The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-12
Mecklenburg Man
Has independence
On 26 Acres Land

VA @V - ~ ~
J. r. Pickett Of Charlotte,
route 9, Mccklcnburg county, has
answered the question as to
whether man can make a living
on 26 acres Of land.
True it is that Mr.. Pickett does
not have all of the luXurics that
a more extended holding would
allow but he has neat farm
home, a good barn, so hens, three
milk COWS. two mules, four hogs,
4 garden and Il soil that is grad
ually becoming more fertile thru
the wears. The secret is that his
land is entirely covered with
green crops through the winter,
the fields arc well terraccd and
there is 4 balance of soil lmproN-
ing and cash crops on the hmItco
acreage. -
~ have been living here ID
wears" Mr.. Pickett said, land
have been maintaining the home
for nv mother. | am now work.
inp in cooperation with the SOIL
conservation service in this area
and they have helped me recently
in building better terraces ana ~
planting certain pasture and SOIL
ing crops. Last year ! had four
acres in cotton on which ! made
Il bale or more per acre; SIX acres
in corn with an average yield "i
from 30 to 40 bushels; five acres
in wheat from which | sold $50
worth last season, and ) or acres
of oats used for feed.
Mr.. Puckctt's wheat, by the
way, weighed 81 pounds to the
bushcl in spite Of the poor sea-
son. He has all Of his cotton land
covered with bur clover. His pas
turc is seeded to Il mixture of or
chard yraSs, red top, rcd clover
and alsikc clover. LcSpcdcza has
been seeded in the small grain and
Austrian peas is used us winter
cover crop. Phosphate and lime
stone has been used on much 81
the land and strip cropping IS toll
lowed on the sleeper slopes.
"a man can't live on land and
allow it to wash away or run
down in fertility" Mr.. Pickett
said.
ties which cannot support several
institutions.
1t was reported also that the
White House is considering Sug-
pestionS to use the trcasury's ST.
600. 100000 sterilizcd gold fund
to defray costs of thu new rccoV-
ery-rclief drive hut there WAS no
direct confirmation. -.
Chairman Mariner S. EcclcS, OF
the federal reserve board, WI"
was summoned to the White
House, refused to discuss the move
but it was recalled that he told the
senate unemployment committee
last winter that it would be good
idea. Other high administration
officials however oppose 1t.
The sterilization program was
begun in December 1896 to stem
the influx of foreign gold into the
nations credit structure. 1t has
been tapped twice already for
credit expansion purposes and con
gressional inflationiStS are de-
manding that it be released III full.
SPENDING PROGRAM
WILL GET RIGHT OF WAY
The administrations congress
sional big four - Vice President
John Nance Garner, Senate Ma
iority Leader Alben w. Barkley,
Speaker William B. Bankhead and
House Majority Leader Sam Ray
burn-told Mr.. Roosevelt during
an hours conference that they
would give Legislative .right-of-way
to the spending program.
Barley predicted the president
would send up his message asking
relief funds during the
present week. Bankhead said the
legislators would be "favorably in
clined" toward the program.
Mr.. Roosevelt and his laeders
canvasscd the entire Legislative
picture from the new perspective
created by the Republican-Demo-
cratic coalition defeat of his cher
ished government reorganization
bill.
Although the conferees were
non-committal, some feel privately
that the defeat-coming after
sharp reversals on wage-hour and
supreme court enlargement legis-
lation-has doomed all reform
measures for this session except
pump printing" and routine ap-
preparation bills which probably
will be rushed through in a drive
for adjournment by mid-May.
Wage-hour legislation, begged
down in the house labor commit
tee since it was recommitted last
year, and the administrations re-