Smut Judging Delights 600 Junior Growers at NY Convention
About 600 youths from across the nation attend the National Junior Vegetable Growers Association convention in New York to compete in vegetable judging. Contestants identify diseases insects and injuries affecting onions potatoes and corn and assess plates of produce for quality. Notable participants include Roy Curtis of Yaphank New York Myrtle Schockley of Clermont Indiana and Lucia Whetsell of Bowman South Carolina. John Perry of Muskogee Oklahoma touts his eight acre plot with boysenberries sweet corn and oil production.
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Richard Kleiner
NEW York
NEA
Roy Curtis
Yaphank N. Y
Myrtle Schockley
Clermont, Ind
Lucia Whetsell
Bowman
S. C
John Perry
Muskogee
Okla
John
Myrtle Shockley
Clermont
Ind
Yaphank
N. Y
S.C
Caring for Christmas plants and stain removal tips
Practical guidance from University of Minnesota experts on keeping potted Christmas plants and cut flowers fresh through the season. Advice covers watering, light, temperature, drafts, and avoiding heat, plus prompt stain removal for cranberry sauce candie wax ice cream and gravy using heat caution and solvents.
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Richard E. Widmer
University of Minnesota
University Floriculturist
Minnesota implement dealers face long inventories and cash shortages
A November survey of 1500 Minnesota Implement Dealers Association members shows persistently high stock and tight cash as a dilemma this offseason. Prices cut and fringe dealers engage in risky trading amid uneven regional sales, with overall gross profits down. The 49th annual convention in Minneapolis January 6 to 8 will host 2500 dealers and feature a women’s luncheon and banquet entertainment.
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Minnesota
Trade Association
Charles A. Patridge
Owatonna
Minnesota Implement Dealers Association
Minneapolis
Upper Midwest
Better Diets Goal of Extension Service
A panel of 10 home agents and extension home economics specialists told how improving adolescent girls and adult women's diets is a key aim of the Agricultural Extension Service. They spoke at a special session during the service conference on the University of Minnesota St Paul campus. They noted surveys showing poorer diets among adolescent girls and next among adult women and discussed other family needs and how the program should respond.
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Agricultural Extension Service
St. Paul
University of Minnesota
Agricultural Extension Service Program
Seedling Planting Machines Tell Rise in Use
Raleigh NC Tree planting machines on level ground can plant 7000 to 10000 seedlings in an eight hour day with a two man crew state John E Ford assistant forester for the North Carolina State College extension service Ford notes increased use by landowners saw mill operators and others but says hand planting remains the only method in many places and that machines may be inefficient on plots under 10 acres.
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Raleigh
N. C
John E. Ford
North Carolina State College Extension Service
Ford
Minnesota Tops Nation in Co operative Farms
USDA figures show Minnesota led the 1950-51 farm co operative sector with 1,261 associations and 16 out-of-state co ops operating in the state, total sales of 607.3 million dollars. Nationally 9,997 co operatives did 10.5 billion gross, 8.1 billion net after adjustments. Membership reached 7.1 million. Wisconsin and Illinois follow in numbers of co operatives and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
United States Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Ilinois
Missouri
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ing
USDA
Minnesota pig herd to shrink in 1953 spring forecast
Minnesota farmers plan a sharp drop in the spring pig crop for 1953. They report intent to farrow 64,000 sows Dec 1 1952 through June 1 1953, down from 627,000 last year and 738,000 two years ago, with output possibly totaling 3,542,000 pigs.
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Minnesota
Federal Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Post Office Department
Imports Hit Cheese Butter Markets Here
John Brandt of Land O Lakes Creameries attributes downturn in butter and cheese markets to imports of dried whole milk and buttermilk. He notes butter imports are excluded but powdered milk products displace domestic butterfat, reducing fat use in ice cream and candy making. The resulting surplus floods markets as a normal seasonal peak for dairy farmers approaches.
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John Brandt
Land O'Lakes Creameries, Inc
United States
Ferrin to Speak on Pork in the Doghouse at Institute
Prof. E. F. Ferrin head of the University of Minnesota animal husbandry department will be among nine speakers at the 16th Minnesota Iowa Swine Institute at Austin High School on February 5. His topic is Pork Is In The Dog House. Robin Roberts of the Phillies was the only National League pitcher to win 20 games in 1952, recording 28 wins for a fourth-place team.
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Nuspanary
Austin High School
Robin Roberts
Phillies
Retirement hobby nets big turkey income in Florida
Mrs Tot of Tot's Tender Turkey Farm near Havana grows Bronze turkeys for dinners. Starting with 200 chicks, she now oversees 7000 birds a year with 30 workers, incubators and red light breeding houses, turning retirement into a thriving family business.
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Havana
Fla
Nea
Florida
Poultry Show to Be Revised for Mower County Fair
The 1953 Mower County Fair poultry show will balance production and market birds. Fair secretary P. J. Holand says revised judging reflects farm production and hatcheries and feed manufacturers’ roles. President Richard Rahilly notes the department will aid both experienced and new poultry raisers with up to date information.
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P. J. Holand
Fair Secretary
Richard Rahilly
Fair
4-H Leaders to Attend Institutes in Minnesota
District and national 4-H leader training institutes will run across Minnesota this year reaching more than 10 000 adult and junior leaders. In their 10th year the one day meetings run this month through February and into March under theme The 4-H Leader and the Local Club. Topics include aiding 4-H members with projects training officers youth needs and monthly meeting roles with recreation ideas for small spaces. Principal speakers at the institutes are listed by organizers.
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Minnesota
Leonard Harkness
University of Minnesota
4-H
Seed quality and varieties advised for Minnesota forage crops
County Agent J L Liebenstein cites W M Myers on good seed definition: distinct varietal traits and lab quality like high germination and cleanliness. For 1953 planting, use certified seed from recommended varieties, noting limits on supply. Minnesota lists alfalfa Ranger and Ladak, Riverside soft varieties, brome Lincoln Achenbach Fisher, red clover Midland We gener, sweet clover Evergreen Madrid, with cautions on Worm wilt susceptibility and new but untested varieties.
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J. L. Liebenstein
Myers
Ranger
Minnesota
California
Ladak
Nomad
Lincoln
Achenbach
Midland
Wegener
Kenland
Evergreen
Madrid
Speed Orders Urged For Fencing Materials By Farmers
B J Huseby warns that steel mills show empty space on rolling schedules for bale ties baling wire nails welded wire fencing netting and barb wire. He urges farmers to place orders now or inform dealers of expected needs to prevent shortages next spring and summer.
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Ealing
B. J. Huseby
County Agricultural Mobilization Committee
Huseby
Winter Wheat Acreage in Minnesota Drops to 67 000
Minnesota farmers reduced winter wheat sowings to 67 000 acres for 1953 harvest, down 3 percent from 1952 and the smallest since 1914. Dry fall weather limited seedings, with early plantings performing but later seedings failing. December 1 condition implies about 938 000 bushels production, far below 1952 and the 1941-50 average. Rye sown this fall totals 133 000 acres, down 14 percent from 1952.
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Minnesota
Federal Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Height requirement for British Grenadier Guards
The requirement is six feet two inches tall for membership in the British Grenadier Guards.
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British Grenadier Guards
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Nettie Neufeld
Ferrin
E. F. Ferrin
Butler
Newcastle
W. G. Butler
Felder
Tates
Bernard Beadle
Osgood Magnuson
H. A. Pfloghoeft
Gwendolyn Bacheller
Mary Anderson
Evelyn Horne
Leuthold-Petersons
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