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NX DAIRYMEN
AID WAR EFFORT
.RALEIGH, Qct. 15.—Total milk
production in North Carolina has
reached 681 million quarts and
Pie average cok is producing 1,
$37 quarts says the National Milk
Industry Foundation in calling
attention to the direct aid made
to allied victory by Tar Heel
dairymen and farmers in 1943.
'“North Carolina milk was used
lor mak -■'g 1,678,000 pounds of
areamery butter, 9,437,000 gallons
#f ice cream, and substantial
amounts of cheese and other dairy
products,” the Foundation points
*ut. The 1943 farm value of
North Carolina milk was estimat
ad at about 50 million dollars on
the basis of prices paid by con
densers-. . '
“Today, our annual production
Of 56 billion quarts of milk pro
vides our leading’ wartime food.”
fays the Milk Foundation, re
viewing the industry’s part in the
IT. S. war effort in 'a new book
let. Wartime Milk Facts. “Our
armed forces get fresh midp daily
wherever possible along with
huge quantities of butter, cheese,
lee cream and other dairy prod
ucts.”
Milk and its' products comprise
ever 25 per cent of the 1,700
pounds of food estimated to be
consumed by the average Ameri
can, according to the Foundation,
and consumers use 50 million
quarts of fresh milk- and cream
a day through doorstep and store
distribution alone.
Milk- is the largest single source
of gross farm income and was
15 per cent of ail farm income
in 1943, the Foundation reports.
One out of every fifteen U. S.
families is dependent on milk for
a livelihood.
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Although it is identical with cane
sugar, beet sugar was not pro
duced commercially until the 19th
rentury.
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! THE OLD JUDGE SAtS...
“Quite a stack of newspapers I left you
yesterday, Judge. Aren’t goin’ in 'the news
paper business, are you?”
"No, I just enjoy reading different
papers so my nephew George sends them
to me whenever he takes a business trip.
I got a big kick out of some he sent me
from several counties where they still have
prohibition. Particularly from some head
lines that read'Drunk Driving Arrests Rise’
‘Bootleggers must post Ceiling Prices’,
‘Federal Agents seize* Trick’ Liquor Truck’.
Doesn’t that go to prove, Joe, that prohibi
tion does not prohibit?
“I watched conditions pretty carefully
during our 13 years of prohibition in this
country. The only thing I could see we got
out of it was bootleg liquor instead of legal
liquor...plus the worst crime and corrup
tion this country has ever known.”
_ ^,s odeertisement sponsored by Conference of Alcoholic Beterage Industries, /nt»
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It’s Moving Day Down South j
Coast Guardsmen of Big Kinakeet Lifeboat Station at Avon, N. C., use a tractor to return to tfaeir
foundations some 100 homes moved by the hurricane last Sept. 14. Above, Chief Boaswain’s Mate Al
•vin Price directs the return of his own house, which had been blown several hundred yards from its
proper site. (USCG photo from NEA).
N.C. Farmer Interested
In Plans For Peace Era
By F. H. JETER
North Carolina farm people are
thinking of a better living for
their families and children as
they face the post-war period. The
other day more than 200 farm
leaders, industrialists and business
representatives sat down to a con
ference in Raleigh to discuss the
important problems facing farm
ing and industry within the state;
and, while many valuable points
were suggested and discussed, it
was apparent from the first that
the North Carolina farmer is con
cerned more about how postwar
plannin gwill affect his family liv
ing than any other one thing. The
conference was arranged by Dean
I. O. Schaub, director of Agricul
tural Extension at State college,
and was said, by the industry re
presentatives present from other
sections, to have been one of the
best handled affairs with which
they had ever been concerned. Set
ting up probems for discussion
and making the principal address
es were James G. Haynes, chair
man of the Haynes Hosiery Mills
company; Moris Sayre, executive
vice-president of the Corn Pro
ducts Refining company; Thomas
J. Pearsall, farmer of Rocky
Mount; Dean I. O. Schaub, Exten
sion director; and Dr- Harcourt
A. Morgan, director of the Ten
nessee Valley Authority.
The conference agreed that bet
ter and more efficient production
on the farm was essential. Tom
Pearsall pointed out in his key
note address that the soil is the
machinery by which a farmer
produces his crops and his living.
His soil, therefore, must be at
its best if the owner is to pro
duce crops at low cost. The first
problem of the farm, said Mr.
Pearsall, is the conservation and
improvement of the soil. The
health of the people are related to
the fertility of the soil because
more fertile soils always produce
more nutritious - foods. Only .1
healthy people can stand the strain
and stress of modern living and
the farmer is an essential part of
modern living.
It also was brought out time and
again that the farmer is fully en
titled to a fair share of the na
tional income yet he does not get
it in times of prosperity to say
nothing of times of low prices and
, depression. At such times he gets
practically nothing. It was furth
er brought out' that the day when
the farmer must or is content to
produce cheap food and cheap lab
or for highly paid labor and indus
try is over. If the manufacturer
is to be protected by tariff struc
tures which aids him to meet com
petition at a profit, then the farm
er will demnad and will secure
some kind of protection for him
self and his family. '
The problem of how to control
forest fires so that the farjh wood
lands may be continued as a
source of farm income in time of
emergency, was also discussed.
