The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-10-27

in case Of close competition the
judges will take into considera-
ton the neatness Of the display.
Prizes will be given for the best
display Of fruit or vegetables in
glass, this being confined to girls
actually enrolled in the tomato
club contest.
The ladies canning club prize
is for fruit in tins.
Several prizes will be awarded
to the boys corn club.
Live stock must be enrolled IN
the name of the owner, and prizes
are offered to encourage the
breeding Of better stock.
The poultry exhibit will be
Judged under the American
standard Of perfection, and IS
open to adjoining counties.
A large space is devoted to the
exhibits Of plants, flowers, needle
and fancy work, fine arts and
paintings, and dairy and pantry
supplies, and large number Of
Eprizes are offered for the best IN
each department.
The premiums offered by the
North Carolina department Of ag
riculture in cooperation with the
Edgecombe Fair Association, will
be upon the basis of the most pro-
life and best exhibits, rather
than the greatest amount of corn
grown.
Special round trip tickets will
be sold by the Atlantic Coast
Line at the price Of eighty five
cents, on October 31st, November
LIST, End, and 3rd, the return linn
it being Saturday, November 4th.
FARMERS LOANS.
| Bankers are more and more
requiring fo farmers who wish
other live stock to meet the re
who goes back to his farm with
requiring Of farmers who wish
short time loans statements as to
their business similar to those
that are required Of merchants
and manufacturers. In certain
cases bankers supply farmers
with specially prepared blanks or
rate sheets which the farmer is re-
Toured to fill out before his appli-
cation for a loan is considered. In
discussing this practice, the wri-
ter Of Department Bulletin No.
400, Factors Affecting Interest
Rates and Other Charges on
Short Time Farm Loans, says, in
part:
Zone important purpose Of the
rate sheet is to show how far the
farmer devotes his energies to
raising a single crop, or how far
he diversifes his farming and
gives attention to the raising OF
foodstuffs for his family and feed
for his animals. If, for example
farmer A has a garden and raises
, enough vegetables and fruit tc
, supply the family needs, if he
!, keeps enough poultry, pigs, an(
7 other live tsock to meet the re
t quirements Of his household fol
: eggs, meat, milk, and butter, i
he provides enough pasture, ha,
| and fodder to feed his live stock
! he has this advantage, that whel
I the cash crop, whether cotton O
grain, is ready for sale in the fa]
it is not tied up with a lien t
+ meet season s advance for fec
= or food. He is in a position, there
fore, to sell his cash crop wher
ever the marketing conditions ar
favorable. The relatively favo
a able position Of such a farmer a.
e sists him in commanding the COZ
i fdence Of lenders.
:, "On the other hand, conside
$ farmer B, who comes to the loo;
e merchant and makes credit pu
chases Of bacon, corn meal, an
n canned goods for table use, an
l. who goes back ohis farm wit
n a bale of hay or a sack Of fee
e in his wagon box. In his cotto
l. field there are patches where tn
d yield is poor because Of low SO
le fertility and Indifferent metho'
,r of cultivation. The only ente
prise on the farm is cotton gro1
e ing, and this crop is mortgage