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Is a Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding of the Sandhill Territory of Nor^
Address all (X>mmimicadons to
IHE PILOT PRINTING COMPANY. VASS. N. C
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1927,
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CLASS WORK AT
FARM LIFE
Smith-Hughes Plan For Agri
cultural Instruc
tion
Under the Smith Hughes plan for
Agricultural instruction, the organ
ized evening classes for adults form
a definite part of the program. The
Smith Hughes teacher of Agriculture
not only instructs the high school
boys during the regular school hours
but devotes a* considerable time to
community activities and adult eve
ning classes.
It will be interesting to the friends
of the Sandhill Farm Life school to ! the section. Cooperative sales of
adapted to the section. Among new
practices instituted through the eve
ning' classes may he named: First,
the treatment of tobacco seed to pre
vent tobacco diseases. Second, furn
ishing capons, roasters, and broilers
to the Southern Pines and Pinehurst
market. Third, a community hatch
ery, and fourth, carload shipments of
swine.
It is believed by those in close
touch with the situation that the com
munity around the Sandhill Farm
Life School will ere long be developed
into a splendid poultry community,
handling cooperatively a large volume
of poultry products. Between eight
and a dozen farmers have decided to
go into poultry raising upon a com
paratively large scale and to make
poultry one of the money crops of
ENDEAVOR UNION
TO MEET SUNDAY
The Christian Endeavor So
ciety of Pinehurst Will Act
Host
know something of the work accom
plished through these evening classes
during the past few years. The
poultry during the winter of 1926-
1927 will amount to around $1200.00
in the community.
evening classes were first organized ; The community hatchery will ena-
during the winter months of 1922. ; ble the farmers of the community to
After the teacher of Agriculture had | get into the poultry business with a
discussed the status of the agricul- minimum outlay of capital. The in-
ture of the community with members , cubator has a capacity of only 400
0 fthe class, it was decided that the eggs, but this is of sufficient size to
cooperative purchase of fertilizers , establish a poultry business in the
and raw materials was the most ur- ' community. The hatchery is not in-
gent community problem. During ^ tended as a commercial project,
the spring of 1922, the farmers of ■ The community is becoming more
the community bought cooperative- and more interested in feeding out
ly five car loads of raw materials, ap- hogs for the northern markets. It
proximately one hundred and twenty is predicted that we will be shipping
tons, and through the home mixing , several car loads per year within a
of these materials were able to save a short time.
$800.00. This $800.00 was estimat- , The adults of the community are
ed as the difference between the cash t now discussing and considering the
price from local dealers and the cash i advisability of increasing the dairy
price of the raw materials. Since j cows on each farm leading to a cream
the majority of the farmers were | route and cooperative shipments of
buying on time paying in the fall,
the real saving was much larger than
indicated. The farmers were able to
borrow money to pay for the raw ma
terials from the local banks at 6 per
cent interest, while the time price
on fertilizers in 1922 amounted to
about 26 percent interest.
The farmers were so pleased with
the results obtained from the home
mixed fertilizers and the amount
saved by paying cash for raw ma
terials that cooperative orders have
been received every year since, and
none of the members of the evening
classes seem to desire any change
from this system. During teh four
years that the home mixing has been
practiced, the community around the
Sandhill Farm Life School has saved
approximately $4,500.00; this amount
being the difference in the cash price
for raw materials and the cash price
sweet cream. They feel that the
dairy cow will bring additional rev-
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LOCAL BUSIN®
OUTLOOK GOOD
Figures Show That This Season
Is Better Than Previous
Years
The first rally of the Moore County
Christian Endeavor Union will be
held next Sunday, February 6, at the
Pinehurst Community Hall, Pine
hurst, N. C.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Presbyterian church of Pinehurst
will act as host to the Moore County
Christian Endeavor Union.
The program committee have a
wonderful program planned. The
District President, Herbert Warlick,
of Monroe, N. C., is expected to be
there, also The State Monthly Service
Program Superintendent, Miss Hester
Steele, of Mooresville, N. C. Several
other District Officers are on the pro
gram.
