4 V
.3
44 dropped by 1.4 iuUIL i Li i' i i
year period, and their pror c
the total farm population wer.t dov a
from 30 per cent to 23 H per cent
The following table gives the trend
of the farm population (in millions),
and its relationship to the total IT. S.
nonulation, for selected years from
1910 to the present:
Year
1910
1920 :
WO .
1940
1945
1947
1919
1951
1953
1954 ;
Sources;
Farm
Topjulation
82.1
32.0
B0.5 '
30.5 n
25J
27.1
26.0
24.2 '
22.7
21.9
Ratio to
Total UJ9.
Population
S49
. 301
., 24.9
23J
18.1
' 18.9
17.5
15.7
14 J.
13.5
U. S. Bureau of the Census;
Dept. of Agriculture, - ,
BURGESS NEW?
Lane attended
in Chocowinity
a 4-H
Satur-
The long-term migration from the
farm to the city,' accelerated since the
early Forties by war and by the great
increase m non-agricultural .employ
ment opportunities, has brought the
farm nonulation down to a new low.
' ; Figures compiled jointly by the
U. S. Bureau of the Census and the
Department of Agriculture put the
number of persons on farms at 21.9
million. Jn April this year. This was
equal to 13 per cent of the country's
entire population,, the lowest propor
tion on record. . !
. In 1950, the number of persons liv
ing on farms was over 25 million and
. the proportion to the total population
was 16.6 per cent Just before Pearl
Harbor', in 1941, the farm population
was 30 'million and represented 22.7
per cent of the entire U. S. popula
tion. Back in 1910, the first year for
which figures are available, the farm
population exceeded 32 million and
represented more than a third of the
country's total population.
Farm vs. Nonfarm
Thus over the last four and one
half decades the number ; of persons
living on farms has declined by near
ly a third and the ratio to the total
IT. S. population almost twice as much.
There are now more than six persons
in the nonagricultural population for
' every one living on a farm as compar
ed with a two to one ratio in 1910.
Despite the drop in the number of
farmers, however, agricultural produc
tion set new records over the last dec
ade, thanks to mechanization and bet
ter farming techniques. , "
The figures show a substantial de
cline in agricultural employment in
recent years and a higher proportion
of those living on farms earning
their livelihood in nonagricultural in
dustries ' as off-the-farm Job oppor
tunities have increased. Of the farm
working population in April this year,
only 6 million were empoyed in agri
culture as compared with 6.6 million
so employed in 1950. Nearly 8 mil
lion of the farm labor force were then
employed ' in non-agricnlaural indus
tries, and they represented 20 per cent
of the entire farm population of work
ing age as against 16 per cent in 1950.
. Trend By Age Groups
A decline in the number of persons
living on farms between 1960 and
1954 occurred in all age groups, but
was relatively greater for those of
the younger working ages. There
were 1.1 million fewer children and
teen-agers on farms in April this year
than in the 1950 month, br, their 1954
proportion of the totaftfm papula
tion was higher than in 1950. c Simi
larly, the proportion of those between
45 and 64, and the 65 and over group
also moved up. On the other hand,
the number of those between 20 and eant, according to word received here.
.
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With more than 200 miles of its
route, widened and resurfaced, and 20
new and modern bridges constructed
since the winter of 1953, the Ocean
Hiway route is prepared for and is ex
pecting this winter its busiest season
of Florida bound motorists. .
Highlighting the improvement on
the Ocean Hiway route since last; sea
son is Georgia's highway moderniza-.
tion program of U. S. 17, especially
noticeable and especially welcome be- '
cause it has been, so badly needed in
recent years. Georgia's program of
highway widening, straightening, add
ing of shoulders resurfacing and con
struction of modern bridges has been
going on constantly for more than a
year. . Now, this winter, motorists
headed for Florida via the Ocean Hi
way will be pleased not only by the.
gnsat improvement but impressed by
the continuing program. '
Other states also have contributed
substantially since last winter to the
. ii - m ji i r TTI
t: .sque coast for 1,1 . .La "
New York and , j adver
tised as the fastest an 3 t route
from northern pines to sauihuji palms.
