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Income Of $1,000,000 From Poultry
Is Part Of Haywood Farm Program
By TOM BRCMMITT. Chairman
Poultry Program Planning
Committer
At the present lime, a large num
ber of Haywood County farm fam
ilies are giving serious consldera
_ tion to the addition of other cash
Income cnteiprlses on their farms.'
-'At a recent series of planning
meetings, called by our Extension
agents, we were brought face-to
: face with the fact that the gross
- farm income in our county at the
* present time is only $1,147 per
? farm. Realizing the need for addi
" tional farm income, farm leaders
' from all sections of the county
?thoroughly studied the possibilities
*^that we hate of increasing this in
- come.
In studying our poultry situation
at the present time, we found that
we have an annual gross income
of $409,000 from poultry. This in
cludes the income from hatching
eggs, commercial eggs, and broil
ers. Leaders who have given a lot
of thought to a Long-range agricul
lural prog nun believe that we have
definite possibilities of greatly in?
creasing our income from the poul- '
try enterprise. After studying our I
present situation and evaluating
our possibilities, we have estab- i
lished as a goal a $1,000,000 income
from poultry?and we believe that
this goal can be reaehed within a
few years
Suggestions that wy> have made
that should assist us in further de
veloping 0S1* poultry enterprise in
clude (t> the organization of a
poultry association in the county. |
<2? the establishment of a local ;
hatchery, <3t an investigation as
to the possibilities of a poultry
processing plant in the county. t4>
the production of more of our grain
used as poultry feed, and (5> a
well-planned publicity program ad
vertising our Haywood. County
poultry products.
We believe thai poultry produc
ers in Haywood County have -?v
eral advantages insofar as hatching !
egg production is concerned. Due!
to our climatic conditions, the
hatchability of our eggs is well;
above that in other states. In the
past, many large hatcheries have
shown a definite preference for !
Western North Carolina produce!
hatching eggs, and #v should be
taking advantage of this opportun-]
ity.
According to a recent survy
made by the farm agent's office,
our commercial egg producers have
a long way to go before supplying
our local demands. If our farmers
would organize and produce high
quality commercial eggs and if our
volume were great enough, the
markets are certainly available. As
our population continues to grow,
we also believe that there will be
opportunities for additional broil
er producers in Tlavwood County.
In order to make a profit in the
poultry enterprise, regardless of
whether we are producing com
mercial eggs, hatching eggs. or
broiler*, we must all become more
more efficient producers! Ineffici- [
onf producers will certainly drop
by the wayside within a short
period of time We must take ad
vantage of all the research avail
able and follow- a sound program
in every detail if we are to meet
the competition of the poultry en
terprise today.
Yes. we have an opportunity?
and many Haywood County farm
ers who need additional cash in
come are going to take advantage
of this opportunity. We have a
wonderful county: however, wo
need additional income on our
poultry income from $400,000 per
year to $1,000,000 within as short a
period of time as possible.
TOM BRI MMITT. and somr of his rhickrn* on
his Flnr* C'rrrk Farm. Brumniitt is chairman of
the Haywood Poultry project for the Agricultural
program here. (Photo by County Agent).
Down On The Farm
County Agent's Column
A projected long-range agricul
tural program for May wood Coun
ty, a.s developed and planned by
the people of the county, calls for
increasing the agricultural Income
of the county front $3,400,000 to
$7,300,000 within a 10-year period I
The> ? leaders, at a series of meet- <
ings. derided that the present in-1
come of $3 400.000 was too low
and made definite plans for in
creasing the total income Plans
call for a unified program to in
crease agricultural income front
beef cattle, dairying, poultry, for
estry, apples, sheep, tobacco, and
vegetables and small fruits.
When wv attend a tobacco sale,
we generally expect to hear the
familiar chant of the auctioneer
but not so at an aromatic tobacco
sale held in Waynesvllle recently
Instead, we hoard "D" tobaeeo
|l 25 a pound; "E" tobacco $1.10 a
pound. "F" tobacco $0.95 a pound;
"CI" tobacco $0,80 a pound, and
so on.
