Records and grazing data boost dairy profits and pasture use
The County Agent urges profitable culling via herd records to remove nonperforming cows. It details three national recordkeeping plans and notes pasture rotation, small plots, and green chop methods that raise milk yield per acre. It also covers oats silage, breeding vet checks, and Johnson grass control strategies.
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Dairy Herd Improvement Association
National Cooperative Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Ashland
Wisconsin
Welborn and Roberts in Florida Sweepstakes NASCAR bid
Bob Welborn, three time NASCAR convertible champion from Greensboro, teams with Paul McDuffy to prepare two 1959 Chevrolet Impalas for Daytona International Speedway 500 mile sweepstakes on February 22. Fireball Roberts plans a 1959 Pontiac with Smokey Yunieck as chief mechanic for Daytona tests.
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Bob Welborn
Greensboro
N. C
Daytona International Speedway
Welborn
McDuffy
Frank Strickland
Fireball Roberts
Daytona Beach
Darlington
S. C
Virginia
Martinsville
Trenton
N. J
Raleigh
Weaverville
N.C
Maryland Wheat Allotment Rules Change For 1959 Affects History Credit
Maryland farmers face changes to wheat allotment and marketing quota laws effective in 1959. Acreage above the farm’s allotment affects future acreage history credits, with options to pay penalties or store excess wheat under bond or in a warehouse to preserve credit. Farms not exceeding their allotment keep full credit and remain unaffected.
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Secretary of Agriculture
ASC
Farm wheat allotment rules for excess not charged
The Journal explains when a farm can exceed its wheat allotment without marketing excess. Exceedance may occur if total wheat acreage is 15 acres or less, normal production is under 200 bushels, yield is so low total production is under normal allotment, or if approved for up to 30 acres for on farm use under the feed wheat program.
Largest Woman's Club in Maryland Declared By Stamps Program
Maryland women daily shop for trading stamps with S H Green Stamps, forming a vast state wide group. The program notes 136 500 shoppers fueling a state economy by purchases totaling 5 416 000 dollars from Maryland manufacturers last year, creating jobs for 517 residents and supporting local tax revenue. The Sperry and Hutchinson Company, originator 63 years ago, uses the message as public information.
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Maryland
S&h
Sperry and Hutchinson Company
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Michigan Experiment Station
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Welborn & Roberts
Chevy & Pontiac
Florida
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Strickland
Jim Stephens
Menry “Smokey” Yunieck
Stumpfvre
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Itlindis
Journal
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