Junior Stock Show And Sale To Draw 24 Surry Animals
The 19th Annual Elkin Fat Stock Show and Sale will be held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Agricultural Ex position Building in Elkin. The 4 H FFA and FHA youths showcase animals with at least 24 head anticipated. 40 to 50 hogs expected as Market Hogs replaces Fat Lambs. Event covers Wilkes Ashe Alleghany Yadkin Surry counties to promote local livestock farming. Richard Hoskins runs the affair with Gregory Hayes judging and Neil Bolton serving as auctioneer.
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Elkin
Agricultural Exposition
FFA
FHA
Surry
Elkin Jaycees and Merchants Association
Wilkes
Ashe
Alleghany
Yadkin
Surry County
Neil Bolton
Winston-Salems Memorial Coliseum
Curtis Packing Company of
Greensboro
Eddie Johnson
Thomas Johnson
Dobson
Eddie
Randy
Johnson
Farmers Seek Ways To Increase Farm Income And Efficiency
The piece outlines strategies for North Carolina farmers to boost income and efficiency. It covers selecting fertile fields, using fertilizer, optimizing crops, adopting bulk milk tanks, improved refrigeration, and the need for aggressive family initiative. It cites Eddie Johnson and Randy Johnson in cattle shows, and stresses soil, water, and resource management as critical to profitability and national food supply.
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United States
Dairy Farms Take Seven League Strides
North Carolina dairy farmers have markedly boosted output from 393 to 656 pounds of milk daily per farm between May 1955 and May 1960, with production per cow rising from 6 500 to 7 360 pounds yearly. Expansion credited to improved management, better breeding and feeding, Holstein shift, and fewer producers boosting remaining farms. Tar Heel milk efficiency remains below national highs, with state margins only slightly ahead of U.S. in distribution costs.
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Homme
North Carolina
New England
West
Tar Heel
U. S
Farmers Creed for Prosperity and Community Growth
A speech encouraging low income families to use land labor and know how with modern equipment to conserve soil and water. It urges planting trees on unused acres, developing year round markets, seeking state and agency help, maintaining farm infrastructure, beautifying the community, and joining farm organizations to build leadership and cooperation.
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Toaetat
ASC
Farm Credit
Parm Bureau
Grange
Parent Teachers Association
Tobacco Seedman of Past Century Pioneered Bright Leaf
Major Robert L. Ragland of Hyco Virginia emerged as a key figure in Bright tobacco. A 1850s plant breeder, he advanced post Civil War efforts to perfect Bright Leaf and found Yellow Orinoco seeds in Caswell County North Carolina. He distributed seed freely, then began commercial sales from 1873. His Ragland Pioneer Tobacco Seed Farm at Hyco long led Bright seed supply. He also improved flue curing and authored The Tobacco Planter's Friend in 1871. By 1876 he claimed North Carolina methods limited further flavor improvements, elevating Granville County tobacco reputation.
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Robert L. Ragland
Hyco
Halifax County
Virginia
Ragland
Caswell County
North Carolina
Rangland
Ragland Pioneer
Hycolong
Granville County
Insects Growling Losses Surpass Forest Fires in Trees
The report notes that tree losses from insect damage exceed those caused by forest fires each year, highlighting the growing impact of pests on forests and the environment.
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Hoskins
Frosty Morn Packers
Angus Steer
Cal
Wold’s
Savage
Briggs & Stratton
H. P
John H. Midriff Hardware Company
MAIN
Mount Airy
Henry Homme
N. C. State College
N. C
W.s.wolfe Drug Co
Dial ST
Mount Airy, N. Cc
Crabom
Wardwart
DAYS
Taeda
Pepsi
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Elkin-Jonesville
Pepsi-Cola Company
N.Y
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