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Accelerated Erosion Caused By The Misuse Of Land Br J. M. KING ' SOS Soil Sciential If you are a farmer, your land la the most Important part of your farm. It determines Just how suc cessful you can become as a farm er. and to a certain extent the kind of farming that you can do on your farm. Too many farmers take their land for granted. They think that soil U one of those things that nothing can change. This is not true, your land is constantly changing. Good management and good use are im proving ll, or Improper uie and poor treatment are making the soil lest productive. We need only to look In Lake Junaluska and Waterville Lake to see that not all the land in Hay wood County has been properly treated. There, when the lakes are lowered, we see tons of the best part of Haywood County farms fill ing up the lake We take fur grant ed erosion fn its natural form. This is the slow, creeping unnotlceable movement of all soil down slopes It takes place over thousands of years and ia the basis for the form ation of some of our better, more level lands. The kind of erosion that we should concern ourselves with Trust is the accelerated erosion that man has caused with his misuse of the land. This shows up after every In tense rain. The streams run muddy and the small rills and gullies show up or our sloping cultivated fields It is easy enough to come along and cultivate these small gullies out of the field and maybe forget about them. The fart remains that this field has lost some of its value as farm land. Poor land uae and treat ment also contribute to flooding due to excessive runoff. Most farmers have seen hard showers in the summer with mud dy water running off a field. Upon examination the soil Is still bone dry Just a few Inches beneath the surface. This usually occurs when crops are making their most growth and Water is the critical factor in how much growth they will make. Instead, the water is running off the land and down the stream, usu ally carrying fine soil particles with it If a soil has had the proper treatment and is being used with in its capability, the rain falling on it will, to a large degree, go into the soil. There it will be avail able to the crops and not run off the land. This is why your Haywood Coun ty Soil Conservation District has secured the services of a soil tech nician to assist you in knowing your land. He will go over every acre of your farm and make a land capability map. This fhap will give you the facts of what each acre of your land is capable of doing, based on the kind of soil, the amount of slope and the degree of erosion that has al ready taken place on the land. With this map as a guide, the soil con servation technician assigned to this county can go over your farm with you and show you the treat ments that are necessary in each field to reach maximum permanent production. On your land capability map your land will be divided into one or more of the eight recognized capability classes of land. The first three classes can be cultivated safely with certain practices ap plied. Class IV can be cultivated in a fairly long rotation. Class V. VI and VII are limited by the na ture of the soil, the amount of slope, or erosion to grass or trees. Class VIII land has no use except fer recreation and wildlife. Rock cliffs fall in this class. Farmers can obtain this techni-j cal assistance by making applica tion to one of their local Soil Con servation District Supervisors: D J. Boyd of Jonathan Creek. Joe Davis of White Oak, or Van C. Wells of West Pigeon. EXECUTOR NOTICE Having qualified as Executor of the estate of J. T. Harrell. deceas ed, late of Haywood County, North Carolina, this is to notify all per sons havlag claims against the es 1?tP nt ulH <- ?WISH .7...-. U?.VVM3< v? kU VAUIUIl them to the undersigned at Waynesvllle, North Carolina, on or before the 6th day of January. 1B57 or tjtls notice will be plead ed In bar of their recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate will please make Immediate payment. This the 6th day of January, 1956. R. L. Davis, Executor of the Estate of J.-T. Harrell. deceased. 2599?J 9-18 23-30 F 6-13 ?