North Carolina Newspapers

V i A' ?. tf! p." m rif trt 1 n r S n h " PACT- J if. . COLUMN WATCH THESE COLUMNS FOR THE PATES OF THE POULTRY SHOWS Mr. Oli ver will come to the county on the 16th of August and remain that week. If you think that one of these schools should be placed in your vicinity see the county agent about it. Write him if you can not see him. A SMALL FLOCK OF SHEEP PAYS A flock of ten sheep, 9 ewes and a buck, on the farm of Jesse Burnett, returned the owner over 200 per cent profit the past year. Mr. Burnett started on August 1st, 1925, with 8-aged ewes, 1 ewe lamb, . he fact that tne farm js fenc and 1 buck. At this date Mr. ed f or sheep makes it possible Burnett has on the farm 7-aged ewes, 1 yearling ewe, 5 ewe lambs and 1 buck. This will constitute his breeding flock for the coming year. He sold the past season $18.20 worth of wool and $87.68 worth of lambs; this makes his total cash receipts for the year $105.88. . Counting the ewe lambs which he retained in the flock at the same value per lb as he sold the other lambs at, they are worth $53.62, making his total returns from the sheep for the year $154.50. The expense of maintaining this .flock was not great The labor used, in looking after the sheep was -scarcely noticeable as only a few minutes when the other stock was being looked after were devoted to feeding and tending the sheep. During the most of the year the only feed the flock received was pasture. The months of Janu ary, February, March and A ' pril about 400 lb. of pea and cane hay was fed. This hay was placed' in a rack and the sheep permitted to have all they wanted. During the win ter they were pastured on or chard grass part of the time, and on the wheat fields part of the time. During August, the breeding season, the ewes were fed 1 1-2 lbs. of a mixture of corn, oats, and brail, each, dai ly. During the 'first four months of the calendar year, while suckling their lambs, a ration of 3 lbs. each per day, of the same mixture was fed. Daring the remainder of the year no grain was fed. The only part of the grain ration purchased w a s 175 lbs. o f vwheatbxanw 4 All the jrat of ' thi feed lof thir flock ;nep was grown on the farm. Fig uring the roughage , and the grain eaten by the sheep at market prices its value was $15.85; valuing pasture at 20c per head per month, we Will al- MICKmTHE PRtNTEIVS DTIL UPUJ owuck pmoso anovio etArrsTHC3A txr, awo m tM( 1 t CM aw si v trr V .1 t '" -I ! 1 : j v ,: : Contributed br EARLS BRINTNALL I low 15.60 for pasture rent; thia makes the feed bill of the sheep $31.45. $2.50 was spent for tonic, dip, and salt, and the interest on the value of the flock at the start of the year was $3. This brings the total expense for the year to $37.10. Deducting this from the net re turns for the flock, $154.50, leaves $117.40 net profit. This is $11.74 profit for each mem ber of the flock at the start of the year Mr. Burnett states that the labor spent in caring for the fiock is not noticeable. It was merely a few minutes at a tim i to k.eep a sman flock with a minimum of attention and a minimum of feed. A great deal of the feed of the sheep at cer tain seasons of the year is ob tained by picking around the fence lines and in fields from which the grain has been har vested. In picking feed this way they destroy many foul weeds and glean much grain that would otherwise be wast ed. Close attention, is given the ewes at lambing time with the result that 100 per cent of the lamb crop is saved as a general thing. The ewe flock will be in creased the coming year and during the next few years until around 20 ewes are in the breeding flock. Mr. Burnett believes that this will be about the best number of sheep for his farm. With a larger flock more feed would have to be purchased and more attention given to flock sanitation. The profits would be materially in creased with a larger flock. The returns from this small flock of sheep are encouraging. They show, what is possible where the proper attention is given, where a few details are looked