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THE NEWS-JOURNAL
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Entered as second-class mail matter at the post
office at Raeford, N. C, under the Act of March 3, 1870.
Ginning Leaders Say
Careful Harvesting
Boosts Cotton Value
Cotton farmers and ginners are
warned to beware of the dangers
of excessive heat in the drying
operation during the coming gin
nine season.
In a Joint statement today, J.
Franklin McLaurin, past presi
dent of the Carolines Ginners
Association and the National Cot
ton Ginners Association, and Clif
ford H. Hardy, Executive Sec
retary of the Carolinas Ginners,
urged that the cotton farmers and
ginners use more care in the han
dling of their cotton crop. Ex
cessive drying has been shown to
shorten fiber and weaken it to
the extent that it is not usable in
the finer fabrics that the longer
staple Eastern growth cotton has
come to be used to manufacture.
"In a discussion with the head
of the cotton department of one
of the world's largest manufactur
ing groups who has just returned
from a visit through the lower
Rio Grande valley, we have
learned that conditions existing
in some gin plants are appalling.
There has been less abuse of the
drying systems in the Carolinas
and Virginia but with conditions
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of ill use existing in other sec
tors of the cotton belt, this warn
ing is issued to prevent the spread
of such ill-advised use of drying
systems to the east coast
"Excessive heat in the drying
of cotton prior to ginning has be
come the major complaint of all
mill buyers. On his trip through
the drouth stricken valley area,
our informant found gins operat
ing their drying systems at tem
peratures as high as 300 degrees.
This was in an area where there
had been no rain for several
weeks and in some instances it
had been months. The result of
this extreme heat on already dry
cotton was parched, lifeless fiber
with all oils and waxes and ev
erything that goes to make up
good character and spinning re
moved." The ginners explained that the
only reason for using this ex
cessive heat was to increase the
rate of ginning. In some instances
they were ginning from twelve
to fifteen bales where ordinarily
without this extreme use of heat,
they would have been able to
gin only four to five bales. The
only idea, aim, or motive was to
turn out the ginned bales as rap
idly as possible with no apparent
interest or regard for the damage
they were doing to the cotton
fiber.
This condition can be prevented
in the east by proper handling of
the cotton by the producer and
wise management on the part of
the ginner. Because of the gin
ner's heavy investment in clean
ing and drying equipment, the
cotton farmer has adopted the
idea that a ginner can take any
type of roughly harvested cotton
and wet cotton and make a good
sample. The ginner can improve
that cotton, but the farmer is
throwing money down the drain
by placing all of the responsibil
ity on the ginner. Good cleanly
harvested cotton can be handled
with ease by all of our modern
gins and improved samples can
be turned out. The eastern gin
ners' record of improvement over
the past ten years is astounding.
However, the producers have
been very little help in this Im
provement. They are bringing
cotton of poorer quality to the
gin every year, expecting still
further improvement.
Labor is responsible to a great
extent, but adequate supervision
can improve this situation and
save the farmer money. It must
be brought to every farmer's at
tention that he is not only losing
money by paying for the extra
pounds of water and trash when
the cotton is picked, he also loses
weight at the gin when it is neces
sary for the ginner to use high
temperatures in order to gin this
wet and roughly harvested cotton.
If the cotton farmer continues to
bring roughly harvested cotton
to the gin and the ginner is for
ced to use high temperatures to
clean and gin the cotton, the far
mer is not only losing in the ori
ginal sale of the cotton, he will
also be playing into the hands of
the synthetics manufacturers. (It
must be remembered that temper
atures up to 240 degrees can be
used without damage to the fiber
under certain conditions.) The
surest way for cotton to lose its
gains against the synthetics is
for the industry to continue on this
downward trend and producing
inferior fiber.
good lugs, low and fair primings,
low and fair cutters and nonde
script. Sales were heavy at practically
all auction centers Monday but
deliveries were fairly light the
rest of the week. Gross volume
amounted to 26,181,862 pounds for
an average of $52.34 per hundred.
The average was $1.17 above the
two sales days of last week. Sales
for the season grossed 33,947,988
pounds averaging $52.08. Last
year for the same number of days
a total of 19,140,185 pounds were
sold at an average of $55.63.
Receipts of the Stabilization
Corporation under the Govern
ment loan program for the week
were around 8 per cent of gross
sales. Deliveries the first two
days on the South Carolina mar
kets were 14.5 per cent of sales.
Season takings were 9.8 per cent
of sales against 6.6 per cent for
the comparable period last year.
nearly 20 per cent above the 10
year average. Production pros
pects are below the 1952 crop in
all states except South Carolina,
Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Ok
lahoma and Arizona where slight
ly larger crops are expected.
