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Page Four THE MT. VERNON SIGNAL Thursday; July 10.1941

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S U B S C R I P T I O N R A T E S KENTUCKY PRES

ASSOCIATION

NatiorfoT Edi lora l Assoc ia t ion- -

bcAV\-r By W. L . S. * "

A f t e r wh ich vjas caused by the most pa r t by t h e t ra f f ic o.n H ighway 25, t h e merchants- of Mf. Vernon and Liv-ingston .should real ize t h a t t h i s h i g h w a y is of vi tal i m p o r t a n c e t o t h e wel l -being of the coun ty . . s t e a 4 of" the t raff ic- lessening shou ld increase."

In th is week's L o n d o n . Sent inel -.Echo..is an item about H i g h w a y 25, which shows that , th is c i ty is t ak ing no chances on having this m a i n a r t e ry of t ravel re-routed a r o u n d London. P lans a re being made- to cof t rcx 'Kir .Wjject ionable f e a t u r e s pf

t h e exis t ing r o a d ' a t public expense .

T h a t plan should be fol lowed iri • this county . ' l f w e te l l t h e H ighway Commiss ioner to m a p ou t a rou te t h rough Mt. V e r n o n , ' a n d t h a t w e wi l l co-opera te ' in see ing tha t r ight -of -ways a re secured, and bad points

, 0 ihe chances a re t h a t the be b rough t t h r o u g h - t o w n .

In a few months the rou te will de-f in i te ly .be set and if Mt. Vernon is missed, it w i l l b e jus t too bad .

As usual in an emergency , t he m a j o r i t y of people' , wai t un t i l t he last minute, to do n n v i ^ i n g . Thio

-»--T5iG}cCT"rncanS .more to. Rockcast le coun ty than any th ing except agr i -cu l ture . M a n y , businesses subsist solely because of. tour is t t rade . Many

- ** r e s t a u r a n t s and f i l l ing s ta t ions w o u l d - t w f o r c e d - t o x l m r i f H i g h w a y 25 w e n t e lsewhere , and these people al l do business in the county .

This- is ser ious emergency and de-m a n d s t h e ful l co-operat ion of a i r citizens.

County Agent Notes By Rober t F . Spenc*

C o u n t y A g e n t

T h r a s h i n g Demons t r a t i on a Success • T h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n of a Small

t h r a s h e r Tuesday a t Bcrea was a g r e a t success. T h e demons t ra t ion was p u t on by C. G. F i l le r . Assis tant A g ' r i cu l tu ra l Eng ineer , K e n t u c k y S t a t e Col lege of Agr icu l tu re . Due to t h e ra i f t t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n w a s moved tfom t h e E x p e r i m e n t f i e l d to M a j o r J . H . W a s h b u r n ' s b a o l w h e r e he had ba r l ey s tored wh ich was used in t h e t h r a s h i n g demons t ra t ion . -33 f a r m e r s a t t ended t h e fo renoon session, and 22 t h e a f t e rnoon session. Rockcast le . Madison , G a r r a r d and Bre th i t t coun t i e s w e r e r ep resen ted . .

Th i s > smal l t h r a s h e r - used in t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n w a s des igned by Mr. C. G . F i l l e r to m e e t the needs of f a r m e r s in h i l l y and r o u g h e r Sections w h e r e m a n y f a r m e r s h a v e stopped g r o w i n g g ra in and

wa te r . -Hogs purchased f rom stock y a r d s

o r herds not known, should be sep-a r a t e d f r o m the res} of hogs on the f a r m for a jSer?&d" of 20 to 30 days be fo re t u r n i n g wi th the h o m e grown he rd .

Hogs m a y b e vacc ina ted wi th se rum a lone o r w i t h s e r u m and viris. If s e rum a lone is used it is called the "S ing le -Trea tmen t . " If bo th s e r u m and vir is is used i t is called the "Doublo-Trea t f t ien t . " This doub le -

T h e low-lying keys f r o m Key West nor theas t to the ma in l and on Flor-ida cons t i tu te t h e sole hab i ta t and b reed ing ground f o r . t h e h a n d s o m e grea t white- heron.

