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Volume XXV1I1 No. 16
Tryon, N. C, November 30, 1922
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OUR COUNTY AGENT'S DEPARTMENT
fo-e Ttewlj Talks to Polk County Farmers, and others, on Timely Sub
jects, by County Agent, J. R. Saras.
Successful Hog Raising De-
North Carolina is strewn with
the wrecks of hog raising ven
tures because the man himself
did not understand the suc
cessful methods' of feeding
and marketing his swine, says
W. Shay, swine extension
worker of the State College
and Department of Agricul
ture. Mr. Shay finds that
the ' prospective swine grower
should study in a small way
the best nethopls of feeding
and selling his swine before at-
temping to go into me Dusiness
on a large scale. The man
who experiments or accepts
promiscuous advice in liew of
knowledge is very apt to
meet with his disaster before
his education is complete, and
such action is entirely un
necessary because the whole
ground has been thoroughly
covered by his experiment
station. . ' .,'
Mr. Shay has been conduct-
demonstrations in different
parts of the state. -The far
mers who have taken these
demonstrations have uniform
ly secured good results and de
mand has increased for this
kind of work. Before enlarg
ing the number of demonstra
tions, Mr. Shay believes that
those who wish to take it .up
should ask themselves a 'few
that if questions 1, 7, and 10
ire answered "yes" that the
swine extension office will be
liad ta render assistance to . the
power so replying : ' " "
Answer These Questions-
1. uo i nonesuy Deneve
that this venture is worth
time and attention on my part?
2. Do I realize that I dc
not know all that has been
learned about the business?.
v 8. Do I know at what time
ud weight my hogs should
be ready to hit the highest
prices of the year.
4. Is my understanding of
wising and sanitation suf
ficient to insure the life and
health of a large percentage of
Pi?s farrowed?
5. Do I understand the
Pnncipales of feeding- sufflqent
v.to enable me to produce . a
weighing 200 . pounds at
ill fltro rf or.
Can I produce such a
S at feed cost two to three
IMlTO Tn- 1 1 At
pouna unaer tne
1,11c VCCll. AVA
. inn . n
J Am I welling to go to
J trouble of weighing my
in order that I may know
"ifti trains nvo
8' DO I hnw iha binr? and
-., ui xeea necessary to
S a weanling pig - to a
ht of 200 pounds?
W 4L 1 in Position to see
W gs receive intel-
S .care and .attention,
cr irom myself or com-
Tut man . '
f' Am I willing to start
small way and study the
v. i hki ill uiirn n ti t i r u v
' lNflVlT'lLf Tt - rt-i i nno
C Rett's office on Tues
fteV0Venber 21, and were
ViUUi) iUUllVUll
Tu tne Columbus
ptg J,Iluse present were
If!?-Mrs. J. W. Jack, Mrs.
K j S?mndf Mrs. Voorhies,
' Camp, Miss Frances
J. H.
vith,
Ear
Beatson. Mrs. R. B.
and discussion. Miss Padgett
told us that she would be ob-"
liged to be in Raleigh part of
December, that she expected
to put on work with bread stuff
in Jan. and plain sewing in
February and asked for a free
discussion and advice as .to the
desire of the different clubs.
Mrs. Jack made a speech of
welcome for the Columbus
Clubs. Mr. Sams spoke of the
good work of the Lanier Club
in getting a Home Demonstra
tion agent in the field. He
told how he had been asked to
speak to the club on the needs
of Polk County and How when
he found they were considering
putting a nurse to work in Polk
County he advised a Home
agent instead, who would teach
the people such things that it
would not be necessary to have
a nurse. .
Mr. Sams f uther spoke of
the value of service and said
he and Miss Padgett were here
to serve the people of Polk
county although his yearJ
were beginning to rest heavily
upon him and he might not be
with us long.
Miss Padgett asked that .a
secretary be elected to keep a
record of the meeting and Miss
Plenty was chosen as Secre
tary of the Council. .
It was said that some slight
effort was made to displace
Mr. Sams in order to make v a
saving to the county and- it
was voted that Miss Flentye
draw up petitios and mail
them to, the different club
presidents for signatures J. rom,
aach sectibri.-Thee-e
were simply . to " endorse the
work of the agents and ask
vhat they, be continued.
