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THE CABOLINIAH
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER «. ttSI
Durham Welcomes
Highest Prices Ever
Paid Await Farmers
DURHAM Farmers, who plan
° sell Uiru- tobacco at the Dur
13m market when it opens Sep
rmber 4. are expecting the high
v.t prices ever paid for tobacco in
lie Bull City.
R. E. 1 Bob) Rankin, sales super*
Usor for the Durham market,
states that farmers who bring
hrir best leaf on the first or last
lay of sales can expect to get the
best prevailing price.
"‘Durham has a record of be
ing * market always firm and
*<ablr or a* many farmer* ex
press It, ‘regular and even’,”
says Rankin.
Following pure trend* exist
log In Georgia-Florida. Bord
«r and Eastern Brits, Rankin
Compliments Os
LIGGETTS
And —■
MEYERS
COMPANY,
Makers Os
* CHESTERFIELD
* L&M
* OASIS
Cigarettes
DURHAM GREW FROM TOBACCO
| MUTUAL SAVINGS and
; LOAN ASSOCIATION
| GREW FROM THRIFT
I * *
•Join The Thousands Os
Shareholders Who Now Earn
,wT%WFim.
mBO
j'
I
On Their Insured Savings
Mutual Savings & Loan Ass’n
112 W. Parrish St Durham, NX,
said farmers who sell in Dur
ham can expert average prices
«f ss£ to S6O at the ware
houses.
Farmers can expect to be serv
ed promptly, because there will br
three .sets of buyers on hand this
year. This means a sale every day
at each of the eight warehouses.
The 1,000,000 square feet, of ware
house space can accommodate a
lot of tobacco.
Durham cigarette factories
create a large demand for home
grown tobacco. Two British com
panies will have buyers on hand
to purchase tobacco for the Eng
lish. Australian, New Zealand and
Irish trade.
The, foreign companies Croats
a big demaufi for all types of
leaf that go abroad. Therefore,
it can be expected that regard
less of grade or quality, Dur
ham offers the farmer a high
market for all leaf grown.
Companies that, will be repre
sented on the Durham market will
be American Tobacco. Liggett and
Myers, Export Leaf, Imperial To
bacco, R. J. Reynolds, Central
Leaf, W, L. Robinson and Vener
able. The independents will be
buying foi Phillip Morris Com
pany and P. Lorillard.
Farmers may sell their leaf at
the following warehouses: Roy
croft. Liberty and Farmers Ware
houses. Star Warehouse, Mangum
Warehouse, Farmers » Planters
Warehouses and other concerns.
It Pay* To
ADVERTISE
The State's Tobacco Growers
After Abandoning 1- Crop System
NC Farmers See Heal thy Expansion
Abandoning the one-crop sys
tem of farming years ago, farm-i
ers in North Carolina have seen a j
healthy expansion of the poultry i
industry.
At present, the poultry growing;
and marketing industry is bring- '
ing to North Carolina farmers a 1
income of $133 million each year
Gross income from the poul
try industry is distributed as
follows: 50 per cent from eggs.
SFSFDSD
IS YOUR KITCHEN RIGHT FOR ;
YOU How high should shelve-. '
ibe for articles used every day” j
| Wearing the shoes you ordinarily j
| us* for housework, stand about a !
| foot away from the wall, Reach as I
i high as you can without straining j
j upward. Ask your husband to put a
; chalk mark on the wall at that ,
| point. That your upper shelf limit.
How low should shelves and
j drawers be for articles used every
iy? Without changing your posi
,on and without bending, lower
our arm and have a chaik mark
ut on the wall at that point That's
our lover shelf and drawer limit.
How high should a sink Vie?
Standing comfortably, let your
| arms hang naturally before you,
at! muscles relaxed, with your
palms down. The floor of your
«ink should hr at (He. level of
your pai.m*. A difference of
Mew Seek On Tofsaeee Seen To
Be Released By Press
An announcement ha,- been t
| made that a new book on tobacco j
I diseases, will soon come off the j
i press. The book. ‘.Diseases of To
j ba.oco.” was written by Dr George
| Blanchard Lucas, associate pro
i lessor of plant pathology. North
Carolina. State College at Raleigh.
Thro, hook is ?*n up-to-date
treatment of tobacco diseases
during the past 25 years. Much
of 'his information Has been
written in Journal and bulle
tins which are not easily ac
cessible.
It provide* authorative know
>dge on the nature and control cf
obaceo diseases for use tn re
-arch, teaching and extension to
GARDEN !
j TIME i
Bf? M S. OARDKBS,
I j
Set 3. premium list and prepare
| to mgjce a nice contribution to your j
j community or county fair this fall. ,
Thera are so many fruit*, vege
tables and flower* that can b*
placed on exhibit if you will plan i
what you want *o show and har- I
vent at the proper stag” of ma- ;
tunty.
