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rwLiaiiM^ crptT The Mountaineer's re"^T" Tips Given On Housing Of Pullets By THOMAS R. MORRIS Ask 12 different poultry rais ers when they house their pullets, and you will probably Bet a doz en different answers Some will say pullets should bo housed when they reach a certain age, while others say wait until they have developed Rood body size Then, there are those that say pullets should be housed when production starts; and some say when they are laving around 15 to 25 per cent. There an- a few that wait until it is convenient. Of course, there is usually the problem as to what to do with the old hens. If the hens are lay ing well, should they bo kept un til production slows down before selling them and making room for the pullets'1 With egg prices rising and the old hens laying large egg it is hard to sell them. Some will tell you that If you move the old layers they will stop laying as they are just looking for un excuse to quit anyway On the other hand, is it fair to the pullets to leave them on ranRe until the old liens are sold? Perhaps the (float time to house pullets is When they are well de veloped and a few days before the flock starts to lay. Pullets should be housed as they start laying or by the time they aiy? in 5 and not lat er than 10 pei cent la\ Pullets Will develop a routine or habit; and if this routine is broken, it may throw them into a partial molt. Had habits such as laying on the floor are'hard to bryak, and it can be costly Therefore, it is a vood practice to have the pullets housed by the time they start to lay If it is desirable to keep IN' old hens, they can he culled and moved to a shed or range shelters to make room for the pullets. If they are culled and moved carefully at night, they may be transferred without affecting production Heady-to-lay pullets are friend ly and easy to. handle if you treat them gently. Hough handling can IhjUre and upset the birds' so WITnorT RKF.AKINO hi* hark or thr upper leave* from his to harro, IV Hundley rides his low-slung invention through a field, gathering the lower leaves of the plants. Kentuckian's Gadget Saves Time On Priming Tobacco 11 hat production can b ? ailecieil. Re member, pullets should be handled with care for they arc the profit makers for the next twelve months September Reminders 1. Keep good records to show dally operations for Improvements and to help correct mistakes Dcni j 6n It ration flock records are want ed for comparison of bre 'ds and i strains See your county or home agent for information and record 1 forms 2. Plan a gracing crop to raise j your pullets on next spring. One lest found that pullets raised on a good range had 10 per cent better, jlivabillty and 5 per cent more eggs than those raised in confinement S He slue >our pullets have , I plenty of f< 'ding and watering space. Kaeli one hundred birds should have four feeders six feet j long and one five-foot automatic foundation or sjx to nine gallons of water daily ; 4. Gather eggs often. Hold in} a cool, niolst room. Sell fresh egg,* , By PAl'I. BECK PERRYVILLfc. Ky. 1AP1 - A young tobacco farmer's backbreak ing Job ended when h- designed a machine that lets htm sit down and work. Of sintple construction, the ma chine invented h> W. C. Hundley 27. creeps along at about a mile an hour between rows of tobacco it is steered with the feet. Hundley, astride a mowing-ma- I chine type saddle seat, merely yanks off the lower leaves of to bacco from the stalks on each side as the machine mows bet ween them These leaves then are stored to cure. > This process js called priming. j or the removing of ripe lower, Waves which otherwise would la wasted because they dry up and drop olT Priming permits the top leaves to ripen and tends to im-! prove the quality of the leaf later cut and cured Not only dni's the $150 machIn* save his sacrioliac. says Hundley, but it also shoufd increase his yield ! from 500-700 pounds per acre. "Everyone knows,'' says Hund ley. "that you can't walk through tobacco without breaking off the upper leaves. Hut with this ma chine and its low-slung design, it's a cinch." For years farmers have been forced to crawl on hands and' knees to do the priming, he adds "1 hope my machine will end thus back-breaking chore." ? J Staff members of the Agricultur al Marketing Service announce that