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SOl'HC'K OK MONEY Carlton Perry (left), with help
irom tne N.L. Extension Service and Livestock Specialist
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" By WOODY UPCIIURCH
N.C. State University
EDENTON One reason
North Carolina has emerged
as a major pork producer in
recent years and, at times,
led the nation in rate of
expansion, has been the
rapid buildup of hog num
bers in the northeastern
coastal area around the
Albemarle Sound.
5 Farmer income from hogs
in the 10-county area
jumped by nearly $11
million last year alone.
Since the Agricultural
Committee of the Albemarle
Development Association
and the N.C. Agricultural
Extension Service has been
placing special emphasis on
pork opportunities,
beginning about 1965, in
come from hogs has grown
from $8 million to over $29
million.
Large numbers of farm
ers have put in hog
operations, either as a
source of supplemental
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income on crops farms or as
the sole farming enterprise.
For some, like Carlton
Perry, it has meant a
complete switch and a much
improved financial
situation.
Perry, who farmed be
tween 400 and 500 acres of
crops with his father on
mostly rented land, gave it
all up four years ago and
started producing feeder
pigs. He says he has doubled
his income.
Another Chowan County
family, the George Jones,
got into the hog farrowing
and feeding business when
the first expansion push
began in the 1960's.
Currently, they're running
300 sows and investing in the
future, as illustrated by the
recent construction of a
$15,000-plus hog con
finement unit.
"It has been a case of an
opportunity just waiting to
be seized upon to help an "
area meet a serious need,"
commented Jack Parker,
North Carolina State
University extension
livestock specialist.
Parker, headquartered in
Edenton, is assigned to the
area made up of Chowan,
Currituck, Camden, Gates,
Dare, Hyde, Pasquotank,
Perquimans, Tyrrell and
Washington counties.
The need of this area,
Parker explained, was a
source of income to sup
plement that farmers had
traditionally received from
peanuts, tobacco, grain,
soybeans and, in some
counties, cotton.
"The growth potential of
two of the major crops,
tobacco, and peanuts, was
' limited primarily because
these are alloted crops," the
specialist said, "Hogs
presented the best choice,
although a number of farm
ers have turned to truck
crops with good success."
Parker, whose presence
Career
1874
Jack Parker, is one of many Albemarle area farmers who
have turned to hogs as their No. 1 source of income.
here can be traced to the
work of the development
association and the
Extension Service's com
mitment to help,, improve
rural economic conditions,
believes the true hog
production potential of the
region is only about half
realized.
"We are still producing
more grain than we are
consuming, and this makes
us almost unique in the state
and the entire South. Most
sections have to import
grain to feed livestock.
We're still shipping a lot of
our corn outside the state,"
Parker pointed out.
Another specific ad
vantage of the area is its
closeness to markets, such
as the large market at
Smithfield, Va.
Parker believes the 10
counties could double their
present hog output without
running the risk of flooding
the market. One of the best
opportunities is in feeder pig
production breeding sows
and producing pigs to sell to
farmers who specialize in
feeding pigs to slaughter
size. Many pigs currently
are being imported into the
area from as far away as
Alabama.
To encourage more feeder
pig production and to
provide a convenient
marketing outlet, the
Albemarle Cooperative
Association was formed
almost two years ago and
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of operation, sales totaled
$600,000. Roy Harrell, field
man for the co-op, and Gene
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predict that sales this year
will top $1 million.
"We still have farmers in
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Judge Wilton Walker
presided at the Wednesday
session of Perquimans
County District Court and
heard the following cases.
