One Fertilizer Not
Always Applicable
The old adage that “one man’s
meat may be another man’s poison”
can well apply to the use of fertil
izer indiscriminately.
W. C. Butler of Clinton, Route 1,
found out that fertilizer that was
fine for his corn, didn’t do so well
on his legume crops
Sampson county’s farm agent,
Prank Faison, says that Butler, who
farms in the Mt. Pleasant commu
nity, side-dressed half of his corn
field with nitrate of soda. When
the soda gave out, he used 0-10-20
on the remainder of the field. He
figures his corn would have been
just as well off without the 0-10-20.
However, Butler discovered
.something in the experiment. Al
though the 0-10-20 didn’t produce
corn, it produced peas. He broad
cast peas when he ployed out his
corn and got a good growth of peas.
Where he side-dressed his corn with
nitrate of soda, he has good corn,
but a poor growth of peas.
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CLUB NEWS
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PLANNING PICNIC
The Little River Home Demon
stration club will have their annual
picnic this Friday evening, August
26, at 7 p. m. The picnic will be
MERRIMON SHUFORD, test demon
stration farmer of the Little River sec
tion, is shown with his hand on the truck
carrying a huge load of fat heifers to the
Curtis Packing company in Greensboro.
There were 27 head of cattle in the sale,
which average $114.00 per head. Others
in the picture were Lloyd Maines, driver 1
of the truck, and Ernest Staley, repre
sentative of the Curtis company, which J
purchased the cattle from Mr. Shuford.
(Photo by Glazener) !
held at the Holmes Nursery with
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Brenneman
as host and hostess. All members
are reminded to come and bring
their families.
... a word about our
NEW CHECK-R-MIX SERVICE
Sur new Check-R-Mix Service Department offers you more
an just grinding and mixing. We use your grain as a base
for a scientifically balanced ration—one that will do the
lob right for you. This is possible because we use Micro
Mixed Purina Concentrates to balance your grain, on for
mulas supplied us by Purina Research.
These Purina Concentrates are the key that can unlock
the many extra values of home grain. You can be sure they
contain the right growth boosters, for they are built and
backed by Purina—a leader in the feed industry for more
than 60 years.
So bring in a load of your grain. Let us show you how
this new Check-R-Mix Service
works. It’s our way of helping
Sou get the most out of your grain,
top by soon.
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Feed & Seed Co.
Willis & Allen Brittain
Dial 2-3911 Brevard. N. ('
Merrimon Shuford Completes *
Beef Cattle Feeding Demonstration
| By J. A. GLAZENER, County Agent !
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Merrimon Shuford, test demon
stration beef cattle farmer of the
Little River community, sold on
August 10, 27 head of fat heifers
to the Curtis Packing company at
Greensboro, N. C., at an average
price of $114.00 per head. Their
average weight was 642 lbs. Aver
age weight when bought last Octo
ber 3, was 350 lbs. and cost $50.00
per head average.
Shuford grazed the young heifers
last fall as long as there was suffi
cient grazing to be had, which was
rather limited due to the extreme
dry weather. His winter feeding
consisted of 20 lbs. of silage, 10
lbs. of mixed hay and 1-4 lb. cotton
seed meal per head per day.
Beginning April 11 and going to
June 10, while they were on good 1
pasture, he fed daily per head 6
lbs. of the following mixture: 1100 '
lbs. crushed corn, 1100 lbs. ground
corn cobs, 100 lbs. steer fatima.
From June 10 until sold August
10, Shuford fed only crushed corn
at rate of 7 lbs. per head per day.
Good pasture supplied the needed
protein.
Merrimon says he Is very well
pleased with his beef cattle feeding
demonstration and plans to feed
out 50 head this coming year. He
will buy his feeders at the feeder
calf sale in Asheville this fall. He
says he will get feeders averaging
about 400 to 500 lbs., as the heavier
ones this year did best.
NOTICE
In The Superior Court
State of North Carolina,
County of Transylvania.
Mack Bell, Jr. and wife, Mildred j
Bell, Plaintiffs, vs. W. F. Decker
and H. D. Bartlett, together with
their respective spouses, if any;
heirs at law, devisees, if any; and
their respective spouses, if any, of
the foregoing individual defend
ants who may be deceased, together
with all creditors, or lien holders,
regardless of how or through whom
they claim, and any and all othei
persons claiming an interest in the
estate of any of said defendants,
regardless of how or through whom
they claim, the names and where
abouts of all such persons being un
known to the plaintiffs, Defend-!
oIltS. j
The above named defendants
will take notice that an action en
titled as above has been com
menced in the Superior Court of
Transylvania County, North Caro
lina, by the plaintiffs for the pur
pose of removing cloud from the
title of the plaintiffs by judgment
of the court removing any claim of\
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the defendants to the following de
scribed land:
Lying on the North side of Cath
ey’s Creek, described as follows:
BEGINNING at a stake in the
center of the Cashiers Valley Road
in the North bank of Cathey’s
Creek and Mark Wilson’s line, and
nms with his line and the center
of the Cashiers Valley Road the
following courses and distances:
North 82 deg. East 6 poles; South
87 deg. 30 min. East 12 poles; North
70 deg. East 7 poles and 18 links to
a stake in the said road and in the
right-of-way of the Transylvania
Railroad, said stake being 30 feet
from the center of the railroad
track; thence with the line of the
railroad right-of-way South 45 deg.
30 min. West 24 poles to a stake
in the North bank of Cathey’s
Creek; thence up and along the
North bank of the creek North 31
deg. West 16 poles to the BEGIN
NING. Containing one acre, more
or less.
