SECTION TWO—
North Carolina’s 1952 Gash Farm Income
Was 13 Miion Dollars Less Than In 1951
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According to statistics furnished by
the University of North Carolinst
News Letter, total cash farm income
for the nation in 1952 was $33,125,-
399,000, the largest total amount for
any one year in our history. It was
around a half billion dollars in excess
of the 1951 total, whereas in North
Carolina, the 1952 cash farm income
was some 18 million dollars less in
1952 than in 1961. This means that
the decline of some seventy million
dollars in income from tobacco in
North Carolina was largely offset by
increased income from other crops,
along with an eight million dollar in
crease inincome from livestock and
- livestock products.
The states range in cash income per
farm from the fantastic and unbeliev
able amount of $39,932 in Arizona to
$1,649 in West Virginia. In the case
of Arizona, the per farm income from
crops was $28,552 and from livestock
$11,380.
North Carolina had a total cash
farm income of $929,948,000. This was
second only to the 1951 income which,
as finally revised, was $947,296,000.
The 1952 figure is subject to slight re
vision. When this total is divided by
the number of farms we get an aver
age cash income per form of $3,223.
This is slightly under the 1951 in
come per farm by some $60.00. This
is not bad in view of the preliminary
report that there was a drop of some
seventy million dollars in income from
tobacco last year, due to smaller pro
duction and lower prices.
North Carolina ranks 42nd in cash
farm income per farm. Our rank in
1951 was fortieth. Again the drop
in rank is due to the slightly off-year
in tobacco. There has been very lit
tle change in the rank of North Caro
lina in farm income per farm for
quite a number of years. Our for
tunes rise and fall with the national
trends. The annual changes in rank
are due to local weather conditions and
flucuations in production, and price of
individual commodities such as tobac
co, year by year.
The per farm cash income in North
Carolina has ranged during the last
few years, from $2,449 in 1949 to the
revised figure of approximately $3,-
290 in 1951.
North Carolina’s cash farm income
from crops in 1952 averaged $2,518
per farm. This compares with a na
tional average of $2,718 per farm.
North Carolina’s cash income from
the sale of livestock and livestock pro-j
ducts averaged $706 per farm as com- i
pared with the national average of i
$3,437. The per farm income from
livestock in 1952 was lower in only
Mississippi and South Carolina. In
percent of cash farm income derived
from the sale of livestock and live
stock products, North Carolina has
moved out of last position by a very
small fraction. South Carolina now
•enjoys that distinction. In North Car
olina 21.89 per cent of cash farm in
come was from livestock, while in
South Carolina it was 21.41 per cent.
The slight gain in percent of income
from livestock in North Carolina was
due in part to an actual increase of
eight million dollars from livestock.
It was more due to the decrease of
some seventy million dollars in income'
from tobacco. In other words, had
the tobacco income not dropped, North
Carolina would have ranked at the
bottom in percent of farm income'
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from livestock and livestock products.
The total income from livestock in
North Carqjina moved up from $195,-
458,000 in 1951 to $203,567,000 in 1952.
All crops dropped from $752 to $726
million, in round numbers.
If the percent of farm income de
rived from the sale of livestock and
livestock products is a measure of a
balanced agriculture, then North Car
olina cannot be considered a balanced
agricultural state. We will miss by
only a fraction of one percent of rank
ing last in this respect. One cannot
get much solace from the increase of
three points in percent of income from
livestock when the increase is large
ly due to a decline in income from
tobacco rather than to much increase
in income from livestock. In bringing
about a better balance in agriculture
in North Carolina, it is to be hoped
that it will not be achieved by a de
cline in tobacco. North Carolina is
quite fortunate in the position it oc
cupies as a tobacco producing state
and it is to be hoped that 1953 will bo
an improvement over 1952. Also it is
to be hoped that North Carolina will
make fuller use of its excellent live
stock resources. Too little of our land
is in production and too much of our
unsurpassed agricultural labor supply
is seasonally underemployed. Under
employment is due to the highly sea
sonal nature of our leading crops
which leaves producers of these crops
with little or nothing to do after th*
crops have been sold. Underemploy
ment of land resources and underem
ployment of farm population can
probably best be cured or remedied by
expansion of livestock production.
Much of this underemployment in ag
riculture is ameliorated in some parts
of the state by industrial employment
As a matter of fact, many thousands
of farm families would find the going
rough were it not for nonagricultural
employment opportunities. However,
there are large areas in the state
where there is underemployment in
agriculture and an absence of non
agricultural employment opportuni
ties. The one crop regiohs are the
ones shortest on nonagricultural em
ployment. These regiens are also
shortest on livestock and , probably
have the largest amounts of idle or
semi-idle land that can readily be put
into production.
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This Week's Poem •
By WILBORNE HARRELL
Note: Written during World War
II when England stood defiant
and almost alone against the Nazi
air power, this poem is presented
here as a fitting tribute during
Coronation week to Elizabeth 11.
May Excalibur spring to her hand
and give her strength to rule her
people, as did King Arthur, wisely
and well.
EXCALIBUR REGAINED
Excalibur—thou sword of fateful steel
Whose master plucked thee from the
anvil’s stone,
That he who met the spell that wiz
ards wield
Would wear the crown of England’s
mighty throne.
Excalibur thou arm of Arthur’s
might
And strength of one whose, strength
lay not in swords,
But in the unity of hearts forthright
And in the fealty of loyal lords.
Excalibur—at peace by Arthur’s side,
Quiescent in thy scabbard mute and
dim,
Canst thou hear the conflict raging
far and wide?
Then flash, O sword, into the sun for
him.
Excalibur—spring thou to Arthur’s
hand
And strike a blow for they beleaguer
ed land.
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Sendees at the First Christian
Church have been announced as fol
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Alexander:
Bible School, Sunday morning at 10
o’clock; morning service at 11 o’clock;
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evening service at 7:80 o’clock. Wed
nesday Evening Bible Class meets at
7:30 o’clock. Everyone is welcome to
young people’s meeting at 6:80 P. M.;
all services.
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He is now taking basic training, and
later will specialize in antiaircraft ar
tillery. Camp Stewart is the Third
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