FRIDAY. JUNE 11. 1954
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
PAGE FIFTEEN
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Conservation, Acreage Allotment,Crop
InsuranceIncludedInMooreASC Work
Annual Report Shows
Many Farmers Aided
With Soil Practices
The annual report of the Moore
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Committee
shows that this agency of the
Federal government aided many
Moore County farmers by helping
them carry out soil conservation
measures in 1953.
The recently released report al
so shows that the agency super
vised acreage allotments and mar
ketings quotas in this county.
Highlights of the report follow:
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation is one of the impor
tant Agencies within the Depart
ment of Agriculture. It is admin
istered on the county level
through farmer-elected County
and Community Committeemen.
Each year an election is held in
each community at which time
farmers vote on and elect farmers
from the community to assist in
the administration of the many
programs operated by Agricultur
al Stabilization and Conservation
(formerly Production and Market
ing Administration).
At the same election delegates
are elected to attend a County
Convntion to elect or choose a
County Committee. The County
Committee is responsible for the
administration and directs the dif
ferent A. S. C., activities in the
county with the assistance of
Community Committeemen. The
County Committee appoints a
County Office Manager who sel
ects personnel to do the detail
work in the day to day operations
of the different programs accord-
mg to policies set by the County
Committee and ekisting regula
tions.
Commllleemen
Members of the county and
community ASC committees and
the office staff are:
James M. Hardy, chairman; C.
W. Holder, vice-chairman; W. Lee
Patterson, regular member; Paul
T. Lamm, first alternate; J. S.
Blue, second alternate; and E. H.
Garrison, ex-officio member.
The office employees are: Wal
ter I. Fields, office manager; Paul
ine M. Anthony, treasurer; Mrs.
Carlos Frye, Jr., principal clerk;
Mrs. Ollie McCallum, clerk; and
Maxine M. Oldham, clerk.
The community committeemen
are: Carthage—Paul T. Lamm,
George M. Booker, J. W. Kelly,
S. V. Marsh, Tom Evans.
Sandhill—^Walter Cook, T. A.
Lewis, E. H. Sheffield, W. E.
Brown.
. Sheffield—Clyde Comer, G. W.
Davis, Fred Hare, D. A. Dunlap,
Harwood Callicutt.
Deep River—James Campbell, J.
C. Paschal, D. B. Matthews, L. J.
Boyte, Luther Paschal.
Bensalem—Earl Martin, W. L.
McKenzie, J. W. Best, Grady Pep
pers, J. D. Hobbs.
Ritters—W. H. Maness, Curtis
Caviness, F. A. Maness, Henry
Phillips, Harold Purvis. -
Greenwood—J. Melvin Thomas,
J. E. Cooper, G. F. Wicker, J. W.
Elliott, Jr., J. A. Shaw
Mirteral Springs—'W. M.
Thompson, J. W. Garrison, Paul
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'Garrison, Carl J. Livengood, Wil
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McNeill—H. L. Garner, Robert
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Farmers Used $27,419.72
Under the 1953 Agricultural
Conservation Progreun, Moore
County was given an allocation of
$46,455.60 to be used in assisting
farmers to carry out needed con
servation practices on the indivi
dual farm. Every farnier in Moore
County was contacted by a Com
mitteeman and given the oppor
tunity to request assistance on
needed conservation practices for
their farm. 1489 farmers made re
quests.
However only 614 farmers were
able to carry out part of the need
ed conservation practices due to
reasons beyond their control, such
as adverse weather conditions, etc.
Therefore only $27,419.72 was
used.
Here is a summary of practices
used by farmers:
Lime—There were 946 tons of
limestone applied on approxi
mately 600 acres of land with as
sistance being given by ASC in
the amount of $3,547.50.
Superphosphate, Potash, Basic
Slag, and Mixed Fertilizers—323
farms used the above listed
fertilizers to establish and top-
dress approximately 2,005 acres
of alfalfa, temporary pasture, and
permanent pasture consisting of
ladino clover, fescue, and orchard
grass. The assistance furnished by
ASC in obtaining these fertilizer
materials amounted to $10,035.96.
Of this amount $7,290.35 was giv
en assistance under the Purchase
Order Plan.
Winter Cover Crops—108 farms
received $2,048.31 assistance on
seeds to seed 907 acres
of winter cover crops. Of
this amount $1,459.49 was furnish
ed under the Purchase Order Plan.
