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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
DISTRICT HEALTH
CHAMPS SELECTED

RALEIGH, July 14-Eight of the
ten district All health champions
who will compete for the state crown
at the annual All Short Course to
be held July 1926 at N. c. State
college, already have been chosen,
Miss Frances MacGregor, assistant
State All club leader, announced
today. The other two-the western
district king and queen - will be
selected this week.
The district All kings and queens
of health already pickeo are as fol
lows: Southeastern district, Archie
White of Craven county and Irma
eastern district, Stewart Glover OF
Wilson county and Sara Elliott OF
Hartford county; Northwestern dis
trict, Vernon Duncan of Chatham
county and Ruth Hoyle of Vance
county; and Southwestern district,
j. w. Knight of Davie county and
Mary Frances Grier of Mecklenburg
county.
The State All king and queen OF
health will be selected in a contest
to be conducted under the supervi-
sion of Miss Mary E. Thomas. extern
sion nutritionist, and Miss Sallie
Brooks, assistant nutritionist Of
State college. DR.. A. c. Campbell,
State college physician, will have
charge of the examinations.
The winners will be crowned at a
All Health Festival to be held in
Riddick Stadium on the college cam.
pus the evening of Thursday, July
25. George McColl, assistant farm
agent in Catawba county, is in
charge of plans for the festival,
which will be participated in by the
health kings and queens of so to go
counties.
Last years state king and queen
of health were Adam Guy Deck of
Castor county and Opal Thornton
Kington of Stokes county.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
FARM INCOME SET
AT $975,840,00O
Total For Four Year Period,
Including U. S. Payments,
Reported BY Mann
BY GENE KNIGHT
Assistant Extension Editor,
N e Sfafa Gollaoro

RALEIGH, July 14.-R-North
Cardinals cash farm income, in
Guiding government payments, to-
tailed 1915, $40, 600 in the four-year
period between January /, 1886 and
December 3d.. 1899, Julian Mann,
extension studies economist of N.
C. State college, revealed today.
Using totals just released by the
U. S. bureau of agricultural eco-
nomics, Mann said the highest in
come year was 1887 when growers
pocketed $275, $50, 900. Lowest year
was 1896 when cash income
amounted to 1927, 2o2, 900. Without
government payments to boost the
total, 1889 would have been record
ed as the lowest year.
Livestock income maintained a
fairly even pace through the four
year period, totaling $32, 409, 900 in
1896, 500, At, 900 in 1887, $38, 02s, 900
in 1888, and $34, 946, 900 in 1889.
With the exception of 1887 when
Tar Heel growers produced the
second largest iue-cured tobacco
crop on record, crop income did
not vary a great deal. In 1896, in
come was $3.50, 491, 900; in 1887,
1924, 036, 900; in 1888, $18l, 297, 900;
and in 1889, $182, 1877, 900.
Government payments to farm
ers reached their highest point last
year when federal checks amount
ing to $19,8 1872, 900 went to boost the
general income. In 1896, payments
amounted to 81, 1902, 900. Then the
next year, 1887, they jumped to
$12, 217, 900 as more farmers coop
Grated in the government program.
By 1888, they had advanced to SIG,
524, 600, followed by the 1889 rec
ord total.
Tobacco, North Cardinals No. /
cash crop, accounted for more than
half of the cash income during the
four years, reaching its highest
point in 1887 when the crop brought
$154, 900, 900.
E x 6 government pay.
ments, farmers cash income in
1886 was $22, 900, 900, and in 1881 it
jumped. to the high point of $685..
513, 600. In 1888, it dropped back to
$219, 379, 900 and in 1899 to $217, 49,
900.
The greatest income producing
month was October, 1897, when
farm products brought 81, 100, 600.
This was during the height of the
tobacco season. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15

ons, which, in Jul opinion, is very
unusual. None of the tobacco fields
we saw in these sections, however.
looked stunned; and many of the
planters over there are curing out
some beautiful tobacco.
In the Gren Sea section of Horny
county we had a chat with j. H.
Hill, who said that all his tobacco
growing neighbours were being
rushed with curing of their weed.
Over in the farming area east Of
Bladenboro we talked with Bennett
Ward. who had just returned from
a fishing trip to Collie's swamp
beyond White Lake. On a previous
trip he had caught a fine bunch Of
pixies, jacks, and one large black
fish. On this trip, however, he
caught nothing, he said. -
The crops around his home were
looking fine. In speaking about the
coming control sign-up he a
doubtful about the control system
winning, but did not state definitely
if he were for control.
In coming in touch daily with to-
bacco growers we have found
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
SULPHUR BUSTING
AID TO PEANUTS
Has Increased Value Of Crop
An Average Of $3.50 Per
Acre In Tests

