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Poultry Is Macon County's fop Income; Dairying Is Second (EDITOR'S NOTE: Reprinted below are excerpt* from County Agent T. B. Kan's annual report of agricultural activities here during 1956. In upcoming issue* of The Press, other subjects in the report will be covered. In eluding the progress of the Farm and Home Development Program.) Poultry enterprises In Macon County afford more Income to farmers than any other one thing. It also gives the small land owner or farmer a chance to earn a profitable living. In 1966 prices were not as good as In 1955 for hatching eggs. However, the farmers who have been In the business for several years and who have followed good management practices were able to realise a good net profit for their labor. Some of these farmers have reported net Incomes of three and four dollars per bird. Broilers Up There had been very little broiler production in Macon County until this year. During this year there will be a total production of some 500.000 broilers < :ie county. Most of these birds e being raised on a percentage basis, with the farmer furnishing houses, equip ment, and labor and receiving a certain amount per pound for his share. The farmers are not getting rich on this basis but are getting CATALOG FOR 1957 YOUR GUIDE TO GOOD GROWING Wood's spring seed catalog abounds in helpful planting hints! Gives complete descriptions of our quality vegetable, flower and field seeds ? plus a complete line of insecticides, fungicides, pet and garden supplies. WRITE-tODAY! T. W. WOOD & SON S iRICHMOND, VA. StEOSMtN SINCt IIH fairly good wages for their labor. Give Assistance Extension personnel assisted poultrymen with their problems In feeding, management, housing, parasites and disease, and market ing through meetings, newspaper articles, letters, and personal con tact. Our program projection plann- 1 ing group feels the poultry in- ' dustry should be expanded in 10 years from now to the point where j It will be close to a $3.000.000 . income for the farmers. A poultry planning meeting of ' specialist, extension workers, and poultry leaders was held in Janu ary to do concentrated work on this phase. Fifty-one 4-H members enrolled in poultry projects in 1956 and thirty-two reported completions in volving 2,050 birds. A poultry dem onstration team entered the dis trict contest and won first place. They did not enter the state con test due to the illness of one of the team members. Dairying Second Dairy production in Macon County continues to be one of | the best sources of income from the farm, second only to poultry. ' There is a total of 40 grade "A" j producers in the county and in 1956 they produced and sold more than 6.000.000 pounds of milk. Concentration of work by ex tension agents this year was on the production and consumption of more roughage in the form of quality hay. pasture, and silage. Dairy farmers here are realizing that the feeding of high protein roughage in large quanities pro duced on their farms, cuts costs of production considerably. This fact has been borne out in 1956 by the construction of additional hay barns, new and enlarged silos, seeding of new acres of alfalfa and Improved pasture. Increased production and acreage of corn for silage, and more supplemental grazing crops. Production Up Along witn feeding, our farmer* have been encouraged to and are increasing production per cow. This has been accomplished by stricter culling progrants of un productive cows, saving the best heifers for replacements in the herd, and an increase in the num ber of farmers doing D. H. I. A. testing and artificial breeding to proven bulls. The artificial in seminator reports that he is breed ing more coWs this year than ever before. Much work was done in produc ing and breeding heifers to fresh en for fall production base period, both to be added to the farmers own herd and for sale. Farmers have realized extra income from this enterprise, both locally, on the Florida market, and at the Enka artificial sale held in Aug ust. Seven heifers were entered In this sale and they averaged $259.92 per head. The top heifer brought $325. One dairy farmer who owned a beef herd, recently sold his herd and went to Wis consin and bought 44 unbred heifers. He plans to breed these heifers for disposal through the above sources. He believes he can make a good profit on his invest ment. Much work was done during the year in assisting farmers in the change over from can to bulk tank production. This change over entailed many problems, and many committee meetings, group meet ings, out-of-county trips to inspect tanks, planning for re-arrange ment of milk rooms, hauler prob lems, etc. Orders Placed After several months of this, orders have been placed for 30 bulk (arm tanks and two 1,500 galion truck delivery tanks. Some of the goals set up on dairying by the program project ion group last fall for the next 10 years were to increase pro duction per cow on dairy farms to 10,000 pounds, increase number of dairy farms to SO, more artifi cial breeding. Increase sale of artificial heifers, increase number of farmers doing D. H. I. A. to 25, increase gross income from milk to $500,000 and gross income per | cow to $625. It Is planned to work out these plans in cooperation with exten | sion agents, specialists, and a dairy commodity group this spring. 4-H Interest 4-H club members are naturally interested in dairying, because it is one of the major incomes in [agriculture. Then. too. there is an ! active dairy calf chain sponsored by local business men which furn ishes three to four purebred dairy | heifers each year for club mem bers.. This is a great incentive to them. This year 57 club members enrolled In dairy projects and 40 reported completions involving 72 animals. These youngsters exhibit ed 30 excellent animals at the Macon County Fair. Stream Flow Down For Eighth Month; Tennessee Near Normal For the eighth consecutive j month, below-normal flows were j recorded for mountain streams in December, with the Little Ten nessee River down three per cent, This information comes from the N. C. Board of Water Com missioners, which Issues a monthly report of water' conditions, basec: on data from the U. S. Geological Survey. Rainfall in the western portion of North Carolina averaged 3 2 inches for the last month of 1956, approximately one-half inch below normal. Increases in stream flow were noted in the Eastern Piedmont and Coastal Plain areas. 