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TRANSYLVANIA'S FARM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS i -.. Question: What can I do to avoid mst outbreak of leucosis in my chickens? Answer: Leucosis is caused by a virus. There are some five differ ent types affecting chickens in North Carolina. For control, first of all, try to secure chicks from a source that is free or reasonably free of the disease. Then brood chicks away from old hens and where there is no traffic from the old hen house to the brooder house or where traffic is not across in fected grounds and into the brood er house. The main thing is to try to minimize the possibility of in fection the first 12 weeks of the chicks’ life. If this is done, leuco sis will not cause the losses that otherwise would result. Grow pul lets on clean, green range. Place them in a laying house that has been thoroughly cleaned, disinfect ed and rebedded with six inches of sawdust, or preferably dry wood ^savings. Have roosting racks en closed with wire so that birds do Got have ready access to droppings. Vhen support these measures of sanitation with a rigid culling pro gram. The removal of all birds at the first sign of leucosis will re tard the spread of the disease in the laying house. Question: How can I recognize leucosis in my chickens? Answer: After birds have start ed to lay notice their eyes as you Cull out the non-producers. Grey Cycs with an irregular shaped pu pil should be culled. Do not mis take pearl eyes or blue eyes or off colored eyes for the ocular type of Little River Club Holds Cleaning At Orr’s Cemetery The Little River Community Development club held a successful cleaning at Git’s cemetery re cently with some 60 persons aiding in the work. The Orr cemetery is one of the oldest in Transylvania. The ancient markers were subjects of great interest and reminiscence as legends were brought to light by some of the older folks present, the legends of slaves and Indian graves said to be buried in the cemetery. The oldest markers to be identified dated back to 1808. In addition to cleaning the cem etery, the Little River group is leveling and seeding the property. Value of the work is estimated at $500. (Photo by Glazener) Farmers Federation To Hold Stockholders Meet On Monday ( leucosis, but pay close attention to the shape of the pupil. If the out line of the pupil is very irregular and begins to fade back into the iris of the eye, then this is the be ginning of the ocular type of leu cosis. WHAT’S BEING DONE? WHO’S DOING IT? J. A. GLAZENER, County Agent The excellent radio programs on WPNF, climaxing with a most im pressive exhibit in the lobby of the Transylvania Trust company Saturday morning, closed a week Cf 4-H club activities in Transyl vania county that did honor to the county, to the 16 4-H clubs with T16 members and to all those who worked so diligently to make 4-H 4-H club week the success it was. Our intense appreciation goes to all local 4-H leaders, school offi cials and teachers, business, in dustry and all persons in the coun ty who are cooperating in promot inf 4-H club work in Transylvania county. Through your cooperation you are helping to build and mold tomorrow’s citizens as well as help ing to boost the county progress program. County progress through commu nity development by all working together was exemplified the sec ond time by the excellent commu nity hour radio program rendered Saturday afternoon February 27, from 12:30 to 1 o’clock, by the Ce dar Mountain Community Develop When you think of prescrip uras, think of VARNER’S_ad*. • SHADY PARK • SUNNY PARK Will Grow Beautiful Green Lawns Agricultural Lime V1GORO VERT1GREEN PLANT AID SHEEP MANURE MILORGANITE Available At All FARMERS FEDERATION WAREHOUSES ment club. These community hour radio programs are becoming known all over Western North Carolina as one of the forceful and impressive means of promoting county progress through communi ty development by all working to gether. Poultry Houses Need Cleaning, Disinfecting “The path of the busy poultry man is strewn with opportunities for mistakes. Mistakes are made ev ery day and they’re costly,” says R. S. Dearstyne, head of the de partment of poultry science at N. C. State college. Dearstyne says one of the cost liest of poultry management mis takes is made by the busy produ cer who “forgets” to clean and dis infect his brooder house between each group of chicks raised. “It is a well-established fact that worm eggs, coccidia and certain disease-producing bacteria and vi ruses will live