Church Hill FFA Awards Banquet Honors Leaders and Scholars
About 150 gathered for the Parents Banquet as Church Hill Future Farmers of America honored members, leaders, and award recipients. Fred Anderson received the Honorary Farmer Award, George Keener the Service Award, with multiple scholarships and leadership honors awarded to James Huckleby, Roger Smith, TJ Dobbs, and others. Local officials and guests from East Tennessee attended, including Bob Fugale who urged goal setting and high standards for FFA members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Hill
Church Hill Future Partners For America
Parents-San
Mack Lane
Strength of America
FFA
Church “Mill
Fred Anderson
Anderson
George Keener
Clghtistry
Church Hill High School
James Huckleby
Roger Smith
TJ Dobbs
Do We Christie
J. W. Christie
Leon Gibbons
Mor
Jimmy Dobbs
Dale Wolfe
Gus Christian
Charles Arnold
Tive
Creed
Charles Bradshaw
Ricky Davidson
Eddie Hawks
Wayne Marshall
Stanley Snapp
James Sturgill
Bob Fugale
Tennessee Association
Tazewell
Thomas J. Bundy
Cecil Boring
East Tennessee
Knoxville
Thomas B. Carney
Hawkins
Vernon Berry
Soil Conservation Service
Ralph Testerman
Farm Prices Continue Downward Parity Declines
Prices for farm products fell in February with the national index down 3 points to 252 percent of the 1910-14 average. Tennessee saw declines in price indices for eggs, hogs, milk, and hay, while gains came from cotton and broilers. The parity ratio dropped 1 point to 74 as wholesale milk and eggs dragged the index lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Callarm
Livestock Association Annual Meeting Tonight
Sullivan County Livestock Association holds its annual meeting at 7 30 tonight in the Farm Bureau building Blountville Assistant county agent Claude Prince announces Tennessee Livestock Association executive secretary Joe Houston will discuss state association activities and State meeting highlights. industry problems to be addressed All interested in livestock invited regardless of membership.
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Sullivan County Livestock Association
Farm Bureau
Blountville
Claude Prince
Joe Houston
Tennessee Livestock Association
Adsocialian
Prince
Meat output climbs in Tennessee in January
Commercial red meat production in Tennessee reached 59.896 million pounds in January, up 20 percent from January 1964 and the highest for the month. Hog slaughter totaled 247,000 head, up 30 percent from January 1966 and the largest monthly total since March 1965.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Tennessee Crop Reporting Service
Rural Retreat Student Wins Regional Honor
A Virginia Tech agricultural engineering student, Hubert A. Etter of Rural Retreat, placed second in the 1967 Southeast Region Student Paper Award by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. His paper, A System for Determining the Viscoelastic Properties of an Agricultural Product, was prepared as a partial requirement for the B S degree under Prof. D Hamann.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Hubert A. Etter
Etter
D. Hamann
Sheer
Burley Votes Not Counted Delayed Results Expected
Results of last week burley tobacco acreage and poundage referendum not announced for days. Mail ballots postmarked by Friday midnight eligible, with county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service offices open to collect ballots before counting.
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Burley
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Jonesboron Heads ET Angus Group Elects Dyer President
Charles D. Dyer a Jonesboro Angus cattle breeder was elected president of the East Tennessee Angus Association at the Knoxville annual meeting. He succeeds retiring president Lyle Finley of Chattanooga. Joe Fielden Corryiol was named vice president and Dr C G Chamberlain Knoxville retained as secretary treasurer. Board members include H R Duncan Knoxville J Cawood Cleveland John Crouch Jonesboro and Lynn Meredith Clinton. Over 175 breeders families and guests attended the meeting and banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Dyer
Jonesboro
East Tennessee Angus Association
Knoxville
Dyer
Lyle Finley
Chattanooga
Joe Fielden
Corvyiol
C. CG. Chamberlain
Plressurer
H.R. Duncan
J. Cawood
Cleveland
John Crouch Joneshore
Lynn Meredith
Clinton
Tree Farm Inspectors Set Meeting in Knoxville
Greeneville officials announce a March 16 meeting in Knoxville of East Tennessee tree farm inspectors. Mayford D Williams of Greeneville chairs the District Ve Tree Farm Committee and will review applications for certification, elect 1967 officers, and nominate a candidate for the 1986 Outstanding Tree Farm Inspector award. Tennessee ranked second nationally for new tree farms in 1966. The program includes landowners with tax paying forests pledged to produce repeated timber crops to meet America's growing wood needs.
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Greeneville
East Tennessee
Knoxville
Mayford D. Williams
Williams
Tennessee Division of Forestry
Tennessee
America
Feed Cattle Prices Seen Slipping Next Six Months
University of Tennessee agrarian economist Eugene Gambill predicts cheaper fed cattle over the next six months than in early 1966 as feeder cattle shipments increase and the calf crop remains tight. He cautions gains may occur after Tennessee calf producers market this fall, with prices potentially stabilizing later. Meanwhile, UT horticulturist advises planners to stagger garden plantings to ensure a steady veggie supply and warns about nematode threats to roots.
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Eugene Gambill
University of Tennessee Agriculture Extension Service
Gardai
Coononist
Tnt
Tennessee
USDA Will Buy Meat backed by mixed cattle price forecast
Chicago reports mixed analysis on the administration plan to buy choice boneless beef roasts ground beef and pork to lift sagging cattle and hog prices. Officials warn consumers may pay more now to avoid steeper costs later as experts note uncertain effect on spring and summer markets and the timing of purchases.
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Chicago
CST
Markel Freeman
Agriculture|farmers Organization
Agriculture
Orville
L. Freeman
Market Hall
Mercantile Exchange
Tha Anvarnmant
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Star Farmer
Sean Gibbons
Rural Retreat
Jonesboron Heads ET Angus Group
Farm Report
Try Uniter Press International
University of Tennnessee
Yomi Clark
Clark
Charlies Hadden
University of Tennessee Extension
Lima
USDA
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Monte Tuna
Kroger Biscuits
Virginia Winesap Apples
Ampate
Coomnah
Krow
Paton
Crisco
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Lux Soap
Lifebuoy
Hquid
Cwan
Swan
Wory
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