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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY; HERTFORD, N. C, FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 0, 194a
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By 0. E. BAKER, U. S. D. A.
You may wonder wjiy in these
- hard times for agriculture we Bhould
- wish our children- to become farmers
' or farmer's wives. . May I. tell you?
-V ' . The farmer and. his jfamilly
have' more and better to eat than
- have most city people, and in times
"-of depression they are more certain
' . of a livelihood if they hare not
mortgaged the farm. About six mil
lion people went from the cities back
' v te if aims during a. the yeara 1830-34
, seeking shelter and sustenance, and
, two million; of these were still on
f. farms ,'when.i the census was taken
" , j January 1, 1935.
v 2. -The farmer . has better health
, - than the city man . and lives longer
, four to five years longer according
to a recens study maae Dy tne meiro
politah Life Insurance Company. If
the farming people had equal medical
facilities, -the, difference in duration
Vof life would be still greater.
j ' 3. The fanner becomes a wealth
.' ier man than the majority of city
",' men, judging from the per capita
wealth of rural and urban states.
This may not be true in the South.
- -i It is true in the North because of
';' the millions of city people who have
- ' almost no property at all except
an automobile and some second-hand
, furniture. , u
4. The fanner is more likely to
. " enjoy his work than are most city
people. Most city work is monoton
oustending a machine in a factory,
operating a typewriter, standing be
hind a counter in a retail store hour
after hour, vhe farm boy or girl
inay dream of a professional career
the city, or of being a successful
c- business man or woman, but it is cer
tain that relatively few young people
from the farms will realize this am
bition. Most of the young men and
fV women who go to the cities wwi con
)Q ' tinue to do the simple tasks of city
life if they find work at all.
6. The farmer is more likely to
rear a family and promote the wel
fare of the Nation and the race. The
family is becoming smaller and weak
er in the cities. Only two-thirds to
three-fourths enough children are
Fresh Eggs Bring
Higher Prices
fa -' T.H)i aa MiofAmav a ur er In
a poke," says T. T. .Brown, Extension
poultryman of State College'in urg
ing farmers to sell' only fresh eggs
which ."command a higher market
price and keep customers satisfied
He advises that all eggs be candled
before being marketed.
In , candling eggs, take out those
which show a large air cell, a flat
tened end and plainly visible yolk,
blood spots, and a thin, white, Brown
said. A fresh egg has a small air
cell, a rounded and dimly visible
yolk, and a thick white.
. The Doultrv specialist made eight
suggesUoafc4or the .production of
r quality eggs:. (1) iteep only pure-
bred pquKryr (2) - provide floored
.house with clean litter; (3) enclose
!, dropping boards or roosting racks
"with wire netting; (4) use high
4 quality feed (5) keep nests filled
'with clean - nesting material; (6)
c-ather eires at least twice daily in
-wire baskets so as to allow them to
cool quickly, -and,' leave in-wire bask
ets overnignttor spreaa on irayo w
cool; (7), store, eggs, in a cool, fairly
moist nlace" until marketed: and (8)
ell 6r pen males at the end of the
breeding : season, and sell iniertue
, eggs. - k i
' t, i A' six-point program for the sale
f: of quality eggs Is offered by the Ex
,1' pension man - as follows : ( 1 ) Grade
.for size and interior .huality; - (2)
candle to remove stale eggs and
v; ones with blood spots, and to separ
k ate according to interior quality; (8)
i; weigh eggs of doubtful size and make
-at least two size grades; (4)tclean
""cUrty eggs'; (6) use , good cases with
' clea nfiiters and llats, or pack eggs
&i 3n attractive labeled cartons; . and
(6) market twice -weekly.
Beekeeper Has Work
.-' To Do lit Mid-winter
v ':?r. Bees are inactive at this season of
the-year, but the beekeeper should
' not' go into hibernation, says C. I
: Sams Extension ' ' apiarist "of State
College. Now "is' a good -time to
v clean and repair J equipment not in
use, and new equipment' 'should be
secured and made ready for installa
tion before the, spring msh, .he ,,ad-
vised.' 'i-"-,,-"" w f'!
