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AGRICULTURE IN ACTION
By WALLACE PARKER, N. C. Farm Bureau Federation
AMERICAN FARM BUREAU (
IS FOR COTTON, PEANUT
AND TOBACCO PROGRAMS \
When some farmers read about
Charles B. Shuman's address to
the 43rd annual meeting of the
American Farm Bureau Federa
tion, they were displeased with
what they read and had mixed
emotions about Mr. Shuman and
the American Farm Bureau Fed
eration.
As they read about Mr. Shu
man’s plea for less rather than
more government in agriculture,’
Many North Carolinians thought
he was talking against such farm 1
program® as the tobacco, peanut
and ooitton programs. If farmers
had known what Mr. Shuman
had said earlier at a press con-|
ference and about the American
Farm bureau’s policies on these
farm programs there would not
have been any doubt in their
minds about the organdzaton’s
support of these programs.
During his press conference on
Dec. 10, Shuman dted tobacco, j
cotton and peanuts as commodi
ties which aTe exception® to the
general rule that farmers desire
less control program® in agricul
ture.
'Not only has the American
Farm (Bureau had policies over
the years supporting these farm
programs, $t is the ‘farm organi
zation which was most instru
mental in starting the first wor
kable control - program for an
agricultural product - tobacco. |
Ed O’Neal, president of the A-1
merioan Farm Bureau, in 1936,;
came to North Carolina to help
the discontented tobacco farmers!
organize into the North Carolina
Farm Bureau Federation to add
them in getting their collective
wish for a tobacco program pre
sented to Congress.
The American Farm Bureau
policies for 1962 reiterates the
organization’s longstanding sup
port of the tobacco, cotton and
peanut programs. For those that
would like to see Farm Bureau
in North Carolina become an in
effective organization in influen
cing agricultural legislation, it
should be remembered that the
American Farm Bureau could get
along without the support of
North Carolina; but agriculture
Merritt Serving
Aboard Ice Breaker
MCJMURDO SOUND, Antar
ctic (FHTNC) — John O. Mer
ritt, boatswain's mate third Class,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
Merritt of 605 Landing street,
Kings Mountain, N. C., spent
Christmas, 1961, in one of the
coldest and remote comers of the
globe while serving with the ice
breaker USS Burton Island —
Antarctica.
Frequent mail and ham radio
messages home helped morale,
and Santa Claus distributee "fts
from home, sent earlier and de
layed until Christmas by “Opera
tion Holdback”.
an North Carolina would be at
the crossroad as it was in the
’30’s without the support of the
American Farm Bureau.
'A close examination of every
thing Shuman said in his annual
address on Dec. 11 will show
that he made no statement that
is not consistent and in keeping
with the policies which are set
by the membership of the organi
zation which he heads. And, as
has been said, these policies sup
port the present cotton, tobacco
and peanue programs. While
Shuman is expected to be the
leader of the organization, he,
as president, is employed to im
plement or carry out the policies
and not to set or change policies.
The policies if the organization
are set by the membership in the
most democratic process used
anywhere.
When Shuman called for less
government in agriculture, he
was reflecting the wishes, as ex
pressed in the policies, of the
membership which amounts to
more than 1.6 million farm fam
ilies. Farm Bureau has been wor
king for some time now to get
approved a cropland adjustment
program. This program would
give a farmer more freedom in
selecting the combination of
commodities to produce and
scale or size of operation with
a particular commodity than the
present and proposed programs
for feed grains and livestock pro
vide, with no change in the pres
ent peanut, tobacco and cotton
programs.
Being Average
Not Enough
For Farmers
With increasing frequency Nor
th Carolina farmers are hearing
the phrase, “Being average is
not good enough.”
Recently compiled figures show
that this statement is ecpecially
true in corn production.
