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THE SCOTTISH CHIEF
FOUNDED
RED SPRINGS
FOUNDED
1887
CITIZEN
1896
CONSOLIDATED 1944
THE SCOTTISH CITIZEN
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
SERVING WESTERN
ROBESON—AND TOWNS
OF MAXTON—RED
SPRINGS
PARKTON—ROWLAND
Published Wednesdays
Red Springs, N. C. and Maxton, N. C. Wednesday, July 31, 1946
Volume LV11, Number 28
Nation’s 1945 Weed Production High
Great Increase
In Stale's
Tobacco Crop
Carolina Warehouses Located In
(enter Of Lumberton Tobaccoland
This year’s North Carolina
tobacco crop is expected to be
10.7 per cent larger than the
1945 crop of 794,500,000 pounds
the Federal-State Crop Report
ing service says in its first of
ficial forecast for this season.
Production of flue-cured to
bacco promises to go to a rec
ord-breaking 879,600.000 lbs.--
58,000,000 pounds more than in
1939, when there were no quo
tas on tobacco production.
This year’s flue-cured tobac
co acreage is placed at 807,000
acres, 86.000 acres more than
in 1945 and 32 per cent more
than the 10 year—1935-44-av
erage acreage devoted to flue-
cured tobacco in this state.
The acreage of tobacco plant
ed in the Old and Middle belts
is estimated at 320,000 acres,
compared to 283,000 acres har
vested last year. Based on July
1 conditions of the crop, the
yield per acre is estimated to
be 1,050 pounds as against 1.-
080 pounds in 1945, making the
final total production equal
336,000,000 pounds or 10 per
cent more than was harvested
in 1945.
In the Eastern Carolina belt,
the acreage is placed at 392,-
000 acres as against 353,000
in 1945.The indicated yield is
estimated at 1,125 pounds or
almost the same as last year.
This makes this vear’s indicat
ed production total 441,000,000
pounds, 11.5 per cent more than
was harvested in the preceding
year and 48 per cent more than
the 10-year—1935-44-acreage.
Border Belt tobacco is up to
95,000 acres or 10,000 acres
more than las* year, while the
yield per acre now promises to
be 1,080 pounds compared to
1,100 pounds in 1945. The 10-
year average yield was 1,008
pounds. Unless conditions
change materially, the total to
bacco of this type should total
102,600 pounds, or 10 per cent
more than in 1945.
Type 31, or Burley tobacco
acreage, is estimated at 12,500.
11 per cent less than the 14,-
000 acres harvested last year.
Yield prospects are consid
erably less than in 1945, being
estimated at 1,330 pounds, com
pared to a record yield of 1,-
450 pounds last year.
For the entire burley belt,
including Kentucky, the indi
cated production is placed at
543,285,000 pounds, 6 per cent
less than in 1945. The acreage
planted is down 4 per cent from
last year.
Managing The
Plant Bed
During Summer
STATE IS FIRST
IN FIVE CROPS
How does North Carolina
rank with the other states in
the production of various crops?
Frank Parker, who as chief
statistician with the State De
partment of Agriculture keeps
an eye on such matters, gives
Tarheelia credit for 5 “firsts.”
Every good North Carolinian
knows that we grow more to
bacco than any other state, but
the other four crops in which
We lead the field may offer a
surprise to many. They are:
lespedeza for seed; late spring
snapbeans: late summer snap-
beans; and early summer green
peppers.
North Carolina ranks in sec
ond place in the production of
early commercial Irish pota
toes. Other “seconds”: spring
beets; late summer and late
fall cabbage.
By R. R. BENNETT
N. C. State College
Permanent plant bed sites
for tobacco can be maintained,
if growers will follow practices
to keep down the growth of
weeds and grass during the
summer months and follow re
commended practices in disease
control. The use of chemicals
to kill out the seed that are
left will enable growers to stop
the back breaking job of weed
ing beds in the spring.
The matter of summer man
agement of the plant bed is
now presented in a series of
questions and answers to bring
out the principal points to be
followed.
