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MS, News of Interest to Farmers ofJohnston and Adjoining Counties Talk of Higher Tax On Tobacco May Hurt f c By JOHN R. MORRIS j The tobacco planters in the bright j fliie cured belt have had their minds | diverted from plant bed preparations during' the past week by the aston ishing realization that the Federal Government desires to add an addi tional tax on tobacco products. They see the 'Government with its already iieavy foot of taxation standing on the nape oT their neck pushing them gfar'.her -?nto bankruptcy, rather than .l^.iTiing - them constructive legisla tion to pull their, industry ojat of the economic mire"it has sunlf into. 1 The Government already gets more from the tobacco industry than the growers who .sow and reap. They . simply cannot stand any more ob stacles to block them from making a profit now. Thousands of telegrams have been forwarded to Washin.gton during the last few days asking the ways and means' committee in the House not to place an additional tax on the farmers who crow tobacco. The Government already gets one dollar per pound on this commodity and it has had a direct effect upon the farmers. Sales of tobacco products j have .steadily declined since last Oc tober when they fell 18 per cent under the preceding October. Sena tor Bailey has voiced his opposition to any additional tax on tobacco products saying that he believes that .the Government is already getting too much revenue from this source. In a letter to the Kin.ston Tobacco Board pf Trade he stated that' the tax of Si3f cents on a package of twenty Cigarettes amounts to a dol lar tax on each pound used to make dgarelfss. The eotisefiUence is that the Government'.s policy in this re- .spect ha.** a direct effect of decreas- | ing the farmer.s’ market and piling j up an unmarketable surplus on his i hands. The tax will be a burden on the farmers who produce the leaf and will cut down his pi'ice This process is now .going on. The farm ers have been urged to take a stand against any national or state tax. Practically every Congressman and senator from Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia have registered a protest ift regard to the above tax and they are calling upon the farmers to help them out in the fight. Many tele grams have been sent in from far mers asking that they not be fur ther penalized by this additional tax. They have been producing to bacco at a loss for about three years and they simply cannot staml any additional taxes at this time. The government received $.500,000,- OOO from this source while the niafi* ufActurers’ total profits were Wiiy | ‘ i$.125,00.0,000. The farmer assumes j all the hazards of its phortoction and is operating at a loss, 'The efl'ect is to give the govethTOfent a dollar on the pound of tdtecco for which th? farmer recen^s 9 or 10 cents; that is to Say, th'e government get.s 1,000 ■per cent Pn the farmers’ price with out either sowing or reaping. 'fls'e question will be settled with in a few days and the farmer can only .go ahead with his plant bed preparation and hope for the best legislation that will enable him to get a profit on his 1932 crop. Increased Use of Cotton In Prospect Tells How To Get Farm Relief Through Co-ops Build For The Future Through Live Stock The United States Department of Commerce calls attention to the ev idence of increasing consumption of cotton in clothing. It anticipates that cotton will play a leading role in this year’s spring styles asj cated by advance showings au Palm Beach and New York. Cottons of new texture, fine ly lustrous durene cotton mat and a great variety ux -lew and knits have been extxaoid in evidetjce in all the fashionable “openings” of the foreign couturiers and the important American fashion houses. These are found in sports wear, tailored dre.sses, formal after noon and evening gowns, and wom en’s costume accessories including millinery, .shoes, gloves, hosiery, bags and scarfs. One of the most outstanding “neiv uses” of cotton is a durene shoe fabric, which has .iust the right degree of luster, and a fine, su||je- like depth of surface, unusual in or dinary cotton, and ideal for both strictly tailored street footwear and dressy, afternoon slippers. More than 14,000 retail stores par ticipated in National Cotton Week last year according to reports made to the Department of Commerce. Plana are being made for even greater activity in this year’s cam paign, May 16 to 21. .POOD FOR CHILDREN. STRONG FOR ECONOMY. (Union Republican) Tn view of the universal demand for economy in