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id Section CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE S3, IMS Watauga Farmer Pulls ProsperitwF rom Ashes r, ? By JOE C. MINOR Democrat Staff Writer "Out of ch?o* Is bora oppor tunity." Thi? appears to be the case of Mr. and Mr*, J. C. Stan bery of Route 1. Boom. However, lite future for this young farri couple looked pretty bleak at they viewed the dying ember* of what had been their home before the > fire on a late afternoon in early spring of 1980. Mr. Stan be ry was not ooe to brood over his misfortune long. He knew he had to have a house for his family and set about getting one. Financing was going to be a problem. He had only about seven acres of cleared land? enough for him to make a living ? but not enough to live on and pay for a home at the same time. He Jmew it would take a long time to pay for what his family needed. Private lenders let a lot of farm ers have money, but they do not like to lend for as long a time as Mr. Stanbery was going to need. He then investigated his chances for a loan with the Farmers Home Administration, a U. S. Govern ment agency with offices In Boone. He learned that this agency is set up especially for fanners who need help, but because of various reasons can not get it from pri vate sources. The county supervisor of FHA visited the Stanbery farm to sec if a loan was justified. A survey was made of the farm and it was found that a loan could be made if more cropland and pasture were available. The supervisor- suggested that 19 acres be cleared, limed and fer tilised for pasture. Mr. Stanbery was loaned money to do this as well as to rebuild his home. After * the bouse was completed, the FHA made sn operational loan to buy livestock. Five beef-type cows \ were purchased, a silo was built, Mr. Stanbery had his truck patches out, and it looked Mike he was in business again. All went well until- the price of cattle declined sharply. Mr. Stan bery was quick to realise he was going to have to do something else to help make a living. He decided to raise a laying flock. Then he needed a building to house them. With the aid of FHA he built a 40* x 48' block building ? large enough to care for 900 hens. The building has an aluminum roof, which Mr. Stanbery says is "the only thing for . t chicken house," because it keeps the layers comfortable even when the sun it the hottest outside. In the spring of 1994, with ? loan secured from FHA, he bought 800 *eX0d it wa? brad" for laying. ??CaL^th. body .1". the bird bring* ? ??od price whan sold to/ eating. The Uy br?*h tHi, which Mr. Stanbery preferred by comumer. in thU icction. He hu automatic waterer* In fh, h<HUe and *emi-automatic day Community - type houses are preferred over the oW gtyle single nest. The eggs are kept clean because the hen's feet ?e cleaned before the the nest. The eggs are laid on wood shavings and Mr. Stanbery gathers them three or four times a day. Each nest will accommodate about 90 hens. ? Mr. Stanbery figures be gets an average of - 19* production, and keeps his hens culled closely to keep this percentage up. He say* his pullets begin laying at about the fifth or sixth month and can be expected to stay in peak pro duction for about a year. This means he has to keep a new crop of hens coming on. This year he' remodeled his to house 1.200 chickens whiri. he expects will be In production by mid-summer. He has culled his old hens V> cloaely that he now aver ages only about 200 eggs a day. and he wants to increase this be cause the demand for his eggs haa increased. When this year's pullets get into production he will sell all hie old hens. These pullets, by the i *?*?[ are now eating about a ton of feed, each week. Mr. Stanbery stores his eggs in the basement of his home wherehe trades candles, crates and labels Uiem for market He intends to make an "egg room" thU ,U?"^ so that his work may be ?~ler when the 1.M0 ?>???ylB?r Any time technical advice, or any other advice on running the iJm Is needed, Mr_8tanbery cjU. ?? Mr Robinson, w*o. always iaes to heln. Ma cUeBt* make Jl better, u vina (nn their land. Mr Robln loping strfc* records of all activities on the farm and the record* are analysed each year to help Mr. Stanbery get the most '"Mr^Stanbery haa kept six cows an!? sells grade C milk. He keeps two brood sows and rsises beans and cabbage to help bring in income. He grows his own sil age and oat# tor feeding. This all sound* like a lot of work and It would be for a family with leas courage and ambition than the . Stanbery* have. Even with all this woik they still find time Here's to Your Health! DAIRY MONTH, EVERY MONTH, DRINK TO YOUR HEALTH WITH MILK . . . FARM-FRESH, FLAVORFUL, GOOD FOR YOU. ? ? ? Now, during Dairy Month, it's time to put more milk and milk products on your table. Enjoy coal, refreshing, nutri tious milk . . , delivered, at your trocar's. Help Yottrtelf To Health HILLSIDE DAIRY PRODUCTS, Inc. YOU* HOME TOWN DAISY S. Depot St A Boone, N. C. Drinkers Add To Road Toll Under the heading "drivers con dition" the Motor Vehiclea Depart ment summary of last year'* fatal traffic accidents lists 32S drivers who hud bepn drinking. Other driven