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VOLUME XL!. NO. i | Today and j Tomorrow l By FRANK P. STOCK BRIDGE Alcohol More alcohol is being distilled ii he United States than ever before That, has nothing to do with prohi hition. The use of alcohol in industry "as multiplied enormously since tin var. The new chemical industries ise it in a thousand ways. Next t< ulphuric acid, it is the most important of all chemicals. Business would stop, in hundreds of lines, if the man facture of alcohol stopped. But less cram is being used for alcohol tbar before. Molasses and potatoes arc *he chief sources of industrial alco / ;.ol. The sugar-growers of Louisiana : re getting real money now for whai .serl to be pure waste, and the potato growers of Maine, Michigan ant ther potato centers have a more sta le market for their product. Citizenship Becoming a citizen of the Unitec states ought to be as impressive ai joining a church or lodge. Whet you jcin a church it is a solemn oc asion. You are welcomed into thi ommunion by a ceremony in which linisters, elders, deacons or othei officials take the lead and the whole ungregation participates. When yon join a lodge you are, for the mo lent, the central figure among the rothers; you are made to feel thai ou have achieved a new importance n their eyes, a new dignity in youi wn esteem. But when a man 01 .onian goes into a naturalization ourt to get his final papers he is ' cated as if Uncle Sam wished he ad stayed at home. It would be a useful service for any < hamber of Commerce to undertake to make of the admission of aliens to citizenship an occasion for public rejoicing. And if the same idea could he extended to an annual welcome to the new American-born voters who ; ave .just come of age, that would certainly help impress upon them the responsibility and the dignity ol American citizenship. Cheese There are more than five hundred varieties of cheese. Some are made only in certain parts of the world, >.ich as Roquefort, which ripen only in natural caverns in France, Gorgonznla, a native of Italy, Stilton, ai N, English as John Bull, Li in burger, Brie \ and a hundred other 4*ripe" cheeses besides the mild soft cheeses such as "v a me mlieFL e feiu u a rfw the other: which should he eaten as soon possible after they are made. Swiss cheese must not be overlooked. And then there arc the more universally popular cheeses of the cheddar type, which includes the Dutch Edam and pineapple cheeses and the standard hard cheese of commerce, which is the staple product of the American dairy. Cheese supplies all of the nutritive elements found in meat. The use of . ' so is increasing, as the use oi meat is decreasing: That is oncourag Vrifr to the dairy farmer but not so v;tod for the cattle raiser. Mount Vernon Greatest of all our national shriiies is Mount Vernon, the country seat of George Washington, on the Potomac, a few miles below Washington. It was a neglected, almost ruinous- old house when, more than fifty years after Washington's death, a band of ladies selected from the various states, raised funds with which to purchase and repair it. From time to time a movement for trie Federal Government to take over Mount Vernon and be responsible for Ijc rn*i5ntntin?/.'> ^ ?" l" ...u..Tn^i?iivc nixa ueen uegun. roi nearly eighty years the burden ha? been carried by private donations and subscriptions. If there is any one spot in America which should properly be a charge upon the whole nation. it is Mount Vernon. ^ Gettysburg ^ To North and South alike the battlefield of Gettysburg is hallowed ground. Here was the high tide of the Confederate forces. Here Lincoln voiced his immortal phrase. "Government of the people, by the people, for the people." Here the n-.ost imposing monument is the statue of General Lee. Here, among these rolling Pennsylvania hills, lie the most gallant soldiers whom America has Ct produced, 'Under the sod and the new. waiting ine judgment day." Every year nearly a million and a half tourists visit the Gettysburg Tvaiionai Park. .They come from every section of the Union, as many from the South as from the North The pleasant little town has wel i, comet! them but its facilities for the housing and feeding of its guests hav< not kept pace with the growth of the tourist tideIt is good news, therefore, to al who cherish Gettysburg as one ol our