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HAYESVI6LE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1926,
jr Farms
By B. W. Sip*, in the Citizen
On a recent inspection trip of the
farm agent work or Clay County,
' District Afent John-W. Goodman, of
^Asheville, found mudh to elicit com
mendation “and praise. County Agent
W. R. Anderson Jias a progressive
farm program under way which is
fast producing resuts. His pro
* gram is progressive in that it is plan
ned so that one thing «will lead nat
urally to’Bomething else.
When .Anderson came to Cloy Coun
' ty oetOanuary 1, 1924, he made a
cursory survey of the county and plan
ned a program for it. Although he
had .'many obstacles to meet with, he
t, beenpcarrying that program out
' AndejSfcu’s program called for dairy
ing, poultry production and pig rais
ing, together with alPthe minor ac
tivities that are required to make
these major activities successful. A
moment’s reflection will reveal tl|e
progressive nature of such a program.
The dairy industry called for good
* dairy cattle. In order to find an out
let for the' dairy products, the milk
had to be separated and cream sold
to fcreameries. in Atlanta, Asheville,
* Knoxville, Hickory, pud now at
Franklin. Some use had to be found
for the skimmed milk. Once the
iuitrjr was firmly establish
ed; attention was turned to the sec
in tle program, and pdhltry
ounty Agent Goodman was in Clay
County a few days ago he found that
the first two parts of this program
was on a sound basis and Anderson
• was beginning to push the third part,
. the raising of hogs. The hog indus
try will furnish still another means
of utilizing the otherwise waste pro
ducts from;the dairy industry. Thus
in Clay County a beautiful piece of
farm agent work is being accomplish
ed.
„ Work* From Sturt
County agent work was established
in Clay County on January 1, 1924.
* Anderson had his program mapped
' out and succeeded in getting the first
*n of cream ready for shipment by
e 20th of February. This cream
was produced' by an old black cow
without breeding. This cream was
shipped over, the Southern Railway
from Murphy And is Believed to have
been the first can of cream shipped
frOm this section.
. . Anderson soon convinced the farm
ers and dairymen of Qlay County , that
. /if the cream business was to be a suc
* cess better cattle must he brought in
tO the county; Accordingly. t]*r°
bulls were importwHfc June
!4. The bulls Were brought to as
Rosier to build up a herd from
gf*uiei'aov& ' and good , sires rather
than from Food cows and grade Sires.
When these bulls wore brought to the
county there was only one, blooded
sire there.
It was a registered bull brought
in several years before by attorney
' B. 6. Anderaop of Hayesville. In
terest grew, and before thesumwer
was. oy«r twenty registered cows
•were brought into the county. In
the spring of 192S about twenty-dye
sre brought in, .Waging the unm
ir of imported,#«als un to near
Mty. During ms sixty-eight
gigtered cow. and twelve bulls have
No. J.—Hershell Garrison, and the
registered Jersey he now owns that
has taken the place of four grade
cows. ~ ■
No. 2.—J* B. White, Hayesville, N.
C.\pnd his registered Duroc with ten
HAYE$yiLLEVS
JiL<
Hayesviile won her third straight
game of the season Friday when she
met and defeated the Robbinsville
quintet on their own court. The final
count being 13 to 10.- ,
Line-up and score.
Hayesviile:
Penland, rf, 10.
■ Rogers, If, 2
Jarrett, c, 1.
Cherry, rg.
Kitchens lg.
Robbinsville:
Jones, .rf, 2.
Millsaps, f, 8
Rogers, c.
George, rg.
May, g.
Forty-four hogs belonging to two
farmers of Pasquotank County were
vaccinated by the county agent in
time to atop an outbreak of cholera.
The .hogs were valued at $600.
ing approximately 600 pounds of
butter fat. „ - ^
The shipping of cream called Jor
cream separators. Early in 1924 the
first cream separator was sold. Dur
ing that year ten or twenty- were
distributed throughout the county.
Kitchens built the first silo in' 1925.
Ifow there are about thirty-five in
and the nun^jg^? ?t«adtiy groyr
~A better grade of cows called for
better winter feeding if tfce: farmers
were to continue to sell cream at a
profit. This made ft necessary to de
vise better methods of storing and
preserving roughage. The silo was
the aifswer as green feed can be
stored in it so as to. preserve all its
juices and .palatableness. B. and Ed
Kitchens built the first silo in 192b.
concrete ones were erected in
aiid five wooden ones have thus
far iff 1926 been constructed.
N. 3—Second silo built by B,
Kitchen, Hayesville, N. C. This silo
has been painted. He built the first
silo ever built in Clay County.
No. 4.—Ben Kitchen, Hayesville,
N. C., and I. 0. C., Gilt of Frankie
Kitchefi, a club member. .This five
TOWNS COUNTY
FAIR HELD AT
HIAWAS5EE
Hiawassee, Ga., October IT.—The
annual Towns county fair was held
in the courthouse dfi Hiawnsiee yes
terday. The public schools f of the
county had a program of spelling
declamations, recitations an<t health
posters.
The 4-H club girls, under the man
agement of the County Home demon
tration agent, Mrs. Maggie C. Ber
rong, had a beautiful display of can
ned products, aso an attractive dis
play of sewing and fancy work.
