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The squirt > >' suitable to all mlu li.i . hard with him tf r.:.! !! V y : "You'll under :y ! s.; : :.'t show yourseh :s. Your churct rest:- it I'm sorry? T ?*:- sort?then, too a ?re :: -.sure of a man foi a?-*-: f. while." iUt- ' :t Headly understood :. :j>>re for hiin than foi ' V .' A J' H* Mason. Hard ' had not dreamed, untl at v': :.strained him ti t it :..-e- unless his eyes e; I :!r -,i ndered dully, the -'uiiy to give heari : re ,--i< |n hand. He ->s: ' - .-Mnt'. he tried t( ; - Vainly ! Yet those 1 He spoke as --I"' ' V : !, holy flre. Hli ~ g stirred, untl ;l'g praying, a1 their joy In tht *' ? f c;.o-l. Mndamt + she wlio wai k . sweetly silent. ?'.: ( < f womanhood (...-r listened t( _e s to take hei #l In the helfth his fnce out .r'f'l down th( "J:\rnle! I'n won't conn ? ?tr 'fcst madume hat it:..'. the floor?la; 4^Band still ai i'er s\(. wis almost her ,,rdly left he: '-h ' vs. Now shi t:,v round, unheed {^b~'('tT ,. ,K-ep In cod \r 11;st the squirt k hard "Son, hov y . Vdn't do It?I g in you be ^^B*Sv>*er mortal. Wa 7ou. t,f the devil? ij.. nnswered '' claspei "Nr.''. ... Thiln the out k;- .... love denied '? asu. >s,0. between hi tls sou' tie votn, bu brighter In spit t...v, ; would be th< fce l'>ii ,,ve me?yettor .n.tustlcaUy be t'?^ri... g),e won I'tl'.e t. i-\cn when th Witts t(j_.i j i, |Snre. I'd 41 ljet H;; 1h harder H^-tUi. t ^ ; the stplr "T,..lio her?wit 1 :u:;. Umdy-mlnde 1 Imovf a man wh? p I Master Fa LARGE BEEF NO LONG e it . ~ [. RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 23.?No|l k matter how well finished the large t s. beef animals are, they will not sell i a at good prices on the market at pres- t r ent. The best selling animals range j f ' r- OAA *.. IAEA ? 5 - * j uuiu DVV IU ivju yuuuus Hi nvigui. I t. "The International Livestock Show t e recently held in Chicago has been [ 9 responsible more than any other one t ? thing for bringing rats situation to i 1 a head and impressing farmers with n 9 the fact that no longer are large, t: coarse, unfinished cattle needed or i j wanted on the market," says Prof, s f R. S. Curtis, of the animal liusbanry c 9 department at State College. "In 9 fact, large cattle, no matter how well e 5 finished, will not sell at fair prices." v ' Prof. Curtis states that the handy > weight beef animal ranging from 800 p 9 to 1050 pounds aud well finished Is o the new standard insofar as beer f j animals are concerned. This means, i I Ashe County Grows: ] ;1 Fine Quality Sheep j] 1 RALEIGH, N. C.. Dec. 23? Ashe " County is one of the best naturally js 5 j adapted livestock sections in North p ' 1 Carolina according to Prof. R. S. Cur- J r ^ I tis oi tne animal nusuuiiury uepai t- m , inent at State College, who recently I y t spent a week in this county with the I farm agent, E. C. Turner, Jr., hold- i] I ? I ing a series of meetings in the interest of beef cattle production. ,1 Mr. Curtis has been studying live- y j i stock conditions over North Carolina a . ! for about fifteen years and during ti r that time, he has traveled over all b 1 parts of North Carolina. His work i b ' has carried him to Ashe County j? 1 many times, and he states that the ! s j county has always had fine beef cat- c .tie and excellent sheep. There are n ? I j now some 1S.UO0 head of sheep listed n on tax books of the. county Nearly : s. ! all of these animals are highly bredje r because the growers have used pure r; bred rams for many years. ' : "In my opinion, the sheep of Ashe fj j County will compare favorably with j 1 , the sheep of Ohio," says Prof. Curtis, e i "Ohio has long been rated as one of j 1) . ithe best sheep producing state on " 7 1 the Continent considering the matter tl * | from the farm standpoint. I have ri 5 I found the sheep in Ashe County to f; ' lie of just as good quality and to-pro- t'( iduce just as good wool as those o j (from the Buckeye State." a , j Prof. Curtis states . that there has h . 'been a slackening of interest in beef tl , cause of the low prices for beef s ' (during the past few years. A number s of old beef cattle growers have gone ti ; | into the dairy business but there now h ' appears to be an awakening of inter- u ! est in this work also and some of b } I the more favorably located laudown, |ers will begin to give more attention r 1uaat f*i(tIp However that may li 1 IW V^?v.v. be, he states, it is generally accepted 1 t that th'e sheep industry is on a firm d ? footing and will expand greatly. n 3 Staircase Can Ce Made !' 3 i Beautiful, Expert Says c t Stairs are useful, the.v may also he d i beautiful, hut surely they must always t! ?