Monday was doubly celebrated by hundred of Hyde County farm families as they gathered on Labor Day at the Swan Quarter High School to enjoy the many activities of Farmers Day.
Sponsored jointly by the Swan Quarter Lions Club and Hyde County’s federation of Home Demonstration Clubs, it was the first Farmers Day to be held in the county, but it is hoped will become an annual affair.
Frank H. Jeter, agricultural editor at State College, was the main speaker. Speaking on agricultural progress in North Carolina, Jeter said that North Carolina ranks third in the nation in total value of crops produced. This production, he added, is derived from about 25 per cent of the land in the state, and the other 74 percent remains to be utilized.
…“Despite the progress that has been made in your county, and in this great state of ours, we must continue to move forward by improving health conditions and making our homes a better place to live in. Better farm to market roads are needed, more rural conveniences such as telephones and electricity should be provided, and our agricultural industry generally must continue to advance.”
“North Carolina is still a feed importing state,” Jeter said. Pointing to the conditions now existing in the mid-western states, he said that farmers should plant all of the small grains, pastures, and forage crops to take care of the feed which they will not get from those states this year.
“Our state is a great commonwealth,” he said, “but it was all dug out of the soil. Our ancestors had no money, they had only the soil, but they built a commonwealth from the wilderness.”
Other speakers on the morning program included Josephus Daniels of Raleigh and Rep. Herbert C. Bonner of Washington.
In his brief remarks to the group, Daniels said it was nice to get back down to see some of the home folks.
Singing, contests, and a barbecue dinner also had an important place in the day’s activities.
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