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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
By JOSEPH S. HUFHAM
(Star CORRESPONDENCE

DELCO, Feb. 11.-It fell our lot
to hang around the Columbus u
ty courthouse last Monday, Tues.
day and Wednesday,. And since
there was a lot Of interest being
shown in the trial of Castor Nor
ris for the killing of two men at a
filling station near the Beaver Dam
section, we found it easy to rub
elbows with farmers from all Sec
lions of the county.
Naturally, realizing that the to.
bacco crop is n Of the leading
money crops Of the county, we
wanted to know just what their at
titude might be toward the pros
poets of 1910. And we do not remem-
Der talking with a single one that
had a dark view toward the future.
Each one had received his allotment
and we heard but one COM
plant. That was a man who thought
he'd been imposed upon in his acre
age reduction.
When a person rambles around
among tobacco growers as much
as we do, it is a frequent occur
renee at this time Of the year to
hear them speaking Of what they
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12

shatter their "dreams'' and discour-
age their aspirations.
However, some of our friends and
acquaintances are meeting with bad
misfortune right on during these
winter months:
A few days ago, at about the
noon hour, the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eura Peterson, Of the Living
ston community, was DESTROYED by
fire. Several members Of the family
were present, we were told, but
they fought the fire so long, trying
to save the dwelling, that they lost
nearly all tie furnishings. There
was a little insurance on the build.
ing, we were told, but none On the
furniture.
Horace Britt. Of the Evergreen
section, told us that he has lost an
other tobacco barn and is going to
have it rebuilt. But it is almost a
certainty that there will be a sur
plus Of barn space this fall, even
though more than a hundred barns
burned in Columbus county last
fall. From what we have seen, we
believe there were three barns built
last year to each one that was de-
strL!ed by fire.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
HOG SALE SLATED
in ROCKY MOUNT
Sale Of Pure-Bred Breeding
Swine Is Scheduled For
February 16, II

ROCKY MOUNT, Feb. II. - A
movement to make a~ristocratic hogs
democratic will be started here Feb
ruary 16 and II when the N. c.
first consignment sale of registered
pure-bred breeding swine at Man
gums warehouse. Nine of the lead
ing hog breeders in the state will
offer for sale IA bred gifts and sows,
and service boars.
The hogs will be on exhibition from
noon on Friday, February 16, until
the sale at HOO a. m. on Satur-
day, February II. The agricultural
extension service of n. C. State col
lege and the Rocky Mount chamber
of Commerce are cooperating with
the Swine Breeders association in
staging the event.
H. w. Taylor, extension swine spe-
cialist who supervised the selection
of the animals for sale, said: We
have chosen hogs which we are
proud to offer to other breeders and
farmers of the state. We are es-
pecially interested in the members
of the All clubs and students of vo-
cational agriculture, and this sale
gives them an excellent opportunity
to buy good foundation breeding
stock"
Members of the association who
have consigned hogs are A. e.
Smith of Robersonville, 10 sows and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
TRAIN WILL
BEGIN RUN TODAY
Campaign To Rehabilitate Pc
tato Industry In Eastern
N. C.. Slated

