Expert Advice Boosts Timber Sale by Raleigh Farmer
WAKE COUNTY retired rural mail carrier WA. G. Woodlief of Franklinton Route 2 used county agent C. T. Dean and forestry specialist Jim Phillips to plan a selective timber harvest. He marked trees, sold 95 000 board feet for about 3000 dollars, improving the farm woodlot's value without waste.
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Raleigh
G. Woodlief
Franklinton
Woodlief
C. T. Dean
Louisburg
Jim Phillips
State College Extension Service
Develop Good Pastures For Beef Cattle
Raleigh J C Savage a Negro farmer near Gatesville Gates County urges beef cattle entrants to first build good pastures. County agent H L Mitchell notes Savage years of cattle raising and selling with timing to market. He bought a purebred bull and six grade heifers last winter to form a herd, while using lime fertilizer soil tests and careful grazing to protect pastures.
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Raleigh
J. C. Savage
Gatesville
Gates County
H. L. Mitchell
Savage
Mitchell
Farm Women Hear Dr Jeter at 16th District Meeting
Nearly 400 home demonstration club women from Hoke Scotland Anson and Richmond Counties gathered in Rockingham to hear Dr Frank H Jeter State College Extension Editor speak at the 16th District Federation Meeting. He urged progress forward despite setbacks and noted farm earnings and public perception. New district officers were installed and county reports presented with music and welcoming remarks by local leaders.
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Raleigh
Hoke
Scotland
Anson
Richmond
Rockingham
Frank H. Jeter
State College Extension
16Th District Federation
Dr. Jeter
South
A. H. McCall
Richmond County
Raymond Marks
Palmer Nicholson
Marshall Carpenter
W. C. Curlee
Anson County
Tom Sinclair
Hoke County
T. K. Thrower
Farm and Home Week Set at NC State June 8 11
The 45th Farm and Home Week will be on the North Carolina State College campus June 8 through 11. The event, two months earlier than usual, aims to bring farm families up to date on farming and homemaking through lectures, classes, and demonstrations in Williams Hall and Gardner Hall. Approximately 4 000 to 5 000 attendees are expected with highlights including a 50th anniversary of farm demonstration work and a swine study day at the State Fairgrounds.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Oland F. Peele
Pikeville
Farmers Convention
R. L. Yancey
Norlina
North Carolina Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
Yancey
Peele
State College
F. S. Sloan
Farm and Home Week
State College Extension Service
Williams Hall
Agronomy
Gardner Hall
Department of Animal Industry
Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
State Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Agencies
Farm People of
North Carolina
Fat Stock Show and Sale Schedule Across Multiple Counties
A sequence of agricultural events runs from April 27 through May 9 featuring Fat Stock Shows and Sales in Dunn Ahoskie Washington Fletcher Hickory Durham Wilmington and Jackson with Grain Marketing Schools in Nash Pamlico Tidewater Plym outh and Harnett County and National Home Demonstration Week beginning May 3.
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Dunn
Nash County
Ahoskie
Pamlico
Tidewacee Station
Plymouth
Washington
Tri-County
Fletcher
Hickory
Durham
Wilmington
Harnett County
Jackson
Unique System Management Is Described at Carolina Pulp
The Raleigh Riegel Carolina Pulp Company at Bolton governs a large Columbus County forest with young pines and uses Brahma Hereford cattle to reduce undergrowth. They fence areas, establish Ladino clover fescue pasture, and create firebreaks and roads with 45 to 50 foot widths and proper drainage to prevent pasture flooding.
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Raleigh — Riegel Carolina Pulp Company
Bolton
Columbus County
John L. Gray
State College Extension Service
Riegel
Gray
Americans To Crop Dust In Spain In Five Year Concession
Madrid reports two American crop dusters Georges de Sonchen and Phil Murray win a five year concession for exclusive experiments. Starting June 15 special planes will dust 85 thousand acres of pine forests near Madrid Seville and Barcelona to control caterpillars and later orange lemon olive rice cotton beet sugar and wine crops will be treated. Murray is president of Murray Crop Dusting Corp. and has 27 years of experience. Forest disinfection services aim to protect Spain's agriculture and promote 1953 peach prospects in the southern states remain favorable.
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Madrid
Spain
Georges de Sonchen
Phil Murray
California
de Sonchen
Murray
United States
Murray Crop Dusting Corp
Oxnard
Cal
Seville
Barcelona
Dairy Month Recipes Highlight Milk Kitchen Dishes
Raleigh report outlines recipes for Dairy Month with Rita Dubois of North Carolina State College and University of Wisconsin. Spanish Cream uses gelatin milk eggs and vanilla. Cream of Cheese Soup blends onion butter flour milk stock cheese and vegetables for six servings.
