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HIE FRANKLIN PRESS, FRANKLIN, N. C.
THURSDAY, JUNE 14, K23
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THINGS TO PLAN TO
THROUGHOUT COMING YEAR
The Farmers' Day at the test
farm at Swannanpa on May 17,
1328.
Poultry loading depot with facili
ties for grading eggs.
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An annual poultry show.
Monthly livestock sales.
Farmers' own line of delivery
trucks.
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Purebred sires and seeds.
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Guernsey cattle association.
A semi-annual seed exchange day.
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A Harvest Carnival one day of
the bread and butter show.
Just About the Farm
Seeds
Within the last few weeks there
' have been servcral inquiries from
,1faW for a suddIv of seed from
kic territnrv Incidciltlv. I might
mention that all have mentioned that
they "have seen by The Press" that
we are taking interest in better seed
in this county ' j,
'Jf .thereJsany one interested in
making contracts for growing pure
seed for' sale, I would be very glad
to get their names so that the neces
sary contacts might be made for them.
; Any seed that is grown will have to
be guaranteed as to purity and several
other things, but nothing beyond the
bounds of reason.
One seed man that handles retail,
every year and knows 'this region well,
says that his opinion is the seed from
this territory would be better than
the average by far.
The best way, so far apparent,
' would be to make definite contracts
to plant so much acreage to a given
variety of seed and sell' them on com
petitive bidding or at a flat rate a
head. ,. . .
This opportunity is too good to let
pass. For we cannot ship ordinary
field -crups4rom- here -and. ""t .r"
stock"'l5scaTrfh"e""croiTrtliat'vvi;-niio--
grow. ,
We have 200,(XX . tomato plants at
the cannery. For " information -see
John Jennings at Franklin Furniture
company warehouse next to cannery.
, - Markets. and Marketing
One great need ' or our county is
a market. The above is one sure
outlet for our stuff. Its too late this
year, but now' is the time to begin
'planning for next year and getting
- the right seed to plant.
Cannery-Blackberries
There seems to be a lot of berries
coming on this year. Wilkes county
sold over fifty thousand dollars worth
of berries to its cannery the last
good berry year. What is the matter
with our county doing the same.
It may appear that the price offer
ed is low but the people of. Wilkes
- county tell us that they made an
income of two dollars and a half a
day picking berries at that price,
v Its like everv thing else where there
.'is a doubt. It's worth trying and
find out for ourselves.
Sweet Clover 'r- -
; The dozen Sweet Clover demonstra
tions that we put ' out , early in the
spring are all doing fine.
It is well worth any ones .time to
go to the nearest place and sec fur
.themselves what it . is doing.
The names of the farmers on wlve.
'place these' demonstrations arc to be
seen are as follows : Messrs. Lee
Crawford. John Cribble, Bill Higdon,
.rroo T-Tnrcf Tnlm Thomas. Bert
Slagle, Lawrence Ramsey, Albert j
Ramsey, and Mrs. wiikic.
v ;'.'''-.. Bee :"
Mr. Sams, state bee specialist of
State College, will be here on June
30, or longer if we need him. If
- there is any one that would like
Mr. Sams to visit their apiary, please
leave word at the Farm Agent's office.
Mr. Sams is nationally known as ja
; bee man and it will pay anyone to
get him if they have any problems
that they think will need his attention.
There are several things that need
. attention at this time. Among them
. mighte-entionedwarmntorl,
Mcirm rhanciner ciueens. etc.. etc.
Ten hives of bees on every - farm
wilU materially increase the money
income. One hive of bees has been
a hundred and fifty
pounds of honey in a year where they
were properly looked after.
Twenty-five dollars per month in
crease in money income for the aver
age farm of this county will material
ly assist in paying for the new car
to take the missus and kids out for
; an airing.
Flowers
It is not generally known that there
is a law against the pulling of wild
flowers. ,'.'''', ; j i
' This law carries a fine of fifty dol
lars for any conviction. .
Just by way of a remark. There
are far too many of our very fine
farms on which flowers are far too
conspicous by their absence. .
There is to be had for the asking
at the Farm Agent office bulletins
"CIVILIZATION BEGINS AND ENDS
KEEP YOUR FARM
on a dozen or more flowers for the
farm home.
