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Tobacco Auctions Begin In Henderson Monday, September 16th Hrnfrrrsntt Batlg Blspatrlj TOBACCO SECTION HENDERSON, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 11, 1946 COTTON SECTION MARKET HERE EXPECTS BIGGEST SEASON Cotton Market Is Important Factor In Henderson ? J ? I iuouern ijins Serve Trade Moving Here Cotton Prices Are Highest For Years For Coming Season While a great deal of emphasis is placed on tobacco in this section, be cause of its volume and higher re turn per acre, cotton is, nevertheless, n considerable factor in the agricul ture of this section, both for the farmer and for the handler. Less cotton is grown in Vance county today because tobacco, has taken the place of some of it. ut less is grown nearly everywhere in the South, and the 1946 crop is smaller than usual, for the country as a whole. May Be 3,000 Bales Local cotton men estimate this year's yield in Vance county will amount to between 2,300 and 3,000 bales, and perhaps ten to fifteen per cent more than in 1945. At cur rent prices, a little better than 35 cents per pound for lint, cotton should sell for around $175 per 3.000 bales are grown, that would mean a crop valuation in excess of half a minnion dollars, exclusive of seed. The Vance county area is served by two ginning concerns, the Rose Gin & Supply Company and the M. F. Legg Cotton Gin Company. The Rose gin is located at the corner of Chestnut and West Mont gomery streets. It will managed this year, as for a nupnber of seasons, by J. R. and H. B. Brummitt. The I-egg gin is located at the corner of Orange and Walnut streets. Its management this year will be in the hands of H. ,1. and John L. Park;, who have served in that capacity for several seasons. Modern Equipment Both gins arc equipped with mod ern and up-to-date machinery, cap able of fast service for growers, and with a capacity of 6(t to 75 bales daily when in full operation, on a single davtiine shift. Most cotton that is sold in Hender son is sold in the seed. That is, it is brought in as picked and sold be fore being ginned, unless the grower wishes to retain possession of the cotton and to store it for the benefit of future price advantages. When sold in the seed, cotton brings 12 to It cents per pound, on the basis of about 35 cents per pound for lint. One of the biggest costs about rais ing rotten is the picking. While there is no indication at the pM-senl time a*-, to what farmers will pay for picking this season, pay ranged from $2.50 to $3 per hundred pounds last year. An average day's work for i cotton picker is around 150 pounds, though some expert pickers are able to go as high as 250 pounds in a single day. Crop Fairly Good In spite of early unfavorable glowing conditions, this year's cot ton in Vance county is about normal in growth and fruitage, it is esti mated. Early stands were far from ideal because of wet weather, bit weather conditions have been more favorable during the summer, and tended to bring out the crop. Cotton growers in this section have been comparatively free of boll weevil damage this season. The pest has not been serious and has been prevalent on a very small scale. Oth er sections, however, have reported a high rate of infestation. There is at the present time a shortage of cotton seed oil and cot ton seed meal, and cotton men think growers have a big opportunity in this respect in helping the food sup ply. for there is considerable value in the processing of cotton seed. Prices Are High The price of cotton as the new crop comes to market is the highest since just after the first world war, and farmers ran grow the staple it a profit at present price levels. Picking will begin soon on some farms and some cotton is expected to be offered for sale on the Hender son market by mid-September or soon thereafter. Local gins expect to begin operations about the first of October. CIIAVOES SOYBEAN VARIETY. Edenton, Sept. II.?J. D. Swindell ?f the Yeopim community of Chow an county is one former who has changed his varieties of soybean ? because of tests conducted on his farm last year. Here arc the yields 'hat he obtained, according to Coun ty Agent C. W. Overman; Ogden, 35 bushels per acre; Arksoy, 3l.fi bus he's; and Woods Yellow, whicb b * had been planting, 12.2 bushels. This year he tested Roanoke, but <1 id not tbtain more than 50 per cent of i stand. No wonder he is quite a boost er for Ogden and Arksoy varieties. 