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FARMERS LOSE BY DOING BUSINESS ON OTHER THAN CASH BASIS ' YEAR PAST WAS PROFITABLE ONE But Farmers W ho Had to Set tle Up in Fall for Year's Ex* I pense Made Little Clear Profit. Although the year Just passed ? was a most profitable one for the farmers of the Albemarle section,1 and the entire State, it Is evident; that the farmers did ncrt receive all the profits which should have been ; theirs bad they been operating upon a cash basis. The percentage of those who pur chase most of their farm implements, seed and fertlizers . on time is not i known but, that it is large is un-| " deniable. Most of the dealers in this and other cities carry large | sums on their books for farmers who are unable to pay cash for| their supplies and who give paper in 1 the form of land and crop . mortga-l ? ges to cover the bill. The attitude of the dealer is sum-! med up in the statement made to a: buyer by a farm implement mer-| chant of Elizabeth .City, and over-i heard by an Advance reporter. / "We don't want your land," he 1 faid. "All we want is the money for ' our machinery. Xow save yourj money arid pay this up. You can do; it if you will put by a little at a; time." . The dealers would much rather ' have the cash and are anxious to do i business with cash customers even j though the price of every article is much lower than on time. The # importan.ee of doing business on a cash oasis is emphasized in a letter written by Director B. W. Ivil gore of the North Carolina Exten sion Service to G. W. Falls and the other State county agents. Dr. Kil gore says the three important things for the farmers to do th4a-year arei ? j Pay all possible beck debts. Put aside enough money to buy fertilizers for cash. The difference! between cash and time prices is too! great not to do this. Reserve enough money to buy sup plies, tools and equipment for cash for the cultivation of crops this year., The importance of operating on a, cash basis is not to be denied at any ? time but under boll weevil conditions It is especially advisable that farm ers make every dollar count as i much a possible, according to Dr. j Kilgore. , If the rule is carried out, and , food and feed crops, meat, milk and I butter are produced on the farm,! then money crops, whether large orj email will be real money crops, he j says. Mr. Falls and the entire extension! service is anxious for farmers ?.o get upon a cash basis as to their buy ing and to free themselves from the -tenant system. READY FOK START IN FIGHT AGAINST WEEVIL Attendance at the boll weevil meeting hold at the Pasquotank County Courthouse on Tuesday morning was estimated at 250 and was considered satisfactory if not as ^complete as it should have been. Those who were present will proba- ! bly have a head start on their neigh bors in fighting the weevil on the next crop because they liavo first hand knowledge of the methods of colnbatting the pest. The proper fertilizer to use in1 this section according to the speak-! ers. Is 10-3-3, with its source of ni-j trogen derived from nitrate of soda' available in soluble form. The ' heavy percentage of acid phosphate will hasten maturity, the experts agreed. Rome lands, they maintain,1 can stand a mixture of 12-3-3. BOYS GOING IN FOR PURE BRED LIVESTOCK; Moyock, Febrauary 6 ? Several1 hoys In and nanr Mnyock are making! rapid strides in their agricultural, club work. Milton Sears has Just completed a chicken house for Ills | flock of 18 pure bred White Leg-i horn hens. His house was built ac cording to the plans recommended! by the State Department of Agrl-j culture. Adrian Mathlas and Lawrence1 have completed their houses for their brood sows. Protection from the WK*mentB will pay them cash returns, believe. ? Manly West hrfs ordere'd the lum-. ber for his sows's residence and will build it shortly. W. M. Pendleton of Routn 2, bought two John Deere plows from W. C. Glover a day or two ago. j -AN INVESTMENT Which AAMireq an Annual return of not Iw* than 7 |*?r cent and which pAjs an AddlttonAl 2 per cent! Mutually when net earning* on the totAl capital amount to O i*?r cent In A cori?oration under the direct I management of a group from among, the mo?t aucce**ful executives In the Piedmont Section accural by one of the mo?t modern An?l be*t equipped weaving mills In the Smith manufacturing A consist ently, profitable line of goods IS WORTH LOOKING INTO For full particular* write I BOND