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Edited By "A Dirt Farmer"
|E REMAINED on the farm
Is the nun who remained of the
worse off than his friend who
mt to the city?
j ani inclined to think not, and
d for (his reason I am asking the
itor ttv-prinf part of a letter, 1
rentlv received from an old
fcool mate who saw fit to remain
a farm and work out has destiny
,ere he was born and reared
s spent practically ali? of his life
rming and this is what he has to
'While in Atlanta on business re
Dtly I met a man who was reared
a Polk County Farm.. Of course
d attended the same school,
ire had attended the same school,
bed together in the same creek,
nted thes same hills. Of course
i were glad to see each other
d talk over old times. But after
r talk I did some thinking and
a came to the conclusion tha<
nning. hard, as it may seem a\
nes i? not so bad after all.
rThis friend of mine got a good
b in the city many years ago
hen I first heard of the wages he
y getting, I used to get restless,
it there seemed to be nothing left
r me to do but stick to the farm,
id I stuck to the job with all the
flity I had The family scraped
d gradually we cleaned up the
jrtgage on the place. I built up a
od herd of Holstein cows, and
ie farmers in this vincinity are
careful breeding and proper
be and feeding I managed to get
nice little profit from my cows
ery year.
"Oh yes. it seemed small, but
iring those years the family lived
asoDably well We had no big
o' t^)ay no high prices for milk,
eat. and butter to pay out. And
1 land kept steadily increasing in
lue and the new buildings made
e place worth more.
''And now today I've got an
fbty acre farm worth about
enty thousand dollars. My three
ildren went through the high
hool and the tw0 girls are teach.
I in the county and the boy took
short course and is back running
e farm pretty much himself.
Weie got enough to live on. I
ij the wife get away occasionally
st winter we went to California
' a few months And somehow I
si as though I have been pretty
paid for all my years of hard
P
r0f course this don't mean much
?haps. Prehaps times are pretty
|d for most farmers right now.
I I ttynk that the young fellow
|j? on the farm today win be
Pter off in thirty of forty years
now than the lad who gets dis
Ifofied an(i goes after the attrac.
f jobs offered tn the city.
*riter of the letter appar_
does nt mean that farmang is
J *hat it oUKht to be. He does'nt
leapt to go into the problem from
? economic 0r political standpoint.
Paerly seeks to point out the
Pwter sidf\ He is happy and
W Jwteu as is ind he ha8 reason
I ou t the happiness of his ftiend
| e c't>( who has prehaps worked
|Tr during the passing yea/w
f * 0 ^as Inueh less to show to*
P effort.
[ J fr'end made money all
F ears s'nte ? knew him so well
lmLmUi<t hav,' ,3I>ent ^ as fast as
it anrt v- Ht 'S 8tiU rentin& ?
IbooVL- 'S chilclr*n are working
I eeping v.,,rk in city offices.
[J ?? whdt he says they don't
1 1 eas-v either.
|l am certainly sure that tills year
Pi be my last yrar's seTvice as
P31^' Agent in your County ? a8 *
P now rounding up my seventy.
year, which ine-ms that wiB
I31 suggests a ](?:* strenous lit?
J? low to tn, close. This does
^ roean that 1 vm fixing to leave
Wk County; bui that 1 mean to
y to take de* ;?. r roots by putting
pratieal opera'" ? ?n in a small
J 8omP of thf ihinns I have tried
do.
County is tor good a place
I ieave.
this is not the message I
Pl to Rive yon j lHt now.. We are
J^ai lhfe opvinn^ of the planting
W*8011 *hen tnoat of our crops
cloth and feed the folks i&
knn homes and in the town
^ homes art- planted.
itor^ aPp?a! to you as never
J' e to U8e your hf st judbment
W*011 ^nxe, and plenty of it;,
? ^ 01 ^Ps , and in the way you
prepare your land and cultivate this
year. I know you have the good
common sense, and plenty of it; it;
if you will only use it. '
1st by all means do not risk your
whole effort on any single crop,
the first aim of every farmer should
be to grow every thing that the
family and the live stock need for
the coming year on the farm. Don't
think for a moment that you can
buy cheaper than you can produce
it; Ifor you cannot Don't think you
can buy Irish potatoes, sweet pot
atoes, sogrum, eggs, poultry, hams,
etc., cheaper than you can produce
them on your farm; for you cannot.