RALEIGH, July As p h u I
busting of peanuts to control leaf
spot, which is beginning in North
Carolina this week, has increased
the value of the crop an average
of $3.50 per acre in demonstra'
tons, Howard r. Garriss, Exten'
sion plant p%athologist of N. c
State College, said today.
THE Extension program on the
control of leafspot of peanuts il
North Carolina is entering its
fourth year." Garriss stated
During the past three years
growers have been SO well pleased
with the results obtained from
busting in experimental plots thai
many of them are beginning the
practice of sulphur busting on a
large scale"
He announced that demonstra.
tons for 1910 have ben established
in BERTHE, Bladen, Carteret, Cho'
wan, Edgecombe, Gates, North
ampton, Onslow, Perquimans, Pitt
Tyrrell, and Washington counties
Interested growers in thes coun
tbs should contact their farm agen'
and learn where the demonstra
tons are located, so they can watch
for the results obtained" the
specialist said.
In past years most of the demon
STATIONS hive been conducted or
the basis of three applications O.
sulphur dust per season, the frs
being applied on or around July
Is. However, a few tests of ear
lier applications proved so success
full that Garriss is recommending
that four doses of the sulphur dust
be applied, the first this week and
the other three at two-week inter.
walls.
The increased yield from thre
applications has ben an average
of 459 pounds Of nuts per acre,
while the four-application system
has yielded an average of 5 9
pounds more nuts than untreated
acres.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
FARM POPULATION
INCREASE NOTED
Agriculture Department Estl'
mates It At 32,245,00 On
January l

WASHINGTON, July IA (P -
The American farm population on
January l was estimated by the
Agriculture department today at 3d.
245, 900, the largest in "a years.
The estimate was 1856, 900 more
than a year ago and represented an
increase of 2,O76, 900 for the decade,
te3o-3s. The highest farm popula'
ton figure ever reported was 49,
$50, 900 in 1916.
The increase during the 1905 fol
lowed a decrease of 1,445,O00 during
the 192O's and a net loss Of 1880 O0
between 1910 and 1920.
The department said farms lost
2,179, 900 persons through migration
during the 1905, but that an excess
of rural births over deaths more
than offset losses through move
ment to urban areas. Births were
reprted at 1851, 900 and deaths at
3,313.0o0 during the past decade.
A lack of opportunity in cities
may add 100000 more persons to
the rural population by 1850, the
department said.
IAN increase in farm population
at this time means growing pressure
of population on natural resources,
especially in the poorer agricultural
areas" n department said. "Tech-
biological changes in agriculture
have kept pace with those in indus
try, and the labor requirements for
agricultural production have been
decreased"
The department said that normal
requirements in farm production for
both domestic and foreign outlets
now can be met with approximately
1000, 900 fewer workers on farms
than in 1929-which, with their de-
pendents, means $500, 900 fewer per-
sons. Farm employment was said
to have decreased more than 100000
between 1880 and 1910.
Largest increases in farm popula'
ton during the past 10 years were
in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama
and Mississippi. The South Atlantic
states, from Maryland and Delaware
to Florida, showed the next largest
gain. Areas most severely affected
by droughts of 1884 and 1886 report
ed increases before 1885 and de-
rease thereafter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15

RALEIGH, July IA - Dean I. o.
Schaub of State college said here to.
dey that North Carolina farmers
will be voting on a possible differ
ence of s14,OOO,0 900 in cash income
this year when they decide between
~three-year and one-year quotas in
the flue-cured tobacco referendum
on July 20.
IF three-year quotas r appro.
ved," he pointed out, the federal
government has promised to pro-
tect this years market at a price
level equal to OIL slightly above the
14.9 cents per pound which tobacco
brought last year. If only one-year
quotas are approved, the govern
ment's support will be insufficient
to hold prices TO the 1889 level.
Therefore" DR.. Schaub continued
with an indicated crop of 465 mil
lion pounds of flue-cured tobacco in
North Carolina this year, a three
cent difference in prices would
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
Red Spiders Damage
Cotton Crop In Nash

