P_[)M?r'\y. AUGUST
Indicated Hat
In U.S. 2 P(
m, The Present Time There
B Are 1,376,000 Acres Of
Tobacco Indicated For
I Harvest In The Country
iarmers ran into
MUCH difficulty
GETTING STANCtS
Barnicrs In All Types Areas
Bui h?r'h Carolina ExperB
ienced Much Difficulty
B In Getting Stand
B Of Weed
B 1 acres of tobacco
foi harvest In 1941 is
B a boat J per cent less than
1 I-: harvested last
B-"'.n. It is. however, nearly is
Kr"nt below the 1930-39 aveB
"iin? to latest
s : : ': cut Of Agriculture
BH
Tte reiluced acreage in 1940
ibo that in 1941 from the
Btvd previous years are priB^.,r;;y
a consequence of the curBait::fnl'
because of the war, of
Kip,::! of tobacco especially of
K,.' flue-cured and dark fired
Hvc The prospective producH
a of 1.316.181.000 pounds of all
of tobacco combined is a
: nearly 10 percent
H ;;; the ltd i crop of 1,451,966, w
pounds and is about 6 perH
: less than the 10-ycar (1930f)
average production.
B The 1941 flue-cured tobacco
is now indicated at 716,
( (i?ii) pounds as compared wun
vearfa production of 755,793,jounds
and the 10-year ave,
of 751.318.000 pounds. A
cured tobacco crop of this
would be the smallest since
crop of 682.850,000 pounds
uced under drought condij
in 1936. Normally about 70
ent of the flue-cured crop is
uced in North Carolina and
tiat State growth of tobacco
been somewhat irregular and
trop as a whole is about two
s later than usual,
rmers in all type areas in
i Carolina experienced diffiin
getting a good stand of
to this spring. Dry weather
Wed normal development of
s in beds and when trans>d
many of them died, neating
resetting 2 and 3
and those that survived
slow progress. Good root
cs were developed, however,
iter when frequent and sizetains
came plants respondpidly
and made such quick
i that the earlier irregularfields
is being largely overtxcept
for a somewhat ragtand.
Past experience sugthat
this quick growth tomay
result in a relatively
weight leaf. Conditions
hat similar to those in
Carolina have prevailed in
ther flue-cured tobacco
Early season reports of
blue mold damage and
;e of plants failed to mae
and most growers were
secure locally plants suffor
their needs,
ireduction of fire-cured toss
been on the decline for
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loss if foreign markets, and
in domestic consumer dehave
restricted the outlet
llfif this class of tobacco. It now
1911 crop of
.'?>) pounds of fire-cured to
i :il be the smallest ever
^Hprwjted m this country. If this
^ forecast is borne out later by acsales
the crop will be about
iflil per cent less than the 1940
JMpduction and about 43 per cent
than the 10-year average
^Hpraiuction of 125,199,000 pounds.
SB prospective yield of 825
pounds per acre for fire-cured
^Htdiacco is also down sharply
last season's yield of 883
loads. Virginia dark fired to9l*o
has made about normal
?P?th but the Black Patch of
^BKer.'.ucky and Tennessee has been
jBc.We dry and stands of tobacco
[ior and growth retarded.
^H ^he estimated production of
tobacco of 325,361,000 lbs.
