8 EN. RUSSELL LONG of Louisiana (right), chat* frith Jack Heffei
meyer, who rolnUrttr travelled from the East Coast to the Hurri
cane Audrey disaster area to help oat. Heffelmeyer holds one of the
three types of clrfl defense drinking water cartons, which are now
used by dairies near most areas to pack and distribate water where
needed in disaster relief. (Louisiana state Civil Defense Photo)
Soil Conservation
NEWS
By
JOHN
SMITH
I
Calvin Lunsford who lives on Up
per Peachtree completed a tile
ditch approximately one hundred
fifty feet long last week. This tile
ditch replaces a ditch that was cov
ered with logs years ago. The logs
rotted out and thj ditch caved In,
making a wet area in the field
Since the ditch has now been cov
ered with tile, it should not cause
any more trouble
If the value of the timbers used
to cover a ditch are considered, it
is more expensive to put poles In
a ditch than to put tile in it The
ASC office can assist a farmer who
plans to put tile in a ditch, but no
payment can be made if poles are
used- Another thing to be consider
ed is the fact that it costs money
or labor to cut the poles which
would be used- The poles would be
worth more left to grow into saw
timber, or to be sold as pulp wood.
1 have been asked by many far
mers how long a tile ditch will last.
The first tile ditch put in by an
American farmer of which there is
any record was installed in 1808.
After one hundred forty-nine years
this ditch is still giving perfect ser
vice- If the ditch bottom grade is:
correctly laid out and dug, and if
a reasonable amount of water runs
through the pipe, it should not give i
any trouble with stopping up. The
most common cause of a tile ditch
failing to function properly is foe
one or more joints of tile to be
broken or knocked out of line. This
is not likely to happen if the tile
is laid deep enough in the ground
to be out of the way of tillage im
plements
The Fish and Wildlife Service
delivered fish for farm ponds to
two Cherokee County residents last
Friday. Hie fish were for ponds
on the farm of H- N- Brendle of
Shoal Creek and G- C- Breedlove of
Marble. Several other ponds are
scheduled to be stocked with
bream this fall
V?L_ n ii. j n n i >l
?i"un nrenuie ana J&. t duu, doui |
of the Sboal Creek Section, have |
a good stand of hairy vetch com
ing up in their corn fields. These (
farmers and many others always
plant vetch after their corn to
keep the organic matter content of
the soil high. By doing so they are
a We to retain more of the rainfall
in the soil instead of letting it run
off as fast as it falls. More of the
fertilizer which they apply is used
by the crop instead of leaching
out with the first rain that falls
after the fertilizer is applied.
Guy Suit, of the Shoal Creek
Section is a firm believer in good
fertilizer practices for pasture. He
has also learned through exper
ience that one of the worst things
for pasture is over-grazing. Suit
showed me a pasture that had
been seeded thirteen or fourteen
years and still has plenty of ladino
clover, fescue and orchard grass in
it. Suit Mid, 'If you fertilize your
pastures like they should be and
don't let the cows eat it down to
the roots, a stand of grass will last
for a long time." He certainly has
the proof of that statement in his
pastures- ,
Farmers who have placed their
cotton in the CCC loan program
have until August 1, 1958 to redeem
their cotton and sell at a higher
price than the support P*4?* n~
oafead at Urn M IMM
it _.'*>?*. f . , . t i ilu^fSSI
Employers' Tax
Rates Will Not
Rise Next Year
Employers covered by this
State's employment security law
got the good word today: There'll
be no general statewide increase in
tax rates this year.
ESC Chairman Henry E. Kendall
of Raleigh announced that 1958 tax
rates, which will be mailed to all
covered employers by Friday, will
be based on the same tax schedule
used this year.
There had been speculation that
statewide tax rates would have to
be increased due to expanded pay
rolls and increased payments of
unemployment insurance benefits
But Kendall said final computation
of taxable payrolls and the balance
in the unemployment insurance
fund showed that the old rate
schedule was still applicable
By way of comparison, North
Carolina's taxable payroll at the
end of June amounted to $2,093.
376.545- This was an increase of
$118,619,407 over the previous year.
On top of this expanded payroll,
unemployment in this State has
been running considerably higher
than the national average. This
led to belief that a higher tax sche
dule might be necessary to main
tain adequate reserves, Kendall
said
However, me lund balance snow
ed an increase of $5,422,700, Ken
dall said, rising to a total of $181,
164,813 at the end of July. This
eliminated any need for a jump in
the tax schedule, he said.
The tax rate for each employer
is based on the ratio between hif
account balance and his taxable
payroll. Some firms with over
drawn accounts will have to pay
more than the standard rate? up
to 3-7 pcrcent of taxable payrolls ?
under a provision enacted by the
recent legislature.
Kendall also noted that firms
may make a voluntary contribu
tion within 30 days from date of
nailing of rate notices which will
?o out by November 15. Often, a
firm can secure a better tax rate
by making these voluntary contri
butions, if was pointed out.