for an undetermin ed period of time on floors, walls and equipment of brooder houses once they become so infected,” ex | plains Dearstyne. Following one group of chicks in a brooder house by another without a thorough [cleaning and disinfecting of the house and equipment invites trou ble. “Overcrowding of houses is also a common fault of many poultry men. There should be at least three-fourths square feet of floor space per bird for the first ten weeks. One square foot per bird would be better. “Another great *0U Should Advertise: Want a clerk, Want a partner, Want a situation, Want to sell a farm, Want to sell sheep, cattle Want to sell groceries, drugs, Want to sell clothing, hats, caps. Want to find customers for buying ADVERTISE IN THE TIMEi \dvertising will gain you customer? Advertising keeps old customers, Advertising makes success easy, Advertising begets confidence. Advertising means business, Advertising shows energy, Advertise and succeed, Advertise judiciously, Advertise or bust, Advertise weekly Advertise now. And all tile Time ► One-Man Band To Perform On Program. Baby Chicks Will Be Awarded The annual Farmers Federation stockholders meeting for Transyl vania county will be held in the Brevard warehouse on Monday, March 15th beginning at 2 p. m., it has been announced by James G. K. McClure, founder and president of the Western North Carolina farm cooperative which has been serving WNC farmers since 1920. In addition to hearing business reports by various federation offi cials and talks by extension per sonnel the stockholders will re elect and add new members to the Brevard warehouse committee and nominate a county director whose nomination will be voted upon at the annual meeting of all stockhold ers which will be held in the Bun combe county court house in Ashe ville on Saturday, March 27th at 10 a. m. Each director of the Fed eration is elected for a two-year term in such manner that one di rector comes up for re-election each year. Highlighting the meeting will be the famous one-man band, Panhan dle Pete, who will be on hand with all of his 18 instruments. The Farmers Federation string band will also be on hand to entertain with music, songs and dances throughout the meeting. Baby chicks will be awarded to winners of a drawing, and refresh ments will be served to all who at tend. All stockholders, patrons and members of the Farmers Federa tion are urged to bring friends, rel atives and new neighbors who may not know of the many activi ties and programs carried on by the Federation. * Presently serving as directors for the Brevard warehouse committee are Charles W. Davis and H. C. Enloe. Members of the warehouse committee include: Lloyd Cantrell, Rt. 1, Brevard; Tinsley E. Brown, Balsam Grove; Charles W. Davis, Rt. 1, Brevard; S. A. Jones, Cedar Mountani; Y. J. McCrary, Rt. 2, Brevard; J. L. Gash, Rt. 2, Brevard: Mrs. Ed Mackey, Penrose; G. W. Whitmire, Rt. 1, Brevard; H. C. Enloe, Brevard; Mrs. M. C. Ship man, Penrose; E. L. Hamilton, Rt. 1, Brevard; T. T. Miller, Lake Tox away; William C. Austin, Brevard; W. T. Whitmire, Rt. 2, Brevard; R. L. Capps, Rt. 2, Brevard; E. H. Sorrells, Rt. 1, Brevard; Hugh Lam bert, Brevard; Edward Mackey, Jr., Penrose; Carnon L. Pickelsimer, Pisgah Forest; T J. Wilson, Bre vard and Frank King, Brevard. error,” according to Dearstyne, “is that of overheating chicks. The ba by chick is not a ‘hot house’ ani mal. Too little attention is given to temperature regulation. While temperatures must be correct for good results, the quicker the chicks are weaned away from heat, with in reason, the more vital the chick. Culls will occasionally appear among growing birds. Many culls are devitalized which, in turn, in dicates high susceptibility to dis ease. Because of this the cull bird usually is a menace of flock health. "I IT’S WORTH KNOWING J. A. GLAZENER, Agent <■— ----- " ■ >1 i The usual custom of ordering everbearing strawberry plants each spring to promote more small fruit in the home gardens will be cur tailed this spring due to the limit ed supply of good plants. The drought last year is the ex planation given for the limited sup ply of good plants. That’s that as much as we regret it. Where you are growing plants for the home garden in window boxes etc., see that there is suffi Will You Be Able To Wear The Bright New Spring Colors? If you’ve been leafing through the latest women’s magazines 01 if you’ve made a trip into towr recently, you have probably no ticed the colors being featured this spring—the vermillions, fla mingos, and other flame-colored