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VANCE IN THE COUNTY SYLVA, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24,1937. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY
(ingress Expects To Have
jicvisc Income fax Law
Stop All- Loop Holes
Kington, .>11110 21. It looks
Tj jjj. tux iWiSio", which Con
! j(.uj0,-s h:,<! h??pwl to postpone
;'k? Ii^'t Sl":> i'1' ? >??y l>o tl'fl
(i 5M which this sassion of Con
. ^jjj itsro to deal witlh The
iw(i?l. 'Ji t ailing atten
J i|i>tun?'os ul tax avoida* c?
r rra,|) rich uit'ii ;r<l a.knig1 foj
L?Ai?'a1 investigation, hn*
.ji', the subj'rct of "loopholes"
L (ai Jaws sharply to the lore.
1, ijiJcfil, taki-fi tlu> place which
Boost" ('It 's Siipmuc Court ?*?
Liittioi "l-"1 ha ?? occupied lor
thn three monrlis as the uiafei
interest on IIiUw
fujo tl,, iYcsi<l< lit has not re
Lj from hi- belief that tlic Su
Pu, Court -Oi'ds iii'W blood, i^ js
,|jtit opinion lw that- his plan
cot be tl, at least at
..fjiiod. If miirhi be |?assiblo fori
(promise bimsuiv, providing for1
(tdiiitioiwl j'a'^s i stead of .six.
|p! lliroii^i H'O Senat- though
qiip^ion.i's'e, but tin* oppofi
-ui the lieu.i i . ijinv regarded as
li.'fi, i:.-"'' f" Voek action.
nh<4" po it! of the "tax loop.
I-i" i, tli.;I u m iu'.s which were
jk.-td. iivi.i tlii' undistributed
ai-'iffs t.u.<f M'li <1 last year, have
to lli;i|ei i:ili/( tllo Twfl.S
r*r? ii+ u'h.i jnnvned wrong
Qi that t:ix ti yiiiff to fmd an
' l"oi fi'c a-i- \,is Ijy hluming tho
|tav oi ivy line upon nien and
piiratioiis niiirh li.ive taken id-'
,v{'i' lit/.'o; in the inco-mo tax'
f |';iv I than the Treasury
,!f?y jo linvo paid.
|r:r,-h n<? direct assertion that
. ins <'???<? anything illega',
iiu."iti,?.f in I'i.Iuals are not
nl.?i iii,v "eviisioa", which ib
finii 'i t.\ ?'av-idancc"- -by
>is uiiii-i. ih,> morally de
irM* l?m v.Jiicli iiro entirely
:ie i;tw. lit* trouble is with
"l'*--, him] the present effort
?'l i;> ij> i I> phole.s of
?.M. :;:v .<limls havp taken
ll.V.
v- /?.??IIJIU'S na"0 so large
ir lv \\- I)! tttXi'A lipuu
r ?:, 'hs t'cr, can afford to hire
?j'.a,*: h- w Their. bow they
I ii v;iviiMit of taxes which
Tfil'Vu bas to pay bo
it>i ;i 'u !,<y] v.nrtli the cost to go
lie ii-)iiii!r m tivoidwig them.
Ah I-.,:;*- c:' i!;. I? tr problems is how
N,' up t- f loopholes through
if ii i', iv r;,,'i tutu can crawl
' nf hardships upon
i* y i' i ;er nut Iht of tnxpay
?!?? >in 1'V o <h'dge them.
? i' lilt <?! the s uldcn i'-torc.-t
H'W-avoi'l1. ? will lie to bring oot
;i l'?in?4,iv:il committee the
' ? "f ni.; u ho lire accused ot
rfv.'Ht.:iV lulvmiiiige of weak
-i'l ilif lav law fi o >sip around
?i:io 1 he? A.lmhllstMli0''
! '"I - li a y lo ijltow up ft Jnrge
nai>ui';n-'iitvi r. ' scvmal mem
; v.rv wi ilthy family and
li-ul-, ni aTu'cc iiiipo tniit cUfti' n
'liily now' p;itH*rs.
! Mnniu< iij j'ul how far Co-'?
1 VH1 ?*<) in that direction, but
9 ft sit.!Ii c c rijiinty thnti cor
'?U | wtici which tin- present ts*
lV; l""'init< will he m ule ilkgftl.
1 I'-tt lV pvi tur a eompleti
V| ?,m il 0 tax laws will bct'Orur
rl! Cer. Tni i!Yoi;1nn?'e alone would
j" ?,,,'<'?ntl experts soy, for wort
" I ho WiOO.oOO.OOO
*?' i'' tliis vmr'n estimate*, if
-i
ri" mti'l.
