.niLHSDAy,
I INTERESTING
facts for
FARMERS
timely HINTS
ON GROWING
CROPS. |
New* of the Week on
Chatham County
Farms
itv A rt f 61 ?u ark ? ble exam Ple of the abil
,.T .Jersey cow to reproduce
itself is furnished in the herd of
Jerseys owned by Mr. W. H. Fergu
son of Pittsboro R. F. D. No. 2.
In the summer of 1926, Mr. Fergu
son, bought a pure bred Jersey cow,
which was with calf at that time.
The calf turned out to be a heifer,
and when old enough, was bred,
dropping a heifer calf, and the old
cow also dropped a heifer calf. The
old cow was bred again and dropped
a heifer calf this fall, as did her
heifer. Mr. Ferguson purchased a
registered bred Jersey heifer from
Virginia this summer. This heifer
freshed in early January and drop
ped another heifer calf. With an
initial purchase of only two regis
tered Jerseys Mr. Ferguson now has
a herd of eight pure bred Jerseys,
three of which are in milk, and two
others of which have been bred.
The value of using some form of
quickly available nitrogen for cot
ton under boll weevil conditions has
been strikingly demonstrated by Mr.
E. C. Mimms of Merry Oaks. Mr.
Mims made seven 479-pound bales
of cotton on seven acres this fall.
Mr. Mims stated that nitrogen ap
plied as a side dressing increased his
yield 240 pound of lint cotton per
acre over land having no side dress
ing.
Interest in seeding prepared pas
tures in this county is steadily
mounting. Mr. T. O. Justice of
Pittsboro is making preparations to
seed three acres in a permanent
pasture mixture recommended by
the county agent. Mr. Justice has
also been a successful grower of
lespedeza and is planning to seed ,
more this spring.
Probably the largest acreage in ]
pasture in this section will be seeded
by Sheriff Blair. Sheriff intends to
seed twenty acres in prepared pas- j
ture this spring. He also seeded a
large acreage in pasture last fall, 1
and some ten acres in pastures in •
1928. j
An enthuiastic meeting of farm- <
ers was held at Moncure last Fri- ]
day night. Mr. E. B. Morrow, exten- (
sion horticulturist of State College, j
addressed the meeting. His talk was (
concerned chiefly with the possibil- 1
ity' of truck production. At this ]
meeting, farmers of the Moncure
and Merry Oaks section resolved to ,
produce more home grown food and j
feeds, to abandon the old one-crop 1
system, and add other projects to ,
cotton and tobacco. They also an ]
pounced their intentions of making ,
an effort to produce cotton more ]
economically through boll weevil con- ,
trol measures and bette" fertiliza
tion and cultural practices. \
“JUNIOR CLUB NEWS” •
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Those calf club members who
purchased bred heifers from Vir
ginia last summer have been lucky.
Os the eight heifers that have fresh- *
ened thus far, six have dropped (
heifer calves.
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Sadie Straughan of Siler City R. 1
F. D. reports that his heifer has (
freshened and dropped a fine heifer 1
calf. n s
TIME TOPICS ‘
Now is the time to think about
and begin planning to seed lespe- :
deza. Lespedeza needs no further i
introduction to the hundreds of 1
Chatham county farmers who have i
seeded it, but for the benefit of <
those who have had no experience 1
with it, the following simple rules 1
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j Edited by N. C. SHIVER, County Agt. j
January, February, or March.
2. Lespedeza may be drilled in the
late winter or early spring or fall
or spring sown grain with as little
as 12 pounds per acre. However,
better results will be obtained with
thicker seedings, as much as twenty
five pounds to the acre. The method
of seeding lespedeza by drilling on
small grain is the ideal way, as the
drill insures an even and uniform
distribution of seed.
3. Where it is desired to seed
lespedeza alone, or there is no drill
available, good results may be ob
tained by seeding the seed thick on
a freeze or snow, no preparation of
the soil being necessary in this case.
Not less than 15 pounds of seed
per acre should be used in this
method. Lespedeza may also be
broadcasted on land that has been
harrowed lightly.
4. Sow as early in the winter as
your land will permit.
Soy beans require thicker seeding
and better preparation than has
been given them in this county in
the past. In the case of the Mam
moth Yellow, not less than two bush
els per acre should be seeded. Here
again, the ideal way to seed soy
beans is with the drill, although they
may be seeded broadcast on pre
pared land and dragged in lightly.
