I THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER ^=
|lON CLUB MEMBERS GET RECOGNITION PINS from Mrs.
J Stovall. chairman of the Red Crow Ladies. Giving their
Bh pint of blood on Tuesday's Bloodmobile visit were Rudolph
Kuril and John Edwards. Guy F. Henrv made his tenth dona
tion, Mrs. David Hyatt her ninth and Cornelius Wyatt his elev
enth. Not included in the picture are other Gallon Club members
David Hyatt and Mrs. Virginia lloneyrutt, as well as a number of
others who had previously received pins.
Iorado Presenting Many
eresting Sights Tor
smbers 01 Farm Tour
By W. C. MEDFORD
trticle Number Three)
r leaving Denver?and trav
Ihrough acres and acres of
sugar beets, potatoes, to
. oninns, peppers, etc., we
Don at the Earl Cogburn Po
arm at Gilcrest, Colo. (Mr.
rn was formerly a Haywood
man i Here we were met by
Dgburn and shown through
rge-scale potato-processing
ions?the digging, washing,
; and packing of potatoes.
b vicinity we were accom
by the Weld county farm
who gave us some very inter
information.
do not want to bore you
tatistics; but we think our
s here would like to see
few figures, on the large
farming, truck-growing and
raising operations practiced
it high, rich irrigated pla
round Denver. Here they are
rid County (joining Denver)
Weld County area, 2,600,
rres: number farms, 4,418;
ir irrigated acres, 400,000; of
ind, 600,000; in range and
.600,000.
le fed annually; beef, 250,
?iry. 25,000; lambs, 200,000.
county claims to be first in
lited States in number of live
sold, barley acres an4 t?ro
duction of sugar beets.
Water Is All They Need
To make that yield possible, the
county has approximately 3,000 ir
rigation wells. (You noticed the
number of irrigated acres above.)
So, generally speaking, water is all
they need. They have only been
fertilizing a little of late years.
Next was the Montford FawrfT
where the group saw the largest
scale feeding and beef cattle-fin
ishing operations we had probably
ever before witnessed. Two
thousand head are finished and
shipped anpually. Feeder-cattle
are bought in and brought down
from the government range up in
the mountains, or from the dry
grazing plains further south and
finished at Montford Farm. They
stay out in large cattle pens, sep
arated according to grade or time
bought, and are seldom under
shelter?because the climate is dry
and the animals are highly fed and
rapidly fattened. We were told
that the manure sold from these
finishing pens paid for the labor
on the farm.
Here also we witnessed the stor
ing of grain and silage foodstuffs
in the mammoth elevators, bins and
ground silos. Alfalfa is mixed with
the grain mix either in the ground
?
or pellet form.
Cattle Fed'By Machinery
The cattle are fed by machinery;
the truck used has a feeding-ma
chine attached which puts the
proper amount of feed into the
troughs as the truck is driven
alongside. We were told that it
frightens the cattle somewhat for
people to walk by, so we were driv
en through in our busses.
"Wish the farmers back home
could see all this," said some one,
"they won't believe it all when we
tell them."
"I'm not agoin' to tell them,"
reeplied Hub Caldwell?"let 'em
come and see for themselves."
Now. (Tuesday a.m.) we are on
our last lap to Cheyenne, Wyo.,
capital, and old frontier cattle
?town, where we arrive just before
noon for the rodeo.
We See The Rodeo
This one at Cheyenne, "Frontier
Days," it's called, is claimed to be
"The Daddy of 'em all". We filed
into the stands early and as a
group. Shortly after taking our
seats the announcer blazed out?
"Today we welcome a group of
150 farmers from Blainesville,
North Carolina?let's give "em a
big hand."
The hour has arrived. There is
an air of expect a hey?the crowd
seems tense?
Now the "Grand Royal March"
has started, here they come! The
great throng rises as the band
passes by, followed by the Queen
and her ladies in waiting, etc.?
all gayly costumed; horses are
prancing, banners flying?as up
from the 40,000 throng goes a
deafening applause. It's thrilling!
For two and a half hours we
witnessed the most exciting per
formances ? calf-roping, bull-doz
ing. Brahma bull-riding, bronco
busting. steer-roping and tieing,
chuck-wagon races, etc. Much of
it looked to be very dangerous,
and is; for instance, one of the
chuck wagons turned over in the
race just after we had left our
seats. But no one was badly hurt,
we understood.
"That's cruel!" said Major Cecil
Brown, as one of the steers was
being dragged, and others in our
group thought so too. However,
COFFEE AND COOKIES ARE SERVED after
donors have given blood. Here Mrs. N. F. Lan
caster, Red Cross Grey Lady, is offering "sec
onda" to (left to richt) W. H. Webb. Irene
O'Neill, Mabelle Cox, Maggie Smith and Bill
Hembree.
the rodeo was voted second best.
But we must hurry on. After
supper at the Sky Trail (not far
from the arena) we hurry on to
Wyoming Hereford Ranch. We are
now travelling directly east on
Highway No. 30, which we are to
follow for a distance of 775 miles?
from Cheyenne to Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.
