The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-03

imported 5,276,OO bushels Of Western
ment ina We have developed
organization to market 5.234,ooo
bushels Of Western wheat and 1,S14,-
600 bushels Of Western oats in addl-
ton to the five and a quarter mlilion
bushels of Western corn: but we have
had no system for distributing North
Carolina grain. 1t has frequently
proven easier for homegrown corn to
be shipped to Norfolk and then be
sent back down into this State thai
for the producer to sell direct TO
North Carolina dealers.
A local merchant has not always
been sure Of getting good corn when
he ordered direct from the producer.
It may be musty or not properly
cleaned Then after several growers
have expressed their desire to sell,
they may conclude that~the price Of
| fered is good, but that it might be
better. This may leave the merchant
without corn, SO he may miss making
| many sales and wish he a ordered
from Norfolk or Nashville.
If rover want to supply North
Carolina merchants they will need to
organize a corn growers association
to put their corn in marketable shape,
to grade 1t and be able to sell it in
h quantity wanted and to see that
it is delivered within the time desired.
A responsible organization of corn
growers could be made a great factor
in distributing the corn from the
North Carolina corn belt. The trade
to all letters. Better cooperation
could be a from h railroads.
Rates out of line could be adjusted.
Through rates could be arranged
within the State and to South Caro-
lima and Georgia, which should COM
pare favorably with the through rates
on Western corn. Eve under exist
ing u~nfavorable conditions a million
bushels of corn are being grown to
market this mex year. Several mil
lion bushels more will be grown If
the railroads give proper encourage
ment and the growers organize a mar
keting system.
Early Markets Generally Poor.
Our grain owe generally are de-
pendent upon only one market. h
means the merchant will frequently
not pay what the grain is worth. The
market soon becomes o~verstocked
Local corn supplies the demand fol
a time. For this reason counties
which have a surplus, like Hyde and
Beaufort counties, better wait unit
after March LIST to market their corn
In Fairfield growers reported market
2 ing SO per cent of their corn befort
: March LIST at an average price of s.
cents per bushel and 48 per cent afte1
March LIST at an average price OF
: IS IA cents, and in Swan Quarter u
! per cent before March LIST at al ave
age price Of 68 IL cents per bushe
4 and 20 per cent after al an average
price Of "a 1-3 cents. In Beaufor
county growers reported marketing q
per cent before March list at an aver
Z - 80 N 4 @ -~- h,,-H~
e and IA per cent after March 1st at al
j, average price Of 81 cents a bushe
F: The average net price for all of tn
8 Hyde and Beaufort county section TO
:. the 1914 corn crop was 70 IL cent
e per bushel. The growers Of Beaufor
e received the highest price of all, De
cause they shipped their own corn
+ The small growers in Beaufort count,
as far as reported, sold their cor
after March 1st and yet received a
average price of only 50 cents pc
O bushel in the local market or IL cent
e a bushel less than those who wer
h in a position to ship their own cor
to the best markets.
e Los Through Poor Credit.
y In Swan Quarter the farms ar
,e small and the growers are ofte
e obliged to sell their corr early. .
n credit system that does not allow tn
tr holding of corn for the better market
- PAONodIIH6 I Liz LISl Oh march
one Of the causes of loss of thousand
n of dollars to Hyde county. A networ
N of credit unions should be formed t
Is extend the help Of mutual savings t
l. cient partnership Of the Triple Al
lie lance. That hope was frustrated.
sc nOw America should come out into tn
u open against her, too, she would abar
o. don all expectation of winning tn
s. war, and sue for the least humiliatin
or terms Of peace"
TT One has but to measure the lengt
if of the battle front held by France I
er understand the magnitude of her dali
al sacrifice of lives and lesser treasur
n 1t is true that her men fight becaus
they must. But one who talks wit
the wounded in the hospital must ar