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THURSDAY. AtTOf Ten Page 12 7 THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER - - : i' : - , ... , ' . - ... . 650 People Make 5th Annual Tour Of Haywood County Cattle, Crops On Haywood Farms Best In Many Years; Tour Termed "Outstanding" " The 650 people making the fifth annual farm tour of the county last Friday found definite progressive farm practices prevailing and an air of prosperity in every section of Haywood that was visited. This was the largest number to ever make a Haywood farm tour, and general belief is that it also set a state record. The huge crowd was made up of people from every section of Hay wood, all walks of life, and with a large number of business and pro fessional men making the entire 64-mile trip. And Everyone Had A Good Time Summer visitors from 9 states were represented on the tour. Most of them were interested in buying cattle, and several expressed them selves as being interested in look ing over farms with the view of buying one. The crowds went to see and hear ways of better farming, dairying, trucking and raising better live stock. They got it all first hand, and every minute was interesting and instructive, from the begin ning at the court house until the last bite of 4,000 pounds of ice cold watermelons were eaten at the Joe Rose farm at Balsan. Pigeon township won first pluce for having the largest representa tion, with Fines Creek close be hind with 32 on hand. Pigeon had 38. . ; With Grover C. Davis designat ed as official counter, the following score was declared official: Pigeon 38; Fines Creek 32; Way nesville 24; Beaverdam 23; Iron Duff 13; Crabtree 12; Ivy Hill 11; East Fork 7; Jonathan 6; Clyde 6; White Oak 4. Only two FFA chapters were represented, Bethel and Crabtree, each 62, and in breaking the tie, Bethel won the flip of a coin. Cruso walked away with the at tendance in the 4-H club group, by having 30 present. Beaverdam Canton had 29, Bethel 12, and Fines Creek 10. With Corporal Jones of the State Highway Patrol in the lead, the 61 cars ; and 4 trucks moved along 5 to 10 minutes ahead of sched ule. Corporal Jones escorted the Haywood group on their recent state tour. The weatherman teased through out the day with overcast skies and threatening clouds, but not a cloud wept. The first stop was at the farm of Claude T. Francis, in the Francis Cove; With the prize 2,000-pound Hereford bull, Laurie Domino in the foreground among a herd of outstanding cattle, the group were shown results of pasture improve ments. Mr. Francis also pointed out in his herd, specific results of better breeding. Much interest was shown in Laurie Domino, and it was said that 32 cows have been bred since last December.. About half have been bred artificially, with 100 per cent success. Claude Francis stepped aside and let his son Calvin occupy the spot light and tell of his feeding 3 calves for the livestock show in Septem ber. Calvin is superintendent of the Baby Calf division, and told the crowd: "We hope to have a real nice show oh, I know we will." . . " .. ,.: 1 IM.WMwran. ) (i..u h mh . . uujjli ' """" ' I 7 - nil y vs - ..... . . i f . . I : 4 . if I " - Jl " -'L.w v e - ' 'r- - 1 i,: - ---! -" s " 'I 1 ! ' f ti llll':yt - , .? 'tis;-; A i , .- -A M .,t..,.yi,.,...mvm,,.v,.. aM-.w.v.,,,.J-.,-...,...- ..- .,.,. "--tmm--iiiitiiiiMiinii" y - - - -j - ...f j?:' . .1 J. C. Lynn county agent had his tongue limbered up in grand style nd introduced visiting specialists who spoke a word of appreciation -of Haywood's co-operation on all estate-wide programs. C (EX Weatherby handled the pub lie address system throughout ths day, and during off moments gave false impressions to farm animals by cleverly imitating everything from a clucking hen to a leather lunged bull. Canton police gave considerable assistance twice, as the tour pass ed through enroute to and from the Fred Mann 215-acre farm in the Hominy section. ' , 1 Mr. Mann's farm is operated on a "diversified farming program." Income is derived from cattle, sheen, tobacco and colts. On the beautiful, and well-planned farm, Mr. Mann has 125 head of Short horns, and 30 ewes in what was termed one of the nicest flocks of nhpen in the county. He also has 12 head of horses and mules. Some of these are kept for breeding stock only. , . Mr. Mann pointed out that sheep