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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 1 i i t THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1933 : A Page For K ooi Farmers Text Of I Address In Ash Hay wood Man Again Named Chairman of Farm Committee Much Was Accomplished Dur ing Past Year Along Agricultural lines The following- is the full text of II. A. Osborne's address at the first anniversary meeting ol me ;-iu Year Farm Program which was re ntly held in Asheville. Mr. Osborne as reelected chairman of the central .ommittee ot the movement. .Mr. Osborne's address was as fol lows: "1're 5-10 Year Farm program was launched lecenb?r 11. l'd-il, lure in this theater, when Frederick K. Mur phy anil t hiu les V. Oilli.Saon explain, id tiie 'Minnesota l'lan' and how it had revolutionized production and narketinn methods in '.he Noi ihwest. i! j- i:ru!ri:tm did nut actually Ret uiui. : ivi.;' until the chairman of the ,:;i.y .n.n's and womi n's conunit v ..:.. et tie' lir: i wick in January. y'j.,2. m'I'1 organi;:'.'.; themselves into ".w i-iu War Farm Program r.-jrional .in T)ii. group, realiiiing the ,nvr-::y --sf 'Western A'orth (':roiin:., .;r distances "I" ''the counties ."1 ;:i. one i'.aothir. derided that un je.:;ular -meetings were held the i nils .asm in'oui-ed would die down 11; nl. 'Tin A.-I line,1,' w live vi the on 1 ed In meet mail ili- .!c -r ;.. . a I'Miltn '!uj!!i rix.t i.i I'- ;':: ;ti'rai had lieen i ironed -out I'll 1 i. '.v...; gelii' ally '..11 del -food y . t'ne public at. large. The cou::--i! met live times in Asheviile. and once at the big livestock mooting at f.e.noiv (iwyr.Y l'ar.11 in Haywood couiry in the first six months. Real "iz'm that these meetings were ot such im inspirational nature thnt. it would be wi-.-'(. for interested citizens in the different counties to attend th' m, the council was cut into four divisions, meeting in different towns upon invitation. Kight of these local meet ings were held from August first to December first. Attendence has ranged at all these meetings from 10 to 40. "At the beginning of the movement some counties took quicker hold than 'other?. Some did not understand its purpose, but have since begun to get things gradually moving, A study of the objectives will show the enormity of our problems and will explain why many things have not been completely 'hanged. "The very first thing necessary was to establish county-wide programs, which were carried to all the people by county agents, home demonstration agents, vocational teachers, co-opera tive marketing organizations, county and community committees, and the weekly and daily newspapers.- This movement could not have succeeded without the support of all the above agencies. Wholehearted corporation has been had, and I wish at this time fo thank ''each anil every of these -agencies for their assistance. I he 5-10 Year Farm program has not tried to replace any agricultural group, but has tried to act as a moth er. organization to foster and sup plement anything instrumental ami everybody interested in improving rural economic conditions. "I think you people assembeled here tonight .wi'll . see-. " . from the county chairmen's reports that they and their associates have not been idle the past year., aiid; that while many of the im provements are intangible and im visiVb ones, they are laying the found ation for greater strides in the fu ture, and for cheaper production and marketing. We have so far to go and so much to do that definite ob jectives or accomplishment in dollars and cents are impossible; Only by con stant reports can we keep track of what is going on and show the gener al nublic of Western North Carolina that atrriculture is not only not stand ing still, cmt has gone forward in the face of present conditions even Are there many businesses today that can say the same? CAS HELP THEMSELVES "I believe that fanners can help themselves in more ways than they think. This has been proven in many cases the past year, especially where there has been community effort through clubs or chapters of the National Grange. "We men folks take the position that the women are the vital instru ments in all farm and home improve ment, and look forward to the day when the Western North Carolina farmer or mountaineer carries his wife with him to every meeting he attends. We want to see these wom en taken out of the dreary, isolated sections, and given a little recreation and show of interest. "The regional council by close study of the 4-H boys and girls clubs, agriculaural class work and hope economics, came to the conclusion that no better investment can be made than in the continuation of this work evili A. Osborne's ecenlly iTAiit i, Has lilies 10 Plan; eon i he lesuk-i are shown not only in better work by the young people but in their influence on parents who can never he reached 111 any other way. In our IS counties there are till -1-H clubs with 14oS children do ing special work. We feel this nutn b.'