^Devoted to the interests
of Transylvania Farm
ers and their problems.
EDITED BY: C. M. Douglas,
under the supervision of J. A.
Giazener, -J. F. Corbin, and the
Farmers of this county.
Establishment of Game Preserve Being
Advocated for Transylvania County
Effort is being made by citizens of
the lower end of the county to form
? a corporation in which property
owners of that section would be joint
^jiwners and co-directors of a vast
Kame present > embracing several
* thousand acres, and from which, ac
cording to plans outlined, a magni
ficent incomc could be obtained
within a few y?*r?.
The proposed plan, which has ai
ready been o. k.'d by a large number
of the property owners, meets with
the approval of the State Depart
ment of -Conservation and Develop
ment, and will have the assistance of
this department in stocking the
streams and forests. T. G. Miller, of
Penrose, had two mefmbers of the
department to come here- last week
and meet with farmers and property
owners at Enon school house.
The proposed area for the preserve
covers that section of the county from
Blantyre to Davidson River, north and?
south, and from the Pisgah National
Forest boundary on the west to Jeter
mountain on the east. It will be nec
essary, ii. is pointed out by the
leaders in the plan, that the co
operation of all property owners be
had in the movement in order to(
secure the approval of the State
department. I
(By A'. L. Ponder)
Colonel J. W. Harrelson, director
of State Conservation, and C. H.
England, State Game Warden, were
secured by Mr. Miller of Penrose to
assist in setting up a game preserve
for this section. These State men met
with folks of the Penrose section last
Wednesday and very interestingly
answered and discussed questions of
preservation.
Mr. England, speaking first, told
how h game preserve could be es
tablished. Several landowners simply
get together and organize in a kind!
of corporation, with President, Vice-i
president and secretary. They pool I
their land, to be used as a public
hunting ground. They make certain
rules or regulations. Charge a fee of
$4.00 per day for each hunter,
landowners shoring profits fropi fees,
They rtgulate hunting seasons within
limits of State law. They may set
aside a section near 3,000 acres as a
breeding place for game, or sanctu
ary where no hunting is permitted
? for a year. This sancturary is closely
. protected against cats, dogs and
reckless hunters. A fine of $ 25.00 may
,be set for any man hunting with
fee not paid. A fee for each bird dog
or other dog would be charged.
1 Mr. England also recognized the
young folks present and presented
the value of insectiveneous and song
birds and urged the boys to know
such birds and not shoot or destroy
.them. He also pledged the support of
!th? State in any way to set up this
preserve in Transylvania county,
i Mr. Harrelson in a very pleasing
manner told of the great value of
preservation of forests and game. He
said that game preservation is in the
hands of land owners, that the State ;
organization only hejps. Other game
laws of the past have not considered
the land owners. Now fees arc
charged hunters and profits thus de-i
rived are shared by each land owner
in a ratio of acres owned in the
preserve. The State realizes nothing
beyond the usual fees from hunting
or fishing license.
Figures presented by Mr. Harrel
son are very interesting and should
be educational. North Carolina has
approximately 3,000,000 cats. Cats
and dogs destroy more game than'the
hunters, he said. Of these, 65 per
cent are stray eats, figuring 1,950,
000. Each cat destroys on an average
of 10 pieces of game or birds a year,
making 19,500,000 pieces of game.
Figured at 20 cents a pound this
totals near $4,000,000. North Carolina
loses $2,000,000 a year from destruc
tion of fur bearing animals. In 1931 j
we lost $4,781,049 from .forest fires. I
Forest fires destroy game as well as
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Let Your Figures Tell
Which Feed
to Use
W/E OFFER you Purina ^
Chows on iust one M
basis ? they must tr.zfo mere 111
is
money /or you than urty thing tg
eheyov cat} feed toycurpoul
try or lire stock. Ua: j Purina does this,
you don't v.act to bey it.
