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Page 2 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAYSEFfpp A Page Devoted to the Interest of Haywood Coomilty IT arm 5 in Bounty agents Farm records were kept by farmers on 68 demonstration farms in Hay wood county in lf.'Hi in co-operation with the county agents, the X. C. ex tension service, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. The se rescords were submitted to the farm management department, at State College, for analysis. Each record book was summarized separate ly and then the summaries of the 68 farm record books were taken and an average was obtained for certain fac tors. All the figures shown were taken from the actual record books. The average number of workstock for the !8 demonstration farms was 2.43. The average number of beef cattle and dairy cattle 21.04. The average number of hogs 4,48. Average number of poultry 51.62. Average number of sheep 8.85. It is interesting to note that includ ed in the average above are 9 beef cattle farms 5 dairy farms and 1 poultry farm; that is this number of farms received the principal part of their income from the livestock en terprises named. The average acres in tobacco was ,6.'t acres. Average acres in corn 10.46 acres. Average acres in small grain 6.55 sicres. Average acres in fruit and truck 1.85 acres. Average acres in all hay 6.66 acres. -And the average acres in legumes O.08 acres. Included in these averages are 6 farms receiving their principal in come from tobacco and one farm with its principal income from fruit and truck. Although 6 farms received their principal income from tobacco, .you will note the average number of acres in tobacco is only .61! acre. The .fruit and truck average at 1.85, with only one farm depending on fruit and truck as its majoi source of income, would indicate that practically all of these farms have some fruit and truck acreage. The average cash receipts for the different items on the farms were Average receipts for poultry and eggs .$63.92. Average receipts from dairy pro ducts $316.21. 'Average receipts for cattle $373.41. Average receipts for hogs $64.97. Average receipts miscellaneous live stock receipts covering sheep and wool or other forms of livestock or live stock products not mentioned before, .$10.23. Average tobacco receipts $247.26. Average fruit and truck receipts '$54.37. ' , Average small grain and corn re ceipts $35.31, ; Average miscellaneous farm crops covering hay and other feeds $3.06. Average other receipts covering all miscellaneous sales not listed, such as wood, honey, syrup, etc., $107.11. Average total cash receipts $1,305.65. The average cash expense for the 68 demonstration farms for different items are: Average taxes and insurance ex penses $83.82. Average hired labor expense $127.04. Average fertilizer expense $47.10. Average other crop expense cov ering seed poison material binder twine, threshing, bailing expense and etc., $35.33, Average feed purchased expense $131.92. Average livestock purchased and other livestock expense $125.12. Average machinery and equipment expense $29.52. Average building and repair expense $100.62. Average miscellaneous expense $58.75. Average auto, truck and tractor ex pense $51.30. Average total cash expense $789.52 Average total cash receipts of $1,305.65 minus average total cash expense of $789.52 leaves $516.13 The figures appearing in the cash receipts above show that all the farms included averaged $316.21 for dairy products and $373.41 for beef cattle, It must be remembered, however, this represents an average for all farms and perhaps many farms received very little income from dairy products or beef cattle and some had no in come at all from such sources. The same is true with each of the other factors indicated representing both receipts and expenses. The com bined system of all farms represented by this group, however, must be pretty well balanced and in line inasmuch as you will note a net difference of re ceipts over expenses of $516.12. This is not a labor income figure, but sim ply the difference between cash re ceipts and cash expenses and does not include values according to the farm by virtue of increased inven tories; Some of the factors denoting prof itableness on the 68 farms are as follows: Average labor income $372.43. This figure is arrived at by deducting in terest on the average investment from the farm income which farm income takes into account not only receipts and cash expenses but other receipts such as value of farm products used in the home increase in inventory cost of cropper labor, unpaid family labor, and decrease in inventory. , Average total cash receipts $1,305.65. Average cash receipts per tillable Young Farm Group Of Fines Creek Haywood Farmers Take Leadii Part In Regional Farm Meeti Demonstration Farmers From Here Met With 300 Others At Cullowhee This is the F. tl.R members have for the year. Mr. row, on the left. F. A. Club of the rines Creek high school formally adopted a well-rounded program O'Brien, instructor, is seated on the