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- ' tenant JLrmin. for yean an 1m- port and growing element in. Ameri can agriculture and a recurrent prob aa well, has' shown ft radical oe- cLne over the last decade and a half. Figures compiled by the V. S. De partment of Agriculture, based on the last Census, show that the number of farms operated by tenants has been cut in half since the Thirties, declhv l . . . A n nr frn nr a., m IAA irf irom s.oooa'uu in xvoa w C ) in 1950. As a result, the number o farms operated by tenants in 1950 was down to only about 27 per cent of all the farms in the nation in that year as compared with a ratio of 42 percent in 1935. i Progress By Evolution 'Both numerically and in proportion to the total, the 1950 figures were the lowest in more than a half centu ry. Obviously, by increasing the ties to the land of a growing proportion of the nation's farmers, the decline in tenancy and the accompanying m- crease in - ownership strengthen the basis of American agriculture and benefit the nation at large at the same time, socially as well as economic cally. -The rapid decline jn farm tenancy in recent years is a conscipuous ex ample of evolutionary development in a free society.' It has been brought about by the spectacular technologi cal developments in farming and ate mechanisation, and has been aided by the general prosperity of the economy over tjie last decade. " Thanks to the big rise in farm in come and production, many tenants have been able to accumulate finan cial means to buy e farm of their own. Many others, particularly those located on marginal and uneconomic units like the sharecroppers in the South, -have been afforded the op portunity of bettering themselves' and leaving farming entirely by the ex pansion of business and industry with the job openings that resulted. Along with these two developments has gone the, growth in the size of farms all over the country aa the increasing use of machinery spurred consolida Tenants ' Eat'- MM .- T" US5 . : 2,025 ""' 2,355 2,455 L ZSr 2,684 42 2,835 ' .42 2461 , 23 ... , 70 YEARS QF TENANCY h : The following table shows the trend of tenant farming for the 70-year period from 1880 to the present (figures in thousands): Year . All Farms 1880 4,009 ' 1890 465 1900 : 5,727 ' 1910 M62 1920 . 6,448 1930 ' W89 1935 6,812 , 1940 6,097 1945 5,859 1950(D) ts384 , (p) Preliminary. ' Source: U. S. Dept. 1358 1,439 22 27 of Agriculture. k In.tviA anil ajOTiltfiitrirtvi oz-I.R tion acreatre for more efficient opera- , Big Drop in farm Employment A; : It is significant to note in this con nection that the total number of those engaged in agriculture has declined by about a third in the last decade' and a half, falling from an average for the year of more than 7 million, the 1951 averaee. The amount of land un der cultivation has shown only a min or increase at the same time. None theless, the volume of : agricultural production has. increased about a third in this period, testifying to the prog ress that .has occurred in farming methods and in utilization of resources. Evidence of the extent that former tenants have become owners is shown by the Department of Agriculture in an analysis of farm real estate, trans fers in the last few years. ' These figures show that tenants bought from 26 per cent to 32 per cent of all farms sold in the four-year period, from March, 1947 to March, 1951. ...:: Tenancy has been consistently more prevalent in the South than in any other section of the country, and it is in this area than the biggest de cline has occurred. 'Prom i 1910 through 1935, 50 per cent or more of SEEDS ; "Just Arrived" Seeds ... all kinds for FIELD TRUCK GARDEN and FLOWERS , MAY ' PEAS ONIONS POTATOES CORN . BEANS FIELD PEAS , SEE US FOR YOUR NEEDS Hertford Miim & Suly Compiiiy "Trade Here and Bank the Difference" h PHONE 3461.. , . HERTFORD, N.C ty tonanto, wi'vi t. n . arms reacting a peak of l.C-lJO in 1935. By I80O, the number of Couth- em tenant farms bad fol.en to 03, CCD. equivalent to oj&iy about one-Ciird of all the farms in that re Ion, the lowest such proportion for tie Couth since tenancy records were first com' .0. -ecroppers Disappearing r .or factor in the decline in .n tenancy has been a big drop recropping. Over the last two i, the number of sharecroppers ..erred from 776,000 in 1930 to an es timated 356,000 in 1950, a bigger per centage decline than in Southern ten ancy as a whole; As a result, the number of farms operated by share crorpers represented only 13 per cent of all the farms m the South in I960 as compared with a ratio of 24 per cent in 1930. . " ' Tenant farms in the North, which includes the big Grain Belt, dropped from 898,000 Jn 1935, or 82 per cent of all Northern farms, to 473,000 In 1950. or 21 per cent of the farms, in that area. In the west, the number of tenant farms dropped from a 1935 peak of 136,000 to only 68,000 in 1950, with the ratio to all farms in the West fallinsr from 24 per cent to 13 er cent, respectively, in the period. -. ; WINFALL NEWS Rex Jones, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. De- laney, Dan Winslow are very sick with the flu.'