Pfes To Bring Good '
Price In Few Weeks
Good prices expected for pork
early this fall offer growers an in
ducement to make their pigs gain
weight rapidly.
Pigs being prepared for market
should be ready for sale in August
or early September, said H. W. Tay
lor, extension swine specialist at
State College.
Swine should be provided with
cool, shady places where they will
be protected from the hot sun. Heat
saps a hog's vitality, and keeps pigs
from making as rapid gains as they
should, he explained.
If natural shade is not available,
an artificial shade can be made with
boards, brush, or straw. A constant
supply of fresh water should also be
available.
Every hog in the herd should have
access to a good mineral mixture.
Good pasture is a necessity, Taylor
emphasized.
He recommended a mineral mixture
of 10 pounds of ground limestone, 5
pounds of steamed bone meal, and 2
pounds of salt. Do not mix the mine
rals with the feed, but keep them in
a separate place where they will stay
dry. .
Corn may be hogged down after
it has passed the dough stage.
Where hogs are turned into standing
corn, a self-feeder containing tank
age or fish meal should be placed in
the corn field.
Or a good protein supplement may
be made with equal parts of tankage
and cottonseed meal, or fish meal and
cottonseed meal, the swine specialist
pointed out.
The mineral mixture should also
be provided in the field where corn
is being hogged down, he added.
Soil Deficiencies Cause
Lower Crop Yields
Plant food deficiencies in North
Carolina soils are curtailing the
yields of cotton and tobacco, accord
ing to C. B. Williams, head of the
agronomy department at State Col
lege. Where the crops are suffering
from "potash hunger" or "sand
drown," he said, production could be
increased n to 50 per cent in cases
by adding a small amount of potash
or magnesia.
"Potash hunger" in tobacco is
characterized by yellow spots on the
leaves, . The spots later turn brown,
out, giving the leaves a
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raised Appearance.
Sand drown," caused by a lack of
magnesia, causes cotton leaves to
turn red and later drop off. In to
bacco the lower leaves are light
green, then become almost white be
tween the chief veins.
While it is too late this year to
apply potash or magnesia in time to
correct the deficiency, Professor Wil
liams said, growers should take care
ful note of fields where the trouble
occurs and plair to add potash or
magnesia or both, as needed, to their
fertilizer next spring.
Where these deficiency troubles
have occurred, he went on, they are
almost certain to appear again until
the. necessary plant foods have been
placed in the soil. ,
The comparatively small amounts
of potash and magnesia necessary to
correct the trouble cost, but little in
comparison with the heavy increases
in vielda that can be obtained.
Professor Williams added that if
growers are in doubt as to wnat
trouble is affecting their crops,- they
may consult their county farm agents
or send specimens of affected plants
to the agronomy department at State
College,- Raleigh.
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Overcropping beyond market de
mand makes for price-depressing
surpluses, mines the soil of its ferti
lity, and exposes land to erosion. It's
good business- to diversify and grow
more soil-conserving crops on which
agricultural conservation payments
are made.
WHATS WHAT
ABOUT
SOCIAL SECURITY
As another service to its readers.
The Perquimans Weekly each week
will give authoritative answers to
questions on the Social Security
Law. By special arrangement with
Mr. George N. Adams in Rockv
Mount, N. C, the Social Security
Board has consented to pass on the
accuracy of answers to questions on
Social Security, which may be asked
by employers, employees, and others.
through The Perquimans Weekly
Address inquiries to the Editor. An
swers will be given here in the order
in which questions are received. This
is an informational service and is not
legal advice or service. In keeping
with Social Security Board policy
names will not be published.
Cure Hay Early
To Get Quality
Coarseness, late cutting, and im
proper curing cause a large amount
of low quality hay in North Carolina
each year, according to John A. Arey,
extension dairy specialist at State
College.
yThis inferior quality hay has a low
er protein and vitamin content than
nnmkav nnA liov TIlA wnailttffA nf
waste jyhen it is fed to -farm ani-
mala is also much greater than that,
lor good quality hay, Arey stated.
Leaf ineM and a bright green color
are requirements for No. 1 hay. Most
of the protein is found in the leaves
and a bright green color indicates a
high vitamin content.
Arey pointed out a direct relation
ship ; between the vitamin content of
milk and the roughage which the cow
consumes. Therefore, he said, it is
Important that the animal receive
hay of a high vitamin content
- Growers should follow three rules ,
W Via wrtolt A Mwirli i.n' .m miiuK. !
First; the extension da'ryman I de-
' clared, the farmer should seed.liber'
and artemmy )iayv:r,-"?:?j
- - Second cut early. Alfalfa should :
be .harvested when one-tenth to one-
fourth in bloomsoybeans when seed
,are jabout one half developed, les-'
'peiessa when around 50 per cent. Jn
bloom, cowpeas when the'first pods
berin to yellow, and cereal,' sueh as
wheat, oats, snd barley, when the
seed are in the milk' stage 'of maturr
Question: How many forms of
taxes are there in the State of North
Carolina under the Social Security
Act?
