4-H Club Ferrier Fails Post Decay
Terry Liston, 1% year old president of South Carolina Four-H Clubs, developed a method to extend fence post life by pressure treating 700 posts with creosote. Assistant county agent J R White Jr supervised testing and Creosote treated posts promised over 30 years life, inspiring other farmers to adopt the method on their farms.
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Terry Liston
South Carolina
Smoaks
Terry
J. R. White, Jr
4-H
Charleton
S. C
Practical Household Tips From A Vintage Note
A collage of kitchen and sewing advice includes washing lettuce leaves with water at the base, separating celery stalks, and a creamy egg slaw recipe. It also covers vegetable preparation keeping nutrients, sewing with fine needles, ironing hints, fabric care, and storage ideas for summer cleaning.
Sale of Farm Churned Butter at New Low
The US department of agriculture notes farm butter produced for sale has fallen to 41.5 million pounds in 1949, below 50 million in 1947, and far under the 175 million pounds marketed in 1924. Only eight states in 1949 exceeded 2 million pounds.
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New Low
US Department of Agriculture
Hy-Line Chicken Developed at Robert Wallace Hatchery
Hy-Line chickens were developed by Robert Wallace at his Doylestown Pennsylvania hatchery using a cross breeding formula similar to that used for hybrid corn. The text notes the development method and the illustration shows the cross breeding used.
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Robert Wallace
Doyletown
Nebraska Farm Families Face About 10 Percent Income Drop
Nebraska farm families will see roughly a ten percent decrease in net income in 1950 versus 1949. Extension farm management specialist L F Snipes of the University of Nebraska cites similar total production costs and higher or similar family living expenses as the main reasons.
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Nebraska
L. F. Snipes
University of Nebraska
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