MR. FARMER-WHAT ABOUT
YOUR 1931 CROP PLANTING
(By E. K. Vetch)
The subject of planning our farm
ing program for 1931 is no doubt the
most “cussed and discussed” subject
now before the farming public.
Let’s take a look at the outlook for
American cotton for 1931 as releas
ed by the Federal Farm Board.
It is quite probable that the supply
of cotton 1931-32 will be at least as
large if not larger than for 1930-31.
Substantial improvement in the price
for cotton of the 1931 crop depends
therefore upon a recovery in busi
ness activity to normal or better than
normal by late 1931, unless farmers
reduce the acreage of cotton next
spring to a greater extent than they
have done in the previous years of
low cotton prices.
The yield per acre in 1931 is ex
pected to be at least 5 per cent above
that of 1930. If these expectations
prove to be correct and the decrease
next spring should, be as much as 15
per cent, the total supply of Ameri
ca,- cotton next year will be at least
as much as this year.
There is no indication yet however,
that farmers plan to decrease acre
age more than 8 per cent. This is
not enough to bring about the need
ed adjustment of supply to prospect
ive demand next year.
Neither is there any positive as
surance that business will return to
normal levels by late 1931. The out
look, therefore, is for a contiunation
of relatively low prices for the cotton
crop of 1931, unless a drastic cut in
acreage is made by the farmers.
During the next ten years the price
of cotton may be expected to average
considerably lower than during the
last ten years. Declining price trends
for ah commodities, increased use of
machinery in cotton growing, in
creased production of cotton in Rus
sia, all point to lower prices than
haVe prevailed since the World
War.
This prospect makes it imperative
for many Southern farmers perma
nently to readjust their farming pro
gram so that cotton will not be their
only source of income.
What you farmers are farming for
is to make money, and to do this you
are going to have to run your busi
ness intelligently and along sound
business lines, and may 1 make the
following suggestions to be consider
ed when planning your farming'pro
gram for 1931.
If you will stop to analyze your
farm you will find that it is nothing
more or less than an agricultural
manufacturing plant and some of
these plants are naturally better than
others due to more soil fertility and
other causes. In other words, the old
time cobbler, whom most of us re
member in by gone days, found that
he could not compete with machine
made shoes and the man that tries
to operate a farm like his grand
father did will soon find that he can
not compete with one who runs his
farm with up-to-date methods.
As a better illustration of what I
am trying to convey to you, let us
analyze what a successful manufac
turere does when he maps out the
operation of his manufacturing plant
for his business year. The first thing
he does is to make a careful survey
in every intelligent way he can to de
velop the possible demand for the
manufactured product and arranges
his manufacturing program to meet
his demands. It seems to me that
this is exactly what the farmer who
expects to produce a ertain farm pro
duct should do before they decide
the acreage to be planted to this pro
duct.
We farmers who plant oniy pea
nuts, cotton, tobacco and corn do not
provide full time all-the-year round
employment for either man labor,
power or equipment. The addition of
fcod, feed, soil building crops and
livestock enterprises make possible a
more efficiently of available resour
ces.
In looking ahead to relatively low
prices for cotton and no bright out
look for peanuts during the next few
years, we can do much towards re
dusing the cost per pound of grow
ing cotton, peanuts and tobacco and
towards decreasing the cost expenses
by:
(I) Building up soU fertility and
holding it through the use of legumes
an farm manures.
v2) Using pure seed and maintain
its purity by cooperating with
er growers in planting only one
\. iety of cotton and peanuts in this
cor. inunity.
(J) Planning the management of
fields so as to provide for greater
use of labor-saving machines and the
cultivation of larger fields.
(4) Increase the number of poul
try,, hogs and milk cows as a source
of food and also for additional cash
income where the market facilities
permit.
As to number four I suggest the
following addition to your farm: two
good brood sows, two good milk
cows, and fifty to seventy five lay
ing hens, a year round garden. Grow
the feed for the above and what time
you have left devote to cotton, pea
nuts and tobacco.