* he safe. The combination can be oh- s i tallied, and [f a slightly higher cost is i ?nude necessary, ti is worth while from the security, utility and beauty that ( ) this piece of furniture offers In the r home. I Proportion of the stair Is essential. Architects have found a simple rule > that applies very well to stairs In 2 , homes. It go?s like this: t j "Take twice the height of the riser t plus the width of the tread, from nos-! j lng to posing, and the result must lie ' between 24 and 25." I? j Thus, for a seven-inch riser, we gel j 14 as the first result and this deducted 1; from 25 leaves 11 as the preferred | width of tread. If a ten-inch tread is (j r wanted, then 25 minus 10 equals 15, s and 15 divided by two equals seven und a half; a ten-inch tread and a seven and a half inch riser is a good ? B combination. i; r Where there is need for mounting t * quickly, as perhaps In the utile stairs, c an eight or nine inch riser is desirable, j, 8 Then the tread should lie nine-inch or ^ seven-inch, respectively. Have the j . tread and the risers ull of the same, -? ?l- fll.rl.f I i I, J width and height througnoui me 1 as there is chance of accident. [ c - Winding stairs are another source of I I L missteps and accidents. Another point! v s to consider in building the stairs? t which incidentally should be built corn-! e pletely like a piece of furniture and e then put in pluce?Is the bead room 'r Not every one has a higli hat, but i on the head of a six-foot man it makes f t a fine lest of.the clear space above e him as lie goes up or down the stairs. ^ y Even if he can get by bare-headed P without striking his head on the stair a wall, that restricted place ought not, to give him the sense of a low bridge.. t e It Is better to have a few feet less < j, closet spnce or hallway In the second f j story than the feeling every time you j I come down the stairs that you must duck your head. J THE POLK COUNTY K |gp ^ - 7 jr'"' Vr-'^'.V .'v *^C. ? irmer in I "cattle er wanted le states, that under North Carolina onditions, more attention must be >aid to quality, food feeding and >arly maturity. Regardless of the act that a poor quality of beef am nals may be produced, and sold at he less discriminating markets, the act remains that the price paid for leef cattle is set by the large central uarkels and these markets deternine the kind of animals which sell iest. This condition has now reached ts crest and a new era has come o far as beef production is conerned. Prof. Curtis states that the large xport steers of Virginia, many or vhich were produced in western forth Carolina, are a thing of the iast.. This condition .must be reeknod with in any plans being made or building a beef cattle industry u the State. Reclaims Wet Land By Using Explosive GRAHAM, N. C., Dec. 23?Wet, copy, unproductive land 011 the dairy arm of V. T. Wood of Graham, oute one, has been reclaimed by ho use of pyrotol and now three cars after the s^il was blasted, exclient crops can lie produced by lie owner. The reclaimed spot never prouced a crop unti] the last three ears, states Mr. Wood, hut this year n average of two tons of lespedczn ay per acre was made. On Novemir 1. when this farm was visited y A. T. Ilolinaii, agricultural engteer at State College, and W. Keer cott, coufity agent of Alamance 'ounty, the area drained with pyrol)1 was in excellent shape while eighoring fields of the same Iredell oil type ware too wet to plow beau se i/f one and one-half inches of ain falling on the previous day. "This soil did not respond to surrce or open-ditch drainage so In 1123, 1 decided to subsoil it with xplosive which 1 had purchased for lowing stumps," says Mr. Wood. With' a large augur, I drilled holes lirough the soil and hard pan to nek about eight feet below the surice. These holes were placed eight .vl apart each way. From the edge ? this area to the branch, I had n open ditch so I placed a line or oles in the center of the ditch at lie same depth as the others. One tick of pyrotol primed with cap and ufficicnt safety fuse to reach the ip of the ground was placed in each ole and fired. The explosion broke p the hard pan and heavy subsoil tit left the surface undisturbed." c - t ? u TIT.. As <i resu11 01 uus wwin, i?n. n Wvi ( filled his open ditch and has never ad any trouble with the area sinco. fe has also used the e.xp'osive to rain a depression in another field. "I find that dairying and diversiiod farming are proving successful or nie hut I am working to get each er.- on the farm to produce economiallv. 1 do this hy removing stumps, raining my land and maintaining he supply of humus in the soil," ays Mr. Wood. Ulub Work Adds New Wealth To Our Farms HENDERSON VILLE, X. C. Dec. 3.?The 1st junior club members of he Henderson County who carried h.ir projects through successful ompletion this year have added $ !. 