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4-H BOY MAKES GOOD SHOWING WITH HIS COW Registered Guernsey Is Netting Him $300 A Year ? ' ? ? ' - ' Fred Deal, member of the Holly Springs 4-H club, was sui satis I led after seeing his broth er. Frank, leading a registered Quernsey call around home which Wiley Brown, business man of Franklin, had sponsorec in the county calf program. So Jake Deal, Fred's father, bought a registered Uuernsej heiter at the Burnsville sale early this year and later gavt it to Fred to keep both boy. about even on their 4-H work. Since then, the heifer has hat. a male calf, and calf and cow are registered in the boy's name June 5 Fred began selling mill' from his cow to the Coble Dairy plant in Franklin. He sends thai milk to the plant separately, en ablisg him to keep accurate records on pounds of milk and buiterlat His milk check came in the other day showing that for the 26 days in June he had a total of 745 pounds of milk, 28 65 pounds, or three and one third gallons, per day. a month ly rate of 860, or 10,000 pounds per year Butterfat tests on all milk sold at the plant are made by Coble representative, Paul Nave. Payments for milk above four per cent is higher than lower grade milk. Butterfat on Fred's cow averaged 4.05 for the month. Gross receipts for the 745 pounds of milk was $23.57, a haul bill of $3 83 having been charged, leaving a net of $19.74. plus the June milk subsidy of $5.25, a total of $24.99. That's about $300 worth of milk per ypar Fred's feed bill did not ex ceed $5 for that period ? buy inR a little dairy feed and fig uring pasture at $1 per month Jack Cabe, farm and home demonstration farmer and 4-H neighborhood leader, thinks the bay is doing a good 4-H job. Fred plans to enter his male calf in the junior dairy show at Asheville September 13. and fit ting for the show has already begun. H o w To Gel BesT Results From Pastures . Ky G. B. DIXON (Assistant County Agent) We get our best returns from pastures that have adequate lime, phosphorous, potash anil nitrogen. Tests have proven where adequate amounts 01 these elements were present the amount of dry matter was in creased by one and one-half tons per acre. We should add from one to two tons of lime per acre in advance of seeding and thoroughly mix with the soil up to 600 pounds of 0-14-7 or 2-12-12 per acre on seeding and from 200 to 300 pounds per acre, annualy. Reasons for the low amount of nitrogen in a fertilizer for pasture is that it is the most expensive of ferti lizer materials and our legumes take the nitrogen from the air and release to the grasses. farmers facing a feed short age this winter should be think ing about winter grazing on small grains Seed one month earlier than for ordinary seed ing. Heavy seeding-double the mixture used for grain, Cross drilling gives more matting of roots, keeps hoofs out of the mud. Heavy fertilization gives vigorous growth, 300 to 600 pounds 6-8-6 or 5-10-5. Topdress with nitrogen. 16 to 432 pounds nitrogen ilOO to 200 pounds 16 per cent nitrate of soda If avail able i when It gets hand high Repeat again In February. A cow should be able to get all the feed she can eat in two or three hours, thus enabling her to spend the hot hours of the day in the shade chewing her food. Too many cows spend the entire day grazing and at the end of the day she still does not have enough. Many pastures are in such a condition that we couldn't take a basket and a pair of sheep shears and get a bushel in a day ? yet we expect the cow to come home with a pail of milk. Try a few pounds of ladino clover this fall, seeding dates are August 15 to September 15. Then tell others about your pas ture Adequately fertilize and provide some supplementary grazing during the early spring, late fall and dry periods during the summer. The kitchen Is not a safe place for children to play, unless a Jar corner, away from the stove, is fenced off for them. "Don't buy high priced farm land on a credit", says Director I. O. Schaub of the 8tate Col lege Extension service. Say: "I saw It advertised in Ttaa rmi", State College Hints To Farm Homemakeri Bv Rl TH Ct'RRENT N. C. State College Mildew is a fungus growth that eventually "eats" into the fibers of cloth, causing serious and permanent damage. It thrives in a damp. warm, dark and unventilated place, say tex tile chemists Therefore if clothes are even slightly damp when put away, or if dampness reaches them in storage, a clos ed bag and hot summer weath er make conditions ideal for its growth. Clothes should be stored vi a moisture-proof container so that dampness cannot reach them Sunnning and airing should bc done after a long, rainy season. Rooms and closets, or wherever clothes are stored, should be sunned and aired. Clothes should be examined in midsummer to see if any mil dew has started. If so. they i should be removed immediately and brushe'd, sunned and dried outdoors before putting away again. Sponging may remove a light surface growth on wool. Soap and water will remove very fresh mildew from wash abble material. Mild bleaches may be used on white fabric. If mildew has been left too long, however, there is no way of erasing Its damage. The kitchen is the busiest room in the American home, especially during summer can ning season. It is also the most dangerous room, according to safety advisers. Almost one out of every five serious home acci dents occuis in the kitchen. These accidents Include falls, burns and scalds, collisions and bumps, cuts, bruises, and pois oning. More than a fourth oT kitch en accidents are burns and scalds, with burns by steam and hot liquids the most frequent. Carelessness is often the cause of these burns. Simple precau tions that will prevent many burns are: lifting the lid of I kettles so th&t the steam I escapes away from, rather than toward the worker; turning pot handles so that they do not ex- j tend over the edge of the stove; I and usini pot holders that are thick and dry. PLAN SING SATURDAY AT BtJRNINGTOWN CHURCH The Northern division of the Macon county annual singing convention will be held with the Briartown Baptist church Sat urday at 10 a. m. All singing classes, quartets, duets and so loists, and all interested in ! singing are invited, it wjis an- I nounced by Harley Mason, presi dent. BAPTISING PLANNED AT TELUCO CHURCH SEPT. 1 A baptising will be held at Teliico Baptist church at 10 a m., September 1, it has been an nounced by the Rev. Theron A. Slagle, the pastor PRESS ADS PAY ORDER NOW those early bearing Stark- Burbank Fruit Trees , you should have planted last season. Old price prevails until August 31st. See or Write WALTER A. STEELE at Franklin Press Say: "I taw It advertised In The Pre**" FOR SALE FOUR LARGE WOODED LOTS IN BONNY CREST Lota 6 and 8 in Block 2 Acd Lota 9 and 10 in Block 2 PRICE ' .J. $1,000 Write John B. Benbow 2054 Craig Street Winaton-Salem, N. C. V " % Let's make Macon County A Land of Milk i -- and Money J WANTED! x \ 300 Dairymen In Macon Co. Frankly, we need more milk from this county. In fact, Coble Dairy Products has never had enough milk, for the various dairy products it sells to the consuming public. You know already that the cow returns a greater profit to you per time invested than anything else you can do on the farm. It converts grain and roughage into milk. It produces manure for soil improvement ? all at a higher price than selling the raw material. For advice as to how to get started in the dairy business, contact the Coble plant manager or field manager. Get Ready For Winter Pastures Many of our patrons are. sowing seed in August for winter pastures which will .result in economical milk production during winter months. See your county agent or a Coble fieldman for proper methods. of seeding. More rural prosperity And more health through milk COBLE 1 DAIRY PRODUCTS m IlCL jA Home Office? Lexington, Nv 0#
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