George Hyatt Named North Carolina Dairy Extension Chief
George Hyatt Jr. former Hoard's Dairyman editor and North Carolina State College dairy extension specialist will succeed John A. Arey as top dairy extension official in North Carolina. Arey retires July 1 after 41 years with the Extension Service. Hyatt, a Ohio native, joined the Extension Service in 1952 and is listed in Who's Who in American Agriculture. He holds degrees from Michigan State and Rutgers and has pursued additional doctoral study. He has led in dairy science organizations and serves in several professional capacities. Hyatt and his wife reside in Raleigh with their three children.
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Raleigh
George Hyatt, Jr
Hoard
N. C. State College Agricultural Extension Service
John A. Arey
North Carolina
Arey
Extension Service
Hyatt
Ohio
American Dairy Science Association
The
Lions Club
Association of University Professors
Sigma Xi
Phi Ka Phi
Arts
Lutz Avenue
Dash Of Cheese Helps In Salads
Raleigh advises adding cheese to salad dressing for flavor and nutrition. Virginia Wilson of the State College Agricultural Extension notes three base dressings French, mayonnaise, and cooked dressing and suggests cheeses like blue Roquefort Swiss and American for tossed salads. She also offers tips for fresh garden salads to keep vegetables crisp and avoid wilting.
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Raleigh
Virginia Wilson
State College Agricultural Extension
Miss Wilson
Ike Returns After Quiet Fourth of July at Camp David
President Eisenhower resumed duties at the White House after a tranquil weekend at Camp David in Maryland. He was accompanied by Mrs. Eisenhower and her mother Mrs. John S. Doud. Mrs. Eisenhower joined 125 worshippers at Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church in Thurmont where Rev Edouard H. Taylor urged spiritual independence. The president arrived Saturday and spent the holiday with his party, playing bridge and relaxing.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Camp David
Maryland
John S. Doud
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
Thurmont
Edouard H. Taylor
Jackson bean variety offers lower costs and stronger lodging resistance
U S Department of Agriculture scientists and North Carolina State College breeders introduce Jackson, a soybean variety with lower production costs and stronger lodging resistance. Limited seed for the Southeast in 1954, broader seed availability in 1955. Jackson adapts across North Carolina Virginia Georgia Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Florida with higher yields than Roanoke in many areas.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
North
U. S. Department of Agriculture
South
Devel
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Florida
Gulf Coast
Roanoke
Jackson
Volstate
BE. E. Soybean Laboratory
North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station
Virginia
Clemson
S. C
Delta
Dortchesoy
Dortchsoy
H. W. Johnson
N. C. State College
Gum Honey Questioned as World's Best by Tyrrell County Beekeepers
W G Toomey of the State College Agricultural Extension Service reports Tyrrell County beekeepers praise gum honey from swamp plants as superior to orange blossom and sourwood. Beekeepers like H C Davenport and Lind sey Simmons expect large yields, with Davenport noting 1600 pounds already. The story highlights gum honey as an additional farm income source.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
W. G. Toomey
Tyrrell County
State College Agricultural Extension Service
Tyrrell
E Ty
H. C. Davenport
Lindsey Simmons
Toomey
Left Over Meat Value Trick From Virginia Wilson
Virginia Wilson, state extension nutritionist, urges valuing left over meat and shares a browned hash method to use weekend roasts. The recipe combines chopped boiled potatoes, cooked meat, and onion with seasonings, formed into cakes or patties and browned to crusty perfection.
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Raleigh
Virginia Wilson
State College Extension
Miss
TAR HEEL GARDENER
This reader recounts tomato wilt problems with fusarium and bacterial wilt. Advice notes resistant varieties but bacterial wilt lacks resistance. A workaround suggests planting in oil drums buried near a water source with drained openings and soil from wilt-free areas to sustain a few plants.
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Southland
Homestead
Pan American
Harris Named Horticultural Extension Leader in NC
John R. Harris, known as The Tarheel Gardener, is chosen to succeed H. R. Niswonger as head of horticultural extension in North Carolina. Harris, 39, a NC State College graduate and former Greensboro parks superintendent, is noted for radio broadcasts, bulletins, and landscaping demonstrations across the state.
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Raleigh
John R. Harris
H. R. Niswonger
North Carolina
David S. Weaver
State College Extension Service
Niswonger
Harris
Radio i
N. C
N. C. Statelege Agricultural Extension Service
Tarheel Gardener
Harrises
Emmalee
John Randolph
Birnam Wood Road
The
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Gordon Gray
John W. Harrelson
State College
Home-Made Freezer Ice Cream Not Hard to Make
A Raleigh feature promotes simple freezer ice cream and fruit desserts for hot days. Virginia Wilson notes dairy rich treats aid milk intake, with quick recipes for orange sherbet peach mousse blackberry ice and a fruit mix called five Threes, plus tips on freezing and flavor twists.
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Raleigh
Virginia Wilson
State College Extension
North Carolina
Tar Heel
Harris says only patent medicine made him drunk court told
Harold Harris, 40, told court he has only drunk patent medicine. He began a 180 day term at Indiana State Farm after being found guilty of a drunk charge, and also convicted of carrying a pistol without a permit and resisting or battery on a jail officer.
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Muncie
Ind
Harold Harris
Harris
Indiana State Farm
Southern Hash Cooking Method and Variations
Layer in a lightly greased pan and cook slowly until a brown crust forms. Then flip to brown the other side, cover, and return to brown the uncooked side. Serve with parsley. SOUTHERN HASH uses cooked meat and gravy or bouillon dissolved in water with potatoes onions and green pepper browned and simmered.
Americans to Eat More Beef Than Ever Before
The Agriculture Department forecast record high beef consumption in the United States for the year, driven by a drought pressured cattle supply in the Southwest. If realized, per person beef intake could surpass the 1909 peak of 73 pounds, with prices not expected to drop significantly despite strong demand and volatile pork markets.
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Washington
Agrculture Department
Flue-cured and Burley tobacco allotments decline
The report notes that ante allotments for flue cured and Burley tobacco are lower than last year's crop, signaling changes in anticipated production and pricing for growers.
Farmers Still Must Use Hoe To Get Grass
Westmoreland reports mixed results from chemical pre emergence treatments on cotton to control crabgrass ragweed and other weeds. Demonstrations in four counties show poor to excellent control with chloro IPC band treatments and wind erosion or heavy rains reducing effectiveness in some fields.
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W. G. Westmoreland
N. C. State College Agricultural Extension Service
Westmoreland
Scotland
Montgomery County
Union County
Cleveland County
Just Looking For My Hat Hat fine in Hartford hotel peeping case
John Adams aged 23 was fined 25 dollars in Hartford police court after being accused of peeping through hotel transoms and keyholes. He claimed he was merely looking for his hat.
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Hartford, Conn
Llp
John Adams
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