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With rural property values increasing
bv 30 percent to 50 percent and
even higher In some Instances, it will
pay most farmers to file for farm use
assessment, Brunswick County Tax
Administrator Boyd Williamson said
Thursday.
"A whole lot of farmers never
seem to realize it's available to
them." he said. "It will be of more
benefit to them to file this year than
before. Before the range in property
values wasn't enough to make much
of a difference."
Farmers apply for use value during
the listing in January. land used
for agricultural, horticultural or
limber that also meets certain requirements,
qualifies for use value.
Under the plan, farm land Is appraised
based on its production value
rather than its fair market value. In
some instances?as when the farm is
ty, that can save a farmer a lot of tax
money. The highest nuirket value
assigned to rural farm lund is $1,100,
which with the use assessment could
be reduced as low as $050.
The land must meet certain requirements
relating to ownership
and active production. Also, farmers
can Included managed woodbind on
Foil Soil Sampli
The Brunswick County
Agricultural Extension Service will
conduct a soil sampling drive Nov. 18
through Dec. 12, said Billy Barrow,
nssnnijitn iivrieiiltiiral extension
( Kent.
"The fall Is on excellent time to
take soil samples," said Harrow.
Generally, the soil is In excellent condition
to take samples and the NCIM
Inh In ItalclKh Is not overburdened
with work. As a result, the analysis
can Is- done more quickly.
In an effort to uld local fanners
and Hardeners, pick up and delivery
points have been established for each
community. At these designated
points, imrtteipanls can pick up soil
sampling kits.
County residents are usually asked
to mall their sumples to Kalelgh or
brink them by the extension office,
but before IXv. 13, county residents
may drop off their samples at the
Club Focuse
Hrunswlek County Kxtcnslon
Agent Mary Ituss nave a presentation
on holiday food preparation to
the Supply Kxtcnslon Hoincmakers'
Club at tla-lr Nov. 19 meeting.
Afterwards she distributed recipe
booklets from a decorated craft
basket to the 12 club members ami
guests
Several club members gave talks
at tire meeting. Alleen Miles urged
member* lo vole "yes" on Uw
Brunswick Technical College bonil
referendum and Millie Kvans spok<
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jr Farmers,
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their farms under the farm use plan.
Other woodland owners will benefit
from a tax law change recently
enacted by the state legislature.
Before, to qualify for the exemption,
the minimum acreage had to be continuous,
but no more. Under the new
rules, non-contiguous tracts will
count toward the 20-acre minimum,
as long as one plot meets the base requirements.
More information about the use
values for agricultural, horticulture
and forestland are available from the
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
office, the forest ranger's
office or the agricultural extension
service office.
Senior citizens and permanently
and totally disabled persons may
also qualify for a break on their tax
payments.
The General Assembly has increased
the ceiling on both income
and property holdings. An exemption
Is offered on the first $10,000 of real
estate when his or her income is no
more than $10,000. Before the limits
were $8,500 on assessed property and
$9,000 in income, said Williamson.
Applications for the exclusion
should be submitted during the
January filing period, he said.
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designated point for their community.
'Hie following week the samples
will be transported to lialeigh.
Pick up and delivery points for
each community arc: Bolivia/Winnabow,
W.I.. Knox & Sons Farm Supply;
Boiling Spring Ijikes/Winnabow,
Mill Creek Farm Supply;
Southport, Swaync's Garden Center;
Yaupon/lxing Beach, Oak Island (
Nursery; Supply, Brunswick County
extension Office; Holdcn ,
Heacli/Shallotte, Harrelson's Farm <
Supply and Hughes Garden Center; i
ASU/i.uugwoou, nrun.swica nuni
Supply; anil Calabash, Eddie Bennett's
Kami Supply.
Harrow said county residents
should take advantage of this opportunity
and begin planning for next
year's garden of landscaping project.
For more information, call the
agricultural extension office at
25W42a.
?s On Foods
on exercise. Pat Nash announced the
extension homcmakers' state project
would be improvement of abandoned
buildings.
Members made plaits to attend the
Hospice Festival of Trees in Wilmington
on Dec. 5.
Clara Schuester invited club
members to her home in Calabash
for a Christmas party on Dec. 10 A
covered dish luncheon and a cookie
and gift exchange are planned
I Gladys Metcalf and 1 xiut.se Cog?
geshall were guests at the meeting.
extra special Thanksgiving din
Wide selection of dining sets
is for the holidays
Lay Away For Christmas
in Doiki Solid Wood with Lean
f- Reg $844 00. Sale Price $59
l- Reg $945 00 Sale Price $69
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id Brass bed Reg $2 013 00 S
d Iron Queen Bed Reg $1 358
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CleorofK# Specials on Kern
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Christmas Play
Tickets arc on sale for the production ol
Carol." The classic version of Dickon's m
in Thalian Mall in Wilmington Dec. 20-23
evening and two matinees Dec. 21 and 22 i
office for Information and reservations.
Meeting To Disa
Referendum, All<
Before returning their ballots in sjx
he upcoming tobacco referendum, tob
trea flue-cured growers may want to jjta
attend a related meeting scheduled j
Tuesday, Dec. 3. at the Brunswick cc<
County Government Center at the
Bolivia. co|
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the fa[
public assembly building and will p0
concent the referendum and any and
all aspects of the tobacco allotment
program, said Ada I.. Varnuni, ac- c\,
ting county executive director of the or
Hrunswick County Agricultural yi
Stabilization and Conservation Scr- w,
vice. on
Ballots for Uie Tobacco Associates in
Assessment Program will be mailed
to eligible voters and must be return- re
ed by Dec 12, indicated Billy Bar- jn
row, associate agricultural extension ei
agent.
