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Thursday, novEr.tKEn s, u:.; U V 1L-1 1 lJN LShLXzLWD I-mU hLiiJD Mil El' I if ill tsJJ' THE FRANKLIN PRESS, FRANKLIN, N. C. THINGS TO PLAN TO THROUGHOUT COMING YEAR Poultry loading depot with facili ties for, grading eggs. An annual poultry chow. Monthly livestock sales. Fanners' own line of delivery tracks. Purebred sires and seeds. .. Guernsey cattle association. ' A semi-annual seed exchange day. POULTRY SHORT COURSE November 19 to 24, 1928 The"North Carolina State college is putting on its 7th annual poultry short course for farmers and poultry men and . women, commencing at 10 a. ni. November 19, 1928. Every year there' arc hundreds f J people who wish to go into tne poul try business in North Carolina. Every year there, are dozens of these same people who fail in their undertaking because they have not prepared them selves for this work. It is with the intention to prepare these people for tneir work that the State College Poultry department is giving this course. Both men and women may take the course, there being 86 in attendance last year. We are ex pecting more than 200 this year since the State Poultry association is called to meet Monday and Tuesday nights, November 19 and 20. Anyone inter ested in poultry cannot afford to miss this course and meeting. Meals can be secured at the College Cafeteria at popular prices and rooms close by for $1.00 per night. This is all the cost , unless you desire to purchase some of the text books used in the department. The course wil be given by the following research, extension and col lege professors: s Dr. , Taylor, Dr. Kaupp, Dr. Moore, Mr. Parrish, Mr. Risher, Prof. Aarmstrong, Prof, Wil -fong, Prof.;Dearstyne, Mr. Ryan and Mr. Gauger. The subjects covered will be place ( poultry on the farm, establishing a farm flock, candling and grading of eggs, canonizing and the rearing of same, how to perform an autopsy and priViirp normal organs and same in : pi - pi. - c fr i - . Wf- pspouitrys"Qisease" iauti a lorju cum, how to. successfully operate mam moth and small incubators, feeding, care and management of baby chicks and chick troubles; feeding hens for fall and winter eggs, poultry house .construction, accreditation of flocks, infectious diseases, fatetning poultry, sanitation, common diseases, utility judging 'and selection for breeders. j,aa ;,Jmno- .-.nil. cplrrHnii f :;AA L Wl-..for- matinir. or-! ganization and a isit to commerci.il and farm flocks. . , OklUA4 .v...... - . -rin QaHirdiv NoYomher 24. thevf' 4yi be a poultry judging contest and the short 'course man or woman: who makes the .hi- .hest grade iU be awarded a iro i;y cup. l m.s. q.' cup Grain Brewer until interest and sp r te competition. Thr iV.:.ul: aLJ,.,, l,t;,.l ,,Uh iSZ ste5 bi or theTuV 1 'u: S breeds, ha o well equipped W uih, uictus, has been donated bv the SpartP.M ' wr'" ir y m m , , a , .,. , - ; inu from Pcnbscot Bay to & Mill .company through S. W. f" u1 C ! the Golden Gate. & Son. We want all to stay ,ua, v , m , , , . Hc is runt, mutt-headed and sway- this judging over. This con-, . yn 'l.r' (a hwM u.. ..Lov ,.H.:,rt,.d ronsidorablc- time Nui each. year. All of this is- MJZ' : u u..a n case rcsearcii u- v .um " .... . , , t w equipment to ,ive advanced ' work story which is given below, is. by Mr afong poultry prodtk-n lines. ' J- Hubbard, a. -farmer in Yell For further inf-nrrtion write Dr. county, Arkansas: K ?. hKaupp. St;,e CUegc Static, -ractoj Kaleign, im. v- , 'rear's work included breaking, disking . 7t r, nri: 'Slid harrowing of .35 acres of my own , FEED SURP!X'SCP-N TO HOGS l n(, , g10 . :at 75 ccnts an. ' AND CATTLE, JARDJNE ADVISES .acn. (if my llcishbor's iand; 1 have " Agriculture would benefit and ! a small circular saw and a wood saw minimum .disturbance or prices for all and I cut 20,000 feet of pine lumber - the commodities invoked would fol-; -vnd 20( cords of fire wood. I worked 4 low, in the opinion of the Secretary r 50 days on the highway at $10 a day. of Agriculture; W.'M. Jardine. if 50,-11 took in $1230, and spent $702 for 000,000 bushels of corn were devoted j oil. gas, and repairs. I paid for the to the additional f.-.ding of cattle anditractor, had $128 left and the tractor liogs this year. However, he warns was in a good state of repair. . aeainst the production of hogSvMeav- Since I purchased mine, thirty farm er than the desirable market wekht. 