State Fair Hailed As Centennial Event And Sewing Tips
RALEIGH The N C State Fair nears with colorful exhibits as Tar Heel homemakers prepare coats, preserves, and recipe files for blue ribbon chances. Julia Melver notes sewing on grain is essential for proper fit and finish. grains must be maintained through construction. there is no secret to fix a badly cut garment.
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Raleigh
N. C
Julia Melver
State College Extension
Miss Meliver
Misa Melver
Miss McIver
Pig Buys Cow Thanks To Hard Work of 4-H'er
Greene County story highlights Scott Edwards Jr a 4-H member who led a pig chain project that produced 30 healthy pigs. His success funded an investment a Jersey heifer bought to provide milk and future calves as college savings. Jones notes no illness in the herd and broad youth participation through the chain.
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Raleigh
Greene County
A. L. Jones
Agricultural Extension Service
Greene County Farm Bureau
Scott Edwards, Jr
Chain Gift
Evil Jones
Jones
Young Edwards
Edwards
North Carolina Jersey Breeders Set Labor Day Sale
The North Carolina Jersey Breeders Association previews its seventh annual Labor Day Sale on September 7 at the Iredell County Fairgrounds Statesville. About 50 select Jersey females from top herds in North and South Carolina will be offered, aged six years or less and screened for TB and Bangs disease.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Jersey Breeders Association
Statesville
Marvin Spencer
N. C. State College Agricultural Extension Service
North
South Carolina
Senger
Tion
Evenger
Iredel County Fairgrounds
Time for Strip Crop Rotations Plan in North Carolina
Raleigh notes the late summer period is ideal for strip crop rotations a prime soil conservation method. Frank Doggett NC State soil conservation expert explains strip cropping reduces erosion with no extra land and starts easily with lespedeza or clover. Planning now, stake off narrow strips and align with terrace tables to prevent wash. use with or without terraces, placing terraces at strip centers.
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Raleigh
Frank Doggett
N. C
Aitwaga
Gett
Doggett
TAR HEEL GARDENER RALEIGH-Late yesterday I took a stroll
Gardener notes grape variety preferences and pest control attempts. He plans removal of a Concord vine this fall and discusses grape bagging or tobacco cloth as pests deterrents. He trims Boysenberries, reports heavy Henderson bush butterbeans and aging tomato vines with fusarium wilt. Roses flourish with regular fermate and fertilizer. Crimson clover is recommended as cover crop not interfering with late crops.
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Raleigh
Concord
Niagara
Land
Henderson Bush
Southland
Homestead
Pan American
Pole Flees Red Slave Camp to Liberty in Iran
Henryk Zaborski, 26, a Polish anti Soviet partisan, escapes a central Siberian slave labor camp after months of planning. He traverses Russia by river and rail, evades frontier controls, reaches the Persian border near Teheran, and is later held by Persian police before recovering from the ordeal. Also noted are cloud dusters laws in eight states and tilted 1952 53 corn outlook.
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Liberty
Iran
Munich
Germany
Radio Free Europe
Russia
Siberia
Henryk Zaborski
U.S.S.R
Yenissey
Soviet Central Asia
Teheran
Zaborski
MGB
Ministry of State Security
Brest
Brest-Litivsk
Potma
Moscow
Krasnoyarsk
Tassey
MVD
Ministry of the Interior
Siberian
Bnan 4 Vv
Ashkhabad
Alma-Ata
Tashent
Shkhabad
Persia
Soviet Union
Sale catalog request by Jersey breed group at Wallace NC
Beginning at 12 30 pm the sale details require dairymen to write to Melvin G Cord ing secretary North Carolina Jerseys Association Wallace North Carolina for the catalog.
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Melvin G. Cording
N. C. Jersey Breedies Association
Wallace, N. C
Sept events list for 4-H and dairy shows in several towns
The notice lists fall 4-H events across North Carolina from Sept 1 to Sept 4 including Pullet Shows in Raleigh Greenville Jackson Edenton Elizabeth City and Lumber City along with District Junior Dairy Shows in Raleigh Statesville and Lumberton and demonstrations in Durham and Franklin County.
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Raleigh
Greenville
Asheville
Durham County
Jackson
N. C
Edenton
Statesville
Franklin County
Timber Bank Becomes Farm lifeline After hail loss
Nash County farmer Reid suffered a severe hailstorm on June 12 that ruined tobacco cotton and corn, toppled barns, killed livestock, and blew down 30 000 board feet of timber. His timber bank of 250 000 board feet was marketed, bringing 8 800 dollars after an orderly sale with local buyers.