1 > H E N D E R ! s o N i T O B A C C O M A R K E T i i MONTHS SEPTEMBER DAYS 9 I 10 I 11 I 12 I 13 16 FIRST A Ban. Coop. Farm. Price Coop. Price FIRST B Car. Farm. Car. Farm. Ban. Plant. 1 SECOND A Price Plant. Price Ban. Price iBan. SECOND B Farm. Price Coop. Car. Farm. | Coop. SEPTEMBER 17 18 19 20 23 ! 24 25 26 27 Ban. Plant. Farm. Price Car. Price Ban. Car. Car. Car. Price Coop. Farm. Farm. Plant. Coop. Price Farm. Price Coop. Car. Ban. "oop. Farm. Price Plant. Coop. Farm. Ban. Price Car. Price Car. Farm. Ban. Price JWUIN1HS OCTOBER DAYS 1 30 1 t 2 3 4 I 7 FIRST-A Farm. Coop. Price Ban. Plant. Farm. FIRSTS Ban. Price Car. Coop. Price Coop. SECOND A Car. Ban. Farm. Price Car. Car. SECOND B Price Plant. Coop. Farm. Ban. Price wrwrTTJo I OCTOBER 8 9 10 11 14 I 15 | 16 J 17 | 18 Price Coop. Price Coop. Plant. Farm. Price Coop. Farm. Farm. Ban. Plant. Ban. Price Car. Farm. Ban. Price Ban. Plant. Farm. Price Coop. Coop. Ban. Price Car. Car. Price Car. |Farm. Ban. Price Car. Plant. Coop. x 113 UC rOBER DAYS 21 22 23 | 24_ 25 FIRSTA Ban. Coop. Farm, i Price Coop. FIRST B Car. Price Car. ; Farm. Ban. SECOND-A Price Plant. Price Ban. Price SECOND B Farm. Ban. Coop. [Car. Plant. ? I OCTOBER NOVEMBER 28 29 I 30 I 31 1 4 j 5 j 6 7 8 Price Ban. Plant, j Farm. Price Price Price Ban. Car. Jar. Plant. Car. Price Coop. Farm. Farm. Plant. Coop. Price Farm. Farm. Price Coop. Car. Ban. Car.* Ban. Price Plant. Coop. Coop. Farm. Ban. Price Car. Plant. Car. Farm. Ban. Price wuin i ns NOVEMBER NOVEMBER DAYS 11 12 ( 13 | 14 J__l5 18 19 I 20 21 1 22 25 26 27 28 29 FIRST-A Farm. Coop. Car. Ban. Plant. Farm. Price Coop. Price |Coop. Plant. Farm. Price Coop. Price FIRST B Ban. Price Price Coop. Price Coop. Farm. Ban. Plant. Ban. Price Car. Farm. Ban. Car. SECOND A Car. Ban. Farm. Price Car. Car. Ban. Plant. Farm. Price Coop. Coop. Ban. Price Farm. SECOND B Price Plant, jCoop. Farm. Ban. Price Car. Price Car. Farm. Ban. Price Car. Plant. Coon. MONTHS DECEMBER DAYS 2 J 3 J 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 FIRST-A IPrice {Ban. Car, Car. Farm. Coop. Car. Ban. Plant. Farm. FIRST B Plant. Coon. Price Farm. Ban. Price Price Coop. Price Coop. SECOND A Farm. Price Plant. Coop. Car. Ban. Farm. Price Car. Car. SECOND B Car. Farm. Ban. Price Price Plant. Coop. Farm. Ban. Price Warehouse Abbreviations Car. - Carolina Price - High Price Coop. - Coopers Farm. - Farmers Plant. - Planters ? Ban. - Banner s A L E S 5 c H E D U L E 1 9 4 6 5 E A S o N State Fair Prize List Is $20,000 Raleigh, Sept. II.?A total of $2.). iioo will be paid in premiums to win- j ning exhibitors at the N. C. State I Fmr to be held here < tctoncr 10-15. i t>r. J. S. Dorton, manager, declare.I I a: releasing the 102-page premium list recently. 11c said that premiums in general i this year would run approximately 20 per cent higher than in 1041. v. hen the last fair was held. The < utstanding new educational feature of the 1010 fair will be individual farm displays, and these exhibits , viil represent the individual far t and faim activities of the exhibitors, according to Dr. Dorton. 1 "This will give the farmer who follows :i diversified agricultural program an opportunity lo achieve it cognition ? even though he may t ot be so outstanding in any one I.ranch of endeavor." said Dorton in j explaining that home industry an I ; farm management will receive 30 ; points: livestock products. 20: field i crops, 20: fruits and vegetables, 15: ' land appearance of exhibit. 