Cotton Goes Back On Quota For 'S0|
Cleveland county** major crop,
cotton, wr?l be grown a. id marketed
under .rigid government ^ntrols In
1950.
A total of 2,350 county cot* on pro-,
ducera went to the poILs Tht'flsday,
DecerWber 15, and approved *<>arket
ing quotas toy 78 .percent. This was
fc>y far the heaviest farm vote ever
cast in Cleveland county on the
question of quotas, election officials
stated. "Hie number of voters favor
ing quotas was 1,839 and 511 were
against.
In the 20-state area where the ref
erendum was held an 89 percent ma
jority of votes were casrt in approval
of quotas. Quot.'is on cotton were last
in effect in 1941. They were voted
for 1942 but. were suspended because
of vvar conditions..
?Under the control program, each
farm is given a planting allotment.
The farm's sale* quota is the a
mount of cotton grown on its allot*
mem. Sales from excess acres would
be subject ito a tfiff penalty tax ?
! roughly IS cents a pound or slightly
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more than half the prospective mar
?toet price..CleveIand county has been
allotted 32,902.9 acres of cottop for
19o0.
Approval of quotas assured pro
ducers of a continued government
price support otf 90 percent of parity
or around 28 cents a pound. .quo
tas had been defeated, the price sup
port for the 1950 crop would have
dropped to 50 percent of parky.
Parity is a > legal standard for
measuring farm prices, designed to
be equally fair to producers and
those who buy his products.
The sire of the -majority favori?2
quotas was larger than some farm
leadens and department officials
had expected. Reports of widespread
grower dissatisfaction with acreage
planting allotments had led them
to believe the opposition would be
stronger than it turned out to be.
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Turkey Breeding
Bulletin Revised
The North Carolina Agrlculturel
Experiment Station this we*k an
nounced publication of a revised
bulletin on turkey breeding. J* is
Bulletin No. 350, 'Improving Tur
key Production," copies of which
-may be Obtained free from the local
county agent or by writing the Ag
ricultural Editor, State College Sta
tion, Raleigh.
Authors of -the 'publication, which
contains 24 paged and is amply il
lustrated .with charts and phono
graphs, are R. S. Dearetyne, E. vV.
Glazener, J. W. Kelly, and C. H.
Bostlan Their purpose was to pre
pare a turkey breeder's handbook
based largely on results of investi
gations conducted at the Experiment
Station Turkey Farm since 1940.
Among the major subjeots dis
cussed are selection of breeders, !
poult production, feeding, and mor
tality of turkeys. The' North Caroli
na turkey industry, they point out,
has skyrocketed into a $2,600,000
business during .the past few years;
its future will depend largely on
quality of breeding flocks produced,
CHK1STMAS SYMBOL . . The
Ught of the deathless spirit of the
Yale burns steadily In every mind
It this season of the year, bat
nowhere Is It mare beautifully
typified than In the delighted,
wide-eyed look of a child experi
encing the shimmering delights of
his first Christmas.
Since we cannot shake each one of
you by the hand to giv? . you our
good wishes personally ? w* want
to take this opportunity to express
our hopes that this Christmas and
the coming New Tear be one of joy
and goodness for each and every one
of you ? our friends and patrons.
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overall efficiency of hatcheries, and
managerial practices of flock own
era.
The authors state that the use of
artificial 'lights in the laying house
brought the Station's flock Into full
egg production two months earlier
than in previous years when ni
lights were used.. Morning lights
were started by December 1 and
gradually increased so that by De
cember 15 the hehs had a 14-hour
day.
Maximum hatchability of eggs ob
tained at the Station about April 4.
In. only one year out of five was tt
obtained before March 10 or after
April 29.
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