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Martin County Ranks Near Top In Average Income Per Farm All Crops Valued At $4,260,996 In 1939 Income From Farm Operations Double Average For State I Output Per Farm I* Placed At $1,771 For the Year of 1939 ? With its ideal climate .^llltr productive soils, Martin has been ten S?ilS' Martin has f .1, i? 15 "Cognized as one Nnrfhr \ balanced counties in c. ,Caro'ma and even in the Unit [d,^'el,N? sma? number refer to it as the best county or political sub version m all the world. That is taking in a lot of territory, to be sure but the facts, based on the of ficial United States census for 1940 substantiate the claims and give CrWhnee,i? the 'ar"r<ach,ng bofsu lurini! a ?OUnty has "s manufac tunng and varied industries that are closely related to agriculture and nfa i/aSOUrCeS' its 'cadership in the ?^? r Tlfarming ranks n?ht at the top. In 1939, Martin County had an income of $4,260,996 from its agri ch.iv ratwnUrsu,t8;or $1'771 Pl'r farm only two counties, New Hanover fn .h^T' made a better showing n their farming operations as far as income per farm was concerned. The total income, however, in Martin in* New h"* 'ar greater 'ban it was of S Ha"over and exceeded that by nearly $100,000. h?^ i CoU"ty' with all its tobacco ??d ? P*1" Urm income of only $1 . lv more !h ^.income was slight y more than twice as great as that for Martin. Despite it! vast area Bertie had a total farm income of nearly one million dollars less than Martins, and Beaufort had a total er^hi>In(^m.e*hardly *20?.??0 great fn Erf* u Martin' The '"come grefte? Ton ?a,s about a ">,11,on $200 WW Halifax had hardly $200,000 more than received in this county. Farm income in Martin wa" Tn Swy ?Ur tlmes grea'cr than it was in Washington County. There were NorythS<'rent,et'n COUnt"'s in all of tanncomer ma W"h a ?reater to Camhna T "i'276 farms North Carolina according to the 1940 cen amount'ofV"'8' 271236 reporUd ">e frTrf.rf ? products either sold holdTh1" US"d by ,tU' farm ho"se r?'d Tllr census shows that the leading source of mcome on the va" waiXld c?/ N0rth C.rolina farms was fie d crops, such as tobacco cot fiJl ,a" the bke. For instance, the field crops constituted the maior wasnasissS 2,225 farms; poultry and poultry products on 2,486 farms; and other livestock products on 150 farms Vegetables harvested for sale were J?'1?"]" source of income on 1,5 ie farms, fruits and nuts on 1,115 farms horticultural specialties on 224 farms; and forest products on 1,094 TThere were 93,465 farms where farm products used by the farm hous? .V major source of in come In other words, on approxi Sta^ y,Kne;third of the 'srms of the State, the farm products raised and conned on the farm were ?e ma for item produced. These 93 000 farms produced approximately thir Jorthe"r half million dollars' ^d fn .h ?roducLts and 'bey consum ed in the household twenty-five and toUWaTue1'0" d?llarS' W?rth of ,he As stated above, livestock was the main source of income on 2,251 farms. The total value of all pro duction on these farms was $3,048, 000. Livestock sold or traded ac counted for 58.5 per cent of all val ues produced on these farms. Dairy products were the major source of income on only 2,225 farms. The value of all farm products on these farms was slightly in excess of $9,000,000. Dairy products sold or traded accounted for three-fourths of the income on these dairy farms. Poultry and poultry products were the main source of income on 2,486 farms with a total output of all products of $3,879,000. Poultry and poultry products sold or traded ac counted for two-thirds of the value of production on these farms. Field crops were the major source of income on 169,710 farms with an output of $201,584,000. Field crops sold or traded by these farms ac counted for more than three-fourths of the total production. Thus sixty per cent of all North Carolina farms are definitely cash-crop farms. Vegetables were the main source of income on 1,516 farms, whose to tal production was $1,974,000. Vege tables sold accounted for approxi mately sixty per cent of values pro duced by these farms. In other words vegetable specialty farms are of mi nor importance in this state. Fruits and nuts constituted the ma jor sources of income on 1,115 farms, and the sale of these products con stituted 715 per cent of their total production. Horticultural specialties were the main source of income on 224 farms with a total output of $1,138,000. These farms sold 93.2 per cent of their total production. These are the most completely commercial farms In the state. SAVE BALING WIRE Each year faraiers throw away enough used baling wire to build three mighty battleships or 3, 000 medium tanks. In other words, much of the 100,000 tons of 14- and 15-guage wire used on the Nation's farms each year for baling straw and forage crops is allowed to rust away in a scrap heap after removal from the bales. A great majority of North Caro lina farms