bounty Farm Agent's Column . . . ^
leads stock sale again;
average $175 an animal
By Don S. Matheson,
County Agent
Gd P. Barnes & Cyrus A. Greene
Assistants
For three consecutive years
Cooper Compton, Cedar Grove
tobacco and beef cattle fanner,
has topped the Hillsboro Feeder
Calf Sale.
This year he sold 17 feeder
^ calves — four of them graded
prime, nine choice, three good,
and one medium for $2,975. Four
of his heifers sold for 37 3-4c
per pound, and the average price j
received by him was $175 per an
nimal
Asked how he maintains
thfT superiority, Mr. Compton
gave credit to good breeding
and ample feeding. He pays
particular attention to the
choice of bulls, having used
some of the best Aberdeen
Angus bulls in the county on
his farm.
Of course, he has good past
ures and supplements these by
creep - feeding his calves with
a grain mixture. The Comptons
have successfully combined to
bacco production with beef cat
tle for many years.
Tobacco Tests Concluded
Tobacco specialists from State
College will visit the farms of
Elbert Allison, Hurdle ; Mills;
Draughan Rountree, Cedar
Grove; and Harvey Ray, Mem
ane, to grade and weigh the' to
bacco from their test plots. Each
of these farmers is trying out
an experiment in cooperation
-with State rinllegp
Mr. Ray, by the use of varia
ble amounts of phosphate, want
ed to find out whether heavy
applications of phosphate had
beneficial results on tobacco. Mr.
Allison is testing the effects of j
deep plowing and the deep place
ment of fertilizer under tobacco, ;
while Mr. Rountree is experi- j
menting with the different meth- b
ods of applying fertilizer to to
bacco. ■ ■" ~
These producers have har- i
vested, the tobacco from each j
experimental plat and have
graded it and placed it into
separate piles. The tobacco
specialist, along with .•■ gov
— ernmenr grader,. will visit
each of these farms Tuesday
and will weiph and _ grade
each pile of tobacco.
Similar tests are being run all j
over the state and data from
all of these will be summarized
* by State College Experiment
Station.
Control Alfalfa Weevils
There has been a considerable j
increase in the acreage of al-1
falfa in the county this year due I
Aids of Farm Bureau
cited in current drive
The initiation this year of an
expanded program designed to
tap the fu}l potential of the
North Carolina Farm Bureau
Federation was cited this week
by Ofange County Farm Bureau
President Oscar Compton as the
“most significant advance in op
portunities for Farm Bureau
members in many years.” ~
The main function of the Farm
Bureau, Compton said, is to
maintain an authoritative flow of
farm r, opinion .an agricultural
issues. The organization is owned
and operated by farmers, and is
the largest farmer organization
in tr.e United States.
i to the fact mat it lias been
| proven that fall application of
j heptachior can control alfalfa
| weevil. Farmers should make
; immediate preparation for ap
plying this insecticide.
The recommended date is from
Oct. 15 through Nov. 15, and 30 j
pounds of 2 1-2 per cent granu-1
lar heptachior has consistently
given- the best control. This year
heptachior impregnated fertilis
er.has' - beerr • &ppr©'ve4v
graze alfalfa after heptachior
has been applied.
Women voters to discuss revenue sources in unit meetings
Four units of the Chapel Hill
League of Women Voters meet
next week to examine and dis
cuss the sources of revenue in
j the town, county, ifid school dis
| met, as a background ” for un
j derstanding the complicated and
] recurring problems of school fi
I nance.
| U.:it meetings of the League
i are open to any interested worn
| on. The same subject is covered
at each of the four units. They
! will be held as follows: Tues
day, Oct. 16 at 10 a. m. at the
heme of Mrs. Dan Okum, 526
Dogwood Drive, and at 8r p. m.
at the home of Mrs. John Gul
ick, 1029 Highland Woods; Wed
nesday, Oct. 17 at 8 p. m. at
the home of Mrs. Robert Wet
tech, 615 Greenwood Rd., and
Thursday, Oct. 18" at 10 a. m.
at the home. of-Mra, Hais
ley, 317 BurSage Drive..
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—Sir William Gurney Benham
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