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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07

and supplies needed in small
home.
'The new stove and hot water
tank, with room beside them for
the cleaning cabinet, occupy very
little more space than the old stove
alone. The ironing board is behind
the door,
Mrs. A. F. Taylor OF the Rhams-
gate home demonstration club in
Wake county made a beautiful slip
cover for a chair in her home from
brightly painted feed sacks.
Mrs. John Murray of the Vance
home demonstration club, also of
Wake, gave demonstration to the
women in her club on chair can
ing, which was so much appreciat-
ed and so much discussed that the
Knightdale home demonstration
club asked her to come to their
club and show them how to cane
chairs.
So by careful planning, by hard
work and wise spending the home
demonstration club women all over
North Carolina are making the re-
pairs and replacements in theli
homes which will make for more
comfortable living and happier
family relation-hire
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07
Interpreting
The News
BY MORRIS J, HARRIS
Press News ANALYST
and formerly nhiaf Of buroau


and formerly chief of bureau
at Shanghai.)
The usually slow moving but
deep current Of Chinese politics
is assuming the characteristics of
mountain torrent. How long this
will last and where it will lead
remains to be seen.
To assume that China's problems,
some of them rooted in centuries
old disputes, are suddenly being
cleared away in the sunlight of
open diplomacy and universal good.
will would be premature. There's
long way to go yet before East
Asia has an unhindered peace.
But the past few hours do seem
to have recorded lightning progress
toward the ultimate goal of unity
for China. After years of battling
all over China, Chang Kai-shek's
National government and the Chi
nese Communists have announced
they have agreed upon methods"
for terminating their civil war,
joining forces and forming a Ma
tional government in which all
political factions will have voice.
The immediate goal to be reach
ed is a truce between Nationalist
and Reds to open the way for the
all party political conferences
scheduled to start in Chungking,
Thursday.
The head of the Communist dele
cation to Chungking has predicted
confidently that a cease fire or
der will be issued before then.
Doubtless both Nationalist and
Reds at least seek to create the
impression both at home and
abroad that they are bending ev-
cry effort to establish common
meeting ground, but if they can
achieve it in the little time left
before their an-party meeting is
supposed to start they will have
set a new record for handling
political disputes in China.
Both sides have fought too long
to make sudden turnabout OF
attitude likely.
President Truman's special en-
voy, Gen. George C. Marshall is
playing a leading role in the pre-
liminary meetings. If he can
bring unity to China in the few
days he has been there he will
have achieved a stature still
greater than even his most ar.
dent admirers have hoped for
him.
That Nationalist and Reds alike
appear to be making strong over
lures for peace. The hope
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07
GREEK GOVERNMENT
SETS ASIDE YARNS
FOR FREE CLOTHES

ATHENS, Jan. e-(R-The Greek
government today set aside S,ooo,.
600 e Yards Of yarns and textiles and
e some 10000 ready-made suits to
npovide free clothing for civil
esarvice workers and public utilities
srnn1oves who had been threaten
inc to strike for higher wages
All clothing materials held by
manufacturers and wholesale deal
ars were ordered frozen by de-
cision of the Economic Council,
made up of the Ministers of Fin
ance, Labor and Supply.
The Bank of Greece will pay
for the clothing by grants of for
eign exchange.
The government decree was an
attempt to forestal the threatened
strike.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07
Anamese Destroy Large
Rubber Pile AT Saigon

SAIGON, Indochina, Jan. 6.-(P)
British officials said today that
5000 to 5000 tons of rubber were
destroyed New Years night by An
namese who set fire to six of "a
sheds at the Loug Binh dump north
east of Saigon.
The sheds were guarded by 26
Japanese under British control. The
incendiary attack was repulsed
with casualties on both sides.
In today's demonstration the
students marched through the
downtown district in what local
observers said was "trictly pro-
Turkish parade. No foreign power
was mentioned.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07
BY ANAMERLE ARANT
NJ G.. STATE COLLEGE

