Devoted to the mtereste of Transylvania Farm ers and their problems. SDITKD BY : C. M, Doug**. under the supervision of J. A Glazenar, J. F, Corbftn and %> Farmers of this couaty. cjiwi ?n? wiimmiib hi iw at? y? BOYD FARMERS HOLD ENTHUSIASTIC MEET Permanent Officers Chosen One Hundred People Are Present. Panning interests of Boyd Town ship were well represented at an en thusiastic meeting held Monday night at Enon School house when a hun dred people gathered to take part in steps which will lead to a better com munity, not only in farming but m a social unit as 'veil. A well planned program was car ried out. with string music, singing, and speeches adding to the evening's entertainment. Permanent officers to serve in the township as leaders in the 5-10 Year Plan that is gaining headway throughout the county and :>.H of Western North Carolina, were elected as follows: Chairman, T. G. Miller; vice chair ma::. K. H. Jones; secretary treas ut-.-v, N. L. Ponder; chaplain, Rev. J. - I }. :? agg; pianist, Miss Garnet Lyday. Th'.o officers with the several com mute chairmen selected will have chavge ot' the plans which will be mapped out as a community program. Several committees were appointed to have charge of various activities to bo carried out in the community, with two or more committees to be selected at the next meeting of the group, which will be held on Monday night. April 11. Included on the list of committees appointed and to be appointed are: Lime, Livestock, Trucking, Poultry, Finance, Market ing, Welfare, Public Grounds, Corw serration, and Entertainment. Chair men ami members of these committee# will be announced upon completion of th survey that is being finished in the township now. Prof. ,T. A. Glazener spoke enthns. iastically of the work that is being done in the community and of the wide interest that is being taken. He declared that in going into the Farm Improvement Program, that there would be no drastic 'hanges noted at once; that the aim3 of the movement was to gradually build np from that which is n*)w on hand until, step by ?step, conditions would be improved to near perfection. He urged the coop eration of every person ir the com munity in the work, ladies included, declaring that there was enough work and to spare for every one. twin calves Born At r FARM OF DICKSON BOYS Okl Man Depression was hit a hard blow Tuesday when twin calves wre presented to the Dickson Farm near Selisa, by an Ayreshire grade cow. Both ealv?w arc reported as healthy, happy, and eating heartily. FARMERS' ] EXCHANGE \ ? 'A FOR SALE?bSneeVs old pntteta. Pure Blood Barred Rocks; priced reasonable. Several hundred ready. . MARCUS WILLIAMS, near Camp Carolina, Brevard. i ['OH SALE ? 40 bushels of selected f!rcon Mountain Seed Potatoes. $1 per bushel while they last. H. B. OLAZENER, Connestee section, Brevard. FOR SALE ? Evergr ens, flower ing shrubs and hardy flower plant# of many varieties, rea! uheap. See Mrs. John C. Tinsley. Maple street, Brevard. FOR SALE ? Purebred Rhode Is- : land Red baby chicks. J10 per hun dred; 25 baby chicks with mother hen. *3.50. Mrs Eli Huggins, Bre vard. Rto. 3. | Ct'STOM BROODING? Will have space for 500 baby chicks Aprli 13 or 14. Up-to-date steam outfit. Marcus Williams, near Camp Caro lina, Brevard. _ FOR SALE ? Selected Dahlia bulbs ?very cheap. See Mm. W. H. Ar l-owuod, Lake Toxaway. We Pay Cash for Chickens, Eggs, Potatoes Heavy Hens 12c Light Hens 10c Clean Fresh Eggs ... 12c Corn ? Cash 35c In Trade 40c Potatoes 50c B. & B. Feed & Seed Company BREVARD, N. C. Prices subject to change any time .. WORK ON LIME BIN f STMTS SATURDAY 1 ____ _ Actual construction work will be l>?gun on the Penrose Cooperative i.ime station Saturday of this week, j ? (.