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Production Of Pulpwood
Showed Increase In 1955
Pulpwood production increased
again during 1955 in Western
North Carolina, according to Fred
E. Whitfield, State College exten
sion forestry specialist.
Approximately 265.160 cords of
pine, hardwoods, and chestnut were
sold to pulp mills last year. This
represents an increase of 18.933
cords over the previous year.
The value of this wood is figured
at nearly 3t? million dollars at rail
siding or an increase in value of
nearly $90,000 over 1954.
Whitfield says that a recent
economic study indicates that pulp
wood production will be 83 per
cept higher within 20 years as new
uses are found.
Based on 1955 values, this would
meatdflvpwood production would
repr^Wt a six million dollar in
dustry, Whitfield adds.
Tips For Using
Interfacings
By RUTH CURRENT
State Home Demonstration Agent
Interfacings fall into two cate
gories: ordinary fabrics which are
suitable and fabrics specially made
for the purpose.
To choose an interfacing, ask
yourself three questions; (1> Do I
expect to wash the garment? If
the answer is "yes," choose an in
terfacing which is washable. (2)
Which interfacing fabrics are suit
able in weight for the garment I
am making. <3? What effect do I
wish to achieve? Since several in
terfacings may be used with the
same fabrics, it is important to con
sider the amount of stiffness and
softness desired.
When an interfacing Is recom
mended for a garment, patterns
funrish instructions for the proper
method of application.
The interfacing and the facing
are always cut on the same grain
as the corresponding section of the
garment.
Suitable reinforcement should be
used in the following instances: all
edges where button and button
holes are to be placed, with collais,
cuffs, pocket flaps, peplums, lower
part of fitted jacket, yokes, skirt
waistbands when made of a double
thickness of self-fabric. (Howevsr.
on a skirt band a desirable stiff
ness-wit hout-bulk can be achieved
by using a single thickness of fab
ric faced with grosgrain belting.)
Dahlias Now
Need Special
Attention
By ROBERT SCHMIDT
At this time of the year the
dahlia needs special attention.
Although many early planted
dahlias or those which were left
in the ground last winter have been
in blpom for some time, most of
them are just coming into bloom
and will continue to bloom until
frost kills them
The plants should be side dress
ed with a large handful of a com
plete garden fertilizer per plant
every three or four weeks until
September 1 in the lower moun
tains and until September 15 east
of the mountains. Buds will usually
appear in clusters of three. On
large flowering varieties the two
outer buds should be removed and
the central one left to develop. It
will make a larger flower that way.
If a long stem is desired the side
branches or suckers should also be
removed from the next two nodes
or leaf axils of the stem. On small
flowering varieties the buds are
not removed and the flower clus
ter is allowed to develop naturally.
If you are planning to exhibit
dahlias at a community or state
fair, early disbudding is absolule
ly necessary.
Spraying for insects must not
be neglected at this time of the
year. Much damage may be done
before we realize it by such in
I sects of leafhoppers, red spiders,
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NEWS"
By Joe Cline
and Die A Bradley jfil
CLINI- BRADLEY COMPANY
Feed Cows Now to Hold
Valuable fall Production
Feeding the proper amount of
grain ration and hay while cows
are on pasture is one of the most
important measures of all to keep
a herd at capacity production and
profit through the year. Even
when cows are turned out on the
finest pasture, they need some
grain ration and hay each day.
A *.?'nt Purina test showed
thatWPs grained on pasture pro
duce<rfn average of 1750 lbs. more
milk per lactation over "grass
only" cows.
When a well-balanced grain feed
is not given on pasture, cows
quickly lose body condition. Then
thus happens:
1. Cows fall off in milk flow and
continue to lose body weight.
(You may have noticed this al
ready, if not feeding on pas
ture.)
2. Cows go into the barn in the
fall in low body condition, so
that they simply can't reach
capacity production from Sept.
thru Dec., no matter how well
they are fed then. They must
use part of their grain feed to
put back body flesh before they
can come up as they should in
milk flow.
lfow you feed now will deter
mine your milk production in the
fall, when prices are good. See us
for sound Purina pasture feeding
recommendations.
KEEP BACTERIA COUNT
DOWN THE PURINA WAY
Hot summer days tend to shoot
the bacterial count in milk up
ward. You'll find, as have many
of our customers, that Purina Dis
infectant works fine for dairy and
milk house disinfection all year
around.