after. More in the county could keep a few ev?.a very profitably. WHATS THE PROSPECT FOR HAY NEXT YEAR We are having another dry spellfi Much of the seeding pf grass, and clover was killed by the dry weather early in the year and more will suffer now. This will cut down the hay crop oi next summer. What will you do; it does not pay to buy hay ! Some of our ;folks this year WdTfoW odl;4mji seeding ot Wtch T ani small grain last fall. Why not look into this and seel if you can use some such crop next spring. to good advantage. ' Vetch in it self is equal to alfalfa in com- n tvr wou is them tvwerar tpwiu j rs 1 s, . a t "'V position. MixedJ with smooth barley or wheat,' maybe a few winter oats, sown the first half ot September, and : jou: have the makings of an ; excellent crop, of .hay. This will bear in vestigation, Mr. Farmer This crop will furnish an excellent feed at a time when it will be most, acceptable. INVESTI GATE IT NOW. ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR WHOVHAD SOME VETCH HAY ' THIS YEAR. PIECE OUT THAT HAY CROP A small field of rye sown early in September, will niece out your hay supply. It will give the cows and the oth- er cattle some fine picking this late fall, during the nice days in the winter, and especially early in the spring. It will al so keep your soil from wash ing. Better try some Abruzzi rye. It stools out more and makes more pasture ; ,it yields better, making more grain. It does not grow as rank. It will sell as seed if you have a fur- plus amount of grain. ANOTHER CORN CROP Do you want another corn crop? Grow some beardless winter barley. Sow early, before the 10th of September for best re sults. 1 1-2 to 2 bushels to the acre. It yields as high as 50 and 60 bushels to the acres, 25 and 30 are very common yields. With vetch it makes a fine, hay cr.rp. SANITATION RE DUCES WG LOSSES A system of swine sanitation de veloped by specialists of the Unite! States Department of Agriculture in a " -mwr-' . ti sunerea '. .. "; ''II weatt, nervous "T WAS in a very weakened, run-down condition, surely in need of a tonic and build er," aays Mrs. J. R. Wrenn, of Anna, Texas. "I was so weak I had to go to bed, and kept getting weaker. - ; 1 suffered with my back so much. I was very nervous, cpuldnt rest good at night. I couldn't eat anything1! just wasn't hungry. . ; ; "I had read so much of Cardui, I thought best to use it" I took seven or eight bot tles, and by the time I had taken tnem I was stronger than I had been in several years. J can highly recam mJShd Cardui.'' ; , ; J.'- h Thousands of other women have" found' that the tonic ef fect of the purely vegetable ingredients of Cardui - were just w&at they needed to help restore, their appetites, to help bring them -aaiily and natu- i. rally back to normal health 'l it 1 ' t 'beaeiit, in. feaay4rauB0v4v male aDmesta, ::-;Wl: ' . "ny it at your druggist's. Jim r. lee-' - TL Tr .M ' ' ..." -. . McLean County, Hi.; baa gradually spread until it ( .widely use J in hog growing States; , , The method Ued greatly reduces losses caused by roundworms. and extension workers, in Iowa, Nebraska, and other states haves been active in acquainting swine irroweri with iti The Bureau of -Animal Industry, United States Department ox Agriculture, says mas many hog men, using the system, are now raising as many pigs as former ly with about two-thirds as manyi brood tows, , being equivalent to re ducing pig ; losses one-third. The method, though directed principally against roundworms, is so effective in controlling other' disease conditions that death losses from any cause are rare and runtiness is seldom osbnrv ad. ,;'. v - ' ' The foregoing results show the practical application of scientific work which at its outset was ex tremely technical and involved a de tailed study of the worm's life his- tnrv and characteristics. Altnougn nnt.rnl methods are now well esta lished, the bureau is continuing it experiments with other parasites and related diseases. HOGS WON'T THRIVE ON PAS TURE ALONE Raleigh, N. C. The grower