defects? eyesight, hearing, fatigue, illness, and sleepiness af fected only 83 drivers involved la fatal accidents, la all there were MO death dealing traffic mishap* which produced Ml fatalities dur ing the }??r. Child's Hour Is Slated Here The Children's Hour, sponsored by the Recreation Department of Boone, will be conducted by Miss Taylor's college class. This will be a very valuable experience for your child. Please bring your chil dren to the Elementary playground Monday at 3 o'clock. to indulge in pleasant recreation. Mr. Stanbery has built a farm pond on his place which is stocked with bass and blue gill. He slips off to this between farm chores and enjoys fishing. Mr. Robinson states that as soon as it appears FHA borrowers are able to, they are urged to re-fi nance their building and farming loans with private lending agencies so that money may be released for other farmers who need help. 1 Teachers Doing Obseirations^g 1 Thii week approximately three hundred teachers from mr the Southeast observed three seyioos of demomtration which wdkre di rected b) Mia* Ruth Robiasoa in her classes in Education at Ap palachian State Teachers College. Miii Robinson is supervisor of 'in struction in the Mecklenburg County Schools of North Carolina. The demonstrations were given by seventeen elementary pupils from the Long Creek School in Mecklenburg County. The prin cipal is Roy S. Coffey, formerly of Boone, and the teacher of the fourth grade pupils who participat ed Is Mrs. Thelma Jackson. The demonstration consisted of language arts and social studies. Individualized reading and compo sition were demonstrated. Spell ing (including phonics), sentence structure, and punctuation were emphasized in the composition demonstration. The children spoke with poise and fluency on history, geography, scienee, and biography. It was the consensus of the visiting observers that the children were far advanc ed beyond their grade level in speaking, reading comprehension, and composition. ' The demonstration was of par ticular interest, in view of the wide-sprtpd controversy which is Sheep Dipping Vats Available The Cove Creek PTA chapter has reconditioned their sheep4ip ping vat and are asking sheepmen to tot them know it they desire their sheep dipped.^, W. Where possible, 60 or more sheep are needed at one point to set up dipping. These desiring sheep dipping service should contact R. G. Ship ley, Vilas, so that a dipping sche dule may be set up. - .? 6*^-3 , ? Italy will receive *80, 000,000 worth of surplus U. S. cotton, wheat and tobecco under an "ex traordinary aid" agreement, signed In Rome recently, (hat will also provide long term loens (or the de velopment of depressed areas. going on all over the country in the matter of redaing and reading comprehension. Mrs. Julie Coffey taken By Death | I a&s Mrt. Julie Hum Coffey, 79, of Vilaa, Route 1, died June IB in the Blowing Rock Hospital. funeral services were held at 2:30 p. 5M, Monday, June SO, at the Boooe Fork Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Raymond Hendrtx. Burial waa in the White Springs cemetery. She la survived by five aona, Horton, Banner Elk, Lloyd, Boone, Route J, Don. Vilas, Hayee, Con over, and Cecil, Hickory; three daughters, lira. Carl Hayes, Boone, Mrs. Harry Hayea, Greensboro, and Mrs. C. A, Crawford, Greensboro; a brother, Henry Hayes, Blowing Rock; two slaters, Mrs Lottie Day and Mrs. Connie Williama, both of Boone, Route S; 21 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Business Opportunity DISTRIBUTING THAT GOOD GULF GASOLINE AND COMPLETE ? LINE OF GULF PRODUCTS IN WATAUGA AND ASHE 1 WANT MAN OF HIGH QUALITY See ? Write or Phone C D. Coffey, Jr. ? North Wilkesboro, N. C. -CALF BATS BALLOON Chieuha. Okla. ? Om of Henry Cochran's calves spied * taaty looking morsel la the pasture and look ? few bites. Mrs. Cochran round the call dead and called for a veterinarian, who performed an , m flU P stand back of the bus station We have 6-8-6 and 8-8-8 Cabbage Fertiliser with Borix. C. M. and R. H. Critcher The Southern Appalachian Historical Association and / 9 *?', I ' t . ? The Daniel Boone Folk Arts Council '.y 'K l y. > , '? r ? ' ' ... ' > ?:} .o ; ... '< ? ?' '' " . * . - : ; , r ? s V present FESTIVAL PROGRAMS Of Mountain Folk Ways THE OLD MUSIC: Hymns, Songs, Ballads, Fiddle and Banjo Tunes FOLK GAMES and COUNTRY DANCING HANDCRAFTS of the Mountain Region and TALE-TELLING by Local Citizens ' '? ... , . . /.?* ????, *' , V ' V ' ? -A'i ? - - . t- V At The Festival Platform Near Daniel Boone Theater ("THE HORN IN TJHE WEST") ic?e|bipi Me 25 through September 3 - 1955 iBlS ' , - -L >\ PH||^H%^^po^HeeH||^^H PUPPETS: MISTER PUNCH'S SHOW at 3 O'CLOCK every Sat. General Participation in Folk Games, Square Dancing, and Singing, Will Be a Part of Each Festival NOTE: Craftsmen, singers, fiddlers, and other music makers, callers, and ALL WHO KNOW AND LOVE THE OLD MUSIC? old sacred songs, love songs, children's songs, jig songs, etc.-and all who enjoy telling I 't the old tales-ARE. INVITED TO COME AND TAKE PART in these programs. f|" Write to Richard Chase, Beech Creek, N. G or t*hone AHherst 44831 Boone^ ? ?J?
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