Demonstration
Club Meetings For Week
Are Announced
Meeting of home demonstra
tion clubs In this county for the
coming week have been an
nounced by Mrs. Florence S.
Sherrill, county home demonstra
tion agent. They are as follows:
Thursday: Higdonvllle club at
1:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
Betty Suttles.
Friday: Watauga club with Mrs.
Jeter Higdon at 2 p. m.
Monday: Longvlew club at the
home of Mrs. Wilson Smart at 2
p. m.; Otto club at 7:45 p. m. at
the home of Mrs. Bob McClure.
Tuesday: Olive Hill-Oak Dale
club with Mrs. Robert Parrish at
2 p. m.
Wednesday: Upper Cartooge
chaye club with Mrs. Robert Par
rish at 2 p. m.
Thursday: Clark's Chapel dub
to Craftsman's Pair in Asheville.
$200 PER WEEK
CAN YOU QUALIFY?
We are not kidding about the above earnings, nor do
we want you to take our word for It. You are more
than welcome to talk with our salesmen who are
making this amount of money right now. Come oat
with them for a day and watch while they put
commissions of $50 or more in their own pockets.
If this doesn't convince you, nothing will.
I will hire three salesmen this week. These men will
have the following qualifications:
(1) Ability and willingness to work hard.
(2) Preferably between the ages of 21 and 45.
(3) Own a late model car.
(4) Willingness to learn.
Those selected will be trained thoroughly in the basic
fundamentals of salesmanship. Qualified prospects
are furnished daily. Accumulative bonus is paid
semi-annually. In many instances the annual in
come from bonus checks alone is <as much as the
average man earns during the course of a year.
If you are dissatisfied with your present income or
position, this legitimate top-flight proposition merits
your sincere consideration. Personal interviews only.
If our offer is not worth a personal visit and a
half-hour of your time, you are not the man we
want. If it is, this may well be one of the important
decisions of your life.
FOR APPOINTMENT: Write Billy E. Bryant, Box 5273,
Biltmore, N. C., giving these details: Age, occupa
tion, make and year of car.
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Gibson Appointed
To FHA Committee
George C. Gibson, of Franklin,
Route 4. Is the new member of the
Farmers Home Administration
county committee, Ray F. Hemp
hill, county supervisor, announced
this week.
Mr. Gibson's appointment be
came effective July 1. The com
mittee determines the eligibility of
local farmers who apply for
Farmers Home Administration
loans.
The new committeeman oper
ates a farm and a livestock auc
tion business. Mr. Gibson succeeds
Freeman E. Hasting, of Route 2,
whose term expired this year.
The other two members are Har
ley Stewart, of Route 1, and Earl
A. Justice, of Route 4, both of
whom are farmers.
Each agricultural county in the
country has a similar committee
of three members who are respon
sible for determining loan appli
cants' eligibility, certifying the
value of farms being purchased or
improved through Farmers Home
Administration loans, and making
recommendations on loan ap
provals and loan servicing actions.
Each member is named for a 3
year term and one appointment
expires each year. A member com
pleting his 3-year term cannot
succeed himself. At least two of
the members must be farmers.
The committee works with the
county supervisor In connection
with all types of loans. These in
clude farm operating loans and
loans to buy, improve, or enlarge
efficient family-type farms in this
area. They also include loans to
farmers or their non-profit asso
ciations to establish and carry on
approved soil and water conserva
tion practices, Including improv
ing permanent pastures, terracing,
soil erosion measures, farmstead
water systems, irrigation, drain
age and many other conservation
practices.
Most of the soil and water con
servation loans and loans to buy
or Improve farms are made from
funds advanced by private lenders
and insured by the agency. Some
of these loans, however, and all
loans for operating farms, are
from annually appropriated funds.
No loan of any type can be ap
proved for an applicant whose
credit needs can be handled ade
quately by other credit sources.
The regular office staff of the
Farmers Home Administration
serving Macon County consists of
the county supervisor, Mr. Hemp
hill, and county office clerk, Mrs.
Meda Bryson. The office is located
in the Agricultural Building.
This Week
With Macon
County Agents
By T. H. FAGG
(County Agent)
Macon County farmers in the
past 10 years have made much
progress in the production of feed
for their livestock. This has been
particularly true in the increase in
quality roughage In the form of
improved permanent pastures,
silage, and hay, such as alfalia
and good grass and clover.
Even with this excellent increase
in the production of quality rough
age, there is still room and a great
need for even more production of
these crops. No matter what type
of livestock a farmer is raising it
is a necessity that he raise all the
feed he can on his own farm. It
is also a necessity that he produce
this feed as cheaply as possible.
The cheapest feed that can be
raised on our farms are roughages.
Also, by producing roughages of
high protein content, such as al
falfa, ladlno clover, etc., the farm
er is cutting down on the amount
of protein concentrate he will
have to purchase. This is a great
saving to him as this protein feed
is the highest priced feed item a
farmer uses.
One thing I feel we have been
rather lax about In Macon County
is the growing of supplemental
grazing crops, to take up the slack
when our permanent pastures are
short or not producing due to ad
verse weather conditions. This is
particularly true with our winter
grazing crops. By the use of winter
grazing crops a farmer can get
more pounds of meat on an ani
mal, more milk in the pail, and at
the same time save money and
labor when the animal harvests
the crop instead of the farmer.
