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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1952
Page
7
Summer colds in chickens cause economic losses through reduced appetite, vitality, and growth rather than high mortality. Poor venti lation crowding damp litter and unbalanced diet raise risk. Correct predisposing factors, restore full feed, and consider wet mash and sulfathiazole in water as remedies.
Rain in North Carolina boosts disease risk for cantaloupes and cucumbers. Cucurbit downy mildew, already in Scotland Duplin Craven counties, is expected to spread statewide. Growers should dust late crops with basic-sulfate fungicide 5 percent copper per Bulletin 362 recommendations.
A Raleigh broadcast features three NC Beach farm programs on WFMY-TV Greensboro this week. The State College Extension Service team, led by Ben Greer, hosts RFC Piedmont at 11 45 a m on Monday Wednesday and Friday. Jean Anderson demonstrates canning peaches on Wednesday and Nita Orr demonstrates freezing peaches on Friday.
New York report: John H. Waite Jr. returned from Europe aboard the Queen Elizabeth with an Austrian wife, three children, three stepchildren, and an adopted Eurasian orphan. Waite, 34, a research physicist, said he adopted Evelyn Yan Waite to comfort crying child in an orphanage. The family will settle in Stow. Child ages range from two to…
The U S Department of Agriculture reports a new soil test using radioisotopes to measure available phosphorus. A radioisotope is a radioactive atom trackable by Geiger counters, a key tool in the research advance.
North Carolina farm families expand long term plans to raise income and living standards. Counties like Mitchell, Clay, Haywood, and Madison implement farm and home planning with Extension Service and TVA guidance, detailing land use, livestock, budgets, and new facilities.
A Bodwell Road sow in Tyrrell County farrowed 19 pigs in one litter, a fourth such litter for the animal. The sow, half Duroc half Poland China, and owned by Philip Swain Jr., produced normal healthy births initially, but eight pigs have since smothered. The sow’s prior litters produced 9 and 13 and 16 pigs, with expectations of a record fifth litter.
A Raleigh columnist reviews so called miracle soil conditioners. While experiment stations show potential for improving heavy soils and preventing crusting, officials warn they are not cures for bad cultural practices. Guidance stresses thorough mixing, surface applications for crust control, erosion prevention, and adhering to manufacturer recommendations.
Delegates from Austria Denmark France Greece the United Kingdom and Yugoslavia gather at North Carolina State College Raleigh for the International Institute in Farm and Home Planning July 14 August 1. Leaders include county agents home economists agronomists engineers and other agricultural workers. Sponsors are the college the U S Department of Agriculture and Mutual Security Administration. The latter part of the institute includes farm tours in Piedmont and Western North Carolina ending August 1 in Asheville with departure to Lexington Ky for further training.
North Carolina corn growers can estimate yield per acre using Extension Folder No 87. The method steps off a 50 foot row, counts ears, and uses a chart in the publication. Free copies available from county agents or the Publication Department at North Carolina State College, Raleigh.
North Carolina extension director RALEIGH David S Weaver joins agricultural officials urging flue cured tobacco growers in six states to vote July 19 on marketing quotas for 1953 54 and 55. A two thirds vote is needed to set quotas. In 1949 turnout favored quotas at 97.7 percent of 230 719 voters.
About 7,000 acres in North Carolina are planted to cucumbers each year.
FASTEETH a powdered formula sprinkles on upper or lower plates to prevent sliding rocking or slipping. It promises a firm hold without gum odor or sticky feeling and is sold at drug stores.
Chicago reports the American Meat Institute projects a major rise in the U.S. cattle population. The forecast expects an increase of four to five million head, yielding a record beef supply for 1953.
Three field crops tobacco cotton and peanuts account for most of North Carolina's cash farm income. The crops form a core part of the state's agricultural economy shaping prices and farm profits across the season.
In 1951 Canada averaged 235 pounds per capita butter consumption and New Zealand 37.7 pounds, while the United States stood at 108 pounds. The 1952 North Carolina State Fair is scheduled for October 14 to 18.
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