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Land Utilization Projects In N. C. Being Developed . Resettlement Administration Is Pushing Development Plans On Three Projects Lift Time Limit For Filing Cotton Sales Certificates , By WHITNEY THAKIN {Regional Information Officer,. Resettlement Administration) Work on development of the three Utnd utilization projects recently announced for North Carolina by the Resettlement Admin istration has bean started and a number of unemployed persons are bsln? given jobs a ? fast as they are certified for employment by the Slate Works Progress Administration. The exact number of persons working on the projects will no?. be available until the project manager* submit their progress re ports to James M. Gray, of Raleigh. N C.. regional director of resettlement's land utili sation division. The number of persons em ployed will be Increased as the work ad vanoea and as additional employables are cer tified by the State Works Progress Adminis tration. Virtually all of the labor for development of these projects Is Jo be supplied by the Works Progress Administration, which in turn secures employables from the United states Employment 8ervlce. In order .to qualify for employment, workers must be registered with the United v States Employment ' Service. The Resettlement" Administration cannot put any person to work until he hss been certified for employment by the Works Progress Ad ministration. Utilisation Of Land All persona employed through the worts Progress Administration are being paid the security wage provided for In the expenditure of funds made available by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1936. The securi ty wage varies between counties, depending ? on population, and employees will be paid the ?a security wage for the county In which em % ployed. The projects, designed to demonstrate the proper utilisation of land, are the 6,000-acre Crabtree Creek Recreation project in Wake County, between Raleigh and Durham; the 30.000-acre Jones, Salter and Slngletary Lakes project In Bladen County, near Elizabeth town and Payettevllle. and the 60.000 acre Sandhilla project 'In Hoke. Richmond. Scot land, Montgomery, and Moore counties. Punds were recently allocated for the pur chase of the land In the project areas. De velopment Is being launched with funds made available in a preliminary allocation for this work. Exact amounts for complete develop ment of each project will T>e announced af ter the preliminary work has Indicated more clearly the sums necessary. The Crabtree Creek project will be de veloped as a recreational area. Preliminary work will Include the clearing away of brush, building of roads and trails, correction of the severe erosion which has made this area unprofitable for farming, and construction of i camp sites. The National Park 8ervloe will : assist in the development of tm recreation al features of this project. Relocating Farm Families Similar preliminary work will be done on the qther two projects. Later, both the Jones-Sal ter-Slngletary Lakes and the Sand hills project will be reforested and re-stocked * with game and fish. * Residents of the project areas. Srho have been trying unsuccessfully for years to make a living tilling the unproductive soil, will be aided by the Resettlement Administration -in locating on better farms narby. ?These projects." Mr. Gray said, "are de signed to demonstrate the feasibility of giving stranded and former relief families a new start on lands better adapted to agriculture; to convert non-productive areas Into uses that will benefit the people of North Caro lina; and t y lgve work, through development of these lands, to * large number of persons who otherwise vould be unemployed. MWe have been fortunate In that we have had the complete cooperation of land own ers, residents of the project areas, civic lead ers, officials and others in launching our pro gram In this state. ' t"I know that we will oontlnue to receive this splendid cooperation but I want to em phasize thftt this work is a long-time, dem onstratlon program that will require patience to follow through to the end. On a lot of these acres we are going to try to re-grow the trees that man should never have cut away. 1 Just hope that the folks who are alncerely interested in this work will bear In mind that It takes a long time to grow a tree." * Hatcherymen And Poultrymen Hear Of Improvement Plans Decision to defer approval of the federal government's national poultry Improvement plati fit reached recently by South Carolina poultrymen in aesslon at Columbia. Although In favor of the governments plan, the poul trymen attending agreed to postpone ap