Spring signals for planting for farmers
The Associated Press notes spring cues farmers to plant strawberries and start potato crops. Tennessee Beauty leads strawberry yields per J J Bird UT Extension horticulturist. high phosphate, 100 pounds ammonium nitrate per acre. recommended varieties Cobbler Triumph Kennebec. Pest control advised with malathion dust and DDT as flea beetles appear.
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Tennessee Beauty
J. J. Bird
University of Tennessee! Extension Horticulturist
Dixieland
Pocahontas
Blakemore
Kennebec
Bird
U-T
600 Entries Reported At Cattle Show
Six hundred head of cattle from 32 counties will enter the 26th Knoxville Fat Cattle Show and Sale at Union Stockyards April 6-8. Judging will cover Shorthorn Angus and Hereford classes with awards for top farm bred and fed entries. Grand champion to be selected from award winners. cash prizes total 1400.
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Knoxville
Union Stockyards
W. P. Moss
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
Angus, Herford and Shorthorn Breeders’ Associations
Tennessee Department of Agriculture
Nitrogen topdressing boosts grain yields in early spring
UT Extension agronomist Joe D. Burns says applying 39 pounds of nitrogen per acre to small grain seedings before April can raise grain and pasture yields by 25 to 129 percent. He notes later applications bring smaller gains and possible maturity delays. Local shows precede Knoxville sale with Knox, Anderson, Blount, Claiborne, Cocke, Monroe, Roane, and Loudon counties involved. Tennessee crop report: overall grain and hay stocks below average while corn soybeans and hay above average.
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Knoxville
Joe D. Burns
UT Extension Service Agronomist
Knox
Anderson
Blount
Claiborne
Cocke
Monroe
Roane
Loudon
Tennessee Department of Agriculture
UT Agricultural Extension Service
State Department of Vocational Agriculture
Knoxville Union Stockyards
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
Knoxville Packing Companies
Nashville
Tennessee
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Alfalfa Weevil Spreads in East Tennessee Fields
UT Extension entomologist R P Mullett reports alfalfa weevil spreading from upper East Tennessee toward Knoxville. Farmers advised to inspect fields as eight larvae per square foot indicate heavy infestation. Two chemical control options recommended now involve malathion or methoxychlor sprays.
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Knoxville
Tennessee
R. P. Mullett
University For Tennessee Extension Service
Mullete
Upper East Tennessee
W. W. Stanley
Area Couple Sets New Butterfat Record in Tennessee
Hawkins County area couple Mr and Mrs Doyle Clemons led a 27 cow herd to a 624.1 pounds per head butterfat average last year, the second Tennessee herd to break 600. Dairy experts credit scientific rations and especially the tender loving care of Mrs Clemons who monitors each cow’s needs and even notes birth days. UT specialists note state averages as 348 pounds for Dairy Herd Improvement cows and about 175 pounds for the average cow.
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Rogersville
Hawkins County
Doyle Clemons
University of Tennessee
Clemons
Tom Carney
Carney
Economic pressures shape labor efficiency and policy
The text argues layoffs spur remaining workers to higher efficiency amid a domestic recession. It notes the Full Employment Act of 1946 guiding government intervention, debates whether monetary policy remedies recessions, and links global competition with wage and cost reduction needs. It cites Arthur Goldberg's advisory council and reflects on Europe, Italy, and legal fee structures amid inflation.
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Federal Reserve
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Europe
Japan
Italy
Laos War Not Winnable Says U S Analyst
United States unlikely to win in Laos. a cease fire and neutralization seem the best outcome. Kennedy and Macmillan discussed the situation, with Laos' terrain and tribal divisions hindering large armies and raising questions about nuclear options.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Laos
Kennedy
Harald Macmillan
Key West
Russia
Southeast Asia
Thailand
Burma
Cambodia
South Viet Nam
Indochina
Viet Nam
Prominent Deaths Around The World
AP reports several notable deaths across nations. Generals, producers, scholars, politicians, and artists aged 60s to 90s died of cancer, heart attacks, or natural causes in locations from California to Moscow and London. Notables include Gen Willis Hale and Earl of Shaftesbury.
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Sqmona
Calif
Willis K. Hale
Pittsburg
Kan
Moscow
Fyodor Pimenovich Bondarenko
Black Sea
ST. Helena
Edwin Dewitt Dickinson
Bradford
Iowa
London
Earl of Shaftesbury
House of Lords
Washington
Milton E. Miles
China
Jerome
Ariz
Williamstown
Ree
L. Franklin van Zelm
New Rochelle
N.Y
Wesley E. Disney
U.S
Oklahoma
New York
Dmytro Halychyn
The
Ukrainian National Association
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
Rev W M Clark Third Lenten Speaker at Noonday Service
Rev William M. Clark pastor of Windsor Avenue Presbyterian Church in Bristol will be the third Lenten speaker at the noonday service Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church. Service runs 12:30 to 12:45 with a 50 cent Lenten meal before and after in the Fellowship Hall. A nursery is provided. Clark, a Jackson Springs NC native, is an honor graduate of King College and Union Theological Seminary.
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William M. Clark
Windsor Avene Presbyterian Church
Bristol
First Presbyterian Church
Fellowship Hall
Rev. Clark
Jackson Springs
N.C
King College
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Windsor Avenue
Big Stone Gap
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Willys Motors
Maverick
Glenwood Baptist Church
Rev
Freeman Wright
Mr. Elden Bailey
New
Middle Tennessee
Mullen
Mullett
By Merryle Stanley Rukeyser
Summerton
Clarendon County
Eleanor Carson
County Council of Farm Women
Sac City
St. Mary’s Catholic
J. E. Tolan
Tucson
Ant
Elmer H. Baumgarten
American Bowling Congress
Chicago
Coes
Piedmont-7
Piedmont Airlines
Cincinnati
Charlotte
Piediight Airlines
E. Center
Kingsport, Tenn
W.M. Clark
Western
England
Fred Jackson
Margaret Burgle
Beltone
Kingsport Belone
Beltone Hearing Service
Cherokee St
Kelvinator
Ut As
Kingsport
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