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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
TOUR OF CATTLE
FARMS SCHEDULED
Trip Through Piedmont And
Eastern North Carolina
To Be Made This Week

RALEIGH, Jan. ga tour of beef
cattle farms in eastern and Piedmont
North Carolina will be held the week
Of January 30, it was announced
here today by L. I. Case, extension
animal husbandman of State college.
twenty-five farms will be visited, and
approximately 1000 head of cattle
that are now on feed will Fa in
spected, Case said.
The livestock n have notified
the extension specialist that about
500 of the 1000 animals will be
ready for the market in early Feb
ruary. and he termed this as excel
lent time for farmers entering the
beef cattle business, and prospective
livestock producers, to see how sue
cessful farmers are handling their
herds.
The tour will start from Elizabeth
City on Monday morning, January
20, and the first day will visit the
farms of W. w. Jarvis of Moyock,
H. C.. Ferebee of Camden, J.. w.
Foreman of Elizabeth City, T. G.
Savage of Hobgood, w. r. Everett
of Palmyra, and B. B. Everett of
Palmyra.
Monday night will be spent in
Rocky Mount, and or Tuesday the
following farms will be visited:
Thomas ]. Pearsall of Battleboro,
Caledonia Prison Farm at Tillery,
and Thomas D. Temple of Scotland
Neck.
Leaving from Fayetteville on We'd
nesday morning, the tourists will Wis
it the farms of Mcfarland Brothers
of Manchester, W. H. Marsh of Fay.
etteville, H. B. Ashley, Jr., of Red
Springs, and George L. Pate of Row.
land.
Moving westward, the Thursday
schedule calls for stops at the farms
of Zeb Cline of Shelby, Marvin Put
nam of Waco, ]. e. Cansler Of Lin.
colnton, B. B. Miller of Mt. Ulla,
and J. C. Sheriff. of Mt. Ulla.
The final day, Friday, will be
spent in inspecting the herds of c..
A.. Browne of Cleveland, E. C. Ia.
tum of Cooleeme, and D. j. Lybrok
of Advance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
Pressure Cooker Used
By Salem Fork Club

DOBSON, Jan. 28.-Members of the
Salem Fork Home Demonstration
club have canned 259 quarts of meats
in the pressure cooker which the
club won two years ago for being one
of the outstanding clubs in the coun-
ty, says Mrs. Grace Pope Brown,
Surry county home agent of the ex-
tension service of State college.
Mrs. Jessie Fulk of Dobson, Route
1, a member Of the club, told Mrs.
Brown that the pressure cooker
meant $50 to her family in canning
rs quarts of sausage, tenderloin, and
ribs for her family's winter use
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29

Jeter said that the ~eircn,,,
scribes the symptoms, cause, bis,. w.
and seasonal development Of wv
mold (downy mildew), in addito Y1'
detailed information on The ns .
the three recommended conrrol w."
ments.
The fumigants I proven 10 \.
curative as we'll as preventive. w,u'
the spray is a partial preyar,;"
and has, when properly applied
nificantly reduced injury from -.
disease. Because the success of vi,
treatment depends largely on ~.
close following of directions. tbi, t"a
letin is invaluable to persons WY
attempt to control blue moId .%'
editor stated.
A copy of the publication will :.
sent free upon request to the ,cri
cultural editor, State college e..
extension circular No. 229, "R,,.
| Mold of Tobacco and Its Contro,n
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
JAPANESE BEETLE
DRIVE IS SLATED
Total Of 10000 Traps Will Be
Placed Throughout State
This Summer
BY LOUIS H. WILSON