s proval pending consideration of certain speci fications with the agriculture department at Washington. Speakers at the session Included Dr. G." W Knox of Washington, senior poultry husban dry man of the bureau of animal Industry, and P. H. Gooding, Clemson college extension poul tryman. " The primary purpose of the national poul try Improvement plan Is to Identity authori tatively poultry breeding atock. hatching eggs, and chicks with respect to quality In uniform terms throughout the nation. Adherents of y.the plan claim that the adoption ultimately would accomplish (1) more efficient and profi table* poultry raising and (2) bring about an Improvement in the quality of hatching eggs baby chicks, breeding stock, and market Chickens Add To Family Income : | Ben Freeman made himself a -free man" In reality l?y growing moat of his living right at home. Poultry gave the family eggs and meat, and In addition, his poultry and *gg sur plua provided a cash Income. Here la a success story that Is well worth reading? and putting Into practice. + Practical Application " Brain And Brawn" Solves Farm Relief Problem South Carolina Farmer Finds Answer In Live-At-Home And Diversity Program ? By A. B. BUY AN Editor, Extension Servlc*. ClrmMn College (Specially Written Tor The State Farmer Section) THE best way to find farm relief, according to a Pickens county, S. C., farmer, is first to make a living from the farm and then to have several sources of cash income. So Ben F. Freeman, of Pickens, has by his own statement "not spent a dime in years for necessities that can be grown on the farm, and has for cash sale not only cotton but corn and small grains, apples and peaches, and cattle and poultry. To these ends he used brain as well as brawn ? he thinks while he works ready always to put to practical? good use any new ideas and methods to.be had from his own or other peo ple's thinking. i ' < It is juat as well, nrat or ail, to speak here of what Freeman considers the basis of all farming suoce-q. He says that main taining the soli Is the bedrock of good farm ing and that humus is the bedrock of soli Improvement. Land Well Terraced Then what? Well, every acre of his rolling hills Is well terraced? done largely with his own Boetrom level ? and every acre gets in rotation plenty of humus through legumes and other cover crops and lots of stable ma nure from his cow* and other livestock. Specifically, Mr. Freeman thinks Otootan soybeans In corn Is the cheapest and simp lest way to build soils. Planting each year one-third of his land in corn, he tntcrpjants the corn with soybeans, hill for hill, using thus a bushel of bean seed to about 10 acres, so there is little cost. Incidentally, he says, there Is no percep tible decrease In corn yield because of the beans, and of course the legume adds ni trogen and humus for future crop benefits. These and other* soli Improvements are held safely on the Freeman acres, for he asserts that In 28 years since he terraced his land there have been no broken terraces. Cash For Field Crops Of cotton Mr. Freeman plants decidedly less than formerly, making now about 30 bales yearly on somewhat less than 40 acres with a five-year average yield of 400 pounds of lint per acre. Cotton is In a three-year rotation, seldom cotton following cotton; and the fertiliser practice calls for not over 400 pounds of 8-3-3 and 00 to ' 100 pounds at nitrate of soda per acre. This soda, he finds, Is beet applied, ta help set a crop or Dous about when the forms appear. Potash may be applied for rust. Farm Relief, with Its one-inch or better staple, gives him good yields and a premium price. In hie cultural practices with cotton he has found that the fertiliser, spacing, and poisoning recommendations of extension workers give best results In yields from year to year. With one-third of hla cultivated 'teres In corn and 30 to 36 bushela per acre average Mr. Freeman baa corn for aalo aa well as am ple eupply (or (*rm uae. So too with a good acreage ot oats averaging 40 bushela per acre with aaj ISO pounda ot fertiliser. These grain crops pay good dlvldenda on the money and labor tnveated In them In the Freeman crop The pet enterprise on the Freeman >rm nowadays Is the apple orchard of 1,300 trees of various ages. While apple growing In Pickens has paased the experimental stage, Mr. Freeman believes that for real success with apples you "must be in love with It," and that's just what he l?. In 1818 Mr. Freeman set 100 trees .for a home appis orchard, and during the next few yean he went roving among apple areas of North Carolina and Georgia to try to dis cover if applea might prove a good bet In a wider diversification. Some of theae trips were led by ciemaon horticulturists and Pickens county's veter rotation plan. Plqkens. ? la 1033 hs est 400 tree*, users from time Bo wen, and theae farm ban believed apples to time, and now has 1.200 trees. 