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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28

the man who had lost hope. walk
ing around in Whiteville!
There used to live a young man
in eastern Columbus who wished to
earn his bread and butter writing
short stories. He hardly earned his
salt. But one day while he was try
ing to pound out ar original idea
for a magazine, on craftsmanship,
an idea popped into his brain and
glowed so wildly that he bounded
away from his typewriter and be-
gan pacing the floor. The idea was
too workable to sell, he thought;
and so he applied it in business and
made thousands Of dollars out of it
in a short period of time.
We have in mind another in
stance in which a young man was
fired from a grocery store because
he lacked "sales personality" and
in less than seven years Che didn't
give up the selling field) he was
raking in five hundred dollars a
month, SELLING!
Another young man who hated
high school chemistry in Columbus
county. because he couldn't "set
bosses" with his teacher, was earn
ing 5000 a year out of his know
lege of chemistry before he was
twenty-five years old, and he. ex-
ceptionally. did not go to college.
Another friend of ours was cas-
blue as indigo" over his ability to
earn enough, saving logs, to pay
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
'Tobe's Segis Lass Tops
HOlSteinS In Production
Berthe Farmers Keep
Land Green In Winter

WINDSOR, Oct. 27-Bertie
county farmers aren't fooling
in their drive to keep farmland
green during the winter, &C
cording to Farm Agent B. F.
Grant.
Final totals revealed that
growers had secured 156, 900
pounds of Austrian winter pea,
crimson clover, and vetch seed
through the AAA grant-of-aid
plan and through assignments,
in addition to homegrown Glow
er seed and outside purchases.
This represents the largest
amount of winter legume seed
ever purchased by Bertic
farmers. Also a greater acre.
age of small grains, especially
barley and wheat, is being
planted this fall.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
Cow Owned BY A. o. McEach-
ern First In State In Sep
TENDER With 57.2 Pounds

RALEIGH, Oct. 81. - Carolina
Tan" an Ayrshire in the herd of
the n. c. state sanatorium, led all
COWS on Dairy Herd Improvement
association test in the state last
month in both milk and butterfat
when John A. Arey, extension dairy
specialist of N. C. State college, an
nounced D. H. I. A. records for Sep.
TENDER. Carolina Tan" produced
1850 pounds of milk and SO pounds
of butterfat during the month.
The second best milk production
record was made by IN. G. Echo H.
a Holstein in the herd of N. c.
State college. She gave 1857 pounds
of milk. Second in butferfat pro.
duction and third in poundage of
milk was "Broadwater Fleetfoot," a
Guernsey in the herd of William
Sutherland of Fayetteville. She pro-
duced 1873 pounds of fat and 1,743
pounds of milk.
The leading Holstein in butterfat
production was "Tobe's Segis Lass
owned by A.. o. McEachern Of Will
mington, with 57.2 pounds. The
Biltmore Farms of Buncombe corn-
ty had the outstanding Jerseys dur.
ing the month. "Biltmore Oxford
Belle" led in .butlerfat with IT'S
pounds and was second in milk pro
duction, with 1921 pounds. Design
Prosperity of Biltmira- vas the top
Jersey in milk production, with 1857
pounds and was third in butterfat
production, with 1872 pounds. Second
best Jersey b%utterfat producer was
.Primate Oakland Bess," owned by
Biltmore Farms, with 72.5 pounds,
and third best Jersey milk producer
was observer Onyx Inklin2,' N
the herd of DR.. George Johnson OF
Wallace, with 1,488 pounds,
The Guernsey herd of J. A. Hud-
gins, Jr., of Flat Rock, was the high
est herd in butterfat production dur
ing the month, with an average OF
All pounds. The Caswell Training
school H~olsteins led in milk produc-
ton with an average of 1,122 pounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
SEED SHORTAGE
LOOMS IN STATE
Farmers Asked To Save Seed
And Report Surplus To
Their County Agents

