Dairymen In State
Get More Than 12
Million For Milk
Milk Products Valued At
More Than Cotton Crop
Last Year
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^ North Carolina farmers receiv
ed $12,630,000 for milk and dairy
products during 1939. Frank Par
ker, federal statistician with the
State Department of Agriculture,
reported recently.
"Total gross value of all milk
and dairy products' last year
f amounted to $37,540,000, based on
a total milk production of one bil
lion. 439 million pounds, he said.
Incidentally, the total value of
milk exceeded the 1939 cotton and
cotton seed crop value by $11
233,000.
?The Federal-State Crop Report
ing Service officials listed North
Carolina thirteenth among the
States in the gross value of milk
and dairy products produced.
The 1939 summary reveals that
farmers sold 46,047,000 quarts of
milk at 11.7 cents per quart for a
total of $5,387,000 while 6,000,000
pounds of butter were sold at 23
cents per pound for a total of $1,
380,000.
Wholesale milk sales totaled
195,000,000 pounds valued at $2.70
per 100 pounds, or for a total
value of $5,265,000.
Farm families consumed milk
an dmilk products valued at $24,
910,000, or two-thirds of the total
value of dairy products produced.
The 1939 total milk produced
was consumed as follows: Fed to
calves, 2 per cent; consumed on
farm, 33 per cent; used for mak
ing butter, 40 per cent; sold to
wholesale plants. 18 per cent; re
tailed by producers. 7 per cent.
NON-FATAL INJURIES
?
Motor vehicle accidents in this
country last year resulted in non
fatal injuries to 1.150,000 persons.
Light cotton canvas or muslin
| is recommended by the Depart
I ment of Agriculture as an ideal
S covering for hot beds, the Nation
| al Cotton Council reveals. The
muslin can he waterproofed by
application of a mixture of para
ffin, beeswax and benzine.
The average cow in North-Car
olina last year produced 3,900
pounds of milk compared with
3,88.0 pounds in 1938.
BUSINESS FIELD PERSONAGES
Listed among the widely-known business personages in the town and county are Messrs. J. K.
Pope, left; J. Eason Lilley, center, and Edwin Peele, right. Mr. Pope has represented the county
as commissioner several terms and is a leading figure in the insurance field in this section. Mr.
Lilley is known well in several fields, including farming, manufacturing, laundrying and baseball.
Possibly more people have come to know him through his association with the "Martins" than in
any other of the three fields. Mr. Peele heads the Peele Jewelry firm in Williamston and is one
of the town's youngest business men.
Cattle Thievery
Indicates Trend
The activities of cattle thieves
in Alabama has caused the de
partment of agriculture in that
state to form an "anti-rustler" di
vision. Though hardly destined to
rank in glamour with the vigi
lantes of other days or with the
Texas Hangers, our b4st wishes
ride with its men. Its mere ex
istence proves the importance of
the beef cattle industry in the
Cotton Belt. In the Upper South,
newspaper reports-of cattle thefts
appear with increasing frequen
cy. Thus, crime points up a trend.
?Southern Agriculturist.
PROPERTY DAMAGE
Property damage in 1939 mo
tor vehicle accidents totaled $750,
000.000.
One pedestrian in every seven
involved in fatal accidents last
year had been drinking.
Three out of every four bicy
clists injured last year were vio
lating some traffic law.
About 700 deaths occurred last
year in collisions between bicy
cles and motor vehicles.
Motor vehicle accidents at rail
road grade crossings killed 1,197
people in this country last year.
A total of 28,407 drivers' li
censes had been revoked by the
North Carolina Highway Safety
Division through June 30, 1940.
Cigarette Vending
Machines Causing
A Penny Shortage
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Cigarette Vending Machines are
being partly blamed for shortage
of pennies, especially in the
northern part of the State. The
retail price of cigarettes in ma
chines is 17 cents in up-state ter
ritory, locally 16 cents. In order
to obtain a pack of cigarettes, the
purchaser puts in two dimes and
gets back three cents where the
'price is 17 cents and four cents
where the price is 16 cents per
pack. The pennies are enclosed
by jobbers inside the Cellophane
wrapping of the package. In this
connection, we are just in receipt
of the idea?how long will the
manufacturers stand for this in
serting of pennies inside the cel
lophane, It has taken consider
able experimenting and many a
good dollar to achieve the prei
ervt air-tight pack and now comes
along an act that practically makes
this wrapping useless. Well, we
will just wait and see what hap
pens. It has been estimated that
when the new tax law went into
effect, in Ohio alone it took abuot
$70,000 in pennies to fill these
machines in order to comply with
the new tax.
Farmer* Are Rnltcark
In World Democracy
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' It may well be that the or
ganized farmers of present day
America," said the Dairymen's
League News, of New York, re
cent, "will prove to be the na
tion's great bulwark in maintain
ing freedom and democracy for
America and the world."
Sad as it may be, the farmer
was not recognized until a few
years ago by the-government .
We Make Our ICE CREAM
We make our own ire cream, enabling us lo give you more pure, ice cream for your money.
Sold in quantities from gallons to pints. Made to order und according to your specifications.
We are conveniently located to the tobacco market und
we invite the farmers to our shop for a refreshing foun
tain drink. You'll enjoy a delicious serving of our ice
cream in a dozen flavors.
You run find your every need in cosmetics, potent medi
cines. toilet urtirleH and novelties. We also slock full
Mt'd and many other items needed for the household.
Yoiril find our priced loner?service the hest.
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