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NAZIS PINNING
HOPES ON SUBS
In an attempt to keep the tremendous
output of Allied war industries
trom the battlefields. Adolf Hitler
was said by British naval observers
to be maintaining 2(H) U-boats of his
fleet, of perhaps 500, at sea all the
time.
As the Germans gave indications
of pinning their hopes more and
more on an ever-increasing fleet of
subamrines. which many allied leaders
rate as the greatest menace to
the United Nations, demands were
heard in Britain for faster freighters
to outrun the U-boats.
An unofficial British estimate
was that Germany is building from
fifteen to twenty submarines a
month?faster than naval observers
here believe the allies are sinking
them.
The German radio meantime
boasts to the world that the new
U-boats arc able to stay longer at
sea than the old ones and that they
are getting torpedoes supplies and
even new crew members from large
"mother U-boats.'"
Germany now is reported to be
building U-boats by prefabrieation
in much the same way as freighters
in the United States. Parts are
being made all over Europe, it was
said and assembled in great bombproof
caves and concrete pens in
French Bay of Biscay ports.
Most of the submarines met in
the Atlantic are of the heavy ocean- I
going type with a surface speed of
18.5 knots.
About fifteen million shearling
sheep pcits are needed to line avia
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VICTORY
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With enough planes in the air, the
the skies. Aerial victory will be
backed up with mammoth quantil
soldiers, civilians, and oppressed p<
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all over the nation report bigger yii
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Purebred Cattle Indi
Couniy Shows Ma
Past Year, Says
By H. M. HAMILTON. JR.
County Farm Agent
Since beef cattle furnished one of
the major sources of farm income
among a high percent of the farmers
of this county, the agents devot-!
ed G4 days to forwarding this phase j
of the Extension program during the i
past year.
We attempted to improve the beef
cattle program in the county by:
1. Placing more good purebred
bulls in the different communities
of the county.
2. Getting farmers to use the best
bulls in their community.
3. Getting farmers to develop
calves out better, by practicing botc-r
feeding methods.
4. Getting farmers who had poor
type cows to sell these cows on the
market while it was high and replace
them with a few good blocky
heifers or cows.
5. Encouraging fanners to feed
their herd better during the winter.
6. Urging farmers to build better
pastures, in order to have fatter
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Allies can be sure of victory in
insufficient, however, unless it is
:ies of food?giving strength to
fople liberated from Nazi chains,
o help assure this food. Fannera
elds of war crops through contour
for the laud.
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Co. Acrent Hamilton
a.'Ki heavier feeder cattle to market
in the fall.
7. Helping farmers to sell their
cattle to good advantage in the fall.
8. Selecting local qalves for the
4-H baby beef project that would
win lop honors in the state show.
9. Urging purebred farmers to
improve their herds by obtaining
better bulls and females.
In order to put this program over
to the best advantage the Agents
made a number of visits to the farms
and gave timely advice on how the
cattle could be improved. A number
of office conferences, with one or
more farmers, were held during the i
year and these conferences have
resulted in more good bulls and
heifers being placed on the farms.
The Agents were also able to assist
a large number of beef cattlemen
in selling their cattle for a
nice premium in price and this has
helped show other farmers that buyers
are willing to pay more for the
right type of cattle. For example:
One buyer who had used some Watauga
bred calves in the 4-H baby
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to the county and bought twelve
more calves for baby beef work in
1943. This buyer paid a premium
price for these calves and was glad
to get them. Other buyers who have
been going to Virginia and Texas to
buy their feeder steers came to Watauga
and bought their feeder cattle
this year. The purebred breeders
were assisted in obtaining a large
number of purebred females. The
increased interest in better beef cattle
has had a fine influence in.getting
the purebred breeders interested
in building a better herd of beef
cattle. To show just how this increas^
ed interest has affected the purebred
herds was shown when W. H.
Walker of Sugar Grove attended
the Silver Creek sale at Fort Worth
Texas on April 20, 1942 and purchased
two outstanding cows, one good
heifer and a good bull that is a half
brother to the 1941 international
champion bull. Dr. H. B. Perry, the
owner of Laurel Hill farm, also made
severed purchases of outstanding cattle
during 1942. Dr. Perry bought a
W. H. R. bred cow and an outstanding
heifer of similar breeding in the
Virginia Breeders sale at Blacksburg
Va., on April 20, 1942.