20 points There will be a total of 12 prizes ' , for this exhibit, with first prize' ! bringing $700 and 12th place, $50. Second prize will be worth S500 and | third prize, $300. "This display should be balanced. ! ! with not too much of any one thing 'being represented," said Dorton. | H. L. Meachnm. marketing spe cialist with the Extension Service, land VV. G. Booker, Raleigh livestock j specialist, will be in charge of this ; exhibit. The following have been appoint - led genera! directors of exhibits for I the fair: Fred E. Miller, director of the Test Farms division of the Stale Agriculture Department; I. O. I I Schaub. director of the N. C. State j College Extension Service: J. H j Hilton, head of the Animal Husban dry Department, Stale College; J. Warren Smith, assistant State ditcc* 'tor of Vocational Education: and Dr. ' L. D. Bavcr, director of the N. C. ] Experiment Station. RAT DAMAGE lllflll. j Tnrboro, Sept. II.?Farmers have I long realized that rats destroy a rc ' i.itively large amount of feed, about | $2 a rat, but it took a rat eradica tion campaign at Macclesfield :n 1 Edgcrombe county to show just ho z I widespread the damage was. County 1 Agent Joe C. Powell says that one farmer, who had some hay stored in | a pack house, moved it the next dnv after putting out the rat bait and I found 62 dead rats. Trade Board Head BKOOKS TURNER Net Income Of Farmers Still Rising Washington. Sept. 11. ? Net in come of North Carolina farmers continued en the upgrade last ycai despite Ftcnr'l'y IrVing production costs, the Agriculture Departmen! reported today. The average realized net Income of farm operators went up to $l,90f as compared with $1,923 in 11/44 and $1,492 in 1943. Total net Inc me for the farms of the State, including government payments, was $504,760,000 last year, which was well above the 1044 net total of $547,032,000 and the 194i income r-f $418,433,000. In those three years*, produelior costs maintained ;j steady rise fronr $210,777,000 in 1913 to $221.050,001 ifi 19>4 1<> $212,777,000 lart year. This year's gross cash receipt? from the sale of crops and livestock have been running considerably low er than last year, however. The de partment reports that for the first five months of this year, the cos! receipts of North Carolina farmer! amounted to $83.9(10,000. as com nared with $110,983,000 for the sanrw five months of 1945. Much Leaf ! Still Held | In Reserve 5 Billion Pounds In Storage Is Slight Increase In Year Raleigh, Sept. II. ? Kluc-curcd j ! stocks of tobacco on hand in the na- j 11ion total 1.147,000,000 pounds?an ! increase of 21.000,000 pounds over | a year ago, according to YV. P. Hed Irick, tobacco marketing specialist | with the North Carolina department 'of agriculture. He pointed out, however, that slocks of flii" - cured tobacco ear marked for export are at least 70, i000,000 pounds less than at this time in 19-15. and consequently holdings available lor home consumption in- ; dicate a gain of much more than the ! 21,000,000 pounds increase shown by ' total stocks. j Basing his statement on the latest j information compiled by the pro duction and marketing administra- I tion, he said exports of flue-cured I between July 1 last year and last; July 1 are expected to be at about the same level as during the corre sponding period a year earlier, when i exports amounted to approximately 1454,000,000 pounds on a farm sales weight basis. | Stocks of flue-cured decreased . -340,000.000 pounds from April 1 to ; July 1 this year. ?j "Disappearance of flue-cured to-' ilbacco during the fiscal year from! tjJuly 1, 1945,' to July 1, 1040, moved at an unusually high level, totaling j 1 j 1,152,700,000 pounds, said Hcdrick. i i YViih regard to hurley tobacco, he I assorted dealers and manufacturers have around 902,000,000 pounds on ; hand, an increase of 101,000,000 from I'July 1 last year, and the highest [ j level on record, surpassing the pre ! i vious high midsummer figure set in t 1911 by 08,000,000 pounds Between | April and July this year burley i! stocks decreased 118,000,000 pounds i as against 104,000,000 for this period I in 1945 The farm-sales weight of stocks II of all types of leaf tobacco on hand ; I in this country and Puerto Him to- j ? tal 2,850,000.000 pounds. Stocks ? j amounted In 2,760,000,000 a year [! Holdings of the Commodity Cred i it corporation amount to only around i 10,400,000 pounds as compared with -i 01.800.000 pounds a year ngo. Prac- j ?