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TUB riCVS.ROCORD
Marshall, N. C Apr. 25, 1940
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GRIT GRINDS
EDITED BY THE COUNTY AGENT
Let us grew clover and grass on the hill;
While intensely the levels and flats we till.
The cows and hens will settle our daily hill;
While the beeves, sheep and tobacco the coffers fill
And, when orchard, garden and sty the larder fill,
Then, with a smile, will Mary greet her Bill.
THE HEN. The barnyard
hen's a good old bird; she sup
plements the dairy herd, and
makes the farmer's wife more
mon' than hubby earns from
suri to sun. Where'er this
atteen of birds is found, de
lights of rural life abound,' and
farmer folks in touring- car,
bring chicks and eggs from
near and far. Here in Dixie
Biddy thrives: she works each
day 'till dusk arrives. She
disregards all labor law, and
pecks away to fill her craw;
she lays an egg in tufted nest,
then cackling forth to work
with zest. She thus a good ex
ample sets to folks who labor
with regrets. Her eggs and
chicks are sold for pelf to buy
some chow for pantry shelf.
No better food has e'er been
tried than eggs on toast- or
chicken fried. 'Tis said a
chicken dressed just right, im
bues e'en preachers with de
light. In every clime the hen
is met; her sun, in truth, does
never set. So here's to Biddy,
barnyard hen, the greatest bird ;
God gave to men. T- M. Jef
fords.
market. Seems as tho there
will be plenty of plants to set
all the land the farmer intends
to set. Why not use the very
best giants and, use more land
tor tood crops 7
FLEA BEETLES. We hear
complaints of flea beetles. Bet.
ter watch your tobacco bed.
Be ready. The State Depart
ment of Entomology recom
mends the following and advis
es that no change be made.
'Keep entire bed covered
with poison. Use "one-in-six"
mixture, which is 1 pound of
Paris green' with 5 pounds' of
Arsenate of Lead. Use at the)
rate of 1-2 pound of the mix
ture to 100 square yards as a
dust. Cover, the plants well.
"If you desire to use a liquid
spray, use 1 lTZ pounds to 2
pounds of the "one-in-six" mix
ture in 50 gallons of water or
1 1-2 to 2 tablespoonsfuls to 3
gallons of water. .Cover the
plants well."
TOBACCO PLANTS. The to
bacco plants, for the most part,
are looking fine. Seems as tho
nature, at least in Madison
County, is helping to break the
USE HIGH ANALYSIS FERTI
LIZER LIBERALLY There is
a whole lot in five words.
Why use ll'gh grade? A
the rate of 800 to 1,000 pound
to the acre. :
Let's try 1,000 lbs. This
means that on every acre 120
pounds of phosphate . is being
used; 40 pounds of nitrogen;
and 60 pounds of potash This
will cost at" the prices 'sold,
?18.25. v.. ...:, -U,
How about 8-3-5 in compari
son? r If we get 120 pounds of
phosprorous on an acre we will
have to apply 1500 pounds of
an 8-3-5 fertilizer. This . will
give us 45 pounds of nitrogen
and 75 pounds of potash- : A
little more of the last two in-
orrediAn'ts. This 1500.nounds
of 8-8-5 will cost us $23.25. or
$5.00 more than the 1000
pounds of 12-4-6. Using the
figures used by chemists in cal
culating the value of a fertili
zer the extra ingredients secur
ed in the 1500 pounds of 8-3-5
are worth $2.05. The farmer
paid $5.00 for $2 00 worth of
plant feed.
Why use it liberally? Let
us compare figures again. The
average rate of using fertilizer
in the county has been around
400 to 600 pounds to the acre
The average yield about 660
pounds. Taking 500 pounds
of fertilizer of the high grade
it will cost $9.13 per acre, or
at the rate of 1 1-2 cents per
pound.
On the demonstration plots
where 1000 pounds of fertili
zer was used the average yield I
secured was 1439 pounds to!
the acre. The 1000 pounds of
fertilizer cost $18.25 or about
1 1-4 cents per found for fer
tilizer. The labor was about
the same. The fertilizer cost
per pound is less with the in-
are ' hot disappointed ' in their
crop. The low fertilized plot
will bring $85.80 at a fertilizer
cost of $9.13; a gain of $76.67.
The high fertilized plot will
bring $17-07 at a cost of $18.25
a gain of $168.82 The taxes
are the same, the interest on
the land is the same, the labor
is not different until handing
the. tobacco. Which f is the
most profitable? '
farmer asked us a similar Ques
tion the other day. Let's take creased amount,
two, tobacco fertilizers. The! Suppose we get 13 cent to
State tobacco specialist recom- bacco, as the Federal Farm catch up with the other end of
menas iz--o ior tooacco at coara preaicts u ine growers town.
ONE GOOD DEED DESERV
ES ANOTHER. There is '
little store and. lunch room at
the upper end of town. Jack
Thompson operates both of
these: We I pass this place
each day. We have been not
ing the things taking place. On
the lower side of the store a
plot of ground has been fenced
off and the soil dug up. In
this plot is a pile of rock; not
an ordinary pile but one built
in an attractive manner by
man. We do not know what
will happen to this plot of
ground or what will come from
the pile of rocks. But we are
expecting much. We can see
bright flowers growing in the
little garden. We can see a
fountain of water gushing
from the pile of rocks or per
haps plants suited to growing
among rocks springing from
the sides and blooming. What
ever comes in the future the
appearance of the upper endj
of main street has been decid
edly improved. Jack Thomp
son reserves a large credit
mark. .
