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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
Blue MOLD MAY
HIT. WEED SOON

RALEIGH, Feb. 9.-Blue mold,
deadly enemy Of young tobacco
plants, may make its initial appear
ance of the season within the next
few weeks, Howard R. Garriss, ex-
tension plant pathologist Of N. C.
State college, warned today.
In dealing with disease, Garriss
cautioned growers that only three
methods of blue mold control have
been approved by the extension serv-
ice and other agricultural agencies.
At the top of the list is paradl-
chlorobenzene. the name sometimes
abbreviated to PDB. The crystals may
be applied either as a preventive
or as a cure. During the
past three years, this fumigation
treatment has been tested thorough
ly and found to be effective.
The other two control methods
reco amended are spraying with red
. p oxide or yellow copper oxide.
While the spray treatment has been
found satisfactory as a preventive,
it has few if any curative qualities,
the State college specialist said.
Both the observation-disclosures fu-
migation and the copper exide sprays
are tested, effective controls for blue
mold" Garriss stated. Therefore,
we can only warn growers not to
spend their money on materials that
have not been tried and are not
recommended by experiment sta
TONS"
The recommended controls are ex-
planned fully in extension circular
No. 229, Blue Mold and Its Control"
Copies of the publication may be sc.
cured without charge from the agrl-
cultural editor at State college In
Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
8@4kNews of Interest to North Carolina Farmers 6#&&&
HUNTING SEASON is DRAWING TO CLOSE
FOR MANY COLUMBUS COUNTY FARMERS

about the third round for the count
of ten. And then, when another Sc
we're blow was landed, he crossed
over for keeps.
Oh, well, some of the hunting
season is left for bird h nters, and
turkey hunters. Milton Mckenzie.
frankie Gross and Dewy Wilker-
son are pretty well satisfi' with
their share Of the birds, if they
don't shoot any more this year.
Mr.. Mckenzie, of Whiteville, has a
fine bird reservation down at Pire.
way, and this week he told us that
he had been able to get the bag
limit almost any afternoon that he
chose to hunt. He was satisfied,
he said, that he had not flushed
all the covies on his reserve this
season.
Everyone isn't fond of duck hunt
ing, like we are. This season, re.
Gently passed, we paid a dollar fol-
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
Farmers Open Streams
With Gasoline Shovel

BOONE, Feb. "a group Of
farmers in the Villas community
Of Watauga county have employ
ed a gasoline shovel to open up
the creeks that were stopped by
the August flood, reports H. M.
Hamilton, farm agent of the N.
c. State college extension serv.
ice.
The creeks are being straight.
ened out and the banks cut wider,
while the creek beds are being
lowered to prevent another over.
flow in case of a hard rain.
This dredging work will re-
claim much land that was flood.
ed and will make it possible for
farmers to put out their spring
crops.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
SALES INCREASED
BY PEANUT WEEK
Interest in Sailed Peanuts and
Candy Is Stimulated by
Advertising

RALEIGH, Feb. 9.-Preliminary
reports from the Peanut Week cam
paign indicate that the sale Of pea
nut products picked up smartly dur
ing the period, H. w. Taylor, ex.
tension marketing specialist of N.
c. State College, said today.
Interest in sailed peanuts, roast
ed peanuts in the shell, and peanut
candy was greatly stimulated by
the widespread advertising and dis
play of steamers featured n thou
sands of stores all over the coun-
try.
Taylor said it is definitely
known that many stores construct
ed displays of peanuts and peanut
products this year that ignored the
Week a year ago.
Purpose Of Peanut Week. which
was observed January 1890, was
to place in trade channels an ex-
ira so, 900 tons of peanuts to relieve
the burdensome surplus now on
hand. This goal was double that
set during the 1910 Peanut Week.
To assist in disposing OF some
of the surplus. Taylor called on
and received the cooperation OF
leading organizations of merchants,
Transportation agencies, and deal
ers in peanut products. .
North Carolina received much OF
the benefit from the campaign,
since this state produces 20 per-
cent Of the nations tots2 produc-
ion, being outranked only - Geor-
gia. NJ
The 1910 crop produced by Tar
Heel growers amounted to 1920
tons or the equivalent Of 81 pounds
for each North Carolinian listed IN
the Federal census last var. value
of the 1910 crop was $ll,31s,ooo,
an increase over 1889 Of only .
percent although production rose 81
percent.
Total United States production
for 1910 has been estimated az
BOG, 900 tons, Taylor said. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
BEAUFORT LEADING
IN CHICK RECORDS
Twenty Farm Men and Wo.
men Submitting Monthly
Reports on Fl0cks

