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Vance County Weekly Extension News Sponsored by J. W. Sanders, county farm agent;, M. Edmund Aycock, as sistant farm agent, anA Mrs. Hattie F. Plummer, home demonstration Agent TFRKACES ALONE CAN’T PREVENT soil erosion Terracing a farm is not the only th ; n .v that is needed to stop it from ■aching away and improve the soil, ' V id I- O. Schaub, director of the Agri bultural Extension Service of North Carolina State College of Agriculture. While terracing and contour culti tion is the foundation of any good erosion program on most North Caro ls farms, lie pointed out that some thing needs to be done to take care of *he water at the end of the terraces, and that farming methods need to be adopted that will check erosion be tween the terraces and put every acre c n the farm to uses to which it is suit ed. Actual tests at the Soil Conserva tion Service Experiment Station at Statesville show that tons of rich top so il wash out the ends of the best terraces that can be built, where farm ing methods that check erosion be tween the terraces are not followed. As long as water runs down unpro tected slopes soil will go with it, Dean Schaub said. Experience in erosion control demonstration areas in North Carolina, however, show that farmers can do much to protect their fields by terracing them, farming on the con tour so that each row is a little ter race, keeping the land covered with close-growing soil-holding and soil building crops as much as possible, rotating crops, planting badly eroded fields and bad strips across good fields to close-growing soil-improving or hay crops, vegetating outlets to safety carry water from terraces, developing meadow strips to protect natural draws in the field, conturing and im proving pastures, putting badly erod ed land back to trees, and planting vegetation in gullies. ITS HOG-KILLING TIME IN CAROLINA “Hog-killing time. How this expres sion stirs the activity of the farm fam ily as cold weather arrives! “It means plenty of hard work, but it also means fresh pork, sausage, spare ribs, liver pudding, cracklin’ corn bread —filling the smoke-house,” said Prof. R. E. Nance, of State Col lege. A moderately cool day, with the weather above freezing, is better than a bitter cold day for hog-killing, he continued. Stop feeding the hogs 24 hours be Wins Again, Getting Jersey Heifer College Station, Raleigh, Dec. I For making the best 4-H club record I with an Arrowood breed calf this year, Kenneth Myatt, of Wake county, has been awarded a registered Jersey i heifer from the Arrowood Farms near ! Charlotte. Kenneth is shown above with the calf with which he won the award. This is the second time he has won : an Arrowood calf for his outstanding j club work, said L. R. Harrill, 4-H club leader at State College. • Two Champions Recently Named t 11 'tv,/,, fir College Station, Raleigh, Dec. > —Joe Crown, 14 year old Watauga 4-H club member, has been awarded a one-year scholarship to State College for his excellent record in 4-H baby beef work th; s year, L. R. Harrill, 4-H club lead- G: at State College, announced today. ■lce and his purebred Hereford calf a: ° shown in the picture above. The : "clanship was given by the North ( -a olina division of the National Cot t . .;eed Products Association. The calf, Tom, weighing 470 pounds Joe acquired him last April. uring a 164-day feeding period, Tom .Pined an average of 3.1 pounds a day. !°m ate 2,445 pounds of corn, 247 pounds of oats, 404 pounds of cotton t(i mea T 796 pounds of hay, and 110 pounds of bran during that time. And fore they are to be slaughtered. It is easier to clean and dress the carcass w en the digestive tract is empty. And when the system is not gorged with food, the blood will drain out more easily. Don’t overheat or excite the animal before killing. Getting the hog vvi ought-up produces a feverish condi uon that prevents proper bleeding and -auses the meat to sour while in cure. for scaling the carcass, Professor Nance said that water at a tempera ture of 150 degrees is best. In cold weather, add a bucket of cold water -o half a barrel of boiling water, and nis will give about the right tempera ture. Or dip the finger into the water quickly. If it burns severely the first ame, it is too hot. But if the finger can be dipped in three times in quick succession, with the water burning severely the third time, the tempera ture is about right. A vat sunk into the ground beside a platform close to the ground level pro vides a convenient place to scald the carcass and scrape off the hair. Tools that will aid in dressing the carcass are: A common six or eight inch butcher knife, a six-inch skin ning knife, a smooth steel for sharpen ing knives, several hog gambrel sticks two bell shaped hot scrapers, a 28- inch meat saw. Q. How much fertilizer should I use on my