Harvests and irrigation aid crops across North Carolina
The article notes hand and mechanical cotton picking under Hurricane Hazel, with H C Bryan using a mechanical picker and comparing costs to hand picking. It describes peanut harvesting tests by A H Bundy and Bob Rawis, irrigation easing dirt clods, and W Tuttle doubling tobacco yield via irrigation. It also mentions pig farming practices, Stanly County sorghum for grain, and brucellosis affecting hogs nationwide.
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Raleigh
Hazel
Carolina
H. C. Bryan
Dobbersville
Ketsing County
Bryan
A. H. Bundy
Tarboro
Frank Wilson
Edgecombe County
Joe Powell
Edgecombe Farm
Bundy
Bob Rawis
St. John’s
Hertford County
Rawis
Mr. Rawls
Fts
W. Tuttle
Stoneville
Rockingham County
Tuttle
Coming Events Across Regions This November
A series of meetings and public events planned for early November include the Western District Extension Training in Asheville on Nov 3 4 5, the Southeastern District Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs in Wilmington on Nov 3, the Third Annual Farmers Market in Rocky Mount on Aug 4, the Northeastern Demonstration Clubs in Winfall on Nov 4, the Forestry Training School in Murfreesboro on Nov 4 5, the Holstein Friesian Association annual meeting in Winston-Salem on Nov 5, and the 4 H vane and Home Electric Congress in Char on Nov 1 2.
Tar Heel Gardener: Protecting Tender Plants From Freeze
Raleigh column advises gardeners not to prune or fertilize late in fall to avoid new growth that freezes. Use burlap screens, wind protection, and shading. apply phosphate and potash, withhold water to mature wood. mulch saff plants with leaves or hay. soak soil before cold snaps and spray to form an insulating ice layer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Passenger traffic plunge hits Southern Railway figures
Passengers carried by the Southern have fallen from 8,800,000 in 1946 to 2,472,000 last year a 72 percent drop. The railroad reported losses exceeding 5 million dollars in its local passenger business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Census Secrecy Preserved in Nation's 1954 Agriculture Survey
Bureau Director Robert W. Burgess explains the 1954 Census of Agriculture will survey over 5 million farms by more than 30 000 enumerators in October and November. Farmers answer about 100 questions. totals will be released by county or larger areas, protecting individual farm data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Burgess
Bureau
United States
Sioux County
Towa
Burgess
John Doe
Oak View Grange Hears Cancer Talk
The Oak View Grange held an educational program on cancer featuring Mrs. A. W. Flynn of Guilford County Cancer Society and Dr. C. W. Lewis of High Point. Flynn discussed society work and Friday cancer clinics in Greensboro while Lewis explained cancer basics and the value of annual exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak View Grange
A. W. Flynn
Guilford County Cancer Society
C. W. Lewis
High Point
Grange Hall
Greensboro
Flynn
Health Department
Lewis
Disease Cuts Crop Value By 2.8 Billion
Raleigh newspaper item cites a preliminary USDA appraisal showing plant diseases cut North Carolina crop value by about 2.8 billion dollars, nearly seven percent of potential production on farms and forests. It notes gains from disease-control methods, seed treatments, and resistant varieties reducing losses by large margins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
J. Wells
State College Agricul Extension Service
Wells
U. S. Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Teco
Jearney
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Agricultural Comment
Monda
Dan Valley
Fo Ee
Coun
Rockingham
Foil
Sapp
Vernon Huneycutt
Jones
Mr. Huneycutt
John HH. Harris
Southern Railway System
Washington, D.C
Bureau of the Census
Ann Page Black
Dole
Hewaiian
Nabisco
Strietman Zesta
Regalo Brand
Ann Page Strawberry
A&p
Ann Page
BOT
Dinty Moore
Jane Parker
Orange Square
Ann Page Fancy
North Main ST
South Main ST
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