n ' V; M ? m $1 50 the Year i$ Advance in tire Cbi Sylva, N. C, -?'? ' * .1. ~ - in rim " -7* 12. 1928 _ 1 - "r.'ST ... ? ?>$ $2.00 the Year in The Jackson County Board of Ag riculture met in County Agent C. W. Tilson'a office Monday morning, December 5, 1927, for the purpose of receiving the past year's work and devising the plan of work for this coming year. Sixteen leading farmers, representing the various sec tions of the county, were present along with three active members ?I* the Sylva Chamber of Commerce. The following program was planned around the slogan of "Five cows, (dairy or beef) a hundred hens, thir ty ewes, and a brood sow we say, with lime and legumes make a farm pa v." DAIRY COWS 1. Bring in if possible 50 good high producing cows. 2. Replace as maqy non profitable cows kept by dairy farmers with profitable cows as is possible. 3. Exchange and regulate the dairy bulls to suit the needs of the dairy cow communities during this spring of 1928. 4. Cull out by butcher or castration every scmb dairy bull in the county so far as is possible. 5. Get every farm possible to grow stock beets and soy beans, cow peas or clover hay for winter cow feed. 6. Establish at least 5 cows aftd a cream separator on every dairy cow farm possible. 7. Continue the standard system of marketing the cream by farmers bringing it in to central station, and cooperate, with Carolina Creamery in marketing good quality cream. 8. Have 10 standard community dairy demonstrations with these dem- 1 oris tra tors as members of our Modi | fied Cow Test Association. , j 2. POULTRY^ * - '"?* "* | 1. Completely establish" '25 "farm* flocks of one standard breed of poul- j try with equipment for brooding and raising chicks and standard laying houses for 100 hens. 2. Start 50 new farm flocks and1 develop standard equipment so far as possible this year. 3. Place 20,000 ^standard bred babyj chicks on the farms in county withj no more than 300 ehieks to one good i brooder. 4. Have 15 standard community poultry demonstrations starting with! brooded!, broodei4 house and 300 1st and ?i rd bred chicks and carrying through until this farmer demonstrates the producing standard farm flock and equipment. 5. Market poultry by cooperative car lot shipment and market eggs through express shipment provided sufficient volume is available this fall to furnish a continuous supply. 3. HOGS 1. Establish at least one good brood sow on 20 farms with propei4 housing and pastures. 2. Place 10 purebred boars 'in conn ty and castrate scrubs. 3. Have ten standard community demonstrations in housing and pas-, turing and the care of the brood sow and pigs. 4. Encourage every farmer possible to feed hogs for April and September market povided the price of bogs and com make it more profitable to feed hogs than to sell the pigs. 4. SHEEP / 1. Establish small farm flocks headed by purebred ram on at least 20 farms. 2. Encourage tfse only of purebred rams and cull out scrub rams. 3. Encourage the saving of the best half of ewe lambs produced in county this year for future ewes for Jackson county farmers." 4. Have cooperative car lot wool sale, and when practical' have coop erative car lot lamb sale. 5. Encourage the docking, castra tion and general care the flocks so as to standardize the lamb crop of Jackyon county. 6. Have 5 community demonstra t:ons in sheep oare and management find lamb standardization. 5. BEEF CATTLE 1. Encourage and proot^ the pro duction of beef cattlo only where farmers have large pastures of cheap landfs and are sufficiently equipped to maintain their own breeding herd. 2. Encourage and promote the' fan! ? 1. ' " ? ing of beef cattle only with beef cattle men and strongly discouragc ; any cross of beef and dairy eattle breeds. 3. Place 10 purebred beef balls and ! move out Be rubs with fteef eattle breeders. ; 4. Encourage and aid beef cattle ; the best markets and when the volume of good eattle will justify, urge men to cooperate in shipments. 6. PASTURES 1. Encourage and promote the es tablishing, cultivation and care of pastures in Jactyson County, so great ly necessary to success with otlr live stock work. 2. Start 5 good pasture demonstra tions in sowing, cultivating and care | and management of pastures. 7. VEGETABLE AND FRUIT GROWING 1. Establish practical orchard man agement of pruning, spraying, ferti lizing and cultivating and proper storage of fruit with at least ten home and commercial orchard keepers 2. Have 5 demonstrations in or chard management. I 3. Encourage the proper storage of fruit in standard bouses to nold . for best market. 4. Work to standardize the grow ing of the varieties of potatoes and oabbage and beans suited to our eounty along with the use of the fer tilizer and sprays that will give us highest vieldi* and best quality. 8. SOIL BUILDING 1. Promote the cooperative buy ing of 250 tons of lime to be usd in producing legumes. 2. Encouragc the use of clovers, soy beans and cow peas for turning -njer bnilfrjR a. lv StaadAwt TWtWBw'i?5; soil building demonstrations with lime and legumes. 