Frost Damage Questioned as Tennessee Reports Slow Start
Frost Sunday morning touched scattered East Tennessee areas, with unclear damage. gardens face beans and tomatoes at risk while tobacco likely spared if temps stay above freezing. May crop outlook notes delayed plantings from cold wet soils across Tennessee and nationwide. tractors mitigate delays, wheat surplus predicted, hay and pasture conditions mixed.
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East Tennessee
Sullivan County
J. W. McClain
Federal
Tennessee
West Tennessee
Agriculture Department
Washington
Department
North Central
East Central
Record Grain Signups Reach Vast Diversions Across Farms
The Agriculture Department reports 16,634,056 acres on 751,696 farms signed through May 12 to divert from corn and grain sorghum under the 1961 feed grain program. Week ending May 12 added 4,428,639 acres. Tennessee signed base acreage totals 505.21 thousand acres with 318,726 acres diverted.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
Tennessee
Egg Output Down In Tennessee Flocks Output
Tennessee flocks produced 7 million eggs in April, down from 94 million in April 1960. January through April production fell year over year, and 11 percent fewer layers were on hand than in 1960. Egg production per 160 layers rose from 1 758 to 1 836 eggs.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Bowling Green blast ruins beer depot in Bowling Green
The sixth dynamite blast in seven months destroyed a beer depot Saturday. No injuries but debris spread 50 yards. License holder P L Forrester puzzled by motive as he surveys the scene.
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Bowling Green
P. L. Forrester
Roth & Lexington
Harry B. Tilton
Carlisle
University of Kentucky
George Washington University Law School
Pineville
Laurabelle Barr
London High School
Closer bond between Church of England and Catholicism eyed
The retiring Arch bishop of Canterbury Dr Geoffrey Fisher said on TV that the Church of England and the Roman Catholics are moving toward a closer relationship. He noted the visit with Pope John XXIII did not happen by chance and urged gentle, quiet dialogue to ease hostilities and division.
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London
Church of England
Canterbury
Geofffrey Fisher
John XXIII
4 H Conference Slated Next Week At Fontana
About 25 4 H Club members from seven Tennessee Valley states will attend a Resource Conference in Fontana North Carolina next week. They will study soil water forestry minerals atmosphere human and wildlife in seven groups with a joint meeting Thursday and closing Friday June 9. Dr Fred Robertson director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station will speak at the opening Monday June 5. The conference is co sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Agricultural Extension Service of the seven valley states.
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Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Tennessee Valley Authority
Agricultural Extension Service of
Seven Valley Istates
Groups Seek Change in Pork Moisture Rules
Groups led by the Tennessee Livestock Association call for restoring the 100 percent moisture limit on smoked pork products. They cite December 30 changes allowing 10 percent added moisture and urge independent USDA research to verify consumer preference for wetter ham and related cuts. UT Extension animal husbandman John S. Robinson notes hearings have occurred and independent studies are needed.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Vnlus
Tennessee Livestock Association
Usda Meat Inspection Division
USDA
John S. Robinson
UT Extension Animal Husbandman
Secretary of Agriculture
Freeman
Robinson
Wildcat Strike Threatened At Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral faces a possible wildcat strike that could halt missile and space shots. Unions say RCA cut 18 camera positions violating a seniority clause, prompting requests for White House mediation and talks with labor, management, and the military.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
UPI
Cape
Kennedy
U.S
Radio Corporation of América
RCA
Photographers Union
Il-man
Cattle and Broiler Prices Fall as Hog Values Rise
Prices for southern cattle and broilers declined last week while hog prices rose. Cattle mainly slipped 50 cents per hundredweight with some $1 declines. hogs closed 25 to 50 cents higher in southern markets except Nashville and Georgia Florida Alabama belt where steady to 25 cents lower occurred.Closing hog prices varied by market with Atlanta, Nashville, Louisville, and Memphis reporting ranges. Broiler prices hit record lows with farm sales down to 12 cents per pound in several states and southeastern city prices easing to about 44 cents a dozen for large eyes. The report notes heavy supplies and subdued demand across dairy and fruit sectors, with varying regional movements in vegetables and tobacco markets.
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Florida
Nashville
Louisville
Memphis
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Eig
Kentucky
Montgomery
Tennessee
Fancy
Pascal Celery
Maryland
IRS to Crack Down on Firms Failing to Submit Taxes
The Internal Revenue Service will accelerate collection efforts on thousands of employers who withhold taxes from employees. At year end 1960, 268 346 employers owed 236.8 million dollars, about 900 dollars per firm, representing a substantial portion of total taxes due. Caplin cited rising delinquencies and pledged faster actions including liens.
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Edward Cowan Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
Uncle Sam
John J. Williams
R-Del
Internal Revenue
Williams
Mortimer M. Caplin
Caplin
Skid Row Habitue Dies in San Francisco Jail
Ray mond T. Gorman, 62, a Skid Row habitué who vowed to quit drinking after a hotel fire that killed 20, died Sunday in the drunk tank of city prison. Autopsy linked his death to cirrhosis of the liver and pneumonia. The fire at the Thomas Hotel began when a cigarette was dropped on a bed.
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San Francisco
UPI
Raymond T. Gorman
City Prison
Gorman
Thomas Hotel
East Tennessee Farmers Convention set for June 13
The 88th East Tennessee Farmers Convention will meet June 13 on the University of Tennessee farm campus. Phillip Earhart of Sullivan County seeks to succeed H H Proffitt of Blount County as convention president. The event includes a women's program and sessions in Animal Sciences Building with demonstrations exhibits and tours.
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Knoxville
East Tennessee Farmers’ Convention
University of Tennessee Farm
Phillip Earhart
Sullivan County
H. H. Proffitt
Blount County
Earhart
Vernon Hale
Hamblen County
Ralph McDade
University of Tennessee
Lincoln
Experiment Station
College of Agriculture
East Tennessee Farmers’ Institute
Animal Sciences
General Assembly
Proffitt
Scott Farm Bureau ends year financially sound
Scott County Farm Bureau closed the fiscal year ended Oct. 31 in the black with income of 6629.35 and expenses of 5727.29. The 902.06 surplus boosted reserves to 3242.97. The next meeting is set for June 8 at the Farm Bureau office.
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Gate City
Scott County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Fertilizer yields defend soil test plan in Tennessee field
Houston County farmer J D Lewis shows soil test guided fertilizer and population boosts doubled corn yield from 58 to 139 bushels per acre. Tests across 12 demonstrations yielded $26.10 extra per acre, with fertilizer cost $14.22 per acre and $1.83 return per dollar.
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Tennessee
Houston County
J. D. Lewis
Breeden
Lewis
Houston
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