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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
Improvement in Domestic De-
mand for Farm Products
Increasingly Apparent
GUY A. CARDWELL
General Agricultural Agent
Coast Line Railroad Go

AACAu1IIAC SOdSU 1lIlC 1ldllIOdu W,
According to a recent report from
the bureau of agricultural economics,
U. S. department of agriculture, i'm
provement in the domestic demand
for farm products is becoming in
|creasingly apparent. Despite the vir-
tual loss Of exports markets and a
1910 volume of agricultural produc-
ton equal to or in excess of that Of
any previous year, the index of prices
received by farmers in December was
S per cent higher than a year earlier
and a further advance is indicated
for January. Prospective additional
increases in consumer income are eX-
pected to result in a continuation Of
the Improvement in domestic demand
for farm products. Costs of farm pro-
duction also are expected to rise.
The bureau said that although the
present high rate of industrial op-
erations will make difficult the at
tainment of full seasonal industrial
gains during the next few months, in
tensification of efforts to- rush pro:
duction Of war implements for ex.
port and for equipment Of our own
expanded military machine probably
will result in a further increase in
defense building operations and later
a substantial further increase in in
dustrial output.
Defense expenditures have now
reached a rate of approximately 500
million dollars per month as COM
pared with 1853 millions in June of
last year. They would have to aver
|age double the present rate in the
1941-42 fiscal year to reach the fig
ure presented in the Presidents bud
get message to congress.
Defense activities are already re-
sulting in a rapid decrease in unem-
ployment. On the basis of prelimi-
nary 1910 census data there appar-
emily were about 8 million persons
either without work or on relief jobs
lin late March 1910. 1t is estimated
that the number unemployed or
working on relief jobs in November
was about 2 million less. than in
March, although a part of this de-
crease was seasonal.
Exports of agricultural commodi-
ties continue on a restricted basis.
The value Of exports averaged less
than 4 per cent of the total farm in
come from marketings during the 6
months ending last November, COM
pared with over II per cent in the 6
months Immediately preceding. 1t is
possible that a shortage of shipping
will accentuate the advantages of the
short North Atlantic route to Europe,
and this together with other devel-
|opments will eventually bring about
a material increase in agricultural
exports, but the near-term outlook is
for little if any improvement in .ex-
ports Of domestic farm products.
Wholesale commodity prices have
been rising since last August. By
December, prices were higher than at
any time since the outbreak of war
in Europe. The general strength in
wholesale commodity prices reflects
the improvement in basic demand
conditions. Further gains appear
probable in 1871, although there is at
present little basis for expecting a
price rise Of inflationary proportions.
Farm income In December appar-
emily declined less than the usual sea-
sonal amount; marketings contin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
Use Of German 8-Man elders
In English Invasion Forecast

SAN FERNANDO, Calf. Feb. q
R-William .Hawley Bowlus, glider
manufacturer and pilot, predicts Ger.
many will use thousands of S.man
elders in an invasion of England.
Bowlus has been a soaring pilot
since 1910, when, at the age of IA, he
built, his first glider. Many years
later he set a record by remaining
aloft in one for nine hours. He aided
in production of Charles Lindbergh's
Transatlantic plane, Spirit Of st.
Louis, and afterward taught Col. and
Mrs. Lindbergh to glide.
Some time ago." Bowlus said in
an interview. Il learned that Ger.
many was producing eight-place
elders at the rate of 400 to 500 a
She must have many thou.
sands available today"
Here is the way Bowlus pictures a
glider invasion Of England:
Starting from France. or even
a powerful bomber will
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
Members of Parliament
Asked to Garry Gas Masks

LONDON, Feb. 2.-R-The gov
eminent has asked each member
of parliament to carry a gas mask
a tall times, Sir Annesley Ash
worth Somerville, a conservative
member, told a Maidenhead audi
ence today.
Il don't think one person in so
carries a gas mask but now that
we know of the imminence of in
vasion everyone should do so, he
said. "a gassed person would be
a hindrance in the defense of the
country" 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
BY JOSEPH S. HUFHAM
(Star Correspondent

DELCo, Feb. 2-During the past
week we have visited every sec
ton of Columbus county in which
strawberries are grown. In the
Iron Hall community. Isaac Nor
ris told us that there had been a
little Snow down there in his Sec
ton, and that berry growers hope
that there, i'll be a blanket OF
fake snow.
We talked with many of the grow
ers and were informed that snow
would retard the early out-growth
OF berry blooms and that many
insects would be killed. Farmers
are somewhat afraid of late freezes
catching early, berry blooms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
aa7At News of Interest to North Carolina Farmers aa 49,
One-sV Variety Sweet
Potato Area Planned.

