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SAWS, County A ent, and ?. C. SQUIRES.
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;K>r(age lor 1024
?rsation on a train re
:i New York farmer
was informecl that a,
feared for this year
v producing sections
?; ?; (c. Conditions were
Me for fall plowing
meadows were
; i which ordinarily
.v been left down,
reason why a short
-.<ible is that prices
r such that many
ave sold themselves
\ 'iat will the farmers
< ate plant as an emer
V\ I then asked this
farmer. " A mix
?v hl peas and oats sown
..ate t i" one and half
i ? > two bushels of oats
vol of peas," he replied,
mixture is used by my
! who says it will pro
rxcellent crop of pala
/. i nutritious hay. Cut
(.?iUI be done, he sifict
f oats are in the milk
The average composi
-ueh hay is about 8 per
?>iein 'u per cent carbo
and 15 cent fat.' As I
taking down this formula
(XYtnvd to me that we order
some field peas a short time
/o for J. \V. Habernicht.
'wonder it' friend Habernicht
sed this misture. What's the
latterwith your North Caro
tin farmers, asked my fellow
issenger, that with the ad
mtages they have over us be
(jg able to grow so many
igumenous they have to buy
? murii northern and western
ay? Something in the land
?ape attracted the attention
my newly made,, friend on
?he moment and I was relieved
If the . necessity of answering
|n embarrassing question.
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Roast inu Ear Corn
The month will be half gone
,s you read this and with corn
darning time only a week or
en days ol!'. We must place
rnr order" Tor Snow Flake corn
without i'urtiier delay.
As with Iceberg lettuce and
early potatoes we are plant
this roasting ear crop coop
eratively and must use one
variety only and that variety
is the Williamson Farm Snow
Flake and plant about one peck
to the acre.
Nil rate of Soda.
While there is no special
hurry it will be wise to have a
supply of Xtrate of Soda on
hand for side dressing the let
tuce. Tiie plants should be
well started and growing in
order to derive the greatest
benefit from the application of
this pusher. Soda is extremely
volatile and much of it would be
wasted if applied before there
is sulljcient warmth* in the soil
t<> ailow the plant to assimulate
and receive full benefit from
this stimulant. Apply as a
sie." loO to 200 pounds
Per acre, taking care that no
soda touches the foliage I al
u\vs like to make application
just before a rain, first crush
!I'^ the lumns.
Early Potato Planting.
( ;i' ": i give up planting Cob-.
1 ' ? ! ' H'latoes because you seem.
I'*1 late with this feature of|
?'???? ruck planting. The coun
:i,'~ North of us can only bene
"m late summer shipments
cities of the extreme j
while Polk County
Ji' ' ? ;'s may have a share in
Jnc northern demand, and sure-'
j- ??'ill be in position to supply;
' ' . > > ithern trade in advance!
i Me growers in the north
'U-rn counties. So don't
! on your early potato,
while March shows on
' calander.
' Jueer Sort of Advice. . . |
realize that conditions are
l!i.' ' in the many sections
country, aftid yet some of
-rro papers seem to give
<; that is far fronrHbeing i
;i'^" ' ? For example I picked
;'l.; ' arm paper on the train
corning which tells its
yJ'd ' to mix quickly with
/!! (' !'h fresh poultry ma
J1Uh' ; nd store the mixture
until ready to use. If the
' follows this advice there
' but little ammonia left
Mixture at time of using.
? unci her page we read that
,'l1i ' ! : modification, it is not
i^^able to fertilize a straw
Syy batch in the early spring.
* ' Writer and neighbors have
proves without doubt that a
good (Jose of 8-5-5 fertiliser ap
1 lied |n early spring more than
pays. | Again we read that
>'fartne|s should, go show k in
planting soy beans. We wonder
>? etnellmes Vvho has the job of
answering these questions, and
what | the tax paying farmer
thinks of such advice he some
timesjhas to help pay for.
The Eastern Shore of Virginia
50' years ago Accomac and
Northhampton Counties in the
state |of Virginia were isolated
and undeveloped. Situated on a
, narrow* peninsula between the
Atlaraic Ocean and Chesapeake
Ba^ihe only meansof commun
ication with the main land was
by sail boat, except on the
northern boundary of Accomac
f where country roads led to the
'southern counties of Maryland.
