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PACE TWO THE FRANKLIN PRESS, FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 20, CIVILIZATION BEGINS AND'. ENDS WITH THE PLOW" THINGS TO PLAN TO THROUGHOUT COMING YEAR The Farmers' Day at the tet farm at Swannanoa on May 1J, 1928. Poultry loading depot with facili ties for grading eggs. , ,...., An annual poultry show. " - Monthly livestock sales. ., ,,. .,. Farmers', own .line -of delivery trucks. Purebred sues and seeds, j Guernsey cattle association. sV'1v r, .( ri;'' -If'-.5-'' ,A semiannual seed exchange day. r iA ' Harvest Carnival onp day ;of the bread ana Duner snow. A "Bulletin "of Immediate Infor mation" issued by the Storrs Agri cultural Experiment station gives the following information relative' to a new method of control of the stomach worm disease of shee p. - Nicotine, has been successfully used as an adjunct to the copper sulphate treatment of this: condition' in' both sheep and cattle, but the work done at Storrs indicates that nicotine' sul phate alone in the dosage prescribed is not only more effective but that its use. considerably decreases the work of treating the flock since the treatments, are repeated at three months intervals instead of thirty days intervals as in the copper sul phate treatment. A. G. G. RICHARDSON. The experiments in the control of the stomach worms of .sheep carried on for the last three years have culminated by finding that nicotine sulphate 'is an effective vermicide for this parasite. Nicotine for a long time has been found to be efficient when -given in the food, as tobacco stalks, stems, leaves, and dust. To baccd dust has been steeped in water and the decoction made has- been found to kill the stomach worm. The, tobacco dust, however, . varies greatly in respect to the nicotine content, and for this reason a staple: standardized solution has been sought. It. .has been : found that Jpcotmesul-- innrlfi si tn1nttrtn of uniform strengto. (This has been found to. act more efficiently than the copper sulphate ' .treatment in the experiment at Slom. It' was, easy to procure', , easily , made, , i,t vyas cheap, and' did not have the , prolonged after-effects that the cop per, sulphate and! ; some other ver micides showed.' '; - , ; : V " ' The riicotme sulphate can be used .in one of three strengths, namely: by adding ' one teaspoonful of "Black Leaf , 40" to a quart of water and giving four ounces of this ' to an adult sheep, and two ounces to a lamb over three months old; or add ing two tcaspoonsful to the quart; or three teaspoonfuls to every quart. '.One' teaspoonful strength is used on ly for weak animals. Two teaspoon fuls could be used for' the average sheep and' lambs, while three tea spoonsful could be given to strong - animals.' In the instances where three .tcaspoonsful have been used, few if any worms hate been left alive m .the stomachs of sheep and lambs. nn,:- tasnnnnsfnl to a quart .vverc, used, it was found that the et-. .ficiency was high. Une tcasiomnu. , to a quart was sufficient to kill a; vely large number of the worms, and prepared the animal to . gain strength , so that later stronger solutions -could be given a month or two there after. : .Treatments cost less than a halt cent a dose . ' Animals were drenched in the same j manner as with copper sulphate and. were kept without food twelve nourh previous to drenching. "Tn . order to have the dosage most effective, it is well to have them go at least eight hours after drenching without food or water. The treatment should be re peated every three months to an ad advantage in the average flock. Dos ing the sheep with one ounce ot Epsom Salts and keeping them con fined two days after dosing, then placing them on a new pasturegreat ly reduced the chance fox heavy new infection. Over a thousand sheep have been drenched .with nicotine sulphate, and only five weak animals have died from the effects of the drenching. One hundred and sixty five stomachs have been