Big Poultry Flock
Had Humble Start
Wilkes County Man Transforms S2OO Bank Loan Into a
$50,000 Annual Business; Seized Full Advantage
of Education at State College Following
World War Service
He took 150 pullets and devel
oped a poultry flock of 45,000
birds; he started with a 60-egg
incubator, and now has facilities
for hatching 95,000 eggs at a
time: he seized full advantage of
an education at State College as
a rehabilitation student following
service in the World war to ' jam
the finer points of poultry-rais
ing; he obtained a S2OO bank loan
in 1923 and turned it into a $50,-
000 annual business.
"He" is T. O. Minton of Wilkes
county. "They"—for Mrs. Min
ton and their two children,
Wrenn and Eloise who are work
ing partners in the enterprise—
operate the Champion Poultry
Farm, located about 13 miles
west of North Wilkesboro, three
miles south of Highway No. 421.
C. F. Parrish, poultry specialist
of the State College Extension
Service, who, with county agents
and other Extension representa
tives, have counseled Mr. Minton
and, in turn, received his coop
eration, says that this is an ex
cellent demonstration ,of what
can be done, and should be done,
to develop the "poultry industry
in North Carolina. "It shows
what can be done with initiative,
practical common-sense methods,
and family co-operation," Parrish
said.
In relating the story of the
Minton family's success, Parrish
emphasized at the start that the
"$50,000 annual business" does
not mean "$50,000 annual prof
its." Poultry is not a rich man's
business, but it does offer the op
portunity for a comfortable liv
ing, and at least a safer income
than that from tobacco, cotton
and other so-called "cash crops."
As previously indicated, Mr.
|
"X iriArks the
spot where pro
crastination,
made paupers
of a family
Automobile
Indemnity
is the safeguard.
PAUL 6WYN
INSURANCE
(
Phone 258
West Main St. Elkin, N. C.
«•
We Are Now Featur
ing An Unusually
Large Assortment of
SPORT SHIRTS
and
SUMMER SLACKS
In A Wide Range of
h Colors and Prices
TR °Up® S '' '
' Some at Lower Prices
The Men's Shop
Herman Guyer Phone 199 Barrett Lankford
Minton started his poultry farm
in 1923. The first year his flock
included Anconas, Rhode Island
Reds, and Single Comb White
Leghorns. The following year he
decided definitely on S. C. White
Leghorns, and sold the birds of
the other breeds. Throughout the
last 15 years lie has bred only
White Leghorns of the English
strain.
At the present time he has ap
proximately 25,000 baby chicks,
9,000 laying birds, and 11,000, pul
lets and cockerels (mostly pul
lets) on range. He will keep most
of the range flock as replace
ments for his laying birds. He
averages selling 4,000 to 5,000
eggs daily in Charlotte, Greens
boro and Winston-Salem.
The physical plant of the
Champion Poultry Farm includes
the 95.000 capacity incubator, a
three-story frame brooder house,
six laying houses, 68 range shel
ters, and a feed house. The ex
pansion of the farm has been
gradual with the poultry business
"paying its way," Parrish stated.
Mr. Minton has held down ex
penses by using farm labor for
construction. The brooder house,
which has a capacity of 2,500
birds, is heated with hot water
from a second-hand sawmill boil
er and second-hand pipes.
Ninety additional acres have
been added to the original 46-
acre farm. Grain is grown for
scratch feed to furnish about 5
per cent, of the poultry rations.
The Mintons also have a garden,
a cow and a hog which help to
balance their farming.
In co-operation with Extension
poultrymen, Mr. Minton is carry
ing on R. O. P. (Record of Per
formance) tests to improve the
breeding of his flock. Of the 144
farms in the Nation conducting
R. O. P. work with White Leg
horns last year, the Champion
Farm flock ranked 16th in per
formance. The farm had the sec
ond largest number of pullets of
any White Leghorn R. O. P.
farm.
