The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-01-17
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ANNIVERSARY
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Program, the Present and Future
Markets"
Bruce Webb, promotion direc
tor of the Asheville Citizen ant
the Asheville Times, sponsors will
Western North Carolina neWspa
pers of the program, introduced
the speakers.
Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, heat
of North Cardinals home demon
stration agents, spoke of the ne
cessity of including women in thu
community organization work anC
told Of the tasks undertaken an:
completed by North Carolina farm
women.
eve have only to study the rel
atiye farm incomes in the South
east as compared to the incomes
in livestock producing sections, tt
find our strongest argument in ia
vor of the policy of including live
stock in our farm programs" Mr.
Papy said.
He advocated farmers basinG
production of livestock not on thu
present market price but on wha
it is likely to bring at the time Of
sale. He would have farmers mo-
sell their stock all at ore time, blu
spread out disposal of it, thereby
bringing a better price. .
In relation to cattle. the speak
er said the biggest demand to-
day is for well finished light beef
particularly animals finished be
fore they are two years old"
although there is still a de,
mand for beef from mature cat
tle," he continued, "the highes
prices and the biggest demand j!
for the light weight.
"The Illinois agricultural eX
pertinent station is the authority
for the statement that because Of
the fact that these young cattle
put on their gains more cheaplJ
than older cattle. that they. arc
more economical to produce ant
if this be the case, and they arc
bringing the highest price, that
certainly should be the most prof,
liable animal to produce at this
time"
at should also be remembered,
he said, "that young cattle can be
held for anticipated market rises
more satisfactorily than aged
steers. ....
"In conclusion" Mr.. Papy said
"listen to the agricultural college
men, let them tell you the right
kind of stock and the right kind
of feeds. -.
"They will probably tell you ia
use purebred stock as the basis
for your herd and fiocks. Some
times it is hard to see the value,
but listen to this:
"In 1929 an investigation made
by the agricultural experiment
station in Iowa disclosed the fact
that Is farmers had for three
years produced pork at an aver,
age cost of GIG per hundred
weight. In the same county, un-
der the same general conditions OF
climate, feed, ETC., is other farm
ers had produced pork which cost
them 14.02.
"The study shows that every
one of the Is high cost men had
inferior sows, whereas. only two
Of the low cost men had under
sized sows, and two had sows with
other deficiencies.
personally, 1 don't want any
stronger argumei.t than this, fol
using purebred stock as the foun,
dation of a herd"
Mr.. Webb, in summarizing some
of the achievements during the
past year, said that 81 beef bulls,
33 dairy bulls, 33 dairy cows, 122
sows, 80 boars and So rams, al
purebred. had been brought into
the Is counties.
In addition. he said, planting OF
lespedeza had increased from g.
558 acres in 1881 to 1926 in
1882, with a consequent increase
of 100000 pounds in the amount
produced.
Mr.. Webb also called attention
to the work being done by the
Southeastern council in promoting
raising of necessities in the South
east instead of importing them
from other sections.
A total of S2,8S0,000,OO0 has
been sent out of the Southeast, he
said, with not nearly so much
coming back. The w. N. C.85-10
year farm program is attempting
the same thing as the Southeast
ern council is seeking. he de-
clared, and that is to make Wes-
tern North Carolina self-sufficient.