Peanut Referendum Set for December 14 Vote in Peanut Marketing Quotas
North Carolina and other states will vote December 14 in a referendum on peanut marketing quotas. Eligible voters include farm owners and sharecroppers with peanut proceeds from 1950 on eligible farms. If two thirds vote yes, quotas apply to 1951 1952 and 1953 crops. if no, no quotas for 1951 and another referendum may occur next fall. Prices for 1951 peanut crop would be set at 80 to 90 percent of parity if quotas pass.
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North Carolina
G. T. Scott
Production and Marketing Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Peanut allotments and Four-H rabbit projects noted
Se year te ism the key to Se year te ism the key to Support be set at 50 per cent of parity, Scott says growers will be not ified of the 1951 acreage allot ment established for their farms prior to the voting on December 14. In general, he asserts, the 1951 allotment 'will be based on' the 1950 allotment established for the farm. y 'The State allotment for' 1951 1 is 188451 acres, compared with a 1950 allotment of 225,202 acres. The decrease reflects the down ward trend in overall require ments for peanuts and will ne cessitate a moderate downward Adjustment in most farm allot ments from the 1950 level, Four-H Club members raised more than 132,000 rabbits in club projects last year.
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Scott
89 Counties Hold Supervisor Elections Soil Conservation Week
89 counties hold annual supervisor elections during December 4 9 with polling at stores and community centers. One supervisor will be elected per county for a three year term and eligible voters include registered farmers and farm owners. The three member county board rotates terms with one expiring each year to oversee soil conservation work at the district level.
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J. Frank Doggett
State College Extension Service
County Board of Supervisors
Waterfowl Season Opens Strong on North Carolina Coast
North Carolina hunters report very good to fair opening for waterfowl season from Currituck Sound to Lake Mattamuskeet in Hyde County where 60,000 geese were counted on opening day. Ducks and Canada geese were common, while Nags Head area saw fair early shooting. Fishermen along the coast reported good striped bass and rockfish activity, with surf catches of puppy drum trout and flounder and offshore king mackerel near Morehead City. A new winter sport, tiderunner fishing, is noted in Morehead City.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Currituck Sound
Lake Mattamuskeet
Hyde County
L. B. Tunnel
Nags Head
Kitty Hawk
Bodie Island
Manns Harbor
Hugh ‘Craddock
Croatan Sound
Albemarle Sound
Alligator
North River
Oregon Inlet
Young Channel Pass
Morehead City
Morehead
Enna
Licenses Granted 32 Fund Drives
The State Board of Public Welfare granted licenses during October to 35 organizations to conduct fund raising campaigns by public solicitation for their programs. Commissioner Dr. Elen Winston announced the action yesterday. There is a note mentioning about six million farmers in Japan.
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State Board of Public Welfare
Elen Winston
Keep Holiday Spirit and Yourself Alive
Americans are urged to celebrate year end holidays with care as the National Safety Council launches a Christmas safety campaign involving 161 organizations. The drive targets rising traffic deaths and winter hazards with emphasis on safe driving during peak accident period and increased travel.
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Chicago
Dec
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Mr. Dearborn
Wilson to Host Annual National Family Basketball Tourney
In Wilson North Carolina the annual National Family Basketball Tournament will run December 28 through 30. Entries are being received by the Junior Chamber of Commerce from teams composed entirely of members of a single family. The event began from a Wilson newspaperman and a Wilson teacher and grew to include many family teams, reaching 18 entries in 1946.
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Wilson, N.C
Wilson
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wilsonians
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