| lically all of these stocks consist of Hue-cured varieties. 1 Sales Supervisor : u BLOYS W. BRITT [j Navy Has Room ? For Engineers h r-> n ir Washington.?The Navy disclosed w that it still has job openings ranging from switchboard operators to me chanical engineer? and architects in s( the Marianas Islands?where hous- i it ing is S6 a month and meals cost 70 sl cents a day. J* The positions arc in connection sj with the building and maintenance program of the Navy Bureau o( 1i. Yards and Docks on Guam. Saipan.'^ Tinian. and adjoining Pacific Is- 55 lands. Installation rf sewerage, roadways. |c and communication systems is pro- it ceding on Guam and Wake bland tl under a $21,000,000 joint contract; fi awarded the Maxon Construction 11 Company of Dayton. Ohio, the llu wn y and Hoot Construction Company of Houston. Texas, and the Pacific I fi Bridge Company of San Francisco, u The Navy said it has unfilled va-! carries for architectural, civil aijd 0 electrical engineers, and engineering d aids and draftsman The pay ranges **u $2,202 for rnair wring drafts men to $5,188 to $7, (81 n year for1 engineers. Needed also are stenographers and ' telephone technicians', skilled at I maintenance. 1P The openings are available only c to single persons berause of a In-.* jc of suitable quarters for couples. Most !> housing is tn Quonset huts. I Crawling, we read, is good excr- > cise. It may be swell for the con- ? stitulion but it sure can wreck a >t 1 nice pants pressing job. b Producers /Vdvised To Save Money Buying U. S. Bonds Is Suggested For Conserving Funds Farmers in the Henderson area re to be urged to invest their to acco profits in U. S. Savings Bonds a line with a statewide drive to cn ouragc thrift. The appeal will be lade during the autumn selling sea an. Posters are to be placed in local enks and tobacco warehouses, if obey followed elsewhere is put in > effect here, and farmers will.be cminded of the importance of put ng aside excess earnings for leaner ears. Allison James, State director of ic U. S. Savings Bonds division, nd Ted Merrill, assistant director, ave been active la,eady in eastern larkcting centers placing the sav rgs bonds posters and conferring 'ith local bankers. In urging farmers to invest as luch as possible of their tobacco ollars in U. S. Savings Bonds this ;ason, James stated that, "farmers. ) 1946 are in the best financial nape they have ever been. Their lortgage indebtedness is at the low 5t point since 1915. Through their ?lendid support of the War Bond rives they have salted away mil ons of dollars in War Bonds and ave continued purchases of U. S. avings Bonds. "To add to this picture in North arolina, tobacco crops are bring ig good prices and it is predicted lal the cash income for this state ro mour largest farm crop will ex eed the 358 million mark of lasl ear." James stated further thai "the tirmers should build up and keep P financial reserves against such etbacks as. floods, drought, loss of nrnings due to sickness and ncci ents, and especially against a pos iblc fall in farm prices." POOIl PRACTICE. Morganton, Sept. 11?Burke coun y farmers have found that pullinc odder and cutting tops of corn i? inor practice. They say that foi very dollar's worth of fodder sav d, there is a corresponding loss ir 'ield of the corn itself. County Agrnl t. L. Sloan says that where rough Ige is needed, the best thing to d< s to grow hay crops or to provide ?ither permanent or temporary pas urage, or both. Extra feed crops car c easily grown. ; 30 Million Pounds Goal Is Program I Stabilization Plan Will Be Launched; Same Sales Units Despite (leliiy <>f a full week in its opening. date, and consequent loss age of a considerable quantity of tobacco to markets in other belts, Henderson's 70-year-old tobacco market is ready for a bang-up open ! ing