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PUBLISHED EVERY mi ? ? , , . PIULISHED EVERY monday The Mountaineers MOnday Housewives Now Demand Leaner Pork American housewives' demands for leaner pork, coupled with a mounting fat surplus, are pushing swine producers to grow and mar ket more meat-type hogs. U. S. Department of Agriculture animal husbandrymen are in the midst of a held research program launched .this summer by the swin? industry to develop methods for' identifying superior meat-type breeding stock. The program's objective is to de termine how closely estimates of fatness and conformation of live hogs check with the cutout weights after slaughter and also to what extent these characteristics are passed on to their offspring. Workirig with swine breeders, USDA specialists estimate the fat ness of each hog in several pure bred test herds. l*atet. the breeders and Depart ment1" livestock specialists check carciss"data from some of the hoes which have been marketed against the estimates they had made earli er. Jvext year, they will do the same work with the offsorlng of ho'e? they're working with this year. Thus, breeders will be able to an the data In marketing their t breeding stock. "Mrs. Averaee Housewife" will be awaiting results, but mean while she will also be using her own system to pick the lean from the fat. Butter nurchases by American households rose to over 60 million pounds.during a four-week period in September?representing an in crease of more than five million pounds of 10 per cent over pur chase in the comparable period in 1953. World production of soybeans is expected to reach an alltime high * ? in 1954. with a 735 million bushels crop forecast. Over three-fourths of the anticipated 90-million-bush el increase will come from the Uni ted States. 'Dwarf Fruit Trees Aren't New , By ROBERT SCHMIDT Every once in a while some newspaper or magazine will carry a feature article about dwarf fruit .trees, giving the impression that something new has been discover ed. That is misleading because dwarf fruit trees, especially apples and pears, have been available for many years. There have been some improvements, of course. Dwarf fruit trees have been very popular In Europe where garden space is at a premium. Dwarf trees are those that have been grafted upon dwarf or slow growing rootstocks which prevent the full development of the tree. Many varieties of dwarf apples are now ofTered for sale by nursery men. Dwarf trees are an advantage for gardeners who want a number of different varieties and do not have sufficient space for standard trees. The dwarf trees will bear just as large fruit of the variety as the standard trees but of course the total crop will be much smaller. However, dwarf trees may be planted as close as eight or ten feet apart instead of the usual distance for standard trees. They have the advantage of small size which makes them easy to prune and spray and convenient for harvest ing the fruit. There is one disad vantage ? the dwarf rootstoek Is weak and the trees are apt to blow over in a storm. Therefore, it is necessary to stake and tie dwarf trees in order to keep them from blowing over. The number of persons at work on U. S. farms during the week of October 24-30 dropped about a mil lion and a quarter from a month earlier to a total of 9,973,000. - j Despite the serious drought, U.S.D.A. officials expect this year's total farm output to be only two per cent below the highest record. Conversion Factors Aid In Culling Dairymen can get a reliable es timate of how much milk a young cow will give at maturity by using tables giving "age conversion fac tors" which they can obtain from the Department of Agriculture. "Age conversion factors" car not onlv help an individual farm er decide whether c young milk cow is worth keeping, but a'so fi nish the means of making an early analysis of her sire's; desirability as a breeding animal. The "conversion factors" used by USDA in estimating a cow's ca pacity vary sliehtly with the age of the cow and with different breeds, ? but they, are sirnDle enough so that anyone can use them. Farmers can obtain tables giving the conversion factors from the Dairy Husbandry Research Branch U. S. Department of Agriculture. Washington 25. D C. These tables have been used for manv years bv scientists conduct ing the nationwide Dairy Herd Im oroverpent Association's sire-prov ing proeram. Within the last year, the figures have been revised to reflect more accurately differences in produc tion of animals of different noes. Ayrshire. Brown Swiss. Guernsey, Holstein. Jersey, and Shorthorn, are Included. The new conversion factors cut "ossible marein of error in estim ating a cow's mature Production ?o a minimum according to a DHIA spokesman. Flier Learns About Mines GOLDEN, Colo. <AP> ? After nearly 40 years an airplane pilot, Bart Stevenson. 