Farm News Highlights 1959 U.S. Agriculture Dept Research
United Press International reports key 1959 farm findings from the U.S. Agriculture Department. Highlights include the discovery of a plant development mechanism, new wash and wear cotton finishes, an insecticide with reduced mammal toxicity, heat capture to warm farm systems, and a device to regulate chick brooder heat for better poultry care.
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Bernard Brenner
United Press International
Washington
UPI
U.S. Agriculture Department
A. Borthwick
Sterling B
Beltsville
Conon
Oreoder
American Angus Assn elects Joe Keefauver president
Joe Keefauver of Jonesboro was elected president of the American Angus Association at the annual Chicago meeting. The Keefauvers operate a famed Angus herd with top honors at Southland fairs. The gathering drew 310 delegates and 900 boosters, with a Palmer House banquet closing the year’s activity. William W. Brainarddy became vice president, and three-year directors elected included Hancock, Conklin, Cline, Schuler Jr, Meade, and Lawson Turner.
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Joe Keefauver
Jonesboro
American
Chicago
Palmer House
William W.W.” Brainarddy
Marshall
James Hancock
New
Watershed planning grows for Horse Creek area
Interest in creating Watershed districts for Horse Creek rises as 10 watersheds approved for Tennessee, 44 planning requests filed, 29 districts formed. Bear Creek plan in Haywood Fayette Hardeman counties totals 32,500 acres with flood control and channel work, seeking $810,000 federal funds if Congress approves. Horse Creek floods affect nearby farms and homes after heavy rains.
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Horse Creek
C. Green
Soil Conservation Service
Tennessee
Bell Conservation Service
Sullivan County
Lick Creek
Greene
Washington
J. R. Sasser
UK. 5
Tengesser
Sasser
Bear Creek
Washington Fur Department of Agriculture Review
Congress
Haywood
Fayette
Hardeman
The
Soil Conservation
State Farm Prices Low in Tennessee and Nation
The mid November prices received by farmers fell 7 percent nationwide and 8 percent in Tennessee from October, with the index at 45 points, the lowest since March 1987. Tennessee showed similar declines to mid October as gains and losses offset. Grains, hay, cottonseed, peanuts, sweet potatoes, meat animals, poultry and cork drove the drop, with corn at 1.02 dollars per bushel, the lowest since January 1943, and chicken prices at their lowest since July 1941.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Tennnessee
Tennessee Farm Bureau Delegation Heads to Chicago Meet
Tennessee Farm Bureau delegates travel to Chicago for the 1949 convention. President Tom J. Hitch of Columbia will lead official voting with Fenner Heathcock of Urban City as vice president and Frank Joyce Winchester Harry Lave Petersburg and William Cowan La Grange serving as directors. Tennessee aims for national recognition for full county membership gains and awards in dairy foods and red meat promotions.
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Saulsbury
Tennessee
Farm Bureau
Bareau
Asas
Tom J. Hitch
Columbia
Fenner Heathcock
Unter
City
Frank Joyce
Winchester
Harry Lave
Petersburg
William Cowan
la Grange
Cedar Creek Farm Sets DHIA Pace
Officials report Cedar Creek Farm leads DHIA pace with 1,021 pounds milk and 49.7 pounds butterfat from a dry cow, as the Sullivan County Dairy Herd Improvement Association lists top producers across 26 herds. Mary Townsend Vaughn chaired the AFBS Women’s Conference delegation with delegates from several counties.
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AFBS
D. Cedar Creek
W. Bond
Jackson
James
Sullivan County
Russell
Collierville
Jim
Glynn Giffin
Union City
AFH
Young People's Conference
Smith
Joyce Vaughan
Cowan
Warren Fleenor
B. A
R. W Dones
Crossbreeding Beef Cattle Takes Patience and Years of Testing
Blacksburg scientists began crossbreeding Angus Hereford and Shorthorn to study heterosis in beef cattle. Early results show crossbred calves weigh more at weaning and final weights rise, while no clear gains in carcass quality yet. Research at Shenandoah Valley station, begun in 1984, spans a decade with phased tests across 38 cross types and large-scale measurements.
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Blacksburg
Angus
Hereford
Wes
VPI
Shenandoah Valley Research Station
Steeles Tavern
Jordan Olivar
Yale
Shivell Cow Second In Production Amid Guernsey Class
P J Shivell of Kingsport owns Elaine a junior two meat oid Guernsey cow that placed second in production among the 10 top Guernsey entries. Elaine, sired by Fortune, weighed 14 629 pounds of milk and 518 pounds of butter fat in 205 days of twice daily milking at Shy Valley Farm. University of Tennessee supervised the test at Shivell's farm. Elaine is classified acceptable.
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P. J Shivell
Kingsport
Guernsey
Glengoran
Elaine
E. H. Geran
Gledgeran Farm
Matawan
N. J
Shivell
Shy Valley
University of Tennessee
Fauland Kforune
Simpson Herd Awarded Very Good Rating
L Culebank Knoxville, official classifier for the club, prepared a herd analysis. Of eleven daughters of Riegeldale Bens Fashioner, seven rated very good, three desirable, one acceptable. Three daughters of Brookfield Fashioner also evaluated in the report.
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Casey
L. C. Culebank
Knoxville
Riegeldale Ben
Brookfield Fashioner
Rabies Decline Attributed To Virginia Vaccination Drive
A report by the U S Fish and Wildlife Service and the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries shows rabies cases in dogs and pets in Virginia roughly unchanged from the prior year, but compulsory vaccination and stray control virtually wiped out the disease in eastern Virginia. Several southwest counties reported over 10 cases, while Augusta Rockbridge Shenandoah saw cases fall from 98 to six. Domestic stock losses remain due to wildlife transmission, with many cattle cases unconfirmed because of testing costs.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
Ug U. 8
Fish and Wildlife Service
Virginian Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Snaithwest Virginia
Washington
Tazewell
Shuth
Bugsell
Lee
Grayson
Giles
Fauquier
Augusta
Sham
Rockbridge
Shenandoah
Paris
Somme
Fauquier County
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