Put Purina to the test of the rccord sheet
and the scale ? right out on your own
place. Keep track of your feed cost ? of
your income ? of your profits. Purina may
ecst vou a little more in the sack ? but
tl . extra eggs, milk, pork or beef will more than offset thai. After
iX.} i^s the results in the pa:ketbock that you're interested in.
Whai I /tei to eai
tlvP tvnCt 60 days
will decide
Proper shelter and
proper feed prior to
farrowing time is the
only real
PIG
INSURANCE
PURINA CHOW as a
supplementary feed
will be the best "in
vestment you can
possibly make.
DROP BY and let us
tell you about the ad
vantages of correct
feeding for healthy
ptes. JiiSiii
(By J. F. CORBIN)
Since there is considerable interest
at this time as to where a farmer
should use lime or fertilizer or both
on his land this year when corn prices
are low I am going to give a 3 year
average results of fertilizer test run
in this County on corn two of which
were on Carl Allison's farm and last
year on J. Wade Dickson's farm.
None of thin land- either year had
been limed for a number of years.
One ton per acre of ground lime was
| FERTILIZER TESTS ARE INSTRUCTIVE
< applied to half of cach plo# each year
i the day th<: corn was planted. Figures
| below on liraed and unlimed are for
tajo years only while the average is
; for 3 years. All calculations are on
I acre bai;ist two plots out of 13 had no
? fertilizer at all and ere. assumed to;
'show what land will do without;
fertilizer, these yields arc subtracted I
J from '>ther plots to determine yield
due to use of fertilizer, fertilizer is
charged at car lot prices used last
year corn is valued at 50 cents per
bushel.
Plot Formula limed ? "tuned
2 yr.av. 2 yr.uv.
1 _ 10?0?3 39.8.... 39.8...
2 _ 10?3?0 38.6.... 42.5...
3 _ 0?3?3 36.3.... 42.6...
4 ? none 30.3 .... 35.5 . . .
5 _ 10?3?3 43.6. .. .47.4. . .
6 ? 10?3?3 43.2.... 45.5...
7 _ 10?6?3 45.2.... 47.9...
8 _ 15?3?3 44.9.... 45.7...
9 _ 10?3?6 48.6.... 43.8...
10 ? none 34.5. .. .28.9. . ,
11 _ 10 ? 3 ? 1 Vi 43 ....44.2...
12 ? 10?3?3 38.2 41.3...
13 ? 10?3?3 50.4 50.7...
A r. mcr. yield cost profit
3 yrs. due to fcrt. fe-rt. due fert
.40.3 8.8.... 2.87 1.53
.36.5 5 ....3.71 1.21
.40 8.5.... 2.90 1.35
. 29 9
!43!3 !!"" H.8*. : : .4.96: : : ; : : .94
.43.2 11.7.... 4.96 89
.45.8 14.3.... 6.61 60
.44.8 13.3.... 5.66 99
.47.9 16.4.... 5.70 2.50
.33
.51 19.5.... 4.22 5.53 "i
.46.3 14.8.... 2.48 4.92 ,
.52.9 21.4.... 6.61 4.09
400 lbs. per acre was used ov cnct,
plot unless otherwise stated, 10-3-3 is
the standard formula used and all
variations itom that.
One-half the nitrogen in plot'C
was used as side >2sser. .
Plot 7 has 6 per cent nitrogen in
stead of 3. Plot 8 has 15 per cent acid
instead of 10. Plot 9, 6 per cent pot- 1
ash instead of 3. Plot 12 used only
200 lbs. instead of 400. Plot 13 used
.000 lbs. ir.sted of four.
Many facts may be observed in this
test if enough time is devoted to
study, j
timber. By simple conservation, Mr. ;
Harrelson said, we can save in our
State 8100,000, C00. This amount
would pay our State indebtedness of
$40,000,000, run our schools on $48,
000,000 and our county governments
on $12,000,000. The loss by fire would ?
pay for protection for 22 years.
PUREBRED SIRE RING I
TO BE FORMED HERE!
