Agriculture Department Reports Large Increase In Wheat Surplus
The Agriculture Department reports a large increase in the wheat surplus with output near 1.15 billion bushels for the coming marketing year, up from about 909 million last June. They forecast higher exports to 450 million and a price decline as stocks rise, while noting a shortfall in the Soil Bank reserve and a potential need to stockpile 465 million bushels to meet demand.
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Livestock Prices Advance to Five-Year High
Southern markets showed cattle at five-year highs with 800 to 1000 pound steers selling 26 to 28.60 per cwt and North Georgia auctions noting higher prices. Hog prices closed around 20.25 to 21.28 per cwt in Atlanta Memphis and Louisville while calves and stockers moved unevenly with regional gains and losses across Florida Georgia Alabama and Tennessee.
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Georgia
Georgia - Florida - Alabama
Nashville
Florida
Alabama
North Carolun
Mississippi
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Arkansas
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Louisville
Mungomiery
Southeastern
Birmingham
U. S
North Carolina
Cold Weather Impacts Meagre Local Area Crops
The weekly Weather and Crop Report for February notes extreme cold across Tennessee with near zero mornings in Hamblen and six other counties. Hancock Jom Johnson Sullivan Washington report subzero temps, heavy snows, and farm work at a standstill, reducing pastures and food supplies.
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Meatre ' Hamblen
Stanestil Hancock
Jomnson
Sullivan
Washington
Income Increases For Some Farm Families
Washington reports an Agriculture Department study showing per person farm income rose in 1957 due to higher government payments and crop and livestock sales. With two million fewer farmers, average rural earnings reached 993 dollars, aided by increased payments under farm programs and subsidies, while farm drift to cities continues.
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Washington
INSI
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Bell Bank
Old American Life Insurance Ad Urges Mail-Only Policy
A Kansas City based offer targets people sixty to eighty to apply by mail for a $1,000 life insurance policy to cover final expenses. The ad claims no obligation and no caller visits, asking applicants to mail name, address, and year of birth to Old American Insurance Co. at 2 West 9th, Dept. L341B, Kansas City, Missouri.
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Old American Insurance Co
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Kansas City
Mulching Lowers Strawberry Yields in Knoxville Study
University of Tennessee researchers Dr. B Pickell and Troy H. Jones report mulching reduces strawberry yields in Knoxville area. Mulched berries yield fewer U.S. No. 1 fruits but are cleaner and less disease prone, with delayed harvest by about a week.
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Knoxville
Tennessee
Wake Amnber
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Pickell
Troy H. Jones
University of Tennessee
Agricultural Experiment Station
Herries
U.S
de. Pickett
Matching Fertilizer Timing Boosts Yields Before Bloom
Early in the season variations emerge in short harvest periods with differences up to 12 days after harvest begins. UT experiments indicate that when plants are matched, the highest yields occur with a 4 percent application about two weeks before bloom, around mid March.
Tennessee tobacco bed tips from Tennessee farmers
The Associated Press reports Tennessee tobacco growers should prepare bed sites with deep loamy soil and clean water access. Use soil sterilization, avoid nitrogen if cyanamid was used, and plant two to three level spoonfuls per bed. A canvas cover protects seedlings, and proper watering should come from spring or well sources to avoid black shank disease. Two Muncie police officers handled a barking dog with kindness, soothing it to sleep.
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Tennessee
Gilert Rhodes
University
Tennessee Agriculture Extension Service
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Munci
Ind
Muncie
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