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T obacco—Cotton—Peanuts— Tuesday Important To Farmers Tuesday, December 12, will be an important date to Brunswick County farmers and to farmers from many other sections of the South, as well. That’s the day for voting on four separate and high ly-important referendums, tobacco quotas. Tobacco Associates, cot ton quotas and peanut sales as sessment. Tn Brunswick County, the usual ASC voting places will he used and will be open from 8 a. m. to C> p. m. Tobacco Quotas Tobacco prices in 1938 had av eraged 22.6 cents a pound. The state allotment was 612.000 acres and production was 517 million pounds. In 1939, Tar Heel acreage roomed to 851.000. Production shot to 821 million pounds the price dropped to 15.3 cents a 00 YOU KNOW WHAT CONFIDENCE MEANS? IT'S THE WAY MY MOM AND DAO DEPEND ON THE PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT AT WATSON'S PHARMACY pound in the state. "We had a 60 percent increase in production, but it only gave 11s eight and a half million dollars more, or about six percent in crease in income,” recalls Henry Rasor, head of the N. C. Depart ment of Agriculture’s Statistics Division. Tobacco farmers tried to grow all the tobacco they could. Thou sands of new bams popped up, and tobacco went in them even before they got the sides and roofs on or the furnaces in. "They just didn't have the labor they needed," remembers A. P. I Hassell, ASCS state manager. “Tobacco was a glut oh the mar ket." On October 12, 1939, a market holiday was declared in order to have a new vote. Farmers vot ed for quotas by a margin of 91 percent. In 1940, the North Carolina al lotment went down to 504,000 acres. Production of 524 million pounds sold for the still-mighty low average of 16.6 cents a [ pound. But in 1941, the market strengthened greatly. Price aver age in the state rose to 29.2 cents a pound—considerably higher than it had been in 1938. And it has risen constantly ever since. Only in one year since the 1938 quota failure have producers dropped below a 90 percent ap proval of the quotas. That was in 1940, when the vote was on a three-year quota. But the vote was still 88’A percent for the issue. At stake in this year’s referen dum is the price support program of flue-cured tobacco. If two-thirds of the growers approve quotas, flue-cured tobacco will continue to be supported for the next three years at 90 percent of parity. If more than a third of the voters disapprove quotas, there will be no price support for flue cured tobacco. A large vote turn out is needed to let Congress know the will of the tobacco far mer. TOBACCO ASSOCIATES More than 35 cents of every dollar earned by growers of flue cured tobacco represents the sale of his tobacco abroad. On December 12, Tar Heel to ONE OF WILMINGTON’S LARGEST AND MOST MODERN FURNITURE STORES SERVING BRUNSWICK COUNTY. L. SCHWARTZ FURNITURE CO. “Your Credit Is Good” 713 N. 4th St. WILMINGTON, N. C. bacco producers will vote on Whether they want to keep push ing sale of their leaf for: 1. Burma cigarettes with more than 50 percent U. S. tobacco; 2. French filter brands made of more than 60 percent U. S. leaf; 3*. Japanese brands, containing a fourth U. S. tobacco; 4. Siamese cigarettes, high in U. S. leaf, which gain popularity steadily. "The flue-cured tobacco grow er's competition overseas is get ting tougher,’' says L. F. Weeks, general manager of.Tobacco As sociates. "The foreign share of the world flue-cured market jumped from 32 percent in 1050 to 49 percent in 1960." The December 12 referendum will give farmers a chance to continue supporting Tobacco As sociates in its program of flue cured tobacco sales promotion around the world. Since the organization’s forma tion in 1947, Tar Heel farmers have supported the tobacco sales program of Tobacco Associates. Sixteen of the organization’s 24 member board are tobacco far mers. If farmers approve the program in the referendum, they’ll be as sessed an amount per acre set by the board for each of the three years, 1962-1964. The current as sessment is 50-cents per acre a year, and the assessment can be set no higher than $1 per acre. COTTON A massive “Yes” vote on cot ton marketing quotas is urged on December 12 by farm offiicals. First, parity for farm income from all allotted crops, particular ly cotton, is a concept which is at a dangerous crossroads. It was designed to assure prices for far mers which they should rightfully receive for their production in relation to prices they are having to pay for their non-farm goods and services. The serious fact is that at national level it is being talked less and less as a just yardstick for farm income. A big vote on December 12 for cotton marketing quotas will be renewed evidence that cotton farmers be lieve in and want the parity con cept retained for agriculture. Second, failure of the cotton marketing -quota referendum would in effect push the price of cotton to world price since it would be supported at only 50 percent of parity. Also, it would throw acreage controls aside for all practical purposes. These re sults of an adverse vote could mean the end of cotton produc tion in this state. Third, cotton is on the rebound in the agriculture of North