.' can b,. increased in the future. The regional council has backed up t the limit, county agents and other extension workers, encouraging: the retention of several agents and the instillation of some new ones. .U.l.YV MEETIXGS HELD "There have been l,2.rt farm meet, ings held in Western North Carolina in the past twelve months, with an attendance of i!0.."it" people. We are led to believe that the actual number will run above this We get reports from every section indicating more interest in fanning and its improve ment than in any year in its history. "Certain counties and towns have ma le surveys of imported food that can be raised in Western North Caro lina, and haw by these figures awak ( ne.l not only the -business men but tile farmers markets. the po: liusinc ! ssihililies of a I men have 111,. l,. the t'i 1 n: veaiiiit far '. ,p!i e.i our I. h.'iisi w ives hav from farmers. n; i". .ue).: 1 1" tlu beyond tht. o.pceta .idors, an. mi:' good e helped Imying "The Western i: ' .1 Sice :is-n, in l and in t 1 niv eau i.ou was formed, to i;;ation that, could pro bettennent. in various IK! V, in orga live-toel Ways. About . the li:iie tli.. ei. nt i v? :; received, the Reconstruction ' Fi iiiuv ' iiorporat io'n was formed and st.e'ie.- drifted to us fi,;n W-a.-hiiiirttoi i f i. ..-;:ile loan-- on iivr--tock. .'. I. and feed, and 'other uw nue- of ;)'iu",. Some nionev was raised bv popular suiiscription, but tin I 1 siilr-c-iptions was delaye, e! li'.e ruinors about th.. R. 1 impetus because . C l.XTEh'ESTEI) IS ri.A.XT "Later in the summer when the R. F. ('. livestock loans talk arose again. Swift, and company took a decided interest in the idle Baker packing plant, believing that Western North Carolina farmers, if properly financed could start producing purebred cattle and hogs on a scale that would pay them to operate here. However. thest. funds have not as yet been made available for livestock promotion so nothing can be done along this line. Mr. Reeves Noland. a practical cattle man of Haywood county, is in charge of livestock feeder loans for the Agricultural Credit bank, a division of the Reconstruction Finance corpor ation, and is at present passing on loans to distressed farmers. The Purebred Sir0 association will con tinue to function through its local chapters in each county, and, as time goes on we hope to make it more effective. 'T wish 1 could enumerate her,, tne individual concerns that have co-op-crated with us the past year, but tunc will not: permit Knowledge is light and shows up truth. Tanning has ne -ded such illumination, and through publicity in our papers wt. ha.'o se cured this. There is no wav to com pute the amount of reading ''matter that has been given us by weekly papers ol Wetsurn North ( arolma. It has been too great to keep (rack 01. The Asheville papers have furnished us with over .11.000 inches of reading matter on farming subjects alone since the f)-10 ear I arm Trogram was first announced. I recommend to this groun ru- next year's- -efforts be - dir first, toward, soil improvement-;'' that eCted, then toward better marketing and the .in teresting, of townspeople in our rural sections; last, and greatest of all com munity organizations through which all of the above can be worked and which can help in solving their own improvement and welfare problems. "We farmers believe that we nave the main solution of our problems in our own hands. We know that char ity funds we see being dispensed all. around us will not last forever. W e are willing to do our share in helping each other, but I feel we must awak en every agency to the absolute need of rehabilitating destitute and, I am I sorry to say, many undeserving fam ibes - oy inducing or educating them to the production of food-stuffs this coming year to carry themselves." FARM FAMILY OF 13 TO VISIT ROOSEVELT Nebraska Farmer's Family of 13 to Be Guests of the Roosevelts at the White House How They Will Sleep, Eat and Be Entertained. See The American Weekly, the Magazine Dis tributed with Next Sunday's Atlanta Sunday American. "You took like a respectable man. What were you doing breaking into that house last night?" "I thought it was my own house." "But when the lady came you jump ed through tne window, vvny was that?" . '.:'.'