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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1928
Page
6
Raleigh December 24. A horticulturist at State College says careful pruning yields best returns for grapes. Muscadine types must be pruned early to avoid bleeding while bunch grapes can be pruned during the dormant period. Focus on current season’s growth, leave only strong canes, and limit buds to 40 or 50 per vine.
A Battle Creek physician notes constipation causes wide misery yet relief is found with Rexall Orderlie. The tablet draws water into the colon to soften stool, yields gentle thorough movement, and requires no dose escalation. Chew Rexall Orderlie nightly for next day comfort. Hall Rudisill Drug Co offers 24 for 25¢. Cotton farmers advised to invest in quality seed for better summer yields per agronomists.
Raleigh North Carolina December 24 Some times it pays to grow a part of the fertilizer needed on the farm rather than buy all of it J B Cullipher of Bertie County learned this during the past season In 1927 he planted a field to soybeans land tobacco and this year the entire field was put to corn In fertilizing the tobacco in 1927 he used 1000 pounds per acre of an 8 3 5 mixture The soybeans received less than one third as much plant food as the tobacco The tobacco made a good crop and was harvested while the soybeans were harvested with a machine This left most of the leaves and stalks on the land The vines were about four feet tall leaving organic matter for soil improvement When the corn was planted last spring he fertilized it with 600 pounds per acre of a 7 5 5 mix and top dressed with 100 pounds per acre of Chilean sulfate of sods Where the corn followed tobacco it produced 47 bushels per acre and where it followed the soybeans it produced 60 bushels per acre An increase of 18 bushels per acre due to the soybeans The heavier fertilization of the tobacco and the good fertilization of the corn did not erase the soybean effect Most soils in North Carolina are deficient in organic matter and adding it allows fertilizer to be used more effectively The soybean residue plowed under added nitrogen
A light skit features a housewife offering a rake to a tramp who answers yes yet cannot hide from being spotted. The banter plays on coy wordplay and a trivial domestic scene.
Public sale of two tracts near Rutherfordton and Green Hill Township follows a 1928 deed of trust by W A Harrill and wife Daisy Harrill. The sale at 12 o'clock noon at the Rutherfordton courthouse will include 50 acres with metes and bounds described, plus two tracts outside the town limits along Westview Street.
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