MARION PROGRESS, MARION, N. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1929
MARION PROGRESS
i COUNTY AGENT WORK ' | vice in the growing of these crops.
I ’ OF VITAL INTEREST I So we are learning how to improve.
) I our soils, how to grow and market
j poultry, how to improve our dairy
cattle, which I consider the three
matter I niost important factors in farming.
W. M. WILSON,
Rt. 2, Montford Cove.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY i ^
BY THE I ^ valuable pa- cattle, which
McDOWELL PUBLISHING CO.
MARION, N. C.
S. E. WHITTEN, Editor and Prop.
I per to express my views on
that is of vntal interest to the farm
I ers of McDowell County—that of the j
; continuation of the County Agent |
work. I wish to give my experience
' ~ ! I in farming and show how I have been
Entered at the Postoffice at Marion, jjy the work of Qounty
N. C., as second class matter. ^ Agents and how this work has helped
" ithe community and the county.
TERMS j J began farming some 25 years
One Year ^^*^®|ago. With the assistance of a hired
Six Months 75c i hand, we did all the work on the
Strictly in Adrance farm. Corn, wheat, and cowpeas
were the crops grown. I bought
cattle here and there and fed the
cowpea hay and the other crops to
DAIRY INDUSTRY GROWS I these cattle. The yield of corn wasj
IN WESTERN CAROLINA | ^bout 20 bushels per acre and the j
yield of wheat about 7 bushels per
MARION, N. C., JUNE 27, 1929
AT THE CHURCHES
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
J. C. Story, Pastor.
9:45 a. m. Sunday School.
11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Preaching 1^
the pastor.
7 p. m. Christian Endeavor.
Strangers and visitors will find a
heartj^ welcome. Come and worship
with us.
REVIVAL MEETING AT SEVIER
Dr. J. E. Flow will preach every
— When the j ^fter following this system for I this week at Sevier Presbyteri-
" ■ “ -’—^1 — 1- at 8 p. m. Everybody
Raleigh, June 24.
branch cheese manufacturing plant | years, I found that the soil | Church
was established at West Jefferson in
cordially invited.
Shoe Repairing
When you have shoes that
need repairing the best place
to take^^hem is The Champion
Shoe Shop, 14 E. Henderson
0 street.. We use nothing but the
best material and our'*work al
ways gives satisfaction. Bring
us one job and you >^ill always
be our customer.
— THE —
CHAMPION SHOE^SHOP
14 E. Henderson St.
was getting poorer, the yield lower, |
Ashe county through the efforts of I cattle were mostly scrubs and I j nifciMircc
local citizens and field workers of ^^aking any money by feed-! m. o • c. i. i -n
the agricultural extension service at j ggHing the cattle. | Summer Business School will
State College, it was an admitted ex- | j realized that something had to i
periment. It was known that the sec-, -phe County Agent at that School. It will be in
tion was a good dairy country poten- recommended that I lime my I Beginning and ad-
tially but there was doubt as to sow some clover in my Shorthand Type-
necessary amount of mUk being prc-.^he^t. My brother Dick was in about(7 ?^ Bookkeeping will be of-
duced at that time. j ^he same fix as myself, and we decid- j ® Briefer
On the first day of operation, July-gj ^^der 44 tons of lime and Shorthand will be taught, j
23, 1928, only 1,126 pounds of milkj^de it equally. I limed about 12 morning sessions only, |
were delivered. The factory peoplei^^^gg ^he land in corn, I ^
said they must have at least 6.000 ' gg^ured a yield of 30 bushels I
pounds a day for the plant to be op- pg^. j_3 pg^g | dent to take any or all of the sub-1
erated. On June 10, 1929, not quite the corn for soil improve-i offered. This fee is payable in j
eleven months afterward, the plant ^^ich were turned under and Necessary books can be ,
received 19,557 pounds of milk, and Lhe land sown to wheat. The yield of opening day at cost!
the next day the deliveries went over ^heat was doubled by getting 14 rented. Judging from'
20,000 pounds. E. C. Turner, county ^ugjjgig pg^ acre. Peas were 50wn inquiries already received,
agent of Ashe, says the deliveries I ^fter the wheat and turned under ^ take ad-:
will exceed 30,000 pounds a day be- corn and peas, from which I gg. '"a^^age of this opportunity to get,
fore the end of the summer. The, ^.^^ed a vield of 65 bushels of corn' commercial training.—Adv.