'? K '\V''t grows stronger f(>l
' ? li'tJi'.i lit ;:t this Itfssion of '
' **??.-aiul.h'?ur? bill, which will
S|' !'y ill ?\]>'.i<-ii tenihb ju*t how
'''" 'hhus peivonr, engaged in any 1
1 ? fJ.?i m:ovh; ato eouUU.?rcc
' ? ami th" mii imum amount
'? r l'"Ur which tbey must be paid.
*-onM l'MiKiH- the main objec
"Fil wYieh the N. R. A. Was
Waved \\ eon titu'ional, that ot
V ; l>'i: to , rrm'h lim'-nialung au
?.<* tjir I'vccitive.
vl* IT. 'nt belief is that the
!>a und hour;* will be fi*ed at
;r'Hor?y." That is, forty hours u
J* M not hvfi than forty cents an
' a v.m U as the minimum
hiAu.d to be ^a 9tiff
m *V' 0,1 *V proposal to fix thnt
l'| |V?V which would have to apply
.Wo Uhoi- m the South veil
tli ^'^>r ^North; oni
lv>t "'i tromgly \?
^ rcr6nv,tire? ? Ooft"
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TO OPEN RBXALIi SATURDAY
Thl Rexall, Sylva'3 new soda shop,
will open on Saturday of this week,
the management lias announced.
Located oppofeito the post office,
Jio new shop has just installed a new
.soda fountain, new fixtures, including
private soda booth?s, aud thj1 inuerioi
has been completely redecorated.
The shop will carry a cotrplcV line
uf druggists' sundries, tobaccoa, ci
gar*, cigarettes, toilet articles, cos
metics, Rexall preparations, candies,
and the like, and will cater to the
ice cream, soda Water, and coolic
oions trade. , , ^ ^ a
QUALLA
(By Mrs. J. K. Terrell,
Rev. MeRjio Crawford preached at
the Xithodist church, Sunday after
j noon. Hj remmed to Whittier, where
lie is conducting revival services.
Born to Mr and Mus. Emerson
Catl^ ?y, oa June 14, a son, Charts
lYoooas.
Mr. and M<bi, W. H. Green, Mi<*
fvia Lee Gr?en of Addie and Miss
l*'raue<4* Hickman of Agheville
^uaUa visitors, Su>* day.
Mr. and Mr*. Thonxis, Mr. Fr d
Thomas and Misses Mary and Doro
thy Thomas, of Sylva raited Mrv.
Kmerson Cath<y. Sunday.
Mr. Chns. Snyder and family oi
Lexington visited at Mi\ N. T\ Sny
dt'r's, last weok.
Mr H. G. Bird and fr-My called
at Mr. T. W. Mclaughlin's, Sunday.
Messrs H. G. and Way u' Ferguson
went to Waynoavillc, Monday, ?
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Snyder of
Savrjinah, G?., spent the week end
Mifr Clem Cogdill, Miss Anme
Ruth MeLaughlin and Miss Belle Fer
guROn ca'led an Miss Annie L'z fie
Terrell.
Mrs. Laura, Snyder *s visiting r In
!ive< in Snvnnsjvli, (in.
Mv. J. K. Terrell at Mr
Paul Ferguson's, Sunday.
Mr, ftiul Fred Gibson and Mrs. Oar
'ie SjjyrVr 4 d dangh.^r, of Hazel
wood stopp> >1 in Qufi.lln, Sunday.
Mrs. Ed Oxiior gave n picnic* party
i'or her Sunday School clues on Sun
day afternoon.[ (
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REPAINT JARRETT'S HOTEL
Jarrett Spring Ho.ieJ, papular
oupi t and commercial hotel, at
Dill boro, has just h rn treated with
t new coat of outside paint, greatly
improving its iaJr?n.dy attractive ap
ix'nranco.
NEW mONT IN STORE
Workmon aro busy this week, in
stalling a now front In the Clous?
Hid Warr In S.oro, which will a;ld
j.n'e;itly to the nppoarancn of the *hop,
r.nd will provide better show windows
for di-phiy of merchandise.