opened and inspected to determine the efficienty . of these tests. . G. H. LAMSON, Jr., Zoologist. BOBWHITE AND PLOWMAN ARE MUTUALLY FRIENDLY ' The bobwhifc has alwavs been a : favorite throughout the United States, " both for ; sport ' and because of the cheery call of the male, which has ' enlivened those who have had i op portunity to: listen- to it. , U As Americans went west and got ' beyond the regular range of the bob white, there were efforts to . trans-1 -plant it to the "newer regions. The ' farmer "is a good "friend of the bobf white; '' for cultivated - fielda are more 'favorable than ' virgin ...territory for the bird. . ; . , ( In a recent pamphlet issued by th CONSULT YOUR KEEP YOUR FARM AND IT WILL KEEP YOU AND YOURS United. States Department of Agri culture the author says that in try ing, to estimate how much the intro duction of bobwhites into western Kansas and Colorado has had - to do with their , spread westward, one meets with difficulties. It seems to Be z :rather:!':cI)rrnonly-- suppraetfctthat thev$exe$pixfs .west, of .central Kansas' k efprc , agriutture 'i Mifri There hd ddubtjthat thcy.incjteael rapidly" ' in "numbers all oVcf .westehi Kansas, ft well as -eaitcrnn and south easter!? ,36wrad. fsoonMsl farming operations commnce. l l., . "In Kansas the .most interesting fea ture ; the history ; of the bybvyhitc," says?thi author, "V'tHe 'a'pM '-i Creascni' numbers ;fi ftp's "!The hcilhies west of the, hundredth .'meridian. ttikJ woMeff uP -liicVtftse vewt - "hand ed grouse, or . jiralrie. chickens. .. It seems more plausible,, however,. to sup pose that 'a -few' birds did really ex ist, in. favorable spots' all-over, west crn Kaifsasf-enoqgh to' inakc' a 'rapid rcsporisd . as - soon -as ' food' ' became plentiful.1 It,' must be ' remembered that :.in this" region for many year after the advent of man, small game was scarcely-shot at nll,: which gave the game birds . unusual opportunities to spread." ' ' MAN DEFEATS HIS PARASITES BUT ANIMALS SUFFER MORE Mankind has a good chance oi' get ting rid of" most' of the parasites that once affected him, says. Dr. Maurice C. . Hall, of the United States Department' of Agriculture, but i.i the animal , world the tendency , at present is in the opposite direction. Medical science has paid attention tr human parasites, and if it had not, the cook, the barber, the plumber, and the veterinarian in an advancing civilization would have reduced the dangers' from many of them. : "Civilized man over thetemperate zone," says Doctor Hall, "has already become too' sanitary for his parasites, and; the , Tropics are ' following suit. The case is different' -for our live stock, however. Our domestic; an imals, especially our pasture animals, must cat uncooked food and drink from ponds and streams, to a large r-vKMir i nctr HPiry , nr nntv inura danf. food, shade and cover for lice, mites, and 'ticks; their' bathing hab its arc those of a small boy compul sory baths only as a rule and-shaving" is strictly 'an adjunct to surgical procedures:. "One hiay ask r If the limitations of sanitation have always applied to livestock, .'what reason' is there -to suppose that, matters are getting worse in the hi'ghly:rcivilized United States? Thq liistory of tfic. livestock industry , is one of " gradual ' transition from the pastoral conditions of the open range, to the farm conditions of fenced inclosures'. ;. Free, open range implies light stocking few an imals ..to the i square rhjle. As the free range !goes, range areas arc re stricted to large holdings, not free, but cheap. Ultimately we have the small farm flock or herd under fence and crowded to the carrying capacity of the land. Pure bred animals re place the scrubs.'" Meanwhile.