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Devoted to the interests of Transylvania Farm ers and their problems. EDITED BY: C. M. Douglas, imder the supervision of J. A. Glazener, J. F. Corbin, and the Farmers of this county. PROGRAM ADOPTED BY COUNTY FARMERS Objectives Set. After Much Dis cussion by Members of ' ' \ 5-10 Committee 1 The f^L"w'Prg program or list of objectives adopted at the mass meeting, helu Saturday afternoon in the court housed as objectives toward which farmers of the county will strive in their carrying out the prin ciples of the Western North Carolina Farm Improvement plan: First To grow sufficient products for home needs. (a) This will be in keeping with ' the live-at-home program. (b) Special attention is called to the improvement of home orchards, better gardens, poultry improvement, hay production, better home conven iences. and the keeping of farm re- J cords. ti 3 j Second | : Quality and standardization of. breeds and products. Third j< Increase in cattle, poultry, sheep j and hogs, with special emphasis on : beef cattle. j ' (a) To iwreasj the number ot I purebred sires of the recommended i breed of both cattle and hogs. ] Fourth i Soil improvement: 1 (a> l ime ? Farmers to use more I lime, ami if practical to use lime ; found in this county. ? (lo The use ot legumes as soil j iinpri vement and hay crops. Fifth ' Good seed, certified where possible: (a) Varieties recommended by the X. C. Crop Improvement Association. Sixth . Vegetables and Trucking: (a) The establishing of community J cannery. j (b) Varieties recommended: (1) Cabbage, Reid Short Stem ; Danish Ball Head; (American grown t - ?'!,), Golden Acre; Maul's Houser. , Beans: Stringless green pod, j Liman - Imsh, Ford Hook Pole Lima, ^ Sunny Brook. t (3) Tomatoes: John Bahr. Liv ingston Globe, Stone. ^ (4) Onions: Yellow Globe, Dan- | vi r, Mountain Danver, Prize Taker, , Bermuda Plants. (Plant at least by j first of March). Seventh Permanent Pasture Improvenment t (a) Lowland pasture ? use follow ing mixture per acre: j. 1- lbs Red Top, 5 lbs. Lespedeza, . Korean. 10 lbs. Timothy, 5 lbs. Alsike, c ?'! lbs. White Clover. Sow at laying . by thne. ?? a ?: , (b) For upland pasture: .. S lbs. Red Top, 10 lbs. Orchard j Grass, 9 lbs. Kentucky Bluegrass, 5 lbs. I.espedeza Korean, 3 lbs. White v Clover. Sow in March and April. Use lime and superphosphate on both. s Eighth c The following breeds of livestock t are recommeneded : Dairy; Guernsey. Beef Cattle; Hereford. Swine; Spotted Poland China. s Sheep; Hampshire. ( Poultry; Barred Rocks, White Leghorns. The committee urges all farmers to ;,'ive attention to reforestation, re stocking streams, building up desir able wild animal life and protection. Farmers are urged to organize by communities for the protection of fish and game. 4 LIME KILN WILL BE j INVESTIGATED HERE : " '*?!? Transylvania county lime deposits will he investigated by a committee of farmers and business men to de tenu ine whether it will be profitable ] to kiln and utilize on the farm of this county. I This action was taken at the com- ' mittee mcjeting held last Thursday night at the Brevard High school, when J. F. Corbin, Ralph Woodfin, | T^ A. English, 0. L. Erwin, and J. i VVade Dickson were appointed as a committee to investigate the possibli- ; ties of using the abundance of lime j to be found here. It was pointed out at the meeting Thursday night that tests made of Transylvania lime deposits compared highly with other commercial lime being put on the market today. Argument put forth by interested men who assert that there is a decided need for much more' lime being used jht charges are ap kigh as the initial the kiln. By using the several places in iia it was pointed out that _^-n costs would be lowered fereSore the cost would be much lower. ? S. L. Cline of Valdese now has incubator capacity for hatching 45,000 eggs. He uses eggs from bloo.d tested flocks only. J. M. Carnelius of Sherrill's Ford in Catawba County has begun a swine feeding demonstration with ten head of hogs. Home grown feeds will be used. 1 1'. Sixty-one Pas* Bar Examination Sixty -one of the 86 who stood the