Spring Questions Bug Dairymen Face in Tests and Fat
Raleigh dairy expert Marvin Senger explains why DHIA tests often diverge from plant tests and why butterfat dips occur in spring. Factors include seasonal milk variation weather milking intervals feed changes cow condition lactation stage first and last milk and general herd management under uniform milking and feeding practices tests differ due to sampling and daily composites.
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Raleigh
Marvin E. Senger
State College Extension Service
DHIA
Senger
May 3-9 events highlight home demonstration and livestock sales
Coming events list for May features National Home Demonstration Week from May 3 to 9. Highlights include Grain Marketing School in Harnett County on May 5, Fat Stock Show and Sale in multiple cities May 5 to 13, plus meetings of science, livestock, and youth groups in Raleigh Greensboro Statesville Elizabeth City and Hickory.
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Harnett County
Jackson
Raleigh
Hickory
Columbia
N. C. Academy of Science
Greensboro
Statesville
Elizabeth City
Icebox watermelon grows small for fridge saving space
North Carolina State College specialists test an icebox size watermelon at Faison Wilmington and McCullers farms aiming for 8 to 12 pound melons about twice cantaloupe size. The cross between New Hampshire Midget and Fairfax promises early maturity sweetness and disease resistance while seeds for field planting are being prepared.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Faison
Wilmington
McCullers
Warren Barham
New Hampshire
Fairfax
Barham
Second Field Day Set For Thursday
RALEIGH the second of four state wide field days to aid livestock farmers against drought inspired feed shortages will be held here Thursday. The event follows the first Livestock Pasture and Forage Field Day at Plymouth last week with others planned in Raleigh Statesville and Waynesville.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Tidewater Experiment Station
Plymouth
State College
State Department Agriculture
Statesville
Waynesville
S. H. Dobson
J. H. Hilton
State College School of Agriculture
R. W. Cummings
N. C
R. K. Waugh
School of Agriculture
Dobson
TAR HEEL GARDENER RALEIGH SEES MOVE TO SPRAY WEEDS
A Raleigh gardener explains shifting half of gardening time to spraying for weeds and grasses from now through fall. He cites using various herbicides on winter and spring weeds and nearby honeysuckle to control spread, while noting hormones can alter fruiting and flowering.
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Raleigh
I.C.A
Calves and Hogs Sold Across North Carolina Shows
In six Fat Stock Shows and Sales across North Carolina 239 calves weighing 196079 pounds brought 57724.38 dollars at an average 29.50 per hundred while 550 hogs weighing 117497 pounds sold for 25309.38 dollars at 1.54 per hundred. Sale totals reflect early 1953 activity with more than 20 shows planned statewide.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Jack Kelly
Agricultural Extension Service
N. C. State College
Kelly
Wilson
Rocky Mount
Fayetteville
Kinston
Williamston
Goldsboro
Greenville
Henderson
Windsor
Smithfield
Dunn
Ahoskie
Washington
Ottawa entomologist named extension service specialist
Entomologist Dr. Harry Eldon Scott of Ottawa has been appointed as entomology specialist for the State College Extension Service. He formerly worked with the Imperial Parasite Service in Ontario and lectured at Ontario Agricultural College, also serving as agricultural resident officer for the Department of Agriculture in Ottawa.
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Harry Eldon Scott
Ottawa
Canada
State College Extension Service
Imperial Parasite Service
Ontario
Ontario Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture
Farm Real Estate Values Decrease
The Department of Agriculture reports farm real estate values fell 2 percent from November 1 to March 1. Declines were sharpest in Western States, with drops broader than any four months since July–November 1949. The national index slid to 209, 2 percent below November and 1 percent under the year prior.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
4 H Organization Becomes Complete in Northwestern District
RALEIGH The 4 H Club organization in the 17 county Northwestern District is complete with a county council in Ashe. Miss Mary Sue Moser says all counties now have councils formed from local club officers. Jefferson hosts the meeting where Gale Edwards of Fleetwood is elected to lead the county unit. Sarah Henry McLaurin West Jefferson named vice president. Van Greer Todd serves as secretary. Elizabeth Ann Carter Lansing is historian. Frances Litterwood Lansing and A B Waver West Jefferson are recreation leaders. Molly Sue Colvard Nathans Creek and Geraldine Brown Healing Springs are song leaders.
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Raleigh
Ashe
Mary Sue Moser
Ubes
Jefferson
Gale Edwards
Fleetwood
Sarah Henry McLaurin
West Jefferson
van Greer
Todd
Elizabeth Ann Carter
Lansing
Frances Litterwood
A. B. Waver
Molly Sue Colvard
Nathans
Creek
Geraldine Brown
Healing Springs
West Jefferson and Fleetwood residents named program chairmen
Susie Gentry of West Jefferson Judy Elliott of West Jefferson and Bobby Shephard of Fleetwood named program chairmen in a local event lineup.
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Susie Gentry
West Jefferson
Judy Elliott
West Jeffereson
Bobby Shephard
Fleetwood
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Warren S. Barham
D. E. Ellis
John H. Harris
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Rutherfordton
Carthage
U. S
USDA
Ieee
Byrum Cleaners
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Dutch Laundrying
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High Point Laundry Houser Cleaning CO
Master Cleaners
NEW Service Laundry Quality Dry Cleaning Company
Royal Cleaners
Reliable Cleaners
Sarlin
Sunshine Laundry
Superior Dry Cleaners
Vogue Cleaners, Inc
Tucker's
Shore’s
High Point Textile Maintenance Club
Fly Eastern
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Miami
Eastern Air Lines
High Point
Whitman
Cecil
Main St
Ura Prins
Savey Eas
Spartan Grain & Mill CO
Ear
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