~SMITHFIELD, Feb. 2-One
OF the new wrinkles in Johns
ton county agriculture is a one
variety sweet potato communi-
ty planned in the .Beulah town
snip, reports Farm Agent M.
A. Morgan.
Dobbin Bailey, w. A. Flow
ers, and S. w. Eure hope to
get 200 to 300 acres of the
Porto Rico variety planted in
their section this year, Agent
Morgan said.
Although these growers have
been planting a large potato
acreage, they have not con-
centrated on any one variety
best suited to meet market
demands.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03

tow a train Of ten Of the eight.placs
gliders to an altitude of 20. 900. feet,
Here they will be cut loose and
glide silently in formation across the
channel. hundreds at a time.
parachute troops are at a disad.
vantage in that they make good tar.
gets while slowly drifting down and
they cannot carry full infantry equip.
ment.
Glider troops, On the other hand.
can carry not only machine guns.
but ample ammunition and food. A
Single bomber, towing ten gliders.
can start an entire machine.gun COM
pany Of 80 men on a silent cross.
channel glide"
Bowlus says that since 1889, when
he learned Germany had sc, 500 regis.
tered glider pilots and the United
States 1865, he has c%ontended Ameri-
cas- air defense program has a glar.
ing weakness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
Price OF Farm Products
Is Expected To Climb
Potato Demonstration
Train Will Be Opened

MOREHEAD CITY, Feb. 2
-R-1rish potato growers of
Carteret and Craven counties
will come here tomorrow to
inspect the second annual po-
tato demonstration train.
The N. c. State college agri-
cultural extension service and
the state and federal depart
ments Of agriculture are CO.
operating in presenting ex-
hibits of improved potato pro-
duction and distribution. The
train will stop in Bayboro Tues
day, Belhaven Wednesday,. Co
lumbia Thursday, Elizabeth
City and Camden Friday and
ShawbOro Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
Manhattan Is Expected
To Be Hoated Soon

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb.
2.-R-Salvaee crews apparently
neared success today in efforts to
refloat the grounded liner Manhat-
tan from a sandbar nine m ! e S
north Of here.
F. O. Pontius, dockmaster at
Palm. Beach terminal, said three
tugs, aided by an early morning
tide, made considerable progress
and that the big vessel continued
to slide toward open sea through
out the day.
The "a, 900 ton steamer W t
aground Jan. l. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
FARM LAB0RERS
MAKE GOOD PAY
6 Estimates Show Rate
- Mid During Last Year Was
Highest Since 1887
ny LOUIS H. WILSON,
-.r N. C. Dept, Of Agri.

.,:.o, n. C. Dept, OF Agrl.
LEIGH, Feb. 2-lHp- Farm
in North Carolina were
~ IT a higher rate in 1910 than
paw time since 1887, the State
,nent of Agriculture report
ed today Ill.,.
=. States crop reporting board W.
uesson, junior statistician OF
.bo department reports that
.tcr the quarter ended January J,
....h Carolina farmers paid farm
,sorers an average monthly wage
s,s5O with board and $3.50
without uoera
uowever, there were only seven
.,.tes that paid a lower average
"sse rate in 1910 than North Caro-
Tine Georgia and South Carolina
n'ers reported as paying the lowest
wage in the nation.
.10nly a small proportion of the
farm labor in North Carolina is
employed for cash and practically
none employed for cash on a full
time twelve months) basis Wes-
sp said. Over 40 per cent OF the
farms in the state are operated by
tenants. mostly with family labor;
and large proportion of the work
dope on farms operated by owners
and managers is carried on by ten
ant labor on a sharecrop basis.
For the quarter ending January
!. North Cardinals farm wage
level has increased slightly con-
trary 10 the usual decline exper-
fenced during this period of most
years. In all probability, this in
crease during the past three
months has been due largely to the
limited supply of workers avail
able for hire on farms at Gu rent
wage rates, also with somewhat
stronger demand for their serv-
ices at industrial employment. On
the average, rural labor supplies
are somewhat smaller than usual.
Of January l, the supply was
81 per cent and the demand 90 per
cent Of normal.
For the United States, the to-
number Of persons employed
on farms fired and family work.
ersy was estimated at 1914, 900 on
January /, 1941 compared with H.
$4,000 on October l. and 8,641,-
900 on January l. 1910.
According to the United States
agricultural marketing service, the
bureau Of labor statistics estimat-
ed that 1885, 900 persons were
employed in non-agricultural in
in November, 1910, COM
pared with 35.418, 900 on Novem-
Der, 1899. These estimates now ex-
c!ude all military and naval
forces, as well as persons en-
ployed on WPA and NYA projects
and enrollees in CCC camps. Aside
rom those working in the above
mentioned categories, the number
Of people wrking in November.
ls4o, was 6,646, 900, or 1,186, 900
greater than for the correspond
ing month in 1885,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
M0DERNPOULTRY
SYSTEM IS URGED
Breeder Advised Not to Base
Program: on Unusual Work
Of Individual! Birds
By GENE KNIGHT
Assistant Extension Editor
N. G.. State COllese


