Tobacco bed setup urged for thriving crop
Tobacco specialists at the University of Tennessee stress that a strong plant bed near water, deep loamy soil, and weed control are essential for transplanting. UT experts warn about animal waste pollution through streams and propose waste disposal options. A dairy specialist notes calf management impacts milk production, while NC prepares a large field trial to cut insecticide use and environmental residues. Researchers seek a hardy grass from Asia to boost North Carolina farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Tennessee
Gilbert N. Rhodes
Rhodes
H. C. Vaignror
Lacmmers
4-H Chatter: Sullivan County Breadbaking Contest Results
Sullivan County 4 H Club held breadbaking contest at the National Guard Armory in Bristol on Feb 20 with 56 junior members baking biscuits muffins and corn meal rauxins. Becky Jones Holston Junior High won quick bread and headlines include Emmett Club top attendance prize Weaver Sixth Seventh Grade Club second prize. Judges named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County +H Club
National Guard
Bristol
Rosemary Horne
Hare
Bristol Tennessee Electric
Emmett Club
Weaver
Becky Jones
Holston Junior High
Alesia Carr
Blountville
Pegey O'Neal
Jolston
Nancy Wall
Lorette Reeves
Bluff City Junior High
Theresa Cowan
Chb
Carter's Valley
Rogersville High School
Sharon Harmuiond
Jill Manis
Charles Lindholm
Peggy Jones
Kim Worley
Jil Manis
Reda Hucaby
Tammy Huckaby
Debbie Hammonds
Don’t Seed Tobacco Bed Too Thick
Rainy weather delays seeding of tobacco beds this year but there is time. Seed at two level teaspoons per 1 by foot bed to avoid thick stands and spindly plants with weak roots. Mix seed with a carrier to improve distribution. Sow.
Beekeepers Elect Knight President Of Local Group
Arthur G. Knight wins re election as president of the Tri City Beekeepers Association for 1971 72 at the February meeting with J A Stephens of Greeneville named vice president Sam Croy of Kingsport secretary treasurer and Stephens chosen to sit on the State Beekeepers Association board of directors Alternate state director Walter Church of Kingsport also elected Directors include J D Winegar Fimner Glass and Charlie Swanson all of Kingsport Knight has led the group since its founding in 1988.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur G. Knight
Tri- City
Beekeepers Association
J. A. Stephens
Greeneville
Sam Croy
Kingsport
Stephens
State Beekeepers Association
Walter Church
J. D. Winegar
Fimner Glass
Charlie Swanson
Knight
Corn blight and borer threat worries Virginia farmers
Slacksburg Virginia reports entomology expert J E Roberts of Virginia Tech warns field corn growers face dual risks from Southern corn leaf blight and European corn borer. He notes reliance on resistant hybrid seed collapsed with a new blight race, leaving producers to unproven seed for 1971 and urging sound agronomic practices and deep plowing to manage pests while awaiting genetic resistance improvements. In Nashville, the Tennessee Bull Test Station plans to auction 28 bulls after 63 bulls were entered from last September’s participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slacksburg
Virginia
J. E. Roberts
Virginia Tech
Roberts
Nashville
Ellington Agricultural Center
Tennessee Beef
Upstate Cattle and Hogs Rise in East Tennessee Survey
Tennessee Crop Reporting Service finds Upper East Tennessee farms added cattle and hogs early this year while sheep declined statewide to 35 000 from 45 900. Hog totals reached 1 174 000 and state cattle 2 254 000 with county figures given for Carter Claiborne Cocke Grainger Greene Hamblen Hancock Hawkins Jefferson Johnson Sullivan Unicoi and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper East Tennessee
Tennessee Crop Reporting Service
Tennessee
Upstate
Carter
Claiborne
Cocke
Grainger
Greene
Hamblen
Hancock
Hawkins
Jefferson
Johnson
Sullivan
Unicoi
Washington
Three Meetings Slated On Cattle Showing in Tennessee
Tennessee youngsters and parents are invited to three area meetings March 24 25 and 26 in Brownsville Nashville and Knoxville to learn fitting and showing beef steers and heifers. Mark Farrar Tennessee Angus Association president notes the sessions aim to prepare youths for the 1971 National Junior Angus Heifer Show in Nastville and upcoming summer and fall fairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Brownsville
Nashville
Knoxville
Mark Farrar
Tennessee Angus Association
Angus Heifer
Nastville
FCIC expands all risk tobacco crop insurance for 1971
FCIC raises all risk coverage for the 1971 tobacco crop year in East Tennessee. Some increases exceed 3100 per acre. Frank Speares, district director, notes the program protects farmers against weather hazards and losses from uncontrolable diseases and pests. Applications for farmers not currently insured begin now with a May 31 deadline. FDIC offices serving East Tennessee are in Athens, Sevierville, Greeneville, Tazewell, Jonesboro, and Elizabethton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Frank Co. Speares
FCIC
East Tennessee
Congress
Spears
FDIC
Athens
Sevierville
Greeneville
Tazewell
Jonesboro
Elizabethton
New State ASC Man Appointed Secretary of Agriculture
Chifford M Hardin announced John Mark Hayes of Celina as a member of the Tennessee Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation ASC Committee. Hayes farms in Clay County with corn wheat barley grain sorghum and burley tobacco. He runs 75 beef cattle and 30 sows and leads the Clay County Livestock Association and the Proctor Creek Watershed Conservation District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chifford M. Hardin
John Mark Hayes
Celina
Tennessee Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Star
Claude E. Roberts
Wildersville
Pap K
Arp
Philadelphia
Hayes
Clay County
Liberty Hill 4-H Baking Winners Named in Contest
In Mount Carmel last week 4-H students crowned corn meal muffins winner Susane Epperson and biscuits winner Susan Barnett in the Liberty Hill Sixth Grade H Sub baking contest. Demonstrations by Gary Cradge and Mark Moppin covered TM cockets. Pam Veney reported on 4-H at the doll meeting. Rhonda Steadman demonstrated sewing. Hoyce Hakes and Caral Ramey led the pledges and Karen Hensley delivered the devotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carmel
Suzane
Epperson
Susans Barnett
Liberty Hill
Gary Cradie
Mark Moppin
Cockets
Pam Veney
Rhonda Steadman
Hoyce Hakes
Caral Ramey
Karen Hensley
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North Carolina
UPI
Farm Report
United Press International
Stream Pollution Control Board
Tennessee Health Department
Vaigneur
Rerbert Holt
Holt
North Carolina State
University
R. L. Robertson
Surry County
Wilson County
Bladen
Columbus
Robertson
Tar Heel
Afghanistan
Tibet
D. H. Timothy
Raleigh
Central Crops Research Station
Clayton
Timothy
Piedmont Ari Coastal Plain
Karen Smith
East High
Judy Anderson
Catherine Zhamerman
Ann Hewitt
Sandra Jennings
Claude Prince
County Regasion Office
Bull Sale
Mid South Livestock Center
Brehm Animal Science Building
Pedroia
New State
Scotts
Scotts Famous
Lynn Garden Hardware
Lynn Garden
Tenn
Laredo
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