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Soil District '55 Report For County Is Released A report of 1955 activities in the Macon Soil Conservation Dis trict has been released for publi cation In brief, the eight-point report covers the functions of the district and its personnel, offers a partial Hat of conservation practices car ried out during the year, lists the practices needed on county farms according to capabilities, and sug gests more emp lusts on soil needs to. make lands more productive and valuable. J. S. Gray is chairman of the ?oil district board and Robert P?rter and E J. Bradley are Members. The report: 1. The Macon Soil Conservation District is composed of all the Keep 'efr* growing 'SQ' CALF GROWER Helps you raise good "dairy-type" heifers . . . economically! Brown & Carson fkrn 291 Franklin, N. C.j SPECIAL! ALL LEATHER TRIM ; SEAT COVERS Shock Resistant-Fireproof; T/lH,OR MADE These seat covers usually retail for $40.00. During the month of March, we are offering these for only $32.50 EAST SIDE GULF STATION Intersection of Highlands Syiva Road TKO CABE E. S. PANNELL land in Macon County, except town lots, cemeteries, state high way rights-of-way and government owned or controlled lands. The district program is directed by tliree supervisors who serve for three years. One supervisor is elected or re-elected alternately by the voters of the county, dur ing the first week in December of each year. It is their duty to solicit the aid of any agency or individual to help further the cause of soil and water conser vation. Also, to assist in the edu cational program of informing the public about conservation needs. 2. The district has available, locally, the services of one conser vationist, on conservation aid, and one part-time soil scientist, who render free services upon request to any person in the district de siring conservation planning or the establishment of such prac tices. If technical questions arise which cannot be solved locally specialized assistance can be call ed for from the state office. 3. The soil conservation district personnel offers, without charge, the following services' a. To make a soil classification or capability map of your farm showing the land slope, erosion and other soil char acteristics. Such map gives the farmer and conservation tech nician an immediate inventory of the physical features of the favm, which better enables the farmer to improve his farm ing practices. b. To lay off and set grades for both open and closed drains. c. To lay off contour lines for strip cropping; survey and lay off farm pondsr~~ftssist. in se curing trout, bass and Tbiieam for farm ponds and apen streams; assist in furnishing certain seed and seedlings for wildlife feed and protective cover during the winter season and take soil samples when time permits. 4. During the year 1955, a part ial list of conservation practices carried out included: Conservation crop r o t a t i,o n 1,356 acres; contour farming, 1.038 acres; winter cover crops, 695 acres; rotation hay and pas ture, 622 acres; pasture seeding. 254 acres; perennial legumes and grasses, 261 acres; rotation graz ing, 614 acres; closed drains. 7,523 feet; tree planting. 49 acres. While the above figures and practices represent only those farms that the district worked with, and represent only a small percentage of the total job to be done, it is a big step in the right direction. 5. A recent survey to determine the practices needed on Macon County farm lands according to their capabilities was estimated as follows: Contour farming, 15,000 acres: cover crops, 6,000 acres; strip cropping, 1.500 acres; crop rota tions. 7.500 acres; Alfalfa and perennial grasses. 3.000 acres: pasture planting. 12.00 acres: Rotation grazing. 14.000 acres; tree planting. 8,500 acres: Wood land management. 75,000 acres: tile ditches. 223.500 feet: wildlife area improvement. 150 acres. It is recognized that some of our farmers are now following reasonably good farm practices, but the county, as a whole, leaves much to be desired. For example: How much revenue is yielded from the 8.500 acres of idle land that should be .set to trees? How many farms have pasture cross-fenced for proper rotation grazing? Is there a cover crop on the fields to control erosion during the win ter season? How many of the 75. 000 acres of woodland are fenced I in with the' pasture? The only Royster FERTILIZER NOW IS THE TIME TO FERTILIZE YOUR PASTURES 2-12-12 0-14-14 0-927 5-10-10 6-8-6 60% Potash 20% Phosphate Let Ut Fill Your ACP Ticket# on Fertilizer And Seeds DOWNS & DOWDLE FRANKLIN, N. C. harvest we reap from Idle and eroded areas Is higher taxes: fill ed up ponds and stream beds and flooded bottom land. Prom Im properly grazed pastures we get less forage and a shorter pasture life, besides the loss of valuable fertilizer and topsoll. For lack of cover crops our fields erode, yields decrease and the land Is harder to cultivate. From grazed woodland we lose our most val uable species of timber, suffer damage to root growth, set up decay in older timber, still must provide necessary forage from other sources to keep our live stock. 6. Farmers of the district should place more emphasis on soli needs and capabilities, in order that our lands may become more produc tive and therefore more valuable. The present trend in livestock prices may have a depressing ef fect on our grassland farming, but for the long pull we feel that many more acres should be seed ed to pasture and that livestock farming will still have its place on any average size mountain farm. Our bottom lands should be used mainly for row crops and all acreage with a slope above 25% should be kept in perennial grasses or be set back in trees. Our woodland in Macon County does not get proper consideration. Timber should be considered and cared for just like any other crop. Each year, thousands of dollars are received by the people of this county from the sale of lumber, pulp and fuel wood, not to men tion the various jobs provided through the harvesting and man ufacturing of its products and by-products. 7. This year, we have held var ious meetings in conjunction with other governmental agencies of this County and Rabun County, Georgia, regarding a plan to un dertake a 90,000-acre watershed control and conservation project on the Little Tennessee River drainage area. Tentatively, this project would provide for straight ening and cleaning out the river channel and possibly the construc tion of a few small reserviors. It would also include a long range development of a system of ter racing and drainage for the area which would benefit all landown ers and also conserve much water and soli. Recently, a number of local, state, an federal officials representing . Soil Conservation Service, Extension, T. V. A., Wild life Resources. Forestry, and others from North Carolina and Georgia made a survey of the watershed to determine its use fulness and feasibility. This group then submitted a field examina tion report of their findings to the state committee which is now con sidering this report and will, in turn, forward their recommenda tion to Washington for approval or disapproval of the project. We feel that this program, if approv ed, would be valuable attraction for new industries in this area, since it would improve water quality and also meet the spread ing interest in irrigation. It would provide flood control practices and protection for all business establishments located on the flood plain of the Little Tennessee River in Franklin. N. C. 8. Recognizing the fact that un wise land use has contributed to the deterioration of too many acres of Macon County farm land, the supervisors of soil conservation service recommend that all farm ers of this district use, to their fullest extent, all free services off ered by our local soil conservation service men, with the thought in mind that always the wise and sound use of our soil will certain ly raise our standard of living. The estimated total commercial slaughter of livestock In North Carolina amounted to 22,550,000 pounds, liveweight, during Decem ber of 1955 ? about 10 per cent below the record high kill for December, 1954. NEW TIRES RADIATOR REPAIRS RICKMAN'S O. K. RUBBER YVZLDEES AND RADIATOR SHOP NOW... You Can Save Money on Your FRANKLIN PRESS Subscription IV For the first time, we offer reductions on Long-Term Subscriptions. # , HERE'S HOW YOU SAVE: The Regular Price per pear it $2.50 inside Macon County, $3.00 Outside. 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