-- what have the parasites been ding? Un der the laws of chance the parasite cgfi,.lhat..had "to pursu'f its ho.t i a new bed gfou"nT"5 miles nwav war. out of., UekV" 'As, livestuck was ccntratcd km'.Z smaller' - and " smnjlfr areas, -parasite- stuck went up vh" happened and what isy happening t day is that in the absence of ' com measures our livestock is succumbing in large numbers to these parasites is losing enormously in wasted , pro duction from unthriftincss and the farmer and stockman are taking this loss with the unconcern which follows from the fact that what you don't know doesn't hurt; you." r ; BIG MEN LOVED THE COUNTRY Your county agent1 wishes he could reprint every word of an article . in the SOUTHERN AGRICULTURIST under the heading, "When Great Men Lived in the Country." It is too long, so all , he can do is . to scribble a short introduction to a couple of most convincing paragraphs. ., : . Undoubtedly the great barrier to a bigger and fintt country life lies in the fact that people generally pre fer life in ' the city. In fact, many of our leading :r farmers rand their families hope to move to town be cause of the advantages offered. This is. a new viewpoint because . Wash ington, Jefferson,. Monroe,,, Jacksqn and all the; leadingj men of . their ,day. preferred rural life. They even look ed down upon, the, man ..who, had to live- ih- town., n ; - , ... j:. Here: is ' a portion, ,q1; the , article ; Mire tJban relief j materai) , tilings, rural civilization nee,ds, a . leadership basedi,o,n.dove for and. appreciajtion ,pf rural life.-, The country needs preach,: ers an4t.3chcipl teachefs.v whQ.'.are cap able of see,ing4he0bjg . things , j?j coun try life, , and, i.who,, show, their,, faitfi by their, woks. Thg 'pliir'ch and the school "are in large measure respon sible for; this ppjudiatian, of country life. ,.. Practically :. all ,. the ..... preachers havemoved., to,,itqwn,, whp. could , get there ' .Eycn the,; cpunt?y . preaphers COUNTY AGENT , The farm pages of The Press are edited by the county agent in col laboration with the editor. have become town gentlemen. In all emphasisr is pn. jthe. hurchin,. tpjvn. More andjmpre; 'the'fteg!arjd4$e, -rttral gctions "a? ' mis'siqnaf 'terrUdr.-" It is Idbkedj upon jtn'c a',.- field of hardship "-TLritf sa'Crtffct." "Sirice'eoun try people appreciate religion, fhis at titude .of. -the. i church, has been a se rious, 'blow " 'to ' "cbnhtry lifef1 . The church rie'eds to"! -te (Jonycrtcs nT3jere isnosort ipf adequate jusifiation for the attituC , ln'lh'tfers have4 ;assutned t6vaptlc' .'the'ioertityi; ttombte w m 3 . Educational .leadership centers in town. Our school system is, pre eminently, of the' city for the City and by the city.' ; It is ' imposed on the country from without with - little ."con sideration for. the- spe'eific' needs -..-of the country. ' In ' practice - the :system tends to -interfere', with the training of boys- and '- girls ; for life, in the country and instills' in them - the de sire, to" leave" the country: and .go to town. The system gives no :recogni' tion to the training 'of the world's greatest educational institution the country home. As a matter of fact, the school is demanding' so much of the child's time that he has small opportunities -for home training'-. in productive work. This theory may be all right for the city child who has no home school, but in the coun try it tends to destroy the school that is chiefly responsible for our great leadersship in every sphere of life the country home. COWS BRING CONTENTMENT : No matter where the county agent goes in the South .these days, t farmers, the merchants' and the bank crs arc talking .cows. Cows, clovers, corn and . cotton, all on the same sniall place, will solve -any , number of farm? problems and, brnig a sub stantial and lasting contentment- This statement, is borne out by what, has taken ' place iiv many - sections of the Southland. . : -The ..SOUTHERN. AGKJCUKTtJK.