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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05
HELPS CROPS
in 0NSLOW COUNTY
Good Stands OF Tobacco Re-
ported Throughout Coun-
ty; Curing Under Way

JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 4.-Scat.
tered and light showers throughout
Onslow County Thursday, Friday
and Saturday considerably revived
crops that we're generally regarded
the best in years, farmers here
Saturday agreed.
Parched almost to death by con-
tinued hot weather and a virtual
11-day drouth, tobacco and corn
will come out now in fine style,
farmers said. The dry weather,
they added, has been a boon to
cotton by keeping boil weevil dam
age to nothing, and the cotton crop
is said to be the best farmers and
local AAA officials have ever seen
in this county.
Good stands of tobacco are all
over the county, and curing is gen.
eral. Some farmers already had
finished their best grades, a n d
Farm Agent Hugh Overstreet says
that the average yield of from 900
to $50 pounds per acre will be
maintained. Some farmers, he said
will make 1900 pounds to the acre.
Onslow's allotted acreage t h j S
year is 7,217.3 acres, all of which
was planted. The average Yield,
AAA estimates give, is 905 pounds
per acre, which mean that the ap-
proximately total tobacco produc-
ton in Onslow this year will be
s, 1850, 965 pounds.
About the best tobacco crop in
the county, according to the farm
agent, is that of I. S. Smith at
Verona, and Hugh, Luke and Bob
Sandlin in that section also have
very good stands. The same goes
for County Commissioner A. T.
Redd, Sr., at White Oak.
The Sandlins and Caleb Shepard
of Verona and Tom Hemby of
Southwest section have excellent
cotton crops, and the best stand OF
corn is around Haw Branch. Rich
lands section is filed with good
stands of tobacco, cotton and corn.
it was said. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05
DEFENSE PROGRAM
TO HELP FARMER
Has Frightened Domestic De-
mand Prospects. For Many
Farm Products

RALEIGH, Aug. 4. The Ma
tional defense program has
frightened considerably the do
nestle demand prospects for farm
products, DR.. L. O. Schaub, d.
rector of the State College Exten'
sion service, said today.
Increased industrial production
should mean larger consumer in
comes during the last half OF the
year. This, in turn, would be re-
Elected in a stronger consumer de-
mand for meats, dairy products,
poultry products, fruits, and vege-
tables.
Quoting a late report of the U.
S. Bureau of Agricultural Econo-
mics, DR.. Schaub said that prices
of most of the principal farm pro-
ducts are slightly higher this sum-
mer than last. Farm cash income
increases seasonally at this time
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05
PROPER HANDLING.
OF MILK Is URGED.
Kinney Says Hot, Sultry Days
Require Special Care
In Storing Milk

RALEIGH, Aug. 4.-Hot sultry
August days require that the farm
family take special care in hand
ling its milk supply, A. c. Kinney,
extension dairyman of State col
lege, said today.
First of all, Kinney pointed out,
the containers in which milk is
stored are of great Importance.
The best container for milk from
one or two COWS is the standard
glass milk bottle. Just after milk
ing, the milk should be strained
through three or four folds of a
good grade of cheesecloth.
For less than so cents, enough
standard bottle caps may be Sc
cured to last for months. When the
milk has been bottled and capped.
it should be placed in a bucket or
small tup of cold water and allow
ed to get as cold as possible. Then
it should be moved into the refrig-
orator.
When the milk has stood f 0 r
twelve hours or more, the cream
should be skinned from that part
not used as whole milk. The cream,
may be saved for table use or al
lowed to sour and be used for max
ing butter. Two quarts of S u C h
cream will make approximately
one pound of butter.
II more buttermilk is desired
than is secured from churning the
cream, several bottles of m i ! k
should be allowed to clabber after
the. cream has been SKINNED off.
The clabbered milk should be at
about go degrees F. and should be
churned from three to five min
utes.
Kinney warned that bottles
should be washed as soon as milk
has been emptied from them. Plen-
ty of boiling water and washing
powder are necessary for a thor
ough cleaning.
Carefully handled milk will be
much freer from off-1avors a n d
odors than that improperly ham
died, the State College man said. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05
Tour OF Weed Disease
Investigations Slated

COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
Aug. Am inspection tour of the
tobacco disease Investigations at the
su0-tobacco experiment station at
McCullers will be held Monday al:
ternoon, August 5, it was announced
here today by K. J. Shaw, agent OF
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
in charge of the station. The expert
mental farm is located 10 miles
south of Raleigh on U. S. Highway
No. 15-A.
Mr.. Shaw, who makes headquar-
tiers at State college, in ;ited flue-
cured tobacco growers and agrlcul-
tural workers to gather at the sta
ton at 3 p. m. He said that plant
patholosists and other specialists OF
the U. S. D. A. and the State Col
lege Experiment station will be on
hand to help explain the disease
control work.
'The principal tests being made
at McCullers," Mr.. Shaw said, "are
as follows: Crop rotations for the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05

to eat. Next Sunday Mr.. Peterson
expects = entertain with a water
r ,,lon slicing.
Since our column last week, we
have seen the ashes of three newly
burned tobacco barns. One was in
the Worley section between Cherry
Grove a ! Fair Bluff, and the other
t. o were in Horny county. And the
only newly built barn t" we have
seen his year, that we remember
right now, belongs to Zebra Strict
land, of the Cherry Grove COM
munity. We were talking with the
mason who was putting on the final
touches of the furance, and he said
that he knew of only four barns
being built for tobacco curing this
year.
Mrs. j. F. Spivey, of the Tabor
City section, told us tn. she has
some Of the finest-look;1g tobacco
this year that has ever been grown
on her plantation. She said that she
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05
BETTER GINNING
PLANNED in N. E.
Large Number OF Gin Oper-
atOrs Have Installed Modern
Equipment This Year
BY GENE KNIGHT
Assistant Extension Editor,
N. G.. State College

RALEIGH, Aug. 4.@R-North
Carolina cotton farmers, carefully
nursing along a good crop, a r e
naturally interested in having it
properly ginned and baled this fall,
j. c. Ferguson, ginning specialist
of the N. c. State college extern
sion service, said today.
To meet this demand for better
ginning. a large number of Tar
Heel ginners have installed more
modern equipment this year. A SUI.
perior job of ginning will mean bet
ter prices in the long run for lint
farmers.
Ferguson pointed out that one OF
the first requirements of a modern
gin is that it be able to handle
damp or green cottons without in
jury to the seed or fiber. T h S
means the gin should have a con.
ditioner or drier. Last year, condi-
TONERS increased the value of cot
ton by several dollars a bale.
Second, the specialist explained,
the modern gin needs adequate
cleaning and extracting machinery
to remove the foreign matter which
gets into seed cotton under the diff
ferent harvesting methods. If this
is not removed, the market value
of the ginned fiber is seriously low
cred. In the Southeastern states,
Observation-Disclosures over the gin
stands r desirable equipment.
In the third place, the gin stands
themselves should be of the huller
type to supplement the cleaning
and extracting equipment in elm
mating foreign matter from the
seed cotton. Also, the huller type
gins are better than the old style
plain gins, because they keep the
seed roll clean and prevent the
saws from cutting up sticks and
stems into fine bits so much.
Fourth, Ferguson said, the mod
ern gin needs a system to guaran-
tee the purity of planting seed not
only as an aid in single variety
communities, but also to help the
farmer preserve the purity of small
quantities as low as one bale.
Finally he gin should have a
packaging outfit which will make
a uniform bale of neat appearance
and really protect it.
Ferguson has been working with
North Carolina ginners in planning
and installing new equipment SO
that their outfits will be able to
turn out a good ginning job this
fall. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05
Sz@aMAkNew of Interest to North Carolina Farmers $50
Lime And Phosphate
Aid Legumes' Growth

GASTONIA, Aug. 4.-In less
than a year, lime and phos-
phate have increased the
growth of legumes by 100 per
cent on the farm of Nj. B.
jenkins, Route 1, reports Maui
ry CASTOR, farm agent of the
State College Extension Ser
vice.
The lime was applied to the
pasture last year and the 16
per cent phosphate this past
spring. The pasture was seed
ed to blue grass, white Dutch
clover, Dallis grass, and les
pedeza several years ago.
jenkins told Agent Castor he
is convinced it pays to use both
phosphate and lime for improv-
ing pastures.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05
Saws Present Crisis In Money
Crops May Bring Dis
aster To South
GUY A..
General Agriculture Agent
Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad COmnany
Railroad Company

