Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-05
Assembly Most Generous
Of All to the Farmers
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and beef cattle, sheep, turkeys and
poultry, apples and peaches, peanuts
and vegetables. The significance Of
this appropriation is in the fact that
for the first time it recogni zesa re-
sponsibility Of the general fund of
the State for agricultural experiment
tatiOn and research work.
The policy heretofore has been to
look to the yield from fertilizer and
feed inspection taxes for nearly all
of the agricultural program. This
year the legislature was convinced
that this tax can no longer support
both the department Of agriculture
and the college, and ALLEGATIONS from
the general fund marks elimination
OF years Of effort on part Of agricul-
tural leaders.
$4,000 for Bangs Disease.
The next largest appropriation was
$4,000 year for the next two years
for control and elimination of Bangs
disease in dairy cattle. This program
has been inadequately financed and
the State has suffered inestimable
loss by reason of the prevalence of
this highly contagious disease,
Along with this Bangs disease cam
palSn will go a greatly enlarged pro-
gram Of hog cholera control and
treatment Of pullorum disease in
poultry The State appropriation for
these purposes will be supplemented
by large sums Of federal money. Dr..
Hussman, the federally paid veteri-
nanrian cooperating with the de-
partment of agriculture, has q as
ment, all of whom are working right
state staff.
Fertilizer Tax Increased.
An increase in the fertilizer tax
Of five cents ton will yield around
$4,000 additional revenue for the
department of agriculture, which
will be used largely for soil test
ing, with substantial sums out of the
total amount for developing a mar
keting program and for control of
hog cholera. There is bright prospect
that the federal government will CO.
operate in very material way in
these programs, thus giving much
more value to the farmers than the
actual state appropriations.
$4,000 To Fight Beetle.
Faced with the imminent threat
Of federal quarantine for Japanese
beetle, the legislature made imme-
diately available the sum of 100000
for fighting this pest, and apprOp-
rated $4,000 year for the next
two years toward a permanent beetle
control program. Half of the sixty
thousand dollars will come from the
general fund, the remainder from
the agricultural fund. The first $780,
900 has already been put to work in
cooperation with federal authorities.
Under the terms of the working
agreement the state buys the arsenate
used for poisoning, the United States
government furnishing the person.
mel and the mechanical equipment
for blowing the poison into the
ground.
The Japanese beetle control pro-
gram was sponsored by the peach
growers Of the sandhills section and
it will be Of great benefit to them,
but the benefits are by no means
confined to fruit growers. The peslky
beetle infests all sorts Of vegetable
crops, and in the case Of federal
quarantine no shipments of fruit,
vegetables or other produce can be
made from Quarantine1 areas. De-
partment officials regard the money
spent in beetle control as exceeding
ly we'll spent, both from the stand
point OF saving the crops from the
beetles and as a nuisance insur-
ance" against the federal quarantine
Pure Seed Law Revised.
Other laws particularly affecting
farmers include the revision OF the
pure seed law, changing the basis Of
collecting the tax to maintain the
seed laboratory, Instead Of the $40
tax on all retail dealers in seeds, the
new law fixes a stamp tax. OF one
dollar on cases or boxes of packet
seeds selling for SC, 10c and zoe a
package. just now this will affect
revenue from the seed license tax
IS pTObleratIcai, but Assistant Com
missioner Coltrane estimates that the
total amount likely to be collected
will not be mucn under that pro-
uuced by the $40 tax, as the smaller
rate Will let in numerous additional
dealers.
The heavy tax en- manufacturers
OF oleomargarine was eliminated by
this assembly, and the tax on dis
trlbutors was reduced from 500 to
$75 year. Dairy people have here
tofCre bitterly opposed the lessen
ing OF restrictions on olcomargarlne,
but recognizing that thousands OF