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Defense Needs Increase
Nantahala Timber Sales
Forest Revenues Reach
All-Time High In
, 21 Years
By JAMES L. AVERELL
.' (Assistant Forest Supervisor,.
Nantahala National Forest)
The fiscal, year has .ended, but
. .not the flood of applicants for gov
ernment timber. Up on the Nanta
hala 'National forest, tucked away
in the western tip of North , Caro
lina, the forest 'rangers' are weary
of their over-load of timber sale
business. In normal times, a ranger
spends about 20 per cent of his
time marking trees to be cut ahead
of the saw-crews and scaling the
logs after the tree-cutters have
finished. But w these times of.
. national preparedness, the navy's
speedy mosquito boats ,need extra
select oak planks for decking, can
tonments need durable chestnut
foundations, and many a sensitive
nosed bun-shell needs . a poplar
thimble, tocover its detonator.
FioreiU Help Defeme
Today you will find the Nanta
haia's forest rangers putting in
long hours with their, marking
axes striding from tree to tree,
branding "U. S." on those that are
ripe and ready for cutting. During
the past fiscal year which ended
June 30, the three forest ' rangers
on the Nantahala National forest,
John Wasilik, W. L, Nothstein and
W. M. Palmer, Jr., put in almost
50 per cent of their time on timber
scale work, .which is more than
twice the time they normally put
on sales. Of course, . their other
jabs had to .suffer, as for example,
many a good clue on the origin of
a forest fire had to be passed up
because some timber sale operator
was needing a scale made on the
logs he had cut. All the ranger ;
could do was help ' put the fire "I
out and return to his timber sale
business. . ' ,
But there is compensation in all
this rush of sale business, for the
rangers have the satisfaction of
seeing their national forest help in
the .scheme of national defense in
two' ways: First, in producing the
needed wood, and second, in pro
ducing revenue for the U. S. treas
ury. Lumber Firms Cut 18 Million Feet
Eighteen million feet were cut
during the past' year from the
government land on the Nantahala.
This is no small amount, for it
would form a wooden carpet one
inch thick to cover the highway
from Asheville tp Murphy, 130
miles in distance, and stick out
forty miles, beyond for good mea
sure. Several Asheville lumber firms
participated in cutting the 18 mil
lion feet. J. M. English and Sons
are cutting nothing but govern
ment at their Kyle sawmill, with
a cut of four million feet a year.
This steady flow of high grade
northern red oak from this unit
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Credit Rating Guide
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how accounts are paid. This system is built on con
structive lines. It makes the poor but honest man's
credit as good as that of the rich. If you have a good
record, your trade is valuable and any merchant or
professional man is glad to accommodate you.
CREDIT IS A MATTER OF TRUST
YOUR HONOR IS INVOLVED
It is granted on a promise to pay; you cannot af
ford to break that promise. Merchants can better af
ford to lose the bill than you can afford not to pay.
National Credit Reporting Assn.
is a lumberman's dream come true.
W. C. Zickgraf's mill, at Frank
lin, gets mast of its annual cut
from the Nantahala National for
est. A large part of the cut dur
ing the past year has been chest
nut for defense projects.
Gennett Lumber company's mill
at Hayesville, has -supplemented its
cut of Georgia timber from the
Chattahoochee National, forest with
sawlogs from the Nantahala' s for
est in North Carolina.
Revenue For U. S. And Counties
The timber receipts during the
past fiscal year are also worth
noting. They: amounted to $51,207,
which is an all time high for the
Nantahala National forest during
its 21 years of existence, lit means
an income of 15 cents per . acre
from each of the 350,000 acres of
national forest land for the past
year. -
The U. S. treasury is' not the
only recipient from this thriving
timber sale business, for 35 per
cent of the receipts, or $12,802, is
returned to, the counties within the
forest in lieu of taxes, for their
school fund. An additional 10 per
cent, or $5,121 is returned to , the
Nantahala National forest for use
in building, and maintaining roads
and trails within the forest.i
One should not be slow to men
tion that 18 million feet of wood
cut down and sawed into . boards
or bolts of wood means many man
days of labor for local citizens who
fit' this woods-work in between
tending their small farm crops and
Saturday trips to town to see how
the war is getting along.
. Many Kinds Of Timber Cut.
In addition to sawlogs, chestnut
acidwood and pulpwood, the forest
furnished a wide variety of other
products, such as bark for making
tannic acid, which is peeled from
the sawlogs of chestnut oak and
hemlock, posts and - polei, railroad
ties and stave bolts, shrubs and
haw bark.
So it is that many benefit when
the timber sale business is good.