SCOUTS LEAVE SATURDAY
POR CAPITAL CITY
B. K. Harris, Assistant. Scout mns
er, r.lcnn I'Vady, Kprie Sc ut, H"r
'koji Crowt'll of Sylvu and John Bu
hnnun of Ouilowliec, aro among th
'wty-ilvo niemljers of Daniel Boone
Vumcil, Boy Scouts of Amwien, win
nil leave cn Saturday for Wabinsr
Ml, to :itt lid ilio National Jamboree
Tito Koouts will convp at. Potomac
f>ark. On July 1, tbey will ho r 'c?ived
'?y tho President, c/ibinct m?niborj
nd members of Congr^s, and w*ll
V welcomed to tb< White Hous-;
'?rounds by President Roxscv It.
Tho "iwidw" story of tho defeat
of tho nttmpts i^:t Conffrcft to r*4
lii w tho appropnii tu<1'. for poli'l
from tho billion nnd a half which
< fyl Proflitkf ,t l-oquofitcd is that W.
P. A. Adpiiiustnutor Hopkins u*nl
out word to mif y #tut<\s and com
munities tolling how various W. P.
A. projects muall bo dropped if the
nppropriutiolv wore cut.
- Letters and t ^egrams of protest
floods ?r Congiosa, and few
moruburs waited to tako the respon
sibility of stimdifff for ro.elf?tion
in 10.18 with a ra-ord of having op
ptjsod lito flow of Fo&oral fundi into
th^r districts. The po'itical power
wielded by t*? Admu'iiffctra
tion ia one of tlie-atraf g**t injflo
e* cos in Washington.
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Stockbridg)
CLIPPER . giant flyers
I saw a miracle the other day. At
least, it soemc/od miraculous to me to
watch on? of the great Paa-Ameri
can clippi lib come into port at Miami
ufter a 7,000-mile flight from Bueno.:
Aires. At first a 11 y speck in the
southeast sky, Like u distant bird*!
then gradually growing larger until j
one could heajr the roar of its four
grciat eugity k, f.s ?t circled over
Ithe edgo of tho shoro to come down
head-to-wind, on the wntro of bin.
cayne Bay.
'in uiivi out of this, the world's
largajt international air-port, 1:2
giajnt flying boats carry passeng^-; t<
andi from flvory port of Latin Aiuie:
iea. Three quartern of a million pa >
f.c^geis have been flown over three
hundred million miles without a
t;i>gle mishap. Tho sam,? com:paQv
operates the trans-Pacific fleet of
dying clippers, and I saw the fin t
of the new ships whivh will rmi rn
the I cw transatlantic service.
AU tU W) international flights are,
over water, and they do to night
flying. One can sret to Chile i:i five
(Jays, where steamers tako a month I
That 'a a miracle.
SIKORSKY . . . . air travel
Back if. 1913 a young Ilusaiin
Igor Sikorsky, got the idpa of build
:ng a bigger iandi better Airplane j
than had over beers. m&dc. Nobody J
had any planet then which could'
carry important weight or bo re'i d j
upon for moro than a few miles.!
Sakorsky fotfilt a huge plane which!
flew over Moscow with 72 passengers!
The World War s<et ev, rybody t?>
buildirg speedy but dangerous tmili
tary plants. Sikorsky kept his faith
in big commercial plane? He came
to America after the war and is J'ow |
th< foremost designer of huge flying
boats. All of the "Clippers" came,
out of his Bridgeport workshop. The r
newest ? ?s, now building. "wiT be-v
190 feet acroa* the wings, and wil' j
carry sixty paa^ngiers, two or three
fans of freight and a ton or more of >
mail at 200 miles an hour, with ga =:
enough to cover 2,">00 mihs or mot""
without refueling.
JUNK war
Thfi imwt active of sill 1lic world
ivivkotsis the tRidrt in junk. Seraji
iron and fet#;Vii is in greater detna, d
th in ever hpt'-orp, and at higher prie.
ps. J filo o our,o of the past lev,
weeks I have had occasion to visit a
dozen or so of tlie ini|K>rtant At!mn
lie yenports, from Now York nil the
way down to Mi?mi. At every port
I liavo soon huge pile* of scrapped |
automobiles, old bridge and building
stfljfl *nd ?wry other imaginable
form of junk,piled upon the wharves
waiting for ships to take it to Eu
ropo and Japan. I saw five slhips in {
ono day loading scrap at Delaware
River ports.
Tho world ariam, llt race is re
apaoriMt. Modem steel mnnuflactuiej
require:} a high percentage of scrap
to niako the 'mixturo right England,
Germany, Italy, France and Jap.-m
aro building warships and making
guns ?0 fast they have to import
scrap from An^Hca.
