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Thursday, novemser 8, Til FAfCLIH PRESS, FRANKLIN, N. "TO MAKE THE DEST BETTER" 4-H VMSN A MAN, FR0r.l HIS HEART, SAYS, "I WILL," HE IS A SUCCESS ALREADY r . v-5 X o PASTURE FACTS By J. R. Sams, Cty. Agt. at Large) On every North Carolina ' farm where livestock of any kind is kept there should be pastures. TEMPORARY PASTURE: A tem porary pasture is one made of rye,1 or other small grains and annual legumes, to supplement the permanent pasture in early springi dry summers, and late fall. , A good temporary pasture" can be made by sowing rye or other small grain with a light seeding of vetch or other winter legume in September and sow 10 to 15 pounds Japan clover seed February following. Begin graz ing when grain crop is ready. Don't graze when land is wet, if clay land. ROTATION PASTURE : A rota tion pasture is one made with inten tion of bringing the land back to cultivated- crops in two or more years. For this . purpose grasses should be used that are easily eradicated, such as orchard grass, tall oat grass, tim othy and red top with the proper legumes. The rotation pasture has many ueses : It may be used as a meadow for making hay, J-j'i,ijL!'. uw. . It serves as ; a pasture in a dry summer, and for hay when summer -is wet. , ' It builds a deep sod and when turn ed under for a cultivated crop, is a great soil builder. It prevents soil erosion. For pastures . select rich land " near or adjoining the barn lot or connected with it by lane fences. Fence well and provide good gates. Prepare a good seed bed, loose on surface but firm sub-surface. Rich, fresh cleared land needs little and often na preparation. A sharp har 'row will do what is necessary. , God seed is iomportant Always use the best. Cheap seeds mean trash and weed seeds. The time to plant is generally early spring so that young, pasture plants will get a good start to withstand the heat of summer, or early fair to get started to stand the winter's cold. A good - mixture - of grassand le xnmc sped follows,, per,- acre Orch BY THEIR RECOKDS YrSHAtlTiCiNOW l ard grass, 4 pounds; tall oat grass, 4 pounds; timothy, 3 pounds; red top, 3 pounds; English rye grass, 3 pounds; white Dutch clover, 1 'pound; Japan clover, 10 to 20 pounds. Sow evenly over the land. If a good stand is not procured don't plow up but sow more, seed next . season. Don't graze too heavy first season. , WINTER PASTURE: A winter pasture is simply a good pasture al lowed to grow all the growing season for winter grazing that year. A prof itable winter pasture requires rich land. PERMANENT PASTURE: A per manent pasture is what the term im plies, one tha t lasts on and on for many years. A' good permanent pas ture mixture may be made by adding Kentucky Blue grass for the moun tains, and Kentucky Blue grass and Bermuda grass for the Piedmont, to the mixture given for rotation pas tures. . Neither beef, dairy cattle, sheep nor hogs can be grown or kept profitably without pastures. As a rule pastures in the mountains and Piedmont sections are grazed too closely for lack of enough pasture. When starting anjr kind of pasture, use plenty of eood seed. , If there arc poor thin spots in the pasture, apply barn yard manure or commercial fertilizers to bring them up." . ; . When the pasture shows signs of failure, find the cause. . If over stocked, remove part or all of the stock for a while. If plant food is lacking, find what it- is and apply it, Lime, acid phosphate and nitrates wisely used will keep pastures in good condition. The amount of seed per acre to insure a good stand varies greatly. Rich moist, fresh land reqquircs less seed. Less seed is used when there is plenty of moisture in soil. Dry southern slopes need more seed gen erally than northern slopes. In moun tain sections and also in Piedmont, when no Bermuda grass is used in permanent pastures, use plenty of KentuckyBluegrasstorBlueGrass and redtop. POULTRY SALE NOVEMBER 12, 1928 . Cull, cull, cull those useless hens and save feed. TURKEY SALE NOVEMBER 12, 1928 None taken under 7 pounds. Prices given out later. County Agent has some fresh Tankaj that will be sold at cost A WANT EXPRESSED IN TIME SAVES MANY A DIME BusTies, briars and weeds should be destroyed. Destroy bitter weed in every pasture, especially where dairy cows are kept. One or two acres per cow should be provided in Piedmont and two or three acres in mountain section. Fine pastures beautify the farm and add more, than money values. The farmer who sows grasses and legumes, makes fine pastures, grows diversified crops, milks highbred dairy cows, feeds the cows from his own farm, feeds the skim milk to hens and pigs, and returns all manure to the farm will never lack for ready cash, and is invariably a leader among BUSINESS MEN, as well as among farmers. Yours very truly, LYLES HARRIS, County Agent. Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 24. 1928, TO ALL COUNTY AGENTS: Perhaps there is no subject con nected with agriculture development that . is more fundamental than that of soil conservation. If we had the facts I am quite sure that we would find that we lose more fertility from our lands, as a result of erosion than is lost by the removal of crops. At any rate, the matter of prevention of soil erosion, the proper drainage of our lowlands, the removal of stones and stumps, and the elimination of many surface ditches is a fundamental problem that wc should keep ever in mind. I hope that each of you will give this matter serious thought, and as far as possible include soil conservation in your program of extension work for the coming year. Verv trulv vours. I. O. SCHAUB, Director. Dear Mr, Harris: - My pig hasn't had much of a chance didn't feed it as you said to, but it is very nice. I am going to sell it before a great while. Hope to have a good record next year. GENETA TALLENT. TALES OF CLUBS Up in Armstrong county, Tex., across a canyon is an isolatedgirls nt.iv 4 ,4tA-' -First come first served. -V LYLES HARRIS, County Agent. club. Etta Mullican, the home defon stration agent, declares one must trav el 90 miles to reach the community. ''These girls," she says, "can't run into the office or even just telephone the agent whenever they feel like it. They hunger for contact with the other clubs so I arranged . with the clubs on this side of the canyon to go there for a picnic. Two clubs went, making a meeting of 19 girls who enjoyed all hte pleasure and in spiration that attaches to such events." . The 17 girls of the Iowa Center, Mont., club worked out a successful community exhibit and program for their entire community. They sent out clever announcements of the ex hibits and program and proceeded to hold a successful 4-H evening. ' Strawberry club work gained laurels in Westmoreland county, Pa., this season. The club of New Kensington reports 14 of its 15 members com pleting their work. They produced on an average 320.6 quarts of strawberries at ai average net profit of $43.88. The first prize winer, Alonzo Frederick grew 902 - quarts at a net profit of $79.87. The size of the strawberry patches was about one-twentieth of an acre. For their poultry-club achievement d:iy, Nobles county, Minn., club folks chose "Twelve Months in the Poultry. Yard" for the subject of .-exhibits -pit! demonstrations. Each group of club members portrayed one of the months in its exhibit and during the morning program vas given 5 minutes in which to x explain the exhibit and answer questions. Of the 209 enrolled mem bers. 159 participated in tch achievement-day events. - Though, handicapped by the ceat distance they musf travel to attend the meetings, the 4-H foods club members of Riverton Valley, Mopt, recently entertained their mothers at a luncheon after , which they sang original songs dedicated to tehir moth ers pnd-gave a demonstration of mak ing bakingrpowder biscuits. v Th e celery-growing 4-H cl ub - of i-it. - 1 i t tge on nana tor v Schuylkill county, Pa., is distributing plants among its 39 members, to be grown in competition. WORK BOX AND TOOL CHEST "Boys' and Girls' Club Work," by; II. E. Rilling and Pauline M. Rey nolds, has been issued by the agricul- -: tural extension division, North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo, N. Dak. (Circ. 84). Its 28 pages tell what club work is,' how it is conducted, what club members do, steps in the , or ganization of a club, recreation and: special club activities and their place in the club program, responsibility of the field agent, county extension agent, and the local leader in the club oroeram. how to measure the effec tiveness of club work, and general information on pledge, motto, etc.,' with comments by club members in cluded for good measure, Illustrated by photographs. i!-' , From the agricultural extension service, New York Mate College or Agriculture at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., come the folliwing mimeographed publications: "Club Organization, Directions for Organizing 4-H clubs. The 4-H Hand Book, Part II." "Instructions for Leaders of 4-H y- t t a i, v rti a TT TI. 1 Uuds (Agriculture;, tne t-jn. nanu Book, Part IV." ""Reference Helps for 4-Hv Club Work." "The 4-H Club" Program in Agri culture." Scroll, N. C, Oct. 8 1928. Mr. Lylcs Harris, ' ' v Franklin, N. C. r Dear Mr. Harris: I am getting along fine with my club work. AH of our club members went on a chincapin hunt. Thence came back and had our club meeting. When arc you coming back to help us? ' I have two sheep. They are both ewes. When will I have to breed them. I don't guess I will come to the fair. v " Your club member, VERLONMASHBURN. nog
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