CITIZENSHIP
HONOR ROLL
FOR SCHOOL
Rosemary
First Grade—Cushing, Albert, Da
vis, Earl, Davis William, Ferguson,
Jesse, Hargrove, George, Inscoe, Ar
thur, Jarvis, L. D., Newsome, Curtis,
Roberts William, Stewart, Neal, Ain
sley, Elizabeth, Banty, Lucille, Co
burn, Lois, Finch, Shirley, Hancock,
Hazel Lee, Dorothy, Lyles, Cather
ine, Clary John Thomas, Baugham.
Richard, Ricks, Catherine, Manry,
Virginia Lee, Davis Everett, Evertte,
Francis, Floyd, Raymond, Smith,
Lewis, Robinison, Harold, Deberry,
Eula, Linwood, Johnson, Strickland,
Benjamin, Williams Baugham, Hazel,
Gaylord, Alice, Maitin, Mary Louise,
Ray, Mary Louise, Davenport, Mary
Louise, Ricks, Frances, Wood, Edna
Earl Sanders, William, Shell Eugene,
Williams, Sarah.
Second Grade—Moore, George, Co
burn, Grace, DeBerry, Hazel John
son, Lucille, Morris, Gladys, Hale
Virginia, Lucas, Mary, Medlin, Ver
lia, Ross, Pag* Waters, Otto, \\ ■:l;h,
Dorothy, Brown, Coyt, Bryant Gar
land, Coston, Mildred, Collins, Cecil
Cross, Kathleen, Moore, Charles,
Bailey, William Kendrick, Walter,
Wells Verda llall Lc.rird, May, Mil
ton, Bush, Warren, Blow, Mildred,
Hasty, Lewis, Traynham, Katherine,
White Elsie, Brickell, Mary, Nother
tfutt, Lloyd, Nash, Nancy, Betsy
King, Hinchey, Allie, Spivey, Doro
thy, Taylor, Nellie Stuart, Byrd, Car
rie, Riggan, Irvin.
Third Grade — Blanton, Mildred,
Lassiter, Margaret, Sudduth, Edward
Shay, Louise, Nicholson, Edna, An
derson, Lillie May, Johnson, Ellen,
Shell, Lula Lee, Burke, Etta, Cannon,
Betty, Morris, Lillian May, Mildred,
Parks, Charles,, Fisher, Francis,
Grantham, Victor, Rightmeyer, Ray,
Wright, Dallas, Carter, Lillian, Cates,
Marie, Edmonds, Hilda, Edwards, Do
ris Louise, Finch, Alpha, Harris, Eth
el, Jones, Gwendolyn, Lysles, Lois,
Phelps, Evelyn, Riggan, Lucille, Sea
bolt, Louise, Wells, Mary Louise,
Wood, Edith.
Central
First Grade—Davis, Earl, Jenkins,
Ruby, Perkinson, Catherine, Stanley,
Mary, Lassiter, Henrietta, Jenkins,
Wesley, Matthews, Thomas, Jourdan,
Josephine, Beale, Alice Mae, Smith,
Pauline, Wodoruff, Verdell, Taylor,
Harold, Tudor, Charlie, Jones, How
ard, Acree, Hilda, Ellis, Margie, Tay
lor, Edna, Baird, Charles, Bryant,
Charles, Jr., Reaves, Elmer, Pollard,
Katlheen, Harris, Therion, Thortis,
William,, Davis, James, Emery, Ma
bel, Moseley, Clarence, Bryant, Ce
cil, Humphreys, Milton, Kirby Thos.,
Ray, Theodora, Webb, Hull, Askew,
Bessie Lee, Burbage, Mae Allen,
Hedgepeth, Helen Margaret, Knight,
Jean, Mohorn, Ann Dawson, Pierce,
Margaret Lee, Price, Edna, Shaw,
Shirley, Spence, Ruth.