"More stuff for Japan to make
guns to shoot us with," ifl an exprcs
b I haTe Heard in almost every
port. I havo no special fear ot Japan
>ut I aui(~afrnid th<> world is head
ing for another groat war a' d tliat
wo will have trouble kopili? out.
SHARECROPPERS (. . b:g profits
It is easy to generalize about tlie
pitiful plight of the southern sh.iri
cropper, hut any gen| tralization i*
apt, to be shot fu'l of holrs by th.
'acts. Doubtless mf'y sharecroppers
are ill dintress, but; I met one the
ither day on tho ?:lion? of Lake
Okeechobee who was not coniplni.!
mg.
This young farmer rented 40 incws
of l*<d on shares last winter, to
grow string bean? Hp ngrei id to pay
the owner of the H d one-qu:irtei
of whatever he grot for his crop. Late
in May he sent tho last of h'V b a: s
(jo market. lie walked into tho ow '?.
er'a office, and ?hv:> him & e'ho-k f? rj
$1,600! Ho had sold h's crop from
forty acros for $6,400. A other ton
ant fnnrn^r, rotating from the ;?mo
owner, made moro thua $5u,00^
this year on tulips and pIi d ^'iiN
grown in the South for the northern
market.
MARRIAGE . Church blessing
A groat d^al of fms Is beuvrwad''
J by somp ehufrh people beeause a
minister of tha Church of D gland
rounteered to iv*d the -marriage
, tiorvice of his church ?t the wed
Social Security Act
To Go Into Effect
Thursday, July 1st
What j):any students of pub'.c ni
j fain hi Hove will prove to bo the mast
i benofiorai le^l-ation ever enacJed in
North Carolina, tie $4,700,.')0 a yorr
Social Security program, \vi I go iut >
i Jloct cn July 1, mul iiicu-ands o>l in
digent aged raid ? underprivileged
cb ldren will b'o given a hfe'pirjj
Itaid through its provisions.
After o'"vera I months of arduous
labor, lihe State Board of Chn,riti \.
and Public Welfaro, which will aa
miftiflter the two most important fea
tures of the statute has perfect an
gtvniza.; on knc.^. cs tb(1 Division of
Pubic Assistance, under the direc
tion of Natha^i H. Yelt'on. County or
ganization also have Ircen compjefc d
in compliance with ihe law whici
was r<doplie<l by the 1937 session of
the General Assembly.
Applications for old age benefits
are filled out. only by the County Wei
f.ii^ Department, end only c,ft<T the
department has made investigation
and satisfied itself that the prospec
tive applicant is actually indpgtat
I ;;nd therefore entitled to the bene
fits of old ngi assistance, under ths>
provisions ot' the law. It is pointed
out that: the act does not contem
plate a blanket oi l rge pension, but
only intend; to extend assistance to
persons (!"> years of age and over who
ritji ac.ua-lv in needy eircmnsta.'-Ces.
The Stat- Welfare D?par.#rjent es
timates that for the first time
months die law is in o]>era^ian u
maximum 15,>000 prisons fi5 your of
a^t nnd older, a id s.pproximatelv
10.56*t i'rp.Mi lent rnd underprivileged
ehi/dre i will Ice lielped. and that th ?
average momh'y aid for the aged
V$1 l)e $1250 and $fi.00 for under
pcivUtged children.
Estimates recent y compiled by
tllC.J^^^C^ssistance Division Uldi
catethataf?T?^^rl1ite1y 24,587 indi
gent jipnd end 21,837 d p 'inlent clii d
rrti in the Stale will bo eligible for
aiA iindfr ilu* Sooinl Security pro
gifem
BALSAM
(By Ifr*. D. T. Knight)
Dan Cupidi htv. I* ?en busy nround
here ii?iin. Ali.ji il:iA I Ui d
Mr. Homer Locust were married in
Syhvi, Friday (lie 18th. Mrs. Man
ual Asho and Mi?;. Marion Afjlir nc
! comply ied them.
Monday, tie 21st, Miss Rubye Am
! inons a) <1 Mr. Oddl Ashe were mar
| ried in Wnyn<wilV. Mr. and Mik Eu
la Ashe and Mrs. Hornc> Ashe ac
cofli^jaiiifd them.
Mn. Julia Wbite Gf Asbeville was
a gnost of her father, Mr. J. K. Ken
?<cy, Sunday.
Ml^. Ii. M. Crifjp,, who has lieen
s'(pk for some timo is now hs thu
? ospitnl in Wiayjnesville.
