THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1323
THE FRANKLIN FRESS, FRANKLIN, N. C.
PACE TIIF.EI
4-H-'T0 MAKE THE BEST BETTER" 4-H
WHEN A MAN, FROM HIS HEART, SAYS, "I WILL," HE IS A SUCCESS ALREADY
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Few Remarks
That farming is looking up in Ma
con county is evidenced by many
things. '
Three purebred boar hogs have been
imported into the county in the last
six weeks.
Soy beans are being sown on every
provocation.
A whole raft of stuff is being
planted for the cannery.
The chicken sales are holding up
splendidly, keeping the average per
sale so far well over ten thousand
pounds.
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The creamery output is steadily
increasing.
Quite a few farmers are painting
and tidying up their homes.
Several have . laid down, new water
lines to their houses,
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One' man recently sold off all his
scrub cows and has two purebreds
in their . place, and . is getting more
profit from these two than he was
from his seven mongrels.
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One lady who ' had bad luck with
her baby chicks on her, first trial
last year, this year has raised ninety
per cent to the selling age. She sold
sixty fryers for $45.76.
And so it goes ort. Illustration
after illustration might be used, but
this is enough to show which way
the wind is blowing.
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Then we come into the 4-H club.
Four of these boys will put fat
hogs on the sale the first week in
June.
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A good many more have been cash
ing in regularly on chickens and eggs.
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Only two have thrown up the
sponge and quit, so far as we know.
CORN
I have examined lots of. fields of
corn and find all of it about three
times too thick for the best results.
Of course most of this will be thin
ned to some extent, but wc all leave
our corn entirely too thick in this
county.
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From five to seven thousand stalks
per acre is an ideal stand.
With seven thousand stalks grow
ing ears that will go a bushel to every
seventy we get a hundred bushels of
corn per acre. And a . hundred bush-,
els per acre is over five times the
average for the county. So a little
figuring right here ' would not be
amiss. i
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POULTRY
It does look like as hard as the
old hen is trying to do her bit that
she should be given a better .break
than she is getting in lots of cases.
No adequate roosting quarters, ho
regular balanced feed, no attention
paid to nesting facilities, is the rule
on far' too many farms in the very
good county of Macon. ; .
The above is not universally appli
cable by any means, because more
than a score of farmers have recently
obtained from the county agent's of
fice working drawings of brooder
houses and hen houses.
At the last chicken sale a dozen
people told me they were selling such
and such "a hen because she stole her
nest. What a self-incriminating state
ment that was in two ways. First,
the little old native wild hen is pre
eminently inclined to such practices.
And second, she could find no suit
able nest fixed for her by her owner.
FARM CREDIT
Elsewhere in this issue you will
notice a little about short term farm
loans. Next week you will se a little
more. Read all this carefully and
let's see if it is within the realm of
practical policy to make use of cheap
4": '
money through the Federal Intermedi
ate Credit Bank.
Macon county, the land of young
farmers who think (perhaps),
LYLES HARRIS Farm Agent.
Franklin, N. C, May 21, 1928.
Dear Club Member:
Hooray! School is out and we can
get down to work. Some few' of us
have had a little difficulty in getting
started owing to lots of reasons, but
that was to be expected. You know
Rome was not built in a day and 4-H
club work is bigger than Rome ever
had a chance to be. I am just
sending you this little communication
to kind of cheer you on and to con
gratulate you on what you have al
ready done, for under the circum
stances you have accomplished quite
a lot.
Now on the Fourth of July there
will be a big 4-H club parade and pic
nic in Franklin. Definite particulars
of these will be sent you about the
middle of June. '..-.
June of all the months in the year
is the most important for 4-H club
work. That is, the actual putting
into practice of all our plans and
ambitions, for it is in this month that
we have long bright sunny days for
our crops to grow in and good weath
er and plenty of pasture for our
stock to graze on. And it is the
time .when the greatest and most
economical increase in . agricultural
wealth takes place.
One or two- of our members have
made over twenty dollars already
this year. .
Wc arevcry anxious for every boy
and girl that has filled out a mem
bership card' to be in Franklin on the
Fourth of July to our picnic and
parade. We are going to have a great
time, and we want all our members
to meet and mingle with each other.
