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A Change Is Suggested
In this week's Agriculturally
Speaking, a weekly column prepar
ed by Extension Chairman Frank W,
Reams, is explained at some length
the storage of surplus tobacco for
sale on next year's market. Reading
it one has the feeling that it is so
involved that it is hopeless for the
average farmer, and that while it
may work for a few of the larger
and more skilled farmers, for the
small farmer it is practically mean
ingless.
These remarks are not meant as
a criticism of Reams or the Ex
tension Service personnel.who are
but carrying out the wishe^vif those
who are charged with carrying out
the law and trying to make the best
of what to us seems a bad situa
tion.
For years we questioned the wis
dom of trying to control the size
of the tobacco crop through acreage
allotment and advocated that it be
controlled through poundage allot
ment. Finally an acreage-poundage
allotment system was put into ef
fect and seeflis to have-worked out
We now suggest that the present
law should be amended to let each
Roosevelt
And Byrd
The Smithfield Herald
The times changed drastically, but Sen
ator Harry Byrd of Virginia changed not at
all. During his 33 years in the U. S. Senate,
he was the same yesterday, today, and to
morrow.
On the day he resigned as Senator last
week, Mr. Byrd was as much a champion of
pay-as-you-go administration, as strong a foe
of mounting public debt, as he was on the
day he entered the Senate in the early Nine
teen Thirties, at the time Franklin D.
Roosevelt ascended to the presidency.
Harry Byrd and Franklin Roosevelt were
friends who apparently saw eye to eye on
public matters in the election of 1932. The
Virginia candidate for U. S. Senate preached
economy in government, insisting on curbing
government spending. So did the Democratic
candidate for President in 1932. But Senator
Byrd became a leading foe of President
Roosevelt's New Deal. He used to say of
FDR: "He changed I didn't.'"
Senator Byrd's explanation of his differ
ences with FDR was correct. Mr. Roosevelt
did. indeed, change, and it is to his credit
that he did. And Mr. Byrd did not change-to
his discredit.
Having assumed the presidential respon
sibility at the time of America's greatest
economic crisis, Mr. Roosevelt awoketo eco
nomic realities and understood them as he
had not grasped them when he was only a
presidential candidate?an aspiring leader on
the outside of Washington administration
looking in. The Great Depression had carried
?the-country tn thp hrink nf revolution?EBB
possessed the good sense and the courage
to initiate drastic action to save *he U. S. eco
nomy and political system from collapse,
even though his action reversed stands he
had taken as a political campaigner. He was
not playing the role of a "double-talking''
politician. Rather he was playing the role of
a responsible statesman determined to save
Capitalism.
Mr. Byrd did not change. He never un
derstood that changing times required chang
ing economic and political ideas. Specifically,
he never understood the necessity of govern
ment spending in giving the economy new
life and the people of America renewed faith
in their political institutions.
There are many Americans like him?old
timers who have never been able to adjust
to inevitable change, and young Americans
born after the Thirties who have never un
derstood the role of the New Deal and later
? modifications of it as the savior, not the
destroyer, of Capitalism.
Mr- Byrd's stubborn stand against new
fiscal ideas thai have enriched the U. S.
economy will never merit praise. But this is
not to say that Senator Byrd made no worthy
contribution to good government in his years
In Washington. As watchdog of the treasury,
he howled repeatedly against wasteful spend
ing and was effective at times as a check
on overzealous government spenders. De
fenders at government spending (in principle)
gta share with Senator Byrd a distaste for
government spending that in practice is an
Mttravaganre and a disservice to the public
grower sell as many pounds of to
bacco as his allotment card calls
for, no matter whether it is car
ried over from a previous year or
purchased from a neighbor who did
not overplant his poundage-acreage
Ulotment.
We realize that this entails some
risk in that a grower might attempt
to exceed his poundage in the hope
that he would be able to sell the
excess on a neighbor's card, but a
safeguard here is the acreage
poundage rule. But whether it is
abused or not, it means no increase
in the total amount of the tobacco
quotas.
If it is determined that the Amer
ican market, with its exports, can
use a billion pounds of tobacco,
and that any excess would depress
the market and any less would create
a shortage, it is not a complicat
ed matter to divide the number of
growers and acres into a billion and
come up with individual allotments.
So long as the total is no greater
than the planned production no sur
plus is created. Under this plan
there can be no overproduction
so long as there is no oversales
under an individual allotment.
