Again comes the boll weevil to the front and this time on the authority of County Agricultural Agent G.W. Falls. “The boll weevil is slowly but surely coming in on us,” says Mr. Falls. “In a few years the production of cotton will be below 60 per cent of the normal crop. Excessive cost in cultivation and harvesting will not allow the economic production of cotton.”
Mr. Falls here hesitated to let that statement sink in. “Then what?” asked an Advance reporter.
“Why people will have to turn to some other source of income as an antidote to these conditions,” answered Mr. Falls, “and I can see but one panacea. This is a combination of swine, cattle and poultry. When this time comes, there will be no uncertainty in the cure and it is to the interest of every farmer to fortify himself for the period of cotton depression that must surely come.”
With these things in view, Mr. Falls, many months ago, formulated a plan for improving the quality of cattle in Pasquotank County. Out of this comes the report from him that he has just purchased from the Vanderbilt Farms, at Biltmore, a registered bull for W.B. Coppersmith of Nixonton township.
It is Mr. Falls’ idea to have in each township in the County a pure bred bull that service may be had by the farmers with slight inconvenience to them.
The dam of the bull procured by Mr. Coppersmith produced last year 11,496 pounds of milk and 675.67 pounds of butter fat.
In speaking of his purchase, Mr. Falls said, “It will be impossible to have maximum production of dairy products with scrub cattle, pine roosters and jim crows. It is therefore essential that we procure standard breeds to insure success.
Mr. Coppersmith’s bull is pronounced by Mr. Falls to be the finest specimen of the breed ever brought to Pasquotank County.
From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Sept. 5, 1922
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