North Carolina Newspapers

J Most Eggs Still Sold In Shells,But Not All HAYES VILLE -Even though tome eggs have been sold on ? trial basis by breaking them out of the shell and placing In glass Jars, most of the eggs are sold to consumers with the shell still rapped around them. One of the problems that poultrymen encounter during warm weather Is egg shell thickness or strength. This problem usually starts in the spring (about March) and con tinues Into fall (about October) As the temperature increases during the summer, the number of thin shells seems to Increase. Since high tem perature is one of the main enemies of shell quality, as well as egg quality, poultry men may want to provide as much protection as possible and practical for the hens dur ing hot weather. Research workers have found that when hens were placed In a 90 degree temper ature, their level of calcium in the blood would be 25 to 30 percent less than when the hen house temperature was 70 de grees F. Also, high humidity in the laying house seems to cause the hens n lay eggs with thinner shells. In hot weather hens may eat less feed. Should the temperature climb to 95 degrees F. feec consumption may drop off as much as one fourth. On this basis a 2,000 hen flock could eat about one and one half bags (150 pounds) less feed each day than they had been eating during cooler weather (based on 100 hens eating 28 pounds of feed per day). When hens eat less feed they are apt to lay fewer eggs with thinner shells. There is some thinking that if the protein, vitamins and minerals are stepped iq> in hot weather this will help id offset this loss. Some producers feed an all mash laying ration that runs about 18 per cent in protein during hot weather. Ptacbfrtt Ntws By Mrs. Dock Sudderth The Rev. R. C. Shearin will be guest minister In t revival at the Peach tree Baptist Church. Monday. August S. Mr. Shearin Is pasor of Pine Chapel Baptist Church. Hampton. Va? and has conducted revivals here In the past. He Is a former pas tor of the Baptist Church here, and a wonderful evangelist. Rev. Barker Invited everyone to attend this meeting. -P Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lee Zimmerman, Linda , Patricia and William of Milwaukee, Wise., visited Mr. Carl Zim merman and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Barnett last Week. -P Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stiles and Diane have returned home from a weeks' vacation at Myrtle Beach, S. C. -P Mrs. CarlSudderth has been In a local hospital for three weeks. Her illness was complicated with a heart at tack a few days ago. But we are glad to report she is better now. -P Mr. and Mrs. Jair.es Stiles and son, James Jr., of Balti more, Md? spent a few days last week with James' Uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs .Claud Stiles. -P Mrs. Paul Ledford and Sandy left by plane Sunday for a vacation in Washington. D. C. -P M/Sgt. and Mrs. Leon West Jimmy, Mike and Carol of Dayton, Ohio, are spending a few days with his mother, Mrs. Harlev West, Mrs. Janice Tucker and daughters, Bdwina and Diane and Mrs. Mary Roberson of Rock Hill, S. C? and Mrs. Canle Johnson have been spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. James Swaim. -P Mrs. Dock Sudderth and Miss Kate Robinson spent Saturday in HendersonvUle. -P Mr. and Mrs. Carson Rog ers and Patty of Atlanta, spent the week-end with Ms parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rogers. -P Mlss Kay Zimmerman and Randal Hanson of Atlanta were week-end guests of Kay's mother, Mrs. Rozelle Zlm ?sm If feed is allowed id aour In die water fotaualns, It la like ly to cauaa a digestive dis turbance ( qpset sBmach). When this happens, the hens are isiahle B absorb the food nutrients from the feed and thin ahelled eggs as well as fewer eggs may be observed In flocks with digestive dis orders. This Is one very good reason id heap the water fountains clean and dls In fected. Cleaning fountains dally and disinfecting once or twice each week Is not bo of bo during hot weather. There Is some research work here st N. C. State University that shows that hens are apt m drink more water If die fount ains are disinfected with a chlorine disinfectant. Also, Clemson College has found the chlorine powders m have a very high efficiency rating for killing bacteria. Remember, if you want your hens B lay well and to pro duce eggs with good shell texture during the hot wester, you should keep them Cool; keep the water fountains clean and filled with cool water, keep the hens eating, and prevent feed from souring in the waters rs. Tobacco Harvest Tine Is Horo fry Ronnie Atkinson Asst. Agricultural Ext. Agent Tobacco harvesting time Is almost here again. You should be making plans now for har vest. Clean out that barn or shed, get those sticks out, make or buy new ones 11 neces sary, cut any high weeds or bushes aroisid the barn, check on knives and spears andbeln, which can be scarce at times. Up tmtll harvest you put a lot of time, money, and energy into a tobacco crop. Why not continue along these lines and turn off a real good crop. HARVEST ONLY RIPE TOBACCO Ripe ?bacco cures faster, weighs more when cured and has higher quality. It Is less likely to damage during the curing prt ..ea:- tf an green ?bacco. You lake less mois ture In? the barn with ripe ?bacco, which will speed the curing process. Cherokee County ?bacco producers lose several thous ands r-f