Zionville News Notes
Kilter is HI it
Mcwvrt word
is ill in s
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wilson
and Joe Wilson an visiting rela
tives In Cleveland, Ohio.
Mis. Etta Keeca Is visiting in
Waat Virginia with her children
SI Miss Lueile Osborne spent Tues
day night with Dora Doane Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R lloimao vis
ited Saturday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Romlnger at Roinln
gar.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Phipps and
Freddie spent Saturday night with
Mr. and Mrs John Wagner at
Shouns, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Martin and
Wallace spent tts week end with
relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Stephens via
lud let week with Hn PoUy Ormr.
Mn Dm Trivett vwl laat iwk
with Mr m—li, Mr. ud Mn.
Mr Loy at Shouiu. Tenn
Mr*. Georgia MtWr, Mn. Helton
WiUon and Sandra. Mn. Howard
Phippa and Freddie, viaitod Pri
day with Mn. Ruby Triplett and
Mr. and Mn. Aim WUaon at Peri
Inavllle, Mn. J. A Idol and Mn.
Arnold Cooper of Rout* 2. Boom,
ipent the day alao with the WU
aona.
Mr. and, Mn Edward Wtlaoo and
Mr. and Mn. Loroy Wliaon viaited
Sunday with Mn Roaa Ferguaon
at Baptlat HoaplUl Winaton-Sa
lem.
HolaeanReche Vawa Spoken
Mr and Mn W. R Holraan of
Zionvlllo announce the marriage
of their daughter. Dare, to A-lc
Raoul P. Roche, of rort Bragg,
•cn of Mr. and Mn. William P.
Roche of Santa Rita, Now Mexico
The wedding took place Friday,
February s, at Choaterfleld, S. C.
The couple will make their home
at Payette ville.
New Hybrid Is
Now Available
N. C 46, a new mldmm to
early yellow hybrid torn will b*
available to North Carolina (arm
ar» thia year, It wai announced
by John C Wee, director of the
N. C. Crop Improvement Smvke.
Rice says the new hybrid la
adapted to moat areaa oLthe atate
and haa become popular In the
Coaatal Plain and Piedmont sec
tiona. It waa developed by the N.
C. State College Experiment Sta
tion.
"N. C. 46 haa excellent italic
strength, showing only • per cent
lodging la the Oticiai Variety Teat
(or ahort seaaoo coma during the
paat aeaaoa." Ilice uid. He point
ed out that irenge lodging per
centage! at the other ahort teaaon
hybrids la the teat waa IS per cent.
According to Rice, N. C. 40 la
about equal to U. S. 282 and the
grain quality la excellent. "It ha*
good weevil realatance for an
early cora and the loweat per
centage of expoeed ear tipe of any
of the ahort aeaaon corna in the
Official Variety Teat," he declared.
Farmer* who have tried this
variety, aaid Rice, are well pleaaed
with ita excellent atandability and
low ear replacement, which makei
it eaaier to harveat with a corn
picker.
For full aeaaon demand, the reg
ular N. C. hybrid! wUl be available
to farmers, Riee declared. "The
ideal 1906 growing aeaaon will re
sult in high quality seed grain be
ing placed on the market," he re
ported, "and N. C. 27, the states
moet popular yellow hybrid, Dixie
82 and N. C. 42 will be readily
available."
Those farmers desiring white
hybrida will be able to get Coker
811 and Qoker >11, which have re
ceived wide acceptability from the
milling trade. Rice said. He also
pointed out that a limited amount
of U. S. S23W and Dixie 17, two
additional white hybrids, would
be available.
Dixie 29, a very popular white
hybrid adapted to all areas of the
state will M available also, Rlc
announced.
STORK UNHAMPERED
BY SNOW
New Glasgow, N. S — Receiving
a call from Lagan, IS miles out
of town, Dr. H. A. Locke did not
let the worst snowstorm of the
season atop him. He arranged a
trip on a highway department
snowplow and arrived In time to
deliver a son to Mrs. Douglas
Olaney.
Strip Cropping Helps
Farmers Hold Land
/ By a J. WILLIAMS
U (trip cropping ns*l*d on your
Urn? nil l« a question that can
U answered in the affirmative by
arveral hundred farmer* In the
county. The fanner that find* its
necessary to work steep fields has
a need for this practice. It Is one
of several practices that must be
used when slopping areas are cul
tivated; If the (oil is kept In place
and serious erosion Is prevented.
Strip cropping is more than a
tingle measure. It Is a combination
of the following good farming prac
tices: -1. Contour farming is auto
matic when strip cropping is prop
erly established. 2. A good rota
tion is systematically followed
when strips are alternated between
tilled crop* and grass and clover.
S. The organic content of the soil
ti kept high when the strip* are
rotated, and sod I* turned before
a cultivated crop Is planted. 4. Both
•ummer and winter cover crop*
are kept on field* worked in
strip*.
Strip cropping *low* the ipeed
of water a* it travels down the
slope, causing more of it to be
absorbed on the field, where it ia
needed during dry periods. A*
the water begins to gain speed in
the cultivated areas it Is checked
by a sod crop below. When culti
vation of the cropped (trip is on
the contour, each row help* to
hold it* own water and leuen the
flow to the area below.