provided the easiest money he got. Here are 16 pictures made on the farm tour last : Friday, at which time 650 people participated. No. 1, part of the crowd lookmjr over electrical appliances by REA in the Bethel gym. No. 2 some fine fat calves are seen on the Claud Francis farm. No. 3, the inex pensive cattle loading platform at the Gwyn farm. No. 4, the fine bull on the Fred Mann farm in the Hominy section. No. 5, also on the Fred Mann farm. Note the I general manager of the Land O' high grass in the pasture. No. 6, The Sky Association, while C. E. just a few of the outstanding Os borne Guernsey herd. No. 7, a general view of the Gwyn barn on Pigeon, with the 33. fat cattle in one of the several lots. No 8, J. C.i Lynn, county agent, describ- Weatherby is shown looking to wards Mr. Barr. No. 9 is John H. Allen, of Canton, pointing; to his fine field of alfalfa, he was champion corn grower in 1939, and voted outstanding demonstration tag the importance of lime and i farmer last year. No. 10, dinner phosphate to the crowd at the , time at the Bethel school. No. 11, Frank Sorrell's farm, in Pigeon. the attendance award goes to Pig Facing the camera is J. E. Barr, eon township. No. 12, the pet groundhog of Samuel Dills. : The animal bit Wayne Corpening, as sistant county agent. . No. 13, The Cruso 4-H Club gets a cup for having 30 on the tour. " ' No. 14, where part of the 4,000 pounds Of watermelon went. Left to right, Mr. Deans, of Canada, W. A. Brad ley, Hazelwood, Joe Rose, on whose farm the tour ended. Mr. Rose donated the melons, Glenn Palmer, A. L. Freedlander, of Dayton Rub ber, and Jonathan Woody. No. 15, genera' view of the Joe Rose barn, with construction of the 70 ton silo in the rear. ' No. 16, Sam Ferguson gets a choice bit of mel on from Mrs. Williams' slice, as Miss Mary Medford looks on. Both of the young ladies are members of the i county agents staff. Fef goson is a member of the AAA committee. ; "From one buck, I got 11 pounds of wool. I sold 15 lambs for $140, and sold $98 worth of wool from 32 ewes." The crowd 'stood in the Mann pasture where the grass was about 15 inches high. It was explained that Mr. Man turned under his grass, and got better results each yea's He also follows a crop rotation plan, He plants corn the first year, then wheat, and for the next two years grass. He has 35 acres of crop land on his 215-acre farm. Friday was a jinx day for Wayne Corpening.' At the Mann farm he attempted to pat the pet ground hog of Samuel Dills, and the ani mal sank his teeth into Corpening's right hand. Later in the day, Corp ening was giving way to his feel intra during a moment of irrita tion, and expressing himself in no uncertain terms, when he found the public address system was op erating and the microphone was in his lap. The switch was thrown before the worst was said, how ever. When rushing to get a group picture he broke his thumb -nail, and cut his finger. All this led up to a leak developing in his radia tor. He became as hot as his knocking ..motor, but was brought hack to a normal temperature with a glass of cold cider and a hunk of cold juicy watermelon. cut again, getting about three tons each time. ' John Allen, in Highland Park section at Canton, has an outstand ing livestock farm. He raises feed on his 75 acres for 75 head of Hereford, and a few Guernseys. Although 71-year-old, Mr, Allen in 1939 was acclaimed county cham pion corn raiser with a total of 114 bushels to the acre, and 1940 voted outstanding demonstration farmer in the county. His present corn crop looks mighty fine, but he prefers to tell of his alfalfa crop. He sowed his crop twice, and has already cut it twice and will Mr. Allen, pointed to his alfalfa crop said that the coming' hay crop in Haywood is alfalfa. Coun ty Agent Lynn made the same statement a few minutes later as he called upon W. A. Bradley to tell of his recent experience with the crop. Mr. - Bradley said he had cut his twice and got two tons per "acre with another cutting about ready. ' Mr. Allen's pastures are soft and velvety, and minus any weeds and briars. He urged the use of hard work, in order to keep "your pasture like the lawn of your yard." At the Allen farm a good soy bean crop was pointed out. side a house, and that was at the Allen farm. ( 1 ", Haywood claims to have the out standing Guernsey breeders in the south, .and