Few jpf the inhabitants of the
interior of these counties ever
passed the three mile limit
from their shores and had little
conception 'of what was going
on iij the out side world. It is
related that when the first lap
of tfhe rail road which now
traverses the two counties, was
completed to Tasley In upper
part [of Ac comae, a celebration
was ja ranged befitting the aus
. pieiofis occasion. Couriers* were
sent [advertising the event to
the uttermost part of the coun
ties. fwith the result- that the
day [appointed for the celebra
tion .(round vthe little town of
Tasley filled to overflowing
with|; people, many of who had
coma a distance of fifty to sixty
miles to see the wonderful Iron
horsje whose nostrils belched
forth (it was said) steam and
whose shriek as it dashed down
the iron road could be heard
I'ronjj one end of the country
to the other. The locomotive
selected forvthe trial trip was
one qf the old wood burner type
witl^flaring smoke stack,, and
the'jjstart was to make from a
poirrt about ten miles up the
rOcVi. Unfortunately rain be
gan, to fall just before the
hour set for the arrival of the
traijn putting' into commission a
conglomeration of umbrellas,
but: the heavy do vn pour dis
tressing tho it wai failed to dis
pel Jthe enthusisam of the peo
ple J and every oi.e was in a
stafie of expectantsy, which
Wi4 intensified when the shrill
sound of the whistle up the line
announced the approach of the
wonderful Iron horse. As the
enmne appeared around a curve
a. quarter mile away, a young
clufp (and something of a wag)
leaped upon the track and dash
iiidjfng down the line between
thq rails, shouted, "Down with
your umbrellas" you will scare
fie engine. Like magic every
unjprolla Carrie down on the in
stant, the awe stricken crowd
standing1 in silence, unmindful
of [ the moisture trickling down
th^ir necks as the engine and
trdpn passed on to the tempor
ary terminal in the lower end
of St own. There are little in
dications of the unsopnisticat
erlfcas our modern pullman
train passed' thru the thriving
towns of Accomac ancf North
hampton counties this March
mjjning, in the year 1924.
Oil every hand is evidence of
thi'ift and prosperity. Com
M'table 'and attractive farm
farm buildings surrounded by
t extile fields are not seen simply
here and there, as our train
mpves northward, but this
beautiful aspect is continuous
Oiji either side of the heavily
balJasteted road we are moving
oyer so smoothly.
What has brought about this
wo n d e r f u 1 tor an f or<!m at io n .
Farst I want to say that Ac
comac and Northampton coun
ties are distinctively agricul
tural. There i? practically no
manufacturing. Cotton grows
to perfection in this soil, but
these Virginans are disposed
\yith one accord to leave this
crop to the long eared mule
aild the man with the black
slcin farther south, to whom
they think it belongs. So
after the Iron Horse had paved
the way and solved the trans
portation problem these east
ern shore of Virginia farmers
tjurned their attention to early
trucks making leaders of early
jrish and sweet potatoes, add
ing to the list later early cab
bage," caulflower, and straw
berries, and tiiese are fhe csops
-hat have with Intelligentfarm
ing and cooperative marketing
I transformed this little Eastern
Shore into two of the most pro
ductive and prosperous coun
ties in the United States.
By P. C. 5qui. es
I A Ramble through' Pea Ridge
Last Monday, March the 3rd,
I after a* hard days work, the
writer undertook to make good
promises made to farmers in
'that sectin. Accordingly sev
eral homes were visited that F.
|M., and we landed at William
! Fowlers forv the' night. His
| peach orchard had our full at
: caution until darkness drove us
in. '
I Next morning the apple orch
I aid, winter and summer pastur
! es were discussed and some
i things regulated- While at Mr.
Fowler's his father Mr^ Aaron
Fowler came in, who is i2 years
! old, after ascertaining his age,
he related a very interesting
Istcfrv of the activities of iiis life
! which would make good reading
1 tor the youn? men of the pres
ent time. Mrs. Fowler said he
I had never had any serious sick
jness; that he had worked at all
kind of farm work, such ^ as
plowing, hoeing corn, ditching,
splitting rails and etc. lie has
also worked as a carpenter hav
ig built several houses.- The
day he was talking to me, he
cut and split a cord and one
fourth of wood* in less than the
da^; A task that would chal
lenge the most of young men of
Polk County and yet Mr. Fow
ler lias passed his three score
vears and ten by two years and
bids fair to be here 20 more
years. .