Easy on hands and tough on
germs. Try it for cleaning milk
pails, milking machines, teat cups.
and for washing flanks and udders.
RECORDS OF 1,033
FARMERS PROVE IT!
Here's one of those rare instances
where you can have your cake
and eat it, too. Let us translate
this old adage to poultry' terms.
With Purina Growing Chows
many poultrymen can grow super
ior pullets that should produce
extra eggs this fall. And the grow
ing feed cost often runs from 5c
to 20c less per pullet on Purina.
Records from 1,033 farmers show
that each 100 pullets grown out on
a Purina feeding program laid
nearly 20 dozen extra eggs per
week over the U. S. Average flocks
during the fall months ? Septem
ber to December. That's over a
half case of extra eggs per week
from each 100 pullets in the four
months of highest prices.
Actual studies show that pullets
on most farms waste enough mash
to add 5c to 20c to the cost of
growing a bird. Almost all of this
waste can be eliminated with Pur
ina Growing Chows in popular
Checker-Ett or Bite-Size Checkers
form.
The time to start working to
ward those extra fall eggs and
saving in growing costs is now!
We'll help you.
PulJet Worming Is Easy
And Effective With Purina
Just put into the
drinking water for
about a day and
"zip" go worms
from pullets or lay
ing hens. It's that
easy with new Pur
ina Liquid Poultry
Wormer, another
new researched and
approved product of
Purina. Get yours
now.
CLINE- BRADLEY CO.
Joe Cline ? Dick Bradley
o Points Hazelwood
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HUNDREDS of 4-11 Club mmbers are enjoyinp the facilities of
Camp Schaub this summer. The camp is on the edee of the State
m i mwi'-' ?*
Test Farm, and is used every year by 4-II Flub members from a
wide area. -
Teach Your :
Pullets To J
Use Nests
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Young pullets on the range need
good training, too, just like young
sters. They need to be "nest" brok- 1
ien. T
Tom Morris, State College exten- 1
sion poultry specialist, says that if *
you provide nests for pullets on
range, they will learn to like them. 1
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However, if you let them start (
laying their eggs on the ground, (
they'll want to continue the prac
tice when they're housed. Like j.
"Junior," once they form a prac
tice, it's hard to break,'
Morris points out that the same
type nests that will be used in the c
laying house should be provided *
for the range.
Eggs laid on the floor are usu- a
ally stained or soiled badly at the f
least. Often, they're broken before c
they are gathered. Dirty eggs re- t
quire time and labor to clean for t
marketing The broken eggs are a f
loss, of course. t
State College
Answers Timely
Farm Question
QUESTION: How can you get rid
>f Bermuda grass in a flower bed?
ANSWER: Once Bermuda grass
[ets into a flower bed it has to be
?emoved by hand. Any chemical
hat will kill Burmuda will jilso
;ill flowers or shrubs. However,
ou can either remove Bermuda by
reating with Methyl Bromide, by
emoving all roots by hand, or by
reating with "Atlaeide,'' Dalapon.
tr T.C.A. If these materials are
ised, it will be several montlis be
ore soil is productive.
QUESTION: How long should I
ool eggs before taking them to
narket?
ANSWER: Eggs should be left in
i cool, moist egg room overnight
or best flavor. If the temperature
tf the egg room is 60 degrees, and
he air isn't circulating, it will
ake about six to seven hours to
let the eggs down to this tempera
ure.
Condition OfJ
State's Crops <
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CORN
Except for scattered fields which
had deteriorated beyond recovery,
corn was greatly benefited by the
rains of the past week. Most of the
crop is in from good to excellent
condition, hut about 20 per cent
of weather-crops reporters still de
scribe corn as being only fair. On
the whole, the best corn may be
found in the coastal plains where
rains have been more plentiful,
while the poorest corn appears
largely in the drier areas of the
northern Piedmont.
HAYS
Perhaps the greatest benefit
from recent rains have come to
hay crops. Although a considerable -
portion of these crops is still de
scribed as being only fair, a much j
larger proportion is reported to be
in from good to excellent condition.
Still further rapid progress is in
prospect since seasonally these
crops, in relation to others, have I
been lagging in response to usually I 1
favorable conditions.
POTATOES
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Late Irish potaoes have shown (
considerable improvement in eon-1
dition over that reported a week I
earlier Ample moisture supplies in'
the main areas of production have
been very beneficial to the young
crop, and continued improvement,
barring unfavorable weather, is ex
pected. At present the crop is re
ported to be mostly fair, but with
more reports of good and very
ghod.