Summer Annual Legumes—362
farms seeded 4350 acres of soy
beans, cowpeas, velvetbeans, cro-
talaria, and lespedeza to be turn
ed under as a cover crop with as
sistance being received in the
amount of $7,652.50.
Permanent Pasture—197 farms
established and improved 612
acres of permanent pasture using
the ladino clover, fescue and or
chard grass mixture with assist
ance being received on the pur
chase of the seed in the amount
of $2,899.95. Of this amount $2,-
486.88 was furnished under the
Purchase Order Plan.
Constructing Permanent Fences—
22 farms received assistance in the
amount of $850.50 to construct
37,800 linear feet of permanent
fence.
Forest Tree Planting—Seven
farms received $320.00 assistance
to set 40,000 pine seedlings on 40
acres of land.
Improving Stand of Forest
Trees—Five farms received $65.00
assistance fo rthinning and im
proving 13 acres existing stands
of forest trees.
Total farmland on partici
pating farms, 97,193 acres; crop
land on participating farms, 31,430
acres. .
Allotments and Quotas
Acreage allotments and market
ing quotas are used as a means of
adjusting the production of cer
tain crops in line with the nec
essary needed supply of the crop.
The Secretary of Agriculture is re
quired to declare acreage allot
ments on certain crops when there
is an excessive surplus of the crop
on hand above what is needed.
Marketing quotas can only be in
effect after acreage allotments
have been proclaimed and mar
keting quotas approved by at least
two-thirds of the eligible pro
ducers voting in a referendum.
Wfhen acreage allotments and
marketing quotas are in effect,
penalties are set up to be collect
ed as a compliance measure on
the acreage in excess of the farm
Marketing Quota.
In Moore County in 1953, two
basic commodities were under Al
lotments and Marketing Quotas.
They were Flue-Cured Tobacco
and Peanuts.
Flue-Cured Tobacco — Moore
County had an acreage allotment
in 1953 of 6,715.7 acres; 1529 farms
planted 6,331.7 acres with a total
production of 6,950,827 pounds;
54 farms planted in excess of their
farm allotment and paid penalty
as required by regulations on the
excess acreage. The rate of
penalty for 1953 was 20c per
pound.
Peanuts—Moore County had an
acreage allotment in 1953 of 125.6
acres; 27 farms harvested peanuts.
Wheat end Cotton—Acreage al
lotments and marketing quotas
were proclaimed in' 1953 on cotton
and wheat to become effective
with 1954 crop. The history for
cotton and wheat acreages were
obtained and summarized for 1951,
1952, and 1953 on all Moore Coun
ty farms. The 1953 cotton acreage
was measured. Cotton and wheat
allotments were established and
the referendums held for each
commodity during the 1953 calen
dar year.
Price Support—Price Support
Programs are set up to assist eli
gible farmers in conserving their
commodities and through the util
ization of different type loans
available assure the farmer of his
share of the national income from
the commodities grown by him.
Federal Crop Insurance
Moore County operated in 1953
for the first time the Federal Crop
Insurance Program. Federal Crop
Insurance as handled in Moore
County was an insurance devised
to protect the farmers’ investment
in his tobacco crop. The coverage
for Moore County was $290 per
acre and cost the farmer $8.60 per
acre. In 1953 a tobacco farmer
could only insure his interest in
the crop and his shaure was insur
ed against all causes from the time
his tobacco was set out in the
field until it reached the ware
house; 1088 farmers werfe insirred
in our county in 1953 by Federal
Crop Insurance. Losses were paid
to farmers due to bad weather
conditions in 1953 amounting to
over $32,000 which tended to
cushion the impact of crop failure
on local business to a great ex
tent.
Thanks Expressed
The committee expressed hearty
thanks and appreciation to the
county commissioners for their
cooperation in furnishing office
space, heat, water, and lights for
the A. S. C. Office duriung 1953.
In the report the committee also
thanked all other agricultural
agencies and workers for their
splendid cooperation and assist
ance during 1953.
WEEVIL SITUATION
Some weevil activity has been
reported in southern counties, but
the recent cool weather has no
doubt slowed the movement. Con
siderable variation is expected
from field to field and from coun
ty to county in weevil infestation
early in the season. Populations
are expected to be down as com
pared to last year, but no one
knows how much.
Prospects indicate fewer steers,
but more cows and calves will be
marketed during the remainder of
1954 than in the same period of
1953.
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