The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-25
farmers BENEFITS
NUMEROUS IN 1910
s.o,Jd Be Thankful For Main.
teuance Of General Cash
Level During Year

F"o thanksgiving Days this year
nss '" gratitude for their bless
'sss Of the past year.
y, November 81 they might have
,ttsred thanks for increased food and
ol sunoljes, and for two million
lssu contaniers of canned goods on
nlvis nantrv shelves. On November
ln'4 ,av can be thankful for their
'ansr cotton crop, for the more
pur' = million dollar increase in gov
s .nament payments they earned this
ei' o,d for the 5 million dollars
.s~ +hev spent for tobacco fertil-
w Goodman, assistant direc-
tho State college extension
".ins saws that the cash level on
~. fsrm has almost been maintain
NV zhile enormous gains have been
~ in food and feed supplies, and
u. h,,ildine up the fertility of the
J." Miss Ruth Current, State home
Conservation agent. says farm
smss are better supplied with
'h;ngs TO eat, things to wear, and
.a++er beds on whcih to sleep,
reports from subjects matter spe-
.;.1;s,s and county farm and nome
AGENTS., together with crop reports
CsSitN' . ,S~r
compiled by Julian E. Mann, extern
chm statistician. bear out the con-
..++e. beds on which to sleep.
Cotton Crop Double In Value
The biz 1910 cotton crop OF 74o''
Ann b,,es is almost twice as valuable
last wears crop of $4,000 bales
trou, = monetary standpoint. And
,ho lessons that many farmers learn
ID about hopping to control Doll
roevi1 and about the value OF good
soed and proper fertilizers, will stand
them in good stead in future years.
These improved practices will enable
formers not necessarily to produce
more cotton to add to the already big
surn,us, but to produce cotton at less
cost-with less land and less labor.
The record cotton yield for the
state of 434 pounds per acre in 1910
was produced on $4,000 acres, as
compared with an average yield OF
sss pounds per acre on $4,000 acres
in 1899. Farmers can be thankful
GOODMAN declared, that they recog-
nized the situation with respect to
tobacco last fall and that they fol-
lowed recommendations by hopping
10 control boil weevils, and organiz-
Ing o~ne-variety cotton communities
10 improve the quality and yield
through the use of good seed"
More than 10 million dollars in
Triple-.A payments is being cistrlbut-
ed under the 1910 agricultural con-
servation program, as compared with
only s11,9IS,31s.02 earned by North
Carolina farmers under the 1889 AAA
program. This increase in govern
ment payments resulted from great
er participation in the Soil building
phases of the Triple.A program and
from more compliance with the quota
provisions with respect to tobacco.
On the food and feed side of the
picture, Mrs. Cornelia C. Morris, ex-
tension economist in fod conserva'
lion and marketing, says that farm
women and All club girls have can
ned approximately Z million contain
ers Of meats, fruits and vegetables
this year as compared with 5 million
containers in 1899. eff the cans
have seen at fairs and in contests
are any indication, the quality OF
the canned goods is also better this
year." Mrs. Morris declared.
Statistician Mann presents the fol
lowing figures from U. s. department
Of agriculture crop reports as his
Thanksgiving Day Special In 1910
North Carolina farmers produced L.
$4,000 more bushels of small grains,
including 921 900 more bushels of
wheat and 308, 900 more bushels of
oats, than 1889. They harvested 90
VO more tons of tame hay, 242,00
more bushels of soybeans, 14,050, 600
more pounds Of peanuts. and $4,000
more bushels of Irish potatoes this
year than last year.
In 1910 there were 684, 900 more
cattle Of all types on North Carolina
larms than in 1889, including 1000
more milk ows There were 1885,.
.VO more chickens, 10000 more tur.
Aeys' and 1900 more hogs.
In conclusion, the extension lead
CTS pointed out that tobacco acre
sse was cut from 864,100 acres ir
.'o' 10 509,90O acres in 1940-a re
AUCTION of 1920 acres. This Yves
.aheh up partly by an increase Of
-V'VVo acres in small grains, $4,000
'cfes In tame hay, 5000 acres in soy
oeans' 10000 acres in peanuts, ant
",ooO acres in cotton.
MOST of the other land taken out
looacco cultivation was planted
iespedeza and other legumes, tt
assures, to home gardens, and tt
forest trees.
hTr~
Undoubtedly" Goodman said
.nere are some farmers who won't
" as well off this fall as the,
%'fe last fall. But they are strict
one-crop farmers, depending en-
teiy on tobacco for their income
Os' OF our farmers, however, saw
handwriting on the wall ant
iea to the production of food ant
49,. crops and added livestock tt
s s.r farming systems. They are
1 w. better off this year thar
SOYBEAN FEED