Electric light kills ham mites says State College team
Three scientists from State College report that exposure to direct light, including 120 watt bulbs, kills ham mites within hours. They advise lighting ham storerooms and using light-permitting cages to protect against skippers, noting eggs are unaffected by light and require repeated treatment.
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Raleigh
State College
W. L. Brown
T. N. Blumer
B. B. Fulton
Blumer
School of Agriculture
Instructor Builds Good Life on Farm
RALEIGH 1949 the Dean Carters of Buncombe County gained a demonstration farm status but ended that year in deficit. By 1951 their labor return reached 2690 and 1135 in 1952. Poultry income rose with 700 hens in 1951 then 600 last year, with 1,200 now and plans for 2,500. They market eggs to Asheville, build houses and equipment from timber, install an automatic egg grader, and improve the home with running water plumbing and an electric heater as they pursue a steady family livelihood.
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Raleigh
Dean Carters
Buncombe County
Cane Creek
T. G. Toon
State College Extension Service
Carters
Toon
Asheville
Carter
North Carolina Farmers Elect 4500 PMA Committee Men
Raleigh reports that 4 500 NC farmers elected county and community PMA committee men to oversee price supports loans ACP acreage allotment and marketing quotas for 1954. Officers noted high turnout and stressed volunteers donate knowledge and time to guide programs impacting the state's economy.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
PMA
Adairat Ve
Su Pma
Godfrey
Orth Carolina
Special Meeting Set By Grange
A special Oak View Grange meeting will be held at the Grange hall tonight at 7 30 o clock for important business. The event followed the annual Church Night and featured Rev Paul Osborne of Deep River Friends Church with a Thanksgiving themed address. Donations included 100 dollars from the Oak View Lions Club to bolster the Grange building fund for hall additions.
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Oak View Grange
Grange
James Forbis
Myron Hayworth
Paul Osborne
Deep River Friends Church
Chemical thinning offers aid to thinning apples in orchards
A North Carolina State College study shows chemical thinning using NAA and NAM can reduce thinning costs to a third or a quarter and improve fruit size and two-year yields. Treatments applied 10 to 14 days after petal fall thinned Bonum Golden Delicious and Limbertwig varieties, with results varying by concentration.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College
G. W. Schneider
Horticulture Department
Irs
Schneider
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