The following girls were awarded
scholarships to the short course in
Athens for the year 1927: Misses
Leta Berrong, Jeanette Burrell, Alice
Burch and Margie Hedden. Scholar
ship to Young Harris college: Miss
Juinta Pless; scholarship to Hiawas
see academy, Miss Myrtle Swanson.
In the contest in the public schools
of the county as the best speller, Su
sie Burch and Guy Johnson tied for
first place; best declamation, Ralph
Berrong; second, Don McKinney best
reading Mary Jane^£orn; second,
Lorraine Loyd; best school poster,
Hightower schooli.best health poster,
Hiawassee schoofTbest map of Towns
county, Chrales Wayne Colwell and
Alice Burch tied; best map of Geor
gia, Elaine Rogers.
-k.-—
Mr. P. M. Scroggs moved his fam
ily into the Commercial hotel Tues
day. Mr. Scroggs wil have charge
and manage the hotel tor Mlt* John
O. Scroggs. Mr. Scieggs is the son
of the late Mr«John Q. Scroggs. who
wih owner and manager of this hotel
for ytyws.
Mr. Glenn Swanson who has been
4h charge of the-hotel for so*e**l
months has moved Ms family to Ms
months’ old pig weighs 146 pounds.<
The ast 14 days it gained 22 pounds.
No. 5.—Modern Poultry House,
o. 6.—Registered Jersey cow
bought by W. 6. Patterson, Hayes
ville, N. C., imported from Georgia
in 1926.—Photos by Asheville Citizen
BRASSTOWN FAIR
A GREAT SUCCFSS
The Brasstown Fair which waa held
at Brasstown on October 23rd, was
a success in every respect. This
was strictly a Ribbon Fair, no cash
prizes being offered, and every one
was surprised at the variety and great
number of exhibits on display. This
goes to show what the people of this
scetion are genuinely interested in
their work and that cash prizes are no
inducement to these progressive folks
to exhibit their products.
The Premium list contained 154
items for which there was Offered ».
fust, second and third ribbon. Num
erous articles came in from all the
adjoining communities representing
practically every item on the prem
ium list, besides numerous artioles
not listed and for which no ribbon was
offered.
The fair was held in the Methpdist
Church and -school building add both
buildings, which contained two rooms
aech, were chock full of high grade
farm products, relics etc. Also the
type of live stock on exhibit would
compare favorably with any to be
found in the State.
Conservative estimates have plac
ed the total attendance at between
1000 and 1200 people. This atten
dance by the Brasstown people who
have worked so hard for more than
a week arranging for the Fair. These
people financed the fair themselves,
charged’ no entrance fee nor admis
sion, but feel, they will be repaid
many times over in friends they have
won for the community.
This is the fourth fair to be held
at Brasstown. This Community has
the honor of holding the first fair ever
held in any part of North Carolina,
west of Sylva. The great success of
this last fair proves that Brasstown hr
the logical place for a greater and
better Rural Agricultural Fair, and
piamH are aready being made for a
two or three day fair at this place
next year, with several added features
calculated to brinf larger attendance,
and to provide more entertainment
f«r those attending. '
which is on the border
d Cherokee counties, is a
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ELF COMMUNITY
FAR A SUCCESS
The Elf Corrimunity Fair which
was held at Ef school house in Hia
wassee Township Friday, October 22,
was a fine success considering the late
start in planning the fair. The var
tous exhlbitd^speafc well of what the
farmers and Air wives are doing and
the progress they are making in mod
ern agricultural methods. While
there was not a great quanity of com
modities the Quality was as good as
can be found -sB^fwhere. There were
twenty-three fine dairy cows exhibit
ed and eleven fine hogs. The follow
ing is'a list of those who won prizes,
first, second and third, on the various
exhibits.
Best mature cow, Ben Kitchens,
first; Carlton Ledford, second; Bill
Patterson, third.
Heifer under enighteen months,
Harve Patton, first; Fred Gribble,
second; Harve Patton, third.
Best mature beef cow, Bill Patter
son, first; Charlie Burch, second.
Best beef calf; Frank Penland,
first; W. T. Henson, second.
Best dalf under six moths old;
Carlton Ledford, first; Holt Patton,
second.
Poultry, meat breed; Mrs. Carlton
Ledford, first; Mrs. S. L. Ledford,
second; Mrs. Ben Brown, third.
| Laying breed; Mrs. Holt Patton.
Only one entry.
Club pens; Earl Ledford, first;
Mury Patton, second; Sam Hender
sond, third.
The prizes on hogs were not award
ed at this time as the feeding record
had to be taken into consideration
and this was not available at this
time. The live stock and poultry
were judged by Mr. W. R. Gray,
Criunty Agent for Cherokee County.
Corn, Mark Weaver, first; W. T.
Henson, second; H. M. Crawford,
third.
Wheat: H. M. Crawford, first; Er
vin Kitchens, second.
Soy Beans: Bill Patterson, first.
Pumpkins: Ervin Kitchens, first;
Mrs. McCracken, second; Canton
Ledford, third.
Irish potatoes: Bill Patterson, first.
Sweefi Potatoes; Mrs. McCracken,
first; Vapce Ledford, second; Charlie
%obertsoiW third* -v * •'
Ladies Department: Miss MjtfJoogan
teacher of Home Economics ip Hay
esville High Schooled Mrs. Ed