supreme court's bar examinations on January 25, were announced on Fri* day as passing the test. C. C. Cates, Jr.. Burlington blind man, was one of the successful. HINTS ON CARING FOR THE HOTBED By J. A. Glazener One should give very careful at tention to the watering and ventilat ing of the hotbed. During the middle of warm sunny days lift the sash at the bottom for an hour or two and continue to do this until the danger of heating is passed. Ventilate thin by sliding the sash down a few in ches from the top. Water the young seedlings very sparingly and let this be done during the morning hours on warm sunny days when the sash can be opened a few inches for ventil ation. The disease known as "damp ing-off' can be greatly reduced if not almost prevented by careful atten tion to watering and ventilating of the hotbed. As the sunny days of spring ap proach, plants can be handled as if they were in a garden seed bed by lifting the sash off and letting thc\ en tire bed be exposed to the sun. One should pay close attention to the thin ning of the seedlings and see that the plants have sufficient space to devel op good strong healthy plants. A jood idea is to begin to thin as soon as the seedlings are big enough. Some very successful vegetable growers keep their plants as dry as they can to keep them from wilting, for several days before transplant ing, claiming that this will make the I slants hardier and a better stanj (.-an De had. They water the plants well it'ter they are transplanted and giv >n every chance to make rapid : jrowth. CASH PRIZES OFFERfcD FOR THE BEST LITTER j "Fill the Smokehouse in 1932,' is i concrete part of the diversification irogram of many farmers in this ection according to Willis Biit ian, local Purina dealer, who with ther Purina dealers in this section s sponsoring a pork production con- ; est this year in an effort to help his section of the South .to live at ' lome. The prizes totaling S 1 50 will ' ie offered to the winners of the con est. 1 Litters entered in the contest will 1 ie judged on the following basis: : . Low Cost of Gain 40' < !. Heaviest Litter 30' > ' !. Heaviest Average Weight Of Hogs In Litter 30' ' J "We hope in sponsoring such a ; ontest that we will help to fill a lot if smokehouses in this section with ome good pork," Mr. Brittian says. '| The average farm family of five will , onsume $200 worth of pork and >ork products during the year. The neat bill, after all, it quite an item ind if it can be raised at home with ittle cost it is certainly worth doing.'' This contest will not keep farmers s-ho wish to enter the regular state | : )ork production contest from doing ' o. Farmers entering a litter in one . I ontest may enter the same litter in ? he other. 1 1 Farmers who care to enter this': )ork production contest, in which al- 1 eadv much interest is being shown. ' hould see Mr. Brittain for complete ? letails. F-R-E-E EXCHANGE COLUMN Listed below are want ads that are published as a part of the service of he Farm Page to the farmers of he county. There are no charges for idvertisements placed in this ex hange column. 1 WANTED ? To rent or buy. Tea j Huller; 12 to 25 Plymouth Rock hens. 1 I. W. Dickson, Brevard, N. C.. Rt. 3. 1 FOR SALE ? Pure Holeombes Pro lific corn. J. W Dickson, Brevard. N. C? Rt. 3. ' | FOR SALE ? Nice Ben Davis apples. Price 45 cents per bushel. See James Chapman, Quebec section, 1 I*ike Toxaway, Rl. 1. P'OR SALE ? 6 months old collie ' dog; good stock. Mrs. W. W. Pruett, Pisgah Forest. J. M. Harkins of Easley, route one, : writes that he has a Fordson tractor, | plow and harrow, good condition that he will sell for $300. FARM QUESTIONS TO BE GIVEN ATTENTION Farmers, gardeners, tru c k e r s, poultrymen or livestock growers are invited to mail in any question per taining to their line of work which they would like to have information I on. These questions will be turned .over to Prof. J. A. Glazener and Prof. J. F. Corbin, who are recognized throughout the state as experts in their line of work, and who will be only too glad to be of any assistance ' they can t? any farmer of the county. Then, too, in having your question and answer published on the Farm Page you may be looking for the identical information that youi J neighbor or some other farmer oi ' the county would like to know. Ir this way more than one will be benefited. Mai! your perplex i n ? ] questions to the Farm Page editoi ?or direct to either Prof. Glazener 0! Prof. Corbiri. THE BUTTER TUB TELLS THE STORY YEARLY PRODUCTION SCRUB JLJL LBS 125 MOTHER SCRUB WELL FEO ff muSStgr SB0BBBSH m .cj FROM GOOD SIRE t_J 1__J I I l_J U? J L? J DAUGHTER FROM GOOD SIRE B?