NADA President
F. L Haller Will
Address Dealers
State Agriculture Department Knows
Farm Problems, Serves In Vital Ways
ministration
quarantines.
I Research Work
I Research work in agriculture is
I handled by the Experiment Sta-
{tion and the State College Agri-
: cultural Extension Service is re-
sppnsible tor extension, or educa
tional, activities among farmers.
The Department of Agriculture
follows a policy of cooperating
with these and other state and
federal agencies concerned with
agriculture.
W. C. HILDERMAN
REAL ESTATE BROKER
Ph> 7264 225 Weynunith Rd.
Southern Pines. N. C.
Commissioner
Balleniine Has
Farm Background
Commissioner and Assistant
Fred L. Haller, President of
NADA, who will adddess the
dealers on “Selling is Back in
Style,” comes from a city chock-
full of executives — Washington,
D. C. But Fred’s experience and
leadership have been geared to
the automotive industry rather
than government.
An automobile dealer in the na
tion’s capital for 30 years, Fred
has been active in Association
work for nearly the same length
of time. He became president of
NADA at the 1949 Annual con
vention in Atlantic City after
serving a year as first vice-presi
dent. However, that was by no
means his only connection with
the convention, for he headed the
important NADA Industry Rela
tions committee and was also
chairman of the meeting’s pro
gram committee.
Fred has been active through
the years in aU the conventions.
He was a member of the 1947 At
lantic City Convention committee
and helped arrange the 1940 con
vention in Washington.
Washington’s dealers and civic
groups know Fred as an able lead
er whO' gives unselfishly of his
time and talents in the promotion
of business and community in
terests. In 1932 and 1933 he serv
ed as president of the Washing
ton Automotive Trade association.
At the conclusion of his tenure he
became sefcretary, a position he
still holds.
For several years Fred has been
a member of the District of Col
umbia Commissioners Traffic Ad
visory board and the District of
Columbia Inter-Industry High
way Safety committee, both of
which he serves as vice-chairman.
On the personal business side,
Fred has been a direct Hudson
dealer since 1937. He is president
and principal owner of the Dis
trict Motor company.
EXHIBITION
The Exhibition will open for
mally at 3:30 Sunday afternoon.
The Exhibition Space commit
tee, charged with the responsibil
ity of setting up the displays and
seeing that exhibits are in proper
order for the formal opening, m-
cludes J. C. Thomas, Southern
Pines, chairman; H. N. Cameron,
Southern Pines; R. M. Mclnnis,
Rockingham; and Elvin Wallace,
Troy.
Visit often the Exhibition Hall
and the outdoor Arena during the
convention. Exhibition door
prizes will be awarded Monday
and Tuesday. Don’t forget to have
your service manager visit the ex
hibition on Monday.
Thousands of Tar Heel farmers
have learned that they can de
pend on a sympathetic reception
when they bring their troubles to
the State Department of Agricul
ture. The reason is fundamental;
most of the employees of this de
partment have a farm background
and understand the farmer’s lan
guage and his problems.
This is especially true in the
front offices, for the two top of
ficials—Commissioner L. Y. Bal-
lentine and Assistant Commis
sioner A. Hugh Harris—both have
their roots sunk deep in North
Carolina soil.
BaUentine was born and reared
on a farm near Fuquay Springs-
Varina, in Wake county, and he
learned farming the hard way.
His father died when he was six
years old and early in his youth
he began sharing with his mother
the responsibilities of running a
400-acre farm.
After graduating from Wake
Forest college, where he majored
in political economy, Ballentine
returned to the farm and began
building up a dairy business with
daily milk deliveries in Raleigh.
What was once a typical cash crop
farm, with its share of run down
fields, was developed into one of
the finest dairy farms in the state.
Now Ballentine’s Dairy has 600
acres and 225 to 235 cows, most
of them Jerseys.
Pamlico Native
Hugh Harris, the assistant com
missioner, is a native of Pamlico
county and is farm bred and agri
culturally trained. After gradu
ating from N. C. State college in
1920 with a bachelor of science
degree in agronomy, he served as
a county agent, first in Carteret
and then in,Franklin county. Re
turning to State college in 1926,
he took postgraduate work in
soils and fertilizers and received
his master’s degree in this special
ty the following year. For some
years before becoming assistant
commissioner of agriculture in
1949 he operated a 200-acre farm
near Oriental and a farm supply
business at Grantsboro, both in
Pamlico county.
It is much the same story with
the division heads, executives and
specialists throughout the agri- chickens,
culture department’s 16 divisions.
Nearly all of them have farm
backgrounds plus educational
training or experience in various
phases of agriculture.
While much of the work of the
department is of a regulatory na
ture, it also performs a number
of service functions aimed _ at
helping farmers to do a better job
of producing and marketing crops,
livestock and poultry.