County ASC News
By S. L. KUSSELBURG
So far this year we have issued
approvals to eight hundred and
twenty of our fanners for assist
ince through the ASC Program
Last year our records show we
lelped nine hundred and five farm
;rs in this county. We wonder ifi
Mir people realize that the more
larmers that participate in this
tCP program each year, the more
money that will be appropriated to
them for their farms the following
year- We certainly don't want
Cherokee County farmers falling
below our previous years record.
Look your own farm over and
see if you are in need of lime or
fertilizer for your pastures or
meadows, and if your are and you
haven't had your share of our A CP
money for 1957? Come into the ASC*
office as soon as possible -and let
us sign up your farm for some ma
terials. For instance, did yoo know
that you can get four tons of lime
delivered to your farm and spread
on your grasses for as little as 80c
cash out o < your pocket? Let's put
CHEROKEE COUNTY on the map
as a group of farm owners that are
interested in improving their laud.
Quite a number of our farmers
have used the tile drainage prac
tice to dry up wet land on their
farms. The ACP program paid lor
the tile used on these farms- Is
order to receive this financial help
call at th# ASC Office, aad let the
office personnel explain how It
TVA'S NET ELECTRICITY SALES
REACHED 58 MILLION LAST TEAR
TVA'g financial statements for
the fiscal year ending Job* 30,
1957, show a net revenue of $581
million from the sale of electricity
This is $4-2 million more than dur
ing the previous fiscal year.
Total power operating revenues
were $235,733,000, or $14.1 million
more than during fiscal 1956.
The net revenue represents a
return of 4 percent on the average
investment in power facilities of
$1,470 million- This is slightly a
bove the 3.9 percent jearned in fis
cal 1956, but is the same as the av
erage return fpr the 24 years of
TV A operations
Net expense of all non-power pro
grams was $9,202,351, compared
with $7,325,687 for the previous
year. Included among operations
are flood control, navigation, fer
tilizer and munitions development,
and development of agriculture,
and other resources of the region
forest, and other resources of the
region- 1
Construction expenditures for
the year were $85-5 million, an in
crease of $16-3 million over the '
year before.
At the dote of the year TV A bad
In servict fixtd assets with a total
coat of |B, 1W million, compared
with (1,965 million at June SO, 1956
These fixed asset# include multi
ple-use dams, chemical plant, and
general plant, as well 'as direct
power facilities. An additional $67
million was invested io construc
tion and investigations in progress.
QUESTION: How can 1 prevent
spoilage of silage in horizontal
silos?
ANSWER: Studies have shown
that covers of either black polye
thylene, vinyl or neoprene-coated
nylon can provide an airtight seal
over the silage and thus greatly re
duce surface spoilage of the con
tents.
Artificial breeding makes it pos
sible for farmers to have the ser
vice of high quality bulls.
Research indicates that carefully (
controlling burning helps increase
forage production of some Eastern '
North Carolina lowlands.
i
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ON OUR SWT
By SALLY DAVID0OI
Tali young man wearing "coon
skin cap". Thought "Davy" died
two or thice years ago '
Lady? "want to tee a witch?"
"Yeah, where ia one?" "M?4ook
at this hair".
Young father taking imall boy
to Sunday School, walking very
slowly with hands ia pocket "Lit
tle fellow", behind with his hand*
in pocket Jnst like daddy.
Welcome to the new qervke sta
tion manager on our streA- Good
luck to the. fellow who left
LEGAL NOTICES
ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE
Having qualified as Administra
tor of the Estate of Mrs. Minnie
Tatham, deceased, late of Chero
kee County, North Carolina, this is
to notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceas
ed to exhibit them to the under
signed on or before the 14th day of
November, 1958, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
Ml persons indebted to said estate
avill please make imiqediate pay
ment
This the day d Nonmbw,
VKt.
Boy Tatham, Administrator
of the Estate of Mr% MJaiHe
Tatham, c -f of Mri. Smith
IMte Howell. Robblnsville, N. C
EXECVTHJX NOTICE
In the matter of the last will and
testament of Luther M-* Nicholson,
deceased, late of Cherokee County,
North Carolina,* this is to notify all
persons having claims against the
estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned at. And
rews. N- C., on or before the 14th
day of November, 1958, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery- All persons indebt
ed to said estate will please make
immediate payment.
This the 14th day of November
1957.
Evelyn Russell Nicholson,
Executrix of the estate of
16-6tc Luther M. Nicholson
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Administrat
or of the Estate of James M. Mor
row, deceased, late of Cherokee
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned
at his office in Murphy, North
Carolina, on or before the 23rd day
r" ? r. ? ??, .t r <.? "
i bar o t
An parson* tnrinhfrt to
MHigt
This the Utb i?j at October,
vm.
H. L. McKeever, Adminis
trator at the Estate of
Jamee M Morrow, Deceased
U-6tc
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
CHEROKEE COUNTY
The undersigned, having quali
fied as Administrator o( the Es
tate of Ida Mewborn, Deceased
lata of Cherokee County, this la to
notify all persons having claims
against said estate to present them
to the undersigned on or before
the 28th day of October, 1958. or
this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please
make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
This the 28th day Of October,
1957.
Clifford M. Mewborn,
Administrator
14-6tp- Murphy, North Carolina
North Carolina has about 3 per
cent of the total supply of eggs in
the United, States.
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