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; ; - For Market For 1935 " By GUY A. CAEDWELL Agricultural and" Industrial Agent Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. The following statement Is taken from the- Agricultural - Outlook for 1984-85, released for publication by the Bureau of Agricultural Econom ics, United States ' Department ol Agriculture, on Monday, .November 6th, 1934: . The market outlook for commercial ment during 1935 appears to be a lit tle more favorable to growers than it has been for any season since 1931. With tte: .level of wholesale, food prices averaging about 15 percent higher than in the spring of 1934 and with smaller (supplies of such Btaple foods as meat,' dairy and poultry pro-, ducts in prospect) it , is probable that the demand for commercial truck crops will be somewhat improved, at least during the first half of 1935. During the latter half of 1935, unless there is an increase in consumer baying power, it is expected that the level of prices will be adjusted chief ly on the basis of changes in the sup plies available for market, a larger production tending to lower the prices below the 1934 level and a smaller production favoring an improvement in prices. Commercial supplies of late cab bage, onions, potatoes, and sweet po tatoes are generally larger this sea . son than in 1933, and the carry-over of these crops is expected to offer more competition to early 1935 spring-grown vegetables. However, the total production of vegetable crops in home and local gardens, par ticularly in the drought-stricken States, has been decreased and the quantity of home-canned and home stored vegetables for winter and early spring consumption was less than during the last several years, While buying power is very limited for many whose home food supply is extremely low this year, the general shortage of locally-grown foodstuffs will result in some expansion of de mand for shipped-in supplies until home and local gardens again come into production next summer. Hence, if the commercial production of early vegetables in 1935 is not expanded beyond that of recent years, it seems probable that improved prices will permit growers to market more nearly the entire early commercial supply than has been true to any of the last few seasons, when appreci able quantities of iome crops were left in the field because growers could not afford to harvest them at prevailing market prices. The reports so far received from Florida, Texas, Arizona, California, and a few. other early sections, indi cate that the combined acreage of 11 vegetables for harvest in the late fall and winter of 1934-35 In these States will be larger than the early acreage of 1933-34 season by more than 10 percent and will exceed the average of the 5 previous seasons by Zo per cent. The acreage of nearly ever one of these vegetables will be above average. Although these fall and winter acreages represent only a small proportion of the total early acreage, they do indicate that the supplies from the early acres proba bly will be ample. . During the 1934 season the total production, of 17 important truck crops for freBh-market shipment in creased about 9 percent f ron the re latively small production in 1933. Pro duction in 1934 was slightly below the record high production in 1932. In terms of the 1924-29 average produc tion ofvjese 17 vegetables is estimat ed at U7 percent compared w:th 107 percent in 1933, 118 percent in 1932. 117 percent in 1931, 118 percent in 1930, and 114 percent in 1929. It ap pears that the steady expansion in " the production of these crops, which was interrupted in 1933, has been re sumed. ' V The increase in production oi these vegetables in 1934 was due both to an increase In -Acreage and to larger yields per? acre; ; Host of the impor tant producing centers of these com mercial vegetables wen not encom passed in the 1934 drought arva but . -several .important western, areat were handicapped by shortage oi irnga tion water. Total acreage planted to ; these crops- was ff percent larger In im tha to 1938, which' ww about 1Q nercent Wow the record hirfh acre age of 1932. During the last i!V years the trend of acreage : of these com mercial vegetables has been sharply " upward, with the only major reversal occurring In 1932 when - the acreage was decreased 10 percent - From 1923 to 1932 the average rate of In crease was about ? percent per year, In 1934 the acreage of 17 truck crops fnr fresh market shipment totaled 1.880.0001 acres compared with W00,- ; 000 acres in 1933 and 1,430,00 