The laredo and other smaller beans
can be planted or seeded broadcast.
Why not seed some of that idle
land in pasture this spring? You
will be surprised with the results
obtained in better production and
condition of your cattle, to say
nothing of the lessened - feed re
quired by them while on prepared
pastures. Consult the county agent
in regard to preparation of soil and
pasture mixtures for your farm.
Alfalfa deserves better treatment
in this county than has been given
it in the past by some farmers.
There is a belt of red soil extend
ing throughout the county which is
particularly adapted to alfalfa. Al
falfa leads the way to prosperity, t
and the county agent is always glad
to advise with any farmers inter
ested in seeding alfalfa.
“A Word of Warning to the Wise ,
is Sufficient.” Prepare now to fight
the boll weevil this year. Thousands
of farmers throughout the cotton
belt are using the dust poison meth
od with calcium arsenate for con- j
trol of the boll weevil, and are pro
ducing as much cotton under boll
weevil conditions as they did for
merly. j
“We want pastures in this county,!
it is true, but we want pastures |
for dairy cattle, not boll weevils.
When we fail to dust our cotton,
we furnish excellent pasture for the
boll weevil,” stated Mr. C. H. Bran
non, extension entomologist, at a
meeting of farmers in this county
recently.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO
COTTON GROWERS
801 l Weevil Situation Demands Im- '
mediate Decision
Will it pay me to poison my cot
ton? Is the dust poison method for
control of the boll weevil effective? j
Is the cost of poisoning prohibitive? j
What types of machines, and how !
much dust does it require to poison
cotton effectively? These and nu
merous other questions are being,
asked by farmers in this county as
a result of the disastrous cotton
season last year.
It will pay to poison—
If the weevils are really injuring
your crop seriously, and if your land
is sufficiently fertile to produce at
least one-third of a bale per acre,
if injury by the weevil is eliminat
ed, and if your farming organiza
tion is such that you feel assured
that the application of poison will be
made at the right time and in the
right manner, and i
| DOINGS OF
§ CHATHAM
; FARMERS
j STOCK FARMING,
POULTRY, I
* ETC. j
If you are willing to spend the
* full amount necessary to provide an
1 adequate equipment of dusting ma
! chinery and an adequate supply of
, calcium arsenate.
i In a normal season, from three
to four dustings per season, if ap
plied right are usually enough to
control boll weevil damage. Four
pounds of dust per acre are usually
applied at each application. The
dustings should follow at ten-day
intervals, and if rainfall occurs
within twenty-four hours after ap
plying dust, another application
should be made.
There are several types of dusters
on the market. The hand gun, which
will poison up to eight acres effec
tively, is priced at sls; the saddle
gun, which will poison effectively as
much as 30 acres, and priced at
$35, the two and four row dusters,
priced at SBO, and capable of taking
care of as much as 70 acres. The
cost of the poison, if not bought
in small lots will average seven
cents per pound. The cost per acre,
including dust, machinery and la
bor, should not run over's4.
We feel that it is our duty to
give the farmers so far as possible,
the facts and let them draw their
own conclusions. The federal gov
ernment and the various state ex-'
tension services unhesitatingly rec
ommend this method for the con
trol of the boll weevil. These vari
ous agencies were brought into ex
istence to serve the farmer, and un
less he takes advantage of their
services, their existence can mean
nothing to him.
The county agent is ready at any
time to confer with any farmer who
is interested in boll weevil control,
and give them whatever assistance
possibly.
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FARM PHILOSOPHY
New year thought: Poor land,
poor crops, poor farmer, poor citi
zens.
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“Now the New Year, Reviving
Old Desires,” let us desire more of
the old time live-at-home farming.
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January is a good time to realize
with Sydney Lanier, that “That’s
More in the Man Than Thar is in
the Land.”
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Unemployment is the one-crop
farmer’s chief trouble—nothing to
do in productive labor except in the
few months of the crop season.
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When North Carolina farmers in
general do what the cotton, corn
and other contestants are doing,
land will no longer go begging at
bargain prices.
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“The sluggard will not plow by
reason of the cold; therefore shail
he beg in harvest, and have noth
ing.”
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* Brown’s Chapel News’
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i Good crowd at church last Sun
day despite cold weather and Broth
er Dailey preached a good sermon
and communion service was held.
