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f Ml III 3 FPVftlomnent Program rvmrnuiuij " " ff Citizens weve.op.ng ISII.-I.. fll 1 Improving aneir unurcnes Iron Duff Program Leaders I j.c pom- r . orarfl. be I ,re checked iron I ,vails. but Lr the pros- ''families, and in the co.ii- . in the In. uuc " u. . ro stress other phase trudion. and cnnn. I . ... t me e,dv building Hsvr.es, Hob- cultiva. L When the L are held, r ( akfl interesi Ik demonstra- mi.,, there attending, the tO thus (iy uwt ortsmentinthe r done u.. ilready been hist church, of well is pastor. built, a new md beautifl and painting. list church has with the tew pews aaa air job. Rev. Inies have had the yards im- iterior changes ake too much tail of all that the homes of luary first. together with bnunity, built the the en- on both ends Imber of signs the intersec- antl at the 'ront of some lany of these and some 'en hours after (Photo by Ingram's Studio) The residents of Iron Duff, first to organize for the Community Development Program, elected these men and women as principal officers. Left to right are Mrs.. O. L. Yates, vice-chairman; Jarvis Caldwell, chairman; Lawson McElroy, treasurer; Mrs. Hardy Cald well, secretary; and Mrs. Roy Medford, reporter. Conm&tte&s Namscl For Iron Buff C D. Program tha imn niiff fnm rnose named to carry on the dii committee of the Iron Duff com- ' "'.J mmitppa for thP I development program are as fol- mrk Jarvis R. Caldwell Is chair-. J0WS man of the group, and the meeting Fod Foods and Nutrition. Mrs, was held at his home. Grady Davis; House Furnishing, Mrs. C. . Medtord; Home Heaull fication, Mrs. T. C. Davis; Cloth, ing, Mrs. J. R. Caldwell; Health, Mrs. Ned Crawford. Recreation, O. L. Yates, Chair man, Anne Caldwell, Helen June Bradshaw, Joan McElroy, Guylene Caldwell, Ray Milner, Jim Davis, Helen Ferguson, Mrs. Raymond Caldwell, J. R. Caldwell, Jr. Poultry, Ralph Dotson, Mrs. Joe Medford, Mrs. Jarvis Chambers. Forestry, Manson Medford, Gor don Sanford. Lawrence Brown. Community Improvement, Nor man Arlington, Mrs, Clinton Mc Elroy. Dairy, Andy Ferguson, chairman, Joe Medford, Joe Haynes, Ray mond Caldwell, Mrs. Taylor Med- being erected. The committee went right back to work and replaced the signs, while efforts were being made to locate the parties responsible for the destructive piece of work. The incident banded the com munity together even more closely, and with more determination than ever to accomplish the things they started out to do. This in brief, is what Iron Duff has already done on the Commun ity Development program. What will be accomplished tomorrow is another chapter. All Iron Duff citizens are well pleased with the past, and look with keen antici pation to the future. ,'luick, Economical, Laundry Service Just HOME JHE DRY IT t iING Send your laundry to us forget all about it until your Bundle of 4 Snowy White clothes come back ready for use We Always Please THE AVHPMiw f w nviMflRV D SHEEHAN - OWNERS - JOE LINER ford. Hardy Caldwell. Beef Cattle, Frank Bradshaw, chairman, Dennis Crawford, Grov er Hogan, Cash Medford, Devoe McElroy. Tobacco, T. C. Davis. Harley Bryson, Glen Tate, Weaver Cham bers, Sam Crawford. Fruits and Vegetables, R. F. Da vis. Mrs. Jesse Fulbright, Mrs. Jack Chambers, Mrs. Lee William son. Pasture, Frank M. Davis, chair man, Roy B. Medford, Walter Wright, Grover Brysor., Larry Cald well, Frank Bradshaw, G. B. Ho gan, Horace Bryson. Winter Legumes and Cover Crop, W. C. Welch, Kimsey Palm er, Homer Stevenson. Alfalfa, Sebe Bryson. O. Li Yates, Jarvis Caldwell, Andy Fer guson. Church Improvement. Lawson McElroy, Mrs. Harley Brson, Mrs. Roy B. Medford, Mrs. Grady Da vis, Mrs. Etta Crawford, Mrs. J. R. Haywood Farms Being Studied By Specialists Agricultural workers are study ing Haywood County farms in an effort to obtain '"blue prints" of the best possible combination of farming enterprises. The study being made by a team of men from the North Carolina State College Extension Service, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the U. S. Department of Agricul ture is the first of its kind ever launched in North Carolina. State College Faim Manage- Caldwell, Ned Crawford, Harley Bryson, Lee Williamson. Mre. Roy Medford is reporter for the committee. ment Specialist Moy-le Williams ex plained: "We are trying to find the com bination of operations that will In the long run give the best return in income to the fanner and at the same time build up and con serve his soil." "For example," he added, "we might find that livestock added to a small tobacco farm might prove to be this most profitable .combin ation. But this is just an example." The study started six months ago, when the team picked 150 farms at random. "These farms," Mr. Williams ex plained, "represented a cross sec tion of the different kinds of soils, the different sizes of the farms, and the different types of