- . It. would be well for every rural community in -it-he -South to consider seriously at this time the lcvelop ment of the milk industry. No oth er -'industry .is.. so potential ; as a con structive 'force in community build ing. . It enables the worker to re main at htme - on the farm;- it en jricCSpthiJandjvithout cost j.? it su plies lucrative "Work for "the ''children who - are ; old. enough- ..to., work the year .'round without interfering with school duties; it makes, the home an important .producer of wealth, and is an uplifting force for the ; community. It brings in money, every day in th, year, and there , is practically ; ho danger, of an over . supply of the products. .' It is a . business, with few risks. Prices yaryv very .little, and they arc'" always such as to guaran tee a profit to those who work in telligently.' The business can be con-' ducted profitably on a large' scale or on a small scale. It is a - ,bus incss that the man ..'of .small means mav enter with no serious handicap:;. The dairy business may be carried on in connection" wTni'''fcguTar'Tarmirig, ar.d thuif a ill .relieve, 'the1 fa"'mcr fronji sol o . depend e ace .oiv. the , .'.'.crop" thai it ahvaygj extrcmcly-.nncertain. Thit industry gives greater promise of solving the farm, problem for thous ands of .farnicrsin. cthe South thn;: all the lccislatidn J that may be enf acted by Congress for the next fifty years. . '- , " Milk plants and cheese plants .can be made available wherever there is a demand for them by the- farm ers. It is for the - farmers in the South to say whethere they want them.- Operators of these industries afe ready to , call fory the milk and pay the market p' rice for it where farmers in sufficient numbers in any community are ready to supply the milk. Communities in the Sputh should be quick to take ; advantage of " this new opportunity. ' Tennessee rural communities 'are .already very active and they are getting results. PLANT DISEASES CAUSE HEAVY ANNUAL LOSSES Diseaseofr plants in the" United States reduce cropt yields to growers, often to a serious and sometimes to a diseastrous degree. Pathplogists of the United. States Departmenof Agriculture-are now ; collecting' the sta tistic ' and .making .the estimates for last yearn which, ..will u be the eleventh annual report .o4KSuch , losses. i The severity; of' diseases .varies, from year ta year, ,but, the, record hrJi givjs something;, of a,. suggestion of, what may .be expected, in , the 1927 report. ! In J926,-vd.iseaes-,is estimated , to, hav-c caused,, a.,Fedu,ctiprj' in i yield - dof tbje wheat cropjp4nor,e ,than .7 per. cenjt1 with . . .bun.tA as (.het.niost'- damaging single 'disease. LPi?mage.,tp tirye froni alL diseases, amounted .to Only , about J per. cent.I;but. bariey ; suffered 'wors'e .with, nearly, ,6, per ..cen.retipn I'; yields and rr,with coysr0 sniyV the .vyorst ..disease .iVA'fjut,. ;10,3 . redlictidri AS YbUOULD in yield of oats is estimated with stem, rust and loose 1 and Covered smut responsible for most of the loss. Corn diseases accounted for nearly 13 per cent reduction in yield with ear rot's responsible for more than f half -the-l-amager-'Teftnessee - growers I'MfsspijriApennsyivania'. and South Carolina ff losses' ' ranged- 'from '28 per ee semcHi of diseases, but late blight caused 'in juries estimated at, more., than 6 per Cent 5of-T 'total reductiotwin." yield oi mpftf thwif 1 .ptr-jcent.;- 'Wi.hs5v.;cet potat-ocs' t'ficJps's' amounted to' more tlfahliO percent ajid-vyilh bcans' Mar ly 6 per ccnt.7 jf-f -;-A r:H,, Cotton, serionsly inj'urcd by insects, also suffered a reduction in yield dud- to; diseases' of nearly 15 pef 'cent. Grapes, with -the exception of a few states,, suffered only -romparativcly slight, losses,., but the apple crop, re: duction amounted to more than 10 per cent,' and peach"'- and' pear re ductions -'--m-.4926.- were ab'out! 8-- per cent each. Department of Agrieuiture , scientists are constantly studying these diseases with a view tn devising methods of cure or control or to .eliminate losses bv . the discovery or breeding, of re sistant variesties. . In. some of the most seriously affected crops ways have been devised by which', farmers can prevent or minimize these losses. ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-HARVESTING Some farmers in the United States store an acre of hav with four hours of labor. Other farmers use morel han eight hours of labor, for the same: job. Such variations of., effi- lency , m hay production indicate, says the' XJnuited States Department of i Agriculture, that ;. much 1 room ex ists for., improvement. An evample is the f fact that, many farmers 'are still: using.,-; small, one-horse- rakes, which areeconomical only." on', small acrceages. Farmers . growing 40 . or more acres of hay- should; use 10-foot J orJ2-fooUrake; . . sidc-dclivcry - rake and a hay loader commonly effects ; a: saving of about 1' .li-2:. hours- per-'.acfe of., man labor and a half hour pgr- acre of horse labor,-, as sornpai'ed: with the . cost iVi human and ..animal labor .when" the dump rake and . animal labor when the dump rake and hand. loading from the windrow: , -are employed.' '.This saving, with,.; wages at - 40, "cents an hour, .represents a saving of 60 ,cerits per acrd?in man labor alone! !Th,at would amount on 30 acres of hay to more than $18, or the interest on approximately $375 at 5 per cent, a sum more than sufficient: to pay the interest and depreciation on the nec essary investment ' in a sidq-dclivery rake and hay loader. When a loader is used .a hav-'m'a.k-ing crew , can handle considerably more hay in an easier manner than they ran do' so by hand. 'Slings .will unload hav in abtou two-thirds the time required, by , the use of , the double harpoon or the, grapple fork. It saves labor to take two or. more wagons to the field, especially when the haul is long. . . .. ,, . ' , It is economical to use large-sized mowers 77-i.n. farms where a sufficient acreacc is to be cut. : In the Ev the' 5-foot niwcr, which . will cut", h. acres in 10 hours is the sie., tnorr't commonly in use. But a 6-foot rio-'- , will cut 12 acres in 10 hours, and a 7-foot mower will cut 14. Usually th'cv additional power required, for , the larger implements is available, on farms where the acreage to be. cut justifies teh use of such machines. FOUR-H CLUB MEMBERS ARE WELCOMED TO WASHINGTON v BY EXTENSION DIRECTOR Champion farm boys, and girls rep resenting 39 states in the second na tional 4-H club camp, Washington, D. C, were welcomed on behalf of the United States department of agri culture in the autiditorium of the Na tional Museum, by C. W. Warburton, director of extension work in the de partment. , Director Warburton point ed out that 620,000 boys and girls are now enrolled in the 4-H clubs for the purpose of training in more efficient farming and home making methods and ,jn the r responsibilities of citizenship; blt Director . Warburton ( said: "The 4-H clubs give the "farm1 bjjys and girls an 'ap'portunity 1 to hittl tbgeth-: er , work togeth; 1 arid play together The 4-H clubs-' are 'regarded by :' the department as being ' one of the most helpful agencies fpr improving aggri rulttiral Kc8riditTo1iiI-. n13 ftftrf ! (living; Congress j. has expressed?; jts approval of -.t.ys wprkthrQUgh substanialjy" .in ercaser. apprppriations jprpvided ja ,;ts last session,,,, J , This' ..appropriation' wjill; make- possible a larger. . deyelop ment of 4-H club work " through' the 3",000" "co-operative " extension ragents now-.'working.Jijirycoun'ticsthrpjiiihput the United States, .both; - with adults and, young, people on,;th farfns, -Although there are; .ow abput;;6q,0fX) lost 'apput JiJ percent of their cr.op largciyj ' thrtfiigh! ' fpo't '"hl ear :', rdfs', and'MfssjbnriApeWnsyivania'. and South nt Uy-Zl i,Pjw: .cent - , Sty tiiiedted wrth 'allarge yandv THINGS TO PLAN FOR RIGHT NOW That cream check every two weeks. .'..'." 1 " That cannery check every time you come to town. . 1 Fat hdg sale" in "June. " ", ' Bread;, and. Bptter i ShotV; next fall ' Encourage th ,;4-H ClubberM i I' aI t ;' k J 1 1 Big Farmers' day next fall.' . Local ..Curb Market.' ."'. " J.' 