back Mr. Farmer You have wonderful crops this year. Everything has been in your favor. So far you have made a profit on your 19-J7 crop, but usiless you have proper STORAGE FACILITIES AND BARNS YOUR MARGIN OF PROFIT WILL HE CUT How about the roof on your barn? How about the rat-proof corn crib? Are your farm implements under a good shed? Is the paint on your buildings sufficient to hold against a hard winter? Come by and let us help you pick out from our stock what you will need to protect your profitable crop. Junaluska Supply Co. I Uncle Jim Says r M Overcropping beyond market de mand makes for price-depressing sur pluses, mines the soil of its fertility,' and exposes land to erosion. It's good business to diversify and grow more soil-conserving crops on which agri cultural conservation payments are made. T I M ELY- Farm Questions and Answers Question: How can I cure my pul lets of colds and a croupy condition? Answer: As colds are usually caused by poor ventilation, over crowding, and a poor feeding sched ule, these conditions should be care fully checked and the errors correct ed. All birds showing symptoms of colds such as a nasal discharge or foamy eyes should be isolated at once, The Hock should be given Epsom salts at the rate of one half pound of salts to three gallons of drinking water, Then the house and utensils should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. Where the disease is well established t is not economical to treat individu als and these should be destroyed. Keep a good germicide in the drink- rig water as long as there is evidence of the trouble. PHONE 263-J LAKE JUNALUSKA JERRY LINER, Owner Question: What is the best rate of seeding for vetch, crimson clover, and Austrian winter peas? Answer: Twenty pounds of seed to the acre should be used for vetch and from 20 to .'30 pounds for Austrain winter peas. Both of these crops should be covered about two inches deep for best germination. Either unhulled or cleaned crimson clover seed may be used, but where the un hulled seed are used the seeding should be 30 pounds to the acre as compared with 20 to 25 pounds of the cleaned seed. This crop should be covered lightly with about half an inch of soil. All the crops may be seeded in the piedmont and coastal plain areas anytime before October 10 when soil conditions ar flavorable. Fines Creek Boys Adopt Program For The Coming Year The Fines Creek chapter of the Fu. ture farmers of America met last week and adopted the following as their program of work for the year Use purebred seed and livestock for projects. Use fertilizer recommended on crop projects. Each boy complete two or more pro jects and plant one acre of soil lm provement crops. Pay state dues and agriculture fee 100 per cent. Establish agricultural museum. Improve school grounds and agri cultural classroom. Buy and sell co-operatively. Buy a radio for the chapter. Raise $50 through club activities. Improve home grounds and have orchards. Get farmers to secure purebred seed and livestock. Establish five home farm shops.: Each boy to do at least three home constitution or repair jobs. Each memorize opening and closing ceremony and F. F. A. creed. Send two delegates to state conven tion. Each boy read book on parlimentary procedure. Have two candidates for Carolina Fanner degree. Conduct two chapel exercises. Save at least 25 per cent net profit on projects. Read one book on thrift. Organize school thrift bank. Attend all chapter meetings and con duct meetings according to ritual, Hold meetings regularly every two weeks. Make average of 85 on all high school projects for the year. Make 90 or above on agriculture, j Read books and bulletins relating i to agriculture. Take part in all the state and dis trict contests. Hold one Father and Son banquet. Attend White Lake camp. Support school athletics and make educational tour.. Publish 15 news articles on chapter activities. . Decorate vocational agriculture show window in business house, and publish chapter news bulletin. The Fines Creek, chapter has thirty- seven members this year. Rowe Fer guson, senior in high school, is presi dent of the club Rowe is also on the state F.. F. A. executive committee. B. G. O'Brien is instructor. The demonstration farmers and watershed farmers of the 15 moun tain counties held a farm management ! meeting at Western Carolina Teachers College, Culiowhee, Thursday and t ri day, September 2nd and 3rd. There were approximately 300 farmers at tending the meeting. Dean I. O. Schaub, director of ex tension in North Carolina, acted as chairman of the meeting. Dr. H. T. Hunter, president of West em Carolina Teachers College, made a talk welcoming the farmers to the college for the meeting. Frank M. Davis, president of the Regional Soil Conservation and Land Use associa tion made a talk on soil conservation. Other speakers on the program Thursday, were: F. S. Sloan, district agent. R. W. Schoffner, farm man- trict agent, J. F. CriswelL, farm man agement specialist, all from State College. Thursday night, Mr. E. H. Meach am, assistant farm management