Answer: There are four separate
and distinct taxes; (1) an income
tax on employees, which is now one
per cent on the first $3,000, earned;
(2) an excise tax bn employers of
one or more. This is also one per
cent at the present time on the first
$3,000. The Federal tax on employ
ees of eight or more, for the year
1937, is two per cent of total wages.
There is also a tax imposed by the
North Carolina Unemployment Com
pensation Commission or 1.8 per
cent, based on total wages. The
Federal tax just mentioned allows
an employer of eight or more to de
duct 90 per cent of the amount he
has paid to the State of North Car
olina.
Question: In filling out my appli
cation for a Social Security account
number I gave my correct age, with
the understanding that this informa
tion would be kept secret from rrr
employer. Now I hear thr.t the
Board will turn over the records t'
the employers if they request the
to do so. Is this true?
Answer: This is not true. Ths
age of any individual who has filed
an application SS-5 will not be re
vealed by the Social Security Board.
Question: Will I be able to draw
benefits when I become 5 if I con
tinue to work?
Answer: Under the terms of the
Social Security Act, you will be paid
benefits as long as you continue
working In an employment that is
not-specifically exempted from the
Act, but when you retire from act
ive employment you will receive a
monthly annuity.
Question: My father is now 67
and out of work. Will he be able to
draw oM-age benefits from the gov
ernment? Answer: No, since he is beyond
the age requirement of 65, he cannot
qualify.
Mrs. Elizabeth McMahon, aged 80,
won first prize in a dancing contest
in Leeds, Eng.
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Right Kinds Food
Prevent Pellagra
; No medical treatment, no serums,
only the right kind of foods in suf
ficient amounts, are necessary for
the prevention and cure of pellagra,
which is purely a dietary disease, as
pointed out by Dr. Roy Norton, as
sistant director of the division of
Preventive Medicine, State Board of
Health. "There are foods that cure
pellagra," he said, "foods that are
'good' for it, others that are 'fair'
while still others have little or no
effect." Others he described as poor.
He also gave some rules for the pre
vention of this ailment.
Foods that cure pellagra, accord
ing to Dr. Norton include: Powdered
yeast, green vegetables the greener
the better eggs, lean meat and
liver, fresh milk, wheat germ, and
canned salmon. In the group of
foods "good" for pellagra Dr. Nor
ton placed: Rabbit meat, lean pork
shoulder, canned chicken, sweet milk,
buttermilk, lean beef (fresh or corn
ed), pork, mutton, fish, fowl, pork
liver, powdered yeast bakers' dried
and brewers' eggs, tomato juice,
peanut meal, canned salmon, canned
kale, canned collards, canned green
peas, canned turnip greens, liver ex
tract and wheat germ.
Among the "fair" foods he classi
fied: evaporated peaches and canned
haddock, while the following he des
cribed as "poor": Cotton seed meal,
canned lettuce, and canned green
onions.
The foods having "little or no ef
fect" upon the disease are: Prunes,
canned beets, white flour, cornbread,
hominy grits, dried beans, molasses
or syrup, cod liver oil, lard and cot
ton seed oil.
"Clear up contributory causes, such
as pyorrhea, vincent's angina, peptic
ulcer, gall bladder disease, pernicious
anemia, etc.," Dr. Norton advises,
continuing: "Plenty of good milk and
milk products are valuable in pre
venting pellagra. It is important to
secure the best milk possible and the
simplest way to do this is to insist
on a Grade A label that is approved
by the health department when buy
ing from a commercial milk produc
er." Dr. Norton stressed the value of
a program of health education, in
cluding a study of the dietetic causes
of pellagra, and the encouraging of
people to correct their family food
habits. "It is a good idea to get
every family possible to have a good
garden", he said, "and to encourage
diversified farming, keeping a family
cow and raising poultry for home
consumption."
Water Receipts Soar
Due To New Residents
Receipts from water is increasing
monthly with the peak of $650 to be
reached next month, according to
estimates from Chief of Police P. W.
Brown who is also in charge of the
town's water supply.
Last month the water receipts were
about $450 with the discounts. This
month it will be a little more as
scores of people will pay a part of
delinquent bills that have accumu
lated since June, 1934. Also there
are many more users.
This increase does not include any
money that the town will receive
from the village of the Kieckhefer
Container Company. No water has
been furnissed yet. A contract is
being drawn now to arrange for the
town to furnish water to the vill
age. Total receipts for the year ending
June, 1937 were $4,654,669. This
fiscal year it is expected to be ap
proximately $6,000. The influx of
population here has increased the
consumption of water and the new
village lead will increase it much
more.
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To
Mrs. C. H. Nesbitt, of Detroit,
filed suit for divorce, charging her
husband with cruelty because he
made her walk home from automo
bile rides.
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