I *9H 5' 2 -<^H 4 J A ? '**#?^^E ? fl f w jm A ^E IB JH >^l te|fl ^JB Bp ^M|^| Pines Grow Quickly On Good Site There'* no getting around the tact that It takes quite a bit of time to reap a harvest from trees But the growth potential of pines planted on a good site can be pretty i amazing, according to Jim Ander .; r ? ? sen, 9tate College extension for estry specialist. He says that Romalne Howard of Tarboro planted 2.2 seres of pines in 1939. Twelve years later he thin ned the plantation and removed about 21 cords of pulpwood per acre. Only four years later, he marked the stand for thinning again and removed from eight to 10 cords per acre. Ben Allen, area forester for the Camp Manufacturing Company, valued the pulpwood at $4.50 per cord. anc^Howard hasn't yet begun to harvest saw timber. The stand will he thinned for saw timber about 1M2. Andersen says, "Here Is a case where good forest management and proper thinning methods will pro- ] dure valuab' saw logs about 15 years sooner than would an un managed stand. And the returns from pulpwood thinnings are noth- i ing to sneeze at!" , i ./ , | Americans are usln^lg** milk to- ' day than they did 10 years ago. Bach person now averages only 350 pounds of milk a year, compared to 400 pounds in 1946. ROY BECK, work unit toll couaervationiat In Haywood County. U shown here making a survey in connection with the installation Held drain tile on the farm of Ray Dovla in Beaverdam Conunun Hy. la the background holding a sighting rod Is Carlisle Davis, conservation aide. (Soil Conservation Service Photo). 11 ? ?n.i?itikLn PULLET GROWER ADOID FAT tha compltt* all-in-orm fowl that V Produce* bettor, more uniform pullet* V Save* time, labor V Cut* mortality PARTON FEED STORE 42* Depot St., Wayaeerille JOHN M. DOSS, JR. ? . . spots "trouble" on telephone linos with the "Whoatstono bridge"?a highly sensitive measuring instrument that tells him how far the trouble is from the central office. Off the |ob, John's active In church and fraternal work. Hit hobby is boating. Meet the man who beats "trouble" to the punch Many telephone "troubles" never happen, thanks to lohn M. Doss, Jr. John's a test deskman for Southern Bell. With the help of intricate electronic equipment in the central office which can spot trouble miles away, he tests telephone lines to make sure they stay in good working order. Often f- he finds causes for trouble on a line and has them corrected, even before your service is affected. Keep 'em talking, is John's motto. And John's not by himself. He and some 65,000 other trained Southern Bell ptople in all kinds of jobs ? linemen, cable spbeers, operators ? are working to give you good telephone service, 24 hours a day. Southern Soil Tolophoi%o Ond Tflt^roph Cowpony ASC Lists Requirements Of Lamb - Sale Documents Consldrable difficulty was experi- j < enced last year by ASC office per- i sonnet in handling sales docu ments for lamb payments, accord ing to A. W. Ferguson. ASC office manager. In many cases, sales documents brought to the ASC office did not 1 have sufficient information requir ed for lamb payments, Mr. Fergu son pointed out. To correct this situation, the ASC manager has written the following letter to county sheep producers: I Under the 1956 Wool Payment Program beginning with marketings April 1, certification that the lambs have been purchased for slaughter will no longer be required. How ever, producers will still be requir ed to submit accounts or bills of sale for lambs sold In support of tbeir applications for payment. Payments will be made only on lambs that have never been shorn. !i) accordance with the statement to be published in the Federal Register, the regulations provide that each sales document support ing the application must show the following: A. Name and address of seller B. Date of sale. The date of sales document will be presumed to be date of sale; except that, if th? information available to the ASC County Office points to a dif ferent conclusion, the ASC County Office will require sufficient addi tional information to determine the date of aale. A sale shall be deemed to have taken place on the date title passes to the buyer. C. Number of unshorn lambs sold. If the sales document does not clearly Identify the animals as lambs that had -never been shorn at the time of sale, the person Is suing the sales document ahould add a statement to that effect. Likewise, If the document is Issued In connection with the sale of un shorn lambs but also covers the sale of other animals, the person issuing the sales document shall clearly Indicate therein in aome manner the number and the live weight of unshorn lambs included in the sale. D. Liveweight of unshorn lambs sold. If the weight is not determin ed by scales, this weight can be an estimated weight agreed to by the buyer and seller. Such weight is ' necessary In all cases, including ' cases where small lambs are sold ' by the side of the mother ewes. E. Name and address of pur- ! chaser or marketing agency issuing the sales document. If this inform ation does not appear in the printed 1 bill head, it must be shown in some 1 other place on the sales document. | F. Signature. The sales docu ment must contain a handwritten ' signature by or on behalf of the person or Arm issuing the sales document. Acceptable signatures Will consist of least one initial or name by. which the person is generally known followed by his last name in full. A carbon impres