THE, FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN
THURSDAY, FEB. 17, 1938
Hybrid Corn Replacing
Ferry Boat Passengers Goo.1 Their Heels
Old Varieties In South
PAGE BIX
Hybrid corn is replacing old corn
varieties just as automobiles re
placed the horse and buggy accord
ing to Dr. Merle T. Jenkins, of
the U, S. department of agriculture.
He estimates the acreage of hybrid
corn in the U. S. jumped 4U.00U
acres in 1933 to 3(X),(X?J in 1937.
He. expects 15,(XX),000 acres will be
planted this year including half of
tie acreage in the leading corn
belt states. Authorities predict that
within a few years practically all
seed corn- planted will be hybrid.
This increase is due to farmers
finding that hybrid corn is' resis
tant to drought, storms, disease,
ami other adversities, and yields
10 to 30 per cent more than best
Wal v.itfeties. Thev are more thai!
repaid for the extra cost of buying
hybrid seed , each year. The roots
of hybrid corn are so deep that a
husky farmer was offered $5. if he
could pull 'up a single stalk, was
unable to do so.
The old corn breeding meth
of selecting seed in
year after year improved com
yields very little. The new method
started in 1908 of crossing self
fertilized or inbred lines has given
far greater yields for two reasons.
The crossed seed has hybrid vigor
for the same reason a mule has
rn.rp ctrfmcrth and pnrllir.anrf" than
its parents. By selecting the proper , shucks and have too little knowl
inbred lines the hybrid has much edge of the profit of grass lands.'
deeper roots, stronger stalks, anl , "In the eighteenth century there
have them today and Washington
George Washington Was
hirst Master Farmer
As George Washington's birthday
approaches, he will be remembered
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as a great general, a great rresi
uent, and a great statesman. But
how do you suppose the Father of
our Country thought of himself?
lhe Progressive. Farmer makes
this rather novel suggestion :
"Few of us. realize that first of
all Washington himself liked to be
known as a farmer or how 150
years ago he was preaching the
necessity for more grass and less
row crops; regular rotation, stop
ping soil erosion, better plants and
animals! it was Washington who
in 1785 brought mules to America.
Just a few weeks ago President
Koosevelt described him as Amer
ica's first Master Farmer. Let's
take a few glimpses into his farm
nig experiences. In looking for a
farm manaier he wrote.
man must be, above all,
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as the first transmutation toward
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worn-out ana guinea lanas into
good tilth in the shortest time.'
"Again we find him saying, .
" 'My countrymen are too much
used ' to corn blades and corn
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20 passenserB aboard for Ave hours. The ferryboat was bound from Beacon, N. Y., and only a change of
tldft n.IInure1 it in ornrk fno
larger, sounder ears than the ong- was no such thing as plows as we
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inal variety.
An inbred line is produced by
trpA Viie own hand at desieninc.
tn inureu line is ijiuuui.cu uy - - "
placing pollen from the tassel of : Eventually m his records he wrote,
a nlant on the ear silks of the
same plant, repeating 'this opera
" 'Snpnt the Greatest nart of the
day in making a new plow ot my
Broadway
tion everv 'vear. Usually over 1.000 . own invention; . ! . Set my plow to
lines must be developed and tested j work and found she answered very
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to produce a commercial double
By EFEIE WILSON
Miss Ella Wilson, of Clear Creek,
spent last week-end with her cous
ins, Blanche and Edna Wilson.
Jerry Wilson spent the week-eni
with his. .uncle, Andy Wilson. .'
Blanche Wilson was visiting he
sister, Stella, in Franklin over the
week-end.
Frank Cabe made a business trip
to Highlands Friday.
N We are having fine farming
weather now. Some of the farmers
are getting their plowing done
There is a lot of sickness and
bad colds in this community
LEGAL ADVERTISING
ed in the Superior Court of Macon
County, North Carolina, for the
purpose of foreclosing a tax lien
on . property in . Macon County,
North Carolina, and in which the
defendants have an interest, and
are proper parties thereto.