J. B. Turner, of Burlington, N. C.,
an evangelist singer will have charge
of the music.
The first session of the Rally be
gins at 3:00 p. m. with registration
of delegates, free registration for
everybody.
Buffet supper served free to all
at 6:00 p. m.
Evening session starts at 7:00 p.
m.
Full program is as follows:
3:00 Registration of delegates.
3:30 Opening Song Service led by
J. B. Turner.
3:45 Opening prayer and address
by Rev. W. M. MacLeod.
4:00 County work, organization
and efficiency by Herbert Warlick.
4:15 Intermediate societies or
teen age work, by Mrs. C. L. Sham-
burger, district intermediate superin-
I tendent.
4:30 Nijeil of Junior Societies BIKT
I Junior Workers, by Rev. E. A. Tuck,
j 5:00 Stewardship Raymond B.
Wicker, district tneth legion and mis-
I sion superintendent.
6:00 Buffet supper.
7:00 Model Christian endeavor
meeting, led by W. G. Sugg.
was burned at suitable times when
men were on hand to take all precau
tions. Finally a year or so ago D.
C. Lemons, fire warden for the South
ern Pines section secured from Dr.
Holmes a tentative recognition of the
wisdom of disposing of the inflam
mable grass by burning it in the
winter, and on the Weymouth estate
which Mr. Lemons has i^ charge
much of the territory has been burn
ed in the last two or three weeks. The
TOBACCO GRADING
SHORT COURSE
To Help Tobacco Growers Real
ize The Most From Their
Crop
In order to help the tobacco grofT*
ers realize the most from their to-
grass was burned on quiet evennigs year State College it-
when no wind was likely to carry j ® three-day short coutm
flames beyond control, and this step teach the farmers better methods
has made the big property safe from | ff^^ding the tobacco that they grow
damages for another two or three
years. Neighbors in the vicinity
have followed the example of Mr.
Lemons, and less apprehension is felt
now about forest fires in that vicin
ity.
It has been argued that to bum
the grass damages the trees and the
soil, but the old settlers point to the
fine growth of trees coming where
the grass has been burned from time
to time when conditions were right
for burning with safety, and they
also point with equal positiveness to
those areas that were burned in sum
mer time, or in late spring when
winds carried fire into territory that
had not been burned for many years,
and where complete destruction fol
lowed because at such times the fires
could not be controlled.
As more clearings are made and
the farm acreage is extended the
wire grass is rapidly decreasing in
its extent, and the danger is all the
time lessening. But the old timers
still insist that the way to make their
woods safe is to- burn what grass
they have at a time when they can
control any fires, and then it will not
burn at an inopportune time and
really inflict harm, and possibly get
from any control.
SHOW UP WELL
New- Stone House On Wey
mouth Heights Makes Fine
Appearance
More or less talk is heard from
time to time regarding business con
ditions this winter in the Sandhills,
but the figures, which are the only
test, tell that no year has ever seen
so much business. The postotfice at
Southern Pines surpassed its record I B^ebruary 6, at 3:00 p. m. in the Pine- j now apparent, and everybody who
lor raw iiidLeriais ana tne caaii ^ ^ stores like Patch, j hurst Community Hall, Pinehurst, N. ! sees it is pleased with the handling
charged by local dealers for mixed n \ Amnncr th. niriAs
7:45 Song service, led by J. B.
Turner. ! With the scaffoldings tom down
8:00 Reports, etc. {the new stone buildings on Weymouth
8:10 Rally sermon, by Rey W. M. | Heights in Southern Pines makes a
MacLeod, county union president. j fine appearance. The Pushee and
The ereneral public is verv cordial-I Newcomb house is farther along, with :
. ^ ^ w-uxumi grades m assortmg tobacco. Mr. Wilk-
ly mvited to attend these services. | the slate roof on and the walls com-
Don’t forget to come next Sunday, > pleted, so that th ^ entire effect is
In the three-day course in tobaoco
grading attention will be given to
those factors the observance of which
will afford growers net returns for th«
labor and expense which they put into
the production of their tobacco crop.
