Newspapers / Brevard news. / March 17, 1932, edition 1 / Page 2
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Devoted to the interests of Transylvania Farm ers and their problems. ? ? i it r"7fnTWTWMH*ltiniM1Mf EDITED BY: C. M. Douglas, tmder the supervision of J. A. Glazcner. J. F. Corbin, and the Farmers of this county. RO SMAN FARMERS PLAN TO BUY LIME Meeting Scheduled for Tues day Night of Next Week ? Will Store Lime In Depot Farmers of the Rosman section have practically completed their co operative lime buying association. Completion of the body will be made at the meeting scheduled to be held in the Rosman High school next Tuesday night. A large crowd of in terested farmers were present at the nuvting the past Tusday night, at which time the question was gone in t.. and plans discussed. Cherryfield tiepot has been se i a.s a warehouse for the lime, thti . eliminating the cost of a build it'.S. Officers and directors of the association wiil be elected at the in m. ting Tuesday night of next week. Miss Pearl Weaver, assistant in (.1 . rnor Gardner's "Live-at-Home'' p : am. will meet with the citizens e ?. Rosman section Tuesday night a;-.-' will conduct a "testimonial'' on lu,\v t'olks have come out of other de p. .-.ions. Everybody, both old and v mg. re urged to be present at this meeting. ... A CATTLE ON WHEAT HELP TO IMPROVE THE YIELD '?What 1 read in the papers,'* says Will Rogers, is all that he knows ? and what the folks will tell the Farm Editor is all that he can possibly know. Here's one learned Saturday: That cattle pasturing on wheat in the early Spring materially aids the growth of the stalk and increases the yield. W. D. Waldrop is authority for the statement made above, and he i>ays he has tried it out well, for several years, and that in each instance, pasturing cows on the green wheat at '.his time of the year has proved beneficial to both grain and cows. Mr. Waldrop says he is not 'he only feilow that uses wheat in the spring lime for pasture; that several others do the same thing and report favor ably on the system. About two weeks is all the grazing that should be done, according to Mr. Waldrop, or longer for fewer cows. Another incentive for growing small grains is found in this phase of the work? pasture when other pasture ? ~hort, and more bushels per acre. ASK LAND OWNERS TO MEET MONDAY The "why'' of the Farm Census, which will be taken by the list tak thi.s year, will be explained by i ^preventatives of the U. S. Crop Reporting Service, at a meeting to lie held at the Brevard court house im Monday, March 21, at ten o'clock. If. is requested by represenatives of tlio Crop Reporting Service that every farmer and land owner of the county who can nossibly do so, attend the meeting. There has been much discussion of vile proposed crop sur vey which will be made by the tax listers, and it is for the explanation i:i f.:U of the reasons for the survey 'V:ir -h meeting is being held here Monday. fcspocialy invited io attend the meeting, together with the farmers -.m! land owners are ... mbers of the board o; county com.;: . sioners, tax . it'^-rvisor, tax listers, superintend ??n- of schools, ant! agricultural teachers PONDER SAYSTO THIN POTATOES IN THE HILL I [ly .V. L. Vovdi 1 1 1 1 pays in yield to thin Irish potatoes to one stalk or plant to a iiiii. This, of course, should be done before the plants are large so that the roots may not be broken on the plant left. Not all of four to six plants can produce well in one hill. A ing'e plant may be seen to have as many as seven or more small potatoes on ii. and it goes to reason that four or five plants cannot produce ordin ary seven each in a hill. One plant in a hill will produce larger potatoes. This year I planted one eye to a piece and thinned, and out of 75 bushels there were less than 10 bushels of number twos. Somebody else in the county may have made more bushels to the acre, but I know of nobody in this or the Little River section who did. The seed was the Beauty of Beauties, grown by Harley Merrill on I.ittle River. This year I am planting seed selected from hills bearing three to seven number twos to a hill. 1 have found nobody in this section , FOR SALE? Purebred Rhode Is (and Red baby chicks, $10 per 100; -5 baby chicks with mother hen, *3.50. Mrs. E!i Huggins, Brevard, Route 3, , CUSTOM BRRODlNG-r-Wil! have space for 500 baby cbicjis April 13 or 14. Up-to-dafe steam outfit. Mar: ;?s William", ttfcar Canjp Cnro linn Brevard. THOMASVILL BAPTIST ORPHANAGE FARM IS LOCATED IN COUNTY One of the outstanding farms in Transylvania county is the Galloway .ilace near Cherryfield, now known as rho Thomasville Baptist