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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
NITROGEN NEEDED
TO PRODUCE GRAIN
Success in Farming Does Not
Depend on Crops but How
You Grow Them
II. L. MEACHAM
Agriculturist of the Arcadian

AgriculturiSt of the Arcadlan
The success of a farming sys-
tenn does not depend on the kind
of crops you groW-but how you
grow them! With the increase in
small grain acreage, we expect
greater profits on the farms. This
can only be true if the grain is
properly fed during the growing
season. Grain, like every other
crop. needs nitrogen to build the
framework or foundation or a
large profitable yield, as this ele-
ment. nitrogen, influences the
growth Of the entire plant from
planting time to harvest.
Nitrogen means stalks stalks
mean grain. Let us realize the
value of proper balance of nitro
gen to the growing crop. First,
nitrogen cannot do the job alone,
as other foods are needed for nor
NAL growth and development of
the plants. These major f GODS,
namely phosphorus and potash, as
sisted by nitrogen. do their work,
and nitrogen, in turn, helps the
plants make more efficient use of
phosphorus and potash. The vege-
tative growth or framework of the
plant necessary to have the grain
is produced by quickly available
nitrogen. This begins with the ear
ly root development that starts
soon after the seeds terminate,
and then leaves begin to appear.
the plants are carried through the
hard winter months, and, at this
they are hungry for additional
nitrogen to increase stooling and
stalk growth. Hence, we say nitro
gen is the most profitable food
you can give your small grain.
Results of a number of rate
per-acre demonstrations conduct
ed in North Carolina i tn 100
pounds. 200 pounds, and 300 pounds
of nitrate of soda per acre versus
a check plot on small grain shows
that 100 to 125 pounds of nitrate
of soda per crc applied early to
wheat returned the greatest profit.
Oats, a heavy nitrogen feeder.
gave greater profits with 200
pounds of nitrate of soda per acre.
These tests ~'ere conducted with
leading farmers under the super
vision of the county agents and
agricultural teachers. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Increase in Mattress
Allotment Is Provided

SOUTHPORT, Feb. 23.-New or
ders received this week with re-
spect to surplus commodities pro
vide that families of three persons
may obtain two mattresses. where
only one formerly went to families
OF that size. Families of five per-
sons may now obtain three mat
t%resses, where they could former
ly get only two. Not yer three
mattresses will 60 to any one fam
lily. regardless of its size.
Mrs. Marion S. Dosher, home
demonstration agent, says that
the manufacture of the mattresses
will be extended to Longwood next
week and to Leland, in North West
township, on March 10. They are
now being made in three town.
ships, Waccamaw, Lockwoods
Folly and Town Creek. She says
that several hundred families come
under the benefits. The mattress.
es are available to certain classes
of rural families, by reason Of a
surplus of cotton and cotton tick
ing. A comforter may be secured
along with each mattress, for a
limited time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24

RALEIGH, Feb. 23.-North Car
Gina farmers who voluntarily re-
duce their cotton acreage in 1941
will receive their share of the $685.
600, 900 in Federal cotton stamps,
E. Y. Floyd. AAA executive Of
ficer of N. C.. State college, an
nornced today.
The stamps will be exchange
able in retail stores for any mer-
chandise made entirely of cotton
grown and manufactured in the
United States. Among the artl-
cles which can be purchased with
che stamps are: cotton piece
gooos, women's dresses and house
coats. mems shirts and pants, chill
and infants clothes, blan-
kets, work gloves, and stockings.
"Mo1e cotton goods in use by
farm families instead Of more raw
for warehouses already
bullying with stored lint will result
from the successful operation of
supplementary proRram,"
pointed out
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24

salers' hands but Gamers stocks
of peas and tomatoes on Deem.
Der l were larger than a year
earlier while corn stocks e r
somewhat smaller.
Large carry-over stocks of pota-
toes (January u from the big 1910
crop and increased acreage of ear.
ly potatoes point to larger supplies
for the first half of 1941 than were
available a year ago. The sweet
potato crop was smaller in 1910
than in 1889 and supplies for the
first half of 1941 will be smaller
than those of early 1910.
There have been good crops and
large carry-overs of dry edible
beans in recent years. The large
crop of 1910 was augmented by
a record carry-over. Furthermore,
there is little prospect for any con-
siderable incease in exports, with
the result that very large supplies
are available for domestic con-
sumption.
Military requirements: The in
creasing military forces will have
little effect on civilian food sup
plies in 1940-41. Total military per-
sonnet in active service is esti-
mated to average about 1,030, 900
in the 1940-41 fiscal year as COM
pared with 423, 900 in 1939-40, or
an increase of roughly 600, 900 men.
The Army ration calls for con-
%siderably more meat, butter, Ger.
calls, and potatoes than the aver
age civilian consumes. The Army
uses less fresh milk and less fruit
than civilians and tends to use
canned vegetables and fruits rath-
er than the fresh commodities. I'm
doubtedly the average active man
being drawn into the armed forces
also consumes more food than the
average of the entire population.
If, however, n allows for all the
between the ration and
the United States average con-
tn increase due to the
600, 900 men is still equal to less
than l per cent of the prospective
consumption of any of the major
food groups. The increase is less
than one-haf of l per cent for
all foods.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Northwest Seeds GOSOuth
A WOrnC

