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News of the Week on
Chatham County Farms
Nowadays, we hear a lot of talk
about “The Cost of Production.
This has been in reference to the
automobile industry more than any
one thing, but it also bears a close
relation to farming. The farmers
operations are all concentrated on
lowering the cost of production of
his cash crops, in order to realize
more profit from them. This is being
done through the more intensive and
intelligent use of commercial fer
tilizers, better cultural methods and
soil improvement through the use of
green manures. Our aim is to in
crease the yield per acre, thus cutting
labor costs.
One of the best examples of cut
ting the cost of production is fur
nished by Mr. W. J. Thompson, Siler
City, N. C., R. F. D. No. 1. Several
years ago, Mr. Thompson made a
yield of 33 bushels per acre of wheat
on three acres. The land on which
this wheat was grown had a heavy
crop of red clover turned under, and
was fertilized liberally. Mr. Thomp
son uses a rotation of corn, wheat
and clover for building up his soil.
During the past few years, the
dairy industry in this county has
been slowly increasing. Several new
cream routes and whole milk routes
have been organized, and farmers
are supplementing the growing of
cash crops with the production of
dairy products, thus increasing their
farm incomes. The oldest cream
route in the county is operated in the
Rocky river section, and has been in
existence for several years. Mr. Vet
Clark of Siler City, R. F. D. No. 1,
who is a patron of this route made
an outstanding record with his small
herd during the year 1928. During
this year, Mr. Clark sold to the North
State Creamery at Burlington a total
of $469 worth of butterfat. The
above money was realized from three
cows six months of the year, and
from four cows the remaining six
months. Mr. Clark was able to make
this record through good feeding,
pasturing, and care of his cows.
Mr. Burt Dark, who is a patron
of thej same route, has his produc
tion up to 110 pounds of cream per
week. Mr. Dark has long been a
Jersey breeder, and is able to grow
out good heifers with skim milk left
from the sale of cream.
Interest in pure bred cotton seed
is steadily increasing. Messrs. A.
E. Webster, L. P. Webster, George
Beaver and J. L. Lindley have given
the agent their orders for pure bred
Mexican cotton seed during the past
week. Orders will be taken this
month, and the best seed that can be
found will be bought.
Once a farmer uses lime, he be
comes an enthusiastic (booster for
lime and legumes. Mr. M. A. Siler
of Staley R. F. D. No. 1, used a
car of lime several years ago, and
was able to get a good stand of red
clover on a large part of his land.
He will use another car of lime next
fall. Mr. Siler states that the dif
ference in the growth of clover where
lime was applied and where it was
not applied could be observed to the
row.
Mr. W. H. Ferguson, prominent
farmer of the Hickory Mountain com
munity is conducting a three acre
demonstration with nitrogen top
dressing for small grain. Mr. Fergu
son is applying 100 pounds of soluble
nitrate on one acre, 150 pounds on
the next acre, and no top dressing
on the third acre. The record of
the increased yield of small grain
due to top dressing, as compared with
the yield where no top dressing ma
terial is used will be studied. This
demonstration will be located in front
of Mr. Ferguson’s home, on the Pitts
boro-Siler City road.
Mr. Ira Foushee of Pittsboro R.
F. D. No. 1 is conducting a demon
stration similar to the above on three
acres of oats. Mr. Foushee is using
Cal-Nitro as a source of nitrogen top
dressing.
New members of the “Lespedeza
Club” this week are Mr. T. A. Bur
nett Bynum, R. F. D. No. 1, C. M.
Covert, Siler City, R. F. D. No. 5,
W. J. Thompson, Siler City, R. F.
D. No. 1, B. Andrews, Siler City, R.
F. D. No. 1, and John Strowd, By
num R. F. D. No. 1.
The agent ha> ordered seed for
these men, and they expect to seed
this lespedeza shortly.
A Large Shipment of
Poultry Made at Siler
City
The second co-operative poultry
sale of the season was held at Siler
City last Wednesday, and was a de
cided success. One hundred and
sixteen Chatham farmers sold a total
of 8005 pounds of live poultry re
ceiving a total of $1,887.42. Farm
ers who participated in this sale saved
a total of SSOO over local poultry
prices. The buyers, representing the
Eagle Poultry Company, of Philadel
phia, Pa., stated that this was one of
the best lots of poultry that they
have ever bought in the South. An
other co-operative poultry sale will
held at Siler City before Easter.