The forests must be restored or
this great North Carolina asset
will soon completely disappear.
Along with this wiser use of for
est resources must come an im
provement in the quality and the
quantity of crops grown on the
land. The conference discussed the
need for more fundamental re
search with crops and their uses
as well as an expansion in Ex
tension work so that its service
can reach all groups in rural life
needing its teachings. The entire
agricultural system of the State
needs an over-hauling that farm
labor can be profitably employed
the whole year around instead of
the 125 days required to produce
a cotton crop or the 200 days re
quired for both cotton and tobac
co A balanced agriculture in
which £oth livestock and crops are
used will come nearer to giving
this full-time profitable employ
ment, it was suggested.
In his talk for the farmers, Tom
Pearsall declared that the farmer
comprises the only one of the
econmoic groups which may pro
tect itself against both high and
low prices. Yet, said Mr. Pearsall,
he fails to do so. If he were to
produce practi-eally all of his food
and feed needs, or engage in ihe
old “live-at-home” plan of farm
ing, he woqld insure himself
against having to buy high-priced
food in times of inflation or
against spending hard earned mo
ney in times of low prices and
depression.
Then there is always the tenant
problem. About 50 per cent of all
the farms in North Carolina are
operated by tenants. These oper
ators are not always interested in
building up the fertility of the land.
Not all farm people are interest
ed in owning farms nor are all of
them capable of handling a farm
once it came into their possession
but certainly every man capable
of owning and operating a farm
should be encouraged and help
ed to get one of his own.
The conference spent much time
in discussing the marketing of
farm produce, the present surplus
es of farm products now in stor
age, the regaining and retention
of foreign markets for export
crops, the future of cotton reduc
tion, farm housing, and the me
chanization of farming. Between
60 and 70 per cent of North Caro
lina’s people still live, in rural
areas. If they are to gro i and
develop into the type of citizen
ship desired then they must have
good roads, good schools, better
homes, electricity, better health
services and better churches. All
these things received the spot
light of intelligent discussion and
it is to be hoped that as a result
of the ideas presented, the State
will start as quickly as possible
after this war is ov®r to definite
ly concern itself with the problem
of rural life. It is from the farm
that' the population of the cities
comes. More than one-half of the
boys and girls reared on farm
move to town to fashion the pat
tern of its business and industry.
It is needful that they come with
good health, well educated and
prepared to continue North Caro
lina as a great state.
LANE WILL HEAD
TEXTILE LIBRARY
RALEIGH, Oct. 15.—(IP) — Ap
pointment of Rachel Penn Lane of
Sanford as head of the State Col
lege Textile School library, instal
lation of which is expected to be
completed by Oct. 23, has been
announced by Malcolm E. Camp
bell, dean of the textile school.
The new library, one of the most
modern and complete units of its
kind in the nation, will possess
equipment for micro-film reading
and probably a photostatic ma
chine for making copies of pub
lished material in addition to
books, research and periodicals,
Dean Campbell said.
Facilities of the library will be
available to State college students,
faculty and research staff and the
textile mills of the state.
. Miss Lane, graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, has had
wide experience in library work at
UNC, Duke University, Temple
University, and the Bureau of
Agricultural Economics and the
forest service of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, Campbell
said.
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Flying Bombs Kills
Seven In Engand
LONDON, Oct. 15. —{IP)— A Fly
ing bomb killed seven people and
injured others last night in a com
munity in southern England.
Many were trapped in their
homes when the explosion wreck
ed a number of houses but were
freed after several hours by res
cue squads.
Nightfighters and antiaircraft
batteries teamed up to knock sev
eral of the missiles out of the air
as the bombs were launched
against southren and eastern Eng
land from plane carriers. There
were warnings in the London area
for the fourth night in a row.
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Pope Pius Blesses
Citizens Of Brazil
CIVITAVECCHIA. Italy, Oct. 15
_(/p)_Pope Pius XII greeting a
group of doctors and nurses of the
Brazilian air force at his daily
general reception Oct. 12 gave
his blessings to all the people of
B Doctors and nurses describing
the audience today said that af
ter greeting the Brazilians, who
were accompanied by U. S. Army
nurse Lt Joella Wallace of Deca
tur Ga.,' the Pope said a special
blessing for all Brazilians
NO NEW TRAINEES
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. — <A>>—
No trainees will be enrolled in
navy college training programs
for the term beginning March 1,
1945, the navy announced tonight.
It was explained that decision to
eliminate any new enrollments for
that period was based upon newest
estimates of future officer require
ments
PROPER FERTILIZER
PLACEMENT URGED
Side placements of fertilizer is
important both for good stands and
good yields of cotton, says the six
ty-sixth annual report of the Agri
cultural Ejqseriment station at ]
State college, which was recently
released by Dr. L. D. Baver, di
rector of the station.
