Taylors Farm or Fantasy Land?
By: Rutfi Weill
Most people who have ever
lived on a farm, or even ob
served a farming area are fa
miliar with the female domestic
fowl, better known as a ben.
and her young, known as "bid
dies." But did you ever see a
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Millie Fleur Bantam Rooster,
ciponlEcd, />*Tl*ng the biddies to
come get a choice bug he has ,
Just found, or cluck to them,
telling them the ways of poul
try Ufe? DW you oyer see a j
pheasant that made you think
you were looking at a fashion
modal? I have. . I
A visit to the Leon Taylor's
of Route 1, Faison Is about as
pleasant and fascinating, as well
as informative thing as can
happen to a person. Mrs. Tay
lor said she had been pack
ing peppers for market, but
she looked lovely enough to have .
Just come from a beauty sac .
Ion.
She showed me an arrange
ment of gourds that she had col
lected over a period of 20 years
or more. She had palmed then:
the loveliest colors and they
were Just beautiful. Another
arrangement she had, made you
think you were seeing an ar- .
rangement of balloons. They
were long, and round and grew
Into such graceful shapes you'd
think they grew in a mold.
The colors she had palmed
them were as pretty as the
rainbow.
Outside the pretty lawn gave
way to the barn yard. You In- >
stantly forgot that you were on *
a farm ana again Decame a kid I
at the zoo! Wild turkeys, pea- '
fowls In all their glory, little 1
bantam roosters raising fa
milies, Chinese honker, Mai- J
lard and Wood Ducks, and lit- '
tie roosters appearing to be <
wearing daintily ruffled leggtas. J
Mrs. Taylor said she nad a
pheasant she warned me to 1
see. I expected one of those 2
lovely tanlsh, brown birds that '
has so many vivid colors that 1
adorn ladies hats. Was I sur- '
prised when a little charac- !
ter paraded out before me look- c
tag and carrying herself exact- J
ly like a fashion model. The '
pheasants legs, or lower part '
of the costume was black, a
shiny jet black! The upper part '
of its body was white with just
a tiny suggestion of black near 1
the feather tips. Just below a 1
stunning black head piece, was
a brilliant red necklace. Fifth
avenue has never produced a
more stunnfno artlr*
And then there was the Mexi
can pheasant. His colors were
more of the expected colors of
the pheasant, which are vivid
and beautiful, but he seemed
to be wearing sort of a hat, or
an extra amount of plumage
about his head. No amount of
persuasion could get him to
display this plumage. Then when
he thought I was no longer in
terested, in a sort of a strut
he arranged them Into a mexl
j can sombrero, displaying the
most beautiful shades of gold
and orange. He was a real
treat.
Mrs. Taylor said she wished I
could see a peafowl with his
fan spread. He was pretty to
me with the long colorful plu
mage projecting at least a yard
behind him. And then, all of a
sudden ha lifted that beautiful
plumage up behind him forming
the most vividly colored fan
imaginable. I tried hard to get
close enough to get his picture
without frightening him. just at
the right moment to get the
picture, a most welcome breese
lently turned him sideways and
rtls back to the camera. The
drab little female stood aside
and gloried In his splendor. <
The wild turkeys were ac
tually raised on their farm.
Someone brought them the eggs
from Florida and they raised
from Florida and they hatched
them. Now the wlla turkeys
are raising wild turkeys of their
own. You can tell they are not
like the other turkeys. They are
much smaller and their color is
darker, nature's way of pro
tecting them.
The bantam roosters with the
ringed feathers around their
,egs reminded me of a child
slaying grown-up. wearing mo
hers Dest clothing when her
lack was turned.
The Taylors, Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Taylor and their two sons,
Sam ana Tiny love the unusual.
At one time they had a cross
between a quail and a pheasant,
rhey also had until recently,
squirrels. The kind, that would
tit back on his hind legs, his
all curled up into a question
nark behind him. If you get
:oo near him or his posses
sions he would really fuss you
>ut. They no longer have the
sly red fox, but tne fish pond
jnder the hill was alive with
wood ducks, and Mallard ducks
and Muscovy ducks, and Chi
nese honkers, a white goose
with a 1-o-n-g neck and a bill
of vivid orange. They must
never stop honking.
