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Contributed by
EARLE BRINTNALL
Ah FARM TARGET FIVE it very quickjy You pay for
CRACKING GOOD C O W S thia service, why not use it?
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W!HY THE DIFFERENCE
During the last week we visited
two farmers each of whom pur
chased dav-old chicks last
spring of the White Leghorn
Variety. One of these parties
purchased his chicks from a
breeder whose stock had been
fecbmmended by the State
Poultryman to the County A
gent; the other went to a large
ly , advertised commercial
hatchery. The first party has
a flock of pullets that are a
near alike as two chickens can
be; the second has a flock of
pullets among which are some
that have a very distinct brown
tinge to thejr feathers. The
first party's chicks are of
known parentage, pure White
Leghorn; the second party's
chicks are not of known parent
age and have other blood than
that of White Leghorn in their
veins. In this instance we be
lieve that the first party paid
less for his chicks than the sec
ond.
You cannot be too sure about
the parent stock back of your
foundation stock.' We heard
Mr; Oliver. the Extension Poul
trjmaa,:mke the foHewing
statement the phter day, "I
would rather pay a dollar a
!iece for day-old chicks from
iir.- flock or from Mr.
flock than 15 cents each for
day-old chicks from the
Hatchery." He named two
large commercial hatcheries.
Why would he? Because he
knows what he would get.
Use those that your county,
:ybur state, your nation, has
placed in positions where they
can be of use to you. Do you
"want seed for your field, trees
for your orchard, new stock in
yotir herds, hew poultry in your
flock, then go to the County A
gent. He can direct you as to
where you can get dependable
stuff ; If he does not have the
information on hand he can get
THE STATE TEST FARM
Last Tuesday, the County A
gents of Western North Caro
lina, gathered at the State Test
Farm located near Swannanoa.
The purpose of the meeting
was to acquaint the Agents
with the work that is being
carried on there and also that
they might criticize this work,
either favorably or unfavora
bly. The following 'men met
with the agents Mr. Miller,
who is in charge of all the
State Test Farms; Mr. Schaub,
Director of State Extension;
and Mr. Goodman, District A
gent. Mr. Clapp, Superintend
ent of the Farm, assisted by
the men directly in charge of
the work, conducted the visit
ors over the farm, thru the or
chards, poultry yards and cat
tle barns, and explained the
work being done. Rain in the
afternoon hindered, and all of
the work was not visited.
This farm is of vital impor
tance to the farmers of this
section. At this place differ
ent crops are tried out, differ
ent methods of handling the
soil are in use, orchards are be
ing handled under different
systems, poultry flocks . axe be
ing, handled and careful;. rec
ords are kept of the cost and
the returns, a herd of pure bred
Jerseys are maintained and ac
curate records kept. Much
valuable information is being
gathered for the farmers; this
information should be sought
by the farmers. Visitors are
always welcome. The County
Agent will be glad to go with
any party of farmers on a vis
it to this farm and will make
iarrangements before time so
that they can receive the at
tention which they want.
of ' the station , poultry man,
jetthe group Of County Agents
gazj ; at her and was'" yery
much unconcerned.' Besideher
and as equally unconcerned a
boutthenttention which she re
ceived was a pullet or rather a
last year's pullet that has laid
265-eggs and has 6 weeks 0r
two months to go before her
year is ended. The first , hen
has, in her second year laid
192 eggs and is not thru yet.
She will have an average of o
ver 240 eggs for the two years.
At 30 cents a dozen her pro
duct is worth $6 each year.
At the same price the young
er hen will have nearly ?7
worth of eggs to her credit at
the end of the year. The
whole flock of Rhode Island
hens will average . 190 eggs
each year; 16 dozen eggs;
$4.80 worth at 30 cents a doz
en. Q:
One hundred hensi at this
rate would bring in $.80 each
year at the low average price
of 30 cents a dozen for eggs.
