N. C. Produces Three Types
Os Flue Cured Tobacco
Bright leaf tobacco was first
grown in 1852 in Caswell county,
North Carolina, by Eli and Elisha
Slade. Today, there are four types
of flue-cured tobacco, of which
three are grown in North Caro
lina. The Old Belt (Type 11 ) is
grown in the Piedmont counties
on the loam and sandy loam soils
derived from the underlying gra
nite, gneiss, slate, etc. These soils,
as a general rule, have heavy clay
sub-soils. The newer flue-cured
(Type 12 and 13), are produced
in the Coastal Plain on the sandy
soils of marine origin. The main
• difference to be found between
the Old Belt (Type 11) tobacco
and the New Belt (Type 12 and
13) is in the type of leaf produc
ed. The Old Belt leaf is generally
heavier in body and darker in
color than that of the new types.
North Carolina also produces
a smSll quantity of Burley tobac
co, in the mountain counties. This
tobacco is of the air-cured group
and is known as Type 31, being
grown also in eight other States,
of which Kentucky and Tennes
see are the" most important. Os the
total tobacco produced in this
State in 1939, the Old Belt (Type
11) grew 35 percent, the New
Bright Belt (Type 12) grew 52
percent, the Border Belt (Type
13) 12 percent and the Burley
Belt (Type 31) 1 percent.
Warehouse Sales
There are over 185 tobacco l
warehouses operating in North
Carolina on forty markets. These (
markets are distributed by belts
as follows: Type 11, 18; Type 12,
13; Type 13, 7; and Type 31, 2.
The law requires that each ware
house report their tobacco sales
at the end of each month to the
Commissioner of Agriculture. The
Division of Statistics tabulates
and summarizes these reports
issues a monthly release during!
the marketing season on pounds
sold and average price by mar-j
kets, belts and State total. The
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1 result is that North Carolina has
> a complete record of all tobacco
i sold on warehouse floors and the
s average price received by grow
i ers since 1919. The tobacco sales
- data is of great help to the Crop
s Reporting Service in checking
3 their estimates of production.
5 Sales, however, for a given belt
- do not represent the exact produc
, tion for that belt, because tobac
r co is often sold in a different belt
i from the one in which it is pro
-1 duced. For instance, in 1938 the
r Border Belt sold 83,837,358 pounds
i of producers’ tobacco, but produc
i ed only 61,920,000 pounds. Alar
) ge quantity of South Carolina to
l bacco was sold on the Type 13
• markets in addition to several
• million pounds Which were pro
i duced in Type 12.
While the tobacco sales data
: provide an excellent check on
production, the Crop Reporting
i Service must have reliable in
, formation earlier in the season,
; as they estimate production in
July before most types are har
vested. These estimates are bas
ed mainly on reports from grow
ers and field observations. It is
interesting to recall that when
the first estimate of the 1939 crop
was published last July, the trade
' and the general public questioned
its reliability proclaiming that
the poundage was unreasonably
high. However, in December,
' when sufficient quantities had
been marketed to foresee the fin-
al production, the estimate was
1 placed at 773,810,000 pounds, or
about 73 million pounds more
than the July estimate.
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LEGUMES
Geofge Wise, Linclonton, Route
1, is increasing his crop yields and
J decreasing his fertilizer bill
through an adequate program of
1 winter and summer legumes, re
ports Farm Agent J. G. Morrison.
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801 l Weevil Control
Outlined By State
College Workmen'
This is a tough year on the
boll Weevil. The cold weather of
the winter just past froze out the
main army of this No. 1 insect en
emy of the Agricultural South,
and now farmers have found an
effective weapon with which to
combat the hardy weevils that
survived the freezes.
These weapons the new pre
square mopping and dusting
treatment, and the established
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post-square poisoning method— j
are outlined in detail in a new
publication of the State College
Extension service. It is Extension
Folder No. 45, entitled “801 l
Weevil Control.”
Any farmer of the State may
receive a copy of the folder ire? j
upon request to the Agricultural
Editor at N. C. State College, Ra
leigh. County farm agents of the
Extension Service also have sup
plies of the publication in their (
offices at the county seats.
J. O. Rowell, Extension ento
mologist, is author of the new boll
| weevil control bulletin. In it, he
gives full information on the 1-1-1
mopping treatment, which has
proved very effective in South
Carolina and other states, and
which was used successfully by
a number of North Carolina
j growers on an experimental bas
is last year.
Rowell says that boll weevils
have made only scattered attacks!
this year, but he recommends
, vigilance in order that the in-
sect can be poisoned at the first
signs of his invasion of the cot
ton field. Hie pre-square mopping
treatment calls for the use of a
mixture of one pound of calcium
arsenate, one gallon of cheap mo
lasses, and one gallon of water.
This amount is sufficient to mop
one acre.
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Senate Receives
Huge Draft Plan
Washington, Jqne 25 — ; A com
prehensive draft bill to require
more than 4,000,000 men to regis
ter for possible military service
was submitted recently by Senator
Burke, (D-Neb).
The measure would require all
men between 18 and 65 to register.
Those between 21 and 45 could
be .called for duty in the establish
ed army and navy forces. The Pre
sident would determine how many
were reeded for defense, regard
less of whether the nation was at
war, and that number would be
selected by lot.
Men in the age groups between
18 and 21 and between 45 and
65 would be called only for ser
vice in home defense units near
their homes.
One provision of the measure
declared that the country was
“gravely threatened, and that to
insure the independence and free
dom of the people it is impera
tive that immediate measures be
taken to mobilize the nation’s
strength..
The Military Training Camps
association of the United States,
sponsoring the measure, said in a
statement from its national emer
gency committee that “we need
not argue in this hour that no
step should be omitted which sub
stantially contributes to the sa l
fety of our country.’’
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LIME
Farmers have already obtained
two and a half times as much lime
under the 1940 grant-of-aid pro
gram as they requested during the
entire 1939 season, says an AAA
summary.
THURSDAY, JUNE >7, ls4|
KNOX SAYS NAVY
KNOWS NO PARTY
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Declares National Defense
Is Not Partisan Question In
Reply To G. O. P.
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Chicago, June 25 “The Navy
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knows no party," Col. Frank
Knox, the 1936 Republican Vice-
Presidential candidate, declared
last week in a statement on his
acceptance of an appointment by
President Roosevelt to be Secre
• tary of the Navy.
Col. Knox, whose action was
s denounced by Republican party
leaders meeting in Philadelphia
preparatory to the G. O. P. Nat
ional Convention this week, as
serted that:
“National defense is not a par
tisan question. It should have the
united support of the people re
gardless of party. Congress in the
past few weeks has acted with
substantial unanimity on every
national defense proposal.”
Col. Knok, who resigned as one
of the eight Illinois delegates-at
large to the Republican conven
tion, said:
“The administration of the
Navy Department is in no sense
political. The navy knows no par
ity. At a time of tremendous nav
i al expansion it is vital that its
management shall be wholly non
political. The President has ask
ed me to serve as Secretary of the
Navy on that basis and on that
basis I have accepted.
“We are in danger now because
we are inadequately prepared.
The President has said I can help
him. If I can help him get us
ready for an emrgency I must do
so. What hapens to me is unim
portant. If I Should be cast in the
I discard a few.months later, the
only questions I must answer to
I myself are these: Did I do my
duty? Did I do it well? ”
Meanwhile Republican head
quarters here announced that Col.
Knox’ place on the State’s dele
gation to the national convention
would be taken by Mrs. Mable
G. Reinecke of Chicago.