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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
WIDE Use OF lime
EXPECTED IN N. G.
Orders For 1858 Tons Have
Been Received Through
Triple-A Program

RALEIGH, Feb. 4,-Prospects are
to be used this year by farmers OF
North Carolina, it was reported to-
day by E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive
officer of State college. Already or.
ders for 1858 tons have been receiv-
ed through the Triple-A grant-of.
aid plan, whereby a farmer is fur
nished the soil-building material i'm
mediately and the cost is deducted
from his agricultural conservation
program payment at the end of the
year.
Floyd also announced receipt of
orders for CTS tons of triple-super-
phosphate under the grant-of-aid pro-
gram.
Counties ordering limestone, and
the amounts, are: Buncombe, 1874
tons; Hyde, 779; Wilkes, 700; Watau'
ga, 654; Beaufort, 4S3; Perquimans,
423; Nash, 372; Hartford, 367; Wayne,
312; Lenoir, 275 Columbus, $50; Robe
son, 210; Edgecombe, 209; Carteret,
1863; Harnett, 1862; Orange, 157; Neck
lenburg, 148; Haywood, 102; Yadkin,
SO; Arson, 60; Gates, 60; Person, So;
Richmond, so; Durham, SO; and Cum.
berland, so.
The triple-superphosphate orders
have come in as follows: Ashe, 1853
tons; Allegheny, 102; Watauga, 81;
Buncombe, As; Avery, AZ; Wilkes, %;
and Yadkin, IL.
More than 100, 900 tons of ground
agricultural limestone and nearly 81
900 tons of triple-superphosphate
were used in 1889 in connection with
the agricultural conservation pro-
gram. The materials may be applied
at any time during the year up tc
October 81, 1910, when the period
for earning soil-building payments
ends.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
WALTON THOMPSON
GIVEN HIGH HONOR
Is Chosen To Represent 4-H
Members On Radio Pro-
gram On February 8

RALEIGH, Feb. 4. alt II
THOMPSON of Wilson county has
been chosen to represent the l,5o0,-
600 members of the All clubs in
the United states on a Town Meet
ing of the Air" radio program over
the NBC network on Thursday
night, February 8, it was announced
here today by L.. r. Harrill, state
All club leader. 1t is n OF the
highest honors ever paid to All
club work in North Carolina, when
one of the SO, 900 members of this
states rural youth organization was
chosen to represent the national
movement.
Harrill said that Walton will go
to New York to appear on the pro-
gram, and will answer to the topic,
us Youth Doing Its Share?" by re-
counting his achievements, and
those of other All club members,
in enriching the rural life of Amer
ic.. The Wilson county boy. who
was CllOoSll do LIZ odISloiAoillS I'll
club member in North Carolina in
1888, is a freshman this year at the
University of North Carolina.
Young Thompson was selected fol-
the honor by officials of the Ma
tional Extension service of the U.
S. department of agriculture, in
Washington, D. &C. The Extension
service of State college sponsors
All club work in North Carolina.
The 17-year-old Tar Heel is a
member Of the Black Creek club in
Wilson county. He conducted the
outstanding tobacco-growing project
in the state in 1888, in addition to
carrying pig, poultry, corn, nursery,
wildlife, and health projects the
same year.
Last summer Walton was one of
two Al club members of the nation
to speak at the World Congress on
Education for Democracy, held at
Columbia university in New York
CITY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
MANY BABY CHICKS.
TO BE SOLD SOON
Wilfong Warns N. c. Poultry
men To Select Chicks
From Tested Flocks
Ry LOUIS H. WILSON
Editor, n. C. Department OF
Agriculture

RALEIGH, Feb. 4-R-Approxl'
mately four million baby chicks will
be sold in North Carolina between
now and May Is, H. S. Wilfong,
senior poultryman of the State De-
partment of Agriculture estimated
today.
THE most important procedure
for poultrymen and other buyers TO
follow is to select their chicks from
hatcheries whose flocks have been
officially tested for pullorum dis
ease" he said, warning producers
are taking unnecessary chances
when they purchase chicks of un-
known origin"
He explained hat pullorum dis
ease is a malady Of baby chicks
which causes heavy losses land US
ually strikes with killing effect
Meanwhile, the state board of
agriculture has adopted TECHNOLOGY
to be used in advertising chicks ir
an effort to protect the prospective
buyer from being misled.
THE adopted grades and terms to
be used in advertising chicks are re-
stricted to those hatcheries operat-
ing under the national poultry i'm
provement plan" Wilfong explain
ed. "This plan is a non-profit pro
gram sponsored by the United States
and North Carolina Departments Of
Agriculture for the promotion of the
poultry industry"
The poultry specialist emphasized
that under the new rules govern
ing the advertising Of baby chicks,
such terms as 'AA,' 'Triple-A' and
"A, No. L cannot be used by any
producer or seller in defining so.
called quality or grades of baby
chicks" adding that "such terms as
these are confusing, misleading and
meaningless"
Purchasers of baby chicks that
have been u. S. approved and pull
forum tested can buy with assur-
ance that they r receiving quality
birds" Wilfong emphasized. "Other.
wise, they are taking a chance. The
official seal of the national poultry
improvement plan on baby chicks
boxes is the customers guarantee of
quality"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05

