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THE NEW EARN MtRROR, NEW BERN, N. €.
Pafe Setm
Expect
Next Year
it comes to prtces atid
costs, UMl is not expected to be
much different lor farmers than
1960. ■ ■■ '■
This seas the general eonsensus
of the National AgricultitTal Out
look .fihnference conditded recent
ly in Washington, D. C. Participat
ing in the conference wCrcL three
eqonomists from N. C. State Col
lege: Dr. W. L. Turner, Elton Thig
pen and Miss Mamie Whisnhnt.
3%e general stability of farm
prices, farm cost rates, and farm
incomes that existed in 1959 and
1960 is expected ]to e'entinue iff
1961.
‘‘The continuing and persistent
upward trend in production is/one
of the central ihicts 4n the current
agricultural situation and out
look,” uaSA’s Bushrod W. Allin re-
plirted to the conference. Allin
added that “heavy supplies will
continue the .dominant feature in
die agricultural situation nmt#-
year."
As to the longer term outlook,
USDA’s Sherman Johnson pointed
“out that “unless more effective
programs are developed, farmers
will be faced with a continuing in
come squeeze in the next five
years. With average weather, an
nual farm production will continue
to exceed available outlets at 1959
prices, which would mean that
stocks of surplus products would
become even larger.”
QUESTION: When should I feed
my cows roughage?
ANSWER: Keep it available to
them at all times, and be sure it’s
of high quality.
The seven ages of woman are In
fancy, childhood, adolescence, jun
ior miss, young woman, young
woman and young womaA.
Whet happens to, the, farm when
fanner dies and his 'widow,has
intake it oyer? ' '
fs look at the case of Mrs.
Burns of ^Cumberland couilty.
r husband'died in 1955^ leaidpg
ir dkaf she . Jchew Wie
farm in the
liry eta's later, MrSi^ Bums -de-
;;jhei ,,''ahd' her tenant
the farm,”
LeattiersV assistant Ne-
pq-i^ent, ‘‘Blit sjie soon fgtuhd but
at'die didn’t know eheugh abdut
i^naieflient of a farh>v’
Hfl^eyTarm 'started downhill and
packed up 'kp«e||d', ?Fr6nt 1955 to
i.|60, I didn’t make any money on
, t|e fann,” she says. .1
jin 1959, they grew five acres
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of tobacco. It averted 1,000
pounds per acre, for which they
got about 45 cents a pound. Gross
income from tobacco was only $2,-
i50. . \
That same year, her six acres of
peanuts yielded 640 pounds (ei^.
bags) per acre. Total peanut In
come was $405.
Mrs. Bums decided she needed
help, and she turned to liOathers.
fie put her farm on the Farm and
fiome. Development program.
“I 'found that her farm was
plagued with improper mmiage-
ment practices, lack of nutrients
hi the soil, crop diseases, the
^ong kind of seed and poor cid-
tural methods,” says Leathers.
-Farm and Home Deyelopment
has reversed the farm’s downhill
trend. v- ■ —
It began wi^ a soil test last year
of all land on the farm. Mrs. Bums
followed all recommendations b&s-
ejj on the test—Inning, application
of sulfate and muriate potash, ac
curate topdressing, proper cultural
practices—on her 1960 crops.
;On her tobacco, the yidd jump
ed to 1,600 poimds per acre—with
less fertilizer and no topdressing.
It sold for 65 cents a pound.
“Mrs. Burns got $5,200 for the
crop off the same five acres, says
Leathers; “In other words, using
650 pounds less fertilizer, she made
$2,950 more than in 1959.”
On the peanuts, she got 1,700
pounds per acre—1,060jnore than
the previous year. She was paid
$1,013 for the crop, compared to
$405 in 1959:
- “The Farm and Home Develop
ment approach has helped boost
income on the Burns farm by
558 in one year,” says Leathers.
And a Tar Heel widow realizes
it’s not necessarily the man, it’s
the method that determines the
success of a farm.
MENTfRICE
SUNDAY - WEDNESDAY
ANDTHE
KING
JOAN COLLINS.
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THUBSbAY-FRIDAY
Storage for
Canned Food
Is Important
Have you made an inventory of
the food you canned this summer?
You may be amazed at the dollars
you have saved during the summer
months by conserving your food.
Miss lola Pritchard, food conser
vation specialist for the N. C. Ag
ricultural Extension Service, says
that in order for these conserved
foods to retain maximum keeping
qualities, storage is of utmost im
portance. “Remember to keep
your canned foods cool, dty, and
dark,” says Miss Pritchard.
Miss Pritchard says extreme
heat is bad on canned foods be
cause if some bacteria happens to
be in the jars, warmth will cause
them to grow, and multiply, thus
spoiling the food. Food should not
be stored near a stove, furnace, ra
diators, or pipes.
“At the other extreme, jars in
unheated places may freeze in
cold weather,”_says Miss Pritchard.
“Freezing itsTelf does not cause
spoilage in canned foods but the
jar may crack or the seal «n the
jar may be broken, which will re
sult in spoilage. Jars may be stor
ed in cardboard boxes, which serve
as a good insulator.”
Remember to keep your jars
stored in a dry place and out of
direct light, since light does af
fect the color of food canned in
glass. Now is a good time for all
families to check their storage fa
cilities.
Some people carry their hearts
in their heads; very many carry
their heads in their hearts. The dif
ficulty is to keep them apart, yet
both actively working together. —
Hare.
The mere lapse of years is not
life. Knowledge, truth, love, beau
ty, goodness, faith, alone can give
vitality to the mechanism of exist
ence. — James Martineau.
A censor is a person who thinks
all people are as nasty as himself,
and hates them for it.
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