- I Too Much Can Be As Harmful As Too Little Warren Jones of Kinston. Route 3, la one farmer who vows that you can have "too much of a good thing". Jones County Agent Fletcher Barber aaya that Jones until laat year had fertilised his tobacco by the "guess method". He had been uaing around 1.400 pounds of 3-B-g fertilizer and topdressing. Aa a re sult too much of the wrong kind of fertiliser, he received poor qual ity tobacco. Last year, Jonea decided to fol 'lovr recommended practices by hav ing hla soil tested for the proper amount and kind of fertilizer he needed. He found that he should be uslna 1,000 pounds of 441-10 fer tilizer per acre As an Indication of the benefits Jones received from proper fertil ization. laat year he produced around 1,300 pounds of good qual ity tobacco per acre. From now on. he plana to fol low all of the improved practices In tobacco production. Mil IT TOOK BRAWN TO CONQUER THE LAND'* ? IT WILL TAKE BPAIHS TO KEEP IT / Specialist Says Demand - For Wood Products Good The demand and price situation for all grades and kinds of wood products is "excellent." according to Jim Andersen, State College ex tension forestry specialist. This "situation," along with a continuing decline in farm Income, has turned .many landowers at tention to their woods. He says "the farstghted owners are no longer interested in selling every green and living thing in their woods at one whack. They realize that timber, growing at a normal rate, can return more cash income over the years than almost any other Investment." In planning for a thinning or partial cutting operation In pine stands, however, there is often some question of when a stand is in need of cutting. Andersen says one of I the best visual guides concerns the amount of living "crown'1 on the trees. Foresters have found that the best rate of growth is maintained by trees having at least one-third of their total height in green branches. When the tops "prune up" to the point where they make up only 30 to 40 per cent of the height of the trees, the stand usu ally needs thinning. He warns, that this "one-third green top" rule should not be fol lowed blindly. The best way to determine when to cut U to con tact a trained forester who will inspect the woods. In most cases, landowners can get free assistance with their for estry work by contesting their county agent or local N.C. Divi sion of Forestry representative. The average price tor aromatic tobacco grown in North Carolina this year was 80 cents per pound. J Leather Gloves Should Be Washed, Not Dry Cleaned By RUTH CURRENT State Home Demonstration Agent GET YOUR GLOVES READY FOR SPRING?It is too' late to wash leather gloves if they already have been dry cleaned because cleaning removes much of the na tural oil and leaves the gloves dry and stiff. If they have never been dry cleaned, they can be washed with little difficulty. For best re sults, gloves should never be al lowed to get too soiled before they are washed. All gloves except doeskin should be wasked on the hands, In luke warm, soapy water. Doeskin is washed in the hands, like lingerie and hosiery. All gloves should be rubbed gently. The riyse water should have just a little suds in it to help restore some of the natural oils to the leather. After rinsing the gloves, roll off the hands and place on a Turkish towel. The wat er can be pressed out, but gloves should never be squeezed or twist ed dry,- i To keep the fingers from getting stuck together, blow into the gloves. If convenient, tissue paper should be stuffed into the fingers. Gloves should be dried away from heat or sun. Before they are completely dry. they should be put on and shaped on the hand. Colored gloves, if made of first quality leather, may be washed also and will not streak although they may become lighter. Sales of Grade A milk produced by North Carolina dairymen for the period of January ( to August, 19S5, were about 2 per rent above the same period in 1954. The 1955 fall pig crop, to be mar keted in the first half of 1956. is larger than last fall's crop and prices are likely to remain below year ago. Price of cattle In 1956 may begin a gradual cyclical recovery: sheep and lamb prices also are expected to average as high this year as in 1955. State College Answers Timely Farm Questions