Fescue Pasture Trials Stir Debate In Surry County
Marvin Johnson reports a 1948 trial seeding Kentucky 41 Fescue with ladino clover in his Dobson pasture and finds cows graze fescue as much as orchard grass. District official Melver accuses resistance to fescue, while Johnson notes rising fescue use as seed prices approach orchard seed.
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Marvin Johnson
Dobson
Kentucky
Marvin
Station Melver
Surry County
Mr. Melver
J. Willis Denny
Pilot Township
North Carolina
George M. Renfro
Irrigation Conference Notes Soil Absorption and Equipment Fit
Winston-Salem hosted a conference led by Ren fro Irrigation Engineer with the Soil Conservation Service. North Carolina scientists warned that soil absorption rates vary from 0.1 to 10 inches per hour and must guide irrigation system design and water application.
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Winston-Salem
Renfro
Soil Conservation Service
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
North Carolina
W. W. Stevens
Armed Trio Steal 576000 Buttons From Manila Warehouse
Three gunmen robbed a Manila warehouse of 576000 buttons worth 4000 dollars intended for the Philippine Army. Police searched for the attackers as authorities traced the cargo. No injuries were reported in the heist.
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Manila
Philippine Army
Leaf Tobacco Warehousemen Adopt Code
Myrtle Beach South Carolina June 30 set for dates to begin sales on flue cured tobacco belt markets will be fixed by the Bright Belt Warehouse Association board of governors after recommendations from growers and buyers The association includes warehousemen from Florida Georgia South Carolina North Carolina and Virginia and held its annual convention closing session during which a code was adopted
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Myrtle Beach
S. C
Raleigh
N. C
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Tobacco market regulations urged by state officials
Regulations proposed to govern the 1950 tobacco crop include banning speculation by warehousemen and their financiers, forbidding false price claims, spacing requirements on warehouse floors, and limitations on bid retractions. Markets to run five days a week, five and a half hours daily, up to 400 baskets per hour. Governor Dewey to decide after vacation at Saratoga Springs through May 22.
Dewey Wavers On Decision Not To Run for Reelection
Albany, N Y Governor Thomas E Dewey formerly certain he would not seek another term now hints at a possible third term. He planned to inform GOP leaders after returning from vacation June 9. Press secretary James C Hagerty said party pressure continued despite earlier statements.
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Dewey
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
William Pfeiffer
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