-cording to announcement made by j ',V. L. Talley, chairman of the com mittee in charge of the work. Labor c'or the project will be donated by citizens of the Little River communi ty and Boyd township, these two communities being joint operators of ?:he cooperative association. Building material has been laid town, and the work is expected to be finished within a fow days. The build ng will be erected on property do nated by Mr. Talley, and will be ocated near the Penrose station, ?.vhich site was selected as a central 'ocation for tho two communities. Purpose of the lime association is to furnish farmers of that section of the county with limestone at first oost, several carloads to be kept on hand at all times for the convenience uf those who wish to purchase small ->r large quantities. FATHMNMEET PLANS ARE MADE Plans are practically complete for he Father-Son Banquet an annual affair that is staged by members ol' ?he Vocational Agriculture classes of Brovard High school. This much look ed forward to event will be staged Friday evening, April 8, in the Bre vard High school auditorium, and all boys of the class are expected to be nresent with their dads as honor j guests. Prof. J. A. Glazener, instruc- ! kor, and a few invited guests will j nake up the party. Girls of the Home Economics de oartment, under the supervision of Mrs. Pat Kirozey, will have charge of preparing and serving the banquet meaL Committees appointed by President -John Collins, includes : Decoration ?ommittee, Clyde McCrary, Van j VKelly, Virgil Gillespie, Louis Meece, Program Committee: Max Wilson,1 Ierrimon Shuford, Eugene Dickson, "His Shipman. Reception Committee, Bruce Reid, 9ill Bryson, George Justice, Jfidney oiaigrd, William Gash. Bftwer Committee': ? Janes Miils, 1 ")avid A.ihworth, Andrew J. Boggs, Lester King, Bruce iVatson, Charles Dickaon. CREAM ROUTE WILL j BRING MUCH MONEY | | Dr. Teil of the Biltmore F.rms lairy, advocated establishment of J .?ream routes in Transylvania county is a means of obtaining ready cash,! 'n a speech delivered to the Voca- ; tional Agriculture students of Bre-j vard High school Friday afternoon. Or. Teil said that his company would j Se glad to assist iB-,the, eatablishment if cream routes in the county, arid pointed to the fact that the company#; "??vhich manufactures and sells great quantities of milk products each year, | was being forced to buy a large part of the- raw cream from outside the; state. Much interest wsb shown by the ; boys in the plan set forth by the dairy expert, ard many question of interest to the boys in their class ?vork were asked the speaker. GOOD PLATFORM IS OFFERED FARMERS! i 1. A good garden, canned vegetables J and fruit3, a milk cow, a flock of i hens, and a few pigs for every farm. ! 2. Reduce cash expenditures for I 'arm operations and receive cash in- ; fume from several farm products. I 3. Reduce the cost of maintaining j | work stock Jand the production of j ! mi'k, beef, pork, and spring lambs r cover crops to prevent erosion. Keep farm implements in repair and under shelter when not in use. N 7. Grow cultivated crops on the best land on the farm, limiting the ?icreage of tobacco, corn, cotton, Potatoes, etc., to amount that cap be ?economically handled with the men ' ind hors.' labor available on the farm to assure quality as well as quantify production. H. Improve the production of live tide by use of pure-bred sires, by the ?;'? <>f inferior animals, and by better .eding and carc. iJ. Keen fnrm records to determine "/pes of farming that pay best. Pre iare credit statement for banker ahd !--rsp it up to date from year to year. This practice will put the farm on a i better business basis, aid credit stand ling. and inspire confidence between banker and farmer. 10. Cooperate with other farmers in ! buying needed supplies and in mar keting farm products. ! ? ftccommwnded hy University of WILL YOU FEED YOUR CORN TO THE WEEVILS OR TO SOME HOGS? ^ SSSiJVai POTATO PLANTING TIE COMES NEXT | I (By J J" -Corbin) During the next three weeks most j of the potato crop of the countv will j be planted. Potatoes being e crop that requires a cool climate in which to : grow makes K necessary to plant j them and let them do most of their growing before hot weather. Pota toes are naturally the beet money crop on moat farms in the county. Potatoes have the possibility of be-, (coming a great source of wealth in . adopted in growing them. If reason- j | oMy good jrresticea are employed in , the county ' if proper practices are