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FARM INCOME INCREASES;
WAR RESTRICTS EX
PORTS; DOMESTIC DE
MAND IMPROVES.
Farm income is increasing sea
sonally. Higher total for the first
six months of this year compared
with last is expected on the basis
of a higher average of prices.
Prospects are for some improve
ment in domestic demand this sum
mer and fall, but export demand con
tinues restricted by foreign suotas
and other trade barriers.
Farmers, meanwhile, go ahead
with a full program of work, put
ting new crops, employing 2,
500,000 hired hands at wages high
er than last year's.
Once more the general index pric
es cf farm products is close to 100.
But the index prices that farmers
pay to produce these products is
123, the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics points out. The exchange
value of the farm products in terms
of other goods remains in the low
80's. Prospect is that the average
of prices during the next few months
will continue higher than in 1939.
Over-all factors is the better do
mestic consumer demand compared
\with last year. Best price gains com
pared with a year ago have been
in wheat ,upped by the sharp reduc
tion in winter wheat prospect. Cot
ton is higher on larger expors and
domestic mill consumption. Peed
grains are higher. Hogs are lower,
downed by supplies disproportionate
? ly larger than the increase in consum
er demand, and restricted export out
lets.
BAE forecasts a smaller word
wheat crop this year than last. Be
sides the small winter wheat crop in
the United States. Europe has had
unfavorable weather. Wheat has been
damaged by floods in some countries
i Peed orrain suddIv in the United
States probably will be smaller this
year than last, even though the carry
over of October 1 next may be 100,
000,000 bushels larger than the 573,
000,000 bushels on that date last year.
Cotton sells higher than at this time
last year, reflecting larger exports,
high level of domestic mill consump
tion, and prospects for a reduction
in the carry-over as of August 1 . . .
Larger crops of peanuts, soybeans
and flaxseed are expected this year
on the basis of farmers' planting
intentions times average yields and
usual abandonment. Soybeans may
exceed 100,000,000 bushels com
pared with 887 million in 1939. No
indication is available as yet for
cottonseed.
Slightly stronger domestic de
mands for oilseeds is expected, re
flecting decreased production of lard
and of feed grains per animal on
farms. A reduction in supply of
feed grains would tend to strength-!]
en the demand for oilseed cake and I
meal, and hence the demand for oil- 1
seeds. As for linseed oil, no real 1
change in industrial or building ac- <
tivity is expected, although gradual
improvement during the next few ;
months is in prospect. 1
Cattle feeders in corn Belt report i
prospects for increased marketings 1
of feed cattle through June this year 1
compared with last, but much small
er marketings in July and August :
Total cattle slaughter for the year 1
as a whole may be no larger than <
in 1989, the increase in fed cattle :
being offset by a decrease in mark- 1
e tings of breeding stock. Reduced de- i
raand for feeder cattle is expected, J
since supplies are smaller and feed
costs are higher.
Marketings of hogs will reach sea
sonal peaks this month and next,
then decline until the new spring
crop begins to go to slaughter next
September or October. Hog prices
recovered sharply from the 6-year
low figures in early April but feed
prices also went up and there was
little change in the hog-corn price
ration. This continuing unfavorable
ration of hog prices to corn prices in
dicates smaller pig crops this spring
and fall compared with 19S9.
No immediate increase in United i
States exports of bacon and ham to
Great Britain is expected, as re
sult of the occupation of Denmark
by Germany. Great Britain has
large stocks of bacon, recent pur
chased from Denmark had been
sharply curtailed, and any large in
crease in purchases likely will be
from Canada rather than the United
States. Some increase in United
States exports may occur later when
British stocks are reduced
Fed lambs are higher priced this
spring than last principally on ac
count of higher wool prices. Heavy
marketing of yearling lambs are ex
pected from Texas this month and
next. Marketings of lambs from the
Northwest probably will be heavy in
the latter half of May and June.
... A new domestic wool clip is be
ing marketed, and imports are de
clining. Domestic prices of wool are
30 to 40 percent higher than in the
: 1QQQ
Deciduous fruit and nut trees in
nearly all sections of the country
came through the winter with little
or no freezes damage. Storage hold
ings of apples have been adopted
rapidly despite the loss of export
markets. Winter and spring citrus
supplies also have dwindled fast The
California navel orange harvest will ,
be finished in June?a slightly larg
er California Valencia crop is ex
pected this season. Lemons will be
slightly more plentiful. Export pros
pects for apples and pears to Europe
during the 1940-41 season are re
garded "distinctly unfavorable."
Market shipments of early pota
toes are increasing rapidly. Prices
i have declined from the high figures
.a month or so ago . . . Production
[and market supplies of truck crops
'are smaller this spring than last,
prices generally are sightly higher.
