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POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON, NOETHk CAROLINA :mion TP to W9 Shernunv -X - r l -v? - '.V.WW.V.'.V.V. --...- --'v.".r.'.r'.'.V.V.Vi 3 :-xo.s mm is1- ft f fx J HE National Parks association is something "new under the sun." despite the dictum of the adage. -It is organized by unofficial friends of the national parks to enter a field jf the national "ark movement which it is not the function of the federal gov ernment to occupy. This na tional park movement is the livest cause which Is not primarily a cause grow- f ins out of the great war. Our entrance into war in 3017 caused temporary postponement of the plans then well under way for the organization of this association. In its place the National Parks Educational committee was formed to hold the ground already gained and to organize the asso ciation at a propitious time. The committee has done its work and the National Parks association is now doing business, with headquarters In the Union Trust building, Washington, D. G. The purpose of the association is splendidly patriotic. Wholly independent of the federal gov ernment, it will closely co-operate with the na tional park service, the new bureau of the depart ment of the interior established by congress, to administer the national parks. It is nonpolltical and one of its purposes Is to keep politics out of the national parks. It stands for the outdoor life, for recreation amid scenic beauty; foresee America Firsf;" for the development of the national parks as great economic assets of the nation ; for keeping bil lions of American dollars at home before the war something like $500,000,000 a year was spent by American tourists abroad in sightseeing, of which Switzerland alone got more than $200,000, 000. Vet, notwithstanding these many activities, the main purpose of the association Is educational. It says to the people of the nation who are to use these public playgrounds: "lo you know that our national parks are na ture's great laboratories and museums that the splendid spectacles which our national parks present are not . only 'wonders,' not merely "scenery,' but also the conspicuous exhibits of a passing stage in the eternal progress of creation that they show us, upon a mighty scale, the proc esses by which she has been and is making Amer icathat you may double your pleasure in these spectacles by comprehending their meaning and that an intelligent study of them will Introduce you to a new and wonderful world? Let us know America, and let us really know it. Let us know its natural as well as its national history. Let us differentiate and distinguish and appreciate. .Then only shall we know." The purposes of the National Parks association may therefore be concisely summed up thus: To interpret the natural sciences which are illus trated in the scenic features, flora and fauna- of the national parks and monuments, and circulate Popular information concerning them in text and Picture. l o encourage the popular study of the history, t-xplnration, tradition and folk lore of the national parks and monuments. , To encourage art with' national parks subjects, and the literature of national parks travel, wild We and Wilderness living and the interpretation of scenery. - T encourage the extension of the national parks system to represent Jby consistently great examples full range of American scenery, flora and fauna, yet confined to areas of significance so ex traordinary that they shall make the name na 'i'tial park an American trademark in the compe tition for the world's travel ; and the development f the national monuments into a system illustra tive of the range of prehistoric civilization, early ploration and history, land forms. American f'Hvst type, wild life, etc. To enlist the personal services of individuals ad the co-operation of societies, organizations, schools, universities, and Institutions in the, cause of the national parks and monuments. The National Parks Educational committee con- ' sisted -of 25 members. , . Charles D. Walcott, secre Jfy of the Smithsonian institution, was chairman. . The vice chairman was William . Kent, former congressman from California and the donor of Jjuir Woods National monument to the nation, "enry B. F. Macfarland of Washington was chair- mi ;:;'ffi;: man of the executive committee and the secretary ; was R. S. Yard of the national parks service. Among the outdoor men were Belmore Browne, explorer, author and artist ; Henry G. Bryant, ex plorer and president of the Geographical society of Philadelphia ; William E. Colby, president of the Sierra club; George Bird Grinnell of the Boone and Crockett club and Glacier National park pio neer ; George P. Pratt, president of the Camp Fire club, and Charles Sheldon, explorer, hunter and author. The American Game Protective and Propagation association and the American Bison society were represented by their presidents, John B. Burnham and Edmund Seymour. George F. Kunz, president . of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation society, was a member. The colleges contributed W. W. Atwood, department of physiography at . Harvard ; President John H. Finley of the Uni versity of the State of New York ; E. M. Lehnerts. department of geology of the University of Min nesota and a pioneer in national parks classes. Others well known were Arthur E. Bestor, presi dent of the Chautauqua institution ; Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, chief of the bureau of American ethnol ogy; La Verne W. Noyes, president of the board of trustees of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, and Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, conservation chairman of the General Federation of Women's clubs (the only woman). , This personnel assures the co-operation of many public-spirited organizations, popular and learned, from, the beginning. The officers of the associa tion are: President, Henry B. F. Macfarland of Washington, D. C. Vice presidents, Nicholas Mur ray Butler, president of Columbia university; John Mason Clarke, chairman of geology and pale ontology, National -Academy of Sciences ; William Kent of California; Henry Suzzallo, presi dent of the University of the state of Washington. Treasurer, Charles J. Bell, president of the Amer