Newspapers / The Cherokee Scout (Murphy, … / June 21, 1929, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The Cherokee Scout (Murphy, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
CONDI (IF I > l\ COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY DEMONSTRATION AGENT IN THE INTEREST OF BETTER FARMS. LIVESTOCK \ND BETTER POl'I TRY~ COMMUNICATIONS Farmers. livestoc k and poultry ra'-er-. this page is conducted for you. I it. \rticles or letter? dis ????? phs*" ^ ^ 4 rm U'nrlf Ii\?tiH-k and. poultry raiding are welconvd. >' - il \-ur < -mmuni? a tions dire, t t? ? tl: - pap**: or to your countv agent. SHAY GIVES RULES FOR HOG GROWING \ i m< '?' hogs but better methods of feeding those now produced is advocated by W . W . Shay, swine extendi"!! specialist at Mate Col lege. as the way t ? success in the swine industry. Tile ?tart in hog fe- -ding must be made on fertile land. Little profit will accrue t?? the man who tries to grow out hi- animal- and produce feed on p? or -oil but f-?r the person with fairly feitile land, it is only necessarv t -r him t?? do five rhings to -u? ???????! in feeding and marketing hog- w ith profit, -ay- Mr. Shay. These five things are: 1. Vdjust the number of brood sow- to th?* amount of home-grown corn available, allowing 150 bushels of corn per -ow each year. 2. I -trong. thi ifty animals and keep them in this condition by giving attention to proper housing, sanitation and parasites. Control breeding dates as to profit by the average seasonal trend in hog prieo. A. Fill 1 red. either bv hand or through i -?"If-feedci . on pasture when possible, all th t> foo d that the bo?- intended fo: market will eat e\er\ day from th** age of four weeks until -old. This feed. -ays Mr. Sha\. should consist of ?.,rn properly supple mented a< < ordinjt to the weight of the animals. Corn will constitute about J SO percent ol the total feed needed to produce a pound lion, 5. Stick to this -\-tem regard 1 ? of th ? chanse in prices of ? rn or hog-. li the grower will conform to flies, five point-. hi?* degree of -ue ? ? wi h hogs will then !??? go\e*-?M?d bv ' 1 ? ? i ? i I i t \ of hi* land and hi* abilitv as an animal lui.-handman. Mr. Shay insist- that be mu-t ? k t-i tii" svstem ? not plunge one \ and get out tin* next, but stav iti tie- business year in and year out and he will be handsomelv reward ed. SPORTSMEN WILL ENJOY PARADISE OF FISHING SOON Hatching Capacities Of Cultural Stations -Ire increased R W.F.I OH. April 21. ? An aver age of more than one game fish for every man. woman and child in North Carolina, or a total of ap proximately four and one-quarter million emh:vo "bites"' will ho re leased in fishing waters this year from the state fish hatcheries ac cording to estimates made by Colo nel J. W. Harrelson. director of the deoartment of conservation and de velopment. today, following their return from an inspection of the fish cultuie stations. The estimated output of four and one-quarter million game fish from the hatcheries, the officials said, will he approximately one-third greater than the banner year. 1928. when a little mora than three mil lion frv and fingerlimrs were slock ed in North Carolina fishing waters. In 1927, the total outnut of the hatcheries was one and three-quar ter million. Effective Stocking Director Hareison and Assistant The Farmer's Home The average farmer in North Car olina jcenis averse to a glass cover ed v.ud. with trees and shrubberv. .m<\ to be hail in most places. ; Kven when there is a natural growth of trees the effort is to keep the ground as bare as possible. The farmer U in such a persistent and vigo.ou- fight with grass and weeds in the cultivation of his crops that he -eems determined to have as lit tle sreen a- possible around his h< 'me. How beautiful and restful most country places could be made with a -mall outlay of money and effort! Often the tree* of nature's own planting are already in place. The \.ird could be sowed in grass and all needed shrubberv could be plant ed at small co-t. No bic amount of money is needed to build and make rozv and beautiful a home in the unit v. At the present, attractive ?? >2-s are springing up along our hishwavs. In some sections many of the-,. are built of brick. What possibilities we have for country home- of simple beauty and attrac tive surroundings! Ha\ iug passed dozens of countrv I laces with not a sprig of grass in lli.- vard. though at times there we:f a fp\v rose bnshes and a little plat of flower-. we ran upon a plain lit tle cottage with carefujly planted shrubl>erv in a yard of beautifully kept sra--. There was no big out lav of money in the house or of la bor in the yard in the seenrins of thi< most attractive country home by the roadside. Any farmer of rea sonable energv and a little enter prise could have such a home. Think what an a**et such a place would be to a family in which are growing children! Imagine how restful such a nook would be to a tired farmer! Many people have got it into their head- ihai le-aulv belongs to the town< and att active home- are a portion of the rich. How far afield have thev gone! I he country is the home of beautv and oflers possibili ties ;it a cost unknown in the city. \ better dav is dawning. The at tractive -ehool grounds in many l ounlrv communities as well as in hundreds of villages will disclose to the