sion or facsimile of a handwritten signature is not acceptable. The originally-signed copy of the sales document is required for filing with the producer's applica tion. Consequently, marketing agen cies, dealers, and other buyers may 1 wish to issue sales documents in duplicate in order for the produc er to have a copy to retain in his own record. Although the national cotton allotment for 1836 has been set at a figure 4 per cent less than this year's allotment. North Carolina's 1 cut is 6 per cent. The cut was based on the planting history. USDA entomologists and chem ists. working together, are discov ering some possible new methods of controlling insect pests through the use of non-toxic chemicals which, while not actually killing the insect. Inhibit its normal de velopment and reproduction pro cesses. L Pamphlet Gives Advice : On Fertilizing Of Burley Timely advice on the fertilization of burley tobacco is given In i pamphlet written by R. R. Bennett, H. H. Nan, and 3. N. Hawks of W. C. State College, tobacco specialists. This pamphet is available from the county agent's office here. foe pamphlet points out: "Fertiliser recommendations are based on the use of 7,300 to 10,700 plants per acre (tobacco planted in 3V4 to 4-foot rows and spaced 14 to 18 inches in the drill). N For average burley tobacco soils, use about 90 to U0 pounds Df nitrogen, 70 to 110 pounds of phosphorus, and 90 to 110 pounds >f potash per acre. Approximately these amounts of nutrients can usually be supplied for conditions 1 through 5 by following the fer tilization program below: (1) No manure or legume cover used 1109-1409 lbs. 8-8-8 (2) 8-10 tons manure used 400- *00 lbs. 8-8-8 (3) Legume cover turned (no manure) 800-1200 lbs. 4-8-10 (4) Legume cover turned plus 8-10 300 lbs. 20% superphos. plus tons manure 50 lbs. 48% sul. of potash (5) 15 to 20 tons manure used No additional fertiliser Apply up to 400-800 pounds complete fertiliser in the row. Broad cast the remainder if more is used. The approximate quantities of plant nutrient elements contained in burley tobacco at the 1500-pound yield level (on a 29-per-cent moisture basis) are set forth in the following table: , I tew I Pounds Per Am) 1500 Leaves removed from field 1000 Stalks removed ESTIMATED REMOVAL FROM SOIL 700-800 Roots turned back to soil BOO Suckers left on land ESTIMATED TOTAL UPTAKE miro- rnoa- rov- 1.11- max- ?ui ren phorus ash clum nesium fur 42 10 53 44 11 8 25 4 35 4 1 4 67 14 88 48 12 12 10 2 10 2 1 2 10 4 10 2 2 2 87 20 108 52 13 16 Farm-Home Week Event Set At Raleigh June 4-7 A sizeable number of Haywood o County farm families are expect- * ed to attend the annual North Carolina Farm and Home Week at s N. C. State College, June 4-7, ac- b cording to County Agent Virgil L. s Holloway. f Mr. Holloway said that the "most outstanding" program in the his tory of the event has been planned * for this year's Farm and Home * Week, with events planned to suit J; people of all interests?both men ~ and women. * The program will be divided into three parts?for residents of the Western, .Central, and Eastern sec- * tions of the state, f Subjects of interest to Western Carolinians are: Tuesday, June 5?principles of c landscape gardening, soil fertility, s the economics of agriculture (morn- j ingl, nature and control of soil- ] borne disease (afternoon), 8:30-12, , and 1:30-4:30. At 7:30 p.m. that day, P. D. Sanders, editor of "Souther* Planter," will speak on "Meetlnf the Income Challenge". Wednesday. June 6 ? forage crepe, principles of pruning plant* feeding beef cattle, 8:30-12:00 an# 1:30-4:30. At 7:30 p.m. a prograi* - k f recreation and a square dance rill be held. Thursday, June 7 ? feeding wine, efficiency in commercial roiler, egg, and turkey enterprises; oil moisture problems, recent ndings in research work in en omology, 8:30-12:00 and 1:30-4:30. Haywood County families who /ish to attend the Farm and Home 1'eek program are asked to con act the county agent's office for ransportation and accommoda ions. Lawns need mowing just as long is they continue to grow in the all, according to USDA. About 30% of the timber growth in the N. C. National Forests is old annually. The large reserve s because current appropriations imit the amount of material that :an be handled. At the beginning of 1069. the value of farm machinery and motor i vehicle* on farms totaled almost I 918 billion?a decline of 3 per i cent during the year, but 26 per dent above 1950. \ i i ' Through October 19. American fartners had 40 per cent less wheat uamr price support than an the sarnie date last year. An expansion in feeding opera tion, and a plentiful supply of fed t?oef, is forecast for the first six months of 1956. Warns temperatures and lota of sunshine are more important than fertiliser in producing high-quality walnuts, but nitrogen fertilizer will Increase the nut size and yield, says USDA. FOR WEED CONTROL Get 2-4-D WEED KILLER To Eliminate Weeds In Small Grains, Corn, Lawns, etc. ? FUNGICIDES ? INSECTICIDES NEW IDEA MOWING MACHINES, RAKES AND SPREADERS WrHtve A Full Line Of GRADE A DAIRY EQUIPMENT ALL1S ? CHALMERS TRACTORS * PARTS. COMBINES and FORAGE HARVESTERS See lis For GARDEN TOOLS and OWEN TOBACCO PLANTERS / See Us When You Need - ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES T. S. MORRISON - FOARD, v m?-? mwiiy n? vtQwvr i ? It-lmill) Big Mwtar HAYWOOD COUNTY FARMERS CO-OP, Inc. H. M. Dulin, Mgr. Dial GL 6-8621 ?- Depot Street onoooooon N