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TRANSYLVANIA’S 0mnnni»iim»iiir,niiiimuiiiiimitnnmmnniinnm[»] | Farm Questions And Answers El*...*.I Question: What effect, if any, does the weather have on forage crop diseases? Answer: Weather conditions, es pecially temperature and moisture, largely determine the destructive ness of forage diseases. They are responsible for a disease being of epidemic proportions one season and of minor consequence the next. Unfortunately, weather conditions in North Carolina favor the devel opment and spread of certain for age diseases the year round. But there are ways to control them. Question: What are some of the advantages of a home vegetable garden, other than the exercise vou get? Answer: A vegetable garden will save you money. Returns from a garden plot, on an acre-for-acre ba sis, are higher than for most other crops. A garden will furnish you with higher quality vegetables than is possible to obtain any oth er way. If the garden is close by, as it should be, you will eat more vegetables, regardless of income. The garden will help provide val uable training for your children, whether in town or on the farm. It provides a hobby, especially for persons doing non-farm work. And excluding the exercise you get, it will provide you with better health. Vegetables are among na ture’s best foods. They furnish val uable material for building and reg ulating the body and maintaining health and growth. Question: What are “robber bees?” Answer: Bees that swarm over exposed honey, gorge themselves on it and carry it back to their own hives. Once robbing starts, it is difficult to control. Reduce the su per entrances and close all creeks where bees may get in. | >, , --- — n|i IT’S WORTH KNOWING J. A. GLAZENER, Agent .-—' It is reported that we Americans consumed in 1953 an average of about 29 pounds of chicken, 5.3 pounds of turkey, 62 pounds of pork, and 73 pounds of beef. Farm flocks in the United States, according to reports, laid 6.6 bil lion eggs in March of this year. This was approximately three per cent more than in March of last year. Dairy specialists at State college say that the cost of producing milk HD Women Observe Week By Touring Clemson College One of the highlight observances of National Home Demonstration club week was the annual tour of Trasylvania county women, this past week to Clemson college. The 42 club members who made the trip are pictured above ready to depart on the chartered bus. They are: Mrs. Landrum E. Bagwell, Mrs. E. H. Corpcning, Mrs. Queenie Gillespie, Mrs. George Massey, Mrs. Lynch Moore, Mrs. W. P. Laseter, Mrs. John Reed, Miss Judy Laseter, Mrs. Dave White, Mrs. Mark Crosswell, Mrs. D. L. Allison, Mrs. Bob Williams, Mrs. McPherson Wrigley, Mrs. Joseph Jones, Mrs. Hester Merrill, Miss Corrie Jones, Mrs. Tom Garren, Mrs. John Collins, Mrs. David Cooper, Mrs. E. H. Mackey, Mrs. Roy McCall, Mrs. Harvey Sprouse, Mrs. Joe McJunkin, Mrs. Brown Pace, Mrs. Ben Wright, Mrs. W. C. Austin, Mrs. R. L. Cansler, Mrs. Holland Corn, Mrs. H. C. Gardner, Mrs. Louis Pickelsimer, Mrs. Leroy Rackley, Mrs. Jacksie Wolfe, Mrs, Merrill Capps, Mrs. Claude Owen, Mrs. Dan Glazener, Mrs. H. G. Stophel, Mrs. Ben Harkle rood, Mrs. C. F. Allison, Mrs. Sherman Ducker, Mrs. Harry Golderer, Mrs. R. L. Love, and Miss Anne Benson Priest. jiyHinimiiiiii»iiiiiiiiMninuinminiimiiiiniinnniniiniiiiimnnni »niimuinninin»inunnnnmnp] WHAT’S BEING DONE? WHO’S DOING IT? J. A. GLAZENER, County Agent f«l«Hiiniiii»Hiinniiini»inmuinniiiimnui iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiieiiiiiMiiiiiiiisiiiiiiiiiMiiiiimiiiiMiiiiiMiiiiiiifal Someone at the Times office lost my zero last week. Sure hope it can be found and placed beside the lonely 3 as that would make Clem ent Garren making 30 tons of grass legume silage from six acres rather than 3 tons as it read in the article last week. Thank you. Ralph H. Ramsey, attorney and test demonstration dairy farmer of the Dunns Rock community, has just purchased a tractor driver power sprayer to be used in spray ing weeds in corn and other places about the farm. Mr. Ramsey has al ready given his corn what is known as a pre-emergence spray. That is spraying the ground with 2, 4-D just before the corn comes up. Un der favorable conditions such as having the proper amount of mois ture in the soil at the time of ap plying the chemicals, or on the other hand not having a down pouring rain immediately after spraying generally gives a very sat can be greatly reduced by feeding more roughage and less grain. Did you know ? TRUCK TAXES build and maintain 1 out of every 3 miles of North Carolina highways! Trucks pay their way, and assist in building farm-to-market, and primary roads from Manteo to Murphy. NORTH CAROLINA MOTOR CARRIERS ASSOCIATION, INC. The N. C. Truck Safety program leads the nation! isfactory check in both grass and weed growth provided grass growth comes from germinated seed, oth erwise the 2, 4-D will not affect the grass. Many are finding that a post-emergence spray of 2, 4-D a few days after the last cultivation, provided the corn is not too big, is a paying investment. Two spray ings and one to two cultivations seem to be giving top results in both weed control and bigger yields of corn, based on results of some 500 acres sprayed last year. Pat Allison, corn grower of the Dunns Rock community, has just finished spraying all his young corn of some 60 or more acres with 2, 4-D. The corn was from three to five inches high. At that stage the spray can be applied with almost positive assurance of no damage as may occur when corn is high. Al ways follow carefully the directions given on the container if not other wise instructed. 