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Wachovia Bank and Trust Com
pany Announces That It Will
Give Away $115, for , Best ,Catr
i tie and Hogs. ;i ?
" One of the most forward steps
that has been taken by a business
concern in this section in the in
terest of stockraising . is the. an
nouncement today by cashier W.
B. Williamson of the Wachovia
v Bank and Trust company that dur
ing the ensuing year the bank will
offer as prizes the sum of $115 in
gold for the first and second best
steer and first and second best hog
raised west of the Blue Ridge,
moutains. The steer contest is open
from October 1, 1911, to April 1,
1912. For the heaviest steer, on
foot not over there years of age,
sold and butchered at the Ashe
ville market a prize of $50 is of
fered and for the second best
For the heaviest hog, net, not
over ten months old, killed, be
tween October 15, 1911 and March
1. 1912 a prize of $25 is offered,
second best $15.
Cattle raising is a large, profit
able industry, in", western ; North
Carolina, but it is a recognized
fact "that, the industry could be
developed td a larger extent.
With i the fine "grass lands in the
mountains there is no. reason the
' cattle production cannot be doubl
ed and s perhaps trebled; -it is -a
vast field. Inseparably linked with
improved-farming, is. stockrais-
r ing, .one is. dependable largely
upon the other. To raise big crops,
fertilizer must be used, and noth
ing is. .better .than barn, products,
while thevcrops in this section can
best bV egmverted into money by
feeding them to stock.
. v- The dog raising contest is lim
. itedt to pigs not over ten., months
" ' old because porker aisers say- that
r " the money in hogs lies, in pushing
them while they are young.
Farmers in County Who May Com
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The farmers ii Buncombe, Hay
wood, Transylvania, Henderson,
Jackson, , Madison, Swain. ' Macon,
. Clay,. Graham, Cherokee, Yancey
and Mitchell are open to compete
for these prizes. Indications are
that a large number will enter. In
offering these prizes the bank of
ficials .and stockholders are act-
ing oipon the;, idea that the basis
of a . permanent prosperity lies to
a considerable extent upon the
development of the agricultural
andresources of that section.
Following are the stipulations in
: Qfetait: . :
$113 in Gold Coin Given Away to
the Farmers of Western
. North Carolina.
."Wachovia Bank & Trust Com
pany's Asheville N.. C.
big cattle raising con-
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For the heaviest weight steer,
on foot, sold and butchered on the
. Asheville market, between Oc
tober 11911, and April 1, 1912.
Open to all farmers and stock
raisers of Western North Caro
Kna of the Blue Ridge;
First Prize : Fifty Dollars. ,
Second Prize : Twenty-five Dol
lars. . "Rules.
1. Entry to open Feb.; 1; 1911.
2. Entry to close July 1, 1911.
3. Contest to close - April 1.
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4. Steer must not be over 3
- years old when sold. ' t - .'
5. '- Steer must be calved and
raised, in Western North Carolina
r west of the Blue Ridge. -
6. All steers - must ? be flesh
Marked and a proper record kept
f same. . .V
7. - Affidavits and : proper
pr of of weight must be furnish-
8. In case of ties prizes will
.. he divided in the class tieing. i
9. ;r' There must be. two witness
es: to . entry, blank, npt related to
contestant by. blood or marriage.
vWaclhoyia 'Bank- & Trust Com
- ; pane's Asheville: N..C.
; BIG; HOG RAISING CONTEST.
" ; For the heaviest hog- (net) Ml
ledi not over ten months old, ;be
itween , October ,15, 1911, and
-mrch'i;; 1912. ', ; '
7 ' Opensto t all .farmers and stock
' raisers of Western North-Caro-Kna,
west of the 'Blue Ridge. "
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Entry to open Feb. 1, 1911.'
Jintry . to close July 1, 1911.
Ttuit be . farrowed beJ
6.. All pigs must be flesh-marked
and proper record kept of
same. . . . .' ' ' "
7. In case of ties the prizes
will ; be divided in class tieing.
. 8. ; There must be two witness
es to entry blank, not related to
contestant by blood or marriage.
9; .Affidavits and proper proof
of weight must me furnished. The
contestants will be notified later
where,, in his community, his hog
is to be weighed.
Entry blanks can be had of the
Wachovia Bank & Trust Com
pany, Asheville, N. C. upon ap
plication. Gazette News.
The Experience of Many.
A man who has gone into; the
poultry business in the right way
recently received a jolt that sur
prised him. He paid a good price
for eggs guaranteed to be from
hens that had scored 100 points
and when his first flock of birds
were about a year bid he had them
scored by a local judge. He was
delighted when several of his best
pullets and cockerels scored 100
and the rest ran up above 95. He
was sure he had champion prize
winners until he sent about a doz
en of his best ones to the Chica
go Poultry Show. Then , came the
jolt.
