* ? '? ' ' ??AITAV'HAV At %HBy A ^Q y Q - r'^l^,"Q';:.. Raleigh, Aug. 81. ? Undoubtedly agriculture in Anuria is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis, precipi tated by world conditions. With al most equal certainty it may be stated that agriculture in this country is on the threshold of its grestest oppor tunity in all history. The foreign market situation ss respecting agriculture is without a parallel in modern times. Markets hitherto available for American agri cultural products have either been closed by war or strategic circum- J stances, made inaccessible by ship ping conditions or in many cases al most wholly destroyed. Even as to these foreign markets still accessible the conditions are made adverse by a vanishing buying power. While these conditions, gravely eoncern the American farmer and affect the whole economy of our na tion, there is nevertheless much ground for hope. This hope is tre menoousiy increased &y tne now rea sonable prospect that in due time the Hitler plan for world domination will be demolished. It is of course vitally important to democracy and decency that this ruthless career of aggres sion be terminated and destroyed. Such result is equally important to agriculture. If Hitler should sbeceed in his now well-known ambition for world domination, nothing could pre vent a tragic lowering of the stand ard of living for the American farm er. Under such circumstances the American farmer would not only have no foreign market, but he would be confronted with a cruel and un scrupulous competition even in the home market. Fortunately, the far . mer is well aware of these possibili ties. On this account his instinctive loyalty to this country has been in tensified. There are few Fifth Col umnists, disloyalists or appeasers in ? the ranks of the American Farmers. During the present emergency the American farmer has the burden of feeding and furnishing a substantial part of the resources for clothing a considerable part of the world's popu lation. On account of the very na ture of the emergency the farmer is called upon to do this without ade- i quate compensation for bis labors. ; He may be confronted, however, by Al_ i. 11.' 1 ' *> ?.A_. ine prospect mat wnen victory comes the American farmer^on terms com- ?* mensurate with the worth sad digni- . ty of Bis labor, will have the greatest J market ever known to man. The un- j precedented severity and extent of the present world market have brok- < en down or retarded the very proces- . ses of agriculture in a large part of ] the agricultural area of the world, i The accumulations of more than a < half century of modern fanning as ] respects seed selection, soil improve ; ment, agricultural experiments, stock 1 breeding, developments ?n farm in- 1 piemen ts have been virtually destroy- j ed in that part of the world during 1 the' last twelve "br eighteen months, i The task of agricultural rehaWBta- i . tion in Europe when peace and vie- i tory come will surpass anything & ] all recorded history. This work of 1 rehabilitation cannot be accomplish- 1 . ed without the aid and ingenuity of 1 the American farmer. This will give < to him his greatest opportunity. 1 It is none too early to give earnest i consideration to the cause of the ? American farmer in the framing of i H- ' Smate peace terms and conations part of tin sacrifice involved ii tpfcftwwfHicy. k ? w unsclfiM sease but in the inter^. of justice ture Claude Wickard recently said is speaking of the fhrtneih' part in the present emergency: "Food will win the war and write the peace." ">v ? The North Carolina farmers, occu pying a large and strategic place ii American agriculture, should ikeej these potent facts well in mind While they gird themselves for eofler gency task* they abouldr" through their leadership and planning assure for themselves a large part in the new day that is to come. Never before in our history has North CafoKna agriculture been bet ter equipped to meet the immediate problems and to measure up to future opportunities. The remarkably ade quate legislations enacted by the 1941 General Assembly laid the groundwork for an advanced pro gram of agriculture in this state. By far the largest appropriations on record were made by that session to agricultural causes. The experiment department so vital at this time was for the first time given ^adequate funds for its needs; a marketing pro gram that has attracted widespread attention furnished the machinery for marketing in an orderly and in telligent way the products of our farms; provision was made for giv ing North Carolina products a dis tinct North Carolina standard and label; the agricultural division of State College was implemented by new buildings and equipment in a completely adequate way; the De partment of Agriculture was given the funds and authority to carry on in an even greater way its varied program Of service to the farmer. - Supplementing these legislative achievements, there are other factors of note in therecent program of agri culture in this state. For example, there exists at the present time a spirit of harmony and cooperation never before witnessed on the part of the various agricultural agencies in this state. Where misunderstanding and sometimes friction retarted the work of these useful agencies in the past there is now a remarkable and wholesome spirit of unity and ac cord. These are factors which will produce marvelous results. The ex periment station of State College and its agricultural department, the extension service, the Department of Agriculture, and the StateV own farming operations are Working, to gether in superb cooperation. Without legislation but through cooperation the State Department of Agriculture- and the State Prison De partment have worked out a plan whereby livestock products in North Carolina will be tremendously im proved. Using a revolving fund of ?25,000 allotted by the Governor and trough the means of this coopera aon, livestock purchased principally n Western North Carolina will be Wrought to Caledonia Fans, where tmple food exists for and! developing these cattle, which will ill be of good breed. These cattle, porehaaed in large quantities and' at low prices, wfll be made available to farmers of middle and Eastern Caro dna at cost, including in the item of rost the purchase price and the ac tual cost of >*nfiing these transfer* rod sales. Thus the of the astern and middle section wilHbe Sm f essen tial for hoit* purposes. Those w&o carry out the pledge will receive 4 certificate frona the State evidencing their accomplishments in these lines, The Rnral Electrification program the time is hot far distant when every fanner in North Carolina who will cooperate with his neighbors can have the benefits of electricity at moderate cost. The plan and purpose of this pro gram is to improve the standard and enlarge the opportahities of the small and frequently 1 handicapped fanner. Only thus can we place agri ] culture in North Carolina oa t perm anent prosperous baste. I i NEED YOUR Ife? SOIL TESTED ? "Soil testing: and plant growth" is the title of the following discussion by Dr. I. E. Miles, director of the soil testing division of the State Depart ment of Agriculture: . Growing a plant such as tobacco, cotton, or corn is very similar in many respects to building .a house. In building a house such nilfagials as sills, weathSrbearding, rafteft^ and roofing are essential. If the supply of sills is exhausted before the foun dation is complete, 'building of neces sity is stopped because none of the other materiafs can be substituted for the sills. ' In growing or building a corn plant the essential materials are nitrogen, phosphorous, potash, and lime,' (cal cium and magnesium), etc.. Each of these materials has a very definite, part to play in the building of the plant. Nitrogen, for instance, pro motes growth of the plant, gives a dark green color, and , adds crispneas and tenderness to leaf crops; phos phorus stimulates early root forma tion, hastens maturity, and aids in seed formation; potash improves quality of the crop, promotes strong, Stiff stalk formation, and aids the plant in resisting disease; and Hme (calcium and magnesium) corrects the .aridity of the soil, increases the stiffness of t&e straw, improves plant I vigor, and regulates the uptake of other plant foods. No one of these materials can substitute for the others in the building of the plant and, consequently^ the absence of any one of them limits the building or growth and production of the en tire plant, regardless of the abund [ For this reason .it is very important pa growing a crop to be certain that the pxwisace and quantity 11 jI< ? n.? ? a.' Vjfct ' *? "frff Manager : 0? 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