It Really Pays To Eat Dairy Products in North Carolina
Raleigh reports June Dairy Month highlights dairy value in diets. Extension Service dairy specialist R B Redfern says 25 cent quart of milk equals 42 cents in food value and cottage cheese at 22 cents provides about half of daily protein with only 8 percent of calories. He notes milk and dairy offer cost effective nutrition and North Carolina ranks low in per capita income, stressing maximizing food value from dairy.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State College
Calist
R. B. Redfern
Extension Service
Redfern
Telve
Fern
Redferns
Agricultural cautionary tale on soil fumigants and livestock loss
North Carolina farmers report fertilizer and fumigant errors causing plant deaths and cattle losses. A Greene County grower damaged two acres by using fumigant-contaminated water for transplanting. Others see cattle deaths from toxic plants in low, wet fields and fish pond algae controlled by precise copper sulfate dosing per acre. A Wake County landowner expands to 222 acres, with state help designing a master farm plan including a concrete silo and drainage.
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E. L. Braday
Greene County
Ralph Mallard
Tranton
Jones County
J. R. Franck
Jones
Mr. Mallard
Wake County
William Walton
Neuse
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Walton
Bruce Butler
Rey Jackson
Tolarsville
Robeson County
State Wildlife Commission
Jackson
Commission
Herman Walton
Masonboro
New Hanover County
D. D. Baggett
New Bonover
Mr. Baggett
Agricultural Engineering
State College
Ray Ritchie
Annual Modern Farming Short Course Is Set
A two week program at State College June 21 to July 2 aims to attract 150 to 200 farm youths from across North Carolina. The course, sponsored by the North Carolina Bankers Association, covers all expenses with selections made by county bankers and local officials. Roy L. Lovvorn outlined registration and a schedule including field trips to McCullers Test Farm and a pine plantation as well as the college dairy farm. The highlight is a June 26 trip to view farm machinery and irrigation demonstrations.
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Raleigh
State College
N. C. Bankers Association
Roy L. Lovvorn
State College School of Agriculture
McCullers
College
Livestock Meet Set for June at State College
RALEIGH Fourteen states will take part in an Interregional Livestock Production and Marketing Conference at North Carolina State College June 14 17. About 75 specialists from New York through North Carolina will join discussions on meat type hog production live hog grading livestock outlook losses and disease control. On June 16 a tour of the animal husbandry farm closes the conference.
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Raleigh
N. C
College
State Department of Agriculture
Kelley
Year Round Dairy Management Pays
Tar Heel dairymen endorse year round dairy management to boost profits. North Carolina Dairy Extension at NC State publishes detailed recommendations on herd size, breeding, milking, feeding, calf rearing, and milk quality to improve farm operations.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
N. C. State College
D.H.I.A
On Farm Grain Storage Pays Off for NC Farmers
North Carolina researchers from NC State College report farmers with their own storage earned extra per bushel across crops including wheat corn oats and milo. Survey of 124 growers in Stanly Union Lincoln Beaufort and Pasquotank counties found profits from storage offset harvest prices, with notable gains in barley and soybeans, while noting costs for insect control and repairs.
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Statesville
North Carolina
Toussiant
Beaufort County
Lincoln County
Outlook for North Carolina crops remains fair despite weather
J M Curtis of North Carolina State College Extension says early summer conditions may cut yields on some crops but tobacco cotton and corn outlook remains fair to good. Farmers may plant more acres and total sales could rise though large carryover and limited storage suggest lower prices. Curtis urges holding products after harvest and using support programs.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
J. M. Curtis
State College Extension Service
Tar Heel
Curtis
Regional Agricultural Events Highlights June Schedule
A sequence of events from June 14 to 23 includes Salt Water Sport Fishing Institute activities in Morehead City, irrigation demonstrations across Caldwell Wilkes Davidson Stanly Stanly counties, and Dairy Farm Fly Control Demonstrations in Dozens of counties. The National 4-H Club Camp runs June 16 to 23 in Washington DC.
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Caldwell County
Wayne
Rockingham
Lenoir
Forsyth
Willard
Wilkes County
Cumberland
Surry
Yadkin
Harnett
Wilkes Counties
Washington
D. C
Davidson County
Orange
Catawba
Alamance
Iredell
Stanly County
Slightly Smaller Potato Crop Seen In North Carolina
In Raleigh Henry Covington of the State College Extension Service says the North Carolina sweet potato crop will be slightly smaller than the 45 acres harvested in 1953 while the national crop should be similar to last year. Planting is under way and stands look excellent though cold weather delayed field setting. This may improve fall quality as earlier plantings often yield turnip shaped roots.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Henry Covington
State College Extension Service
Covington
TAR HEEL GARDENER RALEIGH How do you keep up this place
A Raleigh gardener explains a low effort system with landscape planning mulch and selective chemicals. He uses pine straw mulch to reduce weeding and labor and relies on 2 4 D dinatros and T C A or atlacide to control weeds and Bermuda grass while limiting plant exposure.
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Raleigh
T.C.A
Atlacide
Pigs to Reach Market Earlier Amid Crop Rally
Pigs from the larger spring crop are expected to reach U S markets earlier than usual. corn oats and barley combined stocks on April 1 totaled 66.5 million tons, about 10 percent above last year. May 1 laying flock replacements numbered 30 million, up 8 percent from a year earlier.
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