Orphanugc 1 arm. Aside from being one of the best farms in the county, there is an Interesting story connected with the ownership of the place. The farm, originally two tracts of 'and. owned by the late Joe Galloway ind his sisters, the late Miss Mary Galloway, and Miss Victoria Gallo way, was given by the two Galloway sisters to the orphanage after the loath of their brother, with the stipu lation that Miss Victoria was to re ?tive a rental from the place during her lifetime, and at her death thu property to pass to the hands of the orphanage. W. D. Waldrop is in charge of the olace, renting it from the Baptist institution. The 200 acres, 150 of which is in cultivation and 50 acres in pasture, produced a good crop last /ear, and the following amounts were ?'aid to the orphanage as rental: Over 1500 bushels of corn, $137 in cash on potatoes, 160 gallons of mol lasses, and some potatoes and hay ?till on the place to be paid for by Mr. Waldrop, or shipped to the orphanage as their wishes may re quire. Mr. Waldrop has 17 head of cattle on the place, four horses, a number of hogs, good buildings, including an eleven-room house, good barns and outbuildings and farming implements. Mr. Waldrop was one of the suc cessful potato growers in this county last year, digging 650 bushels from 8 acres. ' | He also threshed 190 bushels of wheat from ten acres last year, an average of IS bushels per acre. In 1930 he reports 156 bushels of wheat from 7 acres, or a little over 2 'i bus hels per acre, and has everal aces rown this season. He is one of the rarmers of the county who believes hat wheat will pay ? and is proving it. The story is told that the large fine residence on the place was buiit by .(r. Galloway, years ago, as a home or his bride-to-be, but that for some eason the wedding was never held, nd Mr. Galloway refused to live in he home where he had planned to fake his bride. PENROSE FARMERS TO MEET ON 28TH (By A'. L. Ponder) On account of the extreme cold weather on the night of Monday. , March 14, there was no meeting held ?it the Enon school house to perfect 'he organization plans, and the meet ?g will be held Monday night, March 1 2<>, at 7 :45 p.m., at which meeting we want all the men and women of 'ioyd township to be on hand to dis ?uss various features of the 5-10 year plan. We also want all the ?oung men and women eighteen and .vor to be there and take part in the ionization. This is for the benefit ft" every man and woman. The cight < n counties of Western North Car >Iina are active, and it is up to us " join and get the benefit of a solid iganization which is carrying <?i; a neat work. Don't forget the date, the time ami he place ? Enon school house, Man* ay night, March 28, at 7:45. WILL HELP LIVE AT HOME MOVEMENT NEXT FALL Half an acre of onions, as a side rish crop will be grown by J. Wade D'ckson and sons this year on their ?veil kept farm near Cherryfield. The ?>eld has already been planted, in a well prepared seed bed, and if the yop comes up to expectations there will be less onions brought into the lunty next fall and winter than was .hp past this past season. It will be remembered that the sur vey conducted as a part of the 5-10 Year Farm Program showed that 1500 bushels of onions were shipped into the county last year from out side sources. Mr. Dickson is keeping an accurate record of all costs connected with his half-acre plot of onions, and tha ex periment will be watched with inter est by many people of the county. ' 679 POUND HOG REPORTED BY TRANSYLVANIA MAN Seven hundred sixty-nine pounds net, was the weight reported by W. D. Waldrop, which is believed to be ! a record this season in the county for hog weight. This particular animal was a purebred Duroc-Jersey brood sow, around six years old, and aside from furnishing a huge amount of pork, has, during her lifetime brought many fine pigs into the land of "Hogdom." actual records of cost:-, or | profits were kept by Mr. Waldrop on I the animal, but he is certain that he 1 made a nice sum, counting pigs and i pork. who has practiced thinning the Irish potato. But on the Little' River side some of the Merrills grow them no other way. Ossie and Virgil Merrill ! tell me they find the yield nearly doubled on the same ground by tliin "For Scrub Sires i ?A Swift Kick! I . . . From the 18 Prosperity - Bound Counties of Western Carolina" f II. ARTHUR OSBORNE, President , Purebred Sire Avtcic.thHi, I nr. j ADDITIONAL DATA ON LIME TESTS ? 1 (By J. F. Cor bin) 1 Since there was considerable in- 1 tereat shown in fertilizer test run last ? woefc wv are running it again this | week with additional explanations j and observations. The entire teat has' been refigured since we were able to j (jet separate results oa lime and ua- . . limed plots for 1931. ? 