CORVALLIS, Ore, Feb. 22.-Down
in the cotton. corn and later country
of the deep south, plantations worn
out in feeding and clothing a grow
ing nation are building back with
the help of little seeds from the Pa.
cific Northwest.
The new bonds between the wide.
ly separated agricultural areas are
hairy vetch and Australian winter
field peas, soil protecting and soil
building legumes.
They produce fields of purple and
white flowers that check erosion
and enrich soil sucked dry of nour-
ishment by generations of crops.
Both crops grow luXuriantly on
the northern Pacific slope, particu-
larly in western oregon.
PlOwed Under
Although seed crops are grown
and harvested in the summer, vetch
and field peas used for and
soil building in the south are plant
ed in the fall and plowed under in
the spring.
William Teutsch, assistant direc-
tor of the oregon extension service,
recently completed a tour of south
ern states and reported "phenome-
nal soil improvement" from the
seeds.
At Gainesville, Ga, Robert M.
Stiles told Teutsch that use of win
ter field peas had helped boost his
cotton yield from 290 pounds an
acre in 192S-32 to 450 pounds in
1937-39.
Mrs. Ola Aultman, operator of a
Is, 000-acre plantation in Worth coun-
ty, Georgia, said that her corr yield
increased 100 per cent a year after
she plowed under a crop Of field
peas.
Most of the southern states use
the legume crops from the Pacific
Northwest, but Alabama, Georgia
and Mississippi take more seed than
do the others.
AAA Helps Bridge Gap
intermediary in this farm deal is
the Agricultural Adjustment admin
istration, which helps to bridge the
5 ,000-mile gap between the two
areas.
In the Pacific Northwest, the AAA
encourages farmers to grow more
legume seed the new crop cuts
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Supplies OF Food
In Prospect For America
Dairy Farmers Receive
~$l4,32O,OOO in State

RALEIGH, Feb. 20. - Dairy
farmers of North Carolina re-
ceived $14,32O,O0O for their milk
and cream last year, of which
two million dollars came from a
relatively new source OF income
provided by dairy manufacture.
ing plants, John A. Arey, extern.
sion specialist of N. C. State col.
lege, reported today. He said:
"The growth of the dairy indus.
try in North Carolina in 1910
was probably the greatest in his.
tory"
Arey stated that the greatest
development came through new
opportunities for the sale of milk
to be converted into evaporated
milk, ice cream, butter and
cheese. The bulk of the milk
produced under ordinary farm
conditions for manufacturing
purposes was sold to the Carna.
ton company of Statesville and
the Coble Dairy Products COM
pany of Lexington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
INTEREST IN HOME
GARDENS MOUNTS
H., r. Niswonger Presents
Several Suggestions for
The 1911 Garden

RALEIGH, Feb. 23.-Interest in
home gardens continues to grow
among North Carolina farm fam
lilies, H. R. Niswonger, extension
horticulturist of N. C. State col
lege. said today in presenting sug-
g%estions for the 1941 garden.
Many of the early vegetables
that will whet the appetite. may
be planted IN March, he S a j d.
Enough for a family of five with
a surplus for canning may be had
by following this schedule:
Radishes and parsley, so feet of
row; Bloomsdale spinach, 100 feet:
seven-top turnips, 100 feet; mus
tard or t~endergreen, 100 feet; gar
den peas, 400 feet; beets, 200 #;
carrots, 200 feet; onion sets, 100
feet; and Irish potatoes, 400 feet.
Niswonger suggested that every
family should have an asparagus
bed, twenty-five plants will pro-
duce a sufficient supply in the fu-
ture for a family of five. One
year roots, which may be pur-
chased from most seed dealers,
should be planted. However, no
shoots should be cut until the Sec
ond year.
The State college specialist also
reminded farmers that straWber-
r e S, dewberries, raspberries,
grapes, and fruit trees may be
set out as late as Mach.
The fertilizer used BY many
home gardeners is a commercial
mixture of a SIS analysis gener-
ally applied at the rate of 300 to
1, 900 pounds to the acre. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
88&&A4kNews of Interest to North Carolina Farmers a@#6a
-Airman Flies
To Onslow for Turkeys