national shrines, that the peoplt of the town have at last stirred them selves to meet this need. A new ho tel. in a style and manner befitting its surroundings, is to he built this year. And this will make the pilgrim age to Gettysburg even more popu far than it is now. WILLIAM H. TAFT IMPROVES William Howard Taft was sak Tuesday afternoon to have had : fairly good day and to have takei more nourishment than at any tim< \ in the past week. Dr. Hagner saic Mr. Taft's diet consisted of only liquids and ice cream and that his appetite was better. ; . i. VATAX A Non-Partisan Ne1 , BOONE US FARM OUTLOOK WARNS TO AVOID OVER-PRODUCTION! ( ! "No Marketing Machinery Can In- J. sure Good Prices and Satisfactory | Income if the Farmer Plants and Breeds Unwisely." Says a Recent ' ' 1 : Bulletin of the Federal Farm \ Board. BY CALEB JOHNSON i Special Writer for The Democrat \ * Hand n hand with the Govern- ' j ment's efforts to regulate the mar1 keting of farm products in such a > " way as to give the farmer his right- j I 5 ful share of the price which the ul1 timate consumer pays, and to equal; ize distribution so that foodstuffs \ ' will not be dumped on glutted mar- ^ 1 kels, goes the attempt to regulate ; r- agricultural production. (] "i The plain fact is that farming* in c I rtfflenv;a smiers more irom over pro-11 " I duction in most of the staple crops j 0 j than from any other one cause. Aud|c this condition has been Retting: \vc-r?ej_ lever since the war, according: to the ic I Secretary of Agriculture. ' "No marketing machinery can in-j : sure good prices and satisfactory in 1 come if the farmer plants and breeds " unwisely," says a recent bulletin o * the Federal Farm Board. It docs ?t 1 follow that because a farmer got i good price for the corn he grew on 50 acres last year he can get twice 1 as much for the crop from 100 acres " this year. The reverse is likely to be ' true, if all of the corn growers, or ; any considerable part of them, plant more corn than they did last year. The Agricultural Outlook for 1930, | just issued by the Bureau of Agricul-. 1 tural Economics,' is full of danger! * signals for the farmer. If all farm-j ers are guided by them, the average i of farm prices will be higher than ' last year. If they are generally dis-j regarded agriculture will not be very! 1 profitable to most of those engaged j in it. No one farmer and no one I 1 community can control the situation, j 1 Until all farmers are organized into | marketing associations handling prat ' tically ail o? each staple crop, the onlv production control possible is through appealing to the intelligence of individual farmers. The Federal Department of Agriculture's program for this spring includes the spreading of the information contained in the ! Agricultural Outlook as widely as ' ftcxsihlo- s<-> ; govern himself accordingly. . Here are the danger spots to which " the outlook calls attention: ; In general, demand for all farm i products is likely to be less in 19301" [ than in 1929. :i Corn arceage should be decreased>v ; j definitely. ~ ^ ~< H Wheat cannot be expected to bring ? 11 higher prices, and no increase in , ! planting should he undertaken, j Cotton acreage is high enough now *. jand should not be increased. j'' | Hog prices probably will average j 1 as high as 1929, with a reduction in j * 1 supply already indicated. That should I , 1 not. he taken as an invitation to breed j \ more hogs, however, as demand is j ; ;: falling off. j1 .1 Beef cattle herds are too large j j now, and prices are tending down-1 j? j ward. j 1 Dai?y herds should be closely! , ; culled and more heifers slaughtered] ^ if butter prices are not to drop still ? further next year and the vears af- * i,er- ? i Sheep and lambs are at the fop of ! their swing now. No improvement in , ! the wool market is looked for before -J i next year. i Any increase in poultry and egg ; production. will result in lower; , 1 prices. ; \ 'j The hay demand is for alfalfa and j j similar legume hays, but less sweet j ^ ; clover for seed should be sown this ' ? j year. 1 Flax looks good. A third increase j h pit acreage \vouici not materially af- f ^ ' j feet prices. | j New apple orchards should be set; 11 jout only where conditions favor th?