A fair w judged by the quality j
1 and attractiveness of the exhibits
H is not too early to make a,
list of the tree fruits, small '
frntts, grape* and ornamental
shrubs vnu need around the
home or farmstead Placing
your order early will assure
getting the varieties you want
The nurseryman will reserve
ibeta and ship according to
i you? wishes.
Don’t overlook the native plant*
: in veur region. Yaupon, certain
oaks, dogwood, hetnoiock.. rhodod
"ldfon, etc. You may wish to try
.•■me of the hybrid rhododendrons ;
They come m a variety of colors i
Let me know if you need an sd
| dress.
sr»f! end tarlv winter ere tit# b«#t j
i reason* for establishing fawns te. I
most section-- of the state A. toil :
test 1* basis to determine the cor- j
reet pH for tfo# grasses used It
! will else* fell you what fcrtiliier |
j formulation to use and whether
i lime is needed
let’s consider baste
primdpto* to guide t»* when
preparing ike seed bed, First,
♦be drainage layer This should
he about five iochMS 4cfp and
uifficirntir poropj; 4o permit |
•ultabie draioAgft eff wafer, On
<op of this should o# ft ge«er*e
moistere layer a!>op4 fhree or
four tocheo deep, TIM* should j
ho good top soil.
It, Is only necessary that the top ;
or rootmg area, be about two inches i
•Jeep. This layer can be made by j
ncorporating well decomposed 1
compost in the soil. T s yo nr sub
drains#* 1* good and your top soil
,l*o good, the compost may not 5v
necessary but It is a good Idea to
use it if available.
I
,•■* mi( door Mac
>«"' ' iiJßt M i
40 per cent from broilers and
10 per cent from fowl and tur
keys,
Broiler growers in the state
last year produced more, than
100 million broilers and rank
about third among the 22 ma
jor broiler producing state* tn
the nation.
In order to climb higher in pro
duction, North Carolina broiler
growers arc making plans to in
crease 1558 production by some 15
■ even i. few inches can increase
i energy-burning up to 15 per
j cent.
How high should a counter be"
| Ideally, a counter for stand-up |obi
i such as mixing batter or beating
i eggs ttiould be approximately the
j same height as the floor of your
sink. However, many modern coun
ters are level with the sink drain
board, and lowering them would
i prove both difficult and expensive
If your counter is too high, try to
sit at it, as often as possible, adjust
ing your kitchen stool to the prop
er height.
How high should a kitchen stool
br? Sit. at your counter or work
| table in a relaxed position prefer
| ably on a stool or chair with a
i back Your kitchen stool should be
I just high enough to raise your el
! bow-height to your table, with your
j feet, resting on the floor or on a
* pisiform.
i help those that help »he form?;
A discussion of the msjet
tobacco disease* is. included
Each disease it discussed from
(He viewpoint of distribution,
economic importance, tyati
toms, casual agent. weath*r
and soil effeots on disease
severity and control-
It. took Professor Luca- su
years to prepare ibis book. It ha.
500 pages and 156 illustrations.
When it is released for publi
cation in the near future, it may
be purchased from the Scarecrow
Press. 257 Fourth Avenue, New
York 10. New York.
Welcome Mr. farmer
DURHAM
We Cordially Invite You To Self
Your Tobacco Here. We Also Invite
You To Trade In DURHAM
NORTH CAROLINA MUTUAL
W. J, KENNEDY, JR.
President
Please Visit Both Our Home Office,
116 PARRISH STREET
And Our District Office
6Q61/2 FAYETTEVILLE STREET
W. L. COOK, Mgr.
rirTMrrmwr omitiwhiii ■ wi—iimh i-himbi i« m n i r mnii i i i i 111111111 11 I—-- ——— —»•
to 2ft million birds It ■? predicted
that, this can be accomplished
without encountering too many
Comp lime n ts
Os The
American
Tobacco
Company
adverse marketing conditions.
The price, for poultry m 19581
will hr near the average price re- 1
reived in 1957
7h< Agriculture Department
thinks farmers can give serious
consideration to growing broil
ers under contract on a mm
merclai scale and using the
cleanings from ihrit poultry
houses to spread upon their i
p»siurt> lards Tills I* prm-in*
to he a very profitable ventmr
in nun.v instances.
The. experts say that an c\
handing' broiler industry means a
need for higher duality bio.i ;
j chunk.-. This indicates »ha( there
should be a norms) expansion in
the production of hatching egs~ <>t
high quality foi the production <•’
' these broiler chicks.