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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07
Large AAA Payments Reveal
New Angles of Farm Problem
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as Minnesota. Iowa. Missouri.
Kentucky. and Virginia.. showed
that from 1880 to 1885 the
number of farms operated by
full owners had Increased IL
per cent. while those operated
by tenants increased 20 per
cent.
Manager-operated farms were
fewer and their number was less
than l per cent of all farms. but
their average acreage increased
1875 per cent while the average
acreage of all farms was declin.
ing &C per cent.
I ARGE-SCALE farms operated
II under corporate control by
wage workers are as yet rela.
lively insignificant in number as
compared with tenant or share
cropper-operated farms. Most of
them are limited to the grow
ing of a single crop. usually
rice or sugar.
Publication of the size OF
benefit payments. particularly In
the south. also has aroused new
interest in the proportion Of the
payment received by the tenant
or sharecropper.
The Southern Tenant Farm
ers' Union has charged that the
R. E. Lee Wilson plantation IN
Arkansas. receiver of the larg.
est cotton payments. changed
from a sharecropping system to
avoid sharing benefits. threw
hundreds on relief. and then re.
hired them at Is cents q day.
This practice has been wide
spread. 1t is said. and many ten
ants and choppers are reported
to have been deprived Of any
share in the benefits
Under the new soil program.
owners are supposed to pay
sharecroppers about rs per cent
of the federal payments. No
one in Washington is prepared
to say how many evictions or
evasions may be expected
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07

Thousand Island Dressing
Thousand Island Dressing is made
by adding some Chill Sauce to the
mayonnaise.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07
THE MODERN HOME-MAKER
Written for Women of the Pacific Northwest
By AIMEE M. LEWIS

best sea food and fish at their dis
posal. Eastern visitors always mar
vel at the wonderful fresh salmon,
halibut and crab to be found in our
markets. They cannot get enough
of these delicious foods. They are
inexpensive, very nutritious, with
scarcely any waste and should be
included in the weekly menu at least
once or even twice each week. When
fresh salmon or crab is not avail
able, there are excellent brands of
canned ones to be obtained. Here
is very fine recipe for Salmon
Loaf:
Salmon Loaf Supreme
1 pound can salmon or 2 cups
cooked salmon
Juice of one lemon
1 onion, chopped
1 tbsp. butter
1 can condensed tomato soup
u cup milk
l egg, beaten
cups cooked rice
Seasonings
h cup buttered crumbs
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07
Home Making

DIR. c.. B. Smith, chief of the Of
flee of COOPERATIVE Extension Work
in the United States Department
of Agriculture, says:
Making a home involves more
things than doubling farm yields or
income. We have to accept the fact
that improving the home is a more
refined and difficult task than i'm
proving the farm. The results of
effort in home building are not so
easily measured as are results
in farm building, but it is probable
that they are even more import
ant"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07

modern lines make them
perfect gifts for Youth
gifts that will be treasured
for long years side by side
with happy memories Of
Commencement Day. Choose
an Elgin for your graduate
now while our stocks are
complete.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07

WASHINGTON Revelation
w of large benefit checks paid
by AAA to a few big farm own.
ers has, in addition to furnish.
ing the Republicans with polit.
ical propaganda. called attention
to new angles Of the farm prob
lem, such as the extent OF
growth of corporate and large
scale farming.
News that a Florida sugar
company received more than
$1,OOO.0OO In AAA benefits. that
q Puerto Rican sugar producer
got s961.000. and a single cot
ton planter $199.7O0 in 1884
and 1885. would seem to indi-
cate that "bigness" in agricul-
ture soon might compare with
"bigness" in industry.
The records. however. don
bear out this impression. Num-
Der and total amount of large
payments were small in compari.
son with number and total
amount of all payments.
For example, 1.031.549 cot
ton growers were paid Sll2.
794.039 Only 43 of the pay
ments exceeded $4,000 and
only 227 were between $1,000
and $4,000 Thus 80 SO per
cent of the cotton growers re-
ceiving benefits got less than
$4,000 each.
THIS checks rather closely
with census figures. which
show that 967 per cent OF the
100000 farm ers cultivate
fewer than 499 acres each. and
that this group cultivates 80 per
cent of all improved farm land.
The average American farm
remains a family sized unit
about 14S acres.
There is a trend. however. TO-
ward greater concentration OF
farm holdings Figures as to
extent are limited A survey OF
northeastern area of % states.
reaching as far west and south
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07
Banana Pancake