700 in bearing. Last year these gave him around 3,000 bushels, this year towards 2,000 bushels. In cultivating these trees lespedeza Is grown as a cover crop and turned in the fall, and harrowing follows during fall and winter. Fer tilizer consists of say 300 pounds per acre of acid and potash and one to four pounds of nitrate of soda per tree as needed. As equipment for his apple growing, Mr. Freeman has considerable Investment ? pack ing houses, power sprayers, slzers, cleaners, boxing ? all of which more than pays for It self In a finer and more marketable prod uct. Apple sales at satisfactory prloes have so far been easy on nearby markets, with net returns more profitable than from cotton. Cattle Herd Profitable Another Freeman "cash crop" to a herd of cattle. With 30 to 50 head In a miscel laneous herd, he has a good outlet for by product feeds and roughages produced In his diversified farming, and of course 'it has usu ally paid In cash returns from sales and trades, not to mention the profitable soil enrichment from comport. Wheat, syrup, potatoes, vegetable*, dairy cows, and poultry all In abundance to meet family and farm needs, together with money from the various souroes indicated, make Mr. Freeman a "free man" in reality, reasonably Independent of changing economic conditions. - O FCA Conference Discusses Credits (By HAROLD C. BOOKER, JR.) Reiterating his faith In the future of the south and southern agriculture and express ing high praise for the agencies of the Farm Credir Administration, Dr. Clarence Poe, edi tor, of a southern farm paper, made the prin cipal address at the Farm Credit oonferenoe held at Columbia. 8. C.. October >0-31. Dr. Poe, In discussing the administration, said that the agencies of the FCA, had en abled the farmers through cooperation to fi nance themselves and conduct their affsln In a business-like way. Recalling the days of his youth when farm financing was ndl as easy as 1% Is today, he compared It with the present available facilities by which the farmer can secure his production money at low rates of Interest without the necessity of going to the time merchant. Declaring his faith In the south's future and southern agriculture unshaken. Dr. Poe pointed cut that the south stlU hds all its natural resources and there are so many agen cies attacking the agriculture problems act entlcally now that this is obliged to become one of the nation's favored sections. On the first day of the meeting, executives of the administration outlined In detAll fune > tions of the individual agencies, and the visi tors were taken on a tour of the various agen > c*s on the second day. i These present at the conference were: I. O. Schaub. director of extension; O. F. McCary, L. B. Altman. & Troy Ferguson and I. W. Qaither, district agents.- t. B. Brown, director of vodatlbnal agriculture; J. W. John, son, specialist In orga^lfatlon and marketing and F. H. Jeter, SffrlcuRval editor from North Newport Young Tar Q Heel Farmers Have Fine Mountain Trip By CLAUDB GARNER (Newport Chapter Tar HmI Firnen) Our trip from the seacoast to the moun tain a. la still the topic of conversation of the * members of the Newport Chapter of. Toung Tar Heel Farmers. This outing was under the supervision of O. 8. Long, our teacher, and we made the trip on a large truck, especially equipped 'by us for such a tour. We arrived at Bessemer City about six o'clock that afternoon and pitched camp Just odtalde the city. In ft ' eftutiful val ley. The oltlaena of this town were excep tionally nice to us. We were given access to the park, swimming pool and springs. The next morning, after s hot out-door breakfast, we oontlnued our journey to Ashe, vllle We arrived In AahevlUe at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon, stopped In West Ashe villa for more provisions to last until we returned from the rough mountain country the com ing Friday. Camp Site Selected The camp site decided upon was Frying Fan Osp, a federal camp ground, near Pls gah Mountain, In the Plagah National Forest. All the boys were observing the mountains for the first time and were thinking of a lift of ease on the trip, but aoon found out dif ferent when the truck, on a steep, narrow, slippery clay road, on the side of Mt. Pls gah, refused to go further with Its heavy load. Everyone got out In the rain to push and help In other ways In aiding the truck to proceed up the mountain. Trying to climb a seven mile grade on a mountain slope with