those who heard Miss Florence Osborne describe in . de tail the features and qualifications to look for in a thoroughly good cow, agree that the Osbornes have tops. . Even dyed-in-the-wool breeders stood with their mouths open, drink ing in every word, as she contin ued her story. The women making the tour trudged along with the men as they went from project to project on the farms. Only once during the eight stops did they get to see in- Arthur Osborne told the group how they double-cropped the 125 acre farm in order to raise enough feed for the 160 to 175 head of cattle kept on the farm. "We feed the land with the manure, and get two crops a year from every acre. Usually it is oats, or wheat, then corn, followed by winter wheat. Mr. Osborne is a firm believer in alfalfa, stating that if your land lends itself to the crop, that farm ers could not do better for land or stock than to plant alfalfa. - Plans are being made now for 300 hens that will produce eggs next summer on the Osborne farm. ; The electric fly trap attracted much attention at the Osborne farm. The trap catches about a quart a day all dead. The . in stant the flies touch the fine wires they are electrocuted. ; ' Another s interesting feature about the Osborne farm, was the milking time. The entire herd of about 90 cows are milked three times a day. In this way, a gain of 20 per cent in milk production is noted, Mr. Osborne said. Cows which are record breakers, giving as much as 8 gallons a day, were the center of interest The entire Osborne farm is op erated for the dairy that is all to linger at the OsboTI look even lono-or turn there wa, 8;m"ta and interesting ?; chanica! farming Zg the Guernsey herd S for itself a reputatbnX Enroute for the nL the Bethel schfc some beautiful . b The name of theTne learned, but it was T of what a fittle" beautify a spot. Bethel has long been h. ts good basketMui" tent cooks and hard Wo.uTJ This is off season wT proud m preparing ,d 3 delicious Hinno. . ""ynesvme Lion Club J the Hazelwood Boosters Clif" The Waynesville dub were guests of the Haywood J "luiers at the meal 1 time last spring, the club h ly entertained the farmm banquent. The proceeds of the ma! J useu io apply on K, , curtain. Mrs. Hugh Tern presment 01 the P. T. A. thij All food was donated, which i all the proceeds will apply, curtain. V The officers of the demon. J iarmers were on hand to everyone, as the tour was party. The officers are A J Cracker Charlie Liner, OJ Burnette, and J. L. WestmoJ These men . together M county agents put in num hours to bring about the t J of the tour. "This is the best farm tour ever been on," was the .rami R. W. Shoffner, who u in of all demonstration firs North Carolina. Mr. praised the work of the Hi; county agents, and placed tti the center of the Bethel gyra while he heaped loads of pliments upon their shoulder; Haywood has a warm spot heart from Mr. Shoffner, ii the work he has done for tin ty. Since Haywood has mors onstration fanners than in; ty in the state, and us phosphate, than any other Carolina county, it can be rj seen that this county has p the program sponsored Shoffner in a BIG WAY. At Bethel a movie on work was shown, under the tion of R. W. Graeber, spe: of State College. Mr. Graete ducted the first farm tour ii Tnrnlina 95 vcars affO. whllecf atrent of Mecklenburr H Harold Trogan, district I. Forester. Several farmers asked & hpp nhnnt r.fie locust blight he explained was not a blq an insect which got on u. -nf thp trtv and caused tfei turn Krnwn. "We have fori this does not hinder the m the tree," he consoled. The Cruso Membership N tion had a display h ; - .inM'ci nnnliancesot- :.i.tf Whroom OUtW-l erators. and. motorized appliances. r n-nMinrn. of fcf' see Valley Authority, W trie churn, ff wneei, nj ..J if in tnese w -"7 "r stay at Bethel John Kiewei, the "silent members m , agent trio," as he public than the J routeman and tneT-?ld Cf' the tour going. He",f Jones led the Mr. Rietzel made the crowd L and getting those operating the system as to hsVi crowds wanted was easily asheisonlysftBP half inches tak j The tour visited thegj of Frank Sorrells,: ship, where Y test plots were ; oflimeandphosp at Jl-50 P acre j four years. j The tour was and got there before t back "J loadoflanstotM ; however, brought P (ConUnaed e
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