Mr. Minton entered 424 birds
in the specialized breeding tests,
using trap nests. After a 60-day
trial. 174 birds qualified by pro
duction on the basis of 200 or
more eggs per year, with the
eggs averaging at least 24 ounces
per dozen. The 41 per cent, of
the original R. O. P. flock which
qualified was the highest average
in the state. The 174 hens laid
an average of 241 eggs each over
a 365-day period, and 65 of the
birds laid more than 250 eggs
during the year. The eggs from
the 174 hens averaged 26.4 ounces
in weight per dozen. The entire
Champion Farm flock averaged
197 eggs per laying bird in 1938;
the state average is 86 eggs per
bird.
The Champion Farm gives em
ployment to 14 persons, in addi
tion to the Minton family. Miss
Ruth Huffman, a former presi
dent of the Mt. Pleasant 4-H|
Club in Wilkes county, is secre
tary to Mr. Minton and takes
care of the accounts with the
help of Mrs. Minton. Alta Trip
lett is foreman and Archie Go
forth look safter the 11,000 birds
on range. They call Archie "The
Lone Ranger."
Four broodermen, a trapper,
and two feeders who also care for
the laying house, are included on
the staff. In addition Mr. Min
ton gives part-time work and
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Youth Branded
BALTIMORE, Md. . . . Melvin
Bridge, 14-year-old Jewish youth,
who has accused forty schoolmates
at Gwynn's Falls junior high
school of carving the letter "H" on
his neck. The branding was fol
lowed by the suspension of eight
een of his fellow students.
valuable training to four boys
from neighboring farms who do
general work.
Citing the need for more poul
try farms such as the Mintons',
Parrish said North Carolina im
ports from 25 to 30 per cent, of
its poultry products from other
states, although it has geograph
ical location, climatic conditions,
soils and other factors conducive
to the development of a great
poultry exporting state.
WITH THE SICK
The following patients have
been admitted to the hospital
during the past week: Mrs. Edna
Brown, Yadkinville; Mrs. Ruby
Ruth Day. Elkin; Mary Jo Hud
speth, Elkin; Dewey McCurry,
Dallas; Mrs. .Vena Reynolds, Mt.
Airy; Mrs. Vergie Rycroft, Jones
ville; Mrs. Nannie Sutphin, Mt.
Airy;' w. L. Hanes, State Road;
Paul Byrd, Mt. Airy; Mrs. W. J.
Thurman, Elkin; Joan Royall,
Elkin; Mrs. Mable Armstrong,
Vale; Jerry Ann Brown, Elkin;
Virgie Gillispie, Dobson; Rozella
Hinshaw, Boonville; Woodrow
Marsh, Boonville; Vera Under
wood, Mt. Holly; Roy Lawrence,
Elkin; Mrs. Sherman Newman,
Elkin; Wright Ashburn, Yadkin
ville; C. R. Dunnegan, Yadkin
ville; Mrs. Oscar Darnell, Elkin;
T. T. Harris, Jonesville; Billy
Donovan. State Road; Fonzie
Key, Siloam; Joe Salmons, Elkin.
Patients dismissed during the
week were: Mrs. Dora Wood,
Rusk;. John Summitt, Jonesville;
Arnold Griffith, Mt. Airy; Marion
Channey, Mt. Airy; Mrs. Ruby
Cheek, Dobson; Mrs. Cora Mason,
Black Mountain; Clarence Dar
nell, Elkin; Prank Bryson, Elkin;
Mrs. Lillie Holloway, Traphill;
Mrs. Thomas Lee Davis, Elkin;
Harley Beulin, Elkin; Mrs. Stella
Linville, Mountain Park; Alexan
der Smith, Elkin; Bobby Johnson,
Elkin; Mrs. Edna Brown, Yad
kinville; Mary Jo Hudspeth, Elk
in; Mrs. Vergie Rycroft, Jones
ville; W. L. Hanes, State Road;
Mrs. Mable Armstrong, Vale; Jer
ry Ann Brown, Elkin; Roy Law
rence, Elkin; Fonzie Key, Siloam.
