
FARM FACTS 

American Cotton Replaces Japanese Silk 
[WArmeriean Cotton Replaces VapaneselSiei| 

The Bureau of Ilome Economics, United States Department of Agriculture, has 
introduced a substitute material for silk stockings. The photographs above show the 
new stockings developed by the bureau. Development work has been going on for 
three years and, as a result, 150 different designs now are available. They are All 
Americans ... American design ... American cotton ... American production. 
Attractive, aren't they? 
—U.S. BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICS PHOTOS 
DID YOU KNOW... 
1. DODDER, ALSO KNOWN AS 
LOVE-VINE AND STRANGLE 
WEED, /S A PARASITE FOUND 
EVERYWHERE THAT CLOVER 
AND ALFALFA ARE GROWN. 
THE BEST WAY TO CONTROL DODDER IS TO AVOID GETTING IT. THERE- 
FORE IT IS WISE TO BUY CLEAN SEED FROM A RELIABLE SEEDSMAN. 
2. YOUNG DODDER, WHICH GROWS _ 
FROM SEED, LOOKS LIKE A PIECE ff 
OF YELLOWISH-RED HAIR, TWO TO 
FOUR INCHES LONG, WITH A KNOB 
ON ONE END. 
3. YOUNG DODDER LOOKS FOR A 
HOST PLANT: IF IT FINDS ONE, IT “<= 
ENTWIHES ABOUT THE HOST. IF NO | 
HOST [3 HANDY, DODDER DIES.” 
4. HOW DODDER 
SUCKS ITS FOOD 
FROM HOST PLANT. 
5. TO KILL SMALL PATCHES OF DODDER, CUT THE| 
CROP, ALLOW TO DRY, COVER WITH STRAW OR 
ol ANT! BURN. ON LARGE AREAS, CUT BEFORE 
DODDER SEEDS RIPEN AND FEED AS HAY IN THE 
FIELD, THERE ARE OTHER EFFECTIVE CONTROL 
METHODS WHICH YOUR COUNTY AGENT 
WiLL BE GLAD TO EXPLAIN. 


SEED DEALERS HELP 
FARMER IN CHOOSING 
BEST SUITED CROPS 
Seed dealers become one cf 
the main cogs in the agricul- 
tural machine as defense de- 
mands greater farm production 
in 1942. Seed dealers are bul- 
warks against two farm produc- 
tion saboteurs—unsuited crops 
and noxious weeds. 
The country’s reliable seeds- 
men long have worked hand in 
hand with the United States 
Department of Agriculture and 
Agriculture Experimental Sta- 
tions in giving each locality the 
varieties best suited to local 
climatic conditions. This is im- 
portant to farmers for a variety 
of corn, for example, that is 
best for northern sections may 
be a poor producer farther 
south. 
Noxious weeds cost farmers 
millions of dollars a year 
through reducing the yield and 
by lowering the quality of 
crops. The importance of war 
on weeds is recognized through- 
out the country and the most 
telling blow to these invaders 
of the fields comes from plant- 
ing weed-free seeds. 
When you buy from a reli- 
able seedsman you take no 
chances. Seedsmen strictly fol- 
low seed labeling laws. There- 
fore, if you look at the tag you 
will know what kind of seed you 
are getting, how well it will 
germinate and you will notice 
that it is practically free from 
noxious weeds. ‘Over - the - 
fence’ seed buying is poor prac- 
tice. Patronizing unreliable seed 
peddlers is dangerous. 
GANA UES 
Mandy married a worthless 
chap, who even refused to 
deliver the washing she took 
in. One day she was talking to 
a white woman about the 
shiftless man she had. 
“Is he older than you, 
Mandy?” asked the lady. 
“Yassum, dat old no ’count 
am twelve years older dan Ah 
is. 
“June married to Decem- 
ber,” sympathized the lady. 
“No ma’am, it ain’t dat. It 
am more like Labor Day 
married to April Fool.” 
