Receipts by Tar Heel Farmers From Crops
<old Last Year Is Down Some From 1952
Farming in North Carolina yield
ed somewhat lower cash receipts
last year than in 1951'and 1952, re
41ecting a nationwide trend.
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Tar Heel cash farm receipts
came to 94 per cent of 1952 rte
ceipts, according to Mark Goforth,
Jr.,' Wayne county farm agent for
the State College Extension Serv
ice. Goforth, citing a recent sur
vey of the USDA’s Agricultural
Marketing Service, said 1953 cash
farm receipts, for the nation as a
whole dropped slightly less, to 96
per cent of the 1952 receipts. .
The nation's farmers realized a
net income of $12.8 billion in 1953.
Though thiA was five per cent less
than the amount received in 1952
and 12 per cent less than 1951, it
was four per cent higher than the
postwar low of 1950. Income in
1951 reflected the sharply increas
ed demand caused by the Korean
war.
Total cash receipts in 1953 were
lower than in 1952 in 37 states, and
higher in 11 states. The decreases
ranged from less than one per cent
in North Dakota to 26 per cent in
Nevada, while increases ranged
from less than one pe? cent in
Pennsylvania to 20 per cent in
Mississippi.
North Carolina ranked fourth in
Labor for Tobacco
Will be Discussed
A meeting will be held in the
agriculture building in Kenansville
Thursday night at 7:30 to discuss
the availability of labor to harvest
tobacco.
J. M. Hunter and John McLean
of the North Carolina Employment
Security commission will be pres
ent to take part in the discussion.
They placed more than 100 workers
in Duplin last year to help with
the tobacco harvest.
V. "H. Reynolds, county agent,
said farmers who would like for
ythe employment office to help
them, should attend the meeting.
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cash receipts from crops In 19S3,
with farmers getting $627,434,000.
Tar Heel farmers received $211,
636,000 from livestock, placing
North Carolina 23rd among the
livestock, producing states. Total
cash receipts—livestock and crops
—amount to $884,070,000 in 1953.
The $884,070,000 makes North Car
olina the 12th ranking state in cash
receipts from farm marketing.
Demonstrate
Proper Use
Of Fumigant
Roy R. Bennett, tobacco spec
ialist of the North Carolina Exten
sion service of State College, Ra
leigh, will hold a field demonstra
tion Wednesday afternoon at 2
o’clock in Wayne county on how
soil, fumigants should be applied
by the row method;
This demonstration will be held
on Dr. Jack Harrell’s farm, located
on Slocumb street extension about
a mile outside' of Goldsboro toward
Seymour Johnson fi41d. The' farm
is located between the oyster roast
and the Air Boro Shell service
station.
' Clyde Peedin, assistant farm
agent, who made the announce
ment, said results from the N. C.
Experiment station have shown
that soil fumigants by the row
method will give good results, pro
vided it is applied right. The most
important step, Peddin said, is to
get the fumigant deep enough in
the soil.
The fumigant should be 10 inches
deeper below the level bf the soil
or 16 inches or deeper below the
top of the ridge for best results.
The assistant farm agent said
many farmers are interested in
using the row method and they
should be aware of the. fact that
the material should be applied this
deep. Farmers interested in using
the row method of fumigation are
urged to attend the demonstration.
Both tractor and mule-drawn
equipment will be used in this
demonstration, Peedin asserted.
From the County
Agent's Office
Contrary to popular belief, re
search shows that American farm
crops do not get enough rainfall
at tiie right time even in the more
humid regions in normal year* for
maximum yields.
The acreage required to produce
food for each United States citizen
dropped from 20.7 in 1910 to 12.6
in 1950.
Animal proteins such as those in
meat, milk and eggs are not dam
aged by cooking and some are im
proved.'
INCREASE a<H^ ACRE YIELD
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DREAM COME TRUE—ALMOST—A small boy's dream ot
piloting a rocket ship comes as nearly true as science permits for
seven-year-old Neil Smith of Minneapolis, Minn. Neil got his
big chance to operate ultra-advanced flight controls when an
aeronautical engineering laboratory in Minneapolis- invited the
sons of technical employes to visit the plant.
