Clearing of Boggy Sought Clearing of Boggy Sought
Citizens from Atoka Coal and Pontotoc counties plan a 11 am meeting with Governor Raymond Gary to air grievances over salt water pollution in the Clear Boggy watershed. Delegates met at 10:30 am at the capitol to finalize plans. Walter Woolley L Alexander Albert Wilson Rae Thompson Jay Hardin make up the county contingent.
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Atoka
Coal
Pontotoc
Raymond Gary
Capitol
Walter Woolley
L. B. Alexander
Albert Wilson
Rae Thompson
Jay Hardin
Davis Turns to Grassland to Save Bottomland Farm
Davis, stranded by annual floods on Leader Creek in Pontotoc County, shifts from row crops to Bermuda grass mixed pasture aided by Soil Conservation Service. He clears land by hand, adds rye and vetch, borrows $600, and, with Byron Smith, builds a resilient farming system that steadies cattle and protects soil.
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Davis
California
Lyle
Leader Creek
Soil Conservation Service
Byron Smith
Pontotoc County
Smith
SCS
Bermuda
R. P. Davis
Birth Brings 6 Pound 6 Ounce Daughter at Valley View
Winnie Losson delivered a 6 lb 6 oz daughter Tuesday morning at 5 30 at Valley View Hospital. Mother and baby are fine, and she quipped that unreadable writing is due to lying flat in bed. Union Valley sees rising interest in sheep with I L Elmore maintaining six registered Hampshire ewes despite a ram death.
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Winnie Losson
Valley View Hospital
Union Valley
I. L. Elmore
Elmore Place
Elmore
Hall family expands flock with 40 sheep and two rams
Jess Hall oversees 38 Western ewes and two rams including a Suffolk and a mixed Suffolk Rambouillet. Tommy Morgan joins with 52 sheep four Cheviot ewes a Cheviot ram and a Hampshire ram as his father S G Morgan helps grow the business.
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Hall Place
Jess Hall
Hall
Rassie
Cat
Tommy Morgan
Tommy
Hampshire
S. G. Morgan
Corbin to Auction Cattle With Fresh Air Cooling System
Corbin announces first Roy G Johnston and Ray Sims will act as auctioneers for a cattle sale. All cattle vaccinated for Bangs and sold cattle delivered free in the United States. A refrigeration process, four large fans with south intake and north exhaust, and 12 000 pounds of ice stored under the sale barn bleachers aim to beat the heat.
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Roy G. Johnston
Ray Sims
U. S
Corbin
County Fair Booklets Now Available by County Agent
The county agent reports fair booklets are ready and being mailed. If you plan to exhibit and do not receive a copy in a few days, contact the county agent.
Navy Finds Paddle Wheel Tugs Better for Carriers
The British Navy reporting through the National Geographic Society says paddle wheel tugs outperform propeller-driven vessels for pushing aircraft carriers in dockyards.
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National Geographic Society
France Death Rate Shrank Between 1946 and 1954
The annual death rate in France dropped from 13.5 per 1 000 to 11.9 per 1 000 during 1946 to 1954 and stood at 15 per 1 000 before World War II.
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France
Blight Threat Prompts Tomato Growing Precautions
Article warns about Southern Blight fungi attacking tomatoes and fruit on light, poorly drained soils. It spreads in soil without spores, suggesting sanitation, plant removal, crop rotation for four seasons, seedbed relocation, early maturing varieties, heavy watering early, mulching, and subsoiling to improve drainage.
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Hailey
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Jess Hall Place
Hall Boys
Terracing
Morgan
Tom
Ada
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