1 because price discriminations against too-heaty hogs would serve to offset . the value of the extra weight. "An increase of 5 , pounds in' the ttreight of the average hog," says Sec retary Jardine, "is about as far as bog feeders should plan to go this year." An average increase of 5 pounds in the weight of the 45,000,000 hogs fed on thc( 1928 corn crop would mean the consumption of about 20.000,000 adidtional bushels. Secretary Jardine believes cattle feeding in many respects as a method of utilizing more corn, and says "op portunities for feeding about 32,000. 000 bushels of corn deserve the co--sideration of cattlemen. . It tak --. about 200 pounds of shelled corn ; tut 100 pounds of gain, on a 2-yer - old steer. At this rite 2,225.000 stee fed to be 100 pounds heavier by-cor '. feeding would consume approxim?telv 32,000,000 bushels of the crop. , .This is prabably a very conservative num ber, being only half of the steers slaughtered annually tinder Federal inspection. :"The advisability' of feeding surplus corn to cattle rather than .to hogs,'' be continues, "is plainly evident., Two arid a quarter million steers, each fed to weigh 100 pounds more,, are equiv alent o about 124,000,000 pounds of 'dressed beef, or 1 pound per person. COWS! II T YOI JR KEEP YOUR FARM AND IT WILL KEEP YOU AND YOURS This is not a sufficient , increase k affect prices seriously or to offset the 10 per cent decrease in the number of cattle killed within the last year. The heavier feeding of corn should be on the lighter .cattle, since there are signs of a-plentiful-' supply of heavy cattle in the summer of 1929." MAKE GIRLS' SCHOOL DRESSES SIMPLE AND EASY TQ LAUNDER Possibly no task gives a mother more real enjoyment than selecting or making the dresses worn by her small daughter when she is between (3 or 4 and 10. Sometimes the mother hersclf feels once more like a little girl with a doll to dress, and. she takes so much pleasure in p lanning her ''doll's" wardrobe that she allows her imagination to run riot. The. lit tle girl,' too, has ideas about frills and ruffles and fancy decorations she has seen on other children's clothes. The result is "often an elaborate," over trimmed, impractical set- of dresses which not only give much work in the making but also in "doing up." Dresses that are too fussy or too fragile for everyday wear prevent a child from indulging in normal active play, and make her too conscious of herself and her appearance; or else they are soon dirty and draggled and much less pleasant to look at than plain, sturdy play s uits. Another un fortunate point, too, is that the frocks that make a little girl look like a dressed-up doll are not really in good taste except for "dress-up" occasions. If worn to school the child is likely to be criticized rather than admired. The Bureau of Home Economics, United States Department of Agricul ture, has been interested in designing dresses for the little girl that can be easily made and laundered,-that are comfortable to wear, pleading to look at, nad easy to put on and take off. Even a 3-ycar-old can learn to dress herself if the fastenings are few in number, with large, findable buttons, placed in front. It is not necessary to choose dull, uninteresting colors, for- there aremany gay, fast-colored cotton, prints availablcjhatappeal to challics in similar designs. .Plain col ors, too, are good in such materials as broadcloth or poplin. The fact that little girls grow con tinually" andin all directions should I always be kept in mind in sdectingt t .u. W',M,n c1,.,-,.c ! ' u' . ..ff,fr- ,ii,..Vr ! forv chest evuansion. Lengthening- must1 ! ,i. cihi, w m,,n V,f wide hrms.' i,k iht run h, Irt out. and loose finishes at neck, wrists, and knees. ! Waist bands on bloomers or the line j 1 ' -" -' . .'1icr( u waikt and skirt loin should i be loosely fitted at first. . , TRACTORS DOES MANY THINGS; l" rt Hw.j. For those readers of this column, who have considered buying a tractor. the county agent is akmg a,-story froin the Southern Agriculturist, this ers m a radius of U) miles have pur chased tractors. One year since the tractor . paid for. itself I sarwed the wod and hmiboer found on a 40-acre tract of cut-over land and made $1, (XX) That experience caused the trac tor to deteriorate, but after working it over at a cost of $200 the machine is now doing well. and will do my work for years to come. At home my tractor saws the wood, draws the water, pull stumps, terraces land, plows all the land, cuts the hay, grades the roads and, until ! connect ed up Avith the town lighting I system, ran