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PAGE TWO THE FRANKLIN PRESS, FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 13.13 "CIVILIZATION BEGINS AND ENDS WITH THE PLOW" THINGS TO PLAN TO THROUGHOUT COMING YEAR The Farmer' Day at the test farm at Swannanoa on May 17, 1928. Poultry loading depot with facili ties for grading eggs, An annual poultry show. , Monthly livestock sales. ' Farmers' own line of delivery trucks. , Purebred sires and seeds. . Guernsey cattle association. . ' A semi-annual seed exchange day. ' A Harvest Carnival one day of the bread and butter show. ." Just About the Farm We "arc n7Ivi Making ii i Ts. car- lot shipmcntof hos. All those who have hogs airtf wish to sell , them, or list them, please do so at once. We have a few tons of limestone left. ' First come first served. The next poultry sale will be held Totrpnl-thr-yth-at-the-car-in-rrank -lin,-and-tm April- 10th at -Otto . PASTURE No country will 'be what it should Up without unstnre. There are several kinds of pastures, viz : "Temporary Pasture," '-Rotation Pasture," "Winter .. . 1 I 1 rasture ana l'ermancni rasiure. . None of these nastures do any goot on poor, washed out land. On good land the following mixture has been found the best for mountain pastures : ... 24 lbs. Kentucky Uluc drass 10 lbs Orchard Grass. 5 lbs. Alsikc Clover 3 lbs. Timothy 2 lbs. Tall Meadow Grass 1 lh While Dutch Clover This gives 38 lbs. in all, and when sown properly on good soil, is. goo for 100 years. i. .... into the jingle- of coin, to the tune f-43,110 ; AndTt ".Tk sTH ""docs- look-1 ike-H hat the said old hen and her off-spring deserves better treatment than they are getting at the hands of their masters. It is not fair to her or yourself either, for that matter to ex pect her to roost in a tree or an old shed and scratch for her -own living and then come home with the tax money. .. - You have the plans of a practical comon-sense poultry house at my of- fice for the asking. MARKETING liiini- vrrv . definite has to be ' done- in regard to this marketing business, or else wc must step asmc and watch the game being played with out us. What will you? Cannot -some good man think out a plan for this and help us put it over? . . - . TOURISTS - Again attention. is called-. to tlu fact that there is many a. nice cove or knoll on the farm? of our county " which a little rustic cabin might be erected and leased at a nominal charge to tourists,, thereby bringing a market for produce right V y"'-r loor. ' 1 t Then the other, and perhaps more valuable thing about this, the con tacts and often lasting friendships ' formed with people in other walks of life. Any. one having such a place to rent ' and who wishes to get m toucn wun prospective tenants may hand their names to the county agent and he will iret them placed in the proper nanus SPRING WORK Ttip wisp man will keep ever ir 1i is mind the fact that all his work Ws not have to be done in one day one week or one year, and will give a fair amount of time and thought to planning and not wear out his whole soul and body clod-hopping from daylight to dark every nay. liArON COUNTY The 1 Land of Super-Farmers Who Think. Lyles Harris, County Agent. ; TO THE FARMERS OF MAGON COUNTY It has been my. privilege to visit your county three times and have always observed progress being made every time. The first time it was hard to find a bunch of Kentucky Blue grass for the purpose of showing what was necessary to the making of a good pisture sod, and the farmers generally would argue that Blue grass would 'not grow in Macon county. I find now that there are many good pas tures. Blue grass is '"growing every where, and the farmer is recognizing KEEP YOUR FARM AND fT WIlfL KEEP YOU AND YOURS 17IIAT FAffi ACCOUNTING HEM 1 THE .QAIMGEfM OF Apfj Successful Farmer Tells How Pencil Helped Guide His Operations and Swell His Income An Aid to Better Credit Shows Profits arid -" . its THE owner and operator of one of the most successful diry farms in Wisconsin prepared recently for the Agricultural Commission of the American Bankers Association a first hand statement of the part farm accounting has played in the management of his enterprise. This operator, W. J Dougan, tells the following story : . . , "When I started farming 1 began keeping a simple, cash account, but soon found that it was not sufficient accounting for 'arm purposes. Such a record did not 