The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-29
ASHE
Farm News
By County Agent C. J. Rich and
Asst. Agent II. d. Quessenberry

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Asst. Agent III. D. QuesSenberry
Poultry
When the weather gets hot,
feed consumption decreases, and
! egg production begins to drop, 1t
is we'll to feed the layers a moist
mash at noon each day. Mix the
regular mash with cool water or
skim milk. Be sure to feed only
what the flock will clean up in
about 20 minutes. Never feed the
moist mash on top of the dry
mash-use a separate trough. Re-
duce grain feeding during hot
weather. It is desirable to feed
whole oats in place of one fourth
! of the corn. Gull out birds that
quit laying between now and Sep
tember. These cutters and early
molters can be spotted in the
flock by watching for their pale
shrunken combs as well as the re-
turn of yellow pigment to the eye
rings and beaks. The early mol
tiers are usually the poor layers.
It is advisable to dispose of hens
that have already layed two sea-
sons as fast as they quit laying
unless they are to be kept for
breeders. Even where pullets
have layed only one season, the
ones that 60 out of production be-
fore September are usually not
very profitable the second year.
Gather eggs often in hot weather
and keep them in a cool place.
It is not a matter of whether
you can afford to use a summer
range shelter or not. The question
is: "Can you afford not to use
one?" The summer range shelter
pays big dividends in healthy
we'll developed pullets that are
reasonably free of disease and
; parasites. Feed the pullets some
. whole corn and whole oats as
soon as they are large enough to
eat whole grains. Avoid feeding
much wheat to growing pullet'
as it helps rush them into laying
before they are fully grown. The
corn and oats may be placed II
hoppers before the pullets or ma.
be fed late each afternoon. II II
ouid milk is to be fed, use crocl
or enamel pan and give only VIVA
milk the flock will consume in 8
minutes and then remove the pal
so as to avoid attracting file
which in turn will increase tap
worm infestation. as the fly is tn
intermediate host of the tap
worm.
Garden
If you intend to have late to
matoes by setting out plants il
June you might try this practic
of fertilization. Set plants 3 to
feet apart. Before setting plant
dig a hole where each plant is t.
be set, drop in the hole a gallon
of we'll rotted stable manure, co
yer with dirt and set plants
Three weeks later work into tn
soil around each plant at a dis
lance of 3 inches 2 tablespoonful
of Is percent superphosphate.
Dust cabbage, collards, brocco
Ii and snap beans with one per
cent rotenone dust in order to xii
worms and bean beetles. Star
busting cabbage when you frs
observe the white butterflies il
the cabbage patch. Dust thorough
'ly the underside of the bear
leaves for bean beetle. Partia
control of the squash borer ant
pickle worm may be secured will
one percent rotenone by dustinl
every ten days the growing tip
of the plants and. the small bios
som clusters. Scatter over the to
mato plants at the fruiting stat
poisoned bran or corn meal mad'
by mixing thoroughly one table
spoonful of Paris green or cal
cium arsenate to one quart O
bran or meal.
Dairying
From an estimate made recent.
it is found that approximate!
$4,000 pounds of milk are beinl
sold daily by Ashe county farm
ers. With present prices ranging
from 43 to 45c per pound for but
terfat this milk would bring ;
gross income to those Ashe coun
ty farmers producing his mill
of approximately 100000 daily
.. based on 40 milk. Deducting al
average of zoe per 100 pounds fol
haul bill would leave a net in
come to those farmers of little
more than $4,000 a day. If thi!
!production and price could be
maintained throughout year o.
365 days with the net income o.
$4,000 per day it would mean ar
annual income of $182,5OO.O0.
We are wondering why we dc
not maintain winter milk pro:
duction at higher level. It could
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