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f - Projects In W. C. - - - Tty (Newport Our trli t Iff 11 v I 1 11 . i i t ;'... - vi Pushing Development Hans , On Three Projects s v UI L iiun uiuu I U1 1 UUW ' Gtton Sales Certificates ' Bjr WHITNEY THABIN . . . ' . v (Begtensl. Information Officer, Itesettlement -'-,. ' Administration) U ( j . ' J Work on envelopment or the . 'tnrs land " ntnizatlon nroleiti recently announced for - North Carolina , by- th Resettlement. Admin ' r latration baa ' been started and : number of unemployed peraoni are- being (Ivan! Job as ' fast ae they bra certified for, employment 14 by the State : Works Progress Administration. " The 'net number, 'of . persona working on the projects will- not be avallabla until the project managers-submit their progress' report- to James 11. Gray, of Raleigh. N. C. . ' . . - - -- ..- la,t ..till. . . j-egionar-.airecwr vx matucuwMki wuu .... J cloved "Will b - increased as th- work ed-4 - vanoes and as additional employables are cer tified; by the Stat Worka Progress Admlnls: tration.' :,jit-s&.'ir;?."i;-;;&- '"; , i7i-.iii n -nf t.h larinr .rrji--'aeveionment of these project ls to be suppUed by z the Works Progress Administration, which In turn secures employables from the United States Employment Service., In order, to qualify for - employment, workers must be registered wn the United States Employment Service. The Resettlement Administration cannot, put any person to work until he has been certified for employment b the Works Progress Ad- . . . Utilization Of Una J, ' . All persona employed through the Works Proems Administration are being said, the security wage provided for In the expenditure. ' of funds made -avauanie Dy ua. junergeucj Relief Annronrlatlon Act of 193S. The securi ty wage -varies between counties, depending on nomilatlon. and employees will be paid the security wag tor-tne u : ployed, -' w '."'; ;'v"s: The project, designed to demonstrate the proper utilization of land, are the 6,000-acre Crabtre Creek 'Recreation project In'. Wake County,, between ' Raleigh and Durham; the SO.OOO-acr Jones, Salter and Srngletary Lakes project In Bladen County, near Elizabeth town and Fayettevllle, and the 60,000 acre Sandhills project, to Hoke, Richmond, Scot land, Montgomery, and Moor counties. . ' Funds were recently allocated for the pur chase of th land In the project areas. De velopment 1 being launched with funds made viihii. In a nrellmlnar allocation for this work. Exact amounta for complete develop ment of each project will be announced af ter th preliminary work ha Indicated more clearly the sums necessary. i The Crabtre Creek project will be do. veloped as recreational area. Preliminary work will include the clearing away of brush, building of roads and trails, correction of the sever erosion which has made this area unprofitable for farming, and construction of camp sites. The National Park Service will assist in th development 6f the recreation al features of this project 4 V -' ..Relocating. Farm Families Vi.,;'sf "i Similar preliminary work will be don on the other two . projects. Later, . both the . Jonas-aalter-alngletiry Lakes and th Sand hills project will be reforested And re -stocked with gam 'and fish, -' . .'.: -"f-f Residents of the project areas, who have v ' been trying unsuccessfully for year to make a -living tilling the unproductive soil, -will be -aided by the Resettlement Administration - In locating on better farms narby. . : . ' "These projects," Mr. Gray said, "are ' de signed to demonstrate the feasibility of giving . stranded 'and former relief families a new tart on lands better adapted to agriculture; to convert non-productive areas Into uses ' 'that will benefit the people of North Caro- Una; and. to lgvt work, through development ' of these lands, to a large number of persons . who otherwise would be unemployed. ' Mm- h.n. K n IrrrXllrtlttm In . that mm h&M had the complete cooperation of land own era, residenU of the project areas, civic lead : rs, officials and others In launching our pro gram In this state. "I know that we will continue to receive ' tht splendid cooperation but I want to em - phaslze that this work l long-time, dem onstration program that will require patleno ; fnllas thronffh to the end. On a lot of these acre we ar going' to try to re-grow th trees, that man should never have cut way. I' just hope that th folks who, are sincerely Interested to this work will bear to mind that It takes a long time to grow a '..Jraej"1-i.i5,.r?i;'-T' t.''