Pinehurst Ayrshire Sets Butterfat Record at State College
Noble's Fair Lady, an Ayrshire cow owned by Pinehurst Farms, produced 105.2 pounds of butterfat in February, highest among Dairy Herd Improvement tests. Second place went to Swannanoa’s Eminent Belle, Jersey, at 92.1 pounds, with Carolina Buckeye 4th Holstein leading milk at 2,000 pounds. Other top producers include Biltmore Heritage Lass and Laurel Leaf among Jerseys and Jerseys from Cameron Morrison herd.
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Swannanoa
Carolina Buckeye
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
Biltmore Heritage Lass
Biltmore Farms
Biltmore
Oxfordia
Laurel Leaf
Cameron Morrison
Charlotte
Lady Oxfordia
Glen’s Surprise
Pinehurst
Ayrshire
North Carolina
Haywood Beta
Osborne Farm
Canton
Carolina Jewel
Gamboge
Mountain Experiment Station
Carolina Tan
Sen
Mrs. Morrison
Western Farmers Cooperating In Re Stocking Wild Game
D C Snodgrass reports farmers in Martins Creek Peachtree and Brasstown water shed areas cooperate with local sports men to restock and protect quail hunting zones. One hundred quail cost 1 dollar each have been placed and 160 more birds ordered for Slow Creek Valley River areas. A Brasstown unit demonstration farmer Ghiringhelli provides food and protection for quail on his farm for three years.
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Snodgrass
Brasstown
Free scholarship for 4-H Short Course at N C State College
The Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau will award a free scholarship to the outstanding 4-H Club boy in each county for the 1940 State 4-H Short Course at North Carolina State College from July 22 to 27.
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N. C. State College
Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau
Durham County To Conduct Farm and Home Improvement Race
A county wide Farm and Home Improvement Contest will be held in Durham County this year. Eighty one farm families have signaled entry and $305 in prizes are allocated. First prize 60 dollars, second 40, third 30, plus seven 25 dollar prizes per township.
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Durham
Durham County
W. B. Pace
State College Extension Service
County Board of Commissioners
Farm Market Report Highlights North Carolina Fruit and Veg Prices
Shipping point data show March 22 movements across states with Porto Ricans U S No 1 North Carolina yields and varied prices for sweet potatoes cabbage strawberries and beans. Market notes from New York Chicago and Washington reflect activity and price ranges for fresh produce across major wholesale markets. A line about Leningrad mentions a school for female taxi drivers.
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North Carolina
U. S. Agriculture Marketing Service
N. J
Texas
Cleveland
U. S
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
U. S. No
North and
South Carolina
Law
Washington
Nancy Halls
New York
N. Y
City
Fla
Norfolk
Starting Seeds in Sand Is New and Safer Method
Experimenters in soilless culture including USDA workers report a sand based seed starting method. Flats or pans sit in water with clean sand and no soil. Seed germination proceeds under glass and paper, then sunlight. no feeding for weeks.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Loans Available To 4-H Club Children In State
Loans of up to 75 are available to 4 H Club members who are children of Farm Security Administration clients. County extension agents must approve applications. Funds may buy calves pigs chickens or other livestock or seeds plants and fertilizer for club projects. A separate note will be signed to create responsibility and self reliance. The program aims to stimulate interest in livestock projects among rural youths. County agents and FSA supervisors will provide details on eligibility and procedures.
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North Carolina
Duddey Bagley
Moyock
N. C.federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
Bagley
Ruth Current
Extension Service
N. C. State College
State Rural Electrification Authority
College Station
Raleigh
L. R. Harrill
State College
Harrill
FSA
4-H
World in Motion Minute Reports Surging Global Flows
A rapid montage describes one minute of global activity: the U.S. imports five pounds of horsehair per minute while camphor is flown into film production at a pound per sixty seconds. penitentiary meat moves at seven pounds per minute. Germany consumes over fifty gallons of wine per minute. El Salvador ships sixty pounds of brown sugar every hour. Greece produces the most figs. U.S. exports ten pounds of horse meat per minute.
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Earth
U. 8
United States
United States of America
Germany
el Salvador
Europe
Greece
Fire destroys 54 year old Back Swamp Baptist Church
A roof fire in Lumberton on March 25 destroyed the 54 year old Back Swamp Baptist Church. Fire crews responded but the building burned completely, with the cause under investigation.
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Lumberton
Back Swamp
Christian Science Sunday Lesson Centered on Spirit over Matter
Sunday services across Christian Science Churches reflected on spiritual identity in Christ and the avoidance of earthly treasures. Scriptures from Romans 8 and Matthew 6 guided the lesson, alongside Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health urging a spiritual apprehension of divine ideas.
