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Pfentiss JCommunity Family Is Featured In National Magazine
This Week
With Macon
County Agents
By JAMES O. FLANAGAN
(Assistant Agent)
According to the January,
1955, Farm Census Survey, Ma
BEST for top production !
Spartan Quality
DAIRY
FEEDS
16%? 20%? 24%? 32%
Spartan's Very Best
Milk-uakers !
Best for top production . . . best wherever good
on us are carefully fed. "SQ" 16% and 20% are
ooerse- textured , complete rations? 24% and 32%
art concentrates to be mixed with ground grain.
8rown Carson
Phone 297' Franklin, N. C
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con' County farmers used IS, 566 j
acres or }2%t of the 135,610
acres of farm land to harvest
crops In 1954. All other land,
such as woods, waste, etc., ac
counted for 65%, an Increase
in acreage due to all woodland
being excluded from unimprov
ed pasture. Of the remaining
23%, idle crop land and improv
ed pasture accounted for 5%
each, and 13% was in unim
proved pasture. Hay and corn
continued to be the largest
crops grown representing 47
and 38 per cent respectively of
the total. MUk cows reported on
farms, were about the same
number as last year, while
?cows kept (or beef showed a
decline. Other Items listed were
617 peach trees; 1,703 cords of
pulpwood cut; and 3,123 tons
of silage made in 1954. The sur
vey also reported 9,360 people
living on farms or tracts of
three acres or more.
With 65% of our land In
woods or waste, there remains
plenty of room for reforestation
and selective cutting. Farmers
of the county are aware of this
fact and have placed orders for
thousands of pine seedlings. The
white pine allotment for Ma
con County was 100,000 seed
lings this year. This supply lyxs
already been exhausted but tne
supply of short leaf seedlings Is
still available. The short leaf
pine does very well if planted
in the open at an elevation
under 2,500 feet. The spacing
is the same as white pine; 6 by
7 feet.
Since the opening of the
highways in the county, farm
ers seem to be more active in
their woodlands than last year.
As you know, when nature
plants a forest she often places
many trees on an acre that j
will never develop into lumber |
or any other commercial prod
uct. As time passes, in the fight
for space, many trees are
crowded out and die, others be
come crippled and deformed,
and still others are damaged
and diseased. Often clean,
straight trees are suppressed by
crooked, rough trees. The final
stand is a mixture of good and
bad. We can help nature in her
process of selection by removing
the undesirable and over-crowd
ed trees early in the life of the
stand and thus provide space
for the better trees to grow
and develop.
I James Bates, 4-H club mem
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STAfl HOMl'^IMONSIUJIOh ACINI
Living Room Storage ? Make
your living room a place where
family members will enjoy
spending leisure time. Provide
space (or reading, playing, talk
ing, and playing music. You
will want good storage space
for books, magazines, sheet mu
sic, records, games, tables, and
musical instruments.
Storage space can do much
to make your living room at
tractive, livable, and convenient
? shelves built in to hold books,
magazines, and sheet music;
cibinets to hold games toys,
and accessories: closets for card
ber of the Otto community,
completed a timber stand im
provement project on the farm
of Bryant McClure last year. If
you happen to be going out the
Georgia road you may note this
patch of pines approximately
18 years# old with some white ,
bands on trees that will be left i
as crop trees. Eventually all j
trees except these will be re- 1
moved. Last year on this one ;
acre plot,! James worked 36.5 '
hours at 75 cents per hour with
a total labor cost of $27.38. He i
cut four cords of pulpwood and !
sold for $13.50 per cord for a |
total of $54. At this rate James
showed a net return of $27.62 !
not to mention one-half cord .
1 of firewood. As these figures
; show, selective cutting is not a
, get-rich-fast deal, but the big
! gest profit will be realized in i
^ater years because this plot will i
, reach maturity earlier with a '
1 better quality and quantity of i
1 saw logs.
tables, musical instruments, and
firewood. Where It Is Impossible
to provide storage space in the
living room, use an adjoining
hall or room nearby. And build
your storage space to suit your ;
family's needs.
Fabric Fashions For Table
Setting ? Fashion calls for lin
ens with dash and character.
Olj or white linens may be giv
en new life by dyeing them.
(You can do it in the automat
ic washer).
Place mats may be made,
hemmed or fringed, from a
wide assortment of fabrics to
give variety in table setting.
You will find mats in em
phatic colors made from sack
cloth, butcher linen, fine linen
make effective backgrounds for
your china and earthenware.
? State College Answers
Timely Farm Questions
Q. Can Tar Heel egg produc- ;
ers compete with producers in
other states?
A. Yes, if our hens averaged
220 eggs per year we could ship
eggs to any state and make a
profit. Some states sending eggs
to North Carolina have already
passed an annual rate of lay
of 200 eggs per hen. The aver
age for the U. S. in 1954, was
184 eggs per hen.
Q. Should a newly-planted ap
ple tree be pruned at planting
time?
A. Yes. It should be pruned
Teagues 'New Look' Farm
Is Subject Used By Agent
As a typical family emphasizing I
the "new look' in extension worn, jl
the Woodrow Teagues, of Prentiss, ?
are among several featured in the 1
January issue of What's New In
Home Economics. I
The article is illustrated by i
three pictures; of the Teagues, '
their remodeled home, and their :
living room picture window and
its sweeping backdrop of moun
tains and the lush Prentiss valley. I
Author of the article, entitled
"Extension Begins a New Method",
is Miss Mena Hogan, field agent ;
with the federal extension service, |
U. S. Department of Agriculture, !
Washington, D. C. She visited Ma- j
con County last summer to gather
material for the article and spent
some time with the Teagues.