1 saw much land plowed in
that section, and new land be
ing cleared. - _
Mr. James Thompson wno has
been confined to his room for
several months seems to be
cheerful, and we trust the good
Spring weather which is com
ing will bring back to him
strength and good health
Mr Granville Thompson was,
as usual in good spirits and
cheerful. He kindly showed
me his land which he has pre
pared for-, planting and the
land is all right. He says Mrs.
Voorhies" has the lettuce plants
all right for him, and Mr
Thompson is all right, so it
looks as if some body will be m
uanger of being beaten in the
head lettuce game. Mr. Thomp
son also said he knew how to
grow corn and intended to make
some body hustle or get beaten
on an acre of snow flake com
for roasting ears.
Some people say that Pea Ridge
is a kind of blockading, boot
legging kind of place, but I ani
some what of the opinion that
some bodv else does this kind o
business and Pe? Ridge does
the real work.
Any body that has had' -mucn
chance of observation can pass
through a country and tell if
much blockading and boot leg
ping is going on. In such a
Country all. kind of progressive
a;ui useful work s is neglected
and the people carry in their
countenances an air of fear ana
constrant dread A man cant
habitually violate the laws ot
the land and not show it in nis
face Polk County is too good a
place and too many ways to
make a living honestly and
li gaily for a man or woman to
follow illegal practices. And
Pea Ridge is one of the very
best sections for human etlort
to bring good results.
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Polk County For
Polk County. All Together.
Through the multiplied gifts
oi nature. Polk county is the
best place on earth to build a
[house and live.
What her native and adopted
people need more than any
thing else, is to get together
I often and know each other bet
ter and find out all the good of
natuu^ and learn to make the
most of them.
To this end there should be
I some kind of organization, or
consolidation! or association of
i already existing organizations,
that would at regular meetings
: take into consideration the
genera! interests of the whole
I county.
j Why not have a local Board
of Trade in each of the six
townships of the county, or
some kind of an organization to
look after the best interests of
that township, and then associ
ate all these organizations and
have, say quarterly meetings of
all these township groups for
the purpose of boosting every
good thing in all the town
ships?
? Now can any one see a rea
son why not? The new hotel in
Columbus is nearing comple
[tion. Why not call for such a*
meeting early in the Spring to
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discuss the propriety 0
I movement, so that we
in more complete harmony with
the . great movement
taken by the Western
Carolina incorporated
the above hotel is
why not arrange foil
ing? have a -genera
from all sections of t
Have a banquet.
Form such organiza
ing to the unifying of ?ur county
resources, and cor feolidating
the same for more efficient de
velopment of Polk coi nty along
all lines.
A Polk County
Board
such a
can get
under
North
When
(jompleted,
a meet
meeting
hie county,
ition look
of Trade
thing is
\its parts.
The whole of any
greater than any of
This is greater than any of its
parts. This is nothing new. It
lis a mathematical idiom which
i needs no proof, and in fact does
'not admit of a proof.
' Therefore, Polk County is
(greater than any of 'her towns
or townships taken severally.
| Polk county with a single man
! or woman left out would not be
complete no matter how trif
jling that man or woman might
'be. .
Under our present County
j organization ; who is in ? gen
eral specific Nway looking out
'for the . greatest and best
: things for the county at large,
i Of course we have the Board
! of County Commissioners, The
Bcafd of Education, The Road
Board, Sheriff, Clerk of Court,!
j Register of Deeds, County
I Agent, Home Demonstration
Agent and etc. All trying to do
the particular thing where
unto they have been chosen;
! but without further complicate
j ing organization could not all
j these agencies, with the the
I Board of Trade of Tryon, Sal- 1
j uda and Columbus, ^gree and j
meet together at least twice j
iper year for consideration of alt
the great questions relative to
Bffib ?? -wad
the growth and progress of the
greatest and' best things of the
County-at-Large? What Polk
County needs most is better
understanding of her needs ?
This understanding will come
quicker by the getting together
of all the interestsn so that all
may get a broader iview point,
that we may learn our neigh
bors need, as well as that of
our own. Why i^ot ?
Respectfully, J. R. Sams,
County Agent.
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Tom Tarheel1 says Abe Grow
ler never would take much
stock in co-operative marketing
until he attended a meeting
where dinner was served on the
grounds and a payment made
to the members. Abe couldn't
resist an appeal to the stomach
and pocket book a the same
time.
A Brittany Cu?tom.
It is i lie custom in many of the
towns in Brittany for all couple* who
become engaged during the year tn be
married the ?ame day
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