Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-10-04
OARTER'S
SIOLUMN
=, Y, HORACE CARTER

SsY,a last week, some OF the
-ya,, potato buyers have been
.,-vg this years vans for ship
...-- 10 distant markets and as
.,54v "Wednesday, the Tab
~ civ Marketing Company Of
,.a.N opens and the vans will
-.4~- being auctioned off for cur
.ag purposes.
N.w we just recently conplet,
.a a nighly successful tobacco
...-3p that showed good prices
well as an increase in overall
,...s rom the proceeding season.
~-.. question which has a bear
On a lot of people right now
row many sweet potatoes
-,y. actu grown this season that
,-u or sold on the Tabor City
...rlg, the second largest mar
H.. for sweet potatoes IN the
s,~.c2 And. of course. as al
avs there is a question as to
.t,- now good is the price going
:. n. this season. Most people
.,-~..~S themselves as having
a-.~ pleased with last Years
wan. price. \ good selling season
-n.. wear along with good pro-
s..-,on would do great deal
.-.yert more firmly establishing
.~.. sweet potato as a major farm
.,op mere than at any time IN
recent years.
WIN the purpose of encour-
.gng better quality sweet pota-
.n.~ greater production and adj
+.-a.aI markets. the First An
~,,4f Carolinas Yam Festival was
-.rs .wo years ago. Next week,
-. -r.rd such big celebration
oneas a three day stand in Tabor
80 This big festival. slated this
--.~or 70 be the biggest ever.
~a. been made an annual affair
fs~ar.eG BY the merchants IN
Tabor City. They are doing TINS
.,,,as- service to the community
IN -re hope OF building the pota-
- market and there is every IN
4:,a-ion that their efforts nave
no. cone for nought. The sweet
no.a-o business in Tabor City
has crown and we believe that
farmers are becoming more ana
moro convinced of the overall ao-
MANAGES of this late fall money
crop.
Vnw uses are being found Tor
me sweet potato, incluclng !he
mos, recent recipe for a sandwich
.nyna6 called 'Alayam." TINS
s3rna5 some sources believe
will eventually be as popular ds
,bs various cheese spreads that
are available in groceries thro-
To5oy- the country. The Alayam
snraad made of spices, sugar
sweet potatoes and maybe a re"
o,her minor ingredients, IS oe-
.;grad 20 be a snack type dell
casy eaten on crackers ana De
tween meals.
wf.a the discoveries of more
ana .,gro uses for the sweet po-
,a-o along with additional con
.sc.s IN the big cities by the ever
growing and progressive laool
Civ YAM buyers. Will tenn ~
CaIi Tor greater production OF
the sweet potato without los:
- farmers in overall price, once
mo production is appreciably IN
creased Of quality vans while d.
80 same time additional markets
are found by buyers, the poeell-
"a, in sweet potatoes VIII coli
,IoYo 10 be enhanced as a maJoi
money crop for the farmers ~
This area.
This farming section OF Ihe
nation has been blessed win tilt ~.
proper soil for growth OF sw wee
potatoes. To capitalize upon TINS MS
gif, Of nature, the peoples OF
the area simply have to be evel
on the alert to do everything
possible to take full aoVahCaI 5,,
Of this blessing. This can oiils s
be done by stimulating tne .; uH
Of yams, by farmers marketing
the best quality crop possior ,.d
and by buyers working towand
increasing the market denna''o