In the magazine article, she has I
this to say about the Macon fam j
ily :
"Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Teague I
who live in the Prentiss commun
ity in Macon County, N. C., pro
vide a good example of the team
work which will be expected
throughout farm and home devel
opment work in that state.
"When Ruth Current, state
home demonstration agent, Tom
Fagg, and Mrs. Florence Sherrill,
county agricultural and home
demonstration agents, and I visit
ed this family, we were told of
the work of all the members of
the family in achieving comfort
able and attractive and secure liv
ing conditions.
"Getting a good income from
the farm was a first and major
consideration. All members of the
family have worked together to
follow recommended practices in
dairy, poultry, and other farm
management projects.
"Mrs. Teague and daughter
Konda. help cheerfully about the
dairy barn as well as pitching in
with whatever other tasks there
are around the farm.
'"Pasture improvement has been
a major task in the Teagues' farm
and home plan, and we saw lush,
gentle rolling pasture land ? with
mountains and river in the back
ground ? form as beautiful a land
| scape as ever was painted.
"The farm is a 160-acre one and
j careful use must be made of each
i acre. Protein supplements are pur
j chased for the dairy cows and for
the 750 New Hampshire Red her.
the family keeps. Corn and hay
| are grown for silage and there art
two silos on the farm.
when it is planted or at least
before growth starts in the
spring. The reason is that the
i root system has been materially j
reduced in size and volume by
the digging and handling oper
ation.
Q. How can you control lice
on beef cattle?
A. By spraying in the fall and
repeating in late winter or early
spring. Either of these formulas
will make a satisfactory spray:
one pound of 25 per cent. Lin
dane per 100 gallons of water;
or eight pounds of 50 per cent
DDT wettable powder per 100
gallons of water. i
?'Farm income came first, but
that didn't mean that the Teagues
waited (or home improvements.
Doing most of the work himself,
although he grinned and said
Ruth 'his wife) could drive a nail
about as well as he could, Mr
Teague has, over a period of a few
years, remodeled an old. farmhouse
into an attractive, convenient,
and livable one.
"Ruth has been local leader in
her home demonstration club and
now is the home management
leader for the county.
" Many of her ideas may be seen
.n the cheerful living room with
its beautiful picture window over
looking the lovely valley men
tioned.
"The Teagues' kitchen had been
dark and dreary when the family
had purchased the farm. Now it is
bright and modern and has run
ning hot and cold water.
"A few feet of space had been
taken off the kitchen and one
downstairs bedroom to form the
new bathroom.
"A home freezer, 'hock-full of
food, supplements a canned and
stored supply.
"An old unused attic had been
converted into two bedrooms ? one
for Konda and one shared by Vic
tor and Douglas, the 19 and 11
year-old sons.
"These two bedrooms are joined
by a living room space, pine-pan
eled, which provides a pleasant
area for the children to entertain
their friends.
"Education advantages for the
children are important items in #
the Teagues' plan. College is iti
the picture for them all."
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1956 Buick Roadmaster
6-Possenger, 4-Door Riviero.
Model 73
It startkd right on announcement day.
On that day, we made bold to call this the
Best Buick Yet. (A pretty big statement,
we're sure you'll agree.)
But, in the scant three months since then,
we've had ample proof of how more-than
right we were ?
Not just from the tremendous initial inter
est shown in the new 1956 Buicks ?
Not alone from the way our sales have
zoomed past all expectations?
But more especially and more clearly and
more positively from the enthusiastic "play
back" that's coming from happv new-Buick
owners.
So, if you'd like the story firsthand ? see if
you can get a '56 Buiek owner to stand still
long enough to tell it to you.
For it's a real news story you'll hear about:
At a new low price? 4- Season Comfort
in your new Buiclc wifh Frigidaire Conditioning
You'll hear about a walloping-big new
322 -cubic-inch V8 engine that delivers its
record-high power with the obedience of a
bird dog.
You'll hear about a terrific new Variable
Pitch Dynaflow* that gives double-action
take-off and instant acceleration right in the
driving range? along with a thrifty boost in
gas-saving mileage. Yet, when you do floor
the pedal to switch the pitch ? you get an
extra abundance of safety-surge power to
pull out of tight spots on the highway.
You'll hear about a new "sweetness" of ride
made even more buoyant by deep-oil cush
ioning and a|l-coil springing ? and about a
new ease of handling and steering ? and a
new four-footed sureness when taking the
turns.
So what's left to bo told?
Except the news of brilliant new Buick styl
ing inside and out ? which you can see for
yourself. And the question, "How much?"?
which only you can answer.
For, you can go all the way from the
bedrock-priced Special ? to the high
stepping Century ? to the outstanding
Super ? and on to the custom-built
Roadmaster.
Why not come in ? right soon? Learn how
easy we'll make it for you to step into the
56 Buick circle ? without busting out of
your budget.
"New Advanced Variable Pitch Dynaflow is the only
Dynaflow lUiich builds today. It is standard un
Roadmaster, Super and Century? optiotud at modest
intra cost on the Special.
SEE JACKIE GlEASON TV Ever/ Solurdoy E.onlia
Macon Motor Company, Inc.
Palmer Street, West Franklin. N. C
Take it from Experience
-you younger folk
stick to JFG special -
y/te Mteaf