Crops in Wayne county will average 61 ½ per cent, it was stated yesterday afternoon by Farm Demonstrator A.K. Robertson, after a thorough investigation of crops and crop conditions.
Tobacco, of course, with the exception of the truck, crop is the poorest crop. It will average between 50 and 55 per cent of a regular crop in the opinion of Mr. Robertson, and five other farmers from various parts of the county who were in the office when the farm demonstrator stated these figures. Cotton is a little better, and 63 per cent was given as the probable yield. Corn tops the list with a probable yield of at least 65 per cent.
Truck crops, practically all of which now have been harvested, are regarded as among the poorest in years. Farmers around Mt. Olive estimate that returns on the crop will pay the fertilizer bill, the cost of packing hand handling and the cost of seed, but not the cost of tilling.
However, the crop was marketed better this year so far as actual management in shipping is concerned that it was last year n the opinion of J.F. Williams, a farmer of Mt. Olive. He said this was due to better management of the East Carolina Truckers’ Association.
From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Sunday, Aug. 6, 1922. Farm demonstrator Robertson would be called a county agent today.
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