CYCLE
Mrs. Furd Cheeks is spending
this week with her sister, Mrs.
Ida Brown, of Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Julia Pardue is very ill,
friends will regret to learn.
Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Pinnix
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.
Pinnix's brother, Mr. Claude Pin
nix. and Mrs. Pinnix.
Mr. and Mrs. Foy Hemric have
moved into their new home near
Mr. Hemric's father, Mr. John
Hemric.
Mrs. Minnie Lewis has returned
to her home in West Jefferson
after spending a week with her
sister, Mrs. R. P. Rilley, and Mr.
Rilley.
Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Bell were
the dinner guests Sunday of Dr.
Bell's mother. Mrs. Lillie Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Howard
and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Howard
were the dinner guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. Worth Howard, in
Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Collins
and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Whit
lock were the Sunday afternoon
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Garfield
Collins.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Henry,
of Ohio, are spending this week
with Mr. and Mrs. Earnel Henry.
Several men of this section at
tended R. P. Rilley's stock sale
at North Wilkesboro Monday af
ternoon.
A Scot was engaged in an argu
ment with a conductor as to
whether the fare was 5 or 10
cents. Finally the disgusted con
ductor picked up the Scotchman's
suitcase and tossed it off the
i train, just as they passed over a
| bridge. It landed with a splash.
"Mon," screamed Sandy, "isn't
it bad enough that you over
charge me, without trying to
drown my little boy?"
UNION HELL
This community had the finest
rain of the season Thursday of
last week. The crops are grow
ing fine.
Mr. and Mrs. Council Mayes, of
Winston-Salem, were visitors here
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brltton and
children, of Georgia, arc spend
ing some time at their summer
home here.
Early Mayes, of Stokes county,
spent the week-end with his fam
ily here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Glaspie,
Mrs. Garvie Glaspie and Lonnie
Lowe were visitors to Elkin
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wolfe and
Mis. Rachel Wolfe spent Monday
in Elkin attending to business
matters.
Miss Rachel Ruth Wolfe is
spending this week at White
Plains, the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Apperson.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Norman and
Mrs. Lucy Andrews, of Mt. Airy,
were the Sunday dinner guestS of
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Crouse.
POPLAR SPRING
Mr. and Mrs Spercer Mooney
had as their guests this week-end
Mr. ard Mrs. Guv Hid and chil
dren and Mr. and Mrs. Huston
Mooney. all of High Point.
Mr and Mrs. Curry Eldridge
spent Saturday in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. R S. Guyer and
family were the Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Cutv.ii Luffman, of
the Pleasant Ridge community.
Mr. J. M. Eldrirtg; is ill at this
writing.
Mr. and Mrs. R. 11. Laster and
Misses Viola and Nevod Laster
and Miss Ella Guyer spent Sun
day afternoon in Mocksvilie visit
ing Mrs. Laster's parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Baily.
The Poplar Spring nine defeat
ed the Little Mountain baseball
team last Saturday v.ith a score
of 12-13. Everyone s» n med to en
joy the game very much. The
Poplar Spring nine will play
again next Saturday.
Miss Doris Nixon, of Winston-
Salem, visited friends in this
community Sunday evening.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
Miss Gladys Terry, the Baptist
training teacher, is teaching B.
Y. P. U. Manual, and a book on
soul winning at Mountain View
Baptist church this week. A large
crowd is taking part and enjoying
this Baptist training union. We
urge the people to come and be
with us each night at 8 o'clock
until Friday night. This study
course will close Friday night and
diplomas will be given to those
making passing grades.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Henry,
of Cincinnati, Ohio, are visiting
their brother and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Earnol Henry, here this
week.
There were 140 present for
Sunday school Sunday. A large
crowd was present for preaching
services by the pastor, Rev. J. L.
Powers, at 11 a.m. and 8 pjn.
Everyone enjoyed the great mes
sages delivered.
