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1,022 Macon County Farms , Participating In Program | This year C55) there are 1,022 farms participating in the Agri cultural Conservation Program ad ministered by the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee, according to Miss Mil dred Corbin, acting A. S. C. office manager. The allocation for these farms is $41,181. Of this total, $37,435.63 already has been used, leaving $4,445.37 on hand, she said. The money Is to be used to increase participation percentage through farmers who have not taken any material this year. In making the announcement, she also noted that all farmers taking part in the program this year have made performance re ports. Burley Measuring Of the 213 burley tobacco for ' PROOF THAT YOU PAID... pay by check Your Cancelled check is a perfect receipt. It settles any possible argument or misunderstanding. This is but one of the advantages of having a checking account at this bank. THE BANK OF FRANKLIN Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ??Stmft Photo by J. P. Brady AN UPSET BRAHAMA BULL swishes Its tail angrily and an injured mare rolls in the sawdust following the wreck of i rodeo truck June 23, about 4:30 p. m. in the yard of the St. Francis Catholic Church. The driver (pictured) and a passenger were uninjured in the mishap. The driver said brake failure caused the vehicle to overturn. Two other horses were unharmed. The truck did not belong to the rodeo which played in Franklin, but was connected with the Tri-State outfit, it was reported. growers in Macon, about 100 have had cropland measured. Because state regulations hold that the farm burley allotment I cannot exceed 10 per cent of the j total cropland on the farm, Miss Corbin has requested the coopera tion of farmers in assisting the reporter in getting farm bound aries and cropland field bound aries for allotment purposes. i Today's average dairy cow in the United States is producing 45 per cent more milk than her predecessor did 40 years ago. This Week With Macon County Agents BY MRS. MARGARF.T !>. SM1TII * ? (Assistant Agent > i Mrs, Lawrence Ramsey, cf i Franklin Route 3. is proving that 1 I a woman can and does weect quite \ i large garden. Of course, Mrs. lamsey has had some help from ler son, William, in getting the garden plot ready to plant, but nost of the weeding and spraying las been done by Mrs. Ramsey. She realizes the importance of i good garden and says, "that i garden will save you money, or returns from a garden plot ire higher than any other crop frown." It will furnish you better qual- 1 ty vegetables for the fresh vege- i :ables taste better and are better [or you; cause you to eat more! ?tgetables. Regardless of income. lual cut Howers In the garden [or years. It helps to take the hard work out of gardening to see the beautiful gladioli and other flowers blooming so close by. She conserves the food her family use& in winter either^ by freezing or canning. It is not too late to plant a [ate garden if your early one was stunted by cold or lack of water. July 1st is not too late for okra. sweet corn, carrots, beets, rad ishes, and turnips can be planted August 1. The Tar Heel strawberry crop for 1955 was the smallest of rec ord. Everybody ^ ( u if people eat more vegetables when home grown than when bought; Provides training ground for chil dren, every child should help grow a garden; provides you with bet-: ter health; vegetables are among nature's best foods. And they furnish valuable material for j building and regulating the body ! and maintaing health and growth. In order to have a good gar den, Mrs. Ramsey says the loca tion of the garden is important. It should have good soil, be near the house, and in full sun. Stay away from trees and large shrubs. Buy only certified seed, keep the garden small. In fact. Mrs. Ram sey has two small gardens for vegetables and flowers and one with small fruits. In these two gardens she is producir. 30 vege tables and 10 different flo-ve; - for her own home use. Mrs Rarr sey started planning thi= aarcier. last January I. She planner, h garden and food conservation ac cording to the foods she r.ee' for a special diet This diet ;<? . low salt, and hish Vitaraiir. . A. acid ash diet. The doctor recom mended to Mrs. Ramsey that she stick to these vegetables after a operation for kidney stone*. S.v has added 10 new vc-etab] s ? her garden this year, swiss cha:\ Chinese cabbage, ground nuts, al monds. chestnut Sear.;-, -arbar :'. monmouth pumpkin 20-25 No.. Guinea beans ' cotiked lik?* squash', oriental radishes. ar.:i Kohlrabi. These last are r.t-.v ft this area and are being tried by Mrs. Ramsey and her son for novelty and to see if they win do well here. Mrs. Ramsty plans to use some of these in frui' J cakes this winter. Since it has been a little diffi cult planning meals for the whole 1 family, Mrs. Ramsey has tried to ] teach her family to eat the same ; vegetables she does. She also ! plants and uses other vegetables I and meats that the family enjoys. ! Mrs. Ramsey has grown her an- i Is having their Tires Recapped Here Also VULCANIZING ? New LEE and GOODYEAR TIRES AND TUBES Franklin Tire Shop C. D. Green C. H. PennlngtOT East Main Street At Foot of Town Hill Phone 81-J R. C. A. PHILCO AND EMERSON TV's Sec them at... Franks Radio Electric Co. Mack and J. O. Phone 3+9 1 runklirt (Mo Center Poets ?/ 188-Hp Buick Special 6-Passenger, 4-Door Riviera, Model 43 /s the Newest Hit in Hardtops You certainly ought to come see why this new kind of hardtop is headed for the best-seller list. It's a Buick Riviera, of course. Which means the low and rakish look of a Convertible ? a solid steel roof overhead ? and no center posts in the side window areas to obstruct your view. But that's only the beginning. Here you get two extra doors. They open to the rear compartment. So no one in the front has to move when someone gets into or out of the rear. I Iere you get massive /ia//-pillars on either side on which the front doors latch and the rear doors hinge. (That's why you see no center posts above the door line.) Here, too, you get wholly new struc tural principles in body design and strength that give this beauty the extra safety of rock-firm solidity at the top, sides and bottom. And here ? bless those Buick engi neers!? you get a lot more room in the rear compartment. For the 4-Door Riviera gives you over 9 inches more hiproom and 5 inches more legroom? yet with no increase in wheelbase or over-all car length. So we repeat? you certainly ought to come in and see this stunning new kind of hardtop. It's the last word in beauty, com fort, convenience. It's available in Buick's two lowest-priced Series ? the Special and the Century. And it's all Buick ? power, ride, handling ?and the spectacular performance of Buick's Variable Pitch Dynaflow.* Drop in today ? tomorrow at the latest ? and learn what Buick's all time record sales year can mean to you in the way of a whopping-big trade-in deal. * Variable Pitch Dynaflow is the only Dynaflow Buick builds today. It is standard on ROADM ASTER, optional at modest extra cost on other Series. 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