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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
FARMERS ANXIOUS
TO UTILIZE POWER
Increase In Network Of REA
Lines Boosts Interest In
Electricity
BY GENE KNIGHT
Assistant Extension Editor, N. C.
State College

State College
RALEIGH, Aug. 11.-REThe in
creasing network of rural electric
lines in North Carolina is causing
Farmers to demand how best they
can utilize electricity, D.. E.. Jones,
rural identification specialist OF N.
C. State college, said today.
With the novelty of electric lights
gradually wearing off, farm fam
lilies are now asking: How can
use electricity for profit?" Hun
dreds have already found the an
swer and are using this modern
convenience to save time and labor
and to produce better farm prod
ucts cheaper.
During the past season, a large
number of poultrymen used cleo
trio breeders successfully IN rails.
ing baby chicks. All who usec
this type of brooder found it econ
omical and convenient.
For instance, J. A.. Rowland Of
Stanly county said ais electric
brooder reduced his work 30 per
cent because it eliminated wood
cutting and firing of the old wood
burning brooder. Besides making
it unnecessary to visit the brooder
several times a day, the chicks ap-
peared to feather better and to
grow more uniformly.
OF all types, the dairy farm pro-
vides more ways for the use OF
electricity than any other. More
economy and larger savings can
be effected with electricity that
can be had with the use of any 9TH
err power.
Electric power will provide cold
for refrigerating milk, h e a for
washing and sterilizing utensils
and bottles, and power for operat-
ing washers, pumps, mills, cutters,
milking machines, and churns.
P. A. Irwin, a milk producer OF
Mecklenburg county, told Jones his
total electric bill for the many jobs
performed in his diary is no more
than was his cost for ice alone be-
fore he installed the electrical
equipment.
In Rowan county, electricity has
been put to work on the truck
farm of Ira and Hugh Bailey. An
electric motor pumps water to IT.
rigate the crops during dry wealth
er. This abundance of a l
makes for higher yields and en-
ables the Baileys to ship produce
at a time when farmers have beer
delayed in marketing by a lack oil
rainfall. Electricity is also used tc
heat plant beds on this farm.
Jones pointed these out az a few
examples of the many ways Tai
Heel farmers are utilizing rura
power. Within the near future,
farm families will depend more
and more upon electricity to elm
mate much of the drudgery con
nected with farm tasks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
Mattresses Are Placed
In 1866 Farm Homes

RALEIGH, Aug. 11-R-Ihe
surplus mattress making pro-
gram has placed "comfortaoie
cotton mattress in 1855 farm
homes where the cash income
last year was less than S40O,"
Miss Ruth Current, c~o-director
of the program, said today.
She pointed out that August
81 is the closing date for appli-
cations for cotton. So far only
2,302 bales of the 1850 allotted
to North Carolina by the fed
eral government have been Or
dered. Each bale will make 10
mattresses.
There are now IS counties
participating in the program.
Mattresses have already been
made in Fl of them. Enough
cotton and ticking to make a
mattress is furnished to a fam
lily which had less than $500
cash income in 1889.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
Fattening OF Cattle On
Grass Proves Profitable
i. S. Revenue
Act Of 1910
DEDUCTIONS ALLOWED TO
FARMERS
Ry CHARLES S. LOWRIMORE
e.. p. A.

