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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1957
Page
5
Raleigh forecast calls for soon harvest and proposes action now. H C Blaylock of the State ASC Office explains CCC loans cover up to 80 percent of storage costs repayable over four years at four percent interest. Farmers should clean old bins spray for pests and repair structures before new grain arrives.
North Carolina farmers may plant 317 300 acres of watermelons this year an 11 percent rise from last year said Donald Farris fruit and vegetable marketing specialist. Charleston Gray is the principal variety with expected 1957 prices near 96 cents per hundred pounds.
North Carolina averaged 4900 pounds of milk per cow in 1956. Western North Carolina dairy herds on the Test Demonstration program with NC State College and TVA averaged 6791 pounds per cow. Farms averaged about 20 cows with 125 acres and 1.8 workers generating 3042 dollars per farm profit.
RALEIGH E W Avent chief of Soil Bank Division reports 313 751 acres of cropland signed for the 1957 crop year with breakdowns of 82 635 corn 122 254 cotton 45 577 flue cured tobacco 423 barley tobacco 12 rice and 67 850 winter wheat final figures show 60 621 Acreage Reserve agreements signed including 27 001 cotton 10 016 corn 13 949 flue cured tobacco 1 010 barley tobacco 1 rice 8 644 wheat farmers participate potential payments total 17 842 584 on 318 751 acres if requirements are met eligibility limited to farmers with acreage allotments for specified crops.
RALEIGH Renewed interest in chemical weed control research at State College is set to start. Dr Robert P Upchurch returns after Air Force service to lead a program focusing on peanuts soybeans and forage crops with pre emergence treatments using diuron and chloroIPC. The team will not include cotton in the new program and notes 200000 acres of peanuts and 500000 acres of soybeans in North Carolina. Upchurch native of Wake County is married to Sallaine Sledge of Nash County and the family resides at 3032 Farrior Road Raleigh.
The piece envisions home milk dispensers as small refrigerators delivering three gallon containers through a lift valve. Idaho and Colorado stations study consumer interest, hoping lower prices and steadier cold milk supply with less weekend shortages.
Three jets flew from McClellan Air Force Base toward Honolulu when fuel ran low. One aircraft ditched in the sea after aborting to Sacramento. Pilot Maj. Cotellesse and navigator Jayle P. were injured in the crash near Wachusetts.
The Forage and Livestock Field Day at the Mountain Research Station in Waynesville, planned for Tuesday May 21, is cancelled due to spread of stem nematode in alfalfa. Dr Roy L Lovvorn says precautions will prevent further spread. infested fields should not be grazed and manure used on non alfalfa land.
Seed corn buyers in North Carolina were advised by Forl W. McLaughlin to choose adapted hybrids and early-to short season varieties. He emphasized purchasing multiple hybrids, checking for the blue tag, relying on proven research, and sourcing from reputable local firms with tested, inspected seed labeled by the Official Variety Test and NC Crop Improvement.
Emil Jantti, 53, leaving Cheshire Jail after supper, slipped out by a fence hole. He spent two days in the woods before returning home to Winchester with his wife driving him back to the jail. He was serving 30 days for an escape last March. Sheriff Frank Walker reported the escape.
North Carolina landowners may access free forestry advice and marking for pulpwood thinning. The State Forest Service, pulpwood dealers, and Agricultural Extension Service provide varied forestry services including consulting on a fee basis, marking at flat rates, and education with foresters assigned by county.
A study tracking birds migrating along the Mississippi River valley finds an average travel rate of about 23 miles per day. The research notes substantial variation in individual speeds across species and routes.
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