JACKSONVILLE, Feb. 3d.
Onslow county turkeys, in adj
dition to the famous Onslow
county ham, evidently make
delectable dishes, also; so de-
lectable that q Goldsboro farm
chairman flew to Marines last
Sunday for two hens and a
gobbler.
He was Russell SpelGe,
farmer and dairyman of Colds
boro. After making arrange
ments FOR the turkeys, Spence
set his Cub plane down in Mrs.
Sara Aman Tolson's peanut
patch at Marines Sunday and
said he came for the turkeys.
They were tied and placed
aboard, and Spence took off
for GoldsbOrO.
It was the first time that
turkeys had ever been flown
out of OnslOw. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
FARMERS SAVING
ON FERTILIZERS
Planters Are Gradually Re-
ducing Purchases of Low
Analysis Brands
BY LOUIS H. WILSON,
Editor, N. c. Department of
0ripyy1frro


RALEIGH, Feb. 23.-R-North
Carolina farmers are gradually re-
ducing their purchases of low anal
ysis fertilizers and are turning to
mixtures that save them from $1.5O
to $3.50 a ton, D. S. Coltrane, as
sistant to the commissioner of ag-
riculture, reported today.
"The state department of agri-
culture recognizes h a the in
creased use of the better grades
OF fertilizers by farmers will re-
duce its income, 5 per cent of
which is derived from the sale of
fertilizer tax tags" Coltrane en-
phasized. However, we believe
that the increased use and pro-
motion of higher analysis mixtures
is agronomically and economically
sound and it is hoped that all
farm agencies and others will JOIN
in this worthwhile program"
He asserted that the discontin-
ued S of unrecommended grades
of fertilizer, as well as other
grades containing less than 16 units
of plant food, will save North
Carolina farmers between $3.50, 900
and $500, 900 each year"
The department has been con-
tinuing a campaign launched in
October. 1888, for the reduction OF
fertilizer grades in the state in
order to eliminate confusion 70 the
farmer and to permit greater
concentration and emphasis on the
recommended grades approved by
the N. c. agricultural experiment
station"
Three are still too many use
less grades of fertilizer Oh the
market" Coltrane said. There
are also too many grades being
offered for sale that are not rec
commended by the experiment sta
ton for any crop.
"Of the tota; fertilizer usee by
North Carolina farmers in tn {
spring Of 1916, SIS grades account
ed for s51 per cent of tac o..
nags W.T. the remaining IS per
cent represented 148 grades. This
represents an increase Of II grades
compared with the corresponding
period in 1889. Obviously. tie num-
Der of grades in the state ca, be
reduced, thereby benefltting both
the farmer and manufacturer.
The grade reduction program
sponsored by the department in
cooperation with the farmers and
farm agencies has increased the
S of recommended grades of fer
tilizer. The 81 grades Recommend
ed by the experiment station &C
counted for AS per cent Of the
total 1910 tonnage compared to AZ
percent in 1889 and q per cent
in 1898. The ten most popular
grades represented 8l.2 per cent
of the 1910 tonnage and the 20
most popular grades represented
92.5 per- cent of the tonnage.
The tonnage report shows a TO-
tai of 1873 grades Of fertilizer sold
in 1910 compared with III in 1889.
OF special significance Is the fact
that the % grades lesenting
1872 per cent of the 1916 tonnage
sold contained Is units or less of
plant food and A grades compris-
ing GA per cent of tae tonnage
had only is units or less" !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Ten Teams of Agricultural
Workers Will Visit Various
Counties Soon

RALEIGH, Feb. 23.-First shot
in the far-reaching 1941 supple
mentary cotton program Will be
fired next week when ten teams
of agricultural workers will visit
North Carolina counties to open
a vigorous educational campaign.
Initial plans were mapped out
at N. c. State college, and the
drive will reach every affected
county in the state. AS outlined,
the new program will enable grow
ers to take cotton land out of pro-
duction and at the same time re-
ceive Federal stamps good for cot
ton merchandise in retail stores
for their cooperation.
Actually, John w. Goodman, as
sistant extension director at the
college, explained, the new plan
goes further than the reduction OF
cotton supplies. Those who qualify
for cotton stamps may also re-
ceive a payment for producing and
conserving food supplies.
A payment of $3.50 per farm
garden is already allowed by the
AAA in North Carolina. Now an
extra So per family may be earned
by growing additional garden pro-
duce, storing food products, or
planting small fruits to add to the
family food supply. To earn this
payment, growers must cooperate
in the cotton stamp plan.
Ten teams made up of represen-
tatives of various agricultural
agencies will carry an explanation
of the new program throughout
the state, the first meetings be-
ing scheduled for February u.
In New Hanover county, grow
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24

