$1.50 Year in Advance in the County Sylva, N. C. Thursday, January 10, 1928 - $2.00 Year in Advance Outside Comity iii-J l?U UTILE, HIS, POULTRY, PAS (IRES BASIS OF FARM PROSPERITY in With dairy and beef cattle., sheep, poultry and better pas- 1 ?res a-s the basis ol' farm prosper- 1 iu this county, the board of agn llturo fixed the goal toward which strive during the next year, at a rent meeting, held in the office of \V. Tilson, county farm agent, jrelve leading fanners from Vttfioiw UiotH of the county, together with io representatives of the Svlva lhambcr of Commerce and two mem : r-t of the board of county commis [oners, attended the meeting. The following program was plan d to continue livestock development dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, og> and poultry with purebred sires ud abundant pastures as the fonn Ifuion for this work. PAIRY COWS: . J'lnce ten highly bred register-; tows or heifers for foundation ] tock on good dairy farms. Remove as many nou profitable ows kept by dairy farmers as possi-'j le and replace with profitable cowj < far Ha it is possible. Exchange, replace and regulate he dairy bulls to suit the needs of he dairy t ow communities, and aid copers in proper care, breeding and innagement. y 4. Have 5 demonstrations in pa3 urc, housing, exercising and mana- [ riiient of dairy bulls. Cull out by bufchcr or castra jon every .scrub diary bull ij* the imty so far as'passTble. 1 j 6. Get every dairy fanner ]x>ssi o crow cow peas, soy benns oi over hay for winter cow feed and Ian for silos as soon as herd reachr s ten cows. 7. Establish at least 5 coWs and cream separator on every dairy cow arm possible. 5. Continue the standrtrd system t' marketing the cream by farmers ringing it into community stations, ad co-opcrate with Nantahala Cream ry in marketing good quality cream. Have 5 standard community airy demonstrations with the dem nstrntors a.; members of our Modi fied Cow Test Association, working ivith these men on pastures, feeds, weding, weeding and herd building, p. POULTRY : 1. Encourage every farm flock |mnior who has ability, farm lands mid outlook for maintaining a profil fiblo flock to establish standard equip nent for maintaining a flock of 50 o If Mj hen*. 2. Encourage and aid farmers who lave ability and facilities necessary |to maintain a flock of slandftfdbred "onltry profitable to start definite |vr-ork with standardbred ponltry and Tuiild tip a flock and. equipment. Aid iu mating,, management i and opcratiou of standard flocks' nnd incubator to furbish high qnali- ? ty chicks to every farmer needing chicks in Jackson ctfuntv, nnd so far as I>ossible in adjoining counties. 4. Have 8 standard community j poultry demonstrations with proper ! Pare, management and records on ! laying flocks or on producing pul- 1 jMs to laying. ?>.. Market poultry by coopcratiro j earlot shipments and market <^gs through express shipment provided markets make it more profitable than 'he home markets. - * "* ?Encourage and promole the production of turkeys as one dfThe eat ing ensh crops on Jackson eountv farms suited to turkey raising. ?5- HOGS 1. Aid fnrmcrs who need good Wood sows in securing pig* or sows <>t excellent breeding and storting with proper housing, pasture and > tVeding. 1 2. Regulate, exchange or place! purebred boars to suit needs of far-l iiers throughout the county and re- j Move nil scrubs possible. Have 6 .standard community! ?lumonsiiriftiohs in housing and' P?* inriug and the eare of the brood sow' i'ttd pigs. 1- Encourage farmers who- hav? surplus corft, *fcim milk andi pasture MRS. W. J. FISHER FALLS D?A1> WHILE DOING HOUSE WORK, MONDAY Airs. YV . <1 . 1' isher dropped dead ' wjuit* aooui tier usutu iu.-siv^ at iierl ilOUlC Oil I'IStU'l l lTOKj HDOUt ii. u' ClOCK, Aioiuiuy UlOl'lUllg. iue luueiai wns n?;iti 'luesday ut aeons t-x'cuK i>H)Xi isi ciiurch, ! Mouig comiucUii uy liev. 'iniui i- . ' i/eiu ana K?v, vv v. tteed, and inter ment was m i fie U14 rieirt cemetery. Airs. fisher Mas tiii years of age, a muive or jacKson county, and had 1 iiVed here most 01 her lite,' except ' lor a lew years wnen she and her husband resided in the lar West, ft fie was a daughter of ihe late L>o?g las lJavis, nrsi shenli ot Jaeksou county, and one 01 the best known citizens the county ever had. She is survived by her husband, William Jarrcit l'isher, iour broth ers, VV. V Davis, ot beta, Isaac JDh vls, of JSylva, John Davis, of Buj Kwge, and ben Davis, ot the stato of Idaho, and a large number of other relatives. I Mrs. Fisher was known and loved as a woman of sterling character, and a splendid neighbor. vo went sows for farrowiiig m aaivii and August and feed out pig* xwr bepleiuovr hiiu April iiutrauis oitakP: 1,1 1. Establish small farm flocks ,.vadeu by.. purebred rams on** *m*)L aiuis as |MM?ioie thai are suue?l to .ueep raiding. i. iuncourage the saving of the ue.it hail o I ewe lambs produced J a county this year tor future ewes for Jackson county farmers. 