Farm News Scientific Progress On American Farms Leads All Other Countries
Washington dispatch notes a post war farm boom driven by U S agricultural science led by Dr. Byron T. Shaw. Farm research has raised efficiency, allowing fewer dairy cows yet more milk per cow, larger corn yields, and overall gains across major crops, livestock, and poultry, while government funding remains about 83 million dollars.
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Surplus U S Milk Brightens Central American Children Faces
Surplus U.S. milk shipped via UNICEF funds improves nutrition in Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Panama and Costa Rica. Last year UNICEF sent millions of pounds in skim milk powder to provide daily milk for over 20 000 children in schools day cares and feeding centers. The program reaches Guatemala City and other sites as 5 000 children benefit daily in one city.
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Six County 4 H Members Go To State Congress
Six Sullivan County 4 H Club members left Sunday for the state 4 H Club Congress in Nashville. Delegates include Shadden Beastey Blountville Tommy Godsey Ketron Ron Ramey Ketron Sue Harkbroad Ketron Gait Till Blountville and Patricia Marr Blountville. Beasley will respond to Dwight McDonald speech Tuesday morning. Each member must write a 300 word essay on how 4 H work develops leadership or citizenship with the best essay from each of five districts winning a fishing tackle set.
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Chile
Ftate
Nashville
the &H
Lee Sild
Church Hill Steer Earns Honors at Morristown Show
Bert Smith of Church Hill, a 4-H member, showed a 1105 pound Angus steer that was named champion. The steer sold for 45 cents a pound, bringing $497.25 in the sale, plus $67 prize money for Smith, totaling $564.25 in gross earnings. The calf came from Allendale Farms and had previous wins at the Eastern Hawkins County Park show last August.
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Farm Bureau Chief Slams Senate Farm Bill as Political Product
American Farm Bureau Federation President Charles B. Shuman denounces the Senate Farm Bill as political graft that abandons sound economic principles for political gain. He warns it conceals surpluses with price controls, returns to price fixing, and undermines farm prices via set asides, parity, and dumping provisions harming crops, livestock, and dairy sectors.
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Hog Prices Hit Highest Level In Two Months
Southern hog prices rose to 1.25 to 1.50 per hundred pounds, the highest since early February, as per Agricultural Marketing Service. Southern prices were largely steady elsewhere with minor market changes. Illinois and Georgia markets showed varied shifts in broiler and beef prices, while Virginia and Kentucky reports noted price movements in lambs and calves.
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State Irrigation Conference at UT Knoxville April 6
The 1956 Tennessee irrigation conference will be held at the University of Tennessee Fairgrounds April 6, sponsored by the UT Agricultural Extension Service and the Sprinkler Irrigation Association. Speakers include Ivan J. Wood and John F. Schrunk, with focus on research, soil water, groundwater, and water rights.
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Small Grain Plant Breeders To Meet ALUT Next Week
Tennessee extension officials announce a conference for small grain plant breeders from April 3 and 4 at the University of Tennessee UT Knoxville. Dr. Allen Gonger of Oak Ridge will open with radiation theory impacts on plants. about 45 breeders are expected to attend from the southern and western states. The plan discussed aims to shift land use, retire part of cash crops, and boost efficiency through better farming methods and fertilizer.
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Dates and loyalty Monday April BG supper farm
Community notices list events at Brownsville and Middle Tennessee Experiment Station in Spring HU with dates April 10 and related activities. Details are fragmented but indicate a schedule of local gatherings and agricultural outreach efforts involving residents and regional institutions.
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Honaker Act Tops In Russell 4-H Show
The Honaker Sixth Grade Club won top honors at the Russell County 4-H Show in Lebanon VA. A comedy skit Waiting for the Truth led the field, with ventriloquist Sue Howard of Lebanon Junior Club, and Billy Ward Judy Grup of Honaker earning second prize for crude chub in mw vocal duets. About 500 attended as five cash awards were given across the top acts. P B Douglas acted as master of ceremonies.
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New Plant Protection Shows Promising Results in Tests
Washington reports promising results from the Agriculture Department on new pantics against plant diseases. In greenhouse experiments five antibiotics including Onisamycin, Mycosta lin, Oligmycin, Gristotulvin, and Pitipin protected snap beans and lima beans against four fungal diseases. The department says these antibiotics mark important additions to the compounds proven effective against plant fungi.
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