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Artificial Breeding Of Dairy Cattle Studied Following a meeting of Macon County dairymen, held last Thursday at the Agricultural building, to discuss the artifical breeding of dais? cattle. County Agent S W. Mendenhall this week asked all interested per sons list their cow or cows at 'he county agents office at once. Mr Mendenhall cited the fol lowing advantages of this type of breeding: You would be able to breed your rows to proven bulls. By a proven bull it is meant that the production of his daughters is tjetter than the dams by ac tual weight and test." "Yhe county agent explained that our cows now produce approxi mately 200 pounds of butter fat and 400 pounds of milk per year By using proven bulls and proper feed this average could be raised in time to 600 pounds ..I?1. and 1200 Pounds of milk." "This new method would eliminate the cost to the indi vidual of keeping a bull; also elinimate the cost of trans porting a cow to the bull, which in some cases involves long hauling." e Mr Mendenhall added that the jDcal veterinian has agreed that if as many as 300 cows aie obtained to breed artifically, in individual may breed his ?r?aScmany as three "mes for $6_>0. Semen will be furnished for Guernseys, Jerseys , and Holstiens, it was explained. 9 From Church Here Attend Youth Rally Of Presbyterians froLlu yOUng people from the Franklin Presbyterian church accompanied by the Rev. and ^ Hoyt Evans, attended a Pr0UK , y at the ?ak FjreSt Presbyterian church in West Asheville Monday evening. Ap proximately 200 young people from the Presbyterian churches present N?rth Carolina The main speaker of the eve ning was the Rev. Walter H. Styles^ pastor of the Presbyter ian church at Black Mountain. Those attending from thp Franklin church, in addiUon tb Mr. and Mrs Evans, included the Misses Barbara Wallace, Lillian Ipan ^ L?U HUSCUSSOn, rnnnf !1C Cunnln?ham, Martha Jones, Anne Flanagan, George nil Z fT Shields, Con nie Potts and Jdhn Flanagan. Wheat straw constitutes the major proportion of the small CarcHinC,r?P P!"oduced in North that 400000^ " 's .estimated tnat 400 000 tons of wheat straw was produced in 1945. ATTEND FREEZER LOCKER SHORT COURSE ? Pictured above are business men who at tended a recent freezer locker short course at N. C. State college, together with members of the faculty and staff of the co'.lege. During their stay in Raleigh, the group studied a wide range 'Of subjects touching on the expanding freezer locker industry in North Carolina. The only man from this immediate section attending was Ostar Ledford, of Franklin, second from left ii\ the second row. _ State College Hints To Farm Homemakers By VERNA STANTON Assistant State Agent The homemaker famed for her flavorful canned peaches is now joined . by the homemaker who is mastering fine points of freezing luscious fruit.' Choose peaches for freezing with special care. Peaches that would be prime for eating, mel low but firm, and uniformly ripe with no green in sight. Best for freezing are peaches picked ripe from the tree, when this c^n be managed. The useful home-canning trick of dipping peaches into boiling water and then into cold, to slip skins off easily, may be used in preparation for freezing, if saving time is important. For freezing it has one drawback; the scalded outer layer tends to soften, so that the frozen fruit turns out a little less firm than if peeled without scalding. The best treatment to prevent . peaches from darkening during freezing that has been found in the U. S. Department of Agri culture's Bureau of Human Nu trition and Home Economics' comparative tests is to use powdered ascorbic acid (vitamin C). This presents browning and also makes the frozen peaches an excellent source of Vitamin ; C, whereas ordinarily peaches have only a little. Citric acid crystals provide another effec tive treatment to prevent dark ening. Drug stores sell -bath. As a management tip, the freezing specialists say that preparing a few packages at a time often has advantages: Hand peeling is less of a chore if the job is small. Any peaches that show green patches can be held out for another day. And preparing a few packages can 'be more easily fitted into , the day's regular work than a large scale freezing job. You can't get clothes clean' unless you rinse thoroughly. Here's why. The soapy wash water has penetrated deep into the fibers of the material and it must be rinsed out. To do this carefully the rinse waters must be warm enough ,to keep the soap dissolved. The 1947- acreage of corn for harvest in North Carolina is estimated at 2,182,000 acres, and prospective yields point to a crop equal to the 58,914,000 bushels harvested in 1946. Fish Guide To N. C. Is Now Available ? ? 