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The v ancey Record I Established July, 1936 TRENA P. FOX, Editor & Publisher THURMAN L. BROWN, Shop Manager ARCHIE BALLEW, Photographer & Pressman PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY YANCEY PUBLISHING Company Second Class Postage Paid at Burnsville, N. C. THURSDAY, JAN. 13, INC NUMBER TWENTY J SUBSCRIPTION RATES 32.50 PER YEAR The Great Society For ttiose who like it, the Great Society worth every penny At is /timing. For those who oppose it, any price is too high. The trou ble is that both sides of the argument usually have no idea just what the tab will come to. The facts are inter esting, no matter how you look at it. This year’s administrative budget—and this is consid erably smaller than the sum total of the Treasury’s total expenditures—-was announc ed at under SIOO billion by President Johnson. However, the best estimates as of now are that by the end of the fiscal year, on July 1, 1966, the Administration will have gone at least $lO billion over what was budgeted. This will give the Treasury one of the biggest peacetime deficits in history. Only part of this can be dumped in the Great Socie ty’s lap. After all, close to SSO billion will go for defense alone—and there are such Extension Narrative 1965 The Extension Office has gotten out a very compre he sive report, entitled, ‘ YANCEY COUNTY EXTEN SION NARRATIVE, 1965”. This narrative is in fopr parts under the following headings: AGRICULTURE, COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 4-H PROGRAM, and HOME ECONOMICS. The RECORD feels that this is such an important re port, and should be of so much interest to its readers, that it is publishing it in its entirety, the first of which, “AGRICULTURE DAIRYING”, is coming out in this issue, the balance of the narrative to follow in succeeding issues. If you would like to read this re port at one “sitting’’ we sug gest that you save your pa pers for that purpose. We assure you that it is all well worth reading. The personnel of the Yan cey County Extension Office In 1965 was composed of E. L Dillingham, County Ex tension Chairman; Mrs. Alice B. Hopson, Home Economics Extension Agent; Waightstlll Avery, Assistant Agricultur al Extension Agent; Ken neth Sanchagrin, Assistant Extcnson Agent, Community Development (who came to w ork in October); M. P. Zuver, Agricultural Exten sion Agent, working on the Unit Test Demonstration Program; Mrs. Shirley Anne McAllister, Secretary; and expenditures as foreign aid,, a solid $3.3 billion, and other —prnorrams begun by previous Adm nlstrations. Great Society programs, for which the American tax payer will be paying in the next five years, add up to some slll billion In new au thorizations. Os that $1 bill ion will go to the Appalach ia relief project, $7 billion for a Federal ald-to-educa tion step-up, and a conser vatively estimated $5 bill'on for the poverty war. A s2* billion measure, for various Federal subsidies, sits on President Johnson's desk, awaiting his signature. The International Monetary Fund is scheduled to get $1 billion, and Social Security’ will cost the Treasury $33 billion more than it did before this year. This is one reason why the Administration is talking of increasing taxes. The Great Society may be great—but it’s expensive, and to all of us. Mrs. Patricia Anders, Secre tary, who came to work In November. Agriculture Dairying Ya..cey County farmers are w r ell on their way to reaching their goal of $5,750,000 farm Income by 1966. ‘F-c-J f The dairy business is one ' Industry in Yancey in which the trend continues toward virtual mechanization. Dair ymen are even considering electronic computers as a means of keeping records. One distributor paid Yan cey County dairymen some , $504,000 for mhk produced. There are 43 dairies in the c unty and record keeping is important not only for expenses and receipts, but for individual and herd pro duction as well. One section of the county the Brush Creek Com munity traces its develop ment to a ralroad milk run in which cream from a small route was shipped by train. From the early beginning, there are now six Grade A dairies and five commercial milk producers in the Brush Creek Community alone. The Ma-k Mclntosh fam ily of Jacks Creek has done an outstanding job of im proving its herd of dairy cattle through artificial breeding. The Mclntosh farm contains 70 acres and is wel'-managed from the standpoint of soil conserva tion and high productivity. START GOOD HEART AND HEALTH HABITS EARLY! THESE SAFEGUARDS, BEGUN IN CHILDHOOD. MAY REDUCE RISK OF HEART ATTACK 't; iw tour ENCOURAGE •* V WEIGH! 1 | GET BASIC HEART FACTS AND SHARE j ~~ ~1 THEM WITH yOtig CHILDREN KEEP THEM PHYSICALLY FIT — UNS/> TURATED Lr THROUGH REGULAR EXERCISE : I PROMOTE TEACH THEM SMOKING IS BAD FOR HEALTH / fJQy' ,{| iff Mr. Mclntosh said that they started selling class C milk In 1939. The change to grade A was made in 1948. The replacements are home grown and the herd is 100 per cent artificial breeding The farm was 'valued at $20,000 in 1939 and a conser vative estimate now would be $50,000 or over. The 13 cows In milk pro duced 21.345 pounds of milk during the last 30 days. Mc- Intosh said that his cows had increased so much in milk production that he just couldn’t understand why all ■the Yancey County dairymen didnt breed artificially. Bis Ray, UTD farmer of the Cane River section, Is demonstrating that a small farmer can stay in the dairy business. The Ray family be lieves that it is more im portant to be good than just to be big. The Rays have increased their production of milk from 300 pounds per day to 