The Home Demonstration Club
women of North Carolina are con-
centrating their efforts on improv-
ing their homes at the present
time. Many improvements are bad
ly needed in most farm homes be-
cause many buildings and repair
materials have not been available
during the war. Despite a strong
conservation program, which the
home demonstration clubs have
sponsored and the club families
have practiced, there has been
great deterioration in housing IA
cilities and few requirements in
household equipment and furnish
ings.
The needed improvements can
soon be made because of the i'm
proved financial status of farm
families. Farm incomes have in
creased, farmers have paid debts
and have accumulated savings so
that they are now ready to invest
in home improvements as fast as
materials and services become
available. Most of the actual labor
is being done by the family so
that the cost of these improvements
is being kept at minimum.
Mrs. Thomas Walker of the An
derson home demonstration club
in Caswell county tells of improve
.ments her family made to make
their home more livable. "a bath
room was built, complete with
porcelain stall shower, and the
walls and floor finished in tile,
painted blue and white" Mrs.
Walker. said. There are towel
racks, tooth brush and glass hold,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07
7iips On Planning Farm
Work For Year Giuen Out

time the ground is not frozen. Cd
trees-little other puning is neces.
sary.
Cd Dairymen should start D.
H. I. A. testing where practical
Cd Provide beef cattle and lamb
ing ewes with ample shelter and
bedding. 90 Provide. ewes with
plenty Of water Immediately after
lambing. az Immediately after
lambing, reduce grain ration fol
ewes and then gradually build up
to l or 2 pounds per day. (5)
Provide ewes with plenty of leg.
ume hay and winter pasture. (6)
Clip wool from around the udde1
before lambing. Cd Help weak
lambs start nursing.
% Provide warm house and
supply warm drinking water for
the laying or breeding flock. Do
not let the breeding birds or the
LAYERS combs or the wattles
freeze. co Place your order now
for baby chicks needed during the
spring. g. Move and prepare the
brooder house for brood OF dis
ease-free chicks. (4) Grow a brood
of chicks for broilers and early
layers. % Check over the breed
ing birds and the breeding pens
and remove weak and diseased
birds. 60 Mate turkeys and BE-
gin feeding mash to the breeders.
I'd Harvest wood for the nome
and tobacco-curing from timber
Trimmings and Gull trees. co Leave
snags, den trees, food trees ana
shrubs for wildlife food and shell
ter. 90 COASTAL PLAIN: Plant
pines on abandoned cropland, cut
over, and burned lands where no
seed trees are left. az Burn brush
and other waste when slightly wet.
% Check farm machinery for
breakage and order repair parts.
co Get spray equipment in good
operating condition and have dor
mant spray materials ready. ID
Make needed repairs on buildings,
fences, and gates. (83 Figure out
your seed requirements and secure
good quality seed. (9) Start the
farm record book with a COM
plete inventory and begin record
ing expenses and receipts. (10)
Haul fertilizer to farm before the
weather gets right for blowing.
Gid Uproot and cut brush in the
pasture. (12) Arrange for neces-
sary crop loans early.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07
Farm Women OF State
Making Home Repairs

ers, and other things in their prop
err places.
"An extra bed room was built
and painted blue with white wood
work and curtains were also made
for this room.
IT made slip covers for my
couches, chairs and stool for the
den along with new curtains, and
bought full length glass door for
the outside entrance to the den,
which furnishes much needed light.
This room was also painted and
the floor worked over"
Mrs. L. o. Daniel of the Longs
Mill Home Demonstration Club in
Caswell county needed a new kitch-
en-, pantry, a bath room, and a
work porch at the rear of her home.
Labor was scarce and her husband
helped with the building. In order
for the husband to work on these
Improvements, Mrs. Daniels tied a
barn of tobacco and got it ready
for market.
Mrs. A. M. Kimbro of the Pros
pect Hill Home Demonstration
Club in Caswell county could not
get a painter, so she and her
mother did the work of painting
five rooms on the inside of their
home.
Mrs. Robert F. Warren of the
same club made enough money
from the sale of chickens to re.
pair the plaster in her bed room
and to paint the bed room and
bath room in her home.
Mrs. M. F. Bumgarner of the
Millers Creek home demonstration
club said: my kitchen was toe
small, with an old fashioned cabin
ct, table, and refrigerator oc
cupying one full side of the room
The stove and doorway were on the
other side. When we decided tt
put in a water system, that called
for changes.
''Now, 1 have built-in cabinet:
on the side with the refrigerator
I have not only increased the floo1
space of my room, but have twice
the table space, plus double sinh
and the original cabinet space
above the table. Below the table
there are easy rolling drawers
deep shelves, and meal and floul
bins, affording pretty enamelec
| covering for all kitchen utensils
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07
BY r. w. Shoffner and
H. B. James
AZ n State College

