KNOW TIMBER VALUE
BEFORE SELLING TREES
"Some years ago, Oliver Stanley,
of Wilkes County sold a boundary
of timber near the Wilkes-Ashe coun
ty line. The buyer was allowed to
take all the trees above a certain
diameter limit but included in the
purchase was a big Yellow Poplar,
five feet in diameter," says E. C.
Turner, Jr., county agent of Ashe
County, in a recent conversation
with R. W. Graeber, extension for
ester at State College.
"This poplar had a defect in its
side and was considered worthless
by the purchaser," continued Mr.
Turner. "Then again in 1928, Mr.
Stanley sold a crop of timber from
the same land to Millard Goodman of
West Jefferson. Mr. Goodman went
to work promptly and had finished
his cutting when he too noticed the
old poplar. He decided it was no
good but in passing struck his axe
into the tree. To his surprise, he
found that the grain showed a beau- j
tiful curly figure.
"When you strike a tree like that, i
it is like striking gold. Mr. Good
man immediately began to look for !
a buyer. Several bids were made '
him. The tree was cut into five beau- I
tiful 12-foot logs and finally a, ven- |
eer company of Bassett, Virginia,!
paid $650 cash for the lot. A buyer
from an English firm arrived just
after the deal had been completed
and offered SI,OOO cash.
"Which just goes to show that it (
pays to know the value of the trees j
on the farm. The first buyer lost j
considerable money by not knowing j
the worth of his yellow poplar and
so did Mr. Stanley, the owner. It
was only by accident that the second j
buyer discovered the beauty of the |
grain and the true value of the tree." '
Commenting on this incident, Mr. j
Graeber says that farmers of the j
State must learn the value of boun
daries of ordinary timber as well as
of individual trees of high or unusual
price.
BUILD MORE TERRACES
TO CONTROL EROSION |
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The only known method of con
trolling erosion on fields planted to
cleanly cultivated crops like cotton,
tobacco and corn is to build terraces, j
"Terracing is economical and ef- j
fective," says A. T. Holman, agri- j
cultural engineer at State College, j
"It seems strange that within the!
last few years, farmers of the south-1
west have terraced as large a per
centage of their farm lands as has
been accomplished in the southeast
in half a century. Nearly 50 years
ago, P. M. Mangum, a progressive
farmer of Wake County, constructed
a system of terraces which had a
wide base and a low ridge. Water
flows with slow velocity above each
terrace to a suitable outlet. This 1
type of terrace is now' found over 1
the entire South and has been tested
for two generations and found prac- 1
tical. It is recommended for all sec
tions of North Carolina where ero-
sion occurs and the slope of land is ]
not greater than 15 feet in 100." (
Mr. Holman says that erosion is 1
unquestionably the biggest, costliest (
and most serious problem on North 1
Carolina farms today. A state-wide
program to help fight erosion would 1
consist of the following points:
1. On forest lands, keep out fires J
and reforest. i
2. OR idle, barren, eroded lands,
develop permanent pastures.
3. Eliminate gullies by construct
ing dams of brush, stone or concrete
and plant honeysuckle, Bermuda
grass, kudzu or trees. j
4. In grain and stock sections, ,
practice rotations of crops including
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Our photo shows an old oak
tree near Nobdenitz in Thurin
gia, in whose trunk Hans Wit
helm von Thuemmel, a cabinet
minister of the former Grand
Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
was buried in 1824. A small
iron door leads to the inside of
this queerest of burial places.
(Herbert Photos, New York).:
| legumes for hay, pasture and soiling,
i 5. On cotton, corn and tobacco
j lands, build good terraces.
These five things will do much to
prevent the rich soil of North Caro
lina farms from washing to the riv
ers and sea. The farmer who wish
; es to have exact information about
• how to build terraces can secure a
! copy of Extension Circular 173
| which discusses the question in de
; tail.
KILL PEACH TREE BORERS.
I
j The article on killing peach tree
| borers by E. B. Morrow, which ap
i peared in the October 1, 1929, issue
of The Southern Planter, should be
of interest to everyone growing peach
i trees.
| In this article Mr. Morrow states:
"Kill the peach tree borers by ap
plying a dose of paradicholoroben
zene. This chemical has a long name,
but it does the work much more ef
fectively than a man can do it with
a knife and wire. It gives off a va
por heavier than air which is pois
onous to insects but not to man and
animals.
"Use three-quarters of an ounce
per tree on trees four and five years
old and one ounce on trees six years
and above. Injury may occur to the
bark and trunk if used on trees un
der four years of age. On trees un
der four years of age the borers
should be dug out with a knife and
wire.
"In most parts of the South the
material should be applied during the
last days of September or the first
week in October. Remove all grass
and trash and level the soil around
the base of the tree. Then apply the
material about one and one-half
inches from the trunk in a contin
uous band about one and one-half
inches wide. If the crystals are al
lowed to touch the tree, injury may
occur to the bark and trunk. Cover
the material with several shovels full
of soil, mounding the soil up around
the tree trunk.
"To avoid any possibility of the
paradichlorobenzene injuring the
trees, tear down the mounds five or
six weeks after making the applica
tion."
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Little Miss Mary Lois Webb, at
tractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Webb, celebrated her third
birthday on Thursday entertaining a
member of her little friends. Mary
Lois and her mother met the guests
as they arrived and the gifts were
taken by her grandmother, Mrs. Mary
Webb.
Games were enjoyed by the child
ren supervised by the mothers who
were there. Later in the evening
stories were told and soon the chil
ren were invited into the dining
room. The table was lovely with a
large white cake decorated in pink
roses and three pink candles burn
ing. From the chandelier, streamers
of pink crepe paper came to each
place where cream, cake and an at
tractive souvenir was for each child.
