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Wakelon Trading Co.
Gin Near Completion
The new Wakelon Gin, rapidly
nearing completion on Vance St
between Wakelon Trading Com
pany and Paul Brantley’s store, is
the first gin in this section of the
state to be equipped for ginning
machine picked cotton, according
to Dave Finch, who is working
with the new business.
The Gullet gin, which will he
installed just as soon as the con
crete floor is poured, will give
a cleaner sample than any equip
ment heretofore used “We hope
to give as good sample with ma
chine picked cotton,” Dave raid,
“as handpicked cotton produces
in present gins.”
The building which will house
the gin is 30x80 feet and about 25
feet high. The walls are concrete
block, and steel beams suppt rt
the roof. It is as fireproof as
can be made, sn : d the builders.
Trucks will drive up to the side
of the building and the gin will
take the cotton and deliver it in
bales at the front o f the building
for pick-up by the same trucks
Storage bins are planned lor
growers who do not have time to
wait their turn in »ine when work
is rushed. The operators said
they will be able to nanille all the
cotton grown in this area, and so
expect few days when a delay will
be necessary for those who come
to have their cotton ginned.
Last year plans were made for
purchasing a mechanical cotton
picker f*r this section of the state,
but they failed for a number of
reasons—one of them being lack
of a gin with facilities for handl
ing machine picked cotton Dave
said that he was assured of two
mechanical pickers for use here
this year, so farmers wil be able
to have their cotton picked cheap
ly and quickly.
With the new methods of pick
ing and ginning cotton, the crop
is expected to make a bid for its
old supremacy in the south, and
local farmers, with a cut in tobac
co acreage a reality, are looking
at cotton with new interest.
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Although the future is uncer
tain and prices for farm p’ oducts
may decline within the next few
years, the progressive and effici
ent farmer can begin now to pre
pare himself for bad times as well
as good, believes Ed. Ellington.
Mr. Ellington said farmers must
systematically plan adjustments to
meet any unfavorable conditions
which may arise. In such planning,
he added, they should keep a
watchful eye on these factors:
Maintenance of high yields per
acre for all crops; best combina
tion of enterprises for highest re
turns; shifts from animal power
to tractor power; adoption of latest
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recommended cultural practices;
and use of cover crops and other
conservation practices for best
land use.
The key word for successful
farming in the future is efficiency,
Mr. Ellington asserted. Additional
fertilizer, use of soil-conserving
legumes in rotation, use of labor
saving machinery, better seed va
rieties, and better pest and insect
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control measures will cost more,
but the additional expenditures
may be more than justified in in
creased yields per acre.
Adoption of latest recommended
practices in all enterprises will
lead to greater efficiency, the
teacher said. The proper combina
tion of all enterprises according to
the land will pay dividends over
the years. The livestock system
Friday, July 2, 1948
must be balanced with cash crops,
and feed production geared to the
needs of the farm.
Addition of machinery best fit
ted to the needs of the particular
farm to replace the “hay-burners”
will add to efficiency, the Exten
sion teacher added. The feed re
leased in the replaced workstock
will mean possibility of an in
crease in productive livestock.