. , , ' Mrs, A. B. Winslow, Miss Amy Van Roach, Mrs. Thomas H. White,. E. Hollowell, ; Master Grover Hollowell and Mrs.. J. F, Hollowell are able to be out after being ill with the flu.1' W. J. Stanton: is very sick with pneumonia. Mrs. J. H. Bakers condition is much improved and she is able to be up and around at her home. , . Mr.' and Mrs. Elisha Whitley of Portsmouth, Va., visited relatives here Thursday.- , , " Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Phillips have re turned from Williamston, where they spent the past week.' . : i Mm. Bobertson of Norfolk, Va., vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Proctor last week. Miss Geraldine Gregory of Newport News, Va., spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Greg ory. , . Mrs. M. C. Chalk is sick with the flu. ' . Mr.' and Mrs. D. E. Trueblood and Mrs, Chuck Woodard motored to Dur ham, N. C, to visit Wfll Trueblood, who is a patient si WaAts Hospital, 'Saturday. -' - I Mrs. J. L. Nixon is spending some ' time with her niece in Galax, Va.. v , Mr. and Mrs. J. R. 'Mathews and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Jiong and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. ViU Jor dan, Mr.' and Mrs.; Edward Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Temple and chil dren visited Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hollo, well Sunday P. M. ., Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mathews of Eliz abeth City and Mr. and Mrs Bailey Temple and son,: Willie Carroll, of Newland visited Mr. , and Mrs. E. B. Hollowell Saturday. - " s - Mrs. Kenneth Miller and daughter, Gloria, are sick with the fju. " t ' Mrs. Jimmie Earnhardt of Edenton spent Tuesday night with her sister, Mrs. W. G, Hollowell. - Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. Earnhardt and Mrs. Elbert Bai- '11 7 1 if James Lyrum i . T. brofter.. tlr. and Hn. 3. P. T " their C'ct r"' r Kr. and i 'rs. U R. Et 1c .IJL's of on ia t!.e eve,-, t E? " SrlIrs..KolIow- .;'s I. en la surprke l-rthd "7 Wirifall CommurJty L children. '. - . : I"-,:Ue White and L 'S JL.j Whiti -n srs't " Lx I.'r- foKs 1 - , .' r t) i 1 . v,-s fcv st the c 4 4 4fl K According to .CouL" Overman, ejght WL; f ords have been receive! f il.. 1 to date ana snow. oa r ouiw-.a, four more reports ' nave r . t been re ceived. .Of the eiht reports Kermit aPi Gene Barrel! of Cannon's. Ferry community lead witir an average epj production of 74.2 per cent for toe month. Joseph Wifgins of Center Hill is second with. 71.6 per cent pro duction.- Earl Fail of Sign Pine is third with 69 per cent. Other produc tion figures: Bill Velch of Cannon's Ferry, 67.5 per cent; Emmett Perry, 66.2 per cent; Peggy Bunch, of Can non's Fetry, 63 per cent, and James Boyce, Sign Pine, 1 3.1 per cent. j "We want to, cor,: dilate James :iynn,nt' Up at ilonnUsnnc!; Whip those olsturcsslig weeds in s hurt? . .-. cultivate easier. . . .cnltivate cleaner with John Deere Tractor Cultivator. You'll see what you're doing . . . dodge plants quickly aad easily . . cultivaie ntster and at a. lower cost than ever before Top this with. Sturdy, long-tlved construction ... ease of attaching and detaching . .'. and adaptability to crop and row spacing; these are im portant John Deere advantages you'll appreciata. Ask us for fall particulars. . J. C, Blanchard & ;.. Company, Inc. "BLANCHARD'S" EINC3 1813 what's for dinner? 'most anything when you own a Home Fpoczcp! -'fit '' ' ' " J ''" l - ' ' ill v'. urn j w Sjiuinrn .! -'mm . 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The price f 1 v.. oon start to rise and "a v .1 1 :ault in a proportionate rise r r' for. the egg: producer if he is , j. lis flock in fuU production, x '-o have, cut on feed and . ov. 3 t.eir laying flock off produc v4n will take just as much feed to put the flock track into ffood produc tion 3 they saved and will lose pro 'LUs r -.cordingly. It is highly impor tant to keep the laying flock in full production at all times." ' - HIT A WKEILY CLASSIFIED AD . J ; ' s M lm ' o.nccn:v O PLYWOOD A ' ' ' ' . ' ' - 1 . and all other types, of BUILDING MATERIALS .-;.H : j- . . - 'i HARRIS j Supply Company ! HERTFORD, C t S4MMM4MKdbAreVt MrfMrfejSSjsj,' I COME. IN AND SEE , . . v ! ' ,THE HEW FR1GIDAIRE 4 II M ; riOV Oil DiSFLAY 1 i j 'i, and ,M " :, OS AHE LO'wtfl 1 Liberal terms and trade-in allow- j- ance, on your old refrigerator. . SEETHE NEW FRIGIDAIRE TODAY . . It's com- J f pletely automatic in every way. 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