Q. What is meant by summer
management of tobacco plant
beds?
A. Well, you see it’s like this,
it has been the practice for
growers to let the plant bed
site grow up in whatever weeds
and grass are prevalent, but
the back-breaking labor requir
ed to weed plant beds the next
spring has interested growers
in weed control practices. Now
it stands to reason that proper
management of the plant bed
site, during the summer, can
reduce the growth of weeds
and grass and thereby elimin
ate many grass and weed seed
which would otherwise give
trouble the following spring.
Q. Just what practices can a
farmer follow that will reduce
the growth of weeds and the
presence of grass seed?
A. Most of the weed and
grass trouble is experienced by
those growers who sow their
beds on the same site or on
cultivated land year after year.
On such land, we propose that
the growers should disc up the
old site and the proposed site
for next season, and sow a
heavy application of crotalaria,
velvet beans, soybeans, or cow
peas.
Q. Is there any special rate
of sowing or preparation of the
soil necessary?
A. The preparation of the
soil is very simple. Thoroughly
disc the plant bed site and run
a smoothing harrow over it.
Q. How is the best way to
sow these legumes on the plant
bed site?
A. Growers who have a grain
drill will find this the best me
thod of sowing the seed. If
the grain drills are not avail
able, the seed may be broad
cast by hand and Covered with
a drag harrow.
Q. Should these legumes be
sown at the same rate on plant
beds as for general field use?
A. Generally speaking hea
vier rates per acre than nor-
Two Carolina warehouses,
located in the center of the
Lumberton tobacco district, of
fer farmers a sale every day
in one of the warehouses and
the operators announce that
they have everything in shape
for the opening of the Border
Belt market Thursday, August
1.
Carolina No. 1 is located be
tween 1st and 2nd streets and
Carolina No. 2 is just two
blocks away, located between
2nd and 3rd streets.
The operators of the Caro
lina houses are Marvin A. Roy-
croft, LeRoy Townsend, John
ny Johnson and Adrian McRae.
They all have hundreds of
friends among the tobacco
growers of this area and are
known for their prompt and
friendly service, bending every
effort to accommodate the far
mer.
The Carolina warehouses of
fer a large amount of floor
space in well lighted, well ven
tilated, easily accessible loca
tions.
gumes can be used, since Ura-
mon will kill the soil borne to
bacco diseases.
Q. Now that we have the next
year’s plant bed site planted
to a legume, what is the next
step?
A. In August, while the le
gume is still tender and green
it should be disced into the
soil and allowed to decay. This
mal would be desirable
on
This state is third from
top in the production of
cumbers for pickling and
the
cu-
in
the growing of late spring cab
bage soybeans to be cut for
hay and sweet potatoes.
Fourth place: summer lima
beans, peanuts, burley tobacco.
North Carolina is in eighth
place with regard to cotton,
sixth place in lespedeza hay,
tenth with early summer toma
toes, fourteenth in corn, sev
enth in the manufacture of mo
lasses, 20th with wheat, tenth
in peaches, pears, and grapes,
plant beds. The reason I say
this is that a heavy seeding
will shade the ground, thus
preventing the growth of weeds
and grass. Then too, the heavier
the rate of seeding, the smaller
the stem of the legume and the
quicker the legume will decay
when disced under in August.
Q. How about some definite
recommendations on the rate
of seeding?
A. Crotalaria should have at
least 25 lbs. of seed per acre.
Velvet beans 1 to 2 bushels,
soybeans 2 to 4 bushels, and
cowpeas 1 to 2 bushels.
Q. Are these legumes adapt
ed for all parts of the state?
A. Yes, but growers who are
having difficulty from nema
tode or root knot should use
crotalaria since crotalaria is
one of the most resistant crops
to root knot. Soybeans and
cowpeas are quit susceptible.