^H^Ptsents a reduction of about
" per cent from the 1940 proOf
375,535.000 pounds
9m is slightly less than the 10IHk
avera8e production of 328,m??>
pounds. The acreage of
' ibacco for harvest this
is placed at 363,900 acres
^'"tle more than the 360,500
? harvested in 1940. Spring
SH ^ts wcre broken in time to
?itt? armers to Plant their full
IB ties. acrea8es- It appears that
t-B liter s no Mriou? shortage of
r m ^e hurley area and this
trUe 'n the other tobacco
^9*T./S we", although it is no
tj,there is an increase in
- '- tor of mechanical setters
Hh?L ,URe "f thc difficulty
9 ialocalities of securing
jjjj,. at>or- Burley tobacco
'9 *ere generally adequate
^jl r',;s are considered good,
u ^'c<>s now being received
their Iftlft1"1 t0t)srfo growers for
cmP are higher than
.9tWrif.?ra' years and may be a
fi!! ?5 factor in the inS<|tiitiawa?ref'se
this year- 11 is
tobarr0' 29,100 acres of
9 anthem t* harvested in
"nparM n,lan'1 this year M
^ith 38,000 acres last
H^tpte ,?Stan(i was secured and
Hfebt, ^ e have caused
Rfc miltc above normal
6. 1941
vest OF Weed
:t. Less In 1941
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| growth for this period of the
| season. If the estimated yield
| per acre of 850 pounds turns out
to be correct, it would be the
.second highest yield of record,
I exceeded only by the yield of
875 pounds secured in 1920.
July 1, indications point to a
dark air-cured tobacco crops of
31,116,000 pounds compared with
last year's production of 42,212,000
pounds and the 10-year average
of 41,715,000 pounds. The
decline in production this season
is partly due to a prospective
yield of 862 pounds compared
with last year's yield of 887
pounds, but it principally due to
ja decrease from 47,600 acres in
j 1940 to 36,100 acres in 1941. All
[of the dark air-cured types show
' smaller acreages this year than
last but the largest reductions
'were made in type 35 and type
36 in Kentucky.
A cigar tobacco crop of 139,550,000
pounds is indicated July
1, compared with the 1940 cigar
production of 143,025,000 pounds
and the 10-year average of 120,487,000
pounds. Reduced production
this season is indicated for
both fillers and binders but wrap|
pers show an increase over last
j year's production. The growing
1 condition of tobacco is good to
i excellent in most cigar tobacco
[areas. Sands are good and grow|th
has been above normal, as exj
cellent rains fell in most cigar
! tobacco sections during June.
County Goes For
Wheat Raising
Meteoric Success Of The
Waccamaw Milling Co.
Proves The Faith Which
Backer Had In Community
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Very few people anticipated
' J that the Waccamaw Milling Co.
[ would be such an outstanding
success. Last fall when Oliver
Nelson announced to the farmers
j that he would have a first class
flour mill in operation for this
years crop, some people smiled
and asked "Where is the wheat
coming from."
It is evident that Mr. Nelson
had sufficient faith in the prosj
pects of the crop that he purchased
a mill, with capacity of
seventy barrel daily, which has
been operating on a twenty-four
, hour day schedule since harvest|
ing season and the plant is turnI
ing out the very finest type of
j plain and self-rising flour under
I the trade name of "Waccamaw
| Maid".
Housewives have learned of the
high quality of this flour and
j groceries say that the demand
is increasing daily.
All grains are purchased or
I milled for the producer, cash is
! paid on the spot for all grains
and this has proven to be a
big cash income for the farmers
especially at this season of the
year.
Feeds, shucks and hay arc also
handled on a large scale and
shipped to different sections of
the south.
Mr. Nelson is well known
throughout this section as a tobacconist.
A native of Virginia
and tobacco warehouse operator
! of Danville and Whitcville. Vis|
itors are cordially invited to visit
the Waccamaw Mining uompany*
modern plant.
Irish Potatoes
Go To 22 States
N. C. Potato Producers
Have Already Shipped
4,704 Carloads Into 252
Cities And Towns
RALEIGH.?North Carolina potato
producers have already shipped
4,704 commercial carloads of
potatoes into 252 cities and towns
in 22 states, the District of Columbia
and Canada, A. B. Harless,
marketing specialist of the
State Department of Agriculture,
reported today.
"Shipping point prices during
the 1941 season were higher than
in 1940," Harless said. "The
seasonal range (June 4 to July
9) was $1.15 to $1.90 for 100I
pound sacks as compared with
the 1940 price range of $1 to
$1.90. Incidentally, during this
season most of the trading was
at prices above $1.35 compared
with the bulk at $1 to $1.30 last
season." Harless said "that washed
potatoes during the season
sold at prices 10 to 15 cents per
100-pounds sack higher than for
unwashed potatoes," explaining
however that "fewer sheds were
equipped for washing this year."
