if ooo Processing
Industry Needs
law Products
• Fooel processing has a plan- in
.the oconomy ol North Carolina.
•Kit it is not a "get -rich-quirk"
icheme that ("an hr built on sur
pluses from the fresh fruit and
Vegetable* market.
This word of caution comes
m Dr. George L. Capel, in
irge of extension marketing
ork at North Carolina State*.
•Dr. Capc| iMtints out that manv
>ups in North Carolina have
n examining the role of pro
sing in the* agricultural de*ve|
bpment of tig* state. Most of this
■ Jnterest renters around tlu* pro
' fecsing of fruits and vegetables
x aped ally the canning or fit*e*/ing
if vegetable's. sinee North Caro
lina alre*ad\ lias a well develop
industry for professing j*»ul
dairy and live-stock products.
Capel deseribed the various
rood priK*e*ssing industries, such
,fs Vegetable canning. me*at pack
}tig and poultry processing, as
.‘highly inm|*c»itive, low margin
Industries”
; Within these* industries some
firms arc doing well, he said
^jMhers are failing.
“New firms must begin with
tffie-ie*nt. low-cost operations." he*
aid. “And the*y must have the* fl
jtancial rcse*rve*s needed until the
products of the firm acceptance
In the market.”
| Capel alsei discussed raw pr<e
d irts (or processing industries
and pointed out that the fresh
market for fruits and vegetables
often has wide swings in price*
and supplies.
Some people regard these flue
(nations as part of the risks that
must he taken with the produc
tion of specialis'd crops. Others
see the occasional markbt gluts
as a real opportunity for process
ing industry.
Cape) stressed, however, that a
successful processing plant «*an
not la* built on left-overs from
tlx- fresh market. It must get full
use of the faeilities available, and
to do this, it must have a depend
able supply of raw products.
"TTie mete existence of a pro
is*ssing facility does not guaran
tee farm output." the marketing
expert stated ■•.Numerous exam
ples in North Carolina illustrate
this point. Meat packers could
use more local hogs. .Most vegeta
ble canners need more raw pro
ducts."
Capcl said successful process
ing industries are found where
raw pralurt supplies are guaran
teed In most parts of the United
States where food processing has
flourished, there exist some defi
nite harriers between processing
and fresh markets.
When* such devices are not
present. Capcl says, the process
ing market engages in a constant,
and unhealthy, struggle with the
fn*sh market for supplies.
The harriers which determine
whether farm products will flow
into either the fresh or prxx-ess
ing market may be either econo
mic or legal.
Economic harriers exist when
the product is isolated by dis
tanoe <»r limp from the fresh mai
ket. Legal barriers exist in a
number of ways. One is a mar
keting agreement which limits
supplies ijoinz to the fresh mar
ket. Another is for the firms to
have a legal eiaim on an adc
quate* share of the raw pruduef
to maintain itself on a profitable
basis. A contract with a producer
would be an example of his type
of barrier.
In some iast*s not even this
type of harrier is adequate, how
ever, ami many firms must go in
to farm production to Im* assured
of ample raw products.
In conclusion. Ca|»e*l believes
fits into th. agricultural picture
in North Carolina to the extent
that it can stand independently
with its own sources of supply
definitely committed to it in suf
ficient volume to be efficient. It
does not fit as a place to dispose*
of occasional market gluts which
threaten fresh market prices.
Smith Is Taking
Naval Txaining
GREAT LAKES. ILL. < FIITNC,
Charles E. Smith, is. son ot
Mr. and Mrs. Da\id V. Smith. Jr.
of Route* .1, Kings Mountain. N.
C., has begun basic training at
1 the Naval Training ('enter Great
Lakes, III.
The nine-week training includes
naval orientation, history and
organization, seamanship, ord
nance and gunnery, military drill,
first aid and survival.
During the training recruits re
ceive tests and interviews which
determine their future* assign
Over 65? Contact
Social Security
If you art- over <v> and still
working, you should consult your
nearest social security of tee.
Have you read or heard the a
hove ad\icc hut then failed to fol
low up on it? If so. this article is
for you.
Most people know that in ordei
to collect social security benefits
for each month in the year. the>
must limit then earnings to $12»*"
for ttiat year.
What many people do not seein
to realize is that even if one is
over »'«.» and still earning more
lhan a year, it is possible
that some social security benefits
can be paid. For each $2 of earn
ings over $12*10. only $1 of a bene
fictarv's social security payments
is withheld. For earnings above
$1700, SI in social security bene
fits is withheld for each $1 in
earnings.
However, regardless of total
earnings for a y«-ar. the claimant
can receive full benefits for any
month in which he earned lOO or
less, and did not "render substan
tial services" in self-employment.
An application must, of course.
h«- filed before any benefits can
ments jn the Navy. Upon <-om
pleting the program they are as
signed to service schools for tech
nical training or to ships and sta
tions for on-the-job training in a
Navy iwting specialty.
Naval training produces the
power in seapower by supplying
qualified personnel to man the
shijis. planes and shore stations
of today's Navy.
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