Soon the birthday cake was cut and
much merriment was had over who
got the dime, thimble, ring, button,
etc.
The little guests went away wish
ing Mary Lois many more happy
birthdays.
Six hydraulic rams for a home wat
er supply will be installed by Orange
County farmers who inspected the
ram owned by R. E. Paschall.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1929.
! GET PEANUT SEED
BY FIELD SELECTION
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| Since the tariff on peanuts will
probably reduce importations, grow
ers of the large seeded varieties will
; benefit most from the tariff by pro
ducing large nuts of high quality.
I "It is as important now to pay
I as much attention to the quality of
the peanuts as it is to the acre yield
i secured," says P. H. Kime, plant
; breeder at State College. "The wise
; grower will attempt to produce the
i kind of nuts in greatest demand.
1 Most of the important peanuts now ]
I sold in competition with ours are'
• the large varieties which correspond
1 to our Extra Large Virginia Shelled j
I and No. 1 Shelled. These grades come
I I
i largely from the Virginia Bunch (
j variety and some from the Jumbo.
] Runner variety." ,
j Mr. Kime says that many fields of j
! Virginia Bunch peanuts produce |
| fairly good yields but bring a low \
j price because the nuts are small. On-'
! ly a small percentage of the better I
! grades of shelled nuts can be secured;
from them. This small size may be
due to poor seed, little fertilization, |
poor cultural methods or improper j
handling.
However, the size and quality of j
the nuts may be improved by the use i
of better seed and by the field selec-'
tion of seed this fall. The best plants 1
may be selected rapidly if a consid
erable area is plowed up and the
vines shaken so than they may be
inspected. Only those plants which i
have a large number of well-filled j
pods, uniform in size and shaps and i
containing two large well-deveioped
seed, should be selected. The plants'
' should be of about the same stage
t of maturity. Those which shed many I
. pods and show diseased stems or j
i rotted pods should not be consider-!
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TV? Tt& V 1 mm mm mm than four years in the development of the
O Chevrolet Six. Materials are selected from
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(1 /| Q "I* Q ' ■■ ™ " Coupe, $595; The Sport Coupe, $645; The Sedan, $675; The
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A SIX IN TiH'E P.R ICE v R T AN G E OF THE FOUR
! ed. The selected plants should be;
J stacked to themselves and the stacks j
' marked so that they might be thresh- !
ed separately. •
Field selections need to be made 1
each year to improve the quality of
! nuts, declares Mr. Kime.
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PAYING POULTRY FLOCK
IS DEVELOPED CAREFULLYj
Developing the spring-hatched (
pullets from the time the chicks,
leave the incubator until the pullets
are placed in the laying house is the !
»pathway to profits in the poultry in
| dustry.
' "The object of this development is j
j to have pullets of stamina, bone and j
vigor and fully up to the standard
! weight of the breed," says R. S. !
Dearstyne, poultryman at State Col
lege. "At first the proper mashes are
| needed until finally the laying mash
' containing 20 percent of protein is
| given. The young pullets must have
'an abundance of succulent green i
j feed especially as the grass on the
• range gets old and tough. When plac- •
ing birds in the laying house, do this
| about two weeks before they start
! laying so that they may become ac-j
' customed to their surroundings. The j
j house should be made ready for oc
i cupancy, however, before the birds!
• are brought in."
\ This means new nesting material, |
! runs cleared of litter, perch poles r
scraped and freed of mites and the j
birds examined for internal parasites,
i A minimum of four feet of floor
• space to each bird is needed in the ■
i house and at least two feet of perch i
. pole for each three birds. Dampness j
' in the house and damp litter is to be j
avoided if the birds are not *to have j
! roup and colds. Fresh, clean water J
: is necessary and the mash hoppers j
! are to be kept filled at all times. Oys- j
; ter shell and grit needs to be kept
! before the birds and grain fed twice
' each day with the heaviest amount
| at evening.
! Mr. Dearstyne says that the poul
tryman will do well to spend about
• ten minutes each day in general ob
j servation of his flock. This will help
j him to find any lack of thriftiness
;or any indication of disease. Birds
; roughly handled, irregularly fed and
' watered, infested with parasites or
' neglected in other ways will not prove
' profitable.
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FINDS UNMARKED GRAVE
j OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
i
The unmarked grave of a giant
Cleveland county soldier who fought
at Kings Mountain with Col. Isaac
Shelby and Col. Benjamin Cleve
land wis located last week by Mr.
J. Cullen Mull while he was search
ing for unmarked graves of Con
federate soldiers. I
The grave, the history of which
has been kept by descendants of
the soldier, is located on a hill near
Bens Knob in the mountain section
j northwest of Shelby. There shortly
after the fight for freedom was
buried James Cook, who was seven
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
North Henrietta, N. C.
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and dignity which can only be had from funeral directors of effi
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feet tall and one of the
•men, according to tradition, in
Revolutionary army. Very f e , v , e
i pie lived in this entire ' sec-.:
[the time, but the soldier toM y*
'wife shortly before his death T; ' S
he wanted to be buried on th
near their pioneer home. Hi*
descendants of Cook say, intended
ito disregard his wishes and hav
J his body buried out in some f.-ttle
I ment, probably in Catawba county*
[However, a heavy snow fell on the
| night of the giant soldier's death and
jit was impossible to remove him
( With the aid of the only two neigh.'
bors within more than a score 0 f
miles the widow buried him at the
spot requested.
As the years passed other mem
bers of pioneer families were bur.
ied near Cook's grave, and after
many other years had pa:-?J a
church was established there. This
church is now known as Oliver*
Grove and the cemetery centers
about the mound where Cook was
Practically all of the Cooks
in this and adjoining counties are
descendants, it is said, of the seven,
foot soldier.—Cleveland Star.
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