A novel, tempting way of using
bananas is to slice them thinly into
your favorite pancake batter which
you make a bit thicker than usual
by adding a little more flour. Bake
on griddle and serve with syrup,
powdered sugar and jelly.
Bananas are also very good baked.
Peel bananas, place in buttered
baking dish. Sprinkle with sugar,
cinnamon, and dot with butter. Add
"a cup water, 1 teaspoon lemon
juice. Bake in covered dish at $50
degrees for one-half hour or until
soft and lightly brown on top.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07
A Fine Tea Cookie

Here is a recipe for splendid
tea cookie. It can be recommended
enthusiastically.
Pineapple COcOanut Bars
tbsp. melted butter
l tbSp. sugar
egg
Salt
! cup flour
l tsp. baking powder
y tsp. vanilla
Mix these ingredients and put in
a 9X12 pan which has been creased.
Beat l egg. Add l cup sugar gradu-
ally, add l small can crushed pine
apple, which has been drained, 2
cups cocoanut and l tbsp. melted
butter. Spread this mixture on top
of dough and bake 80 minutes at
$50 degrees.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07
Washington Recipes

Florence Harrison, Dean of the
College of Home Economics of the
State College of Washington, sends
us these two recipes for Washing
ton women:
Washington Pie
3 eggs
~ cup sugar
n tsp. salt
I tsp. vanilla
tbsp. butter
I cup Karo
1 cup pecans or English walnuts,
cut in small pieces
Beat all together and add nuts.
Bake 10 minutes at $50 degrees, re-
duce to $50 degrees and bake 40
minutes. This makes a filling for
one pie.
La Marquise Apples
Pare, core six apples. Simmer l
cup sugar and " cup water for 5
minutes. Arrange apples in syrup
and cook for 10 minutes. Place the
cooked apples in creased casserole
and fill center of each with jelly
Place - teaspoonful butter on each
apple. Make custard mixture Of 2
cups milk poured over 3 slightly
beaten eggs, add n cup sugar, II
teaspoon salt. l teaspoon vanilla
and 6 macaroonS crumbled fine
pour custard around apples. Set In
nan of warm water and bake IN a
Slow oven. Serve hot. Serves 3.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07
Cheese Ring

I cup cream or I cup evaporated
milk, 4 tbsp. grated yellow cheese, I
tsp. Worcestershire sauce, n cup
milk, 1 tbsp. gelatine, u tsp. mus
tard, tsp. salt, 1-8 tsp. cayenne, n
tsp paprika. Soak gelatine in milk
Whip cream, add cheese and season.
ing. Dissolve gelatine over hot wa
ter and add to cream mixture. Mold
In ring and chill. TO serve, unmold
and fill center with a fresh green
salad such as sliced tomatoes, Gu
cumbers or the like. Serve with
French dressing. May be made in
individual or one large mold.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07
HOVER

Mrs. w. F. Ashby, Mrs j. E. Coch-
ranran, Mrs. Grover Montague and
Mrs. Harry Hedington spent all-day
Thursday quilting at Mrs. w. l.
CochranS in Finley.
Quite a number from Hover at
tended the Townsend club meeting
at Pasco Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Bartholomew
have moved on to the old Ross
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Cochran, Mr.
and Mrs. w. F. Ashby were din
ner guests at the T. j. Mckinney
home in Pasco Sunday.
Strawberries are beginning to
ripen and the growers expect pick
ing to start next week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07
Pointers on Broiling

If using an electric oven. have
upper unit cherry red and turn heat
control to broil or about 500 de-
grees. Oven should be cold or cool
before starting. Place food to be
broiled as close to the top unit as
possible. The oven door should be
left partly open. Broiling is prefer
able to frying as it is more health
full and improves the flavor of the
article broiled.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07
Serving Salads

Salads should be served crisp
and cold, and should be lastly sea-
soned. A good salad can be made
of an infinite variety of foods. Even
left-overs can be utilized to make
a tasty salad. When vegetables are
used, they should be cut in small
pieces, marinated with French
dressing, seasoned with a bit of
scraped onion if desired and placed
on crisp lettuce. A spoonful of
mayonnaiSe or Thousand Island
Dressing is then placed on top of
the salad. Sea Foods, such as shrimp
and crab, to which has been edded
some finely cut celery, are best pre-
pared in this way, emitting the
onion.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07

