The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
BY f. Y. FLOYD

u ASSUC1dtCU 1TcSSI
RALEIGH, Dec. 22.-LR-Farmers
or North Carolina cooperated with
the agricultural conservation pro.
gram in 1910 to conserve more nat.
ural resources, do more soil building.
make greater strides toward income
stability, and earn more government
benefits than In any year in history.
They have an even greater oppor-
tunity for progress along these lines
in 1941.
Furthermore, more North Carolina
farmers participated in the 1910 farm
program than in any previous agri-
cultural year. Out of the 229 900
farm operators in the state, 212, 900
took part in n or more of the
phases of the program during the
past IL months. Ninety-nine per
cent of the tobacco and cotton farm
ers participated in the conservation
program and planted within their al
lotments.
For carrying out soil building prac.
tees and for planting within acreage
allotments, conservation payments
totaling approximately $14,200,0 900
will be made to c~ooperators within
the next few months. A good share
of these earnings have already been
received by farmers.
In addition, 1880, 900 will be dis
tributed to cotton and wheat growers
as parity payments.
In comparison with these total
earnings of about SIS, zoe, 900 under
the 1910 AAA program, North Caro-
lima farmers earned only $500, 900
in conservation payments and 49,
900, 900 in parity payments-a total of
$12, 500, O00-under the 1889 program.
Among the outstanding soil build
ing practices carried out in 1910 were
the use of approximately $4,000 tons
Of ground agricultural limestone on
pastures and c%ropland, and $4,000
tons of superphosphate on pastures,
legumes and grasses; and the seed
ing of approximately 140, 900 acres to
winter legumes, and more than l.
600, 900 acres to other legumes and
grasses.
Farmers were assisted in carrying
out these practices by materials fur
nished by the agricultural adjust
ment administration. Distributed
through the grant.of-aid program
were $780, 900 tons of limestone, 5000
tons Of triple superphosphate, 5000
tons of 20 per cent superphosphate,
5000, 900 pounds Of Austrian winter
pea seed, 100000 pounds Of vetch
seed, and 24o, 900 pounds of Italian
rye grass seed.
Compare these soil b uilding
achievements with the figures for
1886, the first year Of the agricul-
tural conservation program In that
year only 10000 tons of ground lime
stone and 1900 tons of superphos-
phate were used; only 10000 acres
of cropland in the state was covered
by winter legume crops, and only
485 900 acres of other legumes and
grasses were seeded.
Greater income stability should re-
suit from the decisions reached in
the three marketing quota r%eferenda
held in 1910. In the referendum on
flue-cured quotas, 1855 or S7.l per
cent, of the 142,243 growers voting
approved three-year quotas; in the
referendum on hurley tobacco quo
tas, 3,142 or 69.7 per cent of the A.
5O7 North Carolina farmers who went
to the polls voted for three-year
quotas; and in the cotton referen'
dunn, 92.S per cent Of the 6o,246 votes
cast in North Carolina were for 1871
quotas, the only question submitted
to cotton growers.
The year 1941 should see far great
er progress in agricultural conserva'
ton in North Carolina. Our program
has been established to encourage
more soil building. Each farmer Will
be REQUIRED to earn his full soil-bulld'
ing allowance to receive his full pay
ment on tobacco, cotton, and other
special crops. =,
For instance, if a farm has a SOIL
building allowance ct $50 ana can
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