We turn the calendar to new
year-January l, 1916, a year OF
peace but not year for inactivity;
The perfection of plans for world
peace is vital to our new world
The development of sound domeS-
tic and agricultural policies al
home must not be overlooked.
Agriculture as well as industry
must make changes. Farm plans
for the year ahead should be care
fully developed. See your county
agent for a copy of How to Plan
Farm Business in North Carolina. -
suggested farm tasks fol the
aAonth are as follows:
ID Treat all cottonseed for
planting with 2 per cent Ceresan
g OF. per busheD or new improved
Ceresan Il IL OF. per busheD CD
Secure seed of wilt-resistant cot
ton varieties if the disease is pre-
sent on your farm. (3) Take soil
samples to see if fields need lime.
a. COASTAL Q PLAIN AND
PIEDMONT: Prepare land and
seed spring oats as soon as the
land is sufficiently dry. % If
lespedeza is to be seeded on top
of the ground, it should be seed
ed now. co. Finish fall blowing
so that ground may freeze tho
roughly and organic matter de-
cav. Cd PIEDMONT: Select new
sites for tobacco plant beds. 90
Use regular 4-9-3 tobacco plant
bed fertilizer at the rate of two
pounds per square yard. Work
thoroughly into the top two OF
three inches of soil.
ID Select IL or more kinds OF
vegetables for the home garden.
Get wilt resistant tomato seed
and other vegetable seed resistant
to disease. 2) Order enough
seed of each vegetable for more
than one planting. 10 Apply and
turn under manure in preparation
for planting vegetables in early.
spring. "a TIDEWATER AREA:
Plant cabbage, kale, lettuce, on
ions, mustard, and spinach; pur-
chase treated seed if available.
Avoid too thick stands to reduce
losses from seeding diseases. 90
Apply fertilizer to Strawberries IN
case it was not applied in the fall.
(6) Plant trees and shrubs any
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07
MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1aas

is they will carry th,on.,
to their professed objective .
dications of the serious ir..- ID
the preliminaries are Seen
fact Chungking is holding N !, n
some of its most capab1s 'aef.
trusted representatives 10 .aIl. and
the Reds instead of sendinr A with
to the United Nations or9. mem
ton meeting where they hav SsI Ma
been scheduled to 60. Iikon long
the Communists have dimat"oE.se
from their Yenan mountaip SaN5d
quarters their topmost leader, ''''
The outlook is bright bnt :,
real test will come when ths NE
gotiators get down to issues, cbr Ut
king is demanding the end
private armies under the r0r.. VI
of individuals or groups ovtS s'S !
the authority of the National ' ~
eminent. Conversely, the p so,'
maintain they will not Law dO eu'
their arms until they have bssa
assured Of recognized place :;
the Chungking government, W. :,
will consent to move first !, IL.
fundamental and all-important t.
sue that must be settled ba,o ~
there can be real progress tows,s
peace in China.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07
CURLEY TAKES OATH
TODAY ASMAYOR OF
BOSTON FOR 4TH TIME

BOSTON, Jan. 6-U.H-U. S. Rep.
James M. Curley will take the oath
of office tomorrow as Mayor Of
Boston for the fourth term in a
stormy political career which has
carried him to the Governorship
of Massachusetts, and the halls of
Congress.
The 71-year-old Democrat, cur
rently on trial in Washington on
mail fraud charges, will hold the
$40, 00O-a-year mayoral post and
his $4,000 Congressional position
simultaneously. The mayoral term
is four years.
A capacity throng of $500 will
fill venerable Symphony Hall to
watch Curley sworn in by Chief
Justice Fred L. Field of the Mas
sachusetts Supreme Court. Cur
ley was elected Mayor last No.
vember in a six-cornered fight in
which he polled more votes than
his two nearest rivals combined.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07
BY F. H. JETER

