L'p On Farm pvill Save Lives ^~"^7rything and, |A ? itS! place" is a i fe/U states Profes-, ?t' ^ Weaver, head of \ ""Jltu* Engineering De-j ^ StaW tt>llege. wh0 em" phasized this week the Import ance of a thorough clean-up on the farm to promote efficiency and 3afety. Disorder is responsible for put ting one out of every five vic tims in the hospital, according to a study conducted a few years ago by the National Safety Coun cil, Professor Weaver says, ^x r w Sell Your Tobacco In Tabor City | and trade with R M. GARRELL - TABOR CITY FOR YOUR V-C FERTILIZERS FEEDS & GROCERIES / R. M. GARRELL TABOR CITY " COLUMBUS TRADING, CO-, Inc. TABOR CITY ROYSTER'S FIELD TESTED FERTILIZERS -See Us For Your Needs? Leaf Growers Can Increase Their Profit* Use Of Recommended ' ? ?? tices Will Make t ?? Greater Benefit To *'??? mer [ . i BY C. B. RATCHFORi Farm Management Exten?uu j Specialist The best policy for most to bacco farms is to grow the full allotment of tobacco, strive to produce high quality tobacco, and use the rest of the land and labor for other enterprises. Most farmers plant the allotted acre age and, as a rule, produce high quality tobacco. The major prob lem deals with the use of land and labor not employed in tobac- ( co production. Combination Is Needed Tobacco occupies from ten to; forty per cent of the cropland on' most tobacco farms. Thus, a con-1 | siderable portion of the cropland. I I and all of the pasture and wood-! land is available for other uses, i Tobacco requires a great deal of labor, but the bulk of It is re-! quired during harvest season. A good combination of enterprises j is one whioh uses all the farm' and labor throughout the year.1 There are many such combina- j tions. On small farms which are not! well suited to mechanization, cot-! I ton, poultry, and grain are good j I enterprises to combine with to-j bacco. On somewhat larger farms! j dairy cattle or hogs, and feed j crops are good enterprises to add j i to tobacco. On farms with a I large acreage and which are well! i suited to mechanization, there are j I many enterprises which may be [combined with tobacco. ! There is some land on most j [farms which is best suited to j (Pasture and hay crops. Livestock! ! should be added to properly uti i lize such land. Livestock enter prises generally require more la | bor during seasons when the j crops require little or no labor. [For these reasons some livestock! should be included on most farms, i [A Nash County farmer has done! (a good job of combining tobacco j and dairying on a medium size j | farm. He has about twenty milk i i cows, and nine acres of tobacco. | He has most of the cows fresh ened in the fall after tobacco is harvested, and turns them dry just before tobacco harvest the next summer. He has considerable acreage of land which may best be used as pasture. This com bination of enterprises is giving him a very good land use pro [gram and provides for full use of labor throughout the year. Such a system is resulting in a very nice income from an ordinary size farm. Many farmers in the Piedmont plaining that the largest single cause of injuries, other than the personal factor of poor judg ment, is disorder. The time spent now to elim inate farm danger spots through clean up efforts may result in the saving of many days lost through accidents during the rush season later on, Professor Weav er pointed out. Schild's DEPARTMENT STORE v ...OfTABOR CITY Welcomes.. You, Mr. Tobacco Grower, to the Tabor City Tobacco Market... / AND INVITES YOUR PATRONAGE AT THEIR FRIENDLY STORE CLOTHING FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN TABOR CITY AND TRADE WITH SCHILD'S DEPT. STORE TABOR CITY - are combining milk cows and to-1 bacco. On small farms there is a real opportunity for combina- j tion of poultry and tobacco. On the large farins, beef cattle is a good enterprise since tobacco takes little lan?l nnrt a ?reat "i0?.1 j *.* ... ji . . r> t . ?* .fit* ,ie -?m 'JIVr ?l J !i" : Im'k; trii j, . , i-si l;. ex la V . ,Ki ,, ,. ?* Aj- ?- vs- '.IT' > . I I - - ?V *vaiu..i> Almost half the farmland in North Carolina is in woodland. The woodland should be consid ered as a crop and proper man agement used. A great deal of the surplus labor can be used profitably during the winter months in working in the wood- { land. Another Nash County farm- | er illustrated last winted the way j woodland management fits into a balanced farming program.1 This farmer has a fairly small acreage of woodland. A woodland management plan was worked out by John Gray, Extension Forest er, and H. E. Vernon, assistant county agent in Nash County. As soon as the crops swere harvest-1 ed the farm labor was used to! cut the mature timber and the undesirable species. The laps were worked up by the farm labor. The entire farm labor force was employed from the time crops were harvested until spring when it was necessary to start the regular farm work. The farmer earned a nice profit, the farm labor was profitably em-[ ployed, and the woodland was in better shape after the selective, cutting than before. There are similar opportunities available on many farms. Use Recommended Practices Recommended practices should be used on all enterprises. Farm-1 ers usually follow recommended practices fairly closely on tobacco and cotton, the major cash crops,: but not on other enterprises. The Experiment Station found in a recent study that cotton yields could be Increased only 5 per cent if recommended practices were used on all prases of pro duction. Corn yields, however, could be increased only 5 per cent if recommended practices were used on all phases of pro duction. Corn yields, however, could be increased 100 per cent, wheat yields 76 per cent, and oat yields 82 per cent. If alfalfa hay is substituted for annual types of hay, the yield is increased sharply. The net income per acre, which is the important considera tion, would be increased on corn from $4 to $30, on wheat from $3 to $22, and on oats from $9 to $28. Rates of production for live stock may be increased sharply through use of recommended practices. If recommended prac tices are used on milk cows from which manufacturing milk is sold the net cash income can be in creased from $8 to $53 per cow. The net income from 100 hens can be increased from $115 to $252. If if grade A milk is sold the net Income can be increased from $8 to $168 per cow. These