Sams does not think that the cold
weather this winter ;wilT seriously
crippl'e the beekeeping - Industry in
North Carolina. "Most of the colo
,nies are in good shape, and if they
are left- alone ' the bees- will come
through," the specialist 'statecU f 1 '
' He strongly adviBed against at
tempting' to feed-bees 'during Cold
' weather. It may be possible to slip
a comb of honey Into" the hive during
the warm period bf mild day, but
If ' f'ors of food warf sufficient at
t of the wL-.ter season,' the
v l survive the frigid blasts,
:zL it ' ,
a r jct of ckiTe bees,'Or
A FARbiER
now being born in our large cities
to maintain their population perma
nently without accessions from out
side. The conditions of living and
the philosophy of life in the cities
tend toward the extinction of urban
families. The rural philoopshy of
life, with' its recognition of the fam
ily as the fundamental economic a&
well as social institution, tends to
ward survival. If there is one word
that science teaches to be more im
portant than any other it is the
word "survive."
I cannot minimize the difficulties
facing the farmers of the United
States. The approach of a station
ary and probably later declining
population suggests a long period of
low prices for farm products. The
message I hope you can give to the
boys and girls whom you talk with
on your return home is that the
prospect for becoming rich through
farming is not bright, but the oppor
tunity to serve their Nation and
civilization is ,in my opinion, great
er than it has ever been. I would
that they could see the rural people
as the conservers of the traditions,
the lterature, the art, and, it may
prove, of the science that has accu
mulated during the centuries. I
would that they could see above
them a cloud of witnesses, the farm
ers and farm women of the past,
their ancestors for a thousand years,
heroes and heroines many of them.
If modern civilization is to preserve
ita strength, the young people must,
I believe, see the beauty of the river
of life; they must realize that the
individual' is only a link, in our end
less chain which reaches back through
geologic ages. I would that they
could see in front of them the op
portunity to build not a transsitory
urban but a permanent rural civili
zation; a civilization not founded on
selfishness as the motivating princi
ple but on cooperation, in which the
economic objective is to produce
sufficient for everyone while con
serving the natural resources, and in
which the social objective is service
and preserverance of the strength of
the people.
caged swarms, the apiarist said: "To
profitably start hives from packages,
they should be secured from six tic
eight weeks before the main honey
flow begins. For the Piedmont sec
tion of the State, this would be about
March 1 to 16.
"Many beekeepers use package
bees to strengthen . weak hives, in
which case they need not be bough'
quite so early. At this time of the
year such bees must be purchased
from further South, and the price if
approximately $1.00 per pound of
bees. With a queen included in a
three-pound package, this is about
15,000 individuals.
"This is a minimum number of
bees that is recommended for start
ing a new hive, and they wouild have
to be fed liberally until early honey
plants begin furnishing nectar.'
Employment Service
Places 107,621 Workers
Raleigh. Duryig the calendar year
1939, the Employment Service Divi
sion of the North -Carolina Unem
ployment Commission placed a total
oi luv.ozx worKera in Jods as com
pared with total registrations and
renewals of 343,005.
Of these 107,621 placements dur
ing the year, 63,429 were in private
jobs, 35,356 of which were in regu
lar employment in private industry.
ii,m6 were temporary employment
in private industry, and 44,194 were
m public activities.
During the past calendar year, the
active file was reduced by 66,169, a
arop or 4d per cent, which Is exactly
equivalent to the ratio A decline in
registrations. These figures ; indicate
tne improvement in industry and
Work 'conditions in North Carolina
oer the preceding year of 1938.
BURGESS CLUB MEETS
v The Burgess Home Demonstration
Club met at the home of Mrs: W E.
Lane on Wednesday afternoon. The
meeting was called to order by the
president and "America, the Beauti
ful" 'was .sung. The members re
peated the Collect in unison.-
Miss ' Hamrick made - several an
nouncements and explained the new
Year Books "and score sheets. She
then led a round-table discussion on
Farm Outlook for 1940 .with Mrs. J.
B." Basnight Mrs. Josiah " Proctor
and Mrs. ' C. D. Rountree giving
readings' on the subject-, ,!.; -
Mrs. C E. Lane conducted an ad
vertisement contest with MrsA j. B.
