N.C. Agricultural Extension News Briefs

On the first two sales days of the recently organized curb market at Rocky Mount, the farm women of Nash and Edgecombe counties sold $149.85 and $165.25 worth of products. A Nash County Club boy profits from his sales by making baskets. He has made and sold 15 at $1 each. (County club is the predecessor to 4-H Clubs)

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Insects and diseases frequently destroy from 60 to 80 percent of the fruit crop in an unsprayed orchard. Sometimes the trees are so weakened that they die later. Spraying keeps the trees vigorous and the fuit unblemished say horticultural workers of the Agricultural Extension Service.

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A farmer of Perquimans County planted a permanent pasture last fall costing about $30. He reports to County Agent L.W. Anderson that he wouldn’t take $50 in cash for it now.

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Mites and lice multiply very fast in hot weather. Watch for them on the roost poles and on the young chickens.

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There are times when a broken window from a stray baseball is cheaper than the broken health of the child. Sunshine and outdoor exercise make young folks healthy.

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Simple designs are the most beautiful. The best dressed woman is one of whom people do not say “what a beautiful gown,” but rather “what a beautiful woman.”

From the front page of The Alamance Gleaner, Graham, N.C., May 24, 1923