MINE RIDGE
Mr. Reece Norman, of Salis
bury. was the week-end guest of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Norman.
Mrs. Maude Vaughan and son,
Grover, of Pries, Va., are spend
ing some time here with Mrs.
Vaughan's sister, Mrs. Tyre Ross.
Miss Hazel Lowe has returned
from a week's visit with her aunt
in Danville, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Mastln
were the week-end guests of Mrs.
Mastin's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
A. Simmons, of Elkin.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lowe and
daughter, Stella, were the Sunday
evening guests of Mr. J. P. Smith,
of Salisbury.
Mrs. John Thompson, of Yad
kinville, is spending some time
| here with friends and relatives.
Mr. Lon Darnell and family, of
i Pries, Va., spent the week-end
with Mrs. Alice Burchman.
HONOR BOONVILLE
MAN AT CONVENTION
S. Lorenzo Whitaker, of Boon
ville, a member of Robert G. Tate
Chapter, No. 9, Disabled Ameri
jcan Veterans of the World War,
was named senior vice command
,er of the* North Carolina depart
[ ment at the annual convention
just closed in Asheville.
Mr. Whitaker, who was at one
time the owner of the Monticello
Cafe here, will be stepped up to
the post of state commander at
the next annual convention, ac
cording to accepted custom here
tofore. The next convention will
be held at Wilmington, sometime
in June, 1940.
_____
John Milton's pipe organ is
still in use after 3 1-2 centuries.
Beauty Winner
WW"
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NEW YORK CITY . . . Rose Marie
Magrill of Miami, "Miss Florida
of 1939," who took part in the
"Girls of Tomorrow Fashion
Show" held at the Florida State
exhibit r * the New York World's
Fair.
KLONDIKE COW SETS
WORLD'S RECORD
Klondike Jette, 442738, Guern
sey cow bred and owned by Thur
mond Chatham, owner of Klon
dike Farm at Elkin, is the new
world's record Guernsey in class
DD. according to information re
ceived here today.
She also placed fourth in class
D. Classes pertain to the age of
the animal.
Tests last one year and Klon
dike Jette's record ended March
17, 1939, with a production rec
ord of 18.238.3 pounds of milk
and 930.3 pounds of butterfat.
During the test the cow was
milked three times a day. She
carried a calf 229 days during the
test period.
RONDA YOUTH NABBED
ON LARCENY CHARGE
Claude Wall, Jr., 20-year-old
Ronda youth, was arrested in
Winston-Salem Wednesday morn
ing as he attempted to pawn a
portion of fountain pens he is al
leged to have stolen a few hours
earlier from a display window of
a jewelry store. The youth was
said to have admitted the charge,
telling police he smashed the
glass with a hunk of concrete and
took fountain pen sets and a
wrist watch valued at $62.70. He
is being held on a charge of
storebreaking and larceny under
SSOO bond.
HANES
UNDERWEAR
Belk-Doughton
Co.
Elkin, N. C.
i -r—
--■ 4*14 J I//vWt >£J.f
wU- --*8 c!r:-S'
Lastex band rests
lightly on Y° ur waist. The lecrt is aa
comfortable as an easy chair. And
the HAKES KNIT legs fit you snugly,
without binding. The special rein
forced HANK KNIT Crotch-Guard gives
you gentle athletic support and a
convenient, buttonlesa fly-front.
Hare your dealer show you theee
cool. Summer garments. Get some
Hams Undershirts while you're there.
HANES SPORTS
CROTCH-GUARD " 1 "
at lllutfraftd above
' 35 c and 50
WM HANES SHIRTS AND
WlalT s ~
Per Men and Beys e For Ivory Seesos
P. H. HANES KNITTING C0„WI«st«-S*«.N.C.
Drop in at Our
Friendly Store for
HANES
UNDERWEAR
Sydnor-Spainhour
Elkin, N. C.
BAPTIST S. S. ASS'N
TO MEET SUNDAY P.M.
