Farm Progress Here And There on MUD TAVERN
Week features varied showers across northern Alabama with birds feeding in rain and discussions on cotton crops. Four conversations cover southern cotton prospects, weevils, and pricing despite rain. Ruth Stout’s mulch book is highlighted as engaging reading for farmers and gardeners.
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Alabama
Gulf
Southeast
Mississippi Delta
Georgia
Carolinas
Tennessee
Ruth Stout
Louis Bromfield
Beef as a pillar of American history and cuisine
The piece traces beef’s role from colonial times to today, noting cattle arrival with Spanish and English settlers, beef’s place behind work and dairy uses, and its enduring presence in American cookbooks. It highlights historical cookbooks American Cookery by Amelia Simmons and The Compleat Housewife, and introduces The Bicentennial Beef Cookbook from the Beef Council with a mailorder offer.
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America
American Southwest
New England
E. Smith
Connecticut
Amelia Simmons
Beef Industry Council of the Meat Board
Beef Council
Dept
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Women in Agriculture At Cornell See Rapid Rise Of Female Graduates
At Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences women now outpace old norms with rising enrollments and high grades. Margaret Silver and Jean Spooner illustrate paths from natural resources to graduate studies as women push into agronomy, economics, and soils amid a national pattern of greater female enrollment. Despite progress, faculty-level gender gaps spark campus debate.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Margaret S. Silver
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell University
Jean D. Spooner
North Carolina State
Raleigh
Cornell
W. Keith Kennedy
College of Agriculture
Ohio State
Allen W. Perry
Equal
Perry
Dean Kennedy
Allegany County
Suffolk County
Matthew Dresdorff
Agronomy
Women’s Caucus
District 4-H Programs Set AUBURN
More than 1 300 boys and girls will take part in upcoming district 4 H project achievement programs. Dr Cecil Mayfield state 4H leader at Auburn University says they expect 200 more participants this year than last. District competition will be held in Montevallo June 29 30 Livingston July 6 7 Auburn July 8 9 and Cullman July 13 14. Projects include automotive driving chicken gue dress revue electric demonstrations dairy foods breads plant and soil science exhibits public speaking small engines demonstrations tractor driving and woodworking. First and second place senior winners from each district advance to state competition in Auburn July 2022. District livestock and dairy judging contests will be held separately but district winners in the senior division will compete in the state event in Auburn.
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Auburn
Cecil Mayfield
Auburn University
Montevallo
Livingston
Cullman
Nutrient loss in silage studied by USDA researchers
Raleigh N C June 21 USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists report why orchard grass silage loses nutrition and how formaldehyde treatment preserves protein. Holstein heifers fed treated silage showed about double daily gains versus untreated. metabolism studies support protein solubility as key.
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Raleigh
N.C
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Dale R. Waldo
Henry F. Tyrrell
American Dairy Science Association
Beltsville Agricultural
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
Beltsville
Waldo
Tyrrell
Paul W. Moe
Price variation factors studied for crops at Auburn
Auburn University researchers Morris White and Barry Gilbreath examined seasonal price variations in agricultural products. Using 1963 to 1972 data with 1973 and 1974 comparisons, they show price information is more valuable now due to larger production units and higher price levels. Copies are available from Research Information, 110 Comer Hall, Auburn University.
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Auburn
Ala
Morris White
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Agricultural Experiment Station
Barry Gilbreath
Comer Hall
Auburn University
Alabama
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