RALEIGH, Oct. PA shortage of
seed is imminent and E. Y. Floyd
AAA executive officer of N. c. State
college, today called upon farmers
to save seed, especially lespedeza,
and to report their surplus seed to
county farm agents.
Reports received on the 1910 croI
Of lespedeza seed indicate that a low
yield is being obtained in the seed
producing sections of the country
Floyd stated, land there will be a
scarcity in all varieties Of l%espedeZa
seed. Also, many countries from
which large importations of various
seeds have been made in the past
will be unable to export seeds tc
this country during the war;"
The Agricultural Adjustment ad-
ministration is conducting a survey,
through county farm agents, to learn
whether the following seeds are, OF
will be produced in any commercial
quantity: Sugar beet, spinach, mus
tard, lettuce. radish, turnip, carrot,
kale, cabbage, onion, parsley, ruta'
baga, parsnip, cauliflower and other
kinds of beets.
Turning again to the probleme of
lespedeza seed, Floyd said: "1t is
extremely important that every pro-
Queer earn 100 per cent of his 1871
soil-building payment in order that
every producer can receive full pay.
ment on his special crop allotments
The shortage of lespedeza seed will
seriously handicap u farmers in
reaching rnei.' soil building goal.
"We urge producers to save all
the lespedeza seed that can be har
vested. In any county in which a
surplus a be produced, farmers
will profit materially from the sale
Of seed and at the same time be
assisting the farmers elsewhere to-
ward earning their full payment"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
GILES SHOWS NEED
OF SHOP ON FARM
Many Repair And Simple Con-
struction Jobs Are Neces-
sary On Every Farm
BY GENE KNIGHT
Assistant Extension Editor
N. C. State College

RALEIGH, Oct. 27-R-Although
the country blacksmith shop is all
most a thing of the past, the day
has not arrived when repair work
and simple construction jobs r
not necessary on the average farm,
G. W. Giles of N. c. State college
said today.
Rather than decreasing, these
shop jobs are increasing, Giles,
who is professor of agricultural en-
cheering, pointed out, and there is
no shortage of shop problems on
the average farm.
The old we'll curb at the barn
may be in good condition today,
but tomorrow it may need repairs.
The roof of the house may be re-
paired today and need further re-
pairs tomorrow. The back door
steps may need to be replaced with
new ones. Even the new hay rake
will lose a tooth.
To make these repairs, the farm
err must do it himself or he must
hire a carpenter or a mechanic to
do them for him. Usually pressed
for ready cash, the average farm
er has little or no money to spend
for expert labor.
This situation naturally calls
for a farm shop where the farmer
may make his own REPAIRS" Giles
said. Most farmers have a few
tools scattered about their place,
but they don't have a definite place
or building in which to keep these
tools"
Studies in farm management
show that a great deal of time is
wasted during slack seasons, the
State college man pointed out. This
time could well be used in the farm
shop, especially during the winter,
to repair and improve general
farm equipment.
In addition to it's economic value,
ol1OP WOlh ID VI lllNCll SOCldl Vd1US,
especially to young farm boys.
Work in the home shop helps to
keep youngsters busy and out of
possible mischief, Giles said. Then,
too, the boy learns when working
in the shop.
No standards have been drawn
up for the average farm shop, the
State college man explained. 1t
may be located in a corner of the
barn, in a part of the machine
shed, in a part of the garage, or, in
some cases, in a separate build
ing.
However, the shop should be at
least IL by 10 feet, although a 20
by "a foot would be better. To
avoid the ever-present fire hazard,
the safest shop buildings are con-
structed of brick, tile or concrete
blocks. Plenty of light shold al
ways be provided.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
Strip Cropping Is Vital
In Conservation OF Soil
Emphasis On Peach
Research Welcomed

TROY, Oct. 27-More en-
phasis on peach research in the
Sandhill region during the past
few months has been welcom-
ed warmly by peach growers,
reports r. E. Davenport, Mont
gomery county farm agent.
As a step in the program, an
experimental plot has just been
established on the farm of Otis
Poole, Of Norman, where State
college scientists will study
the effect of old peach trees on
the soil. Also they will expert
ment with different methods of
establishing young orchards
where old trees have been re-
moved.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
SLUMP in WEED
PRICES REPORTED
Averages On New Bright And
Middle Belts Of North Caro-
lima Drop During Week