in 1932, - i the record hieh for these vegetables. The only major, acreage.decreases in ' 1934 occurred in cauliflower, eggplant, ...... nnikalv. anA ; fnntjkm loupes; there were substantial acre ' oir increase j in nearly all of the i ' Yields per acre of commercial truck 'crapsT resh market shipment in 1934 v t about 4 peent- higher than in 1933. The trend of per-acre yields of these vegetables has been downward for the last 15 years reaching a record low in 1933. Aver age yields per acre declined about 20 percent during the decade ending in 1931 but since 1931 the rate of the decline has been much slower. Since the average yield per acre in. 1934 was somewhat higher than for the previous 3 years and almost as high as in 1930, it seems probable that the rapid downward trend has been checked. The average value, per acre of com mercial true crops, although estima ted to be larger than during the 1933 season, maintains the low level that has existed since 1931. The average gross return to growers of these com mercial truck crops was approximate ly. $106 per harvested acre in 1934 compared with less than $101 in 1933 and $96 in 1932, the low point of re cent years. The decline in value per acre from $175 in 1929, to $142 in 1930, to $118 in 1931 and to the low figures .of recent years parallels largely the general sharp decline in prices resulting from greatly re duced consumer purchasing power. During the early 1920's the value per acre of the 17 commercial truck crops for shipment was about 125 percent of the 1924-29 average but with a general loweilng of both yields and prices it has declined to only 65 percent of the early 1930's. The net returns to growers were probably less in 1934 than in 1933 because of increases in costs of production and marketing. JQKE QN WIFI? ? .'a i 1,111' i Barber So your wife Is away taking her vacation when do you take yours? Victim I'm taking It now, only she doesn't know It BETHEL NEWS Sallie B. Wood, of New Hope, spent the week-end with Maude Keaton. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Stallings and children, of Camden, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Dail of Herts, ford Road, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Broughton Sunday. -Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Mansfield, of Edenton, and Mr3. M. C. West, of Maryland, called on Mr. and Mrs. Tom Chappell Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Reed and son, Charlie Ford, from near Hertford, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ward. Mrl and '.Mrs. H. L. Thach from near Yeopim Station, and Mr. R. A. Mansfield, of Edenton, called at the home of Mr. J. H. Mansfield Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sutton and Elizabeth White, of Great Hope, vis ited Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ward Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. A. 1?'. Proctor, of Hertford Road visited his mother, Mrs. J. E. Proctor, Sunday. Mrs. Joe Phillips, of Camden, vis ited Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Phillips on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Thach, of Yeo pim Station, visited Mr. Henry Mansfield Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lane, of the Bear Swamp section, visited at the home of Mr. J. H. Mansfield Thurs day. Mrs. Fannie Corprew has returned to the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Chappell after visiting relatives at Jame3ville and Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mansfield from near Woodville, visited his father, Mr. Henry Mansfield, Wednesday. Miss Lucille Long, of the Winfall school faculty, spent the week-end as the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Long. Twenty rural FCX organizations have been formed in Catawba Coun ty, with an average of 10 members Two-thirds Vote Needed For Continuance Of Cotton Measure The fate of the Bank'nead Act will be put squarely up to the southern cotton growers in the referendum t be conducted in December, says Dean I. 0. Schaub, of State College. If two-thirds of the growers vote for the act, it will be continued ir 1935 on an improved and more flex ible basis Schaub says. Otherwise, it will be discarded. Since some form of crop control will be necessary to save cotton grow ers from a return of ruinous prices, he says, the adjustment contracts, which were signed on a two-year basis for 1934 and 1935, will be con tinued in force regardless of the vote on the Bankhead measure. Experience gained during the first '-ear of the act's a'dministration