North Carolina Newspapers

I koathe I * * tOKN C mm jf m m I mm Ilkcting" Winning Corn in thi by the Southern Atlir.'". " handsome silver I; offers: the Southern RailLT . piwor of the best L) est* produced in eight btM of - '1; ""<1 exhibited at Lu<: f. . . iistriei fairs, was lit con.; ' fer in 192.V It was |c*n &; f ?* ' 'he fairs within L - : lid much to stlmkts con.;--. among the corn L>er? cf South, lister. .. ,M.i'ilt adjudged to be L best si > at each fair was put L in s ; ickage by the offltls of " and forwarded to M Gsfr". Agricultural Agent, (utherr. ! :?.. ?ay System. Atlanta. L. w.'h a " certifying the name id pos* v address of the grower id eihtttt - ( the corn and the itjnty In * .. it was grown. Twen lew. lo:- of corn which had won it pnzts t fairs wore forwardto Arar'.i At the !:. : v.ion of Southern Rail' - ? - t_u_ r? r. jouu rv. nuu hcbimi, Agricultural Intension. \ a.: Mr. E. B. Ferris, DiSmith Mississippi Branch Station. Poplarvillo, Miss.. A. Cobb. Editor of the jralist. Atlanta. Ga? met mi December 7 to select of the twenty-seven lots award the cup Each tenwas giveu a number and nd no means of knowing t? grown or by whom it htb'ted. ful whether to many uniexhibits of corn had ever rotten together in the f them were good, but. : going over each exTing it on the schedule rnlng the award, the sic agreed as to one cup should be awarded ' mnd that this exhibit <n by William Patton ar-old Corn Club bov._ v-wherry County. South d been awarded the South Carolina State bin He was accordhe cup for 1925. In SOUTHERN zJTWW' \i 'ieB^vEv r 7 i^y- ? " . SK TSBS^F^ '>w/? *iJU8 <,.JmJMH? Is* I,,- f~'&'",%!/, "? - .-,. "7 ; : ? i." -V **? __ ttv, . ?." a m . Ik I .... Dn?a*nn?r >?VIIIC IIOVY rdooc.'M1" m-,. h attention has ?ttra I he brightly painted ^Bomciti.,. ., >, the Southern Rail *' 8y?te- putting In service tc Iti f;.v -,, ipu passenger trains ^ppltclcii sombre black whlcl ^B* ***' "ilve: -*.i garb for lo\merlcan railways It B8*?1 >'t! Siiuthern has adoptH?11 Wl ?f Virginia greet ^B fold , paHsenger engines ant ^B'?1!' of the heavy Pacifli ar> :ntng from the Rich pla- American Uicomo ^B*<on. dressed In the nev 1 ii re a part of an orde 1- 'Ives which was givei *>' ii tn March, ir' . nglnes have tenderf BV a&4 'i.i r projections above th BJ ' drivers and true Palv.-d r rich Virginia gree ^BJ??oId .eaf striping The bolle ^ r ?*A POL >nn Rai XJP GIV rai ! CORN CUP IN 1925 ) c 1926 Contest tor the Corn Cup offered Railway System. | awarding the prize f'ne judges said: "The committee of Jud-es feel that j the exhibits assembled In the SouthI ern Railway Corn Contest were very j credit able throughout and that the Southern Railway Itself, especially its Development Service, is to be heartily | commended for this forward step It has taken toward the development ol | Southern agriculture. I "We feel that offering the trophy Is distinctly In the Interest of the fat mors generally throughout the en| tire southeastern section of the couni t,ry and are of the opinion that the ! contest is worfh> of the continued support of the farmers and agricultural icftut'is in lilt* cuuui. ivr ?ure nien?? i j ' to find so large a number of exhibits ( representing so wide a territory, Indicating the wide-spread Interest In the contest." The (up was formally presented to William I'i 'ton Boland In the Governor's office at Columbia on Decem| ber 23. by Governor Thomas G. Mc1 l.eod of South Carolina. I In conformity with a concurrent resolution adopted by the legislature of South Carolina, the cup was put : on exhibition In the lobby of the State House. It was shown at Charles! ton. S. C., during the meeting of the ; National Foreign Trade Convention In i that city. April 28-30. 1926, and was taken to Washington. I). C.. and shown I during the meeting of the United : States Chamber of Commerce. May | 11-13. 