Will you be one to come and join
in the spirit of the occasion and help
us to have a good time ?
Another thing to remember is our
4-H club show next fall. What are
you going to have to exhibit at the
fair to compete for the prizes that
are to be offered?
There is also to be a hog sale for
the pig clubbers some time in Sep
tember or October. In fact there
are lots of things coming on and there
will be more and more as time goes
on.
Let me hear from you any time
you think that I can be of any serv
ice and remember that when you art
in town the County Farm Agent's
Office is open to you at all times.
Yours for the greatest of success,
LYLES HARRIS,
County Club Leader,
NEW PRIZE OFFERS POSTED
TO i SPUR 4-H CLUBS
Many Garden and Camping Enthusi
asts will Benefit from the
Proposals
Progressive business firms are con
tinuing to ask for . the privilege of
assisting in encouraging boys' and
girls' 4-H clubs by offering education
al prizes. The two latest to announce
offers are the May Seed & Nursery
company, Shenandoah, Iowa, and the
Burpee Can Sealer company, Chicago,
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The May Seed & Nursery company
(E. E. May, president) is offering an
educational trip to the National 4-1 1
Club Congress to be held at Chicago
next November, to the state champion
in the garden and crop projects of the
states of South Dakota, 'Minnesota,
Kansas, Missouri, Nebrask?. and .Iowa.
The decision as to the winner is to be
made by the Extension Service. The
winner is required to. write, a story
cm his project 'or how he won the
trip. These stories will probably be
broadcasted over Radio Station KM A.
The Burpee Can Sealer, -company of
Chicago, offers three beautiful prizes
consisting of silver dinner sets for
the first, second, and third prize ex
hibits at the state fairs, of food pre
served in tin. A valuable prize
offered for each and every exhibit
shown. The offer has been exteended
to Wisconsin, Ohio, India, Minnesota,
and Iowa. Other states may be in
eluded later.
"FARM GOOD INVESTMENT,"
SAYS GEORGE ADE, FAMOUS
AUTHOR, TO 4-H CLUBBERS
George Ade, famous Hoosier author
and humorist was a headliner at the
recent Annual 4-H Round-Up at Purdue.
"Advice is something like castor oil
it is easy to give and hard to take."
This remark prefaced Mr, Adc's ad
vice to two thousand young 4-H
Hoosiers that "good black soil is to
day a good investment and that the
farm is a desirable place to live."
The well known author declared that
he does not grow sentimental over
the "good old days." He recalled
when ,he was a boy on the farm
that there ( were many things missing
which are now present, for instance
the R. F. D., the telephone, the
electric light, the base burner, ade
quate protection against flies, the
automobile, paved roads, movies and
ice cream sodas. "We got our en
joyment but of popping corn and
shooting rabbits," said Mr. Ade ' in
recalling his youthful experiences.
Poultry Sale
Brings $1805
The bi-monthly, poultry sale took
place here Monday of tbis week.
The sale totaled 8,671 pounds for
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Sales will continue through the month
of June after which they will be dis
continued until fall. As a general
rule people now have, their flock
pretty well culled. As a result the
sales are falling off to some extent.
The county agent states that the
market prices of poultry and eggs will
be sent' out. to be posted at the post
offices in each community and that
these prices will appear in The Press
so that those having poultry and eggs
for sale at times other than regular
sales days will have some idea of
the worth ef their products.
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COMING
June 6 Hog Sale. 10c per pound paid for No. 1 hogs on
foot less a small cost for handling.
May 24 Wool Sale. 51c per pound net paid for clear wool
in the grease.
June 4 Poultry Sale and Egg Sale.
It's well to keep in mind the fact that prices stay up only
when we patronize our to-opales. Peddlers may give more
on, occasion, but its the long time gain we must look to.
LYLES HARRIS, CountyAgent.
THE FARMERS FEDERATION '
four store has bought Potato Plants Tomato Plants, and
Pepper Plants for you. These plants are guaranteed to us to
fee true varieties and are very large vigorous plants. Let us
know how many you want so we can increase the orders.
E. S. HUNNIGUTT, Manager.
A WANT EXPRESSED IN TIME SAVES MANY A DIME