RALEIGH, Feb. 2. - Up - The
poultry breeder who still bases his
program on the unusual perform
ance of individual birds is just as
behind the times as the modern
army which tries to fight without
tanks and airplanes, DIR. C. H. Bos.
tan, poultry geneticist of N. C. State
college, said today.
Little or no measurement of
family averages has been proved to
be definitely a mistake, he pointed
out. The farmer who is looking for
a place to buy. chicks Of the better
grades should, inquire if they come
from progeny-tested. parents.
During the past 40 years, there
has been q great change in the
methods used in the selection of par
ent stock; the State college scien-
fist said. At first these selections
were based on the performance of
outstanding individuals. If a hen dis
tinguished herself and her owner by
laying $50 eggs in 365 days, her
chicks the following year command
ed a high price.
BY the use of this method of Sc
Letting breeding stock from out
standing individual performers, con-
siderable progress was made in rails
ing the average production of a
flock. However, the production of
the daughters of star performers
was nearly always much below that
of the i~llustrious parents. Sometimes
pullets from a high-producing dam
gave a low average production.
Gradually it dawned on the more
progressive breeders that. in order
TO produce offspring uniformly good
with large numbers of pullets main
tanning a high average performance,
it would be necessary to use a reed
ing method more advanced than Sc
lection based on individual perform
ance.
Breeding would have been a SIM
pie matter, DR.. Bostian said, if like
always produced like. In that case,
one could have a hen having laid
800 eggs with a cockerel from a dam
which had laid more than 500 and
rear a family of pullets which would
average 800 ortmore eggs. ~
Breeders know now that for pro-
ductions of uniformly good pullets it
is necessary to choose breeding birds
from families having shown a good.
average production of 240 eggs an
nually are worth o than a hen
which herself had laid 1876 eggs but
those sisters had a 200 average.
This method Of using family av-
erages in a breeding program is n
phase of progeny testing. The other
phase consists of using for the pro-
duction of superior offspring old
males and females whose daughters,
produced in previous years, showed
a high average production.
Nowadays, DR.. Bostian declared,
the progressive breeder considers
egg production just one item of his
program. HE aims also toward sat
isfactory egg size, growth rate, rapid
feathering, conformity to the breed,
and constitutional vigor. The sue
cess gained in breeding for every
one of these depends upon the ex-
tent to which family and progeny
testing are practiced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03

