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kDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1940 THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 15 UrrnfiH IS I1CLLC1 UU1LCU 1' 111 Ijillllt Ifll" juction Now Than Five Years Ago f-u- with many tfZtto men in county, f. . statement ever tl.Fifteen or twenty years food Connty was produe iTbetter cattle than we are f to fact the statement has many times that more Xrere shipped from Clyde fn ago than is now ship- ii Western North gU V ' . Af MuunraB. Door at Mill K vl f M F tn HpnrAABion man If Po ' , Xlwhkh brought about the Lin, condition of our cattle put five years tha farm flttywoo4 County have ac bed much in doing some fmDrovinjr pastures. Ww 4 - Hi w educational program !j k fha fomnnatr&tion w Tvannln have realized fcuw 2 1 ,ture should be treated like farm crop. Many iann- best paying crop on the farm. Through experiments conducted on demonstration farms throughout the county it has been found a pay ing proposition to treat with lime and phosphate every four or nve years at me rate of at least one ton of lime and 20ft nnnnA. triple superphosphate or its equiva lent per acre, it nas also been found profitable to reseed pastures when the lime and fertiliur .t saent is applied. To secure a better soa oi tne more desirable grasses and legumes, pasture ihnnM k. clipped at least once a year for the first several years after this pas ture management program is started. To measure the improvement in pasture made in the county from 1935 to 1940, we are using as a yardstick the number of ton of lime and phosphate used. In this period Haywood Countv has used 25,173 tons of lime and 8,889,600 A Herd Of Guernsey Cows A herd of Guernsey cows grazing on the improved pasture of A. J. McCracken's farm. Mr. McCracken has done a good job in im proving his herd of cattle by following a good system of breeding. Lider their pasture as the pounds of triple superphosphate (or its equivalent). To measure the growth of the pasture improvement program in 1935, we find that the farmers used WATCH for a date soon. Get The Facts and you will get a FORD ABEL'S GARAGE PHONE 52 FORD Sales-Service DAVE RIDDLE, Representative. ASHEVILLE ROAD Besides Having Quality Merchandise Offers These Services To Make Your Shopping More Pleasant CALL DESK: free telephone, packages checked, information, stamps available and you can mail your letters here. REST ROOM: : Z,. with a maid in attendance. SHIPPING DEPARTMENT :- where you can mail all your packages. CHECKS CASHED:, ; ,'-' ' ;:, &r':: CHARGE ACCOUNTS: LAY-AWAY PLAN FOR BUYING: f BUDGET PLAN FOR BUYING: : If You Can't Find It In Your Home Town TRY IVEY'S IVEY'S ASHEVILLE, N. C. Home Clubs Will Have Programs On Seasonal Clothing The members of the home demon. stration clubs of the countv wilti siuay -seasonal Clothing" for the month of October, according to miss Mary Margaret Smith, county home agent, " The October schedule of meetings is as follows: Beaverdam cluh .vith Mrs, Harley Wright at 2 o'clock on Wednesday, the 2nd; Dellwood club with Mrs. C. O. Newell at 2 o clock on Thursday, the 3rd. The Jonathan Creek club with Mrs. Glenn Boyd at 2 o'clock cn Friday the 4th; the Maple Grove club with Mrs. C. R. Palmer at 2 o clock on Tuesday the 8th; the rrancia vove club with Mrs. Rob ert McCracken, at 2 o'clock on Wednesday the 9th. The Fines Creek club with Mrs. F. L. Safford at 11:00 o'clock on Thursday, the 10th; Iron Duff club with Mrs. Roy Medford, at 2 o'clock on Friday, the 11th; Mornin fit.. club with Mrs. R. H. Worley, at 2 o ciock on Monday, the 14th. The Rock Spring club with Mrs. R. F. Rorers. at 2 oVWv day, the 15th; Bethel club with Mrs. norace reek, at 2 o'clock on Wed nesday, the 16th: the Mairrf 1h with Mrs. Cordell Evans at 2 o'clock on Thursday, the 17th: th rv.K. tree club at the nhnn1 i.M. .t . - avwui V as o'clock on Friday, the 18th. lhe (Jlvda club will o'clock on Tuesday, the 22nd, with place to be given a( later date; Cecil club at 2 o'clock on WednAa. day, the 23rd, with place to be named at later date: West ("Won st 2 o'clock on Thursday, the 24th, witn place to be given later; Juna luska at 2 o'clock on Fridav. the sotn, with place to be named later. Better Cows Are Needed In County By County Agent A arood cattleman remarked re cently while looking over the large numDer of steers assembled at a large market: "Where do all these common steers come from T" He continued, "Fifteen years ago there were more choice steers shipped from Clyde, than will be sold in Western North Carolina this year." I believe," he said, "that we have over emphasized the buvinir of purebred bulls and have forgotten that it take rood cows as well as good bulls to produce good beef cattle. ... There is much truth in the state ment made by this man. There are many farmers in Hsywood Countv keeping cows that produce calves that sell as 2-year old steers for $50 to $60, while others have good