. -.''' -- "I thought it was my wife," , . hi raw Scattered ;ver Tobacco Bed !etn Found iii.it tie Are Not So Had When Straw Is I'sed. al:ng ot isra:n straw -.-a; te.ci iwr the tobaeeo lar.t 'eed at tile iate of about L'o or ."P pounds to each It'll square yards of bed will hold moi-'.iii e, keep the plants wanner, and pi event fiost mjuiy. "This joa.:tiee id' iisin a light ea-vi-.ng of straw over the tobacco plant tuvis is an old. well established custom among- good tobacco growers in the nartiiern part of (lUilford County and the folks there have found it 'much superior to the other method of pre paring beds with poles or plank cov ering," says K. . Floyd, extension tobacco specialist at State College, who recommends the plan to other growers of the State. In using this plan the beds should be fertilised, prepared and sowed as lhe are now. just a .-o.m as the beds have been packed.- add the light covering of straw, bioadiast thinlyJ and uniformly. Never leave too much st raw at one place. Then the canvas is placed over the straw and pegged to lie ground with small peg- placed at an angle about two feet apart aiound the edge of the bed. In addition to keeping the plant's wanner and holding moist 111 e, Mr. Flovd says the Ilea bugs are not so w I t his nut bod e- used. V ith . r. nil ivermg planks d straw m i ale needed ; - II. Old MU-- !:er and more tee oiii th. urn.. III1I1! anu. -!uu In u i-a: li s lr, l In- lemoM 1 lie "lu-ds, in i'laee: I I ex I'lieii w c: b:g a 1 11 an. oil'!. 1 : covet a 11 tag. .yd 'ha; an t ..Ue the sti'av. ,in- frost ed.'- It Is ery elVee were sat'. 1110I -1. i be nleuts of Mr. Fl- ,-n ivy with lb: pensive and - t.We ,1. been ' l'(.'.rrs of blue s' bad ; iv. .. iu n ot ! I cl ing f'loui a' ;: upper (iadloru : l 1 ong plant's. ek fo'l- Facts On Poultry -Reveal 1932 -Profit Mvery iioultry Hock owner 'keeping cost record;- for the . tHiultr.V exteii. sioli olliee year 1 Mi at State College during tile made- a profit above feed en 4 ures of $1,23 a bird according to lig submitted bv the owners anil re- centlv tabulated by C. J. .Maupin, poultry specialist. There were 211 flock owners who kept these records through the whole year and made a careful report month by month of the results being secured. The average for each month shows 40,358 birds from which records were secured. This was an average of 188 birds for each farm for each month, in October, the number of birds per farm reached 233 and the lowest was in August when records were received from 137 birds per farm. This indi cates that some careful culling Was done anil that the average farm flock had. been reduced more than -to per cent in the first eleven months of the year. The gross income liom the eggs re ceived from the flocks reported upon amounted to .$102,281.2(1 dr 177.0-1 a farm; The gross value of. eggs for each bird was $2,o3. The -average nrice- received for eggs was lSUt cents a dozen and the average feed cost, for each dozen eggs was about. 10 cents. Analyzing the figures 'completely., Mr. Maupin 4ays ea.-h bird in the dem onstiati.tn flocks produced m an ave i age lo2,4 eggs f.r the year. This is under , the five year average tor dem onstration, flocks ami indicate- a need ,! UtUcr breeditig. - The profit per bifd could easily, have been iiiereascd oil) percent,,Maiiiin' says,, if better P'o duetidn bred males had been in .use. Poultry Should Be Given Roughage And IGrain 'During Winter Ilurini.' the severe weather which cm-,, f., i.. with us at this s'tim-o of vear, it is a good plan to give, the poultry flock a little feeding of corn, either whole or cracked, at least onte a ilar. Birds have a great power oil selecting the particular kind of feed which they like, and it is not a bad practice to have a hopper with whole corn m it. in the laying pen. whicn can be opened each day, in tha after noon or at night when the birds are under lights. One need not be worried . about them eating too much corn and un balancing their diet. Putting a foik full of alfalfa hay in the pens once a week will provide the birds with nec essary roughage and they will con sume all the leaves and fine stems which will introduce the roughage and vitamins which science and ex perince show are an everincreasing factor in fertility and hatchability, How Man Can Change the Universe to Suit His Needs Explained by a Distinguished French Scientist in The American Weekly, the Magazine Dis tributed With Next Sunday's BALTI MORE AMERICAN. Buy it from a Local Representative. ! Sabv Chicks' Should Be Bought Vom A Test Flock, IsSaid SlMte Kpert Says (' li i c k s . Houghi From i ni eliabk' Sources Too Expensive i lie !..: iiiip.'i '.an: i.ue.