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EDITED BY N. D. McRAINEY
AAA SETS DEC. 9
FOR REFERENDUM
ON COTTON QUOTA
Mitchell county farmers will vote
December 9 on whether marketing
quotas similar to those in effect for
the last two seasons shall be applied
to the 1940 cotton crop.
Most cotton farmers are familiar
with marketing quotas, as they have
used them for the last 2 years to
avoid adding to the already large cot
ton supply and to protect the markets
of farmers who plant within their
acreage allotments.
The national cotton quota proclaim
ed by Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace for 1940 is the same as for 1939.
This will make possible, with normal
yields, the marketing within the quota
of approximately 12 million bales dur
ing the year beginning August 1, 1940.
Approval by two-thirds of the na
tion’s eligible cotton growers who vote
in the December 9 referendum is re
quired to continue quotas in effect
for 1940. The 1939 quota was ap
proved by 84.1 percent of the growers
voting.
The conservation phases of the Ag
ricultural Conservation Program will
continue to operate, regardless of the
outcome of the December 9 refer
endum. However, marketing quotas
assure growers participating in the
AAA farm program who plant within
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Abov# — taken at twilight. The
■ campfire” can be an amateur flood
bulb on extension cord. At right—
silhouette against real campfire,
using a time exposure.
pICNICS, campfires, and hayrides
' are events which offer a wealth
of picture opportunities. Some pic
.it s are daytime affairs, but others
take place at twilight or after dark
—and there are no times more op
nortune for charming campfire snap
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For twilight snaps, wait until the
ky is almost dark. Set the camera
or a “time” exposure, place it on a
ii m support, and take a picture that
includes the campfire, the group
•i round it, and some sky. With
roper choice of time the sky will re
produce deep gray, the campfire
warm and brilliant—giving a picture
full of the mystery and atmosphere
of an ending day.
Campfire shots taken well after
nightfall are wonderfully effective.
They show the fire, the faces of the
group about it —but everything else
in rich, mysterious shadow. These
< an be taken just like the twilight
shots, with a short “time" exposure.
It is best to have someone sit be
tween the camera and the brightest
part of the fire —his silhouette will
add interest and keep the fire from
appearing too bright
Modern films are fast, so ex
posures need not be long. With a
good bright fire, try two to five sec
| onds at f. 6.3, or ten to thirty seconds
I with a box camera.
| To show added detail In an out
| door night acene, use a flash bulb.
{lt’s easy. Have the camera on a firm
their acreage allotment that their
efforts to adjust supplies will not be
nullified by non-cooperators.
Farmers who plant within their
acreage allotments will be able to
market all of the cotton they produce
on their allotted acreage without pen
alty. If marketing quotas are in ef
fect, a non-cooperator must pay a
penalty of 3 cents per pound on all
cotton sold in excess of the market
ing quota for his farm.
Officials believe world conditions
and present supplies of American cot
ton make the 1940 marketing quota
necessary, if cotton farmers want to
prevent disasters that have affected
them in the past. The Agricultural
Adjustment Act provides the means,
through cotton loans and conservation
measures, to protect farm interests.
Market News By
County Agent
COTTON
Cotton prices declined this week as
the recent sharp upturn in the gen
eral level of commodity and security
prices leveled off, reports the Agri
cultural Marketing Service. The 10-
market average of 9.18 cents for Mid
dling 15/16 inch on September 15 was
31 points lower than a week earlier.
Spot cotton markets were unsuually
active. Exports increased sharply
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support, shutter on “time,” lens set
at f.ll. Open the shutter, fiash the
bulb, close the shutter —that’s all
there is to it. Flash bulbs can be
used in a “synchronizer” that fires
the bulb and trips the camera shut
ter at the same time—or they can be
used in inexpensive holders that
resemble a pocket flashlight.
Campfire effects can be obtained
with flash bulbs, without a campfire.
Set up the camera for a snapshot
of your group, and flash the bulb
from the ground, below or slightly
behind the camera. The low angle
of lighting produces the campfire
effect. Amateur flood bulbs can be
used on an extension cord In the
same way.
Take the camera along on your
next evening picnic or other outing.
. You’ll come home with snapshots
that are distinctive and different!
. John van Guilder.
over the small volume of last week.
Domestic mill activity continued at a
comparatively high rate during the
first half of September. Mill sales of
cotton cloth and yarn slackened some
what following the spurt in sales dur
ing the two preceding weeks. Cotton
textile prices, however, made further
gains as buying increased late in the
week with the announcement of the
3216 cent minimum wage scale ef
fective October 24, 1939. Wholesale
distribution of finished textile ma
terials continued in good volume but
the rush of consumer buying reported
last week slackened and retail sales
were more nearly normal, according to
trade reports. Industrial production
continued to expand.
Prices for Middling 15/16 inch in
the 10 markets averaged 9.26 cents
for the week ending September 15,
compared with 9.23 cents in the pre
vious week and 8.34 cents last year.
Changes in premiums and discounts
in the 10 markets were small. The
average discount for Middling 7/8 inch
was unchanged at 21 points.
Sales of 369,000 bales in the 10 mar
kets were unusually large for this
time of year and compared with 230,-
000 in the preceding week and 266,000
bales a year ago. Total sales of 1,-
139,650 bales from August 1 to Sep
tember 15 compared with 786,000 bales
a year ago. With favorable weather
over most of the belt, picking and gin
ning made good progress.
