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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
3
Hort culturist H R Niswonger of the State College Extension Service urges fall soil prep for spring planting. Apply heavy manure or poultry litter, broadcast phosphate, seed onions for spring, reseed spinach kale greens, and use cold frames or straw to protect crops for longer cuts.
Instructions describe laying out collards and cabbage, covering stems and roots with soil in a trench, placing heads close but not tight, setting boards on the sides, banking with soil, and shielding with pine brush or corn stalks, then adding a dirt layer before freezing weather arrives.
Seed can be treated any time during winter and stored until planting without seed injury. Wear a dry mask when handling ethyl mercury chloride. Treated seed is poisonous and excess amounts must be disposed of safely to prevent human or animal consumption. Apple trees should be 35 feet apart in rows. pears share this spacing, while peaches plums and cherries need 25 feet. Roots should be planted 2 inches deeper than in the nursery, with long roots trimmed to about eight inches from the stem.
Under order by B A Houser Clerk the Albert Morris administration sale of estate of W A Morris announces a re sale Saturday December 16 1939 at 10 AM on the described premises in Kings Mountain and Cleveland County. First tract includesLots 32 33 58 72 with bids starting 192 50 187 00 275 00 467 50. Second tract 15258 sq ft begins bidding at 165 with terms one third cash and balance due in six and twelve months. Commissioner Albert Morris with attorney J R Davis signed November 30.
A U S Bureau report notes farm income reliance at 38 percent from milk and shows industry converting extra milk into wool and other products. It cites higher employment in goods distribution, growth in farm product demand, and new USDA regional labs aimed at expanding uses for surplus crops, amid continued consumer price shifts.
Under a Superior Court order Velma Huffstetler et al. advance the sale of Lot No 7F in Towainip Cleveland County North Carolina. On December 22, 1838 at 10 oclock A M the commissioner will offer the three and one half acre parcel at the courthouse door to the highest cash bidder. E A Harrill Commissioner. adv dee 21.
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