9. CLUB WORK 1. Have 6 Boys and Girls Com munity Agricultural Clubs, with boys and girte as junior demonstrators in dairy calf, poultry, pig, sheep and potato club work. 10. FARMER'S TOUR 1. Have organized Farmer's Tour by way of big Bus through southwest Virginia by Richmond on market cbay and to Washington City, visiting U. S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Test Farms at Beltsville, Maryland and return. We earnestly solicit the fullest cooperation of Jackson County farm ers and business men in carrying this plan of work to completion. F. H. Brown, Chairman John R. Jones, Sec'y. BALSAM Miss Mabel Potts, daughter o? Mr. and Mrs. Franee Potts, passed away Jan. 4th after an illness of several months. Funeral services were con ducted in the Baptist ehureh by the pastor, Rev. Kay Allen, and the body laid to rest in the Balsam cem etery Thursday afternoon. She leaves a father and mother, four sisters, Mrs. Emeline Blanton, Mrs. Lily Ricketts of Andrews, Misses Cecil "and Helen Potts, Messrs. Thurman Potts of Hendersonville, Roy, Willie and George Potts to mourn their bn. Miss Christine Hoyle and Mr. Jim Dunean were married in Waynesville December 31st ? II W. J. S. Warren was operated ou in the Angel Hospital in Franklin Monday and is recovering nicely. Miss Edith Christy of Oreenville Tenn. arrived here last week to be with her mother, lbs. W. S. Christy who is quite siek. Mrs. Hubert Ensley and baby ar; ?y>lH ber parents, Mr. and Mrs A. H. Mchaffey^in Hendersonville. PIN COMPANY HAS BIG ORDERS . v " " ? ?/. ?' > :-*V ? ?. 'J The Blue Ridge Loeuft Pin Com pany ia again operating on full time aftei* having been idle for some time. It is stated that, the pin company, which ia one of the* C J. Harris in dustries, and ia located at DUlsboro, baa been awarded large orders for _ _ _ kxrart and whit. ?jk puu, for tie JMt WINTER STOPS WORK ON ROA? AVERAGE COUNTY Franklin Press, Jsn. 5. ? Work on highway No. 28 beti Highlands and Franklin has been pended until spring, it was leai here last week from local highi officials. Unfavorable weather given as one reason for sta the work. It is understood, however^ that the main reason is one of ky cation of the .highway from BoeH Creek to Highlands. The prq3cn|> survey leaves the river just beyond the mouth of Buck Creek and do?* not again oome near the river the road ncars Highlands. From route as surveyed one would x the most beautiful scenery to fou:.ii on the entire highway tr Bat Civc to Murphy, that is, till gorges and peaks near the Dry Fallal Mr. Stikelcather and his chief engine eer, Mr. Walker, have publicly an nounced that they desire the road fcf follow up the river and pass under the Dry Falls is such route is prac ticable. The Press, on good authority is now authorized to state that the road will follow the river the entire distance from Franklin to Highlands, though the exact location fcr a few milej above Buck Creek has not been definitely determined One survey tentatively chef en will cross the river two or three times, one bridge being located just where the waters of the Cullasaja tumble over the precipice at the top of Dry Falls. Pending definite surveys the steam shovel and other equipment is now at Buck Creek waiting for the time when work will be resumed. JUNALUSKA PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED 1 ir Lake Junaluska, Jan. 7.? The an nual meeting of the General Epworth League Board, A'pril 24 and 25, will be the opening event on the 1928 Lake J una Ins ka, *#<* aeeoi announcement by Ralph E. NollnesJ director, who anticipates a busy sea son. \ \ , The following program to follow j the Epworth board meeting, has been announced. June 8- July 20, Junaluska Summer J School; July 1-3, Annual Meeting Board of Temperancc and Social Ser vice; July 2-31, Camp Cheonda for Girls; July 3-August 28, Camp Jun aluska for Boys; July 10-15, Western Carolina Epworth League Assembly; July 17-26, Young Peoples Confon ence; July 24-September 4, Junaluska Summer School of Religion; July 21- , August 14, School of Missions; Au gust 5-15, General Epworth League Assembly; August 16-18, Annual Meeting of Board of Lay Activities; August 15 29, Second Term Leader ship School; Angusr"^^, Church Wide Layman's Conference. EVANGELISTIC SERVICES TO BE HELD HERE A scrior of evangelistic services will begin at the Baptist church on Sunday January 29, the pastor, Rev. J. G. Murray to be assisted by Rev. W. L. Griggs, pastor of the North Avenue Baptist church, of Charlotte, who will arrive on Monday, January 30. In anticipation of the meeting prayer meetings are being held in four hornet in different sections of the community on each Wednesday evening, instead of the regular Wed nesday evening service at the church. I MISS COWARD WILL RUN COWARD HOtTSE Miss Frances Coward has again taken owr the management of the Cbward House and will conduct the well known boarding house. ?< Mr. J. H. DeHart, who has been in chaxgQ of the Coward House for several months has moved to the Iiove property, on Main street, and will conduct a boarding house there ? ? jy . / ? ? ? I I I III I , I f ' North Carolina poultry eUib tn?n bors- will rend an exhibit: of 18 birds to the Madison Square Poultry Show iu Xq* York during the week of Jnn* nary 10th. j' > - Btatttin Acnr 4M Vat was J ? ] ? ? ? v & -? ? 4 Jan. 11? The avenge conn in North Carolina has a county idly as possible, in view of the blight and it is predicted that ehcstaat ss a source of wealth will be onhaajtasL within fifty years, an ansaat af tba ; peril. It ia unqoeetionably a fact that - the extract plants cannot peesibly consume all available ebeetnut with in that period. OOOHBAIT SOTS \ OBOOttt STORE mmvmmm J. R. Cochran has jpthasiil the W. P. Potto store, on the Culknrhee road^ from V. Y. Hooper, tad will conduct the grocery h? lam then. Mr. Hooper bought the atoek from Mr. W. P. Potts a short time ego. DR. E. J. BRT0OH in by nunr Dr. Ed. J. Bryson, former Jeekson county physician, Is doing niedy, it is said, after having been seriously injured, late last Tbmaday, when his ear was struck by a fast Cres cent limited passenger train, at ? blind crossing near Gtaenville, 8. C. Dfc Bryson suetolned a broken le