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S"l , i 111 i' i im ,- -4 s " -A Hi V AGRICULTURAL' FEATURE. OF,; 1MES ;r ; ! the times covers duplin like a roof, u .7 t.,-,-f ; .-.;.. . I.'-- '-'' f .. ',.-'4 . . : -,;-. .... ..-.T. v 1 '..IH-fe'; ,T-TT7 w'orccmciit I potato Att . . :ptro!!cr-General Rules TL&t Relief Money ts -. Not, Available' The famed , potato control t which -becama -' effective I .' will not1 be "enforced .1 Congress can appropriate ads, it has been decided def- s .itely. t . - ' t - U , 'This decision "was in effect, i iade by the big boss of Fed i al funds, John,.R. McCarl, r omptroller-general, who ruled ..Ijat emergency- .relief funds could not be used for that pur s ose. . ' . - , ' McCarl also ruled that administra tive funds ooulcT -M used to set-ur" 1 the , enforcing or- '. a n'l cations bi i ionizing early tn i collections undei i provisions . of tin ; sot.. 'V ' Agricultural 'ment . A'' u the puutu i rol act .won't . o e e d $25,000" " H- is fraction B. HUTSON na amount desired. , i De late Sen. Huey P. Long - killed :' i filibuster a $8,000,000 congresslon i appropriation for enforcment of act. The AAA asked McCarl to '.ance $3,000,000 In emeriency f funds to begin enforcement Dee. 1, which he refused, t - - All -Fands Belnc Used - - The comptroller general:- stated f t any funds appropriated to tns trtment of Agriculture not spe. tily allocated to a particular ao- y might be used to administer v $ taw. Commenting . on ; this : decision, "tary Henry . A. ' Wallace assert- "due to the great pressure up i the department, every branch is 3 all available funds." j .; , ii. Is definitely known that agrl- i oral officials didn't want to en ,0 the present law and It Is aald t they were -elated over HcOarl's islon. Amendments to the sot tl be sought at the next congree- u "ii session. , v ith prospects of only $25,000 In I to aaminister tns potato con. 1 law, John B. Hutson, director : the AAA division In charge of no V ix) control said; . , - Hutson ' Comments ' "We anticipate that only a small i ,ount of potatoes will be taxed un- r the act, probably less than one r cent ox the entire crop, ly n one per cent of. the crop will be d during the period covered by a estimate to be made on or about "This money would enable tits luting, engraving and distribution t t enough tax-exemption stamps to i iver tne part ox the crop sold prior i i the opening of the next congres , ml aesslon. The work that can 1.9 done under the AAA will include - t connected with the 1035 pro- - im and such work as can be done i connection with the Investigation rig undertaken 'Under section 8 I tne AAA." Tax Of 43 Cents - The potato control act provides J r a tax of 45 cents a bushel to be s ad only by farmer who exceed lr quotas or who do not sign po- 0 contracts. .Tax-exemptions will ; provided all growers who partlcl- i In the program. - Because of virtually prohibitive tax, all pro rs are expected to tune part in 1 program to secure tax-exempt -uoatesv . , , : , wers who sell potato- without ng tax-exempt certKtcates or it paying tne tnx win be sub- I .t a tine up to Sl.OuJ. . 1 KENANSVILLE, : : Coast Tar Heels Enj5y Mountain Outing Sounj Tar Bed Fanners of Newport,' ' N.; C. '.High. School, down on ths coaft, rest pn top" of iPlsgsB Moun- tsUi4-S749 feet elevation, on i recent outing trip. The" tour ywas made In trifck, under tde supervision, of C. 8, Loot, teacher of vocation al atrlcu Itui In the New port school. Tht partr made . their camp' at Frvlng Pan Gap, near Plsgab' Mountain, In the PUfah National tot est, and enjoyed. the sur rounding monntala country to the talL Details of the trip are told by Claude Gar ner of the Newport chapter. Bee bis story on page 11. 17. 5. Pecan Crop Of 95fid,CQ0 Pounds Llore Than Doubled This season's pecan crop . will -. be one of the largest ever produced and is more than double that of last year. Total production for the country ls eatimated at 05,000.000 pounds com-' pared . with .- 40,000,000 pounds last year and a five year- average ox 00, 000,000 pound. , , Most of the Increase in production s lri- Texas and 'Oklahoma and con sists of seedling nuts .that are sold mostly shelled. Jhe terop of paper sheila and other cultivated varieties is somewhat heavier than last sea son but la. not excessive. North' Carolina has 000.000 pounds compared with 800,000 last year while South Carolina is estimated at 875, 000 pounds against 070.000 a year ago.' Georgia 1 a big state for the cultivated varieties and has 8,700,000 pounds against 8,100,000 pounds last year. , , ...!