Edgecombe Youths Are
Good Soybean Farmers

TARBORO, Feb. 4-Outstand-
ing accomplishments Of three
Edgecombe county All club
boys in growing %soybeans were
reported here today by p. H.
Jameson, assistant farm agent
of the State College Extension
service. The boys are Roy Dali,
Sam Satterthwaite, and Powell
Satterthwaite.
Last spring the farm agents
offered 1900 pounds of soy
bean meal as prizes for the
best soybean projects conduct
ed by All club boys of the
county. The meal was donated
by Dave Moore of the South
ern Cotton Oil mill to encour-
age club work.
Roy Dali made a yield Of 30
bushels of soybeans per acre
to win the first prize of 1000
pounds of meal. Sam Satter-
thwaite produced % IL bushels
per acre, and received the Sec
ond award of 500 pounds of
meal, and Powell! Satterthwaite
made % bushels of soybeans
per acre, to win third prize Of
300 pounds of meal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05

table manners, good grooming, and
Photography.
One OF the programs this club Of
80 young folks benefited from in
1889 was: "The South as Economic
Problem Number One" The discus.
sion was led by Barbara Frye,
Charles Merrell and Edward Conner.
The two most important endow.
ments of the south were named as
the people and the physical re.
sources. However, in spite of the
wealth in population and natural
resources, the south is poor in ma
chinery for converting the abun.
dance OF riches to the use of it's
people.
Lacking industries of it's own, the
south has traded the richness of its
soil, its minerals, forests, and labor
of its people for goods manufactured
elsewhere. It was further brought
out that the south must educate
one-third Of the nations children
with one-sixth of the nations school
revenues.
All southern states fall below the
national average in tax
per child, although they devote a
large share of their tax income to
moo was brought out by Elle1,
Without.
Charles Merrell and Edward
conner discussed Soil Erosion and
brought to the attention of the c1uh
that 81 percent of all the nations
badly damaged by erosion is in
the southern states.
Ownership and Use of Land" and
Creolt" were given an important
place in the discussion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
knutson Asserts Trade
Accords Harm Agriculture

WASHINGTON, Feb. a. Up -
Contending that the reciprocal trade
agreements program had harmed
agriculture, Rep. knutson (R-Minn)
said today that statistics of the
Agriculture department refuted the
assertions of Secretaries Wallace
and Hull that it had increased farm
exports.
1.-THE figures furnished by Mr..
Wallace's own department show a
tremendous falling off in the per
centage Of important agricultural
exports" Knutson said in a state.
ment.
1T Is shown that in 1929 we ex.
ported 44.9 per cent of our cotton
production, II per cent Of our wheat
production, 35.3 per cent of our to.
bacco production, and 81 per cent
OF our pork products. BY 1898, we
exported but 28.1 per cent of the
cotton produced, ia per cent of the
wheat produced, 28.S per cent of our
tobacco production, and but Ito of
one per cent of our total production
of pork products"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
Discarded Paint Buckets
Dangerous For Livestock

RALEIGH, Feb. 4. - Old paint
buckets are deadly fetd buckets for
livestock, says DR.. c. D. GrinneIls,
State college veterinarian. He re-
ceived a report today from Edwin
P. Barnes, assistant farm agent of
the Extension service in Franklin
county, saying that c. G. Murphy,
a farmer of Castalia, route 1, lost
one of his best heifers and a year.
ling calf from this practice.
1.-THE two fine dairy calves died of
lead poisoning after they licked
paint from the bottom of the buck.
et," Barnes reported.
DIR. Grinnells said that poisons
account for a large loss of the live.
stock industry of North Carolina,
and most of the fatalities are due
to "carelessness and lack of knowl.
edge of the dangerous character OF
the material used" He urged that
farmers exercise extreme care in
disposing of containers from which
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
Southeastern Agronomy
Committee Will Meet

