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Blfwing Rock School HpMovUf to the new elementary scboo) building to M* completed •wept far the library and the lar meeting January 8. After a *|uyaA kaiainMH IWa Imwa »»on DUStnrM seMion, in r uoyi met with Mr. Kichsrdson. assistant farm agent afd the girl* wHh Kiaa Stmt. anistant home afeot Mr. RMtardaon talked atwut the 4-H Poultry Project and gave the boya advice on their project* The lint County Council meeting will b« held Saturday, January 1*. In Boone. All 4-H mem ben. and especially offlcen, are urged to attend. Basketball Gaan V Jeffenon defeated Blowing Rock twice last Tuesday at Jeffenon High'a gym The Jeffenon boy*' team woo, #M2. Shatley was high man for Jefferson with 27 points. Jefferson's girls' team won by a score of 48-32. The Nathan's Creek boy* defeated the Blowing Rock team 9648 last Friday night. Jones of Nathan's Creek was high with 2S points. The Nathan'* Creek girl* won 81-97. Ban of Nathan'* Creek with 28 points and Held of Blowing Rock with 42 points were high aeorcn. Mr*. Greene's 1th Gnde The *eventh gnde expresses thank* to Mn. A. K. Buxton and Mn. Blanche ford far their many kindnesses a* grade mothen. Mr*. Bill Lent* and Mr*. James Sudderth will serve a* grade mothen for the remainder of the school Farm Woodland Income Sought "North Carolina farmers have Immediate opportunities for Increasing farm woodland income*," says John Gray, apeclaliat In charge of foraatry extension at North Carolina State College One immediate opportunity, say* Gray, ia through tree planting under the Conservation Reserve phase of the Soil Bank program. For, he points 991. farmers can be reimbursed up to >0 per cent of the coat of establishing trees on former croplands. The annual rental on these plantings I* 10 dollars per acre. A second way, tayl Gray, Is through farmer self-employment and hiring help to harvest and market forest products Instead of selling standing timber. Gray point* out that net wages earned, after subatracting atumpage value and allowing for equipment operation and depreciation, ahould be slightly over one dollar per hour. Gray aays good management of existing forested areas will greatly Increase the profit* obtained. He points out that there la no foreseeable limit to the demand for moat North Carolina farm forast product* over the next 30 to 40 years. He eitlmate* that approximately TO per cent of domestic production of forest products come* from farm woodlands. Gray aays farmer* own approximately 63 per cent of the state's private commercial forest lands. Since these are mostly In area* of lea* than SO acres, the importance of good management for future production and income can not be overlooked, ho adda. Kenneth Sudderth of Sel/ridge Air Farce Baa*. Mt CiliaIIi MiriUgan. and Ctaarlaa Hcuon of FaalaabMu. Franc*, were hon« for the hulirfaya They vuited the Mvwath grade and gave talk* about tfeair experience* in Use nor *»«•■ JM- • Mr. McCurry'. Ilk and fib Gradaa Good eitizene for the wwk end ing January 4 vera Beulah llaiTiaon and Larry Hodge The ciaaa thank* Mr* Lea Cot ley and Mr* Alma Moody for the fcomeroom party. I aV K "New. knd View." it die tbene of the current activity board. The .tudent* (elect clipping* from uew.pa per* and magazine, each day for the board. Bonnie Jean Payne returned to acfeool after an illnea*. Bud Greene, a IMS graduate, hat Joined the Air Forte He 1* now is Texai. Oeorge Hollar* and Bill Miller of the 1MB cU*a ware recent ^kLiuJ . -1 „ 1 i n - m scnooi visitors ■anion welcomed Ton Cannon back after an abaanea of two weak* Tom .pent part of thi« time in the hoapiUl. FARM LOANS A record total of >338.400,000 is loan* ware made and inaured by the Farmer. Home Adminiatration last year, according to tha Agriculture Department, which said the loan* were u*ed primarily for operation, Improvement and purchaae of family-typa farm*. The previou* peak wa. about $281,000,000 In 1900. Loan* outatanding a* of tha end of 1008 totaled about 1880,000,000, hn Increaae of •883.000,000 over the previou* year Changes Are Noted In § County Land-Use Plan Those who in observant of changes in agriculture in the Watan,ia Soil Conservation District w« ■ ahifl la the Unci uu pattern of the county, rawer steep fielda art being cultivated each year and faraiar* IM becoming more erpelon conaeious This land um trend aaaurea ui of more productive aoll and a more (table agrtcntaire for the fo IlBglll Dunn* the year special .-mphas | h has been placed on %ur forest I teaourcea. We realize that moat of our woodland la producing vary little timber and by better management this can become one of our major sources of farm income. A greater intereat In reforestation la evident by tb« lacreaaed orders i for aeedlinga. Within a few years, provided sufficient aeedlinga are I available, tram '100 to 900 acre* of trees are epected to b« planted each year. Drainage la another practice that haa been need extensively in the district during the paat year. 16,315 feet Of til* draina were installed during the year. One mile I of open drainage ditches waa also | cut. By drainage of wet more level 1 areaa that can ba used for cultivation of crops, more of our upland Is usually taken out of cultivation and used for More permanent typea of vegetation. Thus, by drainage permitting a shifting of land use on the farm, eroaion becomes leaa of a problem. During the year R. Q. Shipley of Vllaa entered and won the N. C. eaaay contest sponsored by the Soil Conservation Districts. The subject of the mm? mi "My Soil Conservation District—lu Value To My Community." Supervisors arc participating la the saw Rural Development Progran for Watauga county. With additional technical help expected for the county • speedup In aoil and water eonaervatioa plana and applied conservation practices la anticipated. Watauga Soil Conacrvation District Supervisors wish to rxpress their appreciatien to the following agricultural agencies for their support during the put year: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, Extension Service. Firmer* Home Administration, N. C. Department of Conaervation and Development, N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission, Soil Conservation Service and Vocational Agriculture. With the continued aasistants of the varioua agricultural agencies and the continued Interest of local farmers, the district supervisors anticipate another good year for conservation in 1887 NEW-TYPE CAMPAIGN The recent election was preceded by a new-type campaign. The two major political parties did more campaigning by air in 1DB6 than ever before. *The Republican and Democratic candidates for president and vice president, as well as the "truth squads" registered 220,000 air miles. The previous high was the 178.275 in 1992, according to "Plans," official publication of the Aircraft Industries Association.
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