The Transylvania Times
A State And National Prize-Winning Home Town Newspaper
IfCOND CUSS SOSTASS SAID AT MCVAKD. N. C. ZIR COOS 2871*
★ Vol. 83—No. 19
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1970 * SECTION THREE *
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THE “TIMES" PRIZE-WINNING COLUMN
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From
ALMAR FARM
In Transylvania
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BY CAL CARPENTER
I’ve written so mnch about
our fanning and gardening
misadventures in these coi
ning, that I feel something of
an obligation to continue the
story as each year progress
es; if for no other reason, at
least to afford my readers
the chance tf laugh at our
blunders. And, of course, we
always hope we’ll eventual
ly do something right and
maybe some one of my real
farmer readers will tell me
we’re learning.
Just to keep it straight as to
the time I’m writing about, for
this will be published a few
weeks later, I’m now writing
as of the 13th of April.
As I’ve written earlier this
spring, I’m not farming the
bottoms this year. To be hon
est, I never have had the
courage to try that job. I’ve
share • cropped them a
couple of years, but I’ve not
tried to handle a job that
size by myself. About half
of the bottoms, the corn
land, is in the government
feed grain program, the so
called soil bank; the other
half is in grass which re
quires no work other than
fertilising and cutting for
hay.
I began getting my gardens
ready in March — yes, I know,
they should have been sowed
in a cover crop during the win
ter and that turned under now;
or they could just have been
plowed in January and have
been allowed to freeze and thaw
to soften the soil, but .1 didn’t
do either.
This March, when it was
dry enough, and warm
a enough, so I wouldn’t freeze
" to death perched up on that
tall traetor, I put on the
disks and cut up the dead
weeds and cornstalks. Marge
. and. I then put manure on
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the one garden by hand as
I’ve written about earlier.
Being able to get into the
other garden with a ma
nure spreader, and being
fortunate enough to get the
use of one plus the help and
knowhow of my good neigh
bors Jim Parker and Randy
Galloway, we put the compost
on it much easier.
I then awaited the next dry
spell and one day put the plow
on the tractor and “had at” my
plowing. I’ll put this in for my
fellow non - farmers: Plowing
ain’t half a easy as it looks!
The plow that came with
my tractor is a big, single,
20-inch model. I had it work
ed on last year by Hap Co*«
tins up on East Fork, and I
knew it was in good shape.
I thought there’d be nothing
to plowing with it. But I soon
found out different.
I’m sure there have been bad
jobs of plowing since the plow
was invented, but I’m pretty
certain there’s never been a
worse one than my first at
tempt in our No. 1 garden (the
one nearest the house.) I
couldn’t get the plow to shed
(it was all rusted from sitting
up all winter without being
properly greased); I couldn’t
keep it in the ground as deep
as I wanted (I didn’t know how
to adjust it properly); I could
n’t keep the . tractor . going
straight (I paid too much at
tention to the plow behind me);
and I couldn’t get the turned
around to roll over into the
adjoining furrow (it wasn’t
shedding properly and I
wasn’t holding the tractor
where I should.)
When I got throngh, the
garden was scored with
snake • like ditches and that’s
about the best I can say for
it I hastily put my disks
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WEEKLY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
3. French
priest's
title
5. Stylish
9. Pig's nose
10. Angels’
headgear
12. Related
13. Market
once
more
14. Sick
15. Convened
16. Chinese
measure
17. Tyrant
19. Take
alt
the tricks
21. Common
thieves in
Westerns
23. Bobbin
26. Reddish
27. Mocking,
bird’s
relative
29. Beams
30. Church
celebration
34. Printer’s
measure
35. Cistern
36. Provender
37. Declared
40. Affec
tation
41. Like the
proverbial
judge
42. Twining
plant
stems
43. Great
quantity
44. Bacon’s
partner
DOWN
1. Walk,
slangy
style
2. Seethes
3. Roll
4. Latin
connective
5. Huntley,
for one
6. Owns
7. French
island
8. Variety
of kale
9. Spoke
11. Frail
13. Rodents
15. Spirits
18. Malayan
boats
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19. Speak*
indis
tinctly
20. Made
the
first
move
22. Pick
up the
check
23. Empha
size
24. Apparition
25. Containing
or*
28. Chief
31. Strap
32. Relieves
33. Pumper
nickel
and others
Answer
35. Exceedingly
38. Arab attire
39. Commis
sion per
centage
40. Question
able poke
purchase
42. Exist
County ASCS News
By • Julia Westwood
County Office Manager
Farmers are reminded that
the “no grazing” period for
land diverted from production
under the 1970 feed grain and
wheat programs started on May
1, 1970. It will continue for the
following five months until
October 1st.