RALEIGH, Oct. 27-R-Tobac-
CO prices last week on the New
Bright and Middle belts of North
Carolina were Slightly lower. than
the preceding week, the state and
federal agricultural marketing
services reported today.
On the New Bright belt, cutters,
smoking leaf, and fair to fine
grades of leaf we're down from ST
to 81 a hundred pounds. Common
and low leaf and most lug grades
showed decreases of from SO
cents to 81. Prices for n~on-descript
grades were practically unchanS-
ed
Almost all grades on the Middle
belt brought lower returns, with
most decreases ranging from ST to
81 a hundred. The bulk of the to-
bacco sold from $12 to $25 a hun
dred.
Six Middle belt markets report
ed gross sales for the week Of g.
1854, 500 pounds, at an average of
$17.93. Marketing officials said
about 1900, 900 pounds were sold
on the marts not reporting. Middle
belt sales to date this season to-
tai about 61,T5O,0 900 pounds at ap-
p~roximately $3.50.
Eleven New Bright belt markets
reported sales for the week of 49,
1916, 674 pounds at 1888. Markets
not reporting probably sold 1885,
900 pounds, officials said. Total
season sales on the belt are about
227, 600, 600 pounds at $18.15 a hun
dred.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
pl]LLORUM DISEASE
REDUCED IN STATE
r /. Fourie Says Much Pro-
cress Made Toward Eradica-
ton OF Disease
pY O H. WILSON
Editor, n. C. Department Of
Agriculture

pA1FlGH. Oct. 27.-RHPul
,orTm disease, a serious malady
~ babv chicks, is less prevalen'
IN North Carolina today than a
INV time during the past Is years
That is the findings of L. j
ro,,rie. chief hatchery flock in
lnsctor of the state department
If agriculture, who today a {
that "substantial progress is nov
heino made looking toward com.
nlete eradication of this costly di
sease. and the testing program
viii he continued through Febru
airy.
Fourie listed three major eff
tects OF pullorum disease: az
noor ..hatchability" results; (2)
heavy loss of baby chicks follows
snd (3) chickens that survive be,
come carriers of the disease ano
become poor layers.
Based on the approximately
$4,000 tests made for pullorum
disease during the past six weeks,
We know definitely that this mala'
DIV is less prevalent in North, Caro-.
Ina than last year and have rea'
son to believe. that the quality oi
chickens is higher than at any
time since the testing and breed
ing program has been in effect
Fourie said.
He estimated that approximate
" 400. 900 initial tests for the di'
Sease will be made for poultry
men between now end March 80,
Tests are made only for owners
whose flocks supply eggs for state
supervised hatcheries.
In addition to making initial
tests for pullorum eradication in,
spectors will make additional in
snection and tests" in a converted
campaign TO further eliminate
the disease and improve tn e
breeding stock" Fourie said.
The pullorum disease eradica.
ton an" control program VII
mean thousands of dollars to far
mers and other poultrymen OF
North Carolina who r seeking
to build the poultry industry on
a foundation of good breeding
stock he added.
The test program for the past
four years has yielded dividends
10 the established hatcheries as
well as the prospective hatcher
owners he continued. "A com
plete supervisor program, provid.
ed under the ,pullorum control
plan ssures baby chick buyers
that they will receive healthy, dl-
sease-free chicks. The hatchery,
men who are cooperating with
the state department OF agrlcul-
lure in the control of pull rum dl-
sease are privileged to offer baby
chicks under a seal of approval
adopted by the national poultry
improvement plan" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
MATTRESS
PROGRAM WIDENED
Regulations Amended To Al
low More Than One Mat
tress For Each Family

RALEIGH, Oct. determination
md expansion of the cotton mattress
making program for low income fam
lilies was announced today by Miss
Ruth Current, state home demonstra-
ton agent. She says that the regu-
lations have been amended to allow
more than one mattress to go to a
family, and the maximum income
limits for eligibility have been raised.
Under the 194O-41 program Miss
Current said, "one mattress can be
distributed for every two members
Of a family, up to three mattresses,
except that any mattress previously
received shall be deductible.' I'm
der the program which has been op-
eratin in the state since last sprlag,
only one mattress was allowed to a
family.
Also, the new regulations provide
that any family, regardless Of its
Place of residence, is eligible to re-
celve material provided at least one
half Of the total income last year
was derived from agricultural occu'
pations and did not exceed $500 plus
800 fir o emcameh6amount 7S9O$----
700 for each member Of the family
over four persons. Likewise, any
family, regardless Of it's source OF
income, Is eligible for matecal pro
Nded it lives in the country and its
total income did not exceed $500
plus $50 for each member OF the
family over four persons.
With this new set-up," Miss Cur
rent declared, I'VE hope to place
from $4,000 to 1000 0 mattresses in
from 10000 to 100, 1000 homes in
North Carolina"
The mattress program continues as
d Joint project of the Surplus Mar
Aenns administration, which pro-
'loes cotton and ticking free; the
agricultural Adjustment administra7
.oh' which certifies eligibility; and
.ne Extenson service, which teaches
l0ilh people how to make the mat
'resseS g.@ - o.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
Special Army To Guard
Willkie Against Eggs

