Mart
Removal
Grades
Va.t Feb. 25—Re
of approximate
pounds of low grade
peanuts from edible
in recent weeks
substantially to stim
market for Farmers
of the 1947 crop,
opinion of E. M. John
of the Growers
Cooperative, Inc., farm
agency through
peanut pro
handled in this area,
of No. 2 peanuts
available to the
and'would have had
effect on the
bought these peanuts
from dealers under contract
with Commodity Credit Corpora
tion in this area, the dealers
being required by CCC to pay
producers not less than support
prices for their 1947 crop Farm
ers Stock Peanuts. No. 2 peanuts
represented about 86 percent of
the 13,500,000 pounds, oil peanuts
about 14 percent.
More than five million pounds
of the total purchased by GPC
were exported to Austria by boat
from Norfolk and the remainder
was sold to local oil mills for
crushing into oil and meal.
Roughly, 13,500,000 pounds of
shelled peanuts amounts to
19.300.000 pounds of Farmers
Stock Peanuts, approximately
195.000 bags.
In addition, Johnson revealed
that the Association had pur
chased approximately 11 million
pounds of Farmers Stock
Peanuts of the 1947 crop direct
from producers for which they
have been paid 1947 crop sup
port prices. Of these 11 million
pounds, sales have been confirm
ed to oil mills for approximately
two million dollars.
All the peanuts involved in
these transactions were pro
duced in the area served by the
GPC, Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee and the northeastern
part of South Carolina. Ware
houses throughout this area will
be open through June 30 to pur
chase merchantable Farmers
Stock Peanuts of the 1947 crop
at government support prices.
Growers Peanut Cooperative,
Inc., with headquarters in
Franklin, Va., is a farmer-con
trolled organization incorpo
rated under the laws of the State
of North Carolina. Its officers
and directors are farmers and
represent all sections of the
four-state area. It was organized
in 1940 to stabilize the ruinous
price of peanuts. During the war
it served directly in the war ef
fort.
Fn-f es of fin-.* soft woolen
cloth make excellent dusting
i 'j.s; while next in usefulness
soft cottoi fexpecially knit
ted materials) ani cheesecloth.
Farm Report
By the Federal-State
Crop Reporting
Service
FARM WAGE RATES
CONTINUE HIGH
North Carolina farmers paid
an average of $81.00 per month
for hired labor without board on
January 1, 1948. This is almost
$5.00 more than they paid a year
earlier and $16.00 more than
they paid on the same date two
years ago. However, * where
board was furnished Tar Heel
farmers paid around $58.00 per
month on January 1, 1948
These are by far the highest
wage rates ever paid by farm
ers in this state. Farm wages
have increased steadily since
prior to World War II and so
far there is little evidence of a
decline yet. Wages of day labor
which also continue to rise aver
aged $4.30 per day without board
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and $3.65 per day with board on
January 1, 1948.
GENERAL SITUATION
As of mid-February, the gen
eral farm situation in North Ca
rolina is quite variable. The fre
quent rains since mid-Septem
ber prevented the planting of
much of the intended acreage of
small grains. The acreage plant
ed, however, is generally in
good shape.
While December showed light
total rainfall, the opportunities
for field work were limited and
especially so in the clay soil
counties. Wet weather continued
into February, but tobacco work
was active with plant beds. Jan
uary temperature was one of the
coldest of record, with heavy
sleet, snow and rain until mid
February. The snow blanket
was beneficial, lasting through
several weeks. Farmers were
anxious to get into their fields
at plowing for late winter and
early spring plantings. However,
mid-February soils were still too
wet for any field work.
The somewhat steady cold
weather has prevented any op
portunity for premature swell
ing of fruit and other tree buds.
Pastures are offering very little
to no grazing besides being wet
Considerable thought is being
given by farmers and program
planning officials to the so ob
vious extra crop land made a
vailable by growers being un
able to seed all of their fall in
tended small grains. Reduced
tobacco allotments add to the
potential idle acres. As was
shown graphically in the Jan
uary Farm Report, the permit
ted 1948 tobacco acreage will
still be greater than grown in
the four year period, 1940-43 or
that also grown prior to 1936.
At any rate, growers will have
the opportunity to give this crop
better attention looking to im
proved quality, which will in
creasingly be demanded. More
feed crops are needed anyway
and these idle acres offer farm
ers an excellent chance to avoid
high feed prices during 1948.
MILK PRODUCTION DOWN
Milk production on North Ca
rolina farms totaled 106 million
pounds during January. This re
presents an increase of 4 per
cent over the 10 year (1937-46)
average for the month. During
the month an average of 353,000
cows in herds produced a
monthly average of 297 pounds
of milk each. On February 1,
milk production per cow in re
porters’ herds averaged around
10.8 pounds per day, a drop of
■ 7 pound from February 1, of
1947. Cold weather during Jan
uary was unfavorable for milk
production. Grain fed per cow in
herd averaged around 5.4
pounds against 5.3 pounds fed on
the same date a year ago.
Ldward Lee Thomas
Has Birthday Party
Edward Lee Thomas, Jr. cel
ebrated his ninth birthday Sat
urday, Feb. 21st,' at 3:00 when
several of his friends attended a
birthday party given in his
honor.
Present were: Shelby Jean
Davis, Betty Ann Dixon, Felic
ia Taylor, Freddie Wood,
Carolyn Babb, Sybal Jenkins,
Earldene Powers, Shelby Jean
Acree, Jimmie Bailey, Robert
(Bud) Clary, Thomas Osburn,
Wade Lewis Osburn, Jessie
James Jernigan, B. A. Cul
lem, Esther Jewel Thomas, and
Vessie Ann Thomas.
Domestic production of each
of the tobacco products in 1940
probably will be as large or
larger than in 1947 but tobacco
exports are likely to fall below
last year wnen they were a
fourth less than in 1946 and 3")
per cent less than the record
year of 1919.
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• HOT WATER HEATERS
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BEER — America’s Beverage of Moderation
THIS TWO-FOLD
OBLIGATION
Rests on The Beer Retailers
of North. Carolina
To his fellow citizens, the beer dealer owes law
respecting conduct of a business which they
have given him license to operate...
A business, incidentally, that brought $1,784,821.12
in tax money for the third quarter of 1947 alone,
to the counties and municipalities of North
Carolina wherein beer is licensed to be sold.
(Hereafter, distribution of this tax money will
be made annually and local government units
will continue to profit generously.)
10 me Deer industry, me Deer retailer ones
careful guarding of its good reputation.
Assisting in the fulfilling of these obligations is
this Committee’s major work. Our program of
Self-Regulation, begun in 1939, has bad notable
I success in weeding out those who treated these
obligations lightly.
1 Success, yes—and it has come largely from sup
* port given by our North Carolina public, press
and law-enforcement agencies. Thank you—and
let’a continue our cooperative work I