3. Encouragc use only of purebred ! rams and cull out scrub rams. 4. Have cooperative cariot wool , sale and when practical have co-op jittuve uariot lamo gale. 6. Encourage the docking, castra- 1 t ion ahd general care of the flocks) ?o as to standardize the iamb crop of Jackson county. 6. Have 5 community demonstra tions in sheep eare and management and lamb standardization. ?5. BEEP CATTLE: 1. Encourage and promote the production of beef cattle only with farmers who have sufficient moun tain "pastures and who will arrange winter pastures in order to produce cattle at lowest cost. 2. Encourage and promote tbej Breeding of beef cattle only with beet' cattlo men aud .strongly dis courage any cross of beef and dairy cattle breeds. 3. Place purebred beef bulls and move out scrubs with beef cattle breeders wherever possible in beef ; cattlo section of county. 4. Ejncourage and aid beef cattle breeders to cooperate in scouring the best markets and in selling at the right season. 5. Encourage beef cattle breeders so far as possible to breed to pure bred Hereford bulls so as to produce uniform eattle for market. G. PASTURES': 1. Strongly encourage and. pro mote, tho establishing, cultivation and care of good pastures in Jackson county, so greatly necessary to -suc cess with our livestock work thru cleaning up and reseeding old pas tures and burning and sowing cut over wood lands. 2. Have 10 good pasture demon strations in sowing, cultivating an i care and management of pastures cither on old pasture land, or cutover wood land or cultivated lands 7. CROPS: 1. Encourage and aid the orchard men in anyway i>ossible in producing good quality fruit for home con sumption or market. 2. Continue the work, with Hjt/m burg and Mountain cabbage growers in standardizing variety andi e^bno mieal production through proper fer tilization and cultivation. 3. Continue work with Hamburg and Mountain farmers ? on certified seed potato production *d eooftooy ELECT BOARD OF HEALTH The new board of health for Jack-' sou county \?as elecied at a meeting held at tlie euiirt house Monday morn mg, and win serve tor the next two years. Three of tno live members of the board are na..icd by statute, the sup erintendent U public instruction, the chairman of ih^ board of county com missioners and the mayor of the county seat. Chairman J. W. Keener," Superin tendent .1. N. Wilson and Mayor Dan Tompkins elected Dr. C. Z. Candler and Dr. Grover Wilkes, as the addi tional two members of the board, on the first ballot. There wero 110 other nominations. , The county board of health will meet at 10:30 next Monday, January 14, and elect the county health of ficer, and take up what matters may be thought necessary regarding the ' public health. Mr. J. W. Keener was elected as' chairman of Jie board of health and Mr. J. X. Wilson im secretary ! SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR WEEK IN HAYWOOD The Waynesville aiul Haywood county public schools will postpone reopening until January 14, on ac- i count of the influenza epidemie, Professor W. C. Allen, county super- j intendent of schools, has announced.] While there are not mauy serious ' cases of this disease in the county, it was deemed best by the various physicians of Waynesville, after a consultation to postpone Ihe open ing for another week. v * , Tom Tarhee! sayrf toelftowS a few good farmers in every cotinty wjio do not worry much about farm relief. cal yields tt.rough proper fertilisa tion and cult iyat ion. J 4. Have 3 demonstrations each in the cabbage, and in the potato work. I ? .. 5. Contin- e to encourage and aid in the production of late snap bean* for market . 6. Encourage and aid ten farmers in growing and marketing at least one half acre of burley tobacco., 8. ..SOIL BUILDING: 1. Promote and aid farmers thru out the county in the cooperative buy ing of car loads of lime to be use:! in producing legumes. 2. Encourage the porduction of clovers, soy ' jeans and cow peas for turning under as soil building. 