who depends on pasture alone to fatten his hogs will figure his profits from the use of the hog. Records kept on several thousand head properly fed durinsr the nast few months show conclusively that hogs paid at least S1.00 per bushel above the market tiriee for corn. However one can still drive through North Carolina and nee .thousands of hoars under nourished and failing to gain in weieht because the owners are de pending on pasture alone for a large part of the feed. W. W. Shay, exponent of wise hog feeding in North Carolina and pro moter of countless hundreds of feed ing demonstrations put on with farm ers by the county agents of State College, states that the hog market last month reached the highest point in six vears. Except during the in flation of wartime prices, hogs are in an exceedingly strong market posi tion for the next five months and the hog-corn ratio is near the highest on record. But, he states, it is time now for hog producers to bear in mind, the violent down-swing of prices that has been caused in-times past, by over-expansion under simi lar priceelattonship.- ! 'By net "properly feeding out their hogs, many growers in North 'Caro lina are' not taking advantage of the conditions outlined by Mr. Shay. Furthermore, some owners of half starved hogs , are selling corn while others are feeding corn alone. Mr. Shay states that 7.9 percent ox tne corn crop Is sold off the I arm wnore raised. The total yield of corn in North Carolina last year was esti mated to be 41,321,000 bushels. A difference of $1.00 per bushel secur ed by converting this corn into pork would amount to $3,264,898 which might have been added to the net in come of corn raising farmers had the corn been fed to hogs. There is no doubt, states Mr. Shay, that each bushel of corn, properly supplemented and fed to hogs last winter and spring would have re turned as much profit over cost of production as five bushels sold at the market price. From BULL CREEK COFFEY REUNION The most delightful event of the week was the reunion of our Sunday School Superintendent, F. M. Cof fey's family. Mr. and Mrs. Coffey have five boys and three girls, all of whom were present except one of the boys and his family. Twenty-four grandchildren and 11 great grand children were represented. : Besides the children and grandchildren many friends and neighbors of the com munity had the privilege of enjoying such a delightful occasion. In addi tion to these the following were pres ent: Rev. end Mrs. J. H. wade 01 Asheville, Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Sprin kle of Locust Grove, Dr, and Mrs. W. F, Robinson and son, Robert, of Mars Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Grant of Marshall and others. , This mads a total of about one hundred fifty present.- ? - , At twelve o'clock we all gatnerea around the .table which was laden with all sorts . of dainties sd goad things to Mt. Though the.crowd was large in number, and most .everybody ate with a healthy appetite, the boun tiful food supply was not lacking' in either quality ov quantity.' ' After we had satisfied our desire fro food and fed our physical bodies, we completed the services of the day by feeding our souls from the Word of God in talks and songs. The fol lowing made Terr? inspiring talks: Rev. A. J. Sprinkle, Rev. J. H. Wade Metwrg.- F. M. Coffev. Jim Phililns. tf Charles Sojfaso C:. VC MCS PHOTO . '':. ...'. ' . ...... v Jk J Jk A ' ' C 2 v h it is a comforting feeling to iiiing put Dy m m. hwwtc i uiiu iuai i uuui m srood rate of interest, and ever ready to aid you either -- in emergency or opportunity. a I- . 