From the High Point Review,
June 7, 1917. Agriculture club work became 4-H clubs in North Carolina, and A.
and E. College is now North Carolina State University. The Extension Division
and the Office of Farm Management are part of the University.
Raleigh—Fully 500 members of the boys’ agricultural clubs of
the state are expected here for the boys’ and girls’ short course in
agriculture to be given at the A. and E. College from august 21 to 24.
Plans are under way by the office of agriculture club work
to make one of the most determined efforts yet made by the Extension Service to
instruct, entertain and inspire the youthful farmers who will attend this
meeting.
Last August over 350 members of the agricultural clubs
visited the college for the short course, and it is estimated that over 500
will be on hand this year. A special effort will be made to show the importance
of food and feed production to the ones who will come, and the course of
instruction will be along these lines. The only charge will be the cost of the
three meals for the four days and the reduced transportation charges. Rooms
will be furnished free by the college.
The Corn Club enrollment is continuing to grow says A.K.
Robertson, corn club agent. The county agents over the state are responding almost
daily with additional names of young boys who desire to assit in the production
of more food crops. Recently, County Agent Morris of Granville County sent in
14 names for the corn club, bringing the county enrollment up to about 60. This
is a gratifying showing as this county is one that is devoted almost entirely
to tobacco production.
Caswell County is another where tobacco is the main crop,
yet it also has a splendid enrollment of 70 members growing corn, peas and
beans.
County Agent Graeber of Mecklenburg and Proffitt of
Rutherford both have good enrollments and write that the members are all hard
at work and that the prospect for their crops are fine.
Stanly County continues to lead in the corn club work, with
a total enrollment of 196 boys and as many acres of corn. In this county, Mr.
S.J. Lewis is getting good results with his boys, as well as with his adult
cooperators.
Mr. J.E. Moses of the Pig Club work has just received a
letter from one of his enthusiastic pig club members telling of the profits of
pig raising. “I have sold two more pigs for $7 apiece, which is $14, and the
same man brought a sow here to be served,” says the boy, David Worth, who lives
in Wake County. “The fee was $2.50 and $1 for feed. When all put together it
will be $18 more in the bank. Don’t tell me that there isn’t any money in the
hog business because I know there is.”
Solving State Labor
Problem
The county demonstration agents in North Carolina will be
used for the purpose of bringing the farmer and the laborer together and
solving the serious labor situation which confronts the state. The clearing
house for all such information will be the office of farm management of the
Agricultural Extension Service at West Raleigh.
The North Carolina State Food Conservation Commission in
co-operation with the State Agricultural Extension Service, has arranged for
the farm demonstration agents in their respective counties to ascertain from
farmers their need for additional labor in producing food and other crops. Also
for recording labor available for such purposes, and to bring farmer and
laborer together.
If the farmer wants extra help, he should communicate the
fact to the demonstration agents with a statement as to the length of time the
help is wanted, the purpose for which it is to be used, and the wages he is
willing to or expects to pay. Parties desiring work on farms should notify the
demonstration agent stating when they will be ready to begin work, what kind of
work they can do, for how long a period they wish employment, and what wages
they expect.
In counties having demonstration agents, requests for labor
needed and for work or employment wanted should be sent directly to the Office
of Farm Management, West Raleigh, from where the effort will be made to put the
farmer and prospective laborer in touch.
By taking up this work neither the demonstration agents in
the respective counties nor the state farm management man guarantees to get
labor for the farmer nor employment for the laborer, but they do agree to use
their best efforts in these lines.
Soy Beans Good as
Steak
Mr. C.B. Williams, chief of the division of agronomy, states
that there is a great increase this year in acreage devoted to soy beans in
North Carolina. This is as it should be, and our people should see to it that
some of these beans are saved at the end of the season for food purposes.
Soy beans are much richer in protein than lima beans or
sirloin steak. In fact they contain practically double the amount of protein,
and the same soy beans contain about the same amount of fat or oil that is
contained in a sirloin steak and more than 10 times the amount of oil in lima
beans. Dr. W.A. Evans, president of the American Public Health Association, has
stated that for men who are engaged in hard manual labor, where they burn up a
lot of their tissues in the effort, will find soy beans as suitable as steak as
a fuel.
To prepare this nutritious food, soak the beans in a 10 per
cent common salt solution over night. Then drain off the salt water and roast
the beans in an oven or a peanut roaster. Exercise great care that the beans
are not scorched, as this would impart a bitter taste to the beans. Remove when
the cotyledons begin to turn brown. For other recipes, write to C.B. Williams,
Extension Division, A.& E., Raleigh, N.C.
New Cheese Factory
Despite the fact that the factories are paying nearly twice
as much this year for the milk as they did last, cheese factories are
apparently thriving in Western North Carolina, a charter having been granted by
the Secretary of State to the Silver Stone Co-Operative Cheese Factory at Vilas
in Watauga County.
Last year the factories in Watauga County paid a flat rate
of 10 cents per gallon for whole milk used in the manufacture of full cream
cheese. This season they are paying 20 cents per gallon for milk.
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