HARVESTING GRASS SEED
IN NORTH CAROLINA
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Raleigh, N. C., Oct 19?It is the
unexpected that always gives the
greatest thrill .kind the unexpected
has certainly happened in North Car
olina farmiojg this fall. Folks are
harvesting grass seed lor planting
jjurposes in that same territory where
grass has been fought as a mortal
enemy for years. ,
"The demand for carpet grass and
lespedcza seed for planting t pastures
in the Coastal Plain section of North
Carolina has always exceeded the sup
ply and the planning of pastures has
been retarded because of a lack of
such seed," says Sam Jones Kirby,
pasture specialist at State College.
With the increased interest in live
stock farming and the actual demon
strated possibilities for making ex
cellent pastures on otherwise idle
land, it appears that the acreage to
pastures will be doubled this season.
To supply some of the seed to be
used in planting these pastures and
to increase the profit from pastures
already planted, some leading farm
ers are harvesting the seed. One
county alone will harvest some 5,000
pounds of seed."
Three methods of harvesting the
seed are described by Mr. Kirby, Dr.
S. H. Crocker of Wilson eounty uses
a seed pan which he ran over two
and one half acres and saved 550
pounds of carpet grass and lespedeza
seeds. These ho sold at his barn
door for 50 ceuts per pound. ' The
Invershield ^arm of Pender County
clipped thQ heads of the grasses with
a mowing machine while dew was on
the grass and then harvested the seed
with a flail when the heads had dried.
The third method, used by other
farmers, consists of mowing the head
and raking them after which the
whole amount of straw and seed are
hauled to the new area and scattered
over the land. This latter method is
the least expensive and while some
seed are killed during winter, enough
remain viable to give a good stand of
grass and clover.
Mr. Kirby states that there are
many pastures free from weeds from
which seed might be harvested prof
itably.
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BEET WORK BEGUN
IN EASTERN CAROLINA
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Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 19?Now that
the cattle tick has finally been era
dieted from all sections of eastern
North Carolina, plans are being made
by the North Carolina Experiment
Station to begin some work with beef
cattle in this territory. The first tests
will be made at the Blackland Branch
Station at Weuoua in Washington!
County.
4,The cattle tick quarantine was
finally lifted from the entire State
on December 1, 1925, almost exactly
20 years after the first work in
eradicating the tick was begun,"
says Prof. R. S. Curtis of the animal
husbandry department at State Col
lege. "Anticipating this last step in
tick eradication, we Worked out def-1
initely the original plans set on foot
some years ago. Recently we brought
20 native cows from Holly Ridge
which will be wintered on the reed
lunds and native grasses of the We
nona farm. Eighty acres have been
set aside for thia purpose. This land
has been fenced and water put in. We
are now preparing to build a barn to
care for the cattle during the win
ter." , ::
Prof. Curtis states that the cows
will be bred to a pure; bred Hereford
bull and a complete record kept of
any improvement made through the
successive steps of selection and
breeding. Photogrpahs will be made
of all the original animals and these
records wlil be continued along with
an economic study of the cost of
producing beef cattle under Eastern
Carolina conditions.
Pasture plots are also being seeded
at Wenona this fall to determine the
best grasses adapted to the black
lands. The native pastures will be
supplemented in part with tame grass
es after the determinations have been
made. Prof. Curtis states that some
of the reed lands will be retained to
make an economic study of these for
cattle growing.
Prof. Curtis believes that Eastern
Carolina may in time become a cattle
producing section. There is much in
terest ini this work now and when
more has been learned about the pas
ture grasses, the industry will likely
develop in a satisfactory way.
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A group of farmers in Franklin
county will net $10 per thousand feet
for pine timber because of working
together in selling their product.
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Tom Tarheel says his cotton will
stay in storage until the market is in
better condition, , < >
LOW SEED PRICES
INCREASE RYE ACREAGE
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Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 19?The low
price of pure seed rye of the Abruzzi
variety will doubtless greatly in
crease the acreage to be planted to
the crop this fall. One of the reasons
for the trmeqdous increase in the ac
reage planted to soybeans all over
the State this spring was the low
price of soybeans last season.
"Good Abrazzi rye seed can now
be boujht for abont the same price
as the worthless Rosen rye cost last
fall," says E. C. Blair, extension ag
ronomist at State College. "If we
could only realize how badly oar soils
need organic matter and would then
consider that three dollars fo r seed
and labor will sow an| acre of Ab
ruzzi rye for turning under, there
would not be a farm in North Caro
lina without some of this rye planted
on it [his fall. If the rye is planted
now, it will more than pay for itself
in the yield of late fall and early
spring grazing. Then the benefit from
turning it under next spring will be
clear profit."
'? Mr. Blair states that the proper
amount to sow is one and one half
bushels per acre. The seed may be
drilled in or covered with a disk har
row. A one horse cultivator is fine
for this purpose when the rye is j
planted between corn or cotton rows.
Mr. Blair states that there is plen
ty of good Abruzzi. rye seed available.
Many of the county agents have list
ed those farmers in their counties who
have a surplus for sale.
The low price of cotton will make
it imperative for those who grow this
crop to make plans to secure their
feedstuffs without great expense and
rye grown on the home farm offers
one of the most efficient ways of
doing this.
