SAYS SOIL IS
MAJOR ASSE1
Banker Cites Conservation
Need As Speech Contest
Is Announced
Soil is not listed as an item
under a banks inventJiy, but
every banker knows thai u is as
much an asset to his business
as if it were capital stock, sajs
U. C Hunter, executive vice
president of the Peoples bank
in Koxboro and chairman o. the
agricultural committee 01 tilt
North Carolina Banners associa
tion.
"History snows thai nation^
built by soil mining economy al
ways lade wnen the sou iias
been exhausted," Mr. Hunter
said, "and no civilization is
stronger than the iood H
eais."
Fiity million acres, of this na
tion's most productive lund nas
already been destroyed by ero
sion and an additional lmj
minion acres are threatened, hi
said. Almost one-third 01 tnt
soil has been washed down tht
siopes lino sn earns and lino uit
ocean. l/niess conservation mea
sures are taken, America .nay
see the day wnen it wni t>e natu
to produce enough luod to ieeu
tne people in tne United titans,
he declared. t
for the third consecutive yeai
the North taionna ljunKeis as
sociation is sponsoring a state
wide soil conservation speaking
contest. 1'nis contest win be
open to ail white rtigii scnoui
students in the state.
J. Frank Doggett, 111 charge
01 soil cunaei vauon lor tut;
a Late college extension service,
says this is the lust year ine
coiueoi lias been open to liign
achooi siuuents in eveiy county.
Any nigh school siuuein, boy ui
gm, rural or uroan, li^y cuter,
i?ir. Doggeti said.
The subject of the speech ^ili
be "Soil Conservation Ana lis
Relation to the Economy 01
North Carolina "; however, a
practice more important in the
contestant's community may be
substituted lor the words ' son
Conservation". Each student
must write his or her speech,
but may receive help from any
one or any source, Mr. Doggett
said.
Are Buying
More Farm
Machinery
North Carolina farmers b/jught
more new tarm machinery dur
ing 1947 than in any previous
year, says Moyle S. Williams,
farm management specialist for
the State college extension serv
ice.
Not only is this machinery
better adapted to larm work
than ever before, but manufac
turers are giving more attention
to the power and machinery re
quirements of small farms, Mr.
Williams said New type farm
tractors and machines of small
size should be available in con
siderable numbers next year, he
stated.
The number of tractors on
farms in the United States on
January 1, 1947, was about 117
per cent greater than the aver
age during 1935-39, the special
ist said. Comparable figures for
number of horses and mules
show a decline of 36 per cent.
In North Carolina, the num
ber of tractors increased 145
per cent from 1940 to 1945. For
the same period, however, the
number of horses and mules de
creased less than one per cerit.
Since figures for the United
States show only a 57 per cent
increase In the number of trac
tors and 18 per cent decrease
in the number of horses and
mules during 1940-45, it is cer
tain that the number of trac
tors in North Carolina has in
creased tremendously since 1945,
Mr. Williams said.
Conditions in recent years
have Increased the advantage of
mechanical power over horse
and mule power, he said. It is
true that It costs more to op
erate tractors now than before
the war, but this increase has
been less than the increase in
costs of keeping work animals.
Prices on new tractors and tires
are now about one-third above
the 1935-39 average. Prices of
gasoline have increased about
15 per cent. The per head cost
of keeping horses and mules in
1947 with farm feeds, labor, ana
other items valued at current
rates is about double the pre
war costs.
Livestock Auction
Quotations
Quotations from the Franklin
Livestock Auction on the sale
held December 11 follow: Calves,
$11.50 to $27 per hundredweight;
cows, $8.75 to $14.25; steers,
$14.50; bulls, $11.50; heifers,
$12.79 to $15.50; hogs, $23 to
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IN THE U.S.A.
Stata College Answfers
Timely Farm Questions
Q. How often should a dairy
cow be watereriy
A. A good dairy cow requires
a large quantity of water. The
milking cow needs considerably
more than the dry cow. Wnen
one considers the fact that nor
mal milk contains about 87 per
cent water it is easy to under
stand why a cow producing a
large quantity of milk musi
have a large quantity of water.
A cow producing 40 pounds o.
milk in a day needs approxi
mately 120 pounds of water or
about 3 pounds of water loi
each pound of milk.
The supply of water should
be pure, iresh, of a medium
temperature and convenient so
thai the cow's" production will
not be restricted by under con
sumption. Watering once a aay
is not sufiicient. A heavy pro
ducing cow cannot drink enough
water at one time to supply her
needs for a day. This is espe
cially true in the winter wnen
the water is very cold. Probably
no investment in barn equip
ment pays greater dividends
than that made for individual
drinking sups or a' good con
| crete water trough located in
I a convenient place where the
cows can get fresh water as
, often as they desiie.
Q. How can I prevent the in
festation of roaches in mj
home?
A. One of the best ways to
prevent roaches from becoming
established in a home is to
watch carefully all baskets or
boxes of food supplies and
laundry brought into the house.
Roaches hide among packages
and about clothing and are
frequently carried irom place
to place. Kill these stray
roaches with a fly swatter, or,
if they are encountered unex
pectedly and no weapon is at
hand, crush them underfoot.