MOREHEAD CITY, Feb. 11.-An
exhibition railroad train will spend
Monday here to start a campaign to
rehabilitate the early Irish potato in
dustry in Eastern North Carolina
On subsequent days of this week.
and on Wednesday,, Thursday, and
Friday of next week the "Spud Spe'
cial' will visit nine other CONNER
cial potato areas of the state.
The educational campaign to pro
mote improved methods of produc'
ing and marketing Irish potatoes is
sponsored comparatively by the Agri-
cultural Extension Service of N. c
State college, the federal and state
departments of agriculture, the Nor
folk Southern Railroad, the N. c
Produce Growers Cooperative asso-
citation, county agents, local area
committees, and others. The Atlantic
Coast Line will become a co-sponsor
when the train stops at three ship
ping points on that railroad next
week.
The schedule after the train leaves
here is as follows: Tuesday, at Bay.
boro; Wednesday, Belhaven; Thurs
day, Columbia; Friday morning,
Elizabeth city; Friday afternoon,
Camden; and Saturday morning,
Shawboro.
Next week the train will visit
Mount Olive on Wednesday, Bethel
on Thursday, and Aurora on Friday.
L. P. Watson, extension horticul-
turist, announced that the train will
consist of five exhibit cars, includ-
ing a coach equipped for the show
ing of motion pictures, two fiat cars
carrying grading machinery, a bag
gage car containing exhibits and
displays, and a refrigerator car.
In addition to Watson, the train
will be accompanied by Buxton
White of the state department of
agriculture, Howard Garris, extern.
sion plant pathologist; and represen-
tatives of the other sponsoring agen-
cies. j. F. Dalton, general traffic
manager of the Norfolk Southern, is
in charge of travel arrangements.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
BATH WOMAN HAS
-FOUR G. KITCHEN
Room Is Cheerful, Comfort
able, Convenient And
Easily Kept Clean

WASHINGTON, N. c., Feb. Ii
Mrs. S. S. Sawyer of Bath, route
2, has what she calls a -Four c"
kitchen, reports Miss Violet Alexan-
der, Beaufort county home demon
stration agent of the State college
Extension service. 1t is cheerful,
comfortable, convenient, and easily
kept clean.
Mrs. Sawyer began making plans
for her kitchen several years ago,
before the family built a new house,
Miss Alexander said. The farm
wife insisted that the kitchen be
built according to her specified
tons. In 1884, when Beaufort
county clubs were studying second
year home management as a major
Home Demonstration project, the
Sawyers added running water, and
later a hot water tank was in
stalled in the kitchen.
In 1889, Mrs. Sawyer raised 100
turkeys and sold most of them on
the local market. The returns from
these provided the money with
which to complete the kitchen.
Her son and brother-in-law did the
work.
The home agent explained that
the kitchen now has well-destgned
and well-constructed cabinets. with
the working surfaces raised to fur
nish toe space" Kitchen supplies
and equipment are conveniently ar.
ranged, and a wood range and small
oil stove provide COR winter and
summer cooking.
Windows on three sides of the
room allow for cross ventilation.
The entire floor is covered with
linoleum. Walls are painted with
washable paint in sof. ivory; soft
curtains hang at the windows; the
color scheme in the kitchen is
ivory, orange. and green.
"The Sawyer family is proud of
their kitchen, and well they might
be-" Miss Alexander stated. This
is what we call a -Four c. kitchen
cheerful, comfortable, convenient
and easily kept Clean"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
POULTRY SURPLUS
EXPECTED IN N. E.
Farmers, Shippers Urged To
Use Better Grading And
Marketing Methods
BY LOUIS H. WILSON
Editor N. C. Dept. of Agriculture

RALEIGH, Feb. Ii R-North
Carolina will have q surplus Of poul'
for sale in March AID unless
poultry farmers and poultry ship
pers use better grading and mar
keting methods, they will take a
price licking" on northern and
eastern markets, Ralph B. Kelly,
marketing specialist Of the state de-
partment Of agriculture, said today.
Returning from markets at Phila'
delphia, New York and Washing
ton, D. c., the poultry and egg mar.
keting specialist reported finding
n nth Carolina poultry products lin
fair demand, when properly graded"
However, the specialist said that
shippers of poultry should famil.
iarize themselves with the particu-
l-r market demands of the market
they wish to %patronize if they are to
compete with growers in other Sec
tons"
There are four essentials" for
poultry shippers to understand be.
fore they can expect to compete
with the progressive sellers who are
now getting decent prices" on the
eastern and northern markets, Kel.
ly said. They are
1. Information should be obtained
on prices being paid at out-of-state
terminals in order that the shipper
may be able to i~ntelligently and
economically sell his poultry.
2. Shippers should familiarize
themselves with the grades and
| classes of poultry in demand in the
particular market in order to deter
mine the best market for their
produce.
8. Such information as transpor'
tation costs, unloading charges
commission and other handling
charges together with information
on possible 'shrinkage" or weight
losses of poultry in transit are es.
se1tial in determining whether out
of-state shipments may be profit.
able.
4. Poultry should be graded or
classified before leaving Mort
Carolina into the following groups
rocks, reds, leghorns and cross
breeds. The breeds should also be
grouped according to weight.
Poultry should not be fed heavy,
course grain before shipping" Kelly
said. "However, poultry shipped to
distant points should be fed a light,
wet mash about every eight hours
t. prevent excessive loss in weight
and maintain quality
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
kgS6n News Of Interest to North Carolina Farmers So

