North Carolina Newspapers

PAGE TWO MANY FARMERS GO ON TRIP THROUGH WATAUGA COUNTY! ? ! Best Demonstration Farmer is Selected for Each Township; in the County: Watt Gragg Leads: Detailed Report of \ - Farm Activities is Given Bv W\ B COLT-INS rc^ViiiVv 1 ' Beginning A ugust 7 ar.d i&s>:n.v ; through August 24. the fafiuers of j Wat^mga fcfcur.ty made township and county tours of demonstratier farms j for tie purpose ci' inspecting the j demonstration farms of the couni v, j to study the : arming operuti-i-rvs car- ; rice oh on these farms, and to tie-; ierntine the best demonstration tar- J mer in the townships and in the 1 county. These selections were mack \ by the farmers w ithout aid or inter - j ferenco by the county agent. vr~ XX* r : u:. >>. j. /ii nu;i^ '.vcia M'-'-M.-' 1 the best demonstration fanner in j Laurel* Greek township. Mr. Fart'n- ; r fnjg has worked out a crop rotation : c oh liis farm with three fields of : about equal size, which are not Sub-| r ject to erosion. Each year on one of these fields Mr. Fsbthhgi plants corn I and other row crops, one fjeltl in rye, t and one fiel 1 in meadow. The corn t field is limed and about 400 pounds f of commercial fertilizer per acre is c used. An average- yield of 30 hush- 4 els of corn per acre or better, is made ?j on this farm. The corn field is 10^ 'owed with rye in the fall and sown \ \ to jjie'adow mixture of red clover, Korean lespedcza, limothy andjf grasses in the spring. h Mr Farthing has used 43* pho- 8 phate on his pastures for the !asi two 1 ] years and he has* carefully slaked bf?.{s 10f/c at each pasture field and left this area as a check plot to tetcr-j v mine the comparative value of ferti-' ? lizlng pastures. Mr. Farthing has been one of the pioneer users of lespedeza in the county and he has a wonderful t growth of this crop on a large acre- t age of his meadow, and pasture ? land, to prove to the most skeptical, 1 that, lespedi-za in a very excellent j soil building' crop for certain areas T of the county. \ Mr. Farthing has good Shorthorn 5 cows oh his farm and within the last L vcar has nurHma bred Hereford buii to improve hisjc an<l ills neighbors' cattle. j > The farmers who inspected this < farm, on the farm tour, could not |v heip but come away determined to 11 do better farming on their own land ;; Mr. Alex Tugman was selected as j v the best demonstration farmer in 1 Meat Camp township. Mr. Tugman j t lias worked ouL a three-year crop ro- \ tation for hi3 farm which consists of f row crops, small grain, and mead- t 0\v. All crop land on this farm is f iimcd before it is reseeded to clover j and grass and ail row crops and i small grain crops are fertilized lib- < craily. The corn yield on this farm 1 will average 50 bushels per acre or f better and the wheat yield is from c 15 to 30 bushels per acre. <] Mr. Tugman is carrying on a five- c year demonstration with nitrate of ]; uit njLuai. mice jcura Ul LUIS ' demonstration lias been completed i s with a very great average increase 11 of wheat where nitrate of soda was ! c used. I p This year Mr. Tugman is carry- j p ing on a corn variety <!cmonstration ; with a dozen different varieties of j t corn to determine the variety best j v suited to conditions in this county, j ti This year, on one acre of Mr. Tug- j a man'j thinnest pasture, he spread I tl one ton of lime, 20 pounds of muri-1 fj ate of potash, and 200 pounds of lZc/r phosphate and sowed 20 pounds | h of a general pasture mixture. This ' one acre of pasture was treated to b show what can be done to produce t! a real turf on our grazing lands, t, The results or. this acre have been ;< highly satisfactory this year. p Mr. 'Tugman has a good check plot, i; carefully staked off in his pastures s. where he has used 4311 phosphate, h and he is setting a fine example in a, good farming for nis community. b Mr. Ira Mcretz was selected as the! best demonstration farmer in Bald j tl Mountain township. Mr. MoretzjS started as a demonstration farmer j h this year and he has made rapid j f, progress in building up his pastures' ? with 13% phosphate and lespedcza. | L He will begin liming his croD land! t this year and the farmers in his _ community can look out for an increase in crop yields on this farm, within the next few years. Brown Brothers' farm was selected as the best demonstration farm in Stony Fork township. These brothers have shown the farmers in Stony Fork what can be done toward building up their land with lime, a liberai application of commercial fertilizer and manure. Some old 3ink-field pastures on this farm have, within a very few years been transformed from sink-field to 200 bushels of potatoes per acre, 20 bushels of rye per acre ,and clover arid despedeza knee deep in the rye stubble. These men are showing what it takes to get yields on the crest of the Blue Ridge ! and their neighbors are beginning to j si', up and take notice. These men, ^ have spread about 100 tons of lime within a period of two years and | they have "just begun to lime." | Will Anderson or. Dr. H. B. Per-1 m A. F. of L. Lead ?? V- : * . ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. . . . Mom American Federation of Labor arc Ambassador Hotel here. They he that the Federation was making sa of workers in the textile industry y?s farm was selected as the bos lemonstration, farmer in Boo | . wnship There is real tCam-wor! : this farm, with Dr. Perry fur iShii'.g the "doutrh" and Will g"et irig the farming done, and betweei hem they are building up more lam ha:i anybody in the county. The] ut bushes and briars by the kun irei acres; when their allowance o phosphate runs -ait they bii] !0'- phosphate by the hundred bay o y;o o;> pastures, mm their pasture ard norer yets too steep- to Kmc. The p&stuie land on this largarm has been ctc?.y<rd ot? c.rA fer-ti izc i and a Jargr par1 of the pasture, ind all the meadows have beei imed. These men hare put up I0i ;tacks of hay this y?J&. and they ea how some fine r>&Ktim? ian.i fod/n \here only a few years ago! ther. vere bush am! briar fields The beef cattle am! slieep on thi aim are being rapidly iimproved. .Mr. Reeves Billing 3 was selected a he best demonstration farmer ii he P.urshy Fork watershed. J rreat many people in phasing Mr Billings* farm have thought that Mi Jillings had his place laid out for ; ea' estate development, and lot saw jut they were mistaken. The whit takes you see on this farm show vhcre 13'; phosphate was left of >f the pastures and meadows. Any me -who has any question in hi nind as to the value of using- TVi >r 13'; phosphate on pastures wil lo well to stop at Mr. Billings' plac md see* for himself what improve nent can be made on pastures )r ising phosphate. Mr. T. C. Baird was selected a he host demonstration farmer i: 'Vaiauga township. Mr. Baird ha or years had some of the best, cat le, horses, hogs and sheep to b ound in Uie county. He hits limed 'prMli7?v1 and mnnncoil Hie ands until his yields of hay an< rrain have been high. He has aisi tad some finfc brooiiisage pasture or a number of years which he wish d he did not have, but which he hat lone but very little about until j ouple of years ago. Within tin ast two years the bushes and briar lave been clipped from these broom age pastures, the broonisage ha: >een clipped where a mowing ma hine could go, lime has been ap lied on part of these pastures, 43f, hosphate has been applied on al he pastures and this year an addi ional 40 bags of 20% phosphatt ;as purchased to be applied on pas iires, and a mixture of lespeaezl rid other grasses have been sown or lie thinner parts of these pasture ields. Within a period of two years Mr taird has made it almost impossible :> find what would be called ? roomsage field on his farm. Witt tie treatment he has given his pas tires they are rapidly changing tc ispecTeza, white clover and bluegrasJ astures instead of broonisage. He ; finding that not only is the broom age disappearing but that he wil ave to keep several head mor; tock to eat his grass than he hai een keeping. Mr. J. L. Triplctt was selected ai tie best demonstration farmer ir iiawiiccurtw luwiiaiup. ja.r. iripien as a fine crop rotation worked out ?r his farm and he carries on z ell balanced system of farming jberal applications of lime and fer ilizer are applied on the crop lane Uncle Jim Satjs j WKcn crop yields keep falling off, it's pretty good proof that land needs lirne, phosphate, and legumes. More farmers can use these now under ihe agricultural conservation program. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVERY . " " '] iers Hold Meeting -l i - . c bers ot tho executive council of the i shown at ft session they held in the ard William Creen, president, state tisfactory strides in the organization 1 t of this iarn^.. Corn cabbage, pota-1 e ' toes. oats and hay arc- the principal j : crops grown on the farm. The cash j - crops of cabbage and potatoes and j - the livestock which consist:- princi- } i i pally of beef cattle are exceptionally i ' well bsianced. T.h\~ tarm is the high j i ? : income group of the average sized j' - i farms of the county. i :.ir. Triplett has fenced off some | -jar' 'he badly eroded spots In'his pas-ji i j tares and set locust on these areas, i 1 ? i.Those area's are being rapidly re-1 i claimed. 1 *; Wiley Perry was selected as the ' best demonstration 'armer in lower j 5 Heaver Dam township. 