It is further ordered hv thp rnurt
that the defendants, John H. Sand-!
ers ana wite, Airs. John H. Sand
ers, are reauired to annear at th I
office of the. Clerk of the Superior FIT-4tc M10
LEGAL ADVERTISING
Court of Macon County, North Car
olina, at his office in Franklin, on
the 5th day of April, 1938, and
answer or demur to the complaint
of the plaintiff, or the relief de
manded in said complaint will be
granted.
This the 14th day of February,
1938.
HARLEY R. CABE.
Clerk Superior Court.
"Most of all. however, I would! Furman Vinson and his father
rros, hvhrid This rennires six to ' hke to have you remember ot Mcni a part oi last week in this
eieht vears. To nroduce hybrid seed Washington the farmer what one section.:
two nf thp linps must .he rrossed man has said of him :
'He was not
together in one field to form a
single cross and the other two
crossed in a different field. The
following year tbe two single
crosses are combined - to form a
. double cross. This is done by plant
ing the strains to he crossed in
alternate rows, usually in ratio of
content to cultivate his land: he
strove to cultivate himself.'"
Approved Practices
Assure Good Flocks
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CARD OF THANKS
To our many friends who were
such a help and comfort to us dur
ing the sickness and death of nur
husband and father, we want to
thank each and every one of you.
to three rows of female or seed
producing strain. All tassels in the
three seed rpws are pulled out be
fore they shed any pollen. The
T. T. Brown, extension . poultry
specialist at State college.
On one farm one may find from
500 to 1,000 or more chicks crowded
MRS. FRANK SETSER
AND CHILDREN. .
LEGAL ADVERTISING
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ears from the detasseled nlant; fur- ' ;frt o KrrrlAf Uic n Urf ttiin
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nisn me nyDria seea, ur. Jenkins
estimates that' 150 bushels of in
bred seed after the two generations
of crossing would produce enough
hybrid seed t plant the entire
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
a UlUUUtl 1HJU5C uu lutlgCI IIIOII i ,
12 bv 14 feet. On the farm next North Carolina, .
door one will probably find a large acon County, ' 1
brood of chicks in a house with lin Tho Superior Court
practically no ventilation and a Macon County . .
suffocating temperature. vs. - ..
Yet these poultrymen wonder why C C. West; Eva Mumppwer; May
their chicks do not live and thrive, Catway; F. .T. Smith; Qias. Mor-
o nn K crrr c timts ikrm.f ,,n tl,!vl CSnV () V Hq1- l
ter future in the South than in the hands in disgust at a business' in Supply Co.; Sluder-Garrett Furni-
COm belt, as there are SO manV-lwhirh thpr Is nn mnnn ture Co.: Bank nf FranLrlin- Inhn
adversities here such as insect I , Growers who are getting satis- E. Rickman; Harley R. Cabe, trus
pests, intense heat, droughts and factory results with their present tee; John Awtrey (Assignee oi
hurricanes, which can .be largely methods of ralslnc chicks should Clayton Chevrolet Co.) : L li. Pen-
tUnttrrU ' 1. l Tl I O. " .1 n
corn acreage in Iowa, more than
9,000.000 acres.
Hybrid corn should have a bet
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overcome by hybrid corn. Although
the houth has not been as active
as the corn' belt in producing corn
hybrids, most of the Southern
states experiment stations and sev
. eral southern commercial seed firms
now have . extensive hybrid rn-n
breeding programs. Corn hybrids
like the old varieties are onlv
adapted to sections with climatic
and . other conditions snmilar to
those in which thev were develon
ed. .Repeated tests in the South
have shown that the corn belt hy
brids do not have the necessary
shuck .protection from weevils, ear
worms and blackbirds.
One Southern seed firm, T. W.
