North Carolina Newspapers

EDITED BY . C. M. Douglas, under the supervision of J, A. Glazener, ,T. F.' Corbin, and the Farmers of this county. Devoted to the interests of Transylvania Farm ers. ahd their problems. -i,. BALANCED'CROP SS -MED ON FARM Good Pasture One of Essentia Things for Average '?fC ) Farmer J. F. CORB1N Agri. Instructor fioaman High School At the present ticM, we have a sun plus of gome farmjflftucts on hand, and a shortage of<fljP?, all of which could have been produced on the This is especially true now lab more or less true all the time. In connection with Governor Gard ner's Live-at-Home program a pam phlet was sent out giving the food and feed requirements for a person or animal for one year. Recently in the Agriculture class each boy was asked to use this sheet and make a jttod and feed budget for his home lazily. After he had listed the amount of each kind of food and feed needed on the farm to supply each person and animal with a balanced ration, he was then asked to list the amount of each f6od and feed grown on the farm in 1931 and determine the t!urplu3 or shortage as the case might be. Of course in some cases some needed supplies could not be produced, and there was generally a surplus of potatoes, and with the present amount of livestock, a sur plus of corn. But in this one Agri culture class we found the following shortage, which could be grown on the home farm in most cases: Wheat, 860 bu.; oats, 1421 bu.; wheat shorts, 4500 lbs.; wheat bran, 840 lbs.: hay, 110 tons; pasture, 21 1-2 acres. It would take one of the better farms in the county to produce all the above shortage as represented in this class. All these crops were not bought but they were needed and if not purchased it means that ani mals and people were not properly nourished, which means less produc tion and less income. We are all agreed that in order to better farm conditions we must have a larger in cone or lessen the outgo. Wc hear a lot about a balanced agriculture. Until we grow the above mentioned crops we will not have a balanced agriculture. Pretty soon it is time to sow spring oats and to sow pasture grass. Good pasture is the cheapest stock food on the place. Let's put out a few acres thi3 spring while the seed is cheap. "MILK FOR HEALTH" SAYS N. C. HEALTH AUTHORITY. A "Milk for Health" campaign is being conducted by t^e State Board of Health during the next few weeks, for the purpose of calling attention | of the citizens of the State to the ' value of producing milk as a part of, the daily food diet. Contests are to, be conducted in the schools of the State for essays on the value of milk : to health and extensive publicity will accompany the campaign. Dr. J. M. Parrott, State Health officer, calls : attention to the prevalence of pellagra ' in the State, pointing out that milk is ' one of the most valuable assets In ' fighting that disease. * PIANTFOREST REESi ON LAND NOT NEEDED, i The planting of forest trees aa a means of using idle fields, reclaiming eroded hillsides ar.d beginning a re serve store of fucure wealth is urged upon farmers of North Carolina by R. W. Graeber, extension forester at State College, who says tree planting is in full swing now over that State. But while Mr. Graeber suggests that farmers ought to plant trees on their idle fields and eroded hillsides, he sees a place for the city man to plant trees also. Those men who have definite busi nesses in town yet own farms which they conduct as a 'hobby or perhaps as a place on which to build a home away from the noise anjd dust and dirt, should also plant trees, says Mr. Graeber. First, he suggests that the city man build his house, arrange the grounds, designate space for the flower and vegetable gardens, and then plant all the remaining land ir. trees. Such a system will prevent much worry and will leave the. city person with a better bank account after a lapse of from 15 to 20 years. Better still, the land will be taken out of competition with the farmer who must make his livelihood from the soil. - There has been a great increase in the planting of forest trees this winter, Mr. Graeber says. He has given a number of field demonstra tions to aid 'ando^gprs in reforesting ^r -~"?ste acres; jfnd has forwarded thousands of seedling ;Stete Forest Nursery. -J, ? ,' prafcipaHy pines of the , Various varieties, may be obtained at about the cost of packing them for shipment Trees suitable for the mountain sections are somewhat high er in price, he says. Alleghany county farmers pur chased 3000 pounds of common anc Korean lespedeza seed from- Stanlj and Rowan farmers last week. Fifty-one fanners and farm womer sold $266.19 worth of produce oi ^ the Durham curb market last Satur * ? The supply of milk delivered toth* new plant in North Wilkesboro ha & more than doubled since the factor; opened on January 19. LITTLE BIT OF WORK A DDI MUCH TO SURROUNDING* Primary use of a well shed is to keej ' -the lain and slush from about th< ' family water supply, most anj | average farmer's boy will tell you but such is not the case. Proof thai la well shed can be more than a wel , shed can be found at the home of th( iDicksons near Calvert ' This happy family of boys, instead I of putting down four picccs of timbci , as posts and topping it out with ? 