Flake the salmon, add lemon
Juice. Cook onion in butter until
tender, but not brown. Mix the to-
mato soup, milk and beaten egg
Add to onion and butter. Add the
cooked rice and salmon. Season
we'll. Put into creased bread
pan. Cover with buttered crumbs
and bake in a slow oven until the
crumbs are nicely Drowned.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07
CARD OF THANKS

We wish, in this way, to express
our thanks to those who assisted
us during the last rites of our moth
er and grandmother, Mrs. Margaret
j. Allen.
Mrs. j. L. Burke and family.
F. r. Howard and family.
c. L. Deffenbaugh and family
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07

4 tablespoons olive oil or saladoil
Paprika
Sugar
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07
GIVE AN ElGIN
TO YOUR GRADUATE

Up-to-the-minute styling
and up-to-the-minute per-
Torrance characterize every
one of our handsome gradu-
alton Elgins. The new star
timed Elgin watches are
proving to be the most popu-
lar we've ever carried. Their
dependability and their
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-05-07
Our Sea Foods

housewives of the Northwest have
the great advantage Of having the
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-30
Georgia Tobacco Opening
Tuesday To Set Price Cue
Large Portion of North Car DINA Anxious Waits Start
of Season in Southern cit to See Trend of Of
ferings: Good Averag es Generally Looked for

are finished soon after the first Of
September. But tobacco growers
those who handle it in the process
of selling and business interests
throughout the tobacco areas in this
State will watch closely the reports
of first sales as an indication of what
to look for when sales move further
to the North.
The South Carolina border belt
opening ten days after Georgia, or on
Thursday, August 10, will attract 9th
er buyers and warehousemen. Then
comes Eastern Carolina largest f!ue-
cured bright belt on Tuesday Sep
TENDER 1, followed three weeks later
by the Middle Belt on Tuesday Sep
TENDER %, and the Old Belt on Nor
day, October 5.
There is feeling that portions of
a larger crop than at one time APP
peared probable. When generous
rains, properly scattered to do the
most good, broke the long drought CT
the spring, the weed in many local.
ties, especially the Middle Belt terri
tory, displayed speedy and rather re-
markable recovery But at best the
crop will be greatly below that Of a
year ago, and this together with in
creasing consumption and correspond
ingly greater depletion of reserve
stocks and bigger demand will com
bine to produce better price than
was in prospect at planting time in
the early spring. Some of the East
ern Carolina crop was 50 far along
that the change in the weather was
too late to benefit it 70 great ex-
tent. 1t was different, however, in
the Middle Belt territory. and today
the crop is in better condition and
will be greatly to the advantage of
growers, warehousemen and business
people.
Reduction. in yield will be even
greater than the reduction in acre
age, farm forecasters of the State
Department of Agriculture estimating
yield of 452013OOO pounds as COM
pared with 577,435,OOO last year. The
report indicates the Georgia acreage
at $4,000, as against last years r.
600, and Georgias estimated 1886
crop of 75,36O,O0O pounds, compared
with 100000 pounds in 1885.
Il don't think these figures show
any serious challenge by Georgia to
North Cardinals tobacco supremacy"
said Frank Parker, statistician for
the State Department of Agriculture
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-30
Loss
By Halo
County Line
But All-Night and
All-Day Rain Routs
Heat Wave of First
Half Week

