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TO! PERQUIMANS WEEKLY HERTFORD. N. ft. FRIDAY. AUGUST 22, 1952. PAGE Part-Time Farming On ice, Totals Nearly Third Of Farms An unusual example of the oppor tunities and potential Inherent In American life is provided by the in creasing number of persons who are combining farm living and all its ad vantages in these complex times with a basic source of livelihood outside of agriculture. U;: ' By actual count, nearly a third of all the farms in this country sow fall into this part-time category, a pro portion practically double that of two decades. ago. The basic livelihood may be a Job, profession, or business in a town or a , city, now easily accessible even to outlying areas P thanks to the auto mobile and (he speed of modem trans portation. Or, as has been happening in more and more cases in recent ' years, the principal income may be a Pension, or return on infested sav ings. The number of retirement farms is now unofficially estimated at sev eral hundred thousand. In any case, some actual farming is carried out at the same time. ; ; I What the Figures Show This development is indicated in fig- . ures compiled by the U. S. Department of Agriculture showing the trend and extent of increase in the number of . part-time and residential farms from 1930 to date. - - In 1950, according to the figures, the number of part-time and reeiden ,tial farms added up to 1.7 million. the equivalent of three out of every ten farms in tne unitea wistes. a decade before there were 1.4 million of such, farms, or fewer than one out of every four of all farms in that year. Back in 1930, the first year for which such figures were compiled, the number of part-time and residen tial farms came to just over a million and was the equivalent of only one out of every six of all the farms in the United States in that year. The Qualifications A part-tim or residential farm, to qualify; must meet certain minimum standards set by the U. S. Bureau of the Census with respect to produc tion and value of farm products sold. Thus it must be an actual farming op eration, even though small, and not merely a matter of location, or acre age, or a vegetable patch for the home table. In fact, the latest figures show that more than a third of the farms in this group raise and sell between $250 and $1,200 of farm product a vear. thu Drovidinar their operators with a significant amount of supple mentary income. The minimum quali fying requirement, is the equivalent of $150 cash sales of farm products a year. , ; -. The over-all-annual cash income from farming operations for part-time and residential farms as a whole is estimated at in the neighborhood of half a billion dollars for last year. This may seem like "small potatoes" when compared with total cash re ceipts from farm marketings of just under $33 billions for 1951. However, what is more important than income In most cases is that part-time farm ing, combined with an outside basic' source of livelihood represents a way of life that has distinct1 advantages for the individual and for the nation as a whole, particularly in a society that has become as highly industrializ ed and as complex as ours. Small jFarms Gain One of the interesting developments in this situation is the extent of the growth in the number of very small farms in recent years. The total num ber of farms under 10 acres in size, for example, has increased from 289, 000 in 1920 to 511,000 in 1950, a gain of 77 per cent. ,This is the biggest gain of all the farm acreage groups. The great majority of the under 10 acre farms are part-time or residential units. As a matter of fact, while a number of part-time and residential farming unite may be big, a very large proportion of the total number is under 30 acres according to un official estimates. 1 Department of Agriculture figures on the trend in the number of farms by sice groups over the last three decades shows that only the very small and very large ones have shown any important gains in tne penoo. ftv Mrtmitt. thou between 10 and 180 acres declined by over 1.3 million be tween 1920 and 1960. However, raw iiizA of farms has been in creasing for years end is now some 40 per cent above 1920. Inquiries About State Are Still Increasing iRpnnpBf a : far Information about North Carolina travel and vacation facilities continue to run ahead 01 last year's despite a slump in May (time of the petroleum strike) and in June and part of July (time of the steel strike and political conventions. The increaned number of . inbuifies coincides with increases shown in ac tual travel counts