will enable the AAA to prepare a more efficient and flexible method of ad ministering the act another year, Schaub adds. Changes in the policy of administering the act are now be ing planned. The allotments under the act, if H h continued, will be somewhat larger than this year. The contract allot ments will be around 25 per cent larger next year, as the maximum reduction that can be called for un der the contracts is 25 per cent be low the base average. In voting on the act, Schaub says, athe grower will not be voting for a certain, allotment or tax rate, bat on the question as to whether the secre tary of agriculture shall have the power to make allotments and levy a tax on excess cotton. The act does not set a fixed allot ment for each grower or the amount of tax to be paid on excess produc tion, but empowers the secretary of agriculture to determine the allot ments and the tta. by the heeds of the market. Dates Set For Civil Service Examinations The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open com petitive examinations as follows: Senior social economist $4,600, social economist, $3,800, associate so cial economist, $3,200; assistant so cial economist, $2,600 a: year, chil dren's bureau, Department of Labor, Closing date, December 13, 1934. The salaries named are subject to a deduction of not to exceed five per cent during the fiscal year ending June 80. 1935, as a measure of econ omy, and also to a deduction of 3 1-Z per cent toward a retirement an nuity, .v All states except Iowa, Vermont, Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia have received less than their quota of appointments in the apportioned .departmental service in Washington, D, C V " Full Information may. be obtained from the secretary of the United States Civil. Service Board of Exam iners or the post office in this city. . ' : " " ' - i': 1 1 ir Ti 4 "" j ' Tommy Fish Myt I'm hungry, ton. , Ma Fish All right, I'll tlx you'somo bXrnl o::d JpH Hah. -,. 0 IJ3SB M1IB8 Brookfield Roll Butter, lb. 35c Seeded or Seedless Raisins, 3 pkgs. 25c Old Time New Eng land Mince Meat, lb. Fancy Shredded Cocoanut, lb. 18c 18c Hershey's Chocolate Syrup, 52 oz. can 5c 14 oz. Fruit Cake, Cake plate free, both 29c Jello and Royal Quick Setting Gelatin, 2 pkgs. 15c Chalmers Gelatin Per pkg. 15c Borden's Tall Evaporated Milk 3 cans- 19c Unicorn Small Peas Per can 20c Jibby's Sauer Kraut No. 2l2 can 10c Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce Per can 15c Premier Whole Beets No. 2lz can -. 15c JLibby's'Tiny Kernel Corn 2 cans 25c libby's Tomato Juice 3 cans 25c Sunbeam Grape Juice Pint mm m CANDIES Choice Mixed Choco lates, lb 19c Hard Mix Per lb........ 12c Chocolate Covered Peanuts, lb. 20c 15c Dry Luxury Macaroni and Spaghetti Per pkg. 5c Wesson Oil Per pint 21c Fluffo Salad Oil Pint 18c Carolina Maid Pickles, 8 oz. 10c; pints Or 15c; quarts vnJC Libby's Sliced or Crushed Pineapple 1 97(t No. 2 cans - : 1 C Heinz Soups 2 large cans.. 27c No. 1 Large Asparagus Per can - 17c No. 1 Fruit Salad Per can 15c 5 oz. bottle Worcestershire Sauce Per bottle. Pack risi&s Per Quart 35c Brazil Nuts Per lb.. 10c 17c English Walnuts Per lb. 25c Almonds Per lb 21c Black Walnuts 3 lbs Holly Wreath Yellow Cling Peaches O Qr TT1 .:.C1!..J Olant-AMIKI SW1 xiaivcH or ouccu, loigc viuw. Fancy Whole Grain Rice 3 lbs.. 10c 14 FRUIT CAKE INGREDIENTS Fancy Citron, lb. 30c Lemon and Orange Peel, Perjb.1,..: 30c Glace Pineapple, lb 42c Cherries, lb. . . ... .. .42c Pitted Dates, 10 dz..: ... ...17c Pitted Datis, 3 3-4 oz... ..10c Jigs, 8 ox. pkg 10c Currants, pkg. 15c xxxx Sugar, lb.. '. --9c Brown Sugar, lb 7c Ground Spices, pkg. 10c' Swansdowfi Cake Flour, per .pkg.- 32c FRUITS - VEGETABLES Fancy Celery, stalk 10c Hard Head Lettuce 10c Tangerines, doz 15c Winesap Apples, lb. 5c Oranges, doz. 15c CRANBERRIES - CARROTS PARSNIPS - TOMATOES Bananas, 4 lbs.- 19 MEAT DEPARTMENT CHOICE DRESSED GEESE, DUCKS .AND CHICKENS AT LOWEST PRICES New Corned Hams, lb.:...25c Corned Shoulders, lb..: ...22c Lean Loin Pork Roast, per lb. 19c Hamburger, lb. 15c Choice Forequarter Beef Roast, lb 15c SEASONAL BARGAINS Angel Food Cakes, each 25c Crispo Fig Bars, 2 lbs, ... 25c Mustard, qt jar 15c Miracle Whip Salad Dress ing, qt 31c Kraft Mayonnaise, pt.. ...25 c Cherries, 5 oz. bottle 15c After Dinner Mints, pkg. 5c Old Fashioned Apple Sauce, 2 No. 2 cans. 25c 102 Years of Service Quality Merchandise Right Prices J. C. Blanchard & Co. Member Federated Stores of America Hertford, N. G. ,---.fy?s,WWA I! i
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