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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-13
IN CAP0N OUTPUT
lis EXPECTED HIGH
By THOMPSON GREENWOOD,
Editor. N. c. Department of Agri-

|
Editor. N. C. Department of Agri-
culture
RALEIGH, March IL. -(R)- c.
II Tower, capon specialist with
ihs State Department of Agri-
culture, has announced that he
will continue the practice of capon-
izing farmers cockerels this year
despite the fact that several hat
cherries in North Carolina have
agreed to handle capons.
Farmers who plan to have their
caponizing done on the farm should
obtain their baby chicks during
the month of March-in order that
efficient marketing during the no.
they may be the proper age for
liday season, when they are most
in demand" Tower advised. He
added that capons should be ap-
p,oximately eight months of age
when they are sold, ''for at this
age they have what is known in
poultry circles as a good finish.
Tower is of the opinion that the
number of capons to be produced
in this state during 1914 will more
tnan double last years production
Of 5000. One packer has informed
the State Department of Agricul-
tune that his company alone will
be able to handle around 5000
capons grown in this area this sea-
sen.
The prospective increase in ca
pons for this wear is attributed
largely by tower to the fact that
hatcheries will handle them in
large quantities. Another factor
in the increase has been the &C
tive capon market in this section
during the past three years.
AL producers of capons will be
assisted in the sale Of their birds
next fall, Tower said.
The present ceiling price for
pound; for feather-picked, 80
first grade live capons Is 80 cents
cents. The average capon, Tower
said, will attain a weight Of ap-
proxlmately eight pounds at eight
months of age; and will lose one
half pound if feather-picked.
Although Tower caponizes cock
erels when they are from four to
ers having their birds capoinized
IL weeks of age, he advises farm
during cold weather to provide
adequate heat in the brooder hous-
rs until the capons have fully rec
overed from the operation.
A bird caponized at four weeks
Of age should weigh about Is per
cent more at II weeks then reg
u;ar cockerel of the same age.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-13

n.unity or too small to place il
OH a paying basis.
2. Failure to comply with state
and municipal health regulations
3. Over capi4s lization.
4. Poor location Of the plant as
regards trading area and parking
space.
5. Poor construction and made
ouate or improperly erected lnsu-
lation.
6. Lack of practical plant de-
sign. particularly in the process
ing room, which results in inettl-
eient operations.
7. Inadequate personnel, result
ing in lack of customer support.
8. Failure to keep the plant clean
and attractive in appearance at all
times
9. Failure to follow tried and
proven recommendations for the
of food products.
10. Lack of general business abil-
.ty, particularly in dealing with
the public.
II. Lack of consumer education
CT the advantages and limitations
Of frozen storage.
"To ascertain whether a COM
can and will support lock-
er plant is essential. The extrava-
CANT claims of INSCRIPTIONS or
oper-enthusiastic promoters should
largely be disregarded. The lock-
CT business is not a get rich
quick type of enterprise. 1t does.
however, offer an opportunity for
a reasonable return on ones in
vestment. The chief advantage to
patrons lies in the improved liv-
:ng standards, although the posi-
b1lities of savings to the patron
should not be minimized," Brady
says.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-13
ast untouched market 9,

vast untouched market 9.
door," az Our
He predicted that 1--WE arc
ing into an age of abundano.e CON-
our problem is to incressoe and
productivity of every indiv;a,' mo
In that way we increase fl. 'uual,
OF greater consumption, Dir; low
what we now produce is M ''.olns
tying answer to our probIen Sq d.
ducing an abundance for al ffo,
securing its distribution is ana mo
answer" Is the
The speaker said that Cow.
the chief deterrents to mav yre OF
private effort is our tax lave Sl, :,
said that no system is en+;. ne
satisfactory to everyone, bnt '4 ~
any system penalizing risk t.l .Idt
lis break on the incentiu uails
pioneer, to create and to deva1o, 70 (,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-13
BY F. H. JETER

