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PAGE FOUR - ' Around The Mt. Mitchell Forest Service District By George Vitas, U. S. Forest Ranger Television is new and w e are learning about it all the time. For instance, Ivan Lewis who lives at Indian Grave Gap on the Tennessee-North Caro lina line came in the other day and told us something about the behaviour of his TV set that has us puzzled. He said his set worked great all winter long until spring came and the leaves in the surrounding National Forest began to bud out. Then, he said, he noticed that the picture commenced to get fluttery and as the new green leaves became larger the set became increasingly agita ted. “But if you really want to see the set act up,” he said, “you ought to be around when the wind starts stirring those leaves on the trees—the pic ture shimmy’s all over the place.” Well, this is another one of the many things we don’t know about.. If we were to crawl out on a limb and speculate, we would say that in some unexplainable manner the growing leaves are creat ing an electronic disturbance in the' atmosphere which seems to be intensified When the wind shakes the leaves up a bit. And while we are on the subject of trees and television. Several months ago they had one of those devastating for est fires to which Southern California is so often subjected Hundreds of fire fighters were needed. Forest Rangers found out that the quickest and most effective way to get volunteer forest fire fighters quick was to go on a Los Angeles televis-| ion station and make an appeal' to the people. The response' was excellent. And out in Australia, as a forest fire prevention stunt, they televised a going forest fire from a plane. The reac tion of folks sitting in the sec urity of their homes while * they watched a forest fire race through the trees was one that left a lasting impression. Every once in a while a tra gedy strikes in the District. Several days ago, C. 0. Ray,' FOR THE FINEST SHOE REPAIR WORK TRY RIDDLE’S HARNESS & SHOE SERVICE We Do All Types of Shoe & Harness Repair Work Located In The Banks Building Across From The Theatre iMWlllUßlllMllHMliriMlilWlUlMiiMiHlMlllllßlllllßiiiiMlHiMiiniwiuiianminiwiinMiiuMiiiiMiiiiMiiiiMiiii I B.F. Goodrich Tire MEW 1952 DEFIANCE Wl2' 6.00-16 'x, I EXTRA-CUSHION DEFIANCE jFjgSul «t|CO«t . .at run* aide- 6.70-15 AUTO & HOME CENTER PHONE 236 BURNSVILLE, N. C. 0/^¥^oodrich| Fooodrici 1 nnTirwrrHi l ' w i who is one of our National Forest neighbors living at Celo, lost his home and every -1 thing it contained in a fire of undetermined origin. With the ( help of his friends and neigh-! bors, Mr. Ray, who has a fam- 1 ily of seven, hopes to rebuild. j Last Friday we attended a joint meeting of North Caro-j lina and Tennessee citizens at' Spruce Pine, to discuss plans for the coming Roan Mountain I Rhododendron Festival, sched uled for June 21st. At that time, not only the festival with its beauty contest and other, events will be held, but the newly built North Carolina and Tennessee highways to! the top of Roan will be dedi-j cated. We have been attending' these meetings for three years and are very much impressed' with the sky-rocketing intei «t in the Roan Mountain develop ment. The cities of Newland, Burnsville, Bakersville, Spruce Pine, Elk Park and Banner Elk all had from 4 to 23 repre sentatives at the meeting. A total of 71 attended. TOBACCO SPECIALIST GATHERS DATA IN COUNT/ S. N. Hawks, tobacco spec ialist, visited chemically treat ed tobacco bed demonstrations j in the county recently and collected data on plant beds in ' this area. The specialist recommended that-when weather is dry, to . bacco beds should be watered, j jHe said blue mold should be | treated with Fermate or Dith ane, either dust or spray mat-j erial, according to the manu facturer’s directions. A treat-, ment of 5 percent DDT dust, 1 was recommended where flea beetle infection is noted. “If a grower has a shortage of plants,” said Mr. Hawks, “don’t go out of the state to get plants because of the dan-j ger of black shank, the disease that has almost put some growers out of business in ' other burley belt states.” , ’ PASTURE WILL HELP l' LOWER DAIRY COSTS If Tar Heel dairymen aye to , compete with other sections of the country, they must low