- V | growth of the highest grades. Grape-; | fruit and oranges will be in greater i J 'production. Grape prices are expect- j ed to git lower- The peach outlook is ~ imTavorabie, with iteavy -pn>duciiun and low prices expected. , Cantelope and watermelon growers i f should reduce their acreage. [; The outlook for strawberries is j ~ good, and production can safely be increased. Present projected increase of six ) per cent, in potato acreage is unfa- . ; vorable to price maintenance. !M Lettuce demand continues loin-/ crease but marketing difficulties help '\ keep prices down. Sweet potato acre-: ; i age should be reduced- Tomato acre'; age should not be increased. Dry beans production should be kept at last year's level. l The early cabbage market looks very favorable; late cabbage not sol good. Peanut crops should be re ] duced. The tobacco outlook is good. The !; growers of Virginia and Maryland ; ; can safely plant larger acreage. Rice - j prices are tending upward. Sugar at j present production levels should hold ! i up to present prices. j In other words, American farmers - j must watch their steps. And the ones! - i who watch most, intelligently arc the ! " j ones who will survive. For it is clear ; ly on the cards that there will be few- j 5 j er farms and fewer farmers ten years j "; from now than there are today. More and more, American farming: ! must l>e done for the American market. Secretary Hyde of the Department of Agriculture points out that in the world markets Canada, Argen'jtina and Australia are crowding1 the 1 \ United States out- Tn those three J' countries agricultural acreage has. j- j trebled since 1900. They now grow ' J | more wheat than we do. Argentina | (Continued on page five.) j wspaper, Devoted to th< . WATAUCA COUNTY. NORTH County Official Has Sheep Raising Recori Mr. -1 Y. Walker, member of th Soard of County Commissioners an prominent farmer of the Suga jrove section, belio\es that he hs - new record for spring lambs. . Shropshire ewe belonging: to him ha "our lambs, almost two weeks ol< trong and healthy, and with a promise of perfect development. Th lambs are being" fed from a bottl put are being allowed to go wit he ewe. Several farmers of the coat y "nave been heard to express th iew that no similar instance hs >een chronicled in this county. VATAUGA CLUB RESPONSIBLE 'OR GROWTH OF STATE SCHOO It may be of interest to those li\ ng in Watauga County to know tha he North Carolina State College o agriculture and Engineering of tc lay is a direct result of a movemejn ?i the "Watauga" Club. Howevei he club, unknown to many, was nc rganized in our county or compete if Watauga citizens. fin 1884 Mr. W. J. Poole, mom be f the Raleigh bar and a gentlema if great learning, ardent patriotisn ligh and unselfish liurnnsp. and r?len ision. first conceived the idea of th drmution of a few public soivite ilizens into a club for the study ail liscussion of public improvement, i lew leading citizens met at his oi ice where he unfolded his plans fo he organization of such a club sup resting that the Indian word "\Vs augu" meaning "sparkling water, /ould he a most appropriate name Continuing, he said, "In Watalig County there U trickling down lountain rock a stream of water n arger than a man's finder, clear a rystal and sparkling- like silvei /hi oh is the source of a mighty rh r that turns many thousand spin lies and floats many ships of coit fierce." Whether this oratories tatement is true in its entirely i eft to the reader to surmise, novel heless, it is oi interest to know Lha his name be given to such an infill ntial organization. Some of the members of the clu ire re Alfred I). Jones, afterward onsul general to Shanghai; Arthli V'inslow, Dr. Charles W. Dabny, the Itate chemist and Inter president o Cincinnati University, and W.. ! 'eele. At subsequent meetings othe i earners were added, among thei /ere Hon. Joseph us Daniels, aftei /ards Secretary of Navy: Hon. Wa er Hines Page, afterwards Ambas ador to Great Britain, and \V. F Primrose, later member of the boar C trustees of the college At every meeting some membc /as appointed to prepare an essa jn some_ subject of public in to res hie of most interesi was orr "Th Sstablishmont of a Technical Co ego" which was the central sub jet 4st-u>5t-u iii every sunsequent nieel Hg. Mr. Pceie was the originator o he idea and it was his dominatin assion. It was he, along: with man ther influential citizens, who cor eived the idea that one of the great