Poultry And Livestock Schools Are Scheduled Here Next Week
RALEIGH MEN
SLATE TALKS
ON LI VESTOCK
Outlook For County And
Problems WUI Be
Features
An all-day livestock school ?
featuring all phases- of man
agement and production ? is
slated at the agricultural build
ing Wednesday at 10 a. m.,
County Agent S. W. Mendenhall
announced this week.
On the panel will be several
Raleigh officials, including Sam
Dodson, agronomy specialist
with the N. C. Extension Serv
ice, A. V. Allen, sheep specialist
with the service, J. S. Buch
anan, beef cattle specialist, H.
D. Quessenberry, market spe
cialist with the N. C. Depart
ment of Agriculture, Jack Kel
ley, swine specialist and head
of the animal husbandry divi
sion of the service, and C. B.
Ratchford, farm management
specialist.
To farmers the county agent
said: "Wednesday may be a fine
day for plowing or some other
(arm work, but It Is only once
a year that this many men who
have the know-how can be
brought to Macon County. It
will be to your advantage to at
tend this school."
Subjects to be taken up at
the school Include: Pasture,
Hay, and Silage Production, Mr.
Dobson; Profitable Sheep Pro
duction, Mr. Allen; Profitable
Beef Cattle Production, Mr.
Buchanan; Preventing Losses in
Marketing of Livestock, Mr.
Quessenberry; Profitable Hog
Production, Mr. Keliey; Mak
ing Livestock Pay, Mr. Ratch
ford.
LEATHERMANS VISIT HERE
Lt. and Mrs. Paul Leatherman
and daughter, Connie Sue, vis
ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
I. D. Leatherman, of the Lib
erty community last week. Lt.
Leatherman, who has been as
sistant adjutant general of the
combined post and division
headquarters of the 18th In
fantry Division at Fort Jackson,
S. C., for the past 18 months,
has been ordered to report to
Camp Stoneman, Calif., for as
signment to the Far East
Command, Yokohoma, Japan.
NOW . . .
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Is the time to have your Driveways
graveled.
Do not wait and have to spend an
extra amount of money.
$1.60 per ton Delivered in Franklin
Call 344 for details
t
Housekeeping time and en
ergy savers are recommended
by home management special
ists to make the homemaker's
job easier. Here are some of
her suggestions:
Hang often-used small uten
sils and supplies ? measuring
cups, spoons, strainers, spices ? ?
on upper cabinet doors to avoid
much stooping and bending.
Sit down to do such jobs as
ironing, preparation of vege
tables, dishwashing ? reduces
energy, helps to prevent aching
back and feet.
Keep a waste basket in each
room; empty all of them Into
a large grocery paper bag that
you can carry from room to
room and then throw the whole
thing away ? saves trips and re
handling of trash.
Make one member of the
family responsible for leaving
the living room in order at
night ? it will save time each
morning.
Use aluminum foil. It is
amazingly "all-purpose" far lin
Beware Coughs
From Uitimoa CoMi
That HANG ON
Creomulsioa relieve* promptly bwim>
it goes into the broochiu system to
help loosen and expel term laden
phlegm and aid nature to soothe and
heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial
membnne*. Guaranteed to please you
or money refunded. Creomulsioo ha*
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CREOMULSION
nlitm Cough*, Chest Colds, Aorta IroacfcMi
lng broilers and roasters (saves
scouring them), wrapping food
to be reheated, wrapping and
covering food In refrigerator,
and many other uses; It self
adjusts, hold? In moisture, and
saves much cleaning work.
Use plastic food bags for left
overs, fresh foods and bread;
they take practically no storage
space, and can be a help when
you are "pushed for enough
space" in your refrigerator.
Keep a measuring tool in all
staple foods. For example; A
teaspoon In coffee can, a cup
and sifter In flour container, a
quarter cup In sugar cabinet,
etc. Thus you eliminate extra
reaching, handling, and wash
ing.
* State College Answers
Timely Farm Questions
Q. What is the fastest way to
get young pine seedlings start
ed on cut-over land?
A. The control of hardwoods
with chemicals is often requir
ed to get pines started again,
says James H. Phillips, forestry
specialist for the State College
Extension Service.
Mr. Phillips reports that there
are many acres of cut-over
| land in North Carolina that will
| require treatment with chem
l icals before pines will seed
back naturally or before they
.can be successfully planted.
Two of the most effective
chemicals recommended forkill
' ing hardwood trees are ammate
COMPLETE BATH UNITS
WATER HEATERS
KITCHEN SINKS ? WATER SYSTEMS
(for the family in the country)
Available from your Plumber
Franklin Plumbing Shop
GEORGE SELLERS, Prop.
Nantahala Bid*. ? Back of Courthouse
PHONE 2S9-W-2
and 2, 4, 5-T, according to Mr.
Phillips. These materials an
easy to apply and they pose no
danger to livestock that may
graze the area.
He urges farmers to consult
their county agent before ap
plying tree poisons.
One of the many farmers
who know the value of getting
young pine seedlings started
back on cut-over land as soon
as possible Is Sidney Randolph,
Route 1, Enfield.
With the help of his county
agent and the forestry special
ists, Mr. Randolph is going to
take about 10 or 15 acres of
cut-over land each year for
several years and poison the
hardwoods and plant pines.
This Week
With Macon
County Agents
By T. H. FAGG
The gardening season is about
here. It is very Important that
every farm family, and also
where possible city people, have
a home garden. Did you know
that about 20 per cent of the
farm families in North Carolina
do not have a vegetable garden?
