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TlHursday. FAnwry 14, 1929. AGRICULTURAL SECTION CONDUCTED by N. C. SHIVER, County Agent Mr. H. M'. Clark, farmer of the Hickory Mountain community,, is seeding several acres in prepared pastures this winter. Mr. Cl.rk is seeding a mixture composed of Les pedeza Orchard Grass. Orchard Crass will furnish relatively early grazing, while,' the lespedeza furnishes gracing at a tipiq ’when other grasses' and clovers are not growing well owing to hot weather. Mr. Clark milks a number of •cows, and sells whole milk in Dur jhazn. He realizes that prepared pas fores are necessary for dairy farm ers, and states that the lack of pre pared pastures is one of the biggest drawbacks to dairy farming in the South.- V*ry, few Chatham farmers were able to save any peas this year, and ‘consequently the prices of peas and lieans are high. However, C. W. Jordan, Siler City Star Route, visit ed the Agent recently, and informed ikn that he saved about 12 bushels peas, which he is anxious to ex efaange for beans. The peas are mixed, but Whipporwills pre dominate. Mr. Jordan is another of our pro gressive dairy farmers, and seed has 1 *een ordered for him for the seed ing of a pasture similar to the one described for Mr Clark. The Agent recently ordered 125 1 Rewinds of Lespedeza, strain No. 76,! for a group of Hickory Mountain farmers. The men who are seeding fhis Lespedeza, Mr. W. H. Fergu son, Mr. A. E. Craft and Mr. S. T. Johnson, are growing it for hay and seed. -’Mr. B. N. Welch, merchant and Ssurner of the Harper’s Cross Roads ■community, is seeding five acres in j sweet clover this spring. Mr. Welch ! s*as ordered five tons of lime to be j ■®sed on this five acres, and also ex- j greets to double-mnoculate his seed \ wefore seeding. spring, Mr. Welch cooperat es with the Agent in conducting a free ’acre Nitrate of Soda demonstra tion with wheat. Mr. Welch found fnat Nitrate of Soda doubled the ryw?id of wheat, as compared with a »e-acre tract on which no' Soda! WSt applied. Mar. Henry Harrington of Brick- j tavern will conduct a five acre dem- ! dujrration with Nitrate of Soda, co- j dpt rating with the Agent in this ;; 'vrerk this year. Mr. Harrington is j •convinced that large applications of i < lijgher analysis fertilizers per acre 1 » ' S i3i Ek if u la lq /flKk Asvs NOW -- i 93 Acres of land of which about 85 acres is in oak and pine timber, located about midway between Graham and » Pittsboro, on Highway 93, near Mount Olive Church and School, known as a part of the Lindley property. It , will be offered you at . J I « | Auction February 23rd at 10:30 A. M. j Pi On the same day we will sell in the town of Staley, at 2:30, P. M., the Fred T hompson property, consisting of a j four-room cottage, plenty of outbuildings, an orchard of several varieties of fruit’ and all located in a good resi- [ dence section. Also Five Residence Lots in Staley. i i 1 Band Music and Usual AUCTION Sale Attractions | AGAIN— 1 | We will sell around the last of March or the first of April four beautiful homes in the progressive town of San ford. Watch for further particulars. j Look all these properties over and be ready to bid your judgment where opportunity awaits you. 1 | If you have lands for sale’ let us do it this way, thus accomplishing in a few days time results that usually require |j months or even years. ■■-rrvWxm- ! AMERICAN AUCPtON COMPANY ; I - , . ■ J'i Celling Agents. *v *i* *- « .. , \ Hear the Goldston Brothers Twin Auctioneers. i] r J up to a chertain point pay veil for > cotton and corn, give larger yields !• per acre, and reduce labor cost It i is hoped that this demonstration • will show that increased yield of 1 cotton may be obtained by liberal r and intelligent fer&Li I tion: jj ■ Several farmers in the county sav s ‘ eif Lespedeza this past for the ; j first time. Mrs. G. S. Norwood bought ! a seed pan last year and harvested 1 seed from a few acres for sqle, and •j for: use an her owJL-farm. she sold • | S6O worth of seed through the Agent - j this fall, and has about S2O worth ■I of seed "to seed- on her own farm. ; The cost of the seed pan * k used in saving these seed was $12.50. These seed would have brought* double their