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Cut in Acreage,
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I la Im-m- i i
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to r"iW t"'t i -i
Ihc isia-rfces..
a wul
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II " -
t m
s may
ifom
.niton
-'ft fffl-a v 1 d-iwrci cosii.wr--'.
t t.ir ) mus for crushing,
..-c a to ci.Mit:nu to be
rclal ; Tntc!i Crops Vill
::nz;:dcd Next Season
ecordi Crop-Jfa'-'KliddleAriai
- Forces Price Down To
Low Of 54 Cents, t
i
Li
or',' s
a or VI.. .
Mlt S p T P
f rt t s
ia and .'.
0 yndiices mainly ths
-v A 1 "nuti, has sn
r i i' i p r ii c year,
t-'! in an hM Into
1 bs ama 1. v b In
ai;l furtM-r linnrnwcfnent
"(1, ri mem oi Vlieiniae
.am an not expected to be
' t, i t'-ie gwup
, t t run
. i . k f i aee
tit f aoout
i r j i, t f. f - s bet-
- or pa-
i't I . a
t s .. .jna c--' toat
, v .i b en. tj tur ou.
:2zi l:ctaio Crop
lAaLastYcar
aun. nnWM MM fn Mtr
i,'V b a v - u practically tn game
(i by toe u. . Dnt. of
.anr, in - M.lbtf.mN
:i b -iiKia last yvat.
f, i Carolina haa tha
if r ut prouactlon of . any
(, .-or ; 8,M0,00O
- B)n.rt . B,000
t year. -tm year wtth
Uior Nortb 0 a toUna
r o d u ee approximately
, ii;btn of tba awaet
xitat.Of arown In tha
ttr country. South Caro-
liiia boa moAerata crop.
1-. . iua compared with 4,438,000
f t Cifollna aweeta are- conauma
x , ,.- a tne ehipmenta to outaioa
l, ht tn eomoariKon wfttv aoraa
3 c ,T tnlw, Vnninla, for esampla;
i l aww t pots too tuan Soutll Car-
t t iK neany ona-f ourtb oi . tbA
i r .lot aniiimcnUL . . -
fif itwt potatoes thla aeaaon
. s. - y nnvior t"n lart yaarand
l,i a-,- 1 a tbr better al-
v i iv.,, girted raioer tow. In
i t -" ! In mot of tha larue
ii i ', : M if L p biwuel. Apparent
, ..t j (- fi wiitw pntua baa
,i ai i.and for awe t potatoea aa
u u m(r b- aeaeon- i
- - , i Q i " in: ,,V-r-:y'-
j ; ;.---:.!--v
": i k3nz:s vv
,. e1.!-: -i in cornmer-
; x f-r fr-'hh-ma.ket
t r . ice i t iti'toru llus
. t . i . t
I ecr"-- "c in its annual
- repott. covering the. country
s a v '-.ole. -' j '.'7' ' "'."
rru,ii of tW bk-rir prices received for a
-a i t ut 1) nrrnrit truck eropa tnia
jeoi r , 1 arpit- t nri uena in oon-
BB:o t . , t s total ai'.B.'e frtwn lor irean
market ii ' merit ritrt iuin will exceed tnu
of H',;. -inf" are 1 'y to be tnereaaea In
acrec of aisparx .ta, anas beana, be eta.
to'natoeat cabbage, carrota, celery, cucumber.
uiea, o i lorm, pcTjeia, apiuaen ana waGer-
meious, an of tiuia wra ana tnia-yatr.a
prlcea blgticr than 1934. ... . ,,
Staples StllT SJiort - -
Continued small -linnl-y of anch atapte foods
i meats, '-, arnl wneat la In prospect and
la f-v,- .. f.'M'.tor in tua oompettuv pac
tion Iraa t ,t-mblae, i '
This la psrtimilarly truV of arty artrtnc
-i-.. iii.i.-a ninf(-d durlncf-the first half of
It i. f -, mu -,1 auii'. y of lata cabDaas,
onimia, powuAKa and awevt' potatoea la Kia-
tlveiv Iaree however. - and the carryover of
tha atored portlona of tneaa- crops Into tha
winter maraetlntr anuioB la axpactca to onar
eonaiderabla eouiieuuun. with tha early spring
enrna. ' ..n .. - . :..