DEPARTMENT I *1 Ameriran Trust Company Charlotte, N. C. Frank B. Green, Manager. COUNTY FARM AGENTS | HOLD SESSION HERE A meeting of the county agents of I Eastern North Carolina district J was held Tuesday morning at* the; office of G. W. Falls county agent of ! Pasquotank County. J. M. Gray, assistant director of the extension j service and W. B. Face of Washington. N. C. district agent, were present and explained several j matters to the agents. The county agents present at the; meeting were: J. F. Ritchie. Beau-j fort County; R. W. Johnson, i Washington County; M. K. Row-: ell, Chowan County; L. W. Ander sen, Perquimans County; J. E.i Chandler, Currituck County; and; G .W. Falls. Pasquotank County. Farm News and Mews Jdhn Brown of Weeksvllle bought' a John Deere middle breaker from; W. C. Glover a few days ago-. G. L. Sherlock of Hoover has a new potato planter which was pur chased of W. C. Glover recently. Farmers in this section would probably find it of benefit, say Eliz abeth City seedsmen, to run their soy. bean seed over a seive to elimi nate all undersized seed and seed of other plants . An interesting demonstration of dusting apparatus was given after the boll weevil meeting at the Pas quotank County courthouse Tuesday morning. The dusting machine was sent down by the Niagara Company,! through Spence-Hollowell Company, their representatives In this terri tory. C. C. Prophet of Asheville was in charge of the demonstration. A number of farmers have pur chased John Deere disc cultivators "Trbm~W. C. Glover within the past few days. Among them are: R. W. Sawyer, Route 5, who also benight a section harrow and a middle breaker; J. L. Tuttle, Route 5; J. M. Keaton, Route 1; Jasper Thomp son. Route 1; T. W. Smith, Route 2; P. F. White, Route 5;- Dr. W. A. Hoggard. Woodville; and W. L. Pritchard, Route 5. ROD AND GUN C'LIB MEKTS Asheville, Feb. 6 ? The Black Mountain Rod and Gun Club will hold its aanual dinner at the Plaza Hotel Wednesday evening next. Reports for the past year will be made and the election of officers for tlHTTFtfr 1924 will be held. "Pigs Is Pigs" . By T .1). ELLIOTT (Moyock Teacher Agriculture) John Jones had Just arrived from f school where he was studying voca tional agriculture. John's father was not much in favor of some of: the things he had studied abo'ut.j but unlike some fathers, he was will nig to let him try them out. After | running into the kitchen to get a| sweet potato to eat John went out behind the barn to look at the sow ! he had Just bought. He was sur-j prised to find his dad already there j for the same purpose. "Well Dad. said John. " I think Ii got a bargain in her. She Just cost! me $50 and is already bred." "Fifty dollacs! You don't mean to tell me you paid $50 for that gilt. Why I have three here that look about as good an she does that j 1 would take $50 for." "1 ftuow Dad, but they are not registered." "Not registered? What differ-' erence does that make? Won't they eal Just as good as yours? And when we kill them won't they taste] Just as good?" "Yes, but when you try to sell your pigs, some white and some mixed in color, you can only get about $3 apiece, while 1 can get $12 for mine." "How do you know you can?" I "Because they will be all one color land registered. They will sell them I selves. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Smith jwere down at the station when I my sow came In yesterday and they ] both said they wanted one of my pigs. Then too, some of th<? older boys sold all they could raise for $12 last year. i "I don't know, I don't know" mused Mr. Jones," Maybe you can, maybe you can. She looks a little better than mine anyhow . If Don [Jackson is willing to pay $12 for a | pig there must b*1 something to it, because he is the stingiest man around here.' * | They went off together to get a load of corn and John felt more proud of hig pig than ever. PLAN* IMPROVEMENT* AT IaAKK U'NAU'BKA Asheville, February 6 ? Prepar-j atlons are already being made in : in way of improvements of grounds and buildings for the 1924 confer-; ence of the Methodist Southern As sembly at Lake Junaluska which will start on June 21. according to! an announcement made public here by J. Dale Stenz. manager of the] j Assembly . It was also stated that | the faculty of the educational de-' partment of the Assembly will be j increased. There will be more | supervisors for the playgrounds I and recreation centers, and more in | Btructors for the