THimSDAY, MAY 19, I»SO
State Farm
GIVES AWARD
TO LEADING FARMER
Because of his service to the
advancement of agriculture In
eastern Carolina, James T. Al
hrltton, farmer and community
leader of Calypso, Dublin coun
ty, was awarded a certificate of
TjpierltoFluß service in- agrlcul
"ture by the North Carolina State
College at Its 41st commence
ment exercises on June 10.
Mr. Albritton is widely known
throughout North Carolina for
the scientific methods practiced
on his 450-acre farm near Mt.
At a gteat cost to himself
conducts a number of tests
each year for the agricultural
Experiment Station. He also
conducts field demonstrations
for the extension workers to
rprote some of the laboratory
findings of research workers. He
is known as a leader in the use
of tile drainage, in the use of
better crop seeds, and In the co
operative marketing of farm
'^produce.
v His record aB
leader is no less notable than his
farming record. He was one of
' the organizers of the North Car-
Crop Improvement Asso
ciation and is now a director re
presenting his section of the
Estate. He Is" also a member oi
the Inter-state Early Irish Pot*,
to Committee and a bulwark of
•trength In North Carolina Cot
ton Growers Association. For
nine years he has served as pre
sident of the local mutual ex
change at Calypso and* he has
worked for the advancement of
his community in education, new
money crops, and marketing fa
cilities.
In spite of these accomplish
ments, Mr. Albritton has never
sgught public acclaim or reward,
pie has been called to Raleigh
■Ad to the College many times
and never yet has he accepted a
cent for expenses or salary.
From a modest beginning, he
and his brother, J. O. Albritton
have amassed propertyworth^
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itiany thousands of dollars and
are knowii throughout the State
as successful farmers.
X>TTON COSTS AVERAGE
FIFTY DOLLARS AN ACRE
The average acre of cotton
f produced In North Carolina coßts
1 SSO in labor, fertilizer, ginning
> and' other costs. Working from
. this as a starting pojnt. the
grower knows' that he must pro
i duce at least 312 pounds of lint
r When cotton sells at 16 cents a
I pound before he will produce the
cost of production. Either this (
[ or he must cut the cost of pro-!
s duction below S6O an acre. * |
I "Few growers, however know
, what it costs them to produce au
, acre of cottou,' 'Bays Dr. G. W.
> Ftarster, agricultural economist
r at State "The season is
> not too far advanced but that a
> fairly accurate figure can be ob-,
t talned for this year .It will be,
. necessary to recall the number,
t of hours of family labor, lnclud-j
lng the operator, and the num-,
, ber of hours of horse or tractor!
work put in on the crop up to |
this time. Any work done last
fall sjch as cutting the stalks,
dflplfllr and seeding for a clover
cj>p needs to be charged against
nls year's cotton. The time
jl spent in breaking discing, har
ropimf, running rows, ridging,
. diauibttting fertilizer .seeding
choping and cultivating should
be listed. The time spent by hir
ed labor need not be recorded,
the cash paid should be entered
as a direct expense. The value
of the fertilizer must be given
and manure when used. A fair
value of $3 a ton should be
charged fo r the manure. The
market price for home grown
seed or the purchase price for
bought seed must be recorded.
Dusting materials and all itmes
from now on until harvest must
be accounted for.' '
The total of all these will
show the gross cost, says Dt.
Forster. The net cost may be se
cured by deducting the value of'
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the seed. This net cost divided
by the pounds of lint grown per
acre will give the cost of produc
ing one pound.
■
HILL GIVES FOREST
FOR DEMONSTRATION USE
Three hundred* acres of rug
ged forest land heavily timbered
with a variety of trees and con
taining over three million board
feet of lumber has ben given to
'he forestry department of the
Vovth Carolina State Collage by
George Watts Hill, young Dur
ham capitalist and farmer.
Gift of the.forest was announ
ced by Dr. E. C. Brooke to the
Board of Trustees at their an
nual meeting during the last
commencement exercises. The
tract will be under the super
vision of the school of forestry
and will be used for field studies
and demonstration purposes by
agricultural students specializing
in forestry work.
The woodland is located 17
miles north of Durham on paved
highway number 18 to Roxboro.
It is In the northern part of
Durham County and was former
ly a part of Mr. Hill's modern
Quail Roost Dairy Farm. The
area extends back to Flat River
is traversetf by excellent cross
roads and contains a siding from
the Norfolk and Western Rail
road. Types of timber Including
the bottom land, slope and up
land growth are found. The prin
cipal species of timber, accord
ing to a survey by Dr. Julius V.
Hofmann, head of the forestry
department, includes Virginia
pine shortleaf pine, loblolly pine,
white oak, red oak, maple, cedar
dogwood and birch.
Dr. Hofmann says a perman
ent camp will be established In
the forest as soon as possible.
This will be used by students
while engaged In practical for
estry work. Student surveyors
fro mthe school of engineering
will also use the area for farm
surveying.
This gift is characterized by
President Brooks as one of the
most valuable ever made to the
College. Not only will it. help
the college to develop commer
cial foresters but It also will be
of untold value In teaching the
proper handling of farm wood
' aii ds. he says.
('LI B SHORT COURSE
CONVENES IN AUGUST
-The annual 4-H club short
course which brings to State
College each summer between
800 and 1,000 farm boys and
girls from all sections of t|ie
state will be held again this
year during the week of August
4 to 9.
Instruction in all phases of
club wdrk including techinical,
studies of the projects being con-;
ducted at home by the boys and 1
girls will be given. For the boys,;
rIaSH room., instruction., will be
centered about farm crops, llve-|
engineering. For the girls, the
Instruction will include food
stock, poultry, forestry and farm
and nutrition, room beautiflca
tlon. clothing and canning. In
addition, special courses for ad- 1
vanced members will be given ln|
recreatioin, music appreciation;
dramatics and other cultural
subjects.
L. R. .Harrill, state club laad-,
er, and Miss Elizabeth Cornelius:
specialist at girls club work, will,
have charge of the short course.-
Mr. Harrill says college instruc-j
tors and extension specialists
will have charge of the lnstruc-|
tional work. Selected county
home and farm agents will act
as chaprones and will be in
charge of the domitorles.
One of the features of the
course will be the final exercises
of the health contest which has
been conducted throughout the
State for the past month. Those
boys an dglrls who have won
county and district health con
test will compete during the
short course and the champions
will be crowned king and queen
of health at an elaborate page
ant. Several clubs will present
short plays for which they were
trained during the dramatic
schoolc recently held in several
counties. Contests in judging
farm crops, livestock and poul
try by selected teams from dif
ferent counties will be an added
feature this summer.
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