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
the Elkin Baptist Sunday school
association will meet with White
Plains Baptist church in Wilkes
county. The association includes
IB churches in the edges of Sur
ry and Wilkes counties.
An interesting program has
been planned for the afternoon,
under the direction of G. W.
Walters, chairman of the asso
ciation.
RADIO ENTERTAINERS
AT PLEASANT HILL
This evening, (Thursday) at
8:30 the Rangers Male Quartette,
radio entertainers over WBT,
Charlotte, will appear in person
at the Pleasant Hill school audi
torium. The program will be pre
sented under the auspices of the
| Elkin council of the Junior Order.
The public is extended a cor
dial invitation to attend. A nom
i inal admission fee will be charg
ed.
Read Tribune Advertisements!
KNOCKED DOWN, SAWED OFF
BARGAINS!
The saws are buzzing—the hammers are ringing—the
dust is flying—the trucks are rolling on every side! We
have been dehiged with dust for the past two weeks!
As a result, we are offering this week specials in
SLIGHTLY SOILED MERCHANDISE
Our Loss Is Your Gain! Don't Fail to Visit
Penney's This Week-End!
Men's Gabardine suits, • Cottage curtains. Cut-n
--white only— hang—no sewing. Tub
and sun fast—
-3>5.y0 2Q c
Men's pure linen Knickers
Were $3.98. Now— Your last chance! This
(M AA DA ID week only—Nation Wide
JIJIJU I AIK sheets, size 81x99
Only 3 pairs left! 07^
Men's Gabardine pants,
only 5 paii s left Belle Isle pillowcases.
SI.OO PAIR While quantity lasts, ea.
1 8 C
Men's fast color, full cut —^mim—m
diess shirts Good quality unbleached
g(Jc sheeting, yard—
4 C
One table ladies' shoes
Values up to $2.98 —
sl.oo PAIR
————— YARD
Ladies' polo shirts. Were /
98c, now—
«■! • Large double-bed size
/\ Crinkle bedspreads—
Only 15 left f^Qc
Large fluffy pillows. . —i—
Each only— Boys' dress shirts, fast
Mfip color, full cut—
-4y 39 c
Curtain panels. While
quantity lasts— Porto Rican hand-made,
lAc I? A rii hand-embroidered gowns
1U cAtH 25 c
Cottage Curtains, former-
ly 49c. While 24 pairs One table prints at a
last— price that will make it go
lAc fast! Yard—
SC.5 C .
Boys" camp suits. Con- —^mmmm „ mmmmtmmmm
sists of one shirt, one T j- , t * i ,r .
. , , ' Ladies' house frocks. Val
pair of shorts. Former ,
price $1.49. Only 5 pairs ueß " p *? 49c ' out they
left at- «° at on,Jr
50° 33'
PENNEY'S
I. A.rum COMMIT, hnttnaM
East Main St Elkin, N. C.
Thursday, Jnne 29, 1939
MRS. JOE GREENWOOD
HONORED AT DINNER
Mrs. Joe Greenwood, of Burch,
was honored with a birthday din
ner Sunday at her home. The
affair was planned by Mr. Green
wood and came as a complete
surprise to the honoree.
Rev. R. W. Calloway made a
brief talk in the morning and
offered the invocation. A boun
tiful dinner was served.
Quests attended from Winston-
Salem, North Wilkesboro, Moun
tain Park, Kernersville, Zephyr,
Asheboro, High Point, and Elkin
in addition to a host of friends
from her home community.
MISS CLEO WILLIAMS
WEDS CLYDE PREVETTE
Announcement has been made
of the marriage on June 10th at
Statesville, of Miss Cleo Williams
of Elkin and Lexington and Clyde
Prevette of Brooks Cross Roads.
Mrs. Prevette has been a nurse
at Hugh Chatham Memorial hos
pital at Elkin for some time. Mr.
Prevette is a well known filling
station and cafe operator of
Brooks Cross Roads.