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STATE COLLEGE
ANSWERS TIMELY
FARM QUESTIONS
QUESTION ? Tobacco accounts
for well over half of North Caro
lina's cash farm income. But,
from the economic standpoint, how
important is tobacco to the nation
as a whole?
ANSWER ? Tobacco was the
earliest profitable export crop from
the Americas. Spaniards first
shipped it commercially to Europe
from what is now thjTJhited States
in 1531. Since that time the crop
has increased in importance until
it now brings growers more than
one billion dollars each year. From
the standpoint of Federal revenue,
in the five-year period covering
the fiscal years 1942-46 receipts
by the U. S. Government from to
bacco and related products av
eraged more than 950 million dol
lars each year. In addition, most
of the states collected large sums
in excise taxes on. sales of tobacco
products. The Federal treasury
receives more direct f-evenue from
tobacco than from all other crops
combined.
QUESTION ? When band place
ment of fertilizer is used on tobac
co and the fertilizer is placcd on
Qualla News
Mr. Bill Crisp and family of Bry
son City have moved into their
new home in this community.
There has been a revival meet
ing in progress at Hyatt's Chapel
for the past two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Webb Crisp spent
Sunday with relatives in Bryson
City.
Mrs. Arnie T. Hoyle, accom
j panied by Mrs. Carrie Abbott, of
| Bryson City, attended a teachers'
meeting at Cullowhee Friday.
Rev. J. L. Rogers, pastor of the
Qualla Baptist church, was as
sisted in the services Sunday morn
ing by Rev. Leatherwood, of
Waynesville.
Use of 2,4-D to control alligator
weed saves Louisiana sugarcane
growers at least five million dol
lars a year.
only one side of the plant, will re
sults be satisfactory?
ANSWER ? The answer is no.
Tobacco is one of the most exact
ing of all plants. Fob most crops,
the type of machine that places a
band of fertilizer at one side of
the row gives results just as satis
factory as from a band on each
side. But with most types of to
bacco, research shows that a one
sided application frequently pro
duce one-sided growth effects.
Thirty * hogs averaged $140.06
each in the registered Spotted Po
land China sale held recently .it
Rocky Mount. The average, ac
cording t.j Jack Keili y, Extension
Isw ne specialist at State College,
was one of the highest made at anj*
of the State hog sales held this.
year.
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