governmental ex penditures it is noted with some in terest that Senator McKellar, Dem- ocrat, of Tennessee, has established a new all-time record for money hills introduced in one session of Congress by one member. A tabula tion of the bills introduced by the Tennessee solon since the present session of Congress convened in De- embr rveals that if all were passed they would call for . approximately 800 million dollars from the federal treasury over a period of years. Among the Senator’.s bills is one in structing the Comptroller of the Trea.sury to “re-examine Tennees- 'see’s claims against the federal .gov ernment rising out of the War of 1812 and the Civil War.” All of which seems to be going pretty far back as a device to be used for get ting money out of the Treasury. Xhese bills are rather of special in terest because Senator McKellar de clared not long ago that President Hoover “had put the government $400,000,000 in arrears in running expenses.” Home Demonstration Agent ■wishe.s to emphasize the necessity of cod liver oil, not as a medicine nor as a luxury, but as an indespensible food especially for children. Mothers are therefore urged to provide three or four teaspoons of cod liver oil each day for every child under two yeaiA old. This will co.st froni fifteen to twenty-five cents a Week per child, but is absolutely vital to childrens’ health in the winter time and some doctors advl.se it all the year round. The vitimin D which prevents rick ets ills found in very few feeds. Butter and eggyolks being the main common foods but one teaspoon of cod liver oil is ei|uivalent to four teen teaspoons of good butter and where the cows have not had ac cess to plenty of green feed there is still much more difference in the two, . ■ ' These foods are necessary for pro per development of bones and teeth. Cod liver bii is a substitute for sun shine on the In some way the sun has power Working on the bare skin to develop this vitamin. Cod liver oil should be started by the time the baby is a month old. This is true even for breat-fed babies. Not only is this valuable to prevent rickets but you are also feeding vi tamin -A, the vitamin -which he’lps grow'th, prevents eye disease and has much to do with colds, ear in fections, etc. Most rickets are de veloped before the child is two years old, but any child who is un der-nourished and under-weight would profit by this, says the United .‘States Department of Agriculture. Cod liver oil sometimes is hard to get the child to take, but the ear lier it > started the earlier it is to become a habit. In the recent leaflet put out by the Children Bu reau the lists as indispensihle for the child under two years are as follows:: One (|uart of milk, if .pos sible; at least a pint. At least two te.aspoons of cod liver oil—you should have three or four—at least one vegetable or fruit (tomato juice, orange juice, or greens) and it should have three or four. In addi tion the child should have plenty of bread, cereals and other body build ing foods. When there are children in the family, one-fourth of the money that g6es for food should be spent' for milk, one-fifth for vegeta bles, one-fifth for bread, cereals, beans and peas, one-fifth for fat and I .sugar, and the rest for eggs, cheese, meat and other things. In sub.sti- tuting for milk, w? wish to empha size ' the fact that sweetened con densed milk should never he given to children. Evaporated, powdered milk is good. Anybody wishing any more information on child feeding mail a card to the Home Exten sion Deiiartment; Smithfield, N. C. ' There is something about lespe- deza .growing that keeps hope and faith in the heart, says Tom Broom, county agent of Union County. HIGHEST M.AKKET PRICE WILL be allowed any subscriber to the Johnstonian-Sun if applied on your subscription to this paper. Mr. U. Benton Blalock, gen eral manager of the North Car olina Cotton Growers Co-opera tive Association, sent put a cir cular letter last week giving- some information as to the plans now being perfected for farm relief, and telling how farmei's who are unable to get help elsewhere may borrow a portion of the fifty millions for farm relief, which is provided '.for in President Hoover’s Re construction Finance program, 1 ch has lately been enacted into law by Congress. The Reconstruction Finance corporation Act provides for the use of any amount up to two billion dollars, which the board, of which Charles G. Dawes is the head, may use un der proper restrictions, in giv ing aid to banks, railroads, far mers and other worthy enter prises. Mr. Blalock’s