“Fertilizer placed under the seed
produced 604 pounds of seed cot
ton per acre at the Upper Coastal
Plain station in 1943, whereas the
placement of fertilizer in bands
two inches to each side of the seed
gave 1,031 pounds, and placements
in bands one inch to each side of
the seed gave 1,157 pounds,’5' the
report pointed out.
Placement of fertilizer not only
greatly affected final yields but it
also had a marked effect on the
number of plants. A count of cotton
plants one week before chopping |
showed that the plots in which the
fertilizer was placed by either of
the band methods to have twice as
many plants as those plots with
the fertilizer beneath the seed. “At
harvest this ratio still held,’’ the
report said.
The chief effect of placement of
fertilizer on stands is related to
the amounts of soluble salts in the
root zone. Measurements of the
amount of soluble salts in the
root zone at chopping time show
ed in the “under-the-seed” place
ment there were 50 per cent more
soluble salts present than in either
of the other two treatments.
Fertilizers containing both low
and high amounts of soluble salts
were tested in the experiments.
One week before chopping, 35 per
cent more plants had emerged in
the rows receiving low-salt fertili
In 1943 there was little difference
in the yields of cotton from the
fertilizers containing low and high
amounts of soluble salts.
In sidedressing cotton, the
amount of nitrogen was found to
be more important than its source.
Sixteen pounds of nitrogen, used
as a sidedressing, increased cotton
yields on Norfolk sand, Norfolk
sandy loam, and Marlboro fine
sandy loam in the Coastal Plain.
On the first two soil types, ammo
nium nitrate and the nitrogen solu
tion produced somewhat higher
yields than did nitrate of soda.
“A possible explanation is that
the heavy rains falling in June and
early July, 1943, leached out the
greater portion of the nitrogen
supplied as nitrate of soda,” the
report states. ‘‘On the other hand,
part of the nitrogen in ammonium
nitrate and in the nitrogen solu
tion was in the ammonia form and
was thus resistant to leaching.”
On the Marlboro fine sandy loam
there were no appreciable differ
ences between the sources of nitro
gen. On all soil types in the Coast
al Plain 32 pounds of nitrogen side
dressed gave a small increase in
yield of seed cotton over the 16
pounds.
In the Piedmont section. 16
pounds of nitrogen sidedressed
gave an increase in yield on the
Alamance silt loam in Union coun
ty. The source of nitrogen did not
materially influence the yield, ac
cording to the report. There was
no response on Davidson clay loam
or on Appling sandy loam in Da
vie county.
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Duisburg Is Subjected
To Terrific Bombings
LONDON, Oct. 15. —-(JP)— More
bomb tonnage hit Duisburg dur
ing the last two days than London
got during the worst month of Hit
ler’s blitz.
T n 1ft Tim ire 9 HOH RATT hnmhorc
showered more than 10,000 tons on
Duisburg and lost 18 planes. Dur
ing the Luftwaffes record month
on London. September, 1940, Ger
man planes dropped just under
10,000 tons, but lost 1,124 aircraft,
the air ministry announced to
night.
The German inland port, lcoated
where the Rhine meets the Ruhr,
is scattered over 45 square miles.
Last pilots over the target at 3
a.m. today said the “place was
burning from end to end. We could
see fires when we were 200 miles
away.”
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Archbishop Of York
Praises Peace Plans
KEIGHLEY, Yorkshire, Oct. 15.
—(JP)—The most Rev. Cyril Fores
ter Barbett, archbishop of York,
said today the Dumbarton Oaks
proposals offered a “practical and
realistic” approach to the prob
lem of maintaining peace.
Addressing a “religion and life”
meeting here the archbishop said
threats of war could be restrained
only by “the rightful use of force”
and he found “great hope” in the
proposal for a small council to deal
promptly with threats of aggres
sion.
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Jewish Group Intends
To Purchase ‘Machinery
For Use In Palestine
NEW YORK, Oct. 15. — (/P) —
Plans for the purchase of .?10,000,
000 worth of American agricultur
al and industrial machinery for
post-war use in Palestine were an
nounced today at the conclusion
of the Metropolitan conference of
the Jewish National Workers alli
ance. , ,
Edmund I. Kaufman of Wash
ington, D. C., former president of
the Zionist organization in Ameri
ca said the purchase would be
handled by the American Pales
tine trading corporation, of which
he is chairman of the board.
The project will be financed,
Kaufman said, through a loan to
be floated by the corporation.
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St. John’s
Lodge No. 1
A. F. & A. M.
The Degree of ENTERED AP
PRENTICE will be conferred by
this lodge this MONDAY eve
ning, OCTOBER 16 at 7:30 o’
clock in the Masonic Temple.
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dially invited to attend. By Or
der of the Master.
Chas. B. Newcomb,
Secretary
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