-v.: 1 ; -p.;.., .. '. ,.V--.rJfr" ' -O r , Hatcherymen And Poultrymen ' Hear Of Improvement Plans : Decision to defer approval of. the federal government's national poultry ' Improvement plan waa reached recently by South Carolina poultrymen In session at Columbia. Although In favor of th government's plan, the poul trymen attending agreed' to postpone ap - proval pending consideration of certain speci fications with, th agriculture department at .: Washington. ;1 , '',-''..,' r. : Speaker at th session 'included Dr.' 0. W. . Knox of Washington, senior poultry husban- - dryman of the bureau of animal Industry, and P. H. ooodlng, Clemsoa college extension poul yman. ,v; , -v'sv.'. -x.f' VT V fj-?. I, -'.'.' ' The primary purpose of the national oul- ' try Improvement plan 1 to. identify suthorl tatlvely poultry breeding stock. hatching eggs, and chicks with respect to quality In uniform .terms throughout the nation.' Adherents of . th plan claim that th adoption ultimately ..would accomplish (1) more efficient and profi table poultry raising and 3) bring about an Improvement la the quality of hatching eggs, baby 'chicks, i breeding t steak, and . .market 1 methods! 'Hm'Mni'tmiM Ben freeman made himself a "free man" in reality bv growing most of his living rlht at home- Poultry gave the family ggs and meat, and In' addition, hi poultry and egg sur plus provided a, cash Income. Hers Is a; success story tint Is well worth readlng-r'-nnd putting -Into picUce.(';fv.,t-;ii-j"":A 'hi,'s-b '.. hy'-.H'- Practical $A totolication "B rain BrawrC'r Solves Farm Relief Problem ' i - South Carolina- Fanner Finds Answer In Live-At-Home - ' my.i;;!4.;svAH '; And diversity . rrocram n,''rS,,:'-nj A. B. BRYAN ' "' - Editor, Extension Service, Clemson ' Collei :"'r..'v'T.:'MK: fSoeclallv Written For TTHE jbeit wajr 'tcj firuj farm reUcf, ' I 't iarr&ert is first to make a living sources of cash income, 'i ISA Sen own statement .,001 spcni a ainns- in years- ror. necessiuea mat can De .grown on the farm,' and has for cash sale) not onlv cotton but corn and small Brains. apples and peaches, and cattle An4 poultry.' To these- ends he used brain a Well at pravfr"-he thinks whu be .works good use any tnew ideas and methods ple thinking.. - - -. t i . It Is lust a well, first of alL to 1 speak here of what. Freeman considers the' basis of all fanning success. He says' that oaln- taimng tne sou u tne. nearooa 01 gaoa ism tag and' that humus Is the bedrock of , soil improvement: l&i f. ; ? ' - '. f f.j Then wht7 Well. mrl mcrm 'of hl irOlIni hills is well terraced lone largely with his own Bostrom Uevel and -every or get In rotation plenty of f humus through' legumes and other- cover crops and lots of stabl ma nure front hi cow and. other - livestock. ' Specifically, ur; Freeman think ' Otootan soybeans in corn la the cheapest and simp lest way to build soils. Planting each, year one-third of bis., land in corn, n mterpianta the corn with soybeans, hill for hill, . using thus a bushel of bean, seed to about 10 "acres, so there 'is little cost, j.-r.-.v' -txi Incidentally, h says, there ts no percep tible decrease to corn, yield because of the beans,, .and ' of' course the legume adds ni trogen and humus for future eron benefits. These and other sou Improvements are) held safely . on the Freeman acres, for he asserts tnat to as years since n terraced hi lana were nav seen no oroKen tsrrsoe. ; , Cash For Field Crops Of cotton Mr. - Freeman plant decldsdlv leer than formerly, . making now about 80 bale yearly on somewhat less than 40 acres with a five-year average yield of 400 pounds of lint per acre. -Cotton is to a three-year rotation, seldom cotton following cotton; and tn fertilizer practice calls lor not over w pounds of 8-8-3 and 60 to 100 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre.;. This soda,- he finds, la best applied, to neip set a crop of boua about when the form appear. Potash may be applied lor rust. - Farm Keuei, with its one-inch or . better- staple, gives him good yield and a premium price, - , - ' In his cultural practices with cotton he has found that th fertUlaer, spacing,- and poisoning - recommendation .? of j extension worker give best result, to yields from year to year. ".v w1 i- r '- :-;-.': With one-third of his cultivated teres - In corn and SO to 85 bushels per acre average Mr. Freeman has corn for sale a welt as am ple supply for farm use. So too with a good acreage of oats averaging 40 bushels per acrs with say ISO pounds of fertilizer. These grain orops pay' good dividends on -the money and labor Invested la them to the Freeman crop rotation pian.,, , - , v- s j;- '.r . app'e specialty ;r ; . -. 