The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-02

If Turkish tobacco in
GfoNe aTolina are highly pleased
ptn Nv crop which they are now
ito w I've Specialists John Wilkins
ytEe snr Grouse who have been
ID NY with these folks In prod
ntSlns H. turkish crop in, Hay
srns asbe. Allegheny, and Cald-
foo,c Counties are finding that an
rl w. high quality of leaf is
rtlsuSn c,'red out this season. Lee
wing ~ the Hudson community in
B''s 1 County says that the
lase' fits in nicely as a cash
psa't ~ furnish his family an in
fp ~ S,ring July and August. This
eAns Jack period for farm work
is ~ section and is the time when
nav I.bor must be devoted to the
r's. tobacco. There are ten
HShsl Haas family, ranging from
VIZ rears old on up, and even the
fs yspp.vear-old delights to help
L. II he can. 1t is the custom to PRIME
mall leaves each morning as
D. n,sture and to string them in
,tternoon in the heat Of the
a. ~nder shade. This makes for
~, working conditions with the
mrkish leaf. .
:. .D season and six farmers have
.aarsstod over 1000 sticks from
pa. email fields. Max Roberts of
c z'i has harvested 1,700 sticks
s,r, slightly more than IA an
. nvs He has about rs more sticks
y s,+her and the quality is goo de-
'oiEs tbe high yield. Most OF these
1rr;ish fields are only from enc
hrrth to one-half acre IN size.
Five of the choicest crops so far
..-vested in Ashe and Allegheny
~.,,nties were graded. baled and
|s,nled TO permanent storage at the
-o5scco Branch Station at Oxford
yssre the leaf will be aged and
,nrdied further. The quality of this
nbacco is much beyond the ex-
~,sr-ation of those in charge of the
Trading and storing. Joe Few, now
with Duke University and former
" q tobacco man in Turkey, rep
,ssenting some of the leading
|Aner can Companies expressed his
|delght with the quality of the
|hst He said that with more expert
sncs North Carolina growers con-
drue to improve the quality each
year.
John wilkins also took a bunch
Of experienced tobacco men on a
|tp Of inspection to the turkish
Itsids Of Ashe and Allegheny the
|sher day. The visitors comment
led that the crop looked very
|p:omising. Among those taking the
"Trip we're l. C. Gary, President of
The Gary Tobacco Company of
New York; his father, now retired;
|Dr. Paul Gross of Duke University;
DR.. F. R. Darkis, Of Duke, and ].
A Few Of Duke. The Garys, along
with Mr.. Few, have spent many
years in Turkey, buying, processing
and shipping tobacco to the United
States. They said the final out
come Of the crop in this section, of
course, would depend upon how the
leaf blends in with our flue-cured
tobacco after being aged and ready
for the blending process.
II is apparent, however, that the
small farms of western North Car
DINA have been given a new crop
Of much promise. 1t is adapted to
The small acreages and the large
families on the farms Of that area
and since the crop now sells for
something like 10 cents a pound, it
is profitable to the growers de-
spite the hand labor.
I. Y. Floyd, Acting secretary of
he Flue-Cured Tobacco Coopera-
tive Sterilization Corporation, sug-
sests that North Carolina farmers
are losing thousands of dollars a
Gay BY not taking advantage of the
loan values offered under the stabi-
Aallon plan. 1t is very simple to
~ the full price Of a pile of to-
Dacco, secretary Floyd says. The
only thing a grower has to do when
Ut sees h S offerings sell below the
.al value, is to go to the ware
luuSefnan and take out a share of
sDeS' which is only $500 for each
.alulofo or tenant sharing in the
bVeo' Just as soon as the ware
.aasefaan has a record of this
sY'k on his books, he is in a posi-
NV ~ul 10 pay the farmer on the day
y NE sale the actual loan value of
ns '0oacco. Mr.. Floyd said that he
% saS seen piles of tobacco sell un-
". tnelr loan value to the extent
s s.a' one pile would have paid for
Ls Sloek yet leave the farmer at
n%s, SzO in additional profit. No
ss"er Who overplants his allotted
t st.sage can take part in the benz
As u this Cooperative.
a.. a daily tobacco report is posted
~ l warehouse. Farmers can look
f IN 1e 'front.' page of this report and
N.Y. out what was the average