1 North Carolin's first publish- i ed account of its fishes since J 907 is now available from Wild life Resources commission. It is "Important Food and Game Fishes of North Carolina", by Willis King, executive director of the commission. The 54-page illustrated book let is intended as a guide for the identification of the more important food and game fishes of the state's inland waters, and to meet a popular demand for information on the species most frequently encountered by the fishermen. Turkey production from 1929 to 1944 nearly doubled. 26 Macon Boys And Girls At State For 4-H Course . Twenty-six Macon county boys and girls, accompanied by Coun ty Agenf S. W. Mendenhali and Miss Veva Howard, Highlands teacher, left Monday for Ral eigh to attend a 4-H club short course at North Carolina State college. Besides attending class, the young 4-H clubbers will be tak en on a tour of the state cap ital and will see many inter esting farm demonstrations at the state exfension service dem onstration farm. The group traveled in a school bus which was hired from the Rabun county school system. The party Is expected to return Saturday. Those on the trip are Edwin Nolen, Bobby Henry, Grady Corbin, Bruce Crawford, Hen derson Hugglns, Charles Swaf ford, Frank Deal, Cecil Haney, Maxine Taylor, Emma Lou Ram sey, Wayne Harrison, Kenneth Crawford, Carrol Keener, Rose Lee Hopkins, L- C. Howard. Rose Mary Huscusson, Frances Deal, Ruth Owenby, Margaret Berry, Jerry Potts, Donna 'Lee Hinson, Patsy Hayes, Eugene Gray, Mary Ann Killian, Luanne Gibson, and Virginia Moses, State College Answers Timely Fartn Questions Q. How can I treat a calf that has scours? A. Leland,!. Case, in charge of animal husbandry extension at State college, says scours are caused by , spoiled feed or in- 1 fectlous germs; therefore, it H of first Importance to remove the cause. The stall should be disinfected, and the milk and other feed cut down., (Jive one , to two ounces of castor oil in one-half to one pint of warm sweet milk. For cases that castor j oil will not cure, give a heaping tablespoonful of equal parts of bismuth subnitrate and salol in one-half to one pint of sweet milk or water, three times a day. Q. What are the main factors to look for in culling the laying flock? A. Poultry specialists at State college say the most accurate indication of whether or not a hen is laying is the appearance of the vent. The layer has a large, moist, and dilated vent, entirely white in color, in yel low-skin breeds, after several eggs have been laid. The non layer has a small, shrunken, dry vent, that becomes yellow in color in yellow-skin breeds when laying ceases. Other factory that determine whether a hen is laying to any considerable extent is appear ance of the comb and wattles, eyes, beak, spread of pelvic bones and condition of the abdomen. The laying mird has a fairly large, smooth comb usually of bright red color and wattles that are bright red and waxy in appearance. The comb and wattles lose their bright col or and become shrivelled in the non-layer. The pelvic bones usu ally have a spread of two or three fingers in the layer and close up to one finger or slight ly more in the non-layer. A bird in heavy production has a large, soft abdomen and thin, pliable skin. The skin feels thicker and the abdomen becomes harder when laying ceases. SPECIALS THIS WEEK Fender Flaps $1 and $1.55 ea. Truck Mvrrors 2.65 pr. Exhaust Deflectors ? jeweled $1.20 ea. Western Auto Associate Store /CHEVROLET A All these thrills are yours when you own this one car giving BIG-CAR QUALITY AT LOWEST COST Here are all the major thrills of motoring combined in one out standing automobile ? the new 1947 Chevrolet. Big -Car styling ?Big-Car comfort ? Big-Car performance ? and big savings , j too! they're all yours in this only motor car giving BIG-CAR QUALITY AT LOWEST COST. One look at this smartly styled Body by Fisher will tell you it's the most beautiful motor car body in its field ? both inside and out. It's extra-roomy, extra-comfortable, and extra-safe as well. It's one of the many Big Car advantages found only in Chevrolet and higher-priced cars. 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