Aside from the balanced income
secured from keeping cattle, they
make for better farming. The
dairy or beef cattle farm is US
ually the most fertile farm in the
community, and, ordinarily, the
farm family that owns this place
stands out above the average of
all the families in the communi-
ty. The observing person will rec
ogniZe the truth of this at once.
There is nothing new about it.
Wherever there is a livestock hus-
bandry will be found good homes,
good barns, rich soil, and, I'M
der normal conditions, higher
farm income. But farmer after
farmer has to find this out for
himself. Our history of livestock
farming in North Carolina has been
that we will add more cattle or
hogs when prices are high and
will sell them out when prices
drop. We have been in and out
of the livestock business enough
to have made this State one of
the great cattle growing sections
of the United States had we stuck
to the animals through good times
and bad.
I was interested, therefore, in
statement by C. T. Martin,
farmer living on Rural Route 2
from Mt. Airy in Stokes County.
This county is not one of our rich
farming sections. 1t was a great
old county in it's day, like others
up there on the Virginia line. 1t
had tobacco aristocracy until
its soils became depleted and gull
lied and refused to yield the re-
turns which they had given in
former day. AS the soils declined,
so did the farms and the farm
homes and those who lived in
them. Now these counties are re-
building their soils and they are
finding that it is long and tedi-
GUS process. 1t is like replacing
a priceless forest tree which took
400 and 500 years of slow growth
to produce. Mr.. Martin says that,
ten years ago, he had a field that
would hardly produce 500 pounds
of tobacco an acre. Then he began
to think in terms of livestock. He
bought some milk COWS and began
to grow legumes for hay. The man.
ure from the cows was scattered
out over the fields and Mr.. Mar
tin says, last year, the field which
10 years ago had produced only
500 pounds of tobacco an acre, pro-
duced 1909 pounds an acre and
the leaf was of excellent quality.
He now has Is head of cows in his
herd and he sold IA fresh cows
to neighbors last year in addition
to adding IS nice heifers to his
own herd.
But that is not all. Mr.. Martin
grows more corn per acre, makes
more hay, and land that was wash
ed of it's fertile topsoil before the
cows came is now becoming rich
err each succeeding year.
Those who grow beef cattle can
relate a similar story. Young boys
all over the State are securing,
steers which they are feeding for
the fat stock shows and for gen.
eral sale as part of their food
production work. Leroy Whitfield
of Hookerton in Greene County re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-13
Carolina Farm Comment

=
1,160 pounds for 144 cents a pound.
This calf was raised entirely as
Feed Fighter" project by the
All club boy and he and his bro
ther have secured two other calves
which they are now fattening Null
tiply this by the hundreds and some
indication is gained of the food
production work done by these
young people in all parts of the
State. This is, of course, in addi-
ton to the fine herds of beef cat
tie which some of our best and
more experienced growers are
producing. The Whitfield boy fed
his calf a grain ration of corn
grown on the home farm and cot
tonseed meal secured by swapping
homegrown cotton seed at the
nearby oil mill.
And that brings up this other
important question. Research by
DR.. John Foster of the North Caro-
lima Experiment Station tells us
that beef cattle excel all other
kinds of livestock in producing
nutritious meat from products
which are inedible to man, such
as pasture grasses, hays, stovers,
and straws. DR.. Foster fed out
two lots of steers in eastern North
Carolina last year using shelled
corn for grain with soybean meal
as protein supplement with one
lot and cottonseed meal as the
supplement with the second lot.
Both groups also received plenty
of corn slower and soybean hay.
The steers were started in the
fall at an average weight of 663
pounds and were fed for 40 days.
They made daily gain of over
2 pounds day for the feeding
period and came out in good shape
but not excessively fat. The cat
tie fed the soybean meal did some
what better than did those fed
the cottonseed meal. When the
feeding period was over, the cat
tie were graded and sold at the
then prevailing price which was
an average of about $12 per hun
dred pounds. Each animal brought
a net profit of $14 and about so
pounds of pork were produced be-
hind each animal from the feed
wasted.
The point DR.. Foster makes about
this feeding trial is that, except
for the corn, none of the material
consumed by the animals was suit
ed for human consumption. Nor
was any of the feed used by the
animals as they grew Up to the
beginning weight of 663 pounds.
The yearlings were made ready
for the feed lot at a cost of about
S. each because they had been
grown on stalk fields, reed pas
lures, winter grazing crops, and
other such cheap roughage mater
ials. When the whole project is
considered, DR.. Foster says he
made net profit of $50 head on
the animals as finally finished for
market.
If, then, there are hundreds of
acres of land in North Carolina
suitable for pastures and grazing
crops; and if, as farmer after
farmer reports, there is no labor
with which to work the ordinary
acreages of row or cash crops, and
further, if there is need for
every ounce of good red meat that
can be produced, it would seem
that North Carolina is overlooking
some excellent possibilities in not
doing something about this cattle
busin ess. 1t is certainly worth a
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-13
LOCKER PLANTS
ARE IN DEMAND

