North Carolina Farm Notes Highlight Weather and Crops
The state's barley crop slumped due to late seeding and bad weather, estimated at about 740000 bushels, down 24 percent from last year. Cotton acreage rose in Montgomery County. Sampson County ginners fund $500 for Five-Acre Cotton Contest prizes. Eastern Carolina farm families enroll 420 in the 1948 Better Farming for Better Living contest. O. Robinson of Elizabeth City is a major pecan grower with five groves totaling 500 acres. Over 10,000 4-H Club members plan a summer camp week. Green peach aphids damage tobacco crops in several regions.
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Grover E. Howell
Cotter
Sampson County
Eastern Carolina
O. Robinson
Elizabeth City
North Carolina
Farm Report Highlights Wide North Carolina Market Shifts
Farm report shows heavy potato marketings in Eastern North Carolina at 2.90 per 100 pounds for U No 1 with dull demand. Cucumbers and other produce slide at auction markets, while hog prices rise to 25.30 25.75 top in local stations. Export and Chicago futures push grain, cotton, and egg markets with mixed gains and declines across commodities.
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North Carolina
Wallace
Clinton
Wallace A
Faison
New York
Carolina
Rocky Mount
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Chicago
Raleigh
Ashevile
State College Answers Timely Farm Questions
Answers cover US cropland at about 400 million acres and per person comparisons with Britain Denmark China Japan and Argentina. Good grass silage should be clean smelling uniform moist and palatable to cattle. NC leads US in active sawmills at 4386 with 445 idle. Wilkes Iredell Randolph Caldwell Guilford top counts. Dixie crimson clover resists heat drought and reseeds. seeds have harder coats and slower sprouting. European and Soviet crop outlook favorable amid Columbia River floods causing about 10 million dollars farm damage. Insects ruin about one in 20 bush els of stored grain.
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China
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North Carolina
Bureau of the Census
Noth Carolina
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Shade and Water Essential for Hogs in Summer
Hogs need ample shade and water to stay cool and eat gains, says Jace Olley State College Extension animal husbandry specialist after tests show hogs fatten better in heat with shade. Without sweat glands hogs rely on water and shade. portable waterers and movable shade structures are recommended to minimize losses and speed market readiness.
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Hoss
Jace Olley
State College
He Sax
Mr. Kelley
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