00 in new farm wealth to the State. This f.ict was demonstrated recenty when 300 of the club members, ioys and girls, gathered at the Hen ersonville High Schol for their anitial rally and to make reports of he results of their labors for the iast season. The meeting was an mportant one and the club members ook deep interest in all the proleedings. After the meeting had ieen opened with prayer by a local Prof Honeycutt of the Hen Iltllioiva , x lersonville High School made a talk 11 which he stressed the importance if club work. He was followed by Assistant County Agent E. D. Cody vho reported on the activities of the rear. H$ stated that the 184 mem>ers who had contpleted their work nade an average profit of $25 per nember which was a total of $4.60b or the county. L. It. Harrill, club leader for State College also attended this meeting ind gave a brief talk on the possi)ilities of club work and its meaning o Henderson County. A silver loving :up donated by-S. S. Child was prelented to the Ebenezer Club for laving made the best record during he year. Because of the close con 1EWS, TRYOft, N. C., THURSDAY NEWS 5ach Goun I Cut Growing Costs : As Well As Acreage RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 23?When the price ot cotton is below the cost of producing it, either the cost ot production must be lowered or farmers should stop growing the crop. "We are apt to pay little attention , I to the cost of production, when cotton is bringing a good price," says I'. II. Kinic, plant breeder at State College. "So long as we are making a fair profit, we do not seem to care about these costs. Now that cotton is actually bringing less than it cost us to grow it, however, the cost of production must be lowered or we should stop growing the crop. We ran reduce the cost per pound by growing more pounds per acre. A good plan to follow will be to reduce the acreage and make more cotton on the land which we (levote to its cultivation." | One good way to produce more cotton per acre is to use good seed of standard varieties, states Mr. ' Kittle. In tests made with twelve different varieties of cotton during I the past season, the yields ran alt the way front 412 pounds of lint per acre to 535 pounds or lint per acre. The length of staple varied with lie variety. j It cost as much to produce 465 pounds of lint from the Kiitg variety 'which has a staple of seven-eights of j an inch as it did to produce 535 pounds front the Cleveland variety | which has a staple of one and flvcI sixteenths inches. The only differI <-ttc was in the cost of picking. Sup-I j pose, stub s Mr. Kitne, that it cost 12 cents per pound to produce 535 pounds of lint per acre from the j Cleveland variety. This is a cost of ^ I ?61.20 tier acre. Diviiliilir this hv 4f."> ! pounds, we gut 13.S cents which Is I the cost of producting a pound of | lint from King cotton. Good seed, states Mr. Kinie, can he j secured at a cost of about $1.">0 per acre above the cost of ordinary seed. ; Fourteen pounds of lint cotton at ltL ! cents is $7.70 or a 4UU per cent ro- i iturn on the investment. 1 . Bigger Tobacco Profits From Good Plant Beds " , RAI,EIpIJ, X. 0., Dec. 23.?Good j jtiuality tobacco will bring a prem-j jiiirn nearly every year, while poor , quality tobacco will hardly pay the; cost of production in jnost years. "One of the most important factors j in starting right with a tobacco crop, is to have a good plant bed," says H. Y. Floyd, tobacco extension specialist at State College. "It is espec- ' ially important to have a good to- j fliacco plant bed this year since the I prospect is for a large increase In j acreage. The man who produces , quality weed will lie the man to make a large increase in acreage. The man who produces quality weed will he the man to make a profit, while he man who produces a poor grade will i)o in I lie same condition as tno col I on farmers are now." Therefore. suggests Mr. Floyd, the grower should use every precaution | i?? secure suitable soil. The seed bed should be throughly prepared j and it should be located in a warm ! place that early plants may be socurt d. Leaf spol diseases of the crop maybe prevented by jtreating the seed before planting with the formalde- j hyde solution. Tin- solution is pre- ' pared by mixing- one tablespoonful' nf formaldehyde with one pint of water. Tiiis solution is placed in a J fruit jar and the seed dipped i into the solution for ten minutes ' using a small cloth sack. On rc- j moral, the seed should be washed and spread out to dry. According to i Mr. Floyd, this method, advocated by plant disease workers at State ("ollege, has proven very effective In ! controlling leaf spot diseases of tobacco. If no control is practiced, ! the diseases will do much damage. "Take good care to produce strong, viable plants, free of disease, and the problem of producing quality to- ; bacco is about half solved," says Mr. ! Floyd. test between this club and the one J from Pleasant drove, a second cup j was awarded and donated to the latter club by W. H. Hawkins of Hen dersonville. Hillara rienuersun ?at , awarded a silver loving cup, donated by the State Livestock Associations J for being the best judge of livestock at the Western North Carolina Fair. , According to Mr. Harrill, this rally was one of the best club meetings that has been held in North Carolina this year. The members were brought in from their schools by trucks and were entertained at a free motion picture show by local persons. DECEMBER 23, 1926. JRAL LtyTo Be New England Atr With ] ^ yif}' | ^^ ^ PT? j|^l'''JflllH K.IICMLN : r '*" -ii r^U-O-P'fi T J ; , i'ovliJ ^-T &2Tj) I LIVING u*M,o? f I & ONjipG4 too* I I L i i '' n- , ,,, l? 0 t-7 w*cn I <1 !