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wm - - . : i r/ ‘ • ’8 *5 Gash value of all need in South Carolina ■'W the U. ture Ml ly toe pro- year ion crop^CM ent of agricul- today. ited the decrease chief- it smaller 36 per cot- * S m fA m' ton crop, and partly to lower prices for most farm commodities. Frank O. Black, agricultural statistician here, recalled that crop value rose steadily during the war, reaching the record high of $362 million in 1946, and grad- declining since then. :k prepared this summary of crop values: The principal cash crops of cot ton, tobacco, commercial truck, peaches and peanuts are valued at $182 million. This is $60 mil lion or one-fourth, less than the worth of these crops in 1948. Commercial truck crop volume was about 15 per cent larger than in 1949, but prices averaged some what lower. The value of the 113 crops for which estimates are made is placed at $9 million— about 1 per cent belotf last year, but 6 per cent above the average the 1C for 10 years 1938-47. & K I ) t\ • 10 yi Only Irish potatoes, cabbage, to matoes, lettuce and beets brought in more money than last year. These did not quite offset low value for other truck crops. Based on the December esti mate of production and prices to date, line cotton has the value of $82 million dollars and seed $9.5 million. This is $64 million or 41 per cent less than the value of lint and seed in 1948. •The tobacco crop wrfs worth more than $82 million. This is $6 million more than 1948 value and second only to the $84 million crop of 1946. Corn produced is valued at $41 ' million Just slightly less than last year. Volume was up 11 per cent but the price was lower. The short wheat crop was worth only $4 million, little more than half the 1948 value and the low est since 1941. The oat'crop is valued at $14 million, slightly more than the short crop of last year but the lowest price and value since 1942 The sweet potato crop was worth $9.3 million compared with $9.2 million last year. Production was up 12 per cent but the price per bushel was moderately lower. A short crop of peaches for the second successive year brought only about $7.4 million — nearly one-fourth below last year ant less than half the record value of $16.7 million for the crop of 1945 The value of peanut production, at $1.6 is down 19 per cent from last year due to a smaller crop. The price per pound was the Business Enters New Year With Confident Feeling • American business, taking heart from the way it rode out the mild recession of 1949, enters 1950 on the graatest surge of confidence in ten years. Economists for industry and government alike, with a rare harmony of agreement, predict a strong first six months for the new year, with most forecasting a slight and gradual decline for the second hut They add it all up to a year of„ continued boom at levels equal to or only slightly below prosperous 1949. Business and government lead ers generally echo publicly these views of their economic special- sts. Not since before the war have they regarded a dawning year ith such optimism. Even at the leginning of 1948, which brqught the peak of the postwar boom, Precasts were clouded with fears. Now warnings of possible trouble ahead are barCly audible amid the cheer. They point main ly to dangers of further inflation, and usually are coupled with criticism of the federal govern ment’s spending and deficit fi nancing programs. But even here, he omens are seen as not likely to become reality until some time after 1950. The New Year confidence is iased not only on large order backlogs in many industries and continuing strong consumer de mand, but also upon the convic tion that we had our long-feared and long planned-for postwar readjustment in the mind reces sion of 1949. Until now postwar forecasting has been sobered with the reali ration that an adjustment d to F; / necessary and bounc was come, and that it micht be severe. The his tory of 1920-21, the period sharp readjustment by many be prepeated. Many experts now feel that no shakedown beyond that of 1949 is necessary, and that we can move along at a busy clip for an in defenite time. The good business forecast for 1950 should bring continued good times for the average citizi There will be, as there were in 1949, variations by both indus tries and regions hurting some people more than others. A family head without a job or a business man closing up shop has hard times no matter how prosperous the country as a whole may be. The cost of living is expected to drop a little in 1950, with food down, rent up, and clothing and taxes about the same. Camden Academy Directors Meet ptc»irenV T mi c <m*-it>urxb high' ,000 to that the i 9 per cent \ 45 per cent value of $561 greater, * Total crop volume was nearly 2 per cent less than in 1948, but about equal to average produc tion for the 1938-47 ten-year period. The smaller outturn was due mostly to short crops of cotton, wheat and peaches, since other principal crops were larger than No major crops broke produc tion records, although the com crop was the second largest and soybean and lespedeza hay out turn was the largest ever. Record high yields an acre were made in corn, tobacco, soybeans, lespedeza seed and bay. Sales Purebred Hogs Announced rl f. The purebred hog breeders as sociations of the state are plan ning to hold winter bred gilt and boar sales during January and Februkry, according to A. L Du- Rant, Clemson extension live stock specialist. He says the fol lowing sales havr been an nounced. The South Carolina Poland China Breeders sale to be held at Florence, Thursday, Jan. 12, at 1 p. m.; T. C. Moss and Son Po land China sale at Cameron, Fri day, Jan. 20, at 1 p m.; the South Carolina Berkshire Breeders sale, Orangeburg, Thursday, Jan. 16, at 1 p. m.; the South Carolina Duroc Breeders sale, Spartanburg, Fri day, Jan. 27, at 1 p. m.; and the South Carolina Hampshire Breed ers sale at Florence, Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 1 p. m. In calling attention to these sales Mr. DuRant says: ’The hogs for these sales haVe been care fully selected from the best herds in the state and carry the blood lines of the most popular hogs of he breeds. ‘These sales will give farmers a’ nopportunity to improve their hogs by adding a few bred gifts or a good boar to their herds. "With the increasing demand for meat-type hogs it will pay them to improve the quality of their hogs oy selecting hogs of the improved meat type. We urge farmers to attend these he adds. \ .. t> sales, 1 ‘•"Ttifc "hoard v ^^ectors -of thef ^niWdjCPXPorstipn for qr- ___ ition of the Camden Acad emy met Wednesday evening to discuss plans for organization and financing the schoors beginning. No definite organizational ap- lintments have yet been made, ihn K. deLoach, president of the corporation, stated, and has add ed that the directors plan to be gin the job of selection of faculty and administrative officials in the future. Bulldog Teams Play Olympia Thursday In Doiihleheader The Camden High School Bull dogs will meet the Olympia Blue Devils in a doubleheader basket ball game Thursday night. The S ames will be played in the Cam- en High SchoAl gym at 7:30. Both Camden teams have made good showings this year. In the regular games played so far, they are the winners over Lex ington and Orangeburg. The boys have some very fine material and are expected to turn in a good season. 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