ued large, and there was a further
increase in the index of prices re-
ceived by farmers. Improvement in
the domestic demand for farm pro-
ducts accompanying the recent sub
stantial increases in industrial output
and consumer income, together with
the effect of national farm programs
in stabilizing prices of basic farm
commodities, has been sufficient to
more than offset the effects of great
ly reduced exports and has resulted
in an increase in the general level
of prices received by farmers and in
cash income from farm marketings.
The situation by commodities of
particular interest to Southern farm
ers follows:
Cotton-The average price of spot
cotton, middling 1915, in the ten
spot cotton markets was 1913 cents
per pound on January 10 compared
with 9.S6 a month earlier and 1880
a year ago.. Cotton consumption in
December reached an all-time high
of IT'S, 900 bales and the seasonally
adjusted index of cotton consumption
rose to 145 per cent of the 1858
average compared with the previous
high of 1875 reached in the preceding
month. Mill activity is continuing at
about the same level in the United
Kingdom as in recent weeks. In ia
pan, where stocks of textiles are re-
ported to be about 10 times as large
as current monthly exports, mill ac-
tivity is still being gradually reduced.
Exports of American cotton totaled
107, 900 bales during December, rails
ing the total for the cas- to $685..
900 bales. These figures are IS and
10 per cent, respectively, of the cor
responding 1889 figure.
Feed Grains-Stocks of corn on
January l totaled zoos, 0OO, 900 BUSH
els, 43S, 600, 900 bushels of which were
sealed or held by the federal govern
ment. Disappearance of corn is ex-
pected to be considerably smaller
during the period January-September
1941 than in this period Of 1910, and
a record c%arry-over is in prospect
for next October 1. Corn prices ad.
vanced about 4 cents per bushel dur
ing the past month; oats and barley
prices advanced slightly.
Hogs-Hog production in 1910 was
smaller than in 1889. The 1910 pig
crop totaled no million head, COM
pared with the record crop Of $50
million head in 1889. Present indi-
cations are that a further reduction
will occur in this years spring crop.
Hog prices have risen sharply in re-
cent weeks, Is hog marketings de-
creased from the high level of early
Beef Cattle-Slaughter supplies of
cattle will be larger this
and summer than a year
since there were II per cent
more cattle on feeds this January / |
than last. Prices of slaughter cat
lie strengthened materially in late
and so far in January the
advance has been well maintained.
Inspected cattle slaughter in the cal
endar year 1910 totaled about 8 per
cent larger than in 1899.
Potatoes-Market prices Of pota-
;oes in early January, slightly low
sr than a month earlier and substan-
tally lower than in early January
1910, reflected the unusually large
supplies available and in prospect
the next several months.
Truck Crops-There was little
in the general level of truck
crop prices during the last month,
out the prospects is for increased
and lower prices during
he next several months if weather
are favorable.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
BLOOD SOUGHT

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-lR- The
American Red Cross called today
for volunteer donors to help it
build an emergency block bank for
national defense. The appeal was
made by General Robert c. Davis,
executive director of the organiza-
TONS New York chapter, which
was chosen to initiate the project
by the Red Cross and the national
research council at the request of
the surgeon generals Of the Army.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
KOBE LESPEDEZA

Since the Korean variety is not
adapted to the Coastal Plain section,
eastern North Carolina growers
should plant Kobe lespedeza, advises
E. c. Blair, extension agronomist Of
N. C. State college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
FIGHT. BOIL WEEVIL

The coming season should be one
of total preparedness in fighting
the boil weevil, despite the pests
virtual absence from cotton fields
last year. says J. O. Rowel1 of N. c.
State college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
LOSES CITIZENSHIP

VICHY, France, Feb. q ~
The government announced today
that former Vice Admiral Emile
Muselier, commander of the Free
French naval forces" cooperating
with General Charles de Gaulle,
had been deprived of citizenship
because he left the country with
out permission.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03

Coldframes for starting early vege-
table plants should be located in a
sunny place facing the south, &C.
cording to H. r. Niswonger, extern
sion horticulturist of N. C. State col
lege. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
TOURS PORTSMOUTH

LONDON, Feb. 2.-R-The press
was permitted today to report that
Prime Minister Churchill. con.
tlnued u~ndisturbed on a tour Of
damaged Portsmouth last Friday
While a new air raid was in pro.
gress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
HOGS

Most profits are obtained from
feeding and marketing intermediate
sized hogs, according to Ellis v. YES
tai, swine specialist Of the. N. C..
State college. extension service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
RED SKI RACES

MOSCOW, Feb. 3-RE Three
million young communists turned
out today for cross-country S i
races throughout the northern part
of Soviet Russia. It was believed
to be the greatest mass movement
ever made on skis. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
fOSSIBLE INCREASE

viola ~ per cent increase in corn
con,l "ould mean an increase in in
year u approximately 1000, 900 a
sava ror North Carolina farmers,
mis+ ~, Paul H.. Harvey, agrono-
lle N. c. Experiment station.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
BLUE MOLD CONTROL

Recommended methods of control
ling blue mold are contained in Elk
tension Service circular No. 229
which may be obtained free from the
Agricultural Editor at N. c. State
college in Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
SAFE

LONDON, Feb. 2.-(RHA five
word message received in London
today by Richard Beaumont an
nounced that his mother, Mrs.
Sibyl Ceilings Beaumont Hatha-
way, Dame Of Sar, and his STEP
father, Robert Hathaway, were
safe. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
PRUNING EXPERIMENT.

stato 'inients carried out by N. C.
that eoliese horticulturists showed
trees nen' pruning develops apple
and WIN a larger trunk diameter
sar1. produces larger crops at an
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03

