman CaDUS M. Way- nick wants the personnel of the pri son to realize that such institutions can be run without the brutality re vealed in certain camps recently. But through all the legislative investiga tion not one word of criticism was .:..xh--x..:::..h for f ran X t 4 Y Y Y V ?: Y V Y T Y ? Y I t The most difficult cleaning job can be readily accomplished with little elbow grease AND proper mw ' I f rn n mhimT ?. 111 I'll ' Jf If.-TV 3 air. m ments. Cleaning-ware of merit makes the job easier and the effect more satisfactory. Let These Brooms, Galvanized Pails, Oil Mops and Polish, Carpet Sweepers, Dust Pans, Scrub Brushes, Johnson's Floor Wax ; Call Us For Your Cleaning Needs : Hertford Hardware & Supply Co. "Trade Here and Bank ihe Difference" ; HERTFORD, N. C. You Just Want 02.Q0 0345 $SQQ THESE ARE REAL VALUES! Large Selection iJ&CS CCP 031.20 .OlfcCp:: :m wctorp nc Vf?fTttffftTfyfVfyfttV1'VtV?fyVVtVt1'VVffy" - against the Central Prison at ftaleifch. where the amiable, white-haired -War- den H. H. Honeycutt maintains discip line with lashes and the like. NOT SO BAD When Senator W. P. Horton, a personal wet.from a dry county, put the legislative clincher on the Day bill to put the State in the liquor business a lot of his friends thought he had done himself a great political damage. v MAMM) Y rn n rmrMT UJUiltAMaUMVD a imple Help I To Drop In To And See Our New DRESSES Arrived This Week Washable Crepes Washable Stripes and Prints All Sizes and Styles of Wash Dresses vai iiw V-C" P i. Vll J . . . , . M.- ! Y You! Y Y 5- t Y Y Y Y
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