I reluctantly left the Taylors,
feeling that I had had a brief t
look Into Fantasy Land.
Peacocks In all their glory are one of the
nany Interesting things mat you will find at
he Leon Taylor's. Tney also grow wild tur
key's, Mexican pheasants, Millie Fleur Ban
tams, Chinese Honkers, Mallard and Wood
ducks, and many other Interesting things.
County's Farms Now
Total 3,526. Reports
Census
A total of 3,526 farms was
counted In Duplin County dur
ing the 1964 Census of Agri
culture, the U. S. Department of
Commerce's Bureau of theCen
sus reports.
In the last previous Census
of Agriculture (1959), the total
counted in the county was 4,342
farms.
The 1964 total is published in
a preliminary report on the
county Just issued. The report
also shows that average farm
size in the county was 83.9
acres and that the average value
of the county's farms (land
and buddings) in 1964 was $21,
QQA
5WO.
Other important county sta
tistics in the report are:
L Value of all farm products
sold by farms in the county in
1964, $40,848,998; in 1959, $26.
765,917.
2. Value of all crops sold
by county farms in 1964, $21,
556,795; in 1959, $17,285,633.
3. Value of all livestock and
livestock products sold by coun
ty farms in 1964, $19,291,316;
in 1959, $9,480,284.
Information obtained for the
first time in an agricultural cen
sus included the amount of in
come received by the county's
farmers ($887) from recrea
clonal services as well as data
on the use of pest control che
micals In the county In 1964.
A C?insus of Agriculture Is
taken every 5 years In years
ending In "4" and "9" toge
ther information on the nation's
agricultural resources and pro
duction. The data are needed
to make decisions affecting
many segments of the U. S.
economy. The 1964 farm census
was the 18th in a series that
began In 1940.
The preliminary report for
the coumy contains more than
500 facts about agriculture in
the county. Among additional
facts it contains are the number
of farms by size, type, and
economic class; the number of
farm operators by method of
tenure, age, color, off-farm
work, and numbr of school years
completed; land in farms by use
and by land-use practices; data
on equipment and families;
farm expenditures; number of
hired workers; and number of
farms reporting poultry and
livestock production and those
reporting crop production by
acres and qualltitles as well
as sales.
NOTE; Single copies are avail
able for 10 cents from the Bu
reau of the census, Washington,
D.C. 20233 or from any field
office of the Department of
Commerce. These are located
in major cities.
It is hard to believe that these are just plain old gourds
and that they grew into these shapes, however the color was
added. This is just one of the many Interesting things that
the Leon Taylor's produce as a hobby. (Photo by Ruth wells)
Planetarium Installs
New Instruments
CHAPEL HILL - A quarter
of a million dollars worth of
new instrumentation will be in
stalled in the Morehead Plane
tarium with funds granted by
the Board of Trustees of the
Morehead Foundation.
Hugh G. Chatham, Vice
chairman of the Board, announ
ced the gift after the Trustees
study of the presentation of
the new Instrument and addi
tions ty Mr, jenzano. Direc
tor of the Plantarium.
Order has been placed with
the firm of Carl Zeiss. West
Germany for the first In a
new Model VI series of a high
ly Improved Planetarium In
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twenty thousand dollars wortn
of modern accessory Instru
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to Planetarium directors from
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recent meeting and visit to the
Zeiss factory in Oberkochen.
On Tuesday, Roy Armstrong.
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Carolina Chancellor J. Carlyle
Sitterson, Business Manager J.
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R. L. Hardison, and Carl Zeiss
Scientific Director W. E. De
tenhard.
Morehead Planetarium Di
rector A. F. Jenzano grateful
ly acknowledged the gift and
said that "in decades to come,
the new Instruments will as
sure infinitely greater acade
mic and aesthetic benefits to
millions of people In all walks
of life."
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