Farm News From Across North Carolina, December 1937

“Around the State” from the December, 1937, issue of Carolina Co-operator

More than 250 members of the home demonstration clubs of Northampton County met at Jackson November 15, at which time the assembled clubwomen listened to an appeal from Mr. Frank Jeter, agricultural editor of State College, in which he requested their aid in getting their husbands and brothers to break away from a system of one-crop, soil-depleting farming to a more balanced system in which livestocks and legumes would be included.

Mrs. Mildred Ives Matthews, home agent of Northampton County, arranged the meeting and reported that it was one of the most successful ever held in the county.

Other Farm News

--C.W. Allen, tenant farmer of Mecklenburg County, has been appointed member of the committee to administer the Bankhead-Jones farm tenant act.

--Robeson County hog cooperative has so far this year shipped 58 cars of hogs, returning $84,377.46, at an average of 10 cents a pound.

--Aerial maps, which will greatly facilitate checking of acreage in Halifax County, have been completed by County Agent Davis.

--Mr. and Mrs. John W. Burnett of Pender County are to be congratulated upon attaining their 50^th wedding anniversary on November 14.

--Chowan County farmers played host to Armando A. Callejo of Cuba, who visited the county to study peanut production.

--An effort to raise mule colts is being made on Cannondale Farm near Concord.

--H.D. Williams of Kenansville, Duplin County, has a steel ram on his farm which has produced his water supply for 35 years at a cost of approximately 30 cents a year.

--Enfield, Halifax County, reports a very successful outcome of their first annual Peanut and Cotton Festival.

--H.W. Spruill, Tyrrell County, used $3.52 worth of fertilizer per acre and increased his soybean yield from nine to 20 ½ bushels.

--Mary Frances Thompson, 4-H Club girl of Durham, was crowned new national canning camptoin at the 4-H Club Congress held in Chicago recently. Over an eight-year period, Miss Thompson canned 9,356 pints of vegetables, fruits, and meats, valued at $2,148.

--A survey just made by the State Department of Agriculture showed that farm workers in North Carolina received an average of $17.88 per month with board this year, compared to $15.94 last year. In spite of the more attractive wages, a 12-year low in farm labor supply was experienced the latter part of the present year.

--Dairy farming should be one of the bright spots in the agricultural picture this coming witner, if present indications prove out correctly. Feed prices are lower, consumer demand is on the upturn,and relatively low stocks are in storage.

--Electrification of rural districts is rapidly proceeding. As an example of this great trend towards modernization of the farm, over 700 farm homes were wired the past year in one North Carolina county alone—Lenoir.