You still have the old hen to
put a value on. She would
easily weigh 7 or 8 pounds
when ready for market, mak
ing her worth about $175 or
$2. Her yearly returns are
then about $6.55 to 6.80. One
hundred such hens would yield
the owner over $650.
This would be a large aver
age egg yield for a farm flock.
However the average , farm
flock should easily lay. 12-doz-en
eggs, per ,hen each;"jrear?
Sell' these at 30 cents perdoa-
en and figure a hen at the end
of the year worth $1.75, we
have a return per bird of $5.35
for the year. We ask is it
worth aiming at?
Extension, on" that day. J ;.Tou
wiirant'to hearths. Ila ia
a , good talker ' and he always
has something to say. Hojd
that day open.
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PAYS TO IRRIGATE J "
SAYS THIS FARMER
SOME HENS Over at Swan
nanoa
SUDAN GRASS Last June,
Grady Merrell"came into the
office one day and asked what
he could plant on some ground
that he wished to put into alfal
fa early in the fall. We told
him to plant Sudan grass. . On
the 20th of June he sowed the
field to this grass. On the
20th of August the grass was o-
Test Farm there i3 a ver 6 feet tall, some of it over
A gross income of nearly nine
hundred dollars from a plot of
ground less than an acre in extent
convinced D. G. Wilson of Tyro com
munity in Davidson County that it
would pay him to irrigate when the
seasons are dry.
."Mr. Wilson is one of the success
ful truck growers of Davidson Coun-1
ty," says County Agent C. A. Shef-l
field. "This spring while most of
our truck crops such as tomatoes and
early Irish potatoes, we're a complete ,
failure, Mr. Wilson irrigated his i
land and grew on about 6-10 of an ;
acre 210 bushels of Irish Cbbbler po
tatoes. He sold thfese on the Salis
bury, Lexington and Spencer markets
for an average of $2.05 per' bushel
netting him $430.50 on his venture."
To produce this yield of potatoes,
Mr. Wilson used at the rate of 1,500
pounds of a 7-5-5 fertilizer per acre
and manured the land heavily be
fore planting. :
Not all the plant food was used
by the potatoes, reports County A-',
gent Sheffield, and enough was left
to produce a good general crop. The
cost of seed, manure - and fertilizer
was $80, whcih left a profit on the
potato venture of $350.50. .
On another third of an acre in the
same field, Mr. Wilson planted out
900 Chalk's Jewel and Bonnie Best
tomato plants which yielded a re
turn of 50 cents per plant. The to
matoes were sold on the same market
as the potatoes and brought in $4o0.
This makes a total of $880.50 worth
of tomatoes and potatoes from Ices
than one acre of land, states Mr.
Sheffield, and shows what any farmer
near a good market can do u he takes
advantage, of all opportunities offer
ed him. Tie good yields produced
on this land were' made possible by
the heavy fertilization and the use of
irrigation.
TO
BE IN ASHEVILLE
0NM0NDAV;SEPT.6
Rhode Island hen that in her
pullet year laid 279 eggs. She
stood up on a mash feed hop
per eating food from the hand
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Kinety per cent of all the cars Dodge "
. Brothers built in the last 11 years
are still in service. That is because .
they are bailt to. lastJ i And.thal.ia.
why;.thMra-is;no moraetMibl in..
vestment in the world than a Dodge
Brothers Used Car. '
HENDERSON . MOTOR CO.
'USC-0 COT T5 ONLY AS DePNfiAX3L&,
A5 t TMB. D&AL&R WHO - IT . -
7 1-2 feet, and ready to cut for
hay. Yesterday we saw a
field of Millet headed out prac
tically ready to cut for hay. It
was about 15 inches to 20 inch
es tall. The farm stock will
relish the Sudan grass but will
not be any too eager for the
millet. Sudan grass is, next to
soybeans, our best emergency
spring bay crop ; why use some
thing that is not as good when
it will grow as well T ." 4
DONT FORGET The Poultry
Show-It is scheduled for Oc
tober 5th. v We expect to give
the people of the county; farm-
era especially an opportunity
to hear Director Schaub, State
Monday. Sept.; 6, afternoon, arub
evening; uiuiar huge Tnaoses of can
va the flftest. circuai ever.madeby
the ingenuity and courage of men,
will parade and show Jn Asheville
on Sept 6 to make the young folks
happy and the old folks young. . The
great parade is on Monday . morning
at 11 :00 o'clock. First of all, a real
wud animal circus is a 19241 acquisi
tion, having been imported from the
world's greatest wild animal training
quarters at Stellingham, . Germany.
