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
<or market by developing good pas
tures, growing legume hay and nec
essary grain feeds. Store surplus hay
! for future us*.
4. Depend more on lime, legumes,
ind farm manures for fertilizing pur
09S0S.
5. Sow land of mediocre fertility
?wi<| hill land in grasses and clovers
?"or grazing and improvement.
G. Terrace hill lands and sow win
'>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
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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