Is worth more to a farm family than
three acres Of tobacco"
Here's how they figure it: A gar
den. OF one-tenth acre in size for
each member Of the family, will be
worth $3.50 at a minimum to a family
OF V Two hundred hens should
net at le>.t 81 pei bird, or less than
half what Mr.. Boschen's chickens
ylelded IN income last year. A good
yield for an acre of tobacco is 1000
pounds At II cents per pound, three
acres Would bring in a gross income
OF SOLO. But it costs SIS or more to
grow and market an acre of tobac.
CO., n at that figure the net in
ONT from three acres of tobacco
would be $295
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Rome Radio Claims ~
British Planes Downed

NEW YORK, Feb. %. - @ - A
Rome radio broadcast heard here
said tonight that the Italian airforce
had shot down % British planes on
the Greek warfront in the past two
days.
Use Of powerful new Italian air
planes has been announced, the
broadcast said, and "the efficiency
Of the italian airforce is to be con-
siderably strengthened"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Cotton Program Meets
Are Scheduled In State
Farming S~treamlined
In Washington County

PLYMOUTH, Feb. 20. - The
mass movement OF farm labor
to construction camps is causing
farming in Washington county to
become more streamlined, re-
ports Farm Agent w. V. Hays.
Twenty-Five tractors equipped
for power farming have been
purchased in recent weeks to
help take up the slack resulting
from the labor shortage. Much
land in the county is being plant
ed to lespe@eza and small grains.
At the present time, Agent
Hays said, it appears that many
farms in the county will lie idle
this year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
British Hospital Ship
Is Attacked by Nazis

LONDON, Feb. 2S.-GP-The adj
miralty said today that the British
hospital ship Dorsetsire had been at
lacked recently in the Mediterranean
by German aircraft but escaped I'm.
hit.
The Dorsetshire is clearly mark
ed as a hospital ship the admiral
ty statement said, "and her identity
as such had been made known to the
enemy in accordance with interna-
tional law
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24

ers have a meeting scheduled for
March 4. The time and place will
be announced by the county agent.
Other meetings scheduled for
this area are: Onslow, Feb. %;
Fender, March 3; Duplin, March
S; Baden, March 6; Columbus,
March z; Bruins wick, March 8. j
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
LAMB GRADING

Lamb grading and cooperative
lamb marketings will be conduct
ed this year in 16 North Carolina
counties, says Sam Williams, as
sistant extension animal husband
man of N. c. State college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
VEGETABLE PLANTING

Many of the early vegetables
commonly grown in North Caro-
lima home gardens may be plant
ed during March, says H. R. Nj
sWonger, extension horticulturist of
N. c. State college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24

In South Africa, q married mai
with three children and an in
come of $500 a year is not re-
CURED to pay income taxes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
BEEF IMPORTED

Sixty percent of the beef con-
sumed in North Carolina is inn
ported from other states, says L.
I. Case, extension beef cattle and
sheep specialist of N. c. State col
lege
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24

1t has been estimated that the
world produced a total of 49,.
$50, 900 net tons of steel curing
1889. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24

During December, 1910, 799 air
planes and 2400 aircraft engines
were produced in the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24

m, ILtItVtIIIS
,nese are only a few of the
.NAs OF the trade" that Mr.. Bos-
,n |' employs. Another. not gener-
S used. is that Mr.. Boschen al.
Es knocks on the door of the lay
mouse before he enters. White
e"ofns naturally are nervous, but
n, pay little attention if warned
on. visitor to their quarters. The
b;.hoSi'e is true, and feathers fly
HE ana yon. if Mr.. Boschen or
,na employees enter without knock.
ant "l' Agent McGahey and Assist
We'll 'sents Andrews and Eagles are
tbai. satisfied with the progress of
tantian osram Their slogan. SUBJ
earasSsHy is this: "A year-round
Sen and a flock of 200 chickens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-21

Monhotton's towering skyline. its deep eonyons.
seem somehow mpreenobIe in their very vostness
in these views thot swing with the oomposs from
the $50 foot height Of the observation tower Of
Rockefeller Center's R. c. A. Building For the
view above. the eomero points due south TO sweep
the worlds densest oreo Of qont skyscropers
Evening star., 1941-06-22
LeOnardtOwn
Social Notes
Of Interest
Miss Rita Raley
Visiting Her Mother
At Scotland

