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-motion or*
f Part Time Farming Increase
Expected In North Carolina
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If you’re a typical North Caro
lina farmer, either you or your,
neighbor works part-time in off
farm work. In fact, on more
than one out of four farms in
the state, income from off-farm
sources is greater than farm
sales. What’s more, many farm
ers on large farms have cff
farm income, although more
small farm operators work off
farm part of the time.
With new industries locating in
the state, very often families on
small farms are looking at “the
green pastures across the fence
and wondering if one or mere
family members should take an
off-farm job, according to D. G. 1
Harwood, Jr., farm management
specialist for the N. C. Agricul
tural Extension Service. This
is no idle day dream, either; the
decision is difficult to make.
Employers usually establ sh a
schedule cf work which the
part-time farmer must meet, and
farm work may need to be done j
just when the off-farm job beck- j.
ons.
Also, while the part-time farm- 1
er devotes much cf his time and,
attention to his job away from
home, other full-time farmers may
become so efficient that the part
time farmer can no longer com
' pete at the market.
Yet. research at N. C. St;te|
College indicates that non-farm
work can come in handy as a
means of increasing farm family i
incomes. For example, the typi
cal Southern Piedmont farm
family of five members (four of
whom are 18 years cf age or
over) with about 25 acres of I
cropland could expect to earn J
on'y about $2,000 on the farm if
substantial sums could not be in
vested- in new buildings and
equipment.
However, the same family
could earn up to SIO,OOO each i
J Lunch Room Menu ")
Menus at the lunch room of
the Edenton Elementary School
for the week of September 28-
October 2 will be as follows:
Monday: Tuna salad on let
tuce. garden peas, crackers,
bread, pineapple, milk and but
ter.
> Tuesday: Potato au gratin. I
• buttered carrots, pimento cheese I
sandwiches butter, school baked
rolls, turnip greens, rice pudding
and milk.
Wednesday: Luncheon meat,
toss salad, apple pie, green
beans, bread, cheese slices and
milk.
Thursday: Corned beef, pota-j
toes, steamed cabbage, corn |
bread, spiced beets, fruit cup. j
butter and milk.
Friday: Chicken pan pie, lima
beans, candied yams, butter, j
school baked rolls, fruit jello
and milk.
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CENTER HILL CLUB MEETS .
Center Hill Home Demonstra-i
tion Club met Tuesday night, J
September 15, at 8 o'clock with
Mrs. E. L. Belch. Mrs. B. P. I
■ Monds, president, called the
meeting to order bv the group
singing “Come To The Fair”, fol
lowed by a devotional and Drav
er. Mrs. Monds welcomed (he
new home agent. Miss Pauline
Cailoway and introduced her to i
the members who had not met i
her. j
Mrs. J. S. Turner M'-s. Melba |
Dußois and Mrs. E. P. Jones j 1
gave a discussion on “Children, ! i
and Money” assisted by Miss! i
Calloway. In the discussion it |;
. was nointed out that children; j
* need a certain amount of money; l
for their needs, but need super- 1 j
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year if the four adult members
could get off-farm at $1.30
per hour.- On the other hand, i f
substantial additional investment
could be made to enlarge p o
fitable enterprises, an equally
large income can be made by
using all the family labor on the
farm. Non-farm work, or addi
tional investment cap tal, or a
combination of these, may be
used to boost incomes on small
farms. ' „
, Families on small farms have
about three choices: (1) full
time farming, (2) part-time fann
ing, and (3) full-time non-farm
jobs.
If the decision is made to de
vote full-time to farming, la-ge
sums of monev must be invest
ed on small farms if family in
comes are to be as high as the
incomes cf most non-farm fami
lies. However, since substantial
risk is involved in making large
investments on farms, it is not
likely that many small farm op-
I erators are willing to greatly ex
| pand their farm operations. The
I farmer will likely prefer to or
ganize his farm and family labor
around some combination of both
farm and non-farm work. This
requires only a moderate ex
penditure of additional capital in
! the farm business, and still al
| lows for increased income.
| The proportion of families on
small farms who are earning l
part of their incomes off the |
I farm can definitely be expected
to increase, declares Harwood.
For more information regard
ing the allocation of labor to
I part-time off-farm work, write
to the Department of Agricultur
[al Information at N. C. State
College for a free copy of Tech
nical Bulletin No. 138, “An Eco
j nomic Analysis of Farm and
Non-farih Resources on Small
| Farms in the Southern Piedmont,
i North Carolina.
vision in wise spending and sav
ing.
Mrs. E. L. Belch gave a very
interesting report on “Shall A
Woman Work?” which represents
two sides of an age old prob
lem.
The concession stand which
the club operates each Fair
Week was discussed, menus plan
ned and general duties assigned.
Mrs. Belch served delicious re
| freshments which were very
I much enjoyed. Mrs. Melvin By
rum was welcomed as a new
member.
ENROLLED AT UNC
John A. Mitchener, 111, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mitchener.
iJr„ of Edenton, is enrolled in
the University of North Caro
. lina School of Pharmacy at
i Chapel Hill.
! Mitchener attended high schoo 1
at John A. Holmes High School
! Edenton.
I The four-year course at the
| UNC School c-f Pharmacy lead
j to a degree of bachelor of sci
J ence in pharmacy,
j Mitchener is now in his fresh
man year of the course. He is
scheduled to graduate in June
j 1963.
Peanut Production
,Is Above Average
Peanut production in North
Carolina is estimated at 320,400.-
000 pounds and is unchanged
from the August 1 forecast, ac
cording to the North Carol im
Crop Reporting Service. Th<
estimate is based primarily or
condition reports from grower
as of September 1. Growers ex
pect to harvest 178.000 acre’
with an average yield of l,Bof
pounds per acre.
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