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TRANSYLVANIA'S Could You Use Another $1,000 Per Acre Crop? How’s your bank account? Could you use another $1,000 - per-acre cash crop on your farm? T. A. Brawley, assistant Jackson county farm agent for the State Col lege Extension Service, suggests aromatic tobacco. The production of this small leaf tobacco crop of fers farmers throughout the Pied mont and mountains a relatively new crop with unlimited demand and no controls. New production techniques have made growing aromatic, or Turkish, tobacco a much less tiresome job, too. The new techniques developed to plant, harvest and cure the crop, have cut the labor require ment to less than a third of that formerly required. The principal changes in aromat ic tobacco production include the use of automatic transplanters, cur ing on wire rods instead of the string method, the use of heat in the curing process, and numerous short cuts in baling the leaves. Fiedmont North Carolina farm ers. are producing aromatic tobac co with only one per acre. Services of youngsters in their teens can equal the labor output of an adult male in the harvesting of the crop, since the leaves are small and lit tle strenuous labor is required. The use of artificial heat removes a lot of the risk involved in curing the leaves, resulting in a much higher quality leaf that invariably brings a higher price. Growers us ing heat curing units have averag ed more than $1 per pound during the past several years. The market for aromatic tobac co is relatively unlimited. Less than 10 per cent of the present Ameri can consumption is now grown in the United States. No acreage al lotments are required to produce aromatic tobacco. If you’re interested in this $1, OOG-per-acre crop, contact your lo cal county farm agent. He has ail the latest information on its pro duction and adaptability in your area. Young People’s Club Meets This Saturday The Young People’s Fellowship club will meet Saturday night at the home of Miss Wilma Zachary on Highlands road in North Bre vard. The time is 8:00 o’clock, and of ficials of the club say that this in formal youth rally will have its pro gram built around a timely and practical challenge from the Bible which is geared for young folks. Over the past five years droughts in the United States caused more losses under the federal crop in surance program than any other single hazard. Community Leaders At Initial ’54 Training Course Session !»■« ulMI ■ The community leaders at the first training session of 1954 held recently in Gaither’s Dogwood room are pictured above, and the meeting was conducted by the agricultural workers council, County Agent Julian Glazener, chairman. This group enthusiastically endorsed the county progress program through community development by all working together. Shown above, front row, left to right, are: Mrs. Lloyd Compton, Dunn’s Rock; Carroll Webb, Penrose; County Commissioner George Perkins; Otis Merrill, Little River; T. R. Chastain, Balsam Grove; Bud Sitton, Quebec; Mrs. Mark Croswell, Cedar Mt.; Second row: Mrs. Jeanette Robinson, Penrose; Mrs. Helen Tinsley, Dunn’s Rock; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Whitmire, Dunn’s Rock; Miss Margaret George, Little River; Mrs. Alvin McCrary, Little River; Glenn Whitmire, Cherryfield; Paul Fisher, Quebec. Third row: R. J. Lyday, Brevard; Rev. J. T. Neal, Little River; Miss Anne Benson Priest, home agent; Chester Brown, Balsam Grove; Wallace Flynt, FHA; Lloyd Compton, Dunn’s Rock; Alvin McCrary, Little River; Charles W. Davis, Dunn’s Rock; Mrs. Joe Earle Jones, Cedar Mt.; Mrs. J. R. Wickliffe, Cedar Mt.; Miss Linda Ann McCall, Balsam Grove; Mrs. S. C. Clapp, home ec. teacher, Rosman; Miss Donorine McCall, Balsam Grove; Mrs. John T. Neal, Little River; Richard McCall, Balsam Grove; Don McCall, Balsam Grove; Ford Galloway, Silversteen; Bob Love, assistant agent. Back row: Mrs. Julia Westwood, secretary ASC; B. E. Keisler, Rosman; Mrs. Charles W. Davis, Dunn’s Rock; Mrs. T. E. Mackey, Little River; Mrs. Clyde R. Rice, Silversteen; Mrs. Nina Rustin, Penrose; Clyde R. Rice, Silversteen; George Shelton, Silversteen; Elzie McCall, Quebec; Merrimon Shuford, Little River. (Photo by Glazener) Chest Measurement Provides Estimate Of Cow’s Weight Now you can weigh your cow by measuring her girth. Julian Glazener, Transylvania county farm agent for the State College Extension Service, says the technique, used long ago by Danish dairymen and reflected in the coun try in the girthing chains of a gen eration or so ago, has been brought up to date through a study of weights and body measurements of some 1,700 American dairy cows. It has been found, says Mr. Glazener, that the measurement of a cow’s heart girth — around the forechest