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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1946
Page
6
A 1945 cotton crop report shows seed germination from 30 to 50 percent with 65 to 70 percent rare. Farmers should sample seed from every lot, plant 100 to 200 seeds in a window box, and observe in ten days to gauge viability.
On W D Allen’s farm near the oil mill at Weldon a meadow strip for sericea is seeded. Five acres of terraces are built on the same farm using a double plow and Martin Ditcher. Edwards near Garners Or Roads stakes fifteen acres of terrace lines with a Ford Ferguson disk terrace builder. Branch at Ringwood seeds kudzu on prepared land for water disposal and road bank protection. Thomas buys sericea seed for meadow and poor land improvement. Susie P Howell prepares land for kudzu planting near Drapers Cross.
Washington reports the Civil Aeronautics Administration has arranged for airline transport pilots based in Europe to obtain their required six month physical examination there. The arrangement is temporary pending further action.
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