'Ureed .sows o- that' 'the pigs will go on the market in March, . April, August and September. ' " boys' nd" girls - enrolled ' in -4-H- chfl work therc:'arC fifteen times as'iteiny boys and girls who have Hot been "af forded this ' opportunity. '"The sub stantial support given the work' by Congress . should- enable the - depart ment and the state agricultural col leges to extend .the influence of the 4-H clubs in improving farm life" ; ON TO ENGLAND , Nebraska's champion dairy-judging team are even now doing some last minute brushing up .on technic and packing their bags for England, where, they will compete with British boys and girls at the International Junor Dairy-Judging Contest on July 5. The boys will sail from Montreal June 16 after spending Junee 12 and 13 in Washington. While in Washing ton, they will meet the President and the Secretary of Agriculture and visit the points of interest in the National Capitol. The : Amerocan team has. won five of the ' seven contests in which they have,1 competed, but for the last two' years the English team has managed to keep the cup at home. Our boys will' win " against stiff competition 1 if tbcv,.sji,cceed in . bvinrnnhomitif;,. j. .icoC'ictmuiis iMcurasicKiiS" ai'C'jt'se A. Bily'cu, who ran up ''highest in' dividual honors at 'the National Dairy Show last 'fall; Joe King,' a veteran club member of 10 years' standing, who last' year was : onc -Of the bfiys to represent Nebraska at' the first national 4-H - camp . in Washington, nd Russell p. Hughes, a young farm er; Hying near Albion. - vil:- The boy s 4re members' oj the Hoi -stein dairy-calf ' club of Albion.' They will, be . accompanied on; the trip .by M,"L. Flack;' state extension agent in , dairy.' husbandry, and ' C. C. Clr ardpt, the local leader:- ' HOW TO PLAY :. Tohn Bradford, a the Playground and Recreation As1 sociation of America, 315 Fourth ave nue, New York City, for the last year: has been co-operating with dif-' ferent states to introduce ' detailed training in methods fo recreation to extension leaders. From May 1, 1927, to' April 30, 1928, ' through "meetings arranged by the state extension ' di rcctors, he has visited 22 states, teach ing recreation methods to representa tives at these meetings from 35 states and 3 Canadian provinces. ' In " thp training classes, he h taught over 4,000 leaders so that thfy may go out and teach these methods ill , their 1 own communities. He has attended state' 4-H camps to train groups of leaders who" could take the work to their county camps and to their community clubs ;, county shtin courses where he gave instruction to county workers in principles of com munity song leadership, technique of game leadership, indoor and outdoor active games, indoor and outdoor quief games, social recreation activities, and source material from which to build programs; and insitutcs for the train ing of volunteer lay workers and other leaders such as rural teachers and church workers. . , ' Anyone in the community who de sired, to take advantage of the op portunity to come and have a goorf time was' welcome. In this way, Mr. Bradford has introduced new play methods to" some 5,400 residents in communities which he has visited. . State College i Station, Raleigh1 '' ' -'. , ne 19, 1928.' To Ajll . Cppnty;, Agents : , . ' July 30 to.. August 4 is!thedat'e fq the 4-H', Short' Cpurse. ;JWe' are .ex pecting, tb. largest attendance we have ,ever had;.and ',y hppe to make this the b,es't' Short., 'Course we have ev'Jr , had., Th.e courc? given and the gert ral Pfpgram -forj the Short Course , yyill beHapput ,the , samie .as' last yea- witl. the exception of" thp recreational lectures ;whicb', will pe under the li rction 6f ;r.,W.alter J. Cartier, s'u nerintendent )f the. Charlotte Park and 'Rjept'eatipnal Commission of Ch$r- .Ipite,.Jf.;i, 1; v1;;;; 7,;; , " .Each coynty' agent may bring pr send as many boys as he' cares to as long as they are .bona' fide club mehi , 'Continued on page three). ; , i r o 1
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