GREAT CROPS GROWN
IN OLD NORTH STATE
.GENERAL SITUATION: Viewed
_ collectively or individually, the crops
V in North Carolina this year promise
t ?> average unusually well in produc
tion. ? Prices are fairly satisfactory.
Thus we find the 1927 season clos
ing- with a good agricultural^ year
for one of the most diversified crop
producing, state of the union. The
tew crops that are making yields be
low; the average are cotton, apples,
' and most frifits. While the wheat
crop was low in comparison with the
three previous years, this year's har
vest is fullv equal to the ten-year
average. The gross value of crops
will probably be ahead of last year.
7CORN: With a yield of 22.5
bushels per acre anil a production of
52,380,000 bushels. North Carolina
has the best crop for many years
with the exception of 1923 when the
yield was the same. The price av
erages fairly good, although very
little of the crop is sold off of the
farms in this state.
Of the total crop, 86 percent is
reported to bo of merchantable qual
ity. which is above the usual. It
will be remembered that last year's
crop was good also and this has re
sulted in a large percent of last
year's crop now remaining on farms
where grown, as indicated by 5.5 per
cent reported by 500 farmers. Sil
age corn also seems to have boen
(jood this year as over 6 tons per
acre were reported. About 1 per
cent of the total acreage of corn is
used for silage. This is quite in
?contrast to some of the Middle West
ern States where about half of the
acreage goes into silage.
In addition to the silage, about 95
percent of the crop is grown for
the grain and 4 percent is reported
as being primarily for forage ? that
is, cut for feeding, grazing or hog
ging.
No small factor in the State's
corn crop is the fodder harvested.
Probably 85 percent of the total
acv"age either has the tops cut or
the leaves stripped in the form of
lent fodder. The tops will average
?about GOO to 700 pounds per acre,
?while the leaf fodder will average
about 400 pounds. When we think
of the various ways of harvesting
corn, it is found to be a more valu
able crop than the average person
realizes. There is the green forage,
stover, field forage with soy beans
and velvet beans, etc.
SWEET POTATOES: With a yield
of 113 bushels per acre and 9,718,
?000 bushels of sweet potatoes, North
Carolina shows a decided increase
over the five-year average and over
25 percent more than last year's pro
duction. The quality is also extra
good.
Growing conditions have been al
most ideal throughout the season,
following an unfavorable planting
period. The farmers will be faced
with a big problem in marketing.
This is a year that it will pay to
carefully cure, house and ' hold
sweet potatoes. In food value, the
sweet potato is considered to be su
perior to Irish potatoes. The public
should feel fortunate that so valu
able a crop is plentiful and can be
WHAT GOES TO MAKE
GOOD FEED GOOD
'1 iio protein content of purchased
I'oi.-d-. is griiviall}' a good barometer (
?o( the price tag on the sacks, says
he research department of the Na- 1
. ional Association of Farm Equip- 1
.nent .Manufacturers. The reason is
i hat protein is essential in the rat- '
ons of all classes of farm livestock.
\ recent study of rations used on
arms disclosed that the poor quality j
haracterized by low protein con- 1
lit, rather , than insufficient quan- 1
ity was responsible for low pro
duction of milk and gains in weight.
I'll ? feeders and dairymen's prob
em is then to obtain the necessary
protein in the cheapest manner,
ays the research department. This
?an be done by raising the necessary
"Veds at home and preparing them
>n the farm by means of a grinder
>r roughage mill.
More legume crops such as clover
;nd alfalfa will provide an ideal
ource of protein, while grinding
cornstalks with whole corn and leg
ume hay will greatly increase the
value of cornstalks over the common
method of grazing down the stalks
or feeding them as corn fodder. The
planting of soybeans in corn can
become an important source of pro
tein for dairy cows and other ani- |
mals in the Cornbelt area.
secured at such reasonable prices.
While other States in the South do
not show as great an increase, yet
their production this year is more
than the usual.
TOBACCO: If North Carolina
has produced 437,488,000 pounds of
tobacco estimated by the government .
for this year, this will be . the rec
ord year in the State's history of to- '
bacco grown. The nearest approach
was in 1920 with 433,750,000 pounds '
averaging 25c a pound. That price
was so unsatisfactory that the fol
lowing year's crop was reduced 42
oercent. The warehouse sales show:
that about 55 percent was auctioned
'o November 1st as compared with '
51 percent a year ago. The Septem- ,
ber prices averaged about 18c a
oound as compared with 25c twelve
months before. Whether it was the ,
general complaints by farmers or
some other cause, the October sales
will show an appreciable improve
ment over the September sales
prices.