1 1 minj or ion country of Deposit. Profit by their experience! ' Your Certificate of Deposit Here Will Earn THE BANK OF FRENCH BROAD "The Bank That p m nA Tmrir Coffev. These services haiHnv hft finished each family of the dispersing crowd, after bidding hie friends goodby; for season're turned to hb own domicile. ICwas indeed a Very delightful gathering ig. '. . ; Mr. Hobert Edwards of Winston- Salem is visiting relatives here. Miss Glen Hunter spent iastweeK in Ashevwe witn relatives, du sua is now at home. : Mr. Wesley Hunter was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Ellis of Mars Hill Thursday night , , Miss Eleanor Riddle, who has been in summer school at Mars Hill Colege and Miss Wilma Fox of Long Branch were the week-end guests of Miss Clara Tillery. - Mr. Rilye forester nas naa nis nair Misse Bertha Landers. Kate Lan- ders, and Elizabeth Buckner and Mr. Claud Moody of Mars Hill were at Bull Creek Sunday afternoon Our Superintendent, Jf . M. ioirey, was unable to be at Sunday School Sunday, because of illness. Messrs. Georgia Buckner and Ma mie Buckner were the Saturday aft ernoon callers of Miss Kate Edwards. Mr. Wiley Reid of Marshall was at Bull Creek 'Sunday morning. . Miss Evelyn Tweed of Marshall was at Bull Creek Sunday afternoon. From BARNARD CroDs look rood so far but the people believe that if it doesn't rain crops : will be a failure this year. God's will be done, not thine, r Mr. Earl Fortner was visiting the sick folks at. the French Broad Hos pital in Aaheville Saturday and Sun days 'i-.jl -is ''- -'. . :.., . : Mr. and Mm. C. D. Meadows and family motored to Bluff Sunday visit ing Mr. and Mrs. Glamer Snelson and reported a bice time except blow outs. ' -' -': ;-.; ? , Mr. Z. B. Massey is very ill at thia writing. Hope he will soon recover, v Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McDarris and family went out riding Sunday after noon. k - 3 Hiss Flora "Meadows spent the (ttU ernoon h'Miss ta tMassey 'Sun-J i IS N - ? '. - Mr. J. W. Roberts -is eniovias-ltis married life just fine. Best "wishes to the News-Record and its, happy readers. , From UTTLE PINE , ... - Spcial) ' Mrs.' Oscar Brooks and Mr. Frsnk Brown of Hot Swiinrs visitid Mr. and IM TMf SAMPLtf M'i a: -.. - ;"" know that you have aorae- I 1 ' -'-m s mosc iucccmiui 10a wemi- Backs The Farmer." 1 nr -W:' t! Dnrkrv Wtntvfaw' mrs. tteruert likens and email ,spn and two .daughters, Herbert, Jr., TB!di-ahd Joy"and Miss Mae. Kant,;. IwhqJveniyWUng i I Mr. and. Mrs,., RebertTKent, returned. to: Aaheville Subdav. 'j. Mr. Joe Payne is somewhat im proving since he had his car wrcek near Marshall. ' Mr. William Dockery and Roy Kent motored to-Mars Hill Sunday. SCIENCE FTOiEK MONTH . DISCARD "OUR AWK. WARD CALENDAR" Toronto, Ont. "Our complex and awkward calendar, with months of unequal length made up of weeks plus one, two or three days, appor tioned according to the whimsy of an old Roman emperor, absolutely pro hibits orderly and rational summar ies of statistical data in suitable units of conveniently increasing time." So said Charles M. Marvin, chief of the United States weather 'bureau at . Washington, in his paper to the physics section of the British Asso ciation ..for the ' Advancement of Science. Pointing out , that great masses of statistical data covering the fields of meteorology, yields and prices of crops, business and econom ic condiitons. are oilins uo each year. but under the handicap of a fantastic calendar, , Prof essor Marvin urged that .meteorologists take the lead in the moyement for a rational division of the year into weeks-and quarters. "To be fully useful to students for analysis, these data need to be appro-1 priately awembled in suitable units of time and sectional area, or rep resentative groups," Professor Mar-, vin explained. ' Thus-he, would advocate .in addi tion, to simplification of the calendar, the arbitrary division of the area of the continents more cOnvehient'm ... i' fibttivm promote the -adoptionf the simple - eaual-mdnth ; calendar many others are now advocating, and ' thus make it easy, for all future time -at least, to summarise data in units r of weeks, fortnights, . four-week months, thirteen-week quarters, and years of just fifty-two weeks,'' Pro- lessor iSarvin urged. '. u Leap year would -just naturally tt in under this scientist's scheme. ' VittcisGoztl esT,4 cr.rvcAV AXxrAN, , c? c x 'a X-.-CTS vjux, : vai u.-3 uwr.w-crxVry ) ' T. '.3 r;::t . "I ' ; : t: t - -'".2 n( .