Although live three farmers who
produced a crop this year ar? rela
tively inexperienced in the pro
duction of aromatic tobacco, their
tobacco was weil cured and sold
well It appears now that when tbe\
sell the tobacco that is yet to be
sold, the average price per pound
will be Just under a dollar. These
farmers are enthusiastic about the
Income possibilities from this crop
Vicky Rogers of Crabtree 4-11
Club thinks it lakes more than feed
and water during the hot summer
days to get maxium gain from her
4-H Club steer. Her father install
ed an electric fan to keep hot
weather from preventing maxium
gains. Vicky's steer has made ex
cellent gains and he seems to en
joy the fan. He has a regular
routine: eat, drink, and return to
his cool, comfortable stall beneath
the electric fan
Like father, like son. That's
evident on Jonathan Creek these
days. D J Boyd, assisted by his
son David, operates a 45-cow beef
farm on one side of the road, and
J J. Boyd, another son. operates
on the other side with the same
numb.* of cows. Both farms have
concentrated on growing good pas
tures and silage corn Even after
a recent dry spell, their cows and
calves were in grass up to their
?knees
Of course, this didn'1 just hap
pen ?it is the result of the use of
lime and phosphates arid good pas
ture management. The Boyds say
thev are in the beef cow business
to stay?lean years and good ?
and they have shown a profit
through all these past l^an years.
Farm demonstrations of a new
variety of potatoes shows encour
aging results. Boone pofatoes.
| grown with other standard vari
eties Kennebec, Red Bliss, Green
Mountain, and Irish Cobbler?con
sistently yielded the highest qual
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ity potatoes. In one instance of
late planted potatoes. Boone did
not yield as well as Green Moun
tain; but in four other trials the
Boone potatoes showed consistent
ly high yields with an extremely
high proportion of \o. I potatoes.
The Boone variety is apparently a
laler variety than most others, hu:
due to its late blight resistance it
stands extremely well
In early spring, many farmers in
Haywood County began to notice
an infestation of grubs which were
destroying their bluegrass Va-tures
Upon contacting our ontomolog\
department, it was found to be the
Asiatic Garden Beetle. Last week
Georg.j Jones was in the county
checking on chldrdane control
measurrs and the build-up of the
brood that will come off next
spring From the area observed,
there is an indication that the Asi
atic be .-tie is rming to be a prob
lem in 1957. Farmers in Haywood
County need to Ik- concerned about
this serious pest. It can be a big
problem to the production of Live
stock in this area
Artificial Drying Of Hay
Advised For Better Feed
Hay it one of the most important
of all livestock feeds. But Exten
sion Agricultural Engineering
Specialist E. S. Coates at North
Carolina State College says good
field cured hay is a rarity.
Coates says an important step
toward the goal of better hay can
bo taken by artificially curing it, j
whether long, loose, or baled. For. (
adds Coates, the quality of hay i
fed dairy or other animals is an 1
important factor affecting profits.
According to Coates, among the
advantages of artificially drying
hay are: leaves arc not lost in the
fi?ld, resulting in higher quality:
field exposure time is reduced so
that losses due to weathering are
reduced; and haymaking labor
peaks are reduced and labor do-!
mands leveled off.
Coates advises reducing the
moisture content of hay in the field
to 40 oer cent before baling it and <
placing it on a drier It will take
some experience, adds Coates. to
determine the moisture conterft in
the fi'-'ld if you don't have the
equipment for measuring this. But
the hay should be baled as loosely
a* possible and still hold its shape.
Only the hay to be put on the
drier for one curing should be cut.
recommends Coates. Usually hay
cut in the morning can be raked
two to three hours later and haled
in the afternoon, four to six hours
after cutting.
The platform-type hay drier is a
practical way of drying baled hay
after it has been field-dried to 40
per cent moisture. Construction de
tad < for this type drier may be
found in N C Agricultural F.x
trntion Service Plan No. 1504, Plat
form Baled Hay Drier.
Crop Review
APPLES
The reported condition of apples
ihowed marked improvement dur
ing the week. One-half of the re
ports indicated the condition of
the crop as good at the end of the
current week, compared with only
G per cent indicating good condi
tion as of the week ended Septem
ber 22.
PASTURES
Rains received during the week
revived pastures in some of the
mountain counties; however, the
condition of pastures in these coun
ties is still reported as mostly poor
to fair. Statewide, almost three
fourths of the weathercrops cor
respondents indicate poor to fair,
condition
HAY CROPS
The reported condition of cur
rent hay crops showed no material
change during the week. Dry
weather has retared growth and
maturity of the crop in some of
the mountain counties.
CORN *
As in the case of cotton, corn
harvesting operations were at a
standstill during most of the week
owing to general rains over the
state. Harvesting operations are
most advanced in the eastern com
mercial counties where a sizeable
part of the crop is harvested mech
anically and delivered to drying
plants.
Millets have been found superior
to Sudan grass for summer graz
ing on the sandy soils of the North
Carolina Coastal Plain.
One-third ounce of an^mtic in
a ton of feed may boost? pig ffowth
from 10 to 20 per cent, say Florida
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