?May Pea Crop So Far Has Brought Farmers $100,000
GROWERS TAKING
? A FAIR PROFIT
Most Elizabeth City Peas are
Bringing S3 a Basket Which
Is Gross Profit of About
100 Per Cent.
May peas are now bringing prices
on the Eastern murkets which ure
considered profitable for the grower
In this section. The latest quota
tions on Friday were $2.75 to $3.25
a basket and most of the May peas!
from this section were being sold at,
$3.00.
At this figure it is estimated that,
the farmer who produced a good J
crop at reasonable cost is receiving
a good return on the money in
vested. Those who produced infer
ior stock and a small number of
baskets per acre are not faring so
well.
The actual cost of producing a
basket of May peas and delivering it
in New York is estimated at from
$1.50 to $1.75. This includes the
|Ccost of labor, seed, fertilizer, crates, j
^commissions, freight, hauling and
other costs of production and trans
portation. At $5 a basket, there
fore. there is a profit of $1.25 to
$1.50 a crate. Taxes and Interest |
on money invested subtracted from
this gross profit represents the net
gain.
On Thursday 22 cars were ship
ped and on Friday about 25 more
started on their journey to the
Eastern markets. The total ^aluc
at this point of the crop shipped
through Elizabeth City is perhaps
something over $100,000 up to the
present time. Thousand of dollars
are pouring into this section daily
as a result of the shipments which
are going out now at almost capa
city.
Something of a shortage of labor
is being felt as the picking season
continues. In every field there are
scores of pea pickers at work and
still there is a demand for more.
Pickers are now receiving 25 cents
a basket. There is no indication
that any considerable portion of the
crop will be ruined for lack of
pickers but most growers would
feel easier in their minds were there
a larger supply of labor.
POTATO SEASON
IN EARLY JUNE
Crop Looks Good and Price.
{ Prospect So Encouraging
That Growers Hope for Best
Season Since 1919.
Many farmers have begun to
think about potato harvesting time
as the end of the May pea season
Is nearing and interest will shortly
shift to the spud market. It 1s
generally believed that the condition
of the crop in this vicinity is fairly
good. Some think the rains have
caused the potatoes to run too hea
vily to tops to the detriment of the
the potatoes but the majority be
lleve there will be a good crop of
excellent quality.
Prices quoted by the local com
mission men at the present time
are around $7 to $7.50 f. o. b. Has
tings. Florida. This Is taken a3
an indication that the price f. o. b.
Elizabeth City will at least be as
as high as $5 to $5.50 or even
higher provided things move
expected.
Even should the f. o. b. price fall
as low as $4 there will be no cause
for complaint as $4 is considered to
be a good money price for this sec
tion.
Plants are everywhere thrifty
and some potatoes dug up for exhi
bition purposes about the size of
walnuts hnve been shown about
town. Hope is expressed that the
crop will demand good prices and
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ELIZABETH CITY
>J - BUGGY CO.
i VOUTH'S ACHIEVEMENTS
O. II. Benson, the originator and
organizer of boys* and girls' work
clubs, junior extension clubs, and a
well known lecturer, has attracted
the attcntton of men und women
high in the a Hairs of the nation,
many of whom have personally co
operated with him in carrying .on
his splendid work among the youth
of the country.
The subject of Mr. Benson's lec
ture at the coming Chautauqua,
Juno 12 to 18 will be "Broadcasting
Youth's Achievements." in which he
wili tell about his purpose in or
ganizing these Juvenile work clubs,
encourage the growing boys and
girls to take part in the business of
production in their home commu
nity, whether this business be in
dustry, trade, commerce or agricul
ture, and thus to uiakc them
better future citizens. He has taught
countless thousands to love everyday
work by infusing Into it the spirit of
contest, challenge and enthusiasm
that comes from group effort.
For ten years Mr. Benson was in
charge of the boys' and girls* educa
tional department of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
More than two and a half million
boys and girls were reached In a
single year by Mr. Benson and his
associates through this department.
In twelve months' time 251.032 of
these young club members produced
food stuffs valued at $G,019,092.
WANTS STRAWBERRIES
TO SELL WITH CREAM
E. M. Perry of Durants Neck is
planning to rival the mythical
botany expert who is said to have
crossed the strawberry plant with
milk weed t& produce strawberries
and cream. Mr. Perry, one of the
progressive young dairymen of the
section, will set out about three
acres in strawberries which he plans
to sell along with the cream he
produces on his farm.
start another stream of money into
the Albemarle as soon aa the May
pea season is over.
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(OesdWlys
PURE LOLLYPOPS
PHONE 114
Standard Pharmacy
THEY WILL SEND IT.