'The net enterprlBe on the' Freeman farm nowadays Is the apple orchard of, 1,300 trees of various ages. While , apple growing In Pickens has passed the experimental stags, Mr. .Freeman believe that - for real - success with apples you . "must be to lov With It." and that's 'Just '.what h.l.,'.tV',:.,i, tn isis Mr, Freeman set 100 tree -for a horn' apple orchard, and during th .next few years he went roving among apple areas of North Carolina and Georgia to try to dis cover if apples might prove a good bet to a wider diversification. ' Some- of shea trips were led -by Clemson - horticulturists ' and Pickens county's veteran farm agent, '-Tom Bowen, and these farm leaders and-. Mr, Free man -believed apple a real possibility tor Pickens. m " -,'.hu., . . . Wlvit -Bw 4W trees,' tuors -frotn tlin J Th State Farmer BectlonV according to a Pickens countjr S.. C, f rom the farm and then to have several F Freeman, of Picken. -ha by hi ready always' to put to practical tto be had from"hb'6wnu6t Mother" peo to time, and ' now has'' 14100- tree,; 700 In bearing- Last year - these gavs him around 8,000 bushels, this year toward 8,000 bushels. In cultivating 'these tree lespedeza Is grown as cover crop and turned, tn the fall, and harrowing follow during fall and winter. Per-, tllieer consists of say; 300 pounds per aore of acid and potash and one .to four pounds of nitrate of soda per tree a needed. - As equipment for his- apple "growing, Jlr, Freeman has considerable Investment pack ing houses, power sprayers, sunn, cleaners, boxing al of which more than pay for .It self 1 to a finer and mors ' marketable prod uct. Apple sals at satisfactory prices havs so far been easy on nearby markets, with net returns- more profitable than from cotton, ' -;V.-i;:"v x Cattl Herd.Profltablev',-1:; Another Freeman "cash crop' 1 .a herd of cattle. With 80 to 60 head ln a miscel laneous herd, he has a good- outlet for by product feeds and roughages produced In his diversified farming, and of sours It has usu ally paid to cash return from sales and trades, not to mention the profitable sou enrichment from compost. - 0 -, : -. .Wheat, syrup, potatoes, vegetables, dairy cows, and poultry all 'to abundance to meet family and farm needs, together with money fronV the various sources Indicated,! make Mr. Freeman a "free man" to reality, reasonably independent of changing economic conditions. "' : -.'.',.'-!-?- : -.. ",'-V FCA Conference Discusses Credits ' -(By HAROLD C. BOOKER, B. -: Reiterating his faith In the future of the south and southern agriculture and express ing high praise for the agencies of thc.Farm Credit Administration, Dr. Clarence Poe, edi tor, of a southern farm paper, mad th prin cipal address at the Farm' Credit conference held at - Columbia, 8. O, October' O-SL-- ' , Dr. Poe, in discussing the administration, said that -the agencies of the PCA had en abled the farmer through oooperatlon to fi nance .themselves and conduct their affair to a business-like way. Recalling the days of his youth when farm financing was "not as easy a it la today, he compared.lt with th present available facilities'- by which the farmer can secure his production money at low rates at Interest without the necessity of going to the time merchant. . .. Declaring his faith in the souths - future and southern agriculture unshaken, Dr. Poe pointed cut that , the south still has all Its natural resource and there are so many agen cies attacking the agricultural problems sci entically now that this is obliged to become one of the nation's favored sections. On the first day of the meeting, executive of the administration outlined in detail func tions of the individual agencies, and the visi tors were taken on a tour of th various agen cies on the aecond day. .J ;...-. - Thes present at, the conference were: i I, O, Schaub, director of extension; O. P. McCary, Ls B. All roan, B. Troy Srfuson and E. W.- GHtther, owtrlct -agents. T. E. Brown, director of vocational agriculture; J. W. Joim 11, ooertittlint, til. ormniKatlon and marV-ting ud fc. I!. -Jetvr siiculiural -editor from to(ui4 una. Is eiiil t- b iMembers of tne . . t: . t. r ? , Tar Heel. Faraua-a. This outing was und-ar s a r s 3. Long, our teacher, 1 i on a large truck, e for such a tour. We e ( . about six o'clock that 1 ciimp Just outside the ci u a : ley.- The citizens of '.'tins t tionally nice to us. We g the park, swimming pool an J The next morning, after ar in t breakfast, we eoiitluued our Juiin.. villa. . We arrivpd in Asheviile at t Tuesday afternoon, stopped It v for more-provisions to lust until va 1 from the. rough mountain couuuy t e t tog Friday, . - ' ;; . .1 Camp Site Selected r The camp sit decided noon ws ; Pan Gap, a federal , camp ground, j gh Mountain, In the .Plsgah r I All the boys were observing t'.e the first time and were tmnki,,s , , ... of ease on the trip, but soon found o ferent when th truck, on a 'sie , slippery clay - road, on the side 01 gah, refused to- go further with i fi r. load. ' Everyone got out ln.thn r a to and help In other ways In, ")'; the t to proceed up; the mountain.' 