Mrs. Grady thanked the wo
nen of Columous for1 their
jospitality and hoped they
would soon visit the women of
Tryon on a like accoslon.
Miss Glueys told of the work
xf the household economics de
partment" of the Columbus
High School. -
The winter's-work was gone
nto very thoroughly and it wss
lecided to begin the bread con
Test by taking up the making
)f biscuits and muffins. . A
contest was to be held -in each
ownship and really "worth
while prizes , something the
jirls would work for. The
women were to go back to their
respective communities and
, ee what money they could
raise and .report to Miss Pad
gett. One condition of the
contest was to be that at least
1-3 of the girls above ten yeaas
in each school, must join in or
der to entitle that school- to
compete. It was also sug
gested that in the matter of
light bread entire wheat and
graham flours should be used
as well as white flour. Mrs.
flflrrm also asked that classes
be warned against alum bak
ing powders.
After the matter of bread
Miss Padgett was to take up
the matter of plain sewing and
perhaps gardening in the early
spring. She and Mr. Sams
have already organized poul
try clubs. ' '
Mrs. M. O. Kelly was elected
Honorary Pres: and Mrs. Voor
hies Pres. of the Council. It
was moved, seconded and car
ried that the Council., should
meet every three months in
different parts of the county.
There being no further busi
ness the meeting adjourned
with manr expressions of hav
ing enjoyed a delightful after
noon. v , ,
Respectfully submitted
MAE IRIJSTE FLENTYE.
1 gaiiksgiy ing 1922
fij!iH;:!ijii!fk
Clover Increases Corn Yield.
C. M. Foy, who lives four
miles from Trenton in Jones
County, has found that it pays
to use a legume m building up
his croD vields. In a demon
stration conducted in cooper
ation with County Agent E. F.
Fletcher this past season, an
of land which was planted'
tb"cofrigave sorfie " interesting
results. This entire acre was
fertilized with 125 pounds of
an 8-3-3 fertilizer before the-
corn was planted on May 16.
All of the land in the acre was
the same type. "On one-fourth
of the acre, crimson clover was
plowed under before the' corn
was planted ; one-iourtn nau
the clover grazed and the
stubble Dlowe'd unfler : one-
fourth was given a top dresser
of 200 pounds of an O-y-2 and
one-fourh was used as a check
lot with nothing added except
the regular fertilizer used over
the whole, corn was planted.
Here are the yeilds:
Plot with cldver 41.5 bush
els" per acre.
Plot with clover stubble
37.7 bushels per acre.
Plot with top-dresser 34.6
Plot used as check 26.4 ;
This demonstration proves
that clover will help to increase
the yields "because tne plot
which was fertilized with an 8-3-3
mixture gave 1 only 26.4
bushels, while - the; plot on
which the clover was plowed
under before the same fertilizer
was added gave - a yield of 41.5,
an incresse of over j 15 bushels
per acre E. C. felair of the Div
ision of Agronomy assisted Mr.
Fletcher, and Mrv Fpy xinV con
nuctrhghis " de;nuiis,tratiui
and the result show! that the
farmers of this section should
begin practice of ' using more
'egumes' in their crop building
and land building operations.
-o-
He who would iook with con
tempt upon the farmer's pur
suit is not worthy the name of
man. Beecher.
From 50 to 100! hens on
3 very farm in the boll weevil
listrict is mighty good insur
ance for three square meals
i day. Sometimes a coopera
tive carlot shipment can be
made of the surplus ,
Make4lans now to grow a
few hogs next season. , The
neighbors can help you make
up a car lot for -a sale co
operatively This affords a
surprisingly good cash in
come when money is i tight.
T.
t Write a card ta the editor,
agricultural extension service,
Raleigh, N. CT, for a copy of
circular 133. . Itells how to
leed nogs fori profit. W.: W;
Shay prepared it from the .re
sults; secured by 'farmers in hog
teeding demonstrations.
in oz until a man nas run a
business for. himsell Jcan : .he
rOisciassTousiness problems in
telligently and sympathetical
ly.