Farmers are allowed the same
general deductions as are other
operating business and industry,
whether the farm be operated by
an individual, partnership, trust or
a corporation.
All costs as applying to actual
raising of the farm products, live
stock, poultry, fruit, ct cetera
should be classified under the
costs of sales, whether the farmer
is reporting on the cash receipts
and disbursements basis or on the
accrual basis.
ALI operating expenses in con
nection with the raising and sell
ing of crops, livestock, ct cetera
and the maintenance of the farm
are deductible from gross income.
Such expenses include, superin'
tendents compensation, office sal
aries, office supplies and expenses,
legal fees, selling expenses, travel,
auto expenses, insurance, interest,
taxes, delivery labor, delivery
equipment expense and mainten'
ance, lights, power, water, tele'
phone and telegraph, advertising
dues and subscriptions, .medica.
services and depreciation of equip.
ment and buildings.
Depreciation on equipment used
in the actual raising of crops and
buildings used for the housing Of
livestock for resale should be in.
cluded in the cost of sales in ar.
irving at the amount of statutory
gross income.
Depreciation on other buildings,
packing sheds, warehouses, fences
autos, delivery equipment ct Get,
era should be deducted as an oper.
ating expense.
The farmer is also entitled to a
deduction for losses arising from
fire, storm, automobile wrecks,
embezzlement, theft, and other
casualties, donations to the church
and other organized charities.
The farmer if single, has an ex
emption of $500. 90, if married Of
So, 000. 90, or if not married and
the head of a household 81, 600. 90.
He is also entitled to the credit Of
100000 for each dependent, and
the credit of 10 per cent of earned
income.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
H0EY TO ADDRESS
LABOR CONVENTION
Annual Meeting Of State
Federation Will Be Opened
In Durham Today

DURHAM, Aug. 11.-R-Gover.
nor Clyde R. Hoey tomorrow after
noon at 2:30 o'clock will address
the convention of the state fed.
GRAFTON of labor which opens its
annual meeting here tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. The sessions
will be held at the Washington
Duke hotel.
Delegates, that are expected tc
numt between $50 and 500, to
the three-day meeting began arriv.
ing in Durham tonight. Members
of the state building trades coun-
Gil held their monthly meeting at
the hotel today with H. L. Kaiser
presiding.
Officers were elected for tn c
coming year by the organization.
Kaiser was renamed to the pres.
ident's chair for another term. P.
M. Taylor of Durham was named
vice president, T. l.. Gender of
Charlotte, secretary-treasurer. and
j. G. Bullock of Greensboro was
elected sergeant-at-arms. The. next
meeting of the organization was
set for Wilmington on September 8.
Members of the executive hoard
of the State federation were in
session tonight planning their re.
port to the convention body. It
was expected that the report would
urge a campaign for adoption of
a state wage and hour law At the
next session of the legislature.
j. M. Broughton, governor.nom.
mate, and Lieut.. Gov. wilkins D
Horton will both address. tho con.
vention Tuesday. Broughton viii
speak IN III morning and Horton
at the afternoon session -o' 'o''
W: M. Barbee, president Of the
Durham Central Labor I1n;on Iii Iii
call the convention to order w. to-
morrow morning at 10 o,elocL W .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
WILDLIFE FARLEY
PLANS UNDER WAY
Annual Conservation Meet
Will Be Held At Swannan0a
On August $3.50

RALEIGH, Aug. Ill. R. Har-
rill, All Club leader of the N. c..
State college extension service, an
nounced today that the annual
Wildlife Conservation conference
will be held at Swanonoa, August
$3.50.
Seventy-five club members who
have performed outstanding work
in wildlife conservation will attend
the camp with all expenses paid.
Others who have carried wildlife
projects may take part in the five
day program for a small charge.
Harrill has issued a request to
farm and home agents of the Ex-
tension service to submit the
names of those who have perform
ed the best job of carrying out this
particular project. From the list
of names, seventy-fve with tn e
most outstanding records will be
selected.
The Wildlife Conference is held
each year to stimulate further in
terest in the conservation of bird
and animal life. Extension service
specialists, as well as authorities in
the wildlife field, conduct regular
instruction periods during the ses.
sion. In addition, hikes play an i'm
portant part in acquainting the
delegates with practical measures
that may be used to conserve and
protect the nations wild animals
and birds.
For the most part, Harrill ex-
planned, the selection of delegates
will be based on the number of All
Club members in a county w h o
have actually completed wildlife
conservation projects.
because of the increasing ma
tional attention on the conserva-
ton Of our natural resources" the
State college All Club leader ex-
planned, I'VE r enrolling a great
er number Of farm boys and girls
in conservation work each year." 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
EGYPTIAN LINER
IS SUNK BY SUB
One Hundred And Twenty
Men Missing After Ship
Goes Down In Atlantic