RALEIGH, Feb. 4.-Prof. c.
B. Williams, head of the agron-
omy department of N. G. State
college, is chairman OF the
Southeastern AgronOmy he
search committee which will
meet at Birmingham, Ala, OH
February 6 as a prelude to
the 41st annual convention OF
the Association of Southern
Agricultural Workers, to be
held February Z. 8 and 9.
He announced a program Tor
the agronomy research meeting,
at which fertilizer recommen.
dations for various crops and
soil conditions in the 10 south
eastern states will be adopted.
The states are: North Carolina,
South Carolina, Virginia, Geor-
gia, Florida, Alabama, Missis-
sippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and
Kentucky.
Also as a feature Of the
meeting will be a report OF the
meeting on peanut tertiliza-
ton research with the National
Fertilizer Plant Food Research
committee. DIR. E. r. Collins.
agronomist of the State College
Experiment station, is IL OF
the group Of four who Will
make this report.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
JOSEPH S.
(Star Correspondent

DELCO, Feb. 4.-Ferdinand is a
bull belonging to L. R.. Hobbs. But
he isn't the peaceful, harmless bull
like the one of movie fame. This
bull caught Edward Freeman, a
23-year-old negro man up on his
horns one morning last week and
tossed him up among the rafters
OF the barn. A day or SO later he
saw the same man leading a horse
that was drawing a cart. The bull
made for the man, but the man did
not need to be lifted again. With
one agile bound he landed into the
cart.
The bull was disappointed. He
went on a rampage and drove one
Of his horns about five inches into
the horses breast. Mr.. Hobbs said
that the horse was seriously hurt,
and that the wound might prove
fatal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Burney, for.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
Consideration Of Feed Man.
agement Urged By Agent
Guy A. Cardwell
By GUY A.. CARDWELL
General Agricultural Agent
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.

Owing to the increased and in.
creasing interest shown in live
stock production in Virginia and
the Carolinas, it is becoming more
and more necessary that farmers
pay greater attention to the pro-
duction of larger quantities of bet
ter and cheaper feed. To accom-.
plish this I think consideration
should be given to pasture manage
ment. Pastures, as a general rule,
have been one of the weak spots
on southern farms due, largely, to
cur former lack of interest in
livestock; but this fortunately is
no longer the case. 1t is therefore
with a great deal of pleasure that
I am bringing to the attention of
agricultural educators, farmers and
others who should be interested,
lengthy excerpts from an article
by R. H. Lush, pasture specialist,
The National Fertilizer association,
which was published in the Sep.
tember-O October 1889, issue of The
Fertilizer Review:
I'm so grazing tests in the north
eastern states, a liberal application
OF complete fertilizer doubled the
number of grazing days and the
amount of milk produced per acre.
At 1889 prices for feed and fertil-
izer, and with four per cent figur-
ed at 50 per hundredweight, there
would have been returned a profit
due to fertilizer of s22.61 per acre.
Three years results on five Maine
pastures show a 10 per cen. in
crease in yield for superphosphate,
III per cent increase for super
phosphate and lime; 4S.6 per cent
increase for superphosphate, pot
ash, and lime; and 1925 per cent
increase for complete fertilizer and
lime.
Results in South
I'm the south equally striking
results have been obtained. An ex-
pertinent in Kentucky showed that
the pounds of beef per acfe can
be trebled by the use of super
phosphate alone, and the cost re-
duced to one-third. On these ex-
periments unfertilized land produc-
ed only 46 pounds of beef per
acre at a cost of 90 cents per
pound, while the fortified land
produced 152 pounds of beef per
acre at a cost of 81 cents per
pound.
-Four years. results of fertiliz-
ing pastures in Kentucky show
that each dollar expended for lime
stone and superphosphate produces
an income of IS, measured in terms
of value Of protein calculated at
its market value in concentrates,
or else in terms of gain in weight
of beef cattle. Applications of 40
pounds of 20 per cent superphos.
phate per acre per year to perma-
nent pastures outside the bluegrass
region, will increase the heritage
about 20 per cent and protein pro-
duction per acre about rs per cent.
"Seven years results of the
Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment
station at Triton, Ca, show that
unfertilized carpet grass pasture
produced IS pounds of beef per
acre, while carpet grass and le-
|gume pasture fortified with 500
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05

lead paint, rat poisons, spray ma
terials, and other arsenicals were
used.
"This regrettable loss which Mr..
Murphy of Franklin county suffered
is only one of hundreds of similar
cases we hear about every year."
the veterinarian declared. There
are undoubtedly scores Of others
which are never reported, and in
many cases not recognized as losses
from poisons."
He also warned against allowing
cattle 10 Craze in orchards where
spray chemicals drip on grass.
Plant poisons are also a matter of
great concern, and the following
plants are capable of developing
hydrocyanic, or prussic, acid at GER
tain seasons, which is injurious to
livestock: blackberry, cherry, sor.
ghum, Johnson grass, flax, arrow
grass, velvet grass, Christmasberry
and Sudan grass
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
SOS N. E. RURAL
HOMES ARE WIRED
Farm ElectrificatiOn Program
Extended In Southwestern
Part Of The State
BY MRS. ESTHER G. WILLIS
District Home Agent