in cJ1'""n, tha pack ot iM-iy all Varieties
of cRiimj",ru:ui'7 miuimt vcvetuuies was unuau
aJif 1 -a in U and a heavy supply at ex
nouUd to be a. "! tot Una winter and
aprtng- jnarifltlnj psrlod, ,
Winter vegetables Increase ,
Benorta renetved to date front. Florida. Tex
as, Arunna, baluornla and , A- few other early
aactuma Indicate .tnat tha- eonwinett aeeeaira
of II eveiars for harvest In the lata fall
and winter will bs about 40. per aent larger
than laat season, aud 61 per cast above the
averaaefor U2B-S3.- This sharp increase. In
dicates that' rapid expansiun la production
-rrnftun p-)oe tftia part season, while
iowr tuan m iwas, were, pruunuij
- .:n "i to encourage Iiinner acreflffe,
,.,1 i . t v-tir. Inia Is particularly bus
a l, imiuI 'Vttlley, the second-early' and
c fe itfa.
.... w.n-A Anmv1mM IMA -Mh
u lik(v to be emwi.al to A point where
wl, it , us pufuclently to make the
unmi, to tne prod'icer. units, mar.
j agiet- a preclude It by forestalling;
itir""i in tlie apnond-earty states, which
it, .!! ii and Boutn Carolina totaiiea
0 an ,, v i s 17 per cent abova
t of s- vei l bun ufd crs of Carolina
ii. ! roii i i'luil produrnon In the sec.
early e
cent 1 r I
aver'''''i .
r cent 1' i t'
nernl V e
ier th'st V r
tlns( i
a a. a i
,ents
i dm1' '
efject. -
7fl Ci 0 melons, or
n In j i 1. Prloes togrow
i, t it i melons, or , about
-,n In 1
t, i iiiu i ni' ' have been
had It nut been lor the
Mia in. otvation in Florida,
t and hou.ii Carolina, where
r ifln.-d to u. B. o.
t or t:ve mrkflting season,
r' ; h' jKniys weje put
I'
i to S.
Car.
Iil-h
of vem tables for the winter market
tinm. 1 ' ' : : ' ' " . - '
la li.i4 a eonaiderable portion of the earn
sna bean, cabbaee and other eany vegetable
tnan wna wlmid out by frost. -The iwao-
jtt a r-"-es In tuese crops thereiore were con-
suitmhif in - eaoetia i of thoee remaining tor
harwat a war Dreviouslv alter trie rreeaes.
Total production Of 17 importer's vegetaow
crops for freabi Bsarket . sblpmrRt tncreatea
ahout a per cent over the relatively :aree pro
duction of 1084-and set's new record high
level for these crops. : Yie.de per acre were
about 1 per cent below those of me, so the
Increase m production was swuaa to
from larger acreage planted. "
.... - .- rnces are increasca
Prlcea of fresh-market venetaWes increased
aeeut 10 per pest this year over last, and were
the highest received sines .1930. Prices re
oeived by producers for the : IT: : tagetables
combined are Indicated to be'TS per cent In
ltM6 in term of the ,!- Average.
. Th- sveram value tier . acre of vegetables
In lSS was probably Hi per cent higher than.
ht law, and wr per cent boots iuo -i-i
low mark la 1933. Burly lnalcatldns are that
the imi return will be about C1'J0 per acre.
Imparts of sir vegetables 1 l i-3 totaiiea
around 417,000,000 pounds- valued at 13.1,-
000, and were the largost since 1931-82.
. . ft itra. tha 1UH4-35 veaetanie season was
profitable to Cuban and Mexican growers than
an aMjimi in the besinnlns of the depres
sion,: it Is reasonabls to assume that 1986
plantings will be as bugs or larger than last
..... Onnesa Trade Arreement
The rscrproeal trade agreemen signed with
Rnba m. loss which allowed' reductions on
wtt rtuhn -amiatsHlsa durtast tha whrtcr.
