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FARMERS i' Palmer Street SILVER FOX FARM By CARL GOERCH We reprint the following from the November 4 issue of The State, weekly news magazine published in Raleigh by Carl Gocrch: The information about Mr. Mc Carty and his-foxes was given, us in a letter. from Mr. Evelyn Har ris, , of Atlanta, an official of "the Southern Bell Telephone company, "I have been spending quite some time," wrote Mr. Harris, "in the mountains at Highlands, N. C, and 1 ran across a story which 1 think may be of some interest to you. ;lt has to do with a Silver 'Fox Farm which recently has been establish ed by Mr., S. L. McCarty. The manner in which the foxes are raised, bred and the skins mark eted is fairly well known, but from your standpoint the interest would lie in the fact that this is one of. the very few such farms in the country, and that the climate of Western North Carolina, par ticularly the section in which this farm is located, is more ideal for this purpose than in any other part of the country." A Visit to the Farm First time we ever had heard of a Silver Fox Farm in North Car olina, but last Thursday we were in Highlands so ve made some in quiries and made our way out to Mr, McCarty's place it's known as the Highlands Silver Fox Farm and is about three miles from town. We found Mf. McCarty, Mrs. McCarty, two McCarty children and 125 silver foxes, as well as a number of other interesting items. We also obtained a lot of inform ation about silver foxes, a subject concerning which we had been woefully ignorant in the past. Our first question almost discouraged Mr. McCarty from giving us any further information. "How many times a year," we asked him, "can you skin one of these foxes?" "You only skin a fox once," was his dignified reply. "When you get ready to skin him, you first give the . animal an injection of strychnine, which kills: him, and then you remove the skin." . Mr. McCarty used to live in Greensboro. At one time he was employed with the Eastern Air Lines. For several years, he has interested himself in silver-fox production and in obtaining inform ation about how to raise ' them. Something over two years ago he bought the farm near Highlands. He has been through two breed ing seasons and is now starting on his third. He began with 16 foxes and now has 125. Thus far he hasn't killed off any, because lie has been wanting to breed others as quickly as possible. Naturally, if he were to kill . them off too fast, his production would be cur tailed considerably. Farthest-South Farm "This," he told us, "is the farthest-south farm in the country. There's another one in Virginia; also some in Wisconsin', and sev eral more in other parts of the country. Canada also raises a lot of silver foxes and we import some from abroad. Used to be that there was a heavy import duty on fox skins: and we imported only around 30,tXX) skins a year.' But the duty has been reduced, so now we import around 300,000 skins. That has helped to hold down the market price to some extent." "How much will a silver-fox skin bring' on the market?" we asked. "There's a wide difference in the price from $15 to $1,000," he told us. "It costs me about $50 to raise a fox, and H'll be satisfied to get $100 apiecti for the skins. The price depends entirely upon the texture and markings of the skin. "The climate here is ideal. In the first place, we have consider able fog in the mountains, which oc ao up vol) HAVE MO SENSE OP HUMOR ATALM BUT IP you THE VALUES uSTeOAT FPANKLIN HARDVJARECO. YOUO HOW KlCim n-AlO TUCOF. WITH a urn & WIDE' . - SO PALATABLE! Dogs Relish D G Veterinarians have a dog only few days o they must demand a food that Dogs eat readily. That'f why so many "Vets" feed D&G. D&Q'ls economical tool 3 pound feed 25-pound dog 8 days, a cost of only 3oi day. Get some today at . Free Samples And Literature FEDERATION Franklin, N. C. is a desirable feature. Then, too, it doesn't get too warm in the summer. 1 'believe, we'll be able to raise a first-grade quality of skin. Anyway, that's what ,lun hoping." Here are some points about the fox industry that we had never known : .The breeding season starts in January. During the summer months, a silver fox's skin turns brown. Then, as the fall season approaches, they she'd their fur and grow the blue-black, silver-touched skin which is so highly prized. The animals have to be killed at exactly the right time: sometimes if they are skinned a week too soon, or a week too late, the value of their furs will depreciate 50 per cent. Even two or three days will make a difference, Mr. Mc Carty told us. He and Mrs. McCarly took us on a trip around the farm. The mature foxes are kept in a long runway, There's a wire fence around this enclosure, about six feet high; with a hangover at the top, to prevent the foxes from climbing up it. it is buried about 