cows and sell 1-year olds foi as much money. A farmer who has had fifty years experience in the cattle business remarked the other day: "I have concluded that the best money to be made with cattle is selling bahv beef calves for $50 and up." He went on to say that he once kept a large number of cows fmostlv scrubs) and sold calves for $25 per head in the fall or kept them until 2 or 3 years old and sold them for $60 to $75. In 1940 there were twenty 4-H club boys who wished to feed baby beef calves in Havwood Countv. Only eight calves were fed and only two of these calves were pro duced in Haywood County. The demand for thes calves is increas ing each year and with the nat ural advantages Haywood has for cattle raising, more farmers should go into this business. Good cows, good bulls, and good feed will make monev. T,ot' unrV for quality in our cattle! JumDinir Horses Will Be Shown At Livestock Show An added attraction tn th T.tv. Stock Show Will ha a nnrfnrmanpa of horse jumping. This feature is oeing rurnlsned by L. H. Bramlett of Wayneaville. This feature will be on the showground and in frp to all persons on the ground. Horse And Mule Pulling Contest To Be Interesting This pulling contest is rather new for this section; however, it has been held for a rood manv years in the middle west.' It will be featured on livestock day Oct, 3rd. It provides Interesting and edu cational entertainment for people who view it. as well as srivinir an opportunity for noticing the better effect of good breeding, good hitch ing, and srood horsemanshin in ob taining maximum work from draft animals. The testing is done with a ma chine known as a dynamometer, which belongs to the Department of Agriculture of North Carolina. The machine is arranged so as to provide an accurate, quickly ad justable, and predetermined load Workstock Has . Been Improved The workstock of Haywood Coun ty has been greatly improved dur ing the past few years. Through the efforts of the Farmers Federa tion, Inc., two outstanding Perch- eron stallions and a registered Jack and a registered thoroughbred hava been placed in the county. The Farm Security Administra tion, in cooperation with the farm ers of the county, have greatly as sisted in helping bring to the coun ty two registered jacks. There are other outstanding stal lions in the county owned by Indi viduals who are helping in the im provement of the workstock in tha county. for the team to pull. The winner of this pulling con test will be known as the 1940 Haywood Champion Pulling Team. We Are 100 Back Of The HAYWOOD COUNTY'S s FIRST AJfM'Ali blVEs IVVII . l SliOlV-OCT. J. (VS. WELLS FUNERAL HOME PHONE 2371 CANTON Exhibits From Haywood Will Be At State Fair Haywood Countv will be renrA sented at the North Carolina State rair which will be held from Oc tober 7-12. Four-H club bovs who showed tneir lat calves at the Westpm North Carolina Fair and did nnt sell them will take them to the State Fair where they will be shown and sold. It is also nlanned tn tjilc ti winners of the breeding cattle class which are to be shown at th Hv- wood County Livestock show. This will be the ilrst year Hay wood County farmers have shown breeding cattle at the State Fair in tne past six years, and K is hoped that Haywood Countv will make a creditable showing at the fair. " " 1 '""""""'li!:1!';;;'" ', ' ,': .V ' :v no lime and 815,400 pounds of triple superphosphate (or its equivalent) whereas in 1940 Haywood County used 10,100 tons of lime and lr 748,800 pounds of triple superphosphate. Steps have been taken to improve the breeding program of the live stock of the county. In the last twelve months there have been 88 registered beef bulls and 126 regis tered females brought into this county. The improvement of the dairy cattle has come along in fine style. In the last twelve months fifty cows have been placed with 4-H Club and F. F. A. members, In the past year two purebred studs and one jack have been added to the improvement of the workstock in the county. The farmers are nuJcing progress in their feeding program, i Sine lime and phosphate is being used on much of our crop lands, the farmers are able to produce a much higher quality hay. In the past five years many silos (upright and trench) have been constructed and the use of ensilage has been incor porated in the feeding program. If the fanners of Haywood Coun ty will continue in their improve ment in livestock production for the next five years as they have in the past five years, it is the opinion of the agricultural leaders that Haywood County farmers will set a new high in the quality of live Congratulations TO HAYWOOD COUNTY'S FIRST LIVESTOCK SHOW AYWQOED COUNTY BANK BANK OF CLYDE OFFICERS Edwin Fincher President T. H. Haynes Executive VPres. J. E. Reister Cashier DIRECTORS Edwin Fincher M. F. West M. C Sprinkle T. H. Haynes R. H. West J. E. Reister stock in this section. I
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