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Hybrid Seed_ Corn Good ; Investment More emphasis is being placed on the idea thai a farmer cannot afford to pass up hybrid seed corn any longer, according to A. D. Stu art, State College extension agron omy specialist. - Stuart quotes Dr. Robert C. Eck hardt,-regional coordinator. South ern Corn Breeding Program, Mis sissippi State College, as saying "the best Investment a farmer can make is to buy hybrid seed corn each year. The farmer who goes to the crib and picks out his seed from the hybrid seed corn he grew for feed last summer may lose ?12S or more for each bushel,of corn be selects from the crib and plants.'' Eckhardt says that in tests across the. South, "Fl" double crops hy brid new corn, the kind that the farmer buys from the seedsman, outyleided second year (crib com) by an average of 33 per cent. Hybrid seed corn costs the farm er about $1.50 to $2 per acre (or seed each jeer Feed com iron the crib may produce 75 bushels of com per acre oo good land with plenty of water and fertiliser, but first generation hybrid seed corn will produce 100 bushels per acre on the same land. Stuart says the reason this "TV first generation hybrid corn yieldi more than advance generation "crib" corn is because of hybrid vigor. The fanner planting corn from the crib, is planting corn thai has been inbred for one generation Close breeding causes a reduction in vigor and yield, he explains. Farm storage loans, under whki fanners can borrow up to 80 pei cent of the cost of buying oi building additional storage sirup tares, or dry equipment, are avail able from Commodity Credit Corp, oration through local ASC commit, tees at 4 per cent interest. The 1050 corn crop allotment for 27 commercial corn counties in North Carolina was announced at 858,004 acres, compared to last year's allotment of 890,177 for 23 counties. PAINTING GUIDE V ^ For bathrooms, kitchens, porch fumi- ? I tore, everywhere yea wont a permo nent high-gloss finish, ?se Moore's Im ? pervo tnomel. Quirk dryinj??osy to M I |2Jr? Moored | CLINE - BRADLEY CO. S Joe Cline - Dick Bradley A GL 6-3181 Hazelwood // -Tell the Governor the cow's after kicking , over the lantern and me barn's on Firel" . ? Long Distance puts you In ?oueli( Pssf r MRS. O'LEARY and her cow noarly burned up old Chicago. Whon tho heat b on for you to close a business deal in Chicago?or tell big newt to a friend in the next town?keep cool. Call Long Distance. Ifs fast. Easy. And costs so little. yMy Ifs Twice As Fast to Call by Numbar and telegraph company * FREE ?50.00 FREE1 AUCTION HAYWOOD CO. HOME FARM Located in Pigeon Valley Five Miles South of Canton, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL J| 9:30 A.M. RAIN OR SHINE MM This F*na Contains Approximately 140 acres, 18 Room House, Barn, Silo and Other Out Buildings. One of Haywood County's Best. Has Been Subdivided Into Lots and Small Tracts, So You Can Buy As Much Or As Little As You Like. LUNCH WILL BE SERVED Terms 1/3 Cash Balance 1 - 2 - 3 Years SALB CONDUCTED FOR COUNT* C0MMI6S10NRE8 OF MTWOOB COUNTY BY West & Gossett Land Auction Company Par Farther Information See CiaAj CommlMieaeia or Brraa Mrdford. Loral Representative i X TRIPLE BLESSED EVENT occurred on the Thad O. Chafin farm la Fairview community Monday night when this Oxford-Hampshire ewe had three Umbo?an uncommon happening la the sheep-raising industry. Two of the lambs are bucks, the other a ewe. A great deal qf emphasis has been placed lately in the county on increas ing farm Income by growing more sheep. (Mountaineer Photo). Soil Conservation News -??_? .. E OUR SOIL * OUR STRENGTH E Price Installs 500 Feet Of Drain Tile .In Ditch By ROy R. BECK Soil Conservation Service Elmer Price of Jonathan Creek community has just finished install ing 500 feet of field drain tile in an open ditch that had divided his crop field in two parts. The ditch grade was lowered for better drainage and 6-inch tile is running a good stream of water. Mr. Price ^.uilt a nice rocked-in spring at the head of the ditch. This spring is just 20 feet behind the house. A riser pipe installed now will permit Price to dispose of roof water as soon as gutters are installed on the house. Van Wells, chairman of the board of Soil Conservation District super visors, is grazing about 15 head of cattle on the rye anfi vetch cover crop he seeded on rented cropland. Mr. Wells said: "I had to graze the cover crop to keep it from Joint ing before killing frosts had passed. It really pays to seed cover crops early and then graze them until spring comes." William A. Wilkinson of Hyatt Creek community is going to farm narrow contour strips of corn