fluid milk and cream sales to con sumers by North Carolina distrib utors were up approximately eight per cent over the first six months of 1955 and right at 20 per cent above sales for 1954. Monthly gains were greatest in May and June, but all six months were above 1954 and 1955 levels. All sales ! gains were above four per cent. i Grade A milk production through I June accounts for 43 per cent of .total North Carolina production. ^rVayivood (faatUf L CHECKERBOARD " NEWS ^ By Joe Cline and Dick Bradley Jfk CLINE-BRADLEY COMPANY LIKE DRIVING BLINDFOLDED Milking cows without keeping records is like driving n car while blindfolded; you're free to steer but you can't know which way to turn. See us about easy-to-use Purina Dairy Record cards. We'll help you get started on a good record system. DON'T MISS THE GRAND OLE OPRY ON TV THIS MONTH You'll see how our TV Beautena is coming along There'll be the usual big. hour-long show with Rod Brasfield, Carl Smith. June Carter, George Morgan. Jean j Sheppard and other favorites. MOST DAIRY HERDS PRODUCE BELOW 'THEIR NATURAL CAPACITY It's an undeniable fact. Most dairy herds are producing at levels be low their natural capacity because their inner condition is not built up and kept at high enough levels. The whole purpose of the Purina Plan of feeding and managing milk and dry cows is to build con dition and help them produce up to their inherited ability. We'll help you choose a good milking* ration that's right for your farm conditions . . . one that will help your cows produce at their bred-ln capacity. If vou haw home grains, we'll make them into a balanced ration by adding Purina Concentrates ac cording to tested and approved Purina formulas. If you have no grains, we'll recommend one of Purina's complete feeds like Milk Chow or Cow Chow. We'll be hap py to add our "team" to yours to make more milk at lower cost the Purina Way. From 4 to gr More Per Down This note is especially for the commercial egg producers In our area. Grading, candling and han dling of your eggs often results in a 4 to 8c premium per doren. Why not go after this extra money? We'll help you DEHORN CALVES WHEN FROM 4 TO 10 HAYS OLD Dairymen often remark, "Look at the nice smooth polls it left" When talking about calves dehorned ? with Purina Dehorning Paste, a new homogenized product of Pur ina Research Dehorn at. about 5 days by ap-1 plying a thin coating of the paste over each horn button Keep the calf in an isolated pen and out of wet weather for at least one day following treatment. Ask for it by name Purina Dehorning Paste, Get Your Free Copy Now. It's here! Our new booklet is crammed with feeding and man^ agement information about lay ing birds. Ask for Purina's new Laying Chows booklet. THE EXPERIENCE BEHIND 50.000.000 TONS OF CHOWS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU Last April Purina made its 50 milionth ton of Chows That's far more than any other feed manu facturer has produced It's a bil lion 100-lb bags. If those bags were loaded Into 20-ton freight cars, ,the train would extend four fifths of the way around the world Of course we are happy to have had a part in the distribution of those 50 million tons because we know they helped many of our local folks produce meat, milk and eggs on a highly efficient basis. ( That brings us to our point . , . the important thing about those 50 million tons is the knowledge and "know-how" Purina accumu lated through their manufacture No other feed organization has such broad experience in animal nutrition. You can be sure that re sults from all this accumulated knowledge are packed into each and every bag of Purina Chows we deliver. CLINE-BRADLEY CO. I Joe Cline - Dick Bradley 5 Points Hazel wood ? ???????????????? ? ? n u ? ? h ??????????? Francis Cites Need For Expanding Apple Production In This County . Br PINK FRANCIS llaywood Apple Grower Haywood County has long been { known as an apple producing coun- ji ty, and comments have been re ceived from far and widy in re-1 gard to the quality of some of thej apples produced here We know . that we have a lot of land in ourj county suitable for the production of apples, and the question recent-1 ly came up as to the advisability j of expanding our apple produc tion program Many apple produc ers businessmen, and farm leaders in-the county believe that this ran . and