directly back of the front legs — is a fairly accurate indica tion of the animal’s total weight. And it holds true for animals of all ages. Tape measures based on the re cent findings and giving a direct reading of the weights as related to the measurements have been distributed to many farmers by their feed dealers. This modern they’re litter mates! At 141/2 weeks the pig on the left weighed 114 pounds— ihe one at the right weighed only 28 pounds—a differ ence of 86 pounds! These pigs are from 2 bunches taken from the sow at 6 weeks. One bunch got Pig Startena and water. The others were fed corn, oats and alfalfa meal. The Pig Startena bunch averaged 64 pounds per pig heavier at 14V2 weeks. Local hog men report creep feeding Startena makes a big difference in their pigs, too. Let us tell you more about it. B & B Feed & Seed Co. Willis & Allen Brittain Dial 2-3911 Brevard, N. C. version of grandfather’s girthing chain comes in handy in classify ing, judging and feeding dairy cat tle when scales are not available, according to Mr. Glazener. When you think of prescrip tions, think of VARNER’S.—adv Of North Carolina’s 288,508 farms farms, 25.1 per cent are op erated by non-whites. More than 20 per cent of North Carolina farmers work off the farm for more than 100 days each year. TEST SOU NOW, SAYS WHITMIRE ASC Chairman Urges Tran sylvania Farmers To Get Samples In Early Marvin W. Whitmire, chairman of the Transylvania County ASC committee, urges farmers in the (county who have not submitted J their soil to the Soil Testing divis »ion at Raleigh to do so immediately, t Information has been received in the county ASC office that the Soil Testing division is being “flooded” with soil samples. It is imperative that soil sam ples be tested before March in or der that farmers who are partici pating in the 1954 Agricultural Conservation program may receive cost-sharing on fields to be seeded! under practices 1, 2, and 8 and fields to be limed under practice No. 3. At this time the county ASC office has a good supply of soil testing boxes and information sheets on hand. Mr. Whitmire further states that the Transylvania county and com munity ASC committeemen will be glad to render any assistance pos sible in getting this job done. -.-.-—»-— + IT’S WORTH KNOWING 3. A. GLAZENER, Agent j *— -----4 Seven and .92 inches make a I link. 25 links make a rod. Four rods I make a chain. 10 square chains or 160 square rods make one acre. 640 acres make one square mile. 36 square miles make a township. Wedding Anniversaries 1 paper; 2 cotton; 3 leather or muslin; 4 silk; 5 wooden; 6 iron; 7 woolen; 8 rubber or bronze; 9 pottery; 10 tin; 15 crystal; 20 chi na; 25 silver; 30 pearl; 35 coral; 40 ruby; 45 sapphire; 50 golden; 55 emerald; 60 or 75 diamond. Slightly more than 44.5 million bushels of certified sweet potatoes were produced by United States farmers last year. This is 4 per cent more than produced in 1952. The number of chicks hatched in North Carolina during the first 11 months of 1953 totaled 1.73 billion, compared with 1.64 billion during the same period a year earlier. ——■ » ■ --— WHAT’S BEING DONE? WHO’S DOING IT? J. A. GLAZENER, County Agent .. . . ■ The Little River Community club has the distinction of having put on most successfully, the first Community hour radio program ov er WPNF, “The friendly voice of Brevard and Transylvania county,” on Saturday, January 30, from 12:30 to 1 o’clock. Judging from the many favorable comments on the program and the way it was render ed, the Little River folks have a right to feel proud of their accom plishments in this respect. The Brevard chapter of Future Farmers of America, under the en thusiastic and capable leadership of their instructor, R. J. Lyday, have placed applications this week for a —*--— total of 28,000 forestry seedlings. Hats off to our working FFA boys, and instructors. It’s a great contri bution toward helping make Tran sylvania the county of the year for 1954. Last Friday night in the base ment of the Dunn’s Rock Masonic temple, following a delicious din ner served by members of the Home Demonstration clubs, the Transylvania Farm Bureau was or ganized with the following officers: Charles Paxton, president;-Mrs. Ar thur Whitmire, vice president; Mrs. S. C. Clapp, secretary and Lewis P. Hamlin, treasurer. Some 25 became charter members. Get more road grip! Guard family safety by keeping your tires safe! 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Prices may vary slightly in adjoining communities dvo to shipping charges. All prices subject to change without notice. ■WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM \ Coffey Buick Company PHONE TU 3-4301 NORTH CALDWELL STREET BREVARD, N. C.
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