There are a number of success
fM freezer locker plants in NORTH
Carolina, as in all sections of the
country, and many counties are
now considering putting in these
plants reports, DR.. D. E. Brady, in
charge of meat research for the
Experiment Station at State Col
lege
Some of this interest is undoubt-
eddy of temporary nature,
prompted by the desire to hedge
against the possibility of a shor-
tage of certain food products but
Brady says that this tendency
has been generally over-emphas-
led.
1.-The continued growth and pop
ularlty of this method of food con-
servation before the war should
not be lost sight of, because there
was rapid growth of these
plants throughout the country, "
Brady says. ut has been recogniz-
ed for years that many types OF
fresh food can be preserved by
freezing so as to maintain the
original palatability and nutritive
qualities of fresh product"
improvements Made
Improved processing and stor-
lge techniques have established
me superiority of many frozen
products when compared with
hose processed by other methods,
according to Brady. He points out
hat, at present, freezing is sup
pierlent to rather than a substi-
lutte for other good methods of
preservation such as canning, cur
ing and driving. The increasing
reco milton given freezing by the
food process in industry is, how
ever, indicative of it's future pos
siDilities.
Locker Storage Needed
The frozen lockerstorage plant,
or era ting in various communities,
can be as flexible as the ingenuity |
OF the operator and the needs of
the community require. 1.-The basic
function of locker plants is to pro-
vide for the processing of meats,
fruits and vegetables, including
subsequent frozen storage" Bra
dy points out.
He also suggests such addition
81, side line operations as the
freezing of surplus fruits and vege-
tables There car be broken eggs
tor sale to the trade or to locker
patrons.
1.-THE wholesale distribution of
quick frozen foods, commercial
cutting and aging of meats, and
tile product servicing of home
freezing units are an indication
of the possibilities offered the
Management to supplement an al
ready profitable locker patronage"
Brady points out. "Of particular
value in lost communities is the
provision for chilling and refriger-
ated curing of pork to prevent the
large loss encountered each year
with farm curing"
Points to Avoid
To construct a locker plant,
which will be of real service to
the community and which will op-
crate on sound financial basis,
planning and good mer-
policies are required.
From his experience Brady rec
ornmends that the following con-
dirions be avoided in the erection
and operation of a locker plant:
/. Construction of a plant that is
too large for the needs of the COM
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-13
What You Should Know
,boutCOUCHS

l-For persistent cough-one that has
lasted for days or longer-see your
Physician. Don't try to treat such
cough yourself. It may Indicate a. serious
condition.
For cough due to = cold see your
druggist and get Mentho-MuIsion. the
modern. tasty cough preparation that
starts soothing relief from the very first
dose. Acts fast to help loosen tight
phlegm. soothe irritated throat menu
branes and allay the coughing. Comes an
ready to use-nothing to mix-nothins
to fix. Ideal for children al web -
adults. Druggists sell Mentho-Mulsion
on the understanding that you are to be
delighted or your money win be glaAlg
ssfunded. Use only ~ directed. tsisA
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-13
WRITE LAW TEXT

GREENSBORO, March IL Up
- DR.. Mckee Fisk, head of the
department of business education
at the Womsn's College, and
Dwight A. Pomeroy, professor OF
law at. the University of Utah,
are co-authors OF the 1914 edition
of Applied Business Law" a
high school textbook, which has
just been published by Southwest
ern Publishing Company, Cincin-
natl, Ohio.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-13
RAID ACCURATE"

NEW YORK, March 12- R -
1t. Jack A. Larkin of Great Falls,
Mont, who piloted a Marauder
bomber in the first American at
tack on Florence Saturday, de-
scribed the raid as 100 per cent
accurate and IS per cent destruc-
tive" in a CHS broadcast from
Naples today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-13
Virgins Is Heard
By N. e. Students

