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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28
AMBITIOUS LEAF
PROJECT PLANNED
To Handle Research
In Handling And Curing
OF Tobacco

A 900 project for detailed
research in the curing and handl'
ing of bright leaf tobacco is being
developed for the regional tooacco
engineering laboratory being con-
structed at the Tobacco Expert,
ment Station at Oxford, it has been
disclosed by w. P. Hedrick, execu-
tive secretary of the N. c. Tobacco
Advisory Council.
The new laboratory, which is
being located in this State through
a $25, 900 appropriation made by
the 1947 Legislature will be used
on a cooperative basis by U. S.
Department of Agriculture tobac-
CO engineers and specialists from
the Agricultural Experiment Sta
tons of the Carolinas, Virginia,
Georgia, and Florida.
Funds for these special studies
will be derived from the 1916 Re
search and Marketing Act, which
as yet carries no appropriation to
implement its detectives.
Hedrick and F. E. Miller, d.
rector of the Test Farms Division
of the State Agriculture Depart
ment, have had several conferen-
ces within the past week with this
States Congressional delegation
and officials of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture in regard to
the appropriations for the Re
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28
FERTILIZER FOR
S0YBEANS URGED
Adequate Plant Food And
Good d Give
Good Results

The successful production of soy
beans depends upon an adequate
supply of plant foods and good
stands Of an adapted variety, says
W. L.. Nelson and E. E. Hartwig
of N. c. State college.
Generally, however, little ferti-
lizer or lime is used on soybeans
or on the crops in rotation with
soybeans. Nevertheless, expert
mental results show clearly that
80 to 40 bushels per acre of soy
beans can be regularly expected
if proper fertilization practices are
followed.
Nine experiments were conduct
ed in 1916 to obtain further inform
alton as to the Importance of linn
ing and fertilizing soybeans with
the Ogden variety planted at a rate
of 10 to IL seed per foot in all
tests.
An average of all the tests show
ed the following yields: No lime
or fertilizer, 22.0 bushels; one ton
of dolomitic lime, 24.8 bushels;
400 pounds per acre of 0-10-20.
27.2 bushels; lime and fertilizer,
34.4 bushels. These results show
that lime alone or fertilizer alone
is not enough.
Experiments Made
In M of the experiments where
the soil was very low in plant
nutrients, particularly potash, a
yield of five bushels per acre was
obtained on the untreated plots.
Apple atoms of one ton of lime
stone and 400 hundred pounds OF
0-1O-20 increased the yield of 81
bushels.
In another experiment where the
soil was considerably more fer
tile, a yield Of AZ bushels per acre
was obtained with no additional
nutrients. In spite of this in
itial high yield, the application
of lime and fertilizer increased
the yield to 4S bushels per acre.
Symptoms of starvation for plant
nutrients, particularly potash, are
common on soybeans. When these
signs appear it is not too difficult
to convince the soybean grower
to apply what is needed. Unfor-
tunately, for every acre of soy
benas that shows these outward
signs of efficiency, there are many
other acres that have no visible
symptoms but, nevertheless, are
suffering from want of plant nu-
trients.
In most of the 1916 experiments
there were no definite recognizable
symptoms of deficiency. Yet SUBJ
stantial increases in yield were
obtained from lining and fertiliz-
ing.
A 40Ibushel crop of soybeans
removes about 80 lbs. of phos-
phoric acid and go pounds of pot
ash, equivalent to the amount OF
nutrients contained in 300 lbs. OF
0-10-2O fertilizer. If soybeans are
grown on a deficient soil, fertillz-
er must be added to get a good
crop Of soybeans.
High Initial Yields
On the other hand, if soybeans
are grown on a soil well supplied
with nutrients, reasonably high
initial yields may be obtained.
However. the continued growing
of soybeans on such a soil without
additions of fertilizer will eventual
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28

farm agent or home demonstration
agent and enroll for the contest
between today and May l.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28

