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PAGE 6B THE YANCEY RECORD, jjfffA Rural Housing Loans;! !> The basic objectives of the Farmers Home Ad- <| ! 1 ministration are to assist farm owners, senior citizens, ] I ! [ and other rural residents and other persons who are or J! ! [ will be owners of land in rural areas to obtain decent, J i ! | safe, and sanitary dwellings and to assist farmowners J> i | and owners of other land in rural areas who arc en- J« < | gaged in farming to obtain essential farm service < buildings and related facilities. ! | < | Funds may be used to provide sewage disposal J > 1 [ systems for industrial homes and seed, fertilizer for ![ ] > lawn development. < J There are many other purposes for which this <[ J i loan may be made. < [ — r Parallel Strips On The Farm Os Guy Wilson Adjacent To Rural Church - Beautiful Mountains In The Background 'Agriculture Is The Most Healthful, The Most Useful, And The Most Honorable Employment Os Man.’ -George Washington Blanton Insurance Agency Insurance Bakersville, N.C. Real Estate Office 688-2474 Home 688-4401 I j ♦ Wr** A | gnu* «• hmJHH f f 1 -j|m ♦ 4 Diamond Mica Company has been declared in | ♦ compliance with requirements of the N.C. Dept. Os 1 | Labor and the U.S. Bureau Os Mines health and f ♦ safety regulations. We are also complying with ♦ ♦ pollution control regulations of the N.C. Department ♦ ♦ Os Air And Water Resources. We will continue to ♦ ♦ make every effort to be a good employer { ♦ and to be a good neighbor. { ♦ DIAMOND MICA 1 COMPANY ♦ ▼ (' 704 765-9481 ▼ J Spruce Pine 4 ' I North Carolina A firtnuul me a products /... 88777 MITpHELL LEDGER FEBRUARY 24. 1972 Diamond Mica Follows Pollution Regulations Far many yeara Diamond Mica Company has been one of the area's leading produ - cers of wet-ground mica. With the acquisition of the Hassett 'lining Company of Micaville in recent years, they added the dry'-grinding process to their activities. It is rather unusual for one com pany to be engaged in bath processes. Concerning their efforts in the fight against pollution, Diamond Mica issued this statements "Diamond Mica Company has been declared in com pliance with requirements of the N.C. Department of La bor and the U.S. Bureau of Mines health and safety re gulations. We are also com plying with pollution control _ regulations of the N.C, De partment of Air and Water Resources. We will con tinue to make every effort to be a good employer and to be a good neighbor. " Earl Carlton Van Horn,tie Vice-President of Diamond Mining, graduated in 1937 from UNC-Chapel Hill with the degree of BS Geology, and attended the University of Tennessee graduate school. He was for 15 years Geolo - gist for the Tennessee \hlley Authority. Later he was Geo logist and Mining Superinten dent for Hitchcock Corp. in Murphy, NC. In 1952 he opened a private consulting practice in Economic and Engineerirg Geology at Murphy. He be came highly respected in his profession and was on the Ap proved List of Consultants of the several state s and Feder al agencies, including the U. S. Geological Survey; U. S. Bureau of Mines; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Securities & Exchange Commission. Since 1955, Mr.VanHcrn has been General Manager of Diamond Mica Co. in Mitch ell County. Mr. Van Horn has always been active in the prometion of professional excellence in his field. He has also beery and still is, active in consen vation, church, civic and masonic affairs. tahtu, Our lungs remove about one fourth of the oxygen from the air that we breathe in. B •*».* 111 ''"‘faS Before.. .Stand Os White Pine On W.O.Briggs’ Farm Environmental Quality In Extension’s 5-Year Plan By Wm.C. Bledsoe Extension Chairman The Yancey County Ex tension Service revealed its 5-Year Plan in a program fer the people, January 31st, 1972. The S-Year Plan is called IMPACT '76. En vironment quality is one of 6 areas of concern included in the program which was planned with the assistance of more than 50 county citi zens and leaders. The benefits of clean wa ter, pure air and un-ccnta - minated land are recognized widely. Waste production is an integral part of life processes and becomes a more critical problem with increased affluence and de mand for natural resources. Extension seeks to meet the demands for a vigorous educational program in pre vention, abatement and con trol of environmental pollu tion. Clientele groups such as youth, homemakers, and commercial farmers and in dustrialists have been and will be contributing to the program implementation. In.thc recent past, tile County Extension Service ftjs fulfilled an educational role in active involvement with environment problems. The youth groups, homemakers, farmers and rural communi ties have responded to the need to "do something". All of the county's 4-H clubs have had educational prog rams concerning the environ ment. They have conducted water-course and roadside "clean-ins" and "clean-outs". Extension homemakers clubs have provided leadership to clean up neighborhoods and beautify roadsides with clean up and flower planting. The community development clubs have taken inventory of environment assets and attacked priority problems such as sewage, solid waste disposal and junk auto re moval. Farmers have alter ed insect control programs to conform to recommended practices of pesticides and chemicals. Certain chemi cals such as DDT are not ised at all. Each agricul - tiral extension worker main tains an Agricultural Chemi cals Handbook which is up dated to the day according to Environment Protection Agency regulations. All recommeadations to farmers and home owners are there fore made in accordance with the latest changes in regulations. Yancey County's Exten - sion Service has big plans for the future. We are for tunate to have a com para - tively small air pollution problem. Extension will seek to interpret require ments for air pollution con trol to home owners and the agricultural community as provided in Impact '76. I View Os Deer Park Lake Planned And Designed By SCS Technicians i 'Any Nation Is Rich So Long As It’s Supply Os Soil Resources Is Greater Than The Needs Off It-’s People.’ Wo(d,'s ifctirit P.&H. Co.,lnc Plumbing Phone 688-2412 Bakersville, N.C. Trees Are Conservation Resource By Ned Jestes Yancey County Soil Conservation Technician Trees are one of nature's most important contributions toward conservation of soil, water and a quality environ ment. Conservation on woodland is therefore impor tant. Conservation Districts and the Soil Conservation Service have always consid ered the cooperator's wood lands in development of re source conservation plans. In Yancey County four fifths of the land is forest land, 88 percent of which is privately owned. In addition to the land now grow ing trees we need to convert 5,289 acres of pasture land to trees and 4,102 acres now being cultivated to trees. The Southland is the na tion's woodbasket with abun dant sunshine and long grow ing season--and nowhere in the south is the soils and the water more suited to growing trees than here in Yancey County. The South's first forest which the colonist at Jamestown first utilized 364 years ago provided enough lumber to build 100 million homes. This virgin timber had been essentially logged by 1910 with the exception of a few remote areas in the Appalachian Mountains. The South's second forst began to emerge from the cut-over land and eroding fields in the 1930'5. The soil Conservation Service began planting the eroding fields in the 1930'5. They planted the eroding hillsides and fields with a great deal of help from the CCC camps and others. The SCS work ed with the individual land owners to prepare conserva tion plans with wise land use decisions to convert unpro ductive land to trees. At the same time the state forest agencies were getting results from their fire protection programs, and later took over the production of tree seedlings to sell to landown ers who needed them. The SCS has made its greatest contribution to the second forest working through the individual woo downer as cooperators of the Soil Con servation Districts. These cooperators have planted nearly 2,686 acres in trees I&ZSp- it mmk Vy T *hh i / ', jhmEgmSip 'MmM L w After.. Picture Shows Properly Thinned Stand and practiced a prescribed harvest and management sys tem on 6,207 acres in Yan cey. This reforestation and naturally regenerated timber land made the "Second For est". For tliis reason, and contrary to early predictions the south's forest industry did not die. In fact th is second forest has supplied over half our needs in t h is country tlirough two world wars. A recent survey shows that it still has about fifteen billion cu. ft. mote stan ding timber than it had in 1935. The demands of the peo ple here, as well as other areas, are rapidly increas ing. Writers focus on the value of trees for lumber and other wood products. But conservationists along with an ever increasing number of small landowners are looking to trees to provide many other needs. They know that trees provide wild life habitat, recreation areas, scenic retreats and helps control air pollution. Trees are now planted and preserved to protect water sheds, to hold the soil and water in place, to beautify landscapes and homes, to provide Christmas trees and ornamentals, and also to provide dielter from wind, snow and noise. Along with this need for more trees marches our ra - pid rete of progress that takes out more and more woodland for buildings,and roads, and other develop - merits. At this same time, according to the Southern Forest Resource Analysis Committee we must have more marketable trees. This report states that we must grow another forest they call the "Third Forest", which must produce two and one-half more wood on less land if we are to meet the needs of the people. Tisy recommend regeneration of the bare and poorly stocked acres, conversion of low quality oak and hickory to pine and the upgrading of most of the pine and hard wood. The Conservation Needs Inventory shows that we have 50,000 acres of land in Yancey that needs tliis kind of treatment. Much of it should be planted tc the genetically superior tree stock now being deve - loped by the forest agenci*. The Soil Conservation Service is ready to assist groups and individuals to plan their woodlands along with all the other renew abb natural resources they own or control to reach soil and water conservatios objec - tives with quality standards that support their objectiros and those of their communi ty, state, and Nation. Effects Os Soil Erosion By Charles Stamey J l . Extension Aide Man himself, in a short time, has changed the face I of Mitchell County. He has cut down forests, polluted streams, exterminated ani- I mals and with bis plow, laid bare the soil and exposed it to the mercy of the wind and | rain. When we destroy our for- ! ests without saving the young | trees cr without replanting, we low more than just tim ber. Our birds must go else where to live, for they can- j not live without the shelter of the trees. The loss of birds that feed an insects have sometimes led to a great increase in dejtruc - j five insects. I While the trees stood, they protected tic soil from the full fcrce of the rain. It soaked gently intothgrcund and the roots of the rees held it there. But wi:h the trees gone, the water runs quickly off the surface and canies the topsoil into the streams and rivers. Cultivation of the soil is the chief cause of rosion. If soil is plowed or dump, erosion will occur w ere there is nothing to hoi it in place. The farmers can heai by planting in strips a culfa ted crop such as corn, xm toes or pepper then a sip of gras. Contour plcrung can be used on sl oping lad. The furrows are run so ato curve around the lull, »- stead of going straight uj and down hill. Strip fart ing can help erosion and s duce pollution run-ofi. Help and details cuhor to conserve your soil can b; obtained from your Coufcty Agricultural Extension Ser vice, Soil Conservatiotiier vice Office cr ASCS Qfifce in Bakersville. t ECOLOQt
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