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Arriculture Secretary Bara Tall!
Benson’s cot of supports an dairy,
products from 90 to 15 par w#t
of parity have divided both
Parties, soma congressmen claim*
in* the cut will help consumer*
more than dairymen.
FOREIGN TRADE—Some con
gressmen want to cut direct
foreign aid in favor of lower
tarifT rates—the “Trade, Not
V;r Aid” theory.
Market News Summary
EDITOR’S NOTE: .Following is
a summary of market price in
formation for the week ending
March 19, 1954, as gathered and
edited by the Market News Serv
ice, N. C. Department of Agricul
ture.
Hog prices were generally 25
cents higher at local buying sta
tions this week and closing prices
ranged from 24.75 to 25.00. These
prices are around 5.50 per hun
dred above those being paid on
the comparable date a year ago.
Hogs also advanced on the nation’s
leading terminal markets this
week. In Chicago, for example,
prices moved up 50 cents per hun
dred and top hogs closed at 26.50,
which is the highest top reported
for that market so far this month.
Sales on the Rocky Mount and
Rich Square livestock auction mar-,
kets weft: marked by! heavy! ire
ceipts of cattle and generally weak
er priees. Good and choice steers
brought 19.00 to 20.25 and good
and choice heifers 16.00 to 17.00.
Commercial vealers were report
ed at 21.00 to 25.00 and utility cows
at 11.00 to 14.00. Commercial bulls
brought 13.00 to 14.00.
Cattle prices were irregular on
the Chicago market this week.
High choice and prime steers were
in good demand and were steady
to 50 cents higher. Other grades
of steers, however, were steady
tp 50 cents lower. Heifers were
mostly steady apd cows steady to
fully 25 higher. Bulls were steady
to 50 higher but vealers were
steady to 1.00 lower. Most good
and choice steers sold from 19.25
to 24.75 while the bulk of good and
choice heifers brought 18.50 to
23.50. Utility and commercial cows
ranged from 11.75 to 14.50 and uti
lity and commercial bulls from
14.00 to 17.00. Good and choice
vealers were reported at 22.00 to
27.00 and commercial offerings at
15.00 to 21.00.
Fryers and broilers declined one
cent per pound in the central North
Carolina section this week and the
market closed unsettled at 23 cents
per pound f.o.b. the farm. Heavy
hens were steady and ranged from
24 to 26 cents per pound. Most
sales, however, brought 25 to 26.
Fryers were steady to firm in oth
er leading southern producing
areas this week. Closing farm pay
prices ranged from 21 1//2 to 22
1/2 in the north Georgia section;
from 22 to 23 in the Shenandoah
Valley and from 22 1/2 to 25 3/4
in the Delmarva section.
L Eggs declined one to four cents
/per dozenin' Raleigh "during the
week. Closing prices for A, large
were reported at 30 to 42 cents
I per dozen; A, mediums at 35 to 38
and B, large at 37. Eggs also de
| dined ' in Durham where local
; grading stations paid 39 to 42 cents
per dozen for A, large; and 34 to,
36 for A, mediums and B, large.
New York reported a steady to
’ firm sweet potato market at the
close of the week. U. S. No. 1
Porto Ricans from North Carolina
wholesaled at 3.75 to 4.25 per bush
el.
Grain prices were generally
steady at local markets. No. 2
shelled yellow corn was reported
at ‘1.55 to 1.63 per bushel in the
eastern part of the state and from'
1.70 to 1.80 in the piedmont sec
tion. No. 2 white com was quoted
at 1.70 to 1.75 at piedmont ma»
kets.
seed Corn
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y o N.C. 27 AND; DIXIE 82 •
M»m and large Flat Grain Seed Com
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Farmer* whe Intend to plantcorn for early Har
vesting or feeding should get their seed Immediately.
We have the recommended early varieties.
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QUESTION: My land will not
grow tobacco. Gan I rent land to
grow my allotment?