August Cotton Report
Below Last Year's
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Flue-Cured Tobacco
Prices Increase
On Border Belt
During the week most average
prices for South Carolina and
Border North Carolina flue-cured
tobacco were higher than those es
tablished July 30 and 31 on the
eleven South Carolina markets.
According to the United States
and North Carolina Departments
of Agriculture quality of offerings
was about the same and volume
of sales was light.
Increases in average prices by
grades this week ranged from
$1.00 to $7.00 per hundred. Most
were $1.00 and $2.00. The great
er gains were chiefly for non
descript and lower quality lugs
and primings. Top qualities in the
majority of instances held fairly
steady.
Very little change occurred In
the general quality of marketings,
however, a larger percentage of
cutters and leaf were offered
with less lugs and nondescript.
Principal bfferlngs were low to
North Carolina
Based upon August 1 prospects
as reported by growers through
out the State, the North Carolina
1953 Cotton crop is estimated at
460,000 bales (500 pounds gross
weight). Such a crop would be
19.2 per cent less than the 569,000
bales produced last year and 11.9
per cent below the 10-year (1942
51 ) average production of 522,000.
The 1953 growing season for
cotton got off to a favorable start
with stands reported to be the
best in several years. Weed grow
th and fruiting were good until
late in July when shedding of
squares and small bolls became
heavy due to a combination of
dry weather and weevil damage.
Weevil infestation is much heav
ier in practically all sections of
the State than a year ago. Loss
to the weevil is expected to run
considerably above average.
Assuming average abandon
ment after July 1, the acreage for
harvest this year would be 759,
000 acres, compared with 745,000
acres harvasted last year.
Based upon August 1 condition,
it is estimated that lint yield will
average 291 pounds per acre,
with 366 pounds last season and
the average of 345 pounds.
United States
The U. S. Cotton crop is esti
mated at 14,605,000 bales about
4 per cent less than the 15,136,
000 bales harvested in 1952, but
Hints To
Homemakers
Pot Lacs sapper
For nonchalance when guests
drop in, keep a supply of quick-to-fix
favorite canned foods on
hand.
Unexpected Company Occasion
Baked Casserole of Canned Pork
and Beans; Pan-Fried Spiced Ham
Slices; Canned Baked Brown;
Tomato Catsup; Zesty Cabbage
Slaw; Chilled Coffee; Cold Milk;
Fruit and Cookies.
Zesty Slaw Utmis:; ft cup
mayonnaise, H teaspoon grated
onion, V cup Wesson oil, dash
tabasco. Gradually combine may
onnaise and Wesson oil, stirring
to blend well. Add onion and ta
basco. Use as dressing for cab
bage slaw or mixed green salad.
Make cup. To store, cover and
keep in refrigerator.
Hostess Hint: To give a home
baked touch, heat the beans with
added seasonings in an old-fashioned
bean pot.
Hostess Hint: Dress up a simple
meal with pretty centerpiece and
bright touches in the table lines,,
china and accessories
North Carolina cotton farmers
lost an estimated $50 million from
the boll weevil in 1950.
IIAIN AND IAIN
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with tMSMsrar--
Notice Of Special Bond Election To Be Held On Octo
ber 3rd, 1953 On The Question Of The Issuance Of
Fifty Million Dollars State School Plant Construction
And Improvement Bonds And For The Issuance Of
Twenty-Two Million Dollars State Mental Institutions
Bonds.
The people of Hoke County shall take notice that Governor Umstead
has called a special bond election to be held on October 3rd, 1953 on the
two questions of whether the State of North Carolina shall issue fifty mil
lion dollars State of North Carolina School Plant Construction and Im
provement Bonds and twenty-two million dollars State of North Carolina
Mental Institutions Bonds. Under instructions from the State Board of
Elections the registration books for this special election will open on Sat
urday, September 5th, 1953 at nine o'clock at the polling places, and remain
open until sunset on Saturday, September 19th. The various registrars in
the county will be at their polling places for registering voters on the three
Saturdays of September 5th, September 12th and September 19th.
Please take notice that this is not a special registration. Therefore,
all persons who are now registered on the general election registration
books will not have to register again to vote in this special election. If you
are not registered on the general registration books in your resident pre
cinct, you will have to register to vote in this special bond election; how
ever, if you are properly registered you will not have to re-register to vote
in this election. If you are not certain that you are properly registered
now, you had better check with your precinct registrar on one of the three
Saturdays mentioned above.
W. L. Poole, Acting Chairman
Hoke County Board of Elections '
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