early, is aienerafty maturing later
than normal. In most yeahi the
ireater part of the tobacco bar
crop is from two to three weeks
later than usual.
Since soil fumigation at beat does
not kill aft the nematodes in the
soil, the nematodes not fcUled bjr
-the fumigation have been aide to
increase sufficiently to cause in
jury to tobacco before it is har
vested. There may be other tea
sons for the ampunt of . nematode
than any one alone,
plowing out at the root
take place immediately alter
t and before the nematode#
took into the soil. The pre
tuation indicates that nema
ndve back into file soil. The
present situation indicates that
nematodes will continue to be a
problem in tobacco production and
every practice that offers any help
In reducing losses should be used
to the fullest extent
Better Cotton Marketing Aim
of New Lenoir Association
by Jo* Koonc* Jr.
The Lenoir Cotton Improvement
Association has completed arrange
ments which provides Lenoir Coun
ty cotton farmers with the market
ing service benefits available un
der the Smith-Doxey Act .. >; ;
All cotton growers in Lenoir
Couhty can get their, cotton sam
pled free at the time it is ginned.
The sample is sent to the cotton
Gassing Office where it is classed
and in a few days the farmer
market
'price against me ya
From this comparison he can de
cide whether to sell his cotton in
the open market or secure the bene
fit; of support price program.
The two gins — Dawson’s of Kin
ston, and Kinsey of La Grange —
in Lenoir County cooperate in thii
program by providing a bonded
sampler at the gin.
■ Hie acreage planted to cotton in
Lenoir has been dwindling each
year with the allotment being only
2465.7 acres in 1956. The full allot
ment was not planted in 1956.
While the allotment is am all
every effort should be made to get
the maximum income from the
eotton produced. This free class
ing, service will enable a cotton
grower to obtain the highest in
come from his cotton. By making
full use of the price support pro
gram, cotton farmers can fre
quently get more money from their
cotton than they otherwise would)
Cotton Im
as
Shackelford of; Route 1, Hookerton,
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President; F. J. Koonce, Jr., of
Kinston, Group Representative; and
C. R. Sutton of Route 3 La Grange,
Alternate Group Representative.
in 1965 Lenoir-County sampled
only 23.7 per cent of toe bales of
cotton ginned in toe county, in 1954
only 17.1 per cent were sampled.
It is felt that more farmers could
make use of this service and it is
hoped that there will be increased
participation this coming season.
- Drive As If Your life Depends Oh It—It Does
Hodges, who is manager of the
Kinston Cooperative Warehouse,
Soon put the speculation to rest,
however,' by announcing that the
corporation' which he heads had
not and was not going to tap the
Dixie Warehouse in Kinston which
is owned by John Jenkins and
Louie Pollock.
. The new coiportatipn has pur
chased the New Dixie Warehouse
at Abingdon, Va. ip the hurley to
bacco belt and wiH operate it this
season.
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DuPont to Expand Dacron
Production By About 25*
The construction of additional
imrpifnrfaiyjpg. |g provide
increased'staple spinning capacity
at the local Du Pout plant was an
nounced today by W. ®. Gladding,
Manager.
Minor modifications wiH also be
made in the chemical processing
equipment while proddbt storage
and shipping facilities will be
somewhat enlarged. ' 'ffv
The project, .when completed,
will increase the production of
Dacron in tile form-of staple ami
tow by approximately 25%.
Gladding said that increased con
sumer demand for “Dacron” has
necessitated this expansion at the
local plant, which began com
mercial production in March, 1953.
Construction work will be start
ed by September 1,1956 and will be
done by the plant's local engtadfr*
tag organization. Initial opetatta
of the near facilities is expected ia
the second quarter at next year,
with only a slight increase in 'em
ployment.
Total employment at the plant
at 'present is approximately 20M
people. O
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