Suppose that under the present
allotment system, farmer A has an
allotment of 20,000 pounds, farm
er B has an allotment of 10,000
pounds and farmer C has an allot
ment of 5,000 pounds, for a total
allotment of 35,000 pounds. No mat
ter how much tobacco 'is produced
on these three farms only 35,000
pounds can be sold and enter that
year's market.
But let us suppose that farmer A
has a bit of bad luck and produces
only 17,000 pounds of tobacco, and
that farmer B produces 11,000
pounds of tobacco, and farmer C
produces 7,000 pounds of tobacco.
Let us further suppose that farmers
B and C sell farmer A 3,000 pounds
of tobacco. In this case not a sin
gle pound of more tobacco is pro
duced and sold than the law in
tended. The storage problem is re
duced, or done away with, and all
three farmers and the economy is
helped.
Surely something can be worked
out along these lines, or at least
we feel that such a plan deserves
serious study. We offer it for what
it is worth.
NEWS OF FIVE, TEN. 25 YEARS AGO
Looking Backward
Into The Record
November 25, 1960
The Warrenton Tobacco Market Closed
its I960 season last Friday.
The Warren County Home Demonstration
Achievement Program was held last Thurs
day night at the court house.
Open House will be held at the Jerusalem
Zion Methodist Parsonage st Norlina Sunda)
afternoon.
An eye clinic will be held at the Warrer
County Health Center on November 28.
November 25, 1955
Chris Holtzman, member of the Norlins
Senior 4-H Club, has been elected presi
dent of the Warren County 4-H Council
William W. Taylor, Jr., Warrenton at tor ?
ney. has been named "Tar Heel of Th?
Week" by the News and Observer.
Mayor J. Ed Rooker has proclaimed Dec
ember 1 as Safe Driving Day in Warrenton
The Central Prison Varieties will present
a talent show at tfie Norlina. High School gyrr
on December 2.
November ft, 1940
Ladies of the Zlon Methodist Church wUl
. hold an oyster supper at the home of Mrs.
W. D. Martin on next Wednesday.
Christmas seals will be placed on sale
next Thursday, Mrs. John Kerr, Jr., chair
man, announced yesterday.
Red Cross First Aid courses will b?
started here Monday night.
Warehouses will suspend sales here next
Wednesday afternoon until the fed lowing Mon -
day In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Agriculturally Speaking
Agent Discusses Farm Storage
Of Tobacco; Factors Involved
By FRANK RFAMS
COMING EVENTS
Nov. 25: Give thanks and eat
turkey.
Dec. 6: Inez Community Club
meets at Clubhouse.
Dec. 8: Forestry Club meets
at Warren Plaza Inn, 7:00 p. m.
Dec. 8: Forestry Club meets
Jan 13-14: Cattleman's Con
ference, North Carolina State
University.
Jan. 22: Graded Hereford Bull
Sale, Raleigh
Jan. 26: Annual Angus Bull
Sale. Raleigh
STOR AGE OF TOBACCO
Since there is considerable
interest in storing left over to
bacco, this subject is discuss
ed here at some length
Several factors are involved
in deciding whether to store
surplus tobacco to be sold the
following year. First of all, to
bacco already produced which is
in excess of the amount an
individual can sell this year
may be thought of as free goods,
except for the cost of storage
until next year. This is, the
cost of producing this tobacco
has nothing to do with deciding
on the profitability of storage.
The three important things to
consider in determing the feasi
bility of storing tobacco are: (1)
What will it cost per pound to
store the tobacco?. (2) What will
be the reduction if any in the
per pound value of stored to
bacco next year?, and (3) What
will be the cost of producing
equivalent poundage of tobacco
next year?
If the total cost per pound
of storing tobacco already pro
duced, until next year, does not
exceed the cost per pound ol
producing a crop of equal sale
value next year, it may pay to
store surplus tobacco. How
ever. if it appears that another
crop can be produced which will
sell for a higher net price per
pound than the price expected
for the stored tobacco, then it
will not pay to store surplus
?obacco. To determine net price
of stored tobacco subtract the
cost of storage from the ex
pected sale price. To determine
the next price of next year's
crop, subtract the cost of pro
duction from the expected sale
price.
Tobacco growers who decide
to store some tobacco until next
season will need to consider
many factors. Unfortunately,
there is only limited experience
and information relative to
storing ti bacco on the farm
from one season to the next.
