4
ocd Business Practices Needed
o Increase Farm Income In 'M
It Tar Meel Is mots can niaj„
tain Iheii '<ms‘ income in 1«W|.
Ihere is a -tone. chance they can
a Hi ally incm -e their net jn
ct-me.
This is llir i on li:s . n a< h«-.|
»*> a !) >uri nf extension S|w :al
ists at North Caroline Stale after
si ml vint; 191.1 !arm tni-omo pros
pects.
Th*> had •’“on asked i„ mak.
ih<> stuclv ay Hr. Oorgo lljati
<• • • .f ii, . \ c. A.-Tirulturai
Extension Service, in wake of the
anxiety over the 10 per cent out
in tobaceo allotments.
k
The sp 'iali't expressed ronfi
don. c l«»r*t *.l farm income could
**■ maintain'd ui ihi* til level be
cause of the opportunities that
for i uTPa.-»nif innimo from
m*nj • orn •nor;; ties. They also
doubted jf inhirro income would
drop in per mn.
In order to get (he maximum
net income in 'til. however, the
specialists urged farmers to con
sid«*r a numbe; of "good farm
i nisi ness priii'1 i —< and cost-rut*
ling possibilities."
Here are so , e examples;
1. fipirn., c n n-dir-e interest
< harires if they burrow mom) on
1> for tin tuve nnV-d Many far
m •!•», l«r example, n«x*d m*«ne\
for harveatH<> t linnii The pro
per time to borrow *urh money
is it th- brji ii.>in” of the harvest
st'anon, not earlier in the year.
2. Kjim peoj • *h<>uM ;;lve at
tent ion to who’ may .it first ap
pear t i be minor items Prevents
tr.e mainten ince. for example,
an ent lar^e repair bill*. *«ood
records can help locate new op
p< itutiit.es for efficiencies and
isiint to profitable enterprise.
Filing for t;as »lr. to tax refunds
or tisinp the investment credit in
federal income taxes on new ma
<hiniTy purenasee can add dollars
to family income.
3 Farmers should try to under
stand wove-mrent farm un>
giam* as tiior >ughl> a.i poss.bh .
Uw of surh things as the lease
and-transfer l<»ha o program a d
the lease and ivappotiiimment
cotton program an din My af
fe. I income.
I. Fanner- -mW try to he
flexible enough to cope w.th
emergencies. |»u<- to the tlunl
hay i rop m 1083, for example,
faina rn fcodi'ij beef herd-, should
use as notch |o» pined roughage
as possible thirini; the winter,
(ira/ing of itriall grain, w here a
vailable, until early spring could
also cut feed rust*.
A* a final point, the specialist
said some farmers should also
nHtsid.T off-ferm employment.
They i-.IihI a study which showed
h iw a ridurli >n in tobacco allot
merits has aff'rted off-farm m
nlovtnent *n |s» »*••«!
From 1955 to 1957. when flue
tvm-d allotment* were nit 29 per
••••tit. off-larm Income of farm
formin'. In the Northern l9edniont'
went uj> about 25 j»er cent. The.
ihan;v was n il j.n noticeable in
the Coastal Plain wheiv fewei
opportunities existed for off farm
work.
Antipodes is the name given
places opposite each other on
earth, and the word literally
means "against the fool.” Accord
in" to the Bonk of Knowledge,
the anti|«>des of Atlanta, Ourgla.
Is n ,ii Perth, Australia, and,
*iuite literally, the soles of a
man* feet .standing near Perth
fa i* the soles of a man standing
in Atlanta.
There's Tine
For Soil Test
KAl.KKI.’i J> liit'ir .still time to
have soil tested?
Many farmers an- v.ondei inj{
if they ran ,,«*i soil test results
bark in time to use tin* time and
fertilizer suggestions for this
year's crop
Dr. Prcstm Raid, director ol
th*- N. C Department of Agrii ul
lure's sod testing division, says
work in the soil testing lab >m
lory is only slightly behind the
normal schedule. Soil samples re-1
calved now ran lie tested and the
results return -yI to farmers in a
laout 12 to 11 days. This would la*
ample time fo> utilizing soil test
■nformation for nop* being plant
ed after April l.V
A question frequently asked is
wlirthrr or •.to: it is too late to
apply lime. Dr. Kept said that the
general rocommendatnn is for
lime t>> he applied two to three
months Indore planting How
e\.*r anytime iincluding the da>
Indore plantingi j,. a good time
to apply line, hut the earlier the
bettor.
The nearer planting that lime
is applied, the more important it
is to tio a jpshI ioh of mixing the
lime with the plow laver of soil
Dr. Keel emphasized tjood mix
injf assurer, more lienefits front
the lime in a shorter period .f
timh
Dr. Keid sav- it is very imp n
tant to have the light amoutu of
lime as well ar fertili/ei in soils
for profitable trop production T>
letrrmine the amount of l.me t<»
it is no- saury to h«vo a soil
est. S<iit testing is also vory
Mpful in determining tho a
nount of fertilizer to use. See
our county aericultuiai agent
rn<l other agricultural agencies
or soil sampling supplies an«l
he proper procedure to use in
a'tine reliaW" soil samples
The words of the son", Ameri
■a. the Beautiful.'* were written
i>* Katharine la-c Kites. American
luthor and professor of English
iterance at Wellesley College
torn l'Wl until According
o the Book ol Knowledge, the
ss-m was set to the music of a
tyinn b> Samuel A. Ward.
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