should b? done. Many of you folks have been hearing about the recent work that has bet n done in regard to plan ning and developing a long-range agricultural program for the pur pose of increasing farm incom? in Hay wood County At a recent series of meetings called by the Exten sion Service in our county wo. the, farm people, w ;re asked to set up i sound long-range program that woiild help to increase our farm incomes. From the latest figures available, w<- found that our aver age per farm income in Haywood County was only SI 147 and we i ?If that this was too low Several j farm leaders started studying the possibilities of increasing this in come In an expanded apple pro- ? duction program. We appreciate the opportunity of helping develop a program that should benefit all the people In our county In studying our present situation, we found that at the present time we have 74 commercial orchards in Haywood. County. We considered a commercial orchard as an orchard with 100 tr 'cs or morel. We have 1 2fi0 arres in orchards, with a total of 79 400 trees. We also found that our total pro duction in 1954 was 287.000 bush els. giving us a gross income of about $468,000.00 After studying our situation, the group working on the apple production program came up with a program designed to in crease our gross income from ap ples from the present $468,000 to $1,500,000 by 1966 How do we plan to secure this increase in income? We believe that by 1966 we should have 100 commercial apple produc ers in the county with 100,000 trees We also know that at the pres ent time wc have a number of po tential orchards in the county that are not returning maximum pro duction. By renovating several of those orchards, we should receive a substantial increase in our in come, and do this within a short ; period of time We also recommend that the ap ple producers in the county give ] serious consideration to the pro duction of more of the red sport I varieties We believe that if all our apple producers will give more | thought to Varieties, follow the lat est recommendations in regard to spraying, and in general follow bet ter orchard management practices ' such as fertilization, pruning, and general car* of the orchard, that we have a- definite possibility of selling more apples for better prices in Havwood County. The "recommendation has also bt i'n made that we give serious consideration to a local market with grading and packing facilities to help us with our marketing pro gram We must also standardize our pack and do more to advertise Haywood County apples. As we ex pand our production, we f.'cl that tl 're will be a definite need for this .service. We have also recom mended that we have an assistant county agent with a horticulture degree working in our county to as sist us with our many problems. We fi.d that this is needed in or der to carry out an educational program. We realize that at the present time a lot of low-quality and low-price apple< are placed on the markets, and w~ believe that much of this could be overcome by an intensive educational program Farmers, this is a long-range pro gram?and we realize that it will take time to reaeh our goals; how ever. we must make a start and it is important that we .start in the right direction. We believe that through the assistance of our Ex tension Service and through the cooperation of our farmers as well as business and professional peo ple in the county, that we have the possibility of becoming the No. 1 Apple Producing County in North Carolina. Part of the tobacco crop has been lost in the field in some of the eastern counties where barn ing space was insufficient to take care of current primings, say offi cials of the North Carolina Crop | Reporting Service. j Grade A milk purchased from 'producers in North Carolina dur 1 infi the first six months of 1956 , was at a record level compared with the same period for previous years, say members of the North Carolina Milk Commission. PINK FRANCIS NOW IS THE TIME FOR WINTER COVER CROPS ... SO. MR. FARMER. BRING YOUR A.S.C. ORDERS TO US REMEMBER ? YOUR BEST FRIENDS ARE THE PRODUCTS YOU BUY! WE HAVE CLEAN, ONION FREE ? ? Rye ? Barley ? Oats ? Vetch ? Crimson Clover ? Rye Grass ? Fescue ? Orchard Grass ? White Clover ? Timothy ? Ladino Clover ? Red Clover ALSO, 2-12-12 FERTILIZER AND LIME FOR HIGHEST QUALITY TESTED