farming the county has." These 150 farms were then clas sified into major groups. And from each of these groups, one or more average farms were selected. The detailed studies are being made on these average farms. The workers, with the farm own ers cooperating, study the soils of these average farms, and gather detailed information about their resources and their operations. From the soil maps that are pre pared, and the other information, the members of the team try to decide what system of fanning, in the long run, will be the most profitable to this "average" farm from the standpoint of income to the farmer, soil building and soil conservation. "The results of this study," Mr. Williams said, "will be used by the various agricultural agencies to hln further tha agricultural uiOi gram in this and ottter mountain counties." . ;; Just what results the study on obtained so far, Mr. Williams could) , not reveal. "Much of this work," he ex . nl a inert "is hpinff carried Oil OS . a confidential basis with the tffrf dividual farmers.' Ho added, however, that this ttfcr tensive study would be completed?; "in the near future . Membership of the team h, changed intermittently since tie- , study was launched. But the bulhV of the study to date has been mad by S. W. Atkins of the USDA Bfc . reau of Agricultural Economics, who heads the team; John Brownv of the U, S, Soil Conservation SerV ice;, Lestep Odortv of the Federal' Bureau of Plant Industry. Soils, and Agricultural' Engineering (US DA); Berger Ellertsen o TVWs Forestry Division; and Mr. Wi Hams. Look at ElecMcitj at MA wk a a Put Electricity To Work For YOU Ask us about how economically you can have a Water System in your home. o WE HAVE A SPECIAL PLAN THAT WILL BE OF INTEREST TO YOU. WE CAN FINANCE THESE SYS TEMS FOR YOU AT ATTRACTIVE INTEREST RATES! Inquire Today! Such examples of new and better ways of doing age-old jobs in the farmyard began to tun up; in: all) parts of the country, as farmers awoke tc the willing and tireless servant they had at the throw of a switch, Work specification an old story in factory management, became the object of increased attention. By farm leaders and educators in the schools of Agriculture. Here are a few examples: Cooling milk is absolutely essential to Grade A dairy production. But haul ing and storing of ice is difficult anywhere, nearly impossible in warm climates. Electrically-powered farm cooling chests are a sure protection against milk or cream spoilage. One farmer's electric bill for cooling averages $4 a month. His ice bill before he got electricity was 50 cents a day, and he had to haul the ice 20 miles. Thousands of farmers would not be in the business of producing high grade milk today were they not using electric coolers. In highly competitive truck gardening, the man who can get his early plants out of hotbeds first has the lead on his neighbors. Someone conceived the idea that electricity, instead of the use of manure or other devices, would, provide an even, steady, controllable heat for hotbeds. It worked cable under the soil was high ly successful. Not a farmer in humid regions but who has lost hay because of rain, or who has had to delay cutting because of stormy weather. There's no need, with elec tricity available, to make hay only while the sun shines. For a farmer can now store his hay in the barn while it is still wet, and build his own electrically-powered hay-drying apparatus, which will force air up through the hay, curing it suc cessfully and retaining vitamins and proteins that would be destroyed by the sun or lost if the hay dried in the field. Probably more backs have been bent and shoulders stooped by pumping and carrying pails of water than by any other farm operation. Yet there's no reason for doing it, on an electrified farm. A pressure system can pump all the water needed on the average farm for a few cents a day. Farmers who have grown old pumping and hauling water for stock and poultry, not infrequently think of that use for an electric pump before piping the water into their houses. , , t,; Electric chick brooders, fireproof and time-saving; electric curing sheds,, f$fj tobacco and sweet potatoes; electric milking machines and separators; electrically powered sprinkler and ditch irrigation; electric warmers for livestock water tanks; elevators of all kinds, electrically powered corn shellers, grinders, ensilage cut ters, graders these are but a few of the literally hundreds of ways in which farmers, helped by electrical specialists and by their own resourcefulness, put elec tricity to work, saving time and labor for them. No wonder that farmers were considered, when Uncle Sam divided the available supply of materials for war time use! Electricity Is Cheap .... USE MORE OF IT!! HAYWOOD leefcric Membership Offices: Main Street, Waynesville, N. C.
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