So now is the time to plan for a
beautiful Jiving for the home and a
surplus of ' several crops to go on
the market from time to time.
Certainly cotton is the chief cash
crop and always will be until the
risikig generation finds out that they
have one of the finest dairy counties
in the land ? then they will have two
fine cash crops instead of one.
In the second place, let me en.
treat you to use every ounce of
Barn Yard and all other - domestic
manures on your farms this year,
and prepare your lands better than
any proceeding year. Cultivate few.
er acres if necessary and give bet
ter cultivation. We are still passing
through the world war reconstruc
tion period and there will be more
or less uncertainty about the price
of cotton and all other crops. There
fore your safe plan is to grow them
intelligently and I see no reason
why the farmers of Polk County
should not be in a good strong posi
tion next fall to pay debts and live
like kings and queeife in their own
homes and have go6d thoughts for
mankind who' are not fortunate
enough to live in Polk County.
In conclusion let me urge on all
Uolk County farmer8 to r take and
read your County Paper (Polk Coun
ty News), they are trying to build
up our County and you should back
them up in their efforts to do so
Respectfully
. J. R. Sams,
County Agent.
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STATE FAIR PRIZE WINNERS
FOR POLK COUNTY
Those who contemplate entering
exhibits at he various fairs to he
held In North Carolina this fall
need to keep in mind that plans for
growing most of the exhibit mater
ial should be made his spring, say
agrldfiltral workers of the State
College extension service. Making
exhibits at fairs gives both adver
tising value and cash returns. The
State fair alone distributed $10,191
75 in premium money td residents of
seventy-five counties last year.
- The managmenjt of the State Fair
reports that the dates have al
reedy been set for thig year. The
week of October J.2 has been deter
mined upon since this week follow
immediately after the 'Virginia
Stftf e Fair and comes immediately
before the South Carolina State
Fair. The North Carolina State Fair
this year will be more of a public
institution than ever before accord
ing to the reorganization plans rec
ently announced by the Fair man
agment. The State College of Agri
oulture^ the State Department of
Agriculture, and the Executive Dep
artment of the State government
will share with the old? Agricul
tural Society in the managment of
the Fair in the future.
In the distrlbotion of premium
money last year, Wake County *led
by receiving $1,888: Catawba came
second with $840.50; Buncombe was
third with $762; and Graven was
fourth with $650.50 Some of the
other" counties whose qitiaens won
liberal amounts of the premium
money were: Almanance, Forsyth,
WayneT The smallest amount won
by any county went to Bertie
where only one dollar was distri
lNBe& . ; >
The Polk Cc^onty prices totaled
$52.50 distributed as follows, Mrs.
j. R' Foster, Mill, spring, Home
Economics, $1.00; Dorothy Co>rwith
club Demonstration Contest^ $3,00;
Saluda, Horticulture, $28.50.
According to E. V. Walborn,
manager of the State Fair, the rec
ords show that the fair is truly a
staJte_wlde institution when .seven
ty- five of the one hundred coqnties
shared in the premium received no
share of these funds.
The present deficit in State fin
ances is as nothing compared to
the loss suffered by landowners
Trash fit f and erosion of
bare, unterraced hillsides.
There is no better way of stop,
ing gullies than with cedar brush.
If they are long ones^ build several
dams across them. For small ones^
broom sedge weeds, leaves and
grass are good. The cheapest way
to stop gullies i8 to have the chil
dren do it. Give them a hoe and an
an axe and show them howf and
most children will like the work. It
is just like play to them. Teach
them to take care of the land and
make it look beautiful; and you will
teach them to love the farm in
stead of goinb to the city to pet a
job.