| North Carolina poultry outlook
for 1916 is of interest to more diff
ferent farm people, perhaps, than
any other one single farm project
in the state. What Roy Dearstyne,
head of the poultry department
at State College, has to say about
it, therefore, will be Of wide inter-
est.
He believes that probably no
other agricultural enterprise means
so much to so many people as
that of poultry growing. Practically
every farm in North Carolina keeps
some chickens and in many in
stances, the returns from the
poultry flock comprise a very SUBJ
stantiaI portion of the farm income.
Added to the cash turnover from
farm flocks, there must be included
that money which comes from the
poultry kept in the cities and which
is not included in the farm census
figures. This does add very materi-
ally, however, to the gross income
from poultry in this state. It is
very probable that the gross cash
turnover during 1915 from the sale
of chickens and eggs in North
Carolina has amounted to about
so million dollars.
Dearstyne says that most of the
farm poultry kept in North Caro-
lima is in small flocks with ninety
per cent of the flocks having less
than fifty birds each. Under such
conditions, there is found wide
extremes of housing and manag-
ment. Viewing this as a whole,
there is opportunity for many i'm
provements which, though not
necessarily very costly, would add
materially to the well-being and
performance of the birds. Chickens
not adequately housed do not live
and perform up to their breeding
capacity and the minor repairs
needed in many houses would make
them dry and would permit air
circulation which would greatly aid
in increasing the efficiency Of the
flock. 49, -.
The diet Of the farm birds needs
to be given careful consideration
because chickens will not live,
grow and lay we'll unless the diet
is such that this can be brought
about. Despite the fact that the
present situation in relation to in
gradients for mixed feed is critical,
there can be no compromise on the
problem of proper feeding if a
profit is to be secured from the
chickens. Thus it is strongly recon-
mended that, despite the size OF
the flock, the birds can be proper
ly housed and fed. It is far better
to keep fifty birds well housed and
managed than five hundred I'M
properly tended.
The farm flock owner needs to
be greatly concerned with the
breeding back Of his stock. The
trend of the past ten years has
been away from the uncontrolled
inbreeding practices which was SC
prevalent several decades ago In
small flocks, and has been chang
ed to a practice Of purchasing
baby chicks from source where
careful breeding is carried out,
While this trend is slow, it is
still mounting and it promises, II
the course of time, to better the
quality of the stock in our small
farm flocks to the ultimate bene-
fit of the owner and the industry
as a whole. No chicken can live,
4 grow and lay better than the breed
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07
u. S. Transport Command
To Close Four Offices

BATAVIA, Jan. 6.-(P)-The Unit
ed States Air Transport Command
will close its bases in Batavia.
Saigon, Rangoon and Kummine
this month, ATC officials from
Calcutta said today.
ATC bases will be maintained at
M n i ! a, Bangkok, Singapore,
Chungking, Calcutta, New Delhi
and Karachi, the officials said. But
the India command will be dissolv-
ed and moved to Paris to Join
the European division.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07
By F. H. JETER