ly deplete the soil and improbable
yields of soybeans will result.
Hence, the latest practice for the
grower is to lime his soil accord
ing to its needs and fertilize his
soybeans every year. An exception
to this is with soybeans grown
after Irish potatoes or some other
heavily fertilized truck crop.
In this case, the supply of phos-
phorus and potash in the soil is
sufficient to take care Of the soy
bena needs.
A word of caution should be
given here in regard to the proper
placement of the fertilizer. Soy
bean seed are easily injured by
the soluable salts in the fertilizer
and poor stands may result if the
fertilizer is placed in contact with
or too near the seed. The ferti-
lizer should be placed in bands
to the side and slightly below
the level of the seed.
Many power farmers have suit
able combination distributors and
planters. If this equipment is not
available, however, mix the fer
tilizer thoroughly with the soil IN
the row and bed before planting.
Recommendations
In summary, the recommended
tons for profitable production OF
soybeans are:
l. Lime your soil in accordance
with the requirements as shown
by soil tests. Your county agent
will help you take the soil sample.
z. Fertilize with 400 pounds per
acre OF 0-10-2O or its equivalent at
planting. This season, however, It
may be necessary to use 0+12-12.
Place the fertilizer so that it does
not injure the seed.
8. Plant Ogden or Roanoke soy
beans at the rate of 10 to II seeds
per foot of row. The Roanoke
variety does well in the Upper
Coastal Plain and in the Piedmont.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28
SEN. H0EY URGES
RETURN TO GOD
N. c. Senator Substitutes
As Sunday School
Teacher AT Mt, Vernon

WASHINGTON, April 81 up -
Senator Hoey D-NC) as a substi-
tute Sunday school teacher today,
said the United States should be-
come the spiritual leader of the
world.
The North Carolinian, who taught
Sunday school in his own state
for o than 40 years, gave up
teaching a class regularly when he
came to Washington about a year
and a half ago. But he substitutes
whenever he can.
He told the class at Mt. Vernon
Methodist church today "the great
need of the world now is a return
to God. The world needs to get &C
quainted with God just as it did
when Jesus came to earth in the
midnight Of the history of Israel"
Speaking to a class of 121, in
Guiding about 20 North Carolina
visitors, Hoey commented that this
country's power and prestige III
material matters is the greatest in
the world. Il wonder" he said, ''if
we can provide the spiritual lead
ership the restless world needs 50
badly. God is the only source for
such a restless world"
America, he said, Is a generous
nation with its money and re-
sources, has contributed more to
physical needs of the world than
all the rest of the world, but needs
to remember the folks at home and
should provide spiritual uplift at
home and throughout the world"
There is need" Hoey said, "to
get rid of sin in high places just
as there was in the days of Solo
Imon.'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28
FARMING REPORTS
NOW AVAILABLE
Experim Station
Publish Story On
Agricultural Research

Research and Farming. the lat
est in the N. c.. Agricultural Elk
pertinent Stations series of pro-
gress reports on agricultural re-
search conducted by State College
has just been published, accord
ing to an announcement made yes
terday by Dean L. D. Baver Of
the school of Agriculture and di-
rector of the research program.
This report, his announcement
explains, contains reports on the
research in the various agricul-
tural fields of practical interest to
the farmers of the state. To fur
Their amplify the text. considerable
illustrative material has been in
cluded.
Among the subjects discussed in
the latest Of these reports is a
consumer preference study on
sweet potatoes, a discussion Of
cotton seed treatment, an explana-
tory article On the poultry disease
diagnostic service at State College
an article from the horticulturists
on the value of qualification in in.
creasing the stand of peach seedl.
ings, a discussion of the work oil
the tobacco research program, ar
information article on planning fol
rural health centers and hospitals,
and a discussion on the use Q.
freezer lockers as a means for pro
viding a year around meat supply
Free copies OF this publication
Dean Baver explained, are sup
piled to a regular mailing list c.
workers in the state. In addition
special copies are available upcr
request.
Requests should be addressed Il
the Agricultural Editor at State
College, Raleigh. The publication
is "RAesearch and Farming
Volume Five, Progress Repor
Two.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28
PRODUCTION OfMeat Due
10 Be Greater In 1917