1926. where It attracted much J attention. By Invitation, young Bo' land took the cup to the Whit? House, i where he was congratulated by Pres| ident CoolUlge and where photographs j of the president, the cup winner and | the cup were made on the White : House lawn It Is Interesting to note that the corn which won the prize In 1925 ! was a variety originated in Georgia 1 and improved bv Mr. T. M. Mills. [ County Agent. Newberry County, ' South Carolina, a real expert In seed selection and production. The variety . is a single-eared white dent type of fair uniformity and good quality. It is a heavy producer. ENGINES IN COLOR SET IS . ...j.." , V?t': i - * ' a_/^- ?JQSBSz^. . \ >* W,.', Locomotive of Southern Railway Syaten I i Jackets, driving rods and other run1 ning parts are highly polished, adding greatly to the attractive appearance of the locomotives. The photo' graph shows No. 1393, the first of the new engines to reach Atlanta, i ready to pull No. 88, the "Crescent . Limited." from Atlanta to Spencer, i N. C. Four of the engines which will hani die Nob. 37 and 38 between Atlanta 1 and Washington hare their tenders u lettered "Crescent Limited" and three - to run between Chattanooga, Blrmlng. ham and Meridian have their tenders v lettered "Queen and Crescent Limr ited." a A distinctive feature of these new locomotives is the size of the tencanacity for 14,000 i, flerg which u<>. e gallons of water and 16 tons of coal, k The tenders have twelve wheels, ben lng mounted on two six-wheel trucks, r j and were designed to eliminate stops j K COUNT1 ilway k iiiN FARMING IN SOI ON SOUNDER OA DEVELOPMENT OF PRAC PLAN9 FOR DIVER9IPICAT AND 80IL BUILDING. COW, HOQ AND HEN PROC Combination of Dairying and F Raising Provides Current Inooma for Farm. numnu i urnor, utntm ?yr ral Agent, Southern Railway tern, Atlanta, Ga. The future of the South's fi Industry, and the general bi prosperity of the Southern o Insofar ar affected by agrloult secure. In the development of any li ant enterprise the first step careful, thoughtful formation ol Southern agriculture Is a grei torprlse, the plans for which been perfeoted In every Imports tall, and the work of construe now under way, ae Is evident the wide diversity of Interest 1 Auction 11 practically every 80 farming community. The Sou engaged In sounder thinking sir advent of the cotton boll weet has set about the correction eoonomlc error of buying from sections foods and feeds that be grown at home. In the cotton belt, east of th slsslppl river, since the advent cotton boll weevil, the develc of Improved methods and of w! versification of production, lnc live stock, has been most grat The fine strides along these were not made without real The service of the newspape "selling" the Idea of the valu< current cash Income for every and the splendid way In whlc might be secured through cows, poultry and hogs, has be? Indeed. Cow, Hog and Han Progra No plan ever suggested has so practical or has grown lr favor as haa the "Cow. Hog an Program." embracing a few co every farm, the sale of cream a feeding of skim milk to chickei pigs. It has been most effect helping farmers and relieving greatest necessity, that of a c cash lnoome to meet runnlr -penses of the farm and family. The sale of whole milk oan b? profitable only by those farmen ? ? 1-J ?isk conveniently tooswu wiiu j.c.c the cities and centers of popu The farmer farther removed frc fresh milk markets should esl himself In the dairy business the basis of the sale of oreai should carry on the companion tries of poultry raising and hog lng In conn ;tlon so as proflta utilize skim milk on the farm Dairying on the basis of th of cream encourages the ralsl young stock, as the farmer has dant skim milk on which to his calves and It pays him to them as a means of utilizing h product. The market for but the South Is, practically speakln Umlted and the same Is true JEW STYLE ,% y ' .. j y' J^GREEK 1 /. j i, Painted Green and Gold. for water. They run through be Atlanta and Greenville without ping for either coal or water, wise no coal or water Is take tween Greenville and Spencer, where engines are changed. T1 glne put on at Spencer runs to roe, Va., without taking on ci water, and then runs to Washl D. C. Two engines thus mal Aflan run of 637 miies uem?u Washington, each of them st< only once for coal and water. Like other heavy Pacific tyi gines now in service on the Soi the new engines have 73-inch t wheels, cylinders Of 27-inch dii and 28-inch stroke, and