STORAGE Bt lLDING
The storage house should be
located on high, well-drained
ground and where air move
ment is unhampered by woods,
hill, and other buildings. The
building should be well con
structed and tight against out
side moisture. The building
should have plenty of ventila
tors that can be opened in clear
drying weather but closed in
humid and cloudy weather. The
'loor of the storage building
should be tongue and groove?
wo layers of boards with a
moisture barrier of plastic or
building paper between.
Tobacco will generally keep
better stored on the second
floor than on the first floor
of it buuainp.
ORDER FOR STORAGE
Tobacco that is to be stored
for any considerable time
should be bulked in as dry a
condition as it can be handled
without serious breakage and
shattering. The stems and veins
should be so dry that they will
snap when bent to a sharp angle.
The tobacco should not contain
more than about 12 to 14%
moisture. Less Is safer. Bot
tom of the stalk tobacco should
be packed drier than up-stalk
tobacco. Leaf in the Border
and Eastern Belts will need to
be packed drier than In the Mid
dle and Old Belts becauseofthe
difference in temperature and
humidity. The most trouble
some time for spoilage is In
the summer and spring when
the temperature and humidity
are high.
Orange, red or dark color
ed tobacco should be packed
drier than pale or green col
ored tobacco. There is a ten
dency for tobacco to darken and
green color to run out during
storage.
Packing and Storing Tobac
co i In packing tobacco for
storage over a lone period of
time the following procedure
should be helpful;
I. Lay pieces of 2x4 or
poles lengthwise with the area
FARM BUREAU LEADERSHIP - Shown In the picture
are the 1966 officers, directors and associates that will
give active direction and guidance to the Warren County
Farm Bureau. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Nell Ed
monds, office secretary: Mrs. Erich Hecht. secretary
treasurer and John K. Kilian, president. Vice-president
Wilson Fleming was absent at camera clicking time.
Directors shown are: Jack Hawks, Hal Paschall, Paul
Lancaster. Joe Andrews, C. L. Keeter, Alvis Fleming,
Dennis Harris and Harry Williams. Jr. W. P. Jones,
Jr. was absent. Also shown are W. B. (Bill) Upchurch,
district fieldman and C. Maurice Johnson, Warren Coun
ty Farm Bureau insurance agent.
where the tobacco is to be
bulked. Place boards over
the 2x4's or poles to support
the tobacco above the floor
to provide some ventilation un
der the pile of tobacco. Leave
working room around the piles
of tobacco.
2. Spread a large sheet of
plastic over the boards leav
ing most of the free plastic
on one side of the area to be
pulled up the side, across the
top, and down the other side
of the pits' as a cover. Rather
than have the plastic in tight
contact with the tobacco on the
bottom of the pile, place a lay
er of corrugated paper or
boards or tobacco sticks on top
of the plastic. This would help
in case moisture should con
dense on the inside of the plas
tic and facilitate the penetra
tion of an insecticide.
| 3. As the tobacco is
removed from the barn it should
be shingled down in long piles
until it settles, flattens out and
moisture in the stems and leav
es approaches equilibrium
(about the same in stem and
leaf).
4. Bulk the tobacco in a coop
with butts of leaves turned out
ward on all four sides and all
leaves inside-the coop, andcov
?er with the plastic. Loose
leaf (tobacco that has been re
moved from the sticks or cur
ing racks) may be bulked in
layers in the same type of coop
or pile.
Inspection and Management:
Check the tobacco often for the
presence of insects and mois
ture. Lift up on the ends of
sticks or butts of leaves and
feel as deep into the pile of
tobacco as possible for any
sign of heating or excess mois
ture. Pull out a handful of
leaves and examine carefully
for change in color, moisture,
or insect damage. This i6
particularly true with Insects
during early fall, spring, sum
mer and warm periods in win
ter. Inspect frequently during
warm periods.
Keep the plastic lapped and
sealed tightly in cloudy, warm
and humid weather. If the out
er surface of the tobacco gets
soft and too moist in humid
weather, then as soon as the
weather turns cool, dry and
windy, roll the plastic cover
back and ventilate the storage
room so that the moisture can
escape from the tobacco to the
dryer surrounding air. Keep
doorways and windows covered
with canvas or burlap Ho pre
vent sunlight from bleaching or
changing the color of the to
bacco. if tobacco gets too
high In order, it can be re
packed In drying weather or
run back In the barn for dry
ing at 130 to 140 degrees F.