500 pounds. They must be living right because 13 out of 14 of their last calves, re sulting from artificial breed ing, have been heifers. A yield of silage of 180 tons was produced on 7.5 acres. This Is an average of 24 tons per acre. Burley to bacco yielded 1408 pounds on .88 of an acre; pastures have been improved until the Rays were able to keep 18 head of cows and heifers on 25 acres. Major changes on the farm, since becoming a de monstration farm, have been starting the herd on a pro duction testing program, keeping an approved farm record system .building a pole-type bam,’, adding a diesel tractor and tobacco setter. Robinson’s Dairy, a local distributor of milk In Mit chell and Yancey Counties for 35 years, has taken over the distribution of milk for Pet dairies. Regina Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Robin son of the Double Island Community, was winner In the June Dairy Month Prin cess Contest sponsored by the Yancey County dairy men. t Walter Edwards, dairy far mer of Cane River Commun ity, was Master Farm Fam ily for Yancey County in 1965 ACP Practices For 1966 The basic purpose of the Agricultural Conservation Program is to aid in achiev ing necessary conservation of our soil and water resour ces. The future prosperity of this Nation necessitates the protection and mainten ance of our land and water resources. Conservation of these re sources is urgent and it pays. The Agricultural Conser vation Program Is entirely voluntary. Any farmer who The following practices have been selected for the 1966 program: A-2 Permanent pasture for hay. A-3 Additional vegetative cover In crop rotation. A-4 Liming material on farmland. A-7 Establishment of stand of trees on farmland. Brl Permanent pasture or hay improvement. D-i Winter cover crops. Farm income Up It has been quite a year for agriculture. * Farm In come stands the highest In over a decade; farmers are harvesting the largest crop on record; and a significant new farm bill has been en acted. Realized net farm Income this year, an estimated sl4 billion, Is up more than $1 billon from 1964 and is the highest since 1952. This re sults mainly from price and Income gains for livestock and livestock products, believes he can do the need ed conservation job on his farm without the aid of the limited funds available un der the program is urged to do so. You will be given an op portunity to request the Federal Government t o share the cost if needed, to aid you in carrying out eligi ble practices on your farm. We will start Issuing pur chase orders for the 1966 program year Monday, Jan uary 17, 1966. The form on which the request for cost sharing must be made, if cost-sharing is desired, may be obtained at the Yancey ASCS Office. Ramblings By: lie!ton Carmichael A forest is a good sized tract of land covered with k*oes. now that sounds all right, doesn’t it or dose it? Wait a moment. Let us look at that definition. Maybe it should be chang ed a little. What of other p.ants besides trees in the forest and do we think of streams and lakes as part of the forest? When we think of trees, do we think of birds in the branches, squirrels playing on the limbs, or rac coons in hollow trunks? It looks as if we shall have to be more careful when we think and talk about forests, for all these things are an important part of the for est and should be included in the definition of a forest. Foresters think of the for est as a combination of soil, water, plants, and animals closely associated and more or less dependent on one another. The very kind and nature of the plants and animals depend to a great extent upon and amount of soil available. The continued existence of the soil and Its fertility de pend to a large extent upon \the kinds and numbers of plants it continues to grow. Plants and animals can’t live without water. Streams and lakes dry up when the plant cover isn’t heavy en ough to preserve the snow and rainfall. Some trees and plants de pend upon certain animals for distribution of their seed. The well being of some ani mals depends upon a parti cular kind of plant. In short, no living thing of the forest can get along without the help of other living things found there. In the management of the National forests, the Forest Service takes Into considera tion the essential findings concerning the habits and requirements of the wild creatures. Areas are some times cleared in the forest so that lower growing food plants can .thrive and also be nearby larger trees which furnish the cover for refuge and rest. When the timber produc ing trees become mature and are ready for harvesting the needs of wildlife are not for gotten. Hollow trees that serve as dens for raccoons or special trees which fur nish nesting sites for birds may be left standing. Clear cutting timber in small blocks leaves wooded patch es and openings close to gether, making an excellent wildlife habitat. Tree plant ings are arranged to provide openings for wildlife and • species valuable as food and cover are frequently planted. Three and one, third mill ion big game animals, thou sands of predators, and fur bearers and untold millions of smaller animals and birds live on the National Forests. There are over 80,000 miles of good fishing streams and within the National Forests also there are over 2*4 mill ion acres of natural and ar tificial lakes that are used for fishing. It is easy to see, if we stop and think about It, that there are many things in the forest besides the trees are there not? Also that the youth of the Nation has an Incomparable heritage in its National For est wildlife.
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