In 1961, for example, Tar Heel
farmers averaged 48 bushels of
coni per acre. While this equalled
the state’s all-time record set
in 1960, chances are the average
producer only "broke even” on
his crop
Take the case of Farmer C. lie
is an above average, mechanized
farmer in Coastal Plain North
Carolina.
In 1961, Farmer C. made an
above - average yield of 70 bu
shels per acre. And he was able
to receive a reasonably good pri
ce of $1.20 per bushel. This gave
him a per-acre gross of $8*1.
©ut what about net income?
Well, here is what agricultural
economists at State College say
about Farmer C.’s per^acre pro
duction costs:
First, hybrid seed cost him
$1.91. Six hundred pounds of 5
10-10 fertilizer cost $12.90, while
70 pounds of available nitrogen
amounted to another $8.40.
Farmer C. used chemical weed
control which came to $4. Trac
tor operating costs came to ano
ther $2.48. Like many farmers
in his area, Farmer c. CUstomed
hired a two-row, sel f-propelled
picker sheller to harvest his
com. The charge was 15 cents
per bushel for a total cost of
$10.50.
By this time, Farmer C. had
spent $40.19 on hiis acre of com.
But this just took care of what
the economists refer to as “varia
ble costs.”
He had to allow for such things
as interest and depreciation on
his tractor and other equipment,
which amounted to another
$4.61. His land was worth some
thing, too. Economists figured a
toout 515.40 per acre.
Since he was a mechanized op
erator, Farmer C produced his
acre of com with only 6.3 man
hours of labor. Valued at $1 per
hour, this amounted to a cost of
$6.30.
When Farmer C. totaled his
expenses, he found they amount
ed to $66.50, leaving him a net
profit of $17.50 per acre.
. ?tt Nichols, extension
gi ur marketing specialist at
State College, said Farmer C.
made a profit only because he
made an above average yield and
was able to avoid selling on the
low market.
If he had sold his com at $1
per bushel, as many farmers do
around harvest time, he would
barely have met expenses. Or if
he had made the average state
yield of 48 bushels per acre, he
would have lost money.
O. D. Stuart, extension agrono
my specialist at the college, says
it is quite evident that many Tar
Heel corn growers are operating
on the “edge or falling behind a
profit.”
"And,” Stuart says, “many far
mer’s don’t realize what they are
spending to produce corn be
cause of Incomplete records.
They don’t figure in such things
as labor, tractor depreciation and
land costs,” he pointed out.
Stuart says North Carolina far
mers do not have the high or
ganic soils and large productions
units available to farmers in the
midwest.
But, lie is convinced that Tar
Heel farmers can produce corn
ait a profit. He pointed to com
mercial corn areas of the state,
and many individual farmers
who already are doing so.
He also cited the potentials of
the high organic soils of Eastern
North Carolina, many of which
are now being reclaimed for ag
ricultural production.
''Corn production,” he empha
sized, "depends on the type of
farming a man is doing. If he
want* to make T3 bushels of com
per acre, and will plan for such
a yield, he can get it.”
John or Wesley
Worlick Bush
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OFFICERS
R. S. Lennon
Vice-President
L. E. Hinnant
Asst. Vice-President
W. J. Jonas
Assistant Cashier
Mrs. Helen R. Blanton
Assistant Cashier
Mrs. Louise C. Lybrand
Assistant Cashier
DIRECTORS
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Dr. L. P. Baker
Glee A. Bridges
J. E. Herndon, Jr.
R S. Lennon
Charles A. Neisler
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ASSETS
Cash and Due From Banks-58,471,405.23
United States Government Securities 41,045,255.36
State of North Carolina, County, 1
and Municipal Securities.16,770,659.48
Federal Agency and Other Securities 1,581,350.02
Doans and Discounts .......... 135,618,237.9?
Federal Reserve Bank Stock.. . 480,000.00
Banking Houses, Furniture and i
Equipment --3,503,103.79
Other Resources ...—.. * 566,415.10
3258,036,426.97
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Reserves for Unearned Income,
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... 232,449,489.95
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