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Christian Science Church
Christian Science
Jesus
God
Christ
Mary Baker Eddy
Entomologist endorses rotenone for beetle control
J O Rowell of the State College extension service says rotenone in dust or spray effectively controls Mexican bean beetles. In North Carolina last year only four percent of 1,024 fatal accident drivers were women and twenty nine people were killed while jaywalking.
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J. O. Rowell
State College Extension Service
North Carolina
Farm Services Deadline Set for Cotton Improvement Groups
COLLEGE STATION, RA LEIGH, March 25. Applications for free cotton classing and market news services for organized cotton improvement groups during the 1940-41 season can be filed after planting but no later than August 15. The early deadline aims to ensure sampling and classification of early ginned cotton. Last season many applications were late, preventing classification. An estimated 100000 acres of one variety cotton will be grown in North Carolina this year. The program began in 1938. 1959 saw 10000 bales classed for 3358 members over 48800 acres in 69 communities.
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College Station
Raleigh
J. A. Shanklin
State College
Shanklin
North Carolina
Second Annual Turkey School Held By Anson County Group
Turkey growers from Union County partners with Anson County farm and home agents J. W. Cameron and Mrs. Rosalind A. Redfearn to run the second annual Turkey School in Monroe. Union agents T. J. W. Broom and T. M. Mayfield invited neighboring coun ty participants. The event, attended by 30 Union turkey raisers, featured Roy S. Dearstyne, C F Parrish, and Vann Bryant.
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Monroe
Union County
J. W. Cameron
Rosalind A. Redfearn
Anson County
T. J. W. Broom
T. M. Mayfield
Anson
Roy S. Dearstyne
State College
C. F. Parrish
Vann Bryant
Peachland
Gallogly Returns to Prison Garb After Escape
Richard Gallogly, 30, society scion of Atlanta, is returned to prison in Reidsville Georgia to serve a life sentence for the 1928 thrill slaying of an Atlanta drug clerk. Troopers escort him from Texas after his 173 day escape. He faces quarantine for a week then farm field duty.
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Reidsville
Richard G. Gallogly
Atlanta
Texas
Georgia
Dallas
Gallogly
Public Safety
Lon E. Sullivan
A. M Ankers
Taxi Crash Injures Three in Thomasville
Three people were injured in a Thomasville taxi collision when a car driven by Charles W. Douglas of Charlotte struck the taxi driven by James B. Green. Green and Douglas suffered chest injuries while Miss Johnsie Baxter, a passenger with Douglas, was bruised and dentally hurt. All were taken to City Memorial Hospital. No charges have been filed.
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Thomasville
James B. Green
Charles W. Douglas
Charlotte
Green
Douglas
Johnsie Baxter
City Memorial Hospital
Russell
East Guilford Street
Word Lessons and a Court Fine Mention
A reader note on word usage explains antecedent meaning going before in time and cites a Paine quote about government. It closes with a historical line noting James Savage fined 1630 dollars in Dundalk for smuggling pigs feet and heads into Eire.
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Notary
Notaries
Paine
Eire
James Savage
Dundalk
Water composition and presidential succession quiz item
Answers list covers water as two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen Andrew Johnson as Lincoln successor a dowager queen as widow of a deceased ruler the Rio Grande as the longest U S boundary river and the sun’s mass about 334 500 times that of Earth The note adds that women’s organizations in Kire demand a national women’s police force.
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Abraham Lincoln
United States
U. S
Andrew Johnson
The
Rio Grande
Women's Organizations
Kire
Modern Etiquette Q and A on Office Flirtation Dos
The Q and A address proper conduct in the workplace noting flirting is poor form and risky for employment. It also covers dinner invitations for a husband’s business guest and whether conversation is needed while dancing. The Yugoslavian government offers a free motor to those who build an airplane body per its specs.
How to make a home cement and preserve food items
Instructions describe a 4 cement mix with wood ashes and water, then methods to clean a fountain pen by disassembling and soaking in vinegar and lukewarm water, followed by keeping sandwiches fresh by storing in an earthen container covered and placed in a vessel.
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C. B. Williams
State College Agronomy Department
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Turnip Greens
Presque Isle
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Chicago
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Colo
Red McClures
Nebr
Bliss Triumphs
Best
Minn
Hollandale
N. Dak
Bliss
Leningrad
Tazicah
Anson County Group
Thrill Slayer
Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia
C. Gordon Krieble
Harrisburg
Ugs
NEW Spring Oxfords
Bette Fabrics
Sheers
Poplins
Jacquard
Terns
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