57. is enrolled as I a freshman at Colorado School of I Mines. With 11.500 flying hours behind him, the father of three grown sons is carrying 21 hours a week at the engineering school. His aviation career started dur ing World War I when he became a Navy flyer. Later he demonstrat ed the comfort of early cabin planes by wearing a business suit, derby and spats. During World War II he was a Lockheed test | pilot at Burbank. Calif. Carolina Egg Production Sets All-Time Record r Laying flocks in the Tar Heel f j State produced an estimated 102 a million eggs during November ? the highest production of record ' for that month, being 12 per cent ' above the previous record of 91 ' ' j million in 1953. | The North Carolina Crop Re porting Service reports there were 8.944.000 layers on hand during November compared to 8.972,000 a year earlier. The rate of lay dur ing November 1954 of 1.140 eggs per 100 layers was 12 per cent above the rate for November 1953 or 1.014 eggs per 100 layers. Clyde Man Lands Back In States After Cruise SAN DIEGO. Calif. (FHTNC)? \fter six months of patrol, liberty ind evading typhoons, the destroy er USS Bradford is scheduled to irrive here Dec. 19th. Returning aboard the Bradford s Robert E. Lowe, machinist's mate ireman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. tobert V. Lowe of Route 2, Clyde.' Tfa,tfUrtod (ZautUf CHECKERBOARD J NEWS 1 By Joe Cline ? and Dick Bradley CLINE-BRADLEY COMPANY ' SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO FIDO, TOO Whether he's a blueblood or just a "hourf" dog, Fido will appreciate your saying Merry Christmas to him to*. And, if it's Purina Dog Chow tJ4"1 him, there won't be any uitpwasant hang-over the day after. * Dog Chow tastes good, which pleases Kido, but what's more im portant to you is that it's good for hiiq. | Lota of fblks around here feed Dog Chow ? not just at Chrlssmas time, but all year round. It ran be fed tb supplement table scraps and other feed, or as the complete diet. Some dogs at the Purina Re search Farm never had a bone to chew onAkr a bite of anything else and were healthy, thrifty dog? living 10 to 12 years. Congratulations t o Tom Moody, of Aliens Creek, for having the lucky ticket last week in our Mike and Ike Day Celebratlpn. Tom got 226 pounds of the finest pork money can buy. He was in the store later this week and told OS he had sold Mike for $40.00, and that he dressed out 196 pounds, or 87%. Mike was raised from 26 pounds on the Purina Program, and it shows us just what you can do in yoar own back yard. I . v,\ untM uium CUCMK What If the outlook for commer cial eggs In 1955? At a recent meeting keld at the Ilaywood County Courthouse with market ing specialists from Washington, D. C. and N. C. State College it was predicted that the price of commercial egg* for the first half of 1955 will be good and that dur ing the latter part of the year the market will be excellent. The Broiler and Hatching Egg outlook is not quite so bright. We are in clined to think that the demand for good fresh eggs will be strong, especially in our local market, all during the year, and we are in terested in putting In several more flocks of layers. We feel that Purina has a com mercial layer program that can not be topped. By following this program you will realise more profit per bird, and will get up to 24 dozen eggs per 100 pounds of feed. Come In and let us go over our program with you. Purina makes them LAY and PAY! WE PAUSE TO WISH YOU MERRY CHRISTMAS While our business Is our bread and butter, wc have a deeper con ception of why we are in business. Products we sell arc among those essential to your well being. Prop erly used and properly serviced, those products make life a little easier, a little more enjoyable, a little more profitable for you. That places Service as a primary function of our business. Through Service we have come to really know you?and you to know us. Service has been the key to a friendship that prompts our Merry Christmas wish. CUNE - BRADLEY CO. Dial GL Mill S tote*, ?aaelirood Yuletide Reflections ? Christmas decorations spark the holiday mood and lend the touch of enchantment to a room interior. Focal point of the whole scheme is traditionally the yule-bright hearth. And what brighter place to center the decorations than around an attractive plate glass mirror ... to pick up the gleam of a star, the twinkle of the tinsel, the flicker of the candle . . . and literally double the beauty of the Christmas greens? Your room becomes a reflection of Christmas