The Mountaineer's "'"1?""' 34 N. C. 4-H Members To Attend Chicago Meet A dream-of-a-Hfetime trip be-1 gins this week for 34 North Caro lina 4-H Club boys and girls and JO chaperonm and leaders as they leave for National 4-H Club Con gress to be held in Chicago, Nerland; Sweet Potatoes. James UcLamb, Cumberland: and Tobae ?o. Gene Meadows. Alexander Helen Prevalte Hols-son. Beou ifleation of Home Grounds; anf time, it may discourage broiler tt-oducUon in North Carolina as ?ompared to other states Two factors can change this sltu ition of low hroiler-feed ratio in Vorth Carolina, states Libcau One is higher broiler prices Ho says one way to obtain higher prices is to produce a better product than i competing areas so there will be a i greater demand for quality pro^ ducts from North Carolina But I this is no easy solution, he adds, as lone as the North Carolina product is no better than that other states can sell in the large methopolitan areas. I Another way to improve the broiler-feed ratio is through lower feed prices, according to Ltbeau. But he warns that the possibilities i here are rather limited as most of the basic feed grains are under price support, lie feels that if North Carolina feed manufactures can find some feed ration that will | give North Carolina producers a lower feed cost, then poultrymen c wild have a competitive advantage in production costs. I.ibeau main tains that this would help sell 1 broilers for a price that was lower bid still maintain broiler chickens 1 I I WE RE ON CALL RIGHT AROl'ND ||| THE CLOCK Prompt < all us at any hour, in any wrath rr! W>'i* always rrady to rush a tankful of hratini; comfort to your home just when you need It. We're sure you'll like our reasonable prices. just _j dial SUPER rt]eiJJt GL 6-3421%ife3^ FOR IMMEDIATE vj DELIVERY ^ .r-^. ENJOY COMFORT WITH SINCLAIR ? j S. HENRY MILLER rrrsTRrnTOR Pine Street Hazelwood ???????????????_ | MR. FARMER HAY FOR SALE Buy Your Winter Supply Of Good Grass And Ladino Clover Hay Now! I '$1 PER ONLY g BALE I CHEAPER THAN SHUCKS! I See Us Today! I CLINE-BRADLEY Co. Jo* Clin* ? Dirk Bradley I 5 Points. Hazelwood Dial GL 6-3181 Livestock Survey Now Under Way Neatly 18,000 cards are being left at random in rural mail boxes throughout North Carolina. When filled out by farmers and returned, these cards will help Henry L Rasor, North Carolina statistician. Agricultural Market ing Service, determine how many livestock and poultry' are on farms in the slate. Mr. Rasor lauded the United States Host Office and rural mail carriers for their cooperation in making this annual survey "With this help, we're able to get an accurate picture of our state livestock and poultry hold ings," Mr. Rasor said Every farmer who gets a card is urged to fill it out as accurately as possible and return it promptly, "Th? more reports We get, the more reliable our estimates will be." Mr. Rasor pointed out. This survey is the basis for the 1 state and national inventories of livestock and poultry on farms as of the first of the v.'ar I( includes cattle, calves, milk cows, hogs sheep, goats horses, mules chirk ens. and turkeys. Some low producing cows can hr transformed into higher produc ing. more profitable cows by better feeding and managemint. report dairy extension specialists at North Carolina State College This is the dairyman's responsibility However, tln re are some cows that have not inherited the ability to be high producing cows. These cow s cannot be transformed by feeding and management, and they must be eliminated from the herd. hi finished form with quality as good or better than competing areas. I'se the Want Ads tor results Field Drain Tile Improves Corn Crop At Beaverdam By ROY R BECK Soil Conservation Service i R. M. Scott, conservation farmer" j of Bcaverdam, reports excellent , drainage by field drain tile he in stalled two years ago. Mr. Scott says, "I grew just as good corn through the low area in the field as anywhere else. Before I install ed the drain tile. 1 couldn't even get a stand in that wet place." Scott's eonse.vation farm plan is