9. CLUB WOIgK: 1. Have (i Boys and Girls Com munity 4-11 Agricultural Clubs with boys and girls as junior demonstra tors in dairy or. beef calf, poultry, pig, sheep o * cabbfcge, snap beau, or potato club work. 2. Each ,'lub member must have an extra high grade or purebred calf of choice bi ceding and. individuality ready to start work on or before May 2, 1929. ? (b) Each poultry Club membeis must have aad be wokring with at least 50 standardbred chicks of one breedi or 12 turkeys on or .before May 1, 1929. \ (c) Each pig Club member must have or be working with one or moro purebred or registered pigs and brood sows or two or more feed pigs on or before May 1, 1929. (d) Each sheep Club member must havo and be forking with one or more choice grade or purebred cwvs on or before Mayl, 1929. e) Each vegetable Club member must plaut one ffltirth acre certified seed potatos '.or Reed Strain cabbage or snap bean% -and' Use at least 200 lbs. high grade fertilizer per acre. Plantings must be . made at proper dates according to seasonal condi tions. 10. FARMERS' TOUR: 1. Havo organized Fanners'; See and Learn Tour by way of .rbJg bns through southwest and Valley of "Virginia to Washington City, visit ing United States Department of Ag riculture, Federal Test Farms and places of interest in Washington, returning by Richmond and Pied mont North Carolina Test Farm. F. H. B*owu, Chairman. John R. Jones, Secretary. ' EDWARDS is recorder > ' vf - IN SWAIN COUNTY Bryson .City Times. , The county commissioners of Swain county have taken steps toward the establishment of a county recorder's court ii^ this county, with the ap pointment of officers for the court. McKinley Edwards has been named * judge of the court, and W. 6. Hall, solicitor. . I Supejrior court meets only three times ai year in Swain county, with the result that frequently many cases, pMbicularly on the civil dock et, arc not reached. The recorder's ? court is expected to relieve the con gestion. It will handle all criminal cases lxilow the grade of felony, and civil cases up to $1,000 on contract and #500 on tort. It will meet each Monday. ? | RESUME ROAD WORK Alter a few days Christmas holi days work on the grading of high way No. 28 between Franklin and Highlands has been resumed. The steam shovel is now between The Narrows and Dry Falls. ? The Frank lin Press. LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE CASH INCOME We Mult Increase the Cash Income! Per Firm in Jackson County. (By C. W. Tilson) The Board of Agriculture of Jack son connty plong with^ the county agent in thffir recent meeting esti mated a9 tcJofety^aH possible with the facts and figures they could secure the income to Jackso?^county farm-' ers froia^ivss^k^aurfng the year; 1928. Ch'o following estimates Were : made on the cash received, for live- j stock sold. Beef Cattle 1450 head sold ....$72,500 Dairy Cattle (none sold) but 20,000 pounds butter fat....$10,000 Sheep (lambs and, wool) $13,200 1 Hogs (sold on market). $27,528' Poultry (sold on market) .... $30,169 Eggs 1 .$28,583 Total for livestock .... ; $181>930 It was fully agreed by eVery mem ber of your county board of agri culture that this income should be doubled, then trebled as quickly as possible. The present county plan of I work was prepared and is offered to every person in Jackson county as the means by which we can safely profitably and successfully increase this cash income to our farmers. The fuuhdation for this plan if growing of abundant pastures and feeds and the use only of purebred sires on Jackson County farms. Wo will of course continue to pro duce as much of our living at home as is possible, but we must also in erease our cash income from live-* stock. The feeds, pastures and pure bred sires of nil kinds are absolutely necessary to do this successfully and profitably. The increase in quality and quan tity of vegetables grown and market ed is a part of the plan to increase our farm ineome. And the growing of burley (sun and air cured) tobac co as another cash crop is strongly urged. The demonstrations to be earried on as mentioned in this plan of work arc the means by which the most practical, most economical, and moat successful increase of our livestock and other cash crops can be estab lished. on- our farms. The county board of agriculture and county agent do most earaesti. solicit the fullest cooperation of ev ery person in Jackson- county in mak ing this plap a success; Besides those already at . work we sincerely, hoi# that many more farmers will join ? cooperation of producing and. mar keting these cash crops not being grown by them at present. Watch your- county papers ? for: in-* formation On the work, write the county agent, br see the county agent at his office on Saturday or on Monday mornings, and be sure you attend the meetings to be announced and held in your community the lat ter part of January to work out just which of these demonstrations and cash crops you and your 'communi ty will work to produce and market tfai* 4 A UAJJ WIia; HAS JuOST .? ? jtllb Wjl ipxi Jf AJU SJ^EaI^S ? ? - - *V" . ?; ~ f i "A wave 01 the a kiss blown ou ine urw^t.'