Boll Weevils Hit Tar Heel Farmer Hard
North Carolina suffered a severe year for cotton in 1953 with boll weevils cutting profits by about 25 million dollars. Entomologists at North Carolina State College outline a four point control program and discuss weather impact, urging farmers to apply insecticide early and through the season to curb losses.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
George D. Jones
N. C. Mate College
Jones
Farm employment peaks in late September seasonally
Total United States farm employment reached a seasonal peak in late September, rising 14 percent from August as more workers were hired to support harvest and agricultural operations across the country.
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United States
Growing Events Schedule Begins January in State
Coming events list includes Growers School January 12 and 14 Apple Growers School January 14 Eastern Counties Farmers Meetings January 12-15 Pesticide School January 19-20 Southwestern Counties Farmers Meetings January 19-23 N C Veterinary Conference January 26-29 Southeastern Counties Farmers Meetings January 26-29.
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E Growers School
Oo Geal
State Colleg
Apple Growers School
Taylorsville
Eastern Counties
Pesticide
State College
Southwestern Counties
N. C
Southeastern Countes Farmers
Methyl bromide helps control black shank in tobacco beds
North Carolina experts report methyl bromide fumigation plus resistant tobacco varieties offer complete control of black shank in plant beds. Tests across 12 locations over five years show bromide also kills weeds and nematodes, with guidance on timing and costs.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station
G. B. Lucas
F. A. Todd
Nea
Dixie Bright
Lukas
Todd
Raper
Farmers Get Income Tax Break For Grain Storage
Tar Heel farmers nationwide may write off over a five year period the cost of constructing recan ting or erecting grain storage facilities. The 60 month deduction begins after completion and applies to facilities built during 1953 through 1956.
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Raleigh
Tar Heel
State College
New College Publications On Cheese Skipper And Poultry Rental
The Agricultural Experiment Station in Raleigh announces two new State College publications. Technical Bulletin No. 103 covers the cheese skipper a pest of cured meat in North Carolina with control tests and handling guidance. An extension folder details rental arrangements for a poultry laying flock based on farm experience.
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Raleigh
State College
North Carolina
Agricultural Experiment Station
B. B. Fulton
Asto
M. S. Williams
C. W. Williams
Department of Information
Ricks Hall
State College Station
N. C
Annual Pesticide School At State College
The annual Pesticide School on Jan. 19 and 20 at the State College campus gathers commercial reps, county agents, agriculture teachers, farm families and dealers to review fungicides, rodenticides, herbicides and insecticides.
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Raleigh
State College
H. Eldon Scott
State College Extension Service
Scott
Carey H. Bostian
R. L. Lovvorn
School of Agriculture
W. P. Baldwin
J. R. Fielding Jr
The
of Interior
Fish and Wildlife Service
State College Extension and Research
Two Swine Sales Set For January
North Carolina hosts two purebred swine sales this January. The N C Du Roc Breeders Association will sponsor a sale at Rocky Mount on January 28 with fifty bred gilts open gilts and boars. The North Carolina South Carolina Purebred Berkshire Breeders bi state sale follows at the State Fair Arena on January 29 featuring bred gilts open gilts and boars from leading Berkshire herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Jack Kelley
State College Agricultural Extension Service
N. C. Duroc Breeders Association
Rocky Mount
N. C. State Fair
Kelley
Berkshire
Ynto
Oak View Grange To Meet Thursday
Oak View Grange invites all members to a Thursday meeting at the Grange Hall at 7 30 p m. Tom Reynolds and his staff will install officers for 1954 and several new members will be initiated following the installation.
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Oak View Grange
Grange
Tom Reynolds
Poinsettia care for a second Christmas bloom
A gardener explains how to overwinter poinsettias and coax a second Christmas bloom. Steps include Drying soil, storing in a basement, repotting in May, cutting back in August, softwood cuttings in August, indoor bright light in fall, and strict temperature and light conditions to trigger long nights for flowering.
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Ral —Oey
Veterinarians Complete Study of Cattle Problem
Twenty veterinarians from North Carolina and abroad completed a three day study of a $500 million cattle infertility problem in Raleigh. Lecturers included C F Clark and J A Duebler with research on artificial insemination hormones and vibriosis. The group noted miracle drugs and antibiotics aid veterinarians in handling reproductive failures. The NC Veterinarians Association plans to discuss infertility at its January 26 29 meeting.
