All Other
In Poundage, Price
433 Million Pounds Averaged *51*8,
An Imtnn Of 9Mt Over
finikin Season; Entire
JCnp Sold For *49
In the recent tobacco season, gross
sales in North Carolina totaled
1,003,823,096 pounds, as compared
with 869,430,973 pounds for the
1946-46 season, W. H. Hedrick, to
bacco marketing specialist with the
State Department of Agriculture re
ports.
The 1946-47 record-breaking crop
sold for a total of *492,021,441, an
average of *49.01 per hundred
pounds. The previous year's gross
was *379,738,962, at an average of
*43.68 per hundred.
Producers this season sold 906,
131,327 pounds for *460,675,608 at
an average of *49.73 per hundred,
while dealers' resale* of 40,295,127
pounds brought *16,624,129, for an
average of *88.58. Warehouse re
sale* were 67,866,642 ? pounds for
*26,921,704 at an average of *48.19
per hundred pounds.
Border Belt
On the Border Belt this season,
sales opened on August 1, totaling
150,679,713 pounds for *78,061,210
at an average of *51.81 per hundred.
For the 1945-46 season, 127,003,348
pounds brought *55,884,943, averag
ing *43.96.
Eastern Belt
Eastern Belt sales began August
19, with final sales occurring on
January 10. Producers sold 433,756,
724 pounds for *228,492,854. The
average was *62.68 per hundred
pounds. In the '1946-46 season, pro
ducers sold 374,471,793 pounds for
*165,478,377 at an average of *44.19.
Middle Belt
Beginning sales on September 20,
the Middle Belt markets sold 170,
371,049 pounds for *80,409,161 at
an average of *47.20. In the pre
vious season, sales totaled 142,155,
204 pounds for $62,572,801, and the
average was *44.02.
Old Belt
Ofd'Belt Markets opened for sales
on September 28, closing February
7. Total sales were 139/420,853
pounds for *58,671,456, at an average
of *42.15. In the 1945-46 season,
129,976,371 pounds brought *57,394,
540 for an average of $44.16.
The burley markets of Asheville
anil Boone began sales on Decem
ber 2. Final sales were held on Feb
ruary 14. The 11,902,988 pounds
brought *4,940,927?an average of
*41.26 per hundred. For the previous
year, sales totaled 14,010,639, bring
ing *5,392,652, at an average of
*38.49.
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point to rn 10 per cent
in the lemo of all Irish
potatoes to be planted for
in. 1947. The **abttskmcnt of In
dividual farm aaraage goals for <
mercial growers accounted for the
majority of the decrease in the Irish
potato acreage, according to the
N. C. Agriculture Department. How
ever, farmers who grow potaoes pri
marily for home consumption also
indicate some reduction in their
acreage for-1947.
Pieplaatihg indications point to
little change in the late potato crop
produced in the mountainous dis
tricts of the State. Current proe
pecta axe for 72,000 acres of potatoes
to be planted in 1947, compared with
80,000 in 1940 and 80,000 acres
planted during the 10-year (1986-46)
average period.
Prospective planting of sweet
potatoes were estimated at 66,000
acres on March 1, or an increase of
three per cent over the 64,000 acres
harvested last year and compares
with the 10-year average of 78,000
The foil of 1946 was almost ideal
! for the planting of winter grain
crops and an exceptionally large
acreage of wheat was put to the
ground. Detailed information as to
the acreage and prospective yield of
winter1 wheat will become available
about April 10.
The Third Army was drawn up in
December 1944 for an all-out assault
on the Siegfried Line when the 101st
Airborne Division was surrounded
in the battle of the Bulge in Bas
togne. Seven days later elements of
the Third, having swung north, had
rescued the Bastogne-trapped Amer
icans.
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA, Pitt County
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
FLOSSIE FARROW
? VS ?
FARNELL FARROW
The defendant, Famell Farrow,
will take notice that an action as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Pitt County, North
Carolina, to obtain a divorce from
the defendant on statutory grounds;
and the said defendant will further
take notice that he is required to
appear at the office of the Clerk of
the Superior Court of Pitt County-in
the Courthouse in Greenville, North
Carolina, within 20 days after com
pletion qf publication hereof, and
answer or demur to the complaint in
said action, or the plaintiff will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded
in the complaint .
This the 6th day of March, 1947.
D. T. HOUSE, Jr.,
Cleric Superior Court
Pitt County.