A hoghly fa ta l disease in quai l and grouse, u lce ra t ive enter i t i s , is pecu la r to these species and was re-cen t ly -desc r ibed b y U. S. Fish and W i l d l i f e . Se rv ice scientists .

T l ) e , most spec tacu la r and im-por tan t fu r - an ima l en te rp r i se in tl^e Uni ted ' S la tes is "silver-fox fa rming ;

-wh ich -y i e lded -8.000 pel ts in ..1923 and increased the ou tpu t tn 350,000 pel ts by 1940.

The wi ld mal la rd breeds f ree ly arid a b u n d a n t l y in • captivi ty, but , un fo r tuna te ly , thc-duck also domest i -ca tes xapidly and loses those qual i t ies

A r m y Aviat ionlCadets^ f r o m Ohio, | ing tests a t Randolph , J$el4, Texas : desired for spor t ing birds. Ken tucky , West Virginia a n d Indi- (Avia t ion Cade t scholarsh ips . are •( •" ana will be among t h e na t ion ' s f i r s t l o m O T 1 . 2 0 t o 2 6 y c a r s o l d . f u t u r e A r m y pilots rece iv ing prelim-

Poultry Course Attracts 131

inary t ra in ing wi th t h e aid .of t h e J inclusive, t r o u g h all A r m y r ec ru i t - ' 'Aerostructor ' ' p ic tured above dur -1 ing off ices in the F i f t h Corps Area.

The format ion, of a co-operative. , i r i ; Cent ra l K e n t u c k y is especially j impor tan t because Cen t ra l ' Kentuc- : k ^ j a r m i . ' r s . i a v e . j io t : been as favor- I able toward" co-opera t ive m a r K e P ' ^ ^ ing as those in W e s t e r n . K e n t u c k y . | —

Members of the organiza t ion w

hog. The. s ing le - t r ea tmen t is good

Council used on all b r eed ing hogs. I n o ther ' 3 ' I . wo rds t h e hogs t h e ' f a rmer keep Ivan J e t t , d i rec tor of m a r k e t i n g f r o m y e a r to y e a r f o r b reed ing pur-1 for the s ta te of Ken tucky f o r the past poses. T h e s ingle- t rea th ien t is usual ly | ycaf . became agr icul tura l counsel of i n d r a w n f rom the ' 'Lex ing ton lltilk used on hogs w h e n t h e f a r m e r is j t h e - K e n t u c k y .Chain Stores Counci l j She<l" of Woodford , Spott, F rank l in . n o t ^ x p e c t i n g to k e e p his hogs bu t

t he Mid-South Chain "Stores Council , i Mr. Earl Robbins . t e a c h e r otVoc The organizat ion, wi th headqSf f t tTS at Mur ray , was . establ ished to co-ordina te the con t r ibu t ion of cha in s tores to the agr icul tura l , civic a n d industr ia l a d v a n c e m e n t of Kcn tuck Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee

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T h e 17th annua l pou l t ry shor t course, he ld recen t ly a t t he K e n -tucky S t a t e College of Agr icu l tu re and Home Economics a t Lex ing ton , a t t rac ted 131 f a r m m e n a n d ' w o m e n and h a t c h e r y m c n f r o m 44 K e n t u c k y count ics and f o u r o t h e r s tates , ac-cording to W. M. Insko, Jr . , h e a d of the Univ'crsity poul t ry section. At t h e conclusion of the ;coufse , 25 per -s o n s tqok the examina t ion to. obtain certificates- in pu l l p rum cont ro l and blood test ing. At t h e opening 'ses-

I sion, i n s k o s tressed, t he pa r t Ken-tucky) : poul t ry can play in na t iona l ' defense , u r g i n g tha t f a r m e r s use th is ' t ime of .government s t ab i l i s -at ion of pr ices f o r pou l t ry p roduc ts to improve e q u i p m e n t or g e t be t t e r equ ipmen t . No wholesa le expans ion is des i rable , however , h e stressed. Speaker s included Mclvin Bus ter , poul t ry coordinator f o r t he Uni ted S ta tes d e p a r m c n t of Agr icu l tu re ; R. B. Jones , Montgomery , Ala., head of t h e pou l t ry division of t h e Depar t -m e n t of Agr icu l tu re and Indus t r ies ; A d a m Siler . Henderson . Ky- ha tch-e ryman , and C. W , Sulit-r, Lex ing ton .

short" t ime.