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Raleigh
J. Clark Osborne
N. C. State College
North Carolina
South America
C.F Clark
School of Veterinary Medicine
Michigan State College
J. A. Duebler
Newton
Penn
J. O Whitker
Richmond
D. E. Bartlett
American Breeder Service
Chicago
W. L. Boyd
University of Minnesota
Now College
W. A. Hornaday
Teensboro
Osborne
Agriculture Should Take Stock Yearly
North Carolina farmers are urged to support the 1954 Annual State Farm Census conducted in January by local county boards. The census aims to gather data on land use crop acreages and livestock to guide county and community agricultural programs and measure the impact of new policies.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State College Agricultural Extension Service
Boards of County Commissioners
L. Y. Ballentine
State Commissioner of Agriculture
North Carolina Board of Farm Organizations
United Agricultural Program
North
Ture
Prayer for Toldday Leaders to Proclaim Truth
A devotional note asking God to inspire and guide those shaping public opinion to speak write and portray truth. It prays for leaders to be mindful of their responsibility so followers are not led astray through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Jesus Christ
Beer Hall Termed A Nuisance In Thomasville
Sheriff’s deputies report Brass Rail on High Point Road has grown loud and messy over the weekend with cars flooding the lot and patrons dancing in parking areas. Gene Stradier, 18, of High Point detained on concealed weapon and disorderly conduct charges. released on $100 bond. Other weekend arrests include violations of prohibition laws for Charles Wyrick and Hugh Clinton, reckless driving for Goins and Morgan, and additional concealed weapon mentions.
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Thomasville
Hici Point
Asville Rd
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Ee
Gene Carl Stradier
St. High Point
An. 18
Stradier
As Ville
Chariie Wyrick
English St
Willis J. Ferguson
Hinkle St
Hugh Samuel
Clinton Eage Point
Gaillord
Most Successful Paper Drive Nets 56 110 Pounds
The Junior Chamber of Commerce salvage committee reported the drive as the most successful in over a year raising 228 dollars from scrap paper sales. Twelve truck loads of Jaycees participated in the pickup in early 1944.
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Reitzel Wagner
Chamber of Commerce Au Taut
Exen Grane
Jaycees
Headache Suffering Leads to Thomasville Burglary Arrest
Thomasville officers linked a break in at a National Highway service station to Charles Joe Cannon, a mill worker. Police recovered nearly $200 in stolen goods including a rifle, radio, shells and gum, and charged Cannon with breaking and entering, larceny, and illegal possession of alcohol. He is held on $1,500 bond awaiting a preliminary hearing.
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Thomasville
Aire
Clarence Walton
Patroman Verno Stamey
Charles Joe Cannon
Unity St
Recorder's Court
Atlantic
National Hwy
Walton
Cannon
Lottery suspects charged in Thomasville numbers racket
Police say two key suspects Sarah Staton and an unnamed man were arrested in Thomasville for operating a numbers racket. Staton allegedly tried to eat tickets and swallow a payoff slip, while a burned book of tickets was found at her Turner Street home. Both held on $500 bonds. trial tentatively set for January 23.
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Sarah Staton
Turner St
Thomasville
Eat
Paul M. Shore
Family Of Four Left Homeless By House Fire
A room bungalow near the old pond was destroyed by a fire around 3 45 am Sunday overnight. A mother and her three young children lost their home. Fire fighters arrived to battle the blaze which started in the kitchen and also dealt with a separate grass fire near Peace Street and the railroad tracks.
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Thomasville
de Seink
Peace St
John A Green Dies at 7 in Winston-Salem Area
John Adam Green 7 retired farmer of Route 5 Winston-Salem Wallburg died at 2 15 AM Monday at J H Everhart home after two years of declining health and three days of serious illness. born July 16 1878 in Davidson County son of Solomon and Mary Ann Green survived by cousins funeral arrangements at J C Green and Sons Funeral Home then to New Mount Vernon Methodist Church burial in family plot church cemetery led by Rev Kenneth Johnson.