-when competition with, American grown truck
crops is at tow ebb. has proved of distinct
advantage to tha Cuban flowers, ibw
for the fact that Cuba, now- aspects larger
amounts of winter vegetables to the Onltsd
,The Cuban trade agreement - has been -the
subject of much, bitter opposition oa tne pan
of vegetable growers in norida, Teiae, and
i mrhieb ere whiter Tegetaoiea,
In addition, to these tmports, turnips, ruta-
bassa and potatoes cams from usaaaai am
T. - hrmllrht In tpottt Chile. Italy,
8paiBi fjraaca. ! ftypt And -'n-;.J11?
came u front Chile. Italy, Mexico and apaln.
ComDaratlvelv low prices received for tha .
record, large crop of : tomatoes thla season
lll.u annulu'l co stoneiu l will unrtonHt-
edly tend toward a reduction; in acreage; lust ;..,
as- the relatively high prices for tomatoes in '
1W34 caused an increased acreage m 1B30 to -
record high level of ATSJI70 aerea,; '."v ,"
Low prises received for the fall crop o to- '
matoea 1A Ftactdar and Tesas in 1934 will re-.
O, 1 -rf n AMvaauJ bm,m .1. n11 ,rw, .V. ,
,M - , ,J HI ( .1,, t 'VH'WV).'
other 'hand,, high prices received v for ' south ; '
Florida' spring crop may result m some la ,
orowers ot tomatoes. In tha second-earie-
states South Carolina, Georgia. Louisiana and
Missiaaippi received higher prices in W4B than
iwt, wnicn proDaDiy fill, cause a augnr
increase in these states lor the eomin sea.-.
son.'." While Average prlcek.for the country as
wnois were i.u per ousnej,-this Area net- ,
ted $1J14 per 'bushel average, compared wtth
only 81 cents frnthe large, orop ;ol .1934, '
and l.o ror tne recent s-year perloo.
' '. . Tne, lniermeaiate states
Intermediate tomato states-NorHt Carolina.
Virginia Maryland, Hew Jersey. Ohio, south
era Illinois, Ivjnnesseav Arkansas, UlsaourL
and parts or caiixornis reported very low
prices for tomatoes this year, so that' It IS "
probable- they' will curtail 1930 acreages very ;
mateilally. -A record crop of 8J971,Ooa bushels
was produced In these states this year and
prices to. growers dropped to the extrenfely
sow icvei oi oa -cents per Dusnei, , -
Advtoea from Cuba indicate tnat piantmgs
have been made earlier thla year and will be
slightly larger -than to 1934. Kxports, how
ever, are not expected to be any auger - than
in use-so, one to strict graaing regmatrona
that have beam eittabuahed. The tomato see
the west coast of Mexico la later than
tha of Cuba, and so far no reports) of plant-
Dig unentisBs nave Dees reeerveo,
Tnere ht evanenee . that (rrowers - In Dom
ermntrlee made profits on the 1934-85 crops.
taw b seems naery mas ample supplies -of
tomatoes will be Available in both ooun-
triaii wrm iwnwra an at rmvaeiv masse ir ei iiwi
are attractive. - , - ' ; '
Cabbage .PcsLbilitae "Are
Lower Contract Wit On :
, - ' Canninsr Track Crops Seen
Judging front the usual effect of whole
sale prices of canned vegetableA- upon' he
acreage of commercial canning vegetables
the following season,. It appears that can
nera will contract smaller acreages in 1834,
and that contract prlcea to growers may be
somewhat lower than tha '1936 prlcea.
- With 88 to 90 per cent of the total acre
sue of commercial canning vegetables or
dlnarly grown on contract, total acreage
for these crops win be smaller nest season
than the record high' in 1935.
- Large supplies of the Important canned
vegetables .are Available for. the 1835-38
trade, and large-carryover stocks..' arc 1
prospect at the end of thla season.
. Current wholesale prloes of canned vege
tables are materially, below . those of the
last two seasons and are but Utile higher
than the low price level, of 1939-83. .
Increased Production May
C-fsct Increase In Denuuid
While increased demand for farm products
In ltud. forecast by the bureau of agricultural
economics at ten ner cent, will have A ten-
dency to raise prlcea for farm commodities
protiuoed Jiext year, erj ect oi improvement
In demand upon prices may be offset by in
creased production, the bureau points out.