1. The results are the average for 3 years on limed and unlimcd plots, i 2. The test was outlined and run ! under the direction of State College, j , 3. The ground selected each year was believed to be uniform in fer- , tility but after growing the crop we I believe in each case the limed end of the field was a disadvantage in some way each time. 4. One ton of ground limestone per : acre was applied each time on a separate field the day the corn was planted or in a day or two. We don't think the lime hud time to show its real value. Neither of these fields had been limed in several years nor had | they been tested for soil acidity. 5. In each case the land was a [black bottom, medium in fertility, and I very little stubble on the land. The test was run primarily to determine I the effect of fertilizers on production of corn and not as a lime, legume, livestock and soil improvement pro- 1 gram. | 6. Each year in some way has been unfavorable, a!! of them dry, 1930 j both b late and early frost bit the corn; 1929, 4 rows of the limed end! was noticably eroded for few feet at j end. 7. In every case the corn was har-. vested and weighed in the field in the, presence of several. 8. Due to immense amount of cal culations there may be some slight) errors. Average of plots 4 and 10 : were subtracted from other to get j increased yield due to fertilizer; 300] lbs. fertilizer was used or. plot 12 in- | stead of 200 as stated before ; 400 j j lbs. of a 10-.*?-.'i was standard used and all variations made from that. I Plot 13 used 600 lbs. and formula:' varied as; shown. Fertilizer was honrj mixed using in this calculation the i following prices uhich we bought at last year: Acid phosphate, $14.14; muriate of potash, $4:1.50; nitrate of soda, $50.00 per ton. j'lnt Formula -1 f> ti 7 ,s it !(> 12 i :: 10?0 ? :! .0?3-0 0? 3?3 (400) none 10--: 10? ;i? :: (400) (400) (400) (400) 10? 6? 3 (400) 15 ? 3 ? 3 10?3?6 none (400) (400) limed 3 yr. av. .38.4. .31.3. .30.2. .26.9. .42 . .13.6. .47.1 . . 16.5 . .49.8. .36.3. 10?3 1 r2 (400) 55.3. . . .50.1. 10-3?3 (300) ..47.1 48.7.. 10--:;- 3 (600) .. 5-1.4 54.4.. nnlimed 3 yr. av. . . 44.4 . . . .43.4. . . .46.2. . . .35.3. . . .47.1. . .45.3. . ..47 .. . . 45.6 . . . .48.4. . . .33.5. . Av. 3 yrs. .41.4. .37.4. .41.2 . 31.1 .44.6. .44.5. .47 . .46 . .40.1 . .34.!). iiicr. yield cost profit due to fert. fevt. due fort 8.4 . . . .$2.28. . .$1.92 . . M. i . . .47.9. . . 54.4 . 4.4. 8.2. 11.6. 11.5. 14 . 13 . 16.1. 19.7 .' 14.9. 21.4. 3.63 2.39 4.15 4.15 6.02 5.03 4.67 3.89 3.1 1 6.24 I " Observation: i 1. I'lot 11 shows high yield, unae | counted for. but just one of those | things thai occur in most all ex periments. 2. Potash group shows up good all through from pint 2 with no potash was the only plot to fail to pay for fertilizer and show profit. ?'!. Yield increased time nitrogen in- ' .creased plot 2 when no potash was | used caused a loss. 4. Yield increased with increase of | acid except in plot 2 where the potash : j left out seemed to destroy the balance I and tear up things. | 5. Of course plot 12 using 300 lbs. made a high yield all the way through j but a lower yield than other plots all around it. G. All plots from 5 on with com plete high analysis fertilizer main tained higher average than first ones, land lime seemed to help more in com bination with more fertilizer. 7. Plots containing complete fer- 1 tiiizer in every case gave higher yields than those without it. S. Yields increased in all cases with ! additional plant food. Plot J 3 using I GOO lbs. of complete fertilizer per acre ' and costing $6.24 mailt- 21.4 bi'shels j more than where no fertilizer wasj used and gave a profit of $4.40 after, paying for fertilizer, even with corn i at 50 cents and at $1.00 would give ' a profit of $15.10 per acre due to ' fertilizer. 9. Average yields of plot? without fertilizer was 33 bushels. 10. 300 lbs. of a complete fertilizer per acre seems to be an economical safe amount to use. 11. Cost of the lime would have to, be divided up over a period of years | and should be u^ed in connection with j a livestock, legume and soil improve- i ment program. In view of all the] facts the lime has not perhaps had a i fair showing in this test. 12. Corn was valued at 50 cents per bushel in calculations. j Complete Line of Feeds for Every Animal LIME We will have a car of Pulver ized Agricultural Limestone on the track at Brevard Station Saturday and Monday, in 100 lb. bags that we will sell at car door, for cash only, at $4.80 per ton. GROCERIES GROCERIES We carry for the convenience of our customers, a complete line of heavy Groceries that we are sell ing at prices that will stand comparison with any store in Western North Carolina, and the Largest Stock of Flour in Brevard. SEEDS - Farm, Garden, Lawn -- SEEDS Pure, tested seeds, that will insure a good stand, healthy growing plants and a larger yield at harvest time. Full lino for every farm, garden, pasture, flower bed or lawn. B. & B. FEED & SEED CO. 