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John A. Green
Thomasville
John Adam Green
Winston-Salem
Wallburg
J. H. Everhart
Mr. Green
Davidson County
Solomon Green
Mary Ann Murphy Green
New Mount Vernon
Funeral services held for John Mce Kinley White
John Mce Kinley White age 68 of Route 1 Sophia died Friday afternoon. Funeral services were Sunday at 2 PM at Mount Vernon Methodist Church with ministers Rev Dwight W. Mashburn Rev E A Fitzgerald and Rev Winfred Bray officiating. Pallbearers were Cleo Steed Gilbert Davis Frank White Noel Farlow Williard Hinshaw Percy Farlow and Ronald Jester. Interment followed in the church cemetery family plot
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Belvin C. Harmon
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Walter Miller
Lester Ballard
C. FE. Rozzelle
E. M. Avett
Joe A. Johnson
W. B. Hall
Jack Dunn
Roy Sullivan
Brooks Reitzel
H. N. Willard
W. H. Flythe
John Mce-Kinley White
Mount Vernon Methodist Church
Offic
Dwight W. Mashburn
E. A. Fitzgerald
Calvboro
Winfred Bray
Christian Church of
Randheman
Cleo Steed
Gilbert Davis
Frank White
Noel Farlow
Williard Hinshaw
Percy Farlow
Ronald Jester
Funeral rites held for Eugene Atwood Foust 68
Funeral services were conducted in Sechrest Chapel Sunday at 3 p.m. by Rev. Cecil Haworth for Eugene Atwood Foust 68. Interment followed at Prospect Cemetery. Pallbearers: L. P. Cagle Warner Newton Hubert Newton Raymond Newton R. J. Kirby C. J. Newton. He died Friday at the home of his brother J W Foust 707 Old Winston Rd after two years of declining health and two months of serious illness.
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Eugene Atwood Foust
Sechrest
Cecil Haworth
Central Friends Meeting
Prospect Cemetery
L. P. Cagle
Warner Newton
Hubert Newton
Raymond Newton
R. J. Kirby
C. J. Newton
Foust
J. W. Foust
Winston Rd
Homer F Surratt Dies at 51 in Denton
Homer Free Surratt 51 of Denton died at City Memorial Hospital in Thomasville after a long illness. A lifelong Davidson County resident, he is survived by one sister Fannie Cook of Denton and two nephews. The body will be moved to his sister’s home this afternoon. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2:30 PM at the Chapel Hill Petree with burial in the church cemetery.
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Denton
Homer Free Surratt
City Memorial Hospital
Thomasville
Davidson County
Fannie Cook
Chapel Hill Petree
Church Cemetery
Mrs. W. M. Wood Rites Held for Thomasville Woman
Mrs. W. M. Wood 63 of Route 5 High Point dies after nine years of illness. Born Annie Lillie Johnston in Caswell County on May 31 1890 she was married to W A Bill Wood who died in 1946. Survived by two sons six daughters two brothers three sisters and several grandchildren. Funeral planned at Trinity Baptist Church with body to lie in state at the church.
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Thomasville
W. M. Wood
High Point
Trinity Comee
Marior
W. A .Bill’’ Wood
W. H. Wood
Trinity
Claude A. Wood
Cleveland
Ohio
J. C. Marsh
J. W. Frazier
E. M. Bundy
J. H. Oglesby
D. H. Shephard
R. H. Krieger
H. L. Johnston
Falls Church
J. G. Johnston
New York City
R. C. Crouse
Route 1
E. C. Howell
Margaret Wood
Washington, D. Cildren
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C. W. Te
Selma
Henry
Columbus County
C. D. Raper
Herman
Lloyd Mpson
New College
BY John HH. Harrs
N. C. Veterinarians Association
Kemp
Peachland
Jack D. Kemp
Union Memorial Hospital
Monroe
Etta Kemp
Ee Pr. Smith
P. Smith
Highpant Memorial Hospital
Mr. Smith
Montgomery O
Calvin and
Eliza M Maynor Smith
Troy
Myrtle ‘Tok Co
Lish Street
Martha Ann Wade
Cora Miller Weant
Hubert M. Smith
High Oar
K. M. Smith
J. Reese Smith
Portsmouth
Sallie Hunsucker
Exway
M. L. Bame
English St. Baptist Church
George E. Richman
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Martha F. Brown
Martha Frances Brown
New York
Miss Brown
Anderson
D. C
Allen
Etta Smith Brown
Robert Blair
Route 3
Oeville
Joh W. Brown
Ta ‘Yorkty
C. Davis No el
Dame & Tala
John Mok
Eugene A, Foust
Homer F. Surratt
Cer. Ste
Lee W. Boswe
B. S. Cummings Income Tax Service
S. Hamilton St
Guilford la AL
Grace Flower Shop
N. Wrenn & Howell
Ste
Everett
College ST
Industrial Supply CO
State Farm Mutual
Au Insurance Company
G. R. Shook
Monthieu Ave
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