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5 Waives Hz- lS.:'.z-i Pre... C -a C rtlc. j To Dc ,, slroy Fcnn rrc;ria t " ( ''. : . . 5 ; . .'. ' . By DENSY A. WALLACS : Secretary of Agriculture i '; 1 American consumers deserve more accurate Information about causes of present pork ' prices than that contained In a recent Associat ed Press dispatch from Chicago.: . That dispatch, ,: -while correctly . attributing - first responsibility for present pork prices to . the 1834 drought, defined the second cause vii follows: "The Agricultural Adjustment Act, which provided for the destruction of 6,000,000 piggy sows or grown sows which would have been on the market this year. Ia addition un " counted prospective litters were destroyed." Thl analysis is eraiouvea oy ine Associat ed Press to Chicago "meat authorities." 1 am various to know if these unnamed sources are " backers who are suing in court for recovery ' of processing taxes already paid or seques tered. In court on the theory that the packers pay these taxes, while at the same time spread' to persuade consumers' that the tax i born . by the consumers. ' '.l'''-'-y . , The interpretation of the effects of the' 1933 sow slaughter on present pork prices, as con tained to the Chicago oupatch, la a complete , misstatement of the facts. S-Aflfl rr Ont Wrnnr '.' ' To start with, the statement that "e,000,- . . ma tiiam mm jh, mtvn anvil mm killed im If WVW fftb mrmm .w.. -. "Just about S.D0Q per , cent wrong.yhe total number' of sows purchased by the government was not 0.000.000. but was by actual count, iaa av Abmit r-thirtieth of the number - cited' in the: dlspatcbV':r-" to the second place, the statement that these ; sows were -destroyed- is an error. m slaughtering of these sows, the edible meat was saved, and 100 million' pounds of cured pork was distributed to families on relief rolls, . rvwrirnn btrvliur oneratlon. ' Third, the Dart of the dispatch stating these - ,., . . Vi . . ;: m th market this year Is an ibsurdlty. Farmer! would not haw held these sows until this year under any " imaginaui set oi : wiunw w kind of sows) held for such lengths of time are flooded animals with records of high produc Hxitr'. while farmers were In fact improving , ' their cull In 1933.' " , - - ' ' v.' ''--Malicious Propaganda ' xne res to ow oni"cp .,..,""-- uncounted prospective littler were destroyed" . makes the distortion Just about complete, u c ; Bo with more misinformation than I believe - X have ever seen packed Into two .sentences, the public is given , tne rawnw-wmui u meat packers-fighting the' farmers,: programs seem-agreeable to have spreadthat the gor ernment's 1938 pig purchase operation in some way contributed to Increasing the present re tair prices of porkvi Consumers should be warned that a nation-wide effort is being made . im nitftM .iui other processors to undermine the Jarmers programs by spreading malicious and untrue propaganda of all kinds about the effects and purpose of the adjustment pro " grnms upon the consumers of the country. ' The facts are that consumers now would-be paying somewhat more for pork, ; if there . had been no pig purchase program' In 1933." A few - simpie uwe i w.v.., . eonsumers, will show them why this U true. These tacts are: First, that the government , buying of both 222,149 sows, and 8,188.717 lit - tie piga, was eompleted. before October 1.1933 -nearly tw year ago. V ' '' Becond, that the ewa purchased were due to fearow, -or produee litters, in the fail of , Third, that the "average age at which pig are marketed ' 1 June months. This means that if there naa Deen no goyorxuM all of the 8,000,000 little pig bought by the ; Vn'M (mm marketed in the wtater M983-S4 and the spring of 1934; the . 