Interest In Landscaping, Home Planning Increasing In Haywood County
N.C. State
Specialist
Offers Tips
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This b the
Tint in a aeries of two article*
on landscaping and home plan
nint, with excerpts from pamph
lets written by John Harris, ex
tension horticulturist (roan N.C.
Stat# College, Who has visited
1| ay wood County twice this
month. This article deals with
landscaping, the second will con
cern home planning.)
County Agent Virgil I. Hollo
wly said today that Haywood
County residents are showing a
great, deal of interest at present in
the related subjects of landscap
ing and home planning.
He pointed out that a healthy
lajvn and suitable shrubbery great
ly improves the appearance of
property and enhances its value.
Mr. Holloway also urged per
sona planning to build homes to
make careful plans before actual
ly starting construction and In
vited such persons to take advan
tage of assistance in their plan
ning from the county agent's of
fice or from specialists at N. C.
State College.
To assist Haywood countians in
planning landscaping on their
homes and farms, John Harris, ex
tension horticulturist at N. C.
State College, has invited the
county twice this month to discuss
major points of landscaping and
home planning.
Mr. Harris also brought with
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him here copies of two booklets
he has written which are available
to the general public ? "Arrange
ment of Trees and Shrubs" and
"Planning Your Homestead."
Excerpts from Mr- Harris' book
let on trees? and shrubs are:
"Plants should be attractive, and
they should also serve some use
ful purpose. Shrubs and flowers
that are scattered about over the
lawn for their individual attrac
tiveness confuse the picture by
drawing undue attention to them
selves. They also create a prob
lem in mowing the lawn, especial
ly udiere large machines are used.
"Trees add more year-round
beauty and comfort' to your place
than any other plant material. The
first step after making your plan
is to select and plant your trees.
Arrange the trees informally and
place them where they will cast
shade where it is needed.
"To shade the roof of a house,
place medium to large trees with
in 15 to 20 feet of the house.
Twenty to 30 feet might be better
if shade on the roof isn't needed.
"Trees can frame a building if
placed to the sfdes, but this
doesn't mean you should never
have trees in front. Certainly if
shade is needed in front, .by all
means have it. If, on the other
hand, your house faces North or
East, it might look better with
trees only at the sides and back.
"Deciduous trees (drop their
leave* In winter) are usually best
near the house. They shade the
house In summer, but not in win
ter. Thus the sun brightens the
rooms and helps to heat them.
Evergreen trees, especially mag
nolia, white pine, Deodar cedar,
etc.. that have branches near the
ground, are usually placed toward
the back or near the borders of
the yard. These trees can serve as
wind breakers and therefore make
the house easier to heat. Use trees ,
in the lawn area that will eventual
ly have bare trunks to a height of
10 to 15 feet.
"Most homes have areas that
aren't attractive?the barn lot,
clothes line, neighbor's backyard,
etc. Look at your yard from the
highway, from the kitchen and
living room windows and from the
porch. What do you see? Is It at
tractive? If not, arrange your
planting or a fence to screen off
the unattractive area.
"Think of the areas of your yard
as additional rooms to your
house. To enjoy these rooms they
should be private, and in most in
stances should be separated from
each other. The front we usually
leave open, however, it can be en
closed from the road if desired.
This will depend largely on the
customs of the neighborhood and
how the house Is designed.
"The majority of houses have
too many shrubs around their
foundation. Why? Perhaps It's
partly due to custom ? copying
someone else, partly because the
plants are small when first plant
ed, and quite often because the
owner loves plants too much. They
want one of everything and look
to the foundation for a place to
plant It.
"f ew rules can De given, but i
one guiding principal is to use
plants at the corners of the build
ing and on each side of the door.
These are1 the points where the
strong vertical architectural lines
meet the ground. The house may
or may not need plants between
the door and corner. Other uses
of plants about the foundation in
clude (1) to frame the building or
parts of the building; (2) to sub
due or hide certain parts of the
building; and (3) to soften large
unbroken wall surfaces.
"Trees can do more to improve
the looks of a building than can
All poultrymen, whether raising
chickens for broilers or for market
egg production, like to see their
birds feather out completely and as
early as possible. It's a sign of
good breeding, good- health and
good management.
