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NEW CORN-PRODCCTION RECORDS in Wilkes County, Georxla,
hare been set by two former Haywood County fanners: F. F. Mor
xan (left) and his son, Clyde. In their first year, they cot a yield
in excess of 100 bushels per acre.
Former Haywood Farmers ?
Set Georgia Corn Record
Even when farming on "foreign"
soil. Haywood eounttans have a
knack of getting tile most nut of
the land
Taking their Tar Heel know-how
to Georgia 22 months ago, E K
Morgan and hi* son, Clyde, began
farming and raising cattle in
Wilkes County. Ga
In their very first year, lb? Mor
gans raised mU. uf._nu>ru
than 100 bushels of corn per acre
on land that native Georgians said J
would not support more than 50;
bushels Furthermore, their heavy i
yield was said to be an all-time |
record in corn production for the j
Georgia county. The corn reached
as high as 18 feet, and grew to an
average of 13 feet.
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County Agent Allmon Curler at
tributed the MorKtm' success to
Ihreo factors: the '"perfect" prep
aration of land before plant log, fer- J
tilizing. and then "Jotting ip alone j
and letting it J row," and, lastly,!
'the fart that the Morgans are |
fine farmers and not afraid of hard '
work "
During tiie fiist week In June
the organs plant' inr acres of
Pheister's hybrid corn, and fertiliz
ed With 400 pounds of 4-12-12 fer
tilizer per acre, with a side dress
ing of 200 pounds of ammonium ! ,
nitrate. They cultivated their crop
only once
The Morgans also have one of
the targeat herds of dairy cattle la
ilvo Georgia county?with about 50 i
grown cows and 125 head of heif-!
els and calves, mixed Guernseys
and Holsteins.
Another son of Mr. Morgan
Fread?is a farmer in the Fairview ,
section of Haywood County near1
Hazelwood.
YOI'NO FESCCF. CRASS so"ed around the farm
pond on the property of C. N. l-elgh in Macaie
Valley In Inspected here hy l>. J. Bovd of Jona
than Creek, one of the three supervisors of the
l!a>wood County Soil Conservation District, who
commented: "This is a very nice pond. Bream and
bass lingerlings will be stocked here next year
through the facilities of our district."
(Photo for The Mountaineer by Roy Beck).
JAC K OF ALL TRADES' is this Diesel tractor
with Sherman digger and Sherman loader which
is nr.w being used in local construction jobs. The
machine handles all kinds of excavation, ditch
digging, loading, septic tank work, driveway con
struction. backfilling, etc. The unit, seen here in
operation at the site of W. I,. Turner's new home
on the Dellwood Road, was purchased by the
John Morris Construction Co. of Waynesville
from the Rogers Tractor Co. of Clyde.
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Down On The Farm
County Agent's Column
Tom Brummltt. a poultry farmer
of the Fines Creek community,
was recently elected chairman of
the poultry Division by the County
Program Projection croup. Mr
nrumitt and otner members of
this committee believe that the
poultry income of the county can
he greatly Increased Within a few ;
years, and have established as a
Coal a p ou 1 t r y income of i
St .000.000 (K) for the county by
1006 This compares with present
income of $400,000 00 from poultry.
T. I. Moore, a farmer of tho-j
Files Creek community, is ex- j
lubtting wilb pride this week a
number of Texas White sweet
potatoes llis large potatoes weigh
latter than four pounds each
However, he says that he Secures
a rather small number of this sire
potatoes per hill
Julian Smathers of Clyde is
State College
Answers Timely
Farm Questions
QUESTION: Should house plants
l>c watered h.v applying water on
the top surface, or should it be
allowed to soak up from below?
ANSWER: Either way. Prefer
ably let It soak up from below
Place the pot in water until sur
face becomes moist, then remov \
Another method is the "self water
ing" method. You need a contain
in- lor the water, a wick to carry
tli" water to the plant, and the pot
led plant This works the .same wav
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putting up a "Duke's Mixture" ot 1
silage this year, tie has five acres
of molasses cane that he Is cutting
and blowing into his trench silo
alter the juice has been pressed 1
out for molasses Along with this.
h? is adding an acre or two of corn. .
T< bo added to all this is another '
six acres of late soybeans.
Julian admits that he doesn't;
know what his beef cows are going ,
to. think of'such a mixture.
"Some of the finest Hurley 1
tobacco thai 1 have seen anywhere 1
in the Hurley belt," was the com-1'
ment of Mr. Slack of the Tobacco 1
Grading Service. USDA. at a recent '
series of tobacco stripping and
sorting demonstrations in Haywood
County. Mr Flack cautioned
burley growers in regard to strip
ping hurley too early. He urged
farmers to wait until the crop is
thoroughly cured and contains no
"fat stems" before stripping
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a lamp wick carries oil to the flame.