222.149 sows would have been sold off about . u. Ma4- f thmi .In Wnhraarr and . . -m . -a Mtn. .mm tVislv llffomt -v HIuVO w wn, w -"-- born to the faU of 1933, would have gone to market not later than the fall of 1934.. ; r v Limited By Feed Supply . Fourth, (and this is a vital tact for every , body to remember) that the supply of pork Is . limited by the supply of, feed. -With given IUVLU1 . w' , - t T, ; many pounds of pork, and no more, xney may vary .in numoet .Bi weight, whatever the : number. is aosoiuveiy . limited by .the' feed supply.' . '! " - -BHfth that m 1034: when the little ties and - h sows and their Utter would have been : marketed if there had been no government " buying program,' ; ine maraeis wr , aireau. ; glutted by supplies forced' on the' marker by lack of feed caused by drought. Thatunpre- , eedentea-nrougm iwiuxo vwm v neariv a billion bushels and confronted 1 farmers with the alternative of scutting down ncir v ivvwu cj. - Hum. inai noir orvuuvui iuv wn uoiwm www . tn: storage for. more. .than six . months after alaughter ' "', '. ( ;r ; ' 1 i wiMthMi-facts are nleeed together they spell out a story comi-leteiy ainerent irom that which consumers are being asked almost 'everyday: to believe. ' The true story 1 that the government, with Its 1933 pig purchases, reduced by less than : 8,000,000 pigs (Including the possible" minion -pigs not lHterea by tne purcnabea hjws; the number pf marketings In 1334, when ncar , ly 63.COO.C00, wefe lau filtered. "; The need tot te 1B33 reduction la shown by the fact that even aftT the reduction was made, the IZ2 . daughter ras comparatla to .the 1833- total '.auchtcr cf 73.CCa.CC3 for farm tl commcr--c'-.l K5, t V i::2 I. . ,ter cf 6!!;ht!7.1ess V in 71,: r?D. All cf these totals compare - "i te l.cj t:auhtjr la years before we lost 1 artless 1 i as it r. ,.ldevK;' Cy I j erlcultuial Authority li t rlty project l-i j t3 ) 1 U t it (. C I 1 C i 1 .". : ere-: . J cf t I.lQ C . -x a a T-.nrc.:- i .1 cl i j vilna. Ca :.'.lc:i f .ui" i -cd and f-'.7-t"i C- ' 3 Icen desirrsaUJ. ail til cf the s but c s t 3 tt this wrttirs, tcca ro-rrci. Ti:cs 1Z1 t. . j represent a total a .r: j cf 2.103. T'.:.3 farmer of a couny v-:'-Jrj with etata c - Jon services and cou-xy " t.. tj, tTa-1. -3 designate which are to Income c.:racn i farm. When a farn Is E3 . tiatid, it 1j mapped and accurate records cf the rr,CJ rt 3 of the farm is, kept and is avaUabl to firmer of the ' county. ' The v Ccncr tratlr.3 fanner receives the TVA ersr-rhoci-h.ata tn varying proportions tfependlsj on the tsses to Vthlch the: land thus fsrti::d la ta be put., Lands used for cultivated. i-Ijw crops Lie corn, receive one of the TYA f erter. Thus farm lr j f.I" ...t-hc r fcr t"..3 r r:t 3 ' c 'z - :'::j"-'Vv---t f.r r 2 r:t i:d r t - : t-i r tcr tl 3 fUfct i3 II. 1 I "I l. ' - , - 4 . , ; : : Ir'.i-ho-.J f:r the r:st U -3 7"i r::.'j r r tUowatt-hour for all over 1,4-3 ll te tctlcel that aftir kilowatt tc'wi3, the rtte is i-::c.-.:?l srht'y frc i 4 r-'.'.'a t3 7i rai:3 r'r l.lhiwatt hour. Th'a is lecav. a the avcrc3 rate u? to 1,:3 Li:a;.-tt houia, E'arth-3 at 8 ctata and dosoendh-.s .to 4 mills, equals exactly 714. mm. At that point It tccc::-cs corrtiiit.. ....v..