price had"'they been cleaned. SOME FACTS FOR FARMERS A rather common question asked by farmers in this county relative j to dairy farming has to do with the ; merits of the Guernsey and Jersey j breed of cattle. There are a num i ber of Jersey breeders in this coun | ty, but several farmers seem to like I Guernsey, and have asked the Agents opinion relative to securing Guern seys rather than Jerseys. Personally, I like both breeds of cattle, and have no preference. However, it is natural for a farmer to give a little | better care to the breed of livestock j that he likes best, and this is a good rule to follow in selecting the breed, j j However, the Jersey breed is well | established in this county, and; breeding facilities are better for | the farmers who contemplate going I into the dairy business with In general, it may be said that, Guernseys, on the average give a larger quantity of milk than do Jer seys. However, the Jersey gives milk that will test higher in butter ; fat. i W. M. C., writing from Stanley, j N. C., hss asked for a good, home- } ; mixed dairy ration. Cream is sold ; from this farm, and during the past few weeks, the cows seem to give less milk than formerly. One of the best home mixed ra tions for feeding dairy cows, andj one th9t utilizes homegrown feeds, j is as follows: Corn and Cob Meal 400 lbs. Cotton Seed Meal 300 lbs. Wheat Bran 200 lbs. Ground Oats 100 lbs. Salt _. . .10 lbs. The above ration, fed 'in com- j parative tests with other feeds at j State College has consistently giv-1 en the best results. One pound of ! this mixture should be fed for every ! three pounds of rtiilk produced, and in addition to this, the cow should have access to all the good legume hay that ’she will clean up. T. H. S., writing from Oakland i township, has inquired into the pre j vention of rust on his cotton and I corn land. He states that his cot • ton sheds badly during the late sum . mer, and that corn on similar land . seems to turn yellow and shrivel, i It is possible that che symptoms described above are due to the lack l of . available forms of potash in this soil. The soil is a grey soil, and ex periments show that applications of , Potash on this soil for cotton and t corn pay well. A number of farm . ers in this county state that the ap [ plication of stable manue £0 soil I of this type will prevent rust, or bet [ ter still, fertilizers carrying at least percent potash will do well. C. -D. 8., writing from <0 klapd t township says that •'he-has trouble , in preventing leg ‘weakness in ; chickens. He states that for no rea . son apparent, his hens are unable to stand on their legs, (and* finally die, This trouble is know as “Leg Weak ness” and is probably due to a , lack of mineral feed, and green feed in the poultry diet, and may also be caused by excessive crowding. The . U. S. Department of Agriculture gives the following methods of con trol: “Feed ground oyster shells or calcium phosphate freely. Add one dram of coppers to each gallon of drinking water. Young chicks may need cod liver oil, two or three drops per bird mixed in their feed daily being the correct dose. Leg weak ness .is preventable in young chicks if they are given access to green 1 feed and sunlight.” J * ! A CAR OF COY BEANS ON THE WAY A car of soy beans will be un | loaded at the depot at Pittsboro, ' Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15 and ' Saturday, Feb. 15 and 16. The Agent is able to deliver these beans to the farmer at $2.15 per bu. The cost of these beans was $2 F. O. B, Since buying these beans, the price has advanced from $2.25 to $2.50. As has been pointed out, this is a ! cooperativ»a, non-profit transaction, ! and in order to eliminate the neces sity of putting extra charges on these beans for storage, farmers are asked to come in promptly and unload this car. | Due to the scarcity of peas, and | also due to the fact that only seveq ! ty cent of a crop terf beans was made in the east, beans are expect ed to advance steadily. Let’s get them out before they get too high to plant. POULTRY CARS AT SILER CITY THURSDAY Farmers in the western part of the county now have an opportunity to avail themselves of a good, year j .HE CHATHAM RECORD l j round poultry