R. S. Dearstyne of the State
College poultry science department
says that, although good feathering
is primarily an inherited charac
teristic, it may be offset to a large
extent by other factors encountered
by the chick during earliest period
of life.
What are some of the factors
which may react against early and
complete feathering? Dearstyne
says that some include overcrowd
ing, overheating, excessive chilling,
lack of proper humidity in the
house, unbalanced diet, and certain
types of diseases.
, Dearstyne says it's especially im
portant to observe the feathering
of the birds during the first six
weeks of life. Should they fall to
feather normally, one of two things
must be wrong: either the feather
ing inheritance of the chick is poor
or some of the above mentioned
factors of good management have
been violated.
If it's poor management, correc
tive steps should be taken. If the
fault lies in inheritance of the
chicks, that's "all she wrote".
Nothing can be done.
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shrubs. Use them for shade and
shadows, to frame the building, to
reduce its apparent size and to
subdue or hide certain unattractive
parts of the building. Shrubs used
for this purpose would likely be
out of scale with the building.
"Here in the South most people '
prefer evergreens over deciduous
plants for most of their founda
tion planting. This is logical since
so many of our broadleaf ever
greens such as camellias, nandinas,
hollies, pyracanthas, etc., have at
tractive flowers, leaves and fruits.
However, there is nothing wrong
with using some of both. Broadleaf
plants are generally preferred by
most people. There are places,
however, for narrowleaf ever
greens, especially our native plants
such as pine, white pine, hemlock
and spruce.
Deciduous plants such as spi
raea, forsythia, etc., are especially
adapted for the border planting.
Shrubs and trees reach no cer
tain height or spread. They keep
growing until they die. Some of
course, grow much taller and fast
er than others. Select slow grow
ing plants to use near buildings
and other restricted places. Even
these will have to be pruned and
maybe replaced once or twice in
a life time.
In selecting plants for specific
locations, decide first what size
and shape plant you need. How
ever, grouping plants by
heights mean little. The tallest
growing plant can be kept low by
constant pruning. However, some
plants naturally grow slower and
lower than others and thus would
be easier to keep within bounds..
"Many of the plants in a par
ticular group could also be listed
in another group. For example,
Chinese Holly is in the 4 to 6
foot group, but with little or no
pruning it would fit better in the
taller group. Use the groupings
as a general guide only."
One hundred and thirty-one pub
lic spirited citizens, each with a
crew of his neighbors, serve as co
operating Fire Wardens to help
protect the North Carolina National
Forests. 201 industrial crews make
up the second line of defense.
Studies show that about 60,000
nails go into the average house,
says the Southern Pine Association.
Nail holding power is one of the
chief criteria used by builders in
specfiying structural lumber.
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Start Early if Making "
New Lawn This Spring
To hove ? smooth lawn, fill up all low places before sowing seed.
When a new lawn is made in
the spring an early start is ad-i
visable so that the new grass may
become established before the or
deal of hot weather. As soon as
the frost is out of the ground, and
the soil is dry enough to work,
the lawn area may be prepared.
Never work wet soil.
Grass will grow in poor soil,
and its roots arc soil builders;
but a porous soil enriched with
organic, matter, 4 to 6 inches
deep, will bring faster and more
lasting results. Additions to the
soil should be spread evenly and
mixed thoroughly with the exist
ing soil, not applied as a thin top
layer.
Grass will not thrive in acid
soil, so a check should be made
on this point. The soil should test
at least pH7, which is the neutral
point. Crushed limestone is best
to correct acidity, and also im
proves the texture of heavy clay
soil, causing too-flne particles to
collect in crumbs which permit
both air and water to pass be
tween them.
After the soil has been turned
over, large lumps should be brok
en up and the surface leveled, be
cause it will be difficult to All low
spots after the grass has started.
A rake is the best tool for level
ing and removing stones and de
bris.
A pulverized surface is not as
good as a pebbly condition, as
small soil lumps will break down
and help cover the seed. Pulver
ized soil after watering may be
baked by the sun into a hard
? crust.
