Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-14

The All club county council will
hold it's regular monthly meeting at
the Middleburg Community House
Friday May 81 at 400 p. m. All All
club members are invited and every
one is expected to bring a picnic sup
per.
The annual 4-H calf club sale OF
the North Carolina Jersey Cattle will
be held at the Mountain Branch Ex
pertinent Station, Swannanoa, on
May 18th.
DR.. Grinnells, who is secretary of
the Club, said that twenty calves will
be included in the consignment. All
the calves were grown on North Caro-
lima farms and are of high quality.
Says Grazing System Will Build
Civilization
A system of growing feed crops in
winter and so utilizing forage crops
as to furnish continuous grazing for
livestock throughout the year will
build a superior civilization in the
South, believes Hugh MacRae, of
Wilmington, owner of 'Invershiel Farm
in Fender County.
Mr. MacRae invited a group of
farmers and agricultural workers to
inspect his system of continuous
grazing as followed at Invershiel
Farm, on Tuesday, May 3, and, follow
ing a tour of the so fields now in
grazing crops, the group heard a
number of brief messages from among
those present. Dean I. O. Schaub of
State College and former Congress
man A. F. Lever, of South Carolina
were the principal speakers. DR..
Schaub endorsed the MacRae system
as a goal towards which livestock
owners might work in this State. He
also stated that this system might
help to increase the numbers and
quality of livestock on North Carolina
farms.
Invershiel Farm consists of 600
acres of land of which 200 acres is
now planted to forage crops in SO diff
ferent fields. The 165 cows on the
place may be kept in any given
area for grazing by one-wire, temper
airy, electric fences operated with
storage batteries. There are 80 cows
now in milk on the place and all the
milking is done by four men using
the milking machine. Another four
men operate the farm work.
No harvesting is done on the place
except by the cows. Some legume hay
is gathered to provide for those days
during which the cows cannot be put
into the fields. However, there were
only IA such days in 1887.
Linwood James, farm manager, de-
cides each morning where the cows
will Craze that day. No land is brok-
en- on the farm but subsoil pillow is
used and the surface carefully disk
ed. This keeps the organic matter
and bacteria for legumes in the upper
layers of the soil, Mr.. MacRae said.
@. What are the symptoms of worm
infestation in poultry?
A. The general symptoms are un-
| thriftiness and sdbnormal weight.
However, an autopsy is the only sure
| method of determination and this
| should be made on several birds. If
| the flock is infested to a great de-
gree and the specie of worm deter
mined, the treatment as recommend
ed in Extension Circular No. 100
should be given. Rigid sanitation
/ SIlOulO dlSO NC pI dCClCCQ az oil C1I1lCS'
| The circular mentioned may be Sc
cured free upon application to the
Agricultural Editor at State College.
@. How can the quality of eggs be
| maintained during the summer
months?
A. 1t is very necessary that sum-
| ner eggs be infertile and for that
! eason the males and females should
| be separated as soon as the breeding
season is over. The layers should
have a balanced diet; the nests must
De kept clean, and the eggs collected
several times a day. It is also adj
visable to candle all eggs. p.e5duced in
summer as the quality egg must have
4 yolk that stands up and large
cercent of firm, white albumen. Mar
lcet eggs should also be carefully
graded for size, shape, shell texture
| and color.
O. How can I force the growth of
ny vegetable crops?
A. While it is often unwise to force
he growth of any crop, the quality OF
succulent vegetables depends upon
apid growth and it is often .neces-
sary to make side applications OF
quickly available nitrogen to main
ain vigorous growth. The time il
application will depend upon the Wig
or and maturity of the crop and upon