Woods & Sons, with .breeding pro
jects near Richmond, Va., and Wil
mington, N. C, was the first com
mercial firm to start breeding hy
brid corn adapted to , the South.
They employ two experienced hy
brid corn breedersAfter 11 years
of breeding they now have hy
brids that have made highest yields
in every southeastern state.
Une of their hybrids is the only
yellow corn to outyield all white
varieties in tests in North Carolina,
Ga., and Alabama. It has made the
. h'Gfhest vield of anv vlti-M i-nrn in
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experiment station 'tests in every
southeaster state from Virginia to
F'orida. In one state experiment
station test their hybrid early yel
low dent made the highest yield,
119.4 bushels per acre, while regu
lar varieties yielded only 70 to 85
bushels.
Hybrid corn was one of the chief
topics discussed at the N. C. corn
improvement association meeting at
Lexington, N; C., February 8 and 9.
not change, Brown said. dergrass & C04 successor to J.. B
.Many farmers fail because they f ndergrass.
try to follow the advice of too The Defendants, Chas. Morgan,
many persons. For instance, one Eva Mumpower, John Awtrey, As-
poultryman may be attempting to signee of Clayton Chevrolet Co.,
follow the recommendations of sev- will take notice that an action en-
eral feed salesmen," the county titled as above, has been commenc-
acni, auu mc -vucaiionai leacner, f m ic oujicnur ouri 01 Aiacon
as well as tlie advice offered , by County, North Carolina, for the
neighbors. ' v purpose of foreclosing a tax lien on
Although there is no one set way property in Macon County, North
to raise chicks, the farmer should Carolina, and in which the defen-
select one system and stick to that dants have an interest, and are
at an times, the chances of his proper parties thereto.
success, if the system is good, will It is further ordered by the court
be greatly enhanced. that the defendants, Chas. Morgan
ine extension poultrymen at va Mumpower, John Awtrey, As
State College h:av wnrlrprl out o I sil?neft nf flavin
, ' , . . . v-v VM 1 t-, w.uj i.v.i VIICVIIUII AJ.f
system wnicn many farmers are are required to appear at 'the of-
using with a great deal of success fce of the Clerk of the Superior
BrOWn Said. F.arh ncm rucnmmon. I Cnilrt nf Macnn rV....
dntion m the business of poultry Carolina, at his office in . Franklin.
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.ai.i.iiH wiiiui nicy maKc is iirsi . : Jin aay 01 April, IVJo, and
tested tJinrnnfrnlv ttirnrtrrV, rnn- ancuor nr Amt- u 1
mental work and through practical of the plaintiff, or the relief de
field observations. manded in said complaint will be
The farm agent in each of North granted.
Carolina's 100 counties is acquaint- This the 14th day of February
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"He Serves Best Who Serves Most"
ed with these remmmpnHatinno
and growers interested in poultry
production may secure advice from
this source. ,
1938.
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HARLEY R. CABE.
Clerk Superior Court.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our. sincere North Carolina,
uui.ik-, ami appreciation ton the Macon County.
many acts of kindness and sym- I Th Superior Court
pathy shown us during the long Macon County,
sickness and death of our dear vs
husband and father. We wish to John H. Sanders and wife, Mrs
thank our friends and rriarivo Ti. tj- ' rs
the beautifu floral offerings. . The Defendants. Tohn TT Qan
AND piiS-if vGD0N r-i W,ife' Mrs- Jhn H. Sanders,
AND FAMILY I ,;it ii.. .. .. '
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Make $5 To $ 10 More Per Acre
un our Corn Crop By riantlng
WOOD'S HYBRID EARLY YELLOW DENT
Deep Roots, Drought, Storm and Disease Resistant
Increases Your Yields 15 to 30
J'SXie,dIngUp t0 122 bushela Per acr8 Indicate it is the heaviest
Prices includes seed treatment with LmesSn,
Please mail rree Hybrid Corn Circular and Wood's Seed Catalog
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