NASHVILLE, July 14-Red spid.
ers have done extensive damage to
the Nash county cotton crop this
season, reports H. E. Alphin, farm
agent of the State College Extension
service.
Barely visible to the naked eye,
the spider causes red spots on the
upper surface of the leaf. The in
fected leaves turn red or rusty and
often the bolls drop off.
Farmers r controlling the insect
by destroying host plants such as
polk and English violet, and by
busting the infected plants with
finely ground sulphur at the rate
of ten pounds to the acre.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
LIVESTOCK INCOME
. CLIMBS IN STATE
Farmers Receive More Money
During 1889 Than In Any
Year Except 1887

RALEIGH, July 14.-Farmers OF
North Carolina received more mon
ey for livestock and livestock pro-
ducts in 1899 than in any year on
record with the exception of 1887.
it was announced today by Jul
liam E. Mann, Extension studies
economist of N. C. State college.
Receipts from dairy products LED
the livestock advance, with an In
crease of 1000 in 1899 owe
1888.
Mann also reported that the val.
ue of crops and livestock sold and
used in farm homes, plus Govern.
ment payments, was 1851, 900 lar
ger in North Carolina in 1889 over
1888. Cash receipts increased 81,
722, 900 in 1889 over 1888. The gains
were divided as follows: $3.50, 0O(
more from crops, $484, 900 more
from livestock, and So, 1863, 600 more
from Government payments.
Income from all types of live
stock except hogs showed increases
the economist announced. Com
pared with 1888, farmers in 1879
received $424, 900 more cattle and
calves, 1881, 900 more chickens and
eggs, $74, 900 more from turkeys
and $40, 900 more from sheep and
wool.
Although 4 per cent more hogs
we're produced in 1889 than in 1888,
cash receipts were 8 per cent less
due to a decline in average pri-
ces from $500 per 100 pounds in
1888 to $3.50 per cwt. in 1889.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
TIMEPIECES, TOO, ARE
VICTIMS OF SUMMER

NEW YORK I'D e you,
watch have summer complaint?
Does 1t stop often or give a tor
tured whir and then fold up?
Henry B.. Fried of the Horologi
cal Society Of New York, Inc, al
organization of watchmakers
knows about that.
He blames the whole difficulty
on the handspring. 1t may bind
because of sudden changes i1
temperature.
Also" he says, electrical
storms seem to exert a phenom.
email influence on the sulphur spots
in high-grade carbon steels."
Summertime tips for healthier
watches:
Don't wear your watch at the
beach.
If it should get wet, soak it in
benzine or light lubricating oil.
Wind it only ono a day. prefer
ably IN the morning.
Don't try to regulate it yourself.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
1000 TO ATTEND
PIEDMONT OUTING
Annual Test Farm Field Day
Will Be Staged Near States
vile Thursday

RALEIGH, July Is Up Nor
than 1000 farmers, their wives and
friends are expected to attend the
35th annual field day at the Pied.
! mont test farm near S~tatesville on
Thursday, Commissioner of Agricul.
ture W Kerr Scott said today.
Speaker for the day will include:
Harry B. Caldwell of Greensboro,
master of the State Grange; Odus
NJ. Null of Shelby, industrialist and
legislator; Mrs. Rosalind Redfearn
of Wadesboro, Arson county home
agent; and DR.. I. E. Miles, director
of the soil testing division of the
North Carolina Department of Agri-
culture.
D. S. Coltrane, assistant to the
commissioner of agriculture, will
serve as chairman for the occasion.
Tours of the farm will be in charge
of J.. Wade. Hendricks, assistant
director in charge of the test farm.
A woman's program will be pre-
sented in the afternoon with Miss
Ann Tucker of ~Statesville, Iredell
county home agent, as chairman. A
demonstration in mattress making
will be give.
A. r. Morrow, Iredell county
agent; J. w. Pou and Dave Redfearn
assistant county agents, will have
charge of a program of contests to
be staged in the afternoon.
Specialists of the North Carolina
experiment station, U. S.. and N. c.
Departments of Agriculture and
State College Extension service will
explain the research progress made
at the test farm and assist in con
Quoting tours.
Sheep, mule and swine judging
contests will be conducted under the
supervision of State college special
lists.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
POULTRY RAISERS,
BULLETIN lSSI1En
Booklet Is Entitled The Is.
Of Disinfectants In Poul.
try Production