RALEIGH, Feb. 9 - Beaufort
county is leading the state in the
number of poultry flock owners
keeping records in cooperation
with the N. c. State College Extern
sion Service, c. F. Parrish said
today.
Twenty farm men and women
are submitting monthly records on
their aocks to the county agents
office in Washington, N. c., after
which the summaries are sent to
the extension poultry office in Ra-
leigh.
The score of Beaufort poultry.
men cooperating in the project had
toward the close of last year 4,69l
hens which produced a total of 49,
O61 eggs or an average of 8.11 eggs
per bird.
The average feed cost per dozen
eggs was 1853 cents, and the aver
age sale price was 27.3 cents a
dozen. This meant an average re-
turn above cost of IA cents a bird.
Tyrrell, a nearby county, had
only seven poultrymen reporting
monthly but the profit was greater
than that of Beaufort farmers. The
average production per layer there
was 11.T eggs a month, produced
at a cost OF 1917 cents.
"A study of all the practices Of
poultry management in North
Carolina would help to explain
why some counties and some farms
are making a good income from
poultry, while others are losing
money!" Parrish said.
Where the State college poultry
man is unable to visit individual
farms, he studies the records sub
mitted and then makes sugges-
tons for Improvement.
For instance, Mrs. Queenie
Chandler Of Vanceboro, Route l.
found that she was operating her
poultry enterprise at a loss. With
cut seeing the flock and basing his
suggestion entirely on records,
Parrish suggested that she change
to a new breed. Now she is secur-
ing better results.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10

thing a greater number of days per
year. We must balance plant pro-
ductior with animal production, must
balance crops with livestock, dairy
ing. and poultry projects, 80 as to
have more money-making days on
the farm. That is u only hope for
proper living standards" Farm
womens' curb markets offer an OPP
portunity to increase the number of
these income producing days to in
SIRE a o stable country life, for
now more than ever before country
life is dependent upon the security
that comes from an adequate in
come.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
Use OF COTTON
CRACKS RECORD

RALEIGH, Feb. 9.-Domestic
consumption of cotton practically
cracked a record in December when
mills and other users of raw lint
took IT'S, 900 bales off the market,
J. A. Shanklin, extension C OF t o n
specialist of N. C. State College,
said today.
But for March of 1887, when
TIT, 900 bales we're used, Deem
Der set a new high in domestic
cotton consumption. 1t topped No
vember by 10000 bales and was
80, 900 bales above any December
on record.
Government experts belle e that
mills will continue to use more
cotton for the next several months,
Shanklin said. Sales of unfinished
cotton goods have been equal to or
greater than present production.
In addition, mills still have a
backlog of untitled orders, and
man, have sold most of what they
will produce for the next few
months. This momentum Will prop
ably carry manufacturers through
the coming months at high pro-
duction levels.
Although the domestic situation
is well in hand, the foreign side OF
the cotton picture continues in
creasingly dark. Export trade con-
tinues to show no recovery, with
the United States now shipping out
only about one-ifth as much lint
as at this time last year.
Although the war has seriously
disrupted exports, competition
from other cotton-producing coun-
tries is being felt increasingly in
this country. At the present time,
it appears that this replacement OF
American cotton will continue
throughout the European war. |
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10

And so there is many a time that
a hunter has to do about the same
thing after wheeling his appeits
for wild meat.
The Star recently reported that
a wild gobbler cost the Tide Water
company about $500 by roosting
on a switch. And to thir K we have
walked about go miles, Lewis Hol.
!oway figures he ha. walked about
the same distance; Ted Page has
gone but a very few u. and there
were hundreds of others who might
have crossed that gobbler's trail,
or hoped to have crossed 1t, and
then the irony of it is that he had
to 60 and commit suicide!
However, in many instances
there has been an abundance of
tender, fried squirrel, war corn
pone and rich, brown { 'avy. I'm!
Ummm! 1t hasn't been such a
dreadful hunting season, after
all. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
BY S E S. HUFHAM
(Star CORRESPONDENT

