The weather is ideal, and makes folks feel like it’s getting about time to begin farming again, though we don’t see or hear a great deal about farming; it seems that the farmers are at a loss to know what to try this year, for the best. I feel sure from what I’ve heard talked among the majority of the farmers that unless fertilizer prices are much better than last year that the cotton and tobacco acreage will be cut almost one half, and in some instances no tobacco and probably will be planted at all, and more attention will be given to grain, forage, livestock, etc.
How many of the farmers ever actually figured out what it costs to produce a bale of cotton with fertilizers where they now are. Take it for granted that a bale of cotton will bring $75 on the market about today’s prices for No. 1 cotton, it costs $1.25 per hundred, or $17.50 per bale to pick it, it costs $5 to haul it to the gin, it costs $5.50 to get it ginned, seed for planting costs we will say $2, this leaves you $45, time you get it home over a muddy road, 8 to 12 miles from town. Now where is your profit coming in? Better figure on this boys before you jump in too deep this year.
Among the Raeford visitors from Upper Hoke on last Saturday were Mr. Archie McGill and sister, Miss Flora, Miss Lena Steel, the Mount Pleasant teacher, and Miss Mamie McGill, the Hopewell teacher, attended the regular teacher’s meeting.
Mr. G.G. Hart is erecting a nice new bungalow on Route 2.
Mr. J.W. Smith is also on the building list. He has built an addition to his home.
Mr. W.G. Hart’s little girl is quite sick, but is improving, so we learn this evening.
The town of Vass is dressing up her streets we see, and while they are somewhat muddy, they will be fine this summer, and if Hoke would do its roads the same way it would be a good idea. Best wishes to all Pilot readers.
--S.R.C.
(From the front page of The Pilot, Vass, N.C., Jan. 28, 1921)
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