I sincerely hope that this is not
true of the farm families In
Macon County, and I do not be
lieve that it is. I do believe,
however, that we can do much
to Improve the kind of gardens
we raise from the standpoint of
quality and variety of vege
tables that we grow.
Good gardens are valuable
from a financial standpoint. It
has been reliably estimated
that a garden is worth from
$300 to $500, at least, to the
family growing it. Is this not a
worthwhile part of our farm
ing operation? Retail values on
curb markets last year of 15
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OUTBOARD
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As Low as I14LN
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Em THE MUFFLER
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B\ck in the old days, any man who
wanted real performance used a
"cutout" on his car.
It was a device that by-passed the
? muffler? because mufflers have
always cut down on usable power.
But it made a lot of noise.
Muffling that noise ? and still getting
rid of exhaust gases as fast as they
come from the cylinders ? has
stumped the automobile people for
years.
Now, Buick engineers have racked
up another "first."
They have come up with a muffler of
supreme quiet and zero power loss
first time in history.
Television Iroal-the BUICK CIRCUS HOUR-every fourth Tuesday.
It is called a dynamic flow muffler.
And it is one of many advances
that make the great 1953 Buick
Roadmaster even greater.
For this automobile ? the greatest
Buick in fifty great years? has a bril
liant new V8 Engine that can turn up
188 hp. And every one of its horse
powers can be delivered as usable
power ? since none is restricted in
muffler passage.
As you would expect, there is more
to this magnificent motorcar than
power, great though it is.
There's a finer ride, better maneu
verability, easier handling? now with
Power Steering as standard equip
Roadmaster
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And there's the amazing new Twin
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\Vhy not come in and see for yourself
just how great the greatest Buick in
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WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM
MACON MOTOR COMPANY
Phone 233 Palmer Street. West Franklin. N. C
vegetables In sufficient qu&n- '
titles for one person amounted
to 173.75. Tot a family of fire
this would amount to 1368.75.
Not only are home gardens
valuable from the standpoint of
money, but also from the stand
point of the health of the fam
ily. Vegetables taken directly
from the garden and used Im
mediately are certainly more
palatable and nutritious than
those that have been harvested
and transported some times
hundreds of miles and sold over
the counter in a grocery store.
The different kinds of vege
tables grown in the home gard
en also affects the health of
the family. Instead of growing
just a few beans, potatoes and
onions, each garden should in
clude at least 15 or 20 different
kinds of vegetables in order
that our people can mare near
ly balance their diets with the
food elements needed in their
bodies. Try planting a new veg
etable each year, and also try
to learn to eat some of all the
vegetables grown.
With more and more of our
(arm families having access to
freezer lockers and buying home
freezers of their own, home
gardens are becoming more and
more Important. It is just as
important to have a good sup
ply of vegetables for winter use
as for the summer. Freezing
certainly has taken the drudg
ery out of food preservation for
the housewife and at the same
time furnishes much better
quality foods for winter use. Of
course, there are still a few
vegetables that cannot be froz
en. These can be preserved by
canning, drying and storing.
A few tips on producing good
gardens follow:
1. Plan what and how much
you are going to plant.
2. Purchase seed and plants
; of good adapted varieties from
reliable sources; disease resist
ant, where possible.
3. Prepare a good seed bed.
Early plowing and a good coat
of barnyard manure is not a
I bad idea.
4. Use of good commercial fer
tilizer, such as 5-10-10, and a
nitrogen top dresser on vege
tables requiring it.
5. Large early plantings of
vegetables to be frozen, canned
or preserved, to avoid disease
and insects that so badly dam
age later plantings.
6. Successive plantings of
such vegetables as beans, corn,
tomatoes, .etc., to insure season
long supply.
7. Efficient use of spray or
dust materials to insure control
1 of insects and diseases.
8. Contact county agent's of
fice for latest bulletins on vari
eties, disease and insect control,
fertilization, cultural practices,
etc.
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DISCUSSIONS
ON POULTRY
AND PROBLEMS
Commercial Egg Market
Here Will Be Taken
Up By Men
Poultry men!
Are you wondering whether
to fill your poultry houses
again this year or not
Are you asking if this year
will be better than last year?
What are the possibilities of
producing commercial eggs In
this county?
These and many other ques
tions on poultry will be an
swered at a special poultry
school next Thursday, Febru
ary 26, at the agricultural
building, according to County
Agent S. W. Mendenhall.
C. F. Parrish, head of poul
try with the N. C. Extension
Service, will be In charge of
the school and he will be as
sisted by W. G. Andrews and
Thomas B. Morris, also of the
extension service, and Dr. C. R.
Border, of the Waynesvllle
poultry laboratory.
Mr. Parrish will give the out
look for the poultry Industry;
Mr. Andrews will talk on feed
ing and management; Mr. Mor
ris on housing, equipment, and
marketing; and Dr. Border on
disease control.
The school hours" will be 10
a. m. to 3 p. m., with time out
for lunch, the county agent
said.
Pointing to the ups and
downs of the poultry industry
here last year, Mr. Mendenhall
explained that the lower pro
duction should help strengthen
the demand and price this year.
He said both North and
South Carolina are short on
commercial eggs and since a
quality eating egg is always in
demand, commercial production
is a possibility local poultry
men should consider.
"The person who is success
ful with poultry or any other
farming enterprise is the one
who stays with it," the county
agent stressed. "Prepare for the
low market and take advantage
of the high market; you can't
do this If your poultry house
is empty."
The 1952 sweet potato crop
was the smallest in 71 years.
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and this is espe:*:;!ly
true of coffee f