Farm News Reports Mixed Market Movements Across Livestock
Agricultural markets show improved demand for stockers and feeders in Florida and Georgia. Cattle and calf prices rise modestly while hog prices in the Southeast strengthen. Chicago closes steady to lower. Poultry, fruits, vegetables and tobacco markets reveal mixed week with steady to firm prices in some regions and declines in others.
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Chicago
Louisville
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Farm Bureau drafts dairy price support plan reform
The American Farm Bureau Federation drafts a dairy price support plan to end government purchases of surplus dairy, replace parity with open market averages, and set minimum supports at 3.00 per hundredweight for manufacturing milk for two years. The plan, paired with tighter sanitary standards for manufacturing milk, would phase in over three years and aim to reduce federal buying while keeping prices consumer friendly.
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Congress
Farm Bureau
Ead
Cis
Bureau
Wet Weather Boosts Cattle Disease Threat
DES MOINES warns that wet summer conditions may raise leptospirosis and brucellosis risks in cattle and swine. The American Foundation for Animal Health reports annual cattle losses exceed 12 million dollars. Prompt vaccination and veterinary checks urged to prevent outbreaks and guide control programs.
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Des Moines
American Foundation For Animal Health
WBTDS
Foundation
Ucials
Farm Bureau Chief Raps Federal Laws
CROSSVILLE Tenn The American Farm Bureau Federation president Charles B Shuman told about 118 county and state leaders at the Farm Bureau Presidents Conference that the farmer s problem is a bad farm program not public relations He criticized subsidies and urged a shift to price supports tied to three year average market prices to restore farmer income and public image
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Crossville
Tenn
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Shumen
Farm Bureau Pr
Congress
Farm Aheap
Farm price dip contrasts with rising farm costs in July
Tennessee farmers saw prices received dip 7 percent for various products in the month ending July 15 with hogs beef cattle calves and fruit leading declines. Nationwide the index fell 1 percent to 240 percent of the 1914 average while prices paid by farmers held steady.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Hawkins Fair Opens Week in Church Hill
The Eastern Hawkins County Fair starts officially Thursday with carnivals beginning Monday in Church Hill. Exhibits accepted daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The fair is open to Hawkins County students with no entry fee. After judging, displays run through Saturday. A baby show is scheduled Friday at 3 p.m. with prizes by age group. A stew model face is planned Saturday night.
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Church Hill
Hawkins County
Satuday
400 Are Expected To Attend 4-H Roundup In Knox
Knoxville UT will host over 30 4-H Club members from across the state for the 36th State 4-H Roundup August 17 22. Activities begin after registration with F G McReynolds opening the program. President A D Holt welcomes the group and Tuesday features demonstration day with about 300 district winners competing for state titles and trips to national meetings scholarships and savings bonds. Notable speakers include B C McReynolds Dr Webster Pendergrass John Hembree and Dwight McDonald. The event includes campus tours the Smoky Mountains a comedy play The Reluctant Debutante and a segment Highlights of Out-of-State Trips. State AllStar Conference August 14 17 chaired by Jimmy Martin Leonard Rogers will address the All Stars weekend activities.
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Chicago
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Union Planters National Bank
Memphis
Lally Barber
Weakley County
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Washington
Jim Passmore
Polk
Ann Traughher
Robertson County
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Jefferson
Jimmy Martin
White
Leonard Rogers
Tennessee Valley A&t Fair
Saiuday
Wreck Victims Reported Better After Kentucky Crash
Norton Virginia reports two Kentucky residents injured in a Saturday wreck near Norton on Wise Norton road. driver Billy Eugene Hobson 34 of Portsmouth Virginia died in the collision when the car overturned at 7 15 a m. Hobson's uncle James Coole 18 of Wheelwright Kentucky died. Ruthann Miller of Paintsville Kentucky listed in serious condition at hospital.
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Norton
Kentucky
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Nger
Ruthann Miller
Pinsontork, Ky
Washington County Fair Opens Next Week At Gray Station
The Washington County Fair will run through August featuring beef cattle dairy cattle poultry hay and sheep field crops horial fire flowers canned goods needlework and crafts. Also the baby show and fairy queen selection. Fair treasurer Niles Gray expects attendance near 30 000. The fair has been annual since 1926 with improvements at the grounds including lights rest rooms and a paved road. 11 acre site owned by Washington County Fair Assn.
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Fsir
Gray Raritan Glub
Washington County Fair Assn
Dairy Princess Chosen Tonight in Nashville Contest
Tennessee 1959 Dairy Princess will be named in Nashville with Mary Jane Rutherford among finalists. Thirty contestants from across the state compete for two state titles. one will go to Scottsdale for national judging and the other to remain for a year in Tennessee. Preliminary judging starts at 9 a.m. at the Noel Hotel. finals at Cain-Sloan’s Third Floor Activity Room at 7 p.m. Judges include Iris Drvenport Mahan, John McDonald, and N.S. Nichols.
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Tennessee
Mary Jane Rutherford
Mafgrdt Ruiherford
Sullivan County
Virginia Self
Tuseah
Greene County
Carote Crunntes
Morristoun
Hamble Canty
Martha Louise Surtis
Johnson City
Washington County
Murray T. Miles
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Tennessee Dairy Princess
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Miles
Noel Hotel
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N.S. Nichols
Dave Overton
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New milking tech eyed for Tennessee dairies
A plan by County Commissioner Rudolph Jones would replace hand milking with an electric pipeline system. Tests at Shelbury Penal Point showed a 106-cow barn milking 33 cows per side, with a 400 gallon tank cooler mounted in the alley. Economies promise labor savings and faster turnover, though initial setup costs may run about 4,000 dollars for a large unit.
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Associated Press
Shriby
Rudolph Jones
Dairyinet
Jones
Alan
Shelbury Penal Poynt
Conservation Agency to Aid Water Control Plan
The Conservation Service outlines a watershed plan for a 62 700 acre area entirely in Kuderdaky County. Led by 3 R Sasser head of Low Conservation Service, the plan aims to reduce flooding and prevent damage to Vand end other property.
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Nashville
Uf. S
Kuderdaky County
3. R. Sasser
Low
Conservation Service
Sedt Momanion
Meat Decreases Jones Said on Dairy Prospects
Nashville report quotes Jones noting reduced meat output and potential for small dairy farms. He cites a 1958 shift to machine milking, enabling smaller operators to enter dairy business with lower capital needs and boosting creamery profits. Dixon announces Roseland memberships in Milking Shorthorn Society.
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Jones
Nashville
Teyork
Suy
Avithou
Jamies
Corn Crop Yield Now Predictable
Knoxville reports an agronomist team from the University of Tennessee and TVA describes a drought index to predict corn yields. By analyzing rainfall timing, soil nutrients, moisture holding, and root depth, they model expected yields under varying conditions. historical climate data help set possible ranges for fields in 1955 1936 and other years.
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Knoxville
W. &. Parks
Universty
Tenessee Autotuuiist
Sony Knetsch
TVA
Parks and
Eneisch
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