DELCO, Feb. 9.-On more than
one occasion fear has arisen in
Columbus county over the mad fox
epidemic reported repeatedly from
Kelly community, just across the
Cape Fear river from the eastern
part of Columbus.
The fox that came up to where
Luther Lennon was working along
a hedgerow along his plantation
near Freeman a few day: ago,
might have not been mad, but he
had every reason to get rad, and
that quickly; because the instant
MI. Lennon espied him he whirled
about and began whacking away
at Br'er Reynard furiously, with a
bushknife.
Ole Br'er Fox was plenty sly,
but not quite enough so to avoid
all the pelting Mr.. Lennon was do
ing; and so he went down after
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10

ings and for soups. A domestic
production of Is to over Is mil
lion pounds per year of potato
starch now seems assured, provid-
ing ample supply for adhecive and
textile use.
Potatoes are also the basis for
industrial food products. Even be-
fore Columbus crossed the Allan
tic, the Indians of Bolivia had de-
vised a process for making dried
potato that could be kept TO r
months without deterioration. Their
product, called "chunu,'" was made
by alternately freezing and thaW-
ing the tuber, to loosen the water.
Potato flour is made in t. r e e
western states by steamlng pota-
toes under pressure and then dry
ing them. Canned French fried
and boiled potatoes r now avail
able, and even shredded potatoes
that need only be soaked in hot
water and whipped up for immedi-
ate use as mashed potatoes. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
Proper Care of Hens
Returns Good Profits

MONROE, Feb. 9.-L. N. Stea-
gall Of Marshville, Route 2, has
proved that proper car and
management Of laying hens will
pay substantial cash returns, re.
ports r. NJ. Mayfield, assistant
farm agent Of Union county.
His flock consisted of $50 birds
last October, the month he START
ed keeping records, which return
ed him $268 during the month. In
January the flock was culled to
1855 layers but the cash return
jumped to $e81.
Records show that the flock is
netting $15O to $500 monthly
above feed costs, and egg pro.
ducti0n remains high.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10

a stamp, and killed one duck. Won
der If somebody wouldn't have sold
us a duck for a buck and we would
have saved many a we ry mile OF
travel, boat riding End shell shoot
ing?
And when it comes to turkey
hunting we claim something of a
championship. And when it comes
to finding turkeys, we have rolled
up a pretty fine record, having
seen about thirty or more turkeys
this season. W. have shot at about
six, walked fully sixty miles, and
bagged one nice turkey hen. We
paid nearly five dollars for a COB
bier for Thanksgiving, and wonder
if we didn't come out better at
that, considering the hunting Of
wild turkeys.
You remember the story book tale
OF how the fox tried to persuade
himself that the grapes were sour,
because he couldn't reach them?
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
Culling Potatoes
For Starch Manufacture
Way Opened for More
Livestock in Jones

TRENTON, Feb. "a way
has been opened for Jones county
farmers to increase their live
stock and poultry numbers, says
f. F. Hendrix, farm agent of the
n. c. State college extension
service.
At a recent meeting of farmers
with representatives of credit
agencies and banks serving this
area, it was decided that pro-
jects would be needed to bolster
the farm income this year. To
aid in filling this need, the credit
men agreed to go much further
in making livestock and poultry
loans than heretofore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
JAPANESE BEETLE
CONTROL IS URGED
Brannon Warns That Pests
Can Cost North Carolina
Huge Sums in Damage
By LOUIS H. WILSON
Editor, n. C. Dept. of Agriculture


