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Fence Cows
Away From
Pine Trees
"When 1 set out pines, the first
thing I did was build a fence,"
says C. H. Hensley of Bakersville,
Route 3.
According to Fred E. Whitfield,
Extension ^forestry specialist at
North Carolina State College,
Hensley put Whitp pines on a pas
tune he couldn't maintain. Hensley
figured that a good woodland was
better than a poor pasture.
This "pasture" was coming up in
pines Instead of grass anyway, says
Wh^tell. so Hensley deckled to
give^Bure a hand. The "volun
teers-T""were coming up all over the
place, but they were not thick
enough in certain spots. Whitfield
says when the pines come up vol
untarily in thin spots, they have a
tendency to become limby. To off
set this tendency, Hensley rein
forced the natural seedlings with
seedlings he obtained from a nurs
ery. Later, adds Whitfield, the
early trees will be pruned to pre
vent their becoming wolf trees.
Hensley built a fence to keep
cattle off the area. When cattle
are allowed to graze mountain
woodlands, they will eat White
pines. Yellow poplar, White oak.
and other valuable species, states
Whitfield, This allows other less
valuable trees to fill in;
In addition to eating the trees,
cows also damage the small trees
by trampling them, warns Whit
field. Larger trees are also damag
ed by trampling, because the top
six inches of soil are packed and
the roots are injured. The packing
causes rainfall to run over the sur
face, eroding the soil, and expos
ing the roots to further injury and
drying out, adds Whitfield.
Hensley believes that any pick
ings the cows get in shaded areas
are not worth the damage the cow
does to the woods.
Hand Lotion
Effective On
Ailing Cow
Cleveland's Assistant County
Agent Jack G. Krau.se wants to
know "Just how 'lady like'' can a
dairy cow get?" And Andrew El
more, a Grade A dairyman of Cas-,
ar. Route 1, had an answer for him.
Elmore had a fine milk "waggon" j
lo calve, but due to inflammation
and expansion of the udder, the
skin began to crack. Elmore had
heard all the advertisements about
hand lotions and their gentle care,
so that idea rang a bell.
He used some hand lotion on the
udder, and sure enough, it did the
job. The udder healed up and be
came pliable and soft. The only
thing about this treatment Elmore
didn't like was the fact that it was
awfully expensive when he started
covering such a large surface. But
for the time being, says Krause,
Elmore is satisfied, as old bossie
rea<d^l to good attention and is
novf^Hking 83 pounds of miJk a
day"
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EROSION LIKE THIS from bare roadbanks is
one of the targets of the program planned by the
Haywood County Soil Conservation District and
the CDP. Silt from roadbanks is filling up stream
channels and lakes in the county. and the banks
themselves constitute an eyesore in the commun
ity. Notice how erosion here has undermined
the foundation for the fence. (8CS Photo).
Left-Over Foods
Should Have
Special Care
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Before and after holidays usual
ly means that refrigerators are
bulging to overflowing. Accord
ing to S. Virginia Wilson, exten
sion nutritionist at State College,
foods that need refrigeration and
pet left out may spelt danger for
someone They can look good and
taste good, yet be filled with food
poisoning bacteria.
High heat kills bacteria, but
cold only slows down the growth.
It's the lukewarm temperatures
that load to trouble. Foods should
be kept colder than 50 degrees or
hotter than 120 degrees. Miss Wil
son cautions.
Chicken cooked on Saturday,
says Miss Wilson, and cut up on
Sunday, then made into chicken
salad to servo the club on Monday
spends most of its time between
the stove and table?out of the re
frigerator at room temperature.
Foods packed tightly in largo
containers, although refrigerated,
do not reach a temperature of 50
degrees in the center. This makes
a perfect breeding place for bac
teria.
Food poisoning, explains Miss
Wilson, is mistakenly called pto
maine poisoning". This idea devel
oped because it was once thought
that all food poisoning wa> due to
a breakdown of protein. The Greek
word for protein i^ "ptoma" mean
ing "dead body", fine has only to
look for food habits in certain
corners of the earth to realize that
products of protein break down
are not always poisonous. The over
ripe seal meat of the Eskimos and
"well-matured" eggs enjoyed by
..
the Chinese are two items to prove
this point
"these stomach-ache causing bac
teria do grow more rapidly in some
foods than others. Miss Wilson
adds. An analysis of national statis
tics shows that a majority of the
outbreaks of food poisoning have
been caused by meat and meat
products, bakery products espe
cially those that are cream or cus
tard filled ? poultry and potato
salad.
Turkey dressing made with
broth or cooked in the bird so it
absorbs some of the juices is a
good breeding place for these bac
teria, also. If you do not eat up all
of the dressing when you serve
turkey, remove from the turkey
and refrigerate it in a covered
shallow dish. If the leftover tur
key or ham is too large to put in
the refrigerator, find some way to
keep it cool. Miss Wilson says
don't let it sit around at room
temperature, you may find a place
in the refrigerator for it it you
slice the meat from the bone.
