TRANSYLVANIA’S
What’s Being Done? j
Who’s Doing It? ?
By JULIAN GLAZENER j
Transylvania County Agent |
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“We’ve just got started.” That’s
what Otis Merrill, president of the
Little River community develop
ment club told the Brevard Kiwanis
club Friday evening. The same idea
was expressed by the other commu
nity presidents participating on the
program. They were: H. C. Enloe,
Penrose community club; Ralph
Lee, Cedar Mountain community
club; Richard Moore, Dunn’s Rock
fcommunity club; J. D. Smith, Bal
sam Grove community club and
John Lewis Fisher, Quebec com
munity club.
It was an eye opener and a thrill
ing experience to hear these enthu
siastic, hard working and interest
ed community leaders tell what all
their respective communities were
planning to do and are doing this
year. In brief, they were saying
we’re working hard for a more
prosperous, a more comfortable
and a happier living in the rural
areas of Transylvania county. In
fact, they are keeping in mind the
two main objectives decided on
tack in 1952, namely:
1. Increased Farm Income
2. Converted To Improved Living
Speaking of the progress being
made by the organized communi
ties reminds me to say that the
Middle Fork community is on the
march toward organizing a commu
nity development club. Two inter
esting and profitable planning
meetings have already been held in
the home of ML and Mrs. Robert
Chappel. A community-wide meet
ing is in the making, and with the1
^genuine interest being shown in
the planning meetings there’s no
doubt in my mind as to the organi
zation of a community development
club in the Middle Fork communi
ty. __
“A Man Called Peter” shows
Saturday, Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday at the Co-Ed Theatre. ]
THIS WEEK’S MYSTERY FARM is
pictured in the background in the above
photo. The fine barns and milk house
show up splendidly in the aerial picture,
and the first person to come by The Times
office and identify the property will re
ceive a free subscription to this newspa
per for one year. The owner of the mys
tery farm is requested to come in and he
will be given a beautiful photo of his
place.
Reporters To Check Acreage
Allotments Under ASC Program
State Administrator Urges
Strict Compliance With
Allotted Quotas
Within a few weeks, reporters
working under the direction of the
local ASC county committee will be
visiting farms throughout the coun
ty and state, checking acreage
planted to allotment crops. After
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the measurements are made, farm
ers are officially notified by the
ASC county office of the measured
acreage of their allotment crops.
H. D. Godfrey, state administra
tive officer for ASC, says that when
these notices are mailed out there
are always some farmers who are
not satisfied in their own minds
that the measured acreage is ac
tually correct. He says that with
! aerial photographs being used al
most' completely throughout the
state this year to determine acre
age, and with well-trained report
ers and the latest instruments for
determining areas on photographs,
the acreage should be correct.
However, to satisfy his own mind,
any farmer who thinks his acre
age has been incorrectly determin
ed may, within 7 days after the
date of the notice of measured acre
age, request remeasurement. Any
farmer making a request for re
neasurement must deposit with the
ASC county office the estimated
cost of remeasuring his acreage.
Godfrey calls special attention to
this 7 day deadline. He cautions
that the request must be made
within this period for the remeas
urement to be made.
Mr. Godfrey further explains
that farmers who exceeded their
allotted acreage when planting an
allotment crop may notify the ASC
county office that they wish to dis
pose of excess acreage in order to
be in compliance, avoid penalty,
and be eligible for price support.
Godfrey says that in this case, too,
the report of their intention to dis
pose of the excess must be made
I within 7 days of the date of the no
tice of planted acreage. At the time
the farmer makes his report of in
tended disposition, he must deposit
with the ASC county committee the
estimated cost of checking the dis
position of the excess acreage.
Mr. Godfrey warns all farmers in
the state that one week is plenty
of time in which to request re
i measurement or to request disposi
ion. However, he says this one
week deadline does not permit any
1 time for procrastination.
FARM QUESTIONS]
AND ANSWERS
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Question: Is it all right to use
insecticides in controlling true ar
my worms in grain?
Answer: You can use insecticides
on grain crops to be cut for grain
but not on crops to be used for
silage or hay purposes without run
ning the risk of residues.
Question: What is the advantage
of two-cut harvesting of hay on
mountain meadows?
Answer: An early cut late in
June and a second cut in August
gives higher protein hay than the
traditional late-summer cut. Tests
show that calves fed high-protein,
early-cut hay gained nearly a pound
a day as compared with half a
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IT’S WORTH
KNOWING
[ J. A. GLAZENER, County Agt. j
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Clement Garren, test demonstra
tion dairy farmer of the Calvert
j Cherryfield community, is demon
strating a new method of protect
ing his grass silage between fillings
of his silo; also when it is filled. He
is using a polyethylene cover on
top of the silage in the silo. To
hold this cover down tightly he is
using about a six inch rubber tube
fjiled with water that fits snugly
around the edge of the silo. Ends
of the tube are open and are tied
tightly when holding the water.
When Clement gets ready to
make another cutting of grass si
lage and will add more to the silage
in the silo, he simply pulls one end
of the big rubber tube to the near
est opening in the side of the silo,
unties the tube and the water all
drains out. Nothing to do then but
lift the tube and the polyethylene
cover from the silage already in the
silo and he’s ready to add more
silage and then repeat the same
procedure until the silo is filled.
Movable Laying
House Plans Are
Now Available
Plans for a small, portable, low
cost poultry house are now avail
able for families who want to keep
a small flock of chickens for their
home egg supply, according to R.
