PAYING FARM
LOANS AHEAD
OF SCHEDULE
Not One FHA Loan Here
Delinquent, Ramsey
Tells Meeting
Ma. >n County farmers who
have u^ught larms with funds
obtained from the Farm Secur
ity or Farm Home administra
tions have averaged making
about three annual payments
each during the past year, and
not one such loan is delinquent,
according to Albert L. Ramsey,
FHA supervisor in this county
Mr. Ramsey brought this fact
out in a report made at a re
cent meeting here of Macon
County Farm ownership bor
rowers.
Most of these farmers have
gotten several years* payment
ahead durijig the past few years
so that in case of a bad crop
year or of ' a depression, they
would still be safe in the own
ership of their farms, Mr. Ram
sey reported.
Miss Daisy Caldwell, FHA su
pervisor, explained a chart that
showed how each payment in
creased the farmer's equity in
his land.
The use of Hybred seed in
growing corn was discussed. S.
W. Mendenhall. county agent,
was called in to. give current
information on that subject.
Jim Gray reported that he
has been much pleased with
his trial of hybred seed corn. It
yielded double the amount of
the other corn, he said. Jack
Talley who recently *nade the
last payment on his farm, re
ported a yield of 112 bushels
per acre from his hybred corn.
At the noon hour dinner was
served on the long tables in
the Agricultural building audi
torium. The Farm Ownership
families had sent the food in
on advance and dinner was pre
pared in the building.
Mrs. James S Gray made a
talk oh "Florida Boarders as a
Means of Converting Farm
Products into Cash". Mrs. Gray
said that feeding tourists like
any other farm enterprise re
quires thought and work but
when well managed it payed. It
was pointed out that tourists
and summer people were a main
source of income for Macon
County.
The recently organized Farm
Macon 4-H Buy#
Sign Up For 275
Projcct* In '47
A total of 251 4-H club
boys in the 12 clubs In Ma
con County have signed up
to carry out 275 different
farm projects this year, ac
cording to figures compiled
in the county agent's office.
These 275 projects are di
vided, in general classifica
tion, as follows:
Dairying, 47; animal
husbandry, 87; paultry, 18;
forestry, 19; agronomy, 49;
and horticulture, 55.
State College Hints
To Farm Homemakers
By VERNA STANTON
Assistant State Agent
Root vegetables will be fresh
er and have more nutritive val
ue if their leaves or tops are
trimmed off before they are
stored in home refrigerators or
vegetable bins, plant scientists
of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture remind housewives.
Although bunches of carrots,
turnips, beets, parsnips, and
radishes may look more at
tractive in grocery stores with
their leafy tops attached, those
i tops should be cut off as soon !
as possible because they draw
S moisture and nutrients from the
vegetable. The tops take up val
uable space in storage con
tainers. The plant scientists ex
plain that while the vegetable
is growing in the ground, the
leaves manufacture sugar,
starch, protein and other nu
trients and pass them down to
the roots for storage.
However, once the vegetable is
harvested and the roots are out
of the ground, the situation is
reversed and the leaves draw on
the moisture and nourishment
of the roots to keep alive.
These vegetables, especially if
young and tender, keep better
in the vegetable compartment
of the refrigerator than in an
open vegetable bin in the kitch
en, because the warm air of
the kitchen soon dries and wilts
the vegetables.
ers Cooperative was explained
by Claude Patterson, general
manager.
A discussion on the orderly
keeping of farm business papers
and records was led by Miss
Caldwell.
Walter Taylor, FHA commit
teeman, led a discussion of farm
management and mismanage
ment.
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They are beginning interesting, useful careers by learning leader
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1. Choice of any branch of servtcc
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inclusive (17 with parents' consent)
except for men now in Army, who
may reenlist at any age, and former
cer.lcr n.cn ucpci. jir.g on icugih of
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3. Educational benefits under GI
Bill of Rights for m:n who enlist
before official termination of war and
remain in servicc 90 days or more.
4. Family allowances for dependents
of men enlisting or reenlisting con
tinue until 6 months altar official
termination of war.
6. Enlistments for 1J4, 2 of J years.
(1-year enlistments permitted for
men now in the Army with 6 or mora
months of service.)
Option to retire at !ial? pay for
the reat of your life after 20 years'
service? increasing to three-quarters
pay after 30 years of scrvice. Ail
previous honorable active federal
military service Counts toward
retirement.
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In Addi;im to Food, Cluthss and Mmial Cct
In Addition to Column Ond
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ci b*(vicc.
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Technical Sergeant
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Par
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135.00
115.00
100.00
90.00
80.00
75.00
MONTHLY
RETIREMENT
INCOME AFTER:
20 Ye art' 30 Yeart'
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87.75 151.88
7-1.75 129.38
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52.00 90.00
48.75 84.38
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POST OFFICE BUILDING,
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
100 Bushel
Corn Club To
Be Organized
By G. B. DIXON
(Assistant Coun.y Agent)
Farmers thioughout Macon
County have been asked to join
the 1 00- bushel -per-acre Corn
Club Membership is free to all
farmers. A farmer who produces
100 or more bushels will be
considered a full-fledged mem
ber and will receive a certifi
cate and a button to wear on
his coat lapel signifying that
he is a member, and those pro
ducing 75-100 bushels as asso
ciate members will also receive
certificates and buttons.
Here are five steps to increase
your corn yield:
1. Use a proven local variety
or an adapted hybrid.
2. Adapt your fertilizer at
planting to your soil conditions.
3. Provide enough plants to
produce the desired yield
4. Avoid late or deep cultiva
tion, but control weeds early.
5. Vary side-dressing with soil
fertility and desired yield in
crease.
The 1946 Western North Caro
lina 4-H district corn winner,
who came from Henderson
county, produced 122.3 bushels
per acre. This is the story he
gave at a banquet at a recent
N. C. Crop Improvement asso
ciation meeting in Shelby:
He turned under red clover
in the spring which had stood
for one year; sent a soil sample
to Raleigh to determine the
needs of his soil; and doing his
work with a tractor planted his
corn in 42-inch rows ' and put
400 pounds per acre of 4-10-6
fertilizer at planting, used shal
low cultivation at all times.
Since nitrate of soda was not
available, he used 500 pounds
of 5-10-5 as"* side-dresser. His
42-inch rows witlvcorn 12 inches
in the drill gave nun about 10,
000 plants per acres> His county
agent recommended that he
use the N. C. T-20 variety: This
corn in that county gave him
two ears per stalk, ears weigh
ing about l'/2 pounds each. Dur
ing his last cultivation he seed
ed Ladino clover and orchard
grass for permanent pasture.
Adapted hybrid ;or Macon
County is the yellow hybrid U.
S. 282 Drill in 3G3-400 pounds
of as high analysis f-'niltzer as
you can get, then add about
the same amount &t planting
(8-8-6 not available i. You mua
have sufficient i a"d co-.n
placed in the row iiot ever. 10
inches apart to get plenty of
plants per acre to gee your
yi Id. Deep cultivation may do
tho corn more damage than not
plowing by breaking off too
many root hairs; corn roots nt
five weeks have reached cut
two feet each way and oie fojt
down High nitrogen topdress
ing pays Amounts ?ip to 120
pounds of nitrogen (750 pounds
of nitrate of soda or its qquiva
lentt have proven to be b?no
ficial. If possible disc or plow
under a winter legume. Add
stable manure to this ground if
available.
Say: "I Saw it advertised in
The Press."
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