| home agent, and Miss Mamie WINS
nant. assistant house furnishings
and home management specialist, in
Halifax to make plans for commune
ty farm. family outlook meetings
and to study methods Of keeping
farm home accounts. These leaders
will assist the home agents in pre-
senting this subject to the clubs
during February.
Halifax club women keeping farm
home accounts are Mrs. R. P. Brad
ley and Mrs. ]. S. Lewis, OF the
Roseneath club; Mrs. B. c. Ham
let, Mrs. I. A. Crawley, Mrs. w. E.
knight, Mrs. A. M. Shearin and
Mrs. j. S. Proctor, of the HOLSTER
club; Mrs. R. w. Hammil and Mrs.
J. C. Myrick of the Calvary club;
Mrs. L. D. Riggan of the Aurelian
Springs club; Mrs. l.. M. Butts
and Mrs. Forest Dickens, of the
Darlington club; Mrs. j. w. Hines
and Mrs. C. O. Flemming, of Ring
wood; Mrs. ]. j. Burt of the Har-
drawee club; and Mrs. Charles Ar
rington of the Heathville club.
Club meetings are scored each
month in Currituck county. Mrs.
Virginia Edwards Brunsey, home
agent, reports that special credit is
given for books which have been
read, for new members, for year
books at meetings and for group
activity" This includes cooperative
buying, cooperative planting, and
special interest meetings for arts
and crafts, house furnishings, civic
or other work.
Nearly 1000 In Clubs
The organization of two new All
clubs in Edgecombe county brings
the enrolment Of All boys and girls
in that county neal the 1000 mark.
Mrs. Eugenia Van Landingham,
home agent, and P. H. Jameson, as
sistant farm agent, with the assist
ance of Ralph Brake, Jr., president
of the All council, and other club
officers, are planning and sending
out to club members most attrac.
tive monthly programs to supple
ment the yearly program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Many Uses Of Soybeans
Are Listed By Cardwell
High-Priced Demands
By Producers Affect
N. {. Peanut Markets

RALEIGH, Feb. 11.-(R-The
condition of secondary roads and
the high.price demands by grow
ers have affected the marketing
of eastern North Cardinals pea
nut crop, B. Troy Ferguson, dis
trict farm agent of the N. C.
State college extension division,
said today.
The extension agent said the
market level was about station
airy at 4 to Ais cents for the
best jumbos and 3.75 to $50 cents
per pound for the best bunch
peanuts. He explained, however,
that "millers seem unwilling to
pay these prices and most offer
ed quotations are somewhat
lower"
The condition of secondary
roads in eastern North Carolina
last week made it Extremely
difficult" to get any but small
loads out from the farms to the
main highways, he added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12

gifts and four Eoars of the Poland
China breed; C. S. and B. G. Bum
of Spring Hope, Is sows and gifts
and two boars of the Duroc Jersey
breed; Wells Stock Farm of Colds.
boro, 10 Hampshire sows and gifts
and two Hampshire boars; W. w.
Bullock of Rocky Mount, n Hamp-
shire boar; Lambeth Brothers Of
Lumberton, II Berkshire sows and
gifts and two Berkshire boars; c.
L. Balance of st. Pauls, 10 Spotted
Poland China gifts and one Spotted
Poland China boar; Whitaker Broth
ers Of Kinston, two Spotted Poland
China bears; and Joe Sanderson, a
All club boy of Goldsboro, n Spot
ted Poland China boar.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Alamance County Leads
n. G.. In Crop Rotations