ican Security and Trust company of Washington. Executive secretary, R. S. Yard. Chairman ways and means committee, Huston Thompson. ' Congress conceives the national parks as con- . crete possessions of the people. As such, it pro vides for the protection, maintenance and develop ment of the parks. What use the people will make of them is for the people to determine. Here, then, is where the National Parks associa tion finds its work. It is, in effect, an organiza tion of the people themselves to enable them to use effectively the magnificent reservations which congress creates and the national parks service maintains and develops. It will be seen that, while the functions of the governmental bureau and the popular association do not overlap-they are, nevertheless intimately associated. In a practical way the two are part ners, each with its Individual duties, both working toward a common 'end. To emphasize .this Individuality, the National Parks association is entirely separate and distinct from government. The association is nongovern mental and -nonpartisan. , The association purposes to be of use to Its members. It will, among other things, issue a series " of beautifully x and usefully , illustrated popular-science papers "upon the scenery and the wild life of the national parks and monument's; issue bulletins reporting national parks develop ment, state and other movements affecting na tional parks progress of significant bills before congress, and the progress of association activi ties' place members' names on, bureau lists to re ceive new government publications concerning na- tional parks and popular science; keep members informed concerning jinew books on American travel, exploration, archaeological research, plant and animal life, and the meaning of scenery; refer travel and route inquiries from members to that governmental or othsr agency, railroad, or auto mobile association, which will give each inquiry the kind of attention? it needs. The association has prepared an elaborate plan of popularizing natural .science through universities and schools, public libraries, writers and lecturers and artists, and motion picture activities. A fea ture of its work will be the assembling of material by intensively studying, the parks, through com mittees, separately and as a .system, especially their history, nomenclature, folklore, geology, fauna and flora; by collecting this material" in ready reference shape as the. basis of a practical library ; by compiling , a working bibliograph, by park and subject, of material of every sort avail able especially in the library of congress and the scientific libraries of 'the government departments. The association wU establish volunteer working committees of scientists, professors, students and other public-spirited members, and will utilize, as far as possible, the" machinery already established and in operation byj university and school organi zations, state and qunty educational organiza tions, state park organizations, scientific institu tions, the national government, public-spirited or ganizations of all sorts, automobile and highway associations, business organizations, like railroads, automobile manufacturers and national parks con cessioners, whose biisTness will be helped by the work of theJNatlonal ;Parks association. The executive coinmiljtee is assured of one sub scription of $5,000 ;j it -is planned to secure five year pledges amounting to a minimum of $10,000 a year. It also expects at least 3,000 members at $3 a year. .J ' The association aleady reports results. The University of the City of New York has prepared sets of national pajrks lantern . slides. ' The Uni versity of Minnesota has been sending study classes to the national parks for two years ; Chi cago sends one to Rocky Mountain National park this summer and Columbia will send one next year. Columbia has also included a lecture course on the meaning of scenery in this season's sum mer school. A prominent studio has arranged film stories to show! how glaciers work on Mount Rainier, how the Grand canyon was cut; liow water carved the Yoseinite valley, etc. If well handled, the1 National Parks association, with a large membfer'ship, may do a great work; it has a large field; and a great opportunity. It CO-OPERATING TO CUT MEAT COST "Rings" Furnish Animals for Slaughter, and Members Re ceive Different Cuts. may even succeed a consistent park I in forcing congress to adopt Ipblicy. About 500,000 people now visit the natiohnl parks every year and the increase promises hp be Very large. There Is, therefore, a body of national paxks enthusiasts numbering several millions. While the association is organized on a nonpo lltical basis, It wilj presumably have to go into politics to accomplish Its ends, since the agricul tural department is. waging a campaign to secure the control of the national parks from the interior department and is setting up the national forests and the-forest , servjee as scenic and recreation rivals of the national parks and the national parks service. Also, In Its plans to increase the national parks system it wilt' encounter, both the open and .secret opposition of the forest service, the biggest and smoothest running political machine In th United States. , - - . - START IS MADE IN SPRING Slaughtering Is Done by Man Hired for Purpose Who Usually Receives "Fifth" Quarter for His Pay No Dividends Paid. RELATIVE VALUE OF i LAND AND PRODUCT - i Recent- Investigation Made by Bureau of Crop Estimates: There Has Been Much Disparity, First on One Side and Then on Other, V Between Two Movements Farm Labor a Factor. v (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) i Beef clubs or rings and co-operative butcher shops are two of the plans being used by American farmers to re duce the cost of meat for their tables. The co-operative butcher shop is re garded as an outgrowth of the beef clubs, which in varying forms have been in operation for many years. Typical examples of the beef clubs have been reported to the TJ. S. De partment of Agriculture from the coastal plain of South Carolina. Many of the clubs have a membership of eight farmers, but most of them have sixteen. Operations of the club start (Prepared by the United States Depart 1 ment of Agriculture.) x. Farm land value has not advanced la he same