market. The G. S. I Myles Co., of Greensboro is co-oper -1 atiffg. with the Agent in a carlot shipment of poultry e made at Siler City, Thursc 14. A good, year-the-rounu ? dtry market is one of our greatest needs. Patro nize this car and help us establish such a market. At the time this paper is delivered, the car will be loading at Siler City. However, for the benefit of those who .other -1 wise would not know, we would like j to state that if this first shipment 1 oroves a success, we plan to run a : car through Siler City at regular in tervals. STATE COLLEGE TTSITY SPECIALIST VISITS COUNTY Mr . S. J. Kirby, Extension Agron : omist was a visitor in the county last week, and drove around with Agent in visiting a number of farms in/the. county. MV. Kirby , w s very much interested in the sweet clov-: er, alfalfa and lespedeza we are at- j * .tempting to promote in this county, f Mr. Kirby stated that Lespede'zh j and sweet clover are our greatest soil improving, hay and pasture le gumes. Mr. Kirby in his ■ travels, visited all sections of the state, and hap visited a number of counties in the state this winter where sweet clover and lespedeza are becoming established. Mr. Kirby has the ’fol lowing to say regarding these two legumes: “Chatham county has soil that is paiticularly adapted to the growing of sweet clover and lespedeza. Farmers are beginning to realize that corn and cotton produced on land that has not had a leguminous crop turned under is uneconomical. In this section, this organic matter and nitrogen can be best supplied to the soil, through the turning un der of sweet clover Lespedeza.” I NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by A. F. Mincy and wife, F. P. Mincy to J. B. Mason, Trustee, dated November 22nd, 1927, and recorded in the Registry of Chatham County, North Carolina in Book GN, page 87, et seq., default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness therein secured, the undersigned Trustee will, on Saturday the 9th day hi March, 1929, at twelve o’clock noon, in front of the Court house door in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, offer for cash, to the highest bidder, all that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Williams Township, Chatham County, North Carolina, and bounded and described as fol- Viz. : BEGINNING' at an ash tree In L. A. Downey’s line, formerly Page’s corner, and funning thence south j 88 degrees 30 minutes east 22 chiins to J. C. Green’s N. W. corner; thence with Green’s line 1 degree and 30 minutes west 25.89 chains to J. C. Green’s S. W. corner, formerly in Smith’s line; thence north 59 de grees 3.0 minutes west along and with the former Smith line to a stake and pointers, formerly How ard Smith and Page corner, now I Morris, Edwards and Dowmey; thence with Y. A. Downey’s line 11.37 1-2 chains to the BEGIN NING, and for a more complete de scription this is’the land as surveyed by Capt. N. A. Ramsey of the land? of ,the Christopher Barbee estate, being lots No. 2 and 3 P's shbwn on said survey, also deed from Sarah McGee, dated May 6th, 1905 and j recorded in Book EF, page 116 m j the office of the Register of Deeds [of Chatham County, North Carolina. This the 6th day of February, 1929. J B. MASON, Trustee'. SILER & BARBER, Attorneys. CUSTOM HATCHING—S3.SO PER. 100, or $5.80 pe r tray, 180 eggs. Carl Gilliland, Siler City, N. C. Feb. T 4, *4tc. IF YOU WANT GOOD INSPEC tion on your Ties and cedar sell to W. C. Johnson. SUBSCRIBE NOW TO THE RECORD | Trade Where Your Dollars Talk i ♦ ’ ‘o I Loudest :: ♦ ;; J If lit is feed for your cows, horses, chickens, you !t t can get it at a mighty close price here. <► ♦ ♦ i o ♦ Groceries—Heavy and Fancy; Also Overalls and Shoes. ;<! ♦ CAR SEED OATS—PRICES RIGHT <► l $ | Sell Your Crossties and Cedar to <► I W. C. Johnson | I • PITTSBORO, N. C. jf ♦ The Store That Sells For Less s 3t x ♦ t ------ - - - - - ■ Phest Colds P.ub well over throat and chest lag VISISS A FULL LINE OF HEAVY AND { fancy groceries, bought right and sold light, at. Connell’s on high j . way 93. h j For colds, grip and flu take falotaLs Relieves the congestion, prevents complications, and hastens recovery. PAGE FOUR
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