rounds, and began on the third round
last year. In other words, each field
grew the same crop in 1889 that it
grew in 1888, the first year of the
rotation.
l. 1898 corn was on the 33-acre
fielu, and the total yield was $50
bushels, or 1877 bushels per acre. In
1899 the same field made LOO bush
els of corn, or 1873 bushels per acre,
exactly double the 1888 yield.
Thirty acres of wheat made 317
bushels in 1888, or 1O.5 bushels per
acre. The same 80 acres made $50
bushels of wheat in 1889, at the rate
of Is bushels per acre.
By the same system, Mr.. TroXler
raised his corn yield from IL bush
els to 40 bushels per acre, and in
one round Mr.. Reid increased his
corn yield from Is bushels per acre
to 80 bushels per acre, and his wheat
yield from Is to 23.5 bushels per
acre
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12

RALEIGH, Feb. II. - Alamance
county leads the state in crop rota-
tions, one Of the best methods of
building and maintaining soil fertili-
ty, says E. C. Blair, %agronomist of
the State college extension service.
Among the farmers obtaining ex.
cellent results from this system are:
Milo Pace, r. B. Troxler, J. N. Reid,
w. r. Guthrie, George Beale, j..
Webb Lindley, ]. H. Phillips, W. B.
Brooks, and J. C. Guthrie.
AS an illustration of how this SIM
pie and inexpensive program of soil
conservation works, Agronomist Blair
said that Mr.. PAGES farm near Snow
Camp in the southern ratr of Ala
nance county was laid off by the
county agent in 1882 into three fields
of 26, 80 and SO acres, respectively.
A three-year rotation was started,
consisting Of corn, wheat, and a mix
ture of red clover and lespedeza.
The rotation has made two complete
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
GOOD REASON FOR
MOVING UP PAY DAY

HOUSTON, Tex.-(R-A Won
wrote County Judge Roy Hotlt
asking him to make arrangens
to have a $50 government com:
sation check delivered to ha
day earlier.
The money is mailed her "
trust company acting as temPo'
guardian, under appointment
the Harris county court, for
husband, who is in a Virginia
Grams home.
Her reason--the check am
on the 18th of each month W
ing Judge Hofheinz arrangea
her to receive it on the lzth'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
COTTON FARMING
INTEREST CLIMB,
Many Farmers Turnir, ,
Crop Because Of ns,,. ~
Outlook For Tobacco
BY GENE KNIGHT

RALEIGH, Feb. 11.-(4-,
growing indications of deprAs,. Va
bacco prices this fall bava ts- o
a revival of interest in the , m'
kicked-around cotton cron, ','
shanklin, cotton specialist ~ 4
N. C. State college Extension Id
ice said today. S'
County farm agents in all ss,+.,
of tho state are reporting thu, r~"
ers, discouraged b. the presaS S.''
bacco outlook, are planning n -. ="
their full acreage allotments as ' r-
scribed under the Trip.e,A d.'
control program. W
In some counties, the prod,,...
of cotton has dropped trpmsrs,.
ly during the past several ys,+
Low prices for the lint and t.,.
than-average prices for tobacco MI.
responsible for the decreases co,,a
acreage. Boil weevils also had ,
share in the reduction.
For instance, Perquimans cor,.,
produced approximately 1On10 w..
fifteen years ago, since then ~.
duction has declined steadily r.s
only 1'2Oo bales were ginne5 a..
marketed last year. Other COMMIT
have reported similar experiercs,
During these years of depra,,y
prices, the one-variety cotton ,,r
munities have been a bright 81,
in the picture. By ~standardzr
varieties. growers in these c-
munities have been able to real,
premiums in price.
Boil weevil control practices b,
also offered encouragement to tA.
growers who have carried On
vigorous fight against this inst,
enemy of the crop. Pre.suuare nr
ping and subsequent busting sA,
the squares were formed paid gyos
ers sizeable dividends.
In planning this years c,
Shanklin is urging growers to sa,
varieties which have been recon
mended for a particular section {
a result of demonstrations to rtr
adaptibility. Seed stock which b
become contaminated should be !.
newed, and all varieties prodgc,
a staple Of less than 15-ls.c
should be eliminated.
Other suggestions which the ST..
college cotton specialist is otte..
are:
Use only seed that are true
name, free from varietal miytnI
and of known termination.
Treat all seed thoroughly VII
ethyl mercury chloride dust at 4
rate of three ounces to the bust
to reduce loss Of young plants d
to assure good stands. Equally
fective results have been obtain
with ethyl mercury phosphate
the rate of one ounce per busha.
Do not use less than one u
one-half bushels of seed to the adj
terminating so per cent or btH1
Plant at a proportionately high
rate if the seed have a lower ge-|
nation.
IF the grower will plant and 4
tivate his crop carefully, taking II
cial precautions against the
weevil, he should make money ri
his cotton this ye-.r,' shani|
said. Cotton prices have alrs"I
advanced one and a half to
cents over those of 1885,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
ANIMALS INFECT MAN,
AND VICE VERSA