The following information is from
an address made by DR.. Clarence
Poe, President and Editor of the
Progressive Farm, at the 41st An
nual Convention, Association of
Southern Agricultural Workers,
held in Birmingham, Ala, | a S t
February:
First of all, let's consider what
our problem is and then how 10
deal with it. I do not think the prob
EN- a be better or more sue
cinctly stated than in the opening
paragraph of the New Years Day
proclamation in which our South
ern Governors in cooperation with
our agricultural colleges, universe
ties, and the Southern press, called
upon all agencies to unite in a ten
year campaign for balanced Pros
perity" in the South. From that
proclamation I quote:
THE present crisis in Southern
money crops if neglected a n d
ignored may bring us to disaster.
The same crisis if used as a goad
and incentive to better methods
may lead us to greater prosperity
than the South has ever known be-
fore. From growing As million
acres of 20-cent cotton a few years
ago we now grow Is millions acres
of 10-cent cotton. From ever ex-
panding consumption of tobacco a
few years ago We m at a period
when decreased rather than ex-
banded tobacco markets may be
expected. New agricultural uses for
land and labor released from cot
ton growing must be found. New
markets for, and new methods of
financing, a diversified agriculture
must be developed. New industrial
opportunities for our citizens must
be created"
And by way of remedy for this
condition" it was proposed III a t
this ten-year campaign concentrate
upon the following as it's first four
detectives:
l. Balance money crop Gnclud-
ing forestry with food, feed, and
fertility crops"
2. Balance crops with livestock,
consistent with sound land use.
8. Balance production progress
with marketing and transportation
opportunities.
4. Balance farms with factories.
THAT" as was said by the agri-
cultural editor at one agricultural
college I addressed the other day,
that is what the extension Ser
vice has been advocating Is years.
And so it is. The advantage of the
new campaign is that it enlists the
services of agencies that have not
been active heretofore-just as in
North Carolina 40 vars ago Char
les D. McIver and Edwin A. Alder
man had preached longer and bet
ter schools all over North Carolina
but it was not until Governor Ay-
cock brew in with them the pres
tige and power of the Governors
office and rallied press and public
to their side. that victory w a s
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05

of the year and will increase more
through October.
The total for the first six months
of this year vas higher than the
corresponding period in 1899 and
probably will be higher in the last
half of the year also. The govern
ment index of purchasing power of
farm products currently is about
rs percent of the pre-World war
base of 100.
Exports of United States agri-
cultural products have been re-
duced sharply in the past few
months as a result Of the Euro
bean conflict. The total, exclud-
ing cotton and pork, was smaller
during the first nine months of the
war than in the like period a year
earlier.
Prospects for an immediate in
crease in exports are not good.
Meanwhile, new crops are being
made in the United States, and
the total supply of food, feed, and
fibers is more than enough for
domestic needs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05
Leaf Ripening Fast
In Columbus County

WHITEVILLE, Aug. 4.-The
Columbus County t0cacco crop
is ripening more rapidly than
any crop in a large number of
years, according to C. d. Ra-
per, assistant farm agent of
the State College Extension
Service.
Since the extremely hot wea
with only half as much acre
age this year as they had in
1889 can hardly find barn room
for their leaf.
During the past week, far
mers have been averaging a
barn for every two acres.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05

control of root knot, varietal re-
slstance for root knot and mosaic,
blue mold control, studies of tobac-
co sore shin disease, and cultural
practices, such as methods of ap-
plying fertilizer, dates of transplant
Ing, and methods of cultivation"
Joe L. Rand is foreman of the
sub-eNperiment station, and he also
will be present to show visitors
about the place. The station is
operated comparatively by the U. S.
and N. C. Departments of Agricul-
ture, and the State College Expert.
ment station.
In his invitation to tobacco grow
ers, Nh. Shaw said: You are cor
daily invited to attend our second
annual farm tour. In addition to
what you can see at the station,
you will have the opportunity to
discuss your tobacco problems with
various state and federal specialists
| who will be present."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05
TOBACCO GRADING
SCHOOLS PLANNED
Are Designed To Increase The
Price Of States Flue-
Cured Tobacco
BY LOUIS H. WILSON,
Editor, N. C. Department Of
Agriculture

