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Beef Prices Decline
With Cattle Market
Drop 20 Cents Per Pound
From Peak In No
vember, 1951
Retail beef prices have declined an
average of 20 cents per pound from
their peak level of November, 1951, a
report prepared by the National As
sociation of Food Chains shows.
Declines of individual cuts —ranged
from seven cents per pound for rump
roast and 14 cents per pound for T
bone steaks to 22 cents for boneless
round steaks and 25 cents for ground I
beef.
The report, based on a survey of
over 7,000 retail food stores, showed
that retail prices have closely followed !
the downward trend in the cattle mar
ket. Taking a 1,000-pound U. S.
Choice grade steer as an example, the
report showed that the on-the-hoof
value declined sllO from the 1951
peak to mid-October of 1953, and that
the value of retail cuts and salvage
declined $102.25.
A study just completed by the U. S. j
Department of Agriculture confirms |
this trend. The USDA said “it ap
pears that retail prices of beef have !
generally reflected the declining pri
ces of live cattle in 1952 and 1953. |
Prices of retail beef, wholesale beef i
carcasses and live cattle generally fol- I
lowed parallel trends.”
The food chains report pointed out
that while fancy steaks may be priced I
over a dollar a pound, such steak ac
tually comprises only 30 pounds of the
total weight of a 1,000 pound steer.
The average price of all the products
from a 1,000-pound steer is 30 cents.
The report shows that America’s re
tail food stores are currently spend
ing more than $12,500,000 annually in
promoting the sale of beef and veal.
Aggressive advertising and promotion
resulted in a 51 per cent increase in
the sale of beef during the first nine)
months of 1953, as part of a two-fold j
drive by chains to help cattle pro-1
ducers market their heavy production i
and at the same time, provide good I
beef values for the shopping public. |
“As retailers, our job in the pres-'
ent beef crisis is helping America to j
eat its way out,” the food chains re-1
port said. “And, we believe we have!
helped Mr. and Mrs. Consumer take j
good, firm strides in that direction." j
“We pledge ourselves to continue!
these efforts . . . to continue doing our I
job as food retailers in selling still
more beef in America.”
H. B. (Bo) Thomas Dies
In Kecou gh tan Hospital
H. B. (Bo) Thomas, 48, until re
cently proprietor of Hotel Joseph
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TWO LITTLE GIRLS bid a sad goodbye to Grandpa-Presidenl Celal 1
Bayar of Turkey, just prior to his U. S. visit this month. Sending
1 greetings to the children of this country, they are heartened by
Ujeir grandfather's promise to bring them back real American
dnngarees. The first businessman -president of Turkey. Mr. Bayar
baa three other “firsts" to his credit He was the first Minister
«i Economy under the Turkish Republic, the founder of the first;
private and the first Turkish Head of State ever to visit the
i fi, &A. He will travel from one end of the country to the other
as g— — ♦ of President Eisenhower end 160 million other Americana.
Hewes, died Wednesday night of last
week in the veterans hospital at Ke
coughtan, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
operated the Hotel Joseph Hewes here
for three and one-half years and be
fore that they operated hotels in vari
ous parts of the South. t
Deceased was a native of Fort Mot
te, S. C., and is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Caroline Thomas; a daughter,
•Mrs, Frank Drake of Lexington, Ky.:
■his mother, Mrs. Henry Thomas of
I Fort Motte, S. C.: two sisters, Mrs.
| Leon Williams of Hampton, Va., and
Mrs. Red Thomas of Greensboro, and
| a brother, Eddie Thomas of Rocky
Mount.
j The body was removed to Cleveland,
Term., where funeral services were
| held Saturday.
Growers Os Tobacco
Using Gas To Combat
Weeds And Diseases
Interest is being shown by several
I tobacco growers in treating tobacco 1
Jbeds with methyl bromide gas to con |
trol weeds and disases in the plant bed
area. Everett Ashley, of Advance
community has been active in assisting
several farmers in treating their beds.
The cold and very wet weather has
halted bed treatments for the present
time, but several other growers plan
to treat their beds as soon as the
weather permits. While the gas treat
ment requires the use of an air tight
cover and is somewhat more expen
sive than treating with cyanamid and
urarnpn, it has the added advantage of
killing diseases as well as grass and
weed seed. f
Treating with cyanamid and uramon
must be done at least 90 days before
sowing the seed. Beds treated with
gas will be under the cover two days,
then the cover will be taken off and
the bed aired for two days and then
,it is ready to sow. This means a four
day period between the time of treat
ment and sowing of the seed, if the
cover is removed as recommended.
AT FORT BELVOIR
J A 3c John W. Griffin has recently ,
reported to Fort Belvoir. Va., after
(spending some time with his parents, j
| Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Griffin. Airman
Griffin will be in special training for
three months before being transferred j
: to another baa*.
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Chowan Credit Union 1
One Os Best hi State
45 Per Cent of County’s
Negro Population Are |
Members
The Chowan Credit Union of Eden
ton has the reputation for being one j
of the most successful credit unions in |
North Carolina.
In observance of the 13th anniver
sary last week, the Rev. J. E. Tillett, j
secretary-treasurer, reported that 168
new members joined last year which
brought the total membership up to
2.000. This is 45 per cent of the to
tal Negro population of Chowan Coun
ty.
The report further showed that the
Chowan Credit Union has assets of
$232,747.49 and is therefore able to
guarantee the security of any member I
of its organisation. The Rev. G. E. j
Cheek, executive secretary of Shaw
National Alumni Association, was sea-i
ture speaker for the occasion.
!N. C. Coastal Council j
Will Hold Meeting In
Washington Friday
A call meeting of the North Caro
lina Coastal Marine Council was an
nounced today by James A. Hackney
of Washington and Axson Smith of
Belhaven, co-chairmen of the council.
Friday, January 29th was set as the
date. The meeting will be held at the
Rendezvous Restaurant in Washing-
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luncheon.
; The purpose of the meeting will be
to make reports of the progress of
the council since its formation, also
ito discuss the inland ports survey
which is now going on by the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment.
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26 inland water counties of Coastal
North Carolina. Membership is open
[to all interested people in the area
who want to see Coastal Carolina de-
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! County Agents Attend
Tobacco Conference
County agents of the Eastern Dis
trict and some counties growing to
bacco met at New Bern on Friday for j
a conference on the latest tobacco rec- j
ommendations. Specialist George D. I
Jones discussed the most effective and |
safest chemicals to use for insect con- j
I trol. He particularly emphasized the !
I use of 5 per cent or 10 per cent DDT j
on tobacco plants for controlling midge
| and crane fly larvae, flea beetles and,
most insects. He stated that 1 per
jeent parathion dust is also highly rec
' ommended. Tobacco insect control
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bulletins are available at the County
Agent’s office for those who will call
for them.
Specialist Roy R. Bennett’s discus
sion covered tobacco production in gen
eral, answering the many questions
the agents asked him.
The specialists have given the
agents much valuable information
which will aid them in assisting the
tobacco growers to do a better job,
providing the growers will cooperate
with them.
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