st needs in North Carolina was in lustrial education. A committee of ardent supporter ? the idea was appointed to appoa eforc the Legislature with the hi or an appropriation to build an in ustrial school. Under the chairman hip of Hon. Augustus Leazei, th 'ill passed both the House and Sen te after combatting successfully a he arguments.against it. The grounds for the erection o uildings was preneroussly donated b It. Hi S. Pullen, upon which Stat College of today is located. The names of Leazei*, the inter nicer and champion of the bill; Pit! en, the Donor of these valuabl mnnfle* nn.i ll"- VL"? *-* - , . >? *.?iv ii iivau^tf v iuu. til uthor of the movement, have bee lonored and remembered in tha here are two literary societies her tearing: the names of Leazer an riillen Hall and a Watauga Hall. Th iionthly magazine of the college tublished by the students, is als mown as "The Wataugan." Th lewly constructed business adminb: ration Building: bears the name o *ee!e. hte organizer of the W a tang fiWBI Today we have "able iiisUuvlot: eautiful grounds, up-to-date builr ngs and equipment, and wondcrfi Late News Calvin Coolidge, former President of the United States, Tuesday dedicated the great Arizona Dam named in his honor and at the same time called upon the people of the Southwest to dedicate "themselves to the task of completing Boulder Canyon Dam. Speaking from the parapet of ine Cooiidge Dam, Mr. Coolidge made a plea for unity in the Southwest. He spoke for 20 minutes and climaxed the dedication ceremonies by breaking over the parapet a bottle filled with waters from the Gila River. The Temple Bill to provide for the extension of the proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park to include 12,000 more acres on the North Carolina side Was reported Tuesday by the House Public Lands Committee. Spruce Pine has voted bonds in the sum of $.15,000 to match an equal amount given by the Duke Foundation for the purpose of eonitructing a municipal hospital in that city. Consummation of the $.150,000,000 merger of the Republic Steel corporation was assured yesterday T v DEM 2 Best Interests of North' CAROLINA. THURSDAY MARCH T1 . : --?? J WAT AUG AN LOSE! 1 IN ONE SIDED FIGH i! WITH ANGRY BEA I! ?? v I Citizen of Grandfather Section Pa ft fully Injured by Mother Bruin .j | He Attempts to Make Away W 4 j Offspring. Animal Kills Dog ? V| Launches Attack on Owner Bre ^ j ing Bones of Eland. l" Henderson Gragg, who resides the Kelsey section of Watauga Col !?? iy the victim of a most unus experience last Friday aftevnc. while cutting wood on the side of i Grandfather Mountain near his ho: L A small dog*, which had accompan him to his work, had wanderer! so t- distance up the mountain side aj a few minutes after his disappc f anee began baying. Thinking that 1 >_ canine had 'Treed*' a woouchuck [t some other small animal, Gra L?, stopped bis work and started to 1 ,t scene of the disturbance. When d arrived, he found that the dog r bayed a cub hear. ,j. Picking the small animal up, Gvj n started for home, realizing that de ? 1,1 is'hl spell disaster. fie had gc v umy a icv, paces wfien He came fi e to face with the mother bear s ^ two other cubs. The small "luuii ^ which be carried in his hands gt ^ a distress cry and the mother b< * immediately showed fight. Cm v began running, with the am r_- mother hot on his heels. When -i [ came abreast of the interloper. I ?? forest-dweller seized Gragg's rij , hand, causing him to drop the ci ^ The animal's fangs badly laeeral ^ the fleshy portion of the organ, a 0 broke one of the finger bones. s The dog then made his appe a nee and started a fight with 1 ,1 old boar, who grabbed him and \v one flourish of fang and claw c patched the canine to "the hap hunting ground." Then taking I ^ "children" under her maternal c: once more, the old animal lumhei t off into the dark recesses of \ forest. Gragg came to Bocne late that a ^ ernoon. where Dr. .1. tl. Hagam ls dressed the wounded member, and last report the injured man is i'eei n eving nicely from his almost fa f encounter. r INTERESTING PAPER FOUND n IN POSSESSION OF CAROLINA b Bel haven, N, C.?A very interc j- ing old newspaper. "American 1 corder," a weekly edited on May A icts r-" w..,u ^ >.lUO Hi AM. V'., Ih in p ^asitm of R, W. Gkirk in Belhave r There are sonic interesting artk y in this old paper about Napoleon, a t. the War of IS 12 between the Sta e~ aTiKn^land. There is ran ^article I- the paper about England receivi t the "dismal" news of the death - Genera! Gibbs who was the broth f in-law of the Duke of Wellingt ft General Gibbs was killed in a hat y at New Orleans. i- Some of the following are quo - tiohs of prices in Washington, N. i-i taken from this old paper. 