Not only is this true but also these
winter grazing crops act as soil
conserving crops in that they pre
vent soil erosion on cropland and
furnish an excellent green manure
crop to turn under In the spring.
They can also be used, if the graz
ing becomes excessive, as spring
hay crops and to put Into the silo
as insurance against short summer
pastures.
Now is the time for farmers to
think seriously about their rough
age needs for the coming year. It
?will soon be time for fall seeding
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CITIZENSHIP ? A good citizen
is interested in the welfare of her
community and her country. She
is well informed about local and
national Issues. She is active in
discharging her responsibility both
to home and to community.
Effective citizenship depends on
KNOWING: As a responsible citi
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of certain of these crops. I suggest
that the dairymen and the beef
cattle farmer, in particular, give
a careful study to the idea of seed
ing of some type of grazing crop
for this winter. Crops that will
give good results for this purpose
are heavy seedings per acre of rye
alone, rye and crimson clover,
wheat, oats, rye and barley in
combination, and rye grass and
crimson clover.
maimers wnu arc going lu seed
these grazing crops and alfalfa
and permanent pastures of or
chard grass, fescue, and ladino
clover this fall, should get these
crops in as early as possible. For
the past several years we have
experinced unusually dry weather
during the month of September,
which has caused farmers to have
trouble getting stands. I would ad
vise farmers planning to seed this 1
fall to get it done as soon after j
August 1 as possible. By taking
advantage of the good showers we
'usually have during August, this
will insure an early stand that
will be well established by cold
weather.
While passing out suggestions
and advice on this subject it might
be added that no matter hoiv :
many seed are sown it is a waste !
of money unless it is done correct- 1
ly. A thought to keep in mind |
when seeding is, what does the
soil need in the way of lime, phos- 1
phate, and fertilizer? A soil test
is valuable in answering this ques
tion. It is also very Important that j
a good seed bed be prepared for
best results in seeding any crop
Then after the crop Is established 1
it is equally important that it is (
maintained. This can be accom
plished by clipping early stands
of grass and alfalfa to control
?weeds, proper top-dressing with fer
tilizer to maintain good growth,
this will be the difference between
a one- to two-year stand and a
five- to six-year stand, and harvest
ing the crop at the stage when
the protein content is at its high
est level. Harvesting at the right
time means more quality and
more money in the farmers pocket.
Garden
Time . . .
By ROBERT SCHMIDT
Garden crops are beginning to
mature and where there are sur
pluses the question naturally
arises, why can't I save my own
seed for next year's crop? That's
a good question, but not so easily
answered.
Different crops must be handled
differently. The home saving of
snapbean and lima bean seed is
not recommended because of seri
ous diseases which are carried
over on the seed. Certain crops j
will cross readily in the field and
therefore the seed saved will not
come true to variety.
Contrary to the common idea,
cucumbers, muskmelons, squash
and watermelons will not cross
with each other, even if planted
close together. However, different
varieties of these crops will cross
with each other. Therefore, if you
have more than one variety of
watermelons in your garden it
would not be safe to save seed.
Hot peppers will cross with sweet
peppers, and the resulting progeny
will all be hot.
Beans and tomatoes usually are
self-pollinated so there is no dan
ger of crossing even if different
varieties are planted next to one
another. Corn is pollinated by the
wind and varieties will mix badly
if not isolated. Cabbage, collards.
kale, and broccoli will cross with
each other if they bloom at the
same time and so will the must
ards and turnips.
Seed should not be saved from
hybrid tomatoes, cucumbers,
squash, or corn because these are
first generation crosses and will
not come true from the seed
that you save.
In saving vegetable seed it is
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She Is aware of "breakdowns'*
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CHEESE CARE ? Cottage
cheese, as delivered to store or
home, Is at its best In flavor and
texture when received. Cottage
cheese will absorb odors of other
foods and should be kept tightly
covered. Creamed cottage cheese,
with its sweet delicate flavor,
should be used soon after purchas
ing to insure maxium flavor quali
ty, preferably within three or four
days.
Cheese that has become dry ?
especially Cheddar, Swiss and
Italian varieties ? may be grated
and kept in a covered container
in the refrigerator. Use within a
few days to avoid change in flavor
which results from exposure to
air.
very important to use the plant
as the unit of selection and not
the individual pod or fruit. In
other words, save from the be3t
plants having the most uniform
and highest quality crop. For ex
ample, it is a common practice
to save the seed from the largest
watermelon in the patch. But per
haps that melon was the only
one on the vine. It would have
been better to find a vine with
three or four good-sized melons
and save from one of those.
* State College Answers
Timely Farm Questions
Q. Do shade trees ever need 10
be fertilized?
A. Yes. Since the natural ac
cumulation of decaying leaves
normally found In the forest is
usually lacking under yard trees,
fertilizer needs to be supplied to
keep enough of the necessary ele
ments in the soil.
Q. Should you treat crop-afflict
ed chickens?
A. Some specialists say that
since the chicken is a low-priced
product, it's best to put them in
the pot rather than try to cure
them. The birds are perfectly safe
for food if marketed while still
in good flesh.
Q. How much does an irrigation
system cost?
A. The cost of an irrigation
system for an individual farm
varies with the size and type of
equipment needed, the distance
the water must be pumped, and
and crops to be irrigated.
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