-'. ! th poultry man t'.hl e-rc :.ii-.i w h:it kind : - - b;. i buy- ' A . icr i'i vice nig a": '.be ,:...!il'v advertise:-.!, r.is and oii -o-now i ei.iei.s ari.nis no', ing j '..' e.!owi"g deseripto. me of ib.e baity chicks -.. .-living public, it i- Is 1! e.i tor . eing oitVrcd .a.-v to see .'.Vi neipicMiig tins question ot so-; . a.ii'nv the right kind of chicks may ) e.vi in." says C, F. I'ai ridi, poultry e.vtt'nsion specialist, at State College, '1 an ivnvineed. however, thai the safe plan for the Norih t'aroliua I p nbt yntan is to get Ins new chicks ii'itiu .North Carolina hatcheries which ue working under the supervision of ,,.e St..te Yclci in n ian's olliee and ivnel'o the egg- used come from blood-.e.'.-d and culled suj.ply tlocks. We ,ae a 'number of. good hatcheries in State .hc"e the eggs are secured ai oek- that bav(. been otlieiallv one or more times for the in diseas and such chick: eoa ralelv from tht k tell. .1 I ebielo i i l l- h : a - his 'loo.uen la Is which n lor eonn s .1 o 'iigb. 1 1': I in. .1' t 'l no.re dnrii.i;- the rlllek's 111.' I lia I! ilie.il d tlie pc 11- loan who knew hi:, supply. 10 omniandinents For Poultry Growers. By Expert Sueeessfui poultry production must take many factors info consideration and the mttd important of these are summarized in the "Tea foinmand ineiits for l'outrvmen" suggested by W. 1). Buchanan, College extension Wasiii'igion. State poult ry man. These are as follows: 1 Have good;, vigorous, dicase f.ee stock bred to lay a lot of big eggs. 2. (' i w jiiiir chicks well. Later ills may he traced to tit .gleet during the brooding stage. 3. Feed chick v- pullets and hem a well balanced ration having the prop i" - proportions of proteins, carbohy drates, fats, minerals ami vitamins. 4. Cull ineul Cull'-from the very beginning, eirirs before they are put in. the riill chicks, cull, pullets and Hill lids hens. y . Provide, jtood poultry houses means not less than 4 square f-ct per jtuliet when they first go into ;h" laying house and not less that 3 square feet -afterwards.-: Have good ventilation and the 'maximum of light. 0. .Provide adequate .quipinenl. Have not loss' than 20 1'o. I of hpier space and .) feet- of drinking .space 'per It'll liirds,. a nest tor every lour hen- . and litter boi'i'-dry. many dis arm inf ex iii. mashes clean, in. wholesome in. c.g--"pK - tin lieijnaie roi 1 ji tlie ). V le Us ci ni'iioiis! n,. and inn from round w freei I'n.iii eed. I niti'sf . (tabic: ; pal i; dm ing wilder moid, lis, morning. : 'evening ., or. b Intth r -it-nd'-evening, to give a full .1 hour; day, ot eggs to market in perfect n.'v This 'means clean, fresh Hi. hliti c eggs, the -majority, .of -which grade extra. will How Much Feed Do Baby Chickens Eat? The average feed consumption per 100 chicks for the first four weeks is 84 pounds, ranging from 79 for the beneral purpose 'breeds to 91 for Leghorns, it was found in experi ments at the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station. From the age of four to eight weeks, the average feed consumptiin for 100 chicks was 257 pounds, To the age of 12 weeks, a total of 738 pounds of feed was consumed. This consisted of 621 pounds of mash and 117 pounds of grain, I WHAT'S IN A NAME? Shorty: "So you call yourself a vegetarian and here you are working on a beefsteak with onions." Fatty: "Yes, you may call this a beefsteak, but I call it forbidden fruit." Pacific Mutual News. Timely Questions And Answers On Farm Problems How can 1 kee p from j niae'i si. K O. 1111 M.Wll . . k? .V: - v,-.". : 1'k: b. st vi a;, to . omoa! ,; a i ' '.. pr.'Vetr. i heir eecur: eliee , . . av.liiies- is one of the nest pcevcr.-j i ... . i'l.ic r.. w ! i let' in t he p.-u'- !.-. a of t en - jn'a, ueai. i : dropping:- an! remove a !.:. M'as pa-d'tle. W ater fountains . . - .. . leaned dail ai'-i) disin. t'e.!..: ..1 '.east eliee u week. Keep Vie ".est mate'ial clean. With these tri cautions many of th.1 common .lis c:: es will he prevented. C.hi. lion: liuw soon can 1 trans it. am lettuce to the open fields'.' Ai-wcr: Plants should le put in the .as'., ru section within the next t ;i days. In the Central and western :-. i 'i.