letter, which is addressed to members of his organization, reads as follows: Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 17, 1932. To all Members: We are a cotton farmer.s’ organi zation, and as such we feel it our duty to serve our members in every way pos.sible. With the closing of so many banks in this State it is going to be rather difficult for farmers to obtain pro duction credit, and. nearly all of us a.s farmers must have some money to operate on. The Growers Agricultural Credit Corporation was organized last year with Mr. J. F. Diggs as Vice Presi dent and Manager, with Raleigh as headquarters. Several banks in the State, and our Cotton Association took some Class A stock in this Cor poration, in ordov that a means | might he provkied far financing far mers through the Federal Interniedi- ate Credit -Bank of Columbia, S. C. The Growers A.gricultural Credit Corporation -will undertake to operate the same again this year, ‘and member of our organizfetfaw, %r a non-member for that matter, can make application to Mr. J. F. Diggs for credit, and his application will be given due consideration. At the request of the Directors of the Growers Agricultural Credit Cor poration, Mr. Georg'e R. Ross, an other Director of the Credit Corpor ation, and I spent Thursday and Fri day of la.st week in tVashingloA to learn what we could as to hoW more money could be made Sivailable to our farmers for finaft'eing through the Growers Agl-KUitural Corpora tion. We formed contacts with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Farm Lo'asr Board, and some of our Senator.s and Congressmen, and are hopefiil that further means will be made available through the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank to serve our farmer.s. We are much impressed with the bill introduced in Congress by Sena tor George of Georgia, which pro-, vides ten million dollars ($10,090,- 000) for taking capital stock in cred it coi'iiorations. Two of our Con gressmen are assisting in putting this hill through the House of Rep resentatives, and it should become a law -.within the next two or three weeks, in time to be used 'for this season’.s business. While in .Washington we also call ed at the Secretary of Agriculture’s office, and discussed with Dr. War- burton, Director of the l.xtension Forces, as to .-iust how the fifty mil lion dollars (,‘?50,000;000) appropri ated under the Reconstruction Fin ance Corporation Act for a.ssisting agriculture would be handled. Regu- . lation Sheet No. 1 relative to loans I made under this Act has been issued, and its principal provisions are about as follo-ws: (1) This money is to be furnished to farmers where they are unable to obtain loans for crop production during the year 1932, preference to be given to farmers who suffered from crop failures in 1931. • (2) It is (juite probable that ap plications for loans will he received j and advances made through commit-1 tees in each county, somewhat in the ‘ same manner a.s the seed loans and drought loan funds were dispensed la.st year. In due time these com mittees will be named and applica tion blanks placed in their hands. It is now thou,ght that these applica tion blanks will be ready about the first of March. (3) No loan for crop production will be made to any applicant for more than $400.00. No landowner can borrow more than $1600.00 for all his tenants in any one county. Cotton farmers, where they use fer tilizer, cannot borrow in excess of $6.00 per acre on all of their crops for all purposes, and on tobacco the maximum rate is $10.00 per acre. Loans will not be made to any farmer who has other means of live lihood, nor to a minor. All borrowers will be expected to reduce their acre age of cotton and tobacco to not more than 65 per cent of that plant ed last year; that is, if he planted more than ten acres of cotton or three acres of tobacco. The Secretary of Agriculture re serves a right to make changes in these regulations at any time he may deem it necessary. As soon as these county committees are appoint ed and properly organized it is our purpose to ask our Field Men and our Directors of each district to co operate with the committees i.n ev ery way possible in helping to se cure for our members credit through this source, if that is what they want; and our Field Men will also be ready to serve you if you want to make application through the Growers Agricultural |fcedit Corpor ation of Raleigh. w It .should be borne in mind that this appropriation of $50,000,000.00 is ma,de to cover the entire United States, and of coui'se it will not be