SECOND PAG
THt NEWS. RECORD
Marshall, N. C, Dec. 23, 1930
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GRIT
GRIT. GRINDS
EDITED BY THE COUNTY AGENT
Let us grow clover and grass on the hill;
While intensely the levels and flats we till.
The cows and hens will settle our daily bill;
While the beeves, shtep and tobacco the coffers fill.
And, when orchard, garden and sty the larder fill.
Then, with a smile, will Mary greet her Bill.
should be in every farmer's
mind now as to his next year's
work; he should not wait to
plan his crops until crop time.
The time to answer the ques
tion is now.
The first thing to do in ans-
variety can be had with a lit
tle forethought. In this moun-
I tain country every family
j could live like a king and this
with scarcely need of going
off the farm. A little sugar,
;ome coffee, perhaps one or
able to every farmer in Madi
son County. It is impossible
These are the days that most
farmers come to town. Also
effect.
For the money crops we are
! two other things- -we can't
wering this question is to de- ink ,of them noware aI1
jtermine just how many crops needg to provide
land just what crops are neces- , Madion
.MARKETING THE TOBAC- rain or simply because in too sary to make a living for the County who thinks who
CO T h e tobacco markets high a case is not desired by family. The first thing every 'Tnd '
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nave neen running iun Diasi. me ouyer aim miouiu nui ue farmer needs to do is to make
In most instances they have offered for sale. There has a jvjng for his family. Af-i
1 1 1 i 1 ;i 1 I 1 (U 1 , w-, . 4-Viof .
ueen overioaaea, maKing it un wuuu tc m,, - ter this living is provided it is 't confined to one or two
difficult to handle the crop, was in such high case that one )time to consJder a money crop, j thing'g Qf course the cagh
Farmers should be more could almost wring the water i There is not much fault to field crop under the farming
steady i n marketing their from it. The farmer should find with the farmers of Mad-,system in the county is burley
crop, their money crop, and look to it that his tobacco is in ison County in this particular. j .0. jn addition to this
not try to sell' it all at once. A such a condition mechanically, I Most of our foiks are g00d at some mgrg some sort
dump of any crop on to a that it will1 bring the price provjding the family needs' of a truck crop. gome farmers
market will always overload j that its inherent quality de- Everywhere over the county gain considerable from ap
that market and cause more or serves. The amount of mois-we are shown canned goods, ( pleg There is the beef cttle,
less of a drop in the price. We ture it contains, the manner in fruits and vegetables put up the sheep, and the dairy cow.
have heard of instances of , which it has been classed and j by the housewives for use dur- ynich of these a farmer
Madison farmers taking their handed, the condition of the ;ng the winter. Everywhere rows depends on his location
crop to market after being pile on the floor, all have their , we find supplies of potatoes, I- and his desires. And a flock farmers wil1 remember that
told by their neighbors that influence on the buyer. Let's )rjsn and sweet, of cabbage, of 0f hens will help to keep the
they could not get the tobacco ! make this influence tend in the i jturnips, of apples, stored a-1 family expenses paid. We will
on the floor. Seems tc us that right direction. way for use. This year the touch up0n these more next
this is, at least, bad judgment. J Reports from all markets, j county has had, the season week.
The thing to do is to watch the Greeneville, Asheville. John-J considered, a good corn croP
markets closely and endeavor ifion city, Morristown, and, and meal can be had; the USE THE COUNTY AGENT
to sell when market conditions frorn Lexington, Ky., all state wheat crop, small in the num-' Last year the county agent
are most favorable. This is that the weed is averaging a-,ber of bushels, was of good had over 1300 office calls, an
difficult to do, we know, but round 20 cents. This is good, j quality ; bread is provided, average of over 10 for each
the endeavor is worth while. Let's put the remainder of the j There is usually a cow to pro- day in the office. He made
And then the condition of cr0p on the market in a condi-'vide the family with milk and nearly 700 farm calls, over 4
the tobacco when marketed on to get this amount or 'butter and a hog, one or more, farm calls for each day in the
mornings. Come in and Bee
him, talk with him, perhaps
you can gain some help; it
will not hurt to try.
Employer- "Jones, call up my
dentist and see if he can make an
appointment with me. And, Jones 1"
Clerk "Yes, sir." '
Employer' "Don't urge him."
Exchange.
w mm v.sit every iarmer;he wi,j usua,ly b(J found therJ
that may want him to do solbetween 8 and 9 in the other
unless that farmer lets him
know. There are over 3300
farmers in the county. Much
of the value of the extension
work will reach the farmer
indirectly, thru a neighbor, cr
thru coming in touch with the
thoughts of trained agricul
tural men as their ideas are
advanced by the county agent
thru the articles in the local
papers. If it were possible for
the'farmers to call on the
county agent more often in his
office he could reach more in
dividuals. There has been a
steady increase in the number
of office calls every year since
coming to the county, compar
ing each year with the preced
ing year.
We hope and ask that the
the county agent is in his office
every Monday and Saturday.
ie YELLOW
PENCIL
with the
SAND
n&KCILCO.
should be considered. Some
of those that endeavored to
get on to an already over
crowded floor had their to
bacco soaked by rain. Tobac-
more.
NEXT YEAR!
'Twill soon be 1931. 'Twill
soon be time to plan next
; f or the meat sunplv. field. Over 750 letters were
i
j Nc family will starve, or e- written in connection with his
WHAT?
mentioned above. In some in- things that he did that can b.3
stances there may have been put into figures.
co that is too wet either from years work. The question need of a greater variety. This The county agent is avail-
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