Newspapers / The Cherokee Scout (Murphy, … / July 28, 1949, edition 1 / Page 7
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
Broiler Industry Brings Prosperity To Neighboring City Of Gainesville From The Wall Street Journal GAINESVILLE. Ga? Ever hear of a gold mine in a hen house? Tins Georgia town has found one. A docade ago the Gainesville arM was economically destitute. Then it entered Che broiler (grow ing business. Today it markets a 'million broilers weekly. It's the nation's second biggest pro ducer of these birds. It does a $60-m:!Iion-plus yearly business. Crushed Rock, Gravel and Sand for sale at crusher or delivered MURPHY ROCK AND GRAVEL CO. Call Geo. Townson Phone 52 | The region's rapid rise to ! prosperity parallels the nation wide boom in commercial broiler production Fifteen years ago the country's "broiler factories" sold less than 35 million chickens in a year. The 1939 total was 10G mil lion. Last year a record high of 351 million was reached And production in 1949 is racing 15Cr to 20 % above the year-ago level. How It Started The industry in this area had its beginnings in 1938. Farmers, were low on money. Hundreds ! of them were near bankruptcy. They needed a cash crop A plan was worked out whereby feed dealers would supply them with feed and baby chicks. The farm ers grew the chicks to broiler size and got. for their work, the difference between the market re turn on them and the original cost of chicks and feed. Soon, however, the farmers found themselves sufficiently pros perous to pay cash for their chicks and feed. The Gainesville area. >nce financially desperate, moved to third place in per capita in come in Georgia. A pioneer in aiding the poverty stricken farmers by "trusting" them with feed and chicks was J. New conveniences! New handling ease! Less fatigue! STUDEBAKER TRUCKS Big range of sizes and wheelbases! The new Studebaker trucks come in -ton. ^-ton, 1-ton, l'^-ton (illustrated) and 2-ton capacities ? they're all outstanding trucks in ruggedness and low-cost operation. ? First in comfort? and first in performance ? that's why Studebaker trucks are selling sensationally! ? Now, there's new big power, too, in Studebaker's medi um-duty trucks? the 16A and 17A series. Studebaker's lOOh.p. "Power Plus" engine delivers 200 lbs. ft. torque. ? Get America's most progressive truck designing? get the utmost in solid dollar value? get a Studebaker truck! EVANS AUTO COMPANY Phone 48 Murphy, N. C. I) Jewell, of Gainesville. Today, Mr. Jewell operates one of the country's finest chicken processing plants. His company owns hens that lay the eggs, a hatchery that produces the chicks, a feed divi i sion; it furnishes supervisors for the growing period and then pro cesses the broilers and markets them. Week's Work: 200.000 Pounds Mr. Jewell's company is now processing about 200,000 pounds of chickens weekly and is ship | ping them, packaged, to the south east. About two years ago, Swift & Co established here one of its 142 plants and today it is proces sing in Gainesville more birds than at any other of its branches ? about 300,000 pounds a week There are four other processing plants here, operated by indivi- 1 duals. There are an estimated 500,000 breeder hens in the area to pro duce the eggs for the broilers. Under the almost ideal condi tions which prevail in north I Georgia for broiler growing, the | baby chicks are grown to broiler j marketing size in 10 to 11 i weeks. When dressed and drawn. | the average weight is two pound < The broilers are packaged in 'j various manners ? some whole and some cut up in pieces. Jewell I packs and freezes one-pound pack | ages, and Swift packs 10-pound : boxes of cut-up pieces for ship ping. Nothing Is Wasted In the process, nothing is wast ed. Tail feathers are sold for decorating women's hats. The neck hackles are converted into fishing lures, and the refuse is sent to rendering plants. Some poultrymen in this area grow 100.000 or more broilers an nually. Average farmers who have j turned to broiler production grow as many as 10.000. This area was once heavily de pendent on cotton for its eco nomy. Now, according to L. C Rew. Hall County Agent, income from broiler production far sur passes that from cotton, which ! faces an uncertain future. Benefits of the broiler produc- j tion program have been almost immeasurable for this north