Growers, generally recognize that the
better grades of their tobacco bring
higher prices, but they are not al
ways fully acquainted with the princi
pal factors that determine grade and
therefore frequently, through lack of
this knowledge, grade and sell their
tobacco for less than they might hare
received should they have graded bet»
ter.
This W9uld be a mighty good op
portunity for farmers to learn tobac
co grades at first hand from a govern
ment grader who will give instuc-
tion during a greater part of th«
three-day course.
Rooms and meals can be had at the
college at very small cost.
For further information call at tb»
office Saturday or drop me a card.
The program outlined is as fol
lows:
Tuesday, February 8th.
9:00 to 9:30—^Registration.
9:30 to 10:30—Explanation of U. S.
tobacco grades, purpose and applica
tion in general marketing scheme.
10:30 to 11:30—Tobacco gitadSnflr
demonstration.
D. A., tobacco specialist.
11:30 to 12:30—Practice grading
thin leaf tobacco. Mr. Wilkerson, U.
9. D. A., tobacco specialist.
2:00 to 3:00—Practice grading fiiin
leaf tobacco, Mr. Wilkerson, U. S. D.
A., tobacco specialist.
3:00 to 4:00—Summary of experi
mental work in tobacco. Mr. Ross,
Supt. Oxford Tobacco Station.
Wednesday, February 9th.
9:00 to 10:00—Use of standard
goods. Since it costs the farmer no
more than $1.50 per ton for home
mixing this saving is exceedingly
worth while. •
The next cooperative work under
taken by the adult farmers of the
community through the organized
evening classes was a standardization
of the cotton grown in the commun
ity. The farmers thought that it
would be wise for the home commun
ity to standardize on Cleveland Big
Boll cotton and buy every year from
a reputable seed breeder sufficient
Thrower, and others report a decided |C.
increase in the volume of busines.
Many new houses were built during
the year, but renting has been right
satisfactory, while a number of fami
lies live in their own houses this year
who did not a year ago. The cars
that line the streets are a right good
index of what is going on in the
towns, and a number of new stores
point to an increasing volume of bus
iness.
Pinehurst is the most complete in
dex of conditions, for every night
Pinehurst has a balance sheet of the
HANDLING THE
FHIE PROBLEM
Sandhills Folks Are Burning the
Inflammable
Grass
of the material. Among the pmes
this house is one of the most inter
esting in the neighborhood.
Over at the Merrill building the
roof is going on, and the scaffold
new seed for a seed plant. This
plan has been followed for the past day's business. This year has been
three years and the farmers are now the best knovra there, and it was
convinced that fresh seed from a better m starting off earlier and m
maintaining its speed continuously.
breeder each year means increased
yields. In addition to the increased
yields, the farmers of the community
have marketed cooperatively over one
thousand bushels of pure bred seed.
The selling price of pure bred seed,
as compared with the price of seed
at the gin for meal, has amounted to
a difference of about one dollar per
bushel, in favor of the pure bred
seed. Since a bale of seed cotton
turns out about thirty bushels of
seed, it is readily seen that the al
lowance for pure bred seed adds about
$30.00 per bale to the profit. The
farmers have bought cooperatively a
re-cleaning machine and have been
careful to put well-graded and tested
seed on the market each year. They
have found no trouble in disposing
of surplus seed.
Each year the adults in their even
ing class work have desired to tackle
some community project and to thus
It is tme that January in the entire
district is like all other Januaryes, for
after the holidays always comes a
slump. But that is not new for this
season, but is the rej?ular winter ex
perience. Folks get home for the
midwinter season, and stay there for
a period before venturing out again.
But the holiday season has ended, and
the crowds are increasing at the vil
lages, and the prospect for the rest
of the season is excellent from the
bookings of the hotels.
