A S. C. NEWS
By MIRIAM AUSBON
In order to achieve full partici
pation in the Conservation Reserve j
phase of the Soil Bank Program,]
we will get information in the
hands of the farmers just as soon]
as it is possible. The enclosed ma
terial covers ■ all information now
available on the program. This ma-1
terial should give farmers some
basis on which to make a decision J
as to whether or not they will par- j
ticipate this year.
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The conservation Reserve part of
the Soil Bank will be in operation
in this county this year. In fact, we
have been told that first instruc
tions to ASC County Office em
ployees may go out around the
middle of next month. It is hoped
that many farmers when given the
opportunity, will sing contracts and
start conservation practices during
this crop year.
Through the Conservation Ke
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serve, farmers have an opportun
ty to receive substnaitlag overnm
ment. assitsance for long-term con
servation work on their farms. A
farmer wanting to participate will
sign up at the County ASC Office
and will agree to remove land from
production of crops and devote it
exclusively to conservation prac
tices. Land producing tame hay in
regular rotation and pasture is al
so eligible for the program. The
farmer will be paid most of what
it costs to establish cover and alsc
an annual payment to compensate
him for keeping the land out oi
; production. On the use of land ir
the Conservation Reserve, a farm
| er who signs a contract to partici
I pate in the Conservation Reserve
I will agree to establish and main
i tain protective cover (grasses, le
gumes or trees), water storage, 01
some other approved conservation
practice on designated acres; tc
maintain normal acreage of con
servation and idle land on his farm
he will agree not to harvest any
crop from these acres, except tim
her in keeping with good forestry
management, and not to pasture
these acres before January 1, 1959
Finally, he will agree not to use
any practice defeating the purpose
of the contract, for example, divert
land now inconservation or woods
to a use prohibited by the Secre
tary of Agriculture.
A farmer will receive an initial
payment of about 80 per cent ol
his costs in establishing grasses
and legumes, these costs could in
elude land preparation, seed anti
seeding, inoculation, liming, anti
fertilizing. To establish trees, costs
could include preparing the land,
tree seedlings, seed, cuttings and
shrubs. Other material and labor
used in conservation, include water
storage, are also eligible for cost
sharing. Most of the practice pay
ments will be made during the
first year of the contract.
In addition to this initial con
servation practice payment, a par
ticipating farmer will also receive
payments each year for the length
of the contract to compensate him
for taking land out of crop and
livestock production. This annual
payment begins with the first year,
as cited in the contract. In deter
mining the annual payment to a
farmer, these factors will be con
sidered: Value of the land for pro
ducing crops, rates of land rent in
the area, and necessary incentive
to encourage participation.
The minimum Conservation Re
serve contract is for 3 years; the
maximum for 10 years. Contracts
for tree cover, however, may ex
tend for 15 years, and 3-year con
tracts apply only to land which
will be continued in vegetative
cover.
In order to be eligible for par
ticipation in the Conservation Re
serve, farmers must be in compli
ance with their acreage allotments
or their corn base acreages in com
mercial corn counties. The rights
oftenants and sharecroppers for
participation in the program will
be protected the same as with the
Acreage Reserve Program. ASC
employees will make on-the-farm
checks to see that farmers have
compiled with requirements for
participating in the Reserve Pro
gram.
The Conservation Reserve pari
of the Soil Bank Program is in ad
dition to our AC Program, whicl
has been in operation for 20 years
The Soil Bank program and the
ACP are complementary—not com
pcling programs. We hope oui
farmers will still participate in the
ACP at least to the extent that
ON-JOB TRAINING—Second Lieutenant Lee Z. Nielsen of Elba, Neb., taking his turn as battery
executive officer, checks the breechblock of a 155 mm howitzer as Second Lieutenant William F.
Quinn of Collingdale, Pa., acting safety officer, talks with battery headquarters on the field phone.
Both Reserve officers on active duty for six months, they are learning while working with the 41st
Field Artillery Group at Fort Sill, Okia., after completing the Officers Basic Course.
MARKET REPORT
By CURTIS F. TARLTON, Marketing Specialist
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Editor’s Note: Following is a
summary of market price informa
tion for the week ending July 27,
1956, as gathered and edited by
the Market News Service of the
N. C. Department of Agriculture
Reversing the weaker price
trend of last week, fryers and
broilers strengthened this week
and closing farm sales were report
ed at 19 to 20 cents per pound,
In the North Georgia section, the
prices were one cent higher on
Friday and the trade there quoted
sales at 19J to 20. Most prices,
however, were at 20. Delmarva
closed about steady at 20 1-4 to
20 3-4, and mostly 20 1-4 to 20J.
The Shenandoah Valley was steady
at 19J to 20, and mostly 20 cents.
Heavy hens were fully steady in
North Carolina during the week
and prices were quoted at 16£ to
19, mostly 17 to 18 cents per pound
on Friday.