farmers received $25.90 for milk , pg^ ^^^e. This was followed by wheat: »r>
sold the first day and $410.69 for the^^^d a yield of 22 bushels per acre ^^^CIXG DALGHTERS has
milk sold on June 10, 1929. 'was secured. I have continued this ^
This shows briefly what has hap- ^^^p rotation plan with the
headed by JOAN
CRAWFORD. It’s a gay and fast-
pened in that section. About 500 pa- tio,; that I anrusing'soy' beanrir- a. !
trons are selling milk to the factory, ^tead of the cow peas, keeping the ^ Theatre next:
It pays 50 cents a pound for butter-
fat and the milk is sold on the but
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Prompt service and careful attention
rendered our customers in the filling of
their phone orders is oiir aim.
High Grade Groceries.
Fresh Vegetables and Fruits.
COWAN GROCERY CO.
Phone 85 Wrenn Bldg.
Singing! Talking! Dancing!
terfat basis. Milk routes are radiat-
three bushels
am now making
of corn and wheat i
Monday and Tuesday.
BUSINESS LOCALS
w’here I used to make only one. Bv
ing froni West Jefferson in all direc-| the proper rotation of crops I find.
tions. The produ^cers are paid twice i that I can increase the fertilitv of FRESH SWEET MILK
each rnonth and they are buying pure the soil while producing crops to ery day.
bred dairy cattle, are planting more fgg^ to livestock. -
legumes and ^ass pastures, are re- The richer soils have brought about DAVIS SHOE SHOP — Imp#ovfed
modeling old beef cattle barns into ^ changed condition. The hand era- and latest machinery for the
milking sheds and a general air of ^jjg longer able to cut the Pair of all kinds shoes
well-being prevades the "
side.
F. R. Farnham, dairy
specialist, who helped to establish =better pbVs and harrows
the factory says that m the produo- ^eing used to enable one man to
tion of the 20,000 pounds of milk de- work of two or more men.
hvered m one day not over $25 i
worth of purchased feed was used ^nd my share of the crop '
for the cows. This means that the
ice cold, ev-
Cowan Grocery C.
re-
20 W. Court
country- v^^heat satisfactorily, so a reaper has street. 5t.
! been purchased. The one horse culti- r —
exterision i yator has given away to a two horse BllTrTER We handle fresh
country butter. Cowan Grocery Co
Davis Bros
ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTORS
Phone 238
20 Logan Street
You Are Safe
when you buy
GIANT TIRES
Because all the materials are tested for
strength and quality, every operation in
the factory is inspected by an expert.
Giant tires give more than double the
mileage of Government specifications.
Use Giant Tubes in Giant Tires and be
doubly safe.
' Factory written guarantee for twelve
months service.
MASHBURN’S HARDWARE
Marion, N. C.
FOR SALE—Fresh Jersey cow five
years old, third calf, Jim Haney
stock. Apply to Joe Hensley, Muddy
Creek. it. i
r
RELIABLE DEALER wanted to
handle Heberling Products in Mc
Dowell County. Excellent opportuni-
, , ^ , than the whole amount used to be
farmers have started m the nght „hen I was. doing the work myself,
way and are producing the.r feeds jj The yield is about
M ® three times what it used to be.
profitable. I
) A few years ago through the in- ty for the right man. Earnings of $50
^ PROGRESS IN DAIRYING Auence of the County Agent several weekly. Write for free catalogue. G.
McDowell is another North Caro- ‘'“"'““"'‘y P'*''- C- Heberling Compahy, Dept. 1622,:
Jina county that has gone in for de-**>“» '“'“P- Bloomington, 111. 2t.'
•velopment of the dairying interests, continued to.- ^
the first step being in the direction “"'S' bulls since that'
of securing cows that give
time. The calves from these bulls
milk.” The scrub stock must go and developing into cows that are
thoroughbreds substituted. The re-! '
suits of maintaining cows that givel'^^'*^
more milk, as revealed by the Nation i created
al Dairying Council’s report, must
come in as encouroagement at this
I an in^resl in better cows and some
in registered cattle. Several of the!
time, for the McDowell county pro- i ®ur community co-opera-
moters. The present count reveals' purchasing a carload of regis-
only 160,000 more cows than there :
were eight years ago, but these cows i breeding up herds
are producing an “increase” of 30,- i registered Jersey cattle. Within a
000,000,000 pounds of milk a year i should have several
the cows that produced 9,000 pounds
a year, which is about twice the old
average, consuming only 40 percent
more food. The efficiency in the
dairying industry McDowell js striv
ing for looks to this increased pro
duction of milk without increase of
herds, for the improved breed that
produced this enormous increase did
the work of an additional 6,000,000
of the “average” cows. McDowell
has a progressive Farm Agent, and
that explains why it has become
dairy-minded. —Charlotte Observer.
