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RUMORS SCOTCHED
ON ANIMAL OUTPUT
Present Program Calls For
Maximum Production
Of AH Food
COLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
July 4.—Rumors that drastic cuts
will be made in animal products
next year and that this produc
tion will be replaced by cereal
and vegetable foods are not in
keeping with the anticipated pro
gram, State college extension
service officials announced here
today.
They said that war may make
certain adjustments in production
and eating habits necessary but
no juggling of the agricultural
program to eliminate the animal
as a middleman in the food pro
duction chain is in prospect.
The present program calls for
the growing of all the feed pos
sible. in the light of requirements
for other farm products. Plans
are being made for the importa
tion of feed to help relieve the
present feed shortage and bal
ance the requirements of the
present production. In the mean
time. not a single pound of feed
should be wasted and every ef
fort should be made to maintain
milk, egg and meat production at
the highest level permitted by
present feed supplies.
The extension officials pointed
out that it is particularly import
ant for the grower, who has been
depending on imported feeds, to
increase his own feed production
and reduce his dependence on
purchased feeds. They said that
growers will be surprised how
much can be done to increase feed
production by better management
of hay and pasture lands and by
arranging for supplementary pas
ture crops in late summer, fall,
and in early spring.
They advised increased produc
tion of vegetable crops for home
consumption and the planting of
fall gardens throughout the state.
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Farmers In Watauga
Sell Big Wool Crop
BOONE, July 4.—Four hundred
Watauga county farmers sold 37,
669 pounds of wool in the Watau
ga wool pool organized by Farm
Agent Harry Ivl. Hamilton of the
State college extension service.
The pool brought $20,700.73 and
was bought by A. J. Higginboth
am of Tazewell, Virginia, at the
rate of 56 cents a pound for clear
wool. Minor deductions from this
price were made for any class of
Reject wool. Hamilton says that
reject wool is becoming less and
less due to grading methods
taught at the annual pool.
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Duplin Farmers Feel
Anxious Over Tobacco
KENANSVILLE, July 4.—Duplin
county tobacco growers have be
come very much concerned over
prices demanded by labor for
“barning” tobacco, reports L. F.
Weeks, assistant farm agent for
the State college extension serv
ice. In some areas of the county,
labor is charging $5 a day and
farmers say this is too much.
They are willing to pay $3 a day
in accordance with a schedule
worked out by local neighborhood
leaders, Weeks reports.
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TOO MANY PIGS
“Too Many Pigs” are in pros
pect. With the outlook for feeds
in the U. S. described as poor,
the fall pig will probably be 15
percent greater than last year,
If present plans are followed.
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STATE PlMCTOR Of AiWCV'JWIAt EXTENSION ' DATE '
Men and women, boys and girls, who spend either full time or
vacations in helping relieve the labor shortage on farms may receive
a “Certificate of Service’’ in the U. S. Crop Co. ->s from the county
farm agent of the county in which they serve. Supplies of the cer
tificate. which is 8 by 10 inches, are now in the hands of county
agents, reports Dr. I. O Schaub, director of the extension service at
N. C. State college. Workers in canning plants are also eligible to re
ceive the certificate and migrant workers are given a pocket size
edition.
FarmersFree ToPurchase
Any Amount Of Fertilizer
By THOMPSON GREEN
Editor N. C. Department Of
Agriculture
RALEIGH July 4—Ifl—North
Carolina farmers are free to pur
chase any grade of fertilizer now
being manufactured for any crop,
D. S. Coltrane, assistant to the
commissioner of agriculture, an
nounced yesterday.
“In order to meet the war-time
requirements for food, feed and
fiber, it is anticipated that agri
culure this fall and winter will
call upon the fertilizer industry
to produce an unprecedented
amount of this material which is
so vital to the farmer at this
time.” said Coltrane.
Although manufacturers of fer
tilizer are faced with many han
dicaps, Cotrane is of the opinion
that they will meet the demand
“through careful planning and co
operative efforts.”