shades. You have probably been wonder ing too, if you’ll be able to wear some of these brighter colors ef fectively. Mary Em Lee, State col lege extension clothing specialist, suggests choosing colors which re late to your own warmth or cool ness of color. If you have fairly warm color ing, the warm shades will be good for you—the yellow-oranges, the red-oranges, the yellow - greens. If, on the other hand, you are cool skinned, delicate, blue-eyed, you will find the soft blues and greys more suitable. In choosing a hue, be certain to have a harmony of warmth or cool ness between your own personal coloring and your costume. Here’s another color note to con sider. Had you noticed how the blues and purple-blues always seem to be cool, but how there is a wide variety of warmth and coolness in reds? The red-oranges — like the new spring colors — are definitely warm; the blue-reds toward the cooler range? Greens can be either warm or cool depending upon the blue or yellow in the particular shade. The yellow makes a green warmer, a blue makes it cooler. The best point to remember be fore buying new spring clothes is to consider your own coloring first. Then select a color which harmo nizes with the warmth or coolness of your coloring, suggests Miss Lee. cient light, otherwise the plants will grow tall, thin and will have a tendency to bend toward the light. Turning the container around daily will eliminate this trouble; also the placing of a white card board or a mirror behind the box to reflect the light will help cor rect the twisting or bending planats during their vigorous growing stage in the flat or boxes. Ventilation and not too much heat are impor tant factors in plant production. A number of suckers have been caught with one of these modern fish-net bathing suits. Not Color But Texture is Key to Good Garden Soil Spading is essential to good soil conditioning. By STAFF WRITER Outdoor planting can begin in your garden as soon as the soil has thawed out and dried sufficient ly to work. If your soil is stiff, hard to spade and cultivate, slow to allow water to drain through it, every spring something should be added to make it more porous. Beginning gardeners are often persuaded that what is needed is a few inches of “black dirt.” Even if your soil is clay, excavated for the foundation of a new home, that is the wrong solution. Forget the color of the soil and concentrate on its porosity, a quality without which any soil black, yellow, or red, will give you trouble. Both types of soil need the same treatment which is the addition of decayed vegetable or animal ma terial, such as sewage sludge, muck or peat dug from old bogs, well de cayed manure, commercial peat moss, leaf mould or compost from a compost pile. It is seldom advisable to mix sand with clay or clay with sand. Both are excellent to have in soil, but together they often produce an extremely hard composition. In stead of sand, however, limestone can be mixed with clay, with ex cellent results. Limestone causes the fine clay particles to combine into sand-size aggregates which will retain moisture, while allow ing air to enter freely and excess water to drain off. Do not be afraid to use crushed limestone freely, since it will not make clay soil harmfully alkaline, no matter how much you use. The clay has a “buffer” capacity which prevents this, say the scientists. All the materials used to im prove your soil should be mixed with it thoroughly. Spade the or ganics into sandy soil also, they will hold moisture and store up plant food for the plants to use, instead of allowing it to wash away. Spading alone is a fine soil con ditioner, and if planned sensibly is not a difficult chore. Mark the area to be spaded as a whole and di vide into sections, one for each day. Spread material to be spaded in evenly over the whole area. Begin by opening up a trench at one end of the day’s section, throwing the soil removed in a pile nearby. Then dig an adjoining trench, with spade at right angles to its length, throw ing the soil and organic matter in to the first trench. Continue this until the day’s work is over, rest ing at frequent intervals. Fill the final trench with soil removed from the first. Drive the spade straight down each time, digging the full length of its blade; and turn the “spit” of soil as you drop it. It beats any kind of plowing for a small garden. FREE Chic Saturday, Marc 10 FREE CHICKS TO EACH < WITH PURCHASE OF 25 l PURINA CHICK SI B & B Feed! DIAL 2-3911 WILLIS & ALLE
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