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THURSDAY THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 6 Cathey Produces 116 Bushels Of Corn On One Acre Tract spring, I spread approximately four tons of manure on this acre This land was plowed so late in the spring that after it was turned I took a roller and rolled the land so as to help to get it settled be- By T. W. Cathey I have been asked by some of the farmers and business men in Haywood County to publish the details of how I produced 110,3 bushels of corn ner acre. This is the hiirhest yield of corn I have: fore being planted which was on ever produced and a gn at deal ' May 13, 1939. above the average for Haywood! j planted Holcombe's Prolific County; however, I plan o grow 1 s,.t., corn at the rate of one peck a larger yield next year, since .vniiv ( un acre. This seed was treated of our adjoining counties have pro- wjt), st.mesan, which cost approxi duced even larger yields in the mutely 2 cents per acre, and I am years gone by. ! convinced that this treatment was My farm is located in Pigeon i a great help to me in obtaining Township, and the land where teis.a good stand. The rows were mea corn was grown was on a bbtck'ured to a three-foot distance and loam soil. The crop rotation as uM-d the corn averaged 13 inches in on mv farm is as follows: wheat It he row. When the corn was plant- nml l..sn..l.-za: crimson clover and ed I drilled 400 pounds of 3-10-! Raise Most Corn Per Acre corn this making a two year ro tation. Lespedcza is seeded in wheat in the early spring. The wheat is harvested and then the lesnedeza is harvested. I received annroximatelv 1 1-2 to 2 tons of Jespedeza hay. Just as soon as the lespedeza was cut, I took a split tooth harrow and harrowed the land and seeded crimson clover at the rate of 20 pounds per acre, this giving me a winter cover crop. Triple superphosphate was ap plied on the crimson clover at the rate of 100 pounds per acre, i nis triple superphosphate was furnish ed me under the Demonstration Farm program of Haywood Coun ty as a demonstration farmer. This land has been limed, and with the use of the phosphate I received a good growth of legumes. Before the crimson clover was turned in the fertilizer in with the corn. Then when the corn was beginning to tassel, it was side-dressed with 10 pounds of nitrate of soda and 5 pounds of muriate of potash. Th corn was plowed five times and wa chopped enough to keep all weeds out. The corn was cut and shocked the first day of October. The entire amount of corn was weighed and not estimated to determine th vield obtained. Three hundred fifty pounds, or five bushels, of ear corn was shelled to determine the shell weight of seventy pounds of ear corn. On an average there are fourteen pounds of cob to a bushel of ear corn; however, thi corn had sngntiy less man ten pounds of cob to the bushel, mak ing a bushel of ear corn shell out approximately sixty pounds of Highest Market Prices Paid For DOGWOOD We have been buying Dogwood for the past 15 years, and are in a position to pay the most for your timber. Will receive all timber in three lengths 20, 30 and 54 inches. See us before selling. (Must top 4 '.a inches at small end.) o. l. cope ; Next to Erkraft Plant Hazelwood m . -wdl-wb -f - -t- I'S- 4 . J.-v.--:.--- ' 6 ., ma t, , in i, j nii'iiiii)iii"'iiri mtm ifi mi"-' t -"- " JOHN' II. ALLEN, of Beaver dam, won second place for the sec- T. WEAVER CATHEY, of Pig ond annual corn growing contest, eon, won first place again this Mr. Allen grew 113.1 bushels of year in the Haywood Corn Club corn per acre. Next week, Mr. Al- for having grown 116.3 bushels of len will have an article in this corn per acre. In another article newspaper, explaining how he made on this page, Mr. Cathey tells how the record. he made this record. Haywood Calf Wins Grand Champion Honors The calf entered last fall at the State Fair in Raleigh by Jack Rogers, 4-H club boy, of craD- tree, won the grand championship honors at the third annual Eastern Carolina Fat Stock show which was held in Rocky Mount on March the 14 and 15th. The grand champion steer was entered by Q. S. Leonard, of Franklin County, who bought the animal from the Haywood County owner last fall at the calf sale held at the State Fair. The animal, which was bred and calved in Haywood County, was one year old on February the 22nd. At the time of the recent sale in Rocky Mount, it weighed 1,035 pounds and was sold for 28 cents a pound to the A. and P. Stores. Haywood Making Progress in rtaising oener norses Is Changed FARM CHATS By Haywood A Farmer Tan Bark Wanted We are in the Market For Both Chest nut Oak and Hemlock Tan Bark. If you have any to sell, Come to Our Office at once and secure contract. Turn Your Tan Bark Into CASH Junaluska Tannery HAZELWOOD, N. C. Easter time one of the strongest arguments for immortality is the resurrecting powers of any old rotten vegetation thrown out on a dead patch of ground. Though this rotten matter had lived once and produced grain, been harvested for feed to sustain a second life; thrown out on a "scald" it sends tin vofrptat.tnn anI cvivpc ho coil A "I done my duty buy 'um as I :,i. done it buy the land.