departments of ' music, art drama and other studies. Ornamental Trees And Shrubs | Evergreens, Roses. P-rult Trees and: Flerry Hushes; Grape Vines, Budded i j Pecans; Prlvett Hedge and Peren-' ? nlals. I We specialize in landscape garden- j ; lng. Visitors to our Nurseries are al-, ways welcome. Write or phone for ? price-list. - SAPOS NURSERIES ? Inc. ? SOB CHESTERFIELD IILV'D Dial 414:t9 Norfolk, Va. FOR HIGHEST MARKET PRICES | Ship COTTON To WINBORNE & CO. | I Norfolk, Virginia ; < ?i j They pay drafts for 90 per cent on cotton to be ! ; sold on arrival and 75 per cent if to l>e stored. : Why Mr. Scott Uses Our ! FERTILIZERS f He Got Double The Yield Of Irish Potatoes With Albemarle i ' . j Titkr it from u mail who knows. IMr. Eiijji'iic S. Scoll, former llrprmcntalivr of Pasquotank County and one of the most success ! fill and host known farmers in Eastern North Carolina, uses Alhc marie Fertilizer. Here is his reason: > Two years a^o, Mr. Scott planted several acres of Irish pota > toes. On one acre of this land he used one ton of our .V6-.) form ula. On the balance he used another of the hcst known brands of ) , potato guano made. The land, the seed, and eonilitions of cultivn ' lion were identically the same. Hut Mr. Seott got a full stand and double the yield from thai i patch of potutoes grown with Albemarle Fertilizers. Anil after tin crop was harvotcd he found the same ground excellent for other I purposes. f i Not only with |io!alocs, hut with other crops does Mr. Scott find Allirmarle Fertilizers ideal. Our special cotton fertilizer made one I of the most notable crops for him last year that has ever been grown in thin section. We would he glad to have anyone ask Mr. Scott about the re I Milt* he ha* obtained with our fertilizer*. i Albemarle Fertilizer Co. * J. H. LeROY, Manager ?HSk . Certified Seed Potatoes WHY TAKE CHANCES WITH QUESTIONABLE SEED WHEN THE BEST ARE AVAILABLE? Five Reasons Why Prince Edward Island Government Certified Irish Cobblers Are Cheapest in the End. Because they arc of uniform size, neither larcer a lXoL nor smaller than they should bo, anil consequently plant farther. - Because they are true to typo and free from dfs Spronn ease- Every potato may ho counted upon, under pro Axvt. 1)or soj| a|ltj fertilization conditions, to reproduce. ? - -- - m - Because tin* experience of those who have planted I t lit m has been that they mature earlier. - Because the per aero yield Is greater. We do not KOlirtn guarantee this, but it" can easily be verlfled by con suiting those who have used them. ji Because their truenoRB to type, freedom from dls H iffh ease and genuine strain, insure potatoes of tho highest market value. They cost a little more, but are worth more. Write us for price and any othev information desired. We have a few cars surplus in cold storage at Norfolk, available for shipment when wanted. Southgate Produce Co. Southgate Terminal NORFOLK, V A. TheTee&Ea Stay Tight Ehowtaff front ? nil ?!d? ? lews of John Denr* Spike-Tooth with atronf UoiIod lock dusp. They are held rigidly, everlast ingly, in place by the strong John Deere lock clamp. Each tooth is drawn tight into the bgf-by a large bolt and nut. The r.ut can't come loose becausc of the strong tension lock. John Deere Universal Harrow Teeth are large, diamond style, dag ger-pointed. Great penetration and great strength. It's a U-bar, steel harrow ? great strength without useless weight. Strong, well-braced rigid construction ? no sag ing after years of service. Especially adapted for strong, rooty ground or for orchard and vineyard woi4c> ? Levers have spring relief which prevents the harrow from being dam aged when striking obstructions. End,, rails prevent tooth bars from catching on trees or vines when working in or chard or vineyard. W? rMOsamend thli barrow (or the bait of work and the lone, ut wear. W* can (urniah it in one, two, thr*? and (our laetlom. W. C. GLOVER Kl.l/AIIKTil CITY KEEPING STEP fau'lt And ttiln firm alwaya nhrrnut of the tlmea. When more modern feature* and facilities are nHMry they aro added. We cater to the requirement* of our patron*. Our recent Addition con*l*ta of a large Dry Cleaning Ma chine; another lateat model Banltary Steam Prefer, an Elec tric Rotary Extracter. and a drying room, which elve* u? the beat equipped cleaning entublMirmnt In the city, plus twelve year* of experience. Cooper Cleaning Works PHOXK 280
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