1946-T0BA(C0 EDITION-1941
THE SCOTTISH CHIEF
FOUNDED 1887
RED SPRINGS CITIZEN
FOUNDED 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 LV1I, Number 28
Aims Of Tobacco Council! /ire Mamed
Tobacco Goal For 1946 Has Been
Set For 60,0000,000 Pounds And
Fairmont "Rarely Misses Her Goal”
Three New Houses
Ready To Ilnvade
Tobacco Industry
for the first seven days in the
Border Belt because of the
large number of farmers that
ar late in curing. It is empha-
all tobacco grown in the Fair
mont section. There will be no
sales on September 2, which is
Labor Day and a legal holiday.
As usual policy, there will be
no sales on Saturday's or Sun
days.
The Fairmont market sold
42,000,000 pounds of tobacco
during the 1945 season and the
goal for 1946 has been set at
60,000,000 pounds.
Frank Davis, Harry Mitchell Welcome
Farmers Back To Davis Warehouse
By C. B. STAFFORD,
Secretary Tobacco
Board of Trade
This great tobacco market
which each season handles the
largest volume of tobacco, pays
out more money to growers
and has the highest average
price of any tobacco market on
Qi# Border Belt is prepared to
exceed in 1946 even the high
marks that it has set in pa'st
years.
Brisk bidding by all the ma
jor tobacco companies will
start Thursday, August 1, and
continue until every pound of
marketable tobacco in this ar-
Independent buyers are expect-
Independen tbuyers are expect
ed again this year and their
competition with the large
companies will boost tobacco
prices to a peak. With no con
trol this year and Georgia mar
kets already selling at a brisk
pace, it is believed that the
Fairmont markets will dispose
of more tobacco at higher pri
ces than most people thought
possible.
sized that farmers
ant areas would
from dis-
do well
market their tobacco the
week because they will be
to place, sell, collect and
turn home the same day.
to
first
able
re-
The Fairmont market
never failed to attain a
which was set. We do not
lish any “estimates” or
bouts” or beat
bush, either in
around
has
goal
pub-
“a-
the
regard to
The Davis Warehouse, locat
ed in the heart of the Fairmont
selling markets, will open this
year to serve tobacco growers
under the management of F. P.
Davis and Harry Mitchell. Mr.
Davis and Mr. Mitchell have a
combined experience of over,
50 years in the tobacco indus-'
try.
Frank P. Davis, Jr., will be
in charge of sales at Davis
Permanent
Plant Beds
Now Possible
Organization
Sponsoring
Continued
Research
By W. P. HEDRICK
The economic welfare of
the
The advent and success
of
people of this state is essen
tially a question of income re
ceived from their services and
investments — TOBACCO -- its
stabilized conditions, our sort
ing and handling program
should be intensified, and far
mers should be kept abreast
with the changes which will
affect the profitable marketing
of their crop.
The warehousemen, the ag
ent through which the tobacco
is sold, has established the auc
tion sytem as the medium of
sale. The warehouses furnished
all facilities with which the
sales are conducted as well as
the auctioneer. When the sale
is completed the warehouse
pays the farmer, enabling him
Great Increase
In Cotton Crop
Cotton farmers of this
are this year devoting a
of 580,000 acres to this
state
total
crop,
However, it
is expected that
sales will be relatively light
Final plans were completed
last week for the coming sea
son and the eleven warehouses
ready for full operation pro
vide more than 16 acres of
floor space. Floors loaded and
ready for sales will be: Twin-
State (new), Carolina (new),
Dixie (new), Big Brick, Plan
ters, Farmers, Holliday, Davis,
Big 5, Robeson County and
Chambers-Reeves.
Opening sale); on August 1,
Thursday, will be held at the
Chambers - Reeves, Planters,
Farmers and Holliday in the
morning and at Big 5, Davis,
Twin State and Big Brick in
the afternoon. Sales for Fri
day, August 2, are set for Rob-
eson County, Dixie,
Carolina
and Chambers-Reeves in the
morning and Planters, Farm-
pounds sold, money paid out or
averages.