Brighten Up Winter Days
With Flower Arrangements
By M. E. GARDNER
N. C. State ColleRe
My wife's hobby is arranging
flowers, and she is helping me write
this column. From my desk I can
see five arrangements. One is in a
copper container and is made up
of magnolia leaves, dock and
sumac. The dock and sumac were
dried by tying a string to the base
of the stems and suspending until
dry. The magnolia leaves were pre
pared by placing the stems of the
branches in equal parts of glycer
ine and water for two weeks. As
the glycerine is absorbed, the
leaves turn a brownish color which
blonds nicely with many arrange
ments;
Last night she leaned some of
her magnolia kJaves to a neighbor
to decorate her serving table. Dried
okra pods were used with the
leaves. Both dock and sumac can
be cut at different stages of ma
turity which will provide different
color affects when dried. She has
had the magnolia leaves for three
years, and they are still usable The
leaves were waxed after removal
from the water and glycerine.
There is an arrangement of
chrysanthemums on the writing
desk in the living room The con
tainer is a white china pitcher with
a flower design. We cut coitus be
fore the frost came and have a nice
arrangement on the television set.
The container, she tells me. is
"stove top urn in antique alva
stone". Maybe , you remember tire
old Open Franklin stove. There is
some relation.
There are two arrangements on
the mantle Aueuba iGolddust
Bush) was used for both and thev
are in milk glass containers. Speak
ing of Aueuba it is very easy to
grow and does best oil th.. north
side of the house !
Last week I brought in some
maple leaves which the cool weath
er had tinted in many hues. First
the\ were pressed in a book and
dried, then she sprayed them with
clear Krylon. Next she attached
florist wire to the stems and wrap
ped with florist tape. These can be
used in many ways.
There are so many plants avail
able to brighten winter days from
the mountains to the coast. The
pines, hemlock, rhododendron, hol
lies. photinia. beach grasses, pit
tosporum and magnolia, to name a
few-.
Vegetable Raisers
To Enter Contest
At Atlanta Meeting
Four North Carolina youngsters
will compete for honors with boys
and girls from throughout the na
tion at the National Junior Vege
table Growers Association meeting
to be held in Atlanta. December 9
through 13.
Representing North Carolina in
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Vegetable and Fruit Production <
contests will he Tommy Braxton. ,
a 15 year old Pitt County youngster (
from Greenville. ?
Entered in the Fruit and Vege- 1
table Marketing contest are Bur- I
nette and Milton Coleman. 14 year
old Columbus County cousins from
Tabor City.
Patsy Eaker, from Crouse in Gas
ton County, will represent the state
in the Fried and Vegetable Use
contest.
These young delegates wilt be ac
companied ?o the meeting by Hcn
"y M. Covington. Extension horti
culturist at North Carolina State
College, and farm or home agents
from the counties represented.
While in Atlanta, in addition to
competing in the contests, the dele
gates will visit sites of interest in
Atlanta, an automobile assembly
plant, textile manufacturing plants,
and installations at the Georgia Ex
periment Station at Griffin
Milk fever, a serious disturbance
of calcium metabolism in cows at
calving lime, now can be controlled
effectively by feeding large doses
I of vitamin D. Vitamin D prevents
I milk fever by offsetting the sud
den drain on blood calcium into
the colostrum.
Certified seed supplies of supe
rior forage crop varieties are larg
er this year than ever before, ac
cording to agronomists in the U.S.
Department Of Agriculture.
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INFORMATION
BURLEY
TOBACCO
GROWERS
Formerly the hurley sales season continued until April and prices
were invariably higher after Christmas. (The higher prices of last sea
son may be repeated this year.) There were two reasons for this: the
Government's forecast of the acreage yield, and the support price.
While the support price was the main factor preventing wide price
fluctuation, it should not be overlooked that the support price is a guar
anteed average of the crop as a whole. It does not create competition.
It is the bidding of the company buyers that makes competition.
Because of the lack of uniform judgment by both the graders and
buyers regarding grade classification and price, the value of any sale
parcel can never be reduced to an exact science. In many instances
that is verified by the company buyers paying $5.00 to $30.00 per 100
above the support price.
But as a further protection of the growers' interests, the sales man
ager should not only know the grade and support price, but should also
know when the company buyers'price limit for a certain grade is
above the support price, and when that limit is bid.
The Greeneville Market should sell approximately 12 million
pounds before Christmas, and unless growers market a larger per cent
of the crop at Greeneville than in recent years, its additional sales will
not exceed 3 million pounds, that could be sold the first five sale days
of January.
Greeneville is a strong competitive market with ample handling
facilities that sells a large amount of the commoner grades, yet its
average is equal to or above any of the ten leading markets of the eight
Burley growing states.
j WEDNESDAY'S SALES AT BERNARD'S
I NO. 1 AVERAGED '60.90
Whether your crop is marketed early or late, even though you live
100 miles distant, you will profit by selling at Bernard's, the pioneers of
the largest, the strongest competitive market of this tobacco growing
belt. ?
THURSDAY'S SALE AVERAGED '62.20
BERNARD'S 1 - 2 & 3
Receiving Deliveries For Sale Before Christmas
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