French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-24
FARMERS. ENJOY
FEAST Of TALKS

The farmers held quite an interest
ing. meeting in the commissioners
room IN the court house last Saturday
morning. There were number Of
talks by local men. Among them be-
! ing that or the farm demonstrator,
Frank Fleming, who stressed the i'm
portance of the farmers getting togeth-
er at once for ordering what fert1lizer4
and lime they. want TOR the 1918 crops
to assure its delivery N ample time.
This matter was urged as very i'm
porJant OH account of the car short
age. me matter or more extensive
cultivation or tie soJar bean was taken
iup al, 1engCn .5y Cnose experienced IN
! growing tnls clop. II was cerCaIny
Tie consensus OF op4nlDn ,Cneat -Ll1ls Is d
very IInpor ea.lo 1eau1Ll5 aud one 20 be
grown eAte11s4 4Ee1y IN henderson coull-
W. Ine IdfaI Q6nIUnSLraLOI Has uaLa
on this crop MnICn 10 stValIi1oIe 10 any
l1aEnfer lIter9sLeu. MI. GaCny, Dr.
morse, ana oLner farmers ulscusSed
TINS matter. Mr.. w. "A. Smith, while
tprofess Jag. to know noIn4ng a0out so1a
bean culture, was very ANXIOUS TO learn
/ something about IT IN order that he
nI-gHL De or some assistance IN getting
! a more extensive use OF this very inn
EportanC plane. and to prove his good
Inteur tons in the matter instructed the
Iarm agent 10 secure, If possible, two
/ busneIs OF the best seed suitable for
this section and he would see it was
! pad fof. phe seed to be- given out in
one peck lots TO parties having, In the
J4ugEIenJ OF Ar. tleming. tile pest
! Inle1lsz OF 5IoM ing Lneln IOr seeu pIIr-
0oses. MI. o1nItH aI5o pOInted out
Clls4t tie I9oaTd On 1raue was elueayoI--
E1e 70 set tie Iafn6rS interested III a
IlIai1n<zI- W nereoy more ldTu1efs Modld
be members OF tiIts organization, ana
tHus urlng a closer relatIoa .DeCWeen
C1ty. a44de county
i Aai. James ii Gray, the distriet
as44t, "a ser asEk sIlng Ls1ls
nave a sdlong organization along the
lInes OF the board or Aag4 IeuIture and
as sure through sucn an organiza-
ton mucn DenenL could be derived in
/ Il1afKeLIng the products of the farm.
He said tnaC It the neWsDaDerss would
! give space, as he was informed that
Lney, WouId, untold beneht III the way
OF advertising and stimulating inter-
est in farm WORK could be accomplish
ed. He cOmpIimented the papers for
their generosity IN Offering tnelr as
isistanceNln this way.
Mr.. Grey took up the matter of hog
! production and stated that it was the
desire OF the administration to have
tue FARMERS maze special Efforts to
produce more hogs il henderson
county TO ne1p reieYe the meat aid
fat shortage now facing the entire
W oriu. I1e pOinCed out UnaU in the dis
trict west of the Blue ttldge and in
Guiding Polk county the increase ask
ed for during 1914 is Y0Ul hogs and in
Henderson the increase of $40 hogs is
asneu Tor. Rape and sofa beans was
urged as the<best crops Tor pasturing
nogs pending the permanent clover OF
similar, permanent pasture The farm
Eusmonstl ator will be supplied with
data along the line which will be
! 1saIIauIe 70 all farmers. AS to finish
ing the product he pointed out the use
o. corn and cotton seed meal for hard
el1ing, the use OF the latter not to ex-
| ceed 70 days. he appealed to the far
mers to get more brood sows and to
Aeep them as the price of pork would
be high for years. The farmers were
SEQ to favor a good dog law to en-
courage sheep production. He said
tne government was considering ac-
Ion along this line but that the coun-
! ty could make a good law suitable to
itself if the government did not act.
He suggested law fashioned after q
law in one Of our eastern states, where
all dogs were taxed so much, with
tax of from one to five times as much
on the females. This tax to be beld
to pay all losses from sheep being
jz.!led by dogs, and at the end of the
year the remainder to go into the
school fund. All money collected to
be spent in the county.
The address of Mr.. Grey was very
clear and comprehensive and was an
inspiring one and it is to be hoped
that much good will come of :t The
farmers will have another meeting
that of the Board of Agriculture-on
the first Saturday in February, to dis
cuss the purchasing of fertilizer and
lime and such other matters as may be
brought UP for discussion.
TOIJN EVVp pANIL( cSaoro&orv