figures should convince even the most skeptical person that it is good business to use recommend ed practices on all enterprises. See your county agent for the latest recommended practices. Increase Efficiency Even though the prices farm ers receive have been high and are still supported at a fairly high level, some farmers are los ing money. The costs have been rising and will probably continue to rise. Every farmer should strive for greatest efficiency. Special emphasis should be plac ed on labor efficiency since la bor is the largest item of cost in farm production. Labor effi ciency can be increased through better work methods and the ad dition of machinery. Good plan ning will help increase labor ef ?.c'e"cy: Unnecessary expenses should be cut. It is not good bus iness to decrease the expenses for fertilizer, good feed, and similar expenses. It is good business to cut expenses for labor, repairs to machinery, equipment, and similar items. The use of recom mended practices will help in crease efficiency. Agriculture Act Continues High Support Prices 1948 Law Gives New Meth od Of Figuring Parity Prices; Government May Help By Purchasing The Crops Or Making Loans WASHINGTONJDepartment of Agriculture officials say the new long-range farm law, approved in the closing hours of Congress, moves toward a philosophy of plenty. The law, known as the Agricultural Act of 1948, works this way: It continues, with some chang es, the present high wartime price supports through 1949. Then the long-range plan, with lower price support, goes into effect. Aftei 1949 the more abundant the crop, the less support the farmer will receive. The government may provide this support by making loans, purchasing crops or other means. Department spokesmen say the purpose is to give some support to abundant crops, but not so much support that the man who has to buy food has to pay prices too liigh for His pocketbook. If prices start sliding downward be-j ~'C *" 1 ?? . ?? -.v'. ? ? - ?? 4.? o ?*??.# ;? i OU. J, | u- ii n t ju t ctoms <>_ sharp ly Thii t'es n price : with ?>. U.V, * -H.p"K u:i' f 1 . ;* ' ? .i i.. .??? ?* ' u? ?? - uu.. ij? vUt Ht l.:te jutt has been such an arrangement covering major crops. The new law has a new meth od of figuring parity prices. The parity formula attempts to define the buying power of farm pro ducts during a period of fair farm profits. Then it attempts to in-j sure the farmer the same buying power today. CAs an instance, if two bushel3 of wheat, in a given period, bought a pair of shoes, today's price for wheat would be set so that two bushels would be sufficient to buy a pair of shoes, although in dollars the price is twice as high. More than 900 items the farmer buys are used in determining the price he should receive for products he sells.) The new parity will be based on prices In the 1910-14 period. But in addition it will attempt to take into consideration chang es that have taken place in farm ing practices and demand for farm products since then. For instance, it costs less to produce grain today than it did In 1910 14 because grain planting and harvesting machines have been invented, reducing farm labor. Also the demand for grain has changed. The new law averages prices for all farm commodities during a recent 10-year period.1 Then thfs average is used, at one stage of figuring, to establish a "modern" relationship among the crops and the profits they bring. Farm officials say in general this will tend to reduce grain prices and increase prices for livestock and dairy products. The law spells out the way the secretary of agriculture may sup port prices of the "basic" com modities?corn, wheat, cotton, peanuts, rice and tobacco. He may support other products at his discretion. The tobacco price will be set at 90 per cent of parity indefinitely. The other five basic commodities may be sup-1 ported at from 60 to 90 per cent of parity. The level will be de termined by the abundance of any commodity. The price may be set at 90 per cent of parity when the size of the crop is 70 per cent of normal but it may be reduced as low as 60 per cent of parity if the size of the crop reaches 130 per cent of normal. In the case of tobacco the price will be 90 per cent of parity Elm Beginning To Vanish From | American Scene nuay Maple Family May Keplace Favorite Native > r? e In Many Sections her famous "Vanishing an" is the elm, a tree that Is doomed in many sections. Ra vaged by* Dutch elm disease, phloem necrosis and other troub les, this most popular of native trees is on its way out in widen ing areas. Dwindling elms may be re placed by forward looking com munities with trees of the maple family on both streets and priv ate property, advises D. Q. Grove, chief field supervisor of Davey Tree Expert Co. The big three in this category are the sugar, Norway and red maple. These are most desirable because they are reasonably free from serious diseases, long lived, beautiful in form, easily main tained, easily transplanted since they are shallow rooted, strong wooded and generally mature to a good height and spread. Equaiiy as Important, they are adaptable to climatic conditions in practically every section of the United States. Only slightly less desirable are three other maples, the hedge, sycamore and Japanese maples. As community replacement pro grams gain impetus, the hardy maple will become a more and more familiar part of the Am erican scene along with the pin oak and other old favorites. whenever marketing quotas are in effect to control the size of the crop. Wool prices will be supported at 90 per cent of parity until production reaches 360,000,000 (m) pounds a year. At present it is 300,000,000 (m). White po tatoes will be supported at from 60 to 90 per cent of parity. Other farm products, including poultry, may be supported at from zero to 90 per cent of parity. The secretary of agriculture may establish marketing restric tions on the basic commodities when supply is 115 per cent of normal or prices are below 70 per j cent of parity and supply is lessj than normal. When the secretary! establishes marketing quotas for i | a basic crop, farmers may vote j upon it. If more than one-third j of the votes are against the quo tas, the support level will be re-j duced to 50 per cent of parity. STATE PIG 14 ! Sell Your Tobacco In Tabor City and see us for -p i in - PEARSALL FERTILIZERS AND v GROCERIES