: We were glad to receive into the
church by letter Mr. Edgar W. El
lington and Edgar, Jr., from the
j Carrboro Baptist church, and Miss
' Maude Perry of the Winston M. E.
church. Miss Maud is one of our
old community girls and we are in
deed proud to have her return,
i Some of us who attended court
last week were very much struck
with the manner in which Judge
Small addressed a bunch of ne
groes as he went to sentence them.
There are some high-class folk who
deserve similar penalties for law
violation. If they had it, there
would be less trespassing on other
people’s lands in hunting, etc. If
the supposedly good citizens would
quit violating the laws they would
be in better shape to report boot
leggers and blockaders.
i Mr. O. R. Mann was caught by
a rolling log last Friday morning.
It held his leg till he called for
help. Fortunately no bone was
broken.
Mr. A. C. Whitaker underwent an
operation on his tonsils.
Gordon Marshall loves his old
country or a Chatham girl, for he
was home again Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Larson and a Miss
Moore of Graham and Mr. and Mrs.
Baldwin of Burlington were recent
guests of Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Mann.
Mrs. Mann and Mrs. Baldwin went
out hunting with their husbands;
so you may be assured that the
game was at least frightened. (You
don’t mean to call those ladies
frights, do you, H. F.?—Editor.)
Last Friday night at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Durham,
their little grand daughters, Eliz
abeth Durham and Lector Mae Mix
on, entertained quite a number of
children and young folk on the an
niversary of the removal of Mr.
and Mrs. G. C. Durham back home
from the city of Durham a year ago.
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FEMININE APPETITE
Adam was toiling home at the end
of a hot summer’s dav, carrying his
shovel and hoe, while little Gain
trotted beside him.
On reaching the Garden of Eden,
little Cain peeped through the. pal
ings and said: “Gee, pop, I wished
we lived here.”
j And pop replied: “We did once,
until your mother ate us out of j
house and home.” —Annapolis Log.
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* Bell’s School News *
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HONOR ROLL, FOURTH MONTH
A larger number of pupils than
, usual made the honor roll for last
month. They are as follows:
s FIRST GRADE: Annie Clark,
i Rachel Oakley, Marie Thrailkill, Mil
. ton Seymour, Thomas Goodwin,
r Hazel McCoy.
SECOND GRADE: Florence Per
ry, Frank McCoy, Lester Howard,
Virgle Horton.
THIRD GRADE: Dixie Brown,
Clara Wilson, Carlton McNeill, Susie
Mangum, James Horton, William
Thrailkill, Otis Council, Bernice
Horton, Edd Oakley.
FOURTH GRADE: Lewis Har
ward, Maurice Kirkland, Jack Man
gum, Ruby Lee Wilson, Mary Scott,
Leslie McNeill.
FIFTH GRADE: Eustace Horton,
Hazel Melton, Hastletine Daniel,
Thomas Horton, Jessie Morgan, Ma
rie Horton, Ollie Mason.
SIXTH GRADE: Louise Harward,
Beatrice Mason, Lider Lawrence.
SEVENTH GRADE: Mary Ward
Diggs, Louise Barbee, Bruce Fer
rell.
EIGHTH GRADE: May Lee Cash,
Mary Lee McNeill, Katy Johnson.
NINTH GRADE: Vada Goodwin.
TENTH GRADE: Bessie Barbee,
Lois Horton.
The average attendance for the
month was 225 in the elementary
grades and 52 in the high school.
At present the total enrollment for
the school is 312 pupils.
A total of 1125 books have been
donated to the school library during
the contest among the grades for a
prize given by the P. T. A.
The Bell’s Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation held its regular meeting on
Thursday, January 16. An interest
ing and exceptional urogram was
given by pupils of the seventh grade
and the high school. This consisted
of a mock parent-teacher meeting
in which the pupils, dressed as
grown ups, went through the usual
procedure of such a meeting. There
were many heated discussions, in
addition to the usual business, all
of which were intended to amuse
the audience. The members and
visitors were delighted with the pro
gram.
The seventh grade gave a Benja
min Franklin program hi chapel
Wednesday morning.
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“PIGS IS PIGS”
Few people realize that hogs are
raised within the city limits of the
nation’s capital. But this fact is
strongly impressed upon those resid
ing within olfactory distance of the
pig sties, particularly in warm wea
ther. St. Elizabeth’s hospital recently
had numerious complaints on that
very count. And white neighbors of
Fred Brooks, colored hog raiser on
a 10-acre farm in the Kenilworth
section, had him dragged into police
court because his hogs trespassed on
their property aad ate their lettuce.