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Oct. q
Standardization of a special
army of 300 men to prevent ANY
disorder or egg-throwing" when
Wendell l.. Willkie speaks here
Tuesday was announced today.
]. H. Smith, chairman of a COM
mittee arranging the outdoor ad.
dress, said the army" would con.
sist of city police, state troopers
and citizens deputized by the
sheriff.
The Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road announced that it would run
three special trains to handle ex-
pected throngs coming to hear the
republican presidential nominee.
Smith said he expected a crowd
of so, 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
TRIPLE-AP PROGRAM
RESULTS RELEASED
Final Figures On Amount Of
ran t-Of-Aid Material
Announced By Floyd

RALEIGH, Oct. 27.- Up The
1910 Triple-A grant-of-aid program
has ended and Z. Y. Floyd, AAA
executive officer of N. C. State col
lege, today announced the results
with what he termed "a great deal
of pride for farmers of the state"
The final figures on the amount
of grant-of-aid material used by
North Carolina under the 1910 pro-
gram are: Ground agricultural lime
stone, 229,522 tons in SO of the
States 100 counties; superphosphate,
5,O45 tons of the concentrated, OF
triple, superphostAlate and 4,91S tons
of the 20 percent phosphate in 50
counties; and Austrian winter peas,
2,927,10O pounds in IS counties.
These figures compare, Floyd said,
with LOG, 600 tons of lime and $500
tons of triple superphosphate used
under the 1889 grant-of-aid program,
with rs counties taking lime and
only II taking phosphate. No Aus
TRAN winter peas were distributed
as a grant-of-aid under the 1899 pro-
gram.
County AAA offices are continu-
ing to take orders for lime and
phosphate, but these materials will
be charged against the 1871 program
and farmers will receive payments
for using the material next fall.
Floyd expressed special peasure in
the Austrian winter pea seed pro-
gram. Farmers usually Plant 40
pounds of winter pea seed per acre,
which would mean that 1917 acres
of North Carolina farm land will be
covered with this excellent legume
alone during the coming winter.
| Vetch, crimson clover and small
grains are also being used as winter
cover crops.
Buncombe county led in orders for
lime under the 1910 g~rant-of-aid pro-
gram, taking 1910 tons. Only Ire
dell and Northampton of all the
counties in the state failed to re-
quest lime. Ashe led in orders for
the concentrated phosphate, taking
1,O72 tons, but Madison was high in
total tonnage of phosphate, with L.
1888 tons of 20 percent material and
1855 tons of triple superphosphate.
Robson county set the pace in
orders for winter peas, receiving
256, 44O.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
Weak Places In Strip Should
Be Reinforced With More
Seed And Fertilizer
BY GUY A.
General Agricultural Agent
Coast Line Railroad Co.

Maintenance of strip cropping
consists in maintaining a h X
growth of crops in the protective
strips and in keeping the strip in
the proper position on the field.
"What has been said regarding
crop rotation maintenance will ap.
ply in large measure to strip crop
maintenance. Weak places in the
strip, that is, places where the vege-
tative cover does not furnish suffi-
cient protection against i n,
should be reinforced with additional
seed and fertilizer. Well rotted stable
manur will always be found to ne
more effective for this purpose than
commercial fertilizer. Where a small
gully is beginning to form across the
strip, it will be necessary to pillow in
topsoil and also to fertilize and to re-
seed. A little straw or other litter
placed in the bottom of the gully
before blowing is very effective.
Where the gully has been allowed
to assume larger proportions it may
be advisable, in addition to the above
treatment, to pave the area lightly
with small brush anchored firmly to
the ground.
where the crops are rotated in
strips the badly washed places or
deep draws should remain in the
close-growing crop, even when that
strip is in row crop.
"Frompt action in repairing a dam
section of a strip is especially
important if strip cropping is to be
effective in controlling erosion over
a period of years.
"Strips of permanent hay should
be kept free Of weeds by thorough
preparation of the seed bed, by n
use of only high quality seed in
amounts sufficient to establish a
thick growth the first year, and by
iudicious clipping. The hay should
be cut at the proper time and high
enough from the ground to avoid re-
tarding the next growth. When it
becomes necessary to plow up a per-
manent strip, such as alfalfa, and
use for cultivated crops for one or
more years, lespedeZa or clover
should be grown in the area be-
tween these strips during this period.
1.-THE contour lines laid out for
strip cropping where there are no
terraces should be maintained by
blowing a back furrow at each ploW'
ing to make a slight ridge. the
strips should remain in the same
position relative to this ridge, that
is, astride the ridge.
cit must be remembered that a
soil conservation program is largely
one Of wise land usage. Each acre
of land on the farm should be put
to that use for which it is by nature
best adapted. If it becomes ap-
therefore, that conditions.
as soil type or slope of the
land, are such that strip cropping
will not control erosion effectively
when persistent effort is being
made to maintain the strips, the
field should be retired from cultiva-
ton altogether and planted to trees
or seeded solid to some soil building
crop such as lespedeza or to some
good hay or pasture mixture as the
needs of the farm may warrant"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
COTTON

