28—Lancaster Farming,
Sat., December 14,1968
A tribal chief for 24 of his
82 years, Jarrett Blythe still
works on his 72-acre farm.
Chief Blythe served six four
year terms as head of the
Eastern Band of the Cherokee
Tiibe which owns 58,000 acres
in and around the Great
Smoky Mountain National
Park, North Carolina.
Cherokee Chief Buys
A New Hay Baler
Foi 24 of his 82 years, Jarrett
B Blythe was chief of the East
ern Band of the Cherokee Tribe.
In all, he served six four-year
terms as head of his tribe, 4,000
strong, which owns 58,000 acres
in and around the Great Smoky
Mountain National Park, North
Carolina His most lecent term
ended in 1967
Chief Blythe is a farmer. He
and his 76-year old wife, Mary,
live on a 72-acre farm and still
do some of the work Clover
timothy hay is their most impor
tant crop and the reason they re
cently bought a new New Hol
land baler
In spite of his age, Chief
Blythe isn’t stuck in the past
when it comes to farming He
bought the baler, he says, “Be
cause doing it yourself is the
best way to get any job done
When my hay’s cut, I can’t al
v. avs wait for somebody else to
come around and bale it Last
veai I needed a balei, so I
bought myself a good one and
1 expect to use it foi a good
many yeais ”
As his approach to farming is
uncomplicated and effective, sc
is Chief Blythe’s approach tc
life He has a deep respect foi
the histoiy of the Cherokee Na
tion and dons his ceremonial
diess only for special tuba 1
events Asked to what he attnb
ules his longevity, he says em
phatically, “Work'”—a bit of In
dian lore probably everybody
could take to heart
State Farm Prices
Up In November
Prices received by Pennsyl
vama farmers for their products
during November were thiee
percent higher than in Octobei,
the State Crop Reporting Sei
vice says
The Service attributed the in
crease to higher prices foi
giains, eggs and milk They off
set the decline in prices foi
meat animals
The November milk price of
$6 40 a hundredweight was five
cents higher than in Octobei
and 40 cents higher than in
November, 1967 Eggs at 42
cents a dozen were two cents
higher than last month and
eight cents above the Novembei
1967 price
Corn, at $ll4 a bushel, was
up six cents fiom last month
and two cents higher than in
November, 1967 Wheat, at
$ll7, was five cents above the
October price but 10 cents be
low, last November’s, price.
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