RALEIGH, Aug. 4.-tR-Sorting
and grading schools, designed to
boost the price of flue-cured tobac.
CO "even higher than guarantees
made under the AAA," will again
be conducted by the state departs
ment of agriculture this season, w.
P. Hedrick, tobacco marketing spe.
cialist of the department announced
today.
Official federal graders from the
agricultural marketing service OF
the United States department OF
agriculture will be the principal
assistants on the grading program.
while the tobacco growers will
be guaranteed price advantages un.
der the control program for the
next three years, the Individual
farmer must still remember that
properly graded and sorted leaf
will continue to pay him divi.
dends." Hedrick declared.
Tentative plans call for the oper.
alton of grading schools in all
North Carolina flue-cured belts and
in the hurley tobacco sections.
I'VE are satisfied that despite
the comparatively low prices paid
for leaf last season, Tar Heel grow
ers who attended the grading
schools generally sold their tobacco
above the average for the season."
the tobacco marketing specialist as
serted.
There are those who have mis-.
understood the purposes of grading
and sorting work sponsored by the
department." he added. 1T has no
connection with cooperative mar.
keting, but rather it is designed to
assist farmers in the better prep
aration of their leaf before it reach-
es the warehouse floors. Schools
will be conducted at the packhouse
or in community buildings.
Tobacco spectators have made
comfortable incomes for many sea.
sons because they know the grad
ing demands of the manufacturers
buyers. There is no reason why
the individual tobacco farmers
should not have this same informa-
ton and the primary purpose Of
the tobacco marketing program is
to better equip the farmer in the
latest grading methods.
"We know that under the AAA
program, farmers benefits will be
derived, but it is equally true that
the extra care in sorting and the
extra efforts in grading will make
THE increasing number of leaf
producers who are following ap-
proved tobacco marketing practices
make it almost imperative for far
mers to fall in line with the approv-
ed grading program in North Caro-
lima"
There are 600, 900 retail tobacco
outlets in the U. S.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05
SOURCE OF INCOME

\ The recently established milk
routes in Piedmont North Carolina
are furnishing farm families with
a steady source of extra farm in
come, says J. A. Arey, extension
dairyman of State College. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05
MIXTURE FOR HOGS

During the hot summer months,
keep hogs supplied with a good
mineral mixture and plenty OF
fresh water at all times, advises
Ellis Vesta1, swine specialist Of the
State College Extension Service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05
PEANuT ACREAGE

The North Carolina Virginia pea
nut area shows an increase OF 4.0
per cent in acreage this year over
1899, reports B. Troy Ferguson,
district agent of the State College
Extension Service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05

Ants are near the top, of the in
sect intelligence list, spiders near
the bottom.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05

Boulder Dam houses the worlds
most powerful hydro-electric
plant
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05

The antelope is n of the fleet
est North American animals.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-05

There are 600, 900 retail tobacco
outlets in the U. S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
FIRST NATIONAL
 OPENS NEW STORE
Largest Self.Service Mar. ket in City Formally
 Opens Tomoffow

The First National self-Service Store, the finest market of It's kind in Waterbury. will open tomorrow morning at Il o'clock at 437-43o Wa tertown avenue.
 Carrying 6 complete line of irn- ported and domestic froceries and the highest grade of meat, the new market has Q frontage of 30 feet and e depth of i30 feet. A large park ing space has entrances on both Watertown and Bunker Hill avenues
 The store has been modelled along the most modern lines, with the latest in equipment, fixtures, and refrigeration. The meat display counter Is 75 foot long, while the fruit and vegetable displays runs along 50 feet.
 First National Self-Service Stores have received wide acclaim in other Connecticut cities and their repu- tation is esteemed throughout .ew England. Their merit lies particu- larly in the fact that the nationally advertised merchandise is offered at a considerable saving to the corl- suner.
 The new store has been building for three months, with no pains hav' ing been spared to make 1t the roomiest and most attractive in the city. The meat display alone is c model in sanitation.
 The store Is staffed by 90 em- playes, under the direction of three department managers. The grocery department Is supervised by Walter Brandt; while Patsy Cannatelli is in charge of the fruit and vegetable department All three arc men of great experience and wide personal following.
 The store will remain open until Q oclack tomorrow.
 The hours thereafter will be from 7:30 to 6 o'clock on Mondays through Thursdays and from 7:30 to Q o'clock on Friday sand Saturdays,
 The new store Is 6 welcome and much needed addition to the Bunker Hill shopping district and by vir- tue of tho unusual opportunities for high class bargains will undoubtedly be patronized by the Waterbury shopping public at large.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

