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If we were asked to name our most common grass, here in the South, we would all quickly say “broomsedge.” We see it grow ing along our highways, in our poorly stocked woodlands, an4 we see entire fields taken over by this grass. Many of our farmers will tell us that broomsedge is much TOO common, and that it is little better than a weed. A farmer will tell us that a cow or other livestock will not ea1 it, if they can find anything else to eat. One farmer said that il a cow would eat it, she woulc need to travel five miles an hour eight hours a day, to eat enough to keep her going. Most land owners would like to rid their land of broomsedge, but it seems we have been using the wrong methods. When we wanted to gel rid of a dense growth of broom sedge, our first thought was ••Burn it off.” We wmuld set i1 on fire and burn the old growth off. Then the rains would come wash away the ashes and much of the exposed soil and humus and leave the land poorer thar it was before. Then what hap pened ? The broomsedge woulc come back denser than it was be fore. As tnuch as we hate to admit it, broomsedge is a sort of sym bol—a symbol of ahused land. II tlirivps nn nnor. barren soils. Tt fact, the coming of broomsedge is Mother Nature's first step to wards healing the soil, and cor recting Man’s mistakes with lane ■; use. Since we can’t get rid ol ; broomsedge by burning, how car we rid our land of this “weed”? That can be answered in three | words: ENRICH THE SOIL. Oui : research science boys have proven > that fact. They’ve proved that ! fertilizing is the best way of con i trolling broomsedge. Here’s what they did. Six test plots or strips were marked off, each of which had a coverage of 75“" broom [ sedge. Three of these plots were , burned off each year. The other I three were left unburnd. Ir burned and unburned pairs, twe plots were left unfertilized; twe [ were fertilized with only 23( | pounds of 0-20-0 each year; anc two were treated with 600 pound; 1 of S-8-8 fertilizer each year. Thi; was carried on for a period oi five years, and at the end ot ! that time here’s what had hap ! pened. Two of the plots hadn’1 i changed their broomsedge cover : noticeably. They were the unfert I dined, unburned plot and the one that was lightly fertilized and [ burned each year. The one burnec every year, but HEAVILY fert [ ilized had reduced its broomsedge I cover to 25%; while the broom -edge on the lightly fertilized plot [ that was NOT BURNED was dowr to a cover of 15%. We can readilj see that the oftener we burn I the MORE fertilizer it will take to get rid of the broomsedge. Sc J far, we have only told what hap I pened on four of the six plots w\- saved the worst—AND THE | BEST—for last. The plot that I was never fertilized and burnec n D"st roll* right off these satin smooth slats! Made to last a life time, of featherlight, flexible *1 iminum! Plastic finish is fire proof; can’t chip, crack, or be iurmed by weather. Custom, wade only. Come in for a low est estimate I CALL US AT ^381 Tvson Furniture Company Inc •'lack Mountain, N. C. over every year was completely on!" ?7er hJ the broomsedge— ■in 1 , lUt tbeavil>' fertilized and unburned plot had reduced its broomsedge to ONLY 8% Ihe abvoe study shows us that it we are going to allow fire, there is not much use in using oEttt\We 311 kn°W thilt the 01(1 dead broomsedge or any other -Tfr -U! PREVENT erosion - Tii h? d the fertl*izer and will allow better grass or other veg br^msedge. teke 0Ver fr°m the fa^n+lheir ,.?ood, thought is the tact that the fewer broomsedge fields that are burned off, the fewer forest and field fires we will have each year. Many, many forest fires are started by burn ing sedge fields in the spring, ions of soil go down stream be cause the old vegetation is burned oil each year, and nothing is left to hold back the run-off of the rains. May the day soon come, -hen w- have made our soil TOO tfi’OO—to -■’•ow broomsedge! Ci ccmmm LEON L. GILLESPIE Funeral services for Leon Liv ingston Gillespie, 68, were held Monday at 2 p. m. in the chapel of Brownell-Dunn and Lovin Funeral Home. Mr. Gillespie died Friday at the home of a daughter, Mrs.' Minnie Morris of Swannanoa RFD 1, af ter a short illness. The Rev. Embree H. Blackard officiated. Graveside rites at East Fork Methodist church cemetery