su pervisor from State College showed some lantern slides of scenes taken on the demonstration and watershed farms in North Carolina. Friday morning, Z. C. Davis, demon stration farmer in the Iron Duff wa tershed represented Haywood county in giving the results of the triple superphosphate in the county. Mr. Davis reported that exceptionally good results were being obtained from the use of triple superphosphate, es pecially where lime was used in com bination with the phosphate. It was the consensus of opinion of the farm ers at the meeting that the best re sults from the triple superphosphate was obtained where lime was used with it. It was urged that in the future all demonstration and watershed farmers use lime with the triple superphos phate that they use. Dr. H. A. Morgan, member of T. V. A, board former president of Univer sity of Tennessee, was the principal speaker of the final day meeting. He brought out the fact that farming was in a circle. The soil fed the plant, the plant fed the animal and trie animal fed the soil. He also brought out the nitrogen cycle. The nitrogen fed the plant, the plant fed the animal and the animal fed the nitrogen. "By the above cycle we grow our nitrogen Farmers To Mee Tonight At I V 1 ... ..vi.. me .North ( arulina partment of ASricUtUre meet with seed dealer interested farmers at the Vl Alton m ! uac in aynesville Thursday, September 9 at p. m. The new seed law be discussed and a moving niu in; snown stress i.iv i.uiui lunie oi pure sf coa bv growinc Wimn. . . " " ,. . "r -''" its; "j ....... u i (inospr.ate at n oi animais, ne saJ. Dr. Morgan, so pl,,us v meeting that he urged it be held year. Thursday evening a milking test was held and Jams H. A! aemonstration tarnier m the War viile township won second prUe, , in tne "ureasy contest, Fj iu. uavis, v aynesviiif, won first by being the first one to catch thr It was voted to hold a similar rd ing next year of longer duration also have the women present. hoped that it can be turned ir. farm and home week for the wes part of North Carolina. v ranK ai. Uavis was re-elected the president of the regional soil serration and land use associatioif another year. Osborne Grows Fine Crop Of Silage C A field of silage corn at the borne farm. This field of E-i Silage corn will average 17 feet : This field has been in corn app: mately 20 years, Each year a: cover crop consisting of cr;a clover, vetch, wheat, rye. anJ oats is sown and this is grazed i: winter and early spring. The la: manured each year. acre $4(5.73. This figure simply rep resents total cash receipts divided by the number of acres in cultivation. It is misleading in the case of dairy farms having a small acreage in cut tivation and large pasture facilities. Average total cash expense $789.52; average total cash expense per tilla ble acre 28.26. This figure is simply a total cash expense of the farm di vided by the number of acres in cul tivation. Average investment per farm $10, 369.47. v : Average acres in farm 158.15, Average acres in cultivation 27.94 . Average acres in improved pasture 56.34. Average crop returns per tillable acre $14.82. Average livestock return per trni- mal unit $47.41. This figure is arrived at by taking the total production livestock receipts (cattle, hogs, poultry, and sheep) plus any increase in production livestock inventories by the number of animal units on the farm. An animal unit is thought of as 1 mature cow, bull or steer, 2 heifers or calves, 100 chickens 5 hogs, 10 pigs 7 sheep, 14 lambs or 33 turkeys. Av erage number of source of income 2.8. Big Grain Crop Makes Prices On Flour Take Drop The northwest's big grain crop now rolling to market has pushed Whole sale flour and mill feed prices to new lows for the year, but consumers, flour observers agree won't benefit until most of the crop is in. Hesitant to predict a definite price drop in the product for home con sumption, millers said much depends on the grade of spring wheat from the northwest territory in regard to its flour making qualities. Family flour dropped to as low as $6.65 a barrel from a price of $7.65 on July 18. A barrel is equivalent to two 98-pound sacks. Sent into high price levels early in the year by last season's drought and the uncertainty of the present crop. family flour was quoted up to $8.50 a barrel on April 7 last. Bran, flour milling by-product used for feed, likewise has dropped cor respondingly. Pure, or ton grade bran, was quoted at $18 to $18.50 a ton compared with a top of $35 dur ing ;last year's drought influenced market. AUCTION SALE Every THURSDAY Go Right In Buying And Selling Your Livestock With WESTERN CAROLINA LIVESTOCK COMMISSION Riverside Drive AshevQle, N. C, T. K. Brown, General Mgr. L. L. McLean, Sales Mr- Read The Ads f tnr Sib w 0p m, H., itk rki. m. U BBn.rJ-w "' M-itKul Mt w kmi, .lunl And M't liw (Sm MuilraliM.) ONLY THI BLIZZARD HAS ALL OF THESE 1t DESIRABLE FEATURES! A PERFECT H AY CHOPPER "J fhrimt ((( ml tU thtmrJ Cunmn fM mtty 5AFL n..J AJLiikb tm aw A"1 t. 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