The U. S. Surplus Marketing
Administration purchased many
cars of U. S. No. 1, size B. potatoes
for relief purposes at 70
cents per hundred at various
North Carolina points to aid
growers whose crops were small
sized as a result of the early
season dry weather."
The North, Carolina Irish potato
crop this year was estimated
at 2,954,000 bushels, approximately
40 per cent under last
I year. Yields were reported "un
Survey Planned *
On Market Work0
[Project Will Be Designed r
To Obtain Factual Information
To Be Used Toward
Better Marketing c
Program t
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RALEIGH.?An immediate sur- j
vey to obtain factual informa- j,
tion to be used in formation of s
a better marketing program for c
Western North Carolina farmers .j,
will be conducted by federal and 0
state agricultural agencies, Com- j.
missioner W. Kerr Scott announ- _
ced today.
The survey will be made in coi
operation with the U. S. Bureau ^
of Agricultural * Economics, the g
|n. C. Experiment Station at
[State College and the State Dejpartment
of Agriculture "looking
: toward the establishment of 1
[markets and general marketing
work in western counties that
will enable farmers to take advantage
of expanded markets under
the national defense program
and to sell on other markets."
Randal B. Etheridge, chief of
the State Department of Agriculture's
markets division, explained
that information sought
will include data on the volume
of farm products produced, volume
sold each month, present
methods of merchandizing and
the percentage of the volume
marketed "Through various outlets."
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"Information which will be of
value in a standardization program
will include the percentage
of the product which has been
graded before sold and that part
of the crop pwhich was sold as
field run," Etheridge said.
"The trends in the production
[during t"he past 10 years will be
noted and the attitude of the
growers with reference to the
| need for additional marketing fa[
cilities and merchandizing outlets.
Information with respect to
the buying of itinerant truckers
and the general directions from
which they come will also be secured
in the survey. We are par;
ticularly interested in ascertaining
whether buying for the army
and other federal institutions is i
affecting, in any way, the production
and marketing of the
commodities in this area, and if
| so, how and to what extent."
Snap Bean Crop
Will Be Larger
Western N. C. Growers Expect
To Harvest A Crop
Two Per Cent Larger
Than In 1940, Reports
Show
RALEIGH.?Snap bean growers
in western North Carolina expect
to harvest a crop two per j
cent larger than in 1910, Russell I
P. Handy, junior statistician of
the State Department of Agriculture,
announced today.
"A snap bean production of
270,000 bushels, or about 6,000
bushels above a year ago, was
indicated on July 1," Handy said I
basing his information on a U.
S. Agricultural Marketing summary.
"The crop this year will
be harvested from an estimated
3,000 acres or nine percent under i
the 3,300 acres harvested in I
1910."
An estimated snap bean yield !
of 90 bushels per acre, 10 bushels
above a year ago, but 10
i hushels under the average of "re
cent years" was reported.
Cantaloupe Crop
Marketed Better
RALEIGH.?Adoption of better )
grading and packing methods has
brought North Carolina farmers
premium prices for their canta- I
loupe crop this season, Randal
B. Etheridge, chief of the State
Department of Agriculture's markets
division said today.
"A program is now being developed
in the cantaloupe sections
with emphasis being placed on
the state of maturity at which
cantaloupes should be harvested
in order that they will bring
maximum prices at terminal markets
and also the advantages of
continuing the use of approved
methods of grading and packing,"
he explained.
"The harvesting and packing
of immature cantaloupes will in
many instances demoralize the
market," Etheridge asserted. "An
effort is now being made by the I
markets division to prevent im- I
mature melons from being shipped."
usually light due to the spring
drought. Late in the season, how- I
ever, diggings and shipments I
were delayed following a series I
of heavy rains."
"Quality of the cobbler variety
was only fair, running heavily to
small sizes in many fields," Harless
said. "During the late harvesting
season the rains caused
many potatoes to_ go to market
showing dirty and the shipping
quality was not exceptionally
good because of rot or break
down."