Trade at roach-free stores.
For the immediate elimination
of roaches in tight rooms, there
is nothing better thin a thor
ough fumigation by a profes
sional franlgator. Fumigations
are expensive, however, and in
congested areas, where reinfes
tation is apt to take place
quickly, the expense is seldom
warranted. In more loosely con
structed buildings the fumigant
usually escapes so fast that the
eggs of roaches, protected in
the egg capsules, are not killed,
and a second fumigation about
3 or 4 weeks later may be ne
cessary.
Crack fillers, such as putty,
plastic wood, or plaster of paris,
can be used effectively in clos
ing many oi?nings used by
roaches as avenues of escape to
ARTIFICIAL
BREEDING TO
START JAN. 1
Regulations Of Board
Announced By Enlos,
Association Head
Artificial breeding jf dairy
cattle is expected to get under
way here about January 1, it
has been announced by Harold
Enloe, recently elected presi
dent of the Macon County Dairy
Breeders association.
With a view to getting start
ed by that date, Mr. Enloe this
week announced the following
regulations adopted by the
board of directors:
To become a charter member
of the association, a breeder
must pay to one of the direct
ors, or to Mrs. Pauline Houston
at the county agent s onice. the
dollar membership fee by Janu
j ary 1.
Any persons desiring to join
the association after January
1 1 must pay the dollar member
1 ship fee before calling the vet
erinarian, Dr. O. H. Burnside, to
arrange for breeding.
A fee of 25 cents will_ be paid
as each cow is bred to pay the
incidental expenses of the as
sociation.
Dr. Burnside must be notified
immediately when a cow is
ready to be bred. Mr. Enloe
suggested that this could be
by telephone, by word sent by
a milkhauler, or by word sent
by children coming to the
Franklin school.
Officers of the association,
named at a meeting 10 days
ago, in addition to Mr. Enloe,
are Jim Gray, vice-president;
and Harley Stewart, secretary
and treasurer. These three, and
the following, make up the
board of directors:
Owen Ammons, Harvey Talley,
W. R. Higdon, Charlie Hender
son, Woodrow Teague, Charlie
Sutton, and Tillery Henderson.
ANGELIC QUALITIES
A lady was very ruuch pleas
ed because her husband had
called her an angel. She was
not accustomed to compliments
from him and asked him why
he had called her an angel.
"Because," he replied, "you are
always up in the air, you are
continually harping on some
thing, and you never have a
thing to wear."
hiding places. These cracks and
openings can be located by
watching the roaches run for
concealment.
Here's Plan To Save Grain
In Feeding Of Beef Cattle
Animal husbandry specialists
of the State college extension
service have come up with a
plan to save more than five
tons of grain per carload of
beef cattle.
Here's the way to do it ?
limit the amount of grain fed
to good yearling steers to two
thirds of full feeding. The re
sult ? satisfactory beef carcasses
and a saving of more than 500
pounds 'of grain per animal!
The experiments that showed
the possibilities of such savings
provided data on feed require- j
ments of cattle of various ages
and their subsequent fattening 1
for market. Normally there are
wide differences In needs for
concentrate feeds in the fatten
ing of beef cattle As an animal
develops from a calf into a two
year old, It requires Increasing
amounts of concentrates for
equal gains. This la partly b?
nance requirements of the heav
ier animal, and partly because
of higher proportion of the gain
increment is in the form of fait.
Limitation of grain in the ra
tion slows down somewhat the
rate of fat formation and per
mits the building up of more
lean tissue in immature ani
mals. In this process the grade
of carcass while not so high,
weight for weight, as in heavy
feeding is still very satisfactory
to most consumers. Usually the
limitation of concentrate is
made up by feeding more hay
and silage. In the production of
cattle on two-thirds the full
level of grain feed, the investi
gators used barley as the grain
and medium-grade legume hay
as the roughage, together with
a protein concentrate. This diet
yielded top good or low choice
carcasses from steers weighing
from 900 to 1,000 pounds at time
80 Veterans Enroll
For Farm Training
? Continued fi jm Pas? One
four-year vocational agriculture
course at the high school here,
and Fred Hannah, Berea col
lege graduates.
Raif Teague, also a graduate
in vocational agriculture of the
Franklin High school, is in
charge of shop work.
-The supervisors, in order to
coordinate theory with practice,
are required to attend all the
classes.
Mr. Whitmlre selects the sub
jects to be taught and Wjrk
out a, course calendar. From
this, the instructors r'ennr
lesson plans for his approval.
When they are approved, copies
are made and given to tht
students. 1
Visual aids used in the in
sti-uctl6n Include a 16 mm. mo
tion picture projector and a 35
mm. film projector.
Production Of Milk
Shows Big Increase
? Continued from Page One
! tilizer used during the year 1
3,258 acres af new, improved ,
permanent pasture established.
15,000 pine seedlings set out.
35 purebred dairy bulls and ]
19 purebred beef bulls in Ma
con county.
4-H club work and TVA test
farm activities are also covered
extensively in Mr. Mendenhall's
j report.