'LANS BEING MADE j" FOR PUREBRED SIRE i ASSOCIATION HERE! i Establishment of purebred sire ings throughout Western North, 'arolina communities as a part of the j -10 Year Farm Program being punsored by The Asheville-Citizcn ^imos, is gaining much headway, vith several of the communities al- . L'ady having perfected organizations j nd purebred animals bought. Initial stepe have been taken by armors of the Penrose community or the establishment of a "ring" in hat section, with C. F. Woodfin as ihairman, and W. L. Talley, E. H. 1 Tones and Carl Talley as members >f the committee. Plan of the purebred sire ring call for pooling advance service charges into a central fund, the fees at $1 go! to purchase a purebred animal of the I breed decided upon by the members ! of the association. Certificates issued i when payment of advance service fees are paid in entitles the holder to j use of the animal on the basis de cided upon by the association. Membership in the association, while to a large extent is purely local, entitles the community to fuli privileges in the corporation which ' has oversight of the several counties participating, and at the end of a: given period, the animal may be ex-| changed with other communities hav ing the desired breed and thus newj blood can be brought into th<> com munity without the expense of buying an animal. Prof. J. A. Glazener is in charge of the organization work in Transyl vania county, being a member of the executive committee of the incorpora tion for Western North Carolina, and FRYING CABBAGE AS EARLY MONEY CROP Allison and Gillespie Plan to Market During Month of June E. Carl Allison and Henry Gillespie of the Cherryfield section, each have two acres of cabbage set, which they hope to have ready for the market in J une. ^ The plants were 3et?out Feb. 15th in both instances, on low, or bottom land loam, good soil but no fertilizer used at time of" setting. Later these gentlemen plan to fertilize around the plants. Charleston Wakefield variety plants were set by both Mr. G;llespie and Mr. Allison. is pushing the work of the purebred sire rings here. Mrs. Bates Patton of Davidson River, is treasurer of the organization. The Purebred Sire Association is a mutual, non-profit corporation formed 'by members of the Regional Council of the 5-10 Year Organized Farm Program. Officers in the incorpora I tion are H. A. Osborne, president. I Canton; L. H. McKay, vice president, I Hendersonville; E. T. Erickson, sec retary, Banner Elk; Mrs. Bates Patton, treasurer, Davids-on River; S. T. Henry, Spruce Pine, J. A. Glaz ener, Brevard, and O. J. Holler, J Union Mills, are members of the [executive committee. Farm and Home week will be held at State College this year during the week of August 29 to September 3. The State Farmers' Convention and the State Federation of Home Dem onstration Clubs will meet during 'that week. - ffertny could re - !s ,M. i Profitable feeds for Ih'cstoc! cr.d pert try. They lotvnr your cost of produciin and make vou mirr vmfitc. NO MATTER how much you pay for your Baby Chicks, NO MATTER how pure the strain, NO MAT TER how much attention you give them, how well you watch and care for them, unless you feed the CORRECT FEED all your trouble and expense will come to naught. ? Delicate. Baby Chicks need a feed that is balanced, tested, and pure. Ingredient X, found only in Purina Chick Stariena and Growena, is the greatest advance in chick feeding since the discovery of vitamins. It's the proper blend ing or syn-cron-izing of proteins to give added life, extra growth, and greater all-round development to chicks, at no extra cost. To produce this i-e.sult has re quired: 6 years of experimental work at the Purina Farm and Research Laboratory; 25 different protein sources thoroughly tested ; 81 separate experiments; 50,429 chicks on test; 308,502 individual weighings. B, and B. FEED CO. DAIRY COWS Purina Cow Chow Purina Bulky-Las CALVES Purina Calf Checkers HOGS Purina Pig-and-Hog ChowJ Purina Hog I&ena CATTLE Purina Steer Chow SHEEP Purina Sheep Chow HORSES AND MULES Purina Omolene Chow POULTRY Purina Startena Chow Purina Growena Chow Purina Egg Chowder Purina Lay Chow
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