Poultry
The sale on the 18th of this month
will be the last one for some time.
Therefore it is not out ot place to
mention that now is the time to get
-A t oil rnnsters whose Usefulness
has passed and also those old hens
that will not pay their Keep im buc.-.
open up again. J , .
Plans have been made , to keep the
prices of poultry circulated through
out' the county for the information of
any that may have poultry for sale.
Mites and lice arc trying to play
heck these days and will be worse as
the days get warmer. '
For mites there is hardly anything
better than a pint of crude carbolic
o-.'rl in o rrallon of kerosene. Spray
this well all over the roosts-into
every crack and crevice.
For lice some, of the lice powders at
V.p rlrnrr ctnrp nf one OUnCC of Sodllim
Flouridc. mixed thoroughly with two
ounces of flour dusted well into tne
feather of all birds will prove ettec-
I livp
Hay Crops
In a wet year weeds . take a great
hold on grass meadows. Tn traveling
about ovr.the eounty.it Ji to . be
noticed - that - thisis lhccasehe-c
this year. The best way to handle
this situation is to go over the mead
ow with a close cutting mowing ma
chine. Then rake this rubbish off
to get it out of the way of the good
cutting later. , .
The wise farmer will harvest only
as much hay as he will need for his
own stock. The rest he will turn
under for his soil's sake,
Beetles and Bugs
Have you got your insurance against
these? If not why not? You will
sure need it. By .way of renition,
this insurance is one nound of Cal
cium Arsenate mixed with t eight
pounds of slack lime or flour then
dusted on the vines of course and
n-oll nn th -under side.
This insurance may be had at the
.- . j'Hlff1rpijH)iTj or,, at ei
price.
Small Grain
;c it itiat nne so seldom sees
a pure "field of grain in this county?
Nearly every one is touiea wun some
other grain. .
We sure will not be able to sup
ply pure seed to the trade at this
rate. And there sure is a market for
pure seed grown in this locality.
Especially is this true of rye, bar
ley, wheat and cane seed For -seed
taken from here and planted in the
lower altitudes arc stronger and more
verile than seed . grown there.
Another good thing about these
seed is that they may be grown m
the winter, . thereby enabling , you to
get two crops a year, where now
there is only one. . ' v
Think of the good grazing your
cream cow would get and it makes
the grain better too if all your fields
were in winter grains. ,
As I said before, the opportunity
has been brought about. It's up U
you. I will say this, that ' if you do
go into this it will have, to be done
in a systematic manner so that the
buyer may buy with confidence then
he will pay more.
Hogs ;
How many of our hogs are going
to swelter the rest of the summer , in
fw wnt? Ther cost more that way.
A field of rape will be a god send
1o both your pocket and the hog.
One acre will keep in good condition
from five to ten sows and make it
cost a whole lot less.
Any time we can make our live
stock "gather their own",it means
less work and more profit for the
owner. This brings us down to fences.
Fences .
How the farmers wish, since this
cold wet spring has kept things back
so all but grass and weeds that they
had had more fences so that the
stock could have "gathered their own'
and kept the weeds down for us too.
There is one kind of fence that
I have hot seen in this county that
it vlooks-to'me would be very useful.
It is the hurdle fence that can be
moved from dne place to another as
ocasionemandsjLJsjnoL expensive
to make, and is a mighty usefunthing.
There is a bulletin about it if you
want it
nillll. .. ; - .
nf hiilletins. It has been
said that they are all theory, and that
the reading matter in them doer
not apply to our farm needs, Here
is one answer to that. If you were
writing to some one away from hey
that wanted to know how . a certain
thing was done on the, farm, would
it not seem to him that what you
said was "Just writing." Of course
you would tell him the truth and tr
to give him a picture of just what
he wanted to know.
Farmers bulletins are simply lette-
from men paid to do these things in
the field and report to you in writing
just what is what. f
And like the friend you might write
tn ohnnt hnw a certain iob' was done.
you will find something-in them that
you cannot use but at the same time,
other .things will be suggested to you
AND IT WILL KEEP YOU AND YOURS
The farm pages of The Press are
edited by the county agent in col
laboration with the editor.
that you can to use to advantage.