However, if Uramon and Cyan-
amid are used to sterilize the
soil, any one of these four le-
duction of commercial apples,
eighth with watermelons, and
sixth with pecans, 27th in pro-sixth with cantaloups.
as
LEE
LUSCIOUS IN COTTON
Smart and lovely in her two-piece flowered cotton playtnit, Joan
Winfield, Warner Bros, starlet who is currently appearing in “A Stole! ;
Life,” rests up from a strenuous day s activities on a bed of flowers
which almost match up with those on her midriff cotton. The cotton
outfit is one of the season’s most fetching play creations, the National
Cotton Council reports.
should be done about four
weeks before time to sterilize
the soil by the use of chemi
cals. These legumes will en
rich the soil and improve the
physical condition, thereby re
ducing the fertilizer require
ment and making the plants
easier to pull up without bruis
ing them.
Combined Sales At Brills Work
For Besl Ineresls Of Grower
Lee Woody and Ed DeJarn-
ette, widely known warehouse
I operators, are combining their
sales of Britts and
Farmers
warehouses this year in order
interests
■ to better watch the
of the tobacco grower
and will
hold all their sales at Britts
warehouse.
Britts warehouse is located
■ on East 1st street in the heart
of Lumberton’s tobacco dis
trict and is conveniently locat
ed so that the farmer will en
counter no trouble in getting
to the warehouse and unload
ing his crop.
The operators of Britts pro
mise that there will be a good
sale every day at their ware
house and they announce that
they will specialize in the same
capable, courteous service that
has been their pride in past
years.
Reports Show
Trends In N. C.
Pig Production
Acreage Higher,
Yields Lower
Than In 1944
Total production of tobacco
in the United States in 1945 is
estimated at 2,042 million lbs.,
a new high record.
This total compared with the
1944 crops of 1,956 million lbs.
They declared: “Bring
us
your first load and you’ll want
to come back and sell it all
with us.”
Wnrds of the Wise
^^ can’t somebody give us
« list of things that everybody
thinks and nobody says, and an
other list of things that every
body says and nobody thinks?
— (Holmes)
WELCOME BACK, TOBACCO GROWERS, TO
BRITTS
Warehouse-!, hl. St.-Lumberton, N. C
YOU CAN GET A GOOD SALE EVERY DAY
This year as last year, we are combining the sales
of Britts and Farmers Warehouses, using all our sales
time at Britts, thus enabling ;us to continue to watch
your interests better.
It will be a pleasure for us to give you the same ca
pable, courteous service that has been our pride in past
years. Bring your tobacco to Britts and be sure that you
are marketing your crop for the highest price possible.
Bring Us Your First Load-Youll Want To
Come Back And Sell It All With Us
Ed
Woody Dejarnette
AT BRITTS IN LUMBERTON
The acreage planted to to-
Report from thousands
North Carolina farmers collect- bacco was larger in most stat-
of
ed cooperatively bv the local es than during the previous
rural mail carriers for Crop: year while average yields per
Reporting service of the Fed- acre were generally below the
eral and State deparment of
agriculture, indicated that the
combined spring and fall pig
crops for the state totaled
1,142,000 head for 1945.
This is about 336,000 head
smaller than the 1944 crop of
1,478,000 head and 151,000
head smaller than the 10-year
average of 1,293,000 head.
The 1945 fall pig crop was
estimated at 544,000 or 13 per
cent
fall
smaller
than the 1944
cro pof 624,000
Reports from
breeders
head.
ind-
icated that 85,000 sows far
rowed during June 1 to Decem
ber 1, 1945. This is 14 per
cent smaller than
sows forrowed in
1944,
Farmers’ reports
intendions for the
the 99,009
the fall of
on breeding
spriong of
1946 indicated that 105,000
sows would farrow during the
6-month period ending June 1,
1946. This is about 10,000
head or 11 per cent larger
than the 95,000 sows furrow
ing during the spring of 1945
but 9,000 head or 8 per cent
less than the 10-year average
spring farrowings of 114,000.