Producers who are divert
ing land under the programs
have agreed not to graze the
land being diverted during a
specific 5 - month period of
the growing season and not to
harvest a crop from the land
at any time during the year.
Farmers who are taking part
in the Cropland Adjustment
Program have agreed not to
graze or harvest crops from
land diverted under this pro
gram during the life of the
agreements. These provisions
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are important to producers be
cause any violation of them ma;
result in reduction or total los
of payments otherwise earnei
under the programs.
When in need of job printing
call The Transylvania Times.
Rabies Clinics
Underway
Beginning recently, and con
tinuing through May 23rd, ev
eryone in Transylvania Coun
ty will be given an opportuni
ty to contribute to a communi
ty effort with real public health
importance.
A series of Rabies Clinics
will be held throughout the
county for vaccination of dogs
against rabies.
Rabies is a dangerous disease
of man and animals. It is trans
mitted through the bite of a
“mad”animal. The saliva of an
animal with rabies contains the
virus which causes the disease,
when the skin is broken by an
animal bite, the saliva enters
the body. This could be fatal.
Fortunately, there is a treat
ment that will prevent rabies
when a person has been bit
ten, if begun promptly. But
' protection lies in eliminating
rabies and controlling the
spread of the disease. This is a
must and can best be obtained
by having every dog over four
months of age vaccinated.
All a dog owner needs to do
is to take the dog to one of
* the clinics and have animal
' vaccinated.
s The Transylvania County
* Health department urges the
cooperation of all citizens dur
ing the vaccination drive. This
is health insurance for the dog
, owner, his family, the com
munity and for the pet.
Help I» Offered
Looking For High School Students
To Work This Summer Or Fulltime?
The North Carolina Em
ployment office in the Bryant
building is now making a sur
vey to determine the number
of high school students who
will be seeking employment
during the summer months.
They will also have a file on
those who do not plan to seek
higher education and would be
interested in fulltime employ
ment.
The office feels that this
information will be valuable
to businesses and industries
in the county.
There will be 200 graduates
at Brevard senior high school
this year. Of this number, 99
are girls and 101 are boys.
Some 110 of the 200 pros
pective seniors plan to con
tinue their education, leaving
90 who will be seeking full
time employment.
In the 11th grade at Brevard,
there are 209, of which 89 are
girls and 120 are boys. Most of
them will be looking for sum
mer jobs.
In the Rosman graduating
class, there are 45, some 23
By Local Department
Health Cards For Domestic
Help, Baby-Sitters Advised
There are no provisions with
in the Public Health laws of the
State of North Carolina that re
quire regularly employed house,
keepers, maids, domestics,
cooks, or baby-sitters to have
Health Cards prior to employ
ment.
However, it is quite within
the • perogative of an employer
to request an employee to pre
sent evidence of an examination
girls and 22 boys. Of the total
number, 12 plan to continue
their education. In the 11th
grade at Bosnian, there are
35 girls and 28 boys for a
total of 63 students.
Employers desiring to hire
high school 11th and 12th grad
ers for summer work or on a
fulltime basis are urged to con
tact the employment office.
that indicates freedom from ac
tive tuberculosis or syphlitic in
fection.
The local Health Department
conducts a general clinic each
Friday, and offers its services
and provides a Health Card to
anyone requesting same.
A negative tuberculin skin
test is taken as evidence of the
absence of tuberculosis infec
tion; if an individual’s skin test
is positive, a chest X-ray will be
taken and sent to the Black
Mountain Sanitarium for inter
pretation.
Questions concerning Health
Cards for domestics may be
answered by calling the Health
Department.
When you think of prescrip
tions, think of VARNER’S, adv.
Concern
Who loses most when man . .
shows unconcern for his natural
environment?
The offense is as much against
man as against nature because the
need for a clean, natural, beautiful
environment is a human one.
So is the need for the benefits
of technology — more healthful,
abundant, comfortable and
convenient living.
Need man despoil nature to meet
these needs of man?
The answer to the question is no
We believe our engineers and
specialists have the ingenuity to
resolve the conflict between man’s
material and esthetic needs.
Their activities started in 1923
when Duke Power hired a public
health authority.
And as we continue our primary
work of meeting your ever
increasing demands for electric
power, we are increasing our efforts
daily to solve environmental
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Low priced, dependable
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responsibility. But it is by no means
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Our concern for the communities
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