The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 24

Delta Emerges Hearty Crop Abounds On Acres Of Heavy Delta Clay By HARRY MARSH DD-T Special Correspondent The Delta area of Mississippi is one of the world's newest rice producing areas. This 5,000 year old crop, which supplies fhe major food requirements for more than one-half of (he world's population, was established in Mississippi just after World War II on 300 acres of land near Greenville and by 1954 had increased to 77,000 acres. Acreage restrictions were established that year and now the Mississippi crop is grown on about 45,000 acres. This production is a Rice Producing Area sfnall part of America's showing premise, million acres last year. And I One ma problems in the American production is only one per cent of the rice fields is from blackbirds which cat the seed rice at planting time--even turning cracked mud in the fields over to get to the seed.

They also descend by the world production of rice. Worldwide Influence American rice is of high quali-', thousand on fields ripe to har- ty and Amcriican rice practices; vesr- Farmers fire shotguns and have influenced world rice grow- carbide guns in an effort to irig tremendously. Rice is very nutritious in com- irightrn them away. Farmers also fly planes low over the fields parison to its bulk. It can be, to scare the birds and even dy- grown in the tropics as in the namite roosting places, but no Philippines or on the slopes of satisfactory solution has been the Alps as in northern Italy, found.

find it appropriate foj Combining must be done when very heavy clay soils where cot-! musi oe oone wnen TM It can be' rlce 1S mmst revent brok ton is not profitable. It can be handled from pre-planting until; i post-harvest completely by chines. It takes advantage of the The rice is taken im- the fields in tractor drawn buggies, easv availability of irrigation 1 trucks and hurried i the Delta. dners where the moisture is Like cotton, rice can be stored a out so lc nc(! m11 not de almost indefinitely, so it is a true tenorate stora cash crop. 'No disease or insect problems of economic importance have Tassles Of Delta Rice Basking in The Sun Combine Plows Through Sea Of Delta Rice nized the Mississippi Rice Growers Association with headquarters! in Cleveland.

Harold Lyons man-l ages it. The organization assem-j bles samples of all Delta rice, fields. Buyers can come (o Association office and make purchases from these samples. This organization lias put Mississippi rice into the national market. It also provides help to farmers on storage, production and other problems nnd gives them Deer Creek Spectator Teens Oppose Lower Vote Age; By GERALDINE PEAN First Drier Here The first rice drier' in Miss- been encountered.

One virus disease hoja blanca which has seriously damaged rice in South America and Central America has been found in southern portions of the S. A. Also blast has caused a little trouble. The rice water weevil and the rice stink bug are insect pests but have not seriously damaged production. Flooding Controls Weeds Most weeds can be controlled by flooding or application or herbicides, usually by airplane.

Rice usually is planted on the same field for about three years, then rotated to soybeans or pasture or fallowed. In fields where rice has been grown several years grass becomes a problem. Research on chemical control of grassy weeds at Delta Branch Experiment Station in Stoncville Leland Garden Club has quite a treat in store for this area in the presenting of a Fashions and Flower Show at the High School Auditorium, November the 22nd at 2 p.m. This particular event will be given by Mrs. Hugh L.

Sutherland, flower arrangement artist, and Mrs. Jane Biggers, fashion authority and com- a spokesman in national affairs. Americans consume I a I in this area will furnish the lat- fourth of the rice produced in this! mcntator for the show. Six stores MARBLE WORKS Monuments of MARBLE GRANITE Highway 82 i ED 7.7383 issippi was constructed in Greenville by Delta Rice Growers in 1947. Now Greenville has two commercial driers and otliers arc.

located in Hollandale, RosedaleJ Itta Bena, Clarksdale and land. There are numerous smaller driers located on large farms and many small type storage and drying facilities on farms. One rice mill, which takes the hull off the rice and polishes it, has been established at Ilollan- dale--the Miss Dell Rice Milling. Co. Also, Delta and Pine Land the 2C.OOO acre plantation at Scott, has a pilot rice mill which packages its own product for sale at a single grocery store in Geenville (Kroger's).

The know-how for rice growing came from state and federal specialists and from rice ers who moved into Mississippi from Arkansas, Texas, South Carolina and even one from France. They came to take advantage of the area's natura adaptability to rice. Rice Growers Organize In 105) fhe rice a orga country, so rice is an export crop and also can help meet the food needs of an expanding A national rice promotional orga nization has been created to in- est clothes designed for this season's fashions. There will be gift displays and door prizes, an display and one painting in- eluded in the door prizes. crease U.

S. rice home consumption. and: Mrs. Sutherland is Nationa known for her arlislic ability her finger tips when working with flowers." Mrs. Jane Biggers is a graduate of Stephens College and Tobe Coburn School for Fashion Careers in New York City.

