County Agent Thrash Highlights Past Year Accomplishments
County Agent L D Thrash reports progress in Rutherford County including the formation of a County Farm Bureau to educate farmers, organize cooperative seed orders saving money, and promote fertilizer pricing. Community clubs and boys clubs foster home problem discussions, fairs, and pure bred hog projects. Plans include variety tests in cotton and corn and expanding the Farm News monthly for widespread farmer access through the Forest City bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Bank & Trust Co
Forest City
Farm News
Crepe Myrtle Promotion Sparks Southern Pride
The Progressive Farmer lauds crepe myrtle as a superb South flowering shrub and urges a regional movement to make the South the Land of the Crepe Myrtle. It praises Edenton’s blooms, cites color variety, and calls for planting sprouts from neighbors or nurseries this fall.
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South
North Carolina
Edenton
United States
Southland
Cotton Ginning Totals Rise in Rutherford and State
Rutherford county reports 8152 bales of cotton ginned by December 1, 1921 up from 7532 the prior year. Cleveland shows 24946 bales versus 2108 in 1920, while the state totals reach 738383 bales against 611535. More cotton made this year locally and statewide than early fall reports indicated. ARM DOPE features Congressman Zebulon Weaver offering free garden and flower seeds to residents in his district upon request via mail. Send name and address to Hon. Zebulon Weaver, House of Representatives, Washington, D C, specify seed type and whether flower, garden, or both.
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Rutherford County
Cleveland
Zebulon Weaver
House of Representaives
Washington, D. C
Avondale Farmer Kills 760 Pound Poland-China Hog
J S Boone of Avondale reported a 27 months old Poland China hog weighing 760 pounds. The Forest City Courier invites other farmers to report similar yields.
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J. S. Boone
Avondale
Forest City
Turnip Exhibition Highlighted by Forest City Farmer
J L Crow a prominent farmer on Forest City Rural Route 2 recently displayed a turnip weighing ten pounds. The note accompanies a Courier Advertising statement emphasizing that advertising is an investment, not an expense.
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J. L. Crow
Forest City
To Travel Heavenward
A devotional exhortation urges strength and generosity toward others and enemies, humility, self restraint, and diligent, patient living. It emphasizes keeping a pure mind, charitable judgment, and intelligent sympathy, while avoiding noise and clamor. The piece exhorts quiet growth in grace and service, urging trust in God’s word.
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G. Kleiser Inc. . Central
New Year Customs and a Grin for the Grind
The piece notes New Year gift customs in various regions and the common greeting of happiness for the year. It contrasts traditional punch and visits with modern Christmas giving and January 1 greetings. A humorous column urges adding a grin to every grind to make work more pleasant and life less dreary.
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Scotland
England
America
Pumpkin Pie Recipe From Old Newspaper Menu
Stew pumpkin and press through colander. Beat four yolks with sugar to make a quart of stewed pumpkin. Stir in a quart of milk nutmeg cinnamon. Fold in stiff whites of four eggs. Line deep pie plate with puff paste. Fill with pumpkin mix and bake in a moderate oven.
Short Life Is Long Cartoon Observation
A compact reflective piece notes that a year feels twofold for a baby and a dying elder, while a man ages a year in mirrored measure. The quip observes human life and time in a concise, wry tone.
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Thrash
L. D. Thrash
Clarence Poe
Rutherford
Farm Bureau
Boys Clubs
Boys Pig Club
Tennessee
Crawford Powell
Poultry Club
Corn Club
Union “Watkins
Mt. Pleasant
Race
New House
Mt. Vernon Consolidated School
Eee
Hampshire
Hampshire Breeders
J.D. Biggs
Williamston
W. W. Bullock
Rocky Mount
H. M. Philips
Battleboro
W. C. Fleetwood
Jackson
W. E. Jeffreys
W. G. Weeks
T. A. Grantham
New Bern
J. C. Daugh
Tridge
N. C
Hampshire Breeders’ Association
Turnip
Rase
Louise Driscoll
NU. Times
Goch-Cola
Forest City, N. C
Wats. Bes
Embe Deral
J.P. Alexander
B. B. Dodgett
J. H. Tuomas
KS Tanner
LV. Les
B. H. Long
C. R. E. Biggersy
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