Mill Consumption
August mill consumption was placed
at 628,000 bales by the Census. This
figure is the highest on record for
that month except for the 635,000
bales in 1927. Consumption was 521,-
000 in July and 559,000 bales in Aug
ust, 1938. The daily rate of consump
tion in August averaged 27,300 bales
compared with 26,100 bales in July
and 24,400 bales in August a year ago.
Although forwardings to domestic
mills from August 1 to September 15
were well ahead of those a year
earlier, mill stocks are comparatively
small. On Agust 31 stocks were only
654,000 bales against 862,000 on July
31 and 1,059,000 bales a year ago.
During the 5 years ended in 1937 mill
stocks on August 31 averaged about
919,000 bales.
Exports
Exports of American cotton from
August to September 14 yere 463,000
bales against 402,000 bales a year
ago. Exports to Great Britain were
much larger than those to any other
country, constituting about 40 percent
of the total. Inquiries for American
cotton from English spinners were
numerous and mostly for Strict Low
Middling, Middling, and Strict Mid
dling 7/8 and 1-1/32 inches. In
quiries from other cotton shippers
are experiencing considerable diffi
culty in securing space. The present
freight rate from American Gulf
ports to English ports of about $4.00
per bale compares with about $2.25
early in September.
LIVESTOCK
(The following is based on sales
reported up to 12 noon, September
19 for hogs delivered at sellers’
expense and on off truck weights
to packing plants in South Geor
gia).
Hog trade held steadily in the
Southeast on the curent session. All
plants posted board prices on the
same levels as Monday. Demand ap
peared to be fairly healthy and com
petition, though not keen, was suf
ficiently broad to absorb rather sub
stantial marketings without a trace
of weakness being noted. A bulge
in hog receipts at Chicago found that
center opening on a 10c lower basis,
but this failed to penetrate the South
east. Receipts of hogs at the seven
plants in the Southeast measured
1,051 head up to 7:00 a. m. today
compared with 931 last Tuesday but
were below the 1,253 head received a
year ago.
The spread between Chicago and the
Southeast tended to narrow some.
The daily mean of the quotation for
good to choice 180 to 240 pound
butchers at Chicago was $8.50 for the
week ending September 9, compared
with $6,63 in the Southeast for Med
ium to Choice sofe hogs scaling 180
to 240 pounds or a margin of $1.87.
However, Chicago dropped to $7.85
last week with the Southeast only
showing a minor change to $6.62 or a
spread of $1.23. The $1.23 spread of
last week .compared favorably when
considering that the same week a year
ago uncovered a spread of $1.60 with
Chicago showing a daily mean of $9.11
for the week ending September 17,
1938 against $7.51 in the Southeast.
Pure-Bred Poland Hog Sale
In the pure-bred Poland sale
held at Donalsonville, Georgia, Mon
day, September 18, one bred yearling
sow scored SIOO.OO with 2 bred Gilts
going at $45.00 and $50.00. Tore
were 17 boars farrowed from March
1 to March 28, 1939 that sold in a
range of $26.00 to $75.00 per head
for an average of about $43.00, while
14 Gilts farrowed during the same
period sold from $26.00 to $60.00 per
head for an average of around $40.00.
The offerings were sold to buyers
from Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, In
diana, lowa, North Carolina, and
Texas, with 11 head staying in Geor
gia.
This sale was attended by several
Mitchell county farmers and myself
who saw these hogs as they were put
in the ring and sold at auction. The
offerings were of high quality, and I
must say that more of them should
have been bought in Georgia, as we
need good hogs in the South. lowa
and Illinois farmers bought the largest
percentage of any state represented.
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Farm Foreclosures
At Lowest Level
Washington, Sept. 28.—F. F. Hill,
Governor of the Farm Credit Ad
ministration, announced today that,
despite the fact that foreclosures of
farms throughout the Nation have
declined steadily during the past few
years and are now at the lowest level;
in the last 13 years, he has requested
the 12 Federal land banks to make a
thorough study of conditions sur
rounding foreclosures. Until the con
clusion .of such review, foreclosure
actions will be confined to cases of
an emergency nature such as those
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involving abandonment, bad faith or
actions to quiet title. Also, it was
announced that pending foreclosure
proceedings would be stayed during
this period, wherever circumstances
permit. This policy, he said, applies
both to Federal land bank loans and
Commissioner loans made by the
banks for the Federal Farm Mort
gage Corporation.
It is pointed but by Governor Hill
that this action does not constitute a
moratorium but rather a recognition
that, because of a series of partial
or complete crop failures in certain
areas and other factors beyond their
control, some borrowers are unable
to pay the installments on their mort
gages as they mature.
The studies referred to by Governor
Hill, which were started some time
ago by the Federal land banks, are
being made in an effort to determine
whether additional means of assist
ance of a broader application of pres
ent policies may be successfully em
ployed to help deserving borrowers to
work out of their difficulties. The
position of borrowers who are not able
to pay, because of reasons beyond
their control, will be carefully analyz
ed, as heretofore, for the purpose of
determining whether some type of
assistance may be invoked to enable
them to carry on. However, in their
collection policy the Federal land
banks and the Federal Farm Mort
gage Corporation will continue to in
sist that all who are reasonably able
to meet their payments do so.
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