&narp advance In prices front an average
of 84 per ent of the pre-war level in itJ
to about 107 per cent in. 1938 la due not only
to Improvement in demand, but also to re
duction in supplies and to a rising general
price level.. t.v-.'i'i:.?,,.J';r;';i?MJ"'.- '
Volume of agricultural production declined
about 1A per cent between 1931 and 1984.
The high -level, of production prior to 1939,
together with reduced demand, resulted ' tt
an accumulation of stocks. Reduction of lm
portant commodity stocks,, with -tbs excep
tion or cotton, to aoout nornuu levaia, m m
: With a normal crop-growing season how
ever, total production ,ln 1938 Is likely to
be larger than in 1935,' and with A favorable
season the supply mignt os large onouga
to prevent A further increase in farm com
modity .prioee.'.v 'i.-.'-.- .$r-) .'i '!'-
In the vpast year -prices of several farm
commodities have, been influenced by supi
plies that were At times below domestic re
quirements, rroauccion pians iot
tmmplute an Increased output.: Although In
creased demand will tend to raise prices : on
farm commodities which -have remained on
a world basis, shifting of soms commodities
front a domestic market to A world market
basla through Increased broductlon, may re
sult In lower prloes In, spits of increase In
demand. ' .
.... i iii Qi ' i" i ay ."'.,' .'."-v:
WFNII3 PEAS AS COVES CHOP -
Winter pens are belntr used quite ex ten.
ve'y t ,is j-.r as covur crons la orchards.
T. . wn.id of f')iit".miy coun'v, N. C.
'.ii ti J bu ot A-'v-'an wn.i'ir pe'is
r i ss a c'Vr ci p la r' pmtctt or-
9 V. d i i't c r,s
line Season For Bean Crop '
. ' - Gires Carolina ' AdvantageJ
i" .;r. t" i i t ii hi i i ... -!,-
mim -.miina mm md ana of the long.
est seasons In. years in which.' to market their
i.11 'wFVnn ' trilllTIV fmatJL H Bid . Of f UA-
JRU tfBUM w -
ttt' well -into Kovemoer sna luipuuuM v--ttmA
mm .tu mMdla nf the month, Ordl
narily the Carolliias finish their , season by
Hov ember I. J- .
i " Aside from' cany m -tne tau wnra wins
was a strong market , for a . few. days - with
prlcea going as high as 85 JP '
ZU.. C-nTh-Mi nnlv fair. Probably the hulk
of the fall atock haa. sold at St to 43 per
bushel. ',"',' 'v , '
. nriii"iiimMiiii Btsstad r At about the
usual tune and after the first of November
offered J their uual,i strong competition to
the other producing sections.
. ve I. m earlT vet to flirurs on spring pros.
thn rtllT denend Isisely on how
large the Plsriaa spring crop proves to be.
n--.ii niuHiu tha Oamllnaav suffer if
winrifia aniDmenta mas -vn .
spring,, , , . " --
, . , " " O U " ' Tlu i i;
Crowera Are Warned Not To
, Increase Cabbage Plantings
ii -,.'.-. - i i i i- -. . H :
OMAnMt unnllaa of eabbsas " this year.
-M,nit wftK &n tmnjrovsA demand. , resulted.
rn higher prices to growers than iWSrS received
iui iw . b -jr- - i
. Tk- fc!ha nriMB Ta IllMlV ta Cause STOW
r t Innreaaa their nlantinsta In 1936, - Al-
iwuiv Mnorta an the fall and early spring
plantings Indicate nutterlal - increases .that
tbese growers repwj; tne v""
1934,- and produce more cabbage . tban thS
market ean assuro, unisas -uien
in Ut. usht of oast csnedenos tt appears
probable that only moderate Increases ha acre,
ags would result in about as large a cabbage
crop as could be marketed at prlcea in line
With tne average oi wrai turn. T
in tv, .riv tatea Worlda. Louisiana. Tex
as and California, it la probable that cabbage
acreage lor 1938 spring markets wm oe w
i iniMsas over 1935,. Under normal con.