Basnight winning the prize.
Those present were : Mrs C. B.
Parker, , Mrs. Totnmie ' Matthews,
Mr& JosiahA Proctor, - Mnr. C' -D.
Rountree, Mrs. J. B. Basnight, Mrs.
Sidney Layden, 'Misa Gladys, Hamrick
and Mnu.W. E. Lane. fl -ft-
The hostess -served -ambrosia and
cake''' p'''-
- -' ' LEAGUE TO !MEET . ','
' The Woman's International League
of Peace and Freedom will meet at
the home of Irrs. Roy V."-n!ow on
Wednesday afternoon,' February 14th,
beginning at 2:30 o'clock. A large
attendance is urgeoV, , .
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Work has really begun ... in
clement weather and a frozen river
stopped it soon after it started . . .
but work has begun in earnest now
on the town's recreation pier.
Approximately twenty WPA labor
ers Monday were laying the concrete
bulkhead and floating the barges as
the first" favorable weather in weeks
saw a beehive of activity at the
Grubb Street location.
The work will be completed during
the summer season just ahead if no
unforeseen difficulties develop to de
lay it.
Asked about the sewer pipe at the
point where the shore end of the pier
wili,rest, Fred Chalk, WPA super
visor, explained that the pipe will be
relaid. The shore end will remain
where it is now, but the deep water
end will be laid to the south of the
pier and further up the creek.
A Federal allotment takes care of
the labor and also a part of the ma
terial. A provision is included to
provide for the cleaning up of the
river front at that location; for the
removal of stumps and sunken logs.
Machinery Is Leading
Farm Safety Hazard
Safety on the farm is largely
home-made, says Joe B. Richardson-
assistant agricultural engineer of
State College. One of the reasons
there are so many accidents on the
farm is that farm families operate
largely on their own responsibility.
For city people at work or at home,
there are numerous safety precau
tions, and someone to enforce them.
Richardson lists machinery as a
top hazard in farm work, despite
the many improvements made on ma
chinery in recent years. The older
hazards, such as unruly bulls and
kicking horses, is next.
Surveys show, however, that most
accidents are caused by carelessness
such as haste, the use of makeshift
repairs, by taking chances, by using
machinery without guards, or with
guards removed,
Among the reasons why the farm
is a fertile field for accidents, says
Richardson, are these: Much farm
wdrk is done by individuals at some
distance from others so that an acci
dent may be serious because help is
lot at hand. On the farm there are
frequent changes in work and ma
chinery used, which may mean un
familiarity with equipment and less
accuracy of movement. Under the
pressure of summer work, there are
often long hours in the field, and
chores done in a hurry after dark
both conducive to accidents.
"The suffering, the loss of time,
and the actual cash cost of these ac
cidents," says Richardson, "shows
the need for avoiding them. It has
been shown time and time again
that the well-ordered farm, with
well-ordered activities, is good in
surance against accidents.
"But still, to a great extent the
farmer must be his own safety engi
neer and almost entirely his own
disciplinarian."
Consumption Of Pork
And Apples Promoted
Eat more pork, cook it with
apples.
This is a call from North Carolina
farmers as they unite in promotional
campaigns to increase the consump
tion of these two important foods
produced in this State.
C. L. Ballance, chairman of ths
executive committee of the North
Carolina Cooperative Livestock Mar
keting Associations sponsored by the
Extension Service, is directing the
National Economy Pork Sale cam
paign in the State. It will be divided
into two periods-r-jFebruary 1 to 10.
and February 29 to March 9.
"It so happens that the "Apples
For Health" event also will take
place at the same time as the first
period of the pork sale campaign,
but this is fortunate since both are
frequently included in the same
menu," said Mr. Ballance, who is a
prominent swine grower of Robeson
County.
H. W. Taylor, Extension swine
specialist of State College, is active
ly supporting the pork sale, and he
points out that it will" be especially
valuable this year when the 1D39
pig crop of 84,000,000 hogs goes on
the market. , .