@g@@347 555 ronil r.nr\n fior FROM GOOD SIRE B" Tills chart depicts the advantages In purebred dairy cows. Common scrub cows give about 125 pounds of butter annually. Mated with a pure bred Holsteln bull a grade half-blooded daughter yields 347 pounds, lbc granddaughter gives 497 pounds and the great granddaughter gives 535 pounds." The daughter's Income was 58 per ccnt, granddaughter's, 265 f)*r cent, and great granddaughter's, 325 per ccnt larger than tli#."scrub's d ims. These yields have been compared with that ol the former United States butter champion. May Walker Olllc Homstead, a purebred Holsteln GOOD PASTURE IS NEEDED ON FARM It is impossible for any North] Carolina farmer to live at home with-] out keeping some kind of livestock ! nr poultry and to do this a good pas- ] Lure is necessary. L. I. Case, animal husbandman at ? State College, makes the suggestion j that all farm plans for the future , will include the laying aside of | several acres for a permanent pas-! ture, the amount of course depending j nn the kind of farming and the; imount of livestock on the place. "Most farmers now having perman ent pasture tell me that they are the most profitable acres on their places,' says Mr. Case. "I know this to be borne out in the case of E. E. Bell ofj Junes County who grazed , some plain j quality steers with no supplementary feed on an eleven-acre pasture from June 8 until September 8 of last year, fhe steers gained 2,9G0 pounds in that time. This was at the rate of pounds an acre for a three months period." Mr. Case says the Bell pasture consists of lespedeza carpet grass and white clover and is well above the average in quality. However, it illustrates the pasture possibilities on a fine sandy loam soil. In Currituck County 'ast season,' W. \Y. Jams had a herd of beef cat- 1 tie to gain over 10,000 pounds on pasture with no additional feed. This gain was made from May 1 to 1 October 28, a period of 180 days. The gain for each acre of pasture was about 300 pounds and the pasture consisted of 1(> acres of common les pedeza and several small areas of carpet grass, Dallis grass and lespedeza mixed. There was also a six-acre field of native grasses but this contributed little to the totaj gains, Mr. Case found. SOY LIMA BEAN SEEN AS 'WONDER PLANT' ! A legumous plant known as the 1 soy lima bean, new to thin section, is i regarded as the ''wonder plant'' by : those who have inspected it here. Dr. I R. L. Stokes brought the original j seed into Transylvania county two I seasons ago, and was so impressed I ivith its value that he passed the good word on to Clarence Yongue, along ivith a small amount of seed. Mr. Yongue planted a small area, in the seed and according to his re port, finds that it is good for every thing, soil, man and beast. He asserts' that as a legume it has all other, plants beat a mile, as a feed it can- ; not be beaten for its production and tastiness for stock, and finally, that! the beans arc good to eat. lie announced at the truckers' meeting Monday that he was going to ' plant all the seed he could get hold of, cut the top of the stalks for hay I and seed, and then turn his hogs in to do the rest of the harvesting, and using the roots as soil improver. Prof. J. A. Glazener bears out Mr. i Yongue's assertion that as a soil builder the plant has wonderful j ability as a nitrogen gatherer. The new legume attracted much attention | at the Y. T. H. F. fair held here last fall. PRIZES OFFERED IN MEAT RESEARCH ESSAY CONTEST Chicago, Iff., Feb. 3. ? Announce- 1 ment of the ninth annual National i Meat Story contest for high-school girls, offering university scholarships as major