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Pl'BLlSHFD EVFBT mi ? /r . ? / PUBLISHED EVEBT P^pj| MONDAf The Mountaineers v S,,T Irokee, Clay, Graham Inties Push Tree Planting UoUM.1 North Carolina ,,u> teanied-up to try to laiidon Mi-is to plant for I,,. li.e thousands of poor ?u,,?...nd and idle alios . |.1C I| t: Whitfield, ex r,.sti\ specialist. ? ;..kn.a part in this tri j,?station program are ^ av and Graham. Their ' completing the tree ,,ii in the -holiest time )t,curia- the maximum i n ?t landowners; and | k, citizens in these coun , iii-i-"as of conserving, nd managing their s k | hi tli. executive d,tll ui the Citizens A rru-t Company, was U,irman of the Rrouo of U a meeting in Murphy j l,.' Kach of the three has since formed its own ! on. K ?vcr the state have been II ,k,, better advantage of of getting free this year. I ear around 18 million were ordered and plant nil, Carolina landowners. 411 Club members, and r, combined with non landowners, ordered i rent of these seedlings, r,- alone own half of all j land in the state and ? , unused open land |. planting and needing trees j specialists think that I t. farmers should be or (1 planting at least half of I, si i dlings made avail year. is ii half of r.H cotton gin , je trac> d to some type of C.crial in the cotton such i. matches, metal frag liick pastures supply needed img when summer pas es are dormant, provide rd proteins, gives a rest permanent pastures, and th( cost of wintering Outstanding Bull Now Available An outstanding pros ml Jersey bull is now available to 65 North Carolina county artificial breeding associations, according to T C. Hlalock. extension dans specialist. Sybil Owl Ksniond foriiierly owned bv Ray Maync's and Sons of Washington N. I' . was pur chased last month by the Ameri can Breeders Service istud of Car mel, Indiana, which serves the county breeding associations. The bull was approved unani mously by tiff' Stud's Jersey bull committeemen alter a thorough in spection of the bull and his dr1 'li ters on the Mayne farm. Over 75 people representing 15 different county associations attended the' meeting Previously 54 other com mitteemen had voted by mail in favor of the stud's purchasing this bull. Those attending the meeting ap peared to he impressed with the extremely good dairy qualities of the heifers. As one committeeman expressed it. "Of the 25 daughters we saw, there was not ode thick beefy heil'cr in the entire bunch." 1 That these heifers tan milk i evidenced by the fact that Sybil's first 26 daughters have averaged 11.260 pounds of niiik and 564 pounds of fat on a twice daily 305 day mature basis. They have aver aged producing 1.800 pounds of milk and 80 pounds of fat more than their mothers. The bull will be located in the Carmcl stud for approximately 2' ?> years and during that time will | probably breed well over 15.000 cows. Decay of the sills, joists, and other wood in the subfloprs of houses without basements can be | prevented by a soil cover. Farm chickens sold this summer have been bringing farmers the lowest price since 1942. FI..MALE ORAM) CHAMPION of the Aberdeen ( Sale and Show at Greensboro recently, was own- < ed by V W. Garrett, well known owner of two cattle larins?here and Cullowhee. Two animals I from the Garrett herd of 143 were consigned to SSA.4* ... . _ ?: .5 . he sale, and placed first anil second in the same lass, this animal (shown above) brouKht $1,100 it the sale. Ilis animals were the only ones at .lie show from this immediate area. Harvest Sweet Potatoes WVion Is Satisfartnrv By HOBKKT SCHMIDT Sweet potatoes should be harv- [ estcd as soon ?s they reach desir able size. Since the sweet potato is a tropical plant it will continue to Brow as long as weather condi-1 tioiis are favorable. so il the vine are allowed to grow until killed by frost many of the potatoes may j be over size or jumbos. It is better j to dig the crop as soon as the ma jority of tile roots are of the most desirable size. Digging should be done as care "ully as possible so that there is a ninimum amount of Cutting, and bruising. It is often said that sweet potatoes stiould be handled like ,'ggs. That 's an exaggeration hut it is a taet that wherever the skin jf