Prince Allen Cole,
charged with driving
without a chauffeur's
license, received a 30-day
sentence suspended', upon
payment of a fine of $25.00
and costs; ,
Carey Yates Parrish, Jr.
was taxed with costs when
found guilty of not having
registration plates attached
on trailer;
Sheila Ann Ward, charged
with failure to abide by
restrictions on operator's
license, was given a fine of
(25.00 and costs;
Louis Haywood Keith,
charged with driving under
the influence of intoxicating
liquor, received a 90-day
sentence suspended upon
payment of a fine of $125.00
and costs, and ordered not to
operate a motor vehicle in
the State of North Carolina
until license are restored by
tne Dept. of Motor Vehicles;
Thomas Fleetwood
Hopkins, charged with
driving under the influence,
was given a 90-day sentence
suspended upon payment of
a fine of $125.00 and costs.
An appeal was noted and
Bond was continued;
Neil Spruill was found
guilty of damaging property
and given a 30-day sentence
suspended upon payment of
a fine of $10.00 and costs and
$15.00 for use of Edward
Cahoon. An appeal was
noted and Bond was set at
$100.00.
Larry Mallory, charged
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The Perquimans County Board of Elections has appointed
the following registrars for the second primary for the office
of District Court Judge.
for
Perquimans County - Tues., June 4, 1974
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NICAN0R: Mrs. Evie B. Dale
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PARKVILLE: Mrs. Evelyn Ann Smith
NEW HOPE: Mrs. Ben Chambers
EAST HERTFORD: Mrs. Betty B. Hare
WEST HERTFORD: Mrs. Archie Lane, Jr.
Walker Hears Court Gases
with larceny, received a 6
months sentence suspended
for 2 years with the
following conditions -1. pay
a fine of $100.00 and costs; 2.
pay the Clerk of Superior
Court the amount of $60.00
for use of Wendell Outlets,
Inc.; 3. be of good behavior
for a period of 2 years. An
appeal was noted and Bond
was continued;
Wendell White, charged
with resisting -officer and
damage to : personal
property, received a 6
months sentence suspended
for 3 years with the
following conditions -1. pay
fine of $50.00 and costs; 2.
pay $25.00 restitution for
damages to Sheriff's car; 3.
be placed on probation for 3
years and not to consume
any alcohol or controlled
substance - 6 months at
expiration of sentence pay
costs and abide by terms of
probation entered in case;
Wilton Wilson was found
guilty of not having an
operator's license and given
a 30-day sentence suspended
upon payment of a fine of
$25.00 and costs;
Prayer for judgment was
continued for 12 months in
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the case of Arthur Harrison,
who was charged with using
profanity in a public place,
on the condition that the
defendant will not bother
Jesse White or his wife; '
Alice Mallette was found
not guilty of not having an
operator's license; :
Troy Allen Taylor was
taxed with a fine of $10.00
and costs on a speeding
charge;
Allen Cornelius Miller,
charged with driving under
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Cmdr. and Mrs. Edward
Griffin and family spent the
week-end at the Newbold
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NORFOLK GUESTS
Mrs. D.A. Carver , and
daughter, Angela, of Nor
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and Mrs. Julian White and
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the influence (3rd offense)
and driving with ' license
revoked, received a sen-
tence of 12 months
suspended for 5 years on the
DUI charged, and . a sen,
tence of 6 months at the
expiration of sentence
imposed on 1st count;,
suspension 1. pay a fine of
$200.00 and costs, 2. abide by(
all terms of . suspended "
sentence imposed in count;
No. 1. An appeal was noted
in the case and the $1,000.00,
Bond was continued. .
N.J. GUESTS
Mr. and : Mrs. Alvah'
Monds and family of Pine
Beach, N.J. are guests of
Mr. and Mrs. G.R. Tucker
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Mrs. Karl Wiedemann and,
sons of Cherry Hill, N.J. are'
spending a few days this,
week with her parents, Mr. -and
Mrs. H.C. Stokes, . i
RETURNS FROM FLA.
Mrs. J.H. Bagley has;
returned from a visit with ?
her son-in-law andi
daughter, Mr. and 'Mrs.1,
W.L. Pickhardt, at New
Smyrna Beach, Fla. ' ? . '!
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