This Week
With Macon
County Agents
By ROBERT F. McNEILL
(Assistant Agent)
Sheep afford an excellent source
of additional farm Income for the
farmers of Macon County. The soil
of this county produces good pas
ture and legume hay and sheep
are unsurpassed in their ability
to utilize pasture and roughage.
Actually, sheep raising is a
"'double-barreled" source of in
come. through the sale of lambs
and wool. The availability to a
local lamb and woo! pool, plus the
fact that labor, grain, equipment,
and initial investment require
ments for a sheep enterprise are
small, as compared with other
classes of livestock, should appeal
to Macon County farmers as be
ing profitable and desirable.
Sheep raising Is perhaps the
oldest phase of animal husbandry,
as we think back to Biblical days
when "shepherds tended their
flocks" for a source of clothing
and food, and of course there
have been many changes along
the way. Wars, national and In
ternational policies, changes in
population, competition for the
use of land, labor and capital,
and changes In demand may af
fect the sheep Industry, as all
Industries are effected, but the
outlook for the next few years
generally is bright for the well
informed and experienced sheep
raiser. Knowledge and experience
enable those engaged in any oc
cupation to react most intelligent
ly and wisely to opportunities and
to varying conditions.
The chief objection of most
farmers to starting a sheep enter
prise usually is fence requirements
and the risk of loss from predators
(usually dogs). Sheep are perhaps
the poorest equipped of any do
Tax Notice
Town of Franklin
1954 Taxes
All 1954 town taxes which are not paid will
be advertised for four weeks in The Franklin
Press. This adds the cost of advertising to your
tax bill.
Sale of Tax Leins will be held at the front
door of the Macon County Courthouse at noon
on the second Monday in June and 6% interest
added from that date to date of payment.
Better pay now and avoid all the unneces
sary expense and the embarrassment of having
your name appear in the delinquent tax list in
your local newspaper.
This advertising will be begun in May.
Chas. O. Ramsey,
Tax Collector
./
, mestlcated animals for. their own
j defense, since their main means
I of defense Is In flight, and losses
I may come from injury, exhaustion
; or fright. Many Insurance com
panies offer policies covering such
risks and the farmer who has
| an investment in sheep certainly
shouldn't be without this protect
ion.
Perhaps a calendar of practices
would enable those already en
gaged in sheep raising to do a
little better job with their flocks
and. as most calendars start at
the first of the year, we will
| "back up" and look at the follow
ing suggestions:
I January :
1. Start feeding ewes one-half
I pound of grain daily two weeks
i before lambing.
2. Provide lambing pen for each
five or six ewes in warmest place
in barn.
3. Get lambs dry and some milk
in them Immediately after birth.
February :
1. Castrate and dock lambs at
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one to three weeks of age.
2. Continue to feed ewes one- half
pound of grain daily.
3. Provide a clean well-bedded
creep In barn for lambs and keep
grain before them.
4. House ewes with young lambs
separately.
March:
1. Creep feed lambs until sold.
2. House sheep in severe weath
er.
April:
1. Move creep to field when
flock is put on pasture.
2. Drench ewes with phenothi
azlne after lambing.
3. Start shearing when weather
gets warm.
May:
1. Keep phenothiazine-salt mix
ture before sheep from May 1
to Oct. 1.
2. Complete shearing before hot
weather.
3. Run rams separate from the
ewes until breeding season in the
fall.
4. Ouard against maggots in
the lambs and ewes.
June:
1. Market lambs that weigh
above 85 pounds and are fat.
2. Dip ewes for scab after shear
ing at least every other year.
3. Place ewes on sparse pasture
as lambs are sold (to aid in drying
off).
} July:
i 1. Wean all lambs by July 15
and dry off the ewes.
2. Shear rams for the breeding
season.
3. Drench lambs kept over with
one-half ounce phenothiazlne in
suspension.
August:
1. Put ewes on good fresh pas
ture two weeks before breeding.
2. Remove tags from ewes.
3. Turn rams with ewes between
August 15 ? September 1.
4. If weather is hot, keep rams
up in day time.
September:
1. Keep ewes on good pasture.
2. Sow a winter green crop for
ewes to graze on after lambing.
October:
1. Stop feeding phenothiazine
salt mixture to sheep.
2. Obtain high quality cross
bred Western ewe lamb to keep
for breeding ewes.
3. Remove rams from ewes by
last of month.
November:
1. Get barns ready to house
sheep in severe weather.
2. Begin feeding roughage.
3. Keep ewes gaining in flesh
until lambing.
E?cember:
1. Drench ewes with phenothi
azlne early in month.
2. Get lambing quarters and
pens ready for lambing.
3. Begin feeding grain to ewes.
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MAKE IT SPARKLE ?Home
management specialists say bak
ing soda cleans, sweetens, deodor
izes and is excellent cleaning
solution (or refrigerators, food con
tainers, freezers, bottles and lunch
boxes. Make sure the family re
frigerator and freezer are immac
ulately sweet and clean, spotless
and odorless for they safeguard
the family's health food wise.
Make a basic cleaning solution
using three tablespoonfuls of bak
ing soda to each quart of warm
water.
To clean refrigerator, empty
and defrost. Remove all shelves,
storage drawers and ice cube trays
and wash each with the baking
soda solution. Rinse with clean
water and dry. Wash lining of
refrigerator with basic soda solu
tion, wipe with clean cloth wrung
out of clean water and dry. Re
place shelves, storage drawers and
ice cube trays. Turn temperature
to desired setting and return food
to refrigerator.