Effect of Storage on Qual
ity: If tobacco Is stored dry
enough In a tight dark pack
house and protected from In
sects and outside moisture, the
quality of the tobacco should not
deteriorate in a year's time.
Some tobacco, particularly light
colored and green, may actually
Improve during storage. To
bacco that is already dark,
red and orange in color may
become darker during a year
of storage, especially if it is
stored with too much moisture
In the leaf.
The most likely possibility
for loss in quality would be from
darkening in color, mold or de
cay, and insect damage. Mice
and rats will need to be con
trolled.
Control of Insect Pests: Far
mers storing tobacco on the
farm, especially from season
to season may suffer exten
sive losses from stored tobac
co insects.
The cigarette beetle and the
tobacco moth are the two most
important Insects attacking
farm - stored tobacco in North
Carolina. Several other in
sects may be found on or around
stored tobacco. Among these
are the cadelle, confused flour
beetle, and red flour beetle.
These act as scavengers, eating
dead bodies of the cigarette
beetle and tobacco moth.
Farmers can reduce or pre
vent the loss from insects by
following certain practices.
Some of these are:
Sweep floors, brush walls and
remove and burn or destroy all
tobacco trash in curing barns,
sheds, packhouses, warehouses
and other storage places prior
to storage of tobacco.
Do not store feed, seed, or
ganic fertilizer, grain or seed
cotton in or near packhouses
or other storage areas.
Do not leave scrap tobaccc
around buildings.
Remove and destroy any
worms by hand during grading.
Use plastic cover as des
cribed under Inspection and
man?gement.
Spray packhouse and stor
age area with 5^ DDT in the
spring (March in eastern N.C.
or April In central N.C.) Ap
ply to wall, ceilings, etc., to
point of run-off. This spray
can be prepared by mixing 8.3
pounds of 50r? wettable powder
DDT with 10 gallons of water,
or two gallons of 25?"f emul
sifiable concentrate DDT with
water "to make 10 gallons. You
may have some difficulty in
applying sprays made with wet
table powder.
Space treatment or mists
containing 0.2% pyrethrlns In
light volatile oil can be bought
ready mixed and applied to the
air space Inside the house at
the rate of 3 fluid ounces per
1,000 cubic (eet of air once
or twice a week to control In
sect Infestations that may de
velop. Another Insecticide,
DDVP, Is also highly effective
against tobacco moths and cig
arette beetles. This material
should be applied by a trained
pest control operator.
Fumigation: Normally It is
not practical to fumigate to
bacco on the farm. If Insect
infestations develop and It is
absolutely necessary, place to
bacco under a plastic cover and
make it air tight. Fumigate
with two pounds of methyl bro
mide per 1,000 cubic feet for
24 hours and then let tobacco
air out for at least 48 hours.
It is best for a licensed pest
control operator to handle fu
migation.
King Funeral Is
Held On Monday
Funeral services for Mrs.
Louise Ellis King, 87, widow of
John Wesley King, who died In
Warren General Hospital Sat
arday, were held at Hebron
Methodist Church at 2 p. m.
Monday by the Rev. A. L.
Thompson, the Rev. H. L. Davis
wd the Rev. Milton Mann.
Burial was in the Gardner's
Church Cemetery at Churchill.
She is survived bytwodaugli
ers, Mrs. a. B. (Fannie) Tal
x>tt of Colonial Heights, Va.,
md Mrs. James L. (Louise)
tVUliims of Greensboro: one
son, Gideon Wesley King of
iVarrenton; one half-brother,
toy Ellis of Mebane: seven
grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
EXPANSION PRCHiR.AM
Henderson-A large expansion
program for. Rose's Stores,
Inc., in 1966 and 1967 was an
nounced by T. B. Rose, chair
man of the board, in a letter
in the current issue of the com
pany's house organ.
The chairman envisioned an
annual sales volume of $100
million in the near future. Vol
ume for 1965 is expected to be
some $75 to $80 million.
CHRISTMAS PARADE
Henderson - Outdoor decora
lions in the shopping section
af Henderson will be placed this
week in preparation for the an
nual parade which has been
scheduled for 10 a.m. on tht
day after Thanksgiving.
Decorations to be placed are
largely the same as last year.
They will be erected by local
electricians, and lights will go
on for the first time Friday
night.
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