^aooe.tPUN_l tl ~ rrr.T ?' T Ing the living and entrance porches row lot without spoiling It architects The house Is sturdily built and for the unusual stucco panels that sti dows. The root Is of stained shingles erably moss green, In keeping wltr window shutters. A house of this pact style Is very easy to heat, esp< when the specifications call for insu throughout with belotex, which pr< heat leakage, and keeps the house c the summer. The living and dining rooms are combined Into one large room flooded light by windows on three sides. Th bedrooms on the second floor each double exposure and an extra large In which a window may be placed. ?, Celotechnlo Inst A good loll for this winter *? d thin out the dead and weed trees 1 the farm wood'.ot. The straight apid growing trees wilj then make titer growth next year. Ask a SOi The 60 South welfare is and that v South ben< Southern 1 getters fort man aboul ? has behind and of the informatioi Southern I in the trad Thfiv have traditions. Soi RAj Hie I Rewarded \ ft nosphere L926 Improvements j 111 ? ?fl . ,rt-,,?, . ' ?-i|V ' ' <, ;V . , : t NY one who has ever motored through 1 \ the quaint sleepy towns of Xe\y , npland has fallen In love with the small , oases that abound In that section I the country?neat, white, unpreten 1 lous and'with a touch of reserve abou: J item. jusi hucii u House is uif <?n' i ictured here. It Is equally adaptable I' >r town or country, and by merely sliift i around can be built on a wide or nnr . ally. has an exterior of wood siding except | irt at the level of the second floor win ! pref- r , ' the I II IllilJW Ctt-J COm- ___ I 111 ITTTiT *7:o'*dU 'dnl,v c n hall Ir?^ c sss : ool In . btoleooM 6tD [room i here ii'tfj-iscr i-fo'-ia'ce y I with J have s closet. 3tCONDFl.002.PLAH 1 = CLUING M LIGHT e'-O* ItuV), Chicago, 1926. 1 Tk. ?- - v. _ ,*iem CO ,1 'Marathon in 490 B. C. can't compare } with North Carolina farm women ( who travel from 50 to 125 miles per i year in bringing water to th home. i s0(ii#r i J , m 9n the Southern there it in effect a bonus-paym. ryslem through which the employeeI engaged in In yperatioris may share the benefits of economies i !o their efforts. t UTHERN RAT ,000 men and women woi tern Railway System kno1 bound up with that of the whatever benefits the South 3fits them. *. Railway men and women i he Southern. Talk to a South t your transportation requii him the support of his fello\ management If he does i i you desire, he will get it f Railway employees are bred itions of the South and of tl ' * 1 M?J j _ the desire ana aDinty 10 m; r T T T-T 1 U X ILWAY((GXjh Southern serv^sw^ [| [ By State j t Progessive Fanner Proposes Plan to Honor n % r j Farmer oi Most Service RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 23.?The mi 1 ster farmers, those who#have made contributions to the agriculture and t community life of their home sections \ ill lie sought out by the country men and women agents of the agricult oral extension service at State College and will be rewarded by [ihblic recognition and a gold medal under a plan proposed by Dr. Clar nce I'oe, editor of the Progressive Parmer. ?, Briefly, Dr. Poe's plan calls for jie county homo and farm agents o work with a local committee in searching out and deciding on the test farmer in the county. This nan or woman shall not necessarily te the one who has made the most money but rather the one who has lone most for his community, by xamplc' of good farming or by conributions to the community lift, rhos who are selected will then onto on up through the five differ lit districts and finally from those loomed worthy of the honor, about 10 or 15 will be selected for the cold medal. The expenses of the plan will be lorne by the Progressive Farmer and he medals will be awarded by this magazine. Dr. l*oe plans to award it a large public gathering held at he time of the county agent conerence next winter. Some of the nflurntial public leaders of the State ill id Nation will be invited to he event. There will be a banquet md the entire proceedings will be iroadcasted over the country by adio. The agviits have worked out a icore card in cooperation with the 'regressive Farmer editors and this aid will | be used as a basis for electing ills farmers to bo rewarded. By this means. >' iu i>n?u>d to live to deserving men and women some public recognition of their fi'orts in mikijig rural North Caro,ina more attractive and a better race ill which to live. rr ^ ^ itn L lut p LWAY man kers on the iv that their Southern? iern and the * are business iern Railway ements. He v-employees lot have the or you. 1 and trained ie Southern, lintain those ERN \SYSTEM i ? - i t the South
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