-"'" One cf the west sfjalflcant moves toward ru ral electrification is being eeen now in the two counties ia iraalsslppi mentioned above. Ia Alcorn County; cf which Corinth is the coun ty seat, the farthest advanced of the two power aasoclatioEa; "the urban and rural consumers Joh-;l fcanfis to form the Alcorn County Eas tel3'rcwcr"A3SOcliUon.',;It was , recce 1 7 J effective . plants In ;,controIng A once-bady-erod Xlel4 Las been sown ta the moct hvcerleum. which "has proved to, be one of J erosion, r both type of consumers, that the prosperity of each was largely dependent upon the other; If the rural area in 'the county was largely de rrrapcl'.cJrstirc::' It.. -I I 3vcrr.;ucnt will te r .. : 1 1 j cf the North Ci-roi:. ; : vc.tlon to be held at Ih..:: 1 .. c : -hcr 3 to 27, n. w. 1 e:.cutlve committee, has tr 10 Cc: -.e cf the Questions cf "i 1 ) : that will be presented to the c 1 should tie AAA ta 'ma-fj m t farm pdlcyf T."hct ' wouhl ; te 1 3 f American life? If It is to be raada a 1 policy, what adjustment should we t IIow can it be made to meet ths xer.!; types of fanners?. .V;-:jv;-Vv--2 Are reciprocal trade agreements f-vc: r unfavorable. to agriculture? 3 What type of marketing prcraa Ci f era want? What, can the Crarge Co ti i the raarkeUcg prosram and trte3 a 1 cent of the consumer's; dollar 1 back t j farmer? ''ytfyS'y- ; 4 What Is a fair tax? Can the ta$ r cf local, county, Etata and Federal v il , government be improved? T.liat fetol tf t: 1 the fanners of your community adccate? 5-What steps are necessary to trl: "f cultural equality? How can. the Gr arc 9 In the program? 6 In what way can the school prcrr.i the (State be' Improved? 7 What effects will the present econc and social conditions have on the Ufa t f 1 future? What can the Grange do in this pi crisis? ,, ' " ' . Come prepared to discuss these and c"... matters frankly.- Harry B. Caldwell, cuts 1 turer, has requested In a letter to all CSrar " - iinrr-iMi m ir - -i " 11 in ' ir V'-: - . , - r. , L, C-i 1-1 .. 1 Clj -o-i v...-. Gf A. Ccr.:-.! I!:." era ' are being encouraged to diversify : their lands, utilizing some of the land for nltrosen extr acting cover crop., And thus the farmer is able to get a better balanced economy, for the cover, crops In turn permit, him to . raise Uveetock. , Five hundred and fourteen ton ot superphosphate have already been shipped IntoJ. And so a co-operaUve association was formed Kortn- caronna vj me uuwrivyy ur, n,v these demonstration farms. 1 - Work Throngn Extension Berrlc ' . ' In its agricultural program, the Authority is working closely with, and through, state ex tension services and county agents, ... The TVA contribution Is the fertilizer,: and ah assistant county agent. Fourteen assistant county agent' have already been placed in the field in North Carolina,; t la addition to this work already under way in the state, there are three terracing units at work, saving hundreds of acre of land for all : time from destructive erosion. .-; ' The Authority acta only in supervisory ca pacity In connection with the work of the As sociated Co-operatives.' ' One oo-operatlv creamery has been established- at Brasstown, and canneries have been located at Uurphy, Haeelwood. Cranberry and Green Mountain. Ap proximately 433 persons, mUrly an of whom were on relief rolls, are being given employment In these canneries during the canning season. : North Carolina ha not as jet felt the bless ings of cheap electricity.'- That st!3 remain in to future and follows the successful complex tlon of the Authority engineering program of dam building. . .. Other section of the valley, and territories Immediately outside the' area, have been more fortunate. : In northern Mississippi, two entire counties are being supplied with TVA cheap power, in addition to several cities like Tupe lo, located outside of these countle. -. ; , : ,: The Authority power policy gain It In-, spiratlon from the almost complete lack of rural electrification in the Valley. Scarcely more than two or three In a hundred farm in the ' Valley now are supplied with power, ac cording to a Power Commission survey. ' The Authority feels this power has been withheld from rural area for Invalid reasons, and plan of the TVA provide for the extension of rural line where feasible. . T . - , , ; t " ' ' '. Casio Rates Established . -; One of the -first things the Authority did in the early das' of its operation; was to estab lish basic rate. For home and farms these rates were, and are today!