His birds were judged by men
who know their business and play
no favorites and the result show
ed none of his'stock to be better
than 92, while more than half of
the flock rah down below 85. Of
course, his birds are pretty good
at that but not good enough to
bring fancy prices, while the eggs
will bring little if anything above
store prices.; V : '
This . -man rs experience is too
often repeated. The whole trouble
lies in amateous excepting too
much of their flock, unscrupulous
fanciers , misrepresenting their
stock and. local judges being- in
competent or too anxious to please.
Kail Fence Philosophy.
,It is just as much the duty of
a farmer to attend the precinct,
township and county conventions
and vote at the elections as it is
to attend church.
Somemen are moral . because
they know it pays others because
they could not be anything else.
The boss does not tell you every
day how he appreciates your work.
It may be because he is too busy.
If there was -only. one mudhole
in the township there is always
one man who will fall into it,
even if he has to. walk a mile to
find it.
Some of the sweetest fruits and
nuts are enclosed, in. the roughest
shells. .
What a monotonous world it
would be if. all of- our thoughts
and tastes were alike if we all
perterred blue nowers or gray
skies.
There's always room at the top
and generally . much more than
there is at the bottom.
Interesting - News. -A
farm of 140 acres near Lea
tered grain to kill his neighbor's
predatory chickens had to pay
a fine of $50 and narrowly escap
ed a prison sentence.
A fram of 140 acres , near Lea
venowrth, Kan., recently sold for
$52,743.
Do not . keep apples too warm
or they will rot. They will stand
dry cold. - " y ;
Draw up. a . pile of straw near
the chicken house where the hens
can work on it. .
'All beef and mutton will here
after, be raised on the small farms
and farmers must learn how to
meet the new conditions. v . . .
' Do not "be 1 afraid to tell your
wife that you love her or your
aaugnter tnat sne is gooa iook-
mg, or to praise their dress, be
cause women folk appreciate genu
ine compliments more than money.
: - Chickens :with short toe . nails
are the best egg layers,?' says Prof
J. E. Hice, poultry expert for Cor
nell university. These chickens
have short toe .nails," he said,
' ' from continuous scratching : for
, , ig con.
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JANUARY CROP HAKENG.
Do all the Plowing Possible This
MonthLay Plans Now for the
Crops--Sonie Common Wastes
and Mistakes. , . ' -
As I sit and watch 4 a steady
downpour; of rain, I am wonder
ing how many of our farmers real
ize that right now is being laid
the foundation of those bales of
cotton and big yields of corn that
they are, dreaming of making this
year.
The man who realizes that his
crop - of next summer will large
ly depend upon the ' amount of
moisture , that his soil stores up
from these winter rains, will al-'
ready have seen to it that his, soil
is in the very best condition to re
tain as much of this rain as pos
sible. If preparations for the stor
ing of winter rain have not yet
been made, it is not necessarily too
late to, in part, remedythis . neg-
ect. Of course, the thing to do is to
loosen up the soil by plowing so
that more of this water can. be
absorbed. When that soil becomes
compact a very large proportion
of the winter rain runs off and is
lost, but in escaping over the sur
face it carries with'ty much of the
finer soil, often washing the fields
into gullies and thus depriving
the coming crop of both moisture
and plant food.
Some Cautions About Winter
" Plowing. , -"
We frequently have some weath
er in January in which plowing
can be done so it behooves the
careful farmer to watch for these
chances and to turn all of the dirt
possible. . It is too late td use any
cover crop, so if plowing is. done
from now until spring it "is best
to place the furrows on edge and
leave it in this rough state so all
the water and cold possible m can
find ready entrance to the soil.
There is, another benefit from this
winter plowing that must not be
lost sight of. Remember that most
of the insects that will annoy our
crops next year have made for
themselves snug water-proof and
frost-proof homes in the soils of
our fields. It we break those soils
now many of these insects will
be brought up to the surface and
the next two months of cold and
wet weather will kill large num
bers of them.
But by all means be careful in
doing this plowing to see that
your soil is not too wet. Plowing
wet soil destroys the granular con
dition thereof and puts it very
much in the condition of mud that
has been prepared for the making
of brick roads. It breaks down
the granular condition and ce
ments it together in such a way
that neither water nor air can well
enter it and, of course this " kills"
any soil. While this injury is not
as great with sandy as with clay
soils, yet the difference is only
one of degrees. Put it in your pipe
and smoke it plowing any . ag
ricultural soil wet will injure it.
Some have an idea that this in
jury is nullified if there is a rain
after the soil is plowed wet. Un--der
these circumstances the dam
age is no doubt lessened but not,
done away with. A safe rule is to ,
avoid wet plowing as much as
possible.
Plan for the Year's Work.
When ; a general begins a war
he first plans his campaign. The
good farmer will use these months
of comparative leisure to plan his
campaign for the coming year. Go
over your farm carefully and plan
just what crops you wish to plant.