FRUITS
Condition of fruits' at the end of !
the week was largely unchanged
from that of the week before. Ap
ples were described as being from
poor to good, or mostly fair.
Peaches were judged to be about
one-half poor to fair and one-half
good and very good.
Harvest of apples, consisting
of the earlier varieties, is just get
ting under way, but harvest of the
peach crop i- reported to be about
one-half finished. Elberta peaches
started moving the latter part of
July, but the greater part of this
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?rop will be picked during the
irst half of August.
PASTURES
Though pastures suffered con
siderable setback from hot, drj
weather and close grazing during [
;arly summer, with ample moisture!
supplies they arc now- making
?apid improvement and are report-'
?d to be predominantly good to1
.'xcellent.
Lice Can Cause Drop
In Production Of Eggs
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and tarnished plant bugs. Also,
flowers may be ruined overnight
by spotted cucumber beetles or
blister beetles, or a large bud
about to open may become the
home of a corn earworm. A spray
of DDT or mixture of DDT and
Malathion will control most of
these insects. For red spiders use
Malathion according to the manu
facturer's instructions on the con
tainer.
During the hot summer weather
you may lose some plants due to a
wilt. In many cases this is bacterial
or Granville wilt and there is no
conrol for it. Dahlias are also at
tacked by nematodes; During pe
i riods of heavy rainfall plants may
| suddenly wilt and die due to poor
soil drainage. Dahlias will not live
; in soil soggy with water that will
not drain away.
A. H. Mills of Trenton. Route 2.
Jones County, found out to his .sor
row that laying hens may go out
of production suddenly?regardless
of the amount of feed you're giving
them.
County Agent Fletcher Barber
says that Mills was competety puz
zled sometime ago when his egg
production took a quick nose dive.
He asked County Agent Barber
to examine the birds and Barber
found that lice had invaded the
flock.
Mills dusted each hen. with sodi
um fluoride, and although egg pro
duction did not immediately get
back to where it started, it soon be
gan to increase gradually.
Barber says that Mills sells his
eggs to special customers for a
premium price the year round, re
gardless of market prices,
State To Distribute
15,000,000 Tree
Seedlings In '56
It was recently announced by
P. A. Griffiths, assistant state 1
forester in charge of manage- |
ment, that approximately 45.000.- ,
000 seedlings will be available j
for distribution this year through
the North Carolina Division of
Forestry.
This figure is all-Inclusive, that
is, it includes all species avail
able through the division.
In makng this announcement
Mr. Griffiths also stated that due
to an increase in the cost of pro
duction there would be a slight
increase in the cost of the seed
lings this year.
For further information con
Flying Lawn Chair
MUSTANG, Okla (APt?'Five
tear-old Garland and 3-year-old
I'aul Dalton. snug in their grand
father's storm cellar when twin
:oinadocs skidded, over Mustang,
tact your rountv forest ranger or
your county farm agent.
[started a search for their minia
! ture metal lawn chair.
The boys found the chair twisted
; about a fence post a hundred yards
from the home of their grandpop,
! E G. Dalton.
Dalton said the chair had been
behind a small game-bird house
that was wrecked in the storm.
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2 AUCTIONS
FIRST SALE ? 10:00 A. M.
i THE MACK BRYSON FARM
Better known as the Jim Caldwell Place, Iron Duff Township, Haywood Co.
This farm contains 93 acres and has been subdivided into tracts. Has 5 room house with indoor plumb
ing, 2 barns and is fenced and cross fenced. .9 tobacco allotment. And some real bottom land.
SAT., AUGUST MM
SECOND SALE ? 1:30 P. M.
YODER MESSER & J. H. ROSE FARM
Located in Iron Duff Township, Haywood Co.
This Farm contains 66 acres, has been subdivided. And all growing crops go
with the land. A well balanced farm in every way. Good 5 room House, barn
and other outbuildings. 3/4 acre tobacco allotment, 16 cows, all dairy equip
ment and farm tools will be sold.
LUNCH TO BE SERVED AT THE MESSER FARM
Terms 1/3 Cash, Balance 1 - 2 And 3 Years
Terms 30''? Down ? 1 - 2 & 3 Years on Balance
SALE CONDUCTED BY
West & Gossett Land Auction Company
J U I YVEAVERVILLE & CANTON, N. C.
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