-- -' our export markets for pork, as for example .In 1925 when slaughter was 68,000,000 head and when we exported 6.7 per cent of our pork, and 83 percent of our lard. ' - ; . - The avers3 farm prlcB of hogs for the year endlns tenter, 1834, was 13.73 "per hundred. Although vory low, this price was somewhat higher thru that of the "previous year . and V -1 It would have beca without the , i-'-'ea The slight Increase It .t payments enahlcd the farm- , Le t-asicr-they" 'would t.1-9 higher goverr. price r" er to faced. All t: were r cons-. the l emcr. - - era f cons-. -1331, c power 1 ed i-i r. "1 i::i, when retail .pork prices consumer raid somewhat j I iu'j the f-rr:. 3 t" at h'i ii t tid not 1'. rpcl ia v ' 1 1 1 7 1 c; 1 ia 1C:3 t) firs f s f it " r . y rilc!-. I O : t I 3 - ! 'uacJj the f-irr,1 3 V -t'l ' 1 1 ; t :3 the f 1 3 h . 1 I , z ' t-l.iUlate city tv it ! j c;;y pryrc. j. pendent upon the Other: If the rural areas in the' county flourished; the citizens of Corinth would correspondingly benefit, and vice versa, to operate" the county-wide system with TVA power. : All domestic and farm consumers nave the same rate; something new In" marketing electekrT1-- ' At the time the Authority purchased the dis tribution system In the county from the Mis sissippi Power Company and resold it to the association, the latter believed Jt would take from 12 to 14 years to repay the Authority. Now it 1 evident that the entire debt will be repaid In approximately four years. 'For, despite the lower resale rates of power, the association Is paying all necessary city, county, state -taxes, amortization charege. Interest, depreciation, op erating and an other charges and returning a profit as welL :"1:-'-;'?-;'--' -S?'-: ;V,- .''-'f 'i'Ce-nsnmption 1 Doubled 'V i- Zai the urban operation In Tupelo (Lee Coun ty) Mississippi, the municipal system paid aS operation charges the first year, all taxes and all .other charges Including interest, deprecia tion,, etc, and still returned a net prof it of 821,700. Several rural line nave been extended by the .Authority In Alabama. In Mississippi and Tennessee cities buying TVA power the consumption has approximate ly doubled while rates have been cut in two, - These are th highlights of the. program of Valley betterment of the Tennessee Valley Au thority.' There are her ramification too num erous to include in an article of this limited space. The program in the Valley has national Implication In that methods successfully work ed out In the confined area of 43.CG0 square miles, wCl be applied to the rest of the coun ry. The Impact of these methods already Is making itself felt throughout the land-' Scr.ztcr Byrnes Says - Fcmizts Ilcvs Lei To : Gdn Frcr.i Lczn Plan ; Southern cotton growers have "everything to gain and nothing to lose1 if they will co operate with, the government "to avail them selves of the 10-cent loan instead cf drrpisg their cotton,', according .' to a statement : by James F. Eyrnes, Couth Carolina's Junior sen ator. :-f :-vs'-;:.'j.;",5,r;-i;4',V.-'.; :tv : ; iy they , borrow the' 10 cents a pound and the crop is marketed In ai orderly manner; cot ton is bound to Increase in .valaa, said Cen-. ator Eymes, who in the - dyirj days cf the recent Congressional session was l:.r;-!y lnstru l t 1 Li trculrg a ccrroir". s 1 the'eov-f-. fs cct'.:.;i t..