OKLAHOMA CITY-R)-It isn't
always the human beings who suf-
fer when dogs and people live in
the same household
DR.. H. C. Smith of Fort Dodge,
Ia, studying the relationship be-
tween animal and human infec-
tions, has found that sometimes
human beings give dogs the itch.
Many diseases can't be transmit.
ted between human being and ami
mails, but others may be. Most com.
mon among transmittable diseases
is ringworm, DIR. Smith told the
Oklahoma Veterinary Medical as
ISOLATION.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
WHEN A
K A HOLIDAY

PALESTINE, Tex R j. B.
King, who retired recently after So
years Of ~railroading, is all set for
some travel.
I've always been too busy with
trains to enjoy travelling, but now
I hope to do a little for myself" says
he.
To start things off he and his wife
will visit the West Coast then make
a swing through large cities Of the
east.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
C0TT0NADE HERD
LEADS IN STATE
Echo Dairy Herd, OF Will
mington, Makes Honor Roll
During The Past Year

The Cottonade Farm Holstein
herd of Cumberland county led the
116 herds which completed a r.
months Dairy Herd Improvement
association record during 1889 in
both milk and butterfat production,
it was announced by John A. Arey.
dairy extension specialist OF State
college who is director of the D. H.
I. A. or cow-test ing, work in North
Carolina. The 10 COWS in the Cotton.
ade herd which were on test
throughout the year averaged A.
229 pounds of milk and 484 pounds
IF butterfat.
Arey announced that So Of the
116 herds produced an average Ct
300 or more pounds Of b%utterfat, and
were placed on the Honor Roll" Of
the D. H. L. A.
At the end of the past %cow-resting
year there we're 10 active Dairy
Herd Improvement associations III
the state, composed Of las members
and 6,228 cows. This is an increase
Of II herds and 1928 COWS owe the
number in association work this pre-.
vjous year.
The average production Of the
6,228 COWS was 6,822 pounds of milk
and 298 pounds of butterfat, as com.
pared with an average for all COWS
in the state Of $500 pounds of milk
and 165 pounds of butterfat.
One of the main purposes Of COW.
testing, the specialist said, is to
give herd owners an accurate rec.
ord of production and costs, there
by enabling him to Gull out unprof-
table animals. During the year $50
COWS were culled from the D.H.I.A.
herds.
The average feed cost of the 6,22S
COWS on test was 1924, Of s1.22
per 100 pounds Of milk. The aver
age value of the product was $256.19
per COW, and the income over feed
cost was $173.71.
Arey said that the 146 members
of the cow-testing associations are
located in SO counties, from Beau
fort in the east to Swain in the
west. The 10 associations are as fol.
lows: Buncombe, nine members
owning POI COWS; Catawba-Ashe. Is
members with 527 cows; Central, Is
members with 619 COWS; East Caro-.
lima, II members and ISL cows;
Guilford, 10 members and 925 cows;
Henderson, six members and So
cows; Mecklenburg-Cabarr Cleve.
land, 16 members and 1888 cows;
Piedmont, % members and $50
cows; Southeastern, 16 members
and 705 cows; and Wake-Moore, Is
members and GA COWS.
One Of the important services of
the Dairy Herd Improvement as.
ISOLATION is to prove herd sires.
Bulls which produce daughters that
exceed their dams in production are
proven" Eleven bulls were proven
in 1889, owned by the following: the
Mills Home Of Thomasville, three :
A. B. Slagle of Franklin in Macon
county, one; the Central Expert
ment station of Raleigh, one; r. O.
Lindsay Of High Point, two; w. B,
Rodman of Washington, one; ]. C.
Eagles Of Wilson, one; the Choco'
vote Dairy Of Roanoke Rapids,
one; and A. o. McEachern, Of Viii
mington, one.
Herds in this section which mad.
the D. H. l.. A. honor roll in 1893
are: Echo Dairy, Wilmington, 80
Holsteins, 10,769 pounds of milk and
282 pounds Of %butterfat; Peachar.
ena Dairy, Dudley, 80 Guernseys
and Holsteins, S,0S2 pounds of milk
and 1853 pounds of fat; and Coastal
Plain Experiment Station, Willard
20 Jerseys, Sab pounds of milk and
1926 pounds of fat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
WHEN COLLEGE BOYS
WERE HE MEN