Wm. J. Bundy,
Att'y. for Plaintiff. (M-14-4tc)
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I' Although tobacco acreagement al
lotment* have been cut slightly be
low 1946, grower*' reports from a
sample of over 2,600 tobacco pro
ducers indicate that around 909,000
acres or 1.6 per cent more flue-cured
tobacco will be set out this pear
than was harvested in 1946.
Last year, North Carolina flue
cured producers harvested 797,000
acres with an average yield of 1,11?
-pounds per acre.
Prospective acreage in the Border
Belt is estimated at 99,000 acres this
year, or two per cent more thai} the
97,000 acres harvested in 1946. In
the Eastern Belt the acreage for
1947 is placed at 396,000 acres?one
per cent more than the 392,000 acres
harvested in the preceding year.
Growers in this Belt planted s
larger percentage of their alloted
acreage in 1946 than those in other
Belts.
The acreage intended to be planted
in the Old or Middle Belts should
be around 314,000 acres, or two per
cent more than was harvested in
1946.
The hurley crop, grown in the
mountain counties, promises to be
greater than last year by at least
seven per cent. During 1946, grow
ers had difficulty in obtaining suffi
cient plants which resulted in ' their
not being* able to set out their al
loted acreage. This year, however,
they intend to plant closer to their
allotment. If present intentions
materialize, around 10,500 acres will
be set compared to 9,800 acres har
vested in 1946.
The Third Army captured the en
tire gold and currency reserve of
the German Reich ii\ a salt mine
near Merkers, Germany, early in
1946.
All the gold and art treasures of
the Austrian government were cap
tured by the Third Army during the
spring of 1945 in its final surge
which had seen this colorful outfit
slash its way from Normandy to
Czechoslovakia.
Tills increase, for the moot part,
is attributed to tfca substantial in
creases in the acreage <$f
grains for 1947 harvest, tc
with mcderaet increases planned for
sweet potatoes aaA tobacco.
All other crops are expected to
maintain the level established in
1946 to show reductions from a year
ago, the most notable decline of crop
acreages being that for early Irish
potatoes.
Weather conditions during Feb
ruary were in marked contrast to
the unusually warm weather ex
perienced in December and January.
The unseasonably cold weather, ac
companied by deficient supplies of
moisture in the southeastern section
of the State, stopped the growth of
fall grain and other vegetation. How
ever, except for a rather hehVy re
duction in the prospective production
of commercial lettuce and some
duction in the strawberry crop, there
is no indication that the cold snap
will have any appreciable influence
on prospective plantings and crop
production for the coming season.
Some early tobacco plants were kill
ed, particularly in coastal counties
and mowing has been necessary.
The February cold snap was* quite
favorable for fruit, materially reduc
ing the possible damage from late
freezes.
Land preparation was slowed
down considerably during February,
but with a favorable March, there
should be no abnormal delay in
spring planting operations. Farm
labor, while more plentiful than for
several years, is still an acute prob
lem, due to high wages and the
reluctance of laborers to return to
the farmB.
EXAMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
FOR SOCIAL SECURITY JOBS
A Civil Service examination for
the positions of field assistant and
claims assistant with the Social Se
curity Administration has just been
announced by a field board of the
United States Civil Service Exami
ners. ?
This examination is being held for
appointments under the Civil Service
regulations to positions in field
offices of the Bureau of Old-Age
and Survivors Insurance in the
States of Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, West Virginia and the
District of Columbia. These will bo
key entrance jobs in the social in
surance program, involving direct
contact with wags earners, employ
ers, and the general public. Success
ful performance in these jobs is ex
cellent preparation for advancement
in the service.
The beginning salary for most of
these positions will be $2394 per
year, with some beginning at $2644
per year.
In addition to passing a written
test, applicants for both positions
must have had at least tiro yean
experience in government, business,
education, industry, or the armed
forces, a substantial portion of wMeh
waa public contact work. Certain
provision has been made for the sub
stitution of education for the above
experience.
Application forms may be secured
from any first- or second-class post
office, or by writing to the Execu
tive Secretary, Board of United
States Civil Service Examiners,
Social Security Administration, Re
gion TV," 1628 L Street, N. W., Wash
ington 26, D. C.
Ail applications for this examina
tion must be received by the Board
of Examiners on or before April 17,
1947.
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friend?"
Daughter: "But Dad, I only stayed |
for a second."
Father: "Really? I distinctly
heard the third, fourth and fifth."
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