such n improvements as mechanical si power reverse gears, feed water ers, superheaters and brick i The engines alone weigh 1 pounds and the tenders when 266,000 pounds . r ACHIEVEMEN Lends v lCH yeai _ _ -J ; - - ; v|| rsrerence to tne market ror poultry I II products and for pork. I I II Pastures throughout the South of superior carrying capacity to those vl V lcnown 'n aQy other parts of the country are now common and may be observed on many farms In any section of the. cotton belt. The Introduction of 18TICAL Sumlnou8 grazing plants, especially the winter growing kinds and of grasses, lnoludlng Bermuda, Dallls grass, carpet grass and lespedeza. has converted many a pasture from one of poor production of Indifferent HAM quality grating to one of the highest excellence. 'oultry Greater Production Needed. Southern farmers are not producing anything like the annual volume ol wealth they might produce, conslderloultu ing strength of soils, rainfall. Its dlst 8ya- trlbutlon and general climatic conditions. While diversification already irmlng reached Is considerable and most gratlslnesa lfylng. the many phases of farm proountry dnctlon now In evidence should be ure, is added on a greater proportion of the farms and are, as a matter of fact mport- very rapidly being added. Is the The plans that have been formu1 ntuni lated and that have taken such defl st en- nlte shape In the minds of Southern hare farmers for the building of a great int de- agricultural Industry have Included tlon Is soil building. The long growing sealed ly son, coupled with a wide range ol n pro- suitable legumes, makes It entirely uhtern practical for the farmer to Include s th ha* soil Improvement crop In connection tee th? with every Important money crop '11 and grown In the South. He may-thus add of th? to the soil, either through plowing lr othei the crop or Its residue of humusoould making material each year. One phase of Southern farm pros Mis- ductlon that has not been given the of th< attention It Is entitled to Is that o ipmenl mutton and wool. At this time, howIde dl- ever, Interest In sheep raising Is iludlni rapidly developing. Sheep may be proifylng duced on Southern farms most ecollnei nomlcally and conditions of climate effort which are almost Ideal make It posirs In slble to put on the early spring mars of a ket lambs of finest quality. The alfarmei most Ideal conditions in the South h thli I will enable farmers to produce lambs, adding mutton and wool more cheaply and in flna to realize a finer margin on sheep] raising than In other parts of the m. country. proved Poultry as a substantial source of i such Income to the farmer Is being appred Hen elated and greater Interest taken io ,wi on this line of husbandry than ha9 ever nd thi been known before In the South, as and With Improved breeds and better care ,lve Id lh the matter of housing and feeding theli poultry Is becoming, on many farms, urrenl an Important source of current lnig ex- come. Leaving One-Crop 8ystem. ' "^o^ Those farmers of the South who ' mOB ha(j practiced the one-crop system ncG to " and who, In seasons of poor cotton a ^ crops or unfavorable market condl,n? ' tlons, had frequently been much dlsta 8 tressed with the burden of debt, are upo" emerging from this unsound, unfavor" an able economic condition. They are n gradually adding phases of production, 1. ra 8" particularly dairy cows, poultry, hogs y t0 and. In certain sections, fruit, and vegetable crops, from which they are 8 8 realizing current cash, which Is be01 Ing used for taking care of the houseabun an(j farm expen8e8i leaving the I fAAn _ . . . proceeds rrom tne main crops as a bankable surplus. The rotation of fields Incident to the cultivation of a wider range of farm crops Is i^'wiui provlnK m08t valuable and helpful In 1 the Important matter of Improving the condition of the land and Increasing Its producing capacity. USE NEGLECTED ASSET SAYS SOUTHERN FIELD COMMUNITIES URGED TO HELP GRADUATES OP AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS ACQUIRE FARM8. Washington, D. C.?An Issue of The Southern Field just published by the Development Service of Southern Railway System, is devoted to