Eggs were steady following ar
advance in Raleigh. A large closed
at 46 cents per dozen; A, mediums
at 40 cents; and B, large 35. Dur
ham reported A, large ranging
from 42 to 47 cents; A, mediums
37 to 40; and B, large 34 to 3E
cents. Charlotte reported eggs 2
cents per dozen higher and A, large
brought 45 to 46J; and A, mediums
36 to 39 cents per dozen.
Hog prices advanced 25 to 5(
cents per hundred at the Carolin;
buying stations this week and dos
ing tops were quoted at 16.50 t(
17.50 per hundred. In Chicago
hogs wcer mostly 50 to 75 highe:
( and tops closed at 16.75 to 17.00
they have in the past. The Conser
vation Reserve program is not ye
available. When this program i;
available, announcement will b<
| made by this office.
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Very active cattle trading mark
ed the first of the week in Chicago.
Feeder steers and yearlings closed
1.00 to 2.50 higher than last week
on good and better grades, while
lower grades sold unevenly steady
to 1.00 higher. Heifers advanced
.75 to 1.50 for good grades and bet
ter; while standard to low good
were up 25 to .75 cents. Cows clos
ed 25 to 50 higher; bulls mainly
steady and vealers steady. The
bulk choice and high prime heifers
sold from 22.00 to 24.25; good to
low choice 20.00-21.75 and stand
ard to low good 16.00 to 19.75.
Utility and commercial cows also
brought 10.75 to 13.25; and utility
to commercial bulls 14.00 to 15.75.
Good and choice vealers closed at
20.00 to 23.00.
Grain prices were generally
steady at Piedmont and eastern
North Carolina markets during the
week. No. 2 yellow shelled corn
ranged from 1.50 to 1.60 in the
I eastern area; and brought mostly
1.70 per bushel in the Piedmont
| section. No. 2 white corn was quot
■ cd at 1.30 to 1.35 per bushel. No.
2 red winter wheat brought 1.90
to mostly 2.00 per bushel; and No.
2 red oats .60 to mostly .64 cents
per bushel. No. 2 milo was quoted
at 2.25 per hundred pounds at
Piedmont points.
Cattle prices were fully steady
to stronger at the Rich Square and
Rocky Mount auctions. Utility to
commercial steers ranged from
12.00 to 17.00; and utility to com
mercial heifers 12.00 to 16.50. Good
and choice vealers ranged from
21.00 to 23.50; and good and choice
butcher calves 13.00 to 20.00. Utili
ty to commercial cows were re
ported at 10.00 to 15.25; and utili
, ty to commercial bulls 12.00 tc
15.00.
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Eastern Carolina auction mar
kets were closed again Thursday
and Friday. However, on Wednes
day bushels of pepper brought
mostly 1.20 at Wallace; 1.00 to 1.35
at Clinton; and 1.25 to 1.65 at Fai
son. Eggplant were quoted at 2.25
to 2.75 per bushel; and half bus
hels of okra from 1.00 to 2.50.
Peaches were about steady in
New York during the week. Half
bushels of Sun-highs 2 inches and
up brought 3.00, while Elbcrtas
2 1-4 inches up were quoted at]
2.75. Peppers were weaker and
bushels of bullnose type ranged
from 2.50 to 3.00.
The price of cotton declined 5.35
per bale on the nation’s 14 leading
markets this week and middling
15/16 inch averaged 32.98 cents
per pound on Friday. This com
pares with 34.05 last week and with
33.67 on the corresponding date a
year ago.
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Farm Cash Receipts
Cash receipts from farm market
ings in North Carolina amounted
to $36,830,000 during the calendar
year of 1955 and exceeded similar
receipts for 1954 by about 1 per
cent.
Question: How long should I cool
eggs before taking them to market?
Answer: Eggs should be left in a
cool, moist egg room overnight for
best flavor. If the temeprature of
the egg room is 60 degrees, and the
air isn’t circulating, it will take
about six to seven hours to get the
eggs down to this temperature.
Question: How can you get rid of
Bermuda grass in a flower bed?
Answer: Once Bermuda grass
gets into a flower bed it has to be
removed by hand. Any chemical
that will kill Bermuda will also
kill flowers or shrubs. However,
you can neither remove Bermuda
by treating with Methyl Bromide,
by removing all roots by hand, or
by treating with “Atlacide,” Dala
pon, or T. C. A. If these materials
are used, it will be several months
before soil is productive.
Question: When should I start
treating for boll weevils and how
long should I dust?
Answer: Start treating for boll
weevils when the infestation reach
es 10 per cent. Continue treating
eevry five days as long as the in
festation remains that high.
Oil Gusher In Yard
Proves To Be Pipe
Los Angeles.—George Argentin
thought he had an oil gusher in
his yard when black stuff bubbled
up through his front lawn. After
an estimated 300 barrels had spout
ed, it was found to be from a
broken oil pipeline belonging^ to
the Standard Oil Company. The ^
“gusher” was pinched off by a
company crew.
Wheal Acreage
Total acreage of wheat in the
United States i£ expected to reach
59.8 million in 1956—an increase
of \\ million acres over last year’s
crop.
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