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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1948

Page

6

North Carolina Offers Wide Variety Of Events For Tourists In April

Raleigh reports a busy April for visitors with azalea festivals in Wilmington March 9-11 and garden tours in Asheville Whiteville New Bern and Durham plus horse shows at Tryon Southern Pines and Pinehurst. Golf at Pinehurst includes the Silver Fails and North South events while fishing opens in trout streams and coastal waters with striped bass and blues reported along the coast and Cape Lookout charter boats active.

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North Carolina Sets 1948 Farm Production Goals

North Carolina farmers are urged to boost corn oats barley and other grain production while livestock and poultry goals are trimmed due to tight feed supplies. The 1948 corn target is 2 858 000 acres up from 1947, with wheat and oats also rising. Broody hens pose a major annoyance in flocks and are largely inherited. culling broody birds promptly can curb incubator egg losses and improve poultry production.

North Carolina G.T. Scott Secretary of Agriculture

Dehydrated Sweet Potato Meal Compared to Corn for Milking Cows

A State College trial found dehydrated sweet potato meal nearly equal to corn as 40 percent of grain in 185 percent protein mixes for five cows per group. In a double reversal trial across 30 day periods, corn slightly out produced milk by about 4 percent after correction, a difference deemed insignificant. High yields rely on good land seed and farming practices. buying good seed is an investment with dividends.

State College

Troop 53 Scouts Hike 22 Miles

Five Boy Scouts from Troop 53 in Halifax completed a twenty two mile hike last Sunday led by Vernon T. Bradley assistant scoutmaster and Eagle Scout. Participants included Charles Vaughan Clifton Neathery Gene Cobb Tyrus Cobb and Bradley. The hike aimed to harden the boys and fulfill a Hiking Merit Badge requirement.

Boy Scouts Halifax Vernon T. Bradley Charles Vaughan Clifton Neathery Gene Cobb Tyrus Cobb Vernon Bradley

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