LONDON, Aug. 11.-R-The T.
29O-ton Egyptian liner Mohamed
Ali el-Kebir, converted for use as
a British transport, was torpedoed
at night in the Atlantic, and sank
with 12O soldiers and sailors miss
ing, the admiralty said tonight.
The announcement said TAO sur
vivors were taken aboard a ship
that reached the liner in the two
hours she remained aaoat. They
were landed at a Scottish port.
Most of the 120 listed as missing
were soldiers sleeping below deck
at the time of the explosion.
The admiralty did not say when
the Mohamed Ali el-Kibir was at
tackled.
Seven hundred and forty sur
vivors have been landed out of the
total number of $50 who e e
aboard" the announcement said. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
New System Of Feeding Is
For South
BY Prof. Hostetler
GUY A.
General Agricultural Agent
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company

The following information was
recently issued by Educational Ser
vice, National Cottonseed Products
Association. In view of the growing
interest in beef cattle in Coast
Line territory in the Carolinas l
am circulating this information to
the territory feeling that it will be
of real interest to many farmers:
Recent research shows I'll a t
beef cattle do not have to be fat
tened on Iowa corn to produce pal
atable and nutritious beef, b u t
rather that if we will use better
sires in the production of our mar
ket cattle, satisfactory beef can be
produced from our own Southern
pastures, roughages and cotton
seed meal" Professor E. H. Hos
teller, North Carolina State College
has said in %stressing beef cattle
production with cotton.
With a long growing season for
grasses and greater stress on inn
proved pastures, the finishing of
beef cattle on grass is proving an
economical and profitable practice
in Southern States. Added to pro-
fit from sale of beef is the value
Of plant food restored to the pas
ture land without labor in handling
mature.
Larger returns from cattle fed
concentrates on grass than from
straight eraser" stock account
for increasing use of cottonseed
meal, or a mixture of meal and
grain, for finishing on grass. In
addition to improving the quality
of beef, this practice requires less
concentrate than dry-lot feeding,
faster gains are made than on
grass alone, and better market pri-
ces are secured, cattlemen point
out.
Cotton belt feeders have proved
that cottonseed meal is not only
an economical and efficient source
OF protein, but, in addition, has a
productive, or fattening, value that
is important in feeding on grass.
That good results are obtained
from feeding cottonseed meal or
cake on grass as the sole concen-
trate is shown by Alabama Ex-
pertinent Station reports. Steers
fed 4 to S pounds of cottonseed
meal, daily per head, made an av-
erage daily gain of 2.47 pounds,
compared with an average gain of
only 1872 pounds by those on pas
ture, alone. The Alabama Station
reported that the feeding of cotton
seed meal proved profitable in five
out Of six years of the test.
Where feeders prefer a final fin
ishing period in the dry lot, giving
cattle a firmer finish and winter
fat, about 80 days are saved in the
feed lot if steers have been fed
about 5 pounds of cottonseed meal,
or cake, daily per head, on grass
for three or four months.
When farm grains are available.
many feeders use a mixture of n
part cottonseed meal and 4 to 6
parts of ground grain for cattle
on grass, with excellent results.
Pasture conditions a n d relative
cost of grain determine the proper.
ton OF meal and grain fed, as well
as the amount of the mixture fed
to cattle. ?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
81 German Warpqnes
Shot Down By British

LONDON, Aug. IL Up The y
German planes reported shot down
in today's fighting over the south
coast brought to 377 the total Maj
air losses tailed by Britain since
the start of mass air attacks last
June IS.
The largest number claimed down
ed in a single days fighting was w.
on last Thursday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12