awards, has just been made to teachers of home economics in high schools of North Carolina and throughout the country. This event is sponsored by the National Live Stock and Meat Board with the cooperation of the U. S. Department of Agri culture and a number of agricultural | colleges. It will close on March 15. I Teachers in 694 schools entered , their classes in the contest last year, 1 over the previous year, it is said. In Ian increase of more than 200 schools | North Carolina there were entries I from Selma, Bessemer City, Clayton, [Goldsboro, Wendell, Asheville, and ! Brevard. Elizabeth Maxwell of Ashe jville was the North Carolina winner. Teachers look upon the contest as a material aid to them in teaching ! their meats courses, according to its i sponsors. Students are required to | write essays on some phase of the .subject of meat and the research re j quired in order to write these essays ! tends to broaden their knowledge o1 , the subject. \ The essays may be on any subject from live-stock production to th< I I cooking and serving of meat. ' | The committee which will judge i the stories will be announced at i ! later date, it is said. As in the pas' ; it is the plan to include on the com ? mittee leaders in the field of homi ?'economics. Dr. Louise Stanley, chie of the Bureau of Home Economics TRUCKERS PAVE WAY FOR BETTER MARKET Several truck growers and farmers interested in trucking for the coming year met in the court house Monday afternoon at the invitation of C. C. Yor.gue, recognized as the county's leading truck grower, and discussed plans for better growing and market ing of products. Mr. Yongue, M. 0. MeCall of Quebec and Flave Holden of Davidson River, led- the discussion as to types and standards to grow for the outside markets. Stress was laid on the fact that the markets of the larger cities demanded a standard product, proper ly raised, graded, and marketed. Methods of marketing and making connections was given much thought by the interested men present. While no definite arrangements are ready to announce, the three gentlemen named above have been very successful in i the past in procuring for their pro- j ducts the very highest of market values, and it is through these gentle men that established markets are looked for. In discussing probable markets for the coming season, Mr. Yongue was cmphatic in his assertion that truck growers would have to be prepared to make their crops as cheaply as possible, and of the very highest standard if they wished to meet with success this year. Mr. Yongue in his matter of fact way of stating things, asserted that the buyers were going to be looking for something that they could buy cheap and sell fast. In this he made it clear that the standard , would have to be high, and that this standard would have to be maintain ed throughout the season or else sales would automatically drop off. Certified Iespedeza seed is bringing from $600 to $900 more a car to Rowan growers than the common field run of untested commercial seed. The newly organized Orange County mutual exchange has ordered 1,000 bushels of soybeans for its farmer members. The seed will be used in hay production. A group of Carteret County grow ers received $707.45 net for a car of 76 hogs sold on the Richmond Mar ket last week. i Four samples of Irish potatoe: i from four sections of Lincoln countj ? were shipped to the State College i chcmistry department last week foi tests as to the iodine content. t Forty used cars were in th< ! $20,000 loss in a Clinton garage fir< on Friday. Two were hurt fighting s the flames, which startei. shortl; i after conclusion of a leap year dance - U. S. Departement of Agriculture ! served as chairman of the committc f 'est year and for several prcvinu: , contests. CORBIN PUSHING I LIME MOVEMENT! By J. F. Corbin At a meeting Saturday January 30 in the Court Houge of the 5-iT) year Farm Program Committees and interested people the following Slo gan was adopted: "Lime, Legumes and Livestock, Trucking and Poul try." .Mr. J. A. Glazener is responsi ble for the origin of this wonderful idea. If a cooperative feeling, effort, living and marketing could