Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-10-09
CHURCH SOCIETIES
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Vance County Weekly
Extension News
Sponsored by w. Sanders county farm AGENT M
sistant farm agent, and Mrs Hattie
demons atIorA Agent

Mrs. Cornelia c. Morris gave an in
teresting demonstration making Cit
rus Marmalade at the Middleburg
Community House Wednesday at 1000
A. M. This demonstration was held
for the women who were especially
interested in citrus fruit products. Kit
trell, Henderson, Manson, and Middle
burg had representatives there. The
women were astOnished to see what
one grapefruit, one orange and one
lemon made. The product is to be put
in attractive containers and put on
the market.
D. E. Jones, Rural Identification
specialist, talked to the women of the
Middleburg Garden Club Tuesday aft
ernoon. It was rainy afternoon but
there was a good attendance and the
women found his talk helpful. After
exhibiting a tiny motor for some farm
purposes one woman remarked that
she was glad her husband didn't see
it for she knew he would like to have
"a motor of that type and spend all of
his time seeing how it worked.
The Middleburg Garden Club held
very interesting meeting. At the
November meeting the club is to plant
some shrubbery on the Community
House grounds.
The Townsville Garden Club met
with Miss Lizzie Taylor on Thurs
day. The Home Agent was very sorry
she had to miss the meeting.
We are happy to see work on the
Flat Rock, WILLIAMSBURG and Towns
vile roads in progress. Some who do
not wire their homes do not know
just what they are going to miss.
Mrs. Plummer took Doris Jackson,
Louella and Magdaline Dickerson to
the State Dress Revue held at State
College in Raleigh on Thursday of
this week. Emily Crews had planned
to go, but was unable to attend. Mag
daline Dickerson represented Vance
/ county. She has been a club girl only
two years, but she made an excellent
dress from cotton material, doing all
the work herself.
/, Marjorie Blum prepared the menu
and canned the products for Vance
She also put on the two jars for the
ball exhibit If you go to the fair
look at her exhibit and see if it is
good for a girl of her age. In can
ming, every girl should put up few
jars for. beauty, You enjoy looking
at them. and each year you will i'm
prove in your packing.
Home Storage For Vegetables
Satisfactory storages for fruits and
vegetables may be the attic, cellar or
other parts of the dwelling. Products
to be stored should be of high quality
free from mechanical injuries, insects.
and diseases, should be mature but not
over ripe.
Beans and field peas may be pick
ed in the pod, spread out in warm
place in the attic until dried. After
the beans are shelled they should be
placed in tight containers and treated
with carbon bisulphide for forty-eight
hours for control of weevils. Pour a
small quantity of the liquid in shall
low dish which is placed on top of the
beans. The vapor from this liquid will
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stroy the weevils Repeat this treat
ment within ten days or two weeks
Carbon bisulphide can be purchased at
drug stores. Heating the beans or
peas in an oven with a temperature
of 1875 degrees to $50 degrees for one
hour may be practiced, mixing four
parts of lime to one part of seeds.
Mixing thoroughly is another method
of preventing injury from weevils.
Root Crops. Carrots, beets, and
turnip. These crops should have the
tops cut off leaving short leaf stems.
They may be stored in shallow crates
and placed in the cellar. An occasion
al sprinkling with water will prevent
shriveling. They may be stored in out
side pits. When storing outside Sc
lect a well drained place, make
shallow excavation around six inches
deep, line with straw or old hay and
place the root crop in a conical pile
Cover root crop with same material,
and then with several inches of dirt.
A section of stove pipe or boxed flue
may be inserted through the apex OF
i the pile extending into the stored pro-
duct to serve as ventilation. The
opening of the ventilating flue should
be covered with piece of tin or a
board to keep out the rain. When
| freezing weather occurs additional
| LAWYERS of dirt should be added in
| order to prevent freezing.
Onions and Sweet Potatoes should
be well matured and throughly dried
| before storing. Imperfect onion bulbs
will not keep well, neither will bulbs
which have produced seed stalks.
Handle carefully. Storel in Slated
| crates in the attic where the atmos-
phere is dry and temperature is
around so degrees F. A basement or
cellar is not a good place to store.
Pumpkins and Squashes. Place
specimens in rows or shelves so they