The butlctins are here for you but
I have no way of knowing what you
would want if you do not let me
know, either by writing or by coming
and getting them yourself.
Dairying ''
Now that grass has come in good,
give the cows a rest from cottonseed
meal. ' . . ,
Now is the time to plan to not feed
so much next winter. A patch oi
rutabegga or turnips, as you have
waited too long to. plant any stock
beets will go a longway toward prc-
, mnrn sirkness among the
cows. There was far too much last
winter owing to an excess oi. touun
Vpinr fpfl
SCCU lutai Lvi..f, v ,
When a pasture is good . enough
for the cows to get tncir im
and lie down in the
shade some where, the pa sturcmay
be said to be a good pasture. There
i camp feedine value, con-
is liettllV l"V .
sidcring the difference in volume, in
good green ioragc as mere
t T-st- :
to harvest this winter will, - if ytney
...:n v,.,. tlTPsn irround into meal,
have a protein feed that compares
favorably with cottonsceu u.ai.. "v
there., is no freight to pay on it
itri r,mn nni coiner to put
,1... r.i that wp all need so
in xnai iccu - - .... ,
badly? With as many little hills as
there is in the county, it looks like
they would put in cow and chicken
feed grinding and mixing as one oi
heir main jobs. I will gladly give,
the mixture to any one interested
Most all of the successful feed
mills that are working on a large scale
today, are the onee that began or
small sized scale and worked up as
. i - .i -,,,
' at -rXrerpig fe'cd ahd chicken feed
ither of. y,. rJ,f th3t noc(is to be ground
Ty business farmer that tries a
g0odybalaneed feed will, stay .with u
for" heviH asily-seewhcreinjtis
awtneStndisa
Cood necessity toohave to jrowour
own here ?CLdU;1 that a!
Therefore: it would apepar u mi .
feed on the same way .
grind our meal would be a mighty
handy thing to have in the neighbor
SoodY Especially would this, be so
if the miller kept the bought con
centrates on hand and supplied them
for us to take home and mix our
selves, or if he mixed the whole
thine at a nominal charge.
This latter way would be as good
as any. For there is a very few
farmers that do not have to hire Some
help at some time during the ycai.
And the most economic kind ot help
to hire is helpfat a fixed price for
a fixed piece of work. Most of the
neighborhood mills have small over
heads and would do this work much
cheaper than any of the large com
mercial mills that ship in from a
distance. .,
A Commentary
Statistics Inform us that 20 per
cent of the cleared tarm tanas
county arc lying out as run down,
farmed out land. This is a sad com-
farmed out land, this is a
mcntary in two way . First it shs
,uf tUn farmers that went bctore
were miners and not farmers. Sec
ond it shows that taxes are being
paid' on a non-earning proposition.
Some business that. ,'."'.
Verily, it doth appear that tax ic
form has more angles than one.
Macon county, the land of Super
Farmers that Think Perhaps.
LYLES HARRIS,
i Macon County Farm Agent. .
BIG TEN
The following, are the. "Big Ten" on
j,iir Vie last check day:
cream um.v.; - tQ.
C. L. Ingram............ 8J-
Fulton Bros..
E.W.Howell.. .......
A. L. Ramsey.,..-
C-W-ulver,l. ljj
T rn,,(nrA .
T. N. Norton.
51.95
C. K. Norton,,..
A. B. Slagle........
E..N. Keener. . .
51.36
7777750.44
50.43
"mul tti amount nf butter fat sold
t,.. (,rmm in Macon county tor
May was: Butter fat 7,669.50. Amount
paid for same $J,ouo.yD. j
tup nv WARRI.F.
",L OR CATTLE GRUB
(C. H. Brannon
Extension Entomologist)
The ox warble (or cattle grub) is
a very injurous pest of cattle. The
adult fly, oten called the "heel" fly,
lays eggs on the heels of cattle" in
the early, spring. The young grubs
u;hieh hntrh in several days bore
immediately into the skin (where the
egg is laid) and begins boring its way
to the back of the animal. From 9
WITH THE- PLOW"
to 11 months is spent in the body
it the animal, ihc tirst gruD usually
reach the back of the animal in
November. The grub cuts a hole in
the skin soon alter reaching the
hark, rrmainine in the back about a
month after which they drop to the
ground and change to tlics.
