Alfalfa
Production
Ay John P. Burch
Alfalfa produces more tons of
hay per acre than any other le
gume. Here in Alleghany we can
have three cuttings averaging one
ton per cutting, and making a
very high quality of hay which is
high in the proteins, minerals and
vitamins A and D.
At one time we thought of al
falfa as Jbeing adapted only to
a specific type of soil; however,
now we know only two major
limitations to its production.
First, it will not make satisfac
tory growth on poorly drained
soil and second, a soil with s
sheet qock sub-soil limits the
plant in its growth because of its
deep rooted factor. This is an ad
vantage in making it drought re
sistant.
The ability of the crop to mak«
several cuttings -from Jun<
through August reduces the wea
ther hazard in hay making.
From July 15 through Augus
15 is an ideal time for Alleghanj
farmers to..see* this number on<
hay crop. Before seeding this Je
gume it is best that lespedezi
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Writ* Far Our Catalogue
Teachers Will Get Around 1
30 Percent Pay Increase
Raleigh—The State Board ol
Education’s Finance Committee
hit close to the 30 per cent li&e
in drawing up the 1047-48 school
[budget, adopted without change,
on Thursday by the entire' board.
The budget, as adopted, will
; give all but a few of the State’s
public school teachers an approxi
1 mate 30 per cent increase over
last yehr.
1 The salary increases do not
work out to a straight 30 per
1 cent for each individual teacher,
but the better-qualified teachers
(those holding college degrees or
better) will get anywhere from
29.21 to 30.52 per cent more than
last year. ,
In attempting to get close to
the 30 per cent figure promised
teachers by this year’s General
Assembly, the board’s Finance
Committee dropped as low as 13.
21 to 20.50’per cent increases for
the slightly more than 1,000
teachers whose education does not
come up to the desired stand
ards. .
The new salary scale is worked
out to give most benefit :to the
more highly educated and capa
ble teachers, with salaries rang
ing from a low of' $100 a month
for nine months* for the few
teachers not qualifying for any
type of teaching certificate, to
a top of $268 a month for nine
months for the most highly edu
cated teachers with long exper
ience. This compares with last
year’s schedule (including the
emergency bonus) of $88.33 to
$200.33.
Teachers profiting most under
the new salary schedule to go in
to effect this Fall are the appro
ximately 625 veteran teachers
holding graduate certificates,
meaning that they have masters
or doctors degrees. In addition to
getting the top percentage in
crease of 30.52, they will get $5
more a month by the addition
this year of an added increment
for length of teaching. The 30.52
per cent increase plus the $5 in-,
crement will bring these 625 vet
eran teachers’ salaries to $268 a
month, which is an increase of
$65.67 over last year’s pay of
$200.33 (which included the $13.
33 monthly emergency bonds
that has been discontinued.)
Also faring well are the some
10,370 most experienced teachers
among the 19,476 holding “A”
certificates—denoting that they
have completed college and met
all. teacher education .require-1
ments.
To these aPDroximately 10.370
who have taught 11 or more years
, goes a 30.04, per cent increase,
j eiving them a monthly salarv of
' $241. Teachers with such certifi
] cates and length of service last
year drew $180.33.
The low certificate holders will
draw an even $100 a month,
which is a 13.31 per cent in
1 crease, and compares with a sa
lary of $88.33' paid them last
year. ,
Under the new budget, in
creases ranging from 20 to 25.5
per cent were provided principals,
while superintendents were
granted increases ranging from
or some other legume be grown
6n the* land. This should be disk
ed two weeks before actual seed
ing; however, the important thing
is putting it on a good fertile
soil. Soils which have not been
limed within the past two years
will require approximately two
tons of lime per acre and at seed
ing you' will need_700 to 1000
pounds of 2-12-12 or 0-12-12 per
acre which will contain 25 to 35
pounds of Borax or Boron. If
these fertilizers are not available
you may mix 100 pounds of Ni
trate of Soda, 450 pounds of Su
per-phosphate, 75 pounds of mur
iate of potash, and 25 to 35
pounds of Borax per acre. Inoc
ulation is always necessary and.
any commercial preparation may
be used by following carefully the
directions given on the carton.
Varieties adapted'to Alleghany
are, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah
Common and Grimm varieties.
In seeding, sow 25 to' 30 pounds
of the innoculated seed with the
■cyclone seeder or by hand and
cover about H inch deep. A brush
drag or a spike tooth harrow can
be used very satisfactorily in the
covering of the’ seed.
The heavy yields of this crop
requires a large amount of min
erals and therefore, it is necess
ary to top-dress each year with
500 pounds of 0-9-27, 2-12-12,
or 0-12-12. v , . > 1
There are several fanners in
Alleghany county that have been
erinring Alfalfa for the Dast 5
veers and I am sure each will tell
17.98 to 23.1 per cent.