were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Holmes of Brevard. Nephews served as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were Ray Stewart, T. Galumbeck, Edwin Sams, E. R. Cooper, Charles Hill, Banks White, Samuel Book, George White, Joe Cooper, Dr. Hubert Clapp, George Digges, and mem bers of the Sheriff’s department. CLASSIFIEDS SELL - Phone 4101 Speaking Of HOMEMAKING By Mrs. Elizabeth G. Parham Home Service Representative Carolina Power & Eight Co. QUICKIES Pastry Turnovers 1 recipe of pastry ec 2 cups cooked vegetables or vv 2 cups chopped cooked meat si Roll out pastry about % inch hi thick. Cut in six 6-inch squares. 0\ Place 14 to 1/3 cup filling in de center of each square. Fold diagon- — ally, moisten edges and seal. F Prick tops with fork. Brush light ly with mixture of one beaten egg ai yolk and 2 tbsp. milk. Bake on vi greased baking sheet in 475 de- fa gree oven about 10 to 12 min- te utes, or until golden brown. Serve w with mushroom sauce. t> M Mushroom Sauce j Mix one can condensed cream tl of mushroom soup with half as re much milk. Heat and serve over ti turnovers. Stuffed Meat Patties 114 lbs. ground beef 114 tsp. salt !4 tsp. pepper 3 cups dry bread cubes *4 tsp. sage 3 tbsp. chopped onion 1/3 cup butter 1 cup sour cream 2 tbsp. mustard-with-horse radish Combine meat with salt and pepper; form into 12 flat patties about 14 -inch thick. Combine bread cubes, onion and seasonings, stir in melted butter and enough water to moisten. Place a layer of bread stuffing on 6 patties and top each with a remaining patty, press together lightly, place in baking pan which has been greased with melted butter and dot each patty with butter. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 min utes. Remove patties from pan and stir sour cream and mustard-with horseradish into drippings. Pour over patties to serve. One-Dish Casserole 2 cups drained whole kernel corn 1 cup drained canned limas 1 onion, finely chopped 2 tbsp. prepared mustard 3 tbsp. golden syrup 1 tsp. salt % tsp. mono sodium glutomate V2 cup tomato juice Combine corn, limas, and on 1; spread over bottom of shallow eased baking dish. Slice lunch n meat into slives and spread th mustard. Arrange meat ces on top of vegetables. Com ae remaining ingredients. Pour er top of meat. Bake at 400 grees for 30 minutes. RST TIME IN YEARS Mr. and Mrs. Earl Frederick d daughter, Raietta, of Louis lle, Ky., visited Mrs. Frederick’s ther, R. J. Daugherty, and sis r, Mrs. W. M. Fortune, last iek. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Daugher and son, Fred Jr., of Kings ountain were also visitors here, lis is the first time in years at all of the Daugherty child n have been home at the same ne. “IT’S” IN THE CLASSIFIEDS GUESTS FROM HAZARD Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brown an son, Marcus Neil, and a frient Miss Sue Campbell and Charli Brown, all of Hazard, Ky., wei recent guests of Mr. and Mr: W. R. Brown and Mr. and Mr Marcus Begley and son Wendel TAXI DIAL Day 7287 Nite Cars checked daily for cleanliness and safety. Every passenger insured. Out of town trips, careful drivers. Why take less than the best. MCDONALD’S CABS BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C. T O'Connor's Restaurant Opposite Railway Depot—Black Mountain, N. C. NOW OPEN SUNDAYS SERVING HIGH QUALITY FOOD . . . . . . EXCELLENT SERVICE • CHICKEN • STEAK • COMPLETE DINNERS • DELICIOUS SANDWICHES CHEVROLET SYNCHRO-MISH TRANSMISSION BAIL-GEAR STEERING (Continuation of standard equipment and trim illustrated is dependent on availability of materialJ r..to do more work for your money ADVANCE-DESIGN TRUCKS This year again, more truck users are baying Chevrolet trucks than any other make. That’s because only Chevrolet Advance-Design trucks pro vide such a great combination of features at such low cost. . . features that make Chevrolet trucks tradition ally worth more after years of service than comparable trucks of other makes —even those costing many dollars morel Join the hundreds of thousands of truck users who choose Chevrolet Advance-Design trucks overall others. VALVE-IN-HEAD ENGINES -SS— RIGID, CHANNEL-TYPE FRAMES FLEXI -MOUNTED CABS SPLINED AXLE-TO HUB CONNECTION 1 r ELJ I \YVX J LA. McMurray Chevrolet Co. Black Mountain, N. C., Phone 3141
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