The crops and the quantities, of
each can : only be determined by
your past experience a'nd by your
needs and. market facilities. Re
member that the first thing is , to
see that . yoi as
nearly as pom- . , 5, necessi
ties of life for your-seir tcad your
live stock. Having determined
just what plants will best do this
and how many acres are needed
for this purpose, go over your
fields and select the land that in
the past proved best adapted to
produce a given crop and do what
you can to put in the. best condi
tion for this crop. After planning
this, then see what is left for a
money ' ' crop. There is no crop
that answers this purpose in the
South so well as cotton, provided
it is purely a .surplus crop. Make
up your mind-that you are going
to see to it that every acre on your
farm produces a maximum crop.
"Of course, . it will not do it, but
if it does not , don't leave a place
to blame yourself.. Let ,the weatlu
er or some . circumstances over
which you had no control bear
tb blame.
,Vra(!iatJherrare;jnore
failures or poor crops on the farms
of the South due to the failure of
the farmer to adapt the r.crop to
the soil best fitted for it than to
any oter direct cause. It is invit
ing certain failure to plant corn
in land that you know will not
produce more 12 or 15 bushels,
when this same land would easily
produce oyer a ton of hay. Lands
that have recently had heavy man
uring', or. that . have had a crop
of peas turned under will really,
produce better corn the first year
than cotton. So a little planning
tMs way will pay handsome-
iy. . ' .
Aonther profitable thing to do
is to look around and see some
of the wastes that are going on
upon the farm and to plug up
those holes as quickly as possi
ble. The most common waste of
the farms of the South is one of
manure. Few areprepared to take
care of it as they should. Realize
that the manure from a grown
horse or mule is worth close on to
10 cents and of a cow eight cents
a day. if properly saved and used,
and I am sure all will, get busy
trying -to save it. Prof. D. N.
Barrow,' South Carolina Field
Editor in Progressive Farmer.
REFUSES $30 A POUND
FOR 40-POUND TURKEY.)
Owner of Sweepstakes : Winner,
The Duke of Antwerp, Now Ne
gotiating for a Blue Ribbon.
Allentown, Pa., Jan. 21. -At the
Madison Square Garden show,
held Christmas week in New York,
the blue ribbon for being the fin
est turkey in. America was award
ed to The Duke of Antwerp." a
White Holland gobbler hatched
and raised by "William J. Morton,
a poultry fancier, of this city.. The
bird weighs forty pounds and was
developed from stock V imported
.ten years ago by Senator Pen
rose. V ,
Mr. Morton started out in his
effort to raise the finest turkey in
America with the same dilbera-
tion that characterized Lord Rose-
bery when he . announced his am
bition to. breed a Derby winner.
The triumph of Mr. Morton,
however, was cpmplete, ,as the
bird, which looks like a living
creature of white, velvet, not only
won first prize. in his own variety,
but over all other varities as well.
Barely had the. sweepstakes rib
bon, been hung on his cage when
Hr Hrli " ' "-it - n " n
iir. lviorxon receivea an oner oi
$1,000 for the bird. This he refus
ed, as well as a later 'offer of $1,
200. Instead of selling his prize
gobbler, Mr. Morton is negotiat
ing to buy the "blue .ribbon hen,
in his aim still further to. improve
the breed. The offer declined of
$1,200 for a forty-pound turkey is
believed to be the highest ever
made for America's favorite
Thanksgiving bird, as it has not
been recorded that any bid of $30
a pound for turkey was ever made
before. ...
Liked Fresh Milk.
A farmer of Underwood, Wash.
had . a bull; puppy, shipped - out
from Boston. The puppy's prin-
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cipal diet had been milk served
from the bottle. During the first
day on the farm the puppy was
w av
intensely interested in the opera
tion oi milking the cows, and for
several days never failed to watch
his master closely during the milk
ing time, morning and evening.
When one of the cows began to
fail in her usual supply Of milk,
investigation discolsed the fact
that, the puppy was supplying his
own rations three or four times
a day by milking the cow himself.
The farmers of Nash county are
looking with interest to Saturday,
Feburary 4th, when a Farmers' In
stitute will be held at Nashville.
Farmers will be there from all
oyer, the county that . day. In re
cently ears the men of the county
have. taken an interest in these in
stitutes and since the Farmesr '
Union is in more interest will be
taken. No doubt t;here will be
many contestants for the $1 pre
mium for the best loaf of bread
and $l .for the best five ears of
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Prominent Shelby Man Pies From
( ; j , Peculiar Disease.; ,
Shelby, Jan. . 21. Mr. t Everett
Branton. one of; the most promi
nent; men of the town, died yes
terdaymorning at an early hour,
after an illness of several months.
His disease, was peculiar, being
what the physician termed. Hotch
kiss Gland; trouble, a disease
which has never been known in
this section before.
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' You've got to coax it to get it to go.. We have acold cure that will
start tKe-mo6t stubborn cough, going and quickly make it disappear entirely.
We hare witnessed its effectiveness in hundreds of cases and guarantee that
. it will stop your cough. ' .
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