12 inches in the ground, to keep them from digging under. Inside this outer fence is another one, of the same type. So if a fox should manage to get out of the inside enclosure, he still would be trapped between the two . fences. Thus far, Mr. McCarty hasn't lost a single fox. j As we walked on the outer edge of the fence, we saw dozens of the foxes hiding iin hollow logs and other places. When we would come too close, they'd leap out into open and go dashing down the runway as hard as they could go. And then, there are 50 breed ing pens, . where the young foxes are raised. Mr. McCarty doesn't believe in polygamous breeding. A fox and a vixen are kept in each pen. The pens arc enclosed in wire, about two feet abo've the ground, to keep 'parasites from bothering the young. The male and female have separate sleeping quarters at one end of the pen. "Why?" we asked Mr. McCarty. "To keep them from fighting, especially after the young ones are born," he explained. "Sometimes they'll get mad and eat up their offspring, so we try to keep them separated as much as: possible in order to-.prevent that from taking place." There was one fox, a beautiful thing, whom Mr. and Mrs. Mc Carty called Pee-wee. He was one of a litter of six. Ma and Fa got to squabbling about some fam ily difference and ate up the other five, but Pee-wee survived. Afraid that he might meet the same fate as his brothers and sisters, Mrs. McCarty took him, to the hou.se, where he was raised by an old cat.. Jhe fox and the cat got along splendidly together and he s just as tame as can be. Does all sorts of tricks and follows Mr. and Mrs. McCarty all over the place. No More Following Around They've discouraged the follow ing business, however, as a result of what happened not so very long ago. They've got a . flock of some 20 or" 30 chickens. The first time Pee-wee. was turned out, he made a bee-line for the hens. Got one of them, too, and killed it before any thing could be 'done to prevent him. So now Mr. and Mrs. Mc Carty have voted unanimously that Pee-wee will no. longer be allowed to roam 'at large. We imagine that if the hens had been permitted to vote, they would have voted with the McCartys. You've probably heard of the expression "Hot as a fox." We never knew the significance of it until we talked to Mr. McCarty. He informed us that a fox's normal temperature is 103, and that it can go much higher than that. Not long ago, one of the foxes became ex cited and had a convulsion. They took his temperature and found it to be 115. He went blind for three day and his mate took care of him, guiding him around the pen and helping him to get his food. Another thing he does is to tat too each fox before it is taken from the breeding pen and put in the runways. That's to keep people from stealing' the foxes and selling the skins. If someone were to sneak into -the runway some night and kill one of the foxes, he wouldn't be able to sell the pelt, because Mr. McCarty would immediately notify the dealers, and they'd be on the watch for it. The business has great possi bilities and Mr. and Mrs. Mc Carty are hoping to make a success of it. By the way, the next time you're up at Highlands, go out and 'see their farm by all means. You 11 find them awfully nice folks and very accommodating. When you get to the intersec tion of the two principal streets at Highlands (or where the high way makes a sharp turn to the right) you turn to the left and take a dirt road about two miles out of town. Then you turn to the left and wind in through a country lane for another mile or so. You'll see signs all along the way, so thcre'sno excuse for you getting lost. Hospital News Park Fisher, eminent wood crafts man who has recently come to Franklin to take charge of ' the Nantaliala Craft Shop,; underwent a major operation hern this week. His condition is .satisfactory Rev. 1. L. Roberts' little four year old daughter, Norma, is in the' hospital, suffering from a frac tured skull, which occurred as the result of a fall from an automo bile Monday afternoon. Miss Kate Tallent of Franklin, .underwent a minor operation here yesterday. Her condition is satis factory. William Wilkie who was injured in a game of football several days ago is in the ho.spital recovering from the injury. His condition is much improved and he will be hoiiin a few days. 