AVENDELL LOCAL.
Our Lodge was delighted with a
Tisit from our State Business Agent,
Bro. J. R. Rives and W. G. Crowder,
member State Executive Committee.
The brethren came to fill an appoint
ment made for Mr. Rhodes, of Tenn.
in the interest of Central Warehouse
to be established at Raleigh. We
were sorry Bro. Rhodes failed to get
here, yet these brethren made good.
We were much pleased and encour
aged from the excellent speech made
by Brother Rives, on the business fea
tures of Farmers Union. The State
Business Agency is doing a great
work and we should feel congratu
lated on having such an able and'
competent manager at its head. We
are very much interested in the ware
house proposition. The Farmers
Union is growing in this county and
we hope in the near future to have
all the leading farmers lined up with
us.
Fraternally yours,
MEMBER OF WENDELL LOCAL.
July 27, 1912.
GUILFORD COUNTY WAREHOUSE
A SUCCESS.
Our Carolina Warehouse, Inc., of
Greensboro, is now an assured suc
cess. W. T. Swanson secured $3 65
worth of stock last week and hopes
to do as well this week.
About $2,000 has been secured to
date. Every Union member should
contribute liberally to this great en
terprise and not wait to be run after
for a subscription.
Fraternally,
W. T. SWANSON.
A NORTH CAROLINA CATTLE
FEEDERS’ ASSOCIATION.
In North Carolina the feeding of
beef cattle has become an importan ;
agent in restoring the fertility of
many of the farms. The winter feed
ing of mountain-grown steers has
been the chief practice followed, but
it is interesting to note that farmers
are buying up grade beef cows and
placing pure-bred bulls in the herds
for calf production. This no doubt
will be an industry which will spread
rapidly after the benefits of the prac
tice become apparent. If the winter
feeding of beef cattle is to increase,
more feeders must be produced since
tho. mountain country cannot supply
sufficient numbers for a materially in
creased demand for this class of ani ■
mals.
The Southern beef cattle Industry
being a specialized industry and one
In which much recent information
has been obtained regarding proper
feeding methods, there is a demand
for an organization where active
questions may be discussed. Circular
letters addressed to a large number
of feeders in the State brought re
plies showing enthusiasm on every
hand. The plan to be followed will
be something of the nature of the In
diana Cattle Feeders’ Association.
Each year the cattle feeders gather
at the State Experiment Farm at the
time the experimental cattle are
placed on feed. The various lots of
cattle are given a value per hundred
weight by experienced cattle buyers
and commission men. The plan of
the experiment is discussed, the
feeds, their use and value in the ra
tion. Various other phases of the
feeding of beef cattle are dicussed by
prominent men. At the end of the
’eeding period, which usually lasts
from four to six months, the feeders
are again assembled and the cattle
are judged according to their condi
tion.
In this way the special value of
each ration is impressed on the cattle
feeders. As many as 800 to 1,000
farmers have been in attendance
at these meetings. While this
State will not beiable to make a show
ing as flattering as in Indiana, a suf
ficient number of farmers have al
ready expressed their desire to learn
more of cattle feeding and breeding
in this way.
The first meeting of the Associa
tion will be held between October 15
and November 1, when most of the
beef cattle are placed jjn feed. Invi
tations have already been extended
to hold this meeting on prominent
farms in the State. However, this
matter will be decided upon some
what later. One of the prominent
speakers secured for the occasion will
be Prof. F. B. Mumford, Dean of the
Agricultural College of Columbia,
VIo. Professor Mumford has made a
’Ife-study of animal production and
will doubtless be heard by most of
nhe cattle feeders and breeders of the
State. Other speakers for the occa
sion will include Dr. D. H. Hill, Presi
dent of the A. & M. College, Dr. Tait
Butler of The Progressive Farmer
staff, A. L. French, Prof. I. O.
Schaub, Prof. J. C. McNutt, Dr. W. G.
Chrisman, and Mr. T. L. Gwyn, of
Springdale, N. C., a prominent cattle
breeder and feeder.
It is hoped that those who have
not already been written regarding
this organization will make it a point
to write the undersigned stating their
desire to become a member of the or
ganization. It is believed that no cat
tle feeder in the State can afford to
miss this meeting and the talks and
discussions which will be given.
Those replying to this request are
asked to submit the number and kind
handled to facilitate the keeping of
records which will be used primarily
for co-operative buying and selling of
the cattle when finished.
A small annual fee will be assessed
from each member of the Association
to pay for current expenses of the or-
pnization. This will be a small
item, however, compared with the
knowledge to be gained from the
speakers on the program. A letter
or postal from any party Interested in
this move will place him on list to re
ceive any information which may.
come to hand. This organization is
solely for the mutual benefit of the
cattle feeders and breeders and it is
hoped that every man interested in
any phase of beef cattle farming will
send their name, address and the in
formation above requested.—R. s.
Curtis, West Raleigh, N. C., in The
Progressive Farmer.
INSECTS IN RELATION TO THE
DYING OF THE CHESTNUT
TREES.
The importance of having the beet
information that can be secured on
the subject of insects in their relation
to the chestnut led the Secretary of
Agriculture to project an extensive
investigation through the Branch of
Forest Insects of the Bureau of Ento
mology.
General investigations since 1893
have shown that more than 450 spe
cies of insects inhabit the chestnut.
While all of these are not de
structive, some are especially so.
One, the so-called two-lined chestnut
borer, is directly responsible for
the death of more timber, perhaps,
than all the others combined!
This is a small, elongate bee
tle which flies in May and June and
deposits eggs on the bark of living
and dying chestnuts, oak, beech, and
ironwood in the Southern, Middle and
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