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1 J I , . rl If:! I JUST ABOUT THE FARM The color scheme has invaded all other business. Wonder when enough pride will be developed in our farm homes so that the buildings will be painted in pleasing colors? . They say a thing of beauty is a joy forever. Then there must be a little joy in some of our drab farm houses in this county. Dark and drab surroundings are depressing wherever found. But we expect the children to ' stay on the farm and love it when very little is A - i. 1 1J it- - . . . . uunc iu nuiu iucm. .'. . .41 The "stew time' for the hogs that were kept in an open pen all' summer is past and "freezing 1 time" has te- . It does not 'matter though. The hogs can not talk so the neighbors will never notice 'cause they . are doing the same thing themselves. There is an increasing number of people calling at the Press office to inquire where they may buy or sell various sundry things. We are glad, to have.them. These inquiries run the whole gamut of human wants from where to buy to sell ' a landing field for airplanes. ; '', " We naturally turn to our adver tisers when making recommendations. There are very few hives of bees that , have come through the summer with enough food stored up for win ter use. ' The conscientious owner of , bees will take steps at once to remedy this corfdition. There are two things; to do to correct this condition; first feeding, and second, doubling up the small hives. : .. '. ... This last will necessitate the killing of one of the queens or replacing both of the old queens with a good one. - v..:i.V- '. Bees more than repay the trouble they 'cause by their work in polliniz- ing plants. . PASTURES The thoughts of pastures, at once bring up1 the idea of fences, tho there is an "i erroneous idea prevalent that it is a good practice to fence the poof land' when just the opposite is . true. ' The Super Farmer knows this but the Hick Farmer is and probably al ways will remain skeptical but that; is one of the reasons that he is la Hick Farmer. There is not an acre of land in Macon county that averages $25.00 per year net profit 'unless it is fenced But good rich land under fence and sodded;- to permanent pasture will net that much year in and year out ' . In Australia fencing is required by law arid' they have a: saying that fencing doubles acreage. IN GENERAL I wonder how many farmers , are planning a course of systematic read ing for the winter evenings? There are thousands of good things to' 'read that may be had for the asking on lines of farming. The, State ; College or the" United States Department of 'Agriculture are where they may be nad . ' '; .'. r Tehn there is the '..question of fertilizer arid seeds "to work out but this is not all, other reading should te done on other lines! ' . Y : 1 Good, clean fiction is restful and interesting and travel books and autobiographies are restful . and ' in- formative, someone has trutntuiiy said, "Speakmg maketh a ready man, Writing 1 an ' exact" man; and reading : a full man." :" ,:: J . v . The great philosopher, Emerson spoke of books' ' as' being his 'best friends' for with them he could journ ey to all ; parts of the world arid enter 'the pleasant or intricate theories- of life,'' pleasure, business, religion, : society ' and all others t6o numerous to mention. - , ..'.,. - - . Very . few men read as much' . as they ought to and far too many read . nothing at all. I know the argument will be in many cases, "I have never done it." But that reminds me of the negro when the circus man was trying to get him to place his head in the lion's mouth during the performance. The lion trainer, told the darkey that the lion was raised on milk but the negro said, "Yassuh, so wuz I but I eats meat now." To thos men ' who " have not made the habit of reading all we can say is its time they changed . their ways. The time, is nearly here when many otherwise' good' dairy cows will be burnt out oh too much cotton seed rheal. The best of cows can only digest a pound, and One half of meal a day. " Pour more of it to her if you think this is not true and see the results. Many cows will shiver this winter in wet, drafty sheds but will be called upon to