sufficient to furnish credit to every one who may desire it. It should be further remembered that it is only an emergency proposition and that it is expected to be done away with whenever conditions in agriculture improve to the extent that it is no longer necessary. It should be borne in mind that the development of an agricultural credit corporation is along lines of permanency, a means of financing agriculture from year to ■year. ■Jtwt a.s soon as committees are appointed and application blanks ars retUly we will undertake to inform Puf members, through the “Cotton Grower,” the full procedure as to how to obtain loans from this $50,- 000,000 fund, and also as to the status of the Growers Agricultural Credit Corporation and how loans may be obtained through the Feder al Intermediate Credit Bank of Co lumbia, . ■ I'Uiler- the present re.guIations, as issued by the Department of Agri culture, it will be noted that $1600 is the limit that any one borrower can obtain through this source if he is operating in only one county. The amount that can be obtained through a credit corporation is only limited by the amount of ca.pital stock paid in. It is obvious, -therefore, that some of our members who need more than ,$1600 credit will have to use A.gricultural 'Credit Corporation loans. The 'Object of this letter is to try to keep you advised as- to ju.st what is being done to provide a means of credit for you. No doubt you will see from time to time ^n your daily and weekly papers what progress is being made a.s to appointing com mittees and furnishing of applica tion blank.s, etc. We have plenty of mail to a.n.swer without any additional letters, but if you feel it nece,ssary to write us in regard to pi-oduction ciedit .before the “Cotton Grower” comes out, we shall be glad to have you do so; or if you vvant to make .application for a loan to tlie Growers Agricultural Credit Corporation you will write dii-ect to Air. J. F. Diggs, Vice Pres ident and Manager- May we add that th:.s is certainly Protecting the Plant Beds Against Insects (By John R. Morris) Georgia tobacco farmers are al ready making war o.n plant bed in sects. The warm winter weather has been favorable to insects, and the probabilities are that they will be more numerous and will do more se vere damage than usual unless pre venting measures are used. Cut worms, moles, mole crickets and snails are the principal ones that menace tobacc«% plant beds. They often destroy entire beds, and some times the damage is not even sus pected until it has already been done. Cutworms are already at work on plants such as cabbage, on ions, etc., and it will be well to take immediate steps to prevent damage to young tobacco plants when they start coming up. The very small size of the tobac co plants and the feeding habits of these' insects make it necessary to poison them with something that they will eat. J. M. Purdom, an expert in this work, advises to make up a poison bait by thorough ly mixing one pound i5T arsenate of lead, or - calcium arsenate, or one- half pound of Paris green with twenty-five pounds of shorts, bran, cottonseed meal, or corn meal. Add sufficient water that has been .sweet ened with syrup to make a crumbly mass. Remove the cloth cover and apply by sowing the small crumbs of this mixture over the bed. If there are mole runs in the bed, drop small balls of the mixture in their runs. Two or three applications of this mixture should be made at in tervals of two weeks. After the plants have put on five or six leaves the dry mixture can be dusted on the plants. Insects, especially mole crickets and snails, often find protection un der the logs around the edges of the bed, and at night or cloudy damp days crawd out and feed on the plants on the bed. It will be well to lift up these logs and sprinkle lime under them. Our farmers .should use every, precaution to make a crop of qual ity tobacco during 19321 Most of our ^ farmer.s are m bankruptcy as the j result of growing tobacco. They can make money if they will cut the j acreage and take care of a smaller crop. The marketing conditions ip foreign countries will lend us no hope to base any claim for better prices. Dome.stk types have sold at a profit this season. We mu.st grow them or go out of the tobacco growing bu.siness. Farmers who have produced ex cess amounts of hays, grain and other feedstuffs in the la.st two or three years should begin to 'slowly add live.stock to their agricultural systems and not allow the lure of high prices for so-called cash crops in the future to change them from this course towards