QUESTION: Can a tree plant,
ins machine be used on all types
ol terrain?
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS
Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of stockholders
of the First National Bank will
be held in the lobby of the First
National Bank, Kings Mountain,
North Carolina, on Tuesday, Jan
uary 13, 1953, at 4 p. m.
Tills the 10th day of December
1952.
L. E. ABBOTT, Cashier
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ANSWER: No, tree planting
machines will npt entirely replace
hand planting, according to John
E. Ford, assistant forester for
the State College Extension Ser
vice.
"In fact", Ford says, "it is
doubtful that these machines will
be efficient in areas smaller than
10 acres." Smaller areas, steep
land, and areas full of stumps
will probably always require
hand planting.
However, Ford points out, tree
planting machines, with a two
man crew, on open, level, or fairly
J
level ground are able to plant
from 7,000 to 10,000 seedlings In
an eight-hour day.
The same two men, using hand
planting methods, might be able
to set out 1,000 to 1,500 seedlings
in the same length of time, the
assistant forester says.
For the past several years,
more and more tree planting ma -
chines are being used in the State,
according to Ford. "As a result of
a series of demonstrations held
in various counties In the south
ern and eastern parts of the
State, an additional 15 to 17 ma
chines have been purchased by
Tar Heel landowners, sawmill
operators, and local organiza
tions," the speciality reports.
Ford believes that the new
planting machines will help speed
the reforestation of North Caro
lina, especially in the Coastal
Plain and Lower Piedmont.
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Holiday Circumstances Make Roads
Bad drivihg conditions plus un
usual circumstances add up to
plenty of trouble for holiday dri
vers.
In a study of year-ertd holiday
accidents over the past- three
years, the Institute, for Safer
Living of the American Mutual
Liability Insurance * Company
concludes that there will be a
minimum of 1300 highway fatali
ties during the period from De
cember 2.4 of this year through
January 1. Fatalities during this
period will run an estimated 22%
higher than for any other nine
day period during December.
A further analysis by the Insti
tute attributes a major portion of
the increase to these specifically
hazardous holiday driving activl- !
ties : ( 1) Driving to or from the
local community dances and pair
ties; (2) Driving to or from office
and business parties; (3) Using
the car for hurried last minute
Christmas shopping; (4) Unusual
ly heavy -tse of the family car by
young p ople home for the holi
days; .(5) Taking holiday motor
strips to and from distant points, <
While these destinations them
selves are not any more hazard
ous than at any other time of the
year, it is the combination of holi
day circumstances that makes
these trips real tests of driving
sense. Such circumstances in
clude: more parties aind gather
ings where liquor is served; sea
sonal bad weather conditions
with increased probability of
skids and crashes; heavily con-'
gested holiday traffic; more driv
ing distractions due to the gener
al holiday spirit; general relaxa
tion of judgment.
The following rules are offered
by the Institute for avoiding this
often fatal combination of condi
tions and circumstances;
1. Plan to keep your driving at
a minimum during the holiday
season. Use train, bus, taxi or
trolley when you can and especial
ly when your good sense tells you
that you should not drive.
2. Watch those drinks if you
drive to parties and social gather
ings: the driver must let some
one else do his drinking, he must
abstain.
3. Properly caution younger
drivers using the family car and
make certain that their training
and practice are sufficient to
meet the season's demands.
4. Travel at carefully reduced
speeds when visibility is poor, or
the roads slippery.
5. Use your skid chains when
road conditions demand them.
6. Allow plenty of time for
those longer trips. Don't hurry
and don't allow yourself to be
come tired or sleepy, especially in
bad driving weather.
7. Watch out for the actions of
other drivers on the road: they
may not know these rules.
Remember that December is
the worst month of the year for
highway accidents, hut the week
long holiday season is what really
piles up that extra total of fatal!
ties and crippling' injuries.
The Institute hopes its estimate
is too high. You and your friends
by observing the .above rules can
spoil the result of its careful cal
culation.
Free Seedlings
Are Going Fast
Four-H Club members who
want to take advantage of free,
seedling offers made by pulp
wood companies had better see
their county agent immediately,
according to John E. Ford, as
sistant forester for State' Col
lego's Agricultural. Extension
Service.
lo date. Pord said. 116 orders
from It", ( fiun'io ,avp been re
reived for a totai oi 226,900 seed
lin^s At the same time last
year, only about half that num
ber had been ordered.
Alleghany County, with 24 or
ders for 101.500 trees, has brok.
on the record for number of
seedlings ordered by any one
county in a single season The
previous high was 97,000 seed
lings ordered by Montgomery
County In 1950 51.
The following seed-lings are
still available in the areas to
which they were allotted: lob
lolly pine, 533,700;. shortleaf pine
133,500; white pine, 199,000.
Instructions for planting seed
lings are given in Extension Cir
cular No. 371, "Plant Forest
Trees," copies of which may be
obtained from the local county
agent or by writing Publications
Department. N- C. State College,
Raleigh. Prepared by Extension
Forester John L. Gray, the circu
lar covers kinds of trees to plant,
number to plant per acre, land
preperation, and stepby-step
procedure for planting.
Farm demonstration work, fore
runner of today's Agricultural
Extension Service, got its start
in 1903 near Terrell, Texas,
when the late Dr. Seaman A.
Knapp first introduced this new
method of out-of- school agri
cultural education.
WISHES GOME TRUE
Make your holiday good
wishes for your frlanda and
relative* come true, ("hrtst
tnaa Seal* make possible the
year-round TB
prevention and
control program
of the tubercu
loaia associations.
TB attacks 115,
000 persona in
this country a
year. The ftcht
mu?it go on.
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Select Toys to Fit
Child's Age Level
A child's Christmas toys should
be chosehwith as much care as
you would buy his clothes ? to "flt;'<
his age level. .
If the child is just learning to
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walk and climb. give him piay
materials to stimulate these ac
tivities. He needs. his first picture
bi>ok when he begins to talk, house
keeping toys at about three when
he begins to want to help mother,
and crayons and scissors when he
can begin to handle them;
PareptSi aunts, uncles and cous
ins should consider what the child
is ready for as regards physical
growth and mental and social de
velopment in selecting toys.
If toys are selected with some
relation to the child's growth, and
needs, they will be toys which
stimulate self-reliance.
Most children, it is believed,
can fare better with fewer but
"artfully selected toys.
As of November 26, approxi
mately 44.3 million pounds of
frozen, ready-to-cook turkeys
from the 1952 crop have (been
purchased to provide an outlet
for surpluses. Purchases in the
State will be 1,410,000 pounds.
The turkeys will be distributed
to non-profit school lunchrooms.
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