The largest purchase of purebred
cattle by Watauga breeders was
made in Octber, when two carloads
of cows and heifers were bought in
Kansas and Missouri. The Agent along
with several breeders made a
trip into Missouri and Kansas and
bought these two car loads of cattle
which consisted of 54 females and
two bull calves.
Another high spot in the purchase
of purebred cattle was when eieht
Watauga cattlemen attended the
Clyde, N. C., sale of registered Herford
cattle on November 28. Barnard
Dougherty and Gordon Winkler
of Boone bought three outstanding
heifers in this sale, and R. H. Vannoy
also of Boone, bid last on a
low set bull calf that is a son of the
1937 international champion bull.
The 4-H club boys and girls continued
to keep the interest in better
beef cattle running high by winning
the grand champion over all
other baby beeves at the Western
North Carolina Fat Stock Show at
Asheville on October 6th, 7 th and
RY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C.
8th. This makes the sixth consecutive
year that a Watauga boy has
shown the champion at this show.
This calf, like all the other champions,
was a Watauga bred calf, having
been bred on the same farm on
which he was fed.
Definite progress has been made
in the feeding of beef cattle. More
farmers are seeing that it pays to
feed better during the winter. The
i farmi^TM nro rontiniiin** tn thorn
pastures with lime and phosphate
and as a result of this treatment, the
feeder cattle are gaining more during
the grazing season.
Another factor that has added
new interest to the breeders of pure-1
bred cattle is the annual state sale i
of registered Hereford cattle. This j
sale was hold at Wilson. N. C. last!
year. Two Watauga Hereford breeders
consigned cattle to this sale. I
These breeders were the Shipley!
Farm. Vilas, N. C.. and D. T. Brown '
and son of Sherwood. In this sale j
the Shipley farm had the honor of
selling I he top bull at the figure
of SJ95. This bull was bought by
John Dugger of Vilas, who is also
a purebred Hereford breeder of this
county. The Shipley farm consigned :
four heifers and one other bull to
this sale and they also sold well.
The D. T. Brown and son consignment
consisted of one bull and one
cow. both of which sold very well.
The Shipley Farm also consigned
two cows and three bulls to another
purebred sale that was held at
Statesvillc this fall. All these cattle
sold well. For example the three
Shipley bulls sold at the following
prices: S350. S335. and S255. These
purebred sales have helped show
the other purebred breeders of the
county that there is a ready market
for the Watauga bred Herefords. As
a result of all this new interest in
better beef cattle, more farmers
throughout the county are trying to
produce the right kind of cattle, and
this is meaning high farm income
on more farms.
Since the purebred herds have
been increased in number and in
quality, it looks now as though Watauga
farmers will have no trouble
in buying their future herd hulls
from Watauga breeders in place of
going to other states to buy these
bulls.
To sum up the- main improvements
in the beef cattle program of the
county during the past year, the
following achievements are listed:
1. Twelve farmers bought good
blocky purebred bulls.
2. Eight purebred breeders
bought TO registered Hereford cows
ana nciiers.
3. More cattle buyers than ever
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4. A Watauga county 4-H baby!
beef club member won the grand,
champinship on his Hereford steer!
at the Western North Carolina Fat 1
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5. More poor type cows and bulls
were sold on the beef market.
6. Several farmers purchased
high grade heifers to improve their
grade herds.
7. More farmers than ever began
using the best bull available in
| their community.
8. A large per cent of farmers
I are wintering their cattle better this
year.
9. More calves were developed
out better this year and as a result
of better care, these calves sold for
more money on the market.
All of these accomplishments are
showing their effect on the farm
people of this county in terms of j
high farm income, more enjoyment j,
from farming as a result of better
cattle, more security in farming as ]
a result of stronger breeding herds. '
Since a number of the purebred
Hereford breeders have increased j
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JANUARY 28, 1943.
their herds this year, and since a
number of these breeders have raised
a number of heifers in the past
few years, a purebred sale is being
planned for next fall. These purebred
breeders also plan to fornt a
Purebred Hereford Association for
the county. Since there is so much
demand for the Watauga bred Hereford
feeder calves, plans are going
forward for a feeder calf auction
sale at Boone next fall.
FARM LABOR STATUS
The national situation relative to
the supply and demand for farm labor
has eased slightly on January
1. compared with that which prevailed
on October 1.
BURLEY SALES
The recent order allocating purchases
of the 1942 burley tobacco
crop has been amended to permit
dealers to resell at auction any tobacco
purchased on such markets
not later than January 15.
Democrat Ads Pay.
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