1 Whisky, 75 cents per gallon, s' W. I. Rum, ?J.50 to $ 1 .GO per g rIon. 11 j Ihown sugar, $17 per cwt. ir Leaf sugar, 35 cents per pound i- I Leaf tobacco, $6 to $7 per cwt. ej Twist tobacco, $1:1 to $15 per r i- Corn, 70 cents to 75 cents i 11 bushel. White beans, $1 per bushel. ? ATTENTION! EX-SERVICE MEN OF WATAUGA COUN ] The American Legion will meet ~ regular session over the old Watai ; Count v Bank Rtiildino- on KS-fr ^ i evening, March Tt.h, at 7 :oO o'clo Y j All memhevs and ex-service men j e ! urged to attend as there are seve , I matters of particular interest to ^ 1 disposed ?>t. ~ ; Important legislation now in C< ~*igress is being supported by this jw I In union (and in numbers) there ! strength. Bring along some new me J j bers. We need them. a opportunities, in fact, a great in: j -learning. AH of which _ii I-1 consummation of the vision of 1 il; Watauga Club." > Dispatches with the announcement by the me I ger committee that sufficient pe ' centages of stock of the constiti i ent companies have been deposit* I undet the proposed plar. of consc idation. Captain Boris Servieksky. lai i of lliu Irr.peria! Russian Air Corp brought back Tuesday to his adop i ed country the altitude record f< seaplanes carrying a useful load < 1.409.24 pounds, when he drove j twin-motored Sikorsky to an alt . tude of 19,500 feet. Dressed in o i dinary flying clothes, but in i heated cabin. Captain Serkievsl drove the silver-winged ship- i through a hole in the clouds aboi North Beach. N. Y.. and an hoi and a half iater dropped PacK ovi i Oyster Bay with what was believ? 5 to he a new record i The Western Carolina Bette < men! Association Tuesday elect? Mayor Roberts of Asheville as i ' president and at the same tin j raised $10,000 with which to lawn? : a campaign of newspaper adverti I ing and radio broadcasting durii [ the year in its war against cha j stores. About 1,000 members ha been secured and plans call for tl j incorporation of the whole westei 1 section of the State. west North Carolina 0. 1930. J 'Walton League Holds irji Its Regular Meeting ; The first regular meeting of DanRl iel Boone Chapter, Izaak Walton I League of America, was held Saturi day night at the Daniel Boone Hotel, the regular meeting place of the im-1 organization. ,.a-5 j During the business session, Baxtec M. Linney was elected president i for the ensuing year, and R. L. Clay, aK" secretary and treasurer. A discusI sion on ways and means of doing jaway with stream pollution followed, 111 j and the fifteen members present un~ i pledged tremselves to co-operate with; ua* i conservation officers in this effort. J. \V. Bryan spoke briefly on this phase of the Waltonians' work and ;le: suggested that, a fiddlers* convention led be o-iven on July 1th for the purpose me ; of raising funds with which to wage lP" ' the fight. This suggestion was ens*r" , thusiastieally received by those pres-l th(! j enl, and Mr. Bryan was named to ol J arrange details for' the entertainment go ! which, it is stated, will be one o the the j biggest ever staged in this section, he lQ,! MRS. ALiCE GREER DIES ig.r j AT HOME IN IDAHO lay i >nc Mi's. Alice Greer, of Malad City, ice ! Idaho, formerly of Trade, Tenn., died tnd j in Malad City, Idaho, on February 3, n," j where she had lived since 1911. She ive ; was buried at that place. She was a ?ar j member of the Thomas' Chapel ig-g Methodist Church near Trade. Tenn. n*y She became the wife of Austin Greer pie . in 1901. She was loved by all who the j knew her. for her religion was lived ?hi i each dav. nh. . She was the daughter of Mr. and red j Mrs. K. C. Thomas, of Trade, Tenn. ,nd She is survived by her husband, who f resides in Malad City, Idaho, and a ar- host of friends in Watauga County he j and Johnson County, Tenn. The folith I lowing near relatives also survive: lis- j A daughter. Mrs. Ethel Richards, and ipy la son, Gaul Greer, of Malad City, ier' Idaho, and three brothers and four ne [sisters, Luther M. Thomas, of llicked