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* " ~"l The Mountaineer's , Aromatic Leaf Needs Good Care "Yoti can got high labor return* from aromatic tobacco production by doing the job right." sa.i's H II. Ctrtisc, extension agronomy spe cialist at Nortli Carolina State Col-' logo. As proof. Crouso cites the experience of a Wilkes County farmer, Hoy Pre vet to, of North ?_ Wilkesboro. Root:- 3. Crouso says ' Prevette has pro I duood aromatic tobacco for the past eight or nine years, and each year he has come through with a good quality crop This year Prcwtlc produced 1.256 pounds on eight tenths of an aero The tobacco fold for $1.399 58. an average <>l $1 115 per pound Crouso points out that on an acre basis, this would give Prevette a yt'ld of 1 570 pounds with a cash return of $1,749 10, Although this, is above the aver age In vield and quality, Crouso in- . dicatos that this is an example of what can bo done when a good job 1 is done front the planttx-ti through the various stops of production,; - ?'????? . ?.ii liin .li ?>,' ?? ,? ... I harvesting. curing. and preparation for market Prevetle produced an adequate supply of good plants and spaced them as close as is recommend (I four to the mehfs in Hie drill with rows 20 inches w ide, fine important contributing factor in obtaining the high yield iii both pounds and qual ity, says Crouse. was In keeping up with the harvst and not letting the tobacco gel oversized on the stalk Prcveftc also used the rec ommended forced air curcr install ed In a barn constructed according to specifications Very little nitre en was it- ft hi the .fertilizer lor this field, says Crouse For l't? vett ? has found from past experience that aromatic tobacco is very exaet ing in its re quirements of fertilizer Pre vet to says a few extra pounds of nitrogen can mean ttie difference between getting high quality It UacCO or poor quality. MBHDMEF" 731 PATSY SAYS: Be V/lie? Burn Coo.f Coat it today's economy fuel! And Palsy Coal is today's best buy. Patsy's over 97c,t pure and yields very little ash. For a warm, tomfortablc home all wmtef long - Crier PATSY COAL Today ? . . ? ? RICHLAND SUPPLY CO. Phone CI. 6-.T271 Commerce St., Waynesville A CORN CROP on Class fll-W land with tile drainage la lo.ikcd over here bv Roy Berk Hay wood County soil conservationist, on the farm of (iforrf II. Best. Vpper Crahtrcr. On the right is pasturr on Class 111 - K hind. (SCS Photo bv T tv Bridcrsi. ? ? ? . - --- ? - ? For A Merry Christmas, Make It A Safe Christmas By HI Til CT'RRKNT Stilt* Hemic Demonstration Agent CHRISTMAS SAFETY I'OINT. ERS From the Arridfnt Pri'ver t ion F Tlion of I he N. C. Siale Board of Health, Raleigh, these Christmas accident prevention sug gestions are given: Decorate safely check water daily . at base ot Christmas tee Cheek tree lights- and wiring be fore putting It in up. Use sturdy stcpladder for high trimming and no lighted eapdles .near flammable decorations Turn off tie ? lights when no one is at home Use, 'Tue resistant' decorations: cheek metal ornaments for no contact witli bulbs or sockets Buy sale toys and gifts- no small toys which may be swallow-'d or having Trm.??v?.bie parts for young children. Buy sturdy toys appro priate io the age of the child check for Underwriters' Labora tories seal in all electrical toys and equipn.Mlt Vvuui Hie mad scrambla ui. I act minute preparations tension mounts with rush and hurry and may contribute accident occur rence Have a Men s and a Safe Christ mas' Safety Hints for Christ mas' is available from the Acci dent Pi yyention Section of the N C Stale Board of Health. Or der yours today. A SWEET* PRESENT?Christ mas candy trees .delight a child and are so inexpensive to make j Cut a cornucopia from green card hoard about H inches high Punch holes ail over, Tape together In sert the 'stems" ot lollipops, tooth pick speared gumdrops. silver and gold wrapped candy and popcorn. Or. make a lollipop tree. Select a small, evergreen tree tone or two feet talli and spray with artifiieial mow. Tie on the branches lollipops, Bold and silver wrapped candies, ind bright red satin ribbon bows It's out of the way on a table? iir the hallway, dining room, or ?hild's room According to John Gray, special si in charge of forestry extension it North Carolina State College, if i farmer enters into a contract un icr the Conservation Reserve phase >f the Soil Bank program to plant roes, he will receive $12 an acre o help get tiie seedlings planted In addition, Is? will receive a $10 >er acre yearly rental payment >ver the contract period. Close Clipping Advised To Keep Dairy Cows Clean "Most dairy fcjrmers have al ready begun housing their cows in the barns or the feed lots so as to begin their winter routine." says H I. Wynn, extension dairy spe cialist. II ? advises farmers who want to continue producing high quality milk with a low bacteria count to clio each cow's flanks, ud der, tail, thighs, and