Rev. Mr Whiddon ia>d wif? >f
Do]lwood attended Sunday school
i i the M thodiflt church here Sun
day aftcrnoof., Ho made a very
j| fereting tnJk on "The Story of
tffie Bible" He is on tlu superan
3 uate list of ministers, and l as road
thin Bible through eighty times
Mr icnd Mis. Johnny Jones and
their twin babies went to Wayius
villo, Saturday. - v
Tho first dance of the season was
held at Bals-un Hotel, Saturday
ovening and wtyl well attend d
Kveiy ont1 seemed to enjoy it
Mr. and Mns. W. F. Rrmnld o I
Daytona B^lch, Flu., aro among fne
iv. ent giu.ts at Balsam Lodge.
ing of the ox-King, tin? Duke o!
Windsor, and Mn<. Wallis WarKd
the American divorcee. What the
Rov Mr. Joa-dine did was not to
marry the couple, but to give th
blessing of the church to a marriage
which had already tak; *? place, whan
tlie Mnjvor of -Monts performed the
Ceremony according to French lav.
The Fro ch take the sensible view
that marrias^ is a civil contact.
Any part the church takes in it is
?? uper!luo?::, .so far as the legality
of the marriage concer.ed. Tl1
is the legal view of marriago in
most, if not all, American states. A
minister performing the ceremony
is nctimg as an agent licensed by
the civil authority, and has to report
to the civil government every mar
riage contract it which he partici
pat u.
It was ''early 100 veors aft?r the
first colonist settled in America be.
fmro tha church wm. pgwnitted to
I have ^ ything to do with marriages.
Valuable Property Here
Changed Hands In Big
Real Estate Transaction
OPENS GIFT SHOP AT BETA
T. C. Bryson, Jr., has just opened
the Gre^mdaJe C?ifts Shop, on th?
highway at Bv.b. 'i'lio shop, h.-.u-cd
in a i' ew a :id attrsX'Uve bui dilXgT, oi
rustic and Mission d/%n, will han
dle mountain and Indi'4:i craft, wood
work, basketry, pottery, hooked rugs,
and amall article for the touri -t a lid
local trade, it is stated
The shop will be suppled with n: r
ketijble merchandise from men and
women craftsmen iji this and o the i
mou,:-iain counties.
hear miss wilkerson
Workers of the Recr,<ation Piojowt.,
hod i;i meeting at the Community
House, Monday afternoon to discuss
the work with Miss Sara Wilkcison,
State Recreation Consultant, of Rel
( eigh, who is spending the weck at
! Hotel Carolina
The following citizens weve invit- d
to be present: Mrs. E. L. Mclve>Mis
J'. C. Aljison, Mrs. J. D.T'owan, Mrs.
D. M. Hall, Mrs. Walter Jones, Mr.
Dau Tompkins,and Mr.C C.Buchanon
The Swingtime Band xmtertained
wiih a short program
OPEN ICE PLANT HERE
L. M. Killian of Wayne.-vii le one!
M C. Sprink'e of Canton have just
opened an ice storage plant in Svlvn.
in thri L. P Allen Building on High
?ay 106, IMlder the name of the Syl
va lee Company^ ... .
Ok* iee, made in Cantion or Way
nesville, will 1^1 stored here in the
refrigeration plant, and delivered or
?old from there.
Boyt Moody will be 111 charge of
the plant and sales.'
TOAWBYLVANIA COUNTY GETS
PULL TIME HEALTH OFFICER
Bftlogb, Juiifl 23.?Transylvania
Couu.y lias join?c.l the ranks of the
fBll-time) organized health counties,
eflfectiv,' July 1, Dr. Oar! V. lieyno ds,
StnHiujtli Officer, annou*. c?*d here
MThis completes th,? entire
w stern ?iirtrfH within the TY.A
wal??r.-:hcd, with th? ?exception of
Hehdeison. .Madison and Mitchell,"
he said.
"It is gratifving ?n this conneo
tkn" Dr. Reynolds continued, to
"note i.hat Jill the following counties
in our gi>*?t mountain section aie
now fully organized from a health
standpoint: Cherokee, Gra hour, , Clay
Macali, Jackson. Haywood, Swainv
Transylvania,, Buncombe, Y:inccy,
Waiailga, and Avery, givi g protec
tion not only to the inhabitants -of
thitec counties, but also to tbe thous
ands of visitors who pro there cverj
snmntor.
"Adjacd 't to these arc also Bnrk ,
Caldwell, and Rutherford counties,
all fully protected as the abov,".