next generation the possihilties at hand. Love for the beautiful and ail appreciation of nature in the l re-ent and futuie generations will be fostered. All this will tell in the vears to come. Wliv should not church folks set themselves -criou-ly to the task of making more attractive the country churches and their surroundings? Some country churches are a re proach to the congregation and a disgrace to the communities in which they are found. Neglect ap pears at every turn. Tli* building, the graveyard and all cl-e in sight tell of slothfulness and spiritual in ertia. God delights not in any such. 1 "Diligent in business, fervent in spiiit. serving the Lord,'' fits not in to such a situation. Director Harnett expivs^ed a belief that stocking of streams and other waters this \ear. in addition to being on a larger scale, will be the most effective yet experienced since a larger number will be raised to a finjrerling size than heietofore. Hatching capacities of all of the cultural stations, they reported, have l>een extended and facilities for rearing the baby fry fish have been enlarged. They announced that the conservation department through the co-operation of individuals, county and municipal governments and sportsmen's organizations, ha? set as an objective the rearing every fish from the hatcheries to a fin??. ii-'g cWp before being released in ? i^fiintr wat? *??. The officials* inspection tout took them by the state came farm at A?beboro and the Sauratown came refuge in Stokes county. They we: c What Was Good For The Factories Should Work For the Farmers By T . IT . /.,? 1 1 You have a son or a daughter or a frienj in some city. They prob ably buy bread. I want you to do me a favor. Perhaps it will help \ou too. Please get out your paper and pen antl write a short letter to ><>nie of these city folks who are friend* of yours. Ask them this question: "What did you pay for a loaf of bread two months ago? W hat is the price of the same loaf now?" l ou and I know there was a drop ??f more than 25' ; in the pricP of wheat in those two months. 1 have eighty acres of wheat on my farm near Spencer. \ reduction of 25' , ?n the price of wheat will cost me some real monev. Rut my loss and tour lo*s on the price of wheal ? ill probablv not the bread-eaters in the cit\ a bit of good Till- price ..f loaf has not changed. I think they will -rive *ou that information when 1 1,<-\ write. Th.- miller* and the bakers Ho not seem to know about it. If thev are sa\ ing anv money thm are "Ot sharing it will, their cin custo mers who buy bread. And \ei amJ some of the re|)i,-er,lali\,-s of tli city people in ;lr? ,,frni,| '< vole for prnelie.,1 f;lr?, relief Will restore the pri, e ..f wheat ""I'^lh.- *"?<??? their district* would charge theni vith j?. i,:::;;; ,he pr,v- f,f of Farm I if., that "e/" h?ve the , to |,? k , . demand for farmer's ri?ht-s Th adavs."8" ",0 no,,. I *erv scmnI ihin-r for ,ls i? ,i._ ncsent fan-, relief and tariff bill* - hr.n r'i fo' b> " '?<le of he ? Cln lh" rpP^nta,i,e. f i d r t >" l'- -'nching ?" ? it is true. U" m'1V "0t 'rk r ?<?? Sn TtaT liV.tr.*' < rl,; ,.,1 ,1 . u,|,n n,!^ f't n,a,";,'v ,,f - ?f Con-r.-s., ' for tariff -r 7J? iJ"anvtar^ ** '< The, ad,iJ;r?r; d"#oned "? -ft ,!z ""''M hfip us. it ,1:1 ?pp'\ ,hai ki?-i ?f ""?"rkrt'Cof0^ "S s'andard* of ljvi,?r j An,prican ro,'"aJ1 standard P "0' h) El'" Mand that ev'erv?Tn '? "n(1''r" iablv represented ? has 'nvar "ros peril, of the ne the entirelv out of nr ?P-<> ?',v - i""f^of?,V0 th"m '? think of ?"r prosperity. ' ke out price of bread.'* *"en(l aho"t the \ pecomn^nieH to these places bv rVias. H. England, state frame war den. ! prosne/>t? for a larsre outmit of ""?il and nhea?ants from the same tar -? found to he pleasing. 4 n?n?rfi "*ve heen made ndditio^ 'dins stock anc. i- ! l^rjzemer a? ilities to increase ? the distribution of birds and eggs ' f"om the farm. POULTRY HINTS June is the month to begin to give special attention to your market essrs. It i- time to sell or confine all your males that you will pro duce nothing but infertile egg?. Remember that eggs depreciate rapidlv in value in hot weather and so should he protected from the sun and heat as much as possible even on \<?iir way to market. We arc trying to develop a mar ket for our eggs and we should be ac:eful to sell only the best of eggs. If we market our eggs every week and follow all the above suggestions wo should very soon develop a good market. Do not neglect the growing of vour young stock. Just because you have uotten them up to where they can t;ik?? care of themselves is no reason that you should lei them. \ good growing mash should be fed until they are three or four months oh! or ready to go to the laying house. This is the onl\ way that you can secure proper hodv growth, well grown millets, good sized eggs, and ' mfitable winter egg production. Fei'd plenty of milk, hut do not feed in a met 1 container at any time as \ini are likelv to produce j?o:? ii among your chicks. k?'ep the premises clean from all dea?l carcesses. \e:v often quite a few birds are l*?st lvcause a dead !?ird has been allowed to lie around for several days for the fowls to eat and -ome disease has developed canning a great Ins-. June is a gf>od month to buy ^?ceding cockerals for next yeav They can be purchased now around t?-n weeks old at a much lower price tl?"