With? tne new increases, the
salary range lor principals will
run from $216 a -month lor the!
beginning principal in a seven
teacher school to $456 a month
lor a principal ol eight or more
years experience who runs a
school ol 50 or more teachers.
This will mean that the annual
salary lor principals will range
Irom $2,160 to a top ol $4,560.
Superintendent Salaries
Superintendent salaries this
year will range Irom $3,582 a year
lor beginning superintendent in'
a unit ol less than 1,000 students
to $5,760 lor one ol lour or more
years experience in a unit ol 11,-.
999 pupils.
Wages lor school bus drivers
were increased Irom $13.50 a
month to $20; approximately 20 j
per cent salary increases were
provided clerks, bus mechanics, I
and janitors; $600,393 more than
last year’s $1,000,900 allocation
was set up lor school bus repairs
and replacements; and approxi
mately $200,000 more was budget
ed lor plant operations.
The $59,000,000 liscal year
budget, by lar the largest ever
provided the State’s public
schools, gives the teachers the
largest increase in history. This
y;ar’s Assembly, alter long de
bates, expressed itself in lavor
of granting teachers salary in
creases approximately 30 per cent.
The apportionment ol the $59.-'
000,000 budget, however, was left
in the* hands of the State Board
of Education.
To provide the sizable salary
increases for the State’s mor*
than 23.000 teachers, the board
of education allotted $50,667,774
from its $59.000,005 budget. The
remainder ol the money was set
up for operation of plants, salar
ies of superintendents and prin
cipals, transportation of pupils,
supplies and other school expen
ses.
Working up close to the maxi
mum amount that can be spent,
the Finance Committee set up
allocations that leave only $236,
260 estimated surplus for the
year.
Stories of businessmen who
have made, a “rags-to-riches”
climb in the! world of industry
and finance generally receive
wide attention in the nation’s
press. You have read more than
pne -biography that began with a
young man selling hominy door
to-door . . or firing boilers on an
ocean liner. . .and ended with the
fellow accumulating millions of
dollars anfl rising t9 great heights.
These stories are true, of course,
in this country where no fiction
is ever as strange as the fact. But
equally as true, and far less fre
quently exploited are the ac
counts of the little people who
start wih a meager beginning and
wrest a degree of success from
the very soil they were born to.
They never become presidents
of gigantic inter-locking corpor
ations, nor do they acquire own
ership of sprawling industries
that employ thousands of work
ers—but in their own right they
must be recognized as village
Carnegies, community Rockefel
lers, local Pulitzers. Not for the
power and wealth they have been
able to amass over the years, but
in that narrow corridor of fame
they have chisled Security, hap
piness, and a decent living.
I hadn’t heard of the Ollie Mil
tons before Claude Morgan, Gran
ule County Farm agent for the
State College Extension Service
gave me their story of progress,
:hange, and hope for the future.
Back in 1941. the Miltons were
living on a thirty-five acre farni
near Creedmoor where they rais
ed tobacco as their principal crop,
ft wag not unusual for them to
lose from thirty to fifty per cent
pf their tobacco through wilt, and
in those years, tobacco prices
were a'cause'for worry. It seem
ed that the weather was always
unfavorable and fiail damaged
their crop year after year. Their
pne cow pot little attention in the
scheme of thines then.
But a great deal happened as
the years rolled by. and bv 1946
the Miltons owned their own farm
of eighty fertile acres, weremi’k
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twenty-seven
They were selling
of milk a day in winter and a
bout fifty gallons in the sum
mer. The cows grazed perman
ent pastures where a few years
before friends had warned the
Miltons that no lespedeza or rye
would grow. - I
Their small but efficient dairy
buildings are equipped with mo
dern electrical equipment. Rich
Grade A Milk is sold daily at
wholesale to a milk route truck
and has paid for the farm and im
provements. Besides, they have a
substantial and growing bank ac
count equal to twice the purchase
of their farm and recently re
fused an offer of four times the
farm’s cost. '
By de-emphasizing tobacco and
concentrating on his dairy en
terprise, Farmer Milton claims
that he has profited more in the
last four years than in all his pre
vious tobacco farming years. And
despite the recent introduction
9mm
ning at 10:30 o’clock, it was an
nounced this week by the pastor,
Rev. E. B. Barton. A special
quartet will furnish the music
and Rev. W. R. Handy will assist
the pastor. in the service.
Lunch will be served and the
public is invited to attend.
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph T. Brooks,
'Of Sharpsville, Pa., announce the
arrival of a son, Daniel, at the
Buhl hospital in Sharon, Pa., on
July 14.
of wilt-resistant tobacco varieties,
he intends to stay in the milk
producing business.
But whatever phase of farbiing
holds Ollie Milton’s interest, he
is one Tar Heel farmer who will
make a go of it.
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