the potato is bruised .1 hard spot a ill develop. Also, there is a .hanro that the potato mar rot in storage if the bruise or cut is not froperly healed (irading should se done in the field and the pota oes picked up in the containers .11 which they are lo be stored. HUsliel baskets and slatted crates are satisfactory storage containers. For ten days to two weeks sweet potatoes should he stored at a cur ing tertiperdture of 85 F. with about 85" humidity. After the cur ing period the temperature should be allowed to drop to about 55? F. for the remainder of the' stor age period. At no time should the temperature fall below 40? F. Sweet potatoes should not be handled during storage. Handling will promote rotting. If any pota . tots are to be sold, the entire con tamers should be removed, degrad ed and not put back in storage. Tobacco barns have been success fully used for storing sweet pota toes. However, they are not well insulated and the temperatures must be carefully checked during Cold weather. Storage houses built especially for sweet potatoes are more efficient. Information about sweet potato storage and storage houses may be obtained from your county agent or from the Dept. of Horticulture. N. C. State Cotlege. Cash receipts from farm market ings totaled 31.0 billion dollars in 1953. or four per cent less than in 1952. Country dwellers increased from IK million in 1940 to ^bout 30 mil lion in 1953. U. S. farmers added about one million head of cattle and calves to their herds in 1953. Farm Census To Bring U.S. Records Up To Date Cover Crop Conserves Plant Food An important feature of tlie new 1 Winter Cover Practice under tin I Agricultural Conservation Pre- 1 gram is the way cover crops take 1 up plant food and hold these nutri ents for use the following sumnu-i after the crop is plowed under according to Fred U Keith, chair man of the State ASC Committee. He explained that lot minerals! to be of any value in feeding glow ing plants they mus^ be soluble When cropland is unprotected winter rains and melting snows leach out and wash away these minerals. Every year millions of tons of plant food ? phosphate, nitrogen, calcium, potash, and other essen tial materials?are lost from crop land that is left unprotected dur ing the winter. Actually this is the loss of millions of bushels of food crops that are probably already under tight allotments a loss that the farmer just cannot afford at this time of drought and curtail ment of production. Hut with such cover crops as crimson clover, vetch. Austrian winter peas, rye grass, and rye. the land is protected against splash erosion and runolT and, at the sanjc time, the growing plants take up the minerals in the soil. The min erals are held in tiie roots, stems, and leaves of the growing plants , until they are plowed under in the spring, in the decaying process the plant food becomes available again i for the new crop, i Keith explains that this new w inter cover practice lias only been I approved for 71 drought-hit coun ties hut that additional counties may he approved on the recom mendation of the county technical committee and the County ASC Committee. By providing tills type of assistance to Tar Heel farmers who grow and plow under cover crops, the Agricultural Conserva tion Program is actually helping to save tons and tons of scarce fer tilizer. An important factor in the 1954 crop production fs the crop reduc tion program which covers cotton, wheat, tobacco, peanuts, and corn in the commercial area. 'Consumption of cigarettes in 1955 fell a little below 1952, the) first decline in Several years. Tlgg production this fall and win ter Is expected to be at record lev els since tin- hatch was unusually early this year. The Bureau of the Census, serv ing Ij nclc Sain as bookkeeper, brings the Nation's farm record book up to date in November with the 1954 Census of Agriculture. koim'i t \\ uurgoss, census dlrec i>r, says, "We will get records of uoduction, take inventory of our arm resources, and record major lems of farm income and ex penses " lie points out that just as ndividuals, modi rn farmers need o keep records." Progressive farmers ran com >are items of income and expense rom their own records with aver