Editor, N. c. Dept. of Agriculture
RALEIGH, Jan. 2S.-LP-A total
of $1,000 traps to catch the Japa'
nese beetle, pest of 300 ~agricultur-
al plants, will be scattered through
out North Carolina by the state de-
partment of agriculture early this
summer.
Meanwhile, the beetle contro.
rogram will be intensified, Chief
C. H. Brannon of the departments
entomology division announced to
day that 200 acres of infested sol
will be sprayed with arsenate Of
lead ito kill the beetle grub, thus
suppressing the pest crop in areas
most seriously affected"
Traps" Brannon explained, "wil
be used to determine the course
to be taken in spraying infested
areas this fall"
During the past season, the de
partment in cooperation with the
United States bureau of entomo
logy and plant quarantine, treated
$40 acres of beetle-populated lane
between Winston-Salem and viii
mington.
Recognizing the Importance Of
controlling the beetle, the 1885
general assembly appropriated $45,'
600 for soil treatment from the
general fund, the amount being
supplemented by $4,000 from the
departments budget.
Surveys and trappings to date
reveal that the beetle is most prev
alent in the vicinities of Winston
Salem, Asheville, Greensboro, Spen
GER, East Spencer, High Point
Charlotte and Wilmington.
Spraying for beetle control has
been done in the following coun-
ties:
Alamance, Durham, Davidson
Edgecombe, Forsyth, Guilford, Lee
Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Nash,
Pasquotank, Rowan, Wayne, Wake
and Wilson.
Insofar as we are able to as
certain, North Carolina is making
excellent progress in the control OF
the Japanese beetle" Brannon said.
1T is paramount that we continue
the control program, if the farm
ers of the state are to be given the
protection they deserve"
I'VE believe the spraying pro
gram has already saved growers
thousands of dollars, and although
it is a comparatively expensive
form of control, the soaking of
the soil with %arsenate of lead as
sures protection against the beetle
for a period of approximately sew
en- years. The value of the present
spraying program is that it pre-.
vents further spread of this costly
pest"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29

ing to have to absorb for having
made such a bountiful crop last
year.
1t seems that the "unconcerned'
cannot quite grasp the idea that the
farmers have already had a severe
beating. How r they going to
absorb any more blows? Why their
debts, in many instances, are al
ready too great for them-to bear.
Or at least they are not able tc pay
them. And don't forget this: the
merchants who .customarily have
furnished runs" have become a
wary lot. It's easier to sneak UP
on a wild turkey gobbler with dry
leaves crushing beneath Your boots
than it is to catch a fellow with a
few dollars willing to make a loan.
The majority Of the farmers
know this, and yet they are having
to, out of dire necessity, swallow
what little pride they used to have,
or still have, and go hither and yon
seeking what little help they can
get.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
hhgSaaa 4. News Of Interest to North Carolina Farmers So
''IF''
(Editorial)


Kudzu is the rank-growing plant you often see
covering roadside banks to prevent Washing. 1t Is
sometimes called telephone vine" In addition to its
soil-conserving qualities, Kudzu is also an excellent
soil-building crop, f.
The big eff, says W. D. Lee, extension soil con-
servationist of State college, is eff you can turn it I'M
der with horse-down plows.' That this is possible is
indicated by a report Lee received recently; from a
Soil Conservation service research project in Alabama.
In the spring of 1886, the report says, a large
acreage of badly eroded land was planted to kudzu in
the Dadeville, Ala, area. Some of the paintings pro
duced grazing (another of it's ~qualities) in the fall of
1887, and an excellent hay crop in 1888.
In March, 1889 the entire area was plowed, after
the residue on top of the ground had been cut with a
weighted disk harrow. The research leaders reported
little difficulty was experienced in turning the soil by
this method. A rolling coulter was used on the pillow
beam, and after the land was turned it was allowed to
settle for a few weeks.
In early May the land was narrowed again with a
disk and was planted to corn. Superphosphate was ap-
piled at the rate of 200 pounds to the acre. This was
the same amount applied to the kudzu when it was
first planted. No additional phosphate was ever ap-
piled to the kudZu.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
BY JOSEPH HUFHAM
(Star CORRESPONDENCE

DELCO, Jan. 2S.-This business
Of getting up a column is pretty
hard work, sometimes. I saw an
editor sitting at his typewriter last
Friday, which was one of the coolest
days we've had this Year, and he
was trying so hard to think of some
thing to write that his forehead was
beaded with perspiration.
One thing, when you get out to
look up something to write, about
all you can find is a thin layer of
snow, and the ponds all coated
over with ice. And speaking about
the presence of so much cold wealth
er reminds us that there is another
epidemic of influenza in Columbus
county.
Earlier in the week we visited a
nearby city where a whole lot of
men yer doing a lot of street work.
Somebody said they were WPA
workers. If so, then a solution has
been found to a problem that has
been the instigation to many jokes
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
Columbus Receives Share Of Cold
Weather And Many Flu Cases Noted

about the WPA forces, because the
weather was so cold the workInen
were having to stir about right
lively to keep from freezing.
Some folks say that the Firms
enjoy the 54-below-zero that has
oeen hanging around their borders,
and declare that the Russians have
been getting a great kick out of it
also, only the kick" was being
made by the skiing Firms.
When the British turned down
our 1889 tobacco crop, it occurred
TO us to strike along the humorous
VEN and so we wrote an editorial
on scuttling the whole crop. The
eoltor dropped the article as if it
were a hot rivet, then he picked it
up his head as if he were
undecided and then it went OH the
Lie TO go to the printers.
NO one else might enjoy having
Inc 80 tobacco crop scuttled. but
Wen wager that the farmers won't
mind, not SO badly. Anyway, they
are steeling themselves for some
kind of blow that they are expect.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
Farmers
Prospects Seen By U: S:
Use Oh Limestone Will
Be Boosted In Harnett