have forests of some sort, but forest products were the main source of income on only 1,094 farms. Approximately two-thirds of the farm income of these farms was accounted for by forest products sold. However, farmers consume far more forest products than they sell. It may come as a surprise that farm products used by the farm household constituted the major source of income on more than 93, 000 farms, or approximately one third of all farms in the state. These farms had a total output of thirty-seven and a half million dol lars, or about 400 dollars per farm, and they consumed in the farm households more than two-thirds of the entire production. On these par ticular farms field crops sold ac counted for seventeen per cent of the income, while all other farm products sold or traded accounted for only fifteen per cent of the farm production. Most of these farms are in the western part of the state. A large per cent of mountain farms, especially, fall into the category of more or less self-sufficing farms. Another interesting section in the farm census shows the number of farms with various ranges of total farm production. There are approx imately 39.000 farms whose output was less than 3250.00 each during the year 1939. There were 35,000 rarms with an output of from $250 to $399. Some 44,000 farms had an output of from $600 to $999. There were over 45,000 farms with an out put of from $1,000 to $1,499. The farms with an output of from $1,500 to $2,499 numbered 32,416, and the lotal output of these farms was ap proximately $61,000,000, the largest total of any class. The farms with an output of from $2,500 to $3,999 totaled 9,859 There were 2,459 farms with an output of from $4,000 to $5, 999. There were 938 farms with an nutput of from $6,000 to $10,000, and rmly 497 farms in the state with an output of more than $10,000 each. These were mainly dairy farms and farms specializing on field crops, mainly large tobacco and cotton farms. For instance, Mecklenburg reports twenty dairy farms, each of which produced more than $10, 000 worth of products. The value of dairy products sold by these twen ty farms was $281,000. Pamlico re ports seven farms which sold field crops amounting to $114,000. The to tal outpuf of these seven farms was $123,000. Edgecombe reports twen ly-seven farms in the $10,000 class. Twenty-five of these sold field crops amounting to $286,000. Surry Coun ty reports four dairy farms whose total sale of dairy products alone for the year 1939 amounted to nearly $75,000. As indicated above, most of the large income was from either dairy outfits or large cash-crop units un der one management. There are a good many counties in the state with out a single farmer in the $10,000 output class. Also there are several instances in the state where an in dividual or corporation directs or manages a large number of tenants. Each tenant is classed as a separate farm, but the total income of the management may be far in excess of ten thousand dollars each. The op erators of these tenant units may not even be classed as farmers. With victory gardens springing up in new places and with production approaching a new high, the value of crops this year will possibly set a new record. ? This State Grows 29 Forage Crops Farmers of North Carolina have their choice of 29 different forage crops, says E. C. Blair, agronomist of the State College Extension Serv ice, although some of them are bet ter adapted to certain soil types and conditions than others. "We are ex tremely fortunate in this respect," Blair stated, "but we are not tak ing full advantage of our opportun ities." Summer legumes include soy beans, cowpeas, annual lespedeza, peanuts, velvet beans and kudzu. Perennial legumes are alfalfa, red clover, sweet clover, alsike clover and lespedeza sericea. Winter le gumes include crimson clover, vetch, Austrian winter peas, and bur clov er. Small grains are oats, barley, whaet and rye. Perennial grasses are timothy, orchard grass, red top and tall oat grass. Annual grasses in clude sorghums, foxtail millett, Jap anese millet, Johnson grass, sudan grass and crabgraas. Seven of these?soybeans, velvet beans, annual lespedeza, barley, sweet clover, Austrian winter peas, and lespedeza sericea?have been introduced into the State during the present century, Blair said. Farm Research Pays Dividends Springfield. Mass.?Nestled on the south side of a low range of wooded hills in south-central Massachusetts is an intensive center of agricultur al research and development to which, before the war, came visitors from all over the world. It is the vegetable trial grounds and plant industry project operated near the small village of Feeding Hills by Eastern States Farmers' Exchange which serves as the cooperative sup ply purchasing agency for tens of thousands of farmers in nine north eastern states. There, the Farmers' Exchange owns 16 acres, equipped with a greenhouse, hotbeds, cold frames, artificial dryer, and other