"Carlot movement commenced
on June 4, six days later than
for 1940, 11 days later than in
1939, and about 3 weeks behind
1938. Shipments during the third
week totaling 1,412 cars were
the heaviest for the season."
THE STATE PORT PILOT, SOUTHPORT, M
Handy explained that Hender- /"? ??* TJ v
on county leads all other wes- IjrSlIlPCr 10 IYlW h
ern counties in the production ? i II
WeTern^North Carolina farm- lWO WarellOUSeS I
rs last year received an ave
R- C. Grainger Is Widely ?
or their snap bean crop, or a ? a t-i m* ^
otal return of *144,000. ?r?." on I ?" ^a"' "
"The crop in Western North With 20 Years Lxperien- b
Carolina was only partially plan- ce As Warehouseman t
ed on July 1 and none of the f
.creage is ready for harvest," G. Grainger, better known a
iandy said. "A few beans have to tobacco farmers as Mr. Rufe, h
ieen picked in the Southwest proprietor of the Grainger Ware- a
ection of Virginia, but the main house on the Fair Bluff market e
rop will be harvested during the ' has acquired the Dixie Warehouse q
itter part of July and the first a^so this season and offers his s
f August. Recent rains have customers approximately double v
? - - Vlio fnrmnr urarAhniioA flnnp ana OP _
leen very beneficial 10 laie " -t-? c
ilantings." and can now give his farmer e
friends a sale any day they come v
Consumption of all cotton in '? 'be Fa^r Bluff market,
lomcstic mills during April set Mr- Grainger is widely known
i new all-time high record for as a tobacc0 man' both as a
my month of 920,142 bales as warehousman and farmer. He has n
:ompared with the previous high been on the farm for almost 50 n
>f 854,179 bales set in March. years and has been a tobacco e
SOMETHING NEW HAS BEEN
COLUMBUS and BRUN
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Growing Mash and Laying Mashei
Waccamaw
M. 0. NELSON, JR.
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warehouseman for 20 years. He austioneer, *Jack Harris; Bill
las operated a warehouse in Mul- Hand, bookkeeper; and Hubert
ins but for the past 17 years Rogers, bookman.
ia been on the Fair Bluff mar- Both the Grainger and the Dix;et.
ie warehouses are modern throuWith
a first sale on opening ghout and well-lighted. Both
ay, Tuesday, August 12th, Mr. houses have a combined floor
rainger will be ready to go space of approximately 60,500
all-out" for the highest possi- square feet.
le market prices for his cus
omers' tobacco placed on his Mapping has been completed
loors. He has assembled as fine j for the proposed REA cooperative
group of experienced ware-1 power line in the upper end of
ouse help as money could hire Transylvania County, reports Jnd
he feels, that more than a. Glazener, farm agent of the
ver, he is in position to give his n. C. State College Extension
ustomer's tobacco the best pos- Service.
ible attention and Mr. Grainger
'ill be on sale in each warehouse where he applied phosphate on
very day to see that the farm- hia land M L Griffith, a growrs
get every cent their tobacco er 0f j^c Peppers community in
. ill possibly bring. Mitchell County, estimates his
Among experienced tobacco cjover to ^ fjve times better
,-arehousemen in the realm of than Qn mg untreated land.
lodern warehouses in Whiteville
ten hired to help Mr. Graing- W. L. Moses, Spring Hope,
r in the sale of tobacco is his Route 2, has purchased a pure-1
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bred Hereford bull from the Murby
herd in Ontario, Canada, reports
E. P. Barnes, assistant
farm agent of Franklin County.
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The quality of small grains In
Forsyth County this year is good
and yields are expected to be
fair, reports R. W. Pou, farm
agent of the N. C. State College
Extension Service.
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The announcement of the Production
Management division of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
of plans for rubber rationing
is an effort to reduce current
record consumption by onefourth.
A score of Chicago meat packers
have been indicted by the
government for conspiracy to fix
:he price of sheep.
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