Great Britain expects the short- age of the heavier kinds Of leather 10 increase as the war proceeds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
American Dreyfus Case" Started By Washington Merry Go Round'' Story

If the Ballinger case, reopened this week by Secretary of the interior ickles in The Saturday Evening Posts lead article, should develop into an American Drey- fus Case" the role of zola will have been played by Drew Pear son and Robert S. Allen, authors of United Feature Syndicate's washington Merry Go Round" column, which appears daily in the editorial page of The Water- bury Democrat.
 Entitled Not duiltyl," the rckes articles completely exoner- ates Richard A. Ballinger, who was Secretary of the Interior in ahe Taft Administration, of charges of corruption in the handling of public lands which rocked the nation a generation ago, led to the Taft-Roosevelt split, and resulted in the election of President Wilson.
 In an editorial, The Saturday Evening Post calls Balllnger "An American Dreyfus," and says in part:
 "Mr. Ickes' Not Guilty grew out of 6 report published in the Pear son and Allen Washington column in February that the Secretary shortly would Issue 6 statement
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

Waterbury's largest factories have increased working schedules in inc portant departments during the past week, and factory business has taken a sharp upturn, 1t was learn- ed today. This Is believed only pre- liminary to the large gains In ems ployment and production expected locally as a result of the vast new national defense program.
 Key departments in several big plants will operate as usual on Friday, though ordinarily employees would be given Friday off after a Thursday holiday, as is the case with Memorial Day falling this week. Some departments of the Scovill Mfg. O., the Chase Brass & Copper O., and the American Brass Go will work on regular schedule Friday, and in some cases Saturday work may be necessary.
 The working hours per man daily at the tube mill of the Chase Brass 6s Copper Co. have been increased from seven to eight in the past week.
 The American Brass Go. casting shop has gone on q flve-day sched- ule, in contrast to three and four days weekly recently. The rolling mill at the same plant has gone on 40-hour schedule, and increase from the 35 and g hours weekly which had prevailed.
 Working hours have also been in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
TRUNK LINE MAP
 OFFERED GRATIS
Help to Motorists in Avoid. ing Construction Jobs
 Aim of Department

Hartford, May 28.-A new help to motorists who desire to avoid construction on state highways has just been announced by the State Highway Department. It is c map of all trunk line and state aid highways with symbols indicating construction and detours. The first of "Construction-Aid" issue covers the month from June 1 to July 1, and 1t is planned to follow with tho issuance Of similar maps just prior to the first Of each month during the construction season.
 The "Construction- Aid" map, 1t Is pointed out, is designed for indi- vidual use and is e supplement to the weekly information on construc- ton and detours that is issued through the press. Copies of Con struction-Aid are being made avail. able through Chamber of Com merce offices and through organiza- tions of automobilists.
 The current issue indicates two posted detours. One of these posts Route 8 in Derby and Ansonia in- stead of Route il5 which will be undergoing construction. Routes i82 and l83 in Winchester, Colebrook and Norfolk will be posted to detour traffic on Route US A around the work which is under way there. Other points at which construction is in progress are marked to indicate whether delays may be anticipated while places where work Is sched- uled to start or stop during the month are also marked.
 Information on the "Construction- Aid" map pointed out that the prog ress of all highway work depends to a great degree upon the weather and that unfavorable conditions may cause some delays on the different projects. Attention is also called to the availability of optional routes These may be laid out with ease. since all ot the main highways of the state are indicated on the map.
 Persons unable to procure the maps within their own localities may be supplied by writing to the State Highway Department at Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

Glasgow city officials have decided to keep on using free street car and bus passes.