Heavy damage by hail to growing
tooacco in a small area near the
Vance-Warren county line, in the
vlcksboro community, was done bv
the storm that passed in that direc-
ZION late Wednesday afternoon. ac-
cording to word brought here todav.
Samples of tobacco in one field that
was hard hit were exhibited here. and
were said to have been largely de-
stroyed. Fortunately, according to
the reports, the affected area was
very restricted.
Other sections of the county re.
ported very light hail during the
series of thunderstorms that passed
over the city during the afternoon
wednesday but the damage was I'M
derstood not to have been serious.
other than this, the storms did no
material damage in this section. Rain
that accompanied the hail and came
without it in some localities ended
dry spell of about weeks dura-
ton, during which time some of the
hottest weather of the summer was
experienced. Crops were needing
rain, and got all they needed, accord
ing to those from various sections of
the county.
The rain set in in the city late in
the afternoon, around 6 o'clock, and
came steadily, except for brief in
terruptions, all night and a drizzle
was still falling this afternoon after
coming down throuhout the fore
noon. While showers were needed,
no great or extended precipitation
was necessary for the further maturi-
ty of crops, and there was general
hope that there would be an immed-
late let-up to forestall possible dam
age to tobacco and cotton, as we'll as
other growing crops.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-30
AWARDS G|VENON
SCHOOL FURNITURE
Will Be Installed in Ample
Time for Openings in
September

Contract awards have been made
for desks, seats and other furnishings
and equipment for the new Hender-
son high school, the North Hender-
son school and the new addition at
South Henderson, and the material is
all expected to be installed and ready
for use by the date of the opening of
the school term in September it was
stated today by Superintendent E. M
Rollins.
The fall term opens on Thursday
September 10, which is now exactly
six weeks away.
The high school auditorium was
furnished in the spring in advance OF
the annual commencement, which oc
casion marked the first time the audi
forum was used. No other part OF
the new buildings has been furnish
ed, so that at North Henderson the
furnishings for the auditorium must
be provided along with the fitting uI
of the class rooms.
The cost of furnishings for all of
the three new projects is around $24,-
900, according to recent announce
ment.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-30
CARDS MAILED FOR
25-15 CLUB DINNER
Will Be At Busy Bee Cafe
Monday z p. m. To Pro-
mote Markets

Cards have been mailed to indi-
viduals and business concerns who
last year subscribed to the fund for
promotion of the Henderson tobacco
markets inviting them to a dinner to
be held at o'clock next Monday
evening at the Busy Bee cafe for the
purpose of laying plans for the fur
therance of the interest of the mar
ket during the coming season.
The dinner and the entertainment
will be free, paid for out of small
fund left in the 25-15 club treasury
from last years activities.
The tobacco interests of the city
have offered to match the business
community dollar for dollar on all
money raised, up to $1,000, giving a
total of $4,000 if all of the distance
is covered in the support by the mer-
chants and others.
The committee in charge of the
program is the executive committee
of last years 25-15 club, composed of
J. R. McDuffie, who was sales super
visor on the tobacco market last
year and will be again this season;
George A. Rose, Jr, r. G. Harrison
w. A. Hunt, Samuel mi. Watkins.
1t is expected that there will be a
large attendance at the gathering
Others than those who contributed
to the 25-15 club fund last year are
to be in attendance, including new
| concerns that have begun operations
here since that time. Mr.. Watkins
is to preside at the dinner, and sug-
! gestions and decisions are to be had
as to the method of procedure.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-30
$4,000 ASKEDFOR
SCHOOL GROUNDS
Will Be Used To Beautify
Premises of New High
School Here

Approximately $4,000 as an addi-
tional allotment for clearing and con-
ditioning the grounds of the new
Henderson high school has been asked
of the State offices of the Work
Progress Administration in Raleigh.
it was stated today by Superintend-
ent E. M. Rollins, of the city-county
schools
The money, if granted, as is ex-
pected, will be used to beautify the
grounds at the school. The front and
side lawns have never been COM
pletely cleared after the completion
of the construction job. A former
grant of some $4,000 was provided
by the WPA for conditioning of the
athletic field to the rear of the school
building, but that fund has been ex-
hauSted.
Favorable action on the newest re-
quest is expected in a few days, and
as soon as authority for the expendi-
ture is granted work is to be start
ed.
The athletic field may also be clear
ed anew under the new grant, as the
field has now grown up in weeds since
the original work was finished It is
hoped to condition the athletic field
for football contests during the fall
playing season, but also chiefly to
prepare it for giving physical train
ing to all the high school students. it
was stated.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-30
Henderson Daily Dispatch

