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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1955
Page
10
Raleigh gardener vents about lawn and garden woes during hot humid weather. Discusses brown patch in Bluegrass and Fescue, nematodes on beans and strawberries, early blight on tomatoes, and chemicals Captan Tersan Calodor Maneb and methyl bromide. Ends with optimism about gardening.
North Carolina experts warn fall cucumbers face tougher disease pressure than spring crops. Angular leafspot anthracnose and downy mildew threaten leaves stems and fruit. control relies on field selection resistant varieties seed treatment copper dusting and fungicide rotation.
Summer picnics raise risk of food poisoning from cooked and conserved foods. Virginia Wilson notes heated meals not refrigerated after cooking spoil quickly, with stewed chicken and egg dishes common culprits. She urges keeping salads and meats well chilled, portioning large batches into smaller containers to ensure rapid cooling.
A hotel kitchen fire at El Rancho Vegas in Las Vegas last night forced about 400 guests to evacuate. Smoke filled the dining room where a show continued as orchestra and chorus girls performed. the blaze traced to a kitchen broiler and burned through the roof with no immediate damage estimate.
North Carolina growers in the Old Belt anticipate good prices as priming begins ahead of the season. Early barns appear in Forsyth, Guilford, Durham and Rockingham counties with high quality leaves from Coker 139 and Dixie Bright 101. irrigation and a dry June helped crops, while corn and small grain yields show solid gains in Rockingham and surrounding counties.
RALEIGH There is a rise in blackhead infections among chickens sent to the Poultry Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at State College. Dr. R S Dearstyne notes four outbreaks in the past year reaching epidemic form. Data from 1950 54 show 47 of 2 521 shipments under 11 weeks carried blackhead, with smaller percentages in range stock and adult shipments. Prevention focuses on clean ranges, separate rearing of chickens and turkeys, and avoiding poultry manure on land.
Raleigh reports the first annual North Carolina Market Hog Show and Sale at the State Fairgrounds on Aug 24. Jim Butler, extension swine specialist, says the event will showcase seven breeds and cross-bred hogs, with 180 to 250 pound entries weighed in Aug 23. The program seeks to raise quality, expand production, and strengthen NC swine competitiveness.
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