SEEDS. FERTILIZER AND LIME. YOU CAN DEPEND ON HAYWOOD COUNTY FARMERS CO-OP, Inc. 1 H. M. DULIN. MGR. DEPOT STREET DIAL GL 6-8621 Haywood Apples Number of commercial orchards 74 Number acres in commercial orchards 1,260 Number trees all agvs 79,400 Number trees non-bearing 9,000 Number trees bearing age 70,400 1954 production, bushels 287,000 Production per tree of bearing age, bushels 4 Value of 1954 crop $468,000 (A commercial orchard has 100 trees or more) Carver Is Head 01 Farm Bureau Membership Drive The Haywood County Farm Bu reau. attempting to get support of local farmers for its annual fall membership program, will lay the groundwork for its 1957 legislative, program this month Raymond Caldwell, of Iron DutT. County Farm Bureau president, said today that his organization will aim for a record membership enrollment in this year's campaign. "A record - breaking drive will give us the basis for a successful legislative program in the forth coming session of the General As-! sembly." h? said. Caldwell, a farmer and farm sup-! ply dealer who is serving his first j year as Farm Bureau president.! said the county farm organization's board of directors hod named John M, Carver to head ud the county wide membership committer. The board of directors named the following Farm Bureau leaders to the committee: G C. Palmer of Crabtre-?; T. Hugh Rogers of Clyde; M C Nix of Bethel, and Mrs. O. L Yates of Iron Dull These commit teemen will appoint "captains" to head up the drive in local commun ities. Commenting on the Farm Bu reau's legislative program. Caldwell said the Farm Bureau member ship could "expect opposition in the legislature, mostly from special interest groups, to many of our Use the Want Ads for results. [traditional beliefs and principles." "Whether intended or not. such opposition on matters of issue ofterv times has a direct bearing and ad verse effect upon farm income." the Farm Bureau leader said, j Commented Caldw?l), "The point I want to make is this: It's usually pretty tough when you hve to buck a lot of other interests to get bene ficial farm legislation passed. "But it would be a lot easier to write the kind of legislation we need with all farmers behind the program. Actually, we have reach ed only a small portion of our mem bersip potential in the state. We've got a trerr.ondous challenge to meet if we expect to raise the farm in come up to its rightful level." Record Turkey Crop Indicated For State North Carolina farmers are rais ing an estimated record 1,295,000 turkeys this year. A turkey crop of this size, if realized, would ex ceed the previous high record set in 1954 of 1.210.000. The current crop is also 23 per cent above last year. , The entire increase over last year comes from heavy breeds, since the indicated number of light breeds to be raised this year is only 39 per cent of last year. North Carolina Crop Conditions CORN Statewide the reported condition of corn showed little change from the previous week. The crop in the mountains is reported as fair to good, with reports of.fair condi tion predominating. HAY CROPS The conditon of current hay crops is reported as mostly fair to good. Here again dry weather in mountain counties has damaged al falfa. lespedera. and other hay crops, and the condition of hay. APPLES The reported condition of apples is about the same as last week, with most reports indicating fair to good condition. PASTURES Rainfall received during the week ended August 25 gave new life to pastures in some areas, and tlie improvement in the (mndition of pastures was reflecta^fn^' re ports for the current wel^ # The condition of pastures state wide is still indicated as mostly fair: however, the percent of re ports indicating poor condition de creased from the previous week. Many home fires are, due to overload or short circuits, often be tween the walls of the home. | NOTICE APPLE GROWERS WE HAVE A NEW COLD. STOKAGE HOUSE WHICH HOLDS 9,000 BUSHELS, AND IT W ILL BE OPEN BETWEEN SEPT. 15 AND 20. WE WILL HAVE ROOM FOR 2,000 TO 3.000 BUSHELS. THE CHARGE i WILL BE 40c PER BUSHEL UP TO APRIL 15 TO MAY l.| WE ARE LOCATED ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF WAYNES-' VILLE. FOR REFERENCES SEE CHARLES E. RAY'S SONS, WftO HAVE HAD APPLES ! WITH US TWO SEASONS. THAD C.'BRYSON & SON Growers of MTN. 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