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Weather Has
The semi-monthly Farm Report
issud by the Crops Reporting
Service of Raleigh, states that
weather and soil conditions during
September were typical of. dry
conditions which have prevailed
over most of the State during the
entire crop season.
Dry conditions are retarding the
preparation of land and the plant
ing of fall seeded crops. Pastures
continue to suffer from the dry
weather and are ottering much less
grazing than is normal for this time
ot the year.
Based on reports from through
out the State,, the prediction for
the corn crop still stands at 70,
917 000 bushels.. This year's yield
is currently estimated at 33.0
Efarf Crop
When you have a cow to be bred
phone us for Proved Sire Service.
it S fast, economical,
convenient, safe.
Haywood Cooperative
Breeding Ass'n.
Call 938 by H a. m.
for same day service
bushels per acre which is 4.0 less
than the record reached in 1950.
The ten-year average yield for the
State is 25.6 bushels.
Harvest time finds the corn crop
good in northern Mountain and
central and northern Coastal Plain
counties. About 15 percent of the
crop has been harvested as of Oc
tober 1. Total U. S. production is
currently estimated at 3.1 billion'
bushels.
The continued dry weather in
most of the mountain sections dur
ing September reduced commercial
apple production prospects which
are now estimated at 825,000 bush
els. This represents a decline of
75,000 bushels from the September
1 estimate. Harvesting of thercrop
is progressing well in all areas.
Milk production underwent : a
seasonal decline during September.
Total production was estimated at
143 million pounds, a seven percent
drop from the preceding month.
Production per cow, 374 pounds, is
below the August average of 403.
Farm wage rates in North Caro
lina on October 1 were higher
than at the same time last year.
Without room or board, the average
daily rate increased from $3.60 to
$4.75. This is still lower than the
national average which was $5.00
'Nickels
Plan Favored
By Leaders
"Nickels for Know-How," a plan
Check Heating
Equipment Says
County Agent
With cold weather approaching,
it's a good idea for farm families
tn check their heating eouioment
io expand agricultural research and and make sure it's in good condi
education in North Carolmation for safe winter service, says
17th ANNUAL SALE
Registered Herefords
100 CHOICE CALVES
GO HEIFERS (G to 9 Months) 40 BULLS
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(NEW SALES PAVILION)
TAZEWELL, - - VIRGINIA
NOVEMBER 1st
12:30 P.M.
Modem type, the blacky, deep, mellow kind with de
pendable Background Blood of National Champions.
The place to buy the most in Individuality
and Breeding for the least money.
Tazewell Hereford Breeders
( Write for Catalogue)
L. B. ItUSSELL. Secretary
through a farmer contribution of
five cents per ton on feed and fer
tilizer, has been endorsed by some
of the State's outstanding agricul
tural, business, and civic leaders.
Farmers will vote on the plan in
a special referendum on Novem
ber 3. '
M. G; Mann says the nickel-per-ton
contribution, if approved in the
referendum, "will prove within the
next quarter of a century to be the
greatest investment ever made by
farm people."
President Gordon Gray of the
Consolidated '.'University, of North
Carolina endorses the plan "en
thusiastically".' He expresses the
hope that farmers "will vote over
whelmingly for the program".
Clarence Poe, veteran editor of
The Progressive Farmer, calls up
on farmers to vote unanimously in
favor of the "Nickels for "Know
How". He says research has given
the State disease-resistant tobac
cos, higher corn yields, and many
other advantages.
The president of the North Caro
lina Federation of -Home Demons
tration Clubs. Mrs. H. M. Johnson
of Route 5, Kinston, says the pro
gram will mean "better homes,
higher standards of living, and bet
ter rural living in its entirety."
Archie K. Davis, chairman of the
marketing committee of Forsyth
County's Long-Range Farm Pro
gram, says research Is needed to
help North Carolina "realio the
great potential that lies ahead for
agriculture".
Endorsements also have come
from Edwin Pate and R. D. McLau
rln, both of Laurlnburg, as well as
from many other business and agrl
cultural leaders.
Polling places for the referen
dtim will be the same as those used
in PMA elections. Voting hours will
be 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. All per
sons who use feed or fertilizer, in-
eluding husbands, wives, and 4-F
FFA, and NFA members with crop
or livestock projects, are eligible
to vote. -
'Perfect Farmer' Chosen
As Member Of The Month
By West Pigeon Community
Fifty years ago farm women had
77 per cent more children than
urban women; now they have only
about 51 per cent more.
MISTER
FARMER
Would You
Like A Nice
Weekly Income
" Next Summer?
THE DEMAND FOR OUK FAMOUS HAYWOOD
COUNTY HATCHING EGGS CONTINUES TO GROW-
We Now Have Many Farmers
, Producing Eggs At An Average
Net Profit of 46c Per Dozen
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WE WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF STARTED
PULLETS READY FOR DELIVERY tfOV. 2Gtu
See II. M. Dulin at the
CO-OP for quality pullets and details
of a quality program that will make
You A Nice Profit
HAYWOOD COUNTY
"' FARMERS CO - OP
Phone 722 Depot Street
Wayne Corpenlng, Haywood Coun
ty farm agent for the State Col
lege Extension Service,.;
Farm property fires always in
crease in both numbers and sever
ity as the winter season approaches.
A little attention to the problem
now may save costly and tragic
fires later in the season, says the
county agent. ,;
Winter also usually brings a toll
of casualties from carbon monox
ide. This deadly gas is colorless and
odorless and gives ,no warning.