Second Grade—Edwards, William,
Carroll, Thelma, Gray, Ruby, Cooper,
Clifton, Ingram, Belvy, Reid, Elsie,
Wren, Robert, Deaton, Odell, Lock
man, Ruby, Watt, Sarah, Nicholson,
Earl Wright, Simon, Finch, Alton,
Etheridge, J. V., Hutchinson, Wilma
Lee, Lynch, Mable, Kidd, Jane, Vick,
Rachael, Moore, James, Crotts, Ruby
Britton, Jannie, Blanton, Cole, Wil
liams, Raymond, Harp, Helen, Beale,
Walter, Parks, Willie N. Acree, Jas.,
Davis, Charles, Long, Nick, Thomas,
Beaman, Clark, Clara Belle, Cole,,
Menle, Dunning , Emily, Glasgow,
Marioan, Hedgepeth, Doris Mae,
Hines, Margaret, Hudson, Mary, Mc
Ginnis, Janette, McNeill, Ann, Og
burn, Dorothy, Pope, Rebecca, Sulli
van, Mary Ruth, Tudor, Notice,
Wright, Julia,
Third Grade—Brown, Jack, Car
penter, R. O., Cooper, Carnal, Jerni
gan, Doyle Jones Henry, Owens, Lee,
Taylor, Marvin, Butler Nellie, Eason,
Sallie Mae, Greene, Hazel, Medlin,
Minnie Lee, Harp, Mabel, Jim Moody,
Matthews, Woodrow, Mattie Lee
King, Braswell, Lucille, Tudor, Mary,
Beale, Lawrence, Britton, Mary, Dea
ton, Frances, Elmore, Gladys, Jen
kins, Beulah Singletary, Margie, Ta t
ner, Edith, Wheeler, Helen, Ellis, J.
C., Hux, Albert, Lowe, James, Lock
man, Edna, Kirby, Katherine, Hux,
Ailleen, Hinchey, Edna, Hazlewood,
Marporie, Cooper, Juanita, Eldridge,
Evelyn, Burton, Margaret, Britton,
Lula, Britton, Dorothy, Black, Mar
tha, Bailey, Odell, McNeill, Sarah,
Norwood, Hazel, Rook, Elsie, Taylor,
Ann C., Towe, Margaret, Tudor, An
nie, Williams, Frances, Clark, Dav
id. Dixon, Elmo, Knight, Ralph, Jr.,
Welch, Allan, Wilson, James, Wil
liams, Rudolph, Tillery, Wells, D.,
Hargrove, T. H.
Grammar Grades
Fourth Grade—Cooper ,Virginia
Taylor, Francis, Butler, Cora Lee,
Leggett, Hattie, James, Major
Thompson, Clyde, Blythe, Odell, Tu
dro, Murtice, Gilliam, Jack, Sadler,
Ophelia, Merritt, William, Coppedge,
Elizabeth Edwards, Alma, Hudson,
Louise, Joyner, Lloyd, Keeter, Hazel,
Butler, Margaret, Wrenn, Francis,
Grant, Janet, Pair, William, Williams,
Mable, Jordan, Mildred, Batton, Ber
tha, Ticket, Elizabeth, Taylor, Mil
dred, Thompson, Sarah, Elmore, Lu
cille, Bugg, Edith, Watt, Margaret,
Coburn, Cecil, Hux, Marjorie, Medlin,
Irene, Jarman, Mack, Crickmore, Wil
da, McAllister, Lula Belle, Mabrey,
Josie, Balmer, Helen, Cooke, Beulah,
Thomason, James, Brown, Phyllis,
Murray, John, Prichette, Mason,
Ricks, Elsie, Edwards, Myrtle, Crane
Mary Alice, Ellis, Esther, West,
Katherine.
Fourth Grade—Rooke, Lucy, Ed
wards, Joy, Borrell, Lela, Brown,
Arnice, Finch, Premmie Lee, Nichol
son, Willie, Cross, Linwood, Tudor,
Leroy, Legget, Hubert, Davis, Vir
ginia, Finch, Dorothy, King, Edith,
Lassiter, Mable, Mayes, Varrell, Tan
ner, Annie M., Wilson, Virginia,
Newsome, M. C., Patrick, James, Al
len, Claudia, Conitfell, Addie, Har
rison, Doris, Moody, Edith, Nash, Ro
berta Kate, Nicholson, Mary Lee,
Poole, Cornelia, Pulley May Ida,
Simmons, Jessie, Sullivan, Mary Lou
toe, uciuicit| vuoi ico, nojca, vttui g«t
Taylor, James, Ainsley, Evora, Arm
strong, Catherine, Brown, Roxie,
Reaves, Jewel, Robbin, Cleo. Towe,
Sarah Crawford, Warrick, Elsie,
Wright, Emma, Lowe .Thurston,
Moore, Thomas, Turner, Rufus.