If t h e y should b t - eonf ined for 15" to 20 d a y s and k e p t a w a y f ron) o t h e r hogs in ad jo in ing • f ie ld o r in a f ield w i l l r u n n i n g vyater . in ' it. Hogs double t rea ted go t h rough wi th a mild cas< of cholera and mus t be t rea ted as such ; .o r else o ther - hogs m a y t a k e chofe'ra f r o m ' t h e vaccinated herd .

Ariy "farmer can s ing le t reat his own hogs bu t i t t akes a ve t e r ina r i an o r a man with a . p e r m i t f r o m the S t a t e Vete r inar ian t o double - t rea t .

If t j iere isn ' t a n y cholera in the c.ommunity hogs need no t be vaccin-a ted bu t if it g e t s in the c o m m u n i t y vaccinat ion is t he s u r e s t .and. J i e s i ' .hm& -tCr"uo." r^Tarmers should co-ope ra t e wi th each o ther in keep ing cholera -out and w h e n it does ge t in to a c o m m u n i t y the re needs t o he a closer co-operat ion in o rde r to s t a m p it out. All dead hogs shou ld By-'tStrrncd" bu r l ed . . " B u r n i n g "7s the bes t w a y to dispose of dead hogs o r o t h e r dead animals .

S H E E P A P R O F I T A r t h u r Brown, Quai l communi ty ,

sold his l ambs last week- He sold 26 lambs f ronj^W! « tves" fo r $204.19. H e . got $47.50 .for his wool m a k i n g A .total of $251,69. .His. . income per e w e was $13.98. This isn't a bad*busi-fless w h e n his ewes a rc only w o r t h $8-$10 p e r . h e a d . .

We need m o r e sheep on our farms." Not too many , bu t w h a t the f a r m can c a r r y in connection wi th o ther J ivestock.

Wes te rn e w e s a re sca rce and r a m s e s ca rce ivJa rmers w h o wan t e i the r

* r both should ac t at once.

694 Lambs Entered At Show And Sale

h o m e u s e o r m a r k e t because of < h e '

T h e a n n u a l . C e n t r a l K e n t u c k y 4-H and Utopia l a m b show and sale, re-c e n t l y he ld a t Lex ing ton , b rought ent r ies f r o m c lub m e m b e r s in 14 count ies w h o showed 694 l a m b s . .

T h e grand champion l amb of the s h o w ' was ' f r o m Jcssanl ine county , and was owned by J u a n it;* Hayden! Th i s Iamb s o l d j j r 36 cents a pound and weighed 85 pounds. The r e se rve

s a v e champion w a s ' shown by M a r y „? . r ! S S C ® / o r l F r a n c e s Green , f rom Cla rk c o u n ^

b r ing ing 25 cents a pound. C la rk coun ty had the champion

car lot of t h e show. These l a m b s averaged 85 pounds each and brought $15.75" p e r hundred pounds. The re -s e rve pen w a s ' f r o m Mercer coun ty and sold for $14.25 per hundred .

Hugh J o h n Richards, of G r a n t county , had the champion single-l a m b in' t h e Utopia show. _ F r a n k K i n g , of Montgomery county , had the champion carlot of Utopia Iambs.

The ave rage sale price for all J a m b s i n . t l y show was ^513.15 per hundred .

T h e pu rpose of the l amb p ro jec t is to teach 4-H and U t o p i a ' m e m b c r s be t t e r me thods of hand l ing and .pro- , duc ing lambs for marke t . This show is t he cu lmina t ion of the pro jec t .

ed . T h e f a r m e r s in th is sect ion cer-t a i n l y need t o g ive m o r e a t t en t ion t o h o m e g r o w n seeds. This m e a n s t h a t w e m u s t h a v e m o r e small ' t h r a s h e r s t o t a k e ca re of the th ra sh -ing of g r a i n s and grasses.