She has been in the fashion business over fifteen yeard serving as buyer, bridal consultant, commentator, writer and coordinator. Her column "Fashionscope" appears daily in the Greenwood Commonwealth and can be heard over WJDZ radio each day. She was named in "Who's American is widely! Back Electoral College Change NEW YORK In a startling shift of sentiment, America's teenagers have fumed thumbs down on proposals to lower the voting age to 18. Fully 62.1 per cent of more than 11,000 students voted against lowering the voting the voting age, in the most recent poll conducted by the Institute of Student Opinion. Only 33.5 per ed by Scholastic Magainzes.

Six years ago, the results were practically the reverse. The 1954 I.S.O. poll on the same subjecl listed W.9 per cent of teen-agers favor of lowering the voting age to IS. Even in 1955 some 57.C Son Of County Attorney Blamed For Gross Burning LEXINGTON (UPI) Holme County Attorney Pat Barrett nied Saturday his son was th "instigator" of a cross burnin on the lawn of editor Hazel Bran non Smith Halloween. Mrs.

Smith, a longtime foe of; per cent of teen-agers backed thei'he Holmes Citizens' Council, said 18-year-old vote. (195-1 saw sn noted station wagon driven highest vote for it in I.S.O. his- by Don Barrett when a group of DcliR Democrat-Times 24 SundayNpv.J3/f0_ Rhodesia Seeks To End Color Bar In Mining K1TWE, Rhodesia (UPI) Northern Rhodesia, which is setting the pace for the other members of Ihe Central African Federation Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland--in end- lig the color bar, lias taken ano- her major step. The Northern Rhodesian Liming Joint Industrial Council, a oint government-industry organ- zation, has presented the Rho- esia Mineworkers Union--an nll- Suropean body--with a plan that vill completely end all color bars the industry. This move follows quickly on the heels of legislation by the Northern Rhodesinn government ending the color ban in cafes, restaurants, bars and places of entertainment.

A initial spurts of violence.that action has been accepted. The mining industry scheme-the product of 12 months bargaining between the unions and the companies--will make efficiency and character alone the factors on which promotion will be granted in the industry. From lop to bottom in the mines, Africans and Europeans will compels for promotion on eqiral levels. In a move of major importance I the council has overcome the European fear of being undercut by cheap African labor by incorporating in cent favored lowering the votingjtory.) In other years, the pro 18- age to 18. while 4.4 per cent were undecided.

The I.S.O. is sponsor- 1351 5S per cent 18-16 49 per cent year-old vote has been as follows: 52 per cent IM3 43 per cent sought for her entertaining Scholastic's most recent I.S.O.; 0. asked if all states should low- mentaries on fashion shows as poll covered the opinions of more In the Delta, rice has become a definite part of the economy. Bolivar County is Ihe biggesl producer. Washington County is second and others are Le'Sore, Coahoma, Sunflower, Quitman Tunca, Desoto, Humphreys and Sharkey.

well as lectures to civic and women's clubs. She is owner oE her own fashion service and was served as consultant specialist for lop manufacturers and depart- a Flower Arranger, Color special- has staged two "One-Man Flowers Shows" with fifty arrangement in each. She is the recip-. icnt of many blue ribbons, tri-col-l menl stores Mrs Bi ers ors and awards of distinction I' 1 1 TMtenal from twice yearly visits to the top fashion design houses in New York as a guest of the New York Couture Group. She was first to start fashion with her exhibits of many ribbons', tri-colors and awards of distinction with her exhibits in in- Variely tests conducted at Del-' Icrnaliotial flower shows in New' la Branch Experiment York, Dallas.

New Orleans and! writi "8 in Mississippi, by Dr. H. R. Caffcy indicate a many other large shows through- the varieties now most popular out the country. Photographs of here are best adapted to Delta her arrangements have appeared conditions.

They are Blue Bonnet! in Flower Arrangements Calcnd- 50, Century Patna 31, ith and And Gulf rose. Delta producer. 1 Ncilo, Zen-' ars and the 'Calendars. Home and Gardei In private lif eshe is an active member of the Town and Coun- than 11,200 teen-agers in 211 junior and senior high schools in all sections of the country The I.S.I cr the voting age to 18 (as is now the case in Georgia and Kentucky The 19GO results: All Students Yes No No opinion 33.5% 62.1 4.4 Boys Only 37.4% 57.4 5.2 teenagers burned the eight-foot cross on her grounds. Attorney Barrett said of his the that scheme the a the rate-for-lhe- job will be paid regardless of the color of the worker.