er their milk production costs and increase their net income. This ig the opinion of A. C. Kirarey, dairy specialist for , State College Extension Ser vice. “The greatest single thing that can be done,” says Kim | rey, “is to provide enough pas i ture for at least seven months lof profitable grazing during the year. Also, there must be !an abundance of high-quality legume roughage for winter feeding.” j Kimrey asserts that the cheapest source of nutrients , for milk production is grass, which can be produced any- I where in North Carolina when , the dairyman is willing to de vote good land to pasture j building. j I “Profitable pasture can no j more be built on poor soil than ' can a profitable corn crop be produced on such soil,” de clares the specialist. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the most desirable k _ _ iff. f. 'V-. I ... 4pttHHHp£|« A\ M r/cTATC.- rnncrc / N'V. i> iAf||^o lUbGt Thi s is “bug time” as well as garden time and garden , fruits, vegetables and flowers seem to have more than their share of pests. It is not possi jble to give specific control in ' formation in a short column 1 such as this, but certain prin : ciples of control can be men tioned. Spray materials and labor are expensive and unless used properly and intelligent-- j ly v may be a waste of time and money. In order to carry on a suc cessful spray program you j should first know or determine ' what pest you are trying to control. I s it a disease, is it a 1 1 chewing insect like a bean! beetle or a sucking insect like' an aphid, and what sort of da mage does it do? Second, you should know what spray ma terial to use to control the pest and how to apply it to be ef fective. For example, it would require a fungicide to control plane diseases, and this spray would have no effect on in sects. Insect sprays would not control diseases. It i s often necessary to know how to ap ply the spray. For example, the Mexican bean beetle feeds mostly on the under side of h REMEMBER”! SV THE OLD TIMERS j rom Kay Mclntosh, Montrose, Mich.: I remember the'many nice, things at Grandma's house, such as •the big, black Dutch oven that stood on three legs on the hearth, filled with sweet potatoes baked to a turn, soft and sweet and good eat ing on winter evenings. I remembei the small “pattie” of bes’s wax or the ironing board to smooth Grand ma’s iron fresh-hot from the kitch on range top. From Mrs. W. T. Cox, Big Lake, Texas: I remember when a pinch .if this, a pinch of that and a dash of something else made the best ■pple pie you ever ate. Cooking chools and exact recipes didn’t interfere with a woman’s natural knack for cooking. Women had the feel for mixing things. rom Mrs. Mary Roth Bonsall, Par shall, N.D.: I remember when a liild the great events we looked forward to. Once a year Mother look us four children on a pleasure boat excursion down the river and back — these are known as show •boats today. On the Fourth of July, she piled us in a springy buggy and we drove to town to celebrate. In the fall, we attended the old sol diers’ reunion. From Mrs. Christ Karcentokalas, Perryvllle, Mo.: Well I remem ber as a little girl I attended Sun day school with my four sisters. As we had only one pair of Sunday shoes a year, we walked barefoot ed to church and back all summer, carrying our shoes to keep than* clean, wearing them only when In the church. From the Old Cass, Chicago: I re, member the bathing beauties oil Mack Sennett days. Their suits would keep a modem gal as warm as a mink coat, they were so capacious. Modern gals’ swim suits keep the men warm, except me— Hn too old. .(Mall your memories to THE >LD TIMER. BOX 340, FRANK , i ’ORT, KYJ 1 nm YANCEY RECORD RIVERSIDE NEWS Mrs. Ernest Byrd and dau ghter visited Mr. and Mrs. Naflf Whitson here last Sunday v Reed Hall and room mate, tillage land must be put in pasture. Instead, on many! farms there is good rolling land that will wash badly if fit cultivated and that might much more profitably be put into permanent pasture, to gether with the adjacent branch and creek bottoms. If this is done, plant food wash ed from the more level fields Will be captured and convert ed into grass, and-the fertility will be returned to the fields of the farm through the med ium of the dairy cow, if she is