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,iml here is an automatic hay loader
at work an. the Glenn C,
can be seen at the right.
Palmer farm. The home
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No. 2 A general view of the valley below the
Crabtree Baptist church on Church road.
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No. 3 Miss Sylva Newell at a row of the mail across the bridge over Pigeon River.
boxes in the Crabtree area. No. 5 The silo and one of the many buildings at
No. 4 The welcome sign on Ilighwav No. 20!) just the Glenn Palmer farm and dairy.
tree Community Is
pal Iri Many Aspects
I'lKiimtmily, number
ii':: of reports on Il.iy-
is lypical in many re
iw(id(i County as a
llaitis some mountains,
lovel valleys, and
cuuntry ideal for pas
tures, Crabtree is located in the
center of the county, looking north
to south, and borders on Bun
combe County on the east.
It is well populated, having
some 200 families with a total pop
ulation of over 800. And, while
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speaking' ot numbers, of the total
population, 378 attend the 12
grades of Crabtree school. A fleet
of schoolbuses, five in all, carry
them to school where one teacher
for each grade awaits them.
Farming is listed as one of the
chief recreations, along with hunt
ing and fishing. While many peo
ple farm for a living, others, how
ever, work, at Canton or Waynes
ville and farm as a hobby. Thus, in
fact, it is a recreation and a very
relaxing one the men report,
Quite a bit of burley tobacco is
raised in Crabtree by the people
for whom farming is not a habby
but a business, Around 222,000
I wounds were produced last year,
which, at an average of 50c per
pound, sold, for about $111,000.00.
That isn't small change anywhere.
.lames Kirkpatrick was one of
the earliest raisers of, tobacco in
Haywood County. He relates that
back in 1919, he, with his father,
produced a "barnful of flue-cured
tobacco" that, however, was just
used locally for chewing. Tobacco
to be sold other than locally was
put in hogsheads and taken in
wagons to the nearest train. Times
have changed in Crabtree.
Silas Smart not only got the big
gest yield of burley last year, but
ih Viiohpst averaee Drice. He
averaged 2150 pounds to the acre
and sold it at 64c. Not far behind
him however, was Paul Sanford
with a yield of , 2050 per acre and
average price of 62c. Joe Palmer
was third with 2000 pounds, and
58c perjverage pound
Writ pnmieh of tobacco, al
though we would like to know if
many "twists" are still chewed lo
cally; A lot of cattle range over
the grassy hills and flatlands of
Crabtree. In fact, more than a 1000
do. Milk is plentiful for there are
14 dairies and 35 silos in Crab
tree. The favorite breeds are Hol-
steiri and Guernsey.
G. C. Palmer is the leading dairy
man with a herd of 45 cows and
an average of 1100 pounds of milk
daily. James Kirkpatrick, who ap
parently doesn't need any more
"chawin"'. is second with 30 cat
tle and a total of 800 pounds ot
milk each day. Close behind him
is B. F. Nesbit who has 25 head,
and an average production of 600
pounds every day.
After speaking of milk, it. seems
logical to turn to beef. . (This re
porter wishes he could turn to
some on his dinner table some day
soon, but that is by the way.) Crab
tree has plenty ()f it in the pasture
at least, the total head being about
1189. The estimated value is SI127.-
450.00. Hereford is the leading
breed. The acres in pasture amount
to 2500.
Of that total, Glenn Palmer has
2100 hundred apple trees.- most of
400 acres on which he pastures 212
cattle. M. II. Ferguson has 110 cat
tle on 250 acres .and Hugh Noland
has a herd of 82 grazing over 200
acres. All of that is a lot of beef,
and Crabtree seems to have little
to beef about.
A lot of people raise a lot of
New Hampshire Herts in Crabtree
along with the beef and tobacco.
Jack Messer has 3000 of them, and
G. C Palmer has 1000. However,
200 other people have large and
small flocks for both home and
commercial use. Two people have
hatching egg flocks, and one chap
produces broilers.'
Goinc to another phase of life
in-Crabtree,- we -sec- tu-our ..sur
prise that Ben Davis, Sweet Bun,
and Sheepno.se are the favorite
varieties of apples. We were won
dering if ' perhaps the crabapple
was not grown in Crabtree. But,
anyway they have better than
which is fop home consumption.
Forestry has an important role
to play in the plans of Crabtree.
Already they have 8500 acres of
woodlands, .and last year they set
out 10,000 seedlings. Three fores
try projects are underway, but 23
tarmers are practicing the selective
culling ol acid wood.
(Jetting away Irom farming, let's
take a look at some social and re
ligious aspects of the community.
It has three churches with a com
bined membershio of 278. The
Baptist Church, Paul Rabie, pas
tor, has the largest number; "ISO,
and also the largest number in :
the Sunday School 125. Finchers i
Chapel has C. O. Newell as pastor. S
and a membership of (ill. In thej
Sunday School are 54. Rev. C. (). i
Newell is also pastor of the Moth-
odist Church, which has 50 in the j
Sunday School and 10 more mem-i
bers than that total. !
All the community has electrici
ty and telephone service avail-,
able. Three miles of paved rftad ;
was added last year and the total I
is now eight. There remains 25 '.
miles unpaved. i
The chairman of the conununily
is John Kirkpatrick, and the vice
chairman is Mrs. Hugh -Noland.
The secretary is James Kirkpat
rick; the licasuror is C. O. Newell,
arid the reporter is Mrs. Walker
Wood, The organization meets on
the second Monday of each month
at Crabtree School. The time is
7:30 p.m.
Crabtree is a prosperous com
munity, a growing One. The best
compliment that can be paid it is
to repeat that in many ways it is
typical of Haywood County as a
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