Local Stockmen Pay Visit To
Eastern Carolina Feed Lots
I
It's not too early to make
, plans to sell cattle ia the (all
of 1863. At least, this is the
story told the people from Wa
tauga County who visited live
stock feed lots in Eastern North
Carolina on March 21 tnd 22.
They were told that the feeders
want steers of strictly beef
breeding, castrated with knife,
and properly dehorned.
All feeders said that they lik
ed the cattle that came from the
Boone sale, but that recent
down trends in fat cattle prices
were wiping out profits and
might affect prices this fall.
The Watauga people making
the trip to try to encourage
buyers to attend the Boone sale
this fall were Fred Critcher,
Johnston Christenbury, Charles
Blackburn, Jr., and L. E. Tuck
willer.
Visits were made to the feed
lots of Carolina Grain and Hil
ling Company, Lumberton,
where the group saw about 1000
cattle on feed. Some of these
came out of the Boone sale.
Si^letary, the manager, said
that they were well pleased
with the cattle from Boone and
that most of them had already
gone to market.
The next visit was with Bob
Emory and John Statton and
Swift and Company Plant at
Wilson. They liked the Watauga
cattle but suggested that the
drift was rather high. They
Ulked of some markets that
were now weighing cattle as
they entered the sale and stat
ed that they liked this method.
They promised to come to the
Boone sales this fall.
The next visit was to local
feeders who feed relatively
small groups, not more than
100-200 head. These feeders
said the cattle were "okay,"
but the present price was bad.
The visit on Friday morning
was to the big feed lot at Eden
ton where they hope to feed
12,000 or more bead per year
right away, and perhaps go to
40,000 in the future. They start
ed last year and purchased
some of their first cattle at
the Boone sale in 1082. They
liked the cattle they bought in
Boone and promised to he bach
for the 1063 sale. Reportedly
they liked fairly heavy cattle,
around 800 to MO pounds.
H. D. Quessenberry, in charge
livestock marketing division, N.
C. Department of Agriculture,
assisted in arranging the tour
and stated that he believed that
most of the cattle buyers visited
would attend the 1983 Boone
?ales.
REPORT ON CUBA
In a recent television broad
cast, the Kennedy Administra
tion showed the nation a display
of intelligence data to support
its stand that Cuba is free of
Soviet offensive weapons.
The report had a twofold pur
pose: to reassure the people and
to take some of the pressure
out of the political controversy
over Cuba's armed might.
Despite Secretary of Defense
McNamara's statement that he
believes all offensive weapons
have been removed, Senator
Keating seems in no mood to
let up.
To think is better than to
have but to have not is never
synonmous with thinking.
Then there are those who
believe that voluntary controls
will prevent higher prices.
?bout this qnestkm:
"Someone dams the sbMb
door . . . a 100-lb. moosehead
falls off the wall and I get
1C stitches la my head. How
can I collect oa my Hunters
Accident Policy . . . whoU
hslleve I was gored by a
dead moooof"
COE
INSURANCE CO.
Pkone AM MM
AHS Band Concert To Be Held Friday
The Appalachian High School *
Band will present iti Spring i
Concert Friday, March 38, at i
7:30 p. nj. in the Appalachian :
Elementary School Auditorium. I
They will be playing a variety i
oi m isle including popular, and
show music plui contest miMic
they are preparing for this
year's ?Ut* band contest Also
included will be a clarinet trio
titled "Three Blind Mice" by
W alien Performing in thil
group will be Graydon Egg en,
Maraha Parker and James Bing
iltufi
A trombone trio "Swinging
Slidea" will be presented by
Curtis Richardson, Chuck Blan
ton and Bill Bandall.
Another special a u m b ? r,
"Dixieland Festival" will be
played as a tribute to Louis
Armstrong. Tfce dlsieland group
tolout will be Graydoa
David Thomas, Judy Bayfield,
Curtli Richardson and Jerry
The concert ia opened to the ft
public and admission 1* SOc for
adult* and 28c for studenta.
TRADE AT HOME
No Center Sllcn arc removed from Winn-Dixie Ham
Halves WOther stores often remove the' choice cantor
slices of the ham half and sell them at a much higher
price. Winn-Dixie guarantees you the full half ham at
this low, low price. You always get more for your money
when you buy at Winn-Dixie!