'Weedy' Trees Return Cash Income On Farm When corn is thinned and cotton chopped, the plants or "weeds" cut down are left on the land, 'ihc work involved is an expense which can only bc repaid through in creased growth of the plants left. R. W. Graeber, extension for ester of State college, says that it is just as essential to take out the "weeds" and remove overcrowded plants in growing a crop of trees as it is in successful corn and cotton production. "But," he emphasized?.' "when a farmer thins a crop of growing trees the 'weeds' or thinnings pay the- labor cost, taxes, and in most cases a profit. At the same time this removal of surplus trees pro motes an increased growth on standing timber. "When we thin a . stand ; of crowded trees, root competition is reduced, and crown competition is relieved by. taking out stunted, crippled, diseased, and rough trees, including the species of low value (weeds). The result is increased growth of trees of highest quality." As examples of farmers who profited from thinning timber stands, the extension forester nam ed : Mrs. Moses Rice, J. D. Smith wick, and T. B. Tadlock, all of Bertie county; William Brown, a Negro of Caswell county ; George Jackson, a Negro of Craven coun ty; M. B. Faircloth, P. D. Max well, and A. E. Williams, all of Cumberland; W. . M. Petren and Henry A. Williams of Davidson; W. R. Carter and R. M. Woodruff of Davie. Quenton Gregory of Halifax; Alton Dale ' of Lenoir; M. S. Laughbridge of . McDowell ; B. F. Pillcy of Martin; T. T. Stephenson of Northampton; N. A. Burton and J. W. Taylor of Onslow; Dan J. Harris and Joe Lee Green of Stanly; H. T. Davenport of Tyr rell; A. W. Reavis and M. D. Tillottson of Vance; and J. H. Lane of Wilson. LEGAL ADVERTISING NOTICE OF SALE. State of North Carolina, County of Macon. R. S. Jones, Plaintiff. vs. R. L. Stewart, et al, Defendants; Under and by virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Macon County entered in the above en titled action on the 30th day of October, 1939, the 'undersigned Commissioner will on the 4th day of December, 1939, at. 12 o'clock, noon, at the Courthouse door in Macon County, North Carolina, sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described real estate : Adjoining the lands of Newton Craig and others, bounded as fol lows : Beginning at a stake,, Newton Craig's SW corner, on the East side of Fourth Street, runs with the same side of said Street as follows: S 10 W 65.5 feet; S 24 E. 101 feet; S 8 dcg. 30 min. E 116 feet to a stake, the .SW comer of. said Jeremiah Pierson's- home tract; then N 58 dcg. 30 min. E with the South boundary line of the said tract, same being Mary P. Douglas North boundary line 200 feet to a stake; then N 3 W 179 feet to a stake, said Newton Craig's SE corner (and 18 in. lead ing chestnut, bears S 13 deg. 15 min. W 19 ft. ; a 5 in. hemlock bears S 33 E 26 feet) ; thence S 27 deg. 15 W with Newton Craig's South boundary line 200 feet to the Beginning. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of Maxine Sprinkles, deceased, late of Macon county, N. C, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersign ed on or before the 26th day of October, 1940, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This 26th day of October, 1939. G. W. SPRINKLES, Administrator N2 6tp D7 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of Mr.s. Pearl Southard, deceased, late of Macon county, N. C, this is to notify alL persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 11th day of October, 1940, or this notice LEGAL ADVERTISING will be . plead in bar of their re covery. All persons indebted to said estate' .will please make im mediate settlement. This 11th dav of October, 1939. FRANK J. 'SOUTHARD, Alniinistrator. 012 6tp N16 National Forest Timber for Sale Scaled bids will be received, by the Regional Forester up to and including December 9, tor all the live timber marked or designat ed for cutting, and all merchant able dead timber , located on an aria embracing about 7'M acres vviiniu Younce Creek drainage, .Burning town Creek watershed, Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina, estimated to be 1,182 M feet, more or less, of yellow poplar, northern red oak, ash, basswood, white oak, black oak, chestnut oak, 'birch, red maple, sugar maple, cucumber, black cherry, buckeye, scarlet oak, beech, southern red oak, post oak, chest nut, pitch pine, and hemlock, and an uuestimated amount of liickr ory and black gum sawtimber, chestnut extractwood, and' chestnut oak and hemlock tanbark, The re moval of extractwood, tanbark, and hickory and black gum . sawtimber will be optional' with the purchas er. The timber on an additional oO. acres, carrying a comparative light stand, may be cut at the option .of the purchaser. No bid of less than $10 per M for yellow poplar; $8 per M for northern red oak, bass wood, sugar maple, black cherry, ash, and cucumber; $7 for white oak ; $3" for Mack oak, red maple, and birch ; $2 for chestnut oak, and DOSt Oak: $1 for rhferillt Vimlr-lr scarlet oak, southern red oak, j beech, buckeye, hickory, pitch pine, and black gum; $0.40 per unit (160 cubic feet) for extractwood; and $1.50 per ton (2000 lbs.) for tan bark will be considered. $250 must be deposited with each bid to be applied on the purchase price, re funded or retained in part as liqui dated damages according to the conditions of the sale. The right to reject any and "all bids is re served. Before bids are submitted, full information concerning , the timber, the conditions of the sale, and the submission of bids should be obtained from the Forest Sup ervisor, Franklin, North Carolina. N9-2tc-N23 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE . Having qualified as administrator of Stanhope W. Hill, deceased, late of Macon county, N. C, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 5th day of Oc tober, 1940, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery." All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement This 4th day of October, 1939. G. L. HOUK. Administrator. 