Organization of a pure bred eirfj
"ring" is to be formed in Transyl- 1
vania county, according to plans of i
leaders of the 5-10 Farm Improvn- 1
ment program. The purpose of the I
group or ring is to bring pur? br?.d .
sirets into the county at a minimum
cost to the individual stock raisers by
pooling advance service charges,
which will be applied on the purchase
of the sires of desired breed to su'.t
the different, sections.
The plan is being sponsored by The
Asheville Citizen-Times, but is an
incorporation owned and operated by
the farmers subscribing to the plan.
Complete details as to benefits to be
derived from the "sire, ring" have not
been announced, but will be carried
in complete form on this page next
week.
ROSMANFARMERS
IN REGULAR MEET ;
Despite the cold weather, several j
farmers of the upper end of the t
county met at the Rosmsn Hiyh i
school building Tuesday night for j
their scheduled discussion of lespe-.
deza.
No definite arrangements have been
made as to the cooperative lime buy
ing association, it was reporter at
the meeting.
MUCHLBPEDEATO j
BE SOWN IN COUNTY
Order for over one thousand pounds
of Korean lespedeza has already been
placed by farmers of Transylvania
county, and it is believed that the J
amount will reash three thousand I
pounds, or enough to sow 160 acres
within the next few days. Farmers of I
Penrose section have signified their ,
intention of sowing a thousand j
pounds, the following fanners using]
amounts as follows:
L. F. Lyday, 100 lbs.; T. Edgar
Patton, 160 lbs.; C. F. Woodfin, 200
lbs.; Carl Talley, 100 lbs.; J. M. Cox,
100 lbs.; E. H. Jones, 100 lbs.; W. L.
Talley, 200 Ibe.; and W. M. Moore,
60 lbs.
^FARMERS' *1
EXCHANGE
On March 22 I will have space for
' Custom Hutching at three ($3.00)
per tray of 125 eggs. Let me know
at once if space is wanted. S. V.
! Gosnell, Little River section, Pisgah
.Forest, N. C.
FOR SALE? Pure strain Rhode Is
land Red eggs, Berrys strain? 60?
j-per setting- Mrs. Geo. M. Justus,
.Country Club Road, Brevard.
j FOR SALE? 76 or 100 bushels ol
line Irish potatoes, at 60c per bushel.
See James Chapman, Quebec section,
I.rV.-' Tdknway, Rfc-1.
It cost lots of money to run thin
test and should be used.
Some observations:
1. Average of this test does not
show a great need of lime.
2. An increase yield results in every
case from use of fertilizer.
oT A complete fertilizer gives high
est yield in every case.
4. Very little difference in need of j
the 3 plant foods.
5. In nearly every case the yield in- ,
croasrd in proportion to increase of J
fertilizer.
6. Fertilizer paid for Itself in el! i
cases except one and gave a profit for
its use even at 50 cents per bushel for
corn. [
7. Plot 13 used 600 lbs. of a com- 1
plete fertilizer and made the highest ;
yield of any plot and corn at $1.00
would give the most profit and camel
near doing so at 50 cents per bushel. J1
8. This test does indicate that wej1
should lime and leave fertilizer off. 1
Co-Operative Lime Buying Association
Has Been Formed in Penrose Section
Farmers of the Penrose and Little
River communities have formed a, co
operative lime association through
which lime for use on the. farm# of
'these twe communities will be pur
chased. Officers have been elected and
plans begun for erection of the
storage plant.
Plans now call for the erection of
a house at the Penrose 3taticn on
land donated to the association by
W. L. Talley, outstanding farmer
and business man of the county. The
house_to be erected will be 12x36 feet,
with cement floor, and built in secure
manner with the idea of testing for
yeara. The labor for erection will be
furnished by the farmers in the as
sociation, And the lumber and
materials to be used, including repair
on scales which are the property of
Mr. Talley has been estimated at a
maximum of $100.
Order has already been placed for
the bill of lumber with which to erect :
the building, and work will begin ,
within the next few days on actual j
construction. This ia part of the I
Western North Carolina Farm Im- i
provement or 5-10 Plan sponsored in!