And the defendants will further
take notice that they are required
to appear at the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court for Transyl
vania County, in the Court House
in Brevard, North Carolina, on the
31st day of August, 1955, and an
swer or demur to the complaint in
said action, or the plaintiffs will ap
ply to the Court for the relief de
manded in said complaint.
This 30th day of July, 1955.
F. M. McCALL
8-4-4tc Clerk Superior Court
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The undersigned, having quali
fied as Executor of the Estate of
Charlotte W. Earnhardt, deceased
late of Volusia County, Florida, this
is to notify all persons having
claims against said Estate to pre
sent them to the undersigned on
or before the 11th day of August,
1956, at No. 1 Shiflet Building,
S5j/2 East Main Street, Brevard.
North Carolina, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recov
ery. All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
This the 4th day of August, 1955
W. J. GARDINER,
Executor of the Estate of
Charlotte W. Earnhardt.
8-ll-4tc
When you think of prescriptions
think of VARNER’S_adv.
New Labor-Saving
Devices Needed
A farm labor study recently com
pleted by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture’s Agricultural Research
Service points up a need for new
equipment and handling methods
especially adapted for small num
bers of livestock.
The study shows that it takes al
most as much labor now as it did
50 years ago to keep sideline live
stock — a cow, a few chickens, or
a few pigs. Progress seems to have
bypassed this phase of farming.
Most of the commercial - type
equipment and better handling
methods that have been developed
for livestock production can be
used economically only with large
sized herds or flocks.
As might be expected, milk cows
were found to be big labor users. A
hand-milked cow requires 140 man
hours per year, on the average,
while a machine-milked cow re
quires 111 hours. Feed and litter
carriers, barn cleaners, stanchion
drinking cups, pipeline and bulk
handling of milk, and maintenance
of large herds and high - producing
FARM QUESTIONS]
AND ANSWERS
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Question: When should eyes be
bred?
Answer: Ewes must be bred in
August for market lambs in June.
Question: At what temperature
should you keep laying hens?
Answer: Recent USDA studies in
dicate that hens lay the most eggs
and consume less feed per dozen
eggs when the temperature is held
to around 55 degrees.
Question: Why is it so important
to give a cow a six to eight weeks
dry period?
Answer: The cow needs a long
dry period to repair any damage
done to the milk secreting cells and
other parts of her complicated milk
producing system. Since a good
cow takes calcium out of bones and
flesh off her back to keep up pro
duction during lactation, the “rest”
gives her time to replenish her sys
tem.
If you can’t find it in the diction
ary, atlas or encyclopedia, try
Varner’s Drug Store.—adv.
RUTH CURRENT
DEMONSTRATION
Remove Spots Quickly — Per
fumes, medicines and beverages
containing alcohol can quickly
cause irreparable damage to furni
ture because alcohol has a tenden
cy to dissolve any finish. Always
wips up liquid as quickly as possi
ble. Rub spot with finger dipped in
liquid wax, paste wax, silver polish,
linseed oil, or moistened cigar ash.
Rewax.
On some finishes, a quick appli
cation of household ammonia will
do the trick. Put a few drops on a
damp cloth and rub spot. Follow
immediately with application of
wax. Use ammonia with care.
For alcohol spots on which treat
ment has been delayed, a more com
plicated remedy is necessary. Mix
rottenstone into a creamy paste
with few drops of linseed oil, sew
ing machine oil or lemon oil. Apply
paste to spot with a soft cloth, rub
bing with the grain of the wood.
To Remove Heat Marks — If the
damage has not penetrated too
deeply into the finish, the follow
ing methods may prove effective.
Stroke spot lightly with cloth mois
tened with camphorated oil. Wipe
immediately with clean cloth. If
rough, rub with 4/0 steel wool and
liquid wax or sewing machine oil.
Rub lightly.
Cleaning Summer Shoes — If the
material is good quality and color
cows, all make for less work per
unit of milk produced.
In hog production, size of herd
also makes a big difference in labor
requirements. A large herd can use
self-feeders, self-waterers, and good
pastures economically, whereas
small herds cannot. Labor ranges
from 14 man-hours per $100 of pork
products in the north central
states, where herds are largest, to
about 25 hours in the South where
herds are smallest.
In poultry raising, labor-saving
and cost-saving equipment and man
agement practices begin to be eco
nomical with a 200-bird flock, and
become even more so as flock size
increases.
The Agricultural Research Ser
vice concludes that the obvious
need for whittling down labor time
in small-scale livestock production
is a great challenge to agricultural
research.
fast cotton fabric, you can clean
summer shoes successfully with a
brush and mild soap and water. Ask
about colorfastness when you buy
this type of shoe. There is not all
purpose cleaner for white shoes so
use cleaner recommended for the
particular type of leather in your
shoes. Ask the dealer how shoes
should be cleaned when you buy
them.
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D. S. Winchester, of Brevard, Route 2, was the first person to correctly identify the “Mys
tery Farm” published last week as the old county home property. Other people who submitted
guesses were: Harry Sentelle, Walter Hart, Leona Owen and John D. Buchanan.
IT TAKES MORE THAN LUCK
Don’t depend on horseshoes
and four-leafed clovers. Make
your own good fortune. Steady
saving does it! First, decide
how much you can afford to
save . . . then keep on saving.
Even a small amount, deposited
systematically every payday,
soon adds up to a comfortable
rsum. Then, see how lucky you
are! Interest, compounded reg
ularly, makes savings grow ev
en larger. Open an account
soon.
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