CHAPEL HILL, March 12.-(R
"A. L. M. Virgins of Huntsville,
S. c., president of the American
Bankers Association, said here to-
night that "the specialization of en-
terprise is not only no answer to
our problem but will destroy far
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-13

the managers of the event. He
will be assisted by Ellis VestaI,
swine specialist. and others.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-09
Independence VS..
Handouts, Desired
STATING THAT subsidies al

STATING THAT subsidies are
now firmly fixed upon our
economic life as national policy" !"
Fred H. Sexauer, President of the
Dairymen's League Cooperative
Association, said:
"We as farmers can still oppose
them as national policy and
work to change that policy. But in
formulating plans to obtain ade-
quate returns, subsidies, now being
national policy, must be consid-
cred part Of such return. This
does not mean that subsidies are a
sound national policy. We know
the bad effect of subsidies upon
the milk industry, but until they
are abolished we must use them" +"
Most farmers believe that goods
and services, including farm prod
ucts, should be paid for at fair
price by consumers, and agricul-
tural subsidies avoided in order to
maintain a high national income,
amortize the war debt and reduce
taxes.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-09
OPA Consumer Notes

The basis for a nationwide re-
duction of consumer prices on
cooked corned beef-expected to
be at least 10 cents pound and
greater in some instances-was set
by issuance of OPA specific dol
lar-and-cents ceilings for this
product at the wholesale level.
Primost cheese prices at all lev
els of distribution will be three
cents a pound higher this week as
result of OPA action to relieve
hardship suffered by manufac-
turers under the previous price
ceiling.
Ceiling prices of plug chewing
tobacco have been increased by 20fs
at all sales levels as step to help
manufacturers overcome the in
creased cost burden under which
they operate.
Leather-soled mocassins with a
house-slipper type of construction
will continue to be stocked by
stores as ration-free footwear
through December 81. After that
date, OPA advises, this type of
footwear will be classified as ra-
toned.
Buyers of coal and other solid
fuels are entitled to receive from
their dealers an invoice, sales slip
or receipt that contains full in
formation about the kind of coal
sold to them and the price paid.
This is required of dealers by an
OPA provision effective Novem-
ber II.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-09
WNU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, ID. G..

WNU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, ID. G..
When the last election bet is col
lected; when the echoes of the windi-
est argument have died on the No
vember breeze, lot Of people win
believe that when they cast their
ballots on November 7 they were
deciding the question of whether
America was to join an effective
world organization to preserve
peace.
Not at all. AN
1t was plain long before the
election that the question of wheth-
er the United States was willing to
join an international organization
with teeth in it did not depend on
the candidate selected.
The day in October that Senator
Ball, Republican of Minnesota, an
nounced that he would vote for
Franklin Roosevelt and not for Dew
ey for President, we had press
and radio conference in his Office in
the Senate Office building. AS we
crowded five deep around Balls
desk, somebody remarked: He
ought to have used the caucus
room" Except that Ball is inclined
to keep his head down like bull,
instead of his chin out like bull
dog, the young. former newspaper
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-09
Says FDR Met
Issues Squorely

In the first place, it will be re-
called that Ball was one of the ''B2-
H2" combination which carried on
the bipartisan drive to force the
senate foreign relations committee
to act on a resolution favoring the
creation of an International organi-
zation to preserve the peace "B2-
h." if you have forgotten, stood for
Senators Burton. Republican, Ohio;
Ball, Republican, Minnesota; Hatch,
Democrat, New Mexico; and Hill,
Democrat of Alabama.
Then the BH quartet, again gen.
erously assisted, set forth to keep
the foreign relations issue out of the
campaign. This was done with a
fair degree of success but not en-
tirely to suit Senator Ball. He arose
and declared that he wouldn't de-
eide whether he would support Dew
ey until he had heard both presiden-
tial candidates speak on the subject.
He listened to two one-half-hour
speeches by Dewey and then, after
the one by Roosevelt before the For
eign Policy association, said he
would support Roosevelt because
Roosevelt met "squarely and un-
equivocally the two vital and con-
troversial issues on which the isola-
tionists kept us out of the League
of Nations and will fight our entry
into the United Nations security or
ganization. He insisted that the
United Nations organization be
formed without delay, before hostili-
ties cease. and that it be granted
power to use military force against
future aggressors without requiring
individual approval of each men,
ber nation.''
Senator Ball went on TO say that
Governor Dewey has opposed de-
lay but has not met squarely the
second vital issue. He has spoken
for a strong international security
organization, but in each speech has
so worded his commitment that
both internationalists and isolation
lists could find comfort and support
in what he said"
quote that paragraph at length
since it is quite possible that you
have not seen it in print-I copied
it from Balls own statcment-and
because / think a great many peo-
pie, some of whom supported Mr..
Roosevelt. forgot that he was for
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-09
Sad News From India