If breeding intentions are
carried out and the dumber
of pigs per litter should be
the same as the 10-year aver-
' age, the 1946 spring crop n
North Carolina would total
about 630,000 head or 32,000
head more than the 598,000
| produced in 1945 but about
56,000 head smaller than the
average spring pig crop during
| the last 10 years.
Words of the Wise
Distinction is the conse
quence, never the object, of a
great mind.
— (Washington Allston)
previous year.
The few states where acre
ages were smaller than in 1944
were those where plantings
were reduced by unusual diffi
culties at planting and setting
time.
Approximately 57 per cent
of the production was flue-cur
ed and 31 per cent was light
air-cured. Fire-cured dark air-
cured and all cigar classes ac
counted for only about 12 per
cent. This distribution of pro
duction among,, the tobacco
classes will provide relatively
more tobacco for cigarette
makers than for other manu
facturers.
The 1945 production of flue-
cured tobacco was 1.175 mil
lion pounds, compared with 1,-
090 million in 1944. The 1945
crop was slightly larger than
the record 1939 crop of 1,171
million pounds.
Blue mold in plant beds and
cold, rainy weather in the ear
ly season held the acreage in
crease to onlv 6 per cent above
1944.
Warm, dry weather in June
was conducive to development
of a good root system and also
provided opportunity for culti
vation. Early September _ was
warm and ideal for priming
and curing.
The burley crop met some
serious obstacles in the early
season. Blue mold was severe
in many plant beds, and cold
weather in the spring retard
ed progress. Dry weather fol
lowed and became acute in
Kentucky, but rain fell in time
to bring about substantial re
covery in most localities. The
present estimated production—
603 million pounds-exceeds
1944’s rifiord output by about
2 per cent.
Hedgpelhs Offer Continuation
Of Friendly, Efficient Service
Poultry Brings
N. C. Farmers
Good Income
The production of
has rapidly become
North Carolina’s most
ant farm enterprise.
A few years
in this state
ago
poultry
ony of
import-
farmers
derived only
small part of their cash income
from poultry and prior to 1933
the cash income from poultry
amounted to approximately one
fifth of the sum received in
1943 or 1944.
Hedgpeth’s warehouses will
offer farmers of the Border
Belt two excellent places to
sell their tobacco and the op
erators promise that they will
give growers the same effici
ent, courteous service they
have in years past.
Hedgpeth’s No. 1 is located
on First street in Lumberton
and No. 2 is on the Fayetteville
highway just inside the
limits.
Both houses offer a
amount of well lighted
space and everything
I der for the opening
market August 1.
Perhaps the war, with a
greater demand for poultry by
the goverment, has been one
I of the main factors in bring-
about this increase.
The amount of cash income
derived from broiler production
alone has gradually increased
each year from $492,000 in
1935 to approximately $11,000,-
000 in 1943, which is the high
est on record.
The cash income derived
from chickens in 1938 amount-
to $10,381,000, as compared with
$43,934,000 received in 1943 and
$42,624,000 received in 1944.
This amount has surpassed
the cash income derived from;
hogs, sheep, cattle, or any oth-j
er livestock enterprise on North
city
large
floor
is in or-
of the
A. Hedg-
Operators are Rom
peth, Johnny Roycroft, Leroy
Rollins and Horace Hicks. They
have served hundreds of !to-
balco growers in the past and
are prepared to serve even
more this year.
a
Hedgpeth’s No. 2 will have
first sale on opening day.
Odd Fact
When a former Army pilot, fly
ing a plana without radio or lights,
was unable to land on an airfield
in the vicinity of his home, he
buzzed his own house in the hope
that his wife would recognize that
he was in trouble and guess his
plight. She did, and notified the
field to light up for his landing.
cent above 1943, which was the
record year of production prior
to 1945. At present the demand
Carolina farms today.
For the year 1945, the output: s fairly high for chicks for gen
of chicks by commercial hatch- eral farm flock replacement
eries was 37 per cent greater and bookings indicate a good
than the 1944 output and 7 per: demand for broiler chicks.