The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-29
200 FARMERS AND
VISITORS TOUR FARMS

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teal and inexpensive. He filled
the pit about half full Of ensilage,
covered with tar paper, then straw
and dirt to keep out. the air. ne
said this fed eight cattle until he
was able to turn them on pasture
in the spring.
gricultural authorities do not
recommend as large a pit as MI
McNaughton's nor one as costly as
his which has been declared by :,
dairy specialist who travels all
ove, the state as, the best in North
Carolina. He made its walls OF
stonn cemented so as to be air,
tight. The cheaper Silos consist 81 ~
q nit dug into a clay BANK WIN
'raIls loft in their natural state.
pOIUTRY SHOWN AS A .u~
STEADY MONEY MAKER ..
The poultry business and inter-
ost therein GIBBS ard flows IN Hen
derson county. so the county agent
took mains to demonstrate farm
which has weathered the rising
and falling of sentiments and vet
ma, money from poultry. Far
awav Farms. operated by l.. II.
Mckay furnished a fine demon
stration. There were about ooo
Iaving. hens in a house of thou
sand capacity. He. said the hens
had averaged around 200 eggs
each at this period of their laying
wear. He had about 800 pullets
on the range and some of these
were laying. The hens are begin
ming their fall moult. Mr.. White
pointed out Mr.. Mckay as one OF
the most successful poultrymen In
this section. He said that Mr.. Nc.
Kav insisted on close culling, good
breeding birds and good care. Mr..
Mckay mixes his feed in a mixer
on the farm and grows the major
portion of the grains he feeds.
Those on the tour visited a DEM
onstrat;on in Mangum terraclng
and expected TO see the subsoiler,
which will break the soil to a
depth of "a inches. Mr.. Mckay
told the farmers that although ne
had tractors and other equipment,
the county unit at $3.50 an hour
could terrace and subsoil the land
much cheaper than he could do 1t
himself. hence he was using the
county's unit.
WHITE URGES BETTER
MARKETING SYSTEM
The tour. turning from Tracey
Grove to the French Broad and
Mills River sections, stopped at
the Hooper farm to inspect 10
acre field of late stringless black
Valentine beans. Mr.. White said
the farm should produce 200 bush
els to the acre or about four car
loads. which the owners expect to
ship to the states in the Ohio and
upper Mississippi river valleys, as
they did last year. Mr.. White ad-
vocated larger acreage and coop
erative marketing as a solution of
the marketing problem connected
with truck growing. He said that
the present system, although much
better than formerly, is unsatls-
factory because trucks wasted lots
of time running around over the
county looking for produce.
SUCCESSFUL DAIRYMAN'S
PLANT IS VISITED
The dairy industry has had its
ups and downs but Floyd Osborne
on Mills River has stuck to the
enterprise through thick and thin
and is regarded as one of the most
successful dairymen if not the
most successful in the county. A
herd of 35 cows welcomed the
delegation and Mr.. Osborne said
% of these were mixers. The herd
is averaging about 95 gallons &
day, the product being wholesaled,
and the cows averaging over three
gallons each a day.
Mr.. Osborne and son, Fleet,
have only two purebred cows in
the herd but Mr.. White said one
of the secrets of their success as
dairymen lay in the fact that they
kept good sires and eliminated
poor mixers. They have been in
the business for several years and
have raised most Of their herd.
The Osbornes also keep down their
costs by growing most of their
feeds.
CORN OUTPUT BY THE