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occupy a prominent place in the Nation's diot. In the May issue of Fruit Notes 

 you may have read of the foods vjhicl' supply various vitanins. V.'hat v.'e need 

 is not vitamins in capsule form tut in those "sunshine capsules" which nay 

 be produced on e^rery farm and in every backyard garden in the country. 



Farmers Exempt from Social Security and Unemployment Taxes 



j^j^j^ Ri^(r~f I'feT'lboro submi-cs the following item from the July Farm 

 Journal and Farraer's YCife, "Forced to pay social security and unemploj-Tnent 

 taxes v;hlch the law exempts farmers from paying, Gaylord Gut-rnsey Farms, 

 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, paid under protest and filed claims for refunds. The 

 claims denied, suit was filed and the federal district court has ruled in 

 favor of tiie farm. The Internal Revenue Department claimed the farm should 

 pay taxes on a showman employed three months to take care of the show herd at 

 fairs, also on a carpenter v:ho repaired buildings, a bookkeeper, and four or 

 five truck driver salesmen who delivered and sold i.iilk. The court ruled all 

 these were exempt. First case of its kind." 



Quoting from Mr. Rice's letter "Crchardists have been told that 

 clerks on fruit stations and all who work on buildings like carpenters are 

 subject to social security and unemplo^Tnent deduction. The U. 3. Court has 

 just decided that any employee in an agricultural enterprise and the employer 

 are exempt v/h ether working on or off the farm." 



Here's an Idea 



Why not employ women to harvf- st the New England apple crop? This 

 idea also comes from John Rice of Marlboro. V.'e approve heartily of the idea. 

 'It. Rice points out that orchardists in California, Texas, and Florida are 

 employing women very successfully in harvesting citrus fruits. In his own 

 case he has m.ade arrangements to employ two crev/s of women with v;omen super- 

 visors. It is suggested that interested growers publicize this matter in lo- 

 cal papers with the idea of supplementing the meager supply of farm labor 

 v/hich will be available at harvest time. It is estimated that at least 

 3,000 additional workers vail be needed this fall to harvest the Massachusetts 

 apple crop. 



L ime Penetration 



„ ~''""'l,Iu7t*' lime be harrowed or plowed in to be beneficial? The follow- 

 ing statement laade by A. B. Bcauiaont in the Hay issue of The Soil Auger 

 throv;s considerable light on this question: "Observations of the lasting 

 beneficial effect£3 of surface applications of lime probably account largely 

 for the prevailing belief that this soil supplement does not penetrate the 

 subsoil v^hen applied as a top dressing. Some research has shoxvm that lime 

 penetrates soil comparatively slowly. The texture and porosity of the soil 

 appear to be important factors in this corj-.ection, penetration being slower 

 with the heavier, than the lighter, soils. The data below throw some light 

 on the question of penetration of line :nto a fine sandy loaia, the predomi- 

 nant texture of Massachusetts soils, as measured by the reaction of the soil 

 at di.^'ferent depths. In the spring of 1924 lime was applied as top dressing 

 in two rates tc certain plots used in a pasture experiment. In the fall 

 of 1940, 16-^ years later, samples of soil from these plots were tested for 

 reaction. The results are as follo\vs: 