When the surface has been lev
eled, seed and plant food may be
spread. To spread 'the seed even
ly at the desired rate it is best to
use a plant food spreader. The
practice it growing of mixing
seed and plant food together, as
this provides enough bulk in the
hopper to insure an even flow.
For example, if it is desired to
spread 30 pounds of plant food
over 1,000 square feet, this amount
may be placed upon a sheet of
heavy paper. The amount of grass
seed intended for the same area
may be poured on the plant food
and the two mixed thoroughly.
The paper can be lifted and the
mixture poured into the soreader.
Adjust the spreader to apply
the plant food at the desired rate,
and this will be satisfactory for
the distribution of the seed in
the mixture as well.
If the top soil is pulverized the
seed and plant food should be
raked in lightly, to cover the
seed. This may not be necessary
for a pebbly surface. In either
case the lawn area should then
be rolled with a light roller, or
Armed with a tamper or the back
of a spade. This brings the seed
in Asm contact with the soil,
which aids germination.
Now the lawn area should be
sprinkled with a tine spray, not
sufficient to produce run oit or
washing of seed. Germination of
the seed will depend on warmth
and moisture, and in cool weather
may take considerable time.
Once the seed has sprouted the
soil must never be allowed to dry
out until the seedling plants have
established substantial roots, even
if sprinkling is required twice a
day.
In hot weather it may be neces
sary to cover the soil with a light
mulch of straw or similar mate
rial free from weed seed, to
shade the ground and protect the
seedling plants from drying out.
Improperly
Cut Forests -
Lose Value
By CARL B. DALTON
N.C. Division of Forestry
In recent months the North Car
olina Division of Forestry District
headquarters in Sylva have receiv
ed several requests for information
in regard to oak trees dying. All
of these have been investigated
and one cause of death has been
found common in each case.
In the past a great deal of forest
area of Western North Carolina has
been cut repeatedly ? year after
year. One forest recently had been
cut four times in 35 years. Each
time, leaving only the smaller, poor,
defective trees. These same trees
have been left after each cut.
Most of these trees tried to de
velop and take over the position
of the large virgin as second growth
trees and in so doing have literal
ly worn themselves out.
These trees might be compared
to a sick man trying to carry oil
his farming work after his sons
have left the farm and gone out on
their own.
They were much too old for their
size to be able to ever have de
veloped into sound, merchantable
trees even had they not been
The U. S. Forest Service is charg
ed with the restoration and wise
use of the forest land of the Uni
ted States, Alaska, and Puerto
Rico.
The National Forests in North
Carolina make up the largest area
under one management east of the
Mississippi. It has more Ranger
Districts (11) than any other Na
tional Forest.
diseased.
Another comparison might be
that of thinning corn. If you went
through the field and pulled out
all of the better stalks, what kind
of a crop would you have at harvest
time? #
Yes. timber Is a crop and re
quires care and management Just
as do your other field crops. It is
with this reasoning that the North
Carolina Division of Forestry ex
tends the invitation to each and
every one to call upon their train
ed foresters for assistance and ad
vice in the management of their
woodlands.
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Aromatic Tobacco Puts
Farmers On The Move
Increasing Interest In aromatic
tobacco has kept quite a few North
Carolina fanners on the move late
ly.
R. H. Crouse, State College ex
tension agronomy specialist, says
that farmers from at least 12 dif
ferent counties have visited some
of the more progressive aromatic
tobacco growers In Wilkes County
during the past few months.
And the farmers, who went to
the Wilkes county agent's office In
Wilkesboro for directions to In
dividual farms, have been making
many favorable comments about
what they have seen, Crouse adds.
Crouae says that when these
farmers go back and put these Im
proved methods on their own farms
this year, the information, through
properly conducted demonstrations,
will be passed on to iuar.} farmers
who won't have to drive to a dis
tant county to get it first hand.
But Crouse admits that seeing
and talking to an -experienced
grower can mean much toward
satisfying a prospective new grow
er about the possibilities of grow
ing a new crop.
MORE ABOUT
Mineral Search
(Continued from Pace 1)
mining in Macon and Clay was car
ried on profitably for a number of
years. .
