VFW News Notes on Indemnity Insurance Legislation
Commander A C Schultz reports House Veterans Affairs Committee completed bills affecting service members. Key measure H R 9911 would grant automatic $10,000 indemnity life insurance at no cost for all servicemen and extend to those with NSLI coverage adjustments. Benefits apply to June 27 1950 War era service and Korea era deaths or training losses.
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A. C. Schultz
High Point Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
House Veterans Affairs Committee
National Service
Veterans Affairs Committee
James E. Noland
Indiana
Veterans Administration
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NSLI
Truman
Noland
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Governor Scott Visits Mattamuskeet Duck Camp for Day of Shooting
The piece follows hunters at Mattamuskeet Refuge where cold NW winds boost shooting as geese and ducks fly. Speedy Tunnell explains food abundance keeps birds near the refuge, while guides gripe about hogs and overzealous buyers. Governor W Kerr Scott joins in, draws a good blind, and proves a solid shot and sportsman.
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Lake Mattamuskeet
Tunnell
Hana
Ithene Skwit Brondeides
Lane
Mattamuskeet
W. Kerr Scott
Minnow Trained to Help Fisherman Snags Bass
A fisherman captivates readers by using a trained minnow harnessed in a miniature rig to lure or assist catching fish, including a 12 pound bass, with the fish grabbing or being targeted by the minnow overboard at the shore.
New Vitamin B12 and Antibiotic Supplements Aid Hog Growth
Researchers identify vitamin B12 and antibiotics as factors in the A P F concentrates that boost hog growth. Trials show 10 to 20 percent gains with proper use, plus possible reduction of scours, but warns against neglecting diet and management.
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Barrick
Ames Association of American Feed Control
Ead
A. P. F. Ment
Minnow Tricks Bass to Catch Itself
A clever minnow spots a large bass and swims into its mouth. It then cuts through the gill and knots the line, signaling the fisherman who hauls in the fish.
Clip-Oil device could cut labor for tobacco growers
Agricultural engineers at North Carolina State College unveiled a simple hand operated clipper connected to a spray tank to clip tobacco tops and apply a sucker control liquid. The Clip-Oil centers and clips stalks while delivering oil to suppress suckers. Proposals from farmer manufacturers are invited for experimental use on the 1951 crop, but the device will not be available next year.
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N. C. State College
Raleigh
Robert Wilson
State College
D. B. Anderson
Tar Heel Gardener recommends evergreen berries for winter landscape
The piece urges using berry bearing evergreens in home yards this season. It highlights holly species, Nandina, Photinia, Hibiscus varieties, hawthorns and crabapple as berry sources, plus foliage plants like Magnolia and Camellia to enhance winter gardens.
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Nandina
Gombe
Lee County Man Builds Beef Herd
Charles M. Reeves of Sanford is developing a notable Lee County small beef herd with help from K. Harmon, county farm agent. He seeded 40 acres of Ladino clover, mowed with a homemade mower, fertilized with 0-14-14, and limed the pasture. Beginning in November he bought grade heifer calves, now totaling 24, plan to pasture them with grain and hay, then breed in summer 1952 using a two to one pasture-to-cow ratio.
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Raleigh
Charles M. Reeves
Sanford
Lee County
Harmon
The
State College Extension Service
Reeves
Reece Lemmond
State of Agriculture
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