'j- '.ake into consideration the vital fac tors of improvements, growth of live stock or depreciation. "Since 1910 I have kept a complete account on the accrual basis. The accounts, however, are no more than iny farmer can easily keep. The out standing benefits fronu keeping such accounts might be listed as follows: The Way It Works "1. Income tax reports made easier. Accurate and dependable income tax reports can be made from the yearly accounts. By keeping-them on file I am always ready to satisfy the tax inspectors. "2. Accounting makes possible a budget system. With the accumulat ed data of the past years, I can make out the budget for the coming year. The Income being fairly 6table, the. budget problem is to adjust the ex penditures. If. one branch of the busi ness will need extraordinary expendi ture such as new machinery, there must be a cut in some other branchi i such as buildin & or livestock pur - for credit. Especially has accounting men n t for me larger credit and happy relations with my banker. With a SUGGESTED FARM CREDIT STATEMENT (Adapted from blank used by Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago) One Of The First Important Factors In Farm Accounting Name '' HuiinMi - Oat of Strttempnt'"" Amu Ll.bllUU Cobh os Band and in Banx. . . i Vkmid Statm Kiciitii , ' Other Pauuli StociiTim. ArrovMd Da Ml.... . . Ciiaik, Feed and Fakm pBODiirn. ., . ., (Itemized ik Schedi ix Eeu) LlVUTOCK (iTEUIttD IN SCHEDCU BtU) ) . . . : Loa.v Dce Mi, One Ycak oh Lew Mattbitt. Othir Quick Atom. : Toll Quick aikIi Farm Implements and Tools Mac HiNinv, vii. TRnESKins, Balihb, Tiiactors, ETC. Automobile and Trvks. Fa.-ui Land (Itemized in Schedile Di:luv) (iMFROVr.MENTd VntVtO AT $ ). Cm' akd Town Pbopertv ; (Itemized in Schedl-ix Below). Mortcaoes on Ioanii Die AniK One Vear.', . Investments or Other Assets (Itemized Fullv) Totals LIVE . . .Stallions t. Dairy Bulls . . . . .. Beef Bulls I.... ...Boars t. . . . I. . Rsma : S. . . . j. . .Chiicn. 1. ... .; Horses I.. Milk Cows .$.... ...Beef Cows I.. Brood Sows I... . ...Eww 1... ...Turkeys ...Mutes I.... ...Heifers t 8tMM $.. Pigs $ : . .'Wcthera ., Offer fail t .. Colto t.:,. .. Calrta t,,. ...FessViB t.... ...8toeliHot t .... , Lamb. I..,. . . .Bns '..',..- Crowing Crap ..AcresCom. Acres Qata. . .. .Bu. Corn I. . . .Ba Oats AorasWbrat, Acres Lstumes. ....Bu. Wheat ill , TonsHay ... Acres Orchard Acres Other Hay .' ... .Purchased Feeds. flEDUIX OF Description Civiaf County and ftale Improved or Unimproved Title in Name of 1 Lint. . . .,.... ..... . . . Liability as L'ruwniui, etc.. .Auu mosi. . . . . , ----- Fiu lKfUBanci on Chain ...........$....... the. fact, which is the first step to better pastures.; . l I also observe a little creamery! down by the side of the road, which is another evidence of progress. The , tounciation was just Deing tatd the last i time I was in Macon county. V - Losses. , 1 1 ';- ' complete financial statement before him the banker can intelligently deter mine what credit I should have. With a full knowledgj of the farm profits in the past, I know what credit 'l should accept. No farmer or business man should accept- credit- from his bankunless he Is" able to " put" the money into productive Investment, and his margin of profit assures the ability to repay the loan within a reasonable time. .' "For the farm this reasonable time cannot be three or six months. The farm turnover Is too slow for that. A helpful and just period of farm credit for working capital must be from one to four years. "There is another benefit from ac countingthe benefit of knowing whether one Is going up or down. By extra sales one might be flush of money and buy heavily, thinking he is coming out ahead, but' in reality he is sacrificing the future. On the other hand, one might feel pinched, and 1 have little money to spend, but iu sion has suggested the following- form of fcrm . credit statement, Indicating the records necessary to be kept: Address I Owi the Following Banks: .Bank Sectrid r. , ..Bank Secured bt. . . i Notes Payable to Relatives ' Secored ry , Notes Payable to Otheits. .'. .' Secured sr Accounts Payable ; Interest and Taxes Due Within One Yeai Cash IUkt Due ok;...;... ;.. .. . .. ToUl Current Liabilities . . . ReaV Estate Mortcaccs (I'iimt).'. . . Deal Estate Mortgages (Junior). ToUl Liabilities Ntt Worth... Totals ' STOCK Crain and Farm Products on Hand REAL ESTATE No. of Acres or Lots Kate of Present Value Amount of Interest on Mortgafcs M engage- ' Liu.