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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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County agents from Vance and others met in Tarboro on Friday and Saturday to discuss cotton handling, efficient production methods, price distribution from farmer to retailer, and viewed a film on new mechanical cotton picker and weed destroyer; presided by A. Troy Ferguson.
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Cotton Conference
Held In Tarboro
The problem of handling cotton was discussed by county agents and assistants at district meeting held at Tarboro on Friday and Saturday.
County agents, Vance county agent and assistant discussed production of foreign grown and other fiber amounts which-grown. Something about best with its wee something leading to garments. Efficient production better cotton and higher profits were named as follows:
1. Fit cotton into balanced farm. 2. Take care of your soil. 3. Got weather on the best variety. 4. Make your labor count. Got markets and diseases. Pick and gin. How wait soil for grade staple and variety value. In one price on cotton are such demands shorts were bought sold bared o a dollar the following sums are recent from labor to retail are a cotton or will it was flat. Etan 7 to farmer, 1 cent to ginner, 5 cents to buyer, 10 cents to mill, 9 cents to spinner and dyer, 5 cents series, 1 cent wholesaler, 30 cents to fabricator and 33 cents to retailer.
A movie on the new mechanical cotton picker and a machine which destroys weeds and grasses was shown agents. A. Troy Ferguson, northeastern district agent, presided at the meeting.
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Tarboro
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Friday And Saturday
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County agents and assistants discussed handling cotton, production of foreign grown and other fibers, and efficient production methods for better cotton and higher profits at a district meeting. Points included fitting cotton into balanced farm, taking care of soil, weather on best variety, making labor count, picking and ginning, soil for grade, staple and variety value. Price breakdown of one dollar on cotton: 7 cents to farmer, 1 cent to ginner, 5 cents to buyer, 10 cents to mill, 9 cents to spinner and dyer, 5 cents to series, 1 cent wholesaler, 30 cents to fabricator, 33 cents to retailer. A movie on the new mechanical cotton picker and a machine which destroys weeds and grasses was shown to agents. A. Troy Ferguson, northeastern district agent, presided.