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This Week
With Macon
County Agents
By ROBERT M. RAT
(Assistant County Agtnt)
Proper management in the
cornfield will pay big dividends.
It is too late to make changes
in variety of seed, soil prepara
tion and initial, fertilization;
however, it isn't too late to
properly side dress your corn
and to use proper cultivation
and weed control.
This year, with prices on the
decline and costs remaining
about the same, it will be hard
er to come out with the same
amount of profit on the farm
as last year. If you are a poul
tryman, dairyman or other live
stock producer, a good crop of
corn can substantially reduce
your feed cost for the coming
winter.
A&uuy lain acid ax c
down on the fertilizex used lor
all crops and there are indica
tions that side-dressing on corn
will also be reduced. This is one
of the biggest mistakes a farm
er can make, since each dollar
spent for fertilizer will return
you between $4 and $5 in in
creased yields. On corn, under
average conditions, each two
pounds of nitrogen will give you
an extra bushel of corn. Nitro
gen will cost you approximately
12 cents per pound and a bush
el of corn will sell for $1.50, so
you make a profit of $1.25 per
bushel on an extra 30-bushel
yield, which you will probably
get by using 200 pounds of am
monium nitrate per acre. This
will give #ou an extra $37.50
per acre on your corn crop for
the labor it takes to put out
your side dressing.
Many farmers ask the ques
tion, which side-dressing to use,
ammonium nitrate, nitrate of
soda. 14-0-14,' 60% muriate of
potash, or 8-0-24. It makes no
difference which material you
use as long as you get the cor
rect amount of plant food oil
your corn. You can get the
amount of nitrogen needed
from 200 pounds of ammonium
nitrate, 400 pounds of nitrate of
soda. 325 pounds of cal-nitro,
450 pounds of 14-0-14 or 800
pounds of 8-0-24. Most bottotn
land needs from 40-60 pounds
, of potash, which can be ob
tained from 100 pounds of 60%
muriate of potash, 250 pounds
of 8-0-24 or 400 pounds of 14-0
14.
Any of the above combina
tions will give you what your
corn needs; however, if you are
a smart business man you will
check the prices on these ma
terials and buy the ones which
give you the most plant food
for your money. (Plant food
means the pounds of nitrogen
or potash per hundred pounds
of material, i You will find a
difference of $7 to $10 on the
amount needed per acre with
different combinations.
Cultivation and we?d control
are also important in raising
high corn yields. Very shallow
cultivation should be used after
corn is 4 inches high and no
cultivation after corn is 10 to
12 inches high. Weeds can be
controlled by use of 2-4-D for
less than $2 per acre. This ma
terial can be put out either
with tractor sprays or with a
knapsack sprayer. Information
on types of material and proper
?quipment and mixtures can be
obtained at the county agent's
office.
The time has come when
farmers can no longer rely on
luck to make money at the
game. Those who plan to make
a reasonable income will have
to plan their operation for max
imum efficiency, set up a real
istic goal, and work toward that
goal
Service Forester
la Assigned
To Sylva Office
8YLVA. ? Donald R Varner
has been assigned to the Dis
trict 9 State Forestry office, ac
cording to an announcement by
the N. C. Division of Forestry.
District Forester Charles C.
Pettit, Jr., said Mr. Varner has
assumed his duties as service
forester, giving assistance to
private forest landowners who
desire aid in handling their for
est lands in order that the
landowners may realize the
greatest benefit over a period
of years.
Anyone who desires forestry
assistance should contact the
county forest ranger, J. Fred
Bryson, Franklin, or write di
rectly to Charles C. Pettit, Jr.,
District Forester, Box 936, Sylva.
Milk production on North
Carolina farms (luring March
MM amounted to 144 million
a new high record for
Cemetery
Projects
Discussed
By J. L. SANDERS
(Community Reporter)
The Union Rural Community
Development Organization met
in regular session June 17, with
Hardin Oribble, the president,
presiding.
The cemetery projects were
discussed and since the seeding
was practically finished in all
cemeteries, it was decided to let
each church group raise money
j for the markers, except the
McGee cemetery, which is to be
done jointly.
A number of people from
each community got together
on Memorial Day and mowed ?
the weeds in the cemeteries.
It was decided to get togeth
er Saturday afternoon and set
up the tables on the commun
ity park and do other work,
and to have a picnic supper in
the evening.
Harry Corbln, school pklnci
pal, discussed a junior baseball
league. The communities decid
ed to sponsor the team, and
Bob Marshall, Victor Teague,
and Boyd Long were appointed
as managers, with Mr. Corbln
as general manager.
The treasurer made a finan
cial report on the cemeteries.
Baptists Employ
Miss O. Cabe
As Summer Worker
Miss Othello Cabe, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cabe, of
Franklin, Route 4, has been em
ployed by the Macon Baptist
Association as a summer work
er in vacation Bible schools.
Miss Cabe is a graduate of
Franklin High School, and is
now a student at Gardner-Webb
College, Boiling Springs. She is
holding a Bible school this week
at Longview Church.
North Carolina's ' Challenge"
program will be discussed Tues
day, June 8, during Farm and
Home Week at State College.
EMFliOYED AT BOSFITAL
Curley Walker, Franklin stu
dent at Emory University dental
school In Atlanta, la working
In the laboratory at Angel Hos
pital during the summer vaca
tion. Miss Freda Slier, Frank
lin student at Salem College, U
temporarily employed In the
laboratory, while members of
the laboratory staff are on va
cation. And James Bleckley, of
Clayton, Ga., an Emory Univer
sity medical school student, Is
serving his Junior Internship at
the hospital.
Community
?roup Meets
At Bethel
By MRS. JUN1TA PECK
(Community Reporter)
The Bethel Rural Community
Development Organization held
a meeting at the church on
June 17th, which ?u well at
tended.
Mrs R. D Burnett lad the
devotional.
Owing to new duties In his
work, the Rev. R. D. Burnett
cannot continue In charge of
our acrapbook, so Charles An
ders agreed to act as chairman
of that committee.
We enjoyed having T. H.
Fagg, county agent, with us.
He showed a fllip on the com
munity development In Macon
County. It was helpful to see
what others m doing. it
should give Impetus to our
work.
There iu a brief discussion
of the soli conservation pro
gram, and It was suggested that
we take It as a project, but no
definite action was taken.
After the meeting, we had a
social hour and refreshments.
Brogden To Finish
Radio Repair Course
Pvt. Jim Brogden, of Frank
lin, will be graduated this week
from th* Odd radio npdr
course at the flouth? Nm Sg
nal School, CWnp Gordon, Qt,
according to an . annovaoMBMk
received here. Pvt. TV rig d? is
the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Brogden.
A standard price of $fl-25 par
hundred pounds has been aat
for Class 1 milk in nine regular
ed milk marketing areas la
North Carolina.
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