North Carolina Hog Breeders Sell 165 Pigs to Colombia
Tar Heel purebred swine breeders shipped 165 registered animals to Columbia, South America, after a December visit by a ministry rep. Pigs from Berkshire, Duroe, and Poland China lines were bought from NC herds and shipped from Raleigh Durham Airport in January. Dr. H A Stewart led the effort with J K Butler Jr handling health, registrations, and customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
South America
Ministry of Agriculture
Columbia
North Carolina
L. H. Redord
Carolina Pines
Leslie C. Hine
Goldsboro
Ray B. Whitley
Wendell
Duroes
Norman Denning
Four Oaks
W. F. Barber
Stewart
J. K. Butler, Jr
South Ameica
Agricultural News Handlers Plan Institute
Tar Heel reporters and radio editors meeting at North Carolina State College February 20 and 21 for the first Farm Press and Radio Institute. Demonstrations and talks cover soil conditioners tobacco quality tests artificial breeding plant diseases and Clip-Oil. Presenters include Dr. F H Jeter Dc H Bostian and D S Weaver with Hilton welcoming. A banquet features C B Ratchford and Saturday sessions include shop talk and a tour of Ice Capades of 1953 afterward.
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Raleigh Tar Heel
N. Co. State College
Department of Agricultural Publications
F. H. Jeter
Agronomy
Dc. H. Bostian
R. W. Cummings
School of Agriculture
D. S. Weaver
J. W. Harrelson
James H. Hilton
Hilton
Extension Service
C. B. Ratchford
William Neal Reynolds
Plant Food Institute of
North Carolina
Virginia
Balancing Crops Livestock Increases Profits
NC State College outlines labor efficiency and winter tasks to stabilize farm labor costs. A balanced mix of crops and livestock, plus weatherproof workloads, can lift net income from reorganized farms. A Wake County case shows net income rising from 2430 to over 6000 with planning, milking facilities, and herd growth.
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Jim Lye
Wake County
Lye
State College
Brown
Have You Seen To Your Queen
W A Stephen, beekeeper for the State College Extension Service, urges beekeepers to check colonies for a queen as brood-rearing expands in mild weather. Eggs and brood prove queen presence, and some colonies have 1953 brood indicating Christmas start. ensure ample honey reserves for the burst in brood-rearing and rising feed needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
W. A. Stephen
State College Extension Service
Stephen
Fifteen 4-H Cotton Winners to Attend State School
Fifteen county 4-H cotton winners will gather at North Carolina State College February 11 and 12 for the first State 4-H Cotton School. The program in Williams Hall includes tours of state agriculture offices, a cotton classing demonstration, and talks on mechanization and insect control by extension specialists.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College
L. R. Harrill
Agricultural Extension Service
Williams Hall
State Department of Agriculture
Candler Miller
U. S. Department of Agriculture
D. H. Stancil
State College
School of Textiles
J. A. Shanklin
North Carolina
J. C. Ferguson
George D. Jones
State-Villanova
William Neal Reynolds Coliseum
Atlantic Cotton Association
Beeswax Keeps Women Beautiful
Raleigh bees produce about 5 million pounds of beeswax yearly. State College Extension servant W A Stephen notes over 1 000 uses with cosmetics leading consumer demand second to candles. Lipstick rouge cold creams deodorants and camphor ice all rely on beeswax in varying percentages.
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Raleigh
United States
W. A. Stephen
State College Extension Service
Stephen
Milady
Farm events calendar for February across North Carolina
A list of agricultural meetings and sales from Feb 8 to Feb 21 in North Carolina. Includes dealer associations, grain and dairy schools, cotton school, ginners, ice cream course, pork sale, fruit and vegetable schools, and poultry schools across Charlotte State College Rockingham Nash Counties Caswell Pitt Counties Elizabeth City Currituck Rocky Mount Siler City Montgomery Lenoir Anson Pender counties.
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Carolinas Farm Equipment Dealers Association
Charlotte
State College
Rich Square
Carolina Ginners Association
Rockingham
Nash
Caswell
Pitt Counties
Elizabeth City
Currituck
Hampshire
Rocky Mount
Siler City
Montgomery
Lenoir
Anson
Pender Counties
Farm Press and Radio Institute
Red Movement Seen In Latin America
The Peruvian government says Cominform is organizing underground Communist networks across Latin America. Officials cited evidence from last week’s Arequipa port disturbances, where about 100 arrests were made and 500 weapons smuggled from Bolivia were seized by agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Cominform
Government Information Department
Red
Arequipa
Bolivia
Farm guidance for starting or expanding livestock enterprises
Brown urges contacting the County agent for farm planning help whether starting a new venture or adding livestock. Local farms are available to assist in planning and developing the enterprise.
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Brown
Pruning guidance for garden plants and shrubs in Raleigh
The column advises light pruning year round as plants need it, with grapevines and peach trees needing severe cuts, fig, pear, apple and pecan trees needing little. Broadleaf shrubs regrow after heavy pruning, while narrow leafs like junipers require moderate pruning to avoid damage.
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Raleigh
13 Per Cent Of US Workers Were on Farms
Raleigh report notes 62 million Americans held full time jobs in 1952 with eight million or 13 percent on farms. Agricultural economist Rudolph Freund from North Carolina State College explains farm efficiency, specialization, and off farm power shaping cash income and national prosperity. Also mentions Moravian College as oldest Protestant institution for women in the United States.
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L. L. Mobley
Edgecombe County
T. D. Brummitt
Haywood County
Brummitt
Raleigh
Rudolph Freund
N. C. State College
Freund
Daily fined for mule driven drink driving in Louisville
Emmett Daily Jr a junk dealer was fined 10 dollars on a drunken driving charge but no driving license was found to revoke for Acting Judge Ralph H Logan. Daily said he was buying the mule on the installment plan while driving the animal.
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Louisville
Emmett Daily, Jr
Ralph H. Logan
Daily
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Agricultural News Handlers Plan Institute
Mills Home
Thomasville
Sam D. Raper
Marie Grant
William SL. Carpenter
N.C. State College
Dorris D. Brow
Latin America
Moravian College
Bruce A. Carraway
ICE
Washington ST
Hospital Care Association
the Blue Cross Plan
Wright
High Point
PEACE
Peace Plumbing CO
MR. H. M. Blankenship OF
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Model Supply CO
Boone Peace
Lambeth Building
Erwin Heights
Eckerd’s, Mann's & Druggists
Ac Ea
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Spartan
SPART
Spartan Grain & Mill CO
Spartanburg
Newberry, South Carolina
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