1T WAS REPORTED upon. the
breakdown of negotiations
between Mohammed Ali Jinnah,
President of the All-India Moslem
League, and Mohandas X. Gandhi,
leader of the Hindus in that sec
tion of the world.
1t was suggested, not many days
ago, that Mr.. Gandhi and the
Hindu majority have an excellent
opportunity to give the world an
example of tolerance in their atti-
tude toward the minority Moham-
medans and perhaps, demonstrate
an ability to bring about harmoni-
Gus action and united demand from
the people of India.
1t is now on record that Mr..
Jinnah accuses Mr.. Gandhi of at
tempting to discredit the Moslem
League in statements concerning
the failure of their conversations
to reach agreement. Moreover,
he calls Mr.. Gandhi an enigma
and says that his proposals were
a veritable trap to Moslems, whose
plan for Indian freedom involves
the separation of the area into
separate Hindu and Moslem
States.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-09
Unfair To Airmen

1EXANDER p. deSEVERSKY,
enthusiastic publicist Of air.
Yer, thinks that the language
b in connection with reports
aerial combat over Germany
misleading and unfair TO our
bic personnel"
We are in agreement with Mr..
|ersky. The idea that our
'al fighters and bombers fly
Il Germany with impunity is.
bneous because where the Ger
rs decide to fight it out, they
Ne been able to exact a price.
b September IL, as Mr.. Sever
points out, a big attack was
hlded as "the greatest aerial
.ory of all time" We got 1873
bnan fighters and lost 4S
tbers and 20 fighters. Analysis
Ws that we lost about 51c men
inst a German loss Of perhaps
|and 3,5OO,000 pounds of equip
tt against Germany's 1850, 600
Ne have no objection to the
smen and radio reporters dis
<ing the aerial war in their own
but it is unfortunate that
i enthusiastic adjectives create
Impression that our airmen are
lying holiday flights. 1t is un-
to the Air Corps in Europe
reate such an impression at
Z.
e have called attention to this
e of the war news before. 1t
Emphasized by the report of AL
Headquarters on August x4th,
Fitting the loss of 1859 Allied
es in the first seventy days
be invasion. In this time, the
y lost 3,641 planes, which is
ence that the Luftwaffe was
than a. myth at the time.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-09
'ou Eat Labor Costs


THE CAMPAIGN to hold
|wn the cost of living as the
u cost in production has gone
the farmers of the country
been put in an unfavorable
bon.
hndreds of thousands of farm
|who produce a great portion
be nations food, used to have
Hred hand" who received $40
DO or $50 month and room
board-and this meant more
|income for the worker than
|Dr three times that amount in
~.
tday the farmer pays double
'treble these pre-war wages.
4 the price ceilings, rationing
restrictions in the world won't
|hce food, and the cost of food
be based on the cost of pro-
on or there won't be any food.
IL food prices have
hsed higher proportionately
in other Industries.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-09

ment, how they act toward their
government, toward their ideals
and freedom, is heavily determined
by what they read in their news
papers,"
We have no checkup on ideals and
freedom but there are figures on the
government phase of the matter.
In 1882 only 1897 per cent of the
nations daily papers supported
President Roosevelt, who was
overwhelmingly elected. In 1886
only 34.5 per cent supported him,
in 1910 only 1871 per cent and,
according to a recent survey, only
20.6 per cent.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-11-09
Hammers Spend Your
Money

y OKLAHOMA State Medical
Journal says: "We hear much
ht inevitable social trends a..
ultimate absorption of medical
ktices into the social security
kram through governmental
pulsory health taxation. The
pnts of money of geometrical
portions necessary for such
D. medicine are considered the
.lest arithmetic by social plan
-.
BE people are always led TO
n that government viii give
something for nothing-then
are bled white through
.tion TO pay for the "gift."
4 present planned tax cost of
Alized medicine would be more
the total cost Of our Federal
Eminent a few short years ago,
THAT is only a start.