JACKSONVILLE, Aug. ia
severe electrical storm p la y e d
tricks around Belgrade tobacco
barns and residences, knocked
down two persons and left minor
damage this week.
According to reports here, light
ming struck a tree on the farm of
R. E. Provost and knocked down
Ken Waters who was looking after
tobacco curing. The Ii 6 i n G
jumped to the barn and dried the
tobacco so thoroughly that it turn
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
MISSING

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Aug. IL
R-Eighteen persons were missing
when first survivors reached here
today with accounts Of how a violent
fire suddenly started upon the Ecu
adorean ship Santa Rosa and how
they were forced to jump into the
sea. Some Or all the 43 passengers
were rescued by the ships Pinto and
Olmedo six miles off Puma island
in the Gulf Of Guayaquil. Arrival
of the Pinto will establish the exact
number of survivors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
Tobacco In Onslow Barn
Is Burned By Lightn ing

ed to powder when handled. The
barn was not set afire.
About so yards beyond it struck
and damaged another of Mr.. Pro
vost's barns, but didn't harm the
tobacco.
The home of Dave Morton also
was struck, electric wires in the
kitchen burned in two and Mrs
Morton knocked down on the floor
Outside the house a block Of con
crete around the water pump was
torn free.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
$5O5, 1856 Distributed
To Unemployed In N. {.

RALEIGH, Aug. 11-LR-A total
~ e5,s99 checks, representing $685..
1851 in benefits to eligible unem'
DloTed workers, were distributed In
this state during July, it was an.
nouacsd today by Charles G. Powell,
chairman Of the N. C. unemploy.
msnt compengation station commits.
sion.
Cumulative benefits in the 81
months u distribution through July
amounted u 15,408, 734.88,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
PICTURES BANNED

ZAGREB, Yugoslavia, Aug. IL
R-A riot between communist SYM
pathizers and Creation peasant Lead
err Vladimir Macek's guards in a
theater resulted today in a police
order banning Russian motion pic
lures.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
eg6an News of Interest to North Carolina Farmers a@a$@Ga
Bookmoble To Operate
In Onslow Three Months

JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 1.-THE
WPA Bookmobile will operate in
Onslow county for three months,
beginning September l, it was an
nounced this week by Mrs. Marie
Sabiston, this city, assistant dis
trict supervisor of women's prof.
ects.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12

The song Yankee Dood,a,
inspired by the motley appearance
OF american volunteers at Fort. II.
conaeroga during the French and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12

In Flanders for many years it
was the custom to throw cats from
the top of a lofty tower on n
day each year. Theanimals were
thought to harbpr evil spirits.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12

Wisconsin has 2400 cheese fac.
tories, which produce more than
10 per cent Of all the cheese man.
ufactured in the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12

Home accidents exceed those O.
industry. 1t is more dangerous t.
take a bath than to ride on :
train, according to statistics.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12

In normal times, London trans
ports, by subway alone, nearly g.
600, 600 passengers daily.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12

European countries keep p a C e
with the United States in prevent
ing blindness in metropolitan areas.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
BONDS