- Incumbrance . At a Kintal or . . Canu its Achx oi Ckot rcR Vear Fike Insurance vi Biiloincj. Lirt 1: si RANcK . -While you have made progress along - many lines; you have a long way to go before you reach perfection. You still have rundown lands which should be rebuilt and set to valuable Pasture sod, what you need is to see all the steep hills ,and mountain' sides that The farm pages of The Press are edited by the county agent in col laboration with the editor. are cleared, made green witli valuable pasturee. grasses, and see-these fields dotted with fine purebred dairy and beef cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry. The farmers of ' Macon county are satisfieed with too little, and too poor pastures. Your pastures should be so thick you cannot part the grass and sec the ground anywhere. Now don't fool yourselves into believing you have good pastures, until they are something like that. There are two sowing seaesohs; the spring time when all v natures is burst ing into new, life, and in early fall. The. spring time is prefered by most farmers. Wc have a farmer in Polk county who says that any day in the year except Sunday is a good time to sow grass seed. 1 his is true pro ided you will take his 'advice and nllow his instructions. Here is the way he does thet thing: He makes a good seed bed, by plowing and. har rowing to make the soil fine ;. he rolls with land roller to firm the soil, then sows -the seed and covers liglthy with dairy-barn manure-after-applying lime when first plowed. This farmer sows ii . r .t I 1 any ami an umes wneyearnu -u upwar( tf Ctvt-in-thc-demaml -for -never failed to obtain a good stand, and doubtless anv farmer any whcre!u1, l in North Carolina would bet the same results provided he will follow his method. Now Mr. Farmer of Macon county! If you have the ambition and pride to make your county, the richest and best of all the counties of the old North State there arc a few things you must do. Frist:, Build up your poor run down waste lands, make them rich by growing legume crops like the clovers, alfalfa, etc. To do this you may have to use more lime and acid phosphate than you have in the past. Second: When you rebuild your lands, put them in first class sod crops for permanent pas tures so they will not run down acain cYttlslVeep, j)Tgs "and poultry," and grow rotation crops on your 6vn t-farms-awl build -silos-and4eccl4hrough thcAviincrourIiYestocktiee(l grown on your own farm; save all the manure and return it to the land wisely, with commercial fertilizers and ere long you will be; if not the richest county in the state, you will be along in company with those which are the richest. ( Any farmer however poor can do what is outlined in this article. -.All that is necessary is to catch the vis ion, instead of looking out on old sedge grass fields with gullies and scrub livestock browsing on them ; look out tin your imigination and see them clothed in beautiful green, with fine purebred livestock grazing and quietly lying by your beautiful clear streams -chewing their cud as they work for you there is no earthly need for any man to be only a half way man, when he can stand straight Up and be a complete whole man. Respectfully t J. R. SAMS, County Agent At Large. The Dairy Outlook for 1928 The dairv- industry, in line with the forecast last year, is in a -ver ivorai)ie posiuon. ine nuuiwn iu. 1928 and 1929 is encouraging. This forecast- is based on the following facts : 1. The. estimated number of yearl ings heifers 'kept for milk on farm January 1, .1928 was 4,1 75.(100; an in crease of 127,000 head or 3.1 per cent over. that of a year ago. This is not a marked increase. . 2. : The estimated number of heifer calves saved for milk shows an in crease of 217,000 head or 4.6 .per cent. This increase is small compared with the total number of cows on farms, which on January 1, was estimated at about 22,000,000 head. This increase will prboably not cause an increase of over 1 o- 2 per cent in the number of Cows kept for milk in 1930. 