The year 1889 will long be re-
membered by 5,028 farm families in
the 20 counties comprising the
southwestern extension district, be-
cause electricity was installed in
their homes during the year.
With the installation of electric.
ity, much of the drudgery of the
homemaker disappeared through
the use Of electric irons, washing
machines, and water systems. A
total of sos water systems were in
stalled in the homes. Many of the
finer things of life are brought in
to the homes via. the radio. Food
is appetizing and safe through
the use of electric re~frigerators.
One of the chief factors in this en-
richment of the rural life in South
western North Carolina is that each
of the 20 counties are organized in
home demonstration work. Each
county has a home agent, and one
county (Anson) has an assistant
agent. There is an enrolment OF
9,102 farm women in Home Demon
stration clubs, and 1850 young PEG
pie in All clubs.
p The counties comprising the dis
trict are: Alexander, Arson, Cabsr
rus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland
Davie, CASTOR, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln:
Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore
Polk, Richmond, Rowan, Rutherford
Stanly, and Union. ,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05

pounds of complete fertilizer, pro
duced 291 pounds of beef per acre
The cost of this extra 226 pounds
of beef a only As cents per
pound at present fertilizer costs.
Results obtained on Bermuda
grass pasture at Clemson, S. c.,
show that each dollar spent fol
limestone and for superphosphate
increased the value Of the pasture
by $14.40 and $3.SS, respectively,
Experiments with carpet grass on
five soil types in Florida indicate
that the carrying capacity may be
increased 100 per cent with a lib
eral application of complete fertil
izer and subsequent nitrogen ap-
plication.
Coastal Plain soil in Arkansas
depleted by cropping and erosion,
was converted to Bermuda grass
and legume pasture. Fertilizer
treatment and good management
have increased the productive pow
err of this pasture from $50 to 44O
pounds of beef per acre during a
period Of four years. Similar meth
DDS on hill land resulted in a
change from $50 pounds Of beef
per acre to $50 pounds in six years.
Similar results have been obtained
in other southern states. Alabama
farmers established $4,000 acres of
improved pasture in 1888 compared
to $500 in 1887.
Phosphorus and Livestock
"Fertilized pastures at Hammond,
La, produced 1874 per cent more
hay which contained 800 per cent
more PHOSPHORUS per acre than
unfertilized grass. In Tennessee in.
creases of a. high as So per cent
in PHOSPHORUS content for lespe-
deza hay from the use Of super.
phosphate and potash were reveal
ed. On soil in South Carolina where
the mineral content Of the grass is
often too low for adequate nutri-
ton of animals, liming increased
both the calcium and magnesium
content of the carpet grass, and
the addition of superphosphate re-
suited in a marked increase in
PHOSPHORUS and a perceptible in
crease in the calcium content. I'M
proved pastures produced grass and
hay of so much higher quality
that this can hardly be over-em-
phasized. Much emphasis has been
placed on supplying mineral supple
ments to livestock in mineral-defi-
Gent areas, but it is much more
economical to supply the proper
plant food, thereby increasing total
quantity as well as quality of
growth. The fine quality of live.
stock in the Kentucky bluegrass
region is due largely to the high
phosphorus content Of that grass.
Low-quality livestock are usually
associated with low-quality pasture.
"a quotation from a recent ar
ticle by l.. r. Neel, in the South
ern Agriculturist, is pertinent. We
have learned more in America
about pasture in the past 10 years
than in the previous 100. We now
know that the difference between
good and pool to medium pasture
is largely a matter of available
plant food in the SOIL"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
Fertilizer Will Improve
Pastures Value To Farm
INCREASE IN FARM
INCOME PREDICTED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-R-
The agriculture department pre-
dicted today that American farm.
ers would receive a larger cash
income during the early months
Of 1910 than in the same months
last year.
Large quantities Of agricultural
produce was said to be moving into
domestic consumption channels at
prices averaging higher than a
year ago.
The department emphasized, how.
ever, that the purchasing power
of farm products in terms Of non.
farm goods and services continued
below the pre-World war level. 1t
is the goal of the departments
farm programs to restore prices
to a level which would give farm
products purchasing power equal
to that of the 1904 period.
Although prices of most farm
commodities r higher than they
were last winter, prices are lower
for tobacco, hogs, poultry and eggs.
The supply of tobacco is the Iarg-
est on record, the European mar.
ket has been shut off as a result
of the war;; the 1899 pig crop was
the largest in sixteen years, and
production of poultry and eggs has
been unusually heavy this winter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
N. E. HOME CARDE1
PROGRAM IS URcE0
Importance Is Great In Viz,
Of Uncertainty OF Weed
And Cotton Crops
BY GENE KNIGHT
Assistant Extension Edito,
N. G.. State rouo-