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Raleigh
Rita Dubois
North Olina State College
University of Wisconsin
Dining car menus feature North Carolina State College sketch
Seaboard Railway diners receive a 350 word history of North Carolina State College on dining car menus. The card highlights the Memorial Tower and the campus nuclear reactor planned as the first outside AEC restricted zones.
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Raleigh
Seaboard
N. C. State College
State College
Atomic Energy Commission
TAR HEEL GARDENER RALEIGH
A Raleigh letter extols home gardening for health education and family welfare, arguing homegrown vegetables cut costs as farmers’ share of the food dollar runs about 45 cents. It urges preserving surplus via canning and freezing for better nutrition and balanced diets.
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Raleigh
Dietz Joins North Carolina State College Horticulture Staff
James Hadley Dietz, chemist for the Florida State Citrus Commission, becomes research assistant professor in NCSU horticulture. He will study processing and utilization of fruit and vegetable crops, joins April 1, holds degrees from Oregon State and UMass, and has WWII service. He resides in Raleigh with his wife and three children and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi.
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Dietz
Alpha Zeta
Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma Xi
State College
John W. Harrelson
Gordon Gray
Consolidated University of North Carolina
University Board of Trustees
North Carolina Leads Nation In 4-H Memberships
North Carolina topped 4-H enrollments in 1952 with 140 369 members, an increase of 7 118 from 1951, led by L. R. Harrill. The South held the top six states and NC led in completed projects with 104 101 members, 74 16 percent.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
L. R. Harrill
State College Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Texas
Mississippi
South
Puerto Rico
Distillers Turn Leftover Grain Into Nutritious Feed
Washington report says grain remaining after distilling, when aged and dried, makes a high value feed for livestock poultry and fish. Distillers' dried feed rivals soybean meal and supports oats and barley in cattle rations. Cray of the Distillers & Feed Research council notes modern recovery prevents oxygen-depleting waste and reduces blue slime in fish hatcheries.
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Washington
Club L. Cray, Jr
Distillers & Feed Research Council
Cray
Housewives Buy 4 Million Gallons Frozen Orange Concentrate
In February this year housewives purchased four million gallons of frozen orange concentrate. Government support payments for the 1953 corn crop are set at $1.58 per bushel.
Special Ceremony Honors Kentucky Mother of the Year
In Lebanon a commemorative event celebrated Mrs. W. H. Spragens of Lebanon named Kentucky Mother of the Year for 1953. A certificate declaring her state mother designation was given at Lebanon High School amid notes she and her children are college graduates. The story notes she is the first Marion County woman to win the award.
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Lebanon
W. H. Spragens
Kentucky
Spragens
Lebanon High School
Marion County
British East Africa
1952 U S barley crop small and reserves drop
The United States 1952 barley crop was small with farm reserves on April 1 around 75 million bushels, about 21 million bushels below the level of the previous year.
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United States
Timing for National Mental Health and Home Demonstration Weeks
May 3 marks National Mental Health Week and National Home Demonstration Week. The North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service and Home Demonstration Program join with agencies across the state to promote good mental health starting at home. Corinne Justice Grimsley outlines nine signs of poor mental health and steps for fostering better family health through mutual respect, praise, planning participation, and living one's professed beliefs.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Corinne Justice Grimsley
State College
Grimsley
Corn production on U S farms rises to 1.466 billion bushels
U S agriculture reports 1.466 billion bushels of corn on farms as of April 1, up 39 percent from a year ago and 15 percent above the April 1 average. The rises reflect improved yields across regions.
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U. S
Improvement Seen In Peanut Yields In North Carolina
North Carolina peanut yields rise as individual farmer George P. Kitrell of Cora Peake Gates County shows dramatic gains. From 1952 he used 2 764 bags per acre 88 pounds per bag but an 11 acre field yielded only 12 to 14 bags per acre. After adopting a rotation plan lime and potash, yields climbed to 33 bags per acre in recent years. Kitrell uses two and three year rotations with corn or cotton and peanuts.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
J. P. Woodard
N. C. State College Agricultural Extension Service
Woodard
George P. Kitrell
Cora Peake
Gates County
Kitrell
Peanut yields sought with new NC Foundation Seed variety
The grower applies 150 pounds of potash per acre for peanuts and seeks higher yields. He is planting several acres of a new NC Foundation Seed Producers release this winter as part of his cover crop grazing program.
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Kittell
North Carolina Foundation
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