STILL Okla.-R-
Among the campus rules when Ok
lahoma A. & M. college was estab'
lished in 1891 was one that required
the students to "check" all their
firearms with the president.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
MIGHTY SMART

COLUMBIA, Mo- Up Charles
Moser, 168-pound mighty mite who
handled the center job on Missouri's
great football team last fall, is
equally mighty in the classroom.
His first semester average was
"a"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-04
Tigers Borrow Reds
 Opening Game Pattern
By DAN PARKER

DETROIT AND CINCINNATI wapped recipes today Crosley squared Yesterday good pcs of Tipping lost cause while their ball club refused to click
 Today when had all their suf the Tigers who pitching couldn't get the right Hpp finally spot pitching its the tossed into the Johnny Corsica held the Reds scratch hit four and twotrids innings they registered shooloy real pitching Bucky walters who Tigers ree hits And the played by Jimmy Flatbuh ass ss whose home run wit" one aboard 'nnsd the ball game for
 outlook pitch cinti after yesterdays debacle assumed osate hue today result of Walters brilliant they benefit from which death took ass How the SIoW M ees the S b ] u the w l @ ss @ ae Turner and Junior Thompson an for second shot, the workman after unsteady start today they get by Bridges they don't think they have anything else to fear from Dt pitching
 Todays game the Tigers were going their Walters couldn't find the plate with transit and before he knew he had Barte and McC oernger Rowe pitched first . inning @ like aa did the day before and V s pass 3 ana @ an % o @ n score @ two % Tns pc and tabbcats thereafter neude when and Hank Greenbags wobagger him another
 The punch delivered Ripple Goodman had dragged bun down Rowe of showing his teeth Umpire Baanfan showed him sack he h 0S o1 an soul a like F ya was safe and he field bleachers
 Brooklyn Larry Pha into huddle with himself Reds didn't that. aDped Schoolboy doubles another and whsked him out of the ball
 they don't bonf Johnny GOrcas performance from that matter Nick out he in thing in the Pnky couldn't inning in the majors
 One could easily picture beating Walters hitter wouldn't the Tigers scored of freshman pitcher Series of those kids keyed for efforts that would put the veterans
 The Reds missed old Schnoz Lomba but can't that his in the proved the Jimmy Wilson, forgetting such he might have caught in his prime tried the Tiger inhed with arthrihs and Spavn, it rolled foul
 What encourages the recently downharted Reds they Detroit tonight that they've held makesh lineup and today showed that they the first time since Carl Hubben turned over the Yankees Oct 1ss that the National World Series ball
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