--' Prices In New York range from 0 to 18 cent per ' pound, depending, on quality, size and variety. N. - -Generally speaking the Schley is the preferred variety and brings a good' premium over the Btuart al though the latter la fairly popular,. m i . an . ji i - . IMPOSTS OV BCTTEB Imports of butter Into the United States during the first nine months of 1035 amounted to 21,826,000 pounds.) or about one per cent of the total consumption.. Imports for the same period In 1934 were '436,000 pounds. Thousands Of Farmers Attend Schools Of ' r ,' ' , f f . J X Vocational , Agriculture In . Winter Months Bv BOY THOMAS ' (State Supervisor of Vocational Agrl' . culture) Ten thousand North carllna farm ers attending school t''' winter. Yes, during the months t -m November through March r- over 10,000 farm-1 ers ranging In age from 25 to 70 will attend . short course or " "eve ning classes" ' tc get Information that .- will enable them to Improve tneir method oi farming. , . m 1 In .378 COtnmu- nnv Tunun nltle In 74 coun ties where vocational agriculture la taught In the high school, groups Of farmers ranging from 15 to 100 will assemble in the agriculture class room, store, lodge hall or some oth er convenient place to get the lat est and best Information on farm ing. N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1935 , " iii i i i i r.ftiiin m ''i ' i ii iiiii)Hii'i.'iriiii'iir.Mi1awMMl -" llliiil 1 'Hili - GrowersAre Signing Pact For Tobacco '- More ' than 80 per cent -of North Carolina's tobacco growers had signed agreement up to the 'middle of No--vember to cooperate In the govern ment's -tobacco contro lprogram for 1036, K, J. Shaw, assistant Jn tobacco 'control work In -North Carolina, told the Stat Farmer in an exclusive In terview, ' ' , ' Mr.Bhaw expressed . the opinion that .the sign-up will not be fully completed until after the first of the year. . This Is due to the- fact that a number of Insurance companies and land banks operating farms have not yet made arrangements for op erators for the coming year. Mr. Shaw said however that the Land Banks and the Insurance companies have expressed their intention of go ing "down the line" with- the gov ernment, ' j i ' , ' , To Anson goes the honor, of be ing the first North. Carolina coun ty to sign 100 per cent. The fol lowing counties,- through November 8. hsd signed better than 90 per cent, however: -Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Caldwell, Columbus, Cumber- land, - Pa vie, . Edgecombe, Forsyth, Gates, Green, Hertford, Hoke, Jones, Lea, Lenoir, Martin, Montgomery, New Hanover, , Onslow, . Pamlico, F J tt, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland, Surry, Warren, . Washington, wayne,- ana Wilson. , ,' . t .... " The information frill be : given to these group by th local teacher of vocational . agriculture riiso in num ber. ' This teacher I a graduate of a standard, agriculture college where special attention was given to meth ods' of imparting farming Informa tion to farmers and farm boys. This teacher la well fitted for his Job be cause by surveys, visitation and prac tical experiences he knows the prob lems of th farmer of his communi ty.. r . Th Evening classes . , . Any farmer In the community who wants to improve his methods . of farming may attend the evening cisss which is held once or twice a week, and the length of each aesslon- is about on hour and a half. After the group assemble the procedure Is largely on a discussion basis with the teacher of agriculture guiding the development ox tne discussion In or der to bring out the information the fanners need or want. What do these farmers atudyT For example, a group of twenty. - ..five tamers in a certain community agree that their methods of growing the tobacQO crop need improving. Then .M llli: Potato Prices Take Spectacular Upward Move; Crop Is Short Prices" of potatoes have doubled since the fall digging season closed, and the market la now firmly es tablished at levels which' show at least a little profit) to producers. The upturn has been : one of the most spectacular to- years as It la seldom Indeed1 that potato prices advance from Labor Day to Thank-giving. - This season' lata eepp has been muoh shorter than anticipated and tne shortage is where .it' will do Car olina i producers the most good; namely, , in :the Northeastern states. This should mean that old potatoes will clean up well ahead of the new season andu'eav the way clear tor new stock. . Last year it was the hangover of