dollars each year by harvesting immature ?bacco. Why don't you wait until your ?bacco Is ripe this year be fore cutting. You can't afford ? lose a few of those bottom leaves and let that ?p turn yellow. You might be Interested In the tobacco demonstrations we have In the county. The demonstration using M-H301S on the farm of Robert Bristol, Andrews, and a side-dressing demonstration Is on Bascom Lovingood's farm in the Peachtree Community. -p Joy Sudderth, Randy Barnett ind jimmy Mann attended the kittle Folk School at Brass Dwn last week. The children tnjoyed Folk dancing and sing - ng. The commencement was teld on Sunday night. -P Elbert Stiles and Mrs. Tommy Moore and baby have arrived here from Colorado springs, Colo. Mrs. Moore and daughter will spend a month with her parents, Mr. and' Mrs. Claude Stiles and Dther relatives. -P Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barnett were: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Scroggs and laughter, Genelle of Navarr, Dhio. M/Sgt. and Mrs. Leon West, of Dayton, Ohio andMr. and Mrs. Clinton Barnett of Canton, N. C. Bill Barnett sent to Asheville Wednesday [or medical treatment. -P Mlss Shirley Rogers spent ast week - end with her par snts, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph logers. Her sister, Judy and ather went to Asheville and jurchased Shirley a new car. ihlrley is employed as sec etary at Bristol-Myers Lab iratory in Atlanta. -P Llghtnlng damaged a teve dsion. water heater and tele ihone in the home of the Rev. lobert Barker during an dectrlcal storm lastSaturday. P. J. DAY, OF THE BLUE VALLEY FARM, Hayesvllle. Rt. 2, la shown with ? Dorset Ram which he recently purchased. This ram was rtmner-up in the Ohio State Dorset Show. ASCS News June C. Waldroup Clay ASCS Office Manager HAYESVUXE - Farmers are now receiving final pay ments for participation In the 1963 Feed Grain Program A total of 209 Clay County far mers are diverting 1,204 acres from the production of corn to conservation use under this program These farmers will receive a total payment of approximately (45,000 . Of this amoimt (40,000 will be diversion payment and (5,000 price support payment on acreage planted to com on participating farms. Farmers will be notified when to come and sign for their final payments. There are a few cases on which pay ment cannot be made until further adjustment of acre age Is made. TOBACCO ALLOTMENT Two hundred nlje farms In the county have a total of 96 acres of hurley tobacco* Agriculture in Action By VERNE STRICKLAND N. C. Farm Bureau Federation COMPLACENCY IS EROSIVE TO AGRICULTURE We Americans are accused of being a pretty complacent people uday. And it is a self appraisal, for the accusation comes from Americans. Look at the shameful voting tallies, for instance, in most any election that comes along. Many of us, it seems, just find it too much trouhle to have some say about who re presents us. Some would contrast the spirit of present generations with that of the hardy people who made America free not two hundred years ago. Per haps we wouldn't come through so proudly when seen in such a probing ligjit. But look to more recenthis tory. Alive today are many men who carried arms for their country through World War U, and through Korea. We do rally B the cause when we are called. Do we have a similar his tory in agriculture? Let's recall a crisis, and how it spurred farmers to action. Back in 1933 - a dismal time for those who remember ? Cotton was bringing ten cents a pound, peanuts three cents a pound, and tobacco about eight cents a poind when it could be sold at all. Farmers decided it was high time that something be done. A retired cointy agent from an eastern county recalls those lean times. "Everybody was rigged and worn out. Folks who had cars couldn't even buy batteries to ?tart them. I remember people parking their cars on hill Bps so they could start them by pushing them down the hill. Farmers were siKferlng very much." allotment. Of this number 191 planted acreage for harvest this year. Thirty farmers had acreage planted in excess of their farm allotment. Of this number, all but two have de stroyed the excess, thus be coming eligible to market their crops penalty free and with Government price sup port. The penalty for hurley tobacco marketed in excess of allotment for the 1963 market ing year will be per pound. 1963 A CP Farmers who are not taking part in the 1963 A CP are urged ? apply at the ASCS office for assistance to carry out con servation practices on their farms. Funds are not available at this time for second ap provals. Farmers that are not now participating will be given an opportunity id sign up and if they do not request all of remaining funds, some second approvals will be availab.e Farmers decided (hat they must organize If they were to have a voice in the prices for which they were to sell their products. In 1936, they formed the North Carolina Farm Bureau. On the way id the decisive meeting In Raleigh, the county agent noted that he "could have picked up one hundred farmers on the road iflhadhadroom." They were so Intent on action that they walked to the meeting because they had no transportation! They were pressed by a crisis, and they were burning with a desire to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. And they did. We are not at this low ebb today. But who will deny that we have pressing problems, and a multitude of them?Far