lory, N. C.; Em mitt Thomas, of Malad the I City, Idaho; G. C. Thomas, of Tow! son, Md.; Mrs. Peari Johnson, of ft-1 Hickory, N. C.; Mrs. Eunice Lowian ranee, of Trade, Tenn.. and Mi's, at Margery Lowrance, of Trade, Tenn., 3v- ; and Mrs. Bina Greer, of Taeoma, tai! Wash. ?Reported. COVE CREEK NEWS ITEMS VN ,ct The minstrel show given in Boone ^e_ last Saturday night by the students jc)" of Boone High School with such a deos* cided success will be repealed in the auditorium of the Cove- Crcc.K High ,j^s School M Friday night, Mavn 7. SojS(> lections from the program were givtos en at chapel exrecises Wednesday _;n morning \vh ich were thoroughly oniiiu joyed~l)v tne s t u ueills. X">0Sc out gfi . Friday "ifcKt ant enjoy a real " old er time minstrel. ! - i Farmers of this section have heen tpl} getting in some valuable time reSccntly in the preparation for an uuX i ' usually large planting in the spring. ? I Our people seem determined to do! vote more time to intensive farming this yea)- than ever before. ,.tl ? .M?* 1). T. Brown :s excavating for a large and well appointed garage and filling station oh his property near the school. He moved the dirt ! ont> the school gTounds. witn no cost yt to the school, thereby making exten sTyc improvement to the school prop' ertv. Last Wednesday night County Agent Miller of Johnson County, Mr. Toby of the University of Tennesi see, and Mr. Geer, of the lCrait-Phc? TY jnix Cheese Corpot'atidri spoke to the : faiiiieis of this section on producin 1 tion of Hurley tobacco and the iniga creasing of the milk supply for the iay Kraft plant at Mountain City, ck. Mr. and Mrs. Dave P. Mast visited ire in Kings Mountain oyer the weeknil end. They brought, back with them be | Mrs. Mast's mother, Mrs. T. L. BlaIdck, of Bakersviilo, Va.. for a few ! weeks' visit.. st. j Miss Constance Sholin visited her is f parents at Neva, vTenn.. over the in- week-end. Mr. Kalph Walker, who is head ? | of the agricultural department of the ' Boonville High School, visited his "j parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Walker, ; iast wcc'u. Don Ilensor., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Henson, was operated oh for appendicitis at Grace Memorial Hospital several days ago. He is getting along nicely. Mis. J. W. Henson has been iil with pneumonia for several weeks. At this time she is very much improved. Junior, young son of Mr. ami Mrs. r" Dean Swift, is at the Grace Memo11 ~ rial Hospital undergoinp- treatment ** 1 lor pneumonia. His condition is gTad1" ually improving. Dr. A. E. Gate, dean of CarsonNewman College, has been secured to te deliver the commencement address at S. ; p.... o?i 1 - ? -? vu v vCiiuUi en "prii _LV. !.'?*. : Chandler. pastor of Boone Methodist Church, will preach the annual sermon on the evening: of April 20th. ? The school and community feel themselves fortunate in securing these r" : well-known speakers, a Jp HODGES DRUG COMPANY .e OPEN ONE-CENT SALE IT er The fix si announcement of a local ?d spring merchandising event on any considerable scale, comes from th< Hodges Drug Cmpany. who yesterday r- started their first semi-annual one ;*d [: rent sale. ts Under the well-known plan, drug? ne , and drug- sundries of standard ?h brands are offered to the customers s- of the local store at the regulai ig ; price, a id by the payment of an adin dfiional one cent the purchaser may v*e ; secure another article of the same tie kind. The offerings will continue rn throughout the remainder of this week. $1.50 PER YEAR ~NE i FOR GARDEN TO s C AT LIVE AT Ht J E ASSEMBLAGE ? jc umber of Citizens Enjoj Li., CO -Home Progratm, Sponsored by""" Lticai Organizations. HomeGrown Poods Comprise Menu, and AsKe County Farm Agent Delivers Speech on Home Gardening. The importance of a home garden, I pointers on its preparation and care, and figures showing its monetary 1 possibilities featured the address of ! K. C. Turner, Ashe County Farm ; A font *V?r. Viv?