Included in these displays will be
found lions, tigers, leopards, polar
and grizzly bears even trained os
triches will be seen in adidtion to
the Sparks group of sixteen "Rota
tion," the two elephant herds, fancy
gaited and posing horses, the Bibb
County Pig Circuq, Sparks' (Seals,
and hosts of others of a novel nature.
The circus proper opens with an e
laborately staged spectacle, "L'Ora,
the- Jungle Queen," in which all of
the animals, performers, premier
dancers, and a large chorus partici
pate. As a fitting finish to the all
feature performance, the mammoth
pageant. "The Flair Of America" will
be presented, in which 800 people and
ouu norses appear.. Sparks Circus
has been tripled in size this season
and is today one of the largest in the
worm, uxcursions on all railroads.
UOJN T FORGET THE DATE
Monday, September 6th, at Asheville,
adv't
A little bit added to what . you've got, makes a little bit more.
But lots of little bits makea BIG AMOUNT.
Only ten dimes make a DOLLAR; ten times ten dollars make
one hundred dollars; ten hundred dollars are ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
Save your FIRST thousand dollars anof have it in the BANE.
Financial success will then be CERTAIN.
' We invite YOUR Banking Business.
Start Saving Regularly NOW.
THE BANK OF FRENCH BROAD
MARSHALL, N. C.
ANOTHER EFFECT O F
FOREST FIRES
The extent to which forest
fires affect the production of
honey will perhaps never be
known. , At least-one beekeep.
er . claims that f oresi fires do
affect the .amount,, of: honey ,
which' bees:. are able to majiu-
facture where they are depend-
raw product. Charles Mur
raw ropduct. Charles Mur
ray of Shirley, Tennessee, in
the Cumberland Mountains,
makes that claim. Mr. Mur
ray has observed tnat wnen
spring forest fires are unusual
ly common and severe in his
neighborhood, the amount of
honey produced by his bees the
following summer is below nor
mal and he claims to have lost
several stands of bees follow
ing seasons of severe fires, due
to" the fact that not enough
honey was gathered to carry
them through the winter.' Mr.
Murray's bees depend upon
wild flowers for their supply
of nectar. It is logical, there
fore, to reason that if the for
est fires destroy Nwild flowers,
which they undoubtedly ' do,
the the supply of nectar wuld
be Jessenad InanyvevevVth
general effect is perhaps insig
nificant from an economic
standpoint, but it ia interesting
to observe the effect of fires up.
on minor local industries that
are dependent upon the by
products of the forest for their
existence.
It is expected that 100 grade or
scruD duiis in jNorui uarouna will be
replaced with pure breds of high,
quality, before the end of the year.
, W. A. SAMS
Physician and Surgeon
umce r ront Koom Over
Citizen Banki
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Good service' when you want
it. Reasonable prices.
CAREFUL, courteous driver.
; , Your business will be ap
' predated. ,
EDSHELTON-
Phone 19.
A man seeing the notice "Iron
Sinks," in a hardware store window
went inside and said lie was perfect
ly aware tnat "iron sinks."
Alive to the occasion) the dealer
retaliated. "Yesy-1 know, and time
flies, music stands, moonlight walks,
rubber tires, and the organ stops."
"Haven't you fogotten one thing?"
asked the visitor.
"What's that?" inquired the shop
keeper cautiously.
'Marble busts," . was tfie reply.
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