Eligible to vote are all fanners
engages! in production of flue-cured
tobacco, including owners of farms
on which tobacco is produced,
tenants and sharecroppers. Each
person Is entitled to one vote
regardless of the number of acres
grown.
The self-assessed program has
been used to promote, develop ami
cxpund the export murket for
American flue-cured tobacco. Currently,
tlie export market purchases
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and China cabinets all
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it 3 p.m. Call the Thai!an Hall box ?
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of every 10 acres of flue-cured
lacco produced in the United
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The assessment, which cannot exkI
one-tenth of a cent per pound of
effective marketing quota, would t
ne out to two dollars per acre on j
ms with effective quotas of 2,000 \
unds, said Barrow. <
I obacco Associates is managed by
board of directors. Members in- ,
ide 17 growers representing farm |
ganizations from the Carolinas,
rginia, Georgia and Florida, three
irehouscmen, two leaf exporters,
le banker, one fertilizer manufacrcr
and one merchant
More information on the upcoming
ferendum and Tobacco Associates,
ic., is available from Barrow at the
[tension office, 253-4425
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Stores Farir
BY SUSAN USHER
Eight of nine ABC boards in
i runs wick County showed a prelistrlbution
profits during the yeai
hat ended June 30.
Percentage of profits ranged from
i low of-2.03% ($1,967) operating loss
>efore distributions at Boiling Spring
-akes to a high of 13.15% ($44,751) al
)cean Isle Beach before distribuions.
The ABC Board at Sunset Beach
bowed a beiore-distributions profil
if $42.50, or one-hundreth of a perrent
(0.01%), but a net loss of -$63.82,
vith distributions of $1,838.54 and
nixed beverage taxes of $2,371.71 reained
locally.
However, the board's situation is
letter than it looks on paper, Chair
nan Nivan Milligan said Monday.
'Our business is not all that good, bul
ve're in fairly good shape at Sunsel
leach."
He said the net loss showed up
vhen the auditors over-distributed
llirino fwn nporfpfo ir? fK?
tore made a profit
"We did make a profit; it jusl
loesn't show," he said. "Everybody
;ot money out of it except the ABC
itore?the state ABC Board, thf
own, the rescue squad.
Milligan said the board has begur
ecovering some of the business il
ast when the Calabash ABC Store
pened in 1978 and expaects to do beter
next year.
While no major changes are piano
d for the Immediate future, the
oard is considering alternatives
uch as a move toward self-service
aid Milligan.
The board's performance has
hown a declining trend over the p>asl
everal years. Pre-distribution pro
its had dropped from $6,71C.93 01
Vegetable Pro
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Local farmers involved in or In
erested in producing vegetables fo
riarlrot mow aunt tr> oHonH fk
au> nv? "Bill W BHUIU UK
vegetable Growers School and Trad<
Show in Klnston on Dec. 12.
Brunswick County Associat
Agricultural Extension Agent Bill;
Barrow said the school will examln
the state's vegetable industry' from
number of angles.
These include vegetables as a
alternative to grain crops and th
associated risks, such as low price
in an oversupplied market; techn
ques for obtaining credit; an
marketing as a means of expand in
the vegetable Industry.
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ABC
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4.53% on June 30, 1980, to $991.69 or
i .49% on June 30, 1984.
Shallotte's ABC store showed the
largest net profit in the county with
$74,202.75, showing a beforei
distributions profit of $76,822.59
i (10.18%). It distributed $90,000 local:
iyPre-distribution
profits at the
Belville store nearly doubled over the
prior yeai, with the percentage also
i jumping from 6.65% to 12.85%, the second
best margin in the county.
The Southport and Yaupon Beach
boards also showed increased
I percentages of profit before distribu
tion.
Net profits and municipal distribui
tions board by board for the year that
ended June 30 are as follows:
Belville? $60,099, all of it
1 distributed;
t -Boiling Spring lakes?$1,967, no
distributions;
-Calabash?$24,804, distributed
1 $14,467.70;
-Lcne S--3 v.-,.-., an
distributed;
1 -Ocean Isle Beach?$43,057, $22,713
' distributed;
I -Shallotte?$74,202.75, with $90,000
s distributed;
Southport?$40,368, with all
i distributed;
t -Sunset Beach?$63.82, with
! $1,838.54 distributed;
Yaupon Beach?$25,440, with
$10,975 distributed.
Towns with mixed beverage sales
! also retained taxes locally from that
i operation: Calabash, $6,710.37; Ixmg
, Beach, $15,870; Ocean Isle Beach,
$5,552; Southport, $8,991; Sunset
i Beach, $2,371.71; and Yaupon Beach,
1 $3,264. The taxes are included in the
- sums available for local distribu
duction Topic
chooi, Show
r Speakers from the extension serr
vice and Carolinas landgrant univere
sities will also discuss the role of ire
rigation in all stages of production
and quality control through poste
harvest handling and grading of
y vegetables for various markets,
c Speakers will also discuss produca
lion practices, new crop varieties,
new pesticides and the latest in
n plastics culture.
e Exhibitors will include a variety of
s suppliers.
1- The school and tradeshow begin at
d 9 a.m. at the Lenoir County Exteng
sion Complex three miles south of
Kinston, said Barrow.
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