Maine potatoes that pushed down. the. market on Carolina- Cobblers, - ... , Most of the surplus potatoes that interfere with .the Carolina deals are produced la Maine, New York and Pennsylvania. If these . states have a big carryover the market la almost certain to open low for Carolina and with short deals, there is little chance tor a recovery. ; r, ,-- - Northeastern States These three .states, have only 81, 000,000 bushel this season compared with 122,000,000 bushels last year, in other words,, there are only two bush els tnis season wnere tnere were three last. year. ' Given a moderate demand the supply should run short at a fairly early date. The Middle Western states also nava sngnuy smaller crops tnan last they will meet tor ten or more nights on this subject or tns need may be studying the benefit of the home beautlflcatlon, cotton,- corn, managing the farm and the like. And where their conclusions are reached you can be sure they represent a combination of the best practice of the farmers, the best technical infor mation, available from the State Ex periment ' Station and State College of Agriculture and the expert knowl edge of -the teachers of agriculture. : Applying The Lesson -In the spring these farmers will put Into - practice on their home farms the instruction and Informa tion they received. Then the teach er of agriculture will visit each farm- trom time to . time to help tne I farmer apply In the most practical way tne improvea metnoas, An ex ample of the benefits of one evening class: For several year th farmer of a certain eastern community had eve ning class instruction on the grad ing and sorting , of tobacco. It I reliably stated that .now when to baoco from that community la placed on th warehouse floor a premium la the result of proper grading. .- r : Hold Surplus Cotton 7 Stock Off Mdrkets Will Not Be Offered Until Price Will Liquidate . Cotton Loans. (j (By Our Ralelgb Correspondent) ' The announcement by Ches ter C. Davis, AAA administrai tor, that the approximately five million bales of cotton which the- government now holds will be held off the market un til the price is high enough to liquidate the loans, storage and carrying charges against this cotton is generally consid ered by Carolina farm leaders as another indication that cot ton may rise in price. Mr. Davis also announced that loans expiring February 1 wll be ex tended. This means that none of this gov ernment cot ton will be sold unth I the market reaches I the IS cent level I The governmen, has loaned 12 cental on four and one half million baletl which came out o,! the 1833 and I93-.M crops. It Is esti mated that , thtB storage and Inter est -oharges amount W. U. MANN to around one cent a pound. Another half million bales Is being held by the govern ment for farmers who Joined In the "plow-up" campaign of 1933. Talking 15 Cent Cotton Commenting on the Davis an nouncement, M. G. Mann, general manager of the North Carolina Cot ton Urowers Co-Operatlve Associa tion, said: "Many are talking fourteen or fif teen cent cotton bexore another crop is planted. The reason Is that the government's November report oi a possible crop of 11,144,000 bales was a surprise, and. since this announce ment there has been a serious freeze in Texas and other southwestern state and It Is now predicted that the next estimate will be between ten and a half and eleven million bales. "Exports an increasing everv week and mill demands are surpassing an expectations. All . these facts do promise strongly that before anoth er crop la planted cotton win oe bringing much higher prices.' Mr. Mann also pointed out that the North Carolina cotton crop la the smallest in 26 year and said that this year mar than ever It la important that farmer sell their crop in such a way that they will get very possible dollar for it. W Men To Meet In February About 100 members -of the North Carolina State Bee Keeper's Associ ation are expected to attend the con vention in Charlotte February 21, 1936.,-. .-. ... Among the speakers at th con vention will be H. H. Root, of Me dina, Ohio, and O. L. Sams, apiarist for the North Carolina State Col lege, 11' season, - or 91,000,000 bushels com pared with 96,000.000 last yesr. These states may have a small surplus lor Eastern shipment but they are at a disadvantage In freight rates as com pared with the Carolina and hence they cannot send many potatoes east . unless prices are high. ' 1 ly 4; I LAHJ '. t , . - i ! t , HHfM f tl ) 4 ' MM .
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