He asserted that "We are in a
stronger position as regards ferti
lizer materials than we were dur.
ing the past year, for only in pot
ash is our agricultural supply less
than that of 1942-43. No shortage
of chemical nitrogen is now ex
pected. All told, this war has had
much less effect on our fertilizer
supplies than the last one.”
While the indicated demand for
nitrogen is not definite, it will
have to be greater than this coun
try has known for it to exceed the
supply, explained Coltrane.
With the increased production
of chemical nitrogen and the re
LIVESTOCK GROUP
SHIPS MANY HOGS
Beaufort-Hyde County As
sociation Produces 7,
082 Porkers In Year
COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
July 4.—The Beaufort-Hyde Live
stock Mutual, an organization of
farmers formed by livestock spe
cialists and county agents of the
State college extension service, an
nounced at its annual meeting on
June 25 that the association had
shipped 7,082 hogs cooperatively
during the past year, which net
ted the owners $220,083.53, accord
ing to a report received at the
college yesterday from County A
gent W. L. McGahey of Beaufort
county.
The hogs shipped by the associa
tion filled 93 cars and weighed 1,
562,560 pounds. This was twice as
much business as the association
did in the various year and four
times as much as four years ago.
About 650 farmers are cooperat
ing in making the Beaufort-Hyde
one of the outstanding livestock
associations in North Carolina.
At one annual meeting, the fol
lowing officers were elected for
the coming year: W. W. Bulluck,
president; J. A. Lee, vice-presi
dent; J. Irving Hodges, secretary
treasurer; and Joe Patrick, Jr.,
manager.
The directors of the association,
in addition to Bulluck, Lee, and
Hodges, are George W. Elliott, H.
W. Garrish, P. E. Swindell, and
H. O. Lollis.
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Rowan County Farmers
Doing Doubletime Job
SALISBURY, July 4—Forty per
cent of the farms in Rowan coun
ty are operated by owners who
work in some nearby mill or fac
tory for eight hours a day and
then return to the farm to work
from four to eight additional
hours, reports John B. Steele,
emergency labor assistant in the
extension farm agent’s office.
This group has not been affected
by the present labor shortage be
cause the men either swap work,
have considerable modern ma
chinery or bring out friends from
the shops to help. Another group,
on which Rowan depends largely
to produce its surplus dairy pro
ducts and grain, is composed of
larger landowners who have se
cured labor from the smaller
farms in return for loans of ma
chinery and equipment, Steele
said.
duction of organic nitrogen, mixed
fertilizers will necessaril y carry
more chemical nitrogen and less
of the organic, and this, believes
Coltrane, will probably result in
tobacco and truck fertilizers’ con
taining an average of 20 per cent
water insoluble nitrogen and gen
eral crop fertilizers’ carrying
only five per cent water insolu
ble.
“North Carolina farmers prefer
reasonable quantities of organic
nitrogen, but there is no agron
omic data to justify their pref
erence for it.”
“In 1941 we had 51,000 short
tons of nitrogen from natural or
ganic sources, while this year we
expect only 26,000 tons for ferti
lizer. This is due to an order
which prohibits the use of seed
meals in fertilizer and to a reduc
tion in the production of processed
tankage,” declared Coltrane.
In regard to superphosphate, in
dications point to a supply of 6,
600.000 tons of this material for
fertilizer purposes. This is an in
crease over last year’s supply and
is in excess of the estimated de
mand for the coming season.
The War Production Board has
called on the fertilizer industry to
operate their superphosphate
plants to capacity in order to meet
the anticipated demand of 6,500,
000 tons.
As was the case this year, the
rate of application of fertilizer
next season must not exceed the
recommendations of the State
college experiment station.
LESSON IS LEARNED
WINDSOR, July 4. — Next
season when George Hoggard
of Todd’s Cross Roads plants
his peanuts, he will see that
they are treated for disease be
fore planting, reports County
Agent B. E. Grant, of Bertie
conity. This season, Mr. Hog
gard refused to go to the
slight expense of treating his
seed peanuts and, as a result,
he had to plant over. A neigh
bor got his seed peanuts from
the same lot, treated them and
got a good stand at the first
planting. The difference was
65 plants per 100 feet of row
where the seed were not treat
ed as compared with 105
plants per 100 feet of row
where threated, Grant said.
