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GRIT GRINDS
Edited by
COUNTY AGENT
Let us grow clover an J grass on the hill;
While intensely the lovels and flats we till.
The cows and hens willsettle our daily bill;
While the beeves, sheep and. tobacco the coffers flu.
And, when orchard, garden and sty the larder fill,
Then, with a smile, wil Mary greet her Bill.
NO ARTICLE LAST WEEK
Owing to the annual report to
the officials in charge of the
Extension work in the state and
in the United States, which had
to be made last week, we were
forced to omit the column in
the News-Record. We intend
to print sections of this annual
report from time to time in our
column believing that it will be
interesting to our readers.
this plot or at the rate of 2120
pounds to the acre.
BEST TOBACCO IN COUNTY
Residents of No. 16 Town
ship claim that they have the
best tobacco in the county, tak
en as a whole. Best crop that
they have cut in years, so they
say. They are strong for high
analysis fertilizer.
made, an average 5& farm?
for each day in the field. There
were" 380 diffrent individual
farmers Visited,, and averajge
of 2V& new farms for each .day
in the field.
MONEY FOR TURKEYS H.
W. Freeman, who lives at Dog
gett's Gap, sold $560 worth of
turkeys this year. He started
with 11 turkey hens. He has
20 turkeys left on his farm.
NUMBER OF OFFICE CALL
ERS GROWS-During the year
ending November 30th., 1220
different farmers called at the
county agent's office for infor
mation. This was an average
of 8 12 callers for every ' day
spent in the office. Aside from
attending to these callers he
county agent wrote 570 individ
ual letters and 54 articles for
LOTS OF TOBACCO H. B.
Woody, who lives near Joe
post office, used 2001b s. of 12-
4-6 on an eighth of an acre of 1 the papers, besides several cir
tobacco last spring. He told cular letters.
us the other day that he had
cut 2651b s. of tobacco from
THE TOBACCO DEMON
STRATION PLOTS YIELD
WELL Our report reads : ''Of
the five one-half acre plots un
der which the synthetic nitro
gen product, nitraphoska (30-
During 150 days spent in the J 15-15) was used at the rate of
field 790 farm visits were 200 lbs. to the acre (equal to
THESE CHICKENS DO LAY
The Woodys started the year
November 1, 1928 with 207
White Leghorn hens. They
finished with i07. - They 1 av
eraged for the year 154 laying
hens in the flock. These hens
laid 29,361 eggs during the
year,, an average to the average
number, of hens in the flock, of
190- eggs.
This same flock averaged a
npt. return to the owner of
$3.06 per bird for the 207 birds
in the flock at the beginning of
the year.
This is the sort of hens that
should be in the flocks on the
farms in Madison County. It
is the sort of hens that the
Madison County Slogan calls
for, "CRACKING GOOD
HENS." They are receiving
the care that is enabling them
to build the bank account of
their owners.
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diion County Dealer . ' r.iar Hill, N. C
800 pounds o f8-4-4), the re
sults of only three were secur
ed. One of these five plots
was destroyed by wet weather
and another had no report
made as the cooperatorfailed
to keep his crop separate, in
other words, did not cooperate.
The other three plots gave an
average yield of 13001b s. to
the acre.
"Of the eight one-half acre
plots under which a 12-4-6 fer
tilizer was used four failed to
report, two because wet weath
er damaged the crop and two
'Just failed to cooperate.' The
four crops reported gave an av
erage yield of 1439 lbs. per a-
ere. One of these four crops
was injured by weather and
disease and the yield cut. How
ever, the average yield of the
tobacco crop in the county as
given in the statistical report
by the Department of Agricul
ture was more than doubled.
, "The best tobacco plot of
the year was. that made, on the
farm of R. P. Forester, Mars
Hill. R. 1. Mr. Forester had a
half-acre over 12-4-6,; a half-
acre over nitraphoska (30-15
15). and an acre over ,8-4-4
The last acre was fertilized in
the ; manner that most of the
growers have used , fertilized
tobacco," 400 lbs. to the ; acre.
The yield of these three plots,
all calculated to the acre basis.
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7R61bs. of tobacco. Sold
for $ 259.36 above the cost of
fertilizer.- ' V.
30-15-15. 1456Ibs .of tobacco.
Sold for 496.08 above the cost
of fertilizer.
12-4-6. 2096 lbs. of tobacco.
Sold for $680.56 above the cost
of tobacco.
The 12-4-6 acre yielded
2 2-3 times as much as the 8-4:
4 acre.
There are 11 tobacco demon
strations that will go on to the
market this, winter. The yields
given above are for the plots
grown during 19,28, the returns
for which came in too late for
An 1Q9R rpnnrt.. It oaYS to
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use a good grade of fertilizer,
liberally, in growing tobacco.
It not only increases the nura-
hor nf nniinds but also the
quality of the tobacco.
We hope that during the
season of 1930 there may be
an increase over the cream
sales of 1929 or even larger
than the increase of 1929 over
1928.
LETTER TO SANTA
Flaf Pond, Tenn.
Route No. 1.
Dear Santa Claus, .
t . i;-f1a rrr fniir. veim old.
Please bring1 me a big' doll that can
sleep, and a little cook siove i,uvw
set of idishes and some oranges, candy
and nuts. Please remember my lit
tle cousin, Ernestine, up in.West iVa.,
and bring her spmething nice. ?
From Orthnide Hensley.
DAIRY CATTLE Those sell-
. 11 TfeMl.
ing cream to vine ouunuie
Dairy increased for the year
from 50 to 100. For the year
ending November 1 there were
33,000lbs. of butterfat, sold,
bringing - to . the ; county from
$15,000 to $16,000. This is an
increase of 50 Yo over last
year's sales. , . .
At the, peak : of the : season
this year , the . cream sales ; a-,
mounted . to $2514 per month.
The average "sales -for i five
months period, 'beginning May
1, were $20i9.v .This, is ;com
parable with the average jwth
the average, for, the. same five
months ' of the previous year,
which was, $1237. - During the
five . months ' mentioned f of
1929,, the total sales of cream
were equal to the total, sales
for the entire year of 1928.?;"'
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For the next few days
we will: sell G reeh e
County's! Daily Paper
FOUR MONTHS
ror
$1.00
This special and unusual offer.
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up with the Greeneville tobac
co market v during - the entire
season.' v Prices' and. market
news are published daily. As
sociated Pressi.world news, lo
cal news, continued story,, two
comic strips, four pages color-
ed comics on rnaay.'
Keep up with the tobacco mar
ket every day, for our, months,
for only ONE DOLLAR. V
Thijr pffert doaea on Saturday,
December 21st. Bring or send
your ddUar TODAY ' .
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, Greeneville, Tennessee '
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