ANSWER: Undar certain condi?
tions, yes. If, for example, your
land is infested with a tobacco dis
ease, you may rent land to carry
out a five-year rotation. In such
cases, however, it is necessary that
the cash-rented fields or tracts be
covered by a written lease of not
less 'than five years. The leases
must be on record in the county
in which the farm is located. The
closing date for accepting applica
tions for combinations of cash-rent
ed land has passed for 1954.
QUESTION: How often should I
take soil samples?
ANSWER: If a good representa
tive sample is taken from a field
it should be good for a period of
from three to five years. The
length of time, of course, will be
dependent somewhat upon the na
ture of the soil and on the crop
Dairy and
Vegetables
Profitable
Operating a Grade A dairy and
producing vegetables for market
proved to be a profitable combina
tion for Henderson County Demon
stration Farmer Lee Pryor and
his brother, Loran, last year.
T. G. Toon, assistant county
agent for the State College Exten
sion Service, says the Pryor broth
ers netted $6,638 from 61.5 acfes
of open land, plus 35 acres rented
for feed crops. Toon admits the
Pryors did considerably better than
the average Western North Caro
lina farmer. He credits their suc
cess to “getting high production
at low cost.”
Milk production per cow for the
23-cow herd was 9,041 pounds,
while feed costs were kept to $80
per cow. The brothers provided
one and one-half acres of good
Ladino clover pasture for each
cow. Each cow had about five
tons of top-quality home-grown Sil
age; seven tons of hay was pur
chased; all grain feed was home
grown.
In producing vegetables the
Pryors followed practices recom
mended by the Agricultural Ex
periment Station at State College.
Approved varieties were grown and
all were fertilized well.
Toon sums up the factors of suc
cess in the Pryor operation:
1. A combination of two inten
sive enterprises that pay well.
2. High producing cows.
3. An abundance of silage, pas
ture and other home-grown feed
to keep the feed bill low.
4. Correct fertilization for high
er yields, which was more econo
mical than buying feed.
5. Two men with an interest in
what they were trying to. do. This
kept, the labor bill low.
Successful fertilization depends,
to a large measure, on sufficient
moisture in the soil.
ping system followed. The crop
ping system will have an influence
because of the fertilization and
liming practices followed with dif
ferent crops.
QUESTION. Why is the livestock
industry so important to the av
erage farm family?
ANSWER: One reason, and a
good one^ is that the livestock in
dustry helps furnish the family
food supply. Livestock products
used on North Carolina farms in
1951 were valued at $90 million and
cash sales in 1950 were worth $147
million. In other words, the value
of home consumption approaches
the income from cash sales. That
$90 million figure brings up two
other points: (1) Texas is the only
state exceeding Nbrth Carolina in
value of livestock products used
at home, and (2) in North Carolina
livestock products used at home
are worth almost twice as much
as home consumption of all crops.
Planted in Potatoes
40,000 Acres to Be '
,Th
Reports from Tar Heel farnieis
indicate intentions to plant a total
of 40,000 acres of Irish potatoes
this year.
According to the records of the
North Carolina Reporting Service,
this would be the smallest acreage
for “all” Irish potatoes since M>21
when 38,000 acres were harvested.
Compared to last year, the current
ly intended acreage is 13 percent
less than the 46,000 acres harvest
ed in 1953 and 58 percent less thin
the 1943-52 average of 69,000 acres.
The commercial early crop with
an expected decrease of 4,500 acres
(from 19,500 in 1953 to a prospec
tive 15,000 this year) has accounted
for the major portionf of the “all”
potato decline. f
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to express our
thanks and appreciation to our
many friends and relatives for the
many cards, flowers, kind words
and good deeds .they did for ps
during the death of our husbapd
and father, Albert McCullen.
—Anna McCullen and Children.
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MOUNT OLIVE HOG MARKET
Live Hog Buyers
WE BUY HOGS EVERY DAY
Branch of Smithfield Hog Market
On So. Canter St. and New Beautancus Road
Known as Old Enterprise Mill Building
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Beans, Cucumber Seed, Seed Sweet Potatoes,
Soilfume for treatment of Soil to kill insects.
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