Conservation Aid Offered Farmers of Sullivan County
Sullivan County farmers have one more Friday to apply for the 1958 Agricultural Conservation Program at the County ASC Office in Bristol after weekly Friday sessions in Kingsport. Applications must be received by February 10 or funds remaining in the state budget may dictate eligibility. D. R. Jones urges farmers to match conservation measures to farm needs, detailing practices including permanent pasture, legume and grass seeding, contour strip cropping, pasture renovation, noncrop grazing land, livestock water ponds, and winter cover crops.
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Bullivan County
Branch
Kingsport
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Commerce Street
ASC
Bristol
United Country
D. R. Jones
Jones
Sullivan County
Pine Tree Seedlings Free For Sullivan County Land Owners
County Agent W. McClain announces free pine tree seedlings from the Tennessee Valley Authority for reforestation in Sullivan County. Applications must be filed by February 1. forms available at the County Agent’s Office and with agricultural workers. Offer includes shortleaf loblolly and white pines, spacing guidance suggests six by seven feet, about 2,990 trees per acre, with a medium order of 500 trees.
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Sullivan County
W. McClain
Tennessee Valley Authority
McClain Ward
Farm loans rise 21 percent in number and 58 percent in dollars
Washington reports 61,000 farm mortgage loans totaling 487 million dollars through 1,100 national farm loan associations for 1965. The Farm Credit Administration notes the year shows a 21 percent increase in number and a 58 percent rise in loan amount, the highest since 1904.
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Washington
Farmers Urged to File Agricultural Tax Returns
EB B Allen Jr of the Internal Revenue Service Bristol reminds farm operators that employees paid as much as 100 dollars in 1955 must file tax returns with the district director for their state. Returns require details including names social security numbers and wages for every worker whose cash wages totaled 200 dollars or more. Forms mailed January 1 to those who notified the district director of farm labor. Farmers needing forms should contact their district director immediately.
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EB. B. Allen Jr
Internal Revenue Service
Bristol
Internal Revenue
Alen
USDA Starts Clearance Program To Assure Storage Of Corn Crop
The Agriculture Department will move to quickly shift storable corn from farm sites to terminal storage to free space for the 1955 crop. The plan covers major corn states and aims to secure country storage for loans and price support programs. Nonstorable corn may be offered for sale at country points, with export sales built for nonstorable stock. The CCC will buy emergency bin storage if needed and will sell storable CCC corn at legally required domestic prices.
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Washington
INS
Commodity Credit Corporation
Gulag
CCG
Ion
Agriculture Department
Planlinis
Jfaepa
Free Tree Seedlings For Scott County Landowners
Forty thousand forest tree seedlings are offered free to Scott County land owners by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Planting must protect seedlings from grazing by livestock. Landowners may earn 4 12.00 per thousand under a federal program, with applications to the ACT Office in Gate City. Applications also cover cost sharing for fencing to keep stock out. Contact Ottg Osborne in Gate City or District Forester D. M. Waite in Abingdon. Applications accepted until February 15 or until supply runs out.
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Oate City
Scott County
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ottg Osborne
Virginia Division of Forestry
Osborne
ACT
Gate City
Leces
Hunter
St. Paul
Route 1
Fort Blackmore
D. M. Waite
Abingdon
Hog and Broiler Prices Advance Despite Volume
ATLANTA amid active trading last week Hog prices rose 25 to 60 cents per 100 pounds in ingest markets aided by tapering supplies in the upper South and heavy Midwest areas. Most butchers in the South sold for 11.75 to 12.50 dollars. Broiler prices rebounded 1 to 2 cents per pound with farm sales ranging 19 to 21.5 cents as week neared end. Cattle trends declined in southern markets with Georgia auctions steady to 50 cents lower for most classes. Wholesale fresh meat movement remained sluggish with loins advancing sharply, while hog markets across major plants posted 11.50 to 13.25 at Chicago and Atlanta ranges. Vegetables and fruits faced cold damage, but milder weather spurred harvest activity. Atlanta saw slight gains in Florida cabbage and citrus fruits amid shifting Texas supplies.
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Deep South
Agricultural Marketing Service
Upper South
Midwest
South
Lentlle
North Georgia
Florida
Chicago
Allante
Georgia
Nashville
Memphis
Montgomery
Louis
Carolinas
North Alabama
Central
North Carolina
Mississippi
Shenandoah Valley
Del-Mar-Va
Southern
Loutaville
Auctica Imarkets
Merida
Southeastern
Winter Study of Nature By Henry Pree
Winters Time To Study Nature presents a winter garden guide by Henry Pree for NEA Service. It encourages indoor botany lessons on leaves stems and roots, medicinal plants, herbs, and shrub use. It lists native shrubs with medicinal value and notes how Indians and early settlers shared herb lore. It also covers ornamental shrubs for birds and tips on blueberry plant numbers for family fruit.
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Henry Pree
NEA
Asheville
N. C
Oregon
Canada
Texas
Florida
New Soil Bank Plan Aims Surplus Reduction Through Incentives
The administration proposes a "soil bank" plan to curb surpluses by paying wheat growers to idle land and issuing government certificates. An example shows a Kansas farmer with 500 acres allotted, planting 400, earning a bank certificate valued at roughly 1,280 after costs, usable for cash or wheat, with the stock being moved to market rather than stored.
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Ovid A. Martin
Associated Press Farm Reporter
Washington Uf
Essen
Benson
Jones
Kansas
Cotton council warns future of U S crop depends on lower costs
The Associated Press reports that the National Cotton Council finds artificial prices and synthetic fiber competition squeezing profits. Only 17 percent of 1984 crops were profitable, with best results in tractor grown fields where costs ran 7 percent below prices. Robley of Madison County, West Tennessee, cut costs to 14.40 per acre using weed chemistry and thinning at 4.96 for weed control.
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Associated Press
Nalonal Cotton Council
Tennessee
Cote Ton
Mise Bissippi Delta
Jist
Neely Rovicy
Madison County
Robley
Vsue
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