at National (Parks and State Highway census stations gnt itu.rmuuH business resorted by resorts, offering something " to do (swimming, ,. boating, fishing, goii, riding, etc) rather than offering tran sient mvommodations solely. An inorwasins' demand for vacation cottages on lakes with all watersport facilities is evident. , uuore people are alsn - innnirino' about medium-Driced accommodations for families with amusements for children and provis ions for pets. A larger percentage of inmiiries are about nlaces to stav a I week-end, a week, two weeks or long er. Very few requests lor simple over-night accommodations are being received. Tnmiin'pH serviced hv the State Ad vertising Division totaled 14,268 in I July. In July 1951 the total was 9,522. Machinery Featured At Farm-Home Week "Farm Machinery and Mechaniza tion" will occupy next Thursday on the Farm and Home Week program at N. C. State College, says County Agent C. W. Overman. The program features on Tuesday and Wednesday are fully as, important and interest ing. .-. . "Farm people who have not attend ed a Farm and Home Week don't rea lize what they are missing," Over man says. "You pass along this road of life only once. You owe it to your self and your family to take time out and relax, learn more about how the other fellow does things and get new ideas and have some fun. ' " "Farm and Home Week is for North Carolina farm people, yet our city friends are invited. Registration be gins Monday afternoon and the pro gram starts Monday evening. . Thurs day evening is the final session end ing with a good old fashioned square dance. Go and enjoy it" .girls and NAF members will be shown with first, second and third place ribbons being awarded to the win ners., "-' Counties expected to take part are Tyrrell. Washington, Currituck, Per quimans, Chowan and Pasquotank. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, is about to come to grips with the toughest foe of all: the tongue. Join TWIFORD'S Mutual Burial ASSOCIATION TRY A WEEKLY CLASSIFIED AD MASSES SUNDAYS IN MARINE CHAPEL AND EDENTON CHURCH u5 ' mil mm mmo i' Cm m wm8 mi mam cocx::rAT , V K. A MAILY LOW i w ' - On every Sunday after the first Sunday in the month (every month's first Sunday having the second mass in Windsor, N. C, Theatre at 9 A. M., EST) the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered at 7 and 9 A. M., DiST., in Marine Landing Field Chapel, near Edenton, and at 11 A. M., EST, in St. Ann's Catholic Church, Eden ton, each including sermon, Holy Com munion, followed by Rosary for Peace, j Sunday School, Mass Servers' Prac tice, with confessions for half hour( before services, stated Father F. J. McCourt, auxiliary chaplain and pas tor, who invites everybody to all ser vices. Week-days at 7 A. M., EST: Mass, Communion, Rosary in Edenton Church. ' LI I i m i Negro Dairy Show In E. City August 28 Plans are progressing for the sec ond annual Negro dairy show which will be held in Elizabeth City Thurs day, August 28, at the Scott and Hal- stead warehouse on the Weeksville road. The show will start at 10 A. M. Cattle raised by 4-H Club boys and Sense And Nonsense Husband: "Now that Uncle Her man is buried. I want to confess that I got fed up with the old boy something awful. But I didn't say anything for twenty years because, after all. he was your uncle." Wife: "My uncle! I thought he was your uncle!" Drive Carefully The Life lYou SAVE May Be Your Own! REED OIL COMPANY Distributors .Esso Products Hertford, N. C. MILK WITH A SOUTHERN ACCENT! North Carolina farmers, already able tillers of the soil, now are livestock-conscious. In 20 years their nerds of milk cows and calves have increased from 279,522 in 1930 to nearly 400,000. This means more and fresher milk for Tar Heels, plus increas d farm income aH of which helps make North Carolina a better place to work, play and live. Also contributing to the pleasant living that is North Carolina is the brewing industry's self regulation program where brewers, wholesalers and retailers in counties where malt beverage ales are permitted under state control co operate to maintain wholesome conditions lot the legal sale of beer and ale. North Carolina Division UNITED STATES BREWERS FOUNDATiC.T. INC. EASY T E R M S 0 DIG CASTEO OVEN! Keally by Exact oven heat at all timee ! Super Broflac for charcoat , type broiling! . , O UhStZZD CAIBCD UEITS. : . , v'l ' ; Five exact cooMng tpeeday from immar to tfcHt! Ts tccncmlcal" " ' 4 T . , " spills burn away! , - , Cdga L:? tocr cnrtalns, wall yonr entire Htcfaan caiany d nl , : . 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