. RALEIGH, Feb. 9. - Up - North
Carolina farmers, nurserymen and
others have been spared from the
plague Of japanese Beetles, enemies
of 800 agricultural plants, but I'M
less a rigid control program is con.
tinued, these pests will cost North
Carolina thousands Of dollars dam.
age" C. H. Brannon, chief of the
entomology division of the state de-
partment of agriculture, said today.
A total of $50, 900 has been used
by the department in waging war
on beetles during the past two years
and the 1941 general assembly is
being asked for 500, 900 for the next
two years Gin order that the pro-
gram Of control may be expanded
and the investment during the past
two years be protected" Brannon
added.
Japanese beetles are green and
bronze colored insects similar to the
well.known June bug" but about
half as large. They are trapped dur
ing summer, months in order that
entomologists can determine where
soil treatment is necessary to control
the pests. Areas treated are sprayed
with arsenate of, lead, at the, rate Of
500 pounds per acre, in order to kill
beetle grubs.
During the. past two years, $50
acres of land from Wilmington to
| Winston-Salem have been treated to
kill beetles, although department Of
ficials reported that funds were in.
sufficient to treat the total acreage
recommended by the United States
department Of agriculture lin order
that the state may be kept out of
the federal quarantine area"
IF the state is placed under fed
eral quarantine" Brannon explained,
the expense and nuisance to farm
ers and others would far exceed the
cost and benefits under an adequate
control program.
with the comparatively small
number of beetles in the state at
present, control measures now will
return handsome dividends" he add
ed. 1.-THE present cost of the control
may seem high, but it is insignifi-
cant compared to the loss that
would follow should it be financially
impossible to continue the beetle
control work.
IF North Carolina is placed un-
der a federal beetle quarantine,
growers from other states could ship
farm produce, nursery stock and
any other plants without any inspec-
ton beng required. This would mean
that the Japanese beetle population
would be increased tremendously In
a short time and the cost of control
work would rise in proportion"
The present Japanese beetle con-
troll bill before the general assembly
has been unanimously approved by
the house agriculture committee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
DEMONSTRATIONS

Nine Baking for Market DEM
onstrations will be given in North
Carolina in March and April by
Miss See Rice, nationally-known
culinary authority, says Mrs. Cor
nelia c. Morris Of N. c. State col
lege.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
EXPORTS DROP

1illS season, as a result of the
can war, exports Of Ameri.
n"a cotton have dropped off to
MaeIically nothing, says Julian
NJ , NJ extension studies economist
u N. c. State college
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
STORAGE

When building a new house or
remodeling an old one, the ques-
ton Of adequate storage and closet
space is an important one, says
Miss Pauline Gordon, N. c. State
says H. r. Garriss, N. c. State
college plant pathologist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
SUSCEPTIBLE

Hoss are more susceptible to
.ll!cken tuberculosis than are
.llckens themselves, so it is haz-
sIoous 10 let chickens run with
logs n in the same lot, says DR.. c.
~ Grlnnells of N. C. State college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
REST TREATMENT

The best material for treating
cotton seed to control damping of
and for the improvement Of stands
is ethyl mercury chloride dust,
H. R. Garriss, N. c. State college
plant pathclogist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
GRAZING CROPS

The best summer grazing crops
for hogs r lespedeza, soybeans,
and red clover, according to Earl
Hostetler, professor Of animal hus-
bandry at N. c. State college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10

In Japan, the whale is utilized
for food. The Japanese, who can't
afford beef, relish whale steaks.
Evening star., 1941-03-08

years this has been the finest of
all furniture finishes for high luster
and transparency. 1t is little under
stood or practiced in this country.
Craftsmen who master the art are
scarce, as it requires a great deal of
patience, muscular strain and a very
sensitive touch from the hand of the
operator. Little polish is used and
much polishing, which entails con-
siderable expense.
In French polishing the layer of
polish is so thin that the pores and
grain of the wood are seldom COM
pletely obscured. The process brings
out admirably the beautiful figure
and color of fine woods, but unlike
certain other modern finishes it does
not conceal defects. Fine old ma
hogany heirlooms with a surface
which is unmarried may be refin-
iShed by this process and have their
value and beauty enhanced conSid-
erably. An occasional rundown,
possibly twice year, is all that is
necessary to keep them in good con-
dition after this is done.
Evening star., 1941-03-08