Farmers of Virgina, North
Carolina and South Carolina
all know that any information
released or published by the
Fairmont Tobacco Board of
Trade is always official U. S.
government figures, carefully
checked and double checked
before being released to the
public. For 46 consecutive to
bacco seasons Fairmont has
sold tobacco higher than any
other tobacco market in North
Carolina or South Carolna. Of
ficial U. S. Department of Agri
culture statistics prove this
statement to be true. Further
more, Fairmont warehouses re
main open longer than those on
any other market in the North
Carolina Border Belt.
Warehouse,
will be giving
auctioneer);
Cecil
Greening
out with the
chant. Morris
Stone will be day floor mana
ger and Clint Parrish, night
floor manager. Burns Ward is
pay-off man and Cliff Ham
monds will be bookkeeper. Oth
er competent members of the
office force include: Miss Peg
gy Rose, Miss Betty Waters and
C. J. Carson.
“We expect to serve our cus
tomers to the best of our abil
ity,” says Mr. Davis, “and pro
mise the highest prices obtain
able. Our warehouse has been
in continuous operation for 15
years and we hope to make this
year the greatest one for the
farmers.”
the control of weeds by treat
ing the bed with chemicals in
the fall now permits the estab
lishment of permanent plant
bed sites, and this practice is
rapidly gaining favor with ma
ny tobacco planters. Permanent
beds have always been desir
able but were not practical un
til some method of controlling
weeds was found.
Permanent locations should
be selected with care and due
consideration must be taken of
soil texture, exposure, draih-
age, water supply and proxim-
production, warehousing, pro-Jo get immediate cash for his
i crop. The warehouseman acts
as sales agent for the producer
and as disbursing agent for
cessing and manufacture rep
resents to North Carolina the
most important source of mon
etary income.
Tobacco is our largest in
come producer. Last year, 1945,
the income from this source
was over 51 per cent of our
total income from all agricul
tural crops. More than 358 mil-
the buyers.
The council proposes to en
courage the study of the sales
methods of the industry with a
view to improvement.
The independent tobacco pro
cessors have been responsible
in the past for most of the ex-
lion dollars. The production,;-- — ,-— —
warehousing, processing and P° 1- t trade of North Carolina
I tobaccos. Exports before the
iwar averaged more than 50
manufacture of tobacco means
so much to the state that a
group of interested ciizens re-
cently got together and propos-
ity to possibly diseased tobac-;'' .• =— -„,.—* ^.^^
co fields. The county farm agent *ed that some organization be
should be consulted.
ers, Holliday and Big 5 in the
afternoon.
The market opens on the fir,st
of August and will continue as
long as necessary to dispose of
I p Words of the Wise HI
Justice is the firm and contin
uous desire to render to every
one that which is his due.
-.(Justinian)
Household Hint ^
; A ring fastener, such as is found
! in notebooks, may be used to keep
i measuring spoons together when
i their original fastening wears out.
Davis Warehouse
Fairmont, N. (
Presents its sale schedule for the 1946 season. We appreciate the wonderful
friendship and patronage the farmers of Robeson and adjoining counties have given
us
We promise to continue our very best efforts in your behalf -and you can count
upon getting the best in prices and service at Davis Warehouse.
We are now making reservations for space
Cecil Greening, Auctioneer
Cliff Hammonds, Bookkeeper
Clint Parrish, Night Floor Mgr
Morris Stone, Day Floor Mgr.
Frank Davis, Jr., Asst. Sales Mgr
Burns Ward, Pay Off Man
Control of weeds can be
greatly increased by seeding
the bed down as soon as the
tobacco crop has been set. It
is.suggested that the beds re
ceive a heavy seeding of velvet
beans or spectabilis crotalaria.
Mixed soybeans are also an ex
cellent cover crop if the soil
has no history of nematode in
festation. The Virginia and
North Carolina experiment sta
tions now recommend the seed
ing down of plant beds wheth
er they are the permanent or
temporary type.
Such a seeding practice serv
es several purposes*. The actual
seeding operation destroys any
plants left on the bed after the
crop .has -been set thus reduc
ing the disease hazard. Second,
it helps to improve soil tex
ture and water holding capac
ity of the bed. Third, the rank
growth of the seeding chosen
shades the ground and prevents
the luxurious growth of weeds
found on so many plant beds
during the summer months. It
prevents the possible over lim
ing of the bed where chemical
treatment for weed control is
followed.