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Raleigh
Il Reid
Nash County
Salem
Jim Phillips
N. C. State College Agricultural Extension Service
Reid
Madison Skinner
Nash Farm Bureau
Lowell
Phillips
Dates and Places for Hog Sales Announced in North Carolina
Jack Kelley of North Carolina State College Extension announced ten purebred hog sales this fall across Rocky Mount Raeford Goldsboro and Raleigh area venues. The events include State Durve Show Sale State Hampshire Show Sale and National Tamworth Show Sale among others with some locations to be finalized and details available through county agents.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Jack Kelley
N. C. State College Agricultural Extension Service
Kelley
Lancaster Stockyards
Rocky Mount
State Hampshire
Bertie County
N. C
Wayne County
Goldsboro Fairground
What you doin in town this time of the afternoon
A humorous vignette in Orford New Hampshire features S Hoskings meeting a former sidekick near the post office with playful banter about the town and a revived story of Moss Hart in a new town car. The piece includes witty exchanges and a closing note on a 1963 Bennett Cerf syndicate license.
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S' Hoskins
Orford
New Hampshire
Alexander Woolleotterie
Moss Hart
Aleck
Hart
Woollcott
Pompeii
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
On-Farm Storage Boosts North Carolina Farmers Prices
North Carolina farmers can sell grain at peak prices by expanding on-farm storage as a grain marketing official notes a nationwide wheat surplus and near record corn crop. Curtis of the State College Extension Service highlights CCC loans up to 80 percent, five year depreciation for new storage, and tax savings incentives.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
John M. Curtis
State College Extension Service
Curtis
CCC
Uncle Sam
Preparation For Seeding Pastures And Alfalfa In North Carolina
Raleigh agronomy expert D. B. Chamblee of North Carolina State College urges farmers to plan long term when seeding permanent pastures and alfalfa. He outlines soil prep including lime application, two diskings, drag harrow or cultipacker firming, inoculation with sugar or molasses dampened seed, and specific seed mixes with Ladino clover and orchard or tall fescue. He notes late August to early September is best, advising no later than October 15.
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Raleigh
Seasom
Chamblee
N. C. State College
Lefler Wins Dairy Contest in North Carolina
R A LEIGH M Lefler or Willard wins the 1952 Efficient Dairy Production Contest announced by M E Senger of the State College Extension Service. Lefler’s record tops DHIA members in the contest sponsored by Southern Dairies and Kraft Foods with a $30 prize and a plaque. Second place goes to Russell Oxford of Taylorsville and third to J R Nipper of Raleigh Route 1. Four others are named in order of standing. The first place winner has six years in DHIA testing and reports 11 286 pounds of 4 per cent milk per cow yearly with low feed costs from a strict cutting and feeding plan. The contest will be repeated this year open to DHIA members with 10 cows or more and at least one year of DHIA testing.
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Raleigh
R. M. Lefler
Willard
M .E. Senger
Colege Extension Service
Lefler
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Capitol No. 1
Dhia
B. R
G. G Daniel
Senger
Brownell Envious of His Former Private Law Practice
Washington attorney general Herbert Brownell Jr reflects on his pivot from private practice as he leads the Justice Department. The piece notes U.S. crops in 1953-54 will see larger barley and flue-cured tobacco supplies than 1952-53, despite lower production, with higher stocks overall.
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Brownell
Washington
Llp
Herbert Brownell Jr
Justice Department
United States
Rubber Cap Reduces Silage Spoilage At Coastal Plain Farm
Experiments at the Coastal Plain Test Farm Wil lard show a protective rubber cap cuts spoilage of silage. After filling, the cap is installed, silage settles six days, then cap removed for more filling with no loss during the wait. Cap from B F Goodrich Co Akron Ohio.
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Raleigh
Coastal Plain
Willard
R. Kough
Ca Ae
B. F. Goodrich Co
Akron
Ohio
Field Day Attracts Thousands Of Negro Farmers In Johnston County
About 2,000 Negro farmers and families are expected at Johnston County’s first annual Agricultural Extension Field Day on Friday. Events include addresses by lead agriculturists and educators, baseball games, and contests with more than $300 in prizes. Attendees may bring lunch or buy sandwiches and drinks at the farm of W. M. Barnes in Middlesex Route 1.
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Raleigh
Johnston County
L. R. Johnson
Lucy O. Toole
W. M. Barnes
Middlesex
Johnson
J. A. Spaulding
Negro District Farment
W. R
United States farmers raise 615 million chickens for flock replace
United States farmers are raising about 615 million chickens this year to replace aging stock and sustain production levels across the poultry industry. The initiative reflects ongoing demand for eggs and meat, supported by commercial operations and farm cooperatives nationwide.
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United States
Year Round Care Extends Canner Life
Year round maintenance extends life of pressure canners says Rose Ellwood Bryan state extension specialist. After use wash kettle with hot soapy water dry thoroughly avoid water in lid wipe clean avoid strong soap or harsh powder. Keep edges openings gage and rubber gasket clean use toothpick to clear gage aperture and store with lid upside down.
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Raleigh
Rose Ellwood Bryan
State College Extension
Miss Bryan
Bryan
United States Cotton Crop Estimated Down in August Report
The United States cotton crop for the year is estimated in August to be about 3.5 percent below the prior year, signaling modest decline as farmers face weather and market pressures.
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United States
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