PUBLIC UTILITY
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,

Associated Press Financial Writer.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13-Some stocks
worked up mild rallying tempera-
ture in today's market, but numer-
Gus issues failed to attract real buy
ing heat.
Fractional gains were tackled on by
leaders in early dealings There was
slipup in the final hour and about
the best that could be said for the
list at the clost was that prices were
moderately irregular.
Dealings never put on a pro-
nounced push and transfers for the
brief session approximated 100000
shares.
Initial improvement, generally,
was attributed by brokerage circles
mainly to the belief of some that,
with the wiping out of virtually all
Of the September war boom bulge,
the market might be in a position
to retrace a portion of the trail.
At that, the matter of tax threats
and the chances of fair-sized let
down in business over the next few
months remained as an argument
for speculative forces to keep pur-
chasing commitments light.
Bonds and commodities were un-
even.
American Woolen preferred
jumped about points at one time
in the wake of the company's an
nouncement of payment of SO per
share on this Issues arrearages.
Occasional resistance was display
ed by Loft, International Mercantile
Marine, United States Rubber, Cen
eral Electric and Anaconda.
Inclined to lag were Westinghouse
United States Steel, Douglas Air
craft, Union Carbide. Du Pont
Western Union, Montgomery Ward
Texas Corp, Santa Fe and American
Telephone.
Steels had to contend with a fore
cast of a drop in next weeks mill
operations in addition to indications
oacklogs were being eaten into at a
faster rate than had been looked for
at the end of the year.
A report from London that the
brltish government might requisi-
tion american securities held by ma
tlonals in order to obtain funds
through their sale for war material
needs created no especial excitement
mere IN view of the fact Wall Street
mas known all along this could be
gone: The concensus was that quiet
hquldatlon has been going on from
abroad for some time and that
dumping in the future was i'm
probable because of the desire of
foreigners to keep prices steady.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Jan. 13 GP,.-Hog prices con-
tinued the weeks decline in today's slow
market With sales on @ steady sdy TO mostly
to S5.75 per hundredweight for few 200
pound animals.
Omitted States Department Of Agricul-
turel:-salable hogs. 800: total, 1000;
small supply here: top. 5.75 for few sorted
around 200-pound averages: bulk good and
choice 23o-270-pound butchers: $3.50;
25-5.50: shippers took 100; holdover.
500; compared week ago: Good and choice
55arr,ows , and gifts 200 pounds ,ss. down, vt. 20
more: 2O0-210 pound averages steady to 10
lower; heavier butchers and packing sows.
10-15 higher.
Friday last week. choice. to prime "spe-
cialty' steers and yearlings all weights
25 higher: all other 25 lower, with me-
n nm to Decline MEDIUM no % Tooa and
predominated and sold very uneven: top
went to 1900 on light and long yearlings,
highest highest since septembsr; os. finished 144i
long rough heavies had to be peddled
under ti,, 1000: numerous loads, s.e5;9 SO;
nsh zsrs but pounded for All as c1 um all
to good heavy heifers Is lower: but light
kinds steady. with common kinds and
Sefer fon choee offerings bt sSor active lgado
finished heifers II .35; beef cows and bulls
25 lower: Gamers and cutters weak to Is
sausage bulls, 7.5O: fat bulls, 7.25 veaiers
strong to so higher: selects to 1900.
Salable sheep. 1000: total, 1000; COM
pared Friday last week. fat lambs 25-35
higher; yearlings also stronger; sheep
steady: weeks top. fed Western lambs,
9.45 on Thursday: bulk, S.75-9.3 ma.
tives. s.75-9.25 mostly; summer and fall
summer-shorn offerings. late s75: best
slaughter yearlings 500: bulk 65O-775;
native slaughter ewes, 4.0O-4 so: several
ewes, x.7b.z.S5.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Washington Produce