the 1 agricultural and hrrticultural upbuilding of the South. Its most Important features are an editorial and an address by Mr. Roland Turner, General Agricultural Agent, Southern Railway System, directing attention to the opportunity to put graduates of Southern agricultural schools and colleges on farms. At present a very small proportion of these trained young men becom dirt farmers for the simple reason that the great majority of them lack sufficient money to enable them to take over a farm and run It In the way that they have been taught ' farmlne oneht to be done. It Is 8Ug itween gentb^ in the Field that organizations Jtop- or individuals can do real construe-L,ke tlve work in their communities by n ^e- preparing groups of attractive farms N- C - and offering t) im to these splendidly 16 en equipped young men on terms that will Mon- enable them to pay out and own un3El or encumbered farms, ngton ThiB issue alao includes articles on te the southern Horticultural Development; ta and on Southern Apples, with special refapping erence to marketing advantages and freight rates as compared with Weat)e en- ern apples; on Opportunities for ithern Growing Grapes in the South, on Iriviny profits from Sheep, with special refimetei erence to spring Iambs; on Dairy loden cows and Poultry; on Hauling the takers 1926 peach Crop to Market; on As"?rWnn. o nH neai p&ragus as a rrunLai/io viuy, 11 ?, . irches on a remarkable transportation rec100,00' onj ma(je by Southern Railway In loade. Handling Mule* tor the Spanish dorernment. ' rT1 /I n r n T\ n 11 1 UililjUtfKA Aid Tc * 1?ALW7 SOUTHERN'S CORN CUP OFFERED TO GROWERS PRODUCERS OP BEST TEN EARS WILL WIN THIS HANDSOME TROPHY. CONDITIONS OF THE AWARD To Compote for Southern's Cup, Corn Must Have Won at Pair. Atlanta, 6a.?To encourage the growing of more and better oorn In the territory It serves, the Southern Railway System has offered a handsome silver cup, to be oompeted foi annually. The oup will be awarded for the best ten ears of any variety of field corn grown and exhibited by a farmer In Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina South Carolina, or Virginia. Competition will be open to all growers In the states named, but the corn must first have been exhibited by the grower at one of the designated fairs In his state. The designated fairs at which exhibitors may qualify to compete for the Southern's cup are as follows: Virginia State Fair, Richmond, Va.; Central Fair, Greensboro, N. C.; South Carolina State Fair, Columbia, 8. C.; Tennessee State Fair, Nashville, Tenn.; Trl-State Fair, Memphis, Tenn.; Chattanooga Interstate Fair, Chattanooga, Tenn.; East Tennessee Division Fair, Knoxvllle, Tenn.; Kentucky State Fair. Louisville, Ky.; Southeastern Fair, Atlanta, Ga.; Georgia State Exposition, Macon. Ga.; Georgia State Fair, Savannah. Ga.; Chattahoochee Valley Exposition, Columbus. Ga.; Alabama State Fair, Birmingham, Ala.: State Fair of Alabama, Montgomery. Ala.; MississippiAlabama Fair, Meridian, Miss.: Mississippi State Fair, Jackson, Miss. : South Mississippi Fair, Laurel, Miss. The officials of each fair deslgnoted will be asked to forward the i-n-ear exhibit adjudged to be the best entering competition at that fair In a sealed package to the General 1 * * D^n-ro.. IUU11UI tti nficui, ouuuioin iiau r? Lxy System. Atlanta, Georgia, together with a letter certifying the name and postofflce address of the grower and exhibitor of the corn and the county In which It was grown. In cases in which the eorn Judging rules of the fair shall require the shelling of one or more ears of an exhibit, the shelled corn and the cobs from which It was shelled shall be forwarded with the unnhelled ears. All expense of packing and forwarding exhibits from each fair will be borne by 8outhern Railway System. As soon as the exhibits have been received from all of the fairs designated. the awarding of the cup for that year will be made by three Impartial Jidges. The names of the Judges, together with date of the Judging, will be announced In advance. Any competitor whose corn shall be forwarded to Atlanta from his fair can have his corn returned to him after the final judging by notifying the General Agricultural Agent, j Southern Railway System. Atlanta, j Georgia, at least five days before the final Judging. I The following schedule of points shall govern Judging for the award of Southern Railway Cup: Points (1) Uniformity of exhibit 15 (2) Shape of ears, taking In consideration the variety.. 