the rear por tion of her belly. Wynn snvs in addition to keep ing bacteria counts low. close clip ping saves time when cleaning and pi sparing the cow for milking. It also serves to i nduce the sediment In the milk, and it js on this sedi ment thai much of the harmful bacteria rii.es into the milk pail. Another Point hi favor of close clipping, says Wvnn. is tivy fact that short hair makes it more clifTi cult for lice to harbor on the. cow than long hair. He points out that the lice population is greatly re duced in clipping cows Wvnn warns that a .single pair of lire on a cow may produce many thousands of offsprings during one j season. A few lie may not make! the cow; uncomfortable, but when, they number in the thousands, the cow is a long way from! being eon tented and producing to her maxi mum ability Dairy cows produce more miik when they are kept clean, comfortable, and contented, adds Wynn. A dinning now will probably last from eight to 12 weeks, depending on how fast the hair grows on the indiutdual cow. states Wynn. He advises that t! ? dairyman be sure to repeat the operation as soon as the hair grows back. Research shows that such practices will greatly aid in keeping milk pro duction constant and of high qual ity. he adds New grading regulations require thai each peanut in the farmer's official test sample for grade must be split and examined by the in spector This will mean a more accurate grade for the farmer as well as the buyer, says, A. D. I Stuart, agronomy extension specia list at N. C. State College Grain stocks oil North Carolina farms on October 1. 1956 were higher than on the same date last year for all grains Dwarf Fruit Tree Tips Are Offered By M. E. GARDNER N. C. State College Many questions are asked by , home owners concerning problems ' they arc having or deci-'.ons they should make. We will give attention to two of them in today's column The first?"I have a fig bush j which is growing nicely but has never borne fruit. The fruit forms but drops before maturity. What can I do about it?" To put it blunt ly. there is nothing you can flo. If it is not needed for ornamental purposes, it should be replaced with Brown Turkey or Celeste. The fig plant that has refused to matur.' fruit is most likely oqc of the Smyrna type. This is the dried fig of commerce and it requires 1 special tvpe of pollination. Pol lination is accomplished by an insect which brings pollen from! the caprifig. The insect spends a part of its life in the caprifig and then moves to the edible figs of the Smyrna type. These iasects had to be introduced from Smyrna i into such areas as California where most of our dried figs are pro duced. The second?"I have been read ing about dwarf fruit trees. Please give me some information about them." Apple and pear trees are dwarfed bv grafting a cion of the desired variety on a special kind of root-stock. These root-stocks have been observed in France for many years, but they had never been classified until the East Mail ing Hesearch Station in England made a eareful gtudv of available ! stocks The one that dwarfs the most is known as Mailing IX It was -elected from French Paradise seedlings. The dwarf trees cost more than standards sorts because of the pro-; cess used in producing them. They require kss space and come into bearing earlier than standard vari-i (?ties For the most part they are shallow rooted and are likely to blow over in strong winds when the soil is wet For this reason they should be staked until the root'sys tem is well established. They can be used for planting against walls (espalier) which Will require a special method of prun ing and training. If you decide that sou want to try the dwarf type, be sure that you buy a variety which is self-fruitful, or two vari eties which are cross-fruitful. Your nurseryman can advise you about this. Because pine mice and the In jury they cause are underground and out of sight, their presence may not be suspected until after serious harm has been done unless periodic inspections are made. The presence of these mice can be de tected by probing in the ground for their tunnels which are about one inch in diameter and general ly from one to three inches below the ground surface, although fre-? quent. irregular and abrupt, de pending on the abundance of food, effects of disease, and natural ene mies Check feed weights to be sure your cows are receiving the ada quate nutrient intake you intend, warns Marvin E. Seneer. dairy ex tension specialist at North Carolina State College Feed mixtures will vary in weight. A good time to check is when the tester visits your farm so that he will get ac curate feed amounts for each cow, he adds. The 1956 North Carolina cotton crop is forecast at 365.000 bails of 500 pounds gross weight. This size crop would be 14.000 bales, or 4.0 per cent, above the 351.000 bales harvested last year and 92.000 bales less than the ten year '1945 