QUESTION: Why are many poul try Wodurrn turning to the Infra red lamp method of breeding ehleks? ANSWER: Some of the advant ages of the infrared brooders are: there is no fuel to carry, no ashes to remove, no burners to clean. .Also, these brooders are light weight, easy to set up, move, and the lamps have many other uses around the house, also. QUESTIIN: What stae apple trees are best to boy for planting In a commercial orchard? ANSWER: Ordinarily a good grade of one-year-old trees will be as satisfactory or more so than older or extremely large trees. Trees in the range of three feet to Ave feet are a good size. QUESTION: How can I prevent decay in my new farm buildings? ANSWER: First of all. it's im portant to build with dry lumber and use building designs that will keep the wood dry. If that's impos sible. use wood that has been pres sure treated with preservatives. As a general rule, .too, no untreated wood should be placed within 18 inches of the ground. QUESTION: Since 1940. hens have increased their rate of lay 50 eggs per year. Can we expect hens to continue laying more and more eggs? ANSWER: Yes, output per hen has passed the 15 dozen level for the U. S . and in North Carolina, most of our commercial-sized flocks have too. This trend can be expect ed to continue, according to C. P. Libeau. extension marketing spe cialist. QUESTION: What is the best weight to market hogs? ANSWER: Animal husbandry men say that hogs should generally be marketed at 180 to 200 pounds. They say unless your feed program is extremely economical, additional pounds on a hog will mean less profit. They also advise selecting the very best gilts out of your mar ket hogs and breeding them to re place some of the older, off-type, Kuvi-piuuuciu^ sows in ine nera. QUESTION: Is land ever "ruin ed" for futurr crop use? ANSWER: Only when erosion un covers unfavorable material. Or dinarily land is not ruined by "bad" farming practices other than ero sion. Physical favorableness may be reduced, but good management can restore it. QUESTION: When Is the best lime to breed dairy cattle? ANSWER; Breed as many cows and heifers between November 1 and December for fall freshening. This will provide a maximum of fall milk for the base setting period in 1956. Cows bred in the next month will freshen between August 10 and September 23. QUESTION: What la the ad vantage in using detergent - sani tiaers to dean dairy ate nails? ANSWER: The generally approv ed method of cleaning and sanitiz ing dairy utensils requires several steps and four different products which must be used in proper or der. The new detergent-sanitizer replaces these four products. ? QUESTION: Does liming pay? ANSWER: Some experiments show that every dollar spent for lime return* a profit of three to seven dollars to the farmer. QUESTION: How much and what kind of fertiliser should I use un der trees? ANSWER: For trees above six inches in diameter, use five pints of an 8-8-8 fertilizer per inch in PINNED DOWN FOR SCOUT WEEK DURING ceremonies In Washington launching Boy Scout Week, which starts February 18, Sen. Henry Dworshak (R-Idaho) receives a lapel pin from George Graham, 10, of rails Church, Va. George was chosen the "outstanding Cub Scout of his pack." (International) Failure To Have Soil Tested Is Costly Lesson Sales Of TV Sets Win Rogers Trip To Cuba Max Rogers of the Rogers Elec tric Co., 437 Main St., Wnynesville, has won an all-expense-paid fr\p to Cuba for his sales of General Elec tric television sets. Max placed fourth In the state among GE television dealers in the contest which ended December 31, 1955. He will fly from Charlotte to Mi ami, and then to Havana. Cuba, with 15 other North Carolina deal ers. He is scheduled to leave Wed | nesday and return next Monday. diameter. If the trees are less than six inches in diameter, use half of this rate. You should apply the fertilizer in early spring. QUESTION: What is the general egg outlook for 1956? ANISWER: C. P. Libeau, exten sion marketing specialist, says that the marketing outlook for eggs in 1856 makes egg production one of the most promising enterprises on the farm. He says it look9 especial ly good for the better-than-average producers. Alex Covington ot Laurel Hill, Route 2, Richmond