across hill pasture land then seed new pasture after the corn. In this way, he plans to get good pasture established on the whole hill while controlling erosion in the process. Short, cross-slope fences, used to keep cattle from coming down off a hill at a steep place, have been used successfully by Paul Hyatt of Eagles Nest Road. Mr. Hyatt forces the cattle to come off the hill over a stony, moist, north slope, where erosion is not a problem. While developing a conservation farm plan, Mr. Hyatt showed how he has been planting white pine and spruce on the steepest land and by using lime, fertilizer and seed, has grassed over some badly eroded pasture land. Mr. Hyatt plans to move about three acres of row crops from a hillside onto nearly level land and seed the hill to hay crops. C. D. Ketner plans to use 290 feet of field drain tile In his orchard at the head of Mauney Cove. The wet area is in the middle of about an acre of nearly level land, suitable for seed potato pro duction. Have you noticed the strip crop ping on Jarvia Allison's farm, as you drive from RatciifiTe Cava to wards Waynesville? The square plowed field to the left of the strips was in pasture. Mr. Allison is go ing to farm this nearly level land to increase his corn acreage. Any nation is rich as long as it supply of soil resources is greater than the needs of its people. According ot the 1950 census, 17 per cent of North Carolina's farms had no laying hens. According to the 1950 census, 47 per cent of North Carolina's farms had no milk cow. Use of water on farm, not count ing irrigation, is estimated at 3Va billion gallons daily, with 80 per cent of it coming from wells. Think Twice when you buy auto insuranco L about celt. . . Compare Allstate'? low ratae. See how much you can com. 2. obout service ... Allstate ia famoua "or fast, fair claim eettlemanta, with out red tape or quibbling. AUTHORIZED AGENT ROBERT 0. BRANNON 217 DEPOT STREET Phone GL ?-5512 ? Waynesville. N. C. You'ro In good hands with... austate IaumjI a gM Law taapa A? i/tsnli . 11 ? ? U i.ULia WWWWVW ? y MOvl An rHHOtt corporomm hvndnd by Store, totbucJr ond Co. with otttH amd Bobiliti* distinct ond Mpo rato from fht parmnt com parry. FIELD SEEDS DANISH ORCHARD GRASS (Onion Free) CERTIFIED LADINO CLOVER CERTIFIED FESCUE Ui S. VERIFIED ORIGIN Oklahoma Alfalfa CERTIFIED ATLANTIC ALFALFA TIMOTHY PHYTOMCIN i PREVENTS BLUE MOLD AND WILDFIRE 15 - FERMATE PREVENTS BLUE MOLD WE ALSO HAVE BLUESTONE AND HYDRATED LIME FEDERATION FARMERS Dial OL MM1 2M Depot St., WaToeovtlle, N. C. Soil Conservation Course v In Schools To Be Discussed Conservation education in Hay wood County schools will be dis cussed Tuesday morning at the courthouse at a meeting of Soil Conservation District supervisors with county school officials. Van C. Wells, chairman of the soil supervisors, said that invita tions to the meeting have been | sent to Faraday C. Green, chairman aaaansBHaniHiHi of county commissioners; Lawrence U Leather wood, superintendent oi county-system schools; R o w e Henry, superintendent oI Canton Diitrict schools; Rev. Lawrence Newman of St. John's School; Mrs. Grace Stamey, Mrs. Carl Ratcliffe, and Mrs. Alma Browning, school supervisors. Also attending will be Virgil L. Holloway, county farm agent, and T, W. Bridges, district soil con servationist. In a letter to the school officials, Mr. Wells wrote: "We are equipped to make avail able to yoitr teachers the latest conservation education teaching aids that have been prepared by the U. S. Department of Agricul ture's Soil Conservation Service and by our own National Associa tion of Soil Conservation Dis tricts.'' "V i I FOR SALE OR LEASE [ ' * * .,, v v ? Easy terms ? Available April 15, 1956 ? Operating 80 cow Holstein dairy herd, plus necessary dairy and farm euipment and the use of the farm land and buildings operation has been run on for past several years. $1800.00 monthly grade A milk base established Pet Dairy, Waynesville. New tractor, new field chopper, new manure spreader, purchased last fall. The two farms contain 350 acres of land, 5 silos, good buildings, excellent pasture and fences. Herd TB tested and Bangs free. Vi of herd registered. DHIA tested last 5 years. Excellent opportunity to acquire proven herd. Owner assistant to Congressman Shuford. Increased work load will pre vent me from being in Haywood County enough to look after operation. Not interested in selling land. See Richard Queen I QUEEN S FARM I Between March 30 and April 7, 1950 Phone GLendale 6-6791 ? ? . ? i : 1 "t- ' /r ? ; ? ? ?we call it "intaqrille" I r "H" HOLIDAY COUPE* ^ TWO FRONT BUMPERS IN ONB ... 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