dltlons an acreage about one-third greater
thn iha al (10 seres harvested: -a this "year
would produce an early oabbage crop aa large
as can be maraasso si iwuwij .uyiBu
figures, ' ' " i,':'' v-'.;'-' -'',-'
- In the seeond-early states-onth Carolina,
North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
nt eastern- Vlrirfnla the prospects are for
A substantial Increase. With the expected in
crease In tha early states, only a mocwraie
Increase In acreage would - be Justified by
prohable- market conditions At the tune of
harvestlngt Prices thla year., averaged 634.80
pet ton, . . .. v. ' . . , ' v
, , -,n i .i i i O H i .
riash County Grower Creaks
fer. Acre Corn TTielJ Record
" i . . ' -"- '
All born yields for Hash County nave Just
bmn brakes bv O. K. Balnea, of near Spring
lions, who harvested 118 bushels of corn from
a " i acre-, - .
v k'"t. r nr bv I'r. Bstnes and
GoodStorage Stock Light
4 T .iiin n - '
Cabbage broduotton -: in the lata states'
proved to be much lighter then a year ago
and the -holdings In storage- are correspondingly-
light. It should presage an early clean -
up or tne ota crop wnicn last year pcrsutea .
until late March.... -
New TorsT " and Wisconsin supply practl- '
cany an of the late stock and both states
had fighter orope this season. The Wiscon
sin crop I only 60 per cent of hut season.
wnue wew xorx nas aoout TO per cent as
much eabbaae. 'The" reduction In th two
states combined will amonrrt to several thou
sand,, cars, which is an amount sufficient to
help the early states materially.
Scwth Carolina had a very suocessful sea
son last year and increased its acreage slight
iy. .About 1.500 aerea will he grown com
pared with 1J0O last year. . .
- norma Aereage
Florida is putting out a larger cabbaee '
acreage this season but is late in starting.
The crop is estimated at 8,600 acres against
e.aoo last - year..' two years ago Florida pro
duced 10,700 acres of eabbage.
The bu factor in early cabbage, however.
it . Texas, Last year a succession of freezes
ruined mora than half tha acreage and only
lz.oou acres were harvested. This season 39,-
000 acres. will bs planted but tt remains to
be seen whether this aoreags -, will - coma
through without damage. in only one past
season, has such a large acreage eume through
successfully. That was in tha winter of 1983-
Prices of .cabbage are now at higher levels .
than they were. this season-and dealers have '
been buying up aa much as possible -in New .
York State, Indicating that they think well
of the possibilities of cabbsgs for the com
ing season, "r - .
f: SPACfNQ SWEET POTATOES
Twa inches diff erenos iff snaolxut sweet po
tato plants gave J. XL Carter of Union coun
ty, , u, an inereaaa of 10 bvsneis oi mar
ketable sweets to the acre this year, says as
sistant county agent Dl 0. Bankln. The best
yield, was obtained "Where the- plants were
spaoed IS teehsa apart, with an average : of
800 bushela to the sere. - , . , v
horse' hours of work at ten cants an hour;
fertiliser, 818.86,- seed cost 40 cents, and rent
for land, 66.
- This gives A total cost of 640.18, or a cost
of - 89.9 cents per bushel, and leaves a net
profit -per acre of 874.84. , The corn U valued
at 61 a bushel '- ,
v Tha corn was planted eight Inches" apart
in three and one-half .feet rows. Nitrate of
soda -was applied liberally. . ... .
END THE TORTURE ,
r; . OF ITCHING SklTI
Athlete Poet,' Blngwonn, Sdaema, Tetter,
Itnti simI all irimlbu. akin troubles Instantlv
esaed" with first treatment , of Tetterlnc or
money back.
- A soothing, sooung, oinrmenr tnat pene
tratee to the parasites that bore Into the skin, ':
Trttertne stops the itch rmmedlately and A
few days treatment kills tne parasites, nsaung
and healtdy skin growth promptly follows,
Suecessfnlly ossd for more than 60 years.' Oct
Tbttecine from any drug store today and try .
It.
Tcttcrinc !
, t .. - c 1 1 v t - la
t 1 1 i It a i ' p . i
j.. t t .ug fcn tuwt eovr o. 't
,f ' " . A ' 1
T. 1 ) . i. It r e of ""- -""I eerlculture
at ( n a. s a ewe avuuunt of 618.90
kJt I, 1 . uiug ' 'lit man hours and 6f
l 4