marketings increase, and are like
~ 10 decline further by early fall
wnen marketings of CRASHED cat.
tie reach a seasonal peak.
On April l, 10 e cent more
peer cattle were on feed for mar.
ket In the Corn Belt than on April
l last year. The number was
AROUND ZOO, 900 greater than a yeal
earlier but about $50, 900 less than
vi April l, 1945. Only a relatively
small number of long-fed cattle
we're on feed April /. A larger.
enan-usual proportion of the fed
Iatte marketed this season have
Deen on feed for a relatively short
tlme and demand for feeder and
Sucker cattle probably will con-
months.
High hog prices in relation to
corn prices since November prob.
ably have encouraged producers
70 0reed more sows for both spring
ana fall narrowing than a year
ago. A six per cent increase In the
number of sows to be bred for
spring narrowing was indicated
last December.
Based on past relationships of
nog-corn price ratios during the
breeding season and the number
OF sows narrowing, a relatively
larger increase over a year ago
would be expected in fall farrow-
mgs than in spring farrowings.
Because of recent sharp ad.
vances in feed prices, especially
corn, there may be some ten
dency for farmers to increase
marketings of sows for slaughter.
However, such increases were not
apparent from marketing and
slaughter statistics available in
early April.
In February, 1947, sows made
up SO per cent Of total federally
inspected hog slaughter compared
with 9.3 per cent a year earlier
and 81 per cent in 1915. In March
and early April this year, sows
accounted for four per cent OF
total sales Of hogs at seven mar
kets.
The March figure compares with
three per cent in March, 1916, and
four to five per cent in March
OF each OF the preceding seven
years. In 1916, many of the sows
marketed were weighed in bar
rows and gifts to take advantage
OF higher price ceilings. This ap-
parently accounted for the low
percentage of sows at the seven
markets in 1916.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28
ASH PRIZES TO
WI WINNERS SLATED
,,,,;;onaI And Area Awards
Ss ssttsred In Addition To
vi County Winnings

,,;,o If MAY l for reglstra-
Adeao! .so Bette Farming For
5ion f0f Wing" contest has been
Better bv Neil Bolton, head OF
Pnno Dlnricul fl unit CT the Tide
' onap' to farm famllles IN aa,, ID
SoutASa ri4ss will be awarded to
#iss, 3 s.miJjes making the best
Farm m, IN farm and home manage
@ec0Eo tb;s wear, The. contest is
)! c%seduIed to come 10 a close N''
'p o's awards Will be offered in
Cs'r rornty. with the winners re-
fsca s0s Oh for first prize, $40, sec
fe.SAt aribe, SIS, third prize and
ss%r prizes Of SO each
IN ID so nrize money will go to the
~ III IN each region and 500 to
y. winner in the entire 10 county
,sajon included in the contest.
New Hanover
B y0u, Hanover county is in the
|, Nen cmoposed Of six counties
3%rmedistely surrounding it. These
@IulaI., brunswick. Columbus.
1Duplin. and Fender
sevpn counties makeup the
;.bsr region. These are Cartaret,
Crsrsn. Greene, Jones, Lenior,
and Pamlico.
Forest Hall is chairman Of the
Heu Hanover county council with
r n Sutherland vice-chairman
md Mrs Fred Jordan secretary.
Bolton said that farmers in
New Hanover may enroll with
eitber of these three or with their
agent Or home demonstra-
lion agent,
Different Elements
Among the different elements
Of the contest are: family activi-
ties in community life, feeding
Of the family, food preserved for
home use. general appearance
and efficiency of farmstead and
lomemaking practices, care of
and and farm practices, farm
business and plans for a year
FOUND paying job.
Bolton urged that all farmers
n New Hanover contact members
II the county council or their
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28
BY EULALIE MCDOWELL
United Press Staff Correspondent