Make the wick of burlap or checso
t-Jot ft. Place the wick through the
itraiu hole and Unravel about Pv 1
incl Place this on the bottom
if the container and put In soil
and the plant. Don't use cinders or (
gravel at the bottom. The wick
must be In contact with the soil. ;
Keep water in the container below
the plant at all times.
Ql'BSTION: What ad vantages re
sult from artificially diving hay?
ANSWER: There are many ad
vantages. but important among the
reasons for artificially drying hay
are: The leaves are not lost in the
field, resulting in higlvr quality:
Field exposure time is reduced,
and losses due to weathering are
reduced h\ getting th > hay otT the
field sooner: Haymaking labor
peaks are reduced and labor de
mands level off
November 16 through 22 will be
celebrated as National Farm-Cits
Week
Crop Report
TOBACCO
By the end of the week of No
vember 3 cutting of the hurley
?rop was almost finished, with only
i few scattered fields of very late
ourley remaining to be harvested.,
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HAYS
Because of generally wet weath
er, very little hay was harvested
luring the week ended November
1 Ver\ little hay, however, remain
ed to be harvested at that time,
here tx'ing only an estimated two
per cent remaining in fields, which
nay or may not be harvested.
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APP1.ES
Apple harVest over the week was :
MIKE'S BEATING IKE!
If you haven't seen
MIKE and IKE lately
(they are the pigs
growing in our store)
you'd hardly believe
I your eyes. MIKE, the
Purina-fed pig, is
running away from
IKE. And he's making
gains at much lower
cost and on a very
small amount of feed.
Come in and see these pigs; see the almost miraculous
growth Pig Startena is helping MIKE to male.
When you see what MIKE is doing, we know- you'll want
to give your own pigs the same chance to make fast,'
cheap gains. Come in and see MIKE and IKE soon.
YoOr Stor* with th? Checkerboard Sign
CLINE - BRADLEY XjSfofcW
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Joe CUne ? Dlok Bradley J*ST4RT[NA l3
I Point* Haaelwood
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State's Producers Appear
Pleased With Aromatic Leaf
WVve enjoyed working with
this tobacco more than any other;'
enterprise on the farm," say Mr. t
and Mrs. R. S. Barnott of Route 1. |
Moravian Kails. ; (
R H. Crouse. Extension agron
omy specialist at North Carolina t
Stats College, savs this Wilkes c
County farm family is- well pleased t
with aromatic tobacco as a source i
of additional farm income )t
Crouse says the Barnetts have 1
received over S500 from less than <(
one-half acre of aromatic tobacco i
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proceeding largely on schedule, and [
it was reported that about 90 per;
cent of the crop had been picked 1
by the end of the week. '
his year. adds .that they have
iroduced aromatic tobacco for the
5ast two years, averaging over one
iollar per pound for both crops.
The Barnetts have found aroma
ic tobacco to be a crop which any
>ne, without prior experience in
obacco production, can produce
ind market a good quality product
he first year, simply by following
extension recommendations, states
L'rouse.
Crouse points out that Barnett.
ind many others, are now making
jreparation for their 1957 crop by
>reparing their land and getting
lecessary buildings and curing
>quipment ready during the winter
nonths. Crouse states that it is ad
'isable to have a soil analysis made
if each field where the tobacco is
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fertilizer requirements. He says
this is necessary because aromatic
tobacco is very exacting in its fer
tilizer requirements. He advises
growers to follow recommendations
on indivdual fields rather than fol
lowing too general recommenda
tions.
If growers send in their soil sam
ples now. adds Crouse, they will be
able to get the analysis back from
the Soil Testing Service before it
is time to order fertilizer next
spring.
The U. S. Department of Agri
culture has reported the fixing of
a single variety of commone wheat,
Chinese Spring, with resistance to
22 races of wheat rust for which
it has been tested.
"One Of The Finest Pieces Of
Machinery I Have Ever Used."
Says John Norris, Contractor
This Ford Diesel Tractor with Sherman Digger and Sherman Heavy Duty Loader is
very satisfactory ... In fact, it is one of the finest pieces of equipment I have ever ?
used. It is efficient, compact and easy to handle even in close places. With it we do
all kinds of excavation . . . ditch digging, loading, septic tank installation, driveway
construrction, backfilling, etc. It is one of the most economical machines I have
ever had any experience with ... I can operate it all day long for less than $1.00
worth of fuel. For the type of work we do. we just couldn't find anything to take its
place.
JOHN NORRIS. Contractor
It Was Our Pleasure To Have Sold This Equipment To Mr. Norris And
We Are Happy That He Is So Well Pleased With The Work It Is Doing
For Him.
ROGERS TRACTOR COMPANY
Phone 3944 FORD TRACTOR SALES AND SERVICE Clyde. N. C.
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