CONGRESS RECESSES
Washington, D. C., June 20.
Congress recessed Wednesday night
for two months, following which it
will reconvene to tackle the tariff
bill and various other matters. The
Senate will meet again on August 19,
by which time it is expected the fin
ance committee will be ready to re
port on the House tariff bill. The
House will reconvene of September
23.
be a great improvement in the qual- DINE SUMPTUOUSLY!
ity of all cattle bv the use of the * -j *.i, i i. j- •
. u 11 • ‘ *1. Avoid the commonplace by dining
pure bred bulls in the community.
Many of our people are becoifting in-' —whether alone or with a com-
terested in a cream route of some I panion. You’ll find our cuisine excel-
kind which is about to be worked i
out, and then we expect to see even reproach and
more improvement in the dairy; you’ll enjoy your meal with the same
work. At the present time I am keep
ing from 3 to 4 milk C9ws and am
selling about $300 to $400 worth of
dairy products each year. My tenant
is also making some money from dai
ry cattle and we hope to have a herd
of some 12 to 15 cows as soon as
practical.
Later through the influences of the
County Agent I began to give some
attention to poultry. A brooder house
was built, a brooder and 100 baby
chicks purchased. I raised 96 chick
ens from which I got 44 pullets. Rec
ords were kept on this work, and at
the end of the year we had made
$1.86 per bird on the 44 pullets. I
built a modern poultry house during
that time. I found that the assistance
which I received from the
zestful relish as if the food was
cooked in your own home. Our pric
es, too, will be a pleasant surprise.
MARION CAFE
Piggly Wiggly
“THE MODERN WAY”
SPECIALS
for
Friday and Saturday
While Supply Lasts
Mason quart Jars 79c doz.
Union County farmers report bet- which I received from the County! QPe lot of BrOOmS 39C 6ach
ter growth of lespedeza this springj Agent in the brooding, feeding, I q i . r qq i
due to good rains and better fertili-j care of these chicks was very !'-''*^ IViOpS 0^0 SaCll
zation. Grain farmers are compelled' valuable. I believe that it was in 1925 White HOUSB Coffee 49c Ibi
to raise the reaper blade to prevent i when the County Agent arranged to '
cutting the young lespedeza. j have a poultry car in Marion when
— j cash would be paid at the car door
The North Carolina State Farmers j for poultry. This has solved the
and Farm Women’s Convention will niarketing of poultry and as a result
be held at State College during Farm i t^^o'^s^^^ds and thousands of dollars
and Home. Week, July 22 to 27. |have been brought into the county.
[ I am now turning my attention to
Ov'er 600 farm boys and girls are' getting some good pastures started,
expected to attend the 4-H club short j growing sweet clover, and other
course at State College, July 29 to j crops suited to dairying, and am
August 3. looking to the County Agent for ad-
Vlslt our New Store.
Same Location.
“USE OUR SERVICE”
RABB’S
Phone 75
FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
6 lb. pail SNOWDRIFT
_ - $1.10
WALDORF TOILET PAPER
GINGER ALE, Cliquot Club, Pale Dry ______ 2 for 25c
SALMON, Tall Can
10 lb. bag SUGAR
CORN FLAKES
7 pkgs. WASHING POWDER .
25c
TEA—Tetley’s, half pound
FAT BACK, lb. ' _ _
24 lb. bag PILLSBURY FLOUR
_ $1.15
LUZIANNE COFFEE, 1 lb. can
Libby’s Sliced PINE-APPLE, No. 2 can _____ 23c
MILK—Pet or Carnation
— FftUIT JARS —
Pints _ - - _ 79c
Quarts _ 89c
Half Gallon -_ _ _ _ $1.24
Jar Rubbers, doz.. _ 6c
Jar Caps, doz., _ _ _ _ 3Qc
Certo, bottle _____ 3q^
WE DON'T MEET PRICES, WE MAKE THEM
M. D. ATWELL, Manage,.