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TUNA AVAILABLE
It is reported that the entire
production of canned tuna and
tunalike fishes packed after June
,27 will be available to civilians.
The Tar
Heel
Gardener
By JOHN H. HARRIS
N. C. State College
The fall vegetable garden is us
ually neglected because there is
always so much other work to be
done when planting time comes
around. It is also difficult to get
a stand of plants while the weath
er is hot and dry. With the Vic
tor Garden enthusiasm shown
this spring and summer, it is
hoped that gardeners will make a
special effort to have a good
supply of fall vegetables this fall.
If you will take advantage of
the rains from now on, you will
be able to get most of the fall
vegetables to come up satisfac
torily. Once they are up they will
grow very nicely with any sort of
care.
The time to plant various fall
vegetables is determined by their
hardiness and the length of time
required to mature.
Tomatoes for a late crop should
be planted right away. They may
be speeded as late as July 1-15
and with a favorable season will
mature satisfactorily. Snap beans
may be planted as late s Septem
ber 1. In the extreme eastern part
of the state you should be able to
plant 10 to 15 days later.
Collard and cabbage seed may
be planted until July 15. Carrots
and kale should be planted by
August 1. Beets and turnips should
be in the ground not later than
August 15 to September 1. Mus
tard and spinach are about the
last seed you may plant for a crop
this fall. They should be" in the
ground not later than September
15.
The green and root crops will
make most of their growth before
cold weather but may be used for
quite some time during the early
winter. The greens will remain
usable until a heavy freeze kills
the tops. The root crops, especial,
ly beets and carrots, will remain
dormant in the ground for quite
some time and may be dug as
needed.
Fertilize and care for these veg
etables as you did your spring
garden.
Small Grain Yield
Lower During Year
MONROE, July 4.—Acre yields
of small grain crops reported by
Union county farmers to date run
at about one-half of that harvest
ed in 1942, reports farm agent T.
J. W. Broom of the State college
extension service. The lespedeza
crop is fine, however, and gives
promise of heavy yields of hay
and seed Victory gardens look
fine, while the general crops, such
as cotton and corn, are in good
condition and well advanced for
the time of year, Mr. Broom said.
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STEEL ALLOTED
Afcfout 300,000 tons of carbon
steel, with other materials in
proportion, has been allocated to
the farm machinery program for
the quarter beginning July 1.
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Robeson Weed Planters
Experience New Trick
LUMBERTON, July 4.—To
bacco growers of Robeson
county have experienced the
unusual situation this season
of beginning curing while
some other grower nearby is
still replanting, reports Farm
Agent' W. D. Reynolds of the
State college extension serv
ice. Reynolds says the crop is
very spotted and some fields
have been badly damaged by
recurrent rains.
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Helps Replace Two Brothers On Farm
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Miss Selma Lisenby, first woman to enroll in South Carolina’s
branch of the Woman’s Land Army, helps replace two brothers in
the Army by plowing cotton on the farm of her father, H. C. Lisenby,
of Chesterfield, who says: “She is happier than she has ever been
and a mighty good worker.” The WLA is designed to help relieve
the farm labor shortage.
SEQUOIA POTATO
WINS NEW HONOR
Four Year Test At Florida
Experimental Station
Brings Results
COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
July 4.—The Sequoia variety of
Irish potato, bred in North Caro
lina, has just won new honors in
a four year test at the Florida ag.
ricultural experiment station,
Prof. M. E. Gardner of State col
lege announced here today.
k;, A. H. Eddins, plant pathologist
'of the branch laboratory at Hast
ings, has reported te Gardner
that the Sequoia outyielded the Se
bago variety by 12 per cent and
the Katahdin variety by 41.7 peg
cent in the Hastings area, which
is in the heart of Flordia’s chief
potato producing area.