1 cover, have made one of the mosl artistic affairs to be seen in this county. By using tree trunks with | parts "of limbs appropriately left on, they have a delightful little retreat i in the yard that would be an asset to any home in Western North Carolina. LEES McRAE COLLEGE TO SPONSOR ESSAY CONTEST j For the three best essays on the subject, "The Western North Caro lina Organized Farm Movement," the department of Mountain Farming of Lees McR4e College is offering three prizes in the form of $50, $26 and $10 scholarships to Lees McRae College for the school year, 1932-33. - Rules of the essay contest: 1. ? Any high school senior or high school graduate under 21 years of age is eligible to enter this contest. 2. ? Contestant must reside in one of the counties included in the W. N. C. Organized Farm Movement. 3. ? Essays must not exceed 2000 words in length. 4. ? Essays must be submitted be ' for April 1, 1932. 5. ? Contestants may interview the county agent, agricultural teacher or others in an effort to gather neces sary material, and information. Judges of the contest will be: Ed gar H. Tufts, president Lees McRae College; Bruce Webb, director of Promotion; H. A. Osborne, chairman Regional Council; Mrs. John Calfee, Asheville. Essays are to be sent to: Depart ment of Mountain Farming, Lees McRae College, Banner Elk, N. C. Contestants can get copies of the list of objectives of the Farm Move ment from the Farm Department of The Asheville Citizen-Times. LITTLE RIVER MEN IN FARM MEETINGS Little River farmers are meeting | .regularly, with Prof. J. A, Glazenerl as leader, discussing phases of local farm questions, with a view to bet- j tering agricultural interests there. At the meeting spheduled for Fri- j day night of this week "Farm Management" will be ttie main topic, A large group of farmers are attend ing each of the meetings. FARMER'S PRAYER TELLS OF HIS MANY BLESSINGS "I am thankful that I own no stocks which I had bought at peak prices. I am grateful for guidance; that kept me out of speculative, markets. It is good not to have to read , the stocK market quotations np"h morning before prayer in order to find out how much poorer I am than j I was the day before. "I am glad that I am not a laboring man with a job or in danger of losing the one I might have. I wear no man's collar to the office, wondering wheth er I am to remain until night. I purely am fortunate that I am not -n ' coal operator nor steel manufacturer, ir.or any other official hunting trade where there is no trade. j "Give me my pigs and chickens and cows, my health and my strength and ,my freedom and my faith. I am not ; making any money, but I am not los ing so much that I face disaster and j hunger. I still have a place to sleep and three square meals a day. j "Once I looked with envy upon my i fellow citizens. I thougt they lived in luxury and peace. This morning they j need comfort and divine grace to face (their plight." "1 am grateful for the small blessings and the regular blessings that fall upon me ?nd mine, and my land. I hope my sins," my hypocrisy and my shortcomings will be over I looked, and believe me, I am content j that I am not as many others are." Ssrulitv Charlie * There really are^ acme people $low they could bo 'kicfikedclownandTvm over by opporfunuy and /hen ajjolo fne, for ?ettm. in t K. 'way*" ? producing jootes. 0F BUTTE\F&?.Y i t : COW PRODUCING 400 LBS OF BUTTERFAT YEARLY ? * - HOURS OF LABOR ? j YR lOTOORCOWS) I GOOD COW 1600 170 U .