't' -w. to e a seven mile grade on mourn, 11 . e a heavy truck 'and trailerloaded wi p .i. vision and boy . is a difficult tu,&, .ipevii. ly In th rain. . ' . But In spite of these handlcci we r-"" ''- the top about 8 p". m. We were wen two i from our destination At this pnit tne c u e- taker of the Vanderbilt lodgo lw'nm& gt-ounda occupy many acres at the top of tntbe moun tains): played, the part of- the good Samari tan, Be gave Us access td , two room cabin for th night - We made a large fio In the giant chimney and soon bad a "real" supper ready , to-servt The nights to the moun tain are-real cold; and believe It or not, we did soma real sleeping that night. view rrom risgan .. The next day we war very delighted to see fair weather and sunshine again. During the morning 'we climbed to the highest peak of Flsgah Mountain,'- which is 8,749 feet- above sea level. , This was probably the most beau tiful seen any or us nad ever seen, we were fold that on clear days, one could see moun tains to the far distance in five states, name ly. North Carolina, South Carolina.. Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia.. . .. . . In the afternoon we mads camp at rrvins Pan Gap, where all - the -convent?" wm a available that on would wish for. .vood wna ever cut for the convenience of c pers. Dur ing the' time' w were stationed a this p , we climbed all the adjoining mo, ' 1. eluding Looking Glass Mountain, t , xib and others, '. ws also visited the pun r,-i which la a sight of magnificent beamy. , Vvint animals such as deer, skunk, bear and birds of various kind were plentiful 'and were 'oUt,i observed by members of our group. We wer often, entertained by . Forest , Rangers : who would tell us about the point of interest and Information "about mountain life.: Every one seemed to be very, very cordial and cour teous, always ready to assist to making our trip a pleasant one. 4 - uwup'iai meals Tourists were plentiful In this section al ways stopping at our camp for a chat or In formation. . We saw more cars from Pennsyl vania tnan any other state. . 1 - A good portion of our time had to' de 1 with . cooking and preparation' for cooklne.. In spit of'-th; fact that w carried an ex cellent cook with us, . we -were often ' called on to do such chores-as peel potatoes, cima chickens,- alio tomatoes,- husk corn and -otn-er jobs that are -required In preparing food twice each-day for' twenty-eight boys. , -our regular cook, -uncle Speight Fisher, - Is th best old .dark! that one could wlf.it for on a camping trip. , He enjoyed the moun tains but didn't feel young enough to do much climbing. At night be would sit by the camp fire and "spin yarns" help the bov roast and eat corn and potatoes. Bis Utu dog, "Nellie,'' , was no less important. Bu chased skunks and ate chicken bone until she was as fat as a "butter ball." - On Friday morning we -loaded the trut with our surplus .provision and started 0,1 our homeward Journey, xf 400 mile or mom to the sea coast... Our return was made bf a different-route. We returned by the w t of Marlon, Hickory. Statesville. Wlnston-fe- lem. Chapel Hill and Raleigh. I'riday night waa spent in tnatesviue, wnere we ai) attend ed a picture show. We-then rolled up. In our. blanket and wandered In drt n!and. oniv to be disturbed early Saturday corning by our cook calling us to breakfast. We arrived, to Newport about 6:80 p. m. The truck speed ometer, showed that m hayf --fravollArt BtvinS 1,000 miles during our splendid trip.. ' - Ail hoys reported a grand time and ar looking forward to a similar, but loneyr trip next summer: that !. if our State Y. T. H. r, vamp at nun utse, . u. laus to open. 'WILSON COUNTY POULTBJ SHOW "The poultry show at Wilson County Fair last . week was one of the largest and fliu'st that 1 nave ever seen," said c. J. Maupin, extension' poultry specialist at N- O. biate College. 'Detween 800 and 700 birds were en tered in th show, and the quality of most of them was unusually good. This was prob- In eastern North Carolina In years," Mr. iiau- pln said. , "--.. . - ,. " Carolina: T. W. Morgan, assistant director of extension, H. A. Woodle, district aet nt; A. B. Bryan, agricultural editor Verd Peterwm. e -pervlaoi of agricultural education, b i vi. . . Mills, professor of rural sociology, fr-i.-i 1 Carolina; ,J. A, Kvans, admlniuuat i o ant of the exten.lon service; J. w. ',. lessor of rural organiKation st I i O. Q. Garnerr marketing spe .. n 1 M. Sheffer, supervisor of Bmicuu . 1 t Hon from Georgia; Or, cW'mi Puidi director of . Informs-'n o( t Crenit adirr'p : ntlon at V.iili 1 oblnson,1 e i-non sneciaii--. Creutt admlnibubtioa at Yimu;
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