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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1940
Page
3
Extension poultryman C. F. Parrish of State College calls NC farmers to boost poultry quality and purebred stock while reducing low quality birds and culled eggs. He warns against selling aging hens and advises cool storage for eggs amid rising feed costs.
North Carolina 4-H delegates for the National Camp in Washington D C June 12 to 19 will be chosen from county winners. Records must reach the State College office by March 1 and two boys and two girls will be selected to attend along with a 1000 word story of My Experience as a 4 H Club Member.
At the Dixie Test Farm near Laurinburg mildewc resistant melons excelled in cantaloupe demonstrations. From 36 varieties Mildew Resistant No. 45 placed first and second in yield and value, followed by Mildew Resistant No. 1 in third and Hale's Best in fourth, per L. P. Watson and E. Q. McMahan reports.
Plans are complete for an Irish potato train to tour the Coastal Counties of Eastern North Carolina the week of February 12 to stimulate interest in better potato marketing says P Watson extension horticulturist of State College.
North Carolina Virginia peanut shipments for shelled and cleaned stock exceed last season’s pace for the first 10 weeks of the 1939-40 period. Dr. I O Schaub notes slower farmer stock movement recently and cites reduced Southeastern shipments. Jumbo prices range 3% to 4.15 cents per pound delivered with some at 4 cents.
S L Phillips of Wing reports a 50 percent rise in hay yields over three years using ground limestone and phosphate. Farm agent F L Woodard notes 200 tons of lime used, with 55 tons more on order under the 1940 AAA grant program.
Seven Atlantic Coast Line freight cars derailed near Wilson early today causing heavy damage. A faulty brake rigging caused the incident without any injuries. Two wooden cars were smashed, one wrecked through the brick wall of W. M. Rogers Company, another collapsed the freight depot, and the main line was torn up for a block. the engine avoided derailing.
Mrs. Robert Howard of 523 White Oak Street High Point credits Gly-Cas with alleviating long standing digestive and back discomfort after other medicines failed Her testimony highlights improved bowel regularity eased bloating and better sleep After tried and tested results she urges neighbors to visit Betts Drug Co to consult Gly-Cas representative about the remedy
North Carolina State College dominates the 41st annual convention of the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers in Birmingham Alabama February 7 8 and 9. Dr I O Schaub is vice president and many State College faculty including Dr G K Middleton Dr R Frank Poole and Prof Earl H Hostetler serve on major committees or speak on divisions of the program. Additional State College speakers and leaders include Dr G W Forster Dr E R Collins F H Jeter Dr Z P Metcalf Prof Robert Schmidt S G Lehman R W Groeber L I Case A C Kimrey J C Ferguson and others with Dr C D Grinnells secretariat and Dr Luther Shaw treasurer as part of the event.
A Alabama study shows kudzu as an excellent soil building and soil conserving legume when turned under with horse drawn plows. In 1935 a badly eroded Alabama field was planted to kudzu, grazing occurred in 1937, hay in 1938, then plowed in 1939 and corn planted with heavy phosphate, yielding about double the state average.
In Clearwater Nebraska Dwight Jeffries, age eleven, was the sole student at a rural school on two consecutive days as twenty others were absent due to snow cold and illness. The story notes his unusual attendance and the harsh winter conditions impacting the classroom.
Chapel Hill January 29 The Dialectic Senate at the University of North Carolina launches a campus drive to raise funds to buy Thomas Wolfe manuscripts from Maxwell Perkins literary executor of Wolfe's estate. An option price of 5000 dollars is set and the effort includes dorms fraternities and the Phi Assembly.
At Mesker Zoo in Evansville Indiana a flock of ducks geese and swans braved a cold spell to keep a lake unfrozen. Under Superintendent Max Ritter the birds swam in a circle for two weeks to prevent ice formation and warmer conditions have allowed relief as temperatures rise.
A burglar climbed a box car and shed roof to break into a hardware store. He forced open a vault with a hole in the brick wall and knocked the safe knob off, stealing about $4.
Extension Circular No. 229 Blue Mold of Tobacco and Its Control revised and available free to citizens of North Carolina upon request to the Agricultural Editor State College Raleigh. Eat then sell Grow something to eat and then something to sell advises Dr I O Schaub director of the State College Extension Service as farmers of North Carolina face reduced tobacco income in 1940. Meat Demonstrator E V Vestal recently appointed assistant swine specialist of the State College Extension Service has been conducting successful meat cutting and curing demonstrations throughout the State.
North Carolina hog crop consumes over two billion pounds of feed each year per extension swine specialist W. Taylor. In Missouri, a horse fell into Clifford Hill's well and was hoisted out by an auto wrecker in Nettleton.
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