Eddins said: “If the marketa
bility of the Sequoia proves as
good as its yield. I expect to see
it become the leading commer
cial variety in the Hastings pota
to section within the next three or
four years.”
The Sequoia has been praised
for its yields and market qualities
in Canada, Hawaii, and in various
sections of the United States. It
is now being grown extensively in
western North Carolina and grow
ers find it difficult to obtain suf
ficient Sequoia seed for planting.
Although the Sequoia was bred
by the department of horticulture
of the agricultural experiment
station at State college to fit con
ditions existing in the state, it
has proved itself well adopted
over a wide area of the continen
tal United States.
8 PERSONSDIE
IN AUTO CRASH
7 Burned To Death And
Another Killed In Head
on Collision
MARIENVILLE, Pa., July 4.—<A>>
—Seven persons were burned to
death, another killed and two se
riiusly injured today in a headnn
collision of two
mobiles three miles south of this
northwestern Pennsylvania to.vn,
state police reported.
Both cars — one from New York
and the other from Ohio — burst
into flames with the impact of the
crash, trapping the seven persons
in the New York automobile and
burning their bodies beyond rec
ognition.
Corp. P. H. Winger, an investi
gating officer of the state police,
identified the other dead person
as Mrs. Catherine Boland, Akron,
O., and the seriously injured as
Barbara Boland, a daughter, and
Carl J. Pavick, also of Akron. Pa
vick received a fractured skull.
Slightly injured were Thomas P.
Boland, Sr., Philip Boland, Vivien
Boland, and Thomas Boland, Jr.,
all of Akron. '
Winger said an operator’s li
cense issued to Carl Melvin Wood,
of Ithaca, N. Y., offered the only
immediate clue to identification of
the burned victims. He said New
York state police had been asked
to help with the identification.
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Speculation Arises
On Nervous Illness
Of Germany’s Chief
BERN, Switzerland, July 4.
—(A5)— Lack of any recent
mention to Adolf Hitler in the
German press led today to ru
mors he had suffered a ner
vous breakdown compelling
him to take a rest, but this
could not be confirmed through
Swiss source.
Since Hitler called leaders
of Axis satellites to a series
of conferences at Berchtes
gaden, the feuhrer’s name has
not appeared in any news dis
patches in the German press.
LONDON, July 4. — (£>)—'The
Nazi-controlled Calais radio
said today that reports of the
illness of both Adolf Hitler
and Reichsmarshal Hermann
Goering were “completely
false.”
The broadcast was recorded
by the Ministry of Information.
Stockholm dispatches yester
day said Goering was reported
very ill from a nervous break
down and serious heart trou
ble.
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WATERMELON PRODUCTION
The production of watermelons
in North Carolina is estimated to
be 28 percent less than last yea^'
and cantaloup production is down
30 percent.
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TOMATO OUTPUT
It is estimated that North Ca
rolina will produce 180,000 bushels
of tomatoes for the fresh market
this year as compared with 120,
000 bushels last year.
GINNING EXPERT
TO GIVE ADVICE
Charles A. Bennett, Lead
ing Authority, To Ad
dress N. C. Ginners
COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
July 4.—Charles A. Bennett, lead
ing cotton gin authority in the
United States and engineer in
charge of the U. S. Gin Labora
tory at Stoneville. Miss., will meet,
with North Carolina ginners at
Shelby on July 14 and Goldsboro
July 15 to discuss better meth
ods of ginning and how to train
inexperienced labor for the com
ing gin season, C. L. McCaslan of
tihe extension service at State
college said,here today.
Co/.on gin owners are facing a
serious labor shortage and they
are asked to bring their proXec
tive operators to these meetings
for training. The meetings will be
held at 2 P, M. in the county
court house in Shelby and at 10
A. M. at the Goldsboro hotel in
Goldsboro.
The North Carolina Cotton Gin
ners Association has requested
that a gin laboratory be estab
lished in this state under supervi
sion of State college, where gin
operators can be thoroughly
schooled in the best methods of
gin operation but due to war con
ditions this has not been done. The
association is anxious to do the
best cotton ginning possible for
Tar Heel growers.