-Tenny- Now'mo8t of our soil had plenty son's Northern Farmer. f.f ,;tv, How many of us have really i but constant croDDini? to delete clone our duty by the land : borne-1 the humus, as this decayed matter times we Mnk we are when we is called. are not. Last year on theannual The fa M James t ,d of farm tour Brack James, of Crab- stimulated their cr s with fer. tree commenting on the use of tiizers to make a eater gr0wth fertilizers , rf.de the statement that I and soo used up BaIl the humu3 land in the South had been killed in thp land Thp wmilH . m by the use of fertilizer. Now as hausted their soils anyway by we have the greatest respect for an their system of takinir off a cron opinion of Brack's, but still have each year and giving nothing in taitn in tertilizer we decided to ( return. The fertilizer only hasten mvestigate and here is the n-j ed the process and enabled them swer of soil authorities. to get in a few years what thev The ideal productive soil for j would have slaved after for many general farm crops is thought to 'years and still lost their soil. If be composed of 25 parts water, 25 the fertilizer had been used to parts air, 40 parts mineral mat- grow cover and turn under crops ter and 10 parts organic matter, instead they would have built their Now for all practical purposes we .soils all the time while getting a can forget water, air and mineral I crop each year. We are blessed parts for all soils are supposedly with a long enough season to grow made by the weathering down of ar crop of grain and a cover crop minerals. The air depends more each season, also the rain fall is on cultural methods and the water , more than sufficient for it has is given us from the' clouds, so 1 been found seven inches of rain is the really important factor and ' enough for a crop if it is availa contTolling one is that 10 parts of : ble at the right time. Now having organic matter. Now organic j plenty of this humus in the soil means something produced by liv- j is a great help in having the water ing things or life so this is really when needed for it holds the Water the life of the soil.; For Us at to the roots of the plant as noth- shelled corn. All corn was weighed by disinterested individuals, as' this is one of the rules of the Havwnh.l County Adult Corn Club. I plan to grow more thiin 11! ') bushels of corn per acre next year. SOAP SPECIALS Y OCTAGON 5 for L 6W J 2Qt of the Auctioneer u c i IKS sou' wevc" '.torn .n..r IS the Ul"re oi l"" fa si wni mm FERTU1IERS Quality I Tobacco f iu,t ore L Wt See Us For Ybur Needs Famrs Federation Warehouse At The Depot - WaynesviUe, N. C. E OCTAGON 1 2 for 8C ing else wil Now the question is how to get plenty of humus in our soils. The answer is to grow and save any thing that will rot. On the bet ter soils we can grow clover and similar legumes. On the soils that are sour or not so fertile, we can grow rye or any crop that will grow and add manure, lime and phosphate to stimulate; growth. We know a man who put phosphate on a poor soil and got a good growth of weeds and broomsage though it was supposed to be pas ture. By getting, the broomsage down on the ground where it will Miss Smith Urges Storage Space In Farm Homes "Storage space often presents it major problem in many farm homes," states Miss Mary Margar et Smith, county chairman of the Better Homes campaign. The closet should have sufficient natural or artificial light for its contents to be easily seen. If the light from the room is not suffi cient, no electricity available, this can be accomplished by the use of a flashlight hung on a cord and tacked just inside the door. Sliding doors may be used to save space in the room or to make the contents of the closet more ac cessible. Doors to walk-in closets should fit tightly at , the bottom to keep out dust. A cabinet with horizontal shelves is very satisfactory for shoes since it can be converted into many other uses, particularly when the closet is rearranged to meet chil dren's needs. Tilted shelves or racks require less floor space then horizontal ones, but lack advan tages of convertibility. Drawers or trays are more convenient than