The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-15
FARM NEWS ITEMS
ABOUT ALLOTMENTS
AND OTHER THINGS

A grain fumigation and aeria-
ton meeting will be held in the
Agricultural Building in Swan
Quarter on Monday, January 10,
at 300 o'clock.
This meeting should be of in
terest to many farmers who have
stored grain on their farms.
In order for farm storage to
pay, you have to take out the
same quality grain that you put
in the bin. Some farmers have al
ready lost by storing their grain
because they did not look after
it properly. Some farmers have
had as much as $3.50 weevil dam
agee in their corn while others
have lost on their corn due to
moisture.
This meeting should help to
bring everyone up to date on
some of their storage problems.
DR.. H. E. Scott, Extension Agri-
cultural Engineering Specialist,
will conduct the other part of the
meeting on the aeriation of
stored grain. Also, they will an
swer any other questions that the
farmer might have.
Some farmers have gone to the
expense of growing a crop, har-
vesting it and storing it, thinking
that when it was stored it was
"in the bag" However, when some
sold their grain they found it was
damaged. from moisture.
The County Agri C u tn a
Agents office now has a supply
of Farmers Income Tax Guides
for help in filling out 1859 in
come tax forms. These guides are
free and can be gotten from the
County Agricultural Agents Of
flee.
Protect Cotton Allotment
SWAN QUARTER. - Do you
desire to maintain your cotton
history and allotment? This, ac-
cording to J. C. Williams, Jr.,
Manager of the Hyde Agricul-
tural Sterilization and Conserva-
ton County Office, is an impor-
tant question which every farm
err should ask himself within the
next few weeks.
Farm cotton allotments viii be
reduced where the farmer fails to
plant at least rs percent of his
allotment or where he fails to re-
lease his allotment to the county
committee. For farmers who plan
to plant their allotment, no action
is needed. However, where the
farmer knows that he will not
plant Is percent of his allotment,
he can help himself and at the
same time help other farmers in
the county by releasing this al
lotment for reapportionment. If
the cotton allotment is released
to the county committee, this pre-
serves not only the individual
farmers planting history, but the
planting history of the county and
the State. This prevents loss OF
allotment to individual counties
and to the State of North Caro-
lima.
Farmers who know now that
their allotment will not be plant
ed, should visit their local ASC
office and preserve their history
by releasing their allotment for
use by other farmers within the
county. Deadline date for accept
ance of this released acreage by
the county committee is April 5,
1860; however, the week of Feb
ruary 20 thru March 4 has been
set aside for county ASC offices
to accept release of acreage. If a
farmer cannot release during this
week, he should visit his ASC Of
flee earlier.
ACP Open To All Farmers
SWAN QUARTER.-Any Tar
heel farmer is eligible to partici-
pate in the 1860 Agricultural
Conservation Program according
to ]. C. Williams, Manager of the
Hyde Agricultural Sterilization
and Conservation County Office.