Raising Standards
Some activities of the depart
ment, such as the regulation of
fertilizer, feed and seed supplies,
have existed for so long that they
are taken for granted and the pub
lic may be inclined to overlook
their importance. St^^ndards for
these supplies have been steadily
raised during the years, effecting
many economies for farmers and
assuring them of reliable goods of
known quality.
The number of grades of ferti
lizer have been reduced from 202
in 1937 to 24 at the present time
and the average number of units
of plant food per ton have been
increased from 15 to dightly more
Y. BALLENTINE
HUGH HARRIS
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than 20.
Assurance that the higher
standards that have been estab
lished for feeds, seeds and ferti
lizers are being met by manufac
turers and dealers is given by the
department’s inspection and an
alytical divisions. Samples are
constantly being taken by inspec
tors in the field and tested in the
department’s laboratories in Ral
eigh. Penalties are assessed when
deficiencies occur in excess of
reasonable tolerances.
Many, Analyses
In a single year the depart
ment’s laboratories analyzed 9,000
samples of fertilizer, 230 samples
of liming materials and landplas-
ter, 200 insecticides, more than
24,000 seed samples, and 2,464 feed
specimens.
The Veterinary division, which
is responsible for enforcing the
state’s livestock sanitary laws,
has proved successful in reducing
tuberculosis in cattle to a negli
gible minimum and has cut the
incidence of Bang’s disease, or
brucellosis, to the lowest of any
state in the union.
Last year the veterinary labora
tories tested 35,000 animals for
tuberculosis, finding only 11 're
actors, and tested 89,239 blood
samples for Bang’s disease, find'‘-
ing less than one per cent of re
actors. Tests for pullorum dis
ease, an infection of poultry, were
made on more than a million
Soil Testing
In the service field, the Soil
Testing division has proved one
of the most popular. Last year
it analyzed 70,000 soil sampl^ for
farniers free of charge, submitting
to them recommendations for lim
ing- and fertilizing that saved them
many thousands of dollars. With
this service firmly established.
Tar Heel farmers no longer have
to depend on hit-or-miss methods
in buying and applying pl^t
foods. Now they can fertilize
their crops on a scientific basis,
thus eliminating costly waste and
unnecessary crop risks.
The Markets division, one of the
largest in the department, pro
vides official grading services for
various agricultural products and
helps farmers to market their
crops and livestock in an orderly,
efficient manner. In cooperation
with federal authorities, this di
vision last year provided inspec
tors who graded 9,650 carlots of
Irish potatoes, 100,000 tons of pea
nuts, and 1,975,000 packages of
fruite and vegetables. The grain
branch graded samples represent
ing more than half a million bush
els of corn, 30,000 bushels of soy
beans, 20,000 bushels of small
grains and 150,000 tons of hay.
Wide Range of Services
These are but some of the high
lights of the department’s activi
ties. A summary of aU of its ac
tivities would cover many pages.
But here, briefly are some of the
other functions and responsibili
ties with which the department is
charged:
Enforcement of the laws relat
ing to weights and measures.
Supervision of liquefied petro
leum gases such as butane and
propane.
Gasoline and oil inspection.
Enforcement of the Pure Food,
Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Regulation of insecticides and
other economic poisons.
Regulation of anti-freeze prep
arations.
Supervision of warehouses for
the storage of cotton and certain
other agricultural products.
Operation of the State Fair and
supervision of other agricultural
fEiirs.
Collecting and publishing agri
cultural statistics and crop infor
mation.
Operation of the State Museum.
Supervision of the dairy indus
try.
Supplying market news services
on agricultural products.
Operation of the State Test
Farms. (Experimental projects
are conducted by the North Caro
lina Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion).
Chartering agricultural coopera
tives.
Supervision of credit unions
Supervision of nurseries and ad-
In baseball the umpire sees to it that the game is played
according to the rules. He is not a player.
In business the government should be the umpire who
enforces fair rules.
But, when government goes into business and competes
with its own citizens, the American tradition of fair play is set
aside. The umpire then becomes a player and enjoys ‘advan
tages that the other players do not have.
For example, government and municipal power plants are
not required to pay federal taxes — often get money from the
U. S. treasury at little or no interest — make up losses out of
the pockets of taxpayers. ^
Would you like to have a next door business competitor
who has little or no rent - or taxes - or interest to pay and who
is kept in business partly by your tax money? Think it over.
If it can happen to the electric business it can happen to you!
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ON YOUR 15th
ANNUAL CONVENTION
We Hope Your Business Meetings
Will Be Suecessful
and Your Visit Pleasant
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of North Carolina
We Invite You To Visit Our Booth
In The Carolina Hotel
Auto Dealers
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