*L ' The striking difference between low-yielding M?crub" cows and a good 400-pound producer of butterfat Is shown here. One good cow Is wartii mora than ten "scrub" cows la Income and her labor costs are lower. I Upper Transylvania Farmers j Planning instructive Work; j That farmers of the upper end cd | the county are already interested in I the farm movement as outlined in the 6-10 Year Farm Improvement pro gram, was shown at a meeting held at the Rosman High school building Tuesday night when a number of in- ' terested citizens met to hear the plans ? discussed. j Pians already in the making call ] for the purchase of a purebred, | Guernsey Bull, and the probable in stallation of a lime storage place for , j the cooperative handling of tais I needed item. I 1 Prof. John Corbin, agricultural in ! structor of Rosman High school, pre sided at the meeting after reading I the objectives adopted a3 a standard for this county in the farm movement i for Western North Carolina, explain ed to the farmers present that the , program was for the farmer's benefit, and that if it was put across the farmer would be the one who would do it. He declared that the , meetings that are being held over the j county are for the purpotc of com- : j paring notes, so that the best methods j j could be decided upon, and these ideas taken a3 a basis upon which to work. I Mr. Corbin told of a trip he and i i several others of the county had ?taken last week into Tennessee, and' while there stopped at Greenville j ! where they made the discovery that j there was a market for poultry ? and ' [that market van in Western North i Carolina. In Greene county,. Tennes jsee, Mr. Corbin said that there was , a total of 460,000 hens, and that the majority of the eggs from this large j number of he?3 were being shipped; to Ashevilie, the poultry raisers there ] asserting that this was a much better j market than New other j northern markets. iflBwtf.nce wasj used as an illustration to show that : there is a market for Transylvania [ products if produced in large quanti ties and marketed so. A solid train- , load of poultry and eggs are being ' I shipped from Morristown, Tenn., |cach week, he said. i Prof. J. A. Glazener, chairman of | the Transylvania Agricultural com- t :mittee, discussed problems confront I ing farmers of the county today as i ?""" ' 1 1 " pertains to the overcoming of the ' price decline in crops grown here. In order to combat the low prices 1 , effective, there is but one way left open, the farm leader decltred, and that is by increasing production. He showed clearly the impossibility ofr this county as a unit in the agricul- . tural world, to raise the price of 'i products grown here to a great extent ! ' and hence the only road left open ! would be to lower the cost of pro- i duction. Lime, Legumes, Livestock, truck- j ing and poultry, the slogan adopted ! by the executive council of the county I ( agricultural committee was pointed ' ? cut by Prof. Glarizener as the most*' logical way to go about this reduction ?' | in the price of production. Lime, the ] main essential in this program, can , be had at a very reasonable figure;, now, he asserted, if purchased co- ! , operatively. Mr. Glazener outlined a plan (or-, the handling of lime in the county that < | wouid place stations at four centra] j ' points in the county, Lake Toxaway, ? Rosman, Brevard and Penrose. Lime j of a high grade, he said, could be ! purchased in Tennessee, and deliver- jj ed to the farmers here at an , approximate cost of $3 per ton by , using these stations as distributing points. i Efforts had been made by Mr. ' Glazener and others to utilize th? : local lime deposits, but after thorough ! investigation, it is found that the lime 1 can be purchased at a less figure than ' i it would take to install machinery i and produce it locally. ji Mrs. Bates Fatton, chairman of the i Ladies work in connection with the:' farm movement, spoke briefly on thej work for farm women, and advocated i poultry as a money making line to ' ii'ow. She urged the raising of Bar- < red Rocks, cautioning the J take up the wcrb in a em gradually increasing the flocks. ,i J. W. Dickson, who made the!" Tennessee trip with Prgf. Glazener j! and Prof. Corbin, and who has beer, j in the county for the past two, seasons, spoke enthusiastically of this;' section and predicted benefits for the 1 1 county as a whole if the 6-10 program i was carried out. ] OSBORNE HERD RANKS HIGH IN THE CAROL! WAS The Osborne herd at Canton, ranks J high in the land of first clas3 milk J producers, according to the current; February issue of The North Carolina Guernsey News. A number of men- j tions ere made of stock from thoj Osborne herd and stock that descend ed from the sires sold or raised on j the Osborne farma. Foremost Boy, the purebred Guern- j sey bull, loaned farmers of this j county by Mr. A. H. Osborne, andi now at the farm of Flave Holden near I Pisgah Forest, is of the family of] milk producers that come in for such i mention in the official Guernsey pub. lication of the Carolintta. ROSMANFARMiSTO STUDY LIME AT MEET Farmers of the upper end of the county will meet at the Rosman high school building next Tuesday night, March 1, to take up the discussion of lime. Prof. J. F. Corbin, agriculture in structor, will lead the discussion, and , will test toils for their need of lime. 1 This action was decided upon at the . meeting held there Tuesday