FARMING0 A BUSINESS
There .is quite a distinction be
tween the man who lives on a farm
and the farmer.
The latter makes farming a busi
ness. He is a business man with
budget and bookkeeping. He stud,
ies both the growing and market,
ing ot hig crops.
The man on the farm may not
necessarily be a farmer. The acre
age he lives on is merly a farm in
the sense th^t it is land suitable
for cultivation.
The man in this class fails to
recognize business principles. He
does not consider the elements in
the soil as his resources. He lets
them lie idle.
Can you imagine a banker al
lowing his resources to lie idle. Yet
^rming is just as much a business
as banking.
Thes elements can be used to ad.
vantage. Rotation of crops, through
cultivation^ irrigation, an d appli
cation of fertilizers are ways In
which the farmer may put his re
sources the elements in the soil, to
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work.
The merchant would not pack his
shelves with goods for which there
is no demand. The farmer should
look to money or cash crops rather
than spend his energy and time on
commodities difficult to market.
|ce Plants Can Help Farmers Save
Eggs
One of the livest subjects among
North Carolina egg producers to
day and will ? continue for three
months is "Where am I to sell eggs
at a fair price?"
Last year an egg buyer in this
State bought eggs in the early
spring at 20 to 21 cents per dozen
stored them for about six months
and sold them for 33 to 42 cents
per dozen. Not only did hebuy the
eggs cheap and get a good price for
them later, but based on warehouse
receipts, his banker allowed him an
advance of $5.00 per case on them
until sold. ^
The State Division of Markets is
interesting North Carolina ice plants
in the projects of egg storage and
there will be eggs stored at many
points his season. The great trouble;
with our egg producers is that they
are not in position to do what this
egg buyer did as to storage and
an advance in money based on the
warehouse receipts since they are un
organized and each producer fret
ting and fuming indepedently while
the other fellow makes the money.
The State Division of Markets in
cooperation with the Extension Ser
vice will ship several cars of eggs
this season in addition to getting
some eggs stored and the Division
is in better shape than ever before
to render assistance. If there should
be other ice plants and producers
wh0 become interested in this pro.
ject a few points along this line are
suggested below.
1. Frrom February 15th to around
May lstj North Carolina eggs are
cheap but properly candled ahd
graded make good storage .eggs.
2. If stored in ice plants, separate
storage space should be allottet.
3. Keep at emperature of 30 o 32
degrees F.
4. Keep humidity around 85 (Too
moisture iduces mold and dryness
causes rapid evaporation of egg con
tents.) .
Home Mixed Fertilizer Saves
? Farmer Money
Indications are that this will be a
good year to home-mix fertilisers,
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IR SALE!
HATCHING EGGS
S. C. ANCONAS
SHEPPARD'S "FAMOUS" STRAIN,
$2.50 per 15
| E. C. ANDREWS,
Try on, N. C.
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It isn't enough for a dairy feed to have a high protein con
tent. This prcein must be in a form which can be readily
assimilated, and must be combined with other necessary food
factors- -in just the right proportion.
That's whe/e our forty years,, of expe
rience in making mixed feed comes in.
Dairy Tuxedo contains 24% protein,
in the most easily digested and assimil
ated form.
Try Dairy Tuxedo. You can see the
difference in the milk paiL
THE TUXEDO
UNE OF FEEDS
Ce-ro-a-lia Sweet i
Dairy Tuxedo
Tuxedo Chop
Tuxeoo Hog Ration
Tuxedo Pigcfen Peed
Tuxedo Egg* Math
Tuxedo Scratch
Tuxedo Chick
Tuxedo Buttermilk
Btartar and Growing
Math
Tuxedo Developer
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SOLD BY
[HE TRYONtFEED STORE
J. B. LIVINGSTON, ,
TRYON, - ? ? N. C.
say agricultrul workers of State
College. Some farmers have found
that they can save as much as ten
dollars a ton by buying the raw mat
erials and mixing at home.