The meetings at Shelby and
Goldsboro are being sponsored by
the State college extension serv
ice, the N. C. Ginners Association,
and the State Department of Ag
riculture.
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Marion Agriculturist
Rotating Crop Output
MARION, July 4.—T. H. Bart
lett of Marion, Route 2, has found
that a rotation of crops along
with the use of legumes, winter
cover crops, limestone and phos
phate can rebuild a run-down
farm into a profitable one, re
ports Sam L. Homewood, county
agent in McDowell county for the
State college extension service.
Mr. Bartlett has been harvesting
about 10 tons of red clover hay
per acre at his first cutting this
season. He will allow the second
growth to mature seed.
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POTATOES PLENTIFUL
Potatoes were scarce in the
spring but now production in the
southern areas is running about
35 percent above last year and
housewives are urged to use more
potatoes.
RATIONING
ROUNDUP
By THE ASSOCIATED pR[ ss
Meats, chees. etc. — Book 2 reH
stamp P remains valid thro?
July 31; stamps becoming Va?
July 4, remain valid through J?
31.
Processed fruits and vegetahi
-Book 2 blue stamps K. L and v
expire July 7: stamps N. p and
remain valid through August 7 W
Shoes — Book 1 stamp 18
through October 31. 800d
Sugar — Book 1 stamp 13 Ro ,
for 5 pounds through August 1
stamps 15 and 16 good for 5 pounr':
each for home canning.
Coffee — Book 1 stamp 25 l0 ■
for one pound through ju]v ,,
stamp 22 valid July 22 to Aug?
Gasoline — No 5 ‘-A” Cnim„
good for three gallons thro?
July 21 in East; elsewhere y\
■‘A" coupons good for four
Ions through July 21.
Fuel Oil - PeViod 1 coupon, .
the new fuel oil rations bee?
valid July 1 and last through V."e
uary 3, 1944. with value ?t aV
gallons per household coupon „
the 33 states under fuel oil rat °
ing. Last year’s period 5 coup?
are valid through September y
they are worth 10 gallons each «
household rations and 100 g 'n
each on institutional type throv?
out the Eait and also m Wash?
ton, Oregon, Kentucky Si
counties of Idaho, and sou
counties of Ohio. Illinois, M?
and Kansas. Worth 11 and fo ?
Ions in rest of rationed
states.
Stoves — Rationing of coolie
and heating stoves officially Sn„''
duled to begin mid-August' Cov
ing all new stoves burning c- "
wood, oil or gas for domestic Z'
with a few minor exceptions ’
Chinese Repel Enemy
In Hupeh War Sector
CHUNGKING, July
Chinese forces have beaten ;,
two Japanese counterattack '
southern Hupeh province
Kungan, one of the bases in:
which the invaders launched the,,
abortive drive on the up:;:
Yangtze, the Chinese high com
mand announced today.
The communique said fighti'
also occurred in Yunnan province
west of the Salween river, when |
Japanese based at Kunlun® attac,.-1
ed Chinese oositions.
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german arrested
STOCKHOLM, July 4.- .? T-J
Goeteborgs Handels - och - Sm- i
fartssidning said today that a ,
of Fieid Marshal Gen. Walter v
Erauchitsch, one-time commander
in chief of the German army, hacjjg
been arrested in Germany t-Ji
circulating a letter written by :
father which criticized the him
command’s conduct of the v.v w
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Independence Day
Resolve lo purchase as many War Bonds as you can to
morrow as we will be closed ioday. Have a share in win
ning ihis war.
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Here is a most unusual romance between a trailer*
camp hero and a Palm Beach palace heiress.
What is the mystery of Martin Haliday, strong, young
and handsome, who refuses to do anything to help
his country win the war? 1
What is behind the disappearance of little Bu£
refugee child, from across the seas?
To watch the complications in this intriguing
story is sheer fun and excitement.
It s a different kind of a novel—wo
reading every day from begin
ning to end. ,
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY IN THE
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