be added to the above wording then I think it would be perfect. Can you imagine a community enriched by nature as ours is with its climate and scenery together with the above slogan car ried out to perfection clustered here in the valley surrounded by hills in habited by nearly 100 per cent na tive born people? It seems to me that the mere suggestion is enough to urge any one on to increased action and feeling toward all as a group. The first word in the slogan is lime. So, here goes. At every meeting : (hat we have heUl pome one or all 1 have said, lime, lime that is our needs and I will do all I can toward that. The following committee was appointed to work on the lime ques tion: J. F. Corbin, T. A. English, Ralph Woodfin, and 0. L. Erwin. We are ready to work but we wish to pool the experience of the interested people in lime. If we knew how much time we could be able to place in the County it would help us to get bet rer prices. We have in mind some of the following and want you to see some member of the committee and tell us more plans. 1. ? Working our own mines in the County by getting a crusher. 2. ? Establishing lime houses at convenient rail road points in the LESPEDEZA WINNING RECOGNITION IN CO. Three Farmers of Transylvania Are Enthusiastic Boosters of This Legume Three farmers of the county who have been interviewed concerning the value of lespedeza, Glad W. Whitmire of Connestee, T. G. Miller, of Blan tyre, and C. F. Woodfin, of Penrose, are all enthusiastic boosters for the new legume which is winning wide spread approval throughout the state. These three farmers, declare that as a feed for cattle, there is no equal as a buttcrfat producer. Further, these farmers declare that their stock are particularly fond of the feed, and third, that a large yield per acre can be had. Authorities claim that lespedeza Korean type is the accepted kind for Transylvania county, as a soil builder is outstanding, along with its value as a feed or pasture crop. Several farmers of the county have signified their intention of raising this hay crop. A six per cent dividend was paid shockholders and non-stockholders on business done through the association, to stockholders of the Durham Farmer's Mutual Exchange last week and an additional one per cent pat ronage divijdend was paid to both County. 3. ? Getting a train load of lime t<> come through the County and drop a mans lime off nearest his farm. See some member of the committee and tell him how much lime you will buy, and what you think is the cheap est and best plan to get lime into the county is. Don't wait, do it now. Good Feed WILL MAKE A SCRUB COW BETTER Purina Chows WILL MAKE THE BEST COWS PERFECT Look at the picture on this page showing how much better the poor old scrub cow produced after she had been fed on the proper feed. Purina won't make the scrub compare with the last cow on the chart, BUT while you are improving your herd by using purebred sires, you can get the best results from the cow (any cow) you have by feed ing a ration balanced with PURINA. Extra Pounds OF PORK Purina Pig and Hog Chows will do the trick with your brood sows, pigs or fattening hogs. A little Purina fed with your regular grain feed will add extra pounds of pork at a small cost. Ask the Farmer who has fed it. Wide awake farmers are beginning to plan now for their gardens and crops. The first necessity is GOOD seed. We handle a grade of seed that you can rely on'. Drop in and talk your seed problems over before buying. SEEDS That Grow ! $150 CASH IN PRIZES The 5-10 Program calls for raising better Hogs ? You can win a cash prize while raising that fine lit ter this year. Come in for details ? no cost attached to this offer, nothing to buy, no strings. FLOUR 24 lbs Wheat Blossom 55c 24 lbs Kansas Made. .63c 24 lbs Mothers Bread 69c 24 lbs White Lily . . .89c We cari-y the largest Stock of Flour in Brerard. FEED Cotton Seed Meal . . . 95c Cotton Seed Hulls . . 45c Pure Wheat Bran . $1.15 Purina Lay Chow . $2.00 Purina Hog Feed . $1.90 Purina Pig & Hog Chow $2.25 Feed & Seed Co. The Store with the Checkerboard Sign
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