10 (8) Length of ears, taking In consideration '.he variety.. 10 (4) Circumference, taking In ount on a one hundred per cent lam consideration the variety., 10 Christening on G ^ """ ittMWtV-'. " 1 ?? ?''. I fHSXsWr jf i**-** mF^ i ** M mSBM? : 0 Kr a>A.\JL^ ^ (w BWy c *m .% F \^S R^,' B BP; HhkBSbBI^K if Chaplain Arthur Stone chrlstenln nee ot the parents on the deck of the The baby Is the grandson of the chle and the ceremony was a feature of a i old vessel. ? f T I 0 N< > All F A ") ^YS BIG I (5) Tips of ears..... 8 (6) Butts of ears 5 (7) Kernel uniformity 5 (8) Kernel shape 8 (9) Color of corn and cob 8 (10) Trueness to type of variety represented ?-~... IB (11) Per cent of grain 15 The name of the winner of the cup, with his connty, state and year of winning, will be engraved on a silver plate to be attached to the base of the cup. Title to Southern Railway Corn Cup will remain permanently with Southern Railway Company. Possession of the cup will remain with the prize winner pending Its award to the prize winner In the next following contest. PROFIT IN SEP RAISING IN SOUTH ? GOOD PRICES CAN ALWAYS BE HAD FOR EARLY SPRING LAMBS. By G. W. Humphrey, Agricultural Agent, Southern Railway System, Atlanta, Ga. In the general live stock program for Southern farmers, (here Is one branch of meat animal production, which, as a whole, has been sadly neglected, namely sheep. Therein lies a branch of animal husbandry offering most splendid returns, and one which should have much more consideration. Climatic conditions In the South are most favorable and the sheep farmer enjoys many advantages In economical feeding, housing, etc., because of the long grazing season and moderate winters. Earlier In our history the South was an Important sheep raising section of the country and sheep were found to < be on many farms and upon the , ranges. In 1880, there were In the ten Southern states traversed by Southern Railway System, 4,155,000 head of sheep, while In 1923 the number hed dwindled down to 1,951,000, showing a loss of 2,204,000 during these years. In the same period cattle have shown an Increase of 2,808,000 head. Small Outlay Required. A small flock of sheep may be started without a large outlay of cap ltal and they are a great producer of revenue In the form of lambs and wool. The main object with farm flocks in the South should be the : production of early lambs, and to ob- i tain a good market it is necessary ; that there be sufficient flocks in a given ' reality so that the lambs may be assembled and -raded. then ship ped In carload lots to the best mar kets. A farmer with a small flock by himself is at a disadvantage ut less he has sufficient! for a carlo! shipment or a local market which can tafce his product. However, there are plegjty of Instances where furmers have but a few head and the sale ot lambs brings a nice cash income. We would advise starting with a small flock, say twenty-five head 'lood common ewes can usually be bought for around $5.00 or $6.00 -;rr bead Forty dollars or $50.00 will buy a purebred registered rant of good conformatlor Twenty-five ewes -at 55.00 and registered ram at $50.00 vould be an investment of $175.00. With good attention the farmer ma crop. These lambs should weigh ilxty-five pounds by May 1st to 15t and at prices prevailing the past sea son should be worth about $1).5< pet head. T enty-five lamb: a this pri< < would be worth $237.50 and the woo' clip, estimated at $30.00, would a? gregate $267.50 or $92.50 more thai the initial cost of the flock - I Mistitution's Deck g William H. DUlow, Jr., Id the prea historic frigate Constitution at Boston f electrician of the Boston navy yard rogram for raising funds to restore th? ? i ' ~ ~*" ?