Cows Need Attention During Hot Weather
Advice from J A Arey at state college urges dairy farmers to provide ample shade fresh water and high protein grain with silage as summer progresses to maintain milk output. He notes hot weather lowers production and recommends daytime stabilization indoors in cities. Flies disrupt herds. control by cleaning breeding sites removing manure and using poisons traps and sprays to reduce larvae and adult flies.
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J. A. Arey
State College
Mr. Arey
Surplus Farm Produce Drives North Carolina Curb Markets
North Carolina farm families sold 302391 dollars of surplus produce last year at 30 curb markets run by home demonstration agents. Rocky Mount market, directed by Mrs Effie Vines Gordon, leads in success and has spurred new markets statewide including Petersburg. Market operates every Saturday year round in a large tobacco warehouse with a Wednesday midweek sale in summer. No jobbing. buyers receive direct farm produce, fresh and wholesome. Gordon rings the bell to start sales and posts prices at the manager’s table.
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North Carolina
Rocky Mount
Effie Vines Gordon
Nash County
Petersburg
Market surplus becomes saleable goods at local fair
The article describes a blackboard style market where vendors, including women experts, display neat stalls. Mrs Gordon teaches post market canning and preserving to convert surplus into salable food products for winter sale or home use.
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Gordon
4-H Club Members Hold Summer Camps
4-H club members in 26 North Carolina counties will attend summer camps at recreation centers with about 2009 rural boys and girls enrolled. County home and farm agents supervise with State college extension staff assisting. Camps run through July and August ahead of the statewide encampment at State College August 4 to 9.
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North
Carolina
State College Extension Service
L. R. Harrill
Harrill
Mountain Club
Mountain Branch Station
Swannanoa
State College
Washington
Han
Diaries of Randolph Shotwell Published by NC History Commission
The North Carolina Historical Commission releases The Letters and Diaries of Randolph Ab bott Shotwell. Shotwell, a Confederate army officer and editor, was jailed in Albany for two years for anti Republican activity. Prof. J de Roulhac Hamilton edited the papers and diaries.
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The
North Carolina Historical Commission
Randolph Abbott Shotwell
Shotwell
Ku Klux Klanland
Albany
N. Y
North Carolina
All Times
Rutherfordton Vindicator
Republican Party
J. de Roulhac Hamilton
University of North Carolina
Alaman County Cotton Plowed Up for Corn Amid Crop Shift
Craven county farmers delivered 14,000 bushels of contract cucumbers to the local pickling factory last week as cotton is being cut and land replanted in corn across the county.
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Alaman
Craven County
Shiloh News highlights local visits and sermons
Rutherfordton R-1 July 7 report notes Rev. P. White filled the regular appointment at Shiloh Sunday afternoon with an excellent sermon. Local residents and visitors include Reid Bird of Spindale with Henry Dobbins, Lila Smith visiting Wade Smith and family in Alexander, and others visiting churches and friends in Floyds Creek Morganton and Spindale.
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Rutherfordton
R-1
P. White
Shilon
Sernon
Reid Bird
Spinjale
Weevil Infestation Rises Across North Carolina Cotton
Cotton growers in North Carolina face heavy boll weevil infestation with 40 to 60 percent of squares punctured in some fields. Extension entomologist C. H. Brannon urges immediate dusting, recommending at least three applications four days apart and further treatments as new squares form, to protect cotton balls.
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North Carolina
C. H. Brannon
State College
Proper Boll Weevil Control Advised by Brannon
Mr Brannon warns against half prepared boll weevil control methods and urges proper planning. Dusting has yielded good results on private farms and at the Upper Coastal Plains Experiment Farm near Rocky Mount, but do it right or not at all.
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Mr. Brannon
Upper Coastal Plains
Rocky Mount
Mr. Branxon
Thieves Rob Seaboard Freight Car Sunday
Seaboard freight car between Bostic and Ellenboro was robbed Sunday morning of merchandise meats and canned goods Passersby found cedar pods near the track drawn from the car Unidentified parties entered the car in the yards and the robbery is under investigation
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Ellenboro
Seaboard
Bostic
Pinehurst Coy School Burglary Report Reveals Loss
Seaboard detective Sy Vestigating After Theft At Pinehurst School. So far no suspect or arrest. loss estimated at several hundred dollars remains under inquiry.
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Pinehurst Coy
Tchool
Seaboard
Fe G Shields Harvests 100 Acres With New Combine
Fe G Shields of Hate reports harvesting 100 acres using his new combine. He notes a saving in time and labor as he completes the field work.
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Fe G. Shields
Cystex 48 Hour Test Promotion
An advertisement promotes a 48 hour test for relief from back ache bladder issues and sleep disturbance. It promises quick improvements with a money back guarantee and claims effectiveness. The copy mentions a 60 cent price at Peoples Drug and urges readers to try Oyster.
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Willie Piercy
Avondale
Ella Hamrick
Estelle Jones
Germane Huntley
Grady Cole
Jasper Cole
Maggie
Myrtle Cole
Morganton
G. C. Ledbetter
Spindale
B. M. Jones
G. M. Huntley & Son Funeral Directors
Free Ambulance Service
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Fisk Air-Flight
Forest City, North Carolina
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