Agriculture
Hunt trying to increase
peanut price support
Governor James B. Hunt,
Jr. it leading hit support to
North Carolina and national
peanut growers, according to
Joe. S. Sugg, Executive
Secretary of the North
Carolina Peanut Growers
Association, to get a much
needed increase in the level of
the price support on quota
peanuts under the price
support program.
According to Governor
Hunt, the price support level
of )420 per ton for quota
peanuts has not been in
creased since the Food and
Agriculture Act of 1977 was
enacted.
The governor pointed out
that the secretary of
agriculture has authority to
increase the price support
level to compensate for in
creases in cost of production.
Since the minimum level of
ICO per ton was set in 1977,
there has been a 28 percent
increase in the cost of
production of peanuts for
peanut farmers.
Hunt pointed out that North
Carolina farmers are
especially in need of a price
support increase for the 1900
crop to help offset a $25 million
reduction in gross income
from peanuts in 1979 as
compared to 1978 brought
about by poor weather con
ditions and increased cost in
production.
Hunt, along with James A.
Graham, Commissioner of
Agriculture, are conveying
the plight of North Carolina
peanut growers to the
Secretary of Agriculture,
hopefully prevailing upon him
to increase the price support
to a reasonable level that wffl
assure a profit to the peanut
growers.
Under the program, there la
a two-price system: one price
for quota peanuts, which is II
percent of the farm base
production, and a lesser
support price for additional*,
which are the peanuts
produced above the quota
within the allotted acreage for
the farm.
Additional are available
for domestic consumption
when purchased at quota loan
rates by the buyers or ex
ported for edible or oil use at
whatever price the market
will bring.
Perquimans
Gardening
By
Jean Wins low
I got interested in collecting cacti while visiting relatives in
Scottsdale, Arizona. As you probably know, yards in that Srea
are actually gravel, many times dyed green to simulate the
grass that won't grow in that forbidding climate.
I was given some "pups," as the offshoots are called,
anxiously brought them home, and began a whole new hobby!
As usual, I looked up information on not only what I brought
back from Arizona, but also reading what N.C. State hor
ticulturists say will grow here.
True cacti are a succulant, a form of plant that stores water
and native to the Americas, and range in size from little
"stone" cacti which actually appear to be hiding in the sand, to
the giant suguaros (pronounced su-hor-os) of the western
deserts.
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Model mailbox
A. Stephen Perry of Route 3 near Hertford hat a mailbox
appropriate for a farming community. Aside from a little
vandalism on one corner of the cab, the mailbox is a neap
perfect replica of a Massey-Ferguson Tractor.
If you grow cacti here on window sills with a southern ex
posure, you should certainly have success. Put them outside in
the summer. In my collection are such exotics as Star Cactus,
Golden Barrel, Rat Tail, Ball, Opuntias. etc.
I hope to acquire some of the beautiful grafted cacti of
several colors. All of these eventually bloom and usually have
exquisite flowers that are, alas, short-lived.
Cacti grow in the spring or fall, and that's when you water
them a great deal. My four-plus foot Peruvian cactus, or
Cereus, was only three feet tall this time last year. You could
almost see it growing last spring. Of course during this time
you fertilize with 5-10-5, 10-20-10, or 10-20-20 as long as it shows
activity. When growth stops, check the weather forecast in the
paper. If it rained in Phoenix, water your cacti. There are
excellent prepared mixes on the market, but I make mine up of
approximately one half sand and one part potting soil with a
dollop of peat moss. You should see the eyebrows hooch up
when I walk into Harris Plumbing and Supply and ask for a
quart of sand? and charge it
The Perquimans County Board of Commissioners
will offer for sale by sealed bids for following
eehlele:
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Come see the amazing Grill-Range
that does so many things so well. Steaks
sizzle up plump and juicy on the Char
Flavor grill. Chickens and roasts turn
golden brown on the rotisserie, while
eggs and pancakes cook to perfection
on the non-stick griddle.
And you can see how easily Jenn-Air's
convertible cooktops
slip in and out ?
great for clean up's as
well as cooking.
Jones urges peanut support
Congressman Walter B.
Jones recently urged
Secretary of Agriculture Bob
Bergland to increase peanut
support prices for the 1980
crop year.
Noting that the basic sup
port price has stayed at $120 a
ton in 1977 and 1978, Jones
pointed out that prices paid by
growers during this time have
increased 31 percent while
income to farmers has not
increased at all. If the support
price had been raised to offset
inflationary pressures during
this period, it would now stand
at $502 a ton.
Jones made his recom
mendations in a letter to
Secretary of Agriculture
Bergland and also in a phone
conversation with other high
USDA officials.
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