1 VViley is a. young man who is get^ | ting off to a fast start in goodjfarming, He believes the way to pay * l*1 for a worn out farm is to build it - j up with irne and phosphate so the i farm will help pay for itself. Ho 1 s j has beer, using lime and phosphate : l on his pastures and all his jjprop land i: s with very excellent results 5 i Mr. Perry has. as fine a home, barn j - j and farm buildings as can be found !' j cn most any farm in the county. Mr. Dee Swift was selected as the 1 j x best demonstration farmer in upper j Beaver Dam township. j s Mr. Swift has for the iast year f limed all his crop iand and made a good start on liming his pastures. a in urdou to get the most benefit from ^ the phosphate on his pastures, j j Mr. swift has sown a gross seed mix- j1 0 j ture Of lespedeza, white clover, red ?( i top, orchard grass ancl other grasses ji j 011 practically all his old pasture j1 y | fields. \< s Sowing these grass seed and ap-: ;l plying 200 pounds of 43'r phosphate j* s per acre on these pastures has, in j _ most instances, doubled the grazing c capacity of these pastures. The 1 bushes and briars are all clipped on ( I the pasture land and the grass given ^ ^ a chance to grow. 3 Mr. Swift has made a remarkable s increase in the weight and quality of r his iambs in the last two years hv * 1 purchasing a good purebred rain and ! i by improving his pastures so these) e j lambs would get fat. ' 3 s) Mr. R. A. Thomas was selected as ; . " | tlie best demonstration farmer on j * 3 J tipper Cove Creek township. " j Mr. Thomas is setting a fine ex-! J " t ample of strip cropping, liming and f | sowing clover on his farm. Since s j a large par t of his farm is steep, he ~ " j has some difficulty in finding fields E ? i to cultivate on which he can keep E " j down erosion. He is liming and E 1 | sowing clover on that part of his j E 1; land which is less subject to erosion, j = J j and building up a number of fields i = i over his farm where he can make ! = the necessary crops and still save! = 1 j his soil. When it comes to putting s ' up hay at the right time. Mr. Thorn- E 1 as i3 a "past-master" at this art. He E " can toil you when to cut your grass E '' for the best hay and how the grass E 5 should be cured. He says that most> E !: farmers of the county let their grass ' ; get too ripe and dead to make the E ! most and best hay. . E Mr. Watt Cragg was selected as E the best demonstration "armer in E . lower Cove Creek township and the j E best demonstration farmer of all E these good demonstration farmers in j E Watauga county. E | About eighteen months ago Mr. Is Gragg bought a farm ir. the Silver- s stone community, a large part of S ! which had been cropped as long as ' : it would make a crop, then left idle j: - .vithoutgTass or other protection to! E the soil. ; E In 1936, Mr. Gragg bought 1,200!: pounds of grass seed and sowed it | S on uus place. He has bought lime J and has limed mo3t of the crop land 5 and a considerable portion of the z pasture land. He has bought ferti- ; lizer, chicken manure, old straw j stacks and everything else he could E get to go on the thin and galded E places on the farm. He has cleaned E out the fence rows, ditch banks. E taken the weeds and briars off the E fields, trimmed up locust bushes and E even gone into the woods and taken j out brush and put it all out on the j badly eroded places on the farm. : The farm has been well fenced. ; with a large number of convenient ; lots around the homestead. This fa--m is being built up the : fastest of any farm ir. the county. i | Mr. Gragg is getting a start of : good Hereford cattle and other live- : THURSDAY?BOONE, X. C. MINT IRE SEES NO PARTY SPLIT President's Secretary, on Visit to Blowing Rock. 7-liin ni/cs Party Ilift Hickory. Sept. 3.- Marvin H. Me-J nlvT . p::soia secretary io Presi te'iz Kcos^eelt told a reporter hen:!' ,eOay that, h; sp;.te of recent reportsf 'XQZil V.';.sh.".ythere is ;io reed, r>:_: in the Democratic p^i iy." \ Irtr-rvivv.-eil or. the way to Blowing ? lo:*k. a ;- he and Mis. Mclntyrc '. . \ i a short vacation, the' hv? LA : aiati gage' I Dine v: the Jit for the so-called r.;it t'c the Republicans. who. he 3 ill1(3 soon attempt to ak* advantage of it. j pers-:.V: a." he said. I think our? !uir'v hc;ovo.i would like o see it split more than anyone dsc. l':r. expecting Brother Hamilori to ha\e something to say about : very soon."' i Bethel High School and Community News (Deferred from last week) A revival meeting has been in. j progress at Bethel Baptist church | e.tice last Thursday. The pastor, I lev. \V. D. Ashley, assisted by Rev. | Heady Handy of Caldwell county j tre doin.it the pre aching. Mrs. Luia Burp ot Moravian Falls, s visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Farthing this week. Mr. Jacob Cook ot