4<^U 1?an* on at#4**' " low for It's low. _ MORE than looks -r^9tG r^<>r clown the sidesway. How it -and-sure-footed steadiness of the road. That's because these sweet-handling, sweet-riding beauties give you the lowest center of gravity in As you can plainly see, the gorgeous new 1957 1\- Buicks are low? low to match the sleek silhou ette of their modern sports-ear styling? Lower than any Buick in history? by as much as nearly four inches ? and, mind you, with more interior room and without sacrificing an inch in road clearance. But you'll soon learn that this sleek new lowness does more than add beauty to the Buick look. It brings new greatness to the Buick ride. First time you twist round a corner or snake into an "S" curve, you'll learn how this new Buick's new lowness tames the turns. IIow it snugs the car to duilk uniiais? oorn or a Driinantiy engineered new chassis that "nests" your ride low and steady as you go. But the core of this new Buick's story is the action you get. You get action that stems from the instant response of an adv anced new Variable Pitch Dynaflow* so able and obedient and full-range in "Drive," even without a switch of the pitch, that the need for "Low" is virtually eliminated. And it's action that's sparked by a brilliant new 364-cubic-inch V8 engine, of record-high horsepower and compression, and of almost com plete freedom from vibration. sssfl ? ? ? ,s> m Only car In the world with Variable Pitch Dynaflow! Ss^l \ ? I AMux ? /lifyBuiaifafc ??$&$> -Afasfa-f ?o simple device that's a great boon to your safety. You merely preset the miles-per-hour you want. When you reach that pace, a warning buzzer sounds. Drop below that pace and the buzzer stops. jStandard on Roadmaster, optional at ex'ro cost on other Scries. B-jick Super 4-Door Riviera So come in to see and sample all that's new in these newest Buicks yet ?all that's new in styling? new in ride and handling? new in power and performance? new in roominess, safety, luxury and fun. Do that? before another sun sets! *New Advanced Variable Pitch Dynaflow is the only Dynaflow Buick builds today. It is standard on Roadmaster, Stiver and Centura? mitintuil at mtulevt oWm /v??# />?? #/?? Big Thrill's Buick l0* * j a0)*y S FECIAL. -JEVTt/HV ? S</P?R ? ROADMASTCR WHEN ?CTTC* AUTOMOBILES AXE BUIIT BUICK WIU MIILD THEM Macon Motor Company, Inc. WVUm ItoMft. Wwt OmJw SM r PrmnkV N. C Thomas' 'Seven Wonders' Book Among New Arrivals At Franklin Library The story of ancient wonders filled a famous explorer with a desire to go on a world-wide search for present-day marvels. The re sult Is Lowell Thomas' book, "8even Wonders of the World", which Is among some 40 new volumes received last week at the Franklin Library. Another book, likely to Interest many local people Is "Bears in My Kitchen". Written by Margaret Merrill, it is the true story of a city girl who marries a U. S. forest ranger and details the couple's experiences. Other non-fiction works put on the shelves: "The Lycian Shore", by Freya Stark; "Washington Is Wonderful", Dorothea Jones; "The Home Ranch", Ralph Moody; "The Trouble with Oumballs", James Nelson; "Nature's Guardi ans", Harry Edward Neal; and "Last of the Great Outlaws". Homer Croy. New Fiction Received Fictional works are "The War rior", Frank G. Slaughter; "The Linden Affair", Maltha Albrand; "The Real Thing". Rosamond Du Jardin; "Clean Up Hitter", Dick Friendlich; "Small Pond", Ada Goepp; "A Dance in the Sun", Dan Jacobson. "The Empty Next", Josephine Lawrence; . "Summer Shock" Rhorne Lee; "One Small Candle", Mary Linehan Mackinnon; "The Living Lotus", Ethel Mannin; "Island Exile". Jean Nielson; "Girl in a Hurry',, Viola Rowe; 'A Call Road Work Here Totals 2.8 Miles During December Highway work in this county during December totaled 2.8 miles. accordiHg to a report from the office of 14th Division Commiss ioner Harry E. Buchanan. Watauga Road, for 0.7 mile, and Sam Corn Road, for one mile, had their existing surfaces strengthened with traffic-bound macadam by state maintenance forces. County-wide, spot patching with traffic-bound macadam was done for 1.1 miles. A total of 24.52 miles of im provements were done over the whole division during the month, the report said. 666 ...FIGHTS MX COtM SYMPTOMS AT ONC HMC_ IN LESS TWUI rrs TV* PPOV/SN COLDS MK^C?Nt for Dr. Barton", Elizabeth Selfert. "Off the Beam". James L. Sum mer*. "Jericho's Daughter", Paul I. Wellman . "Young Squire Mar gan", Manly Wade Wellman; and "Captain Rebel", Prank Yerby New Javenile Books In children's non-fiction, the fol lowing books were received: "The Pint Book of Trains", Russell Hamilton; "Glooskap's County and other Indian Tales", Cyrus Macmlllan; "Odysseus the Wan derer", Audrey Delincourt; "Progs and Polliwogs" Coroth Chllds; "Penguins", Louis Darling; "The Oypsles' Piddle and Other Tales". M. A. Jagendorf; "Nature Qames and Activities", Sylvia Cassell; Children's Catalog". Marlon L. McConnell. Juvenile fiction works are "That Jones Girl". Elizabeth Hamilton Prlermood; "Out of the Wilder ness". Virginia Eifert; "Stars for Cristy Mable". Leigh Hunt; "En chanted August", Oenore Olen Offord; "Black Pox of Lome", Marguerite De Angeli; "The Wide Horizon", Loula Grace Erdtnan. "Desert Dog". Jim Kjelgaard: I "The Pinto Deer..' Keith Rober son; "Something for Now. Some thing for Later", Marian Schlein; "Mr. Pynnymoon's Train". Alice Hadsell; "Little Kitten, Big World". 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