Th i s t h r a s h e r is m o u n t e d on r u b b e r t i r e s and is m o v e d about as a: t ra i le r b e h i n d a pa s senge r car . o r t ruck • as fas t as t h e condi t ion of the roads will p e r m i t . Only a f e w j n i n u t e s - a re re -

q u i r e d , t o sot i t . «p . fp£a .Qe \v . j ob and to g e t r e a d y to m o v e again . I t has been t e s t ed for fou r seasons in a h u n d r e d coun t i e s and f a r m e r s h a v e expressed sa t i s fac t ion with its size, mobi l i ty , p e r f o r m a n c e and -cost o f

.opera t ion; -— F a r m e r s in te res ted in thvis and

- o t h e r spiall t h r a s h e r s can get infor-ma t ion a t t h e County Agent ' s off ice.

H O G C H O L E R A H o g Chole ra s e e m s to break ou t

e v e r so x>ften in d i f f e r e n t sect ions of t h e coun ty . "There is a ; reason f o r this . Usua l ly -we f ind cholera whe re hogs h a v e b e e n ' p u r c h a s e d f r o m stock y a r d s or f r o m , s o m e herd w h e r e cho le ra h a s b e e n -before . Cholera can be ca r r ied b y trticks, on the feet" of people , fcy b i r d s dogs o r r u n n i n g

Among Co. Agents In ^Owsley younty, 200 acres w e r e

p lanted to h y b r i d c o m — e n o u g h " p e r m a n e n t l y t o es tabl ish t h e c j ^ p , " it is r epor t ed . •

"How t o m a r k e t l ambs so as to p rof i t f r o m h igh pr ices" w a s t h p sUBject discussed a t a ser ies of M?ade coun ty c o m m u n i t y meet ings .

Mr . J e t t w a s born in Jackson , K e n t u c k y , in 1911, moving to Madi-son County whi le a youngs te r . He a t t ended Eas te rn S ta te Teacher s Col-lege 'and t h e University- 6f"Kentueky, . f r o m which he g r adua t ed wi th t h e j Died Monday d e g r e e of B. S. in- Agr icu l ture in * 1931.

For n i n e yea r s he w a s i n s t ruc to r in Vocat ional A g r i c u l t u r e a t S t amp-ing G r o u n d High School, Scot t coun-ty, p r io r to becoming d i rec tor of marke t ing . The F u t u r e F a r m e r s of A m e r i c a . c h a p t e r , of which h e was adv i so i j won t h e Nat iona l F . F . A. con tes t in 1937 and again in 1^39; the on ly c h a p t e r , i n h is tory to w i n th i s h o n o r twice. . '• '

Mr. J e t t i s .widely k n o w n th rough-o u t K e n t u c k y , par t icu la r ly by fa rm-e r s and agr icu l tu ra l l eaders wi th w h o m h e h a s . worked in es tabl ishing m o r e order ly and . e f f ec t ive m a r k e t i n g channe l s f o r f a r m products . H e owns and ope ra te s a f a r m in Scott county.

Mr. J e t t will m a k e his h e a d q u a r -t e r s in Cen t r a l K e n t u c k y But will spend t h e g rea t e r por t ion of his t ime in t h e f ie ld; pr inc ipa l ly i n - K c n t u c k /

Former Resid&t^^^ Remembers Politics ^

W<- a re in receipt of a le t ter f r o m W. H. Ca'rmical of LoCkhind, O.. w h i c h , should prove int t res t inw t o -many of his f r i e n d s in "this c o u n t / T h e let ter fol lows:

Lockland. Q. .-. . : - - Junn.21V i o n . ,

Edi tor Mt. Vernon Signal.-Dear S i r : A f t e r a few yea r s of recess - f ind

enclosed money for subscr ip t ion for y o u r paper,. 'Many yea r s ago I \yas a cha r t e r m e m b e r of the a l w a y s " runn ing c l d b " eve ry fou r years . But r t r a v t h ' r J o s r m y - S e n i o r i l y - j v t h e ' c lub of wh ich i t ' s m e m b e r s w e r e m a n y Cussing and discussing Poli t ics on t h e back.stTce'ts, cross roads, and in the S a n c t u a r y o[ Old Rockcast le County .

