Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-03-17


out of production, the North Carol
last week by DR.. George Abshier +,
The Commission headed by N
the third of a series of six meeting
on fruits and vegetable marketing
problems in Whiteville. The Com
mission moved into the mountain
section this week.
The importance of putting quail
ity products on the market was
stressed.
~The grower must realize that
the housewife is the boss and he
must give her the kind Of products
she wants." said DIR. Abshier.
He told the group the producers
must have the long range point
of view and refuse to offer infer
ior quality Of commodities Just to
make few more dollars this year
which may cost them money in
the future.
Almost everyone of the IS per-
sons present commented on the
program and it was brought out
by practically every person, the
need Of good quality produce when
they reach the market. Al Howard,
Agricultural Agent from the At
lantic Ccastline, said that the
farmers must produce quality
fruits and vegetables and must re-
fuse to allow inferior products to
60 to the markets if they expect
to stay in the business. He also
stated that auction markets we're
fine but that they are not being
operated properly in North Caro-
lima. Mr.. Whitfield said that there
should be grading and packing
plants for farmers to bring their
products into for it to be graded
and packed in order to market
quality produce and product that
would not vary from farm to farm.
1t was also brought out in the
meeting that farmers need to do
a better job in handling their pro-
ducte particularly Strawberries,
beans and lettuce and other per-
ishable products. More over thro-
ughout the meeting, farmer after
farmer along with member of the
Experiment Station and Extension
Service indicated that if South
eastern North Carolina COPIED with
the other areas in marketing fruits
and vegetables that there must be
some way worked out for the small
grower u continue in business and
some assembly plant where he
could take his products from the
field, get them properly graded
and packed before going on to the
market.
Mr.. c. M. Brickhuse, District
Agent, stated that fruits and vege-
tables growers could probably
learn a great deal from what the
dairymen had done. Without the
processing plants the snail dairy
men would be forced completely
out of the dairy business and that
he didn't know of any farm COM
modify that was more periShable
than milk. BY properly handling
and properly processing milk was
within the reach of practically
every home in the United States.
The Coccission, Chairman
Whitfield, declared expects to
make recommendations to the
Governor and the 1855 General
Assembly. He indicated that the
group would visit South Carolina,
Georgia and possibly Florida, to
study marketing conditions there
in June. He also stated that they
would hold hearings on the mark
citing of livestock, poultry and
grain next fall.
Other members of the Market
ing Commission present other than
chairman Whitfield were: Grady
Stevens of Shiloh; c. D. Ratch-
ford, State College: and Boyd
Campbell of Taylorsville. Mrs.
Campbell suggested to the group
that they discuss this marketing
situation with their neighbors and
bring to The Commission at later
date any, suggestions they had for
helping :he situation.
The 3 per cent reduction in
number of sheep on United States