Sixth Grade—Belle, Ruth, Blanton,
Eula Mae, Blythe, Letha, Brown, Ru
by, Harris, Alise, Keeter, Myrtle, Lu
la McDonald, Nicholson, Pauline,
Smith, Charlotte, Spence, Margaret,
Brown, Otis, Haislip, Frank, King,
Ollie, Lee, Rommie, Speight, Floyd,
Tickle, Lewis, Cullins, Banche, Dolly,
Ruby, Hedgepeth, Naomi, Finch, Ma
ry, Zeiler, Grace, Rook, Doma, Parks
Charles, Pruden, John, Tanner, Wav
erly, Smith, Mary Bettie, Shay, Jas.,
Northington, Saluda, Parrish, Gerald
ine, Simms, Grace, Jenkins, Henry,
King, Florence, Lassiter, Robert,
Shaw, Annie, Gurley, Mary, Coston,
Melvin, Wright, Mary E., Crouch, Joe
Over a BUHon.Deadly Germt
in a Single Drop or Water^
Germs are so small that there may
be as many ss one billion, seven hun
dred million of than in a drop of
water. Ard Just a few of theae tiny
germs, it they get into your blood
through a out m your skin, mar make
you so sick you will be in Bed for
weeks—may oause the loss of a limb
through Mood poisoning—may even
infect you with that most dreadful and
fatal of diseases, lockjaw. <
Just because you oan see no dirt Ur
a out does not mean that it is dean.
You cannot see germs. Hie only safe
and sane thing to do, is to thoroughly
wash every cut, no matter how small,
with Liquid Borozone, to kill the
Eand then dust it with Boro-one
r, to hasten the healing. Liquid
>ne costs 30 cents, 60 cents, $1.20
and $1.60; Borozone Powder, 30 cents
and 60 cents, and can t» faadwa*
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pett, Wilkinson, Helen, Underwood,
Juanita, Browne, Mable, Frank Sid
ney. Kirke, Jamas, Marks, Marcella
Elmore, Helen.
LINCOLN - The Great Benefactor
Lincoln was loved because he understood the unwritten
laws of humaneness. First in his heart were his fellow
men. You, too, can be the great benefactor of your family
and your future, by saving, to guard against the uncer
tainty of life.
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S. T. PEACE, President
J. W. ROSS, Cashier H. H. KING, Cashier
Roanoke Rapids Branch Rosemary Branch
Are You Fair With Your
CREDITORS?
The Green Book Published by the Merch
ants Mercantile Aency, Established
1888, Washington, D. C.
IT IS NO DISGRACE TO OWE MONEY, BUT IT IS A DISGRACE TO KEEP ON OWING
MONTH AFTER MONTH, WITHOUT ANY EFFORT TO DO THE RIGHT THING
The credit system is the foundation of the business world, it is a business accelerant. If you confine
the abuse of credit to those who are unable to pay ; it would not be so bad.
But how about the fellow who owns property, who has credit at the banks, or who has a stipulated
weekly, or monthly salary and allows his bills to run month after month and never balances his ac
count?
It is not less credit that business needs, but the need for less abuse of the system by those who are
in a position to pay and do not do it. How many farms are bought or up on the cash basis, how many
homes are built and maintained on the cash basis, how many businesses are propagated on the cash
basis?
Suppose everybody in Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary would go on a cash basis tomorrow. Would it
hinder your progress? Do you appreciate credit? If you do don’t abouse it.
The credit bureau of Roanoke Rapids-Rosemaryand vicinity is an institution of value to those who
mean to do right. If we can elminate the undesirables from Roanoke Rapids-Rosemary and vicinity
channels of credit; it will mean a greater covenienence to the honest man. Look to your bills now
past due.
If you have been delinquent or slow about paying your bills, go and pay if you possibly can, or else
give your creditor some plausible excuse. You were credited because they had faith in you. Justify
that faith. Do your duty.
Your credit rating is available all over the State. Good or bad, it follows you.
Roanoke Rapids-Rosemary Credit Rating Bureau
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