tobacco bed? A. Two hundred pounds of a 4-8-3 mixture for each 100 yards of bed is sufficient. However, if a low grade fertilizer is used it should be supple mented with from 50 to 100 pounds of cottonseed meal provided the meal is thoroughly mixed with the soil. Broad cast the fertilizer and thoroughly mix it with the upper three or four inches of soil. If manure is used be sure it contains no tobacco leaves, stalks, or roots and do not place any tobacco trash on the beds as this will carry diseases such as mosaik, black root rot, and Granville wilt. Q. When should grain be fed the laying hen for maximum production? A. Most poultrymen in North Caro lina are getting high production by feeding a small amount of grain in the morning and the remainder at night while some are feeding a small amount at different intervals during the day. This latter practice overcomes idle ness in the bird and increases tha acti- Beginning with Arrowood’s Wond erful Sue, which he won two years ago, Kenneth fed,, fitted, and showed her to win first place in the Wake County 4-H calf club show and in the open classes at the State Fair this year. She was also junior champion of the 4-H Jersey show at the State Fair. Her prize winnings amounted to $30.75. Kenneth is one of the most enthu siastic calf members in the State, and is encouraged by his father and moth er, who are equally interested in calf club work, Harrill stated. from April to September he was on a nurse cow. In the show ring, Harrill said, Joe and Tom won first and grand cham pionships at the Watauga County Fair, first in heavyweight in fat steer class, and reserve championship in the 4-H baby beef show. This calf also won first place in the open show at the State Fair, and was named grand champion of the Ashe ville Fat Stock Show. His prize win ning totaled $69.16. At the conclusion of the Asheville Fat Stock Show, Tom weighed l,C(k pounds and was sold at auction for $205, or 20.5 cents a pound, T he cal cost Joe $56.70, and he ate worth of feed. Joe said his Profit was $123.99 plus a scholarship valued at SBO. HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4,1937 Btcfeens’ Christmas Carol I SCROOGE RESUMED. HIS LABORS I WITH AN IMPROVED OPINION OF I ; MEANWHILE, THE FOG AND DARKNESS THICKENED SO THAT PEOPLE WITH LINKS OFFERED TO LIGHT PEOPLE IN CARRIAGES ON THEIR WAY TO CHURCH. vity. Where grain is fed twice a day about one pound of grain is fed in the morning and eight to. ten pounds for each 100 hens fed late in the after noon. There is a growing tendency to feed the grain in troughs in the afternoon and this is a good practice especially where infectious diseases I or internal parasites are present. ! g 7*|J PHPKy g 5.% (\\ Mi ■ -Q-w w OPENING W Monday Night From 7:00 Till 9dM> FREE' MONDAY NIGHT ONLY jgjjg j!^:iuipfip i1" Purchaj. of t SIO.OO or More \|| 'MM*”” O0 *" ft SPECIAL— ! t / ■ &#jjjg|- 1 I 11 Customer ! I i fpIMS | | MONDAY NIGHT ONLY! 11, I2SB| | CAtti And carry none cold to dealers no prone orders Ij|| ‘ * j». [| || BRING THE KIDDIES TOO! j se Matching Lamps Coaster A l, steel with M $lO-85 $4 *5 s4**s*^ J&; FURNITURE CO., INC. HENDERSON, N. C. THE COLD BECAME IN THE MAIN STREET IN A COR NER OF THE COURT SOME LA BORERS HAD LIGHTED A GREAT FIRE IN A v BRAZIER, ROUND WHICH A PARTY OF RAGGED MEN AND BOYS WERE GATHERED. Care and attention to details in feed ing are essentials for high production. What has become of the small brain who was always swimming beyond his depth, despite warnings, last summer? I Oh, he’s taken up ski jumping and is ! trying to teach himself. “No. 6 -ADAPTED BY C. D. VORMELKER FOUR deeds with REGISTRY FRIDAY Realty transactions with the Vance Registry yesterday were four, accord ing to the records. Joel T. Cheatham, receiver, conveyed | J THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE J SHOPS ' WHERE HOLLY SPRIGS AND BERRIES CRACKLED IN THE LAMP HEAT OF THE WINDOWS, MADE PALE FACES RUDDY AS THEY PASSED. Illustrated by Alfred J. Buescher j a | to J. C. Kittrell and R. G. Kittrell for j S6OO one-half interest in three tracts | of land in Parker Heights. City of Henderson gave a quit claim * deed to property on Breckenridge street to D. P. McDuffie for S6O. T. E. Holding, Jr., sold to D. P. | McDuffie two lots on Breckenridge EVEN THE Ll| I'TLE TAILOR WHO HAD BEEN F] NED FIVE SHIL LINGS THE WISER BEFORE FOR BEING BLOOD THIRSTY IN THE STREETS, STIRRED UP 'TOMORROW’S PUD DING. WHILE, HIS LEAN WIFE AND THE BABY SALLIED OUT TO BUY THE BEE I ’. To be continued . j str<= et for SIOO and considerations. Joel T. Cheatham, receiver, sold J. ! C. jKittrell one half undivided inter | est in 98.50 acres of land for SI,OOO. There are no breach of promise laws in Holland. In other words, Dutchmen find it easier than we dj to 'keep from getting in Dutch. PAGE THREE
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