If these weeds are permitted
to mature, as so many permit
them to do, and we attempt to
cut and remove them' at the
time of making our cyanamid
treatment we increase our weed
problem.
The seed pods have formed
and cutting the weeds we shat
ter the seed pods and shatter
the seeds on the bed. This in
crease in the number of weed
seeds to be killed makes con
trol of them much more diffi
cult.
set up to bring together the
four branches of the
for their preservation
motion.
Governor R. Gregg
industry
and pro-
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Harry Mitchell
T Cantaloupe production in
North Carolina this year is es
timated at 342,000 standard
crates, says the Federal-State
Crop Reporting Service in its
July release. This is 82,000
crates or 32 per cent larger
than last year’s crop of 260,000
crates, but 35,000 crates or 9
per cent below average.
This increase in production
for 1946 is primarily the result
of an increase in acreage. The
acreage this year is estimated
at 5,700 acres. However, even
with this sharp increase over
last year, the 1946 acreage is
only 12 per cent larger than
the 10-year average (1935-44).
Watermelon production, ac
cording to the Crop Reporting
agency, indicated as lof July
1 that North Carolina is re-
turning to the level of prewar
years. Estimates of
crop are placed at
melons as compared
1935-44 average of
melons.
Production in the
the 1946
2,622,000
with the
2,212,000
12 states
producing melons for early
summer harvest is estimated at
64,065,000 melons, 22 per cent
above the 52,400,000 produced
last year and 40 per cent above
. the 10-year (1935-44) average.
appointed a committee to study
the tobacco situation and make
recommendations. This com
mittee met in Raleigh on Nov.
30 and recommended that a
North Carolina Tobacco Advis
ory Council” be set up within
the Department of Agriculture.
The council in its recommen
dations felt that there should
be a suitable medium for con
sultation and coordination on
the part of representatives of
all the groups dealing with the
production, marketing, selling,
manufacturing and processing
of tobacco.
The general purposes of this
group will be to sponsor and
encourage the continued pro
duction of the world’s finest
tobaccos, through intensified
research relating to soils, fer
tilization, cultural practices,
plant diseases, entomology,
seed selection and methods re
lating to harvesting, curing,
handling, sorting and grading
of tobacco. It is the feeling of
the council that constant ex
change of ideas and advice on
the part of representatives of
such groups is not only desir
able but essential in view of
the place that the production
of tobacco occupies in the ag
ricultural program of the state,
represening, as I said before,
more than 51 per cent of the
total agricultural income.
The membership of the coun
cil consists of representatives
of the farmers, farmers’ organ-
tions, representatives from our
State college and Extension
service, director of the Exper
iment station and the Research
department of Duke university.
The warehousemen are repre
sented. Burley growers and
per cent of the state’s produc
tion. However, at the present
time exports are at a low level.
The fight to regain our for
eign markets will require the
efforts of all the industry.
World supply, world demand,
and the world markets play an
important part in internation
al trade.
During the period 1934 to
1938, exports were 44 per cent
of our production; 1941 to
1945, only 41 per cent went in
to export channels. We are fac
ed with foreign competition as
is shown by these reports.
India: As a result of research
carried out at a tobacco re
search station in India, a pro
mising cigarette tobacco vari
ety called Amerlo, has been
produced. India has appropri
ated 2 million dollars for this
research.
Brazil: Had exceptionally
large tobacco crops for 1945-46
season. It is estimated that the
crop will be from 14 to 42 per
cent more than last season’s
crop of 58 million pounds. In
creased production is attribut
ed to high prices and continu-.
ed heavy demand for exports,
according to a report from the
American Consulate at Bahia
Brazil is a competitor of Amer
ican tobacco growers in the
European markets.
14,000 acres above the figure
for a year ago, tire Federal-
State Crop Reporting service
said recently.
In commenting on the esti
mated increase, Crop Statisti
cian Rjissell Handy declared
that the 1946 crop is only 66
per cent of the average state
cotton acreage for the years
from 1935 through 1944. Of
the 566,000 acres in cultivation
in July a year ago, 11,000 acres
were left in the field.
Handy asserted that the av
erage abandonment of cotton
in North Carolina for the past-
10 years has been about 1.2
per cent of the crop. Should
this average hold, this state
will harvest around 573,000
acres or close to three per cent
more than was harvested last
season.
