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Page Six LENOIR NEWS-TOPIC, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1919 HOME AND FARM DEPARTMENT By D. W. RoborU, County Agent Demand for Southern Cabbage Specialists of the United States de partment of agriculture suggest on the basis of present crop conditions that southern truckers sow at least a normal acreage of cabbage seed bed this fall. The storage crop of the northern states this year will not be heavy and indications are that the total cabbage acreage, as well as the yields, will be less than that of last season. Southern growers are advised to keep close watch of the storage reports which will be available pre vious to the time when they transfer their cabbage plants to the field. How Much Grain to Feed Specialists of the United States de partment of agriculture advise poul try keepers to feed about one quart of scratch grain and an equal weight of mash (about 1 quarts) daily to 13 hens of the general purpose breeds, such as the Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds or Wyandottes, or about 16 hens of the smaller or egg breeds. This would be about 7 pounds of scratch gTains and a mash daily to 100 Leghorns and about pounds of each to 100 general pur pose fow5 If hens have free range or large yards containing green feed a general purpose hen will eat about 75 pounds of feed in a year, while a Leghorn w-.ll consume about 55 pounds in addition to the green stutf which she eats. all the dams used was, milk 3,791 pounds, butterfat 178 pounds. Of the daughters of these cows, sired by pure-bred bulls, Guernsey, HoLstein and Jersey, the average yearly pro duction was, milk 5.507 pounds, but ter fat 248 pounds. The grand daughters of these cows, whose sires and grandsires were both pure-bred, made a yearly average of 7,955 pounds of milk and 359 pounds of butter fat. In other words, a pure-bred sire in creased the milk production 45 per cent and the fat production 39 per cent in the first generation, and the milk production 110 per cent and the fat 102 per cent in the second generation. United States Helps Plan Farm Houses It does not cost any more to build a house which will be pretty and con venient than it does to erect a home ly and inconvenient dwelling, the home demonstration agents of the South are telling the people in their territories. The State agricultural colleges and the United States de partment of agriculture are backing up this "home beautiful" movement. In some states the work is yet in the lecture stage an in others demonstra tion homes are being erected which are to serve as good examples of architecture in that community. Such a home was built last summer in Talladega county, Alabama. Not only its plans, but its decoration and landscape setting as well, have been made according to the designs of the government experts. It is up to date in every detail, but strict economy has been used in the plans. Beauty of line anil material are to be found in this farm dwelling. So much care has been put on the floor plans and so many labor-Slaving devices have been built in that housekeeping in it will be easy. The house is built of lumber cut on the farm and it is lo cated on a main thoroughfare, where a comfortable, well-planned and pret ty farm home can be a source of inspiration. Effect of Pure Breeding The effect of breeding pure-bred dairy bulls on scrub cows is brought out very forcibly in an experiment test at the Iowa experiment station. The basis established in this test may be figured on by Caldwell county farmers who are anxious to improve their dairy cows. The averaire yearly production of The Outlook for Pork Production What is the outlook for pork pro duction? This is one question that is constantly being asked tne swine ex tention specialist of the animal m dujtry division of the tate agricultu ral department. Replying to it, Mr. W. W. Shay states that while such a question always denotes a tendency to speculate on the part of the ;ues tioner. but since he must be given an answer, there is one outstanding fact which might be stressed a reason able number of hogs wil always pay. Any farm that is carrying on a ssytem of diversified agriculture will always find that a few hogs may be kept to advantage. Especially is this true when the farm owner has a view to economy in the cost of production, using his livestock as an aid m har vesting and saving a portion of the crops, and for maintaining the fer tility of the soil. Mr. Shay finds that noth;ng will be gained through a number of years in trving to produce pork in an amount which is according to the market price. An attempt to do this will re sult in buying on a hii:h market to build up a depleted herd for the pur pose of selling pork at the prevailing high prices. Then, just about as soon as the herd has been built up the market pendulum swings the other way and the pork plunger sells for a lower price than that for which he paid for some of this stock. Gener ally, also, about the same time his herd has grown so large as to be out of proportion with good farm prac tice and is not economically main tained on the farm. Since its establishment, says Mr. Shay, the swin eextension office has been advocating better hogs and bet ter methods of handling these, rather than any large increase in the herds on any individual farms. There is no question about the profit which can be derived from one or two good brood sows and their two litters of pigs per year, when they have been given the proper attention. Due re gard should be paid to suitable pas ture and grazing crops, supplemented by well-balanced concentrates. The opposite is also true in that there is no money in hogs or anything i else when produced under "slip-shod" methods, and hogs more than any thing else will reflect good methods or lack of methods used on the farm. Unquestionably, a reasonable num ber of hogs properly cared for will always pay on the average North Carolina farm. No man should neg lect his fall pigs now simply because prices are off at the present time. In Liberia the sun rises exactly at ti a.m. and sets at 5 p.m. throughout the year, and is directly overhead at noon. c a package before the war c a package during the war c a package NOW THE FLAVOR LASTS SO DOES THE PRICE! 157 MIP ji iiiijiii a ft 1 J " f iy 'i fti Mi?!' ii W fltf Mt i iilA n 1 1 a1 .i j?- nii-i ittiimwui m ii "npHE greatest wealth of a city does not consist alone in great treasures, firm walls, beautiful houses, and abundant muni tions of war; indeed where all these, are found and reckless fools come into power, the city sustains the greatest injury. But the highest welfare, safety, and power of a city consists in able, learned, wise, upright, cultivated citizens, who can secure, preserve, and utilize every treasure and advantage." Luther's statement is true today. We are piling wealth upon wealth. Our country has never passed through a period of prosperity as the present. Unless, however, there goes hand in hand with this prosperity thorough education it will not be a blessing. Much money is being spent on erecting factories to supply the needs of the world. Much is being spent on building ships to send American goods in American bottoms to every part of the world. Much is being spent in improving the homes and acquiring comforts and luxuries to add to the pleasures of life. But the heart of it all is Christian schools, well equipped to train men and women for a life of unselfish service. In that spirit Lenoir College is appealing for an endowment fund of $300,000 to do thorough work in the future as in the past. Two hundred thousand have already been obtained, one hundred thousand from Mr. D. E. Phyne on condition that two hundred thousand more be obtained. Lenoir is confident the goal will be reached for the sake of the highest possession of our land: able, learned, wise, upright and cultivated citizens. Centennial Endowment Campaign Oct. 19. $300,000. For Oct. 31. LENOIR COLLEGE 1CK0RY NC. """ iiinMiiiiimi iiiiimii n Minim iiimmiiiiimiiiiiii : - m i ' . . , . : . ; . i . . ' . ". i 1 1 . . , : . . : : I : . : : 1 1 1 1 . i . , ! I he
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