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, N<s
. . . Ycmbcr 24-29. L. H. Harrlll, State
4-11 Club Leader, has announced.
The major part of the Congress
will take place In the Conrad Hil
ton. world's largest hotel.
According to Mr. HarrilJ, North
Carolina club members look on
this trip as IV outstanding event
of their 4-H careers and it pro
vides to a large extent the Incen
tive for club work.
National Club Congress pro
vides many opportunities for those
fortunate enough to win expense
paid trips each year. It gives the
State project winners an oppor
tunity to meet 4-H friends from
all over the nation, as well as those
from other countries They also
have the chance to meet officials
from the many leading business or
ganizations in the country who
sponsor 4-H club projects and ac- ;
tivities^.
"The National Club Congress I
has a tremendous influence on the
overall 4-H program in North Caro- J
Una," explains Mr. Harriil. "In ad- ,
riilion to the trips as state awards
which many business organizations (
olTor for state winners, the spon- ,
sora provide scholarships as tin- J
tional awards. On th.? county level,
sponsors award medals and cer
tificates as recognition tor a job '
well done."
Entertainment of the highest (
type will be olTetcd to more than (
1.600 Congress d 'legates and their j
leaders This will include a Ciner- ,
?ma production the Purdue Uni
versity Glee Club the annual John
II Clark Friendship Party at the (
Aragon Ballroom. and the Wl.S j
National Barn Dance One of the (
highlights in entertainment will
be the 4 11 Club member talent (
to be presented at the Share-tlv- 1
Fun Breakfast on Thursday. No
vember 291 h For the second con- (
sccutive year, the Singer S wing ,
Machine Company wilt sponsor the J
Chicago Symphony "Pop" Concert
at Orchestra Hall. The concert, ,
srhe'duled for Saturday night. No-'
vember 24. will .feature a 4-H boy
and girl as soloists
The North Carolina delegation I
will include the following boys and p
girls whose trips are made possible, i
through the National Committee s
- on Boys and Girls Club Work: (
Achievement. Buth Temple. Wake: |
Boys' Agricultural Program. Earl t
I. Adams, Cumberland; Canning, |
Mabel Stevens, Buncombe; Cloth- c
ir.fi. Faye Canada Guilford:
Dku Hevuc, Florence Payne. Da
vidaon. Dairy. Charles Bridges. Jr..
Cleveland; Electric. Leon Allen.
Halifax. Entoinology, Sue Gofurth,
Iredell: Field Crop*. James M
Floyd. Jr., Davidxon. Food Prep
aration, Vivian Tucker, Moore;
Froxen Foods. Joyce Anderson.
Alamance.
Other delegates are: Garden,
Helen Elks. Wayne: Girls' Home
Economic*, Anne Stone. Iredell:
Home Improvement. Shirley Scott.
Guilford: Health improvement.
Jean Edwards. Perquimans; Lead
ership. Earl DavLs. Wayne: Poultry,
Keith Baucont, Union; Recreation.
Judy Hrown. Iredell. Safety. Clyde
Tcmpleton. Iredell; Soil and Water
Conservation, Alan Williams, Ire
dell; Tractor. Chris Iloljsrnann, Jr
Warren, Dairy Foods. Jane Hilwon
Stanly: and Community Relations
Jane Parkins. Guilford
Several delegates received trips
sponsored by other business organi
sation* Include: Forestry, Robert
M Auman. Moore, sponsored by
Southern Ball Telephone and
Telegraph: Health Improvement,
lerry White. Iredell, sponsored by
the N. C. Medical Society; and
Talent, Linda Strickland. Nash,
tponsonpd by the U S. Rubber
Company; and Home Management,
sandra Buff. Catawba, sponsored
jy Walter Martin. Inc
The Plant Foods Institute of
y'orth Carolina and Virginia spon
iof five state winners in crops as
Inflows: Corn. George West, Lenoir;
"otlon. Larry Chandler. Monlgom
?ry: P-anuts. Hunter Smith Cum
>erland; Sweet Potatoes. James
UcLamb, Cumberland: and Tobae
?o. Gene Meadows. Alexander
Helen Prevalte Hols-son. Beou
ifleation of Home Grounds; an<l
faywood White Bertie. Meat Ani
nal, are also attending the Con
iress Chaperones and other lead
?rs attending are Mr. Harrill. Frel
Wagoner, and Margaret Clark. As
dstant state 4-H leaders; Jo Harp,
?xlcnsion nutritionist; Rowe R Mc
tieely. Assistant county agent. Ire- .
lell; Virginia M Nance, assistant
?dllor. and Mr* V P Tally. Jr..
idull leader. CumiImo land County
The index of price* received by
sorth Carolina farmers rose two
icints during the month ending in 1
nid-September. sa y marketing 1
peclalist with the North Carolina
"rop Reporting Service. Higher
?rices received by farmers for '
obaceo. cotton, and milk were '
?rlmarlly responsible for the in
rease during the month I
Rats and Mice Look For Warm
Homes In Winter
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I \ f' 11 RAT like this one damage* AMI worth of farm and home
property every year. (J'hoto by F.dward Munton, IS DA Intension
Service).
Continuous Row Plowing
Effective On Corn Crop
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So you think you ve got a long
corn row? Well, vou should see (he
33 mile long row on the farm of
Harvey C Kaulk of Sanford, Houte
If Kaulk may have been going
around In circle*, but he'* been
saving time, nevertheless
l.ee County Farm Agent K S
Harmon ,<ays many farmers have
considered trying circle or cont bili
ous row plowing, hut few u! the'm
have ever used it. Harmon says
Faulk a dairyman, decided to try
the continuous row system this
year
Faulk had a J3 acre field that
was planted to small grain Follow
ing grain halves!, lie prepared the
field loi corn silage, Faulk left
much of the grain straw and work
ed it into the top surface of the
i sojl He wart en piaminK me corn
ill one corner of the field and laid
out a continuous row until he 1
wound up in the center of the
fljlc; The row measured 35 miles
long, says Harmon.
Faulk used a wcoder twice, cul- j
tivated twice and applied liquid'
nitrogen as side dressing, all work I
done With ti.ctor equipment.
When the sitae was cut from the
; field, the harvi let' started in one
corner and moved around and
j around the field until alt the crop
had hern harvested, Faulk figures
lie - ived 20 per cent in time on his;
fliarvesl alone, and he believes a ,
comparable amount of time was j
saved eactt time he worked the
field As he puts it. "There just
wasn't am turning around that had
' to be done."
More Efficient Production
Of Broilers Needed In N.C.
There are two ways to get a
larger share of the broiler market."
-avs Clayton P. Libeau, poultry and
tgg marketing specialist at North
Carolina State College "One is to
<<11 better broilers at'lower cost
md the other Is to furnish the
same product with better services
than competing areas."
Li beau points out that recent fi
TUres from official?U.S. Depart
nent of Agriculture sources show
he commercial broiler-feed ratio
n North Carolina is 3 2 This means
hat one pound of live broiler will
Duy 3 2 pounds of feed This is the
owest point recorded in North
"nrolina. adds l.ibeau. and lower
ban other states in the nation
Ldbcau warns that if this condition
should continue over a long period
>f 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
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< 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.
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Buy Your Winter Supply
Of Good Grass And
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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
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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.
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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.
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RAILWAY SYSTEM U^lTJJ
WASHINGTON. D. C.
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