a heavy truck and trailer loaded with pro visions and boys Is a difficult task, especial ly In the rain. But In spite of these handicap* we rescbed the top about 8 p. m. We were then two miles from our destination. At this point the care takef of the Vanderbllt lodge (whose grounds occupy many acres at the top of these moun tains) played the part of the good Samari tan. He gave us access to a two room cabin for the night. We made a large fire In the giant chimney and soon had a "real" supper ready to serve. The nights In the moun tains are real cold, and believe It or not, we did some real sleeping that night. View From Plsgah me next day we were very delighted to see fair weather and sunshine again. During the morning we climbed to the highest peak of Plsgah Mountain, which to 5,749 feet above sea level. This was probably the most beau tiful scene any of us had ever seen. We were told that on clear days, one could see moun tains In the far distance in five states, name ly. Nortb Carolina. South Carolina. Virginia. Tennessee and Georgia. In the afternoon we made camp at Prying Pan Gap. where all the conveniences were available that one would wish for. Wood was ever cut for the convenience of campers. Dur ing the time we were stationed at this point we climbed all the adjoining mountains ln tfcmttng Looking Glass Mountain, Ball Knob End others. We also visited thto pink beds which Is a sight of magnificent beauty. Wild animals such as deer, skunk. bqar and birds of various kinds were plentiful and were often observed by members of our group. We were often- entertained by Forest Rangers who would tell u# about the points of Interest and Information about mountain life. Every one seemed to be very, very cordial and cour teous. always ready to assist In making our trip a pleasant one. ' Getting The Meals luuruM were picabuui in in is section? al ways stopping at our camp for a chat or in formation. We saw more cars from Pennsyl vania than any other state. A good portion of our time had to deal with cooking and preparation for cooking.. In spite of the fact that we carried an ex cellent cook with us. we were often called on to do such chores as peel potatoes, clean chickens, slice tomatoes, ^husk corn and oth er Jobs that are required lq preparing food twloe each day for twenty-eight boys. Our regular cook, "Uncle Speight Fisher," is the best old darkle that one could wish for on a camping trip. He enjoyed the moun tains but didn't fee* jroung enough to do much climbing. At night he would sit by the camp fire and "spin yarns" help the boys roast and eat corn and potatoes. His Utti# dog. "Nellie," was do less important. She chased skunks and ate chicken bones until she was as fat as a "butter ball." On Friday morning we loaded the truck ? with our surplus provisions and stared . on our homeward Journey, of 400 miles & more to the sea coast. Our return was made by a different route. We returned by the way of Marlon, Hickory, Statesvllle, Winston-Sa lem, Chapel Hill and Raleigh. Friday night was fpent in Statesvllle, where .we all attend ed a picture show. We then rolled up In our blankets and wandered in dreamland, only to be disturbed early Saturday morning by our cook calling us to breakfast. We arrived In Newport about 5:80 p. m. The truck speed ometer showed that we had travelled about 1.000 miles during our splendid trip. All boys reported a grand time and are looking forward to a similar but longer trip next summer; that is. If our State Y. T, H. P. Camp at White Lake, N. C. falls to open. O WILSON COUNTY POULTEY SHOW . "The poultry show at Wilson County Fair last week was one of the largest and finest that I have ever seen," said C. J. Maupln, extension poultry specialist at N. C. State College. 'Between 800 and 700 birds were en tered in- the show, and the quality of most of them was unusually good. This was prob ably the biggest display of standard breeds In eastern North Carolina Id years," Mr. Mau pln said. ? Carolina: T. W. Morgan, aula taut director ot extension, H. A. Woodle, district ajjent; A B. Bryan, agricultural editor; Verd Peterson. su pervised ot agricultural education, and W H. Mills, professor of rural sociology, from South Carolina; J. A. Evans, administrative assist ant of the exten ,on service; J. w. Flrot, pro fessor of rural organization and marketing; 0. a. darner, marketing specialist, and U M. Sheffer, supervisor of agricultural educa tion from Georgia; Dr. Clarenoe Poe, K B. Reld. director of Information of the Farm Credit administration at Washington, tad J, L. Robinson, extension specialist ot the Pun Credit administration at Waahlngton.
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