BuTTER-92 score, tubs, SO: 1-pound
TL prints: 3312; l4-pound prints "a az score
luos, 81; l-pound prints. 32ia: I.-pojnd
prints 33; 81 score, tubs. 3lia; i-pounS
prints, 3%; l4-pouno prints 32I2; 90 score
lunS, 81: 1-pound prints, 3D.: I.-pound
prints, 80; 50 score. tubs 3Of2: i-pound
prints. ~; l4-pound prints. 3lI3; 50
score score: tubs, 30: l-pound prints. 3Oia; IA.
pound prints. 81 -
LlVESTOCK-Calves 10; lambs. a1,:
pigs. 120-14O pounds. 560-5 IS; o.2iIi
pounds, 5.25-5.5O; 21O-24O pounds, 4 %.
go; 240-3O0 pounds, 425-4.50; sows.
!, EGGs--Market steady. For eggs cam
q!eo q!eo and graded in Washington 1January
I'D: Whites U. S. extras, large, 81; d.
5. extras, mediums. 20: u S. standards
large, II; U. S. standards. mediunS Is:
y. D trades. l6. For nearby ungraded
eggs. current receipts. whites. 10 to 90;
mlIed colorS, : to 1s.
LIVE POULTRY-Market about steady.
Fowl: Colored. all sizes, IS to Is; No IS
: to 10 roosters, s to g. Chickens: Vir.
ginla ia Rocks, broilers and fryers all sizes.
crosses 5roilers and fryers, all sizes, IA
10 l5; No; IS; to 10; mixed colored
lryers to y. Turkeys: Young toms,
Is pounds and up. Is TO 16; Young hens
10 pounds and up 10 to 20 Young
guinea keats, ia pounds and up, Is
pound: old keats. 10 a pound Capons &
POUNDS and over, is to 90: No. IS ana
slips, 16.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
. BE date a year
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 Investment
Bankers Conference. Inc. Opening bid
M bod
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Washington Exchange

SALES AFTER CALL,
Real Estate Mortgage g. Guaranty
pfd.-65 at 512.
Evening star., 1940-01-13
MetoIskurket

NEW YORK. Jan. 10 R.-Copper
steady; =. electrolytic spot. $50; export
and nearby. 47.25: forward, 46.I2K. Lead
steady; spot. New York, 55O-55; East st.
Louis 5.35. Zinc steady: East St. Louis
ib7.oo.ieo 90 nominal. Pic iron. aiumi.
mum. antimony, platirus, Chinese Wolfra.
mite and domestic scheelito UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1940-01-13

citation of Securities Dealers, Inc. which
states they do not necessarily reflect actual
transactions or firm bids or offers. but
should indicate approximate prices and
unless otherwise indicated. are as quoted
by the SPONSORS or issuers
Asterisk indicates, Not quoted BY
sponsors or issuers"
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Dividends Announced
(Reported by Smith. B,

NEW YORK. Jan. 13.-Dividends de-
clared. Prepared by Fitch Publishing Co.
Resumed
Pc Stock Of Pay
Az Rate .riod. record. able
Extra,
Bullock's Inc Los
Angeles Calf So I-l5 l-26
Evening star., 1940-01-13

a-Also extra or extras
Quotations furnished by National Asso-
citation of Securities Dealers, Inc. which
states they do not necessarily reflect actual
should indicate approximate prices.
Evening star., 1940-01-13

Approximate Soes OF Stocks the NJ Y Stock Exchange
11:00AM 10000 200 Noon 400 600
Unit of trading
In bankruptcy recevershp
BANKRUPTCY Act securities assumed
Rates Of dividend the
ton Unless otherwise noted special dividends
included " - 49,
Accumulated dividends Declared paid
far this Payable h
dividends or declared this year -
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Lead SuIes Reported

NEW YORK Jan. 13 dP.-St. JOSEF.
Missouri pig lead sold yesterday at $3.50
per 100 pounds East st. Louis. 125 pounds
at $3.50 New York, and 125 tons at the
new York average.
Evening star., 1940-01-13

extra. .gS14.00 extra paid December 81
1889. k20c extra. m 81 so extra. D Sos
paid September 90, 1888. 5000 paid in
1889. t SOC paid December %. Ia3a
v$l:0o extra paid January. 1s4O. , $500
Evening star., 1940-01-13
New York Suoor

NEW YORK. Jan. 13 1T.-suusr a,-
tuIes Ne opened unchanged.. jsnusSS
unauoted: March. .91; May, 1.o6; Juiy
2.00b; September. 2.04. Bid. ''
Evening star., 1940-01-13
Investing Companies

NEW YORK. Jan 10 LP,-National
Association Securities Dealers. Inc.