From New York City, usinsr the New
Jersey turnpike, or .UQ. 100, motor
ists cross the great Delaware Ke
morial Bridge near WHmiiszton, and
follow U. S. 13 southward down the
DelMarVa peninsula to the Kiptopeke
Beach, Va. ferry terminal: - Then, af
ter the restful and enjoyable transport
ferry crossing of Chesapeake Bay,
from Kiptopeke Beach to Little Creek,
Va., U. S. 13 is followed to the inter
section with IT. S. 17 just south of
Norfolk. There the official Ocean Hi
way route takes a
I it : jr. ; . . o. , .
tl.e cct.t all t.e v y I J
Fla. ' -
In anticipation of the den:..rj f. r I
new 1955 issue of the Ocean KIa 7
map folder, the non-profit Occm Li
way Association ordered this season a
printing in excess of one million cop
ies, for delivery to Wilmington head
quarters. A copy will be sent free, by
postpaid return mail, to all who ad
dress their inquiries to Ocean Hiway
Association, P. O. Box 1552, Wilming
ton, Delaware. The 24 panel map fold
er contains not only an up-to-date map
and mileage table of the official
. i law i ct til
,y route travers
Ocean Hiway but also a map of New
left turn and fol- England routes connecting with the
- Too Li J
Two men, strangers to each c "
happened to be wandering fart!.:r 1
farther down, the darkening coV
of an ancient picture gallery. C
them shivering slightly, said:
"Rather spooky, isn't it?"
'Do you believe In ghosts ask? "
the other. , '
"No," said the first speaker, "do
you?" -Tesi"
said the other and vanirV
Annie Lou
Club . meeting
day.
Mrs. Louis Proctor visited her bro
ther in Virginia Sunday.
Sarah Mae Hollowell spent the
week-end with her cousin, Anne Lane.
Mrs. Walton Lane and Mrs. J. B.
Basnight visited Mrs. C. W. Ives near over-all improvement of the Ocean Hi
Elizabeth City, Sunday afternoon. . way route. In both Delaware and
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Keegnn called on Maryland the duauzation program of
Mrs. Sidney Layden, Sr., Sunday. XT. S. 13 has been extended several
Elvira White was the guest of Nan- miles, and work is continuing wi th
ey Lane over the week-end. . : ' , out any interruption to traffic In
Joanne Mathews spent the week-end Delaware approximately 35 miles of
with friends at Louisburg College. : IT. S. 13 were improved greatly, in
Mr. and Mrs. William Stallings and Maryland more than 10 miles, and in
Mr. and Mrs. -Reuben Stallings visit-! Virginia approximately 83 miles of
ed Eugene Winslow in Norfolk Gen- IT. S. 13 and IT. S. 17 have been im-
eral Hospital Sunday. , i proved since last winter. North Caro-
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Copeland visit- Una has made an outstanding contri
ed relatives in Virginia Sunday. . - I button, toward safer and more enjoy
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Copeland spent table motoring by widening and resur-
the week-end with his parents, Mr. -facing more than 35 miles of IT. S.
and Mrs. A. M. Copeland.
; BURGESS CLUB MEETS
.. i
The Burgess Home Demonstration
Club met Wednesday night with Mrs.
J. B. Basnigbt. "America The Beau
tiful" was the opening -song, followed
by the devotional, given, by the hos
tess, taken from the 34th chapter of
Proverbs. The roll was called and
minutes read and approved. -'
Miss Kimsey Perry gave an inter
esting demonstration on "Arranging
Furniture in the Living Room." The
meeting closed with the Collect. Mrs.
Howard Matthews was the winner in
the contest conducted during the so
cial hour.
The hostess served nuts, open-face
sandwiches and angel food cake with
iced drinks. 1
PROMOTED TO SERGEANT
Garland Walker, who is serving with
the Armed Forces in Korea, was re
cently promoted to the rank of serg-
Carolina, 32 miles of
widened and resur-
17. In, South
U, S. 17
faced. ' ;
Approximately 60 miles of U. S. 17
in Georgia reflect that state's highway
modernization program, s. ,
The popular Ocean Hiway 1 route,
which follows 4he historic and pic-
fly T
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- WE TRY VERY HARD to serve our customers'
' Dromptly and efficiently and we have no desire to EM
BARRASS ANY ONE regarding the payment of ac- 1
. counts for KEROSENE,' FUEL OHjS and other petro-.-:
leum products. However, there are still ajimited num
, ber who do not realize that the close margin of profit on ; ,
these products does not justify long term credit, and in ' t
view of this it has again become necessary for the fol- - -
lowing WHOLESALE OIL DEALERS of Hertford, N. C,
to continue THEIR MUTUAL AGREEMENT TO RE
PORT, EACH TO THti 'OTHER, ANY PERSON OR ,
PERSONS WHO BEOOM? DELINQUENT in their ac-
counts. Naturally any prearranged -credit agree ,
are excepted. WONT YOU .PLEASE COOPERATE? ,
. . We truly wantio continue' serving- you pleasantly. : ,. .
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