-. as, pointings will be four weeks I. t.r for the central, and eight weeks ' r die we tern. Lettuce requires a c-d glowing season and late plantings w." cause tlie plants to go to seed m -to d of heading. In trausplant v so:,, to sol -plan:;: straight in tile ui.iiad L-ave tlie bud above jti.tuiii! level and jtaek soil lirnily : at l -ni t, lo st leu : How much t ail in HHt feet- should be allow ed in builiding a l a ngu ni Tei ra le ? " w . i This ' depend', ur.on t he 1 tg.'n ,tl he 1 1 rife - oat si'euld never . . I -: '. o . be The general I ule r- , ' .. :: doc. be.- ,' t .: It'll '.. l . , ' : 1, Olio liill :U" bill : ''-"d :'', '- do in - fit " t In.s" j - - ' - ::;.- ',. f. i t . H 'i.l ..::, li'eb i ''-': : -I. oo -,. b, v. , o .'d .' i - lb : itin'.: t a ti ii i a v. a - ' . .1 ! : 1 ; et a e a ! o-w i d elle- : i- 'r-.-.. ":' '! v.... .0.1 1, i ...boa1,' k '.' '. '. 1 1 si fie t crr'ad" itioi",, 1 ha li f -oOlt The Cons tan t Dripping ot Water WMW A way The Hardest Stone You can break down that sales resistance which has been strengthened bv the Depression if you will work on it with anadvertisement just this size once each week. There are plenty of people who .have money to spend, and you can get it with the right kind of constant advertising. CALL AN AI) MAN The Mountaineer "Make Business Better in 1933 with Newspaper Advertising" Where Does She SHE doesn't look seventy. Nor feel that old. The woman who stimulates her organs can have energy that womennalf her age wilt -' envy! '' At middle-age your vital organs begin to slow down. You may not be sick, simply sluggish. But why ndure a condition of half-health when there's a stimulant that will tir a stagnant system to new life nrl energy in a week's time? Thus remarkable stimulant is ' p-rrfectly harmless. It is. in fact, a family doctor's prescription. So, if you're tired of trying every patent rrvrdicine that comes along, tell "iie druggist you want a bottle of Dr. Caldwell's syrup pepsin. Take i bit of this delicious syrup every or so, until you know by the MtltiF I AH.M NEWS :.- .on t utility farmers have Idled tiring houses wi'h h grade wee", potatoes tn: w i'1'e.-. . til:: : , :t'i : 1-. li oio'ited .'I aeh trees -.In County .ill i'. w e. k :..:.:; ; rd'o i mat '..ot C: foul a r Xo. 70 issued by the department nl agro nomy, of the oiib Carolina Kxtefi ::,:'. , . '. ' . -alts of fer tilize: and Ullage . - i'ei ii.t. n'.s with s: rawoern.'s in tlie ihaobetn u area. Ktens:on CircuL.r It'-'1 "I.espedo za in Neith Carolina" ha- recently U'Cn. issued by the Agricultural f.x tension service at State College and may be had free of chargv on applica tion to the agricultural editor. A number of Cumberland County tobacco growers will try out the new plan of covering their tobacco lx'ds with a light se: tering if grain straw this season. The farm agent of Haunt! County has ri leaned ti'l-aeco seed fir over 300 farmers during the pa.-t few .'lays and. the job seems just beginning. A negro farmer of Halifax- County has ever 'id per cent of his cultivated land planted to cov.'i' . v )- this win ter and all of it will be tinned under for soil improvement. The small mutual exchange oper ated by toultry farmers of the Vat di e i .immunity in Burke County did a tli'i ly thousand dollar business dur ing I he past year. :. , il.ii 'i : C.hI it;, :'..! on is ro pe . an -incline- of 8200 an ace from tin at' tobacco crop this past season. lale. eoiube and Halifax County i.n Met: lvive placed 0 000 pounds of li, i li in the local cold storage plant in 'fa i b .ro sinee t lie lant was opened on lleeeniber 2. Get Her "Pep?" J way you feel that your laiy liver is again active, and your bowels are poison-free. Men, women, and children who are mn-down, who tire easily, get bilious spells or have frequent head aches, are soon straightened oct when they get this prescriptions, preparation of pure pepsin, active senna, and fresh laxative hcrt. (Syrup pepsin is all the help the bowels need, and you do not form the very bad habit of always takw cathartics.) Keep a bottle of Dr. Caldwell's syrup pepsin in the house, and take a stimulating spoonful now and then. It is all the' many people ever take strong and vigorous, ai d o - : o -.' free from constipation. . t . j x "o-sr :.::::;:;?: r,'. 9 -."-'- SV ' A-