j growing potatoes, and they can be t sold at even a low price, you are al-j most sure of a profit. We. should not trpt.90 much about the selling price but about the pro ducing price. We have charge of the growing price, but little to do with the selling price. Too many peopie try a certain practice one or two ! times, under perhaps, abnormal con ditions and conclude ever afterward that it is either good or bad. The on ly practice that is worth following is one that has produced results over a long period of years. Of the most important practices influencing the yield of potatoes, the following arc , among them: 1' ? Type of soil. 2 ? Condition of soil. 3? Amount of humus in soil. 4 ? Preparation of seed bed. 5? Date of planting. 6 ? Quality and amount of seed ? used. . ! 7 ? Amount of manure, how applied land when applied. 8? Kind and amount of fertilizer [used. 9? Method of covering seed. 10? Method of cultivation, 11? Method of spraying. Some of these methods will be dis I cussed in our meeting Tuesday night. ; i LITHE RIVER MEET j HELD WEDNESDAY ? Farmers and Farm women gather- 1 ed in an interesting meeting at the Little River school house Wednesday evening, the program for the evening being the furtherance of agricultural I interest of that section. Due to Tne 1 News going to press on Wednesday 'night, details of the meeting are not available for this week's i?oe of the paper, but will be carried next week. , I Citizens of the Little River section, \ i both ladies and men, are very much j ! interested in oetter farming mett? ods. and are proving this interest in I their attendance In large numbers a ; the regular Wednesday night get- 1 I together meetings held at the school I house, at which Prof. J. A. Glazener i leads discussions of various phases 01 | farm work. Mitchell county farmers who had planted e?rly gardens and otherwise taken advantage of the warm winter weather saw their plans all go wrong when temperatures of from 20 down tn 4 degrees prevailed during tno 1 went cold snap. CHANGING POULTRY FEED IS DANGEROUS It is it wise jslisn to use bcan^-grown feeds for poultry but it Is -r poor policy to substitute poorer feeds in an effort to keep down ?q To do so may cat deeply into the pronto to be expected from the flocks tfcis season. "Poultry has Buffered along with other farm crops but due to the drop in feed prices in proportion to the prices being receiv^j for eggs and because of the miid winter permitting production to stay at level, poultry men havo beee much encouraged to r ahead with their work," eay* Roy Dearstyne, head of the poultry de partment at State College. "However, some ponitrymen have attempted to increase their margin of profit by decxeaging the feeding or substitu ting certain feeds which do not give as good rosulta. One of the main sub stitutions being practiced is to uso vegetable protein feeds for animal protein feeds. Soybean meal and pea nut meal are good if used in limited quantities but they should not en tirely displace the animal protein es pecially at this season of the year when production is heavy and the eggs are being used for hatching." Any radical change from the uaual methods of feeding at this time is likely to be reflected in the hatchabil ty of the eggs or the livability of the chicks, Mr. Dearstyne says. The breeding hens should be fed so that they will produce only the highest quality of eggs, Mr. Dearstyne insists that green feed, plenty of sunlight, an adequate mineral supply and milk in some form should be fed the birds to get the best eggs for producing healthy chicks. If the breeding birds are to go through a long laying season and maintain body weight, they must I* fed a balanced ration. It is parti cularly unwise to depend on grain feeds alone without mash. WARMTH ESSENTIAL TO BABY CHICKS i Brooding baby chicks, although locking to be comparatively easy, is by no means just buying them from the hatchery and turning them loose with the hope that Nature in its providence will take care of the in vestment. They must have care, lots of it, when real small ? and above all ? plenty of warmth. A sad sight was