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THE WA YNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER t APRIL 23, "5i SECOND SECTION ie Ninth Of A Series of Farm-Home "X. V V V A N -" i S?W . x X x - - - X .X., - - . v v Jr. j, .x Pictorial .I'VsV .-(ail pj ... J -r v V V J, v. x. ( x x- - Tf. v ,X' -'f. W If it .ft m I ' I I- flMvVvd .,0 rh x ;i lit vxK W A .x ,,5.wN s x ,'k h;nixx ,xj v 'X r' hOfiioors of the East Pigeon Community nrnl prosram, left to right: Miss Mildred Msuirr; Van VVrlls, chairman; Miss Vclma in. socritary, and Mrs. Will Kuykcndall, rcportrr. C. S. Rollins, vice chairman, was not present when the picture was made. No. 2 The stone home of Thomas Michael, just off llifihway No. 27G. -.V"- x. J. ' l"" l-.JxW f.' 'H'. J ;V " v . -x- . . x--.: x.. ': ''!.-. . X. .'',w w ffc. -' No. 3 Raymond Ouekelt, and one of his cows. He operates (lie largest dairy in the community, and lives oil the l.ovc Joy Road. No. 4 K.ast riceon is a poultrv ruisinir countrv, as evldeneed hv the three laree poultrv limises here. At the ton is the house ol Kascinii I liiiinp son. . uith 5,000 chicks; second is the hen house of (eci'Ke kuykcndall, and at the IxiUoui is the hit ken house ot Will Kuvkendall with t.000 clucks. I.di'li ol the liousrs are two storirs. No. 5 A swiintins biidKe uermti I'tecon river in In. nt of Hie home of Iturton lllaylotk. jltry And Beef Cattle n Farm Incomes For zens 01 East Pigeon (if Kasl I'igoon have fm aboiil." That is a E11' s,!ilem( nt, because in If fcil'OWn mora nhtnlrpno lH're else in Haywood, Sx Western North Caro- has even ventured to suggest that Kast Pigeon should he nearer Lake Jiinaluska, for the con sumption of the poultry, but that is not ncccssartly true, because most of the poultry is for hatchinfi egg flocks, and not the frying pan. East Pigeon, as one may surmise, is that fertile territory around the 15 This Year We Have The Largest Selection We Have Ever Shown of IELD & GARDEN SEEDS See Us First For Quality Seeds & Fertilizers HAYWOOD COUNTY FARMERS CO-OP 122 Depot Street Pigeon Hiver. The valley up High way No. 270. on up Dix Creek, and then along the Love Joy Koad con tains many acres of black fertile voil. Then loo, there are plenty of hills for pasturing the many hear of beef and dairy cattle which arc increasing in the community. The citizens of East Pigeon, for tlie most part, own small farms, and hold jobs at industrial plants in the county. The farms are wen kept, and produce a high yield for both family and market. There are about 700 people in the area, and the Community De velopment Program has a far reaching program touching every phase of community life. Van Wells, a leading poultryman, dairunan. farmer, and civic leader, is chairman, and assisted by C. S. Rollins, vice chairman Miss Vclma Singleton, secretary; Miss Mildred Pitts, treasurer, and Mrs. Will Kuy kcndall, reporter. The group meets the first Tues day of eai h month at the Bethel school. The school serves the commun ity, with several bus routes cover ing I lie area from the school. East Pigeon has one church the Mt. Zion Baptist church on Dix Creek. Rev. Thomas Erwin is past or, with a membership of 250, and 290 enrolled in Sunday School. Many citizens of the community .-Mend 'churches at Bethel, and at Riverside, which is on the edge of !hr community. The community is retreat ion Tonseious, and have some of the best basketball, and Softball teams 'in the county The girls last year won the softball tournament. The area is an important area fur hurley, with about 40 acres devoted in the 'crop, and yielding about 1 !;'!!) pounds per acre. Last year a hmit SWi.OOO was realized from hur ley by the farmers in East Pigeon, as they average about 50 cents per i pound. l-'rank Sorrells, had a crop yield r ) rum nonnds and averaged 52 cents. Lnn Chambers averaged 55 cents for his crop of 2 500 pounds, and Carl Burnette also received 55 cents for his 2,100 pounds, DAIRYING There are three grade A dairies ill the coiiiiminitj , with 50 cows be ing milked Raymond Ducketl lias 22 cows, and averages about (ilKI pounds of milk daily. Both L. M. Sherill. and Van Wells milk 12 cows, for a daily average of 250 pounds. " The dairymen grow most of their own feed, and have live silos lo care for their roughage The Guernsey and Jersey type are leaders. The dairymen have bad a pasture improvement program on. for many years, and are now enjoying profit able production from their pastur- ing program. j East Pigeon is truly noull rv land and still growing in thai direc tion. Two-slorv ehicken houses cm be seen from several vantage points in the community. Some idea of the size of I he poultry business can be had tnim the fact thai East Pigeon alone raises enough poultry to give every man. woman and child in Haywood two full grown chickens each more than 70.000 each year. Will Kuykcndall. in his large two-slorv cinder block houses, raises about 10.000 each year That is four broods a year, ol 4,000 per brood. Not so far away is the poultry house of liaseoin Thoiiipxnn. which houses. 