better balanced, farming. “In addition to balancing our pres ent sy.stems of farming, livestock helps to build soil fertility and per mits the utilization of non-salable feeds with profit to the glower,” says Earl H. Hostetler, in charge of animal investigations at State College.” “The eradication of the cattle tick ha.s. made it possible for us to improve the quality of our cattle over large areas but it ha.s also left unoccupied thousand.s of acres of native grasses and reeds which were formerly returning some revenue. Many doubt that better bred animals would return a profit on this kind of grazing. It is true that animals, like plants, must be fed and cared for if they are to thrive and return a profit; yet, much of this native grazing should be utilized better than it is at present.” Mr. Hostetler says landowners in tick free territor^^«>Ed to know what kind of leg'imies and cultivated grasses will give them the best re sults in- their respective sections. North Carolina farmei’s need also to learn that southern protein feeds .such as cottonseed meal could be used to better advantage. Northern and we.stern livestock growers have long been large users of these feeds but down here where the feed is grown, it it little used to grow out finished animals. Cottonseed meal, peanut meal, soy bean meal and other such feeds produced in this state could be used in fattening livestock here at home and the fertility kept on home farms. Five Grange units have been or ganized recently in Granville County. It is planned to organize eight such units when a county Grange will be built from these. THE EDITOR OF THE JOHN- stonian-Sun will be glad to credit any farmer reader on his sub scription for ■ a bushel or two of sweet potatoes., FLOYD GIVES FACTORS THA'T BIPROVE TOBACCO The first concern 'of the tobacco grower in 1932 shWlcl be to plant only those acres Which can be prop erly cared for after all the primary needs for food and feed have been arranged. “After conducting demonstrations with tobarr-o growers for a period of years, >We know there are certain factors which have improved the (lualitv of tobacco in this state,” says E. Y. Floyd, tobacco specialist at Stide College. “No man should plant more of the crop this year than he can look after properh and he should select uniform, well drained soils for the crop. The best f ■ 1 ’ ' eigarette varities are Cash, Wlute ,ei I S'^'em Orinoco, Bonanza and Jamaiici. a year in which every farmer should | recleaned and operate ou just a.- liftle borroweil | disease. The seed bed capita) as pas.sihid. Furthermore, we i southeast exposure on :hould all undertake to protect our ^ drained, loamy soil. It is You Want source.s of obtaining ciedit by assi.st ing the county committees and thej agriculuu'.al credit graup managers in every way po.ssible to prei-ent ilie making of Joans to parties that are not entitled to credit. All too freifuently someone obtains a loan preferable to have a new location each year and cover the bed with a canvas having 26 by 26 strands to the square inch. Plant 100 square yards to every two and one-halt acres expected to be set and .get i only the best uniform plants for from a go-vernraentaJ agency or, . - IX 1 „i'» setting. creep.s into an agricultural credit Floyd urges the careful prep aration of the soil for the tobacco group through fraud and deception, and this hurts the whole scheme of financing agricultural credit.. U. BENTON BLALOCK, ■Vice Pres. & General Manager. p, s.—You should give thought to the quality and kind of cotton seed I you plant. 'We shall be glad to as- ! gist you in purchasing the vei-y high- j est quality seed we can get and the k nd of seed you should plant- Write to us if you ai-e interested. this year. For fertilizers he suggests from 1000 to 1200 pounds an acre of an 8-4-6 on the light, sandy soils and an 8-3-5 on the heavy, more productive soils. This fertilizer .should be of the best materials and should be applied ten days, before transplanting begins. Mix the fertilizer thoroughly in the row and plant the tobacco 24 inches apart on average .soils or 18 to 20 inch'is apart on rich soiLs. to get rid of that piece of Furniture.— to dispose of that Rug or worn Carpeting;... to sell your Second- Hand Clothing that ia still good...- iO somebody to do a job i y of Papering or Repair- !8ing.... T 5 |y or somebody to . help I ^ with the House Clean- y ing.... I Take This Tip ^ PUT A LITTLE AD IN y THESE COLUMNS K AT A COST OF j y BUT A FEW IA CENTS j ^ And Your Worries End 9 I . J
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