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COMING UP (fom the cold water* of Richland Crock Is the 1947 Ford In which two
youhg men were riding early Monday night on Highway 19-A near Saunook. The
wrecker cable la shown pulling up the demolished car. (Mountaineer Photo).
fi. CLIPPED POLE b shown on the shoulder of the highway. This pole was hit by
the ipecdilf car, Cpl. Pritchard Smith said. The officer said the car left the high
way about where the ear Is shown here, and the car was traveling towards the spot
from where this picture was made. (Mountaineer Photo).
THE COAT of one of the occupants of the car can be seen hantfnc in the trees aoove
the creek where the vehicle plunced. The coat waa a trim reminder of the soene
of the accident. (Mountaineer Photo).
Hollo way Taking Orders |
For Western Yearling Ewes '
County Agent Virgil L. Hollo
way announced today that his office
is now taking orders for Western
yearling ewes at a cost of $24.50
per ewe.
He explained that the ewes are
specially selected, well sized, and
ready te breed in August or Sep
tember.
He added that Western-bred
ewes produce heavier wool, more
milk, and are better mothers.
Mr. Holloway said that if county
farmers order a carload of ewes,
they will be delivered to Waynes
ville. If less than a carload is
ordered, purchasers will have to
pick up their animals in Ashe
ville.
The deadline for ordering ewes
is Wednesday, March 7. All orders
must be accompanied by a $5 de
posit.
The purchase of the Western
bred ewes is being arranged
throughout tlie state by the N. C.
Department of Agriculture.
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Benefit Supper Planned
A chicken supper for the benefit
of Pleasant Balsam Baptist Church
will be held at Saunook School Sat
urday, March 10.
Dinner will be served from 6:30
until 8:30 p.m.
Specialist Suggests Ways
To Expand Egg Production
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(EDITOR'S NOTE: The follow
ing report was made to Comity
Agent Virgil L. Hollo way by C.
P. Libeau, egg marketing special
ist at N. C. State College, con
cerning proposals for expanding
the production of ergs in Hay
wood County. Mr. Libeau was
here in the latter part of Janu
ary to assist the county agent's
staff in surveying the present
county egg market.)
By C. P. LIBEAU
Egg Marketing Specialist
This appear to be a good place
to start on a more vigorous egg
Maybe you can develop the two
together.
I believe if you get all the retail
stores in Haywood County you
would find about 450 cases per
week being sold through retail
stores and there is also probably
25 or 50 cases being sold direct
from farmers to consumers. You
know more about what we missed
than I do. However it might be
possible to check some of the out
lying stores as you and your staff
travel about the county.
I believe you have plenty of mar
ket outlets to start a vigorous pro
duction program geared to the sum
mer-fall-winter high volume and
prices. /
If you want to produce beyond
the county and immediate area
needs, the producers will need
?
large commercial flocks that can
produce eggs for less than 20 cents
per dozen feed cost. I say this be
cause that is the kind of competi
tion they will have to face in the
future. However, if the producers
get hens that lay over 200 eggs per
year and use less than Ave pounds
of feed per dozen eggs, they can
sell eggs in Asheville, Charlotte,
Atlanta and Knoxville at a profit.
This kind of competition will help
to knock the hatching egg flocks
and heavy breeds out of the com
mercial table egg markets in the
area. This has to be done before
North Carolina will be an efficient
taWe aw pewUucing state.
Next step?
A believe it would help your egg
marketing program to get a l'st of
all your producers with number of
hens and production per week in
cases to compare it with your re
tail sales volume. It would also j>e
good to get a list of the places
where they market their eggs. This
will give you a measure of the
volume and those who retail their
own eggs direct to consumers, re
tail stores, feed stores, hotels, res
taurants, etc. Some of your pres
ent producers are probably satis
fied with what they are now doing.
However, you may be able to en
courage many of the small pro
ducers to expand on the basis of
the information you already have.
It looks like your major promem
is getting production up. If there is
enough volume to justify a hauler
or egg marketing organization they
can be found when there is profit
enough to pay for the hauler or
organization activity. It will take
200 or 300 cases of eggs per week
to justify a man's time to pick up,
sell, price and deliver eggs to re
tailers.
If the producers want to start
sales of premium eggs and carton
them in a Haywood egg producers
branded carton they should organ
ize early to plan the rules for the
organization and operating policy.
However, please make it plain to
them that many people in the med
ium income group still shop for
price instead of quality alone.
There is a definite limit on the 65
and 75 cents egg sales. Perhaps
only about one-third or one-fourth
of the people in Haywood county
would be willing to pay five or ten
cents extra per dozen for AA eggs
in an attractive carton.
This means that someone is go
ing to produce the 45 and 50 cent
eggs. Who? Iowa and New York
farmers will if Haywood County
farmers do not want to produce
the cheaper eggs that make up the
bulk of the market. My guess is
that you only have a demand for
about 100 cases per week of the five
to ten cent premium eggs like those
delivered by the Forsytlf Egg Pro
ducers Association or the Cleve
land County Association that sell
to retailers.
I hope that you can get a well
organized marketing program go
ing for your county in table eggs.
Please let me know the progress
you make and do not hesitate to
call for assistance any time you
think I can help. I try to keep my
schedule full for at least one month
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Annual Dairy
School Set
Here Tuesday
Haywood county's annual dairy
school will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, according to County
Agent Virgil L. Holloway.
Two dairy specialists from N. C,
State College?F. R. Farnham and
George Hyatt?will discuss the new
bulk tank delivery method, feeding
dairy cows for maximum produc
tion. and growing replacement
heifers.
Mr. Holloway said the question
of using bulk tanks is of especial
interest to the 67 producers of
Grade-A milk in Haywood County
since many bulk plants in the
states are now insisting that dairy
farmers use the new tanks.
The cost of bulk tanks ranges
from (1,200 to $2,500, the county
agent added.
Mr. Holloway pointed out that
the two major problems of Hay
wood County farmers are: (1)
higher-producing cows, and <2)
home production of silage and hay.
Transactions In
REAL ESTATE
Wijuxtville Township
H. L. Liner, Sr. and wife to
Charles Kenneth Wike and wife.
Mayme E. Monk to Charles Ken
neth Wike and wife.
Robert Lee botson and wife to
Homer Inman and wife.
Beaverdam Township
Porter A. Broyles and wife to
Wade D. Wilson and wife.
R| Carroll Waldrop and wife to
Ayward M. Clontz And wife.
James K. Green and wife to
George W. Clark and wife.
White Oak Township
V. T. Riddel and wife to Fergu
son Messer.
Deadline Is Extended On
Strawberry Plant Orders
The deadline on ordering straw
berry plants from the county farm
agent's office has been extended
from Saturday at noon to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, County Agent Virgil L.
Holloway, announced today.
Plants are available at a cost of
$7.80 per thousand?plus postage.
Mr. Helloway explained that his
office will obtain from a nursery
in Tennessee strawberry plants of
the "Tennessee Beauty" variety,
which are high yielding, high qual
ity, and virus free.
The county agent said Haywood
residents have already ordered
18,0^0 strawberry plants.
Payments must be made at the
county agent's ofTice when orders
for strawberries are placed.
Marriage Licenses
Bobby Gene Pearson, Candler
and Betty Lou Shipman, Canton.
James Caldwell, Waynesville and
Dorothy Leah Haney, Clyde.
Horace C. Dover, Grover, N. C.
and Kathleen Moody, Waynesville.
A. W. Garrison, WeavervUle and
Naomi Jean Smathers, Canton.
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