With the work on the new hotel and
For many years a decided contro
versy has arisen in the Sandhill
country every winter as to the wis
dom of burning the grass in the
woods, and while the old settlers in
sisted in burning the material during
January or February the newcomers
took the ground that all fires should
be suppressed, and they were backed
by the state Forestry department,
and finally to bum the grass delib
erately became an outlawed practice.
Nevertheless the old settler continued
to fire the wire grass along in the
winter when he could hold the fire in
check, and when the trees are dor
mant and not so likely to damage.
Dr. J. A. Holmes, of the Forestry
service at Chapel Hill and Raleigh
erson, U. S. D. A., tobacco specialist.
10:00 to 11:00—Description of
heavy leaf grades. Mr. Wilkerson,
U. S. D. A. specialist.
11:00 to 12:30—Practice grading
heavy leaf tobacco. Mr. Wilkerson,
U. S. D. A., tobacco specialist.
2:00 to 3:00—Practice grading
wrappers. Mr. Wilkerson, U. S. D.
has been taken away sufficiently to | tobacco specialist,
show the appearance of the walls, j 3:00 to 4:00—Improvement of to-
which stand out there on the hill top j b^cco by proper use of fertilizers,
in bold contrast and harmony with | cultivation and handling, Mr. Floyd,
all the surroundings. This build- ^ q Extension tobacco specialist.
Thursday, February 10th.
9:00 to 10:00—Use of standards a»
a basis for statistical improvements.
Mr. Wilkerson, U. S. D. A., tobacco
specialist.
10:00 to 11:00—Discussion of grad-
in lugs. Mr. Wilkerson, U. S. D. A.,
tobacco specialist.
11:00 to 12:30—Practice grading
lugs, Mr. Wilkerson, U. S. D. A., to
bacco specialist.
2:00 to 4:00—Tobacco grading con
test.
E. H. GARRISON, JR.,
County Agent,
golf links labor has been well em- came frequently to Moore county to
ployed, and the spring will open \^th
a good demand for hands, and build
ing gives indications of one of the
most active years the regoin has ever
known. A more pretentious type of
houses is steadily arising, and in both
Pinehurst and Southern Pines the
plans are preparing for the usual
develop a community type of farming number of new jo s. signs po
which is Well diversified and also well <to 1927 being a go year.
talk about the damage done by for
est fires and always the old timers
insisted that the greatest ^damage
was done by forest-fires and always
the old timers insisted that the great
est damage was done by fire that
came at an mnexpected moment and
found vast amounts of material to
feed on, and less ability to hold the
fire in control than when the stuff
ing is seen from all directions and
is very prominent on the high sum
mit.
Mr. Yeoman, who has been the
leader in the stone construction, is
much pleased with the effects, and
says he has hopes that other stone
buildings will follow. The cost is
stantial material, while the appear-
not much different from other sub-
ance of the buildings is so much more
solid and enduring, and the saving
on frequent repairs and painting so
great that it is believed stone con
struction will become common on the
hill locations in the immediate future.
Two or three other stoen buildings
are now in the talk stage, for every
body who sees these buildings is im
pressed with their attractive fea
tures and the decided character they
give the vicinity where they stand.
Persons interest^ in te use of stone
can get information by talking with
Mr. Yeomans at Southern Pines or
Colin Spencer at Carthage.
Fanaara of Catewba coanty slip
ped 151,000 pounds of poultry in co
operative shipments during 1^26. 'Hiis
SBM)«it will he increa«M SO per qen|
in 1927, states County Agent J. W.
Hendricks.
About 700 progressive farmers at
tended the eight meetings held in
Gaston county recently in the inter
est of better balanced farming. The
Gastonia Chamber of Commerce do
nated $25 towards the expenses of
the campaign.
Twenty-two farmers of the Eureka
community in Wayne county have
ti;ealed Aeir^tftb^opo sffd for leaf
*J5!armers ip 0enderson county have
calsedi^^2CK> in qMii.a|id are now sell-
iiig^mei|;i|;)er8liif>»lH^^iFjfarm bureau
to retain the services of County
Agent E;*F. Arnold.
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