54! average. USDA reports that this country's surplus food was distributed to hungry people in 70 foreign coun tries around the free world last year Work, Sleep, Play In Comfort Without Nagging Backache NHaving- hackache. headache, or muacular aches and pains may come on with over-exer t ion. emotion al upsets or day to day stress and strain. And folks who eat and drink unwisely sometimes suffer raild bladder irritation ...with that restless, uncomfortable feeling. If you are miserable and worn out because of these discomforts, Down's Pills often help by their pain relieving action, hy their sooth ing effect to ease bladder irritation, and by their mild diuretic action through the kidneys ? tending to increase the output of the If mi lee of kidney tubes. 80 if nagging backache makes you feel dragged-out. miserable... with restless, sleep less nights... don't wait.. .try Doan's Pills... I get the seme heppy relief million# have en joyed for over M years. Get Down's PUk today! Doan's Pills 9 I HAY FOR SALE 2000 BALES ?CLOVER ?VETCH ?BARLEY ?GRASS ?OATS Good Price - Large Lots THOMAS ALEXANDER Dial Canton 7t?00 Evenings YES, I'M MAKING MONEY IN MILK Even though milk is not bringing what it used to, many dairymen will tell you they're still making a good living. They've done it by culling out a few of the lowest-producers and managing the rest for more milk per cow. Work is less and costs are smaller because there are4 fewer cows to milk and feed. IF YOU HAVE GRAIN, . SED IT WITH A PURINA SUPPLEMENT IF YOU NAVE NO GRAIN, FEED A STRAIGHT PURINA CHOW jjW-.Mj BUILD COW CONDITION TO GET MORE MILK To get top production, we believe the first step is to build cow condition. And nothing will do that job quite like Purina?the Nation's first choice in dairy feeds year after year. ??~ """" CLINE - BRADLEY CO. THE STORE WITH THE CHECKERBOARD SIGN % joe cline - dick bradley 5 Points hazel wood THEN ? ? ? GRASS NOW ? GRASS *? LEGUMES "V- """" Courtesy Soil Conservation S*rvk? I | |j? NATURE SHOWED US THE WAY / Failure To Get Gas Refunds Cost N.C. Farmers Heavily Many North Carolina farmers lost the "easiest money of the j ear,'' says Extension Farm Man agement Specialist VV. L. Turner. I In terms of effort required on the part of the farmers involved, says this State College economist, this easy money could have been theirs b> the simple procedure of answer ing three questions: name, address, and the number of gallons of gaso line used on the farm. Turner points out that there are] more than 125.000 tractors onj farms in North Carolina, But, less than 10,000 Tar Heel farmers filed j for a refund on gasoline used on farms during the first six months of 1956 Turner says this situation i was called to his attention by of- i ficials of the Internal Revenue, Service in Greensboro. He reports that they were expect ing many times the number of claims for refunds than were actu ally received. Turner believes it can be safely estimated that sev eral hundred thousand dollars were A ' lost by farmers in North Carolina by their failuro to file claim for this refund on federal taxes on gas oline and other motor fuels used in their farming operations. Wise tax management is part of being a good farm manager, says Turner. Farmers will certainly want to take this opportunity in the coming year, as federal taxes on gasoline have since been in creased from two to three cents a gallon. The income refunds from the government belong to the farmer, states Turner. They are just as good as income received from the sale of farm products. In this day of rising farm costs and dwindling farm income. Turner believes that many farmers will find it to their advantage to keep appropriate rec ords so they will be able to take advantage of the gasoline refund in the future: Use the Want A as tor results. State College Answers Timely Farm Questions QUESTION: How does tree planting fit into the Soil Bank Pro gram? ANSWER Extension forestry specialists at North Carolina State College say th.? Soil Bank Pro gram was adopted to reduce sur pluses of general farm crops. This is done by making it financially possible for farmers to cut down on the number of acres they cus tomarily plant to tobacco, cotton, peanuts, soybean!:, corn, small grains, and the like This raises the question of what to plant on land taken out of gen eral crops. A crop that will protect the land and at the sata^fhiie not present a surplus probt *^ Ql harv est time is needed. Here timber fills the bill on both counts. There fore. through the Conservation Re serve Phase of the Soil Bank Pro gram, farmers can enter into con tracts with the government and re ceive certain payments for plant ing and growing trees on land tak en out of general crops. Have You Tried The New F.F. CO-OP 16'1 DAIRY FEED? Balanced Blend of High Quality Ingredients Giving Maximum Milk Production At Mimimum Cost. Con tains Pellets. 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