A brisk demand for wood brings
the national forest timber, on the
market. When the demand falls off,
as it did in 1938, the government
timber is taken off the market and
practically no .sales are made. This
gives private timber- owners a bet
ter chance if they must sell- their
timber, and prevents : the market
from being glutted.
Good timber markets or poor,
the forest rangers have plenty to
do protecting their forests from
fire, encouraging multiple, use of
the national forest in the form
of fishing and hunting, recreation
on improved areas, cruising new
areas so they will be ready for
future, sales, and making life . a
little better for the 60,000 resi
dents within the forest boundary.
Defense Savings . Stamps are
available in denominations of 10,
25, and 50 cents, and $1 and $5.
These stamps make possible the
purchase of Defense Savings
Bonds on a practical installment
plan. ,
for
Macon
County
To Be
Issued
Soon!
This Company
keeps the mer
chants and pro
fessional people
informed at all
times as to just
THE FftAfckUN PRESS. AND.
U. S. FARMERS
MAY flN WAR
TVA Speaker Says .Task
i Of America To Feed
3 Fighting Armies
Director James V. Pope of the
Tennessee Valley Authority de-
Lclared in Little Rock last Friday
that "before this war is over the
American farmer may- be called
upon to furnish a major portion
of the food for all the armed
forces of the world, fighting against
aggression." .. .
"It takes strong men to fight a
successful war." Pope said in an
address, delivered before the South
ern Farm Bureau Training School,
on August 22, "strong men in the
army, in the factories and on the
farms. The fundamental weaixrj is
fertile soil and productive farms.
"The problem . of the .American
farmer is two-fold," the TVA di
rector continued. "It is .to produce
the food and fiber needed to win
the war and at the same time to
conserve their basic resource their
land for the future."
1 Farms And Fertilizer
Pope credited the' farm bureau
federation with being largely re
sponsible for establishment of
TVA'S project for manufacturing
concentrated phosphate fertilizer
at Muscle Shoals for demonstra
tion purposes.
"Around this project there has
been developed a significant farni
program," he said. "Its progress
has ,bn remarkable. It -has
grown to the proportion of more
than 24,000 denionstration farms in
the Tennessee Valley and froth
8,000 to 10,000 such farms in other
portions' of the country. . In 47
states of ' the Union experiment
stations have been sent materials
for test and investigation."
More Bicycle Riders
Killed This Year
More bicycle riders were ' killed
in North Carolina the first seven
months of . this year than were kill
ed during the entire' 12 months of
last year, the Highway Safety Di
visiqn reported this week.
Accident records show that 25
bicycle riders met with death on
the streets and highways of this
state from January through July
of this ' year, an 80 per cent in
crease over the 14 cyclists killed
the first seven months of 1940 and
a 25 per cent increase over the
total of 20 cyclists killed all last
year. A majority of the riders kill
ed were boys, and most of them
were killed because of violations
of the rules of safe riding.
Warning that bicycles are class
ed as vehicles under the State law,
and that cyclists must obey the
same general traffic regulations
that apply to motor vehicles, Ron
ald Hocutt, director of the High
way' Safety Division, listed the fol
lowing 12 rules for bicycling with
complete safety:
1. Refrain from "clever" or
"stunt" riding. .
2. Dismount and walk across dan
gerous intersections.
3. Keep to the right , and close
to the edge of the roadway.
4. Learners should ride in a park
or other safe place.
5. Ride without wobbling; avoid
sharp turns.
6. Say "No" to anyone desiring
to ride as a passenger.
7. Never hitch onto a moving ve
hicle. -8. At night, carry a light in front
and either a light or reflector in
the rear..
9. Stop for aft stop signs.
10. If parcels are carried, strap
them to the frame or place in a
basket carried.
11. Avoid crowded streets and
heavily traveled highways.
12. Keep yourself and your bike
in good condition.
"If bicycle riders will obey those
simple rules this business of one
bicvele fatality every week will be
stonned in Nfirth Carolina," Ho-
cutt said.
Legumes Do Best If
Seeded In September
In order to allow the crops to
make enough fall growth to cover
the land during the winter, cold
weather legumes should be seeded
in September "by all means , says
E. C Blair, extension agronomist
at State college.
In addition to doing a better job
of covering, the land during the
winter, the agronomist said, le
gumes seeded in September will al
so be ready to turn under at least
30 days earlier next spring than
if they are planted later.
As a means to conserving seed,
grain drills may (be used to ad
vantage in seeding legumes. Fif
teen pounds of hairy vetch or 20
pounds of Austrian .winter peas to
the acre will give excellent stands
if a drill is used.
TEST
The real test of farm practices
is the effect they have on farm
income, says E. C Blair, extension
agronomist at State college.