give milk twice a day just the same. The old car gets a proper amount of gas and oil and water before it will work at all but far too many cows are left to thrive and grow upon "if s" and "ands" and "I can'ts." A. cow is . like a baby, she thrives on love and care. s BEEF CATTLE x The writer longs to see some very cow minded farmer use dual purpose cattle in this county. ' . . ' It works satisfactorily and profitably in other parts of the world, hence the belief that it would work here. The main' factor for success is culling and selecting. . The first thing to look for is the beef conformation and next the mam milary development. Everybody Mowing Pasture (By C. W. Til son, County Agt.) Practically every progressive far mer in Jackson county has already, or this week, mowing and sprouting and cleaning off his pastures. This is the best sign of real progressive farming I have seen during the four years I have been in Jackson county. A pasture of good sod or grasses and clovers free from weeds, briars and sprouts is by far the, most valuable crop any Jackson County farmer can grow. Our farmers are fast realizing the unmistaken fact that their pas ture is the nibst valuable crop they are growing. ' Where the weeds and briars or sprouts are too thick to be left ly ing on ' the land, they are 'being placed on scalds and gulleys in preparation for fertilizing the poor spots and sowing them to grasses and clovers next March. By cutting the weeds, now before the seeds mature this anoxious crop will be cut short for next year, and according to the old signs the briars and sprouts cut now as most of the life of the plant is in the top will kill them better than cutting at any other season. As County Agent, I want to urge every farmer in Jack son county to join with those now at work and clean off the pasture, thoroughly. Use the mowing machine where it is possible, and then the briar blade; axe, and mattock, where necessary, to do the job right. The extra grazing you will' get from now urn. wiu wcaiuci wm annual, y&j fnr ffllC' umrlr AtiH ' rrU tiri.1l ImiKI ' the grazing capacity of your pasture Trr HPVf Ttio Viie(ati amI mIawam will romp nnf nHW artirl mnrh ffiirlr. er in the spring and will produce? a' uuuuic dinuuiii vi KidzniK nil' next oiimmpr .. on4 . foil .TiL.,. r, Journal. EDITOR'S NOTE : Would that this ( could be said of Macon. ROTATION BUILDS PROFITS When the commissioners, of Alexan der county placed the county home farm under the supervision of tne tarm demonstration agent seven (Continued on page 12) X U I AY , . (2 days only) Friday anjd; Saturday, Sept. 27th and 28th "GOmrlBBOW BRAND ' ;ii''":' AND t . . lip fail to talie advantage of this mMMMAMM OFFER! Qn!$ to each cmtomer This exceptionally lowjpricf is made possible . pbee for ages as a heahhfnl food. Ita iso4 through ; the cooperation of dealers listed below beverage was permanently established in Cua:;j , and &xr6astera 'of GOLD RIBBON" Brand during the Napdeoniclyars, wb?a, dm to &a COFFEE and CHICORY. ' - bbdeade rf tto CHICpR Y is a plant resembling very dosely coffee, tea and cocoa could be procured only Ti tba sugar beet in appearance and after bern rjroc- difficulty. To quote the National Dbpercttr7 essed la drying, roasting arid grinding, has a fla- MCBcory is thought to increase the appetiticci vor and c6lor very similar to coffee; It baa held a promote the digestion." 1 ! 1 When Perfectly Blended 1 t .. r vri&x wBfee as in our XK)LD JBBON" Brand, it adds strong 'th, improves flavor end color, and prevents coffee from becoming state on standing. Double strength for best results use only half as mudH 'itK)LD RIBBON" Brand COpjE and CHICORy es of ordinary coffee. 'ftOLD IBBONM Blenid you may now do so at this previously unheard of low price. ; ' ' " CTW mGOLD RIBBON" Ihxind COFFEE end CHICORY at any of tK oUotrinj gtoress H. G. Brindle, Franklin, N. C. E. C. Cope, Franklin, N. C. J. W. Hastings, Franklin, N. C. Pauline Long, Franklin, N. C. L. E. Norris, Franklin, N. C. . A L. Ledford, Franklin, N. C. C. C. Stamey, Franklin, N, C Bob Southard, Franklin,, N. C. "J. J. Kiser, Franklin; N. C . W. P. Potts, Franklin, N. C. S. J. Dean, Etna, N. C. 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