story brick dwellings, 1924 Ritten-
house street NV; to cost $2l 900.
Edith Valentine, 1921 Eighteenth
street NE, owner; Walter Valen-
tine, 5301 East Capitol street, builder
and designer; to erect three 2-story
brick and cinder block dwellings,
4l-43-45 Fifty-third place Sc; to
cost $4,000.
Eugene Phifer, Tower Building.
owner and builder; Harvey p Bax-
ter. l108 Sixteenth street NV, de-
signer; to erect one 2-story brick
dwelling, 500l Palisade lane NV;
to cost $4,000.
Other Permits Issued.
M. Chidakel, 547l Thirty first
street NV, owner; Edmund w.
Dreyfuss, 1924 K street NV, de-
signer; to erect one 3-story brick,
cinder block. concrete fiat t6 units)
1916 Sixth street SW.; to cost
$4,000.
Barkley Bros, Inc, Shoreham
Building, owners and builders; Dana
B. Johannes, jr, 927 Fifteenth street
NV, designer; to erect two 2-story
brick and cinder block dwellings,
3742 Appleton street and 3733 Al
bemarle street NV; to cost SIS, 900.
Dr.. D. r. Lady. owner; Stone g.
Shockey. Argyle terrace NV,
builders; A Leonard Anderson, TIC
Thayer avenue, Silver Spring, Md,
designer; to erect one 2-story brick,
cinder block and frame dwelling,
4028 Argyle terrace NV; to cost
$4,000
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Pruitt, 1912
Kenilworth avenue NE, owners;
Charles F. Long. Suitland, Md, de-
signer: j. r. Pruitt, Barn place
NE. builder; to erect one 2-story
brick dwelling, 220O Thirty-second
place Sc; to cost $l2,750.
Paul d. Crsndall, Tower Building,
owner and builder; G. T. Santmyers,
I4l0 H street NV. designer: to
erect four 2-story brick and cinder
block fats q units each), 247-49-53-
SIS Forty-second street NE; to cost
$4,000.
Paul D. Crandall, Tower Building
owner and builder; G. T. Santmyers,
1410 H street NV, designer; to
| erect four 2-story brick fats q
units each). 421o-l2-l4-16 Washing
ton place NE; to cost $4,000.
Paul D. Crandall, Tower Building.
owner and builder: G. T. Santmyers,
14l0 H street NV. designer; to
erect four 2-Story brick and cinder
block fats q units EACH, 1858 to
1864 Clay street NE; to cost $4,000.
Paul D. Crandal, Tower Building,
owner and builder; G. T. Santmyers,
1410 H street NV, designer; to
erect four 2-story brick and cinder
block flats q units each), 42l5-17-
1921 Dix street NE: to cost $l2, 900
Two-Story Dwelling.
Aldon Construction Co., 3808
Woodley road NV, owners and
builders: G. T. Santmyers, 1410 H
street NV, designer; to erect two
2-story brick and cinder block dwell
ings, 4210-42l4 Alton place NV; to
cost $4,000.
Nathan Bernstein. so N street
SW., owner; Edmund w. Dreyfuss,
1924 K street NV. designer; TO
erect one 2-story brick and cinder
block store and apartment Il unit,
81 M street S.W.; to cost $4,000.
E. M. Aiken, Inc, 300 H street
NV, owners and builders; G. T
Santmyers, 14lo H street NV, de-
signer; to erect one 3-story brick
and cinder block apartment Q2
units, 1888 Hobart place NV; 10
cost $4,000
w. C. & A. N. Miller Develop
Evening star., 1941-03-08
Rv MARGARET NOVEL;.


We hear so much about furniture
finishing-the pros and cons" of
shellac, varnish, lacquer or oil as
the best and most permanent finish
that it is interesting to learn of
the French polish method of fur
niture craftsman whose work is as
fine as ever has been done and
who is affectionately called the
"Chippendale" of the Goth century.
The finish known as French pol
ishing was evolved on the European
continent Nothing could have been
more perfectly fitted to bring out
the entire beauty of mahogany,
which had just been introduced
abroad and was to become the
fashion during the golden age of
furniture making, the 18th century.
The finest pieces of 18th century
furniture, both French and Eng
lish. were finished by this method.
In France. beginning with the reign
of Louis XIV, there was a steady
development of exquisite crafts
manship until at last the French
carried the cabinetmakers' art so
far in their attention to detail that
they almost attained the Chinese
standards of perfection. In Amer
lea Duncan Phyfe used French
polish as it was used in England
and France and some of his finest
pieces were finished this way.
French polish is a solution of
shellac gum dissolved in alcohol
In French polishing the wood sur
face is first carefully Sandpapered
and smoothed, then stained to the
desired color, oiled with hnseed oil
and again sandpapered with ex-
tremely fine sandpaper and left to
dry thoroughly. The French polish
or shellac gum is applied very
sparingly by means of a pad sat-