shelves for the. storage of folded clothing. The rod on which to hang clothes should be placed high enougn to allow six inches below garments hanging from it, and to permit cleaning the floor without disturbing the garments. Some local horsemen have tried to ascertain the horse population of Haywood county and they find some 718 mules and 1,127 horses and mares on 1,452 of the farms reporting out of a total of 3,197 farms in the county. The 1,745 farms not reporting would about double this number and it has been fairly accurately determined that there are some 1,200 mares in the county. This is quite a good figure for those to consider who wish to make this section a colt producing section. Also the following list of jacks and stallions has been made: Jack, Herman Gillis, Canton, route 1. Jack, Lee Williamson, Waynes viUe, route 2, Jonathan Creek. Jack, Glenn Palmer, Clyde route 1, Rushfork. Stallion, high grade Percheron, France Rogers, Fines Crek. Stallion, registered Percheron, Welch Messer, Crabtree. Stallion, high grade Percheron, John Rogers, Crabtree. Stallion, high grade Percheron, Horace King, Clyde, route 1. Stallion, registered Percheron, James Ratcliffe, Ratcliffe Cove. Stallion, registered Percheron, Collier Howell, WaynesviUe. Stallion, Percheron-G e r m a n Coach, Horace Moody, Dellwood. StaTlion, registerd Percheron, Fines Creek (location to be de termined.) If there are any additions to the foregoing list, overlooked in Since the flx , Mi5 date agent, has !ln the schedule i ings, which win ta' ;n April instead ,,V is the usual eiK, "; The schedule -t u ... "i If-, "e as lollop - ' meet at .) .;.1(j;k-;: 1st; Beave..iUl p'1 11 o'clock on jj '";! Crabtree Cklb o'clock on Tuesday The Fines fW-V. at 10:30 o'clock or 2nd; Cruso (!.,,,. on Wednesday, the 3" at it o'clock on ffJ 3rd; the Bethel ru Tl J .. " ""isuay, the 4th Club at 10:45 on il 10th. 1 The 4-H Count) ' meet in the home the courthouse at ' ! Saturday, April the 1 survey, the owner. touch with Bill MeiV man of Haywood C: Breeders Association be listed. rot and applying lime he Is estab lishing a sod of grass. Another man had a lot of gul lies and in desperation he filled them full of sawdust which kept them from washing away and when the sawdust rotted he got a growth of vegetation which is holding the land together; Now this required several vears and is not to be recommended when better means can be used, but it did the work and is proof that anything which will rot on the land will improve it We have wandered far from Brack James' statement, but the opinion of experts is that fertil izers in a continuous one crop system will help exhaust or kill the soil, but rightly used to grow the cover crops will greatly aid u w uuim our sous. They claim humus not the fertilizer builds the soil. . . . Sounds reasonable, does it not? DOGWOOD W ANTEi Delivered at our mill at Caldwell Service Sti Dellwood Road, WaynesviUe. SPECIFICATIONS: Cut your wood in 20, 40 a: lengths, not less than 4 V -inches at the small end. with a red heart must have not less than 2V4 -inches ofi between the red and bark, with not more than one defer. 20-inch length. We cannot use timber with sap knots .-j knots. Price per rick of 160 cubic feet delivered, if cut r; to above instructions, $20.00. CASS BROTHERS i See or Write Us for Orders In Car Loli OCTAGON JoiletSoas n1 3 for 130 BEAUTIFUL CARVED SIMULATED JADE BROOCH FOR ONLY iStANO 3 BANDS FROM PALMOLIVE SOAP 3 for Mill Tn PALMOLIVE JERStV CITY, N.J. 190 CAKES OCTAGON i. A TOILET SOAP It WHEN YOU BUY f l$E OCTAGON B SOAP FLAKES Tc O N C E N T SUPER I (IN THf mm R ATE 5UDS BLUE BOX) 3 nied. 250 SUPER SUDS Small 3 25 33 James E. Allen Insurance Haywood Representative SECURITY Life and Trust Co. Life Educational Retirement Income Insurance Every Need For Your Garden And Field Crops' PLANTS, SEED IRISH POTATOES FERTILIZERS, NITRATE OF GARDEN SEEDS OF ALL KINDS e GARDEN HOES, PLOWS AND 'RAKE 5 ----- PRICES RIGHT - Farmers Exchanr I Phone 130-M AshevilkS FERTILIZER FERTILIZER Tliis Year Use ..ff.G-R-'H The Nation's Leading Fertilizer Manufactured Only by The American Agricultural Chemical Company BE BEFORE YOU BIT Spring Planfe Needs SURE TO SEE US We Have Complete Stocks ( Seeds. .. Implements... The following agents have a complete stock i Agrico and other A.A. quality brands of Shears... Hoes... Rakes ... Spades..' Farmers Exchange ""T ""-"1 Asneville Road Keep the Good Earth Good By Using AGRICO FOR SALE BY C. N. Allen & Co. Farmers Exchange Junaluska Supply Co. Edwin Fincher GARDEN CREEK MILL fertilizers... shovels... Gloves ... Fencing., for Poultry and Fi . . 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