TOBACCO COURSE ? Doug Quinn, shown above in the
center, of Duplin County, is one of 53 young tobacco
farmers who attended a tobacco short course conducted by
the N.C. Agricultural Extension Service with the
assistance of a grant-in-aid from Philip Morris. USA. O.
Witcher Dudley III. vice president, leaf, of Philip Morris.
USA. (right) and Dr. Chester Black, associate dean and
director of the NCAES (left) presented certificates to those
who completed the four-day course. The group made an
all-day bus trip to Richmond. Va., to visit the Philip Morris
leaf processing, manufacturing and research facilities. All
other sessions were held at the McKimmon Center on the
NCSU campus in Raleigh. The certificate is signed by Dr.
Black and J. Michael Moore. Duplin associate Agricultural
Extension agent.
Along
the Way
my '-"y Killotte
Farmers are sometimes
victims of fads. When one
product yields little income,
an alternative crop is sought.
And. sometimes the alter
native does not yield promis
ing results, but poultry has
proved to be more than a fad
in Duplin.
Duplin farmers were look
ing for ways to supplement
farm income during the late
1930s and early 1940s. And, ,
some of the area farmers
began to raise poultry. An
article in the January 24.
1941 issue of the DUPLIN
TIMES listed two Magnolia
farmers who raised poultry
for egg production. Farmers
in Duplin had been en
couraged to raise poultry,
beef cattle or hogs for a year
round supplement to their
farm income. Duplin Agri
cultural Extension Agent
L.F. Weeks encouraged
them to use grain produced
on the farm as feed for
livestock. Both Magnolia
men worked with Weeks on
the poultry projects using
them as demonstration
models for area farmers to
review.
The largest demonstration
project was on the farm of
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Carr of
Magnolia. The Carrs began
with a flock of 225 white
leghorn hens. Eggs produced
by the hens were sold and
the Carrs received $407,63
during 1940 over the cost of
feeding the flock. According
to demonstration reports the
leghorns paid for their feed,
feed for replacement chicks
and the family's grocery bill
during the entire year of
1940. The flock was in
creased to 300 birds in 1941.
The second demonstration
project was on the farm of
Mr. and Mrs. W.D. House of
Magnolia. The Rouse poultry
demonstration project began
with 99 pullets. During 1940
the income from eggs sold
yielded $106.29 above the
cost of feed. Rouse increased
his flock to 2(H) in 1^41.
Duplin farmers have taken
poultry production front the
backyard chicken coop and
refined the job into a science.
Poultry was the leading agri
cultural commodity in Duplin
during 1982. according to
figures released by the
Duplin Agricultural Exten
sion Service. The total
income from poultry in 1982
was ?l 14,292.39b. A break
down of the income shows
the numerous areas of
poultry production in which
Duplin farmers participate.
Broiler production yielded
$.18,277,952 or 35.825.000
live birds in 1982. Turkey
production brought
$82,943,633 or the equivalent
of 9,651,174 birds during
1982. And. the area of
poultry production lirst tried
by Duplin farmers ? eggs
sold for commercial use.
Commercial eggs sold in
1982 brought $2,494,415.
Broiler hatching eggs and
turkey hatching eggs were
valued at $11.4^7.256 during
1982.
Poultry farming, like all
types of agriculture, takes a
large investment to begin.
However, poultry farming
has become profitable
enough since beginning in
early 1940s that it can be the
sole source of farm income.
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