-ot j inj.' held in the dining: room of thu loid Lovill Home, on the college cam ! pus. last Friday evening, i The session was sponsored by the [ Civitan Club of Boone and the ladies* i clubs, co-operating, and more than j 1.50 were present to enjoy the talks 1 of the evening and to feast upon Watauga-grown foods. Boxes for two bad been prepared in advance by the ladies of tlie community, solely from home-grown commodities and were supplemented with buttermilk, sweet milk, spicewood and sassafras tea. Professor I. G. Greer introduced Mr. Turner, who is a well known farm authority, and whose, remarks centered around the home garden, j Garden sass, he said, should be plant j ed on well-drained land, and should | the earth become infected, a change j of location is necessary. lie advised j a cover crop of rye or crimson clover j and outlined the process of prepar! ing the soil for tomato growing, j stressing the necessity of proper j pruning and suckering. In the opin ; ion of Mr. Turner, the average Waj tauga County garden has a cash valine of from $100 to $*200, and de 1 duced that if the 2,000 local farmers, would give average attention to gar ] cloning, their efforts would amount ; to $200,000 and would pay the taxes j of the county. Mr. Turner said that all gardens j should have a coat of lime and that ! acid phosphate should tie broadcast | after plowing. Lime, he says, is ex e client tor ail products, with the exception of the Irish potato. Turn in^ for a moment to the pests which beset the gardener, Mr. Turner insisted that control of the Mexican bean beetle is possible only on bush beans. The talk covered a period of (an hour and was exceptionally well , received. ! I)r. Dougherty, J. F. Moore, G. P. I Kmraman and \V. H. Gragg closed the session with .brief remarks. REG1STRATION FOR MUSIC CONTEST CLOSES MARCH 29 r - ! The District Music Contest is a! most here and it is hoped that the : schools in the Thirteenth District, | which includes Caldwell, Alexander, j Wilkes. Ashe, Watauga. Avery, 1 Burke and McDowell counties, are i ready lor the event. If there are any , last minute questions concerning the ; contest, please send your inquiries to I Mrs. F. N. Blackwell, Lenoir, N. C., who is district chairman, and she will i gladly answer any questions immeidiateiy. i The registration for this contest must be completed by March 29th. J Registration must include the fee and : the events which the school will eni tor. This must be sent to the district 1 chairman. The registration fee is 50c for each event the school wishes to | enter. Fees are doubled for regisi tration made after March 29th. From all indications the contest I on April lli.h promises to he a very fine one. The schools are enthusiastic over the event. Davenport College is ; looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to being host to the re pre\ sentatives from the various schools. SCRUB DAIRY BULLS BANISHED FROM CATAWBA With the elimination of all scrub ; dairy bulls of breeding age from within the borders of Catawba Coiini ty. t'ne county now becomes the third in North Carolina and one of the few in the nation to Have this distinc! tioh. Official announcement of the results secured in Catawba was made last week by John A. Arev. dairy extension specialist at State College. | Mr. Ares praised County Agent J. : Wade Hendricks and his assistant, N. 15. Nicholson, who worked on this prdject throughout last year in cooperation with F. R. Farnham, of the office of dairy extension. l liese three men. says Mr. Arey. first made a eaiefu! and detailed survey of the situation in the county. They located every scrub and every purebred sire and then went to work to have the scrubs replaced with regrelistered stock. In ail. 6b scrubs and 86 purebred? were found. Personal visits were made to the farms where the scrubs were located and the owners were urged to co-operate in the ,j movement to free Catawba of this disgraceful situation. Finally four large auction sales were held at convenient points and 2S of the scrubs were sold to butchers. The others were eliminated later. The work was begun in March and ; ended In the fall. Mr. Arey says that it was carefully done and that ;j further efforts will be made to elim| inatc any scrub bull calves that may - be dropped in the future. There are now three counties in i i North Carolina having this distinci ' tion. These are Gaston. Buncombe > and Catawba. The latter county has r! the distinctoin at present of being f a breeding center for purebred, high ; producing Jersey cattle. Some of the ; herds have been given national rec | ognition and this further effort will S make Catawba take still higher rank i in breeding registered cattle.
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