5.000 al one limi. or 20,000 in the four broods per year On the Love Joy Koad, al the Van Wells farm, is the single larg est house caritig for 0.000 chb-k'x. and turning out 24 Otto for the year. This poultry project is oper ated in connection with the largo dairy. George Kuykcndall is also in the poultry business, but he gets 9-week-old pullets, and (inly caters to layers. The other poultrymen get the da.v-old chicks, and keep them un til nine Wei 1;.'. old. then they are placed on farms as la.wi's. The culls are sold for fixers. Then' are about 15 oilier I, inns in Kasl Pigeon having Hocks, ol more than huge enough for home use. Main larmeis are graduallv building up their thick-, anil wilh the ejiperio'ice of their neighbors, the business is proving profitable. Nexl lo chickens, tlie beef cattle indietn is the lie! lalgext source of income lor the farms o! Kast Pigeon. There are alioii 200 tiead of beet cattle in th" community, representing a value ol $20 000 Some 400 acres are devoted to pasture lands, and the white face Hen lord is t he leading type found in the section. Limine Lvaii.x lias aliollj 711 in his hi rd and grazes them on 100 acres of pasture Thomas Michael lias about 00 Iwad in his herd, and devotes ,'ihoul i" ai res to pastur ing 1 he tn Prank Sorrells keeps his herd to abnul 25. and uses lit) acres for pasture Many eais ago. the banners of East Pigeon started the lime and phosphate program, and now have pastures that are second-to-none in the county. The fruit crops in Kast Pigeon are limited, el the over-all lofa! amounts to about $7,500 each year. Apples are the main source of in come for i i nil s and berries, with the orchard of Wil on liiirnell. with 200 tree-,, leading ill size, and in -production. The average yield for (lie orchard is 1.000 bushels Care Burnett has 150 trees, with a yield of 650 bushels,, and Ander son Huskey, wilh 100 trees gets an aiifiu,.! vield of about 500 bushels. 'There 'are about 100 families in the area with adequate gardens for home tiM . The 4-H Club has 15 members and the FKA Club It) members.. To travel over any of the several roads serving the area, one read ily finds that numerous homes have been built in toe community Work Started On Methodist Church At Cherokee Construction was scheduled lo begin this morning on the new; Methodist Church on the Cherokee j Indian Reservation, 'according to the Rev W, Jackson lluneyciilt, j superintendent of the Waynesville j district ol the Church The new, building, will be on the same prop- city as the present parsonage, ly- j ing about two mites out from the. village on the Soco road. Sealing about 200 persons. Hie , church will Include the sanctuary. I a niinibi r of Sunday School class ( rooms, ami a recreation room. II will be of native stone veneer in : the same design as thai of the, Boundary Tree Molor Court. The work is exnected to be completed : in about six months. j The church will cost in the i neighborhood of $,')() 000 Funds bu lls erection come from the mis sionary funds of the Western North Carolina Conference. Noble Gar-' rett is treasurer of the buildim; lund, and a member of the local building committee. Available for I annall. II. M. C. Kcj F-20, John Deeic, A A. li. Allis Cli.it mcis WC H Wl. l ord, I oi il-Ef rRUsim uid i'ereiison tractors, S'J7S with li-lcet blade, plus In i; lit. p. s. mum ;r son New and I'scd Farm Luuipme nl Your hsi li Dealer lur . V C. City. N. ('. I'hone 7703 r.'ii'i'.g the past year, and many ol hers improved in man ways 'the community is known lor I heir enoperutive spirit, and when they pii a team in the field, it i a sure thing that (he cilizi nx will be there to back the team to lln limit. i For a long time. i has been a -.lamina', tradition that the mi n ol Ea.xt Foik were champion . n' al' ' tug-o'-war contests. They have won time arid time auain, wi'h their; losses very few. The people of Easl Pigeon are I futppy- they love thiur homes, and neightiois, Such characteristics en-; able any group to go forward and ; they are. ; i BOOS! MILK PRODUGllOin. with WAYNE DAIRY FEEDS! Scientifically Balanced Triple-teifed for Qualify Proved by top dairymen If foys To Feed Your THE WAYNE WAY SEE US FOR YOUR SUPPLY cows nScA?: 1 J -iwwgsa HAYWOOD COrMV FARMERS CO-OP IMione 722 Depot Street hi A ELECTRICITY HAS CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAYWOOD'S RURAL COMMUNITIES HAYWOOD ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPOIiATIOM H waynesville; n. c. I I
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