RALEIGH, July IA vsluab,.
new bulletin for poultry raissr.
was announced today by the Fn'
tension Service of N. C. State "a
lege. 1t is entitled The U.s. -,
7 'infectants in Poultry Prod,,c.
tion," and it is availabl for fro.
di Il luton to persons who vrit,
to the Agricultural 'Tt'tor at Stato
college for Extension Circular NJ
241. ''
Prof. Roy S. Dearstyne, head 4.
the college poultry department,
and H. C. Gauger and R r
Greaves of his staff, prepared the
publication.
In discussing the circular. Pm,
Dearstyne said: The growing fen,
dency of the North Carolina poul.
t-ynan to increase the number q,
birds in his flock has brought about
a situation which necessitates the
judicial choice md use of GERM.
cidal substances in the prevention
and control of poultry diseases and
parasite infestations.
1T must be borne in mind. how.
ever, that gerrlicides or disintec.
tants are not substances to cure
Diseases" he continued. These
are specifically used to DESTROY
germs Which, if allowed te live and
propagate, might result in serious
disease outbreaks"
The circular outlines in detail
tt best Ct. emical disinfec Giants, al.
though it recognizes the fact that
sunlight, burnin~, and boiling as
physical disinfectants are the most
satisfactory when they can be
used. 1t also points out the value
of cleanliness as the most impor.
tant factor in the prevention Of
disease and parasites i, the poul.
try flock.
Methods of disinfecting the poul.
try houses and such equipment as
incubators, batteries, ranges and
drinking water are discussed at
length in the new Extension circu.
lar.
County farm agents of the Ey.
tension Service will be able to sup.
ply copies Of the publication to
farmers. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
Warning Against Shipping
Melons That Are Not Ripe
Issued By Cardwell
GUY A. CALDWELL
General Agricultural Agent
. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company

Another cantaloupe season is
here and again 1 call attention to
the fact that buyers and consum.
ers do not want green canta.
loupes and if sold green canta.
loupes they do not usually come
back for more.
The fine flavor of this healthful
melon, a source Of vitamins A, B,
and c, is eagerly anticipated by
thousands of gourmets, who wei.
come the fruit with open mouths.
Imagine the disappointment OF
these epicures if the melon has
been picked green and ripened en-
route and comes to the tables flat
and flavorless.
There are different ways of Sc.
lecting this fruit for ripeness, but
only n way for flavor. Ripening
on healthy vines is the secret OF
well-flavored melons.
The best test for detecting a vine
ripened cantaloupe is to examine
the stem scar. If the scar is smooth
clean and cuplike, it means that
the melon vas picked at "fullslip"
or when ripe enough for the fruit
to separate easily from the stem.
A melon picked at 'halfslip" or
at a less ripe stage, will have some
of the stem still adhering. If there
is a little secretion of sugar around
the stem scar, it is a pretty good
indication that the melon is sweet.
Growers and shippers of canta-
loupes in western producing areas
have realized that a decreased de-
mand is the penalty which prompt.
ly follows the shipment of melons
picked green and melons of poor
quality. Today by improved meth
DDS these western producers are
aggressively attacking the problem
of getting vine ripened melons
to consumers a long distance from
growing centers.
Americans r accustomed to
buying many varieties of musk
melons under the trade name Can
taloupe." In reality the cantaloupe
is a variety Of muskmelon com.
mon in Italy but not commonly
grown in this country. Cantaloupe
seeds, imported fr Armenia,
were first cultivated in western
Europe in the vicinity of the Castle
of Cantalupe, in Italy. We have
borrowed the name and use it as
a blanket for many different vari-
cites of muskmelons.
The Melted Gem group, devel-
oped for the most part at Rocky
Ford, Colorado, is grown extern
sively for the commercial market.
Hale's Best and Perfecto varieties
are popular with large growers be-
cause of their excellent shipping
qualities.
Little time as possible must be
lost in grading and packing melons
for market. They should, if pos
sible, be hauled directly from the
field to the packing shed a n d
promptly graded, packed, and load
ed in cars. The important thing is
to protect the melons from the sun
when once picked and to get them
packed for market as quickly as
possible. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
OrthernMarketSD
WantG Cantal0upes
Milk Sales Increase
Al New Shelby Station

SHELBY, July 14-Milk sales
to the newly-opened receiving
station here r gaining daily,
reports j. S. Wilkins, farm
agent of the State College tx.
tension service in Cleveland
county.
On opening day, June Ii,
farmers brought i'm 1890
pounds. Now, less than a
month later, sales have jump
ed to approximately l6,4UU
pounds.
A large number of farmers
have asked for detailed inf0rma.
ton IN feeding their animals
for economical milk production
so as to make as much profit as
possible from their milk sales.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
DEFENSE

Canning an abundance of fruits
and vegetables this summer should
be in the winter defense program of
every farm family, says Mrs. Cor
nelia G.. Morris of the State College
Extension service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
ALL THE TOWNS MEN