We reached the ranch late in the
afternoon. After looking over this
very fine herd of puretired animals,
one of the best we've seen. we
hurried to our busses for the 10!)
mile drive to Sidney, Neb., where
we spent the night. The tour cov
ered only 214 that day (Tuesday)
but it was, for the most part, a
very interesting day. -The broad,
open (and often barren) plains of
Wyoming and western Nebraska
grew a little wearisome to some of
our group. But on such occasions
somebody ? probably Mrs. Sharp,
Mrs. DeBord, Mrs. Jones or Mil
dred Rhinehart, would "hist" a
hymn, and others would join in
the singing.
We did not sing our (heme song
much on this tour?like we did last
year:
"You can tell a man from Hay
wood,
You can tell him by his w^Ik,"
etc., sung to the tune of "There's
a Long Long Trail A-Windtng".
Wheat, Sheep?and More
Irrigation.
1 At the Johnson Sheep Farm near
Sidney, Neb., we saw what good
breeds and careful management
means to the profitable raising of
sheep. The owner here "lived with I
his sheep," one might say, especial-'
Pvt. Joe Ray of Clyde
With Army On Okinawa
WITH U. S. FORCES ON OKIN
AWA, July 31?Pvt. Joe S. Ray,
son of Mrs. M. Palmer, Cove
Creek, recentl "yarrived on Okin
awa for duty with the Army's Ry
ly through lambing-time. We also
saw other large sheep farms?
"Look out here at the sheep!
Thousand head, I guess," someone
would say. "Oh, no, probably five
or six hundred," somebody more
conservative would reply.
Next we saw western wheat
harvesting and another irrigation
farm this in Nebraska. Then af
ter lunch at North Platte, we are
on our way down the river by this
name?on to Grand Island, here for
the night. That's the night the wind
blew so; and some folks "cut up"
down on the street "all night," ac
cording to Charlie Green.
Thursday; We had been travel
ling down the North Platte Wed
nesday, losing altitude right sharp
ly. Now we cut across, straight
east to Lincoln, where we make a
tour of the beautiful capitol build
ing. The capitol here is no so im
posing perhaps as the Missouri
state house, but some of our group
think it is more beautiful.
William J. Bryan's statue stands
in front. Bob Francis and a few
others had their pictures made
standing by. "Look out there," said
Hub Pressley. "they think they're
big as Bryan."
(To be concluded Monday.)
Thickety CDP
Postponed To
Thursday, Aug. 13
By MRS. G J. WILLIAMSON
Community Reporter
The Thickety Community Devel
opment meeting has been postpon
ed from Thursday. Aug. 6 to Thurs
day, Aug. 13. Everyone is to bring
a picnic supper and work will be
done on the park ground during
the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Williamson,
Ernest Williamson, and Mr. and
Mrs. G. J. Williamson visited Mrs.
Mattie Sparks at Hendersonville
Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Sparks is
a sister of Mr. W. M. Williamson.
Mrs. T. G. Murray. Mrs. Gladys
Burrell and .lake and Jane have
returned from south Georgia where
they were visiting Mr. and Mrs.
John Klournoy, of Ludinissi.
The benefit supper held at the
Itockwood Methodist Church was
a good success and the ladies of
ukyus Command.
A strong U. S. outpost in the
Ear East, Okinawa is located off
the coast of China between For
mosa and t(ie southern tip of Jap
an. The island is the home of the
Ryukyus Command headquarters.
Private Hay, whose wife, Wilma,
lives on Route 1, Clyde, entered
the Army last January. He is a
former student at Crabtrec High
School.
Action Seen By
Carl Farley In
Korean Waters
(Editor's Note: This dispatch was
sent out prior to the Koreas Truce
on July 27.)
FAR EAST?Carl V. Farley,
seaman. USN. son of Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Farley of Route 2, .
Clyde, is aboard the heavy cruiser
USS Bremerton in Korean waters.
The Bremerton on her second
tour of combat duty in Korea is
blasting Communist coastal ports
and fortifications.
Strikes from Wbnsan to the
northern border, and escort duty
with Task Force 77 are ail part ot
the job assigned the cruiser.
During occasional brief rest
periods, the crew have had the op*
portunity to see many of Japan's
ancient shrines and historical land
marks.
The Bremerton recently return*
ed from a goodwill visit to Man
ila, P. I.
For Lamb Pool Entries
Farmers planning to enter the
lamb pool on August 12 must noti
fy the County Agent's office be
fore August 8, the office said to
day. A car for shipping the lambs
must be ordered in advance of the
pool date.
The pool is scheduled to start
at 7:30 a.m. at the Clyde stock
yards, and wllj be handled In the
same manner as was the pool in
June, the .County Agent's office
said.
the church appreciate those who
came out for the affair.
The Misses Rnwcna and Estel
cna Robinson are enjoying a trip
with the 4-II Club to Massachu
setts.
Several young people from this
community arc spending this week
camping at Smokemont. They are
Richard Cannon, Jake Burrell,
Nickie and Loy Lee Williamson.
Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Williamson and
son Lynn spent the week there
last week.
The Rev. George Culberth, form
er pastor in Thlckety, is attending
a special school in Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Bob Browning and her new
baby have returned home from
the Haywood County Hospital.
Temperatures in the Antartic
average 40 degrees colder than
those in the Artie.
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