Western North Carolina by The
Asheville Citizen-Times.
Part cf the money for Initial pay
ment for the house was raised at !
Enon school house Monday night,!
more at Penrose Tuesday night, and ?
it is expected that small payments by
farmers of the communities who will
share in the project will cover the
T"'cessary capital outlay. However,
there is to be no wanting on sufficient
funds to cover all costs of construc
tion, leaders in the movement having .
the optimistic feeling that the funds j
will be forthcoming as needed.
Officers of the association include:
President, E, H. Jones; secretary
treasurer, W. L. Talley; with Ralph
Wood'in, Harley Merrill, Martin ,
Shipman and Claude S'nuford as ex
ecutive committee. Prof. J. A
Ulazener is exofficio member of the
committee, and is taking an active
part in the leadership of the mov -
meat
; t It is pointed out that the c
' operative association will bo able to
j purchase ground limestone at mini
jmum price, the limestone to be ship
i ped to the association on consignment,
?teveral carloads being shipped, this
to be paid for as procured by the
'individual farmers, and when as much
as cne car has been sold, remittance
to'fce made to the supplying company,
who will forward another shipment,
keeping several car loads on hand at
all time.
Lime is to play an important part
; in the improvement of soils of . tho
county in the furthering of the 5-10
plan, and it was this need of lime in
| the county that brought about the
co-operative association. With the
i several communities of the lower end
of the county buying through the or,'.
| organization and having a central
; distribution point, it is believed by
leaders in the movement that more
lime will be used by the farmers in
the building up of the soils, whi^h
is one of the first steps advocated in
the plan of lowering production costs
here.
Stress is being laid on the point by
Prof. Glazener at the fanners meet
ings that lime is not to be used t<>
take the place of fertilizer; that it
will increase production in many in
stances on the first application, but
that a continued use of lime alone will
be detrimental to tho soil. Jests are
heing made by Mr. Glazener of soils
in the different communities showing
the relative need of lime or other *
fertilizers.
Caswell county farmers are asking
for government seed and fertilizer
loans in large numbers, according to
county agent.
Rockingham county tobacco grow
ers will reduce their acreage this
year and are planting fcdlter seed so
a3 to produce quality tobbaeco.
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GREENVILLE, S. C.
EXTENDS THE OUTSTRETCHED HAND OF HEARTY
WELCOME TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF
Transylvania County, N. C.
And invites you to come to Greenville? your nearest city-? your
Neighbor city*~as often as you can and stay as
long as you want to stay.
IT IS ONLY ONE HOUR FROM BREVARD TO GREENVILLE
Over That Fine Highway No. 284
Sponsoring this most cordial invitation to the people of Transyl
vania County are such institutions as
THE GREENVILLE NEWS
South Carolina's leading daily newspaper, carrying complete Associated Press re
ports, United Pres3 reports and, full coverage of local and State news. The Green
ville News is especially fond of Transylvania county people and admires and loves
the matchless beauty of mountain and stream.
Meyers-Arnold Company
Greenville's Greatest ?
South Carolina's Grandest
DEPARTMENT STORE
Belk-Simpson Company
Greenville's
Complete
DEPARTMENT STORE
Sullivan Hardware Company
Everything in Good Hardware
THE
GOWER ELECTRIC
SERVICE CO.
Mutual Insurance Agency
(incorporated)
J. M. ZACHARY, Mgr.
LEAGUE'S MUSIC HOUSE ,
225 N. Main St.
A COMPLETE MUSIC STORE
PIANOS ? RADIOS
J. O. Jones Company
outfitters to
MEN and BOYS
THE VOGUE
Known for Values
Ladies' and Children's Ready-to-Wear
. . . .Millinery Shoes
Only 1 Hour'* Drive from Brevard to
Efird's Department Store
Sells Everything for the Family to wear.
Newest Furnishings for the Home
And ALL Business Houses, Through The
Retail Merchants Bureau
\ ? ? of the ? ?
Greenville Chamber of Commerce
. BID YOU WELCOME