allowed to graze. “The great grazing sections of the country,” says Kimrey, "take the same dairy blood that we have and consistently develop from it larger and bet ter cows that produce more milk. The difference is not blooa but pasture —not just fenced land but good soil that has been properly prepared and seeded to suitable grass-! es.” , * the bean leaf. Therefore, the spray must be directed against the under side of the leaf iti order to effectively control it. Thi:d, the spray must be ap plied at the right time. This is very important, especially f-.r control of plant diseases as well as certain insects. Fourth do a thorough job. Good cover ! a ee is necessary for effective control. lour county agent can help you identify the specific pests 1 are giving you trouble and can furnish you informa tion for controls. Or you may obtain bulletins from the nJ C. Agricultural Extension Ser vice, Raleigh, N. C. [ 1 The Condition Os S s 2 5 Your Lawn ( 5 $ 2 Is Noticed First by Visitors and Neighbors A Well-Kept Lawn Enhances The Beauty Os Your Home 2 2 Come In And See Our Lawn Equipment, Hand Mow- ers-Reel-Type and Whirling Power Mowers-Clippers— Shears—Lawn Chairs and Gliders. S I 2 _ Garden & Farm Tools 8 Water Pumps For Farm and Home j C J Hardware-Plumbing Supplies S Appliances—Electrical Supplies S 2 Furniture To Fit Your Taste | S BURNSVILLE FURNITURE & HARDWARE CO. j | HOME OF QUALITY MERCHANDISE J —, ■■ -' ■ ■■ ; Jim Hall, of Mars Hill Col lege spent last week end with Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hall. Mrs. Ernie Wilson and Mrs. Glenn Brooks have returned home after having visited their brothers, James D., John and Wai*ren McKinney o 1 Washington, D. C., and Balti ' more, Md., for the past week. SOME ONE ONCE described >e ,sentment as “a union of sorrow with malignity.” One cannot help being hurt by injuries or injustices suffered at another’s hands. Nor is it unusual for,a wronged person to want to "get even." Revenge the fruit of resentment, is sweet or, at least, it appears to be Resentment is one of the mo.- easily aroused human emotions An unkind word or an unfair criti cism instantly causes it to Rare up Serious wrongs cause a more in tense, violent and prolonged reac tion. Resentment sometimes grows into a cancer of hate. It can be a two-edged weapon, menacing the vindicative person as well as his victim. Suppose that a man has been dealt with atrociously by another Re is not simply angry: He consid ers he has a perfect right to make the other person pay for his ac tions. Scon, however,, the injured party’s good sense begins to assert itself. He-says to himself: If I am mean to this person, surely God has a right to be a milion times meaner to me? * This is a thought that should de stroy the spirit cf resentment in any man’s soul. Who has not offended God at one time or another? How many times has God forgiven some creature who may even yet be com mitting faults against Him? Is there a human being who can be have as badly toward me as I have toward God? Scripture says we must do good to those that hate or injure us. This Is Christian love. It is the love exemplified by God, who treats all with unfailing generosity, who never turns His face from •v.-n the most sinful of His children Buy U. S. Savings Bonds VOTE FOR OLIVE ism WmBL ■ / * OUve Advocated. And Will Walk tfot: 1. ECONOMY IN GOVERNMENT. 2. HOLDING DOWN TAXES; NO NEW ONES. 3. ADEQUATE SCHOOLS FOR ALL CHILDREN. 4. REDUCED TEACHER LOAD WHERE NEEDED. 5. ADEQUATE PAY FOR TEACHERS. G. BETTER CARE FOR MENTALLY ILL. 7. MORE RURAL TELEPHONES. 8. IMPROVED PRIMARY HIGHWAYS. 9. CONTINUED BETTERMENT OF RURAL ROADS. 10. REFERENDUM ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. 11. FULLER DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 12. ELECTRICITY FOR ALL RURAL HOMES THAT WANT IT. 13. INTENSIVE HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM. 14. COST-OF-LIVING PAY RAISE FOR STATE EM PLOYEES. 15. HONESTY AND EFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT. 16. STATE-WIDE VOTE ON SOLDIERS’ BONUS YOUR VOTE FOR OLIVE ON MAY 3U WILL BE APPRECIATED County Campaign Manager THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1952
The Yancey Journal (Burnsville, N.C.)
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