A well-nourished field of cotton
will generally give a better quality Of
lint than an under-nourished field,
says DIR. J. H. Moore, cotton tech.
nologist of the State college Expert.
ment station.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28

Because of the increasing national
attention on conservation, more All
club members are enrolling in wild.
life protection work, says L. r. Har.
rill, All club leader of State col.
lege
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
CROP ROTATION

"A GOOD crop rotation will mean
more returns from the land, better
snSslcal condition of the soil, less
n'>l"A, and better crops, says E.. c.
"n'F' extension agronomist Of State
%eollsaA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
OUTLETS

Double or triple convenience out
let's in the living room increase the
number of table or floor lamps the
family can use for such activities
as sewing, reading, writing, or
studying
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
BARLEY GAINS V

Barley is gaining favor among
farmers of North Carolina largely
because of the development of supe-
rior varieties in this state, says DR..
G. K. Middleton, State college EX-
pertinent station agronomist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
STORAGE SPACE

Every farm family can have ade-
quate storage space for it's con-
served food supply with but the
expenditure of little time and money,
says Miss Pauline Gordon of State
college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28

Champions all, are the dairy and
beef cattle pictured above. They won
championship ribbons for All club
boys at the 1910 N. c. State fair.
No. 1 shows John A. Arey, dairy
Extension specialist of N. C. State
college, presenting a blue ribbon to
Milton Thomas of Rowan county
who had just won the All Guernsey
championship with the calf he is
holding. No. 2 is a view of the
championship stalls in the All Baby
Beef exhibit, with the grand cham
Evening star., 1940-12-12
Three Freed Briefly
After Seven Years
In Death Cells
Murder Charges Quushed
Because Negroes Were
Excluded From Jury

By the Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla, Dec.
12.-Murder charges against three
Negroes who have spent seven years
In Florida State Prison death cells
have been uuashed by Circuit Judge
c. E. Chillingworth on grundS there
were no Negroes on the grand jury
that indicted them.
The total absence of any Negroes
upon this jury list indicated an in
territorial racial discrimination"
Judge Chillingworth's order declared
yesterday.
Rearrested Soon.
The three, Charles Davis, Jack
Williamson and Walter Woodward,
were rearrested almost Immediately
after being granted freedom. State
Attorney Phil O'Connell said he
would ask the January grand jury
In Broward County, where the orig
inal indictments were returned, to
return new indictments.
The trio, together with a fourth
lSldll SIldliiUClS, WIN W
declared insane last February, were
charged with Staying Robert Darsey,
white fish dealer, in 1888. An in
dictment against Chambers also was
quashed He has been committed
to the State hospital.
Convicted Three Times.
The four were convicted three
times, twice receiving new trials.
Last February, the United States
Supreme Court reversed the convic-
tions on grounds coercion appeared
to have been used in obtaining con-
fessions admitted as evidence and
ordered another trial.
The fourth trial, scheduled in Oc-
tober. was delayed when S. D. Nc
Gill. Jacksonville Negro attorney, at
tackled the original indictments on
grounds Negroes were consistently
barred" from Broward County juries.
Evening star., 1940-12-12
Dredee RefIoots Ship
Near Buenos Aires

When the Brazilian motorship
Argentina ran aground on an island
near Buenos Aires recently it was
refoated by dredge after all other
efforts failed. A deep channel was
dredged from the ship to the main
channel and at high tide tugs pulled
the vessel into deep water.