County farm er, followed "all but one" recom mended practice in growing his corn last year. But that one "slip-up" cost him, says County Agent Sherman N. Shelton. The mistake was in for getting to get his soil tested. Shelton says that Covington ap plied 700 pounds of 4-10-6 fertiliz er to one acre of com and side dressed with 150 pounds of Cal Nitro. He planted Dixie 18 hybrid corn about 15 inches apart in the row and had high hopes of making 100 bushels of corn per acre. The stalks grew and grew, some as high as-14 feet, but Alex didn't make the yield he hoped to make. His yield was only 45 bushels per acre. Shelton says that Covington's soil needed liming and was very low in potash. Covington says he's going to follow "every practice" next year. Smaller Curers Available For Aromatic Tobacco Smaller forced air curers, adapt ed for aromatic tobacco curing barns, are now available, says R. H, Crouse, extension agronomy specialist at N. C. State Cbllege. These small curers may prove to be boon to the "one-acre" grow er. Crouse says that the smaller curers are interesting many small growers who have not used curers in the past because of the higher cost of the larger equipment de signed for the two to four-acre barns. The agronomy specialist says that ail aromatic growers have been asked to use a recommended cur er which will furnish a 00 to 100 degree, thermostatically-controlled heat, and one that will also have a uniform distribution of air with a fan capacity of 3,000 CFM fof the 20 by 20 by 10 feet barns. Nothing Sells Like Newspapers Bookmobile Schedule Tuesday. Feb. 14 IRON DUFF - RIVERSIDE - HYDEK MT. Mrs. E. W. White 9:15- 9:30 Grady Davis ..... 9:45-10:00 Helen Sanford 10:15-10:30 Dewey Davis 10:40-10:50 Fleyd Green ... 11:00-11:15 Ruby Arrington 11:30-11:45 Ollie Mack 12:15-12:45 Thursday. Feb. 14 RATCL1FFE COVE J. P. Ledbetter 9:15- 9:30 Parris Store 9:30-10:00 Wright's Store 10:05-10:15 Wiley Franklin 10:30-10:45 Mrs. Henry Francis ... 11:00-11:15 Mt. Experiment Stn 11:30-11:45 Ratcliffe Cove Grocery 12:00-12:15 Hugh Francis 12:30-12:45 H. F. Francis i 1:00- 1:15 Friday, Feb. 17 CRITSO Robert Freeman 9:30- 9:45 Sam Freeman 10:00-10:10 Cruso Grocery 10:15-10:30 Cruso School 10:40-11:40 Dois Rogers .11:45-12:00 Mrs. Ella Pless 12:15-12:25 J. S. Williams 12:30-12:45 Burnett Cash Grocery .. 1:00- 1:15 McCIure With Auxiliary Battalion In Germany HANAU, Germany ? Army Spe cialist Third Class Donald L. Mc CIure, son of Mr. and Mrs, Hoyle McCIure, 1106 Chestnut Park Drive, Waynesville, recently was assigned to the 288th Field Artil lery Battalion in Germany. Specialist McCIure is a mechanic in the battalion's Battery B. He en tered the Army in February, 1954. and completed basic training at Camp Chaffee, Ark. McCIure ar rived in Europe in July 1954. The 20-year-old soldier is a former student at Waynesville Township High School. ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE Having qualified as Administra tor of the estate of James Cald well, deceased, late of Haywood County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at Waynesville, North Carolina, on or before the 16th day of January, 1957 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 16th day of January, 1956 Gudger Cagle, Administrator of the Estate of James Caldwell, deceased. 2607?J 16-23-30 F 6-13-20 Before )<jur batferyles m START SURE! with a new DRY-PROOF DOUBLE EAGLE BATTERY fcy GOOD/^EAR ? Requires water only three times a year under normal driving conditions, e Extra plates?outlasts ordinary batteries up to 100%. p Shock-absorbing, felted FSweglcm insulation. ?m Opt Easy Pay Mae MR. FARMER ... WE CAN FILL YOUR A. S. C ORDERS WITH THESE SEEDS ? RED CLOVER ? TIMOTHY ? ORCHARD GRASS ? BLUE GRASS ? FESCUE ? LADINA CLOVER ? WHITE CLOVER ? ALFALFA WE HAVE ALSO ? Forkedeer Winter Oats ? Columbia and Clinton White Spring Oats SAVE TWICE AT YOUR HAYWOOD COUNTY FARMERS CO-OP, Inc. H. M. DuHn, MfT. Dial GL 6-8621 Depot Street What do mora than a million American homes have in common? . Why, Abundant Claan Heof Comfort of course!... because they rely on the finest fuel oil money can buy: SUKR CLEAN-BURNING i A A GULF SOUR HUT UI*ii?TTT I'- ?? i * " ? 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