OHiteo freSS Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, W.H Step ro-
manticizing the virtues OF the
tamlly-sized farm. 1t is not gong
TO survive alone by being labeled
"a way of life" or a symbol of
democracy in action"
The family-sized farm is faced
with some stern, economic prob
lens that no amount of high
sounding sociological praise is
helping to solve. It is in a battle
for survival-a race to keep up
in an age of mechanization and
specialization.
That in substance is the view of
Samuel Kiss, agricultural econo-
mist with the Farmers Home Adj
ministration and an authority on
the topic of the small farm.
In Kiss opinion 1.-The tendency to
romanticize about the virtues of
family farms has been stronger
than the willingness to wrestle
with their economic problems"
2,000, 900 Small Units
The clue to the economic prob
lens Of the small farms lies in the
SO = called "marginality'' of the
2,OO0,0M farm units which even
in 1914, a year of high prices, had
an income Of not more than s., 499
and which, although they consti-
tuted AZ percent of the nations
farms, produced only IS percent
of the agriculture products.
The problems are not, however,
confined to farms of that type
alone. They confront also the
ITO, 900 family-unit farms which
yield an income of as much as
IS, 1000.
In the words of some viewers
Withdrawn, the only way to keep
the family farm active is to make
is possible to produce enough to
keep 'em satisfied on the farm
and achieve a standard of living
comparable to the families OF
union laborers in the city.
Kiss poses as detectives for the
Farmers Home Administration, IN
its drive to see the small farm
meet the competition of the com
mercial farm, the following points:
Would Reduce Costs
Reverse the wartime approach
OF encouraging production at al
costs in favor or reducing costs O.
production through the highes'
possible use of land, capital ane
manpower. He suggests that the
weld per acre and unit OF live
stock be raised along with the
productivity of the farm worker
He would encourage diversiflca
ton or specification as a situa'
ton warrants and help tool farm!
-or re-tool them, as the case may
be by encouraging individual Of
Joint ownership, and stimulating
sharing, exchange or hiring OF tht
proper machinery if it is not own
ed outright.
Kiss views chronological progress
which has produced the small
tractor and the two-rcw cultivatol
and other small-capacity machin
cry as of the utmost significanc'
in keeping the small farmer
head above water in his competi
ton with the large farms. Sue
development is beginning to Civ
the small operator a scent of vic
tory.
He feels that mechanical prog
ress in the direction Of small farm
machinery is tending to moderat
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28
his Factor Now Balanced
However, By An-Time
High Demand

production of ma.+
VIII be somewhat greater IN 1o.;
tnan In 1916, but all of the IN
crease Will be beef and veal a.
cordlng to the Department 81 ~
riculture. u As
Production of pork in tho fire
eight months of 1947 is exnec4a,
70 pc smaller than a year Garlic,
although output in the last fo,,,
months may equal or Exceed H..
OF 1916 since present indication,
point to a moderately larger sprin 6
pig crop than last year.
Production of lamb and n,,,t+o,
WI be considerably smaller If
ls47 than in 1916, because Of :
smaller lamb crop, ACCORDING r.
the latest information reca;vee
from the Bureau of Agricultural.
Economics.
Meat supplies per person are ex.
pected to be greater during the re,
mainder of 1947 than in the same
period of 1916, but consumer de.
mand for meat probably is at ar
all-time high. Consumption O.
meat per person during the frs
three months of 1947 was the
greatest for the period in at least
IS years. From last October
through March, livestock ano
meat prices have been the highes-
ever recorded.
Prices of meat and meat-ani.
mails in general are somewhat
higher than normally would be ex.
pected in relation to such factors
as consumer spending power,
meat production, and meat ex.
ports. Some seasonal decline in
prices is anticipated this fall. II
a general decline in business &C.
tivity occurs this summer or fall.
prices of all meat animals and
meats will drop considerably.
Hog prices usually increase MOD.
erately from July through Sep.
TENDER as slaughter falls off, but
prices may not increase during
that period this year. Cattle prices
may decline during the summer as
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28
Asks Name Change