Control
Ttrn'7n1 nr carhnn tetrachloride can
be injected into -the grub hole with
an oil can with a slender, curved
point.
Pvrethru ' mor iodoform can ' be
used as an ointment,
Pyrethrum ointment:
PvrptVirum nnwrler : 1 riart
Petrolatum .2 parts
Iodoform ointment:
Iodoform .. ; ...1 Part
Petrolatum : 3 parts
The ointment should be applied ever
the grub hole taking care to press
snmp nf flie ointment into the hole.
Warble oil has given good results.
This material can be obtained from
driie- stores or insecticide dealers.
.Make treatments when grubs first
appear at the backs ot the animals
ftrsiiallv first noticed in November).
At least four treatments should be
made not over 30 days' apart.
Cruris, niav be extracted bv hand
by -pressing-the - sides ofihc.grub
hole, rorceps can be used to extract
flip ertihs.
To be most effective the entire
commdnity should co-operate in con
irnllinfr i he cattle crub.
For more detailed information about
this pest write to C. H. Brannon,
State College btation, Kaicign, xm.. l..
COCCIDIOSIS
By Allen G. Oliver, In Charge of
Poultry Extension, North Carolina
State College.
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The following questionnaire on coc
cidian diarrhea should be of a helpful
nature to all interested in poultry
and especially to members of . poultry
clubs. In studying same they, should
be able to know definitely some of
the pff"' "vl ,.ci"seB-s3'1d bow lq
(JU'CStlOlf f"""V liat Is-' COLUu.d.ttiiai
rhca?
Answer: A disease of chicks at
fecting "mostly the intestinal tract.
It :is also found in mature domesti
rated fowls and in some wild birds.
It is caused by a germ commonly
known as cocidium avium and is
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Question : At what age are chicks
affected? ' ,
Answer : It is found in chicks
more frequently between the ages
of two weeks and three months.
Question: What are the sources of
infection?
Answer: The droppings of affected
chicks containing the germs contami
nate the runs or lots, brodero houses,
utensils used for feeding and- drinking-
. ,. .
Question: Do climatic conditions or
seasons have any bearing on this dis
ease? - -'
Answer: In the summer months the
disease is more prevalent as a rule.
Early hatched chicks seem' to be
less affected. In . a dry spring or
summer there is less trouble from
same.
Onestion: Does moisture have much
influence in growth of germs caus
ing the disease? -
Answer: Dryness and sunshine . p-e-vent
the life of this germ outside the
j bod of the chick. Moisture is most
, a Jrnhlp to its CT0Wth. .
HiiPcHnn- What outstanamc cnar-
acteristic docs this germ possess and
is it an important iactor in con
trolling this disease ? . .
.Answer: When the germ causing
tuio licPQCP nansps with the droppings
of an affected chick it has to pass, a
part of its life cycle outside tne Doay
n( u rtiirW before it can infect an
other chick if it, should consume it.
This takes at least torty-eigni nours,
under the most favorable conditions
for this change to take place ana it
has to be supplied with warmth and
for favorable growth. An
other way of explanation if we were
to feed the droppings or contents oi
the blind pouches of a chicken that
had just died from cocidiosis it would
not produce the disease, cut iei me
droppings from an affected chiclri)e
exposed to" the air for a week with
a favorable temperature and sufficient
moisture and then feed - it - and it
would produce the disease. Therc
frA nne nf the. most important fac
tors in controllnig the disease is to
remove the , droppings that may be
laden with the germs that pass from
on afferted' chick in the brooder
house where the temperature is just
what the germ wants, une ot tn
tferv firnt chores to do in the morn
ing is to clean up the droppings in
each brooder house, especially those
under nr close to the brooder where
the chicks slept. With the night
droppings removed promptly we win
go a long way in controlling cocci
dinsis: Sanitation first!
Question: What -are the symptoms
nf the disease in chicks ?
Answer: They vary according to the
severity of the infection and the age
of the chicks. In very young chicks
the disease develops very rapidly once
it has a foothold. Generally there r;
intestinal disorder such as diarrhea
which will vary in consistency from
a semi-fluid to a liqpuid. Color wnl
vary from a grayish wun a nu.o
brown mixed with it in the early
stages to a dark brown streaked with
blood or even passing, a lot oi dwuu
in very acute stages. Feathers be
come ruffled with drooping wings,
loss of appetite and chicks sianu
around sleeping most of the time.