Caro lina. There’s widespread statewide reawakening of interest in it. Toitsands of growers are finding cotton to be a dependable source of profit when attention is given to production of it. Mechanical harvesting has increased in the State with good results. In 1959 5 percent of the state crop was machine-picked. In 1961 20 per cent was harvested mechanically. The excellent results from follow ing a careful boll weevil control program in 1961 proved this pest can be kept under control, and millions of dollars of income were added to farm income in North Carolina from the cotton crop. PEANITTS Annual income for peanut pro ducers has risen almost nine mil lion dollars in North Carolina since 1953. the year the N. C. Peanut Growers Association was formed. Income for the 1954 crop was about $26,250,000. In 1960, it was approximately $35,000,000. “No one group or factor can take full credit for this increase,” says Astor Perry, extension pea nut specialist at North Carolina State College. “But the peanut association certainly played a big part.” Yield per acre has risen from 1.200 pounds to 1,800 pounds in th'is period. On December 12, peanut pro ducers will vote on whether to continue their assessment of two cents per hundred pounds of farm stock peanuts sold. The money raised is used by the peanut as sociation in a four-phase pro gram : (1) Production, including re search designed to make peanuts a one-man crop by improving cultivation, chemical weed con trol and harvesting methods. (2) Marketing, including sup port of the Commodity Credit Corporation loan program for pea nuts. (3) Consumption, including work with national distributing agencies such as chain stores and restaurants to encourage more sales of North Carolina peanuts and products made from them. (4) Legislation, including the defeat of proposals to eliminate peanuts as a basic commodity, which would have cut farm pea nut income an estimated $15 mil lion a year. The N. C. Peanut Growers As sociation, with headquarters, at Rocky Mount, conducts an exten sive and intensive program for the benefit of peanut producers. Each cf the program’s four phases l:as a multitude of pro jects. Russian scientists have opened ice-locked harbors by spreading coal dust. 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I think, also fair j ly evident that Ruark has read j Ernest Seton’s “Stag of the Sand hills” and passages from Archi bald Rutledge’s "Plantation Game Trails.” There is nothing wrong with any of the aforementioned books. In fact, all were better books than the “Old Man” is. Ruark must be given an "A” for effort. He tried hard enough. In fact his book reminds somewhat of a boy who, trying to get off a real fancy composition, presses too hard on his pencil, and only suc ceeds in fathering a smudge. Robert brings in all the props: Here are magnolias to spare; and gallantry of ancestors painful to peruse. The book’s too noble. Too much of a good thing. The “Boy” is simply far, far too favored. Favored by climate, ancestry, place of domain. Grandpa rings true enough, but was he different from any grandpa? If so I could not find evidence of it in these 303 pages. Grandpa is too typi cally Southern; almost profes sionally so, and a blood brother to Andy Griffith and Tennessee Ernie. He drinks corn likker. He hates a lot of things. He loves his grandson. He smells had (like a dog, said the author). He hunts too much. Southport (locale for this tale), is subdued, drowned in its nearby river. Daniel Boone might live on 4-H Club News By JAMES E. GOFF Assistant County Farm Agent The Rockets Community 4-H Club sponsored a successful oyster roast for the benefit of the 4-H Development Fund. Mrs. Paul Holden, who works with the group of club members, was pleased with the results even though there wore many things to happen to cause conflicts with the people getting there. Mrs. Dot Bennett, adult leader for the Hickman Crossroads Com munity 4-H Club, is helping the club members plan for a Christ mas Nativity Scene and to dec orate a Christmas tree for the community. Mrs. Bennett has the support of many of the adults in the community which is a great asset to a successful 4-H program in a community. These are the dates the differ ent community clubs will meet during the month of December: Bolivia 5th and 19th; Supply 11th; Exum 18th; Hickman Crossroads 14th. Any boys and girls in these communities are invited to attend these meetings to join or observe what the 4-H members are doing in your community. I its edges. There are Indians too; at least a few halfbreeds. And that's the book in a nutshell. Only half a story-and that as richly I colored as one of Ft. K.'s swamp sunsets. Ihe Old Im&t, 07 Vc=< - “Is n’t it true that dieting is a penalty for exceeding the feet limit?” ! t ' Fuel Oil No. 2 FUEL OIL Let Us FI Your Tank DON’T TAKE THE CHANCE ON GIVING OUT LET US PUT YOU ON OUR LIST. CAPE FEAR SHELL SERVICE SOUTHPORT, N. G. Charlie Aldridge — Ph. GL 7-9211 — “Son” Carrier — We Call For and Deliver — EVERY 2nd CAN FREE BUT ONE GET ONE FREE OF EXTRA COST ^SSi^555S> fir Guaranteed by vk V Good Housekeeping J 702 NORTH THIRD STREET WILMINGTON, N. C. MARY CARTER PAINT CO. 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