One-half of the supply of field
spar in the United States is mined
in North Carolina. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03

Racing cars are torn down.
after each major event, and worn
parts are replaced. 4
Evening star., 1941-06-11
Where and When
Current TheaterAttraction
and Time of Showing

National-"Fantasia," the much
discussed Disney, with music con-
Quoted by Stokowski: 2:20 and $50
pm.
Citizen Kane" the ini-
tial Orson Welles film venture: 2:3O,
5 and $3.50 pm.
Palace-"I Wanted Wings life
with the air cadets. exciting: 1920
am, lis, 4, 6:45, $40 pm.
Earle-"Reaching for the Sun"
romance among the assembly lines:
IL m, 1:40, 4:25 7:05 and $50 p m.
Stage shows: 1855, 3:35, $40 and
9 pm.
CapitOl-"A Womans Face Joan
Crawford in a psychological melo7
drama: 10:45 m, 1:35, 4:25, 7:15
and 1905 pm. Stage shows: 12:45,
3:35, 6:25 and 9:10 pm.
Little-"George Takes the Air."
slapstick British comedy with
George Formby: II am. 1890, 2:20,
4:10, 6, 7:55 and GAS pm.
Metropolitan-"Meet John Doe,
Frank Capra discusses the plight Of
the little man today: 11:30 am, 2,
ABS, 7:05 and $40 pm.
Columbia-"Road to Zanzibar" !"
Crosby. Hope and Lamour loose in
the jungle: 1920 am, 1:20, 1925,
$50, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts:
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1941-06-11

Mrs. Joel Pressman." says Claudette
and waits for her ticket. She gets
two-Claudette is minus her driving
license. Il saw your last picture, "
says the policeman as he drives
away. Which fact somehow fails TO
console the star.
Margaret Sullivan and Husband
Leland Hayward are currently un-
popular with photographers sta
toned at the airport. The couple
consistently refuses to pose for pic
lures with their luxury airliner.
Jack Oakie is planning a book on
Hollywood. He has been here a long
while and says he remembers a pic
ture he made with jeanette Mac
Donald in which Kay Francis. then
at the beginning OF her film career
played a bit" Jack says he also
remembers when Bing Crosby was
not only sensitive about his weight
but about his ears as well, Bing,
according to Jack. used to glue his
ears to his head. Gable, by the way
Evening star., 1941-06-11

If the film is propaganda to make
you admire the pluck of the Brit
ish. 1t is the finest kind yet de-
vised. Better check on it for your
self.
While sports writer's have been
cropping among the eternal mys-
teries-of sports writers-for an
explanation of why Lou Novikoff is
not hitting big-league pitching, Gail
Patrick was explaining 1t to local
drama critics yesterday afternoon.
Miss Patrick, mad baseball fan.
should have been talking about
movies maybe, but so many movie
stars do that. She talked baseball
instead and its surprising how
much more engrossing it turns out
to be.
Take the Novikoff case. for IN
stance. Drama page readers who
have never heard of him should
know that he Is a muscular eCCen.
u IIC WIZ UtCdIllS hlOWIl III Tile
Pacific Coast League as the mad
Russian" To earn the distinction
of madness out there is a high
honor, and the Novikoff publicity
has been properly enormous.
The fly in the ointment, however,
has been Novikoff's betrayal of his
old following. In the National
League. his coast league friends
counted upon him to slug so hard
and continuously that even great
pitchers would start looking for
openings in dentistry and other pro-
fessions. Instead, he has hit less
than he weighs. which isn't good
even when you are that big.
The cad critics piled right into
Miss Patrick on that score. she
being the lovely young, spirited god
mother of the Hollywood club which
palmed off the mad Muscovite on
the East.
why isn't he hitting?" countered
Miss Patrick. ITS simple. He's
being double-crossed by those big
league pitchers. Lou was brought up
on bad pitching. He is maccus-
toned to anything but badly thrown
balls. Naturally he can't hit any
thing but wild pitches. and they
are not being given to him"
About the movies. Miss Patrick
confirmed the impression of every
one who has seen it that it must
have been fun working in Love
Crazy" with William Powell and
Myrna 10y.
About Washington. she confirmed
the impression that it is a fascinat-
ing place by admitting that she
is staying over until Thursday,
although her schedule called for
her to leave yesterday.
Even if she weren't so pretty. you
could talk to her longer than most
actresses, so few of whom know who
Lou Novikoff is even.