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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1956
Page
4
Beckley Farmers Market will offer tomato plants for the green mature crop on June 9 at 7 a.m. Market Manager O C Hutchison urges follow up with the leaflet Mature Green Tomato Production for best results. The key is a starter solution at transplanting to reduce shock and promote growth using formulations such as 14-14-14.
Virginia Tech specialists caution that no true blight resistant tomato exists and advise gardeners to rely on timely spraying or dusting. S B Fenne of VPI recommends copper or new organics like maneb and zineb, with weekly applications during the season, and stresses preventing virus spread by avoiding cross-contact with diseased plants.
Live poultry market in Harrisonburg Virginia region shows steady trading with good demand and heavy receipts. Farm prices for the 24 hours ending noon yesterday list broilers and fryers at 18 to 19-1/2 cents per pound, heavy hens 22 to 23 cents, and small type turkey fryers at 28 to 29 cents.
Practical advice for vegetable gardeners includes spacing lima beans four to eight inches apart, planting carrot seed between June and July for storability, a second fertilizer for pole beans, shielding cauliflower heads from sun, deep planting for tomatoes, continuous growth to maintain quality, managing onion seed stalks, harvesting young lambquarters greens, and Swiss chard as a hot weather alternative. Also notes that a blue whale can gain about 300 pounds daily when food is plentiful.
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