Watch for announcements and prices.
May Market a Carload
of Hogs at Siler City
Several farmers in the western
part of the county will co-operate
with the county agent, and Mr. L. P.
Salter of the division of markets in
Farm News
Edited by N. C. SHIVER, County Agt.
attempting to ship a car load of hogs
to the Richmond market. Jim White
and Ira White are making a sur
vey of the situation, and in case they
are able to sign up enough properly
fed hogs, the car will be loaded at
Siler City or Bonlee soon.
Pasture Meetings Held
at Rocky River and
Silk Hope
Farmers who were interested in
pastures and dairying attended three
meetings, Tuesday and Wednesday of
last week, at Jim Teague’s store,
W. H. White’s residence, and the
Junior Lodge at Silk Hope. Forty
farmers attended these meetings, and
heard interesting talks made by Mr.
A. C. Kimrey, dairy specialist of
State College, and Mr. F. H. Menden
hall of the North State Creamery.
Mr. Kimrey and Mr. Mendenhall
have made previous visits to this
county, and have given us much as
sistance in developing the dairy in
dustry. Mr. Kimrey’s talk featured
permanent pastures and cream pro
duction. He called attention to the
enormous fertilizer bill paid by the
farmers of this State each year, and
urged them to cut this bill by intro
ducing more dairy cows, and build
ing better pastures. Calling atten-
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tion to the fact that North Carolina
farmers spend every three years for
fertilizer as much money as there is
now invested in North Carolina good
roads, Mr. Kimrey urged the farmers
of this county to seed some of their
idle . acres in pastures, graze them
with good cows, and obtain a steady
income, at the same time reducing
fertilizer bills.
He stated that records on a num
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from the pastures through cows. For
the man who keeps good cows, grows
enough rough feed for them and
gives them the proper care, there will
always be a good profit in dairying,
Mr. Kimrey said. At the present
time, he continued, there are not
enough cows on North Carolina farms
to supply the demand, and conse
quently we are forced to buy Danish
and Northern butter.
Commenting on the fact that a
ship load of cotton seed meal cake
was recently shipped from Wilming
ton to Denmark for dairy feed, Mr.
Kimrey stated that the Danish farm
er buys this cotton seed cake from
the Southern farmers, feeds it to
his cows, and ships it back to the
United States in spite of the fact
that there is a 12 cent tariff duty
on each pound of butter shipped into
this county. He also declared that
the dairy farmers have real legisla
tive protection and are the only class
of farmers who have this protection
through this import duty on butter.
In conclusion, Mr. Kimrey urged
every man present to seed at least
one acre in permanent pasture this
spring, and called on those farmers
present to give serious attention to
the development of the dairy indus
try in this county^
Will Seed Large Acre
age in Soy Beans and
Lespedeza
Chatham county farmers will seed
approximately 3500 acres in soy
beans and 2000 acres in lespedeza
this spring. The popularity of these
two legumes can be judged by the
fact that five years ago, the soy bean
was unknown in this county, while
the practice of sowing lespedeza was
not begun until 1926. Last year,
approximately 1000 acres were seed
ed in lespedeza, and this, with the
acreage seeded this year, shows a
large increase.
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News of the Week in
Neighboring Counties
D. S. Matheson, newly appointed
county agent in Orange county is
making real progress. Mr. Matheson
recently ordered 600 bushels of soy
beans for Orange county farmers,
held three poultry culling demonstra
tions, and delivered one 33 ton car
of lime for 12 sweet clover and seven
pasture demonstrations.
W. Kerr Scott of Alamance coun
ty recently made a trip to Baltimore
for the purpose of purchasing 20,000
pounds of pasture grasses and clovers
in connection with his pasture cam
paign in that county.
Mr. E. O. McMahan, county agent
of Lee county recently delivered 15
bushels of lespedeza seed to 14 farm
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ers to be seeded for soil improve
ment. /
Mr. E. S. Millsap Randolph
county recently loaded a co-operative
car of 3000 pounds of live poultry
at Libertv.