Kentucky who i las been visiting friends and rela-? .ives in tills section for the past wo weeks returned to his home i'lresuay. Mr Dale Nonas, 0:10 of the Bethel ligh scnool teachers, spent tin- week"i'J with home folks near Todd Bethel high school opened Thursday of last week with an enrollment )t 2 7? students in the grades and SS : high school. Tiio whole ccmmu.ity is extremely proud of the new building. The teachers this year iro C. M. Dickson, principal: J. B. 3'Xeal and Dale Norris, high school; -tanlcy Harmon and Marshall Ward. Mrs Mary Austin Filer. Misses tuby and Ona Far tiling. Mary Lee Bingham, Maude Ferry and Ck;i A'aikcr. grade teachers. JUDGE STACK DIES Judge A. M. Stack, 74. who served 'rom 1922 to 1934 on the North Tarolina superior court, bench, died it a hospital in Monroe Thursday, de had underwent mi emergency iperation the day previous. .Judge Stack was defeated for reflection in 1934 by Don Phillips of tockinghani. who was district solicior at that time. Now is the- Lime for western North Carolina farmers to apply lime to' heir soil. The French monarchy began to ;ive way to the first French reaublic in 1791. took on his farm. When a farm is selected as the est demonstration farm in Watauga ounty it is too good to describe; ou will just have to go and see it or yourself. piiMililipiiliiiHSi li = The squirrel hui arp hKat fi,nl. ? - ^ L.1UL LllV^ upj( jE years. We have = all supplies for 1 = Notice our wine = etc., and you w H sportsmen. 1 FARM! | Anc flllll!!lllillll!l!!!lll!!i!ll!lllllil!lli!liil Meat Camp News i Deferred from last week.) Mr. Kermit Prof fit, who has been vyor^ingr in the coal mines, Is visit Lr.<r. his parents, M?. ana Mrs. Frank Froffit Mr. Paul Wicebarger and Mr. !. Cicero Profiit were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller . Sunday. I Misses Margaret and Bonne Mil- i ;er and Nellie Pearl Moretz were guests of Jim Froffit's Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Silas Winebarger. : cr?. the week-end in Samson. Mr. and Mrs. Buster Tate and Hermit Prof fit left Monday morning for Can People re a jfciXti J* M t~l ? m ail* SlRUl Ml EDI SI!S# VV8lli?| IVUI ^ E flNSW ? - - r?-?* ' """ ; NOW M* CAN YOU / ja J IN 3 r or Example: v........... ti...i.....1 :.. ? out>|KJ>c m .? utaiuu He: "Hello, darling.'' She: "Hello, George. I'm surely glad to hear your voice. Hon) are you getting on t?nth the *big deal'?" He: "Great. It looks like success in capital letters, and I think the deal will be closed tomorrow." She: "Thai's fine. dear. Hut then, I knew you'd do it. Are you staying at the Governor Hotel?" He: "Yes, and my air-conditioned Of course. Belly and Junior will for although 120 word* have heanswer conveyed?about FOUR in an average three-minute teicji The pleasure you will gel from in another city?the profit you c outweigh the small cost of a ionj "Long Distance" operator aboul low cost will please you. Southern Bell Teleph I NCO11 iiliiifi & w Sc ee*> w? r*^ rting season opens on the and game is more plentifi : a complete line of guns, ; the hunter, and our prices lows for the newest in arr ill see why our store is h ERS HARD 1 SUPPLY BOONE, N. C. !i!!i!!i!lil!li!l!ISi!iii!iilStiSilS{tl!!!!!!liillIII SEPTEMBER 9, ! S37 j "" ,L? ? Michigan. Miss Muriel and Barnard Hodsoit were visitors at I.. I.. Miller's Sur.'av. Mr. Arlie Wiriebai'ger lias retutuca to his home from West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Jason Miller were visitors in Boone Wednesday. Mrs. WilleL Miller and son. Cling, arc visiting her daughter, Mrs. Fred White, in Boone. Independence hall in Philadelphia is open daily to the public without charge. Retail prices in France are the * highest since 1931 ally appreciate a 1% I A III I.5I3IIPBQ / HVVVW Sll VMMivre ft ER.?. WWliilig^ L8CH \ ? say i ' minutes? it city calls Wikc at home, like this: room is very comfortable. How are the kids? Is Junior's cold better?" She: "Junior's feeling fine nou\ and Hetty if thrilled over a new red swim suit. When are you cpmttig home?" He: "I'll leave lu re tomorrow evening, but if my plans have to be changed, I'll call you." She: "All right. Wait, Betty and Junior want to say 'hello' if we har'e time." ! have time to say "hello" to dad, en spoken?many a question am? times as many words can be said thone conversation, talking with a friend or relative an add to your hnsiness?will far t distance telephone call. Ask the t the call yon want to make. The ione and Telegraph Co. 1 O RAT ID illlllllllllilllillilllllllllilllllilllllirmill^ nting ( ason | m I i r .1 i i 3tn and reports == ll than in recent =5 ammunition and ?j| are always low. =| ns, ammunition, = eadquarters for WARE | CO. l l!!!!il!SI!i!!!ll!!i!l!il!ll!il!!i!li!!!l!!il!il!iI I