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-r."' The Mountaineer's ?T ~ ... ? Specialist Discusses Care Of Spring - Flowering Bulbs By ROBERT SCHMIDT Should daffodil* and tulip* be taken up each year and when should this be done? This is a per* ennial question after the blooming season of spring-flowering bulbs is over. Daffodils need not be taken up each year but should be taken up, divided, and replanted every three or four years In order to give them more room to grow and repro duce. It Is best to take them up when the foliage has turned yellow and begun to die. While the foliage la green, the plant Is storing food materials in the bulb for next year's bloom. After the foliage haa turned yellow the bulb* may be dug, divided and replanted at once, or may be dried and stored in I cool dry place over summer and planted In the fall. Tulips should be taken up and replanted at least every second year. In our climate the bulb* de teriorate quite rapidly and should be replaced by new ones if large flowers are desired. As in the case of daffodils, tulips should not be taken up until the tops turn yel low and begin to die. Bearded iris (German Iris) are blooming now and will be ready to divide and replant In about a month after the blooming period li over. However, they may be divid ed any time during the summer or early tall. A good division consists of a new rhisome or thickened underground stem with a cluster or fan of loaves. The true roots origin ate from the bottom of this rhi zome. In replanting the division the rhisome should be planted so that the top of It Will be about even with the top of the soil. Deep planting is not desirable. Bearded iris dc best In well-drained soils that dry out autcklv Baby Chicks Require Lot Of Attention A day-old baby chick requires about as much attention of Its care taker as a newborn baby, accord ing to W. G. Andrews, State Col lege extension poultry specialist. Andrews says that in order to set its best foot forward In life, a baby chick must be properly nourished, along with having many other com forts. As he puts it, "We are growing the young orphans for either meat or egg production, and we can it* Autnce either of these courses fav orably by placing a good starting mash before the baby chicks at all times. A good start In life by being fed this kind of ration can make a good end." Poultry nutritionists have work ed long and hard to And the correct proportions of each ingredient. Producers shouldn't alter this bal ance by feeding additional grain In the form of cracked corn or other cracked grain, thereby unbalancing the ration, Andrews warns. Andrews points out also that the poultryman can save money by avoiding wasting of the feed. He says the mash hopper shouldn't be Ailed more than two-thirds full. According to reports on farmers intentions as of March 1. Aue-cured tobacco growers in North Carolina expect to plant a 1956 crop of 582, 000 acres. Want ads bring quick results Good Practices Prevent Breast Blisters On Poultry Although there are no aure pre ventive measures against breast blisters on chickens, good manage ment practices will keep this trouble to t minimum, according to R. S. Dearstvne of the State Col lege poultry science department. Breast blisters aren't uncommon among chickens, especially broilers or heavy breeds of layers. The abnormality Is usually caused by a constant Irritation of the area coming In contact with wire flooA, unbevelled perches, or sharp ob jects. Dearstyne says that one way to cut down on breast blisters is to raise the feed hoppers high enough to that the birds have to stand to eat. Very often the poultryman wishes to teach the chickens to perch at an early age and installs temporary perches for this purpose. It's important that the edges of such perches be bevelled so that no sharp edges exist. And the birds should be given a balanced diet so that hard bones and normal skin will develop. The poultryman should use birds afflicted .with breast blisters for home consumption. The processor usually rejects such birds anyway However, Dearstyne emphasizes that a small blister in no way af fects the food value of the meat 111,1 I Ellerbe Farmer Opposed To Doing Things Half Way 3. B. T. Easterllng of Ellerbe, Richmond County, doesn't believe in doing things half way. He carries this philosophy right along with new enterprises. "If you plan to make money out of broil era, It is best to build a good house and raise a lot of birds," he says. County Agent S. N. Shelton says that Easterllng sold his first batch of birds recently. The "batch" con sisted of 5.880 broilers that aver aged 314 pounds in 10 weeks. Shelton says that Easterllng put 8,123 birds in a house that was constructed by State College rec ommendations. The house has auto matic drinking fountains, ridge ventilators, thermostatically con trolled heat, and electric lights. The hobse also has a special alumi num roof that conserves heat in the winter and repels the sun rays in the hot summer, making the building cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Easterling says. "It costs a little more to build a house like I have, but It pays off by lowering the mortality rate, and facilitates the caring for the birds." Shelton says that Easterlng made some mistakes such as putting too much feed in the hoppers. But de spite his mistakes, he managed to make a profit on his first batch. He says, "I'm in the poultry business to stay - Wage rates paid by North Caro lina farmers