joy. Drainage, Irrigation Major Factor In Increased Yields ? ? ?' H Pack Eggs With Large End Upward i Eggs should be always packed with their large ends up in order to get the best grading quality ac- \ cording to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Research has shown substantial; differences in grade yields between eggs packed small end up and eggs packed large end up. The interior quality of eggs, as i determined in candling, is an im portant factor in wholesale grad- j ing. To grade "A" or better an egg must have a well-centered volk. In eggs packed small end up,: ?he yolk has a tendency to rise, j causing the egg to grade lower [ when it is candled. In recent tests i 90 per cent of eggs packed large ?nd up grade "A" or better, while more than 75 per cent of those racked small end up grade "B" or ?ower. Eggs sold in quantity usually bring a better price if they grade "A" or better. ^tate College Answers Timely Farm Questions QUESTION: Why is it best to transplant perennial flowers in early autumn? ANSWER: Soon after leaf fall in autumn there is a period of ac tive growth which continues until the ground freezes. If this root growth can take place just after I the plants arc divided and replant ed, the plants will suffer less sot-1 back and give better performance next spring and summer. Drainage and irrigation are often overlooked as important contribu- ^ tors to the remarkable increase in total United States farm output. ( U. S. Department of Agriculture officials say that an expansion of nearly one-third in the total farm product since 1940 has been attrib- j uted largely to increased mechan izations, more fertilization, better control of insects and plant dis eases, and use of improved seeds and better livestock. Officials point out that drainage and irrigation have also played sig nificant roles in increasing farm production. Since 1940, about 17 million acres have been drained and eight million acrps of farmland have been irrigated. In addition, there has been ex-, tensive improvement of existing! farm drainaee in the South and in | the Corn Belt. Milk Production ' Sets A Record For November Estimated November milk pro-' duction in N. C. totaled 141 mil lion pounds?a record high for the month according to the N. C. Crop Reporting Service. The November flow showed a seasonal decline of 11 million pounds from the Oc tober output but was 9 million pounds higher than production ; during November 1953 and 27 mil lion pounds above the 1943-52 aver age for the month. U.S. milk production during No vember, estimated at 8.4 billion pounds, was only a little above last year's previous record for the month, but was nearly 10 per cent ; above the 1943-52 November aver I age. ! U. S. sweet potato production is estimated at 29 285.000 bushels, 14 per cent below the 1953 crop. ' Waynesville Man? Marine (iroup In I KM'. 1 1 TUNC. ? 'Vis, i!i(l M . i an^| ini'clKiiiu- -.v -'i Main? the \ircrait : in Korea. He ' < M <rineH Dct Want \Hs hrini <<ukk^| /gifor P^her only the fii COFFEEMAs] Correct water tempem agitation and brewing I controlled automatic^ Set it! Forget it! MARTIll ELECTRIC I Dial GL 6-1111 I fflMURITllff TO WORK 'J EEC L] UU \h Every ounce, every pound of )l jfl Security Egg Mash is powered J \fW |kl to help you produce a steody l|? _ _ *-jlU flow of eggs . . powered to r llVIAllnJ U maintain good condition. See us for Security Egg Mash now! HAYWOOD COUNTY FARMERS CO-OP, Inc. H. M. THiHn, Mfr. Dial GL 6-4621 Depot Stmt '? I ALL of the money we collected last year... 'lift' ii?rtiil"'iliiiiih'ii'' from ALL of our passenger business... rK % _ amounted to about ONE THIRD of our total TAX BILL! i VC^hat happened to all these tax dollars? Many of them never got very "far from home". In fact $14 Va million ended up in state, county and local tax treasuries along the lines of the Southern. Here they went to work for your community ? helping to pay for schools and their maintenance ... police and fire protection ... highways and streets ... many other vita' public services. As a taxpayer, yourself, it is personally important to you that the railroads contribute, through their tax payments, to the support of your community. It also is important to you that the railroads pay all their own costs of doing business, without help from the taxpayers. But the railroads cannot forever continue as taxpaying, self-supporting ?^outv^s. private enterprises if they must forever continue to compete for business with transportation agencies supported in part by your tax dollars, and / j ours. No industry can I I SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM J v WASHINGTON. D. C.
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