By Julius S. Peel
The Martin County Farmer has a fair chance of making some money on his fall crop, provided there is a continuation of price stabilization, and at the present time all indication point to firm prices on all farm products provided the quality is apparent.
The writer impressed the idea in many articles last winter the necessity of higher grades of farm products not only in the raising of same, also in the harvesting and today most any produce buyer will tell you that it is quality that will bring the money this fall. Poor grades of tobacco, muggy peanuts, damaged cotton, or sweet potatoes will not be worth the price of bringing to the market. However, a careful survey of crop conditions in Martin County show that the crop quality is superior to last year, and that the farmers are going to take more precautions in harvesting.
The Williamston Tobacco Market opening in a couple of weeks promises to have a full representation of buyers, and a number of local changes, the tobacco men claim they have conditions of selling much better than last year. One of the leading tobacco buyers on the market promises good prices for good grades, and it is understood that his Company will go the limit this time.
No doubt Williamston will have the most successful tobacco season of its history, and the prices will average higher for equal grades than in larger markets. The greatest mistake of local farmers is to haul their tobacco many miles away to a neutral warehouse where there is already so much tobacco there is no competition for any particular piles. The most logical thing in the work that a small market is the place to sell tobacco for each buyer must have a certain amount, and there is a more spirited bidding.
From the front page of The Enterprise, Williamston, N.C., Aug. 16, 1921
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