Friday, June 12, 1959
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN. N. C;
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Many of you will recall when
Sarah Sugg, from out Jasper way,
was particularly active in Craven
county’s 4-H Club work. This year
she was an efficient young teacher
in the NorthvVood school, down in
Onslow county.
Of the 30 second gi*aders in her
class, 21 were Yankees. Sarah has
a Southern drawl that is quite de
lightful to fellow rebels, but those
kids from above the Mason-Dixon
line had trouble understanding her
at first.
‘‘I had trouble understanding
them too,” she confessed to us the
other day. “What really got me,
however,” she added, “was the fafct
that they were always ready and
anxious to sing “Yankee Doodle.”
When she asked them about
maybe singing “Dixie” for a
change, none of her pupils from
Yankee-Land knew the song. Sarah
lost no time in curing this glaring
deficiency in their education.
Before the end of the year they
were singing “Dixie” just as well
and just as fervently as “Yankee
Doodle. So far as we know, she
didn’t go whole hog and teach
them the rebel yell, and we doubt
that she insisted on the importance
c*f adding collards to their diet.
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The nice thing about it all is
that the kids adored Sarah. School
has only been out for the summer
a short while, but they’re already
writing letters to her in that giant,
uncertain scrawl that characterizes
a child in that age bracket.
They were surprised to discover
that her name is Sarah, when they
asked for her address. “They didn’t
think I had a first name,” she tells
us. “They thought my name was
just Miss Sugg.”
That Sarah can adapt herself to
any situation is no surprise to her
friends. In 4-H Club activities while
she was a teen ager, she was as
versatile as they come. And, with
her versatility and seemingly end
less energy, she has a wonderful
sense of humor. Kids appreciate
that, no matter where they hail
from.
Cnt Stalks,
Agent Tells
All Farmers
The Duplin county ASC office
this week advised farmers against
leaving their tobacco stalks after
the crop has been harvested.
By leaving the stalks standing,
it was pointed out, it gives nema
todes enough time to increase their
population 20,000 times. Good cul
tural practices, Rufus Elks, Jr.,
ASC office manager, stated, great
ly reduces nematode problems.
He recommended that once the
tobacco harvest is completed, the
stalks be cut and the roots plow
ed out and left in the sun for a
week or two. At the end of this
period, he said,.the field should
be gone over with a light disc to
uncover more roots. After these
roots have had time to dry in the
sun for several days, a cover crop
should be planted on the land.
Elks said the cover crop will re
duce nematodes and other diseases,
as well as prevent erosion.
A farm official has estimated to
bacco in the area will be ready for
barning in another three or fout
weeks.
IN A RUT
Whenever a man gets too set
in his ways he stumbles over him
self to get anywhere.
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“An ever-increasing chunk of
your tax dollar goes to satiate that
Frankenstein monster, known as
‘the farm problem’. It devours 5.4
billion dollars in this year’s gulp.
And money solves nothing!”
Thus writes John Strohm, one
of the country’s leading agricultur
al writers and editors in the May
issue of The Reader’s Digest. And
the title of his article indicates its
premise; “Let’s Stop Trying to Leg
islate Farm Income!”
Just about everyone agrees that
the various federal farm programs
so far tried have been failures. So
new programs are being concocted
for Congressional consideration.
One of these, which seems to have
considerable support, follows the
principles of the Brannan Plan
which was suggested some yeara^
ago. Under it, farm products would
be sold in the free market for
whatever prices they would bring,
and the government would pay
farmers the difference between
that price and'what the law estab
lished as a fair price.
This scheme, as Mr. Strohm sees
it, has “a lot of political sex ap
peal.” Theoretically, it would
achieve a series of important goals
all at once—that is food would be
consumed instead of stored; food
prices to consumers probably would
decline, and the farmer would get
his fair price.
So much for the credit side. The
debits, as listed, are of a stagger
ing character. If farm prices were
supported at 90 per cent of parity,
the dlrect-payrtient plan would cost
$10.7 billion a year within five
years. This would happen at a
time when farm income is at its
historical high and our farm effi
ciency and output “are the envy of
the Communist world.” Moreover,
Mr. Strohm makes this big point;
“. . . farmers have accomplished
this in spite of, not because of
government aid. To illustrate; live
stock men, who have successfully
fought off government price sup
ports, are the most prosperous seg
ment of agriculture today, while
wheat and cotton farmers, who
have been propped up most, are
in the worst trouble.”
Also, according to the article,
an overwhelming majority of agri
cultural economists believe the di
rect payment program would pro
duce a long list of additional unfor
tunate results. ’These include; stim
ulation of still more unwanted pro
duction; the spread of farm aid to
all commodities; patterns of farm
ing would be frozen; controls would
be the most rigid in history; a new
army of agricultural officials would
be needed; inefficient farms would
be kept in business at the expense
of the efficient; and, eventually,
food prices would rise.
What, then, should be done? The
first step, in Mr. Strohm’s view, is
for Congress to “revise unwise
price policies of the past and shut
the government granary door to
prevent further build-up.” Then our
food disposal programs would grad
ually reduce the incredibly large
surpluses the government is hold
ing.
’Then something must be done
about “the two million families
whose farms do not bring them a
decent living . . .” and who “rep
resents a problem that is more so
ciological than agricultural.” Their
lack of capital and know-how makes
it impossible for them to keep up.
Mr. Strohm suggests that govern
ment should help these people find
better opportunities either in or
out of farming.
The big thing, in sum, is that
we need less farm legislation—not
more. Here is the article’s conclu
sion; “Farmers cannot expect—
and, I’m sure, do not want—a
sure thing. All they want is equali
ty of opportunity, and freedom
from too much government help.
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mann of Louisiana State university.
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alluring Duchess of Alba, dances
with town people much to the
dismay of the Spanish Court.
"The Naked Maja," in which she
is starred with Anthony Fran-
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at the Kehoe Theatre. It was film
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Grass Silage Can
Prevent Milk Drop
North Carolina dairymen would
do wbll to save some of their lush,
green pasture for later feeding.
They can do this, says R. L.
Wynn, dairy specialist for the N,
C. Agricultural Extension Service,-
by filling a silo or two with grass
silage.
Not only is good grass silage
fine for fall and winter feeding,
says Wynn, but if a dairyman be
gins feeding it when the pasture
starts drying up, a drop in milk
production can often be prevent
ed.
See your county agricultural
agent, Wynn suggests, for advice
on storing good grass silage. Dcm’t
let your pasture waste, he caution
ed, save it.
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