THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1931
Notice Os Fish Stocked In
The Waters Os Yancey
County
. In accordance with pre
viously approved plans, the
Wildlife Resources Com
mission has completed'
stocking of 2000 small river
bass averaging 2 inches in
length, in the waters of
Cane River. These fish
were produced at the State
Fish Hatchery located near
Table Rock. District Game
and Fish Protector, Milton
Higgins directed the re
lease of the fish and soli
cited assistance from mem
bers of the .local wildlife
club and other interested
sportsmen.
The Wildlife Resources
Commission points out that
the cooperative effort of all
those interested i n the
State’s fish and game re
sources will be required to
bring about better fishing,
the favorite outdoor re
creation of so many Amer
icans.
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’SO Farm Census Shows
Decline In Produce
In a recent release by the
U. S. Department of Com
, merce on the 1950 Census
of Agriculture in Yancey
; County it was shown that
there were 2,740 farms in
the county with an average
size slightly above 44 acres.
The 1950 value per farm
was shown at $4,399.
There were 608 farms
containing 10 acres or less,
with the highest number,
829, ranging around 30 ac
res. The number of farms
drop rapidly above 50 ac
res; however, five were re
ported to contain' 1000 ac
res or above.
Farmers on 441 farms
reported no sales of pro
ducts from the previous
season while 45 reported
sales amounting from
S6OOO to SIO,OOO. All pro
ducts sold amounted t o
$1,436,011.
A break-down in types of
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farms showed dairying
leading with 60 while poul
try farming followed with
4i. General farms, of cour
se, were not included in the
break-down. Tobacco led in
field crop production with
a total of 1,706,343 pounds
marketed
Some ot the farm crops
specified which were har
vested in the 1949 season
were corn; 243,947 bu.;
wheat, 1240 bu.; oats, 879
bu.; Irish potatoes, 50,064
bu.; sweet potatoes, 4207
bu.; apples, 5192. There
was a decided decline in
farm crops from the 1945
census, and in many cases
the difference was great.
Corn was shown as fifty]
thousand bushels below the
1945 production while Irish]
potatoes fell below by 36
thousand bushels.
In the animal field over 6
thousand head were sold by
farmers while over 7 thou
sand were slaughtered for
home use- or. sale. .Fifty
three thousand chickens
TEE lANCEY RECORB'
; Strawberries Show Profit
For 4-H Girl B
Marietta Tweetsie At- H
kins, daughter of Mr. and ■
Mrs. Bill Atkins of the Bur- y
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that a small strawberry I
patih in your garden will ■
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Last year the. Atkins’ ■
bought 500 everbearing L
Mastodom plants. From I
these they saved 700 plants I
and set them last April, 18 I
inches apart in 3M> foot Ij
rows. The runners are cut H
off except for the plants U
which will produce theP
next year’s crop. The ever- U
] bearing varieties produce H
some berries throughout U
] the summer. Although they P
produce a heavy crop about U
the first of June and light- P
er crop the first of Septem- U
ber. P
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Atkins has harvested 43 M> I
gallons of berries from 4 I
rows about 100 feet long. 1
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ssl worth besides all the P
family could use for home U
use. Tweetsie plans to I ,
freeze the late summer and I
fall crop for home consum- L
ption.
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Picnic To Be Held U
The Annual Masonic and I
Eastern Star Picnic will be I
held Sunday, June 24, at 1 ■
p. m. on the grounds of Ij
South Estatoa Church. All I
members and their families y
are invited to attend the I
picnic.
and over 133 thousand doz- IJ
en eggs were sold during ■
the year of 1949. U
According to the report, P
all phases of farm produc- ■
tion in this county has drop- F
ped greatly with the exeep- I
tion of cattle. P
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