Haywood County has for many
years furnished a good share of the
mica produced in this region, as
has also Jackson County.
in the limestone belt of Chero
kee were found stores of marble,
iron and gold. Gold in paying
quantities was found in the valley
river. There was an iron mine near
Tomotla and probably a small
forge. Marble is still being worked
extensively in the rich veins at
the little town by that name. Gold
had been discovered in this coun
ty before the Civil yfar, but work
was suspended at the outbreak?to
be resumed in the '70's.
Big Ridge Mine Discovered By
Bear Hunters
About this time three brothers,
viz., Eldridge, Wid and Nick Med
ford, are said to have discovered
the Big Ridge mica mine about
Ave miles south of Waynesville.
They were trying to get a bear out
of what seemed to them nothing
more than a cave in this spur of
Lickstone Mountain, and while dig
ging, uncovered the mica crystals.
It seems that the Medford broth
ers either leased the mine or
bought the mineral rights; but
probably not being equipped suffi
ciently or able to work the mine,
they soon contracted or sublet it
to a Virginia company. They later
sold it to W. F. Gleason.
The Big Ridge mine, it seems.
did not prove so very profitable
until the outbreak of World War
I, when it is said to have paid
handsomely. It was then being
owned by Jim Long. During World
War II it was operated by Tom
Blaylock, also of Hazelwood, who
Is said to have "made a killing".
The Redmond mine in the lower
Fines Creek-Hurricane section near
the river is thought by many lo be
promising one. Two or three un
successful attempts have been
made here to get out mineral In
paying quantities. If and when tiie
Pigeoh River road is made and the
problem of equipment, supplies ar.d
transportation is solved, then this
old Redmond mine, with its de
posits of iron, silver .copper, etc.,
will in all probability become a
paying mine.
The North Carolina National
Forests cover an area of 1,118.000
acres, which is 3.1% of the land
area of North Carolina or 5.3% of
the states commercial forest land
area. Including intermingled pri
vate land, 1.874,000 acres are pro
tected from fire.
Save Money,
Raise Your
Own Food
Do you want to make your money
lo farther? Keep your family well
ind happy? Then raise a square
neal around home.
Even thoguh it means money in
heir pockets, many farm families
oday fail to produce their own
ood supply. For example, the 1950
?ensus shows that 16 per cent of
forth Carolina farms grew no vege
ables, 47 per cent had no milk
?ow, 17 per cent no laying hen-',
>2 per cent no beef cattle, and 48
>er cent no swine.
According to U. S. Department
>f Agriculture figures, the average
amily in the nation spends about
!5 per cejit of their annual income
or food. The farm family, however,
?an save most of this figure be
:ause they have an opportunity to
aroduce food at home, it's good
iusines8 and it's good sense.
You may not be able to pro
luce all of the food you need, but
i>ou can produce some of it tq help
stretch your food budget. Which
)f these will you try for 1958?
1. A garden with 10 dilTeient
sregetabls plus additional space for
ivhlte and sweet potatoes, corn,
field peas, strawberries and ether
small fruit. Allow one-tenth of an
icre per person in your family.
2. Two cows?one to freshen in
the spring, one in the fall. Or keep
one cow and work out a plan of
milk exchange with a neighbor.
3. A poultry flock for eggs and
chicken. Quy ?0 chicks each year.
Select 30 pullets, eat cockerels.
TIME TO SEED
AND FERTILIZE
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GET OFF TO A GOOD START ON YOUR 1956
GARDENING. FROM NOW UNTIL ABOUT APRIL
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Quay Smathers BrSO- 9:45
Jack Chambers 9:30-10:00
Wilson's Store 10:13-10:20
Flnley Cook 10:85-10:43
Morning Star School ... 11:00-12:30
B. M. Stamey 12:43- 1:00
Smathers' Dairy :.... 1*13- 1:30
Thursday. March 29
BETHEL
Bethel School 9:15:
Friday, March 30
FINES CREEK
Trantham's Store 9:30- 9:45 ?
Francis Rogers ._ 10:00-10:15
Flnes Creek School 10:30-12:00
I. L. Rathbone 12:15-13:30
R. G. Rathbone 12:35-12:45
C. R. McElreath 1:00- 1:15 ^
Paul Ferguson ..... 1;30- 1:45 ?
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