Defective chimneys rank high as
cause of farm fires during the
heating season. All joints should
be tight and a spark arrestor in
stalled when ' Combustible roofs
are nearby. All stove and furnace
pipes should be put in good condi
tion and located a safe distance
from combustible walls, ceilings,
curtains, and papers.
The National Safety Council
makes these additional suggestions:
Repair cracks or other defects
and replace rusted and burned-out
stove and furnace pipes.
Make sure that combustible ma
terials are protected. Use a metal
or asbestos floor covering under
wood- or coal-burning stoves. Use
double metal-ventilated thimbles
where stove pipes pass through
walls. .
Never use petroleum products to
start or hasten a fire.
See that tank heaters, feed heat
ers, and other type ol heating
equipment- around the farmstead
are installed safely and kept In
good repair.
Make sure that dampers in stoves
and furnaces are never closed
enough to force carbonmonoxide or
other gases out into the room,
His neighbors say that if any
body far or near needs help of any
kind they can depend on "Toot'
Sisk. J. A, Sisk, .West Pigeon's
Member of the Month, has been
farming since he was a lad. He is
"handy hand" with machinery of
all kinds, tools and what-have-you
about the farm.
Mr. Sisk owns a farm of about 40
acres. He .raises white-face cattle
and he grows tobacco which has
been pronounced some of the best
quality and highest priced -in Hay
wood County.
The son of . the late S. R. and
Adeline Sisk, he is married to the
former Miss Hester ,Burrcll. The
couple have five children, Mrs. Tu
lon West, Mrs. Maude Peek, Mrs.
Clara L. DeBord, Mrs. Hazel Sweat
man and James Sisk, Jr. There are
five grandchildren and one great
granddaughter,
Mr. Sisk attends the Bethel Bap
tist Church, and is active in the
Sdy, "I Saw It In The Mountaine
trolling the borer was to dig it out
with a sharp knife. Sometimes we
did more damage to the tree than
the borer did. In one instance I re
moved 21 borers from a single
large tree. Needless to Say, the tree
did not recover.
These materials should be used
during October or early Novem
ber for satisfactory control. Follow
the manufacturer's directions for
dilutions of the emulsions and ask
your county agent to show you how
to apply them.
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J. A. SISK
Community Development Program.
He was an active member of the
Junior Order Lodge at Bethel dur
ing the many years of its exist
ence. In selecting him as Member of
the Month, his friends in West Pi
geon have paid tribute to him as a
neighbor and as a farmer. "Prac
tice makes perfect," they $ay, "and
'Jimmy-Toot' does perfect farming
on a small scale."
with room and board.
As of October 1, the burley to
baeco yield was estimated at 1,650
pounds per acre. If this figure is
maintained the total yield would be
19,140,000 pounds which compares
to 17,850,000 pounds produced last
year. ,
Fruit Trees Can
Be Protected
Control of the peach tree borer
In home fruit 'gardens should not
be neglected at this time of year.
The borer attacks peach trees and
plum, trees, .especially- Japanese
plums. It feeds on the inner layer
of bark, the cambium layer, and
the sapwood at the base of the tree
and if it is not controlled will seri
ously weaken the tree and may kill
it.
The first sign of borers Is usually
a formation of a gum or jelly-like
substance around the base of the
tree at the surface of the ground
remaps you nave seen this gum
around your peach trees and did
not knew what it was. When I was
a boy the only way we had of con-
Get The Best - - - Insist On
BLUE RADGE
PLANT TOO!)
When Yoti Place Your
PMA & FERTILIZER ORDERS
Manufactured Right Here In
Haywood County By Our Own
People, Blue Ridge Plant Food is Especially
Suited To The Climatic Conditions and
Spils of Western North Carolina
Ask Your Dealer For
BLUE RIDGE PLANT FOOD!
SMOKY MOUNTAINS
MR. FARMER
Bring Us Your
PMA ORDERS
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BLUE RIDGE PLANT. FOOD
2-12-12 0-9-27
47 Phosphate
0-14-14
Ammonium Nitrate
Our Prices Are Right
HAYWOOD COUNTY
FARMERS CO-OP
FERTILIZER COMPANY
Phone 722
Depot Street
Here it is. . . In a Class by itself ... the NEW
Come in and see it
today. Then ask for
a demonstration on
your own farm.
We'll be happy to
arrange one for your
at any time.
Haywood
Tractor & Implement Cpf
Located at Junction of Highway 19 and 19-A,
Lake Junaluska Phone 373-J '
-Harry Ferguson; Inc., first in the farm field
to win National American Society of Indusfrjal
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WEED CONTROL
AT THE HAYWOOD COUNTY
FARMERS CO-OP
. Phone 722 Depot St
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AnniVERSARY
FAMOUS FEATURES
'1 One-piece, acld-reslsting,porcelain-
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s Two giant bowls. Deep, roomy, no
3 Wipe-clem, Hi-Bake enamel finish.
4 Hide-away cutlery shelf opens with
right-handdoor.keepscutleryhandy.
5 Convenient soap-box rack on left
, door.
t Impressed soap dish. '
7 Die-made construction. No sharp
corners.
4 back-splash prevents spotting ol
walls. '
9 Swinging . m'udng-faucet provides
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10 Crumb-cup strainers catch refuse,
half-turn converts bowl to dishpan.
11 Easy-to-clean contours. Less time
and energy spent in cleaning.-
13 Gleaming1 handles on doors stay
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14 Rubber bumpers cushion
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15 Recessed toeand kneesp
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