night. Farmers who have soil they wish tested for iime needs are asked to bring samples to the meeting. In pro curing the sample of soil to be test ed, particular care is urged by Prof. Corbin. He suggests that an inch or so of the soil be scraped away with . a clean instrument, and a spoonful of the soil be taken from under this top layer, paying close attention to keeping the soil clear of contamina tion from the hands or soiled tools. Place the soil in a clean paper bag, and brieg to the meeting. CURB MARKETNEED SEEN BY FARMERS Several prominent farmers of the :ounty have been to the Farm Page ; Editor with request that other far mers and truck raisers of the county be "felt out" along the line of a curb market in Brevard during the sum- j mer ironths. These farmers, one of . whom goes in for trucking in a large | p/ay, axeof the opinion that there is , < sufficient demand locally for a curb, market to operate here at least two|' days each week, A number of other North Carolina towns and cities are using the curb market, and have found that it is profitable beta to tha grower and the :onsumer. Hendersonville operated such a system for sale of farm pro ducts last year. SOME FARMERS QUESTION ! MILK FEEDING PROJECT j Several fanners of the county have j jueationed the credulity of the story j :arr:ed on last week's Farm Page in | regard to feeding skim milk to milch ! lows. However, Mr. Flave Hoiden, :vho is the first fanner of the county to try this feed project, says that he not only believes it to -be 0. K., but j that he can prove it, and as proof! lonchwives, asl?j any skeptic to call | it round at the Broad street. A. & P. I 3 a a i The new Pamlico Creamery at , Washington has over 100 patron3 [tow and the cream checks are begiu ling to Appear more generally over Beaufort county. ' PENROSE FARMERS TO MEET THURSDAY Will Gather at Enon School To Ductus the 5-10 Year Program Farmers of the Penrose wctlon will gather at Enon school Thursday night of this week at 7:30 o'clock to dis cuss farming problems relative to their community, and the general pro gram of farming contained in the 5-10 Year Western North Carolina movement being sponsored by The Ashfcville Citizen-Times. Prof. J. A. Glazener, chairman of the agricultural committee, and Mvl_ Bates Patton, chairmen of the Ladle* Farm Auxiliary, wili be preoent and make talks. Much interest is being shown in the movement throughout the county, and leaders in the program are devoMng much time to the work, giving up several nights oach week to the work. CERTFBWBS BEST TO PLANT Those crops seeds wtych hAve been grown under the supervision of the North Carolina Crop Improvement Association are the best to plant Particularly is this true this year when quality must count in tha marketing of all farm produce. "Crop seeds which have oeen certi fied by the Crop Improvement As sociation are of the highest quality because they conform to the standards of the International Crop Improve ment. Association, " says W. H. Darat, director of this work at State College. "Then too certified seed must be of a variety approved by the North Carolina Experiment Station. Be fore a variety 1s eligible for certifi cation it ir.ust show merit in com parative field tfials fir a period of at least three years. Certified seed must aho pass a rigid field and bin inspection. The first inspection ie made in the field before harvest when the crop is studied for purity of variety, the presence of noxious weeds, and for plant diseases." After the seed has been harvested, cleaned and prepared for market, representative samples are secured and analyzed in the State seed labora tory for germination, purity of variety, weed seeds and foreign ma terials. The seeds must always con form to high standards of quality, Mr. Darst declares. The inspections are made by seed experts employed by the State and these men muot qualify as disinterested in either the cfop or the person growing the seeds. All claims as to origin, breed ing, and manner of threshing and cleaning must be verified by the fiower. Mr. Darst says no other source of seed found or. the market ia so care fully chocked as to quality and value. F-RrE-E EXCHANGE COLUMN FOR SALE or exchange ? Black vralruts; hatching eggs from very 3ne stock Barred Hocks, 50 cents wr 16 eggs. Will exchange for !"?^3^?Ku^nd gooseberry plants, or young gfape vim.-? 2\.. M. Mitchell, Brevard, Rt. 3. " ? TRY OUR WANT ADS. Clean,. Hardy.. GARDEN SEEDS No matter how well you prepare your soil, no matter how much high grade fertilizer you use ? It takes good seed to grow good jrops. We carry a complete line of Garden, Field and Flower Seed that we can sell you at reasonable prices ? and they are GOOD Seed ? the kind that grow.