ing pack OF II and as breeding is
quite costly and often complicated,
it is well to purchase well bred
chicks for starting if this can be
done at fair price.
Dearstyne declares that one of
the greatest factors of waste in
North Cardinals poultry industry,
is the Gull bird. By Gull is
meant that bird which, through
lack of growth when young or
lack of lay when mature, is not
returning a profit to the owner.
To secure adequate culling has
been great problem in the past
and probably will continue to be
so in the future. It is probable
that there are nearly twenty per
cent culls in our North Carolina
laying flocks at the present time
and based on normal poultry
population of the state, these birds
would eat about $4,000,0OO worth
of feed during the laying year.
With feed as scarce as it is at
the present time and with labor,
equipment and other overhead
expense at its present high price,
Dearstyne believes that culling
should be given careful attention
by every flock owner. Most poul-
trymen know how to Gull but will
not Gull often enough nor as strict
ly as it should be done. In the
future, good per cent of the
profits from poultry will be secur-
ed by saving feed; that is, by
feeding only those birds which are
profitable. If efficiency is to be
secured in poultry work, culling
is one of the most effective methods
Of bringing this about. From a
national standpoint, the industry
is being urged to reduce numbers.
Heavy and accurate culling, at the
present time, would materially aid
in bringing about the desired
results. 49,,
The greatest poultry development
in the past ten years in North
Carolina has been in the hatchery
industry. Dearstyne points out that,
at the present time, there are over
$50 commercial hatcheries in this
state. These have an egg capa-
city of over II, 100000 and operating
at full capacity, the industry could
produce over 82,000,000 chicks a
year. The hatcheries are fully
modernized and the industry is in
a position to turn out comparable
chick to those Of any state in the
union. The hatchery owners are
highly qualified and they have gone
to great trouble to develop sound
breeding program in their supply
flocks.
The hatcheryman is confronted
with a degree of, uncertainty dur
ing the coming year as high
per cent of the chicks Matched are
used for broiler production and
should there be a reduction in
demand for broilers, this will be
Immediately reflected in the de-
mand for baby chicks. Dearstyne
says the thoughtful hatcaeryman,
therefore, will exercise a great
deal of caution in planning his
work for the coming year and he
should be in a position to reduce
his operations on short notice,
should glut occur in the market
for baby chicks. 1t is not reason
able to assume that tae super
markets of the war era Will con-
tinue indefinitely and if a reduc-
ton in the number of chicks started
occurs, the hatcheryman should be
prepared to adjust his operations
to this.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07
Grazing Cattle Methods :
Studied By Field Experts

AG~O6 wv
Practical methods of handling
cattle and grazing native forage
on cut-over forest lands in the
Coastal Plain are being studied
by the North Carolina Agricultural
Experiment Station and Depart
ment of Agriculture, in coopera-
ton with the USDA.
These studies are showing that
cut-over forest lands in the Coastal
Plain can be managed effectively
for both cattle grazing and timber
production, say J. E. Foster and
H. H. Biswell, who are in charge
of the work. Cattle provide an
nual income from cut-over lands
thus permitting the land owner to
wait until his timber is at the best
stage for cutting. They are also
beneficial in fire hazard reduc-
ton, offer excellent possibility of
needed farm diversification, and
help furnish beef in the diet of the
people.
The chief native forage plants
in the Coastal Plain are reeds or
switch cane, bluestems, warty
panicum, and browse species in.
Guiding American cyrills, myrtle
dahoon, laurel greenbrier and 9TH
ers. The reed. however, is the
most important and the grazing
capacity and other management
features should be planned largely
around this species.
Pine trees, which are the most
valuable trees in the Coastal
Plain, are seldom browsed by
cattle and under ordinary condi.
lions are not damaged. Hardwood
or broad-leaved trees are browsed
more than pines but on the areas
where studies have been made
they have not damaged notice
ably.
Some cattle in the study have
never been on any type of graz
ing except native range at the
Hoffman, Forest. At IL years Of
age several of these cows weigh
over 900 pounds and the calves al
weaving time in November aver.
aged $50 pounds. All the calves
graded Choice and were ir
good enough condition at weaving
time to demand top prices.
During the winter, when severa.
of the native forage species are
dry and others are low in nutrition
al value, the cows are fed a sup
pliment of four pounds of cotton
seed meal per head daily. 1t is
not always desirable to keep cat
tie on range during the winter
however.
Where farm roughages such as
peanut hay, corn stalks and soy.
beans are produced it is more
practical to use these during the
winter and Craze the range only
when necessary. The cattle car
then be grazed on range during
summer and early fall.
One of the most important
'keys" to successful use of forest
range and cattle raising is 1igh
grazing. There should always be
an abundance of forage available
for the cattle if the cows are 60
ing to stay in good condition ane
produce calves fat and heavy
enough at weaving time to de
mand top prices.
Another advantage of light
grazing is that the forage plant:
are not as apt to be damaged
and the grazing capacity reduced
as they are under heavy grazing
In addition, the trees will not be
damaged. Even under light graz
ing the forest fire hazard is re
duced appreciably.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07
FREIGHTER ARRIVES

SotIA, Jan. 6.-R)-The American
frelghter Mormacmoon, the first
US. ship to visit Bulgarian har-
Dor since 1910, has arrived at
burgas to take on 800 tons of to-
bacco in exchange for medicines
COPPER blue vitriol and shoes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-07

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ding or engagement rings.