witnessed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Case, who reside on the Boylston road, last week; 100 beautiful Rhode Island Red chicks one week old, and only three alive. Mr. Case, going in for baby chicks for the first, time, was at a loss to understand why his chicks had died all of a sudden like, and sent word to Prof. J. A. Glazenei . of the Brevard High school, to pay | him a visit and look over his, troubles. | Prof. Glazener diagnosed the case as lack of warmth with resultant ill ne.13 that depleted the otherwise healthy baby Reds. Mr. and Mtb. Case, while lavishing all the atten tion that could be nossible on the ' chicks, had failed to "keep the attrac- ( tive and neat home-made brooder ; house warn enough. Authorities on baby chicks stress ! the need for warmth for the first several weeks. "Purina Poultry Book" gives these instructions regarding brooding heat: "To start chicks off 95 to 97 degrees Fahrenheit tempera ture is necessary. This temperature must be maintained for the first week, after which it can be allowed to drop to 88-90. Lower the tempera ture as the chicks get older."' A safe plan for the novice to fol low, before beginning " with baby chicks, would be to see either Prof. ROSMAN FARMERS IN POTATO SIDY Interesting Study Is Scheduled for Nasi Tueedtjr ! Night i j Farmers of the Rosmftn section met ? at the High School building Tuesday night und took up the study of potato [raising, using the individual exper iences of the farmeru as batis tor \ discussions. Last year potato pro j ects, of both adults and m(J^bers_ of [the Vocational Agriculture cisas were discussed and boys in the agri culture class made analysis of results in an endeavor to show the why and wherefore of increased or decreased yields. This was done as part of the regular class work which is super vised by Prof. John F. Cordin. Any person of the county who raised 250 or more bushels of pota toes per acre last year is urged to be present at the meeting to be hold next Tuesday night, April 5, .and U& of the methods of culture jfoliowaS: Several people of the county re ported yields of 250 and more bush els of potatoes last year, and it is with the view to increased yields that they are requested to pass along information, as to seed, fertilizer, types of soil and anything that will be of value to others who are inter ; sated in potato growing. i" ? " '' jJ- A. Glazener or Prof. J. F. Corbin. Either of these gentlemen wiil be glad I to go into detail as to methods of Srocedure, and era specialists in this ne. j I, !try our wm am - 1 ? TT-! -Healthy Chicks need PURINA POULTRY CHOWS . ? PurhuL All-Mad* Startena Cbo w ? A complete mash to be fed without scratch feed to baby chicks. Is excel lent for feeding broilers straight through until mark Ieted. Purina Cluck Chow ? Small-aze scratch for baby chicks. Made from a variety of several choice grains. Purina Chick Growen* Chow ? Mash to be fed with scratch feed to growing chicks from end of sixth week to maturity. Purina Intermediate Hen Cha-w ? Medium-size scratch for growing chicks. Made of a variety of choice, cleaned grains. Purina Egg Chowder ? Laying mash for the most ex acting commercial poultryman or breeder who., has high-producing hena and practices good manage ment. Purina Lay Chow ? The most economical laying mast for all feeders except the specialized commercial poultrymen or breeders who properly use Purina Egg Chowder or Purina Breeder Egg Chowder. Purina Egg Chowder (32%) ? A high-protein mash to be fed with large quantities of home-grown grain. I Purina Hen Chow ? Scratch grain for laying hens and developing pullets. Made from a variety of selected grains. B. and B. FEED CO. puriha chows Profitable feed* (or livestock and poul try. They lower your cost of production and rttaie you trtnrr tyroflf* SEEDS THAT GROW ] . "-fc - I - Seeds bought at our place are of the very best that can be had?from Seed Houses that are reliable, where guarantee means more than just "saying so." ^ Seeds for Field, Garden or Flower Bed Best Grade ? Reasonable Prices ' ' B. & B. Feed & Seed Co. The Store with the Checkerboard Sign