- .Icl'-f pc-j t.' cr.ly t'.e f 1 1 t's p." - t l:n t", 1":" 1 1 i :a to t cz3 if.rl 1 la i:t atea cf 12 cents p-r pouM v. us a.rjured grower. k The cf 1c; ti: 3 x st f r - f t 1 f r 1 c: . i ov'j is e:l , a:. 1 it t 1: '-o lr- Its l.-; c. r t s rf-cent 5.1 .t f"2V.l V -1 enr 1 1 1 t pi- 1 il the f: ry ta I r rc . - j C. C x t" 5 I - - I . '3 tj f 1 C n.i -7 t""-! Man Has Never Zltrz:,''. " Ile Tpecles Ia The Hie;; 1 ' tru-sle ; j- . ""'"'V.' '. ( .-' '-:' .' ',V; v:;.-.AVIr,A. B. BRYAN VV ' Stand : up whn both your- arm'Strc,. sldewls straight" from :your" shoulders. Li t say hat you can reach .'about six feet. We let ?.thli i represent the total number cf : ' or specie of living animals; that Is, the 1 : almal kingdom. I From the tip of your 1 die ..finger on your rlght hand to the r ' kinds of mammalian animals, that is: t Joint of that finger 'would represent' alll 1 which suckle their young. The rest . cf t. .distance to the wrist . and 'On to .'the til ; would represent all the other 'known kln: : animals except Insects.' Then' the numl. - r : kinds 'of -insects would be represented Ij 1 5' distance from your right elbow to the sh c across your chest, and clear to the tips cf X . fingers of your other outstretched hand.' ' This striking representation, says Prof. Davil Dunavan, assistant professor of entomoloc7 f- 1 aoology at Clemson College, ; Is the - Wi y 1 1 which a noted , entomologist impresses vp-1 us the kind and number of Insect known tj , , s -.WHAT IS AN INSECT? - But Wbat, you ask. Is an insect? There r so many -pests and -, varmints and - outlanf wer this query and thus define the term r confine the discussion Prof; Dunavan ft:: -. "For our purpose we .shall iy th jare those creatures which In some f : c ' -er usually have six legs. We shall c spider for they have eight leg insL :. .We shall not include the myrlapods t . ' said legs" for of "course they bave rcrj six, legs. We cannot tlnclude such thir . j t y earth worms-or flssh worms for they never 1 any legs In any state of their growth. La we shall speak of jonly such things as the f . , beetles, caterpillars, butterflies, and the i:y, j other true Insects.", : - . ' - ' ,, Altogether there are about 625.0C0 kinds " species- of insect known and reccgn': 1 r ' present. ; This . Is about 168 . time as r -kinds of mammal animals. ; It 1 about 43 1 times ' as. many kinds . as there are tl : " s blrd known"! .tosclence;;:';,!!! cbrlefr at 1 three-fourths of all living kinds or rpee? 1 . animals are Insects, v In South Carolina ti present time ;we have on, record nearly " species of insects and every year we 1 hundred or more additional opes that w3 '1 not previously recognized. , : y y? INSECT MAN'S COMPETITCa 1 - Asking himself and ' ya the Question, is the importance of knowing such f-f these ' about these vast hordes of ci -which have been" termed man's chief cc tor on this earth, Our entomologlst-7 reminds us 'first of all that of course 1 ... :, insects are injurious to man. Theri he r "We are forced to recognize the f -cf injurious Insects as one of the 1 Carol's fo?s man hna ever had t3 f r-3 t.ey dT-rciw? rrc..' t, C .: 3 13 to L'-'O'Alri croiz, I t 1 ' f - t that eary cf our t I t 3 are carried by insects C . . c' -'.'rg Is tf'rcyed ty f - 1, t 1 r. '.'.3 enlniaJs and our c 1 I ' j r t ty.thcm, and that p ' vy roi-'-fS Is often C'rz.' l k 7 t cf c.r c-r! entc c!r'." j p- f'-, -."3 let "il -1 r- 3 t' 8 1 1". . -;i ts rrvcrs 1 - . i r'i c fc'i cc-'tontly v mt the t... ; 1 r. .ne tl ,8" ;
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