Smaller marketings of lima beans,
lettuce, onions, and green peas this
May and June than last are indicat
ed.
Milk production is increasing sea
sonally. Peak months of production
usually are May and June. Output in
May last year exceeded 11,000,000,
D00 pounds and in June the produc
tion was close to 11^00,000^000.
These figures may be exceeded this
year, depending on condition of pas
tures. May is the month of largest
egg production. Output then declines
rather sharply until mid-November,
then starts rising again to the May
peak. Prices of eggs now are around
the lows for the year.
FRIENDS
When the end of day comes,
I like to think of friends
Bnsy at their daily task;
To imagine en old loved expression,
Peculiarity, or some special associa
tion,
At this time of day, so sweet and
close;
When hearts, gay or sad, turn home
ward,
With warmth and longing.
I like to feel that I have
Clasped their hands for a moment;
Never to let a day pass
Without some expression of love,
Some closeness of spirit.
?G. S. C.
A newspaper may serve a com
munity but, even so, the crew has
to eat
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CHURCHES
BAPTIST CHURCH
Key. Buford H. Fordham, Pastor.
All services being held at present in
Municipal Building.
9:45 A. M.?Sunday School. 6. W.
Davis, Superintendent,
11:00 A, M.?Morning Worship.
7:00 P. M.?Baptist Training Un
9'; .
ion.
8:00 P. M.?Evening Worship.
8:00 P. M.?Wednesday. Prayer
Meeting.
.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Rev. C. B. Mashburn, Pastor.
9:45 A. M.?Sunday School. J. 0.
Pollard, Superintendent
11:00 A. M. Morning Worship.
7.00 P. M.?Junior and Senior En
deavor.
8:00 P. M.?Evening Worship.
8:00 P. M.?Wednesday. Prayer
Meeting. :
EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. Jack R. Rountree, Rector.
10:00 A. M.?Sunday School. J. W.
Joyner, Superintendent.
11:00 A. M.?First Sundays ? Holy
Communion and sermon.
11:00 A. M.?Third Sundays?Morn
ing Prayer and sermon.
THE METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. D. A. Clarke, Minister
10:00 A. M.?Sunday School. John
T. Thome, Superintendent.
11:00 A. M.?Morning Worship.
7:15 P. M.?Young Peoples' Group.
8:00 P. M.?Evening Worship.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. H. M. Wilson, Pastor.
10:00 A. M.?Sunday School. C. F. j
Baucom, Superintendent.
11:00 A. M.?Morning Worship.
8:00 P. M.?Wednesday. Prayer
Meeting.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rev. Francis McCourt, Pastor
Holy Mass
10:00 A. M.?Every Sunday.
STATE COLLEGE I
ANSWERS TIMELY |
FARM QUESTIONS:
QUESTION: Is it profitable to j
grind feeds for beef cattle ?
. ANSWER: Grinding feeds does not!
increase their nutritive values nor J
does it increase the .digestibility of i
feeds that can be masticated thor
oughly. However, the small, hard
coated grains such as rye, wheat, and
barley should be cpurse as feeds that
are finely ground are apt to cause di
gestive troubles and are also more li
able to heat and spoil- in the bin. With
corn it is much more economical to
feed the whole grain.
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QUESTION: How can I control I
flea-beetles in my tobacco field ?
ANSWER: An application of tobac- j
co dust containing one percent of:
rotenone will control the flea-beetle'!
on tobacco in the field. Approximate-.!'
ly 15 pounds of the mixture should :
be used to the acre. For plant bed
control, derris diluted with tobeacoo i
dust and containing two percent ofj
rotenone is effective. This mixture is1
applied at the rate of one pound to j
each 100 square yards of bed. Due to
the dense growth of tobacco and the
necessity of applying the poison un
der the leaves, control can best be
had by the use of a dusting mixture.
QUESTION: When should culling
be started in the poultry flock?
ANSWER: When best results are
secured culling is almost a continu
ous process for the entire flock but
with laying hens the time for the
most rigid culling is toward'the end
of the laying period- This usually
occurs from July until November. The
wise poultryman will begin to check
liis hens in May and June for signs
of molt as many hens go into a molt
as early as June or July. The earlier
the molt the more rigid the call
ing and those birds that go into
a moult in June and July should be
removed from the flock.
The New York Yankees, it seems,
have run across a blitzkrieg in the
American League.
ONE-VARIETY
Farmers of Ansou County are ex
hibiting an increasing amount of in
terest each year in one-variety com
munities, reports J. W. Cameron,
farm agent of the State College
Extension Service.
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