The North Carolina hog crop is
consuming over two billion pounds of
feed annually, which is no small item
to agriculture In this State," Taylor
declared. "Cash sales from hogs in
North Carolina are exceeded only by
cash sales from tobacco, cotton and
cottonseed, and milk; therefore, ' the
price of pork is of considerable im
portance to us."
Mr. Ballance said that civic clubs,
cafeterias; hotels, and - restaurants
are being asked to serve at least two
,pa(k luncheons during - the two per
rlods designated for National Econ
omy Pork Sale.- i - '. u . '
" If curtains are thoroughly , ; dried
before being1 starched, (hey will' keep
Idee
Pier Begins Anew
clean longer.
CENTER HILL NEWS
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Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Turner and son,
Robert, and Mr. and Mrs. Cotter B
White went to Duke Hospital, Dur
ham, Thursday, and brought home
the little son of Mr. and Mrs. White,
who had been there for the past two
weeks following an operation. , The
little boy is getting along nicely.
Miss Marian White, a student at
Louisburg College, spent the week
end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. B. White.
Miss Mary Frances Dail, of near
Hertford, is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Nearest Jordan.
Mrs. W. H. Lane is sick with flu.
Miss Lillian Turner spent Friday
with Mrs. Willie Byrum.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Ell's visited Mr.
Ellis' mother, Mrs. Ida Ellis, Sun
day afternoon.
Miss Bonnie Rowe is able to return
to her classroom, after being out
with an attack of flu.
Mrs. J. S. Turner and daughter,
Peggy, visited. Mrs. Joseph Hollowell,
at Sunbury, Monday.
Mrs. Joe Wiggins and children
visited Mrs. C. B. White Saturday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Byrum and
daughter, Shirley, spent the week
end with Mrs. Byrum's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Byrum.
Little Bernice Hollowell, of Sun
bury, is spending this week with
little Peggy Turner.
Mrs. Willie Lamb and son, Stacey,
Mrs. Louis Harrell and daughter.
Carolyn, of Edenton, spent Wednes
day with Mrs. Theodore Boyce.
Miss Elizabeth White, who teaches
in Guilford County, spent the week
end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. B. White.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Barnett were
in Elizabeth City on Sunday.
Mrs. J. S. Turner and daughter,
Peggy; and Mrs. Otis Ellis visited
Mrs. T. E. Chappell Wednesday af
ternoon. Mrs. Edwin White and Miss Sarah
Chappell, of Belvidere, visited Mrs
W. H. Lane and Mrs. H. E. Lane on
Sunday.
NEW HOPE NEWS
Mrs. Lewis Walston, of Baltimore,
Md., Kermit, Robert and Carltor.
Barclift, of Washington, D. C, left
Sunday, after being called home on
Friday because of the death of then
brother, Leon Barclift, and the ill
ness of their mother, Mrs. Nettie
Barclift. Mrs. Barclift is now im
proving. Mrs. S. T. Perry, Mrs. R. R. Perry
and Miss- Vida Banks attended the
meeting of the County Council of
Perquimans Home Demonstration
Clubs in Hertford Monday afternoon
Cold and snowy weather and much
sickness have caused a decline in
church and club activities, but with
better weather and the improvement
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of the sick, it is hoped that ere long
new interest will be shown in the
work of the church and the club.
Miss Vida Banks and Mrs. T. A.
Hurdle motored to Norfolk, Va., on
Saturday to see "Gone With the
Wind."
Miss May Webb accompanied Mr.
and Mrs. Alphonsa Chappell', of Bel
videre, to Norfolk, Va., Saturday.
They attended "Gone With the
Wind."
L. R. Webb, who has been suffer
ing with a cold for some time, is
slowly improving.
Miss Rebecca Webb, of the Rob-
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Hertford, N. C.
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HERTFORD, N. C
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week-end with her parents, Mr. ant
Mrs. L. R. Webb.
Mrs. J. A. Sawyer and Mrs. C. B.
Goodman visited their respective par
ents at Somerton, Va., Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Henry Gregory,
of Elizabeth City, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Johnnie White Sunday.
Mrs. Heywood Utaphlett is sick at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peele and
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