Virginia North Carolina corn contest challenged by governors
Governor William M. Tuck of Virginia challenged North Carolina Governor W Kerr Scott to a 1949 corn yield contest based on the increase over the 1937–46 average. Virginia led in 1937–46, but North Carolina claims a 75 bushel per acre target if all farmers adopt a five step program and plant certified hybrid seed with proper fertilization.
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William M. Tuck
Virginia
North Carolina
W. Kerr Scott
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Prize Trophy Offered by National Fertilizer Association
Farmers are urged to visit their county agency or vocational teacher for complete farm program details. The notice asks what prize they could win, a trophy provided by the National Fertilizer Association.
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Th National Fertilizer Association
We Do Not Intend to Lose in the Plan for Agriculture
The speaker asserts resolve to win the agricultural program, touting prizes if successful or not. Increased corn yields are linked to a richer state with more pork milk butter poultry eggs. more land for other uses. The call to action urges collective effort to achieve these gains.
Ponds Stocked With Bass In Surry County Effort
Twenty one farm ponds received large mouth black bass on June 2 through the Dobson Soil Conservation Service office, after prior bream stocking. Future fall deliveries will add bream to recently built ponds, with bass delayed until next year. Numerous local farmers and residents are listed as involved in orders, plans, and future stocking timelines.
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Dobson Office
Soil Conservation Service
Rodgers
H. E. Taylor
Pilot Mountain
G. T. Jones
Ararat
J. J. Shinault
Raymond Simpson
C .E. Martin
FP. E. Layne
Copeland
A. D. Terrell
John Holyfield
Frank Moore
J. Herman Coe
John W. Comer
Dobson
W. F. Draughn
Pufus Morey
Route 4
Mount Airy
Davis L. Key
Cosby Golding
Mont Worrell
Truman Woodruff
Low Gap
E. E. Smith
Rusk
Frank Draughn
FE. E. Smith
Surry County
Federal Hatchery
Hoffman
N. C
Joe Hamlin
C. B. Snow
J. H. Dobson
B. G. Steele
D. J. Johnson
Tom Wilmoth
W B. Hall
R. E. Smith
Grady Powler
Paul S. Newman
Troy Newman
Cc. E
Washington Notes Shrinking income trims GNP in Q1
Washington notes show consumer spending fell sharply in the first quarter, pushing gross national product to a 256 billion dollar annual rate, down 9 billion from a year earlier. Yet savings rose by 2.4 billion as Americans cut expenditures.
United Mine Workers Benefit Fund Progress Report
The union reports this year to date average weekly disbursements of 2.266 million dollars with potential excess of 509 thousand. A total of 344,168 individuals including soft coal miners and families have benefited. anthracite miners are served by a separate fund.
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United Mine Workers
Ourgo
Non farm employment steady at 43 900 000 in mid April
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows non farm employment at 43 900 000 in mid April after a three month decline. Manufacturing layoffs rose to 28 per 1 000 in March, pushing factory employment about 1 500 000 below the post war peak last September and 700 000 under April 1948.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bucklus hosts party to honor local high school graduates
A Bucklus Ohio community arranged a town party to honor and safeguard the town’s graduates after the annual junior-senior banquet. Three attendees were involved in the festivities and the event emphasized unity and local support for the students.
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Bucklus
Ohio
Army Horses Sell Off Continues After 166 Sold
The government has already sold 166 horses including captures from Europe and brought to the United States by the Army in 1946 and plans to sell another 118 registered animals.
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Europe
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