4 * State College’s HINTS TO HOMEMAKERS By Ruth Current b—■■—»—• —*—-— Common Causes of Dingy Gray Laundry — Dingy gray laundry has been plaguing women for centuries. But the modern housewife now has detergents that go a long way to ward eliminating the problem. Graying is caused by three things: 1. Unremoved soil. 2. Redeposited soil. 3. Hard-water soap scum. The first and third are caused by inefficient washing methods and old-fashioned washing products. The approved new method is this: use plenty of detergent, plenty of hot water and, if things are very soiled, give them two sudsings in stead of one. Redeposited soil is that which has been washed off garments and then, because of lack of detergent or prolonged washing time, is re deposited on the clothes. To avoid this, clothes should be washed in a good detergent. And they should be washed only long enough to get them clean. Wash clothes that have about the same amount of soil on them together. Do not wash a very badly soiled garment with one that is lightly soiled. Soil from the heav ily soiled garment will be redepos ited on the cleaner garment. Re deposited soil makes some clothes look grayer after washing than be fore. The secret of removing redepos ited soil: many quick, hot washes with plenty of detergent. North Carolina farmers will plant a record small peanut crop this year — 175,000 acres, or 5 per cent under the 1953 acreage. In 1953, 38,500 Americans were killed in traffic accidents. When yon think of prescrip tions, think of VABNER’S. — adv. When you think of prescrip tions, think of VARNER’S_adv _ Price Support Loans Depend On Storage Transylvania county small grain producers who intend to take ad vantage of government price sup port loans on this year’s harvest should be giving serious considera tion to the problem of obtaining ihe necessary storage space. J. A. Glazener, county farm agent for the State College Extension Service, reminds farmers that it is their responsibility to provide stor age, either on the farm or in com mercial space, before they can ob tain government loans. And even though they do not plan to apply for a loan, inability to find space at the last moment can lead to the necessity for dumping crops on the market at harvest time when prices are often as much as 70 cents below their normal levels for later in the year. The question of storage space is particularly important this year, says Mr. Glazener, because national carryovers from last year plus this year’s production are expected to result in the greatest total supply of grain and oilseeds we have ever had. This will undoubtedly strain all existing storage facilities, de spite the fact that the government has taken steps to expand space through use of the “mothball fleet” to hold stocks owned by the Com modity Credit corporation and building of 100,000,000 bushels ad ditional CCC bin space, as well as through an occupancy guarantee program to encourage building of additional commercial elevators. Current estimates indicate that there may be a shortage of storage space amounting to 150 to 250 mil lion bushels. Chewing tobacco and sneezing on the sheets will sometimes cause spots to appear before the eyes. SAY—I SAW IT IN THE TIMES The answer for many farmers is to provide space on their own farms sufficient to house their own crops. Information about the type of fa cilities which would best meet their needs can be obtained from the county agent. Information about special loans available to finance new facilities or remodel existing buildings can be obtained from the county ASC committee at the post office. You don’t have to feed any milk any more. Here’s an easier, cheaper way, used on over 480,000 calves last year: 1. Feed Purina Nursing Chow gruel from 3 days to 30 days old—then quit gruel. Feed no milk. 2. belt teed Furina Calf Startena dry in a trough. After calf is 30 days old, she needs no milk or gruel. Just Calf Startena and salt. Hay after 2 months. TRY THE PURINA PLAN AND SEE FOR YOURSELF BIB Feed & Seed Co. WILLIS and ALLEN BRITTAIN Oral 2-3911 Brevard, N. C. CPflTTTClf.USING PUBLIC office JuUIIIOFI.for personal sain NO OTHER GOVERNOR EVER DID SO WELL FOR HIMSELF UNDER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTED PAV/N6 • Map of Kerr Scott Plantation (shaded areas) and 19 Y2 Mile Network of Paved Roads. $312,500 WORTH OF SECONDARY ROADS Based on average cost of $16,023 per mile on five nearby Alamance road projects. This authentic map shows the new paved roads serving the “model” Kerr Scott plantation and its 17 tenant families, pins some relatives. . . . Dotted line going through 2,300-acre plantation is route of new super highway for which Scott got $12,658 in right-of-way money. . . . This he used to buy a new 480-acre farm in Orange County and—by golly—he's even got a paved road headed out to his new estate! LENNON BELIEVES PUBLIC OFFICE IS A PUBLIC TRUST Have you been wondering why YOUR Community did not get the road it needed. Or why the road you DID GET has gone to pieces so soon? Maybe if less money had been spent around the Kerr Scott plantation there would have been enough more sent to Transylvania county to build the road you need or to make the one you got a good one. TRANS. CO. COMM. FOR LENNON £ £ Do^la."’“ (Paid Political Advertisement)
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