Grassland Boost Could Feed Millions Across Nation
The August Country Gentleman article by Will M. Myers says grassland farming could raise cattle and sheep by 240 percent in the North Central and Northeast, 475 percent in the Southeast, and 50 percent in the West. It notes vast idle cropland could become pasture, boosting milk and meat for a projected 200 million people in 23 years.
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Country Gentleman
Will M. Myers
Agriculture Department
Field Crops Research
Great Plains
97Th Meridian
United States
Sixth Annual Fat Stock Show and Sale Planned
The Sixth Annual Fat Stock Show and Sale will be held August 20 at the Grimes Street City Garage. Vance Proctor chairs the agricultural committee of the Chamber of Commerce. sponsors include 4 H and Future Farmers groups plus High Point Lions Kiwanis Rotary Junior Chamber of Commerce and Trinity Grange. Sixty boys to enter 38 last year with cattle bought in Black Angus White Face and Short Horn breeds. sale starts 2 p.m. after a 10 a.m. show. A Greensboro television program August 18 will showcase two steers to explain buying and fundraising for the project.
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City Garage
4-H Club
Farmers of America
Grimes Street City
Vance Procitor
Chamber of Commerce
Agricultural Committee
High Point Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Trinity Grange
Greensboro
North Carolina Agriculture Facts and Farm Care Guidelines
The text notes that a milking cow consumes 8 to 10 gallons of water daily in normal weather. It states half of North Carolina’s Negro population lives on farms, comprising 28 percent of the state, and advises heifers not to be bred until they reach 700 pounds. It mentions forests cover over half of NC’s 31,450,880 acres, crops and pasture another quarter, and recommends about one ton of hay per cow for winter feed.
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North Carolina
TAR HEEL GARDNER
North Carolina State College gardener shares broccoli and fall crop tips from seed timing to plants, with notes on Chinese cabbage salad dressing. He describes mulching azaleas, grapes, raspberries, and blueberries with pine needles and sawdust, using sodium chloride based weed control near shrubs to suppress grass for months.
Tobacco In Serious Danger From Insects
Raleigh entomologists from North Carolina State College report severe insect threats to the 1952 Tar Heel tobacco crop. Flea beetles budworms hornworms and grasshoppers appear in fields with heavy budworm and hornworm activity. They urge careful application of insecticides and field edge spraying with baits where needed. Chlordane aldrin and toxaphene are noted as highly effective for grasshoppers when used per recommendations.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Farm Women Will Visit Wake Home During Farm Week
A tour through Mrs. Dewey Powell's Apex Wake County home will be a highlight for Farm and Home Week at North Carolina State College August 18 21 Miss Ruth Current says Pau line E Gordon will lead the tour showcasing a utility room U shaped kitchen a lecture window and livable features in the modern home.
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Raal’igh
Dewey Powell
Apex
Wake County
North Carolina State College
Ruth Current
Powell
Pauline E. Gordon
Guernsey Cow Sets Milk and Butterfat Record in New Hampshire
A registered Guernsey cow named Yeo man s Maxine Petite owned by Dr. MacLean B Leath Archdale NC completed an Advanced Registry record of 11933 pounds of milk and 550 pounds of butterfat from three daily milkings over ten months starting as a senior four-year-old. Petite is daughter of Grassy Grove Yeoman s Max with two daughters in the American Guernsey Cattle Club Performance Register. NC State College supervised the record and it was reported for approval and publication.
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Peterborough
N. H
MacLean B. Leath
Archdale
North Carolina
North Carolina State College
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Bull Wins Medal For His Daughters Milk Production
Wimbledon Emperor Ferdinand a registered Holstein bull owned by J W Cummings and Sons Guilford College NC received a Silver Medal Production Site honor from The Holstein Friesian Association of America. His 14 daughters averaged 439 lbs butterfat over 305 days, 3.61% test, beating their dams by 51 lbs.
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Brattleboro
J. W. Cummings and Sons
Guilford College
North Carolina
Holstein- Fresian Association of America
Ancient Beer Bottle On Exhibit In Museum
Nevada museum officials consider classifying a 65 year old beer bottle donated by Mrs. R H Cowles. Her husband allegedly carried it on a 1887 fishing trip and kept it until its discovery.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada
Dairy Products Group to Meet Wednesday
North Carolina Dairy Products Association members will gather at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville for a two day Summer Outing starting Wednesday afternoon August 6. About 300 dairy industry friends are expected to attend with events beginning at 10 30 A M Thursday August 7 led by J B Webb Jr of Carolina Dairy Products Inc as president. Asheville Mayor Earl W Eller will welcome the group followed by guest introductions and announcements. Speakers will include United States Senator Clyde R Hoey and Luther H Hodges the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Dairy Products Association
Grove Park Inn
Asheville
J. Lloyd Langdon
J. B. Webb, Jr
Carolina Dairy Products, Inc
Greenville
Coble Farm Earns Another State Guernsey Champion
Maegee Farms at Lexington owns Zimalcrest Kings Dana the sixth State Guernsey champion this year breaking milk and butterfat records with 18 905 pounds of milk and 1 028 pounds of butterfat after a year of thrice daily milking.George S Coble's registered cow Maegee Farms raised the record setter.
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Raleigh
George S. Coble
Maegee Farms
Lexington
Marvin E. Senger
State College Extension
Zimalcrest
King's
Dana
What Research Means to Farms and Wachovia Coming Events
The Wachovia highlights North Carolina agricultural research at N C State College with gains in soil fertility crop yields and disease resistant varieties. It lists August field days and conferences from Rural Hall to Waynesville and Camp Millstone, featuring tobacco corn and dairy topics.
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Wachovia
North Carolina
House
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
N. C. State College
Raleigh
Experiment Station
Extension Service
School of Agriculture
J. H. Hilton
Dixie Bright
N. C
Roanoke
State College
Ford Foundation donates 2.9 million to UN refugee fund
In Geneva, the Ford Foundation of Pasadena California revealed a 2.9 million dollar grant to the United Nations refugee emergency fund. The aid targets permanent solutions for Europe’s refugee crisis and supports political escapees from communism and ethnic German refugees expelled under the Potsdam Agreement.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Ford Foundation
Pasadena
Calif
United Nations
Europe
G. J. van Heuven Goedhartt
U.N
Hogs Show Healthy Weight Gain For Market
Granville County farmer Brent Meadows of Route 1 Oxford expects three hogs weighing about 100 pounds each to go to market this winter. State Extension agent reports pigs appear unusually well fed, with suspected extra rations traced to Bes sie’s udder and Meadow’s expenses.
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Raleigh
Granville County
Brent Meadows
Route 1
Oxford
W. B. Jones
State College Extension Service
Meadows
Bessie
Farmer Meadows
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