Monday, October 10, 2011

Stanridge Ginned First Bale in Cleveland County, 1946

By F.H. Jeter, Extension Editor, N.C. State College, Raleigh, as published in the Wilmington Star, October 14, 1946

The cotton crop in the southwest section [of the state] is stepping along and will be better than was anticipated. The Cleveland County crop is in excellent condition now, opening up rapidly, and the growers say they will produce 50,000 bales at least. W.C. Stanridge of Shelby, Route 2, ginned the first bale for Cleveland County this fall.

Mecklenburg, as usual, had an extremely dry summer. They say this dry weather caused the pastures and corn to burn but did not hurt the cotton crop. Lespedeza came out from the drouth as soon as the August rains came and seemed to actually jump, it grew so fast. The pastures also began to get green again and things are not as bad over there now as the mid-summer condition seemed to have promised. Cotton looks fine and the growers will get their bale to the acre very easily.

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