Many a fellow has made a
success in business f orthhk
successs in business in order
to meet the expense of a bitr
family and the troubles there
of.
Our idea of perfect self
control is a husband who can
let his wife drive the automo
bile through congested traffic
without making suggestions.
A household budget does
just one thing: It convinces
man he must increase his in
come.
The popular method of com
mitting suicide is to get in the
way of a ,speed maniac. That
insures appropriate newspaper
mention. r
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c?o..-iT out
k; prs- H. P. Corwith, the
lyonvith, Mrs. M. 0.
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l??d Mr. Sams.
i Ihe ncheon the af
was given up to talks
THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF TRYON.
John L. Yandell, Minister.
Sunday School at 10 :00 A.M.
Morning worship at 11:00 A. M.
Services will be at the Meth
odist Church. AU are welcome
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On November sevenh bright
and early children were seen at
the school building for it was,
"The first day." The : school
has an able corpse of teachers
this year. Prof. Brite Princi
pal from Troy, N. C., Miss Car
rie, Raburn, Grammer rade
work, from Lattimore, N. C,
also Mrs. Briscoe , local, Prim
ary work. County Supt. Cobb
County demonstrators Sams
and Padgett were pleasant vis
itors. Each -delivered a splen
did educational talk, we were
glad to see the Polk County
Banner and delighted to know
the progress the County is
makmg in fairs. A number
of patrons' were also out for the
opening, their spirit of co
operation is good. There is no
reason why. Mill; Spring should
not have a successful school
year. The out-of door; sports
are already organized Basket
Ball, Volley Ball. ?
We are glad to welcome our
new Methodist ' pastor. Rev,
Mr. H. C. Freeman and family.
Every one is heartily enjoy
ing and receiving help from
his splendid sermons.
Rev. - Mr- Yandall Presby-
terain, delivered an interesting
serrnon to. a large congregation
Sunday afternoon at Meth
odist church. . - .
The- M. E. . Conference ' will
hold a quarterly meeting at
Mill Spring M .E. church, Sat
urday and Sunday Dec. 9, 10.
The public is invited. ,
We were sorry to learn Joe
Daltqfi son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
T.; Dalton has been in bed with
cold but is improving. - Also
little Miss Margret ' Whiteside
daughter of Mr. Taylor White
side has been low with pneu
monia also. : -
y-Qposson; hunting seemsta.
be an enpoyable nigntly sport.
Success is generally the case."
A small crowd caught two on
the mountain Saturdy night:
Get in your water and your
coal; Place your head out the
window and feel the breeze
blow "Cold we ather cold
weather."'-we enjoy it!
Thanksgiving services will
held at the Methodist Church
Thursday by the school chil
dren and parents. Come all.
The all day singing was en'
joyed Sunday at the Methodist
church.: The P,age . Quadtette
from Saluda being present.
Plans are being made for an
other singing in the near
future.
We have a new visitor, the".
snow Welcome to it.
"BEADING" CIRCLE.
The Tryon Reading Circle
met Friday afternoon at 3:15,
November the 17, with only
the teachers of The Tryon
Graded School present.
Prof. D. W. Simmons was
elected chairman, Miss Hamlin
secretary, and Mrs. Watson
treasurer, and Mrs. Preston
delegate to the North Carolina
Teacher's Assembly to be heid
during the Thanksgiving Holi
days in Raleigh. .
After the business meeting.
chapter's 4, and 5, and 16 x of
Successful Teaching in the
Rural Schools by Pittman were
studied and discussed.
The next meeting will be
held. Friday afternoon, at 3;
o'clock, December the 8th. The7
assignment is chapter " 8 and"
17. . ; ,
It is hoped that each mem
ber of the Reading Circle will
be present at this meeting.
NOTICE
Preaching by the Methodist
pastor at the Tryon M. E.'
Church, South on
First Sunday of very month
at 11:0 a. m.
Second Sunday of each month
at 7 :00 p. m.
Third Sunday of each month
at 11:00 a. m.
Fourth Sunday of each month
at 7:00 p. m. r
;i ' R. P. Fikes v
- - Pastor.
A strike is a loss no matter
who wins.
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