TMi HIGHLANDS MACON IAN.
Fighting Flier
Lieut. Thomas MacClure introduces Thunderbolt, first falcon to join
the army, at Fort Monmouth, N. J. Thunderbolt and other falcons will
be trained to fight parachutists and to kill enemy carrier pigeons.
State Gains
Poultry Honors
North Carolina has moved into
14th place among states in the
number of chickens raised on farms
this year, helped by a 20 per cent
increase over the past 10-year av
erage, reports C. J. -Maupin, ex
tension . poultry man of N. C. State
college.
This compares with a nation
wide jump over the average for
the past decade of only 9 per cent,
according to figures just released
by the Agricultural Marketing
Service of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture. :
A part of this large increase in
production for the State is due to
the growing interest in commercial
broiler production. Federal figures
show North Carolina to be one of
the nine states now producing 5,
000,000 or more broilers annually.
During )uly, it is estimated that
production hit 61,000,000, an in
crease of 3,000,000 eggs over the
same month a year ago. Similarly,
production for the 1 first seven
months of this year soared , 23,000,
000 over the same period in 1940.
Other states are marching along
in this Government-aided drive for j
larger poultry numbers. The latest;
Federal report says "the number J
of chickens, raised . an farms in J
1941 will exceed all past records."
The number of layers in farm
flocks on August 1 was the larg
est for the past eight years. !
Better feeding' and management
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NO COLLECTIONS
for the Army
practices boosted the average lien's
production to an all-time high in
July, and despite record-breaking
production,, egg -prices have con
tinued to be-, the highest, in 12
years.
State College Answers
Timely Farm Questions
Q. What preparations are inec
essary for pigs that are to be far
rowed, within the next few weeks?
A. Ellis Vestal, extension swine
specialist, says many pigs will be
farrowed soon. Before, farrowing
time, the sow should be put in a
field that has been cultivated since
hogs ranged over it. Never let the
pigs go to old hog lots or pens.
Keep them -on clean laiud until they
weigh at least 100 pounds. Vestal
also said: a sow worth- feeding
should have a good farrowing
house! County agents have blue
prints of these houses which any
grower may obtain free.
SUCCESSFUL
Mrs.. George Keener of the Buck
Creek community in Macon coun
ty has netted $62 from 200 chick
ens thus far this year,- reports
County Agent S. W. Mende,nhall.
SYSTEM
' Ed Conley of the- Cane Creek
community, Mitchell county, has
an acehigh cooling system for
milk a spring runs continuously
over cement vats holding the milk.
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THURSDAV, AUGUST 28, 1441
37 Macori Men
Attend W. N. C. Farmers
Meeting At Boone
The Western Carolina farmers
meeting at Boone was attended by.
37 farmers and farm officials from
Macon county. The group assem
bled at the Agriculture building
Monday morning, August 25, and
left by bus at 10 a. m returning
Wednesday, August 27. s
The meeting featured many dis
tinguished speakers and was con
ducted by means of topic discus
sion groups and joint sessions.
Among the prominent speakers who
addressed the joint sessions were :
Dr. H. A. Morgan, chairman board
of directors of TVA; Dean I. O.
Schaub, director of agricultural ex
tension service; J, "C. McAmis, dir
rector of agricultural relations de
partment TVA; Dr, L. D. Baver,
head of agronomy department, N, -C.
State college; Dr. B. B. Dough
erty, president of Appalachian
Teachers college. ,
Macon Delegate
The Macon' county representa
tives in the various discussion 1
groups are: Agronomy, C. S.
Brooks, Denver Long, Avery Cabe;
dairy cattle, J. R. Franklin, James
Gray; poultry, Claud Calloway, E.
B. Byrd, W. iD. Elliot, S. W. Men
denhall ; . Leslie Brown, Charlie
Garner, Seth Crunkleton, Jeff En
loe; home beautification, Harve
Cabe, A. M. Wilson; forestry,
John Justice, E. J. Whitmire ; beef
cattle, John Ferguson, Will Led-,
better, Lawrence Ramsey ; sheep,
Frank Cabe, A. L. Ramsey, Wymer
Love; agricultural engineering;
Carroll Reynolds, Bill Tippett,
Jack Talley; AAA, B. W. Justice,
A. C- Patterson; farm records,
Carl Morgan, James Ramsey; farm
organization, C. W. Henderson, C.
S. Slagle, Tom Fagg; horticulture,
M. S. Burnette, T. C. Vinson, Roy
Southards.
WATERWORKS
The use of a hydraulic ram at
a spHng on his farm has enabled
Ben Nichols of Cowarts, Jackson
county, to "completely equip his
home with running water, reports
County Agent G. R. Lackey.
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