Another place, the railroad
riverside, between the station
and the river is about to break
out m bloom. A solid row of
Ins is in the bud- It seems to
us that the lower end of main
street must take a sprint to
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DETERMINATION is what WINS. " The-man who haa a
GOOD IDEA and develops it successfully to the man who prospers.
SAVING MONEY is a good idea; it is one' that will surely bring
success.
Are YOU a money saver? If not, say to yourself and stick
to it:
"I WILL save money."
"I WILL bank money regularly."
"I WILL be ready when opportunity comes."
WE INVITE YOUR BANKING BUSINESS.
Start Saving Regularly NOW.
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WOOL POOL There will be a
representative of the State
Marketing Division', who will
also represent the Federal
Farm Board, at Marshall on
May 23 and 24 to receive wool.
He will be authorized to issue
payment for all wool received.
More complete information a
bout this pool will be available
in a few days and we hope to
get this to every sheep owner,
an the county. If we miss r
anyone we hope that we can
be notified of it. Inquiries are
already being received and
there should be several thous
and pounds of wool sold on the
two days named.
Great Plains." R. A. Turner, Held
agent in club work for the Central
States, will announce the numbers
resenting club members will be.wH
and discuss them.
The time for the program is given
below:
Eastern Standard Time, 12:45 P. M.
to 1:30 P. M.
From SANDY MUSH
SELL LAMBS It is the inten
tion of the county agent, in co
operation with the representa
tive of the State Marketing Di
vision, to ship a carload of
choice lambs as early as possi
ble. It will help move this
shipment at an early date if
those having early lambs tnat
they. wish to consign will get.
in touch with the county agenx
at once.'r " ,r"W! ,ffi-r ;.
HOME DEHONSTRA-
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COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING ;
The County Council met Saturday
afternoon at the court house, ,;They
elected the following officers: Mrs.
Crawford Bryan President; Mrs. J.
M. Rhodes, Vice-President; Miss Nel
lie Carter, Secretary and Treasurer.
They decided to have regukr , quar
terly meetings and the fourth Tues
day of the month as their regular
(lav..
t They voted to join theState TdsTirTnBnms-8Tispenael"'8entence;
oration of Home Demonstration clubs delegation
, Mrs. Bob Boyd and daughter, Mrs.
W. A. King, called on Mrs. Richard
Duckett Monday.
Messrs. Pock and Weaver Boyd of
Canton were the guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. King Sundays
Mrs. K. Hannah and Mrs. M. M.
Hannah and Mrs. T. T. King wei$
guests of Mrs. Richard Duckett Sun
day' evening. ,
Mrs. Nerva Sprouse of Little San
dy Mush was in this section Sunday.
Mr. , and Mrs. Clyde Duckett and
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Duckett were out
on a visit Sunday evening.
' Mr. Fred Hannah accompanied Mr.
Richard Duckett to Little Sandy Sun
day. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Surrett had
visitors 'Sunday. T
Miss Nola Freeman took dinner
Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
T. T. King, v":" '
' Mrs. Mont M. Hannah and Mrs. K.
Hannah called on Mrs. Richard Duck
ett Monday evening.
' Five Sandy Mush men, all charged
with manufacturing ; whiskey, were
found guilty': and -were given fines
and suspended sentences! Orvillt
Garrett and Charlie Surrett were
fined $15. Perry Bryant was fined
$25 and costs and given a suspended
sentence of six months. Jim Suttles
was fined-$76 and given a suspended
sentence of twelve months. Gaston
Surrett was fined $50 'and given a
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of residents- of .Sandy
Duckett : and . little
and discussed sending a delegate to -Mir-h , appeared ; at the Asheville
Pinehurst, N. CfMay 14, to the State court room to - plead for the five
meeting, but no definite decision was distillers.
made, as 'they have n funds.: Mrs. ' Mrs. Clyde
Oscar Brooks, chairman of this dis- daughter, Mabel, called on Mrs. Rich-' ,
trict, may attend. . d Duckett Tuesday.
The discussion of opening a shop . - Mrs. W. A. Hkins was out on a
for the Home Industries f the Coun- visit last Si:nday. " t
ty was; discussed and a motion was . Mr. Roy Caidwell of Little Sandy
put before the house and carried to passed thru here Tuesday evening.
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begin immediate work on the shop.
SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK
Monday, 10:30 o'clock, Enon girls.
2 :00 Enon women. .
Thursday, 10 .00 Beech Glen girls.
2K)0 Pioneer Club.
Friday, 1 :30 Ebbs ChapeL
The tenth of a series of national
H club program to be broadcast
over a national hook-up of 43 stations
scheduled for Saturday, May 3.
The United States Marine Band will
furnish ' the musical numbers and
background, continuing the series of
mac-sppreciation periods.The theme
or the c':y 'Tbe ' American mu;.'c i
tui itvuvt v wa ft mn avatwa- . .
son Cove Tuesday on a little business,
Mr. Richard Kimr. wh is in an
Asheyille hospital, is getting ( along
fine, and is expected to return home .
SOOn.'. '' " - : - ' - '.
'' The stork flew over and thought it
had too much of a load and left fe
baby girl with Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Duckett last Sunday evening, April
18th..- -; ": : .::c::"
There waa an egg hunt at the home v
of Miss Lois Garrett April 19th.
Sorry to report that our Sunday
school aerviees died out at the Cheat
nut Grove church.' - ' '
Kiss Annie Hawkins called "at'" the
rev:. t-4 t!.e ut.1 ;$ i' . :
I .. -, e i f Z'r. ' t a i II. a. T. T. " King