The daily record., 1952-03-11
STATE FARM
BRIEFS

SWAN QUARTER = Construc-
ton has begun on Hyde County's
first Grade A milking barn and
milkhouse. r. A. Swindell Of Swan
Quarter is building a 12-stAH barn
and will start milking as soon as
the barn is complete. He plans to
sell the output from his, herd to
the Terra Ceia dairy in Beaufort
/ County, County Agent w H Pru-
den says the. dairy will pick up
SWindell's milk daily and will con-
slider receiving milk from other
Sources in the area.
h CONCORD - @. L. Bost of
of Route, /, Mt. Pleasant is a far
mer who believes in diversification,
according to Cabarrus Assistant
County Agent J. P. Bowles. Bost's,
.income is balanced between milk
eggs. feeder pigs. corn, milo, small
grain and lespedeza seed. The first
part of his field crops goes for
feeding his livestock and poultry.
The remainder is Sold Bost has
approximately 600 layers from
which he sells eggs to his custo-
mers. He plans to enlarge his poul-
try flock, continue selling milk and
keep four to five brood sows.
ROxBORO = When man re-
peats job, he apparently likes
the results of the first one. This
is the case with r. G. Robertson of
Person County who has blasted
his second ditch with dynamite
this season. Robertson opened
ditch 625 feet long and three feet
deep for $50. He used 500 sticks. of
so. per cent dynamite placed is
inches apart in 18-inch holes. The
ditch is being used to drain his
lowland for a permanent pasture.
He previously blasted a ditch GIL
feet long for 1913 cents per foot.
LEXINGTON = William Smith,
Jr., of Route Z, Lexington will tell
you that Atlas Sc is a wheat pro-
ducing" variety. Smith recently
sold his Atlas wheat in Statesville
and it weighed -out AZ bushels per
acre from 10 acres. 1t tested high
in protein and sold for $265 per
'bushel. The wheat was planted on
time with an application Of 800
pounds Of 2-12-12 per acre. Smith
seeded five pecks per acre.
JEFFERSON - s. v. Alexander
of the Crumpler, community is saw
ing lots; of high priced feed this
winter because he seeded his bean,
tobacco and corn land with crimson
clover and, rye. Assistant County
Agent G. A. Greene says the Ashe'
County farmer has grazed his
sheep on this cover-crop all win
ter and it was getting so far ahead
of them that he had to. put is
yearlings on the field. Agent Greene
says Alexander.s livestock are some
of the fattest in the county. Alex
ander will not profit from his cheap
feed, but he VIII avoid soil erosions
and save fertilizer when he turns
the cover crop under.
( WHITEVILLE = Frank Thomp-
son, 4-Her from Chadbourn in CO.
lumbus County, knows there is more
than one way to, get money to buy
dairy calf. Frank bought a reg
istered, Guernsey heifer with, MON
ey saved from raising, puppies. He
is a little disappointed, however,
for the first calf was a male. His
young COW is producing. 80 pounds
of milk, per day, and he will, have
another chance for his second heif-
ers says County Agent Charles
.Raper
Parathion, a. new insecticide, is
dangerous and should be used with
extreme caution.
A COW producing 200 pounds of
butterfat returns. about $126 per
year while one producing 800
pounds of butterfat returns $274
per year, based on 1851, records.