The tobacco acerage was increased
about 13 percent in North Carolina
fhis year and the prospective pro- j
Suction appears to the crop report- 1
rs 15 percent greater. The yield ;
:s estimated at 692 pounds per acre '
as compared with 660 last year. The i
rrowing and harvesting weather con- |
ditions were more favorable than j
usual. This resulted in good color ,
and fair body or quality. The 244 (
warehousemen operating in North '
Carolina think that tobacco farmers
were getting a raw deal, whatever
.he cause.
Meanwhile, this week's reports
from over the state, whose crop this
year threatens to double the produc- [
cion of Kentucky, the long recog- '
nized premier tobacco state, pushed
down a notch by Tar Heel produc
tion showed record sales and prices :
on the markets.
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N01 ICE
MR. H. O. CARNES
Better known as
OTHO CARNES
and recognized as one of the best Barbers
ever working Brevard, is
NOW AT THE POPULAR PLACE
Called
Ward's Barber Shop j
His Friends Urged to Visit Hime Here. f
4*
GARNER IN CHARGE
OF SODA SHOPPE
Mr. ami Mrs. 15. II. Garner, for
merly of Wiliston, Kla., are opening
this week the Garner's Drink Shoppe
in the Tinsley building, in the former
loealion of the T & F Soda Shoppe.
Mr. Garner states that he is putting
in new lines and expects to make |
of the drink emporium a first class 1 1
refreshment center. Mr. and Mrs.il
Garner are at present making their 1
home at the Pierce-Moore. j i
"SO DUl-L A BOV
Johnny and Mary are just slow,
teacher says. They seem to In' he
hind the neighbors' children in ev
erything. And William is so dull a
boy."
The mother is talking to tnc
father. Not a very favorable report
on the three children? Oh, well, it
could be worse.
Dr. Catherine Cox of Cincinnati,
seeking to find the precious stutT of
which geniuses are made, for four
years studied the lives of 300 famou3
men. She found that as children
many great men had been reported
dull." She says:
"The poet Goldsmith's teacher said
of him, 'There never was so dull a
boy.' It was recently stated that
Daniel Webster was also slow as a
boy. Now, let's look at the real
facts: Goldsmith had shown signs of
genius at an age when he could
searcelv write, and he was disting
uished for his verse before he was
10 years old. Webster was poorly
prepared in Latin and Greek when,
at 15. he started to Dartmouth col
lege; but this merely indicated that
he had had poor schooling.
"I found all through my investi
gation that poor schooling, and poor
home training, where they occurred,
were undoubtedly a handicap to these
genuises. In some cases, too, it
seemed as though chance opportuni
ties had played a major part in their
success; The impressive thing, how
ever, was that these boys and girls
took advantage of whatever oppor
tunities occurred.
"Some parents have tried to force
their children into a special pattern,
but there is a limit to their success.
Karl Weber's father tried desperate
ly to make him a second Mozart,
who at the age of five was being ex
hibited as a concert pianist all over
Europe. When little Karl was liine ( _
the father gave up the experiment. ; e
What happened? Some years later)
the boy, this time of his own ac- -
cord, went back to music, and at 18
was a distinguished composei-.
"Parents should hold up models
and heroes before their children but
should not try to make them into
cheap imitations. The great thing
is to bring out the individuality of , ,
each child." -- j 1
In a talk to the Daytona Beach
Rotary club yesterday the Rev. Watt
Lewis" emphasized the importance of . f
teaching boys thrift, industry and h
the habit of assuming responsibility, a
If a father Svill do this and maintain j
a kindly, companionable interest in ;
his son" without trying to dictate the |
boy's career, the chances are the boy
will find himself and that whatever
of greatness and genius there is in
him will come out to far better ad
vantage than though an arbitrary
policy is adopted.
Terraces check erosion, improve
drainage and help store up moisture
in the land for next season's crops.
Many a man who calls himself
conservative is only a coward.
It is not difficult for a young man
to earn a good living if he has a
rich dad.