ELLINGTON, Jan. 28.-For-
ty-five times as much ground
agricultural limestone will be
used in Harnett county this year
as was used last year, predicts
C. r. Ammons, farm agent of
the State college extension serv.
ice. Only four cars of lime were
bought in 1889 by farmers
through the AAA grant Ol-ald
program.
Ammons reports that he re-
Gently delivered the second car
of lime to the Jumping Run Club
of Bells Creek. The cars coll
tanned about 62 tons of lime
each,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
Cantaloupe Variety
Demonstrations Held

LAURINBURG, Jan. 28.-MiI-
dew resistant melons showed up
best i'll c%antaloupe variety DEM
O%nstrations conducted on the
Dixie Test Farm near here, it
was reported at a meeting at
tended by L.. p. Watson, extern.
sion horticulturist of State col
lege. Watson and e. U. McHa-
han, Scotland county farm agent,
cooperated with M. r.. Buftkin,
manager of the farm, in conduct
ing the demonstrations.
Out of sc varieties ,MiIdew Re-
sistant No. IS took first and sec
ond places from the standpoint
of yield and money value per
acre, with Mildew Resistant No.
l third. and Hale's Best fourth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
BETTER POULTRY
ASKED BY BROWN
Saws Farmers Should Use Dis
cretion In Turning To
Chicken Raising
By GENE KNIGHT
Assistant Extension Editor

RALEIGH, Jan. 2S.-R-Des-
perate tobacco and cotton farmers,
caught in the net of circumstances,
should use discretion in turning
to poultry to supplement their I'M
certain 1910 cash income.
This was the advice issued today
by T. T. Brown, extension poultry
man at N. C. State college, as he
predicted that thousands of farm
ers would add poultry this year to
supplement dwindling incomes.
At the present time, he said,
North Carolina is experiencing an
overproduction of low quality poul'
try and eggs and a general defl-
cheney of high quality products.
eve need fewer poorly-fed, mix.
ed breed chickens, and ones that
are light in weight, poorly-feather'
ed, and scaly-legged." the State
college man declared. And we
need more well-fed, soft-meated,
heavy, uniform1y-colored purebred
birds.
Likewise" he continued, I'VE
need fewer mi~xed-colored, dirty,
low quality assorted egg sizes, and
more high quality, strictly fresh
graded eggs
Shifting from crop farming to
poultry farming should be gradual
since a vast difference exists be
tween the two, Brown pointed out
The crop farmer plants his crop,
cultivates it for a comparatively
short season and lets nature take
care of it during the late growing
season.
On the other hand, he explained.
poultry production requires detail
&c daily attention the y~ear-round
if the venture is to prove sue
cessful.
Crop farming consists chiefly of
producing raw materials while live
stock and poultry production are
manufacturing processes for con.
verting raw materials into food
products.
1T is not unusual" Brown stat
ed. "for crop farmers to become
discouraged with poa,try raising
because of the regular detail work
and close attention required for
success. Many of them fail to IN.
derstand the necessity and import.
ance of using a balanced, high
quality feed for poultry. No manu-.
featuring machine can turn out
high quality finished products I'M
less quality raw materials are fed
to it,"
Many local markets in North
Carolina are practically uneXplored
with high quality poultry and eggs
and could use an unlimited guam.
tity if quality were assured. If the
inferior products now depressing
the market were kept off, the con-.
sumption of poultry products would
increase, and local markets would
be more eager to receive local
products, the State college man
said.
Because of the tremendous vol
m of low quality products, some
northern markets have been reluc.
tant to accept North Carolina poul-
try and eggs. When they have
taken these products, the prices
received were generally lower.
1.-The quality of our poultry and
egg supply" Brown said, 'can be
improved immensely if the produc.
ers will buy high-quality, purebred
chicks OF eggs from reliable breed
ers or hatcheries, and then raise
the chicks according to standard
approved PRACTICES"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
Crimson Clover Termed
Good Builder Of Soil