my-home light plant. ' - A tractor on a 160-acre farm - w'H do lal the work required at a- fuel cost of $75, an oil cost of $15 and a repair cost of not over $10. A tractor will last 20 years with just ordinary treatment. With a tractor any farm er will keep the roads on his farm in good condition at practically no cost. My tractor cuts all the. feed and grinds the grain for horses, cows, hogs and chickens. It runs the pea-hullcr and cream separator. . Ralciirh. N. C, Oct. 31, 1928. Mr. A. L. Harris, Franklin, N. C. Dear Mr. Harris: The work of rodent control in the State, of North Carolina will - be carried ,011 for the- ensuing year in ,. ., ., it -t.i' -i i -d h'v i-verv law-abidintf. self-restiect- CO! INTY-A HOCTR The farai pages of The Press are edited by the county agent in col laboration with the editor. the same manner as of 1927-28. The writer has replaced Mr, Odom Stcvf-. art in the Biological Survey and will be available to you as your needs arise for control demonstrations. The work most readily carried on during the. months of November, De cember, and January, rat control in homes, public buildings and on farms. County and community campaigns against rats are best arrahged and organized during these three cold months because the rats have at this time congregated and the odors aris ing from dead rats is not so notice able. , ' - During February and March ,ocn trol of: rats in poultry houses can be best carried on. t I will be pleased to meet any re quest for control on rabbits and field mice in orchards at any time the need arises. It. will facilitate the arranging of my schedule of work, if I may have your requests for my requests for my services mailed to me before the twelfth of November as the ' district leaders meet at this time for con ference and a scheduling of .programs. Hoping that the Survey may be of increased service to you during the year to come and may help you solve this most important problem of ro dent control, I remain Verv truly yours, C. D. SCHWARTZ, Junior Biologist. Very truly yours, - THE COST OF KEEPING SCRUBS The average yearly butterfat pro duction of all the dairy cows in , the United States has been estimated at about 170 pounds. Assuming that the average p roduction is 170 pounds, and that half the dairay cows are below average we bump up against the astounding fact that we are feeding good hay and grain and . pasture to 12,000,000 low-producing dairy . cows. 1 1 costs . about JW,000.0(XL to feed go to all this trouble and expense and our only tangible return is bajns full of unprofitable dairy cows. ir .i .... .1: : " l"f u n - cs the scrubs-and establishes .well- ieu, weu-uicu, nign-uruuuciug tows. u,i every, dairy farm, it will have accom-1 Plishcd '? chief., purpose. Even then,' however, its work will not all be done, ' Lbccause these. hi?heI standards must, II... IT L- Unn.A.a . Dc maintaine Agnc uituie. be maintained U. S. Department of A DESCRIPTION OF. ' A . "SCRUB BULL" He is sired by "Mistake" and damn- ily hai wonderful appetite- upon him. ' ' . The one thing he can do best in the world is eat. As a medium of putting perfectly good feed out of sight he is a won der. ' From the front hc looks like a water buffalo. . From the rear "he looks like, a giraffe. ' . From the side he looks like an overgrown Hungarian nanny goat. A He is ambitious, but we understand he has lost his standing and his com pany is not desired by respectable dairy cows in most localities. Pro gressive Farmer. COW NEEDS CARE WINTER MONTHS Raleigh, N. C, Nov. Extra feed cannot be substituted for shelter for the comfortable cow is the profitable cow. When the animals are exposed to wintry winds and arins, much of the feed goes to - keep, the bodies warm instead of to produce milk. ''Therefore, some effort should be made to keep the dairy cows com fortable during periods of disagree able weather," says John A. Arey, dairy extension specialist at State col lege, "Their stalls should be well lighted and properly ventilated but free from air currents. Ventilation is important but should be k . ar ranged as to prevent the air currents from striking the j cow's body. This is accomplished . by making the sides of the barn or cow-shed tight and admitting fresh air . through properly arranged windows." 