Raleigh, N.C., April 27—Indications are that there will be a crop of between 2,200 and 2,400 cars of peaches for shipment from North Carolina this season. In a number of orchards Elbertas and Hales are weak from being hurt by Bacteriosis last season and now have a light set of fruit. With early fruit and Georgia Belles, the crop set seems to be about normal.
“At any rate the outlook for peaches this year appears to be more promising that last year,” says George Ross, Chief of the State Division of Markets. “Georgia will probably ship between 8,000 and 10,000 cars; but, the crop in the mountain section of Georgia which competes with that from the North Carolina Sandhills appears to be light. South Carolina will ship from 200 to 250 cars and the other peach producing sections which ship about the same time as North Carolina will also have a light crop.”
Mr. Ross states that the North Carolina crop is again in strong hands with two widely known marketing agencies handling the selling.
The Division of Markets will this year attempt to start a market service for the owner of timber and to supply him with price quotations on all forest products, thus aiding in the effective selling of this important farm product. The forest crop has been called the State’s most neglected farm product, though according to the United States Census, it stood sixth in value of all crops.
Poultry and egg shipments continue popular and profitable. During the past week, nearly 50,000 pounds of poultry was sold in carlots at a saving to the farmers cooperative of about five cents per pound over local prices. During the week of April 27, cars will be shipped from Union, Anson, Richmond, Bladen, Robeson, Scotland, Sampson, Hoke and Cumberland counties.
Mr. Ross states that cooperative buying by farmers’ organizations is now growing in popularity as shown by recent purchases of fertilizer at a saving to those taking part.
From page 2 of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073208/1925-04-29/ed-1/seq-2/#words=April+29%2C+1925 -=- Tarheel dairymen are finding that it pays to test their cows. One Guilford County dairyman told county agent J.I. Waggoner that he could afford to build a new cow barn now that he knew what his cows were doing. Tarheel folks are getting the health habit of drinking milk. Each person in the United States drank one and three-fourths gallons more of milk last year than the year previous, and some of this increase was in North Carolina, say home demonstration workers. From page 2 of the Roxboro Courier, April 29, 1925 newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073208/1925-04-29/ed-1/seq-2/#words=April+29%2C+1925
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