to use this properly drained lev el bottom land to grow row crops every year. He is also growing to bacco in contour strips through a sloping hay field and is using his st 'ep land lor pasture. Joe Teague, who plans to retire early nt \t year from his" job at Walters Item, and farm on Lower Fines cfreek. is trying a new method of establishing improved pasture on abandoned badly erod ed hill land. Mr. Teague first shrubbed and burned off the land. Then, after sperading lime and,fertilise. he scratched in the grass and clover seed with a harrow Formerly , Teague has grown corn on steep land a year before seeding pasture but the land eroded badly. So he then used alternate contour strips on the steep hill above Walters Roservoir That svstem worked fine where there was a fair stand of native crass on the alternate strips left between corn strip Another Fines Creek farmer is making an improvement cutting in ' j his farm woodlot Vernon Fergu-1 son is gelling out the large, crook ed and defective trees that were left during former logging opera tions Some of these trees yield only an eight foot log or a half cord of crooked pulp wood. Evan so. vcrnoo moved 8.000 feet of saw logs two weeks ago. He is also thin ning a few of the crooked trees from young poplar ;u^es It is this kind of cutting tl^^Pn just a few vears. produces a One stand of hardwood trees, if protected from tire and grazing. Decrease Forecast For N. C. Lespedeza The 1956 production of lespedcza seed in North Carolina is forecast at 21.700.000 pounds of clean seed compared with 27.360,000 pounds in 1955 and the IQ-year average of 30.268,000 pounds. Yields per acre of clean seed is indicated at 155 pounds compared with 180 last year and 194 pounds for the 10 year 1945-1954 average. APPLES FOR SALE In bushel box?8, Fancy No. 1, 212** up, mostly 23i" & up RED STAYMANS ? 1 - 1 bxs. $3.25-13.75. 5 or more bxs. $2.85 to $3.25 5 lb. bags 8 to carton $2.75 - $3.00 per carton RED HOMES ? 1 - I bxs. $3.00 - $3.50. 5 or more bxs. $2.75 to $3.00 Comb. No. 1 & Utility grades $2.50 to $2.75 bx. Tl'RLEY ? Fancy & Ex. Fey. in trays ll.Ts & larger $3.25 to $3.50 bx. GOLDEN DELICIOUS ? only 8 tray bxs. left. 125's and 1.38's $1.50 bx. 113's $5.00 per box. RED DELICIOUS ? only 15 cartons of 8 5 lb. bags left at $3.25 carton. 100 bu. bxs. RED GOLD, MONROE, MACOl'N. SECOR. all delicious red striped or red eating apples at $2.50 per bx. Prices at the orchard. No deliveries under 100 bushels. Hulk Apples for trucks $1.50. $1.75. $2.00, and $2.25 bu. Boiling Hall Apple Orchard At Saunook Mr: ?'? - ?:;??<- ??-' K- 's S j ' ' . -?? ~ ; R.I.R ?; ! 'if . ' . ? ' !' ?? I 1 ' '? ' , ' ' ? ? . . .:?> ???-V. |>?* ;< ? " - ? ;; :. j . ".'"? ?#>:>''? ????': .,;,? $?'?:>'.?:? ? : VALUABLE ' ; ' '*?-XA>; ; v. 'vt^XjySl'^jci'' )]; ? i ?. # . ?' ; , L: i^^wj ygjujgg^' ' " "* *'' ? . i. and a potential taxpayer died, toe! * HERE'S SOMETHING for every community to keep in mind when those new multi-billion dollar superhighways are in the planning stage ? Land next to a railroad is often ideally suited for industrial use. Put industries on it and you create new job opportunities and new sources of tax revenue for your community. Everybody benefits! Under these conditions, this land is a valuable community asset. However, through oversight, this asset can be "killed off" completely and forever by putting a new highway too close to the railroad. For most industry must have easy, economical access to rail service arid this is impossible with a highway in between. The time to protect and preserve this community asset is when the highway is being planned. And it is easy to do. Wherever possible, simply leave an adequate strip of land for industrialization between the existing railroad and the proposed highway. This property immediately becomes doubly attractive to industry - for it then can offer modem rail service on one side and access to a modem highway on the other. You and your community will benefit. ^ r rrndml /cftiirN. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM U^lTJJ WASHINGTON. D. C. ' * ?