"They don't provide a true compari-
son.
1.-THE Georgia crop is two to three
weeks earlier than ours. They had
plants in the ground while North
Carolina farmers were attempting to
set their plants out, but were delay
ed by bad weather conditions This
fact may make their estimated yield
higher than this States. Georgia rails
es a different type of tobacco from
that raised here, and it goes into
cheaper manufacturing.
Out of eight southern states, Vir-
ginia, Georgia. Florida and Kentucky
increased their acreage, the crop re-
port showed. Acreage in North Caro-
lima, South Carolina and West Vir-
ginia decreased. Florida, the state
which with Georgia indicated an in
crease in 1886 production, raised s.
$4,000 pounds last year as compar.
ed with an estimated 9,44O,OOO pounds
this year.
Georgia and Florida showed an es-
timated increase this year over the
1882 average. During that period
Florida raised an average of 7,786. 600
pounds yearly and Georgia raised 10
$4,000 pounds, as compared with
Georgia's estimted yield this year of
75,36O,OO0 pounds.
Kentucky showed the largest in
crease in acreage, accordin gto the
report That states acreage in 1895
was 291, 1000, as compared with 1886
acreage of $4,000 Virginia's acre
age increased from 10000 in 1885 to
129,5OO in 1886. The estimated 1886
crop for North Carolina, amounting
to 452,O13,OOO pounds, is more than
double that of the states nearest
competitor, Kentucky, which report
ed an estimated 1886 crop of 222, 575,-
900 pounds
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-30
PROF. PAYNE BACK
FROM ENCAMPMEN1'
Begins Preparations for High School
To Occupy New Building
In September

Prof w. D. Payne, principal of Hen
derson high school, who has been at
a summer camp for boys near Ashe-
vile for the past few weeks, return
ed last night He said today he
would devote the remainder of his
time to preparations for the opening
of the high school in September, oc-
cupying the new building for the first
time.
There is much work to be done in
assigning grade rooms, teachers and
various other details in connection
with the occupancy of the new build
ing. Adequate office equipment and
quarters will be provided for the prin-
cipal for the first time in the new
school building, and this also must
be arranged.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-30
TWO SCHOOL BUSES
ALLOTTED COUNTY

Two of the new buses being furnish
ed at the present time to schools of
the State by the State School Com
mission have been allotted to Vance
county, and will be delivered to local
authorities in the very near future,
notaccording to announcement from
Raleigh. Superintendent E. M. Rol-
Inns said today the county would re-
ceive it's full allotp mt of the new
buses. Last year four were awarded
to this county. Whether others, in
addition to the two already designat-
ed for the SCHOOLS of Vance, will be
sent here in later distributions was
not learned.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-30
GROWERS VOTE ON
OXFORD INSPECTION
Referendum Next Week on
Compulsory Grading of
Tobacco There

Growers in all the territory who
sold any part of their crop on the
oxford tobacco market during the
1885 selling season are being notified
or the referendum to be conducted
next week, August 3 to 8, to determ-
inc whether compulsory and free to-
bacco grading shall be provided on
that market during the coming sea-
son.
E. Y. Floyd, extension tobacco
specialist of N. c. State College. RAJ
leigh, has notified J. w. Sanders.
county agent and crop control di-
rector in Vance county, of the ap-
preaching referendum and requested
him to notify all growers of the fact
that they will have an opportunity to
VOTE
Any growers interested in partici-
pating in the referendum, and who
are qualified to do so, may obtain
ballots from their county agents in
the flue-cured tobacco belt of North
Carolina, and cast their votes in the
office of the county agent or at
meetings scheduled by the county
agent, it is stated in an official an
nouncement from the u. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture Bureau of Agrf-
cultural Economics in Washington.
Growers who, according to the rec
ords of the collector of internal rev.
enue, sold flue-cured tobacco at auc-
ton on the Oxford market last season
are entitled to vote, it is stated.
If two-thirds of those participating
in the referendum vote in favor of
free and mandatory inspection of to-
bacco sold at auction on the Oxford
market, then the new system will be
established there during the coming
season.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-07-30

Whatever may be the cause or Ell
feet, actual statistics on sales VIII
be at hand next Tuesday as OASIS
for specializing on what the price OF
flue-cured tobacco may be during the
coming season, for on that day auc-
ton sales begin in the Georgia belt
with the start Of the 1886 selling sea-
son there.
Georgia's season is brief, never
lasting more than five weeks, except
for a few markets that run little
longer than that. Many buyers and
warehousemen from North Carolina
belts will be located at various points
in the Georgia territory until sales