LIGHTENING DESTROYS
An e\ etrieal siorm, last Friday f-ci
fir? to and destroyed the .filuration
pi nut at; Western Carolina Teachers:
Collrgs Damage was estimated at $1 -
200
CELEBRATE 75TH ANNIVERSARY
|Mr. and Mrs. M. Buchanan celebiv
tod the 75.li anniversary of Mr. Bu
birth, with a family reunion,
at their home hf(re, last Sunday. P] <v
eut were Mr. ami Mrs. M. Buekanwi:
Jr., and sons, Ma reel .'us Til and
Fr;ifr:s, ft' V- Isfcr; Mr. :p.d Mrs
Harry E. Buchanan and chi'drcn
Hairy Bucbanlan, Jr.. and Pearl, o'
Henderson vilie; Messrs. Carl nnd
Ralph Buchanan, iuid Mr-. S:die J.
Lone.
TWENTY GARDENS FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN'S TOOD
Under the W.P.A. there arc twenty
gardens being operated this yor, by
Jackson county women, who are paid
a sn:a!l wTI?e by th< croven}me?t, for
making and tending the gardens. The
food produced will be canned and
food raised will be e;f v-ed and us<d
for n deniourished children. Official1;
sta,te that the government make no
provision for th* cam. and that the
projects will Lave to depend entire!',
upon private donations of glas-, jars
for iL? purpose. All present* of jars,
i 5arg? or smal', will be appreciated.
S. C. and Ray Cogdill of the Cog
dill Motor Company, have purchased
the popular filling station /'Buck's"
Pisco iVoj;: M. Buchanan, Jr., and
twelve !..(?. acijoining it, on Mill
Sijqlet, from B. C. ("irind>tnff, of Ashe
ville.
The station, which luuidhB Stand
ard Oil Ccinpa y products, will con
tinue under ;3ie name of Buck's
Place, willi Grayson Cope as manag v
for the Messrs. Cogdill.
Mr. Buchanan will retire, and Mr.
Oscar Bnmgarucr, who lias b fcn with
ilv. station for a long time, 'will go
?.villi the Sylvii branch of the Ashe,
ville .Mica Company.
SPEND TEN DAYS
AT EIDGECEEST
A group of young ladies from the
Young Woman's Auxiliary of I lie
Baptist church here, with Mrs. H. M.
Hocutr, left Tiwl day for a ten day's
stay at Ridgecrestj, where the en
campment of i'hc Young Woman's
Auxiliary of the South,an Baptist
Convention is being held. Included
in tihe group that went are Misses
Mary Heuisew, 1* la Frady, Mildred
Ensley, llattic Hilda Sutton Rachel
Brown, Sara Jones and Miss Amelii
Bradley, of Cullowhee.
SAYS MEADOW IS HIS
MOST FERTILE FIELD
One "of the most productive fields
on the farms of Joe Brown in Madi
son County has not been plowtod in
63 years.
It has been resided only once,
and thai; was ju-t after a flood some
years a^o had cov>fed the field with
several inches of silt.
This two-acre meadow along a
croek running through his faim pro
duces font* to five tons of high qua -
ity hay t.vcr-v year, and occasionally
it is used to pasture cattle over the
wilder.
Mrown 14 - *'! George W. Miller, farm
: 1 of i!.( Shtr- College exiension
service in Madison County t"hat tho
'(>,'1 . f pev?* nial tn nss ?s and legunns
is so tlu'rk tha. ? one of the poil has
lK?,in lost i i! I lit- p.isj G3 years.
But from limp, to tinv when tho
cml rid< | osits of silt aro
left. 0:1, the meadow, and to^av it
|i !S a f, Mi'e tops-oil ?eyeral feet deep.
The spongy. porous topsoi] will
soak up hsrge quantities of raiu
vu>rr and bold it loner after tho
ram lias stopped falli g, Brown
said Thus the meadow Is little affect
<d by long, dry -pelly.
Mi'lcr commo) ted that tins one
lieM 's a good demonstration oL
Ihe viilw of good ja d in making
productive ptsstures, and of th>
importance of : o:l-cons Tving crops
to check erosion, conserve moisture,
and huiM r,p fer.ilitv
Pa stu ran: i> tlie cheapest form of
dairy and beef cuttle feed to H
fould in the Slat*, lie continued.
Y? 1 many farwrs fail 10 fake r?d
vantaae of the possibilities they
' nv|- h'ivc f;ir making {rood, perm:'
n-i t pa liir As n result, live sto- k
production eo,-;ts are higher in Nt rfh
Carolina that: in most of the other
states.
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