Georgia area. Thousands of dollars worth of eggs are being handled through the 4-H Clubs with hundreds of farm families benefit ing. Mortgages on scores of homes have been paid off in the last few I years. Electricity has reached hundreds of farms and. in turn, has enabled greater broiler pro duction. The Gainesville area, covering five counties ? Hall. Forsyth. White, Lumkin and Dawson ? sends its broilers to markets all over the southeastern part of the country, with some of the birds shipped as far west as Texas. The nation has six other areas where commercial broiler grow ing has become heavily concentrat ed. They are the Del-Mar- V a re gion 'the biggest), where Dela ware. Maryland, and Virginia come together; eastern Connecticut: the Shenandoan Valley in Virginia; the region around Chatham. N. C. Ask any woman why she bought a General Electric Wringer Washer and she'll tell you that the BK? G-l gets clothes really clean! Clothes aren't just swished around in this room) wringer washer. The "three-zone" Activator* tumbles anil loosens the clothes . . . forces soap suds into every piece of washing . . . and chases out the most stubborn dirt and soil. It washes clothes quickly and thoroughly yet is gentle with the finest fabrics. ( ?>me in and let us show you the only washer that has the G-E Activator, the One-Control Wringer, ami a Ptrmadrive Mechanism (only four moving parts!) Its built for long, dependable service . . . quiet operation ? and it gets clothes clcan, clean, clean! GENERAL m ELECTRIC Home Laundry Equipment - ? ? ^ What Other Washer Gives You This, To o? .?Durable balloon rolls ? Permanently Oiled G-E motor ?Self-tilting drainboard ? Full-length protective skirt | ? Porcelain enamel tub ? Quick-emptying pump J /9 MllRPHV ELECTRICAL SHOP finale "Next Door to the Post Office A ? Phone 134-R Murphy, N. C. Students At UT Visit Murphy A party of 18 students from the University of Tennessee, Knox ville, who has just completed a summer course in Field Geology in the Southern Appalachians under the instruction of Dr. Paris B. Stockdale, Ph. D., Professor ot Geology and Geography, and head of the Department of Geology and Geography at the University, were overnight guests in Murphy Tues day. This course in Field Geology is given every year for five weeks under the direction of Dr. Stock dale and Dr. Harry J Klepser. Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Tennessee. The field station is located at "John- 1 son s Bluff" on the rim of the Cumberland Plateau three miles northwest of Dayton. Tenn. The region studied embraces portions of the Appalachian Val'ey the Cumberland Escarpment, the Walden Ridge unit of the Cumber land Plateau and the Sequatchie Valley. The party broke camp the 19th. came through the Copper Basin to Murphy where they spent the night, Tuesday visited th?? Hitchcock Corporation Talc Mines Wednesday morning and returned ' through the Great Smoky Moun tains National Park to Knoxville. j Those in the party included: Dr. Stockdale, Werner W. Beug- , ger Ohio Wesleyan University. Delaware, Ohio; Julius R. Bos nian. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; John Dail. University of , Tennessee. Knoxville; Rhea A. Dai!. Knoxville; Robert W. Gerwig University of Illinois, Urbana. III.; Edward Arthur Griffin. Uni versity of South Carolina. Colum bia, S. C.; Paul R. Guinn. Uni versity of Tennessee; Frank R. Hays. University of Cincinnati. Ohio; Donald Hebert. Southwestern Louisiana Institute. Lafayette, La Edward Hughes, College of Woos ter. Wooster, Ohio; Donald H. Jones. University of Tennessee; Duane Larson, University of Wis- 1 northwest Arkansas < around Favet teville >: and Texas 'around Waco and Gonzales). Liberty w Mr. and Mrs. Olen Ledford and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ledford Sunday. Bobby Kilpatriek has returned home after spending some time in a hospital in Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. I sum Payne recently visit ed her son, Carlson, who under went an operation in an Asheville hospital a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Payne visited Mr. and Mrs. Greely Mur phy Sunday. Mrs. K. W. Shearer visited Mrs. Elvira Ledford recently. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Eller visit ed Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hamby last week. Mrs. Kichard Cobb and children have returned home after spend ing a few days with relatives in Gastonia. Marble Mr. and Mrs. Wig Hughes and daughter. Shirley, and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hughes and daughters, Lucy and Wanda, all of Martin's Creek spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Palmer. .Mrs. Henry Palmer and chil dren of Candler spent last week with Mrs. Palmer's parents. Mr and Mrs. Elbert Queen Mrs. Vaye Jenkins and Geraldine visited Mrs. Anna Lee Hancock Sunday. Madean Trull and Barbara Bar ton visited Mrs. D. M Birchfie'.d oi Andrews this week The "raw pack" method of can ning tomatoes has several advan tages over the "hot pack" method, say food specialists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture The main advantage is that raw-pack ed tomatoes hold their color, shape and fresh flavor better consin. Madison. Wisconsin; Hu?h MacMillan, Jr.. College of Wooster. Wooster. Ohio; Charles E Mert dith. Jr.. Southwestern Louisiana Institute. Lafayette. La : Marv?n H. Morris, and John B Parrott, Southwestern Louisiana Institute. Lafayette. La.; Charles I) Rine iiart. College of Wooster. Wooster, Ohio: Lewis R. Runion. University Oi Tennessee. State Producing More Hybrid Seed A record -breaking hybrid seed corn crop of 4.935 acres will be produced in North Carolina this ? year, according to Dr R. P. Moore, director in charge of the Crop Im provement Association at State | College. ! This total is more than one j fourth larger than the previous j record crop of 3.899 acres pro duced in 1948. Dr. Moore said. | The agronomist said the acre- ! : age of hybrid corn grown for seed has increased steadily in the Staite | during the past six years. The j total in 1944 was 67.2 acres; in j 1945. 614 acres; 1946, 1.685 acres: 1947. 2 286 acres. X C. 27 is by far the leading variety in the 1949 production, with 3.541 acres devoted to this hybrid. Dixie 17 is second with 937 acres, and N. C. 1032 third with 213 acres. Other varieties | include U. S. 282. 9(5 acres; N". C. 26 and N. C. T20, 52 acres each; Tenn ID. S3 acres; W. Va. 1163. | 10 acres; and .V C. T23. 0.5 acre | The North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development distributed more than six million seedlings to 1440 cooperators, of whom most were farmers, this yea/. Quality Milk means j Better Health For Pasturized Grade . A Milk Call j HALL'S DAIRY j Phone 185-W Over S\ Million Maytags Sold! Three models, priced forany budget, $ 124.95 to $179.95. Easy terms ?liberal trade-in. Let us show you the spe cial advantages of a quality Maytag. Como in today for a demon stration. WALTER COLEMAN'S APPLIANCE STORE Phone 124 Murphy, N. C. wrrveve in irii.ir * tto _-i k'.^ trA .- ?? no Longest trades . . ? best deals in our history! It's a big / , BUY- NOW BIRTHDAY PARTY OUR CELEBRATION OF HUDSON'S 40th ANNIVERSARY YEAR //O* 4 We're out fo win still more new friends for Hudson, and the sky's the limit on trade-ins ? now while we, as Hudson dealers, celebrate Hudson's 40th anniversary . . . and the re sounding success of an amazing new kind of motor car. For the New Hudson is riding a rising tide of popularity. Official figures prove it! Hudson sains so far this year: up 33.7% over the same period last year. And thousands are switching to Hudson: of the first 200,000 New Hudsons bought, 100,202? over half ? went to men and women who traded in other-make cars, from the lowest to the highest priced, to own a New Hudson! No wonder we're jubilant I No wonder we're going all out to make it easier than ever for you to own a beautiful New Hudson ? by offering the longest trades . ; . the best deals in our history! Come in and help us celebrate. Enjoy a thrill ing Revelation Ride in the New Hudson and see for yourself why this amazing new kind of automobile ? with exclusive "step-down" design ? is establishing an entirely new meas ure of motcr-car value! America's 4-MOST Car ? Prove it yourself with a Revelation Ride! 1. MOST Beauti ful ... 2. MOST Roomy ... 3. MOST Road worthy ... 4. MOST All-round Performance! New Hudson <** WiTH HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN KNJOY YOUR REVELATION RIDE * K AN KLIN MOTOR CO. Murphy, North Carolina
The Cherokee Scout (Murphy, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 28, 1949, edition 1
7
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75