Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-03-27
Egg Producers
ToCost Ballots
In Referendum

In Referendum
Egg producers i'm Columbus
County will go to- the polls
April 8 to vote again in the
Henny-Penny Referendum.
This program was first vot-
cd on in April 1860 and pass
cd by an overwhelming ma
J"rity. AT the same time, beef
producers will vote in the
Beef Referendum.
BY law, each of these self
help commodity promotion
programs must be voted on by
The farmers affected every
three years.
According to Claude Hooks
OF ChadbOurn. who is county
chairman of this referendum,
INC consumer education and
egg promotion program con-
quoted in North Carolina with
me one cent per hen assess
mcnt has been very successful.
States To the North and South
al us have seen what can be
done through a promotion
program like ours and they
are attempting To start similar
programs said Hooks.
we might sell eggs locally
or send them out of state. but
IN either case our eggs are in
competition with those from
other areas. This promotion
program is designed to help
INC small and the large pro-
duccr sell more eggs by build
ing up Il consumer demand
for more North Carolina eggs"
he added.
Polling places for the Hen
ny-Pcnny and Cattle Refer
cndumS will be set up in the
following locations:
Whitcvillc. Gurganus Farm
Supply Company
Tabor City, FOnvieIIe
Feed Mill
Dixie Farm Supply Store
G. T. Cores Store
WOOtcn'S Store
Iallsb0rO Trading Com
( pany
FAIR Bluff Agriculture
Building
Dclco Agriculture Build
ing
Williams Agriculture Bui-
ing
Baldwin's Station, White
I Marsh
Evergreen Agri cuIturc
Building
All producers of eggs in
GLIDING Matching eggs are eli
I glbie to vote in the rcfcrcnd-
um on April 9. A two-thirds
majority of those producers
voting Is necessary for pass
! age and continuance of the
one penny per hen assessment.
| Inc money is collected by the
/ poultry professor AT the time
of slaughter.
If you are an egg producer
and you are wondering if YOU
are getting any benefit =. or
/ II your pennies are working
| fer You. then Hooks urges
/ you to check your answers to
these questions.
|. Do you benefit when 4
radio station carries inf1rm1-
ton about why people should
cat eggs and how good they
arc for you?
:. Do you benefit when a
w"man'S TV progrsm features
egg dishes and suggests appe-
J thing ways TO serve eggs?
! 3. When newspapers and
magazines carry favorable
facts about eggs and suggest
new and tasty recipes?
4. Do you benefit when
school children and teachers
learn about the value of eggs
in the diet?
D. Is your business hurt
when doctors tell their patti
cntS To stop eating eggs?
&. Would you like To- be able
TO sell eggs at a reasonable
profit two, three or four years
/ from now?
Hooks says a yes" answer
To ono or all Of these questions
/ could mean that you should
vote yes" in the referendum.
Vote the way you want to.
but vote" nc said.
For more details or a list
ing of the major accomplish
mcnts Of the farmer supported
promotion program. contact
your County Agricultural Ag-
cnt," said Hooks.
Mr.. Hooks invites all poul-
trymcn and consumers To- visit
the Agricultural Building in
Whitevillc during the re-
maiuder of this month and
see the exhibit made possible
by the North Carolina Poultry
& Egg Marketing Association.
IF you watch this exhibit for
a few minutes, you will want
to cat more eggs. They're good