degree as the composite price - of crops and live stock has from the - beginning of the war in 1018. Results" of a recent Investigation by the bureau: of crop estimates, United . States department' of agriculture, revealed that, although farm land value alone" gained in 1915 and led in the relative advance in 1916, it lost its lead in 1917 and, moreover, fell, far behind the relative gain In the price of crops and live stock in that year and in 1918 From 1914 to 1915 farm land value, . not Including that of buildings, in-" creased 11 per cent, while the price of crops and live stock lost 3 per cent, ' n the following year land value went' up 23 percent above 1914 and price, of crops and live stock also advanced, :mt only by 12 per cent. A reversal ' of the relativity of these movements appeared in 1917, when land value gained only 38 per cent on 1914 and.; crops and live stock gained 74 per cent. , The divergence increased in 1918,? since the gain above 1914 was 50 per cent for land value and 97 per cent ' or crops and live stock. t arm land vaiue Is sunnosed to ha . r related, at any rate largely related, to i f tne net pront or farming, and in fact i It Is often somewhat affected even by ;j single years of high or scant profit, yet " the value of farm' land advanced in ; 1915, although the price of crops and ; live stock declined, in comparison with r 1914, and gained relatively much more than price did in 1916; but, on the ttt her hand, its relative gain in 1917, and 1918 was far from equaling that of price. There has been much dis-v parity, first on one side and then ; on ; the cither, between the two movements r of land value and produce price. i Perhaps a scarcity of farm labor " weakened the demand for farms. In the last two years, and perhaps, also, the.: net profit of farming, because of ex traordinary high , cost of production, was not as great I as the high price of products would indicate superficially. SWAT PEDIGREED-SCRUB HOG v Some American Dressed Beef. in the spring, when the first member on the list furnishes a beef for killing. The slaughtering is done by a man hired for the purpose and who usually receives the "fifth quarter," such as the hide, heart and liver, as his pay. The beef is divided into as many parts as there are members of the club. The next week a second member furnishes the beef, and so on for eight or sixteen weeks, the various portions of ' meat being rotated among the members so that each gets a propor tionate share of the choice cuts and of the poorer cuts. Th beef is weighed after the ani mal is dressed and thus the pounds furnished by each member are known At the end of the season settlement is made by any members ; who have not furnished their full shades. How Plan Developed. In an Iowa farming community ob jection was found to these beef rings because each household had to con sume a stated amount of beef on stated days during the week In order that the available supply would be disposed of economically. This tended to make the beef diet monotonous and ulti mately led to the amalgamation of the beef rings Into a co-operative butcher shop. Each member owns one share of stock in the project, and in his turn furnishes one head of cattle or as many sheep or hogs as are desired for slaughter. The members are credited with the dressed weight of the live stock provided minus a shrinkage of 15 per cent, t .They receive ; coupon books equivalent In value to the amount of meat furnished, allotments being apportioned equal In steaks, roasts and boiling pieces. ; Each member Is privileged to pur chase as much or as little meat as he wishes and at any time he can "cash In" on his coupon book at the prevail Ing prices. .Surplus meat is "sold to the local trade at from 5 to 7 cents lower per pound than the retail butch ers charge for similar cuts in grades of meat, it is reported. Good Meat Required. -It Is required that all animals be In prime market condition when they are Qelivered at the co-operative shop that they be subjected to both, ante- mortem and post-mortem examination and that the cattle must not be more than two years 'old at the time o: slaughter. Like the beef rings, this meat dis tributing r. organization is strictly co operative and distinctly under farmer control. It pays no dividends. In fact, the project is solmanaged that the surplus is Just enough to reim burse the butcher for his services and to cover operation expenses. Buyers Should See That Animals They;,, Are About to Purchase Have : Good Quality. t , (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) , : . Thousands of purebred scrubs are scattered through this country, accord ing to hog extension men of the United States department of agriculture, vrho are devoting their efforts to eliminat ing Inferior pedigreed animals. This, they say, applies to all kinds of live stock, but is perhaps more general In the hog Industry. Pedigrees are neces sary and valuable to the hog breeder, yet the pedigree Is the 'means of fool ing a lot of farmers, particularly those &'te&V?' ' fozWXx sit! Hogs Kept Under Clean Conditions, as on Good Pasture, Are Better Able to Resist Cholera and Other Dis eases. . who dre about to start into the pure- ; bred hog business and who have not ; had enough experience in Judging to select animals of good standard type. Buyers should not be contented simpljr with purebred animals, but should see in addition that the animals they are" about to purchase have good quality, say the department hog specialists.; ' FOR CONTROL OF WHEAT PEST Hessian Fly Can Be Held in Check by Plowing Infested Stubble in Sum mer or Fall. For the control of the Hessian fly, plow under deeply all -infested wheat; stubble during summer or early fall, where this Is practicable and does not Interfere with the growing of clover or Important forage grasses. If volunteer wheat starts, kill it by disking 'or plowing while it is still young. : - - : EARLY LAYING DISCOURAGED Stunts Growth of Pullets and Tends to Production of Undesirable v Small Eg$s. The pullet that lays very young is not as a rule the , best . layer; early laying stunts he growth, tends to the production of small eggs and breeding from such r pullets in time results :in the prodnction of an inferior strain of f birds. . '
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