3. Milk production iri 1927 was but little higher than in 1926, but a larger proportion was devoted to the more valuable uses 4. During the summer of 1927, -increased production and reduced move ment into consumptive channels caused storage stocks of butter to reach 163,700,000 pounds on September 1, a record level, and stocks of condensed and evaporated milk to become heav ier than usual. Most of the extra accumulation of butter has now been worked into consumption w-ithout ma terial efect on price, however, and the stocks of concentrated milk have not affected markets unfavorably. Cheese stocks on January 1, on the contrary, were 12 per cent lower than a year ago, rejecting the reduced produc tion. ' 5. In addition to domestic produc tion dairy product equivalent to al most a billion pounds of milk were imported, in spite of the prevailing tariffs. 6. During recent years the total THINGS TO PLAN FOR RIGHT NOW i That cream check every two weeks.. . That cannery check every time you come to town. Fat hog sale in March. Poultry sale - on Monday, April 9th. Bread and ' Butter Show next fall. Encourage the 4-H Clubbers. . o Big Farmers' day next fall. , Local Curb Market. . . . Breed sows so that the pigs will go on the market in March, April, August and September, domestic consumption of fluid milk,' butter, cheese, ! and concentrated mill: lias been increasing, In 1927, however, there ; was apparently not the usual increase. ' 7. Present indications are thai business conditions will be on the up ward trend through 1928, with possibly a seasonal dip in mid-year. ' 8. There is apparently" a longtime" Importance of Trees Statesville, N. C, March 21. To All County Agents :- American Forest Week is to be ob served April 22 to 28 inclusive. The aim of the committee in . charge of this work is to reach as near, as possible every man, woman, and child in -the State of North Carolina, as well as the whole of the United States, with some thought about the preservation and use of American forests. We: would like to get before the people the following ideas: First, that trees are a-necessity to the welfare of man; second, that trees have "their value; nexr'"geiitratioii"'a''cr'ic-tMii;tiu-'i r. .r us for the trees that they will use. We want. ro. impress u pon the pe()j pie that it is the luty of every citi zen to protect lh.cwoods from "-fire" and other ruthless destruction, that the forests are placed here lor our use, not our abuse. Wc want to teach them that as wc are using trees today we want to grow trees for the future by good forest management and by tree planting. There are numerous ways in which you as county ' agents can be helpful in getting this message to the people. The method to be used will depend upon the county agent and the versa tility of the agent himself, but a few ways which might be used are: To discuss it at your club meeetings; make it the theme of your talk at your farmers' meetings, at least make an announcement; make an address at the high schools of the county; but probably your greatest effort could be put forth in getting others to. make talks such as members of your civic"; clubs, the editor of your paper, the mayor of your town, the cou ntysup er intend entrimncri pal s--T5f school s,.rncmbersoL: civic .organiza--i lions, etc. - Suppose you adopt as one of . your activities for the entire month of April to speak to at least two in dividual farmers each day about the care and management o.f his timber. That won't be much, yet the interest H will gradually spread as I am finding it on every hand, and your little bit " will be worth a great deal. Thanking you for your co-opecra-tion;, I am, Verv truly yours. R. W. Gracbcr, Extension F orester. TeUico Locals The Porter & Moody Lumber com pany seems to be working regardless of . the weather. They are sure cut-, ting some fine lumber. Mr. Carl Morgan is holding to his old hat. He is afraid some One will burn it, its a wife. He and Bculah DeHart were married last Saturday in Ashcville. We wish them 'a happy marnedtiter Mr. I. I). Cabe seems to be in the p.cid wood businejs. He has Mr. Noal CochraQan(GarMr-M organ -cutting for him. We are sorry to hear of Mrs. Jane Justice being sick. We wish her a. speedy recovery. Mr. Emery Justice's little girl has fever. 1 Mr. Vance DeHart has been hauling ties this last week. N. W. Garrett Here Mr N. W. Garrett, of WayncsvfflfT owner of the Sluder-Garrett Furniture company, was here last week. Mr. Garrett states that his business here, under the management of Mr. Mc Cracken, has been much better1 than he had anticipated. He is well pleased with Franklin as a location for his branch , store. i COUNTY
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