Moit farmer* in the Watauga
Soil Conservation District that
have tried strip cropping like the
practice. After the fir*t year the
practice I* begun, the sequence
of (trip* to be farmed becomes
natural, and a rotation I* usually
eaiier to follow than in ordinary
fields. > Where there are natural
draws in the field, they should be
left In sod waterway* at all timea
to prevent ero*ion where water
becomes heavily concentrated.
When steep pastures are to be
re-seeded, there is much les* dan
ger of soil lou, if they are plowed
and seeded in alternate strip*. This
tequires two different seeding*,
but give* far gieater erocion pro
tection.
As the plowing season is now
approaching, it ia time to have
'tho*e field* marked for contour
i strip cropping.. Soil Comervatlon
| Service personnel will gladly mark
your field*, if contacted at the
local office.
SHOT PROVES LUCKY
AuiUn, Minn.—Being accident
ally *hot in the back while hunt
ing probably laved 16-year-old
Bryan Boettcher'* Mfe. Doctors
treating the youth after he had
been wounded discovered he had
a collapsed lung, a condition
caused by a rare lung diieaie. If
the ailment had not been found
when it wa*. It likely would have
proved fatal.
Scouts To Get
Free Camping
At Raven's Knob
Fifteen or more Watauga Scouts
may go to Raven'* Knob Camp
free this summer as the result of
their advancement In Scouting, if
plans of the Watauga District are
carried oat.
The plans were announced at
the district meeting last Thursday
night in the First Presbyterian
Church in Boone, when W. C. Rich
ardson presided over his first
meeting as district chairman.
Several civic clubs have offered
to pay the way to summer camp
for boys who make the most ad
vancement in the trail of Scouting,
and other club* and institutions
are expected to participate. Any
group or organization wishing to
help in this program may contact
Dr. Lee Reynolds at his home for
details.
Seventeen adult Scouters attend
ed the meeting, which waa also
attended by Roscoe Steven*, Scout
Executive of the Old Hickory
Council of Which Watauga County
is a pert. Diacussions were held
concerning problems of Scouting
in the county and the achievements
which Scouting has made.
B. W. Stallings, who heads the
camping and activities committee
in the district, urged that Scout
masters encourage all their boys
to go to Raven's Knob for camp
ing this summer. He explained
that boys can get more out of a
week's camping there than they are
able to get in a much longer per
iod at home.
North Carolina produces about
49 per cent of the tobacco grown
in the United States.
<UU*r*d*throit(h' the froot te
ol the police station early one
nomiiif recently tod up the stain
to the desk where officer Richard
Morris was sitting "I'm drunk
lock me up," the man demanded
He waa drunk and Morris obliged.
North Carolina is the only one
of 11 Southeastern states whore
cash receipts from farming in
creased each year for the past throe
years.
efficiently, k production records
oa each «ow la their held*.
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REAL ESTATE
01—COVE CREEK—IS acrea good farm land. 5-10 tobacco baac,
good barn. $2500.
•6—GRAND BOULEVARD—Large atone dwelling broken into
S a part menU, large lot, offer would be considered
•0—WOODLAND DRIVE—3 bedroom brick dwelling, excellent
condition, oak floor*, plastered walla, full siie basement,
oil furnace, nice lot. Bargain price.
62—COVE CREEK—8 rooms and bath down, 3 rooms and porch
up, lot 119 feet fronting bigbway 421 near Cove Creek High
School. $7,230. Terms if wanted.
60— RUTHERWOOD—New S room framed dwelling, bath, full
sized basement, hot air heat, large let fronting on highway
, 421.—*7800.
92—WEST BOONE—8 Mi rooms framed dwelling, 1V4 bedrooms,
2 baths, full size basement, 2 car garage, oil furnace hot air
heat, very large lot on paved street.—*12^00.
10—GRAND BOULEVARD—3 bedrooms, bath, « room framed
dwelling, oil furnace hot air heat. Beautiful location, very
large lot.
63—WEST BOONE—4 bedroom stone dwelling, 2 bathrooms, coal
stoker steam heat, all rooms newly decorated, one acrtf lot
fronting on 421. Flagstone walks.—$9900.
Oft—DEEP GAP—New 4 room dwelling, bath, deep well, pump,
large let, paved road.—*7900.
47—23 acre* all improved grass and crop land. 7 room farm
dwelling, out buildings.
28—KING STREET—New brick apartment house. 2 three room
apartmenta down and one 4 room apartment up. 3 bathrooms
and two halla. Large work shop. Terms.
IS—STATE FARM ROAD—New 4 room framed dwelling, bath,
city water, oil heat.—$8000.
2—PINE STREET-WOODLAND DRIVE—3 bedroom, 8 room
rock dwelling, 2 baths, oil furnace. Lot size 140*6" on Pine,
265' on Woodland Drive. 3 good building lota.
44—HARDIN PARK—5 rooms down, 2 bedrooms, 2 rooms up
not finished, full size basement, oil furnace, hot air heat,
bath, city water, large lot on paved street
94—NEAR NEW SHULLS HILLS ROAD—3 acres good land
and 4 room bungalo near college.—$4000.
1—GRAND BOULEVARD—5 room brick, 2 bedrooms, bath,
basement, oil furnace, large lot 90x190. This house can be
bought furnished or unfurnished, easy terms.
50— LAUREL FORK—3 bedroom dwelling, nice fish pond, 15
acres on good road.—$6500.
HOME REALTY CO.
H. GRADY FARTHING WATT H. GRAGG
TELEPHONE AM 4-3691 — BOONE, N. C.
SAVINGS AND LOAN BUILDING