They wanted the hogs confined in
some way, and even hoped that they
could make the owner get rid of
them. But after hearing the case
Judge Gus A. Schuldt said: “Pigs
will be pigs, and far be it from me
to punish them when they have been
acting like pigs.” And with this state
ment the case ivas dismissed.—The
Pathfinder.
Schedule of Round for 1
CollectionofTaxes |
REMEMBER, that on February Ist, 1930, a penalty H
of 1 per cent will be added on all taxes for the year
1929 that have not been paid before that date. On all
taxes paid in March a penalty of 2 per cent will be Hj
added. On all taxes paid in April a penalty of 3 per H
cent will be added. On all taxes paid in May a penalty
of 4 per cent will be added. Hj
In DECEMBER, 1929, and JANUARY, 1930, the
original amount of 1929 receipts will be paid with no
penalty added. To give the tax payers an opportunity - '*■
to pay their taxes during DECEMBER, 1929, and
JANUARY, 1930, before the penalty is added, I will HH
be at the places named below on dates stated for the 9H
purpose of receiving your taxes.
Please arrange to meet me at the place most conveni- -
ent to you, settle your taxes and save the penalty.
Siler City, All Day Saturday, January 25.
Goldston Bank, Wednesday afternoon, 1 to 4, January 29.
Bonlee Bank, Thursday afternoon, 1 to 4, January 30.
Moncure Bank, Friday afternoon, 2 to 4, January 31.
Thanking you in advance for your co-operation, I am
Yours very truly, '
G. W. BLAIR, Sheriff.
Under and by virtue of the au
thority conferred upon us in a deed
of trust executed by W. T. Hurst
and wife Della Hurst on the 14th
day of December, 1925, and re
corded in book A-C, page 29, we
will on Saturday the
22nd DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1930
12 o’clock noon
at the courthouse door in Pitts
boro, N. C., Chatham County, sell
at public auction for cash to the
highest bidder the following land,
to-wit:
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land containing 147 acres,
more or less, situated, lying and
being on the Pittsboro-Graham Road
about 10 miles Northwest from the
j town of Pittsboro in Hadley Town
ship, Chatham County, North Caro
lina, the same being bounded on the
North by lands of J. F>Glosson;
on the East by lands of Dr. Mann
heirs; on the South by lands of
Gay Bucker and on the West by
lands of W. T. Hurst, and being a
PUSHING BACK THE LOANS
SHARK’S LAST FRONTIER
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Shaded area indicates states w rt_A.\ j
which have failed to pass \» \ j
adequate laws to protect 11
the public from usury evils. 1
In all that territory east of the
Mississippi river only five states have
failed, so far, to pass legislation based
on the Uniform Small Loan act worked
out by the Russell Sage Foundation
after long study of the “loan shark”
situation. These states are Vermont,
Kentucky, Alabama and North and
South Carolina.
In these states the loan shark, else
where generally outlawed and beaten
by remedial loan legislation, continues
to ply his traffic charging often 20 per
cent or more a month. The Uniform
Small Loan act requires close regula
tion of the small loan business and in
most states puts a maximum interest
charge for loans of S3OO or less at 3^2
and others by' deed
1917, and recorded in Book of
Deeds F. T., page 178, in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Chat
ham County, North Carolina.
This sale is made by reason of
the failure of W. T. Hurst and wife
Della Hurst to pay off and dis
charge the indebtedness secured by
said deed of trust.
A deposit of 10 per eent wiH be
required of the purchaser at the
sale.
This the 14th day of January,
1930.
FIRST NATIONAL COMPANY
OF DURHAM, Inc., Trustee,
formerly FIRST NATIONAL
TRUST COMPANY,
DURHAM, N. C.
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EVIDENCE
I advertised that the poor would
be welcome in this church,** said,
the minister, “and after inspecting
the collection, I see that they have
come.”—Boston Transcript.
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per cent a month. No fines or othes J
concealed charges are permitted and I
interest can be charged only on tin- V
paid balances. I
Any small loan official who violates 1
the law is subject to fine and imprison- 9
ment and his license to operate is 9
taken away. In states lacking this 9
legislation the loan shark commonly 9
violates the usually meager and tooth- w
less usury laws and boldly exacts tri- J
bute from his thousands of victims. m
Washington, D. C., has a small loan act 9
said to be only partially satisfactory. 9
The strength of the Small Loan act ■
is that it oners something which cor- 9
reels an age-old evil; in other words* M
fulfills a necessity.