mers need to be Just as con cerned with their problems, and just as willing to exert an effort to get something done, as they were beck In 1936. In the early fall, Farm Bureau's policy development process will begin anew. Far mers who participate will set the organization's policy for a new program year. With determination and Initiative, the hurdles can be cleared and the situation salvaged. But every farmer must take It tf?n himself id speak for himself. Com placency Is erosive to agri culture. Tractor* are lnvllved in more farm accidents than any other farm Implement. But other machines have higher accident rates because they are used less. Based on hours of operation, the compiclce r Is the most dangerous farm machine. Clay County 4-H Events Outlined For August HAYESV1LLE -Several Im portant 4-H events ere coming ig> within the next two or three weeks. Including 4-H Forestry Camp, Wildlife Conference, Electric Congress, and the Western District 4-H Leader ship Conference 4-H FORESTRY CAMP Each year one 4-H boy from every county In North Carolina Is selected to attend 4-H For estry Camp at Camp Millstone. These boys are selected on the basis of their Forestry Record books. The boy having the best record Is given the opportunity to attend Forestry Camp with expenses paid. The winner In the 4-H Forestry Project In 1962 In Clay County Is Ray Chambers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henson Chambers. This years Camp will be held Augus 12-17. Sponsor of the 4-H For estry projects Is Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. 4-H WILDLIFE CONFERENCE This year's 4-H Wildlife Resource Conference will be held at Manteo, N. C? August 5-10. Two 4-H delegates from Clay Coimty will be attending this year's conference - Betty and Sam Davis, Jr. Sam, Jr. will be serving as Jr. Leader at this Wildlife Conference. Seventy-five boys and girls are selected to attend Wildlife Conference on the basis of' their 4-H Wildlife record books. The conference Is sponsored by the Federal Car tridge Corporation. Boys and girls attending Wildlife Con ference have the opportunity to leam more about the con Mrvatlon of our at xal re 4-H ELECTRIC CONGRESS l Mary Bvelyn Spurr la Clay County's delegate to 4-H Elec tric Congress this year, which will be held In Charlotte, N. C.. August 12 - 14. The delegates a> 4-H Bloc trie Con gress are chosen on the beets their 4-H Electric record books which are <aenr ? Raleigh for judging. 4-H Elec tric Congress Is sponsored by the major power companies IS N. C. The sponsor for our area Is Nantahala Power and Light Company, P ranklln, N. C. Mary Evelyn Is the daughter o( Mr. and Mrs. George Spurr of Elf community. LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE The Western District 4-H Leadership Conference will be held August 12-17 atSwan- _ nanoa 4-H Camp. Bach county' in the western district has a quota of four boys and four girls e> attend the conference. The 4-H'era attending will be perddpating in workshops on Careers, Junior Leader ship, Understanding Young People, and Communlcedons. Special Interest groups In clude Long-time records, re creation leadership, and crafts. There will el so be special training acdvldes in cluding: Do You Know Your self? Jr. Leadership Roles, Your Appearance Counts, The Community 4-H Club, Oppor tunities In Leadership', and Vespers. Delegates from Clay County will be accompanied to this conference by Frelda Dean Morgan. Associate Home Ec onomics Extension Antnr Peachtree HD Club Meet* by Mrs. J. V.Cist.Reporter Misses Mte snd Dsle Sud derth were hostesses to the Peschtree Home Demon strstion Club for their meet ing on August L. Mrs. C. M. Hendrls. presi dent. called the meeting to order and Miss Dale Sudderth gave the devotion entitle, "Little Things" using Second Kings S: 1-14 verses as the Scripture reference. She con tinued that someone has said "-few of us will ever attain greatness but no one need by oppressed by haunting mem ories of imaccepted op portunities to do the little things, for the little words are the sweetest to hear; little charities fly fartherest and stay longest on the wing! little hearts are the fullest, and when nature would make any thing especially rare and beautiful she makes it "little" like little pearls, little dia monds. little dews. She admonished us to heed Vlofflt who said "Let us gather up the little bits of time and Influence, and money, and op portunity which we generally throw away and weave them Into a life rare and beautiful" The demonstration on "Nu trition H>-tD date" was given Sy the Home Economics Agent, Uiss Wheeler. Most autho rities on Foods and Nutrition igree that there is no better Uet than the one a person has jeen eating for the last 20 or >0 years which has kept die jerson in robust health. How >ver, if because of additional veight one needs to be con tented, the solution is to cut town on quantities and not thange to some bizarre menu vhich wlU disrvgtt the eating lablts of the entire family. Eating too much makes us ired ? saps our energy and -esults in too much weight to tarry around. One authority warns us that ?e put weight on an ounce at i time and soon we find it iarder to stoop over, harder o breathe properly, more dlf icult to stand and walk without Irlng easily. A person who ends to put on weight will ever change this basic pat ent. She must be prepared o live a life of dietary dis tpllne. Eating properly is only a art