LEONARDTOWN, Md, June 2l.-
Miss Rita Raley of Washington,
D. c., with Miss Leah King, for
merly Of Detroit and now of Wash
ington, D. c., is spending two weeks
with her mother, Mrs. Louis Raley,
at Scotland.
Mrs. Ashby Burroughs of Me-
chanicsville has with her for a
fortnight her son and daughter in
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Moore Burroughs,
and their family of Camden, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Fairfax
Tolson of Washington, D. c., are
spending the week end with the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel j. Dyson, at their Great
Mills residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brown Mon
fort and their family with Mr..
Truman c. Slingluff, all of WASH
ington, D. c., and Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Hall and family of Upper
Marlboro, Md, are spending the
week end with Mr., and Mrs. Tru-
man Cross Slingluff at their estate,
Chickahomony on the WicOmico.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Moore
of Washington, D. c. who are
spending the summer at their estate
on Whites Neck Creek, entertained
today at a luncheon followed by
bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Ellis of
Bushwood have with them Mrs.
P. H. O'Sullivan and Mrs. Mary
Dulany, both of New York City.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ellis of
Washington, D. c.
Mrs. Joseph Bethel of River
Springs entertained Wednesday at
a buffet supper followed by cards.
Mrs Frederick A. GodCharleS en-
tertained at her home, Felicity,
Tuesday at luncheon followed by
bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mickum and
family of Silver Hill, with Mrs.
Betty McGhan of Washington,
D. c., are spending this week end
Evening star., 1941-06-22
Woolseys Back From
Cornell Exercises

Mr. and Mrs. Lester H. Woolsey
and their daughter, Miss Beth
Woolsey, have returned from
Ithaca, N. Y, where Mr.. and
Mrs. Woolsey motored to attend
the graduating exercises at Cor
nell University. Miss Woolsey
received a degree from the
college of arts and sciences.
Miss Woolsey will be with her
parents in their Chevy Chase
home through the summer.
Evening star., 1941-06-22

with Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Love, Sr.,
at their estate, Meadow Brooke, at
MorganZa.
Evening star., 1941-06-22

Formerly Miss Eleanor Jones
of Williamsburg, Io1Oa, she
1raS married there in May.
She and Mr.. AllanSOn lOiH
make their home in this city.
-BullerS Photo.
Evening star., 1941-06-22
Glass Buttons

Smartly striped
cotton seersucker
nared skirt,
ga her bel I.
Green. red. brown.
blue, 1920, S3.95.
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Situations Wanted, Female

YOUNG married lady wishes office or
clerking position. Three years ~
office manager Tor AAA. Write
fa. Tacoma Times
ENFEhl kNCKD nurse wishes woik
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GIRL for homework. over 20. STAY
nights. GA 1890. Call before
a. m. or after : p. m.
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wOMAN-S6 to so. for housework
no washing or ironing. good home
els. sos South nth. NAH saee-
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YOUNG MAN wishes work on farm.
ESQ month. Bob Sterrennurs. gen
ersl delivery. Pacific CITY.
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0 oysT % Used Radios. S. Up
TED BROWN MUSIC. 1921 Broadvay
SMALL HOWARD PIANO. ass. rRoo-
tor as03
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MIDpLE-AGED man wishes position
on poultry ranch. Write O-b, Ia
ssnFRa
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Situations Wanted. Male

MARRIED man. rs. wants mechanical
work carpentry. millwork Or paint
ms. experienced. some book work.
Times
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BOYS BICYCLE for sale cheap. ili2
North L
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SECTIONAL book cazes. ooK srrtnz
rnaftress MAln ne7q
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WOOD range with coils. cheap. 3sol
south HoSmer
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hovn Guhfter Noon Quarter
Oct. 20 sept. n Oct. 5 Oct. Is
data supplied by u =. Weather
bureau. Department OF Commerce.
Washington forecast - Partly
cloudy with light showers In the
east portion Friday night. CLEAR
ing Saturday. Morning fogs near
the coast. Moderate northwest
wind off the coast and over in
land waters Of the state.
Rainfall In Tacoma for the "a
hours ending at a. m. Friday.
trace; since September /, 500
inches, an excess OF 1.gp inches
since January /. 1852 inches, a
shortage of 4.0s inches.
Wind at $ u. m. Friday. south
west 3 m.p.h.
Barometer at 2s.s5 and rising
"a.
Sun rises at sos Saturday and
sets at SOS.