JEFFERSON, JAM 28.-J. S.
Brown of Brownwood is one Ashe
county farmer who is thoroughly
sold on the use of crimson clover
as a soil-building crop, reports
H. d. Queensberry, assistant
farm agent of the extension serv'
ice of State college. ut is the
best soil builder 1 have ever
tried" the farmer states.
Queensberry said that MI.
Brown seeds crimson clover III
wheat stubble after the wheat is
cut. which gives a good growth
to turn under. He also seeds
crimson clover in corn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
N. C.. HONEY CROP
OF GOOD QUALITY
Veteran Apiarist Says 1889
Production Was About 20
Per Cent Normal

A honey crop about 70 per cent
of normal, of good quality, and mar
keted at fair prices, is the way c..
L. Sans, veteran apiarist of the
State College Extension services
summarizes the 1889 ~beekeeping in
dustry in North Carolina. He said
that ~beekeepers who used improved
hives and a good system of colony
management made yields 10 per cent
above normal, but Indifferent bee.
keepers suffered from a short sea-
son of nectar flow in some sections,
and other apiary problems.
1.-THE amount of honey harvested
during 1889 varies greatly between
the different sections of the state"
Sans reported. THE yield was ex-
ceedingly good in some of the east
ern counties, with average produc-
ton of $50 pounds per colony
achieved by a few. The crop was be-
low normal through most of the
Piedmont and mountain counties.
However, good crops were obtained
in some of the Piedmont counties
and yields up to 100 pounds were
harvested by some beekeepers."
On the basis of records from 1855
demonstration apiaries operating
3,1O5 colonies which cooperate with
the extension service in following
good practices of beekeeping,
Sans says that the trained beekeep-
er received from four to five times
as much honey as the unframed or
indifferent b~eekeeper, and the use
of modern, movable hives increas-
ed the production 10 to Is times
over that harvested from box hives
or round gums.
Average More Honey
The 166 cooperating beekeepers
averaged 40 IL pounds of honey per
colony, while the state average
was estimated by the extension
specialist at 81 pounds per colony.
This is a difference of approximate.
ly $4.37 per colony in revenue, or
an increase in income of $13,568
for the demonstration apiaries over
the state average.
Through the influence of the eX-
tension %apiarist, 293 farmers in 81
counties transferred 2,618 colonies
to modern hives in 1889. "This &C
tivity, with proper management / n
the new hives, will increase the
earning power of these bees by at
least $40, 900 a year." Sans stated.
Continuing, the, specialist said
that records from demonstration
apiaries indicate that replacing old
and failing queens with young, Wig
orous queens of good stock will in
crease the yield by at least 80
pounds Of honey per colony. During
the past season the extension apiar-
list and county agents assisted 3OS
farmer in IS counties in requiem
ing 1852 colonies of bees. On this
basis, the increased production
would be 1850 pounds of honey
worth at this years valuation about
$40, 800.
Demonstrations of treatment and
control of bee diseases given
at % meetings. Results from these
demonstrations and personal assist
ance were that $40 farmers owning
1881 colonies in 81 counties gave
the recommended treatment to their
colonies. Most of these colonies, if
loss of more than 100000.
Provide Free POlleniZerS
Sans pointed out that the results
of keeping bees do not stop with
the actual amount of honey produc.
ed. The beekeeper greatly increases
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
Limestone, Phosphate
Increase Hay Yield

BAkERSV VILE, Jan. 28.-CP-S.
L. Phillips of Wing has increased
his hay yields by so per cent in the
past three years through the use of
ground agricultural limestone and
phosphate, reports F. L. Woodland,
Mitchell county farm agent Of the
State college extension service. Mr..
Phillips tells everyone who visits his
farm that lime and phosphate are
responsible for his better crops.
Woodard says that the Wing farm.
er has used 200 tons of lime in the
past three years, and now has his
order in for 55 additional tons I'M
der the 1910 grant-of-aid program
OF the agricultural adjustment ad-
ministration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29

downy mildew disease, namely.
Observation-Disclosures and benzo,
fumigants, and red copper oxide.
cottonseed oil sprays.
Copies of this publication. Nv
tension Circular No. 229, "R,no
Mold of Tobacco and Its Control ,,
and of Extension Circular No. oo7
"Approved Practices in Handlina
Tobacco Plant Beds" are avail.h,e
free to citizens of North Caro1;no
upon request to the A%gricultura
Editor, State college, Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
IRISH POTATO TRAIN