M. Ritchie, Jr., extension agricul
tural engineering specialist at State
college.
Designed by the agricultural en
gineering department in coopera
tion with poultry specialists, the
eight by 10 foot house will take
care of approximately 24 hens. Cost
of materials figures about $75.
Ritchie says that it is estimated
that a family can save as much as
$50 or more on its annual food bill
by keeping a small flock of chick
ens.
The new-type laying house is de
signed to be built on skids so that
it may be easily moved from place
to place on the farm. It can be dis
assembled into five panels and
hauled on a truck for longer dis
tances. This makes it a practicai
house for the family which is rent
ing or living on a farm temporarily
and wants a chicken house that can
be moved readily.
Ritchie also points out that the
house is well-adapted to the needs
of a family living on a town or su
burban lot, also.
Plans may be ordered through
county agent’s offices or by writing
Agricultural Engineering Exten
sion, N. C. State college, Raleigh.
Ask for Plan No. 823.
pound for those fed low-protein,
late-cut hay.
Question: Should I dump all the
fertilizer I’m going to put on my
lawn at one time?
Answer: It’s better to give the
turf a light meal every few weeks
throughout the summer than to
give the grass a heavy dose in the
spring and then forget it.
If you can’t find it in the diction
ary, atlas or encyclopedia, try
! Varner’s Drug Store.—adv.
Make Best Use Of
Electric Power
This is an appropriate time foi
North Carolina’s rural families tc
check on how efficiently they are
using electricity to help them with
farm and home chores, says David
S. Weaver, secretary of the North
Carolina Rural Electrification Au
thority and director of the exten
sion service.
Weaver, who served as principal
agricultural engineer with REA in
1936, made this statement while
calling attention to the 20th anni
versary of the Rural Electrification
administration on May 11. REA has
helped make electricity available to
177,189 consumers over REA-fi
nanced lines in rural areas of North
Carolina.
The U. S. Department of Agri
culture reports that 96.9 per cent
of Tar Heel farms have electric ser
vice today, compared with only 3.2
per cent in 1935, the year REA was
established.
Weaver emphasizes that to get
the maximum benefit from electric
service, farm families should make
sure their electric appliances are
in good repair and they are using
them to best advantage. Proper
care helps avoid big repair bills
and helps assure that the equip
ment won’t break down when it is
needed most. It is also important
that farm homes and buildings are
adequately wired to carry the load
needed to operate all the farm
equipment needed.
“Overloaded wires result in poor
equipment performance, wasted
power, higher electric bills, and
blown-out fuses, besides creating a
hazard,” Weaver said.
Recent reports from REA show
that from the beginning of its pro
gram up to January 1, 1955, REA
had lent $97,288,843 to 33 coopera
tives and five other borrowers in
North Carolina for building electric
facilities. When all the construction
authorized in these loans is com
pleted, the facilities will provide
electric service to an estimated
190,290 consumers.
The Holstein herd owned by the
state hospital at Raleigh had an
average production last year of 13,
917 pounds of milk and 500 pounds
of butterfat per cow.
Daily wages paid by North Caro
lina farmers were slightly higher
last year than a year ago, despite
a slightly lower rate for the South
Atlantic states.
DR. EDWARD F. GLAZENER, left, has been named
successor to PROF. ROY S. DEARSTYNE, right, as head
of the Poultry Science department at State college, Ra
leigh. The change is effective on July 1, and Prof. Dear
styne is retiring after 33 years of service.
Dr. Glazener Is Praised On
Promotion To Head Of Poultry
Department At State College
Industry Has Grown Tremen
dously. Local Connec
tions Are Cited
Dr. E. W. Glazener, who succeeds
Frof. Roy S. Dearstyne as head of
the department of poultry science
at State college, Raleigh, on July
1st, is this week praised by faculty
members and other leaders in ag
riculture.
Dr. Glazener is the son of Coun
ty Agent and Mrs. Julian A. Glaze
ner, of Brevard.
Commending Dr. Glazener, who
has been a faculty member at N. C.
State since 1946 and holds degrees
from State college and the Univer
sity of Maryland, Dr. D. W. Colvard,
dean of agriculture stated:
“Dr. Glazener is an unusually
competent scientist and has con
tributed to the poultry industry by
developing strains of birds for
more efficient meat and egg produc
tion. He has had experience in ex
tension work as well as in research
and teaching and is regarded as one
of the outstanding young poultry
geneticists in the country.”
Born in Raleigh on Feb. 3, 1922,
Dr. Glazener is a 1941 graduate of
Brevard junior college and holds a
B. S. degree from N. C. State col
lege, where he was graduated with
high honors in 1943; and earned his
M. S. degree in genetics and physi
ology from the University of Mary
land in 1945 and his Ph. D. degree
in genetics from the latter institu
tion in 1949.
Dr. Glazener was assistant coun
ty agent in Chatham county in
1944, assistant professor of genetics
in the poultry department of the
University of Maryland in 1945, and
was appointed associate professor
of poultry genetics at N. C. State
college in 1946. He was promoted
to professor of poultry genetics at
N. C. State in 1949.
Widely known for his research
achievements, Dr. Glazener was
the research leader in deevloping
the N. C. 1 inbred line of Leghorns
that was released this year. He also
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Miss June Owen, of Brevard, was the first person to correctly identify the “Mystery Farm”
published in The Times last week as the property of Carl Talley at Penrose. She will receive free
a one year’s subscription to The Times. Guess should be submitted in person at The Times office;
none can be accepted over the telephone.
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