The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-19

Of enterprise. acriCulturaiiy. IN
Henderson county. Day-cid chicks
can he raised here every month
Of the year. due - the adaptable
irv Of the climate. This means
heavier production Of eggs after
the chicks reach maturity and oe-
come laying mems. Mortality i
exceptionally low. ten per cen;
being q heavy loss after pu!ictS
are housed.
The uar-et for eggs and Chick
ems ! very fine IN this section.
Tn, Mountain Egg Producers as
SnCiation takes care Of the mar
ket!nE Of the eggs produced mere.
mostly. az profitable prices 10 the
rouItrvmen. Due "a the annual
tourist trade in Henderson coun-
~. further outlet for eggs ana
chickens X found by the produc-
e.. ..Twcnty-one poultry farms re-
ported an average return OF
$685. pGr one hundred hens
this year 1897"
D.lTyirg-ThiS naS been most
profitable form Of agriculture IN
Henderson county for many years.
Whole milk is sold 70 the halmla
dairy. or in many cases. directly
from the farm to the consumer.
"Biltmore Dairy farms cot ASae-
yillel buys approximately $4,000
worth cf milk IN this county eacn
year and would handle much
more. while the Blue Bird Ice
Cream company OF SpaTtanbgrg.
s. c.. buys milk from several To-
cal farmers" Milk production in
Henderson county i cheap
form OF agricultural production.
due 10 the abundance OF feed rails
ed here. Pasture conditions are
excellent.
Note: A study recently made
Of ,hirty-tiye dairy farms in Hen
derSou county revealed cash re-
cciptS Of Sl67.l5 per cow, per
year"
LIVESTOCK
Beef cattle-PosSibiIities for
development of beef cattle IN
Henderson county are excellent,
a grazing conditions are good.
Corn may be cheaply produced
for feeding.
Swine-Wonderful possibilities
for raising this branch of live
stock are found in this county,
Nearby markets would take all
that i produced: and with the
abundance Of corn raised, this
branch of agricultural production
should in the near future rank
, equally as high as that of dairy
ing or poultry raising, and be-
Gomez one of the principal agri-
\ cultural industries.
p, TYPES OF TREES
There are forty types of trees
TO be found in Henderson county.
As far as the writer has been able
70 ascertain, this is the first pub
/! liShed article recording the vari-
Gus types found here.
| OakS-White. water, red. black,
I Spanish. post, chestnut.
! Pines-Wh;te. yellow, black,
hemlock.
! Also. yellow poplar, cucumber.
buckle, bass wood, black hem
, lock, black gum. sweet gum, birch,
elm. ash, hickory, sugar maple,
white maple, locust, mulberry,
black walnut. white walnut, per-
Simmon, sycamore, chestnut, SaS-
Safras. holly, Lombardy poplar,
weeping willow, red birch, white
birch, red cherry, crab apple, mi
mOSSa and beech.
/ MINERALS
Note: AS stated in connection
with the above types of trees, this
is the first time the status of min
eral resources of the county has
been presented to the public, in
published form.
Because of the lack of local
mining miudedneSS, the minerals
iof Henderson county have been
neither Systematically rescarched
nor developed.
AS far as known at this time
! the minerals known to exist in tn,
county are: gold, silver, concret,
products, brick clay, Secondar,
/ kaolin, tale, Rreyard sehisL pot