' This seems a sensible thing to do
especially when the farmer under
stands the requirement of his soil
and crops. With the raw materials
on hand, he may vary his fertilL
liater formtalias without veiry mtuch
trquble and apply to the various
types of soil on his farm the pro
portions of plant food that will
bring the most profitable yields. He
also has the advantage of knowing
exactly what materials go into his
fertilizers.
One disadvantage in the home
mixing of fertilizer is the fact that
sfome materials, if mixed several
weeks before being used, haye a
tendency to harden, making it 'hard
to distribute them when planting
time comes. This trouble may be
avoided by waiting until a day or
fwo before planting time to mix
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!! You will find that ihe LIVING- f
;; STONE HOTEL, affords every J
< ? modern convenience at very rea- J
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? There are many places
Where you can entertain
Your friends?
But there is only one
Place inTryon? .
Where you can get those
Delectable dishes that tease
The jaded palate?'
Chicken and Waffle Dinners,
Chinese, Hungarian, Italian
. French and Spanish specialties
. On short notice ?
Call MARGUERITE and tell he r
What you'd like to have,
She'll prepare it ?
, Luncheon a and Tea Served
at all times.
BLUE RIDGE TEA ROOM
Phone 138 Tryon, N. C.
such piaterials as nitrate of soda
and fiiuriate of potaW ?
SCHEDULE FOR HOflE DEMON
STRATION CLUB MEETINGS IN
POLK COUNTY, t
Green River; 1st and 3rd Tues
days in each month. Girls' and
Women's " Clubs. 10:3) a. m. , for
girls; -2 p. m. for the women.
Columbus; 2nd and| 4th Mondays
at 3:30f Women's clu).
Saluda Girls' Clilb ; 2nd and 4th
Tuesdays^ at "3:30
New Hope Women's Club; 1st and'
3rd Wednesdays at 2 p. m.
, Melvin Hill; 1st aid 3rd Thurs
days Girls and Women; 2 P. M.
Greens Creek; 2nd and 4th Thurs
days^ 10:30 at m. for girls and 2 p.
m. for women.
Sunny View j 1st apd 3rd Fridays
Girls Club 2:15 p m.
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Mill Spring; 2nd and 4th Fridays
Girls' and Women's Clubs; 9 a. m.
Women and 2:15 for Girls.
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Varnith for Wall Paper
A home-furnishing suggestion 1* the
use of varnish applied to wall paper
By this, means it is said that the pa
per is preserved longer than ordi
narily, and when necessary It can fee
cleaned with a damp cloth. The rathtr
shiny finish might, however, pren t
drawback.
Under a Tree
In summer, looking upward Into th'j
yast expanse of green boughs, Is an
Intricate architecture, an inimitable
roof, whose lattice windows are set
with transparent lapis lazuli, for the
0*ep blue of the sky seems to comt*
down and rest upon it. ? Richard Jef
fries. ' ?
Southern Railway
Pas
System
enger Train Schedule
f"
Tryon, N. C.
Effective February 22, 1925
8:50 A.
M. Hendersonville, Asheville and
local
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9:16 A- M. Spartanburg, Columbia, Atlanta
and Local
11:35 A. M. Asheville Knoxville, Cincinnati,
and St. Louis.
12:49 P. M. Carolina Special; Spartanburg,
6:08 P.
6:35 P
Columbia and Charleston
M. Savannah, Charleston also Jack-,
sonville and Florida points, also
Atlanta and New Orleans
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M. Carolina Special; Cincinnati and
Indianapolis, and Chicago.
Aboye Figures Published As In
formation only.
I. H.
Wood,
Dhr. Pass. Agt.
Asheville, N. C.
J. H. Rion,
Agent
Tryon, N. C.
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