igcs of such items from groups rec ilds to find how they can improve heir own operations Census fig iires by counties oiler farmers sta tistics for groups against which the individual can compare some ot his iwn figures. One way the nation uses tlie census records is to answer ques tions ahoul production. Burgess points out. "If Uncle Sam wants to know how much oil seed he has - and how much oil he can pro duce from seed crops?ho turns to his census farm record hook. The Census Bureau has taken farm inventory every live years since 1920 Between 1920 and the Ills) complete farm census in 1B50. the inventory came every 10 years. Farmers have been urged to cooperate with census takers to keep records up to date, complete, and accurate. I CHECKERBOARD f r NEWS \ By Joe Cline J? j and Dick Bradley / UNE-BRADLEY COMPANY ol miu have probably al- , 111 hunting and others are rady tn go. To keep your . 'he peak of condition i'd oue-t Purina Dog Chow f'd Km lie- or more a miu' lii our store, fill out Card and you will be 11 a lug money-saving dis oven liag of Purina Dog I IKs I field In you take to the field and doc. remember these teh precautions: 1 given an opportunity to win Mike rach time you bin a 100 pound bag of Purina. The Finest Kundaburk's nl Clyde, had another Rood month with their race layers. They produced 376 do7en rccs on 151)1) pounds of I'urina Cace I.avrna. This is pro durinc a dozen cues 011 l.l'J pounds of feed for a eost of 'J.'ir per dozen eccs. The I7G hens that were in prodiu tion durinc the month of Oetobcr average ,1 little over 35 prcs per hen. I '.k! milil you ri' in the I id to be Kin the hunt j |c ihetla Irani your gun ?? >'iu are ready to return I out of the reach of I i aut ious when I (ultlN I to were weighed again i Pnl,'r 2nd. and here are t Phs: Mikr gained 1W t P1 h days on 260 pounds 1 ? ? He lain cost us 13e per i P ??"it Mike weighs 135 ( P(m Ike. the corn and < P out on 11 pounds in 56 ' I* ?1 OMtnila of feed for a I ptt nf gain of 19.9c per t P' v' < iu lis *:i pounds now I out on I'urina Hog < r icniainder of the Jt'"'"! lirioenitier, Mike J P>,n awaj free on lleeem I Jt tdt p.m. You will he I ["hcalth MINT _ Several d;?>be fori the tow is lue to calve, clean and disinfect he ealving stall with Purina Disin fectant. Simply follow the direc ions given on the Disinfectant hol lo. ? Cleaning arid disinfecting the ?nlvlng stlill is important, because rows are most likely to spread iisease germs at calving time Then, too, cows and calves are nost susceptible to disease at this ime. Make our store your headquart ers for feed, sanitation and farm iiipplies We w ill be happy to help inn with your, feeding problem Nicxt time you're in town drop b> he store . . . let's get acquainted' f tj^UNE.BRADLEY CO. 3 Points. lUzclMOod SPARTAN GROWS CHAMPIONS Last Year's Winner Owned by Jackie Felmet, Haute .'5. Wavnesville. 43 CALVES FOR SALE Raised By 4-H and FFA Boys and Girls Of Haywood County Support Your Roys and Girls Attend This Sale And Fill Your Locker With TOP QUALITY BEEF Hominy Valley Horse & Hound Club Enka, N. C. SHOW-n ks- nov- !,,h-1 m SALE ? WED.. NOV. Kith. I I'. M. Sponsored Uj PARTON FEED STORE Dial GL'6-I5NI Roy Carton. Owner Depot Street ^ our Spartan I eed Dealci jSSs iSoBiF ? ? ^ ? SPARTAN SPECIAL 16% and 20% DAIRY FEED A Now better than ever! Spartan Special Dairy Feeds have "fines" all pelleted ... no sifting or separating. Cows love extra coarse ness, extra bulkiness . ? . good taste! Here are feeds built to pro duce . . . priced to sell! Parton's Feed Store 120 Depot St. (>L 6-1581 I'Youf 'SQ' feeds Peo/?r"J Hani ads bring quick result*. MISS AMERICA 17 fwlt *35" r 1 PRESIDENT yTj expansion band Convenient Credit Terms *^JEWELER See our other famous watch ads on pastes 3 and 5. section one, and paces 1 and 4, section two. * i ASK THE FARMERS WHO HAVE BEEN SELLING WITH US SELL YOUR TOBACCO WITH US T-HESE WAREHOUSES ARE LOCATED AT BOTH OF ASHEVILLE'S STOCKYARDS ' A SALE EVERY DAY mi vhhhhhhhhshhii^H^HHHIII VHUHBHHHIBIHV ?J|| H FOR HIGHER PRICES AND MORE COURTEOUS SERVICE | SELL YOUR TOBACCO AT DIXIE NO. 1 & 2 AND BIG BURLEY WHSE. IN ASHEVILLE WITH J. C. ADAMS & L. J. HILL
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