next Monday, September ll>. and | will attempt to sell 30.000,000 pounds i during the season, the highest amount amount in the history of the market. j Generally speaking, Vance county and adjacent counties in north cen tral North Carolina and Virginia have produced the largest crop in history, and at current prices stand to get the highest financial return ever paid out. Vance county alone, according to agricultural officials, vviil produce approximately 15.000,000 pounds of leaf, as compared with between 12, 000,000 'and 13.000.000 pounds pro duced last year. Willi such a huge crop in prospect. Henderson's tobac co market, certainly located and of i fering superior services to growers, is in a position to have its best sea I son in history. With two full sets of buyers sche duled to be on hand this season, Henderson's six large, well-lighted warehouses are capable of selling more than 600,000 pounds daily, pro viding the buying companies can | handle such a tremendous volume j in redrying and processing plants, i The six warehouses have a total, I combined floor space ot more than (280,000 square feet. Capacity Kales. neguiawons set early this year for I the operation of the various flue I cured tobacco markets, provide HeYi J derson with 10 full hours of sell/ig | time daily, the second highest of any I market in the Middle Licit. This sell i ing time will allow four full sales ' | daily on the Henderson market. | Plans have been made for we /* I to handle capacity sales during the ! first few weeks of the season, ac cording to Bloys W. Britt, supcr : visor of sales on the Henderson mar ket. After the Jirst few weeks of the j season, sales are expected to settle down to norma Icy, although they arc expected to be heavy through | out the 14-weeks season. As in past j years, the two full sets of buyers, representing all major buying com panies and many small, independ ent ones, will remain on hand until the season officially closes, thus as suring growers of continued com petitive bidding on their crop until the huge crop has been sold. Under plans already developed, ? Henderson's market will be one of the most efficiently operated in the entire flue-cured area. Federal grad ing service will function again on the Henderson market, thus nssur I ing growers of exper" judging of the minimum worth of every pile offer ed for sale on the warehouse floors. To assure prompt ending of sales and subsequent prompt start of the next stile, the Federal grading sorv 1 ice also will serve in the matter of counting the number of piles allow ed each stile, which is 2.000 piles for each set of buyers. Stahi'lzin ? Service. In addition to the Federal grad ing service, Henderson warehouse men plan to pay close attention to I lite operation of the Flue-Cured ! Stabilization Corporation's stabiliz j ing program to be instituted on the Henderson market this year. Under this program, a "floor" price will be established on every grade, with the exception of those which are wet or badly damaged, and growers may place their lots of tobacco with Ihe Stabilization Corporation if the lots do not bring the price specified iis a floor. This program, according to Fred S. Roysler, president of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association, guarantees parity prices for every lot of tobacco sold and should prove I highly beneficial to growers. City Backs Market. As usual, all business and profes sional interests in Henderson will present a united front this year in an Effort to boost sales on the city's tobacco market. Realizing the tre mendous service the tobacco mar kets provide to formers in llcndcr ! son's trading area, merchants and i business men i like have gone to ? every means available to assure . growers a welcome when they come , to Henderson. I Recently, a $4,850 fund was raised . in the city to help promote llcnder i son as a tobacco market unit as a > trading eentef. Plans are to keep farmers fully informed as to price (Continued on I'agc Three)
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