The council hopes a if tho eight branches of the Northern son, "He was there only as aj Rhodesia Mineworkers Union ac- spectator. My kid had gone to! cept the scheme, it will be a final Tchula for a Halloween party complete solution to the pro- returned with some boys a and that the future the other kids had already ignited the cross." Mrs. Smith said she did not Nearly six out of ten tecn-agersi vote they win in each state More back basic changes in the Electo- lhan 28 per cent think the Electoral College system of electing the President of the United States. ral College system should remain Ihe same. Girls Only in an editorial in the Lex- 29.G%';ngton Advertiser that young Bar- 65.9 instigated the burning, but I merely a his vehicle was at Ihe scene.

Mrs. Smith, an enemy of the One in three young people backsj Here are the results in answer, election of the President by popi the question: "How do you feel; lar vote. One in four thinks Pre: about the Electoral College sys-' sidential candidates should be giv. lem of electing a U. S.

Presi- Holmes County Citizens' Council, said the youth were under "the -try Garden Club, Junior Auxilia-p" a percentage of the electoral-lent?" the ry, a den mother for her sons? TOle in proportion to the popular! cub scout activities, and finds the Mrs. Sutherland is i 0 i speda children BeHa'Bnd Pine Land now grows a a year, selling most of to other growers throughout the! charter member of the New i which have von a i a Chapter of Ikobama Interna-l ri Chaptei tional, a member of the Jackson-i thousand acres of rice as peed' a (Mississippi group of Fash-, 'ion Group Inc.) with hcadquar- outstanding performances of the honors. Tills event be one of the ters She "Here is your guarantee of Dependable Dry Cleaning!" nation and in South America and before Castro in Cuba. 111 nCVr I I Ib a i well qualified to give fertile jbest in flower arrangements as WRECK LOCATED MANCHESTER, Mass. (UPI)Frogmen recently located wreck of the U.

S. revenue cutter Gallatin on the ocean floor 75 feet below the surface abotit 12 miles off here. Only one member of the ter's crew was lost when the vessel crashed i a ledge and sank Jan. 6, 1802. suitetl for the fashions that be shown.

She has served own Garden Club as President and will her Greenwood she has served as an officer in the tionally Accredited also Na- Flower Show Judges organization in Mississippi. You will miss a treat if you fail to see Mrs. Sutherland as she works wilh flowers. Someone has said, "She has magic in 3 i i We have Fall fashion flooring ideas you'll a see! i Total The system should remain the same 29.7% Girls Boys 30.2% 29.2% Candidates should be given a percentage of the electoral vote in proportion to the papular vote they win in each slate 25.9% 24.2% 27.6% what they hear their homes." She blamed the cross burning on the influence of "people like" Barrett, state Rep. Wilburn Hooker, and former Rep.

Fdwin White "wlio a i infected wilh the Citizens' Council virus." vital industry will no longer be inked in any way wilh racial problems. ABOVE AVERAGE SACREMENTO, Calif. (UPI) Average net a income in Cali- irnia totaled $7,572 in 1959. more than triple the national average of according to the California Department of Agriculture. For All Occasions Idle Hour Floral Co.

Membei Flo'iil-Te'eo'SD 1 Am 140 Main I 3-7IJ a combining flowers a a i a they should be used. miss this Holiday Fashions and ers in Leland at the W. E. Bug- kin Auditorium at 2 p.m. Nov.

22nd Admission is only SI .50 per person. There will also be a luncheon served from to 1 p. m. at the inland C. i Club House for those to make a gala day o.

lii.s event.j The price of the lunch is and reservations must be made, by Saturday November the 9th.j Mrs. Sydney Stalling, phone 595' and Mrs. Wilson, phone 218 Mi will take reservations for luncheon. Mrs. Jim Robertson is over all chairman of this event and with her are her co-workers are Mrs.

Gus Pit, Mrs. Clint Johnson, and Mrs. Fred Fisher. If you. want a treat, this is the day to mark on your calendar.

Don't miss the luncheon and the Holi-' day Fashions and Flowers Nov. I 22nd in Leland for only $1.25 for, the luncheon and $1.50 for the show. You can attend the show without attending Ihe luncheon there are many good cooks in a Make a day of it and see this wonderful show after a delicious luncheon at the: Leland Garden Club The President should be elected by popular vote. Nojjpinion 33.7% The Institute of Student Opinion, an independent activity sponsored by Scholastic Magazines, has been conducting nationwide surveys of teen-agers since 1943. This scientifically drawn sample covered grades 7 through 12, in junior and senior high schools of all sizes, both public and pri- 34.0% 11.69f, 33.4% 9.S% vale.

Anonymity of the respondents was stressed in administering the survey. No names were taken. Technical consultants in prepar- i and conducting I.S.O. surveysj for Scholastic is Dr. Harry Deane; Wolfe, Professor of Marketing.

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