Gives Pointers On How To Have Good Pastures By S. W. MENDENHALL County Agent i Good pastures are absolutely necessary (or the production ot livestock on a profitable basis. Have you ordered your lime and phosphate for your pas ture? Don't make the mistake of doubling back on your crop land with your lime and phos phate and leave your pasture out. Try to apply your lime at the rate of one ton per acre, and your phosphate at the rate of three to four hundred pounds* per acre. Phosphate should nev 6r be applied to any land be fore it has been limed. Pastures that are not seeded during April should not be seed ed until August or September. ENLOES MAKING DAIRY FARMING PAY DIVIDENDS Grade A Barn, Equipment Paid For From One Year's Receipts By T. H. FAGG Assistant Oounty Agent On a recent visit to the unit demonstration farm of R. C. and Turner Enloe, in Cartooge chaye township, many outstand ing results of. their farming op erations were noted. The Enloe brothers have long been leading farmers in their township and in Macon county, and have taken the lead" in demonstrating the value of the use of liming and phosphating materials on legumes and grasses, good cover crops to conserve/ the nitrogen and soil, good rotation of legumes with row crops, improvement of pas ture, improvement of home con veniences, and the construction of an 80-ton silo, which is very necessary in cheap production of either beef or milk. One of the greatest changes they have made, however, is their recent change in type of farming which which has enabled them to in crease their cash income con siderably. Until the first of January, Now is the time to seed your thin pastures with 25 to 30 pounds of lespedeza per acre. On better land, a mixture should be used of six pounds blue grass, six pounds herds grass, 12 pounds orchard grass, one pound Ladino clover, and five pounds lespedefca. Keep your cattle off your per manent pasture until it gets a good start. Many pastures are ruined and never furnish the grazing that they could just be cause they never have a chance. If the grasses are permitted to grow and form a sod, the land will not get so hot and the grass will not burn out so badly during the hot months. Build up your pastures, in crease your profits, and cut down on your labor. 1945, the Enloe brothers had 1 followed a more or less general type of farming, with emphasis placed on raising grade beef cattle. At the beginning of 1945, they decided to change their main, endeavor on the farm from beef cattle to dairy cattle. They decided that they would build a Grade A dairy barn and sell Grade A milk. They began disposing of their beef cattle and purchaalng good grade milk cows. They did not get their barn ready for use until April of 1945. However, they sold manufacturing, or Grade C, milk up until that time. The Enloe brothers construct ed a modern 12-cow milking barn with sanitary milk room. This barn was built at a total cost of $999. They sold $1,400 worth of wood, logs, and lumber from their farm, which more than paid the cost of the barn. They have equipped their barn with all modern equipment, in cluding electric refrigeration, hot water heater, milking ma chine, and electric heaters to make the barn comfortable dur ing the winter months. The total cost of this equipment was $924. The Enloe brothers say that their total cost for the construction and equiping of this modern barn was approxi mately $2,000. They milked an average of about 15 cows during the year of 1945, and from this number sold $3,428 worth of milk. Dur ing the year they bought $600 worth of feed? this was primar Uy cottonseed meal, as they raised an ample supply of corn, hay. silage, small grain and pas ture on their farm for their needs. The cost of barn, equip I ment. and feed purchased amounted to $2,600. giving them a profit of approximately $800. The best month of the year was during December, when they sold $436.63 worth of milk from 17 cows. hi producing milk for the Grade A market, it is extreme ly important that milk of good flavor and quality be produced. This can be done only by care ful and particular Sanitary methods day after day. W. F. Hart, the sanitary inspector for this county, says thlat the Enloe brothers are doing one of the best jobs in producing good, clean, high quality milk. Any i where in North Carolina. "As I yet, I have been unable (to find j one thing in their method of I handling their milk and milfc j ing operation that would en 1 able me to make even one de grading mark against their rec ords." As a result of this sani tary care, the Enloes are pro ducing milk of the very high est quality and flavor, low in sediment test, and very low in bacterial count. They have already increased their herd to 19 cows since De cember 1945, and plan to build it up to about 24 milking cows. They feel that they can really make a nice profit in 1946. as the initial cost of the barn and equipment is paid for from re ceipts taken in 1945. Their only expense in 1946 will be feed, an occasional cow, and miscellan eous expenses that arise from time to time. Urges Gardening This Year As Aid To Starving Growing a garden ? whether it be a town backyard or on the farm ? is considered by the Famine Emergency Food com mittee as one of the most im portant parts of the entire Emergency Food program, Rob ert Fulton, AAA chairman and manager of the emergency pro gram in Macon county, said this week. He urged the planting of Victory gardens in 1946 to in crease the food supply, and per mit greater shipment of food items so critically needed by starving people of Europe and Asia. "These people are victims of AUCTION SALE Of a Part of the Lee Crawford Farm One Mile West of Franklin ON FRANKLIN-HAYESVILLE HIGHWAY SATURDAY, APRIL 13 2 p. m. This has been subdivided into lots and tracts and will be sold on terms of 30% Cash --- Balance Easy Some of the nicest property ever offered for sale at auction around the town of Franklin, and will be SOLD ABSOLUTELY AT YOUR PRICE LOOK THIS PROPERTY OVER BEFORE DAY OF SALE HOME REALTY COMPANY R. A. PATTON, Sales Manager and Auctioneer BRASS BAND CASH PRIZES LADIES INVITED ANOTHER FARM BOY and his calf are shown above, with the business man who purchased the animal, a registered Guernsey heifer. The boy is Tom Cabe, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Cabe, of the Rabbit Creek-Cat Creek section. A. R. Iligdon, of the Franklin Hardware company, is the sponsor. The calf, Prini Carol's Greta, registration No. 931706, was sired by Quail Roost Prim Carol. Lad's Daisy Gail is the dam. The calf, a year old March 23, came from the Ilerndon farm near Kings Mountain. invasion: Their harvest season is four months hence, and in many sections of Europe, a seri culture has been damaged by the worst drought in a cen tury", Mr. Fulton said. "In releasing rtiore wheat, fats, oils, and other needed foods for shipment to these starving people. Victory gardens will help immeasurably in mak ing good these commitments; assuring adequate supplies here at home; and in reducing the overload on transportation facil ities." In view of a possible short age of tin and steel that may limit the commercial produc tion of certain canned foods, Mr. Fulton recommended care ful planning of the garden to assure fresh vegetables during the summer months and extra amounts for canning for fam ily winter stocks. ATHLETES FOOT GERM HOW TO KIIX IT. IN ONE HOUR, IF NOT PLEASED, your 35c ; back. Ask any druggist for this STRONG fungicide, TE-OL. Made with 90 per cent alcohol, it PENETRATES. 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