PORTALBAN, Switzerland R-
The village of Portalban, in French
Switzerland, lost every n Of its
village fathers on account of war.
All the councillors have been mo.
bilized. A local high school boy is
handling the correspondence and
''urrent affairs during their abb
Sence,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
POPULAR

The project for supplying home
made mattresses to low.income farm
families of North Carolina is prov
ing increasingl popular, says Miss
Ruth Current, state home demon
stration agent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
DUG-GONE DOG RESCUE

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. R-
Jefferson City police nominate a
friendly rat terrier as the digging
est dog alive" He dug SO far into
a hole after a rabbit that it took
tn police rescue squad three hours
to uncover him. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
FEED COSTS HIGHER

Apparently, says C. F. Parrish,
poultryman of the State College Elk
tension service, poultry feed costs
will probably continue higher dur
ing the next few months than they
were a year ago..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15
SECRET BALLOT

Voting in the flue-cured tobacco
referendum July 20 will be, as in
regular elections, by secret ballot,
says E. Y. Floyd, Triple-A executive
officer of State college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15

Live, Gagged lions guard the door
way of the tomb of Kalandar La
Shahbaz, Mohammedean saint, at
Sehwan, India.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15

Great Britain and Germany en-
nually produce a million tons OF
gasoline from coal, through the
chemistry of syntheticS,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15

Quoted. Thurdsay and Friday af-
ternoons.
Greetings will be extended to the
young people at various times dur
ing the week by John w. Goodman
and DIR. Jane McKimmon, assist
ant directors of Extension, a n d
Miss Ruth Current, State home de-
monstration agent. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-15

Massachusetts, abolished the oil.
lory in 1889 l
Evening star., 1940-04-26

Claiming Pollock, writing in THIS
WEEK.. recalls forty years ago when he
was reporter that theatrical manager
told him Il give the public what it
wants" Such an attitude, when it means
the pandering of the lowest tastes of
one section of the public, meets the
sharpest criticism of this great writer.
Pollock points out that even though
the question of morals be left out, real
prosperity has come to those who center
their attention on productions which
appeal to the higher types of mentality
and morality. His article is enlightening.
Evening star., 1940-04-26
Senior High Art
Students Busy on
Chest Insignia
Competition for Prize
Becomes Required
In Some Courses

Art students in all Washington
senior high schools are hard at work
on designs to enter in the Com
munity Chests SITS prize contest
for creation of an official Chest
emblem, it was learned today.
More than 80 students at Mckinley
High School are designing insignia,
Chest officials were informed. There
teachers have become so enthusiastic
about the project that the designs
have been assigned as required"
work in certain courses.
In other schools also the competi-
ton has been adopted as a class
project. Earlier, the contest was
approved by Supt. of Schools Ballou
and the Board of Education.
Contest Closes May Z.
The contest, closing May Z, is open
to the public, except that all con-
testants must be of at least high
school age. A $100 prize, from the
purse of a private donor, will be
awarded to the person submitting
the emblem most suitable for per-
manent, year-around use on Com
munity Chest stationery and for
other display. Chest officials have
emphasized that they most desire
imagination in depicting the service
the Chest renders to the city and
nearby regions.
Chest headquarters is equipped to
supply information on the variety
of labors by its agencies.
Instructions for Contestants.
Here are instructions for COM
petitors:
All entries must be brought to
the business counter or mailed to
Contest Editor, The Evening Star,
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV. They must be accom-
panied by the contestants name,
address, telephone number and
school if any.
All must be brought to The Star
by IL pm. May 7, or if mailed must
bear postmark no later than that
date.
Designs may be executed in black
or white or not more than two
colors. Ink, charcoal, crayon, water
color or other suitable medium will
be permitted.
All must be drawn or mounted on
white cardboard measuring about
18 by % inches. A 2-inch border
must be allowed.
All entries will become property
Of the Community Chest.
Evening star., 1940-04-26

tains It's ohicial rating Of excellent =
which 1t has been given annually to
date, depends on the report to be
made Of this weeks inspection.
Cadet Maj. Dexter L. Hanley COM
manded the infantry battalion and
Maj. Charles E. Rayens, professor OF
military science and tactics, was In
charge OF the field events.
Evening star., 1940-04-26

visit to the medical unit this after.
noon.
Maj. George j. Engelthaler, who
has been conducting the inspection
at the university since Monday, put
the infantry battalion through q
rigid drill period and review yester-
day afternoon on the parade ground.
Whether the Georgetown unit re-