} ixoui iue swivieit lu ti? jwi la ai? me world. ' " i stood 1 01 some moments watch ing nui", si ciiu ouy utile liguri- in iMu?: ami wiiut, an ccwemeiy import une liiuc peiv^a on nei way to school j j Anvil sue lUi'iicu me comer. , "It must have been ahout 4 o'clock ; ' j ihnt ine oos* sent lor inc. 'Woo,' , I tiaid lie, 'im.es Decu an accident I aim you 9c1.tr nurry uome. ' ' ' I "Well, there isn't much more ib leii. 'mai ntuc }>al o' nunc, sne was not at ihe wijiuow lor me as usual. j?or ail mstaiH L taiteied and had to jigni tor breath. "in a time i went out to the gale,; just as 1 nan that very morning. ! And 1 looked, down ilie street as best ! i eouid. itig..i over t here, a snort ' oiock away, was wnere she turned tno corner, an011 a guinea pig and resulted in the animal's death in a few days. The Public Health Service states that tins dasease in rabbits is catny recognized, the livej and spleen being covered with a multitude oi small white spots about the size of a pinliead. The bulletin further states that it is absolutely! safe to eat diseased rabbits that have i 1 Deen well cooked. The disease was 1'irst located inj ground sqiurrels near Tide Lake, California, brace the name tularemia. The disease in Macon county be came known yesterday when Robert l>avis became -infected by skfoning a rabbit. At the present writing Mr. Davis is considered in no danger. The bulletin referred to aboVd spe cifies a few Don'ts in handling rab bits. They are: Don't skin k rab bit with the bare hands. Don't tshoot a rabbit that wont < run from te or appears dull and dopey Don't fjjandle or skin one that the dogs ba*e If you do open a rabbit aa shows the characteristic wJ immediately disinfect the vha|^fC In a _fe^.dayH. after vthat, you feel doll and heavy, are feverish with head aches and backaches, have a larg* and sore lump under each arm, you probably have tularemia and should see a doctor at once A!*L GuHford county farmers arc using native shrubbery to improve their home grounds. Many homes liave been beautiful this full by such] iandaraging. I unuluuiMX JXUH1 CAM I UAixt; JLnf TONS ' ; * i K0i4 ONE ACEE I Raleigh, N. C., J:in. 9--'lwent> tous ?i marketable rabbage txo.n one acre 01 land is t ne record turn ed 111 oy t an .januson of Uienviiio in .lacKMin county wt. ? accompDsli-u l ne i ear oy using a g> ??it 1001 system. These he set 1& ii:-, dies a par. on rows about 30 inches apart, utien the crop had grown ot: well, he topuressed the plants witn .)i?? pounds per aerc ot Chilean ni trate ol' soda. As a result, says Mi*. Xiswongei, he hauled 12 truck loads of e*eellen< cabbage to market irom this one acre. Hie lightest load ot 600 heous weighed 3,.w0 pounds and the heav iest load weighed 4,250 pounds. The average weignt of the heads was a bout d 1-2 ])onnds each. Mr. Jameson received about 2 1-2 cents a pound lor the cabbage alter hauling to market. This makes an estimate! price ai the field of about one eenr a pound, which was the average prie received in Jackson county last fall. At this figure, Mr. Jameson reported that he secured. $340 net profit from .his acre after laying all production costs. Other growers who used the same variety reported to Mr. "Nls wonger that , they had netted from $225 to $275 ian* acre for their cab bage. ? ? ?.Mr. Niswonger says that about 30 percent of the growers m JaeEftou county are ? now- -naiftg~tlie HaSSTT Ball Head variety. r TTTCKASEEGEE BAPTtS* tiOT DAY SCHOOL CONTENTION 3YLVA BAPTIST CHtTRtTH SUNDAY, JANITAttY iOTH. 9 :30-Presossiou work of Sylva twli ors and officers. 9 :45--Sunday sehool opens. This bo ing a deuionstrartion of a depart mental Sunday school. Opening worship, 15 minute*. Classes, 45 minutes. -> Closing worship 15 minutes. Il:00--The church at worship. Ser mon or address, "The Sunday School a Church Asset,'* Rev. W. C. Iteed. 12:00-Dinner. Afternoon Session (R. R. Fisher, Presiding) 1:30 -Devotional, Mr. JR. F. Jarrstt 1 :45--Associational reffcrtl perintendents and d&rict supl.) 2:15 -Conference, Elementary work, Mrs. Washburn. Administration, Mr. Washburn. 2:40--A demonstration of th^ use <>iJ the Bible in the claw, T. G-rib Me. 3:00--Spooial music. 3:05~Sunday School Music. Rev. .1. O. Murray. 3 :30? Miscellaneous and Adjourn ment. J T. Gribble, F. I. Wftfaon, J. G. Murray, Program Committee. 6 Day Bike Rtce Ch*mf ti, "4*. gruelKm York Sir cycle wM M*a?| >iik Fred S^uar. The diminutive^ Iftke star ha? ?i?ri reat plaadtt* jer t > ' hi* agffity >??. *'j * speed, j He it tHrV ,v. ?? > t;- fjK?P?raiinf. from ?Ml h?f<* grfad. Governor 0. Max Gardner is making no idle gesture in big avowed efforts to serve the Nor# Carolini farmer. His advisoiy ioard ?t work already on some l^T-lke . proll^B 'o be solved. Since good daiy eowa are in at high prices, it way. Qwywm to grow Qgt