W.R. Watts
Dies At Gneiss Home;
Funeral Held Monday
William R. Watts, long-time
resident of the Gneiss section,
died at his home Sunday after
noon, following an illness of
one month.
Mr. Watts, a native of Hay
wood County, was 65. He was
well known as a farmer in his
community and a member of
the Gold Mine Baptist church.
Funeral services were held
Monday at that church, with
the Rev. Arvil Swafford, of
Franklin, Route 3, and the Rev.
James I. Vinson, of Dillard, Ga.,
Route 1, conducting the serv
ice. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers were, Fred Watts,
Fred Bugg, Ellis Bugg, Ralph
Campfield, James Warren, and
Vinson Watts.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Mrs. Josie Evitt, and
nine children, Mrs. Herbert
teed and Mrs. Everett Mash
burn, both of Gneiss, Miss
Ethel Watts and Miss Evelyn
Watts, who live at the home
place, Riley Watts, Truman
Watts, Frank Watts, and Lester
Watts, all of Gneiss, and Grover
Watts, of Laurel HU1, Fla.
Also surviving are four sisters,
Mrs Rosie Henson, Mrs. Alice
Fowler, and Mrs. Nettie Peoples,
of Canton, and Mrs. Bessie Bugg,
of Candler; three brothers, Tal
madge Watts, of Andrews, Con
ey Watts, of Candler, and Byrd
Watts, of Brevard.
Bryant funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
State College Hints
To Farm Homemakers
By RUTH CURRENT
State Home Demonstration
Agent
Word from the nutrition
scientists says that bacon broil
ed on a rack about four inches
below the flame retained two
thirds of its original thiamine
while that cooked in a frying
pan held less than half.
Washing rice wastes not only
time but also nutritive value.
Mushrooms, once thought to
add only flavor and variety to
the meal, have been found to
contain preceptlble amounts of
B. vitamins plus iron, copper
and all of the essential amino
acids.
Nutrition scientists also say
meat is one of the most Impor
tant natural sources of the B
vitamins. It contains all of
them ? from the oldest, thia
mine, riboflavin, and niacin.
In spite of the fact that sev
eral of the B vitamins are ef
fected by heat, the retention
during the cooking of meat is
surprisingly good.
Have you a "make up" shelf
In the pantry to supply garn
ishing materials ? marshmallows,
cherries, chopped nuts, parsley
growing In a window box? Be
fore desserts or sal ids go on
the table give them ,the proper
touch of "make up" to enhance
their appeal.
Nylon sewing thread has de
sirable characteristics for many
purposes, particularly In sewing
nylon fabrics. Strength and size
can be kept uniform. Being
highly resistant to abrasion, It
assures long-lasting seams. Be
sure sewing machine needle Is
the right size for the thread.
Most nylon thread Is compar
able In size to number 70 to 80
cotton thread. Select the needle
accordingly.
SMILES
QUACE-QU.-Cn
Johnny: A little bird told me
what kind ot a lawyer your
father is.
Jimmy: What did the bird
say?
Johnny: Cheep, cheep!
Jimmy: Oh, yeah! Well, a
duck 'told me what kind of a
doctor your father is.
PERISH THE THOUGHT
She: Will you love me when
I'm old?
He: Sure I'll love you. Ill
idolize you. I'll worship the
ground under your little feet
I'll ? but say, you won't look like
your mother, will you?
UNANCIALRECORD
He: "I'm keeping a record of
all the good times we've had
together."
She: "Ah! Keeping a dairy?''
He: "No. Stubs in a check
book."
HE KNEW JOE
"Joe's father now had twc
wives to support."
."You mean he's a bigamist?"
"No. Joe got married."
JUVENILE CANDOR
"So, God has sent you two
more little brothers, Sally," suicl
the minister.
"Yes," said Sally, "and lie
knows where the money is com
ing from, too. I heard Daddy
say so."
Plan Christmas Program
At Iotla 0aptist Church
A~3peci*f Christmas program
will be given by the B. T. U.
of the Iotla bapiist church
Wednesday night, December 24,
at 8 o'clock. The title of the
program pagean? tj be pre
sented is "They That Sit In
Darkness". Mi3. R<iy L.anett
will direct it.
Presbyterians Plan Yule
Pageant Sunday Eveninj
A Christmas pageant and
candlelight service will b? held
at the Franklin Presby eriaij
church Sunday evening, start*
ing at 7 o'clock.
The title of the pageant Is
"Good Tidings of Great Joy".
at home or abroad . . .
Macon County people lock forward to receiving
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fore Christmas.
MACON THEATRE
WEEK DAYS? Matinee 3:15; night 7:15-9:15.
Friday, December 19
Constance Moore In
"EARL CARROLL'S SKETCHBOOK"
Saturday, December 20 ? Double Feature Program
Johnny Mack Briown In Also
"GENTLEMAN FROM "SPOILERS OF THE
TEXAS" NORTH"
Owl Show at 10:30 ? Out at 12:00 O'CIock
Bill Kimnedy In "WEB OF DANGER"
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, December 21, 22, 23
A stampede of screen excitement/
Wednesday, Thursday, December 24, 25
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