I laws and Views Oi flie Farmen Count* Ajrent By L E TUCKWILLER 441 DAnrr mmomrnxnoti > CUir . (AKES 'A >H It \ND V. 'Lfi USE RECOMMENDED BY MRS S R null THF flM^ST HOUd f^ONlY C^N BUY Walauga lire Insurance Agency PfiMie 49 N or th western Bank Bldf. Boon*, North Carolina J. PAUL WINKLER, Manager Why Your Local Fire Insurance Agents Are Important 1. We are here where you can reach us in case of, a loss. 2. We can issue the policy you wish from our office without delay. 3. We have rendered 30 years of service and are serving over two thousand policy holders at this time. 4. We write all fire lines including farm property, livestock and farm machinery. CALL ON US FOR INFORMATION WITHOUT OBLIGATION. October 1, the District Junior Dairy show tor the auction will be held at Lexington. 4-H Club and F. F. A. dairy club boy* and girls from Watauga will show their calve* along with dub members from other counties. Both ribbons and money prizes will be offerjd HERFORD BALE Plans for the Sixth Annual Watauga Hereford sale are pro greasing nicely. Look for the ad elsewhere in this paper to learn more about this important Here ford event. COIUT MEETING In order to get more informa tion about corn hybrids adopted to the county, thirteen different hybrids were planted in one field at N orris Brothers' farm near the Reese postoffice. On Friday afternoon, Septem ber 24 at 3:00 p. m., there will be a meeting at this corn field to look over the different hybrids and get a better idea of how they will mature in the section. The name and number is on a stake by each hybrid so that anyone can tell the different kinds. Please do not pull any corn off as we want to measure the yield later. You may be interested to know that some of the hybrids are very early and some are very late. Two hybrids, Wise. 416 and Wfin 602 were ripe about thirty days ago, while others are still very green. Come to the meeting and choose the hybrid that you want to grow next year. RECORD GRAIN CROP IS NOTED A record crop of feed grains is in prospect for the nation this year, according to Moyle S. Wil liams, Extension farm manage ment specialist at State College. Present estimates for the na tion's corn crop is now placed at 3,500,000,000 bushels of 1,100,000, 000 bushels more than was pro duced last year. Mr. Williams stated that 74,000,000 bushels at this year's production will come from North Carolina. Estimates also point to a bumper crop of the other important feed grains, oats, barley and sorghum grain. Livestock number are the smallest in 10 years, and with the large crops of corn and other grains, available feed should be greatly improved over last year. In addition, a large hay carry over from last year for the na tion as a whole, plus a better than average hay crop this year should provide, generally, ample' hay per animal. The harvest yields of wheat turned out better than expected in the wheat belt and the 1,300, Watauga Hereford Breeders SIXTH ANNUAL Purebred Sale Sal., October 2, 1948 1:00 P. M. Farmers Burley Warehouse Boone, N. C. 33 HEAD 10 OPEN HEIFERS - 7 BRED HEIFERS 8 COWS AND 8 BULL CALVES D. C. Coffey J. H. Council! Bernard Dougherty H. Grady Farthing Orville Hagaman H. M. Hamilton, J a. Hamilton & Council! CONSIGNORS: Frank Lookabill Dave Minton N orris Brothers Shipley Farm R. H. Vannoy and Sons W. H. Walker Aud L. Ward H. M. HAMILTON, JR., Auctioneer BUD SNIDOW 1.1' Eastern Breeder L. L CASE N. C. Extension Sorvic* PAUL SWAFFER N. C. Extension Service IFOR CATALOGUE WRITE W. H. Walker, Secretary L. E. Tucwiler, Sale Mgr. Sugar Grove, N. C. Boone, N. C. . ;:h Sugar ISisiLS, :: . . , . 000,000 bushels produced is sec ond only to last year's record crop, the specialist said. The prospects for other crops also appears bright The cotton forecast of 15,169,000 bales indi cates the seventh largest cotton crop on record. The soybean crop, estimated at 205,000,000 bushels, will break all previous records. The peanut crop indica ted at M00, 000, 000 pounds, will be another record. Prices for meat animals, and dairy and poultry products have increased and have more than offset the decline in prices of grain, soybeans and cotton. As a whole, cash receipts for farm products were up four percent during the first seven months of this year. However, it is expect ed that net farm incomes are down a little due to higher pro duction costs during the same period, Mr. Williams s4id. Poultry Breeders School is Planned A Poultry Breeders School, the first such one to be held in the state, has been scheduled in Asheville, September 27, accord ing to C. J. Maupin, Extension poultry specially at State Col lege. This is a new attempt to get the hatcherymen, poultry breed ers and other interested poultry men together and discuss breed ing probelms and new research discoveries made in this import ant field, Mr. Maupin said. The program which has been arrang ed for the meeting is a simple one and has been planned for the interest of poultry laymen as well as specialized breeders, the specialist declared. Scheduled to begin at 10:15 a. m., the full day's program will be followed the next three days with the Carolina Poultry In dustries Exposition, an event of interest to all poultrymen. Topics of talks scheduled to be given at the Breeders School in clude: Fundamental Principles of Genetics, as applied to poultry breeding; selection through fami ly breeding as compared with in-l dividal performance; selection! and breeding for better broiler quality; how good are our hatchery chicks?; and Muftg and hybrids. These talks will be given by outstanding men in their fields from State College, Clemson College, the U. & De partment of AgricuKura and K. C. Department of Agriculture. The evening program will be given over to a panel dtectusion of breeding problems, Mr. Mau pin stated. Old Man Winter Just Around The Corner * GET YOUR HEATING STOVES AND RANGES EARLY Chances are they will be no cheaper this year. We have a good stock of Coal, Oil and Gas Ranges and Heaters. SHOP HERE BEFORE YOU BUY FARMERS HARDWARE AND SUPPLY CO Phone 1 . . Boone, N. C. izr~zi?Z"* ?\*0i ^ ??>?? ?? ,?,. YO^-? -?">'? ?W, ?< ???*. o-"v,d* I ?ir ??* **?*"???* ? ? *???"?* * -1 S?? v*oU , ' oA ,o?? *<"?.*">?* and t?or. .. . WVoHoU ,h* V#"' iW?? w., too. -"40" o*d VP ?-?. * f o*d * titho*"* . ; * w?P aid *** & ~n?** NCH w **?* 1 ^0^' >ts?&r $*>*** ,9H Winkler Motor Co. Soon*, N. C. Tolephono 69