11 Mr. Arey states that the practice of requiring the cow to wade through mud and ice for some idstancc to get drinking water is too common in the state and too -expensive op the dairy industry. Such needless exposure' chills the animal r.nd prevents her from drinking the amount of water that she normally woulkl consume. Normal- milk, says Mr. Arey, con tains 87 per cent water and a cow producing, around ;30"pounds of milk daily will need from 85 to 90 pound of water each day. She will not drink this much on a cold day unless the however, us work-win not an oe aone,!ths OR YOUR LAWYER GENT AS YOU WOULD YOUR j supply is convenient and not too cold. The dairy cow of high producing breedsbreeds is a creature of habit Unusual treatment makes hct nervous. If she is accustomed to a regular routine of feeding and care, a change from this system will make her ner vous and distrustful. She should nev er be run with horses or rogs nor treated roughly while being put in a barn. No other farm animal, says Mr. Arey, will give greater returns for gqod care than -the cow and the herdsman who keeps his animals com fortable in winter1 will be" amply re paid. LIME, GRASS, CLOVER PAYS SURRY FARMER Raleigh, N. C, Nov. An old run down farm has been renovated, ex cellent pastures have been built and clover will now grow on' land that was once too poor for this crop is the interesting story thatl comes from B. A. Bookor, a farmer of the Mount Aairy section of Surry county. "Mr. Booker has been building some ood pasture on his land during the last few years," ' says H. E. White, county agent ; of Surry county. .. "He started with land of low fertility and by the addition .of limestone, manure and soil building crops, he n6w has one of the finest fall pastures to be found in the county. He is also suc cessful with sweet clover." Mr. White states that when Mr. Booker began with his sweet "clover, J he took L 1-2 acres of land to which he applied 8,600 pounds of ground limestone. He sowed seed at the rate of 20 pounds per acre, being careful to inoculate his seed. This Was in April of 1927, states Mr; White. Mr. Booker also used 200 pounds of equal parts of basic slag and wood ashes to the acre. .. This past season, he mowed his sweet clover and cut over 2.500 . pounds of fine hay per acre; The sweet clover has been fol lowed by a volunteer stand of white dutch .clover , and this isnow. furnish ing excellent fall grazing. Later this ""'' lfl V,"TlT't'i- M - practices, with" lime andlcgunics, Mr Booker receritly said, that he could producj; ten times ..the yield of hav or grain as when he bought the fann. He is gradually preparing additional land in this way and then he intend1- to gojnto the dairy b usiness. This he states, will be more ; profitable than tobacco growing. He knows that he can improve his land fo- the In found the method to use. Lime and F.. legumes will do wonders in soil build - ing, he told Mr. White. Grow Better Poultry Free From Disease Raleigh, N. C, Nov. The program for the North Carolina poultry pro ducer to follow the coming year is to 'produce better breeding stock and keen it free from disease. ' "Once this better producing stock free from disease is secured, every effort should be made to keep it fre" says Dr. B. F. Kaupp, head of the poultry . department at State college. "Doing this will help to reduce the mortality of our birds; will make it unnecessary to cull so frequently and will help to maintain high egg produc tion during the season of high prices. It is also good business for the poul try grower to keep- an accurate record of his expenses and receipts. Only in this way can he tell whether or no his birds are paying for their keen." So as to get the best prices' for eggs, Dr. Kaupp advises hatching at least one-half of the pullets so as to come into lay during August and the .i i.if 1 i :.. -r4i ; Lights should be used to prevent slump in production and neck moult. T11 his tests at the college, Dr Kaupp has foUnd that nothing so im pairs the health of the average flock as a wet floor caused by a leaky roof.. Even a concrete floor laid up on the dirt without a layer of cinder? or-riv.cr-graveL'illbewe.ta.nd make the hens sick. A sick hen will not lav. . Drafts on the birds caused by cracks in the house also causes sick ness nad so does an unclean house. Dr. Kaupp says that it is imperative to keep the house ; clean,. The nets especially should be clean if qualify eggs -are to be sold. If hens trv to roost in the nests, go out at night, he advises, and lift the birds onto the perch poles. ' The poultry department is offering " special short course for poultrym'cn of North Carolina during the period of November 19 to 24 when these snd other questions will be discussed