To clean home freezer, or freez
ing compartment of combination
refrigerator-freezer, empty and de
frost. Then wash with basic bak
ing soda solution, rinse, wipe and
dry as directed for refrigerator.
Use basic baking soda solution
to clean, sweeten and deodorize
food containers of all types.
? State College Answers
Timely Farm Questions
Q. What is meant by the term
Orobanche?
A. The term Orobanche refers
to a group of plants which make
up what is known as the broom
rape family. This is a group of
parasitic plants which usually pro
duce no green color and live on
the roots of various plants such
as tobacco.
Q. Is Orobanche found locally?
A. It has been noted that cer
tain species are being found on
Burley tobacco but only a few
cases where it has attacked flue
cured tobacco have been found.
Q. How do you treat for Oro
banche?
A. The only relief known at the
present time is to pull up and
burn immediately any tobacco !
plants to which Orobanche at- !
tached itself. This prevents the !
formation of seed from which j
;his plant might reproduce itself.
mACON'S
Newest Citizens
(Unavoidably omitted last week)
Born to:
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fouts, of
Pontiac, Mich., and Franklin, a-j
on. April 4 111 Pontiac,
Mr. ant! Mrs. Vernon C. Pruett. j
>f Franklin, a daughter. Virginia ;
Jeth. April 6 at Anirel Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. George Edward
^lav. iord. cK Franklin, a son. j
.la:; Eugene. April 11 at Angel
i i.spital. Mrs. Crawford is the 1
bimer Miss Betty Fuuts.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Brown.
[ \V> si ?- Mill, ii daughter, April
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Speed.
trnvrly Kr h'.i.n?:s: a son!
.larch 24 in Ancicson, a. C.
Feed SOWS for
Big Litters
more big, husky pigs I
Get 9 and
10-PIG
LITTERS
of pigt aver
aging 3 Ibt.
or more
at birth.
Feeding "SO" SOW A PIG Meal
helpj iowi farrow more and
bigger pigs, and give lots of
milk those first few weeks.
WEAN PICS SOONER and
heavier by giving them a fast
start on lots of good nursing.
"SQ" SOW & PIG is specially
formulated to build pigs, and
moke sows milk heovily and stay
in good condition.
Brown & Carson
Phone 297 Franklin, N. C.
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Demonstration
Club Meetings For Week
Are Announced
Meetings of borne demonstra
tion clubs In the county tor the
coming week have been an
nounced by Mrs. Florence S.
SherrUl, county home demon
stration agent. They are as fol
lows:
Today (Thursday) : 4-H Train
ing School at Bryson City.
Friday: Cowee Club at 1:30 p.m.
with Mrs. George Bryd.
Monday: Hickory Knoll Club at
1:30 pji. with Mrs. Clarence Van
hook; Highlands Club at 7:30 p.m.
in basement of Presbyterian
Church, with Mrs. Bill McCall
and Mrs. Willard Johnson as host
esses.
Tuesday: Olive Hill and Oak
Dale at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Carlos
Rogers.
Wednesday : Upper Cartooge
chaye at 1:30 p.m. with Mrs. W.
M. Beck.
Thursday: Franklin Club at 8
p.m , with Mrs. E. C. Harmon.
Mrs. Zeb Conley, and Mrs. J. L
West, Sr., as hostesses.
Another big supply of feed is
likely this year.
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Oil Burner Service
McKelvey Attends
Telephone Meeting
R. E. McKelvey, looal manager
of the Western Carolina Telephone
Company, last week attended the
Executives' Conference of the U. 8.
Independent Telephone Associa
tion, at BeLleair. Fla.
Only one state ? Tennessee ? re
ported a rise in coal production
in 1954. a total of 6,154,000 tons,
against 5,467.000 tons in 1953.
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, iag bring* inaiiy interesting activities, typical of the season. The
I r?M:ou ?? painting picture above represents but one of the many
c. ;:orluiiilii's you'll have to make excellent snapshots for the family
allium.
Springtime Activities Offer Good
Snapshot Material
Fveryone is always glad to see
spring come. It is such a wonder
ful season, so refreshing after the
comparative dullnes? of winter
that people seem to be more ac
tive than ever. And, their activi
ties make excellent snapshot sub
ject material.
As you know, any activity
m :ins people in action ? doing
something, not just standing still
for the camera. When we say ac
tion, we don't necessarily mean
fust motion, but merely "some
thing going on" that makes
pictures interesting. Now, with
sunny spring days before us,
there's much to focus on. Plant
ing in the garden, the first spring
blossoms, tuning up Junior's bi
cycle and Sister's roller skates,
the children's backyard tourna
ment of marbles and tops and
horseshoes, the fresh coat of paint
for house or garden-gate, the
brand-new litter of kittens or
puppies? all thesi are part of the
season? all are part of the family
history? and all make excellent
picture material.
One of the best features of
Spring's "call to action" is that
every one of these activities can
provide a scries of pictures ? a
whole picture story. Consider the
case of one small boy, a bucket
of paint, a brush and a picket
fence. Catch a "before" shot, a
picture of concentrated effort as
work progresses, the finished
product with paint equally di
vided between fence and boy ?
and you have your own Tom
Sawyer story for the family al
bum!
Or take the antics of baby and
a tiny new puppy? baby sunning
himself in the playpen, the play
ful pup trying to get into the pen,
finally baby meets dog and they're
both inside looking out Can you
imagine how much pleasure such
a series will give the family as
they leaf through the album in
the years ahead?
? John Van Guilder
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