012-6tc N16 NOTICE OF SALE North Carolina Macon County The undersigned, will on. the 27th day of November, 1939, at the Courthouse door in the Town of Franklin, North Carolina, at 12 o'clock M, sell to the highest bid der for cash the following de scribed land : . In the Town of Franklin, North Carolina and being Lot No. 4 in the J.. M, Moore sub-division, re corded in plat book in the "Office of Register of Deeds for Macon County, North Carolina, and more fully described as follows: Beginning at a stake on West side' of Riverview Street; runs west 144 feet to a stake; north 50 feet to a stake; east 144 feet Personal Stationery The Ideal Gift . The Press has received a shipment of beau tiful cabinets of personal stationery to be printed and packed for Christmas gifts. These cabinets contain 100 sheets of high quality paper and 100 envelopes to match, and the price per cabinet, with name and address printed on paper and envelope flaps, is only $1.75 There is nothing more suitable for wife, mother, sister or sweetheart,' than fine sta tionery. Let us have your order early. . The Franklin Press LEGAL ADVERTISING to a stake, west side of Riverview street; then with west side of Riverview street 50 feet to thei Beginning. . I li is sale is being made pur suant to a power of sale contained in a deed of trust executed by J. r M,,r,. -.i ...:f i.i v r..,., to the undersigned to secure cer lain indebtedness therein mention ed, default having been made in the -payment of said indebtedness. Said deed of trust being of date the .5th day of April, 1937, and of record in Book of Morttraircs and deeds of trust No. 35, at page 338, Office of the Register of Deeds for Macon County, North Caro lina.. . This the 24th- day. of October, 1939. LYMAN JOLLY, Trustee. 026-5tc-N23 -.'.,.-.' ; NOTICE OF SALE North Carolina ' Macon County Under and by virtue of the pow er of sale . vested in the under signed Trustee by deed of trust executed by T. M. Grist and- wife on March 17, 1931, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds' for Macon County, North Carolina, in Mortgage Book 31, at page 415, I will on November 27, 1939, at 12 :(K) noon, at the court house door in Franklin, North Car olina,' expose to public .sale to the highest bidder for cash, the fol lowing described real estate: FIRST TRACT: All the lands described in a deed from J C. Strong and Wife to T. M. Grist, said deed .bearing date of Novem ber 20, 1928, and registered in of fice of, Register of Deeds 1 for Macon County in Book R-4 of Deeds, ' page 183, containing ap proximately 540 acres. SECOND TRACT: All the lands described in a deed from Mrs. Lizzie Ballew and E. H. Brown to T. M. Grist, said deed bearing date of March 12, 1930, and re corded in the Office of Register of Deeds for Macon county in Book Q-4 of Deeds page 542, con taining approximately 120 acres, subject however to a mortgage now held against this tract of land by Mrs. Lizzie Ballew for $500.00. This the 25th day of October, 1939. ' ' G. A, JONES, Trustee N2 4tc N23 NOTICE OF SALE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY , North Carolina Macon County Pursuant to an order of the County Board of Education of the County and State aforesaid, 1 will, on the 30th day of November, 1939, at the hour of 12 noon at the Court House door in Franklin,. Macon County, North Carolina, sell to the .highest bidder for cash the following tract a parcel of land known as the Morgan School prop erty and more fully described as follows : Beginning on a sycamore on the bank of Burningtown Creek, wit nessed by two poplars, runs S 62'j W 8 poles to a stake and rock on the East bank of the public road. This corner is situated S .76 W 2 poles and 8 links from the NW corner to the new school house; then with the East side of the public road 20 poles and 23 links, to a Spanish oak on the bank of said creek, witnessed by two maples; then down the creek as it meanders to the beginning, con taining 1 acre more or less. A deposit of 5 of the amount of the bid willbe required of the successful bidder at said sale and upon failure to make such deposit property will be immediately re sold. This the 30th day of October, 1939. G. L. HOUK, County Supt. of Schools. N2-4tc-N23