by p ractical growers and scientists. DOES THE COUNTY AGENT EARN HIS SALT? Extension work is educational' work. The very -.nature", of the work makes it hard for its proponents to defend it against its opponents. It is difficult to take individual cases and argue a generality. Like religion, like ad vertising, "like many other things of THINGS TO PLAN FOR RIGHT NOW That xre&m check every two weeks.. Encourage the 4-H Clubbers. Local Curb Market. Breed sows so that the pigs will go on the market in March, April, August and September. life essential to our welfare, the fel low does not use them, sees no good in them ; but nevertheless this same person is benefited by the very things in which he sees no good. We were talking to twox neighboring fanners yesterday. One was opposed to the county agent on the grounds that he has never done any good. ' We did not argue the question, but talked to him about his crops. In the course of the conversation, he spoke of lime and its uses. When asked, where he learned of lime he said his neighbor told him. Then it was that the neigh bor farmer said he received the , in formation and demonstration from the county agent. Speaking of inocu lation a few moments later the same questions were asked and the same answers given. " Here was a man op posing the county agent for helping him through his neighbor. He is now a booster for the agent's work ; thank God he has seen the light. We think the letters on this sub ject from, some of the most progres sive farmers in the county are testi monials for the agent's" work. But in order to get a larger view of the. extension work we have compared ten counties which have been served ' by an agent with ten counties which have not been served by an agent over a period of ten years. The figures used in this comparison were taken f rom the census and are therefore impar tial. " v - ' These figures taken from census re ports, give to our mind an index of the value of the work of county, agents, and s our observation of the work the past five years, supported by the sentiment of . the most represen tative progressive farmers of this county,- lead us to-the conclusion that tu x, iifify workM n ers aTtmieneirey- information, and more leadership. Our, basic industry agriculture should re ceive the best attention possible, and should be developed as highly as pos-. sible in this county. FarmvillcJrlerakL. Tellico Locals We had an all day singing at the church October 28. All had a real nice time. , ; Miss Gay Bennett gave a Halloween party at the Sulphur Springs school house Wednesday night, October 30: All reported a nice time. Dr. V. A. Fields, of Mt. Airy, Ga,, was in this section Thursday on pro-, fessional business. We are sorrow to relate that Mr. John Cook who has a cancer, is very slowly improving. Mr. Royal Burnett who has been on the sick list is improving. Rev. Judson Smith and -'Mis Maude Shields were united in matrimony October 29. Kev. A. S. Solesbee- of ficiating. We wish them a happy life. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Morgan has gone to Uiltmore on a visit and to work a while. Mr.-and Mrs. Homer Cochran and son, Billy, and Mr. Jeff Cabe were visiting friends and relatives the week end. - ' , - Mr. Robt. Ramsey made a business trip to Franklin Monday. Mr. Charley Smith is afraid he will forget who to vote for, so he has Hoover wrote all over his wagon bed. , We arc glad to see our roads put in good shape again, ' Mr. Rass DcHart, of Needmore, was the guest of Misf Beuna Smith Sunday. Misses Lola and Jessie Ramsey spent the week end with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. 'Robt. Ramsey. North Skeenah Mr. C. B. Brown was in this section Thursday on business. Miss Bessie Watts and Mr. Glen Watts passed through this section Saturday. -Mr. Carl Stanacle was in this sec- v tion Friday buying produce. Rev. George Clocr preached an in teresting sermon at Pleasant Hill Oc tober 18. Mr. Zeb Roane was in this sertioa Saturday. Miss Elcie Carpenter is staying at Dillard, Ga. s Two of North Skeenah's school teachers attended the teachers' meet-' ing at Asheville last Fridav. Mr. E. B. DcHart and Mr. J. W. " Hasting were in this section Sunday. Robt. Scruggs and Potatoes Robert Scruggs is a potato grower of parts. Recently he came into The Press office with a 'potato vine that' had so many potatoes hanging to it the vine looked like a Christmas irp,- , decoration. Robert says that 18 good sized potatoes grew, on this. vine. ' 1 .-I o 1 r if