as of April 1, 1956, increased by around six per cent over wage rates paid the previous year. North Carolina 1956 wheat pro duction is forecast at over Bib mil lion bushels as of April, 1956. ; i D KAY DAVIS of Braverdam is among the growing number of Hay- A wood County farmers who has found It advantageous to install a drain tile in his fields. Here Mr. Davis is shown putting tar paper on joints in a portion of the approximately 700 feet of line he put 'i in. (Soil Conservation Service Photoi. u Compost Pile Will Provide Organic Matter For Soil : a By ROBERT SCHMIDT The average home garden soil does not have sufficient organic matter in it to keep it in the best condition. A good way to obtain this organic matter is to build a compost pile. During the spring and summer there will be a lot of materials available for composting such as leaves, grass clippings, weeds, cornstalks and canning wastes. Weeds with ripened seed heads should not be used. Plants Infencted with soil-borne diseases such as tomato wilt should not be put in the compost. Build the cnompost pile in a shady place. The sides should be vertical, the top should be slight ly depressed in the center to retain rainfall. On each layer of plant ma ferial put a thin layer of garden soil (about one inch) and add a few handfuls of a complete garden fer tilizer such as an 8-6-8 or 5-10-5. This will hasten the breakdown of the fibrous, coarse materials which have a low content of nitrogen and other plant nutrients. Bacteria which do the work of composting require a readily available supply j, of nitrogen and mineral nutrients in order to rapidly break down the compost materials. If stable manure 0 is available it will make a valuable j, addition to the compost. e As soon as the compost materials a are well rotted they should be dis- f tributed and worked into the gar den soil. The purpose of the com post is not to furnish the necessary fertility for growing garden crops but to supplement regular plant food applications as a source of organic matter for maintaining the physical condition of the soil. Production of milk on North Car olina farms during March totalled 137 million pounds, the highest March output on record. letter Farm >lans Mean 4ore Income Better farm plans which fully llize land, family labor, and othr resources, could mean a much tter living for farmers In the edmont area of North Carolina, cording to D. G. Harwood, Jr., tension farm management and arketing specialist at N. C. State >llege. He says that USDA economists, orking in the area lying between le Coastal Plain and the Appala lian Mountains, report that farm 's In this area aren't fully using icir farm management ability. The economists, for instance. ?und that many farmers were hir ig too much labor in proportion to ieir farm Income. This was a re lit of a farming system in which >0 much of the work came in one >ason. By changing enterprise combipa ons on these farms, less labor 'ould need to be hired, and the imily lgbor could be utilized more early the year around, Harwood ?ys. Other adjustments could include etter mechanization practices, (any farms have both mules and tractor, and don't use either fully. Harwood adds that with changes a the labor picture and better tilization of machinery, some of he idle land could be brought into roductlon. * . United States commercial hatch ries produced over 282Vi million hicks during March?12 per cent bove the output of chicks in March ast year. A continued increase in the use f electricity on farms has resulted a a record high average monthly lectric bill and a record low aver ge cost per kilowatt hour paid by armers. Nothing Sells Like Newspapers Farmers Urged To Check Tacts On Seeds Carefully ^ ? ? Tar Heel farmers and dealers should check the seed tags of bean seed carefully to make sure that they are getting good aeed with good germination, warns A. A. Banadyga, extension horticultural specialist at State College. Banadyga says that last Febru ary, some Wade seed shipped into the state were not tagged properly. The seed were visibly injured and the Seed Testing Laboratory found a germination of only 62 per cent. Germination should be above 7S per cent with good seed. ? Seed with many cracked seed coats have usually been handled roughly and should be avoided. Damaged seed will have a low germination count. And even if injured seed do germinate, they usually produce weak, slow growing, and low-yield ing plants. Banadyga adds. Smaller acreage allotments are expected to reduce the total acre age planted to all tobacco In North Carolina 72.000 acres, or 11 per cent. Prospects for a record soybean acreage in 1056 point to another large supply of oilseed meal for the 1956-57 feeding season. SMOOTH SAILING That'* the feelina you set when yen ran your hand over the sanded surfaces of new cabinets now cotnin* out of our shop. A new ed*e sander and a 40" S drum sanding machine does the trick. See these machines at work In our shop. Yours for better cabinets. Haywood BUILDERS SUPPLY CO. "Where there is a material difference" % * It Is More Necessary Than Ever To Make Your TOBACCO CROP TOP QUALITY and HICH YIELD in order to keep your income up on the reduced acreage allotments. Many of the finest productions of TOBACCO in Haywood and adjoining counties are tfeing made with . BLUE RIDGE SPECIAL TOBACCO PLANT FOOD Comes in the following analysis 8-8-8 3-9-9 4-8-10 3-9-6 (25% Organic Nitrogen) ? 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