\ can later when they have matured. \m one wishing to build poultrx houses for the winter will do well -??** vour county agent for a blue of the vor\ house that vou want t<> build. Thev will be fur nished free of charge. COLLEGE HONORS FARMER WHO BR FT) NEW CORN i For his contribution of a new va ii??t\ of corn t?> the agricultural ad x uiccTncnt of No'th Carolina. lames Monroe Jarvis, 71-year old farmer of Forsvlh count > was honored with a certificate of meritorious -ervicc in agriculture l>y the North Carolina State College at its annual com mencement e\f cises on June 4. An -ovation greeted the presentation of the diploma to the aged farmer, es- 1 pccially when President E. C. - Brooks told of hi? accomplishments 011 a 90-acrp farm Mr. Jarvis is the originator of Jarvis Golden Yellow prolific corn. He has farmed for 35 year? and started breeding his corn from a lo cal variety one year after he took charge of the old family farm. The corn has two ears rather low on the ? stalk, has a wide grain, a white cob, and the plant has broad leaves. Mr. ! Jarvis has bred his corn for produc tion rather than for show purposes and in tests made by experiment sta tions over the South, the corn stands well among the leaders in acre yields. It is said that Mr. Jarvis has not attempted to commercialize his va riety but has been content to keep it pure and true to type. He sells only 12 to 16 bushels for seed each year and makes his living mainly from 12 aeres of land, largely planted to truck crops. The farm has an in come of some SI. 200 a year and produces the food and feedstuffs needed for the family and livestock Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis live in a sim ple home, well banked with shrub ben-, flowers and shade trees. They have four children, three of whom married with the fourth, an un j .d*ried son. staving at home and having charge of the truck growing Mr. Jarvis handles his corn himself It has been his hobby for 34 years* BOY FEEDS COW TO WIN RLCORD By following instructions given | him for feeding a four year old Jer ; sey cow belong* to the dairy herd at State College, H. W. Cartner, a ! student of the institution, was re warded recently by having th<? row j officially recognized by the A men* ? an Jeisey Cattle Club as the chain l pion producer of her age for the State. Thp cow. Peur's College Farm Dimple 2nd. was recently given the junior 4-year-old State Champion ship by producing 751.08 pounds of butterfat and 11.910 pounds of milk in 365 days. She was placed on the animal husbandry department, test by Prof. R. H. Ruffner, head of when at 4 years and 4 months of age. Prof. Ruffner outlined ra tions she was to receive and placed her in the hands of H. W. Cartner, a student in dairy husbandry. Dim ple ha(J made the highest record ever recorded by a cow owned by the college. As champion, she sueeeed ed Princess Klise. owned by R. E. McDowell of Charlotte. This animal, savs Prof. Ruffner, came from good lineage. She was sired by the Register of Merit bull, Fortunee's Nobleman, and her dam u the silver medal cow. Peur's Col lege Farm Dimple. Her granddam was the gold medal cow. Princess Coinage. L'nfortunatelx . tin* voung chain I oion was killed shoitly after com 'pleting tlii- record by coming in contact with three live guy wires ! wihen supported an electric pole in ih pasture field. Three other cows in the college herd were killed at the same time. COSTS TOO MUCH TO PRODUCE MILK. I *uall\ when an industrv new, the cost of production is liisrli- Such i- i he condition of the new dai' \ in dustry of North Carolina. "Milk is hein?r produced at t?)0 high a cost in this State partlv be cause nf inexperience and undevel oped conditions and largely lv r.uise prospective dairymen are neglecting to produce feed for l he cows and voting heifers.*' sa\s A. C. kinr?v. dairy specialist at State College. "I sualk we give more attention t?> -ecuring a higher price for our milk rather than to producing i' for less. \\c must begin ??? think of produc ing milk cheaply." To do this, ho says, a low cost, succulent roughage must he provid ed. The kind of roughage will de pend somewhat on the location of the dairy farm hut if a sufficient amount of fairly cheap land is available, no better roughage can he had than that supplied in sum mer by a good grass pasture. Such gra*s gives nutrients for milk pro duction and supplies vitamins nec essary to the health of the cow. Silos for year around succulence wi n cost more than pasture. The next thing needed is an abun dant supply of legume hay. This is needed if young heifers are to be grown into good cows and if milk is to be provided at low cost. Al falfa is the cheapest source of such hay. Where alfalfa hay cannot be grown, other legumes should bv all means be provided, says Mr. Kim rev. Milk can never be produced at low cost in the absence of cheap, suitable feeds and these are impos sible unless they are grown at or near th<? place where they are to be fed and thus save the expense of merchanising and transporting. Concentrates mu?t of course be ad ded to the roughages and if the soil s not fertile enough to grow th^se. hey must be purchased until t the land has been built up. J
The Cherokee Scout (Murphy, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 21, 1929, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75