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Tabor City Tribune
Tabor City, Columbus County, North Carolina
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North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station completes research staff, led by Prof. G.W. Giles, to mechanize tobacco production, harvesting, curing, and grading. New hire Robert W. Wilson focuses on production/harvesting; tobacco is 60% of state farm income.
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The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station has now completed its staff of research men who will investigate the possibilities of mechanizing the production of tobacco, according to Professor G. W. Giles, head of the Station's agricultural engineering department.
The staff was completed with the arrival in Raleigh last week of Robert W. Wilson, who recently received an M.S. degree in agricultural engineering at the University of Wisconsin. Wilson will be in charge of the production and harvesting phases of the study.
Tobacco, which accounts for about 60 per cent of the State's farm income, has traditionally been a "hand-cultivated" crop.
Production and harvesting will be one of three main lines of investigation pursued by Experiment Station engineers. Curing tests have been in progress for some time at the Oxford Branch Station under the direction of O. A. Brown, U. S. Department of Agriculture collaborator, and N. W. Weldon.
The third line of investigation, that of grading the leaf, was initiated early in the summer
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The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station has completed its staff of research men to investigate mechanizing tobacco production. Robert W. Wilson arrived in Raleigh last week to head production and harvesting phases. Tobacco accounts for 60 percent of the state's farm income and is traditionally hand-cultivated. Investigations include production and harvesting, curing tests at Oxford Branch Station, and grading initiated early in the summer.