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BEST FARM MEAT
CURED AT HOME
Raleigh, N. ;C-, October 19?The
practice of curing a supply of meat
for home use is more generally fol
lowed on the farms of the South |
than in any other section of the coun
try, yet there are more different I
methods used in curing and handling
the cured product than is best for|
the industry.
For that reason,, the North Caro-|
lina Experiment Station has under
taken a study of the whole meat cur
ing question. These studies have been
summarized an(d published in bulletin
number 249 of the experiment station
series, written by Earl H. Hostetler
and L. H. McKay of the office of
swine investigations. This bulletin) is
now available on request.
The authors of the bulletin give
the results of work done since 1916
when the tests were first started at
the Coastal Plain Station near Wil
lard in ^Pender County. They discuss
the factors affecting the shrinkage of
meat in cure, show the; kind of curing
agents used and give some hints as
to the best methods of curing and
handling the meat as brought out by
the various tests.
"In eight different trails, 86 hogs
were used and a total of 516 pieces
of meat were cured," says Prof.
Hostetler. "We used both the dry
cure and brine cure and also tested
out the liquid smoke as compared
with smoke from hickory wood. As a
result of tests, we do not feel that
there is one best method of curing
meat. Some like the dry cure best,
while others like the wet cure. Some
use only salt as the curing agent,
while others use sugar and saltpeter
as well. Any of these will give a first
class product if care is taken in the
process."
Prof. Hostetler states that those >
who will kill as early in the season
a3 there is good killing weather, who
will cool the meat thoroughly before
packing it away, who will watch the
weather while the meat is curing and
will take good care of it after the
meat is taken from cure, will always
have better meat than they can buy
regardless of the color or breed of
the animals from which the meat
comes. . }.
DELIVERS ASHES OP DEAD
WOMAN AT POSTOFFICEI
Raleigh, October 20?The second!
corpse to arrive in Raleigh by mail
was received at th elocal postoffiee
last week. The body was that of a
young woman who died in California
in August and had been cremated,
th eashes occupying onyl a small con
tainer.
The body was delivered to a local
hotel t obe called for by the person
to whom it was addressed.
The other time a cremated body
arrived in, Raleigh by mail was sev
eral years ago, when- the remains of
a former resident of' the" city Was
eceived from China.
CULLOWHEE NORMAL
MUCH INTERESTED
m church affairs!
Almo3t without exception, the fac
ulty members at Cullowhee Normal
Sehool are taking an active interest
in church and community affairs.
President H. T. Hunter is an en
thusiastic leader in the Cullowhee
Baptist church, being teacher of a
large adult Sunday School class and
Chairman of the Board of Deacons.
Professor E. H Stillwell, head of the
History Department at Cullowhee
Normal, is Superintendent of the Bap
tist Sunday School, while Dean W.
?. Bird has the same office at tho
Methodist church. Miss Edna Reams,
Registrar, is president ef the E'pworth
League, while Prof. C. H. Allen and
Miss Mary Graves each tcach a class
at the Methodist Sunday School. W.
N. Coward, Bursar, Mary Rose Fea
gans, Music Supervisor, and several
others are members of the choirs at
Cullowhee churches.
Of the 116 students enrolled at'
Cullowhee Normal for the Fall Quar
ter, only three have failed to indicate j
a church affilation or at least a pre
ference for a certain denomination.
The Baptist church seems to be the
most popular among the students, 63
having indicated this to be their
church preference. The Methodist
church comes second with 40, while
on,ly 1 person each showed a prefer
ence for the Lutheran, Disciple, As
sociated Reform Presbyterian, and
Espicopal churches. Below is the
complete list:
Baptist J > . 63
Methodist .... 40
Presbyterian 4
Christian 2
Lutheran .... ..L ..f. .... 1
Episcopal ;..j 1
A. R.kP. .... L. .... 1
Disciple 1
Non-proference . .. 3
Eggs from blood tested poultry
flocks are in good demand at hatch
cries which specialize in selling high
grade baby chicks.
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Notice of Execution Sale
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Slate of North Carolina,
Jackson County.
In the Superior Court.
W. .??. Moody
vs. .
Aai.it' S^athis.
By virtue of an execution directed
to the undersigned from the Superior
Court of Haywood County in the
above entitled action, I will, on Mon
day, November 1, 1926, at 2 o'clock,
P. M., at the Courthouse door of said
Jackson county sell to the highest
bidder for cash, to satisfy said execu
tion, all -he right, title and interest
which the said Annie Mathis, the De
fendant has in the following de
scribed real estate, to wit:
BEGINNING on a rock on the west
bank of the Carson Branch in J. K.
Allen's line and runs thence North
54d, West with said Branch, 32 feet
to a stake; thence North 6 l-4d East,
437 feet to a ehestnut oak on .op of
the ridge in Moody's line; thence
South 71d East with the meanders of
the top of the ridge and Moody's
line 413 feet to a stake in Henscn's
line; thence South, 53d West with
Henson'3 line, 437 feet to the begin
ning, containing two acres more ' ur
less and being a part of the lands re
cently purchased from C. R. Moody
by Annie Mathis.
The above being a tract recently!
conveyed by Annie Mathis to John !
Shepherd and recorded in Book 100,
at pa^e 79, in the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds for Jackson county,
to which conveyance and record ref
erence is hereby made. j
This 24th day pf October, 1926. j
N: L SUTTON, '
9 29 4& Sheriff for Jackson Count?
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