Resp. W. H . C a r m i c a l

Mrs. W. fi. Sigmon

• Mrs. W. B. S igmon. a l i felong res ident of Rockcast le coun ty -diod a t her home, in Mt. Vemon^Vlonday. J u l y 7,' a f t e r an illness of severa l months . *

F u n e r a l services w e r e held W e d -nesday a f t e rnoon f r o m the Chr is t ian church .

A comple te ob i tua ry wi l l be p r in t -ed n e x t week . , . >

Milk Co-operative Association Formed

F o r seve ra l mon ths milk prq-, ducerS in the Blue Grass region h a v e been work ing toward the format ion of a co-opera t ive m a r k e t i n g organ i -zat ion. I t is t he only one of its kind jn the S ta te and i t % m e m b e r s h i p is composed only 'of producers , some of w h j c h sell t he i r milk to pas teur i -zing p l an t s "and o thers sel l d i rect to t h e consumer . '

Cen t r a l K e n t u c k y rrulk producers h a v e long fe l t a need for"an organ i -zat ion to r ep resen t t hem and to aid t h e m in solving the i r p rob lems in merchand iz ing the i r mi lk , promot ion of be t t e r re la t ions be tween p roduce r and consumer , purchas ing of sup-plies and- increasiftg»The consump-tion of mi lk , £ ...

T h e Marke t i ng Division ' of t h e K e n t u c k y D e p a r t m e n t of Agricul-t u r e a t F r a n k f o r t assisted the f a r m -e r s to o r g a n i z e . - I n o rde r to show u^hat could be accomplished th rough co-opera t ion of" all agencies of t he mi lk indus t ry , cons iderable t ime was spen t in sponsor ing June* Dai ry M o n t h , and the resu l t s obta ined w e r e conclus ive proof f o r all_ concerned tha t t h e r e w e r e g r e a t b e n e f i t s ' t o be de r ived f r o m . a co-operat ive.

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GARRARD - GMJWY STOCKYARDS Special l a m b and t h e c o t a l e he ld eve ry Tuesday . Regular s tock

ta les he ld eve ry F r iday . No t a le , no commission. Checkx g iven out d a y of sale.

' R E G U L A R SALE, FRIDAY, J U L Y 4 , 1 9 4 1 At our . r egu la r sale . F r i d a y , J u l y 4th. I'941. we sold a ' t o t a l of

1D90 head , b r ing ing the total for t he week to 1729 head. F r iday ' s re-ceipts and quota t ions "follow': -

Cat t le—Receipts . 459; t t e c r s . S6.40 & 8.80; heifers . $6.20 9.10: baby beeves . $7.90 <S> 10.10: cow*. $4.80 (a, 6.80; mi lk cows. $32.00 ® 59.00: cows and calves. $37.00 <S 81.00: bulls , $6.20 (w 7.80: stock bu i l t . $31.00 (» 67.00: s tock cattle.- $9.00 fi? 42:00.

Mogi—Receipts. 369: l ights. $9.75 fir 10.50^ m e d i u m $10.40: packers . $10.50) heavies . $10.30 dp 10.40; sows. -S8.10 (a 9.60: .s lock, t h o a t t . $8.80 ® 13.30: sows and Digi. S26.00 A 47.00.

Calves—Receipts . 234: top t . $11.55: second! . $9.75 (a 10.10: hu tch -er t . $8.65 fif 9.10: o thers . $8.00 d o w n . • •

Horses a n d mules . 6; no quota t ions . S h e e p and lamps. 22. No quota t ions .

SHEEP AND LAMB SALE. TUESDAY. JULY 8 At our regu la r sheen and l a m b sa le Tuesday^ Jy ly 8. we Hold a

to ta l of 1738 head a t ' s t e a d y to s t rong prices. Bott e w e t and we the r s . $11.70 <S> 11.80: best ewes and bucks . $10.65 fii' 10.95: good lambs . $10.10 Oil 1P.SS: m e d i u m lambs . $9.00 6r 9.80: c o m m o n Iambs. $7.20' (fi -#.50: d i p lambs. $7.00 ft 7.50. fat ewes . $4.65: o thers . $3.50 down: Old bucks. $2.90..

We are 'under U. S. Government -Supervision -and bonded for your protection «*

GARRARD COUNTY STOCKYARDS LANCASTER. KENTUCKY

Ches te r Gooch

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