“The acreage of cotton in
this state has been steadily de
clining for several years, and
last year it reached its lowest
point on record,” said Handy.
He pointed out that the recent
price advances for lint cotton
and he need for cottonseed for
feed may have induced farm
ers to push up the acreage de
voted to this crop.
The weather was not regard
ed as favorable for cotton dur
ing the planting and seed ger
mination period. Consequently,
considerable replanting was
necessary and some cotton
land was plower under and di
verted to another crop.
“While North Carolina shows
a cottn nacreage increase of
2.5 per cent, a three per cent
increase for the nation is indi
cated,” said Handy.
Swine Disease
Cure Given
warehousemen and what
we
hope will develop into a new
industry in Western North Car
olina, growers of Turkish to
bacco. The manufacturers and
processors have their place on
the council as well as the
bankers and merchants.
It must be remembered that
all of us have a stake in our
agricultural income. The aims
and purposes of the council
are to weld together these
groups for the preservation
and protection of the industry.
The farmers have complete con
trol over production, choice
of seed varieties, cultivation
and harvesting and curing.
Each of these factors is import
ant, and the council proposes
to sponsor research programs
which will promote the con
tinued growth of the world’s
finest tobaccos.
Due to the great demand and
competition for tobacco buyers
have been lax in their inspec
tion and appraisal of lots of
obacco on the warehouse floors
The farmers, quick to observe
this practice, have become care
less in the sorting and handl
ing of their crop. As we move
These are
of what we
field on one
that many
sighted that
just two examples
face in the export
crop. I am sure
others could
be
will affect our ex-
port trade in agricultural pro
ducts.
It will be the aim of the
council to foster and promote
the means for regaining and
expanding our export trade.
Burley tobacco in the past
has not figured very important
in the export field; but during
the last four years our blended
cigarettes have been “making
habit” at the greatest rate in
history-in the countries abroad
visited by our boys, and it is
expected that in the postwar
world burley tobacco will take
its place in the export field.
Norh Carolina manufactures
a greater volume and a greater
value of tobacco products than
any other similar area in the'
world.Tobacco manufacture is
North Carolina’s chief indus
try from the standpoint of to
tal value of manufactures, giv
ing employment to more than
30,000 citizens in factories a-
lone. The demand for our to
baccos is the composite result
of several factors. These are-
consumer preference, economic
and population trends, manu
facturers’ blending Aquire-
ments and substitutability of
other leaf.
The council hopes, through
research, to keep abreast of the
manufacturers’ requirements
by fostering the production of
the most suitable leaf and to
promote a demand for tobacco
products domestically and in
foreign countries.
New industries for tobacco
and allied products will also be
part of work of the council—
a cigarette paper has been one
new industry - overshadowing
North Carolina farmers
whose hogs are the victims of
ascardis, internal parasites of
swine were advised by Dr. Wil
liam Moore, State Agriculture
Department veterinarian, to
employ sodium fluoride in the
treatment of this disease.
“Although sodium fluoride is
poison to household insects, it
is entirely safe for pigs and
.eliminates about 95 per cent
of the parasites .compared with
the 50 to 75 per cent effective
ness of other known drugs,”
said Dr. Moore.
He recommended that pigs
affected by ascardis be fed for
one day on dry ground feed
containing one per cent of so
dium fluoride by weght.
WnrJs of the Wise
w 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?
riod. Prior to 1939 about 85
per cent of all the, cigarette
paper, used in this country was
imported from France and the
annual value of the foreign pa
per exported to this country
was roughly 10 million dollars.
Our present self-sufficiency in
this field can be 'credited
to
.from this period of strong com- 'most other developments of the
' petition and demand to more industry during the war pe-
Harry H. Strauss, president of
the Ecusta Paper company of
Pisgah Forest N.C.
These are just a few of the
things.'that, muse be done to
promote and hold our tobacco
leadership-bankers and retail
merchants and all allied indus
tries have a stake in the eco
nomic future of the tobacco in
dustry in this state. And the
support of all he people in N.
C. is needed to enable North
Carolina to maintain its repu
tation as the producers of the
world’s finest tobacco and to
bacco products.