WORTH FARM IS
A PRETTY SIGHT
Diversity of Truck Crops
Grown an Indication of Op
portunity Awaiting Truck
Farmer in Albemarle
One of the best examples of
what can be produced on a large
scale on a truck farm in this vicinity
is the \V\ A. Worth place on the
Pasquotank river which is* being op
erated by L. S. Parkerson.
At present May peas and straw
berries are being picked and Mr.
Parkerson complains that he cannot
find sufficient labor to take his
crop out of the field. One of the
finest strawberry fields in this sec
tion is an important part of the
farm. The field is five acres in
extent and the plants set out last
March are hearing heavily. Pickers
are being paid 2 cents a quart and
Mr. Parkerson says that they make
more at that price than May pea
pickers. The yield Is 200 crates to
the acre.
On two days this week, 700 crates
of May peas were picked from a plot
where 4 bag* of seed had been
planted. . Tin r.? arc 23 acres in
May peas all together. Mr. Par
ker. r>n used a 7-5-5 formula and
threo bags of fertilizer to one of
peas.
"I could have used 200 more
hands here Monday morniug," Mr.
Parkerson said Friday. "Some
school children have been coming
out after school and making from
$1 to $1.50 before summer time,"
he said. *'I wish more young white
girls and boys would become inter
ested in pea and strawberry pick
ing."
Ten acres in cabbage will produce
perhaps 2,000 crates. Mr. Parkerbon
estimated. There are also 14 acres
in cucumbers. 25 acres in black eyed
It's a
~ /or MORE EGGS
FOR SALE BY?
Aydlett & Owens
Phone 456
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Why Our Scored Ice
Is Always Full Weight
When the highly efficient scoring machine
at our factory scores a block of ice, that block
is automatically divided into so many mechani
cally accurate weights.
The driver simply inserts his pick in the
scored line cut into the ice by the machine, the
block falls apart?and the weight asked for
is delivered. No ragged edges, no guess
work.
Telephone us today if you want to know
the difference between guaranteed and guess
work ice.
Crystal Ice & Coal Corp.
Phones te and '
pens. 15 acres each in corn and hay
and a 25 acre plot In which potatoes
and cotton are alternated in 2 foot
3 inch rows.
Mr. Parkeraon -Is also superinten
ding Willie Sample's farm. Ho!
produced ton car loads of radishes
on Sample's farm this spring devot
ing 35 acres to that crop alone.
TRUCK CHOPS MOVING
AT CHEAT KATE NOW;
Truck crops are moving in Pas
quotank County at a great* rate.
Cabbage and strawberries arc being,
shipped as part of many cars of May?
P'-as and the production is increasing'
daily. One solid carload of cab
bage has been reported.
The prices of cabbage and May'
peas are considered to represent a {
profit to the farmer. Strawberries j
were quoted at 18 cents a quart in!
?New York while cabbage was going I
at $2 to $2.50. These prices cover)
all costs of-transportation aud pro-i
duction and leave a margin for the
farmer to spend.
Vegetables ?
Spring Cabbage, Spring
Greens, Spring Onions, X
Squash, Beets, Turnips. !>.
New Irish Potatoes, May
Peas, Strawberries. %
J. W. Shannoiilioiisc
& Son
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MANTBO I1KIKKS
Manteo, May 24? Lewis Feuer
i stein, a prominent business man anil
I ice manufacturer of Norfolk, was
J here Wednesday on business.
Miss Holland Wescott, must-*,
teacher in the High School here for
the Inst session, took her class to
Fort Raleigh Wednesday on a picnic.
All reported a grand time on their'
return.
J. B. Hooker of Wancheae was
here Wednesday on business.
Mrs. A. B. Hallance. formerly of.
Hattera8. but now of Norfolk passed i
through here Thursday en route to!
her old home where she will spend
some tlmo visiting relatives aud ?'
friends.
Lewis Simpson, salesman for W.
J. Woodley & Co., Elizabeth City was
here Wednesday in the Interest of'
his firm.
FLOWERS
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at
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preciation of your patronage will not he excelled.
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TAKE THIS ADVICE
MAY PEA GROWERS
We want to help yon get every eent possible for your ship
ment* of May peas, we believe tlie markets will hold up well thru
out the season, now that the poor stock from other states is cleaned
n p.
But we advise you to pack your shipments carefully, send
ing only the best stock, and making sure that they leave promptly,
as soon after being picked as possible, (iood stock is ulways in
greater demand.
Through our organization which covers all principal markets,
we will send shipments each day where the demand is strongest and
believe prices will be encouraging for good stuff if properly
packed.
REFRIGERATOR CARS
Brock & Scott Produce
Company
PHONE 101. Iturgcxi Street and IS. S. R. R. Tracks
Attention
MR. SHIPPER
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| Our connections in the leading markets enable us to offer
, unexcelled service in marketing.
IMAY PEAS
? AND ?
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POTATOES
ALL WE ASK IS A TRIAL
| Produce & Ginning Co
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