THE YANCEY RECORD
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Extension Service Provides Computers
Do you know the profitabi
lity of your farm? Do y>u knav
which crops and livestock net
tiie greater returns? Is your
present accounting system ade
quate for accumulating and
Farmers Home Admin.
Interest Rates Still Low
Just recently there appeared
in the local newspapers that VA
and FHA interest rates were in
creased to 8 1/2 percent. Tie
FHA as described referred to the
Federal Housing Authority, not
to the Farmers Home Adminis
tration.
We are pleased to announae
that the Farmers Home Adminis
tration interest rates were not
changed.
Interest rates for below mo
derate to moderate income
people is 6 1/4 percent. In
some cases, depending on in
come and number in the family,
loans may be made below the
I Everybody flocks to
1 low-cost
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sorting data for your tax return?
If your answer is "NO" to
these questions, you may be
interested in the Farm Esin e ss
Records program offered by the
North Carolina Agricultural Ex-
6 1/4 percent interest. The
above moderate income loans
from the Farmers Home Admi
nistration are still 8 percent.
Currently, we do have a
small amount of funds to tuild,
purchase or repair dwellings for
eligible applicants in the below
to moderate income group at
the interest rates stated above.
HoWever, presently we do not
have funds for the above- mo
derate income level people. But
we do expect to have funds for
this group later on in the year.
If interested contact the
Farmers Home Administration
Office in Burnsville.
tension Service. This program
utilizes electronic computers to
aid individual farmers in their
farm record" keeping. For a
nominal charge to cover pro -
cessing costs, farm records are
processed monthly to show to
tals for the month and to-dite
during the year. Thus, the to
tals of the 12th month provide
annual summaries useful for
business analysis and tax re -
porting. County Extension
Agents can provide details on
how the program operates.
To avail themselves of this
| FARM NEWS BRIEFS |
Class In Trellised Tomatoes To Begin
BURNS VIHE - A class in
trellised tomatoes will start in
the Oak Crest school Monday
morning,-January 19 at 8: 30
program in 1970, farmers are
advised to get started with their
January transactions.
The N. C, Farm Business Re
cords systems allows a separate
accounting of receipts, expen
ses, and investments for dis -
ferent enterprises or other sub
units. Worksheets are filled
out monthly by the farmer tc
show each transaction. The
electronic computer derives se
veral types of reports from these
data including (l)a listcf income
and expenses by enterprise or
other accounting sub-unit and
a,m., according to informa tin
from the Extension office.
This is a Man Development
Training Administration Pro -
gram to help low income peo
ple to get the training they need
in order to improve their in -
comes. The class is a coope -
rative effort between the
Employment Security Commis
sion and the Extension Service.
The teachers will be Yates
( Deyton, tomato production; V.
B. Stenzel and Colonel Bennett
Rat Program
Is Successful
BURNSVILLE - Charlie Fox,
leader of Mine Fork Communi
ty, reports that rats are scarce
there due to a rat program con
ducted recently in cooperation
with the County Health Dept,
and Extension Service.
Fox said that he would not
take a hundred dollars for his
results. The rats were about to
take over the place before the
bait was used. ,
Bait was put out in boxes
that can be locked to prevent
pets and children from being
poisoned.
Neighbors had similar results
—best results when all treat at
the same time.
The rat bait was secured thru
the Health Department and
mixing was supervised by N. C.
Extension agent and the sani -
tarian of the Yancey County
Health Department.
Other communities interest
ed in a rat campaign can get
details by contacting the Yan
cey Comity Extension Office or
the Yancey County Health Efept
Largest
Selling
Hemorrhoid
Remedy
So Successful It Outsells
All Others Combined
PREPARATION H 0
OINTMENT or SUPPOSITORIES
the total farm, (2) a record of
loan accounts, (3) a profit-and
-loss statement, (*) a net worth
statement, (5) a classification
of ordinary expenses for the
federal income tax return, and
(6) a cash flow statement. In
addition, the former's depre -
ciation schedule is up-dated
annually.
The processed reports are
returned to the farmer each mu
The data is held cons id entiaL
The program is provided Ihroigi
the Extension Service as a ser
vice to participating formers to
'dd in better management of
farms.
So, contact your county E
xtension agent and get started
with a systematic farm busi -
ness record in 1970.
basic education. The class will
receive pay for attending ac
cording to rates set up by the
Employment Security Commis
sion. Some growers were screen
ed last Thursday, and the re
mainder will be screened in
the Courthouse in ®umsville on
Thursday, January 15. They
can also be screened at the em
ployment office in Spruce Pine.
Tomato growers who atten
ded the school last year are not
eligible to enroll in the tomato
class, bii would be eligible for
the shrubbery class.
For further information,con
tact the Yancey County Exten
sion Office in the Courthouse,
Burnsville.
Dairy Contest
Representative
BURNSVILLE - Harrell E.
Hensley, Yancey County Dairy
man, is representative of Yan
cey County in the efficient
Dairy Production Contest for
1969.
Winners will be selected on
the basis of milk production per
cow, feed cost per hundred
pounds of milk, calving inter
val, feeding and management
practices, as well as other
approved practices.
Hensley had a herd average
on his 90 cow herd of 15,720
pounds milk and 537 pounds of
butter fat.
The Dairy Herd Improve -
ment Association sponsors the
contest. E.L, Dillingham,
County Extension Chairman ,
said that others on the DHIA
Testing Program were Ear 1
Young, Ralph Young, Francis
Anglin, Bobby Gus Randolph
and Tom Ray.
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