- < '^4 ~Zr . V . POLK COUNTY NEWS armers 1 ' \1 EVENT I INDUSTRIALIZING 1 THE SOUTH I Iu the South as well as the North the drift is toward industrlllzatlon. There is already a marked tendency for wealthy manufucturin garul commercial interests to capture and control the machinery of the Democrat- .'j ic Party her? as they have captured and controlled the Republican mach- ^ inery in many Northrn states. In a recent primary election for the state i.!? _ v,ol? .1..0I (ha ICglOiaUL^j 1U ci uau 1 Ui 1M u?w write found not a single famer on the ticke for either House or Senate, seven of the nine candidates were city men and the others a smalltown merchant and a small-town lawyer. This industrializing of the South was the subpect' of a recent article by E. C. Lindeman in which be warned against the disposition to s bury our superb Anglo-Saxon population in cotton mills, leaving the Negroes in increasing proportion on the farms, and against the growing pedominance of the town in all phases of life. Says "he: "Unorganized agricultural froduc ers must give way step by step as the industrializing process goes for- , r ward. Cooperative associations are doing something toward orderly marketing of both cotton and to* hacco but these organizations are none too sure of continued existence they have from the start fought an uneven battle with the merchants, bankers and speculator^ of the towns and iu one or two significant cases they show signs of defeat. In any case, the domiant culture of the coming South will be urban in character and favor. It will take its cues from Rotary, Kiwanis, Chamber of Commerce, and Manufacturers' Associations and not from the country store, church, or school. Tt those who regard all human rural products as 'yokels' this will be a welcome shift. They should remember, however, that wherever the shadow of the machine has fallen in the past the ensuing civilization has become stereotyped, standardized, dull, and uninspiring. Southern cities already show signs of these !nf/\n4fftno " lULCvliUUO. As for our cooperative marketing associations, Mr. Lindemau might have added that even there farmers have been to much inclined to, choose dirrec^ora and officials from commercial life and allow bankers and business men to dominate affairs. And yet if the South can be savedv from this over-industrialization, If agriculture can be revived and strengthened and a poper balance between town and coutry preserved here what a superb flowering of eivilzation the South might achieve. The raw materials for it are all at hand says Mr. Lindeman; who concludes by saying: "And there is something about the people ? something deep and frightening at times, something which has grown out of suffering, something indigenous which might, if it were creatively released, pro- , vide the most potent stimulus for cultural advance since New England civilization disintergrated. A few of the socially minded leaders of the South are aware , of the portentous changes going about them, they see that material progress Is fast outrunning social resources, and they would, if they could, maintain the balance. Their task calls for rare qualities of vision, indepenance win?exciting thought?" The South needs, as America needs, an active, vital , aggressive agriculture to offset the lopsided indusyializaltion that threatens ' us. ienc'e, and courage. If they could ^outn ana wesi snouia worK ia1 aether to efefc* this result.?Clar- * ?nce Poe, in The Progressive Farmer. ji GARDEN-HOME BUILDER To Carry Article on Tryon Doubleday-Page & Co., interesting Magazine Garden-Home and Builder have an advance notice in their ? ? Dctober issue that the November number, which will be released and nn the Newsstand about November Lhe 20 will be devotedly exclusively x :o Southern Gardens. In this interesting collection will be fould an article by Mrs. Mary H. Phifer, probably the best known writer in this section on Gardening and Flowers, entitled the Garden of Twifati A I J (JLI. Extra copier, of the above magatine have been ordered by Mija'I- * lines as no doubt there will be teen local- Interest in this de?criptive discussion of the beauty we are iccustomed to passing each day. . We believe that the world may ^et produce seme, prodigy who can <eep np cb the world's athletic, championships.