RALEIGH, Feb. 4.-P-.
o. Schaub, director of the y y
State College Extension serrio y
warned North Carolina farm f,ns
lies today that the uncertaintv 4,
the 1910 tobacco and cotton c,.'
makes home gardens more essen,;.'
than ever before.
Since growers in most COMMIT,
will begin planting their more b.rs,
vegetables within two weeks. n.
Schaub urged that every famy,
plant at least one-tenth acre of vs,a
tables this year for each mambs.
The vegetable garden REQUIRES ;,
definite place in the farm nro,ran'
the State college leader said. sir,'
it serves the double purpose d
providing a health insurance uo,i,,
and a saving account for the famiy
If bought at retail prices, IN,
vegetables which can be grown r,
a half-acre garden would cost n,
farm housewife approximately seg
One-half acre of vegetables is ss.
ficient for five persons.
Spring planting in the open d..
ponds primarily on the temperstus
requirements of the different crom
Vegetables are commonly divided
into two general temperature croDy
cool season and warm season croDs
The cool season vegetables are rea.
lively hardy, although certain oni;
are more hardy than others.
Crops which might be classed al
hardy are: cabbage, collards, kali;
lettuce, mustard, onions, Smooth
seeded garden peas, parsley. ami!
spinach. Those classed as sen,|
hardy include: asparagus, teez|
carrots, cauliflower, celery, wrinkA|
garden peas, Irish potatoes, n9|
ishes and turnips.
The hardy group will stand hail
frosts and may be planted in tH|
open six to eight weeks before dat|
ger of killing frost is over. Til
semi-hardy group will survive lg.|
freezes, but usually vegetables ii
this classification should not n
planted until three Or four veea|
before the average date of the III
killing frost in the spring.
The warm season crops are klsi|
by frost, so naturally they shOul
not be planted until all danger \
frost is past. Snap beans, sT@|
corn, and properly hardened plali|
of the tomato and sweet potaa
will withstand some cool weaths|
and may be planted slightly earIa|
than others in this group. Lml|
beans, eggplant, and peppers are ri
tremely tender and should not a
planted until the soil is warm.
Hardy crops may be planted Il
most of the Coastal Plain and PHI
mont counties between February 4
and 20; half-hardy between MaEl
1 and Is, and tender between APP.
Is and 80. In the mountains, u
crops in each group may be plan'S1
safely Is days after the Coasa
Plain and Piedmont dates.
A free bulletin describing retfN
of planting and cultivation, as WI
as the proper amounts of seea
use and the time to plant, is a'a
able on request to the agrlcuIu'
editor at State college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05

The worlds longest range PHI.
was taken of Mount Shasta II!
an elevation of $4,000 feet and
distance of 331 miles by a caf4
in the army air corps. The P'
covered the greatest amount
earth's surface ever taken d.
single exposure.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
Alive To Opportunities

The Service club in Moore county.
which is composed of young men
and women from 16 to % years of
age, r planning monthly programs
will be helpful to them as flu.
ture homemakers. Some of the sub.
Jects for this year are: the home
water supply, home Identification.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
SOIL EXAMINED

During the past year, the Expert.
ment station at State college exam
tned and appraised more than 5000
samples Of soil, says C. B. Williams,
head Of the agronomy department.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
EXPORT SLUMP

Although the consumption of cot.
ton in the United States has remain.
above the pre-war, or 1904,
level, exports have fallen off by
more than one-third since the war
broke out
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
VARIETY URGED

Every home garden should have
at least IL different kinds of vege-
tables, exclusive of Irish and sweet
potatoes, says H. r. Niswonger,
horticulturist of the State College
Extension service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
SHOW SCHEDULED

The first annual show and sale of
purebred hogs will be held by the
N. c. Swine Breeders association at
Mangum's warehouse in Rocky
Mount February 16 and II.