Questions:- What are me v-
mortem findings? t ' .
Answer: When chicks tnat cue
the acute form of codcidiosis are
opened up you will find that the con
tents of the blind guts contain blood
In the less acute cases the contents
are of a brownish color, m
chronic cases you will sometimes
find a solid rotten mass and when this
is taken out the gut wiii-auncic w
it. Chicks that die in the acute stages
are- usually in fair flesh, while those
in' a chronic stage snow a
away. - , ' V . t,,
Question: How may cuw"
prevented? , . , ,
Answer: The broder houses should
be kept thoroughly clean and drop
pings removed each morning. Un
infecting same at regular interval
using 4 per cent solution of some
i .i: .:.(..(- !i! npressarv. iiOU-'
ing-hot-strongsoap suds will, dp jery
S . The day thiss done-irshonW
be warm that" chicks may-bef-shut
out of broder house most of the ,
day. The feeding and drinking ves
sels should be disinfected regularly
and so made that chicks cannot soi
either feed or water, Chicks the t
show symptoms do not look good
..-j v-otiind choiild be lm-
gOOll UlbiiULCicini. - -
the UooJ
There are in most every lot of chicks,
a few weaklings and it is best to
take the bull by the horns kill and
burn these as soon as noticed. A
stitch in time saves nine so we are
told and know it to Wa fact It pos
sible use new ground for chicks, bun l
proder houses on skids that same can
be moved every now and then by the
use of the farm team and this .s
LiJMn nn our farms. Keep the
Ht(.f--f.-""A'(-" '- - 7u, lieu" '
is nqthing more or less than a , he u ,
under which any chick can go at .
anv-time to be warmed up a little.
Fresh air with no drafts is necessary
and the chicks should be. allowed
outdoors as much as the weather v.iil
PCQcstiotl : Is -feeding important b
controlling the disease? .' ' .
Answer: Yes, most important.
Chicks not to be fed until they, are
48 to 60 hours old., The feeding of
sour milk or buttermilk has proved
to be one of the best. Give all they
will drink. Cod liver oil assists in
building up a strong system. If you
do not have milk one can buy semi
solid or dried buttermilk. In flocks
that are infected it is best to take
away all grain food as they have a
tendency to irritate the intestinal
tract Feed up to forty per cent dried
milk in the mash or give all they
will drink, and moisten the dry mash
with same. This and sanitation, new
soil, etc., will check the disease with
few losses in most instances. Do
not crowd too many 'chicks under
one broder, prefer never to have over
300 in any -one flock in any one
broder house.
Question :' Are drugs of any value
inVcvcnting or. treating the disease?
' Answer: Yes, but drugs will not do
it all, nor will they be better than
u methods. Catechu has
proven fairly effective using it in the
drinking water at the rate of ont-
third teaspoontul to tne ganon. oiu-pho-phenols
are . valuable intestinal
antiseptics and can be used in the
water or milk. A light dose of Epson
salts every two weeks when the dis-
east is present will be touna cnecuvc.
c, milt and a plenty of it stands
out as the one best thing to grow
good chicks and do it in a ery
tim. and at the same time con-
trol cocidiosis and other minor diges
tive troubles in chicks.
NOTICE
Agricultural Pictures
TUa fnUnva'tntr agricultural moving
oictures will be exhibited at the
Idle riour tneatre wnnuui wj
charge on the following dates ;
. Tune 16th. "Co-operative Marketing
in the " United States."
June 23rd. Name to be announced
later. , Tr
June 30th. "Mother Takes a Vaca
tion." :
July 7th "Brooding Chickens.
July 14th, "Men Who Build the
Road." ' "
July 21st, "The Family Goes to
College."
July 28th. "Roads in Our National
Parks "
A further program will be an
nounced later, the intention being to
have a farm picture at the Idle Hour
theatre every Saturday.
This is made possible by the very
generous co-operation of Mr. Harlcy
Lyl' LYLES HARRIS,
: County. Farm Agent.
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