OAKLAND, Calf, April 27-U.H
= Miswald Cends Wrandvakist,
5O-year-old Oakland laborer, yes
terday petitioed the Alameda
county Superior court 70 cnange
his "unlucky name to n which
he believes will bring him better
fortune.
The court permitting, he will
henceforth be known to the world
as: LinkoIs Dislgrowels Wrand-
vausgilmolkets.
He said the new name was his
own creation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28
She Missed

EXETER, N. H., April q WD
- After watching his wife hit the
bulls eye five times in a row dur.
ing target practice, Edward
Johnson decided she couldn't
miss.
So he walked several yards
away from the firing line and held
I'D a magazine. His wife took care
full aim at the magazine - and
shot johnson in the right hand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28
FARMERS Until May I To Register For Better Farming Contest
FARM NOTES

the size of the mechanical farm.
When this mechanization reaches
its limit, in his view, it may turn
out that the family-size farm has
increased from its present size.
But it will still be smaller than
the mechanical farms Of recent
years which have been powered
by larger models Of machinery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28
"Other Cheek"

PEABODY, Mass, April II -
u,g - When a reckless driver
struck his car and kept going,
Fred Crossman picked up a police
man and gave chase. O~vertaklng
the hit-run driver, they pulled
ahead of him to force his car In
to the curb.
But the driver merely slowed
down. bumped Crossman's cal
again and sped away.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28
WORK PANTS
$l.79 to $4.45

Full cut sanforized work pants
in khaki, coverts. moleskins and
blue leans. Sizes 20 to so.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-28

search and Marketing Act and
details of this special project.
Hedrick said detectives of the
studies being planned include the
improvement of existing facilities
for curing tobacco. This would be
effected by more efficient heat
ing systems. better methods OF
heat distribution, improved venti-
lating systems, and reduction in
fire hazards.
Evening star., 1947-10-04
Corcoran Gallery
H0n0rs ScHlbtor

A tea was given at the Corcoran
Gallery of Art yesterday afternoon
in honor of Ivan Mestrovic, Yugo-
slav sculptor, who has come to
Washington for an exhibition OF
his work at the gallery. The party
was also a private showing Of his
sculpture, the public opening fol-
lowing today. Members of the as
sociation of the gallery and their
guests were present.
Taking turns at the tea table
were Mrs. Corcoran Thorn, Mrs. c.
Powell Minnigerode, Miss Anne
Dudley Flannery and Mrs. Breck-
inridge Long. Trustees Of the gal
lery and others invited included
Mr.. Corcoran Thorn, Mr.. Charles c.
Glover, jr.; Mr. Rudolph Max
Kaufman, Mr.. Minnegerode, DR.
Oliver LaGorce, Mr.. John S. Flan-
merry, Mr.. Long, Mrs. Dean G. Ache
son. DR.. Victor r. Alfaro, Mrs. Will
liam Corcoran Eustis, Mrs. James
Houghteling, Mrs. McCook Knox,
Mrs. Chester w. Nimitz, Mr.. and
Mrs. David Bacon, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne Chatf1eld- Taylor, Mr.. Ed
ward r. Finkenstaedt, Mrs. George
E. Hamilton, Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer
Gordon, and Mr.. John S. Thatcher,
Evening star., 1947-10-04
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Future.

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vht Virtue Of + a certain deed, Of trust duly re-:
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day Of October, AID. 1947, at pm, the
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the ca onics Of The surveyor ior the District
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Bankruptcy sale Of millinery TRIMMINGS;
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Interest BY public monass auss,on OCTOBER ss
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