Two is company ? until they be
come one, then it seems more like a
crowd.
Luck is the trump card played by
a fool.
A high class educator in youi"
home, telling your whi le family ALL
the news of the world every day?
onlv $4.00 during "Bargain Days,
Dec. 1-15, for The Asheville Times
(evening or morning edition), daily
and Sunday by mail, a Full year
$4.00 (saving 83.00). Your boys
and girls will stay home and read
the paper, growing into respected,
intelligent, prosperous citizens while
others romp and roam ? unfit, un
certain wanderers.
Adv.
A Real Thanksgiving
Gift-A RADIO
rI he measure of entertainment that
will come to yourself and your family
from an Atwater Kent Radio is so
great that we would not try to meas
ure it. We would like to install one <>n
trial ? no obligation to you.
THROUGH SERVICE WE GROW
CALVERT SCHOOL "
HONOR ROLL
Proninry honor roll for the fourth
nonth of school at Calvert, is as
'ollows:
First tirade ? 1 Hurtrain Cassvll,
iarl Gillespie, Karl Gallon, Iti-uce
A'hitmire, tiultl Mao Morris.
Second tirade ? Roy Brown, Al
'erd Gillespie. St a ley Morris, Sam
hlcCullough, Jr., Bill Owen, Hovie
tVaJilrop, Orn >la- Gillespie, Julia
Jordan, Ann ice Whitmire, Caroline
Jarren.
Third Grade ? Frank McCall, Jr.,
,amar W'hitniire, Millie Allison,
Jara Helen linker, Margaret tila/.
'lier, Mary Morgan, Mae Owen,
?'ranees Quinn.
Mamie Hayes, Teacher. .
:ases in federal !
COURT POSTPONED!
Transylvania cases, which were j
cheduled to be tried November 18
nd 19, in Federal court convening
n Asheville, have been postponed
intil Monday of next week, on ac
ount of the Thanksgiving holidays.
1EEF CATTLE AND DAIRIES
OFFER PROFITS TO FARMER I
SOUTHERN FIELD ADVISES j
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 22. ? The Sou
hern Field, New Series, No. 16,
ust issued by Southern Railway
System Development Service is dc
oted to telling about the opportuni
ies in the South for profitable pro- j
uction of live stock.
On account of increasing consump
ion and a decrease of more than 11,
00,000 beef cattle in the United
tates since 1920, there is a short
ge of beef and prices are high, in
uring profits for the farmer pro
ucing beef cattle.
Increasing consumption of milk
nd other dairy products in growing
outhern cities and industrial towns
nd the location of milk condensing
nd cheese making plants in the
iouth make it profitable for every
outhern farmer to ^fcep a few cows
nd sell milk or cream.
Pork and poultry can be produced
lore economically in the South than
l other parts of the United States,
nd fit well with cows in the Cow,
log and Hen Programme of South
rn Farming.
Southern climatic conditions are
articularly favorable to the produc
ion of spring lambs and the keep
ig of sheep primarily for spring
imbs, with wool as a by-product, is
ecoming a more important feature
f farming in the cotton belt states.
Articles on all of these opportuni
ies are contained in this issue of
'he Southern Field.
Tom Tarheel says he gives thanks I
or good crop yields, for plenty of |
ome grown food and for the health |
nd happiness of his family.
Thanksgiving
Comes On
THURSDAY
This } ear
So does Wallace, one of the Four Great
Magicians in this country.
Make your Holiday a Perfect Day By
Seeing Him
at
Brevard Institute
Thursday, Nov. 24th
8:00 P. M.
See News Story Elsewhere in this paper.
Your Money back if you can tell how he
does it.
Benefit Athletic Association
All Students and Children of the City 25c
Adults . . v . 35c
Tickets on Sale at all Drug Stores
Wanted
TO MAKE 500 NEW FRIENDS IN BREVARD
Saturday, Nov. 26th
The Drink place known as the T & F Soda Shoppe, has
been closed for a few days, to be restocked and recon
ditioned.
It will open Saturday morning under new management,
fully stocked and equipped to take care of your every
want in the drink line, Hot or Cold, also a line of Sand
wiches.
It will be a pleasure to us for you to come in Saturday
if only to say good morning.
You will find our Service REAL and Rendered with
a smile.
FORMERLY T & F SODA SHOPPE