Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-31


the farmers of Henderson county 70
the Importance of keepIng up the farm
demonstration work AS stated in
last weeks Democrat, the commissions
ers have expressed wiliiE gn ess TO
reopen the matter and reconsider
their decision to discontinue the farm
work if a sufficient number of farmers
will appear before them at their meet
ing in January, next Monday, and
show that they wish to have this VAL.
table work continued.
People who see what loss the
county would suffer by disseminating
this work are trying to interest the
Farmers in the Importance of manifest
ing some interest to the commissions
ers, know ing that if they do not the
demonstration work will be killed as
a result of which Henderson county
win suffer almost irrepaFably.
A Years Work.
Total number of men doing work
under demOnstratiye methods. 81
Total number Of reports finished
up 70 date. ...... 80. ~
The average yield of corn produceg
on the AZ acres above mentioned is :.
little above 6S bushels to the acre.
The average yield Of corn per acre in.
North Carolina is 20 bushtls per acre.
This shows that the farmers of Hem
Gerson county can very easily and
economically produce three times as
much per acre as the average produce
ton in North Carolina. 1t cost. on an
average, about $14.00 per acre to pros
dHce the corn that was grown by the
demonstrators, or % 1-2 cents per
LusheL The cost of production Der
bGshel by the average farmer of Norta
Carolina is about so cents. This shows
q at if-the farmer viii only 20 a.
1t IN the modern way, he can turn loss
into profit.
have only two reports on wheat
and one of them produced 21 LIZ
bushels to the acre and the other pro-
duced 19 1-2 bushels. This shows
tnat Henderson county is good wheat
country if it is sown at the proper
time and in the proper way. 1 have one
report on hay which shows that the
producer. grew five tons of hay to the
acre and has pastured three cows to
! the acre on the sod most of the time
since he cut the hay the second time.
The grass mixture is orchard grass
and tall meadow oat grass.
There is bright and prosperous
future for the farmers of Henderson
county when they come to the realiza-
tion of the fact. The spraying demon
strations that were carried on in ff-
teen orchards in Henderson county
this year show that the results of
spraying is eight bushels of salabIe
apples out of ten, while the unspray-
ed apples, in the same orchards pro-
duced only two bushels of salable
apples out of ten.
Corn Demonstrators and Their Yields.
The first number after the name Of
the demonstration represents the num-
Der of bushels grown by him on a
demonstration acre, the second num-
ber showing the amount in bushels
grown on adjoining or surrounding
land under ordinary methods.
T. B. Allen, Horse Shoe, RI, 100, 20.
J.--P. Anders, Hendersonville, Re-,
81 Ia, 15.
Albert Capps, Zirconia RI, so, 10.
Neal Capps, Zirconia RI, 40, 10.
J. T. Beddingf1eld, Zirconia RI, go, 10.
T. w. Bane, Zirconia Ri, Ill, Is.
]. T. Station, Saluda RI, 60, 20.
Arthur Pace, Saluda RI, 25, 10.
f. M. Rogers, H-ville R-2, so, 10.
]. A. Maxwell, H-ville RI, SO, 10.
r. M. Pryor, H-ville RI, 100, 10.
L. ]. Youngblood, Fletcher R-3 88, 20.
N. B. Youngblood, Fletcher R-3, 81, Is.
]. N. Russell, Fletcher Rs, 100, Is.
A. Featherston, H-ville RS, 20, 18.
P. M. Drake, H-ville $50, Is.
d. A. McCrary, H-ville R-4, 73, Is.
Alex Capps, H-ville, R-4, 95, 20.
| T. G. Anderson, H-ville, RS, 5O,15.
D. P. Moss, H-ville R-2, 411k, 10.
| T. G. Rhoades, H-ville RE-, 40, Is.
w P. Maxwell, H-ville R-2, 72, 10.
r. E. Ward, H-ville RI, 55, Is.
A. M Maxwell, H-vilIe RE-, SO, Is.
P. T. Ward, H-ville RI, 81, 5.
G. J. Edney, H-ville R-2, so 3-4, 10.
Geo. LYDIA, H-ville RE-, so, 10.
J. K. Williams, Fletcher Rs, 60 20.
W. H. Sumner, Fletcher, N c., Sc, 25
Telly Love, H-ville R-5, 45, 20.
T. w. Anderson, H-ville Rs, AZ, 20.
w G. Painter, H-ville R-4, so Is.
T. A. Drake, Jr., H-ville R-4, 40, 80.
F. E. Osborne, Fletcher RI, 68 IL, 20.
R. M. Hooper, Fletcher RI, 65, 80.
7 S. N. Merrell, Etowah, N. c., so, Is.
S A. Mace, H-ville, R-4, 100, 10.
G. N Sentell, H-vi1le R-4, go, 10.
A. H Capps, H-ville R-4, 40, 10,
| The increase shown above is not due
to the use of a large amount of COM
mercial fertilizer. My records show
| that on an average there was about
sG0 pounds of fertilizer used per acre,
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