of the overall helathpro iem but a very vital part. lost of us should get down o business and do something oncrete no but good nutrition, ather than giving to much lip ervlce to dieting because we ick the will power *> control ur appetites, the speaker told The business meeting fol lowed the demonstration. This group had charge of the can teen for the Bloodmobile July 22 and there were several donors, an announcement of the x-Ray Mobile Unit begin ning August 13 In Murphy and some from our group will take their turn as host esses. Also, the County Fair was discussed and plans are In the making for par ticipation. The hostesses served re freshments to 12 members and guests. Soil Tests Mean Profit Have your profits from crop production been slipping- are they as high as they could be? If not, you may need to ad just your liming and fertili zation practices n> supply plant nutrients required for higher yields. Getting more from your fertiliser and lime dollar Is an effective way to increase pro fits from farming. Soil test information can help you do this. It will help you decide which fields need lime, what grades of fertilizer to buy, and amounts to use on each field. Top yields require more than just the right kinds and amounts of fertilizer and 11 me. Carry out all Improved pro duction practices at the proper time for most profitable crop production. These practices Include control of diseases and Insects, adequate stands, proper fertilizer placement, proper cultivation and chemical week control, har vesting at the right time and many others. Using fertilizer and lime wisely is only one but a very important step toward sound soil and crop production management. The ao 11 testing service is provided by the North Caro lina Department of Agri culture for the benefit of the people in this state. There Is no charge for the service. Visit your County Agriculture Agent, Vo-Ag teachers, SCS worker, ASCS officer mana ger or other county agri cultural workers. Get their ideas on how you can beneift from soil tests. These people can provide Information sheets, soil sample boxes, and mailing cartons along with Instructions for taking samples. Be an "Early Bird." Get your soil samplea in now for your fall seeding crops. JOHNNY MIKB fcREER sod of Mr. and Mrs. B.J.Greer, of Grape Creak 4-H Club will leave August 12, for a week at North Carolina's annual 4-H Forestry Camp, at Camp Mill stone near Bllerbe, North Carolina. His trip Is being sponsored by die Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. Johnny was selected to represent Cherokee County on die basis of having completed and turned In the best 4-H Forestry Record book and having been outstanding in 4-H Forestry Work in the county. The purpose of the camp Is k> develop "Know-how through Show - how." Experienced foresters and woodsmen will dem ons tram suck things as planting a forest, measuring timber, improving timer stands, harvesting the timber crop, and how to work safely In the woods, plus the care of woods equipments. UNDER THE SUN by James M. Stewart County Extension Chairman CLIP PERMANENT PASTURES There ere three require ments for top quality pastures heavy fertilization, desirable plants, and regular clipping. Management is important, too, to avoid over-grazing. Where pastures are understocked, ex cess herbage can be saved as grass silage or hay. Where rainfall has been adequate, pasture clippings may become an Important source of forage feed. Clip permanent pastures twice a year - In June and August. Clipping In early summer cuts back tough, wooc growth of grasses that cattle refuse to eit.lt scatters drop pings and kills weeds before they seed. HOGS SHOW NOPREFBRBNCE BETWEEN WET, DRY FBBD Whether the hog drinks or eats his food evidently la not nearly the matter of concern to the bog as It hae been to some of his owners Inn recent years. Hog producers, always looking for ways to increase feed efficiency, have become Increasingly Interested In the potential value of liquid feed ing. Research at North Carolina State College Indicates there may be very Utile to gain from making a switch either way. One form of feed seems to have no advantage over the other. Dr. A.J.Clawson,associate professor atN,C?tateCoUege conducted experiments with dry vs liquid feeding under both self -fed and hand - fed conditions. The most significant find ing of this research Is that, under the conditions used, results from Uquld vs dry feeding are amazingly similar almost to the point of diqrilcatlon. TO CONTROL MOLES That mole, plowing under ound In your yard or garden Is looking for food. He lives, almost exclusively on Insects' found in die yeard. Rid the yard of grubs and the mole will look elsewhere. The yard can be made grub - protff by treating it with chemicals such aldrln, chlordane, DDT, dleldrln. endrln, or heptachlor One treatment will free the yard of mole -beltfor several seasons. WORLD FOOD CRISIS World Food Crisis worsens as population growth outnns farm production. Represent atives from 104 countries at tending the United Nations World Food Congress which recently ended In Washington heard the bed newa. Samples: For the second straight year, the gain In world food output lagged behind estimated pop ulation growth of 1.6% In the year ended last J une 20. More than a billion people, a third of the world's population, suf fer some degree of malnutri tion. 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