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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
7
A weekly Farmers of Surry County column edited in The News prints reader comments and farm news. It invites readers to send questions and notes. editors promise to answer farm queries in this column.
A Terrell area farmer reports rapid hog gains from a mixed feeder system feeding corn mineral mix fish meal and cottonseed meal in three compartments. The 25 older hogs averaged 109 pounds at start and gained 1.34 pounds daily through April 25, with sale weights around 195 pounds. The diet used corn valued at 68 cents a bushel, later sold as grain, yielding solid returns and highlighting a broader North Carolina extension focus on nutrition, yolk color in eggs, and disease control via Pullorum testing improvements.
Word arrived of Mrs. J. M. Bryant’s death in Cumberland Virginia with funeral at her home church on Friday at 2 PM. Former Ararat resident cherished by many, she left friends in both communities as rain eased local crops. Local teens Cloyce Key and Ruth Marion returned from High Point College for summer break. Charlie Pratt and family from Pilot Mountain visited Ararat, and farmers nearby report tobacco transplanting near completion. Revival at Fancy Gap Baptist Church drew attendees and Linda Armstrong visited local churches for the Long Hill Township Sunday School Convention set for mid June.
Dr. Charles Mayo, aged 73, died from pneumonia. His brother Dr. William Mayo, 77, was at home recovering from a recent operation. The Mayo brothers earned millions yet gave much to expand their hospital and to train scientists to continue their work.
By deed of trust dated April 20 1934 L L Spencer and wife Pina Spencer defaulted on payments. E C Rivers trustee will sell at the First National Bank of Mount Airy on June 10 1938 at 12 06 PM for cash. The property includes lots 13 and 14 of block B on Brower Street with specified boundaries to satisfy principal interest and costs. Biveng is the grantor.
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