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M!1BY LUG LE Par;Q 19 FEDERATION PLANS MEETING Putur>. Parnors till the soil aiding the nation to settle the broil. Bond Sales Continue Members of the Bailey Chapter have bought s^925.00 in bonds^ since school started last fall. Their goal is $1500,00. Hash county's first Federation meeting of Future Farmers will be held at Rod Oak March 24 at tliree o'clock. Besides the regular business, a lecture demonstration contest will be given; contestants from each school v/ill have five minutes, Another contest rrill be a livestock judging elimination that will determine the chapter team to represent the county in the Pat Stodc Shov; at Rocky Mount , April 7, m PROJECT “ STQR.Y Bruce G-riffin v March 17. 1944 Tobacco Increase AslCed ITorth Carolina leads in the production of tobacco. The fact that the soldiers, allies, occupied countries, and v;ar prisoners have asked for abundant supplies of "Smokes" necessitates an in crease of 19 per cent in the tobacco acreage in Nash County during 1944. Farmers in a recent • series of meetings with the State College Extension Service have 'suggested that the growers repair their tobacco flues and furnaces nov/, get suf ficient sticks for the increased tonnage of tobacco, and prepare their soils as quickly as possible for put ting in the crop. "Keep A Hoad of Sche dule" is the farmers 1944 slogan. BOYS WIRE CANNERY If a visitor had seen the boys in the top of the caniiory building, he would have thought that a cage of monkeys had escaped. In .reality they v/ere the electri cians of the Bailey chapter learning to ■wire a building,,^ They studied Wiring first, drov/ plans, and •began the wiring with an earnest spirit. To pass the inspection of Mr. Tapp, the teacher, some changes were made from the ’ original installation, Jerome Vick V/ithout much land available for my project I chose poultry for my homo project. Since 1940 I have kept up this pro ject, purchasing 300 Barred Rock biddies the first year. I sold them as broilers, making a net profit of v52.22. The second year I bought 200 Barred Rocks and 200 White Leghorns with the first year’s pro fit. I sold the roos ters and kept the 125 pullets to lay for home use and for the next year’s project. With the help of my father v;e built a 14' by 16' laying house. Laying mash was kept by them and they wore fed in the afternoon with feed wet vrith milk. In v/inter they ate rye, and at noon I fed them with a full supply of corn. Oyster shells played a big part in their laying. The hens ate 5,400 pounds of layihg mash costing 0157.40. 1,135 doacn eggs v/crc pro duced, bringing 0443,84, I r.iado a pro fit of 0156,46, At the end of the year I had 75 hens without the cullod ones that were sold during that porijd. By experience I found that la7/crs need an adequate Iiousing space. Another house 14' by 16' has been cV' d with 110 layers in the tv/o hciaises. One group is selected to produce f'or a hatchery; the first v/eok in Feb ruary I was getting 85;'j production. This year I hope to make better progress.
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