Plans are complete for the Tri,,
potato train which Will tour the cons,
tai counties of eastern North Cara.
lima the week of February - n
stimulate interest in better po-,,,
marketing, says L. 2. Watson, ev.
tension horticulturist of State cd,
iege.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29

the crops of fruits, vegetables, and
seed furnishing many p~ollenizers
Tree of charge. "The bees contrib.
ute 10 to Is times as much to the
wealth of the state in p%ollination Of
fruits, legumes and other farm
crops as in the amount of honey
and wax Produced" he declared.
A great majority of the farmers
who are beekeepers started their
apiaries as a sideline to their gen.
eral farming; now they are find.
ing the bees their greatest source
Of cash income. Sans said that one
farmer in Stokes county reported
that last year he made 5000 from
his apiary of 100 colonies. He has
decided to quit growing tobacco
and obtain 100 to $50 more colonies
Of bees.
THE prospects for be%ekeeping are
encouraging for $780, the special.
list stated. "The average condition
of colonies is above normal with
regard to young queens, colony
strength, and food supply. Honey
producing plants are in normal con-
dltlon and many of the ~beekeepers
are preparing for a good crop"
In conclusion, Sans said that the
chief r Of loss is the failure
of the b~eekeeper to have a strong
colony and an excess. of workers at
the beginning of the nectar flow
in the spring. He also urges atten-
ton to disease-control, saying that
the two infectious diseases of the
brood of bees, known as American
Foulbrood and European Foulbrood,
have been identified in about SO
counties in the state"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
DEMONSTRATIONS HELD

e. V. Vestal, recently appointed
assistant swine specialist Of tbs
State college extension service, has
been conducting highly successful
meat cutting and curing demonstra.
tons throughout the state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
SUGGESTION

Grow something to eat, and then
something to sell, advises DR.. 1. o,
schaub, director of the State college
extension service, as farmers of
North Carolina face reduced tobacco
income in 1910.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
BEST SOIL,

Sandy soils are better than clay
soils in growing tobacco, says DR..
J.. F. Lutz, associate professor of
soils at N. C. State college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-09
RECRUITING UNDER WAY

Governor HoEY's appeal for army recruits is
opportune. The war department has decided
to complete military organizations which have
been more or less skeletonized in the past.
It will be a fine tribute to this state to find
that it is still in the forefront when a call
comes for men at arms. 1t always has been a
leader, from the earliest colonial days when
the army called. It's national guard is among
the leaders still. That the army will not lack
recruits from Tarheelia goes without saying.
AS a part of the present crusade, a recruit
ing Office is in full swing at the federal build
ing. Officers are here to receive applications
and see that qualified ~eligibles are placed on
the muster rolls without delay. The young
men of Wilmington who now lack employ
ment and have a yen for service-as who has
not in the present emergency?-will find a
welcome there and a means of putting their
patriotism to good use.
1t might be well to consider, also, that if a
draft should later become necessary, it will
be better to be in uniform already, and in
training, than to have ones name come up in
the turn of a wheel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-09
TOTAL WAR

Until the Battle of Flanders had brought
forth ADOLF HIrLER's victory message to the
German people and WINSTON CHURCHILL IS de-
there was still some excuse for labelling the
great conflict going on in Europe as just an
other war. That excuse no longer exists.
Now, with the words of these two men be.
fore us, W. cannot fail to recognize the true
nature of this struggle. We must see, unless
we are wilfully blind, that we are living
through one of the greatest upheavels in hu-
man history. We must recognize that it's out
come will shape the pattern of hundreds of
millions of lives for decades, even centuries,
to come.
In his message HITLER called the battle OF
the last few weeks "the greatest destructive
battle of all times" :. Is hardly an exaggera.
ton, though his figures are not to be trusted
when the British prime minister is ready to
admit that the Allies have suffered a "colos
sal military disaster" Both men agree on the
proportions OF the struggle in general if not
when it comes to special details.
And they also are of one mind that the wal
must go on. The HITLER message declared:
"Inasmuch as the enemy still spurns peace
the fight will be carried on to this total de-
struction." And in the words heard in the
Commons: I'VE shall go on to the end we
shall never surrender -"
We are watching a total war. From it will
come a total victory-for one side over the
other, for one system over the other, for one
idea over the other. There is no question any
longer that this conflict cannot end in a com
promise. The issue is all or nothing.