farm buildings. Twenty-one acres in five other outlying plots are also used in the project, and all of these facilities are supplemented by final trials in widely scattered areas on farms of the cooperative's members. Principal work involves the test ing and improvement of vegetable varieties and strains, but in addition an extensive study of field corn hy brids is conducted, as well as such cultural practices as spacing, fertili zation, spraying and dusting and the use of green manures are tested and ?checked. Dr. Oscar H. Pearson, a national ly known plant breeder, is in direct charge of the project and is assisted by nine year-round helpers and, dur ing the busy summer season by num erous other employees, some of them t Home-Made Torpedo' Boat An ingenious member of the United Stales Coast Guard is shown pro pelling his home-made version of the "PT" torpedo boats somewhere on the east coast. The tin cans on the stern of the tiny craft simulate depth charges. The details even include elaborate camouflage. college students who are seeking in .ensiVe field training during vaca ion periods Such a project saves farmers housands of dollars every year for n "test tube" sized plantings, the luds among strains and varieties are ocated before farmers have invest ed thousands of dollars in labor and supplies. Valuable, too, is the isola ion of strains and varieties which have superior merit. The plant breeding work also pays handsome dividends in the more productive crops which result on farms of the cooperative's members. Farmers and agricultural special ists from the entire northeast come year after year to observe the work being carried on. They are always welcome and can usually spend as much time as they want. Rules of the Road . . . STOP AT THROUGH HIGHWAYS Section 120, Motor Vehicle Laws of North Carolina?"(a) The State Highway Commission with reference to state highways and local authori ties with reference to highways un der their jurisdictions are hereby au thorized to designate main traveled or through highways by erecting at the entrance thereto from intersect- j ing highways signs notifying drivers of vehicles to come to a full stop be fore entering or crossing such des ignated highway, and wherever any such signs have been so erected it shall he unlawful for the driver of an> u 11 ii'U to lull 1 ?? ..top in ubud ience thereof. That no failure so to stop, however, shall be considered contributory negligence per se in any action at law for injury to per son or property; but the facts relat ing to such failure to stop may be considered with the other facts in the case in determining whether the plaintiff in such action was guilty of con t r ibutory neglige nee. "(b) No person operating any mo tor vehicle upon any path, private or public road shall cross or attempt to cross, enter upon or attempt to enter upon any hard surface or im proved highway intersection the said path or road without first coming to a full stop: Provided, that this shall not apply to any road entering upon One Revolutionary Pensioner In 1840 Martin County was well repre sented in the armed forces during the revolution, but as far as the ercords show few of its fighting men "over received pensions. While a few" may have been remembered in their old age, what records are available show that there was only one prison er of the revolution in the county in 1840 No amount was mentioned, and it is believed that the pension was limited to a few dollars. Since that^ime the names of many Civil War veterans were added to the pension list but they have dis appeared. or crossing such^ hard-surfaced or improved highway unless the road gnvi-mmg uuUnnity (wlietlier litnte or county) controlling such high way shall erect on such road at a point one hundred or more feet from the point of entrance into said high way .a signboard not less than Jour feet from ground on the right side of the road, twenty-four inches by twenty-four inches outside measure^ ments, which shall be painted on yel low background with word "STOP" in black letters eight inches high, to insure warning of the proximity of the crossing and notice to stop said motor vehicle." In plain language, the state law requires that you bring your car to a full stop at any highway junction or intersection marked by a black and yellow STOP sign BE THRIFTY... BE AMERICAN ... Yonr Tobacco on the WILLI A MSTON i i t This Bank Is Interested In Your Welfare f. Whether Buying?Selling?or Banking We consider the farmer ami liiis family among our most val ued friends and we are glad to advise with lliem ami give them every assistance sound hanking permits. When selling lohaceo in Williamston. we extend to you and yours a cor dial welcome to visit our institution. INVESTMENTS, SAV INGS, INSTALLMENT LOANS, TRUSTS And GENERAL BANKING. For Safe, Sound, Dependable Banking ? Visit BUY PWAR BONDS AMD STAMPS POM SURVIVAL BRANCH Banking and Trust Co.
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