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T ,.„,-„lay, February j, X 931. -LIVE AT HOME" CAMPAIGN OPENS IN THIS COUNTY i *ree Number Hear State Col lege Speakers at Ruther fordton Saturday Mom- j n g —Interesting Fig ures Given on County. Rutherfordton, Feb. 2.—More , „ pio-htv farm men and women ttltf" at ho red in the court house here Sat i.. morning 10:30 o clock, to u rda\ V- B. T. Ferguson and Mrs. Morris of the State College of Ra- L>h "discuss North Carolina's sec -1 t "Live-at-Home" campaign. speakers urged the people of rillnlv to be self supporting and the coum.v out lined to i hem the necessity in thwl . times of stress of growing not pn j v year around ration for the t'uuilv. but also for live stock. farm y y Patt n. county farm deraon ti'mi "•t in presided at the meet stration • in?. •\I Ferguson spoke at length on • PnthHii'ord county produces what luuut" i ,v. it he should produce. He and » luU , . the figures which apply to this rv which had been compiled and ■•artfully worked out by the State College staff. His figures were pre faced by the remark that guess work in compiling them had been eliminat ed in arriving at conclusions. Not only were county needs given atten tion. but the information was brought down to the family and live stock units, and the amount of food and feed that they will find neces sary for consumption during a per iod of twelve months. Charts and tables showing the production of the important food and feed crops in the county were presented and explained. Following Mr. Ferguson, Mrs. Morris, of Raleigh, spoke on the necessity of preserving and taking care of all fruit on the farm. She »ave interesting figures to show that large amounts of fruit annually went to waste in the state that should be saved for use. D. H. Sutton, of Cool Springs, A. B. Bushong, of Ellen boro and R. M. Morris, of Ruther fordton. all vocational agricultural teachers spoke briefly, and were fol lowed by several farm members who talked on various topics. Mr. Ferguson, in speaking, brought cut the following interesting facts in regard to Rutherford county: Speech of Mr. Ferguson. Rutherford county's farmers fail to raise enough of eight food and feed crops for their own farm needs, and as a result suffer a deficiency of 81.732,360 in these eight items, according to B. Troy Ferguson, dis trict farm agent, who is working to get every farmer in North Carolina to "Farm to Make a Living in 1931''. To become one of the "Live-at- Home" counties, Rutherford will have to do some really hard work, ft' l ' the county only raises a surplus n four crops—a surplus in these instances over and above its farm Jieeds and not necessarily enough to Hipply the towns of the county with ; "°d and feed sufficient for their urban needs. The figures are 1929 the latest compiled and ac curately set down. Governor Gardner is urging the timers of the state to produce a ' 00( ! »nd feed crop, $40,000,000 heater than in 1930. In 1930, the f* vn ■"liners ot North Carolina, heeding the voice of their Governor, raised •1 •'•000,000 more food and feed han in Farm agents and otli ei> have taken up the Governor's '°° an and are carrying it to every Part of the state. If the value of the surpluses from food and feed crops—s39l,- * —i> deducted from the deficiency n the other eight food and feed 520*' , the net deficiency is $1,340,- ~ • flat is quite a huge sum. Some 1 >a y quite properly, possibly, at th(' cotton crop should be count (.lT the Rutherford cotton o ' p 01 bales sold for sl.- •'46.4q 1 ) ti i Ihe tobacco crop of 3,450 sa nie year sold for ply. s ' Th( ' rye cro P of 19,248, a sur the Cl0{) !or the farmers of fo r ave 710 home use, sold geth Adding the three to— is ago* total is This ci e more than the net defi e above I but that deficiency r a j s V (r ' P r °duce which could be out t • U onie - With that deficiency * l: - Wa y» Rutherford farmers J ( "rolling in wealth." And it K !( Jne. By doing it the county i will become a 100 per cent "Live at-Home" county. Rutherford farmers are short in the following crops: wheat, oats, milk, poultry, eggs, pork and lard, jhay and home garden produce. The county shows a surplus on four f crops: corn, sweet potatoes, Irish) potatoes and beef and veal. The | county is badly deficient in home j garden acreage, with a monetary j loss on this item of $849,012 due I to a lack of 991 acres. The loss, due ' to a lack of hay, was $432,792 in 1929, due to the necessity of pur chasing 24,044 tons of hay without jthe county. Another heavy loss is j due to the lack of oats, raised in f the county. This loss is conservative ly placed at $140,473. The farm ers fail to produce enough milk, eggs ;or poultry, all essentially necessary for human life, and necessary in • larger amounts than at present. Oth-> v~- vU IV \ -s-3* DRIVING 1945 AUTOMOBILES 21.000.000 MILES ia * s 3 ea ' 0r An V Gasoline and Motor Oil Hh ? IF all gasolines and motor oils were as high quality as ''Standard," it wouldn't make any y1P^..... difference what kind you used: they'd all give But vehicles driven daily over good roads, bad roads omy of using "Standard'' Products. Costs were -'*Kj .>?carefully watched. Miles per gallon checked. "Standard" Products proved themselves again. Mb thC r:: Care,U, 7 B e e^; d 7 t ;: And their popularity with the public (they're seated at random, of the ||JH two-to-one favorites) showed that motorists Henry W. Wittman, Paterson, N. J., 23 years without a single 11|m|xJ everywhere have found them right, too. J. C. Mentzer, Havre de Grace, Md., 5 years without a single In the interests of your own pocketbook and J. E. Ingram, Salisbiiry, N. C., 23 years—two minor accidents, the pleasure a smooth-running motor gives you, H. H. Smith, Huntington, W. Va., 17 years without an accident. 1 yOU CQII t ignore the reSUItS of the StQlldard • "Standard" service station or dealer's today STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY _—r —» • T THE FOREST CITY (N. C.) COURIER er deficiencies are smaller but just as important. Turning to the bright, side of the picture, it is found that Rutherford raises fine surpluses of corn, sweet and Irish potatoes and beef and veal. With large urban population j within a short distance, even these surpluses could be profitably in ! creased. | For the county to become a 100 ; pai cent ''Live-at-Home" county, i Rutherford must change the follow ing: I Wheat 77,460 bushels required; 70,367 bushels produced; 7,093 bush- j els shortage; $9,859 value of short-j age. j Oats 240,036 bushels required;' 47,607 bushels produced; 192,429; bushels shortage; $140,473 value of! shortage. i I Milk 2,700,000 gallons required, j 2,160,160 gallons produced; 539,- 840 gallons shortage; $97,171 value jof shortage. 1 j Poultry 206,666 birds required; 67,826 raised; 138,840 birds short-' age; $124,956 value of shortage. | j Eggs 620,000 dozen required; 451,873 dozen produced; 168,127 : dozen shortage; $50,483 value of' shortage. Pork and lard— 8,000 head requir- > 'ed; 6,619 head raised; 1,381 head' shortage; $27,620 value of short age. | Hay 26,278 tons required; 2,234 j tons pioduced, 24,044 tons shortage;!- j $432,792 value of shortage. I Home gardens —2,000 acres requir- ' jed foi the 20,000 farm population; i 1,009 acres planted; 991 acres short jage, $849,012 value of shortage. | | Statistics for the four surplus | crops follow: f | Corn 512,133 bushels required;? 33,631 bushels produced; 221,498 J bushels surplus; $216,774 value of j surplus. | , Sweet Potatoes—29,2oo bushels I required; 160,244 bushels produced;' | 131,044 bushels surplus; $117,930 ' value of surplus. i ! Irish potatoes—24,ooo bushels re-i | quired; 46,090 bushels produced;! •22,090 bushels surplus; $27,612 val ue of surplus. Beef and vfa1—1,333 hfcad re quired; 1,956 head raised; 623 head surplus; $29,530 value of surplus. A fineTgiril I Born, to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Young J of Hattiesburg, Miss., Jan. 27, a fine